Chess wanted to turn around and grab Emma, too, so he could make sure she was safe. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I still had some hope that he might turn around on this and even help us, but we definitely couldn't plan on that. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I turned around so I could face him and was met with a fusillade of saliva as he continued his tirade. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It was a mistake to turn around, my body aches to run back to them, to hold on to them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if everything had turned around. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He shook his head at me, just in case I was too out of it to pick up on the look, before turning around without saying a word. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He stepped forward and turned around to face them. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Now he shuddered to a halt and turned around just in time to watch the other quad fly off the cliff and into the air. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I turned around and looked back, and the last thing I saw was the porch light shining on Dunlap Dewberry’s bald head. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

And Aimee turned around before she realized the girl was making fun of her. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He was looking all over the place, turning around, peering into the darkness of the entryway, muttering incoherently, and then he started searching the street again with his little red eyes. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He turned around and came face-to-face with Filch, who had obviously just seen off the last of the Hogsmeade visitors. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I can’t find the factory, at least not before 5:00 P.M., and pull into a shopping center parking lot to find a way to get turned around. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

You pin the monkey’s arms behind so it can’t turn around and bite you. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Does the man yelling at the dogs have a mustache?” he asked without turning around to look. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t he go up there and turn around and hang the American flag on it?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around and don't see Officer Khan or Liz's mother. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I turned around in my seat that way. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around but he’s facing the opposite direction. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Mom shouts when she comes in my room, and I finally turn around. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Clearly the traffic got so bad, people turned around on the road and tried to go the other way, hoping that backtracking would actually cut their losses. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“To turn around that close to the summit . . . ,” Hall mused with a shake of his head on May 6 as Kropp plodded past Camp Two on his way down the mountain. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around and went back down the walk. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time a man turned around, and he had such a terrible expression— your mother said it looked like death itself—she shivered and looked away. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Confused, the Hartliebs turned around and looked down at the quay, where a large flock of tourists was crowding onto an excursion boat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he goes out the door, he doesn’t turn around, but raises his free hand in the air and waves slightly like he knows I’m watching him. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He walked out, stopped, turned around, and looked at me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around and see the TV news crew standing behind me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I just wished May had turned around and come back from heaven the way he did. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

But now her old daddy turned around and looked back. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around to the Brown Pelican, and then he looked back at me. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He watched his dad laugh with the deputies, not moving until Jimmy finally turned around and acted surprised to see him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She turned around in the front seat and put her hand on my hand. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Things will turn around. They always do. Look, he likes it. See?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“How are you feeling, this fine morning?” asked Wednesday, without turning around. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Rufus stops a foot away from the man and gestures to me, right when the man turns around and looks me square in the eye. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Laila turned around and was greeted by the barrel of a gun. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The lady at the table to his right turned around and eyed him suspiciously. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Why didn’t she tell them to turn around? Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Now let’s try this again,” Papá cooed into the two pasty girls’ ears as he kissed them and then turned around to look at us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When he finished with “I Have Some Friends Before Me Gone,” he turned around and saw that Mrs. Cobb’s hands had finally relaxed. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I turned around and headed back to the station. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She handed him the jar and turned around to head back into the mobile home. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I screamed and my brothers turned around to look at me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I finally worked up the courage to turn around and look behind me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

When he turned around, I noticed his eyes were moist. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Melissa turned around and began to take off the purple skirt. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I turn around and am surprised to see the old man trembling. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“You know, I turned around and I saw the fire,” he said. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I turn around to see an open-armed nurse in violet scrubs. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I turn around and start to walk out of the park before my mother can see me. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I hear the voice as soon as I walk into the children’s section at the library, and when I turn around, a group of guys bust up laughing. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She turns around to glance at her friend, dropping her hands to whap them against her thighs. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m putting some of that new toothpaste they’re all raving about in here for you,” she announced, without turning around, and made good her word. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The girl turns around just as the whole cafeteria lets out a series of Oooooohs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Koffi didn’t turn around, but he thought he heard her laugh. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As luck would have it, the moment Mrs. van D. turned around I was shaking my head in a combination of compassion and irony. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And I turned around so I could find the Moon Lady and tell her my secret wish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around to find her and Erin in their gym clothes. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

If I move so that I can see into the mirror, I'll be able to look over my own shoulder without turning around. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Go ahead and take a second to think about it. I can turn around.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

We had to keep turning around to look for our usual landmarks, but eventually we found the mermaid tree. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He’s turning around and around, trying to clap eyes on ’em again. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He seemed unfamiliar with the things on the table surface—the blotter with his filled-in “o”s, the ashtray with his cigar end in it—and he turned around and looked at Franny again. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

My good leg is shaking, and I feel a little dizzy, so I turn around and sit. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Before I can say anything else, she turns around and pushes the door to outside, hard, so it swings open. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He turned around and flashed me a smile that I thought might melt me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Jimmy turned around and slunk back into the trailer. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

On May 19, having traveled no farther west than the Toklat River— less than fifteen miles beyond the bus—he turned around. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re probably right. But it’s easy to get turned around in a place like this at night. I was dead set on keeping the path we’d followed straight in my head.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I turned around and began a clumsy run across the field in a line which avoided his house and aimed toward the road leading back into the town. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guy on the record started singing “Under the Boardwalk” and 1 had to turn around and look because it sounded like he was right in the backseat with Dad. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bounce back and forth, waving my hands over my head, praying that Agent Magnus will turn around. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I turn around as the doors shut and then immediately open up again. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

At dark, the Montenegrins returned to the Col to report that the summit had remained out of reach: they’d turned around below the Hillary Step. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

When she held her clothes out in front of her, I turned around. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Cook, however, was still too much interested in the window exhibits to bother to turn around. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we reached the cave mouth, Mo turned around to check on me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He stops, turns around to talk to someone behind him. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her Dad and Brannon wanted to look up all the children in the second grade, but she made them turn around and go back on the Atlanta road again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I turn around, heart beating out a staccato rhythm against my ribs—not from fright, but from a wild kind of hope that I ain’t never felt before. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He turned around and walked away from me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He put his hand on the handle of the door to the lecture hall and turned around to glance at her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I turn around and put a hand on my stomach. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Fie had walked forward, turned around, and glared into her eyes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Valley turned around; her face was bright red, and her hands were balled into fists. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The thief had to turn around or lose his leg. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Eleanor,” Dr. Montague called, “turn around very carefully and come slowly down the steps. Move very, very slowly, Eleanor. Hold on to the railing all the time. Now turn and come down.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at the back of his head, willing him to turn around. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Nathan turned around and stared at the gray being, the size of Seed Collector, that had been extracted from the back of his skull. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I turn around and take a deep breath. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Jared turns around like he can feel Jus jabbing arrows into the back of his head. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Both Maya and I turned around in the direction she was staring. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She lifted her breasts a little wistfully with her palms, then let them fall, turned around, and slipped slowly backward into the cool water. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when Fang finally turned around to ask a few questions, he looked calm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He turned around and started down the hill. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dad had heard me coming back from the hill, and he turns around. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around and ran down the stairs. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Only tall striped walls of tents line the area, and he turns around slowly, looking for any possible place they might have disappeared to, some corner or door. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I turned around and looked at the restaurant. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When Dimple turned around, Celia was sprawled on her bed watching, chin propped up on one hand. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Gearhart had turned around and crouched over, one hand holding his helmet. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Tee turned around and started screaming too. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I turn around in my seat and see Baba clap Mustafa on the shoulder as my brother looks up, genuinely stunned. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I take a turn around the room, trying to see it as a spy might, alert for signs of secrets. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I'm panicked, though, thinking that at any moment Liz or her mother will turn around and see my sneakers or my elbows and call the police on me for sneaking into their truck. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I turned around to talk to Will for one second, and you were already done.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

After giving Ellie the note in front of everyone at the table, Maya turned around and started walking away. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He turns around and stares at me, his eyes squinting as if he's never seen me before and can't figure out why I'm in his house. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

They came swimming out of the west, but as they saw the canoe they turned around in a great circle and began to follow me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hit the ground, turned around, and saw it—swirling lines of white paint, like fake snow, against the gray of the wall. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Eh?” said Hagrid, turning around with a large bottle in his hand. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He turned around and saw Harley hanging out the window, waving at him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tanin dropped lumps of sugar in two of the cups and turned around. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Before I could turn around, I saw Charlie and Jenny Flick and Bill Corso, and a few other kids, hanging out around the Master Oak. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

At the split second he was turning around Peanut Abbott cracked into the back of Ben’s head, his forearm shivering against the base of the brain. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he turned around to head for the door and was startled to see Alec standing there, filling up the frame as if he’d grown several inches taller. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Grab your chips, then turn around and hit the fridge for a soda or a beer. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

One of the gravestones flipped over, revealing a grasping corpse; a headstone turned around, flowers replaced by a grinning skull. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It pulled away from the shore spontaneously, turned around, and started toward the little white pier. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She turned around to look at her mother again. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then the sound of a lock clicking shut, and then, "You can turn around, if you like." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around so fast, my hip bangs into the water fountain. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Why did you turn around and go back?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I watched the road ahead for a good place to turn around, but when I looked back, the woman was gone. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

To turn around and keep myself busy, doing anything, till second period. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

One of the men turns around, drawing down on us. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I pulled his hands off my face and turned around. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Dutifully, the boy turned in the direction she was pointing, then turned around. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Once Sunny closed the door, which took three tries, Patty and Coach turned around to look at us. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I turned around and saw that my avatar was standing in front of a large C-shaped reception desk. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was overjoyed to turn around and see his friends walking toward him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Minli turned around and saw a wrinkled, poor man begging at a peach stand. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Jeff almost never talked directly to George unless he had something really mean to say, but George wasn’t surprised to see them both there when she turned around. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then I turned around and fastened down the canvas. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Jen’s dad turned around and pointed, and Luke saw a small disc sticking to the back of his collar. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see about that hair,” she says, instructing me to turn around so she can take a look. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

My heart pounds in my chest, and there is a part of me, the cowardly, yellow part, that urges me to turn around and scamper on back to bed. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Then I turned around and ran back to the locker room. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Unable to see the other planes and without any way to communicate with them, Yevdokia turned around and flew back to Engels. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And Joey turned around and walked back into the mess hall. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the instant before I turn around, she snaps my picture. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He nearly looked up and turned around; but then he knew it was Elisha, and his fear departed. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Left alone up at the front of the room, Mr. Larson turned around and slowly pulled his copy of The Landry News off the chalkboard. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“But how I know you ain’t gone get mad, turn around on me?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Hey, pelican, turn around and see the pretty birdie,” said the photographer.“That’s no pelican,” said the other, who was a reporter. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around as I said it, speaking too loudly by accident. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She turned around then and looked at me urgently, and only then did I realize I was blocking Margo’s exit. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Every time she turned around, someone tried to feed her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she walked out, Vanessa turned around and handed me a flyer. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There are few impulses as basic and inescapable as the one that urges you to turn around if someone taps on your shoulder. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was right: After Regina had visited him once, she wrote to him about his cramped quarters: “You can hardly turn around.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sheets are twisted and turned around the wrong way. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Tonight might be the night I look back on fondly once things have turned around for me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her stomach felt like a dog making its bed—turning around in circles and then flopping onto its side. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She lifted her head at the sound of my voice, but didn’t turn around. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He holds two fingers up, then puts his hand back into his pocket and turns around. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

If you don’t turn around soon, you won’t even be able to see my eyes. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Redemption continued to stare at Pet and raised an admonishing finger at her without bothering to turn around. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But he has kind blue eyes that seem to be telling me to turn around and leave before the men on the stools see me. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Six,” he said without turning around, his mouth full. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I put my arms over the picture to cover it up before turning around to see Emma from school. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snow got thicker and thicker, and forty- five minutes outside of Eastham, we turned around. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He turned around and crawled back into the maw. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It seemed clear he was trying to summon enough strength to turn around and come back inside. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He turned around, and in the dark distance he saw two glowing yellow eyes. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have to do this,” he said, and he turned around to head back into the building. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I turn around she’s standing in the living room, totally naked. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mouth falls open, but I hide my surprise when my grandmother turns around and brings the sandwich over to the table. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Electing to descend must have been supremely difficult for these three clients, as well as for Frank Fischbeck, who’d turned around hours earlier. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Stepping out of the queue, he turned around and descended to the tents. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And the next time she sailed in, he ran over to where she was being turned around. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

But everything has turned around so fast, like a magician’s trick: foreign hands moved behind the curtain and one white King was replaced with another. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had John flat out before I could get Belle turned around, because my jumping leg had her side stepping and confused. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I made the mistake of turning around and looking at him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sitting there in the front row, like a student, turned around and smiling slightly. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I turned around and realized I’d made it from school to the mercantile in a flash. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He scrambles to his feet and makes a break for the door, refusing to turn around when they call out after him. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Finally, to call his bluff, I turned around, bent over slightly, and rested my hands on my knees. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he wouldn’t take the phone, or even turn around in his seat to face me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She overdid the you startled me jump and turned around, a pink-handled hammer in hand. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

When she turned around, her aunt and uncle were standing on the front porch watching her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The mud is up around my knees and it's real hard to turn around. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fred slowly turned around to look down into the cellar one more time. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Scruffy turned around to glare down at his longtime partner. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Hazel took one step back, then another, then, moving as slowly as possible, she turned around and began to walk away from the wolf. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

We would turn around and begin marching toward the school building or train stop until my grandmother’s car pulled away. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I can’t turn around without hearing about some ‘civil rights advance’! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She snapped her suitcase shut and turned around. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As the soldiers took her away, Davi turned around many times to see both her parents still on the ground, palms together, praying for her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes dart to Moreau in his chair, expecting him to turn around to face me at any moment. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

JimmyTrotter cranked the handle to the spit and the deer turned around and around under a pit of burning coals. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

When he leaned over the balustrade to take another look at the fountain in the courtyard, his guide turned around impatiently. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around and my chin hits Ben’s forehead. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I didn't turn around, because I couldn't be sure my face wouldn't crumble. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The rule is the same if the sentence is turned around so the after part comes first: After the guests arrive, I will have started dinner. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, when he was finished, and everybody was clapping their heads off, old Ernie turned around on his stool and gave this very phony, humble bow. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then she turned around, away from the island, to stare at the sea, and she watched the waves roll in, watched the sun glint on the endless vista. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I turned around and took the trail toward Coral Cove. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t have turned around, and so lost my balance, if he hadn’t been there. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turns around, says, “Where’d you learn to be so dishonest?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was all turned around and could not remember which way we had come. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

And just because he yanked that zipper up doesn’t mean that three years later he’s going to turn around and start shooting at people. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I stop long enough to take a turn around. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I turned around and started walking fast back toward the village. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I turn around at the other end of the stage, Dale whistles again. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Julian said, turning around and raising his hand at the same time. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I turn around and there’s nothing behind me but sidewalk. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

And when he turns around I toss him the ball. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

He had no right to criticize Master, and rather than sitting there in his ugly tunic he might turn around and go search properly for Master. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had the elevator doors all shut and all, and was all set to take me up, and then he turned around and said, "They ain't in. They're at a party on the fourteenth floor." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He turned around and she was running, too—mostly, it seemed, because Natalie was pulling her. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

So deserted and peaceful that I almost turn around and go back to the car. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Briefly, I thought about turning around, just giving up, but then I got out of the car and walked up to the front porch. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sosie snaked an arm around Jennifer’s waist and bent her side to side as if they were a robot couple taking a turn around some factory dance floor. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Wax in our ears—standard procedure when battling evil sirens. Now, throw down your weapons and turn around slowly so I can bind your hands.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It took a lot of effort to turn around, but I did, and when I did, he looked different. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dr. Thompson reined in his horse, turned around and looked at her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t turn around; my cheeks are burning up. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to turn around to check and make sure there wasn’t some other kid standing behind me, stuffing chips in his backpack or something, but I knew there wasn’t. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Once they were on the mattress, Toby turned around and started for the front door. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She turned around and regarded me with a smile that looked more like a sneer. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

You just need to drive to the next exit to turn around, but you hate every inch of travel because you're going away from your goal. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trevor’s storm door creaked open and shut, and I turned around and jetted back into the kitchen. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I turned around and started running back to her house. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Pogrebins are attracted to humans and enjoy tailing them, staying in their shadow and crouching quickly should the shadow’s owner turn around. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had started to turn around so that his back was to me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as she shut it behind them she turned around. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When he turned around, there were tears in his bloodshot eyes. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The driver turned around and whispered to Joseph, “Climb on the back and hold on tight!” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She gestures to the broken glass, then turns around and disappears through a dark doorway. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Finally she turned around and picked up a long wooden spoon and went to poking at the stew kettle. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around and she was disappearing down the aisle, in the arms of a woman I’d never seen before. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew better than to say anything, or to even turn around and look back at her. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It was just one of those unexpected tragedies, that just smacked me over the head as soon as I turned around. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I turn around, and with a little shock I realize it’s Mr. Byrne. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Why had he married a woman who was not intelligent only to turn around and tell her that his wife was not intelligent? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He flinched at the sound of my voice and turned around. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Frankie turned around and stuck his tongue out at me for calling him stupid. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He turned around to look at the building for one last time. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maya stopped when she saw her, about to turn around, but Lauren saw her, too. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Unable to turn around inside, he pulled himself all the way out to reenter head first. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt Drinker sees me all turned around in my seat. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Father did not even look at me, but turned around to look at poor Hand Clap. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before he got out the door, Auntie turned around and looked at him; she didn’t seem to care if old Grandma heard what she said or not. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She turns around and around, then slaps her hands against her legs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He turned around, walked back to his dactyl, and took off. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Halfway to the back, Calvin turned around and called to Alex. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I tender-footed across the porch to the steps; then her chair creaked, and without my willing it to do so, my body turned around, and my eyes looked straight at Mrs. Evans. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Before going up the gangplank, I turned around and looked at Hankow. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The world will turn around soon, and Nigeria will stop this,” Kainene said quietly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nok turned around and wove around the marchers, pushing her way through the gaps in the sea of bodies. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She turns around, leaning her back against the railing. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She undid her hair and turned around to see how long it had grown. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around and look through the window. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Pong turned around to see what he was looking at. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Then he sensed a movement behind him, quick and violent and too close, and before he could turn around, a paper hat had been pushed onto his head. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We stroll past another couple of storefronts, then, as if we planned it, turn around together and head back to Prestige. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

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

Then she turns around to face us all. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But after a long pause, Mia turned around, paintbrush in hand, and to Pearl’s amazement, her mother’s eyes were wet. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I hear the commotion, I do not turn around. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Halfway down the stairs, Oliver turned around, climbed back up to the third floor, and placed his own bag of cookies down next to the one he had just left there. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It turned around and began to bump back along the road going toward the highway. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

If he doesn’t turn around, if he refuses to talk to me, I’ll just barrel right into him. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It seemed impossible for someone like Miss Volker, who loved people, to turn around and hurt them. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She waited for him to turn around again and say what he was going to say. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

And the boy turns around, looking slightly apprehensive. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Fine, I thought as I kept walking, resolutely not turning around. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He finally pretended to give up, stuffed the package into his pocket, turned around, and started to walk down the stairs. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around and saw Pasqual, Louis and Benny—who’d started working for us a week before and was fast becoming indispensable—and their wives. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A big white swan full of little children approached my bench, then turned around a bosky islet covered with ducks and paddled back under the dark arch of the bridge. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

If he hadn’t turned around, he might have kept his bearings, but now he’d lost them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I walk down the hallway, turn around, and walk back again, watching myself in the full-length mirror. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“But Pa, this is the third day. Are we going to turn around and walk back home now?” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t turn around to see who it is, but I know the voice. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then he turned around and said to Milkman, “But you know what that means, don’t you? If she took the white man’s bones and left the gold, then the gold must still be there.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned and started back, in hopes of confronting him; he disappeared, but in a few minutes I turned around and he was there again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She didn’t dare turn around to look at the other daraja; she wasn’t sure what she would see. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then she wet her lips and without turning around spoke to her husband in a soft, coarse voice: "Get some chairs, why don't you, so somebody can sit down." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The room had began to turn around him again and he could not even read. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Without a further word; Renzo turned around and walked back into the shop. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Polly knew she was babbling, but she couldn’t find the words to make him turn around. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around and held out something black and gnarled like a piece of driftwood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I turned around to see the soldiers pulling at the wings on my back as if they wanted to make sure they were securely fastened. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drifted out too far and couldn’t get the kayak turned around. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I took a slow turn around the shop, admiring the shelves heavy with books, business forms, proclamations from Parliament and General Howe, slates, thick paper, quills, and sealing wax. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turns around and stares right through me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He had a wild impulse to turn around and walk away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She placed the brush in a jar of water and turned around again. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Drew dribbled until he had enough room to turn around. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It was so dark down at the bottom that I got turned around. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Ben slowed for a stoplight and then turned around to look at Radar. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

At Rob’s suggestion, we’d decided to enforce a two o’clock turn-around time: anybody who wasn’t within spitting distance of the summit by two p.m. had to turn around and go down. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then I turn around and dive back down like a meteor. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I made my way back to the orderlies waiting by the car, swung myself into the backseat, buckled myself up, and turned around. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Bo heads for the kitchen and doesn’t bother turning around as his friends call for him to come back. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Without saying another word, I turned around and walked away. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He turned around to grin shyly at Gilly and then, as though carrying the crown of England, came down Mr. Randolph’s walk, the sidewalk, and into Trotter’s gate. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He waves and walks by, turning around to move away from us, backward. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He gingerly put one foot back, ready to turn around and run. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Ms. Jacobs turns around and writes Nelson Mandela underneath the quote. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

There is a pause and I want to turn around. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

At the door, she turned around and waved both hands at me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The sheriff turns around and gives us all a steely gaze. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A scythe in the foyer could still turn around if the door was open. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Above the rock step where John, Stuart, and Lou turned around, the fixed ropes ended. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She took a slow turn around the pool, no longer searching, but drawn to the glow and glassy stillness of the water. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She motions for me to turn around so she can listen to my lungs but doesn’t respond. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the entrance of the center, my uncle hugged me, and as we parted, he turned around and said, “I’ll see you soon again, my son.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He turned around, busied himself in the kitchen. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I can hear her feet behind me, but I don’t turn around. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When I recognized where Arul was heading, I stopped, but he wouldn’t let me turn around. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He turned around to see it out the back window. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He climbed into the front of the car, turned around, and, with a wicked grin, held up a stack of bills and riffled them with his thumb. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Our amphibious boats turned around, roared back down onto the beach, and churned their way out into the water fifty yards or so. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t turn around to look, but I’m sure Angel’s watching, laughing her head off. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Don’t think he heard, because he doesn’t say anything and doesn’t turn around. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then something—a sixth sense? the shadowshaper magic kicking in?—something told her to turn around. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I paused in the driveway and turned around, ready to get into it, but then realized her words weren’t in attack mode. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

My mom shook her head in frustration and then turned around to address the rest of the family. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I’ve had enough of their whispering, so I turn around to give them a dirty look. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They didn’t move with them; Reg turned around, his limping more pronounced. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I started out the door, turned around, bent over, gave Gay a peck on the cheek, and rushed from the room. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But Maya’s dance ends as suddenly as it begins, and even Grace looks up, surprised and sober, and Joaquin turns around to see Birdie standing there, along with her little brother and her parents. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then Alyssa’s brother turns around and asks me, “What sport did you letter in?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I just got turned around in the mist,” said Coraline. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Jesus is God, you filthy heathen,” Sir Fabian mutters, not even bothering to turn around. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then he turned around and walked right up to his own son and slapped him so hard the boy fell over. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Screw you,” she said, and then she turned around and walked away. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

So I turned around to look at him and said, “It’s all good, man.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Looking over my shoulder, I saw him turn around and head back for the hole. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around and rubbed my forearm and winked at me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Beatrice was our good- luck charm. Things are finally starting to turn around for this family. I can feel it.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

R.C. hadn’t changed, and I would have turned around and gone back home if I could have thought up a good excuse. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The boy hears Asher first, pauses the game, pops his earphones off, and turns around on the couch to look at his captain. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I shout, but he doesn't turn around; he just keeps skipping. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he fooled Mole by running the tops of fences or turning around and going back over his own trail. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Tate had thrown in a remark about how I might have to transfer back to Carver if my grades didn’t turn around. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I slowly turned around and trudged back through the snowy night into the warm and brightly lit Baxter house. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Seanie turned around from where he was sitting up near the front of the bus, and he looked at me and mouthed “homo,” then smiled. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Another lady, whose name tag read GAY, turned around. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Here we are!’’The tinker turned around holding up a shirt of plain grey homespun. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Byron mumbled my name and I turned around to see why his voice sounded so funny. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

An Yi turned around in her seat and beamed at me. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around to find my water bottle and suddenly froze. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He turns around and is lost in the dark. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Pong was so turned around that he couldn't tell which direction was which. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The goldfish man turned around and smiled questioningly at Ma and Ba, who could do nothing but continue to stare. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Yet her mouth was wide and generous as she turned around and smiled at us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I turned around, thinking how stupid those words actually sounded coming from my mouth. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She turned around, and what she saw made her heart skip a beat. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Tell the driver of that black SUV to turn around this instant and come back to our house.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

If we turned around now, it would take us more than half a day to walk beyond El Sacrificio and up to Highway 57 on foot, but that’s where the nearest gas station was. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Nero came closer, turned around once or twice, and curled between us, purring as if he hoped to comfort us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He’d make that harp start from a deep place, then turn around the corner until that bent note came up crying. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I headed toward the kitchen, but then something made me turn around; your guess is as good as mine. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truck drove backward and then turned around. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I turn around and see the lady who was loading her dryer earlier. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I have to force myself to turn around and keep walking, instead of racing back to P.J.’s. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Ivy nodded and wiped her eyes before she turned around, just in case. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He turned around to find Ann’s boyfriend, a tall middle-aged man with a small, neatly trimmed mustache, standing before him, nervously fingering his tie. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I touch one wall of the cell as I turn around. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I turned around, stepped over the zebra and threw myself over­board. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Emma turned around, but only to reach up and feel around on the other side of the wall. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I sat there until he disappeared from sight and then turned around and went home. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Hitler immediately turned around and made a treaty with Japan and Italy, creating his own group of allies known as the “Axis” powers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I knew the voice before I turned around. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I turned around and peeked out at the sidewalk. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He turned around to the Weasleys, who were looking utterly bewildered. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Roy got a bad feeling, but he didn’t want to turn around to see if he was right. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she turned around, and he saw that it wasn’t Estella. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around to see the two angels talking closely together, and then they came up to him, humble and awkward, but proud, too. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He stopped at the door, and was about to turn around when he noticed our suffering. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I pulled a random book off the shelf and turned around. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I reached the front I turned around, duffel bag on my shoulder, and waited to spot the eyes that were searching for me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

When I finally pull it off, Lena turns around and smiles. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, Chencho would turn around to check on us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I turn around and coming down the walk toward me is Jackson Keats. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He turned around and wrote in big huge block letters that spread all the way across the chalkboard: MR. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I turn around, and there’s my mother and Hank, standing at the opposite end. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Look there,” he said, turning around at the door, “look out over that swamp, Lee. See the color? That misty red? Chris says that’s spring.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around and watch him stroll along like he should have a piece of hay in his mouth. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He pops back up near the pier, hair sticking to his forehead, and Alex turns around and stares at him, breathless at the loss. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I turned around and ran inside the tent. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He turned around and stared at the market, and he had never willed harder for his father to appear than that moment. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The driver was already slamming down on the gas pedal while I was in midair, so I didn’t turn around in time to catch Annette’s eye through the window. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled and turned around in her desk. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I noticed people staring at something behind me, and that's when I turned around and saw that Mrs. Williams was still standing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I am so sick of everything to do with Unity Valley that when we get into the main hallway and Kristina turns around and says, “So, did you tell Claire and Gerry last night?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“No. We need to talk first,” I said, turning around to look right at the twins as I spoke. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have to turn around to recognize what it was. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed his door open and shouted his name but, if he’d heard, he didn’t turn around. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When I turned around, I gasped and my hand came up to my mouth. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around so he’s not talking to my back anymore. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The roads I take start to get less busy, and I get all turned around, unsure of whether I’m supposed to go left or right. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

His second turn around was a little faster, and by the fifth circuit he felt almost comfortable, but he was bathed in sweat when he swung back inside. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He continued to look at the beautiful sword for a bit longer, until he summoned the courage to turn around. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw me to the end of the drive before turning around. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She glances at my bulletin board with all our pictures, and then she turns around and faces us. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She turned around and leaned against the railing. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Clockwise, as if in orbit, he took the Chevy on another seven-mile turn around the lake. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

P.K. turned around and smiled, proud that he had asked a question that aroused laughter from his peers behind him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked along Ocean Beach for a long time, until I reached the rocks below the Cliff House, and then I turned around. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Grandma turned around from the sewing machine, and froze. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I like it,” she said, turning around, placing her full stomach close to me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

And do you know?—Mary and I turned around and walked stiffly across the street and into our front yard. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maribel with sleepy eyes and uncombed hair, sitting cross-legged on the seat, turning around and looking back for me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Stoker finally turns around, ready to begin. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“See for yourself,” he said, turning around slowly. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t like to waste time, so when I at last turned around, I did so abruptly and asked directly, “Are you the children who have been missing from Greenwich for a week?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Her father will murder me if she gets shot out there. Now, turn around and cover her eyes, unless you want her to watch....” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He turned around right there, with that oleander framing him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jump about a mile and turn around. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And I turn around and walk out the door. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around and saw Garrett Miller grinning at me, his skateboard under his arm. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Then he turned around and walked down to home plate and picked up our two bats; we always left the bats for him to carry. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She turns around and throws the peace sign up to her friends, then turns back and squeezes me, tries to lift me. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

When Mini turned around, Aru saw that she had managed to tuck the sprig of youth into the back of her jeans. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The peddler stared at him, openmouthed, but before he could even make a movement with his hand, there was another noise that made them all turn around. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I turned around to see what they were laughing at. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Finally, Nancy Bobofit snickered something about the naked guy on the stele, and I turned around and said, “Will you shut up!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra turned around and stormed out of the house. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

When Luke turned around, Toby sat up completely, flinching. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Edgar turned around to face the wall in response. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

When he told me I could go on to the PX, I turned around and started back to the hospital. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I know is that at one point Johnny turned around, looked directly at me, and gave a head nod—he recognized me from the ’hood. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept turning around to see what he was doing back there, but he was just strolling along smiling. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It would have been too embarrassing to turn around, so I drove slowly across the bridge and was relieved when we had made it to the other side. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But he suddenly turns around and walks closer to us. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I turned around when I heard a bark and spotted Connor standing at the edge of the field. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Erin’s face became red, but she didn’t turn around to answer him. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Then I turned around and left them there, whining and fighting again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Gwenforte sprinted out ahead, lost them, turned around and came pelting back, and, when she found them, sprinted off ahead again. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Even turning around to put my back against it and push with my legs—which I thought might give me better leverage—didn’t help; it still sat there. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Unfazed, she turned around and began stalking the aisles, indiscriminately pulling candy bars and bags of chips off the shelves. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Fuchsia turns around and kicks the locker she’s been leaning against. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I took the ball out of the glove, held it in my right hand, and turned around for a moment to look out at the field and let the pain in my wrist subside. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

With a sigh, I turned around and trudged back the way I had come, in a mood neatly suited to the desolate landscape. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Two rows behind me, I heard a chair move and turned around to see Alaska standing up, slinging her backpack over one arm. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When he was done or found berries, he thought, he would just turn around so the water was on his left and walk back until he came to the ridge and his shelter. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke turned around and left, scared he might cry in front of Dad. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around and saw Troy holding the laptop. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I turned around and looked at Junior, whose eyes were red because he was trying to hold back his tears. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then they turned around and went back inside. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When she turned around I asked, “Can I trade in this ticket and go play one game of baseball?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I was up in front with the driver and I turned around. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She’d stepped away from him to pick flowers, returned, and at the sound of her footsteps behind him, he’d turned around before he was through. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take the seat in front a her, turn around and listen. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Once the officer got in, the van began to move, backing down the driveway until it reached a space wide enough to turn around. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I figured Needles and Noodles were still right with me, but when I turned around, neither of them was. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

A moment later, with no warning at all, she turned around and careened back down the beach in the direction of camp. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She turned around and seemed to be looking for a way out. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We were going to watch the sunrise over the ocean, listen to the Boston Pops, drive up to Canada for a cup of coffee and turn around and drive home. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Kote turned around and shrugged Chronicler’s limp body into Bast’s arms. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I'm sorry,'' Prosper apologized. He turned around again. “I followed them the whole day, without being seen. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra turned around, knowing what she’d see and dreading it despite her bravado. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He must know how bad I’m feeling because he turns around in the front seat and ruffles my hair like he used to when I was a little kid. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

And sure enough, I turned around and a sullen woman was now squatting in front of the bucket of fish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and turned around twice before he saw Bud frantically waving him to their corner. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truck came while she took off her shoes and socks, and she ran to the window to watch Daddy go out and the truck turn around and go away. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Take Fifteen Steps to Better Writing to the west then turn around and dig," I whispered. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Then he throws the burning cigarette into a dry patch of grass before he gets up and stumbles away, not even turning around or saying good-bye. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Next he turned around the desk in his office so that he was sitting at it with his back to the wall instead of to the window. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I turn around, I nearly trip over him. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around and began to dry her hands briskly on the dish towel, and to Pearl’s chagrin her mother’s face was suddenly stiff and closed in. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The huge woman made an effort to obey, but nearly fell down just trying to turn around. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Isabel walked about ten feet in front of us, but she’d turn around every few paces to make sure we were still there. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He turned around with a bottle in his hands and winked at me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When it’s my turn, I take some fries and turn around to face my doom. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Glad for the suggestion, the kids turned around and walked up Elm Street to Main. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She parks the car and the entire time I think, Let’s just turn around, let’s just leave. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I turned around, saying, “No way,” then took a half step back when twelve fetterlings started clanking together, like metal rattlesnakes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was just one room, barely large enough to turn around in, made of rough wooden planks. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around and ran back in the other direction, head down, tripping once and scraping her knee badly, then up again and running, bolting past the women. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was no other road marked DETOUR, so obviously the only thing to do was to turn around and go back about five miles to the last town and take the regular highway. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fiona turned around and looked down the center aisle to where I was standing just inside the shop. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The reverend turned around and showed Milkman a knot the size of a walnut that grew behind his ear. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around to see three men running after him, wav-ing their hats. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I just turned around and told her to keep the door dosed and don’t stay in the tub too long and bring her towels down to the laundry when she was through.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turns around, walking carefully with her cane. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I turned around, too awed to feel guilty. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

On the other side of me, Miig turned around and put a finger to his lips, shushing my small noises. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Bailey turns around but cannot tell which way he came, the path turns in on itself and he cannot see any of the signs to know which ones he had passed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Gilly’s first impulse was to turn around and go back into the house until Agnes had left, but it was too late. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t turn around; he just took a breath, then under that breath started counting the steps. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She hopped off TOC's lap, turned around, grabbed her first-aid box, and started looking through it in vain for asthma meds. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

And then I don’t know why, but I have to turn around and pretend I don’t care about the box so Nenny won’t see how stupid I am. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lily turned around and gazed at Jilly for a few seconds. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And I was no different: I sincerely hoped Doug got to the top, for instance, yet I would do everything in my power to keep pushing on if he turned around. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

They stared each other down for a second or two before Sapo turned around and headed for the door. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I kept expecting him to turn around, to look at the other apartments, but he only stood with his hand gripping the top of his skateboard and stared at our door. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

On the far bank, Shin stood up and turned around to take a last look at North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

My mom turned around just to make sure I was smiling. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I turned around and looked back at the crowd, but I couldn't see Father. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” he said, turning around and waving me off. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As one of the bomber pilots was turning around to make another run over the target area, the rope pulling the glider snapped. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A guy in a business suit turned around. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

With that, Patrick turned around and went back into the room. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The woman turns around again, this time clearing her throat. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My stomach was all turned around, and I had no desire to eat, but I followed him in. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

If she turned around, she would definitely think I’m stalking her. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She braced herself for him to turn around, to blow her cover, but he just stood with his back to her, his head tilted like he was listening to something. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He stops at the door, turns around, like he forgot something, and just stares at you. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“If it leads nowhere we can turn around and cut back in,” I said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I said, turning around, my blood still boiling. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

By the time I turned around to check the cargo spot, the arm was around my neck, and the chokehold was tightening. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I don’t need to turn around to see the fear and hurt in his eyes. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He wrapped their coats each in turn around the trunk of a small tree and twisted out the water. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Uh, see you later,” Armpit said to her, but she didn’t turn around as she quickly walked away. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She turned around and I zipped her dress while I kept counting. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, soldier. You can leave now,” he says without turning around. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But just as the boys turn around, two more knights get swallowed by the bay. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I grab her arm, and when she turns around I just...go for it. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Every time I turn around, I see their worried eyes, and the looks they give each other, and there’s something else—anger. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I turn around one last time to look at all the things we could not do because we had only one line of tickets. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Imogen didn’t turn around, but her boyfriend poked her in the shoulder. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Never blushes or turns around to hide herself, just changes her clothes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Baxter took something out of the drawer and held it behind her back as she turned around to face me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Frowning, Maria turned around and thumped through the living room to the bathroom. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of him a little lady with a feather in her hat, who was enjoying the music, turned around and whispered “Shhhh!” very angrily. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was already making her turn around the first post, her javelin man grinning and waving at us, shouting: “See ya!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he turns around, he’s got a jug of moonshine and a handkerchief. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Just as Joey and I turned around from the table, Erik and Arthur entered the backyard through the gate. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jet turned around and gave him a hug. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

This would be a good time to turn around. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

When I turn around, he’s gone, and Olga’s friend Angie comes running in, looking like she was the one hit by a semi. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I hold the door open and on his fourth try, Jason makes the turn around the door frame. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around, and two soldiers are behind us, skulls grinning on their hats. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He climbed out of the minivan and staggered up the sidewalk to his house, and when he was standing on the front porch, he turned around, smiling. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He turned around and went over to the pile of straw lying on the floor in a corner of the room. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I turned around and stood there rooted in my spot. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

They had barely turned around, however, when a little man swooped suddenly from under the table and came to a halt in midair before them. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I turned around to see if I could retreat, only to see four more men approach. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was always hardest getting Princesse to remove her panties, but once Catherine either turned around or pretended to close her eyes, they were gone in a flash. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She turns around and stares at me hard. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I stopped the ball with my foot and turned around—it was the girl I had briefly spoken with in science class on my first day of school. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He stopped by the blinds and turned around. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

They fluttered off to the flowers and trees, and Brer turned around with a glare. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I made my way over to him and announced that he had been caught, whereupon he turned around and I realized that he was a prefect. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came from behind Moss, so he hiked up the chain a bit and tried to turn around. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As soon as I got it, I turned around and started running down the other side of the hill, toward old Spencer's house. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He turns around and I start talking—it’s the only way. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When I turn around, I can see that the back door has popped open, and for a moment I think that Radar has been thrown from the car, but then he sits up. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Juanita complained as I turned around and started out of the room. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She turned around when she heard them coming in. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the episode, he picked me up, turned off the TV, and turned around. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around and almost jumped at the sight of a female figure coming out of the shadows from behind the storehouse, like a ghost. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When I turned around, Dovid was sitting at the edge of his bed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Finally Momma slammed the knife down and turned around to look at By again. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two years running now, his varsity had beaten Ebright’s in the Pacific Coast Regatta only to turn around and lose in Poughkeepsie. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I turn around and see steaming-hot serving trays lined up on a table against the wall. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

But he hung up before I could get another word out, and it seemed that I had just turned around when a large, gaudy pickup hooked to a flashy two-horse trailer pulled into the driveway. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Rondell burped so loud a couple people turned around to look at us. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The rider who’d fled had reined in his horse and turned around to look back, shading his eyes to see what was going on. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around, jacket in one hand, knife in the other. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Staring at the back of his neck isn’t going to make him turn around and say hello,” Liz said finally. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Say something, Ignatius,” his mother pleaded, turning around just in time to see Ignatius stick his head out of a window and vomit down the side of the dented car. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having said these words, the insulted Anne turned around and pretended the learned doctor wasn’t there. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We turned around with just enough time to jump out of the way as the red Toyota from before came within feet of running us both over. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Maybe tomorrow,” said Gilly calmly and marched into the house without turning around. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh no, no, I’ll just find a cab. Don’t bother yourself on — ” and then her face went white and I turned around to see what had scared her. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

That happens in movies—people can feel it when other people stare at them and they just have to turn around and say something. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Just before we reached my father, he turned around. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

After climbing to the top of the slide, the boys turned around and sat down. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she turned around, he held the bag out to her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I turn around in my chair so I can’t see her anymore. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton stops short, turns around, and cuts Beatriz the most hateful look. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“No problem,” he said, turning around to get a look at the drawing. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

And when she turned around, her pretty little butt twitched so nice and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the woods, before we turned onto El Indio Highway, I paused at the stop sign long enough to turn around to look at the twins. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When she hits her release right, the discus soars, but once in a while she gets turned around and sends it off in the wrong direction. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He stopped dead in the middle of the sidewalk, turned around slowly, arms extended. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Before I leave, I turn around one last time and snap a photo of myself so I can remember all of it. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I turn around to find an old woman standing behind us. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I fight the urge to tell Seven to turn around. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He turned around to see her head peeking through the open door. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He tried not to, but he had to turn around again. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The detective turned around, grabbed one of the chairs pushed under the table in the corner and pulled it towards him in a swift, almost violent movement. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she lowered the cup, a Red Guard turned around and casually kicked it out of her hand. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I walked into the warm office, I almost turned around and walked back out. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Maxwell, please turn around. And keep your shirttail tucked in." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I watched them go and, when I turned around, caught Audrey eyeing me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The boy turned around and yelled at Francie: “Go chase yourself!” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around and gave Maya a look. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The physician, who had turned around from the next bed at the sound of my name, drew the Inspector aside and muttered at him awhile. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatever. Anyway, something dramatic can happen and the whole thing will turn around. Then you’ll have as much good luck as you had bad luck.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to turn around and attack the woman. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Maxy must have turned around but I never saw her. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I turned around to see, Abuela leaned down and whispered, “Face forward. You should never look behind you in church.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Now he said, quite suddenly and without turning around: “How do you know if he was in the yearbook or not?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

By then, it was too late to turn around. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

When he turned around, the man pointed a gun at him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I bet,” I said before turning around to give my order. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He turned around and walked several paces back to the boys. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I turn around to see him standing a few feet away, just staring at me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It’s not until he turns around and we’re a little closer that I realize he’s not standing in front of Gram’s grave at all. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was only fifty yards from the truck when Mr. Grin suddenly stopped and turned around as if he had sensed there was someone there. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When he finally turned around, a slick white smile accompanied the key perched on his palm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Two guys were shouting, and when I turned around, their chests were about an inch apart. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I slid down in the seat and asked the driver to turn around and take me home to Park Avenue. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Benny shrugged and turned around, disappearing through the swinging doors that led to the back of the store. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He turned around and looked at his family’s house, so safe and secure. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around to see Darius doubled over, holding his stomach. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He caught my arm and I turned around. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He did not turn around for he was looking at something in the distance. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It brought you back to reality and made you realize that the boom was over and that it wasn’t going to turn around the next day. I remember gasping for breath.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she turned around and looked at the opposite wall; there, equally large, were pictures of Brave Orchid and her husband. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Shoot, he might've turned around and took me back to the school if I said the wrong thing. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I felt something sharp and painful between my shoulder blades and turned around. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve almost called him many times, but when I get to the pay phone, I tense up and turn around. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I slip into my seat, trying to quiet my breathing so Mrs. Robins don’t turn around from the chalkboard. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t turn around and look at her in the rocking chair. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When he turned around, Doha’s mouth gaped open to see his sister holding another egg in her raised hand. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He gets to his feet, attempts to turn around, but thinks again. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She did not turn around but kept on scrubbing at the gaps between her fingers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When he turned around, the darkness was empty except for Father Cham. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

As soon as I was through it, I turned around just in time to see the Crystal Gate transform into a large wooden door set into the castle wall. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The old woman pretending to be the Lonely King slapped the bartender across the face when he turned around. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He turned around and backed his wheelchair toward the six steps. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Those men were turning around and headed in their direction. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I’d turn around from time to time and catch one of them opening another beer. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She pushed his door open and shouted his name but, if he’d heard, he didn’t turn around. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I felt a tapping on my shoulder and turned around. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

But she was already standing when Uncle Jet turned around to say, “You can take your ceremony and...” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

If one can go north, one can turn around and head south; equally, if one can go forward in imaginary time, one ought to be able to turn round and go backward. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled and turned around to walk outside to a waiting cab. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And despite the crowd and the chaos, I didn’t even turn around to make sure Dad was still behind me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then he turned around and spoke to the mariachi on the other side of the yard. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I turned around and just missed brushing noses with Esmé’s small brother. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Renson turned around and gave me a pound, then opened his hand and gave Lovey a gentle handshake and a wink. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I thought about going back in to help Lieutenant Carroll stop the fight, but by the time I turned around, Lieutenant Carroll came hurtling through the doors. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around and gave me that look she gives me sometimes, when her eyeballs get super big and she kind of looks like an angry bird. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

When she did not speak, he turned around. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I kept my mouth shut, though, and turned around. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They all stopped and turned around, Thorn lifting her chin up like Valley had taught her to. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I remember once, the summer I was around twelve, teeing off and all, and having a hunch that if I turned around all of a sudden, I'd see Allie. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Patty turned around and looked us up and down. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I turn around and jog back out to center. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Dad turned around and he had flour spilled all down the front of his shirt, and I snorted, because I didn’t think Dad in the kitchen would ever stop being ridiculous. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I turned around and went to the garage. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She turns around and hushes us all and stamps her foot until we’re quiet again. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Joseph turned around and got off the bus. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

El turns around and glances back at me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I nod that I understand, and Sandy’s walking away before I know it—but then he thinks better of it, and turns around to face me again. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Joey sits two seats behind me and when I turned around he smiled all big. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She turned around to look at me in the backseat. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The other two turned around and sped off. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if he felt me staring, or what, but the boy turned around and met my gaze. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We turn around and head back up the two-lane highway, farther north. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I immediately wanted to turn around and go back to my family. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The sergeant stopped and without turning around, but coming to stiff attention, said, “The best, sir. At least in this part of the country.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ryan turns around and now I can see the freckles on the base of his neck. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Sparrow, turn around when I’m talking to you.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“If at any time what I’m saying makes it awkward or embarrassing for you, just turn around and leave,” said Ehrlichman. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Luke didn’t turn around, just stared at his hands. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Her reflection glances my way several times, but I don’t turn around. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Every time they turned around there was another loyalty oath to be signed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Dad turned around and went for her again. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The boy turns around and I realize he’s older than I first thought, maybe early twenties, with stubble darkening his cheeks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He walked and turned around for them to show off his fancy clothes and expensive beads. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mother turned around and clasped her hands together. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I turn around just in time to see Logan toss a french fry right at us. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Every time you turned around she was threatening to go tell on you or was whining about something or being just a plain old pest. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around to look for his brother and saw him drifting a few feet away from me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A teacher voice calls out and he turns and starts walking toward it but then he turns around again. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held on to the idea that Suzanne’s health would turn around, even as the evidence against it stacked up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He knocked on the glass and told the driver to turn around. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I could feel Jazz's face turn red without having to turn around. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Feliciano told this inmate not to turn around, then drew his baton and held it in ready position across his torso, what was called port-arms position. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know how long the girl had been standing there, but, when she picked up a shirt and turned around, she found her standing by the doorway, hands cupped around a glassful of tea. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Gently she sticks her black paws in my ears, feels my cheek, then turns around, and, hanging onto my neck with her hind legs, reaches down into my pocket with her front paws. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she turned around and went across the street to her apartment. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around when he finished writing to face us again. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She appears, getting my name right, getting me, and I turn around to her. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

We all turned around to see an older man coming toward us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Seven turned around as Poppy caught up to her, cheeks bright pink like she was either out of breath or embarrassed. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He turned around when he heard me get up. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am admiring the painting,” I said without turning around. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’m waiting there, and all of a sudden Louie turns around and smacks this guy right in the gut. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Frederick says, “Of course,” and together he and Werner pad into a warm, clean-smelling bedroom and Frederick slides open a drawer, and when he turns around, he’s wearing eyeglasses with black frames. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I turned around and gave him a cold stare without saying a word. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even turn around but waved my hand at her so she’d know I heard her. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Papá turned around and slapped me on the side of the face with the back of his right hand. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I kept turning around, expecting to see him. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I turned around again: Perez seemed to be way back there, fading in the shimmering heat. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

A thousand turns around the dance floor in my memory—our living-room rug—are not so helpful right now. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around and Tiny Cooper is crying huge tears. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

A second after I landed, a shadow spilled over me, and I turned around to see Sorrento’s mech blotting out the sky. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I turn around, remembering again that we got made together, cell for cell. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I could hear Dante crying—and when I turned around to see where he was, I saw that he was holding Richie Valens's limp body in his arms. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Rahel stopped and turned around, and on her heart a drab moth with unusually dense dorsal tufts unfurled its predatory wings. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He skidded to a halt and turned around. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

April shut the door of her room behind her grandmother and then she turned around very slowly and dramatically to face the rest of the Egypt gang. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the man had fallen away behind by that time, and she was afraid to let go of the saddle, afraid to turn around, lest she fall off the horse. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big policemen watched, and she turned around and nodded to them. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Yes you have,” said Charles, without turning around. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When they were on a hilltop, Werfel turned around and looked through his magnifying lenses. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I turn around and find the redheaded Avox girl who tended to me last year until the Games began. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around, sort of stunned, to look at Mrs. Baker, and I felt the two cages move apart. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

As though she would have liked to turn around but couldn’t. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then he turns right around and heads off, walks without turning around again. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

"Let's just push on until someone tells us to turn around." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But when Mr. Axelroot found out we had to go to Stanleyville he turned around and took right off again up the river or something, nobody knew, and he’d be back tomorrow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack Will rolled his eyes a little as he turned around. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I turned around, but only because I was at the end of one row and starting on another. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She walked out about a hundred yards, stopped, and then turned around. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then, the king turned around and saw her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He would have had an excuse to turn around and start walking away from Marcus. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Lady Meng turned around and slowly lifted her head—her neck rising to a proud, defiant arch. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Ash slid back into the parlor before her father turned around, and she tiptoed to the front window. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed it open, looked down the thirteen stories, and turned around to face Burger. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

But before he could turn around, the gun went off. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

We stopped when the lieutenant turned around and faced us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

On the next run, I got turned around and had to ask a mailman where the Loeffler house was. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Coach shook Mr. Jefferson's hand, then turned around to me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She turned around and stared at him as he went about the business of gathering his equipment and things—packing up. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She turns around in her chair, but I can’t see her face. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I turn around to wave to Libby, she isn’t there—just that streak across the sky, still glowing. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Ivy swallowed and took a deep breath before turning around. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Wilson can’t turn around and go to the bathroom ’less he asks Mrs. Wilson if it’s okay by her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tanisha turns around and flashes me a cheesy smile, like she done said something good. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When we were walking, I turned around to see the village one last time. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He took several sips, refilled it, turned around, and headed out to the parking lot. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

After Scout reads it, he turns around and smiles at me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one in the front turned around and went back into the barn. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

At one point, I could feel someone’s eyes burning into my back, so I turned around to sneak a peek at the Savanna table again. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Samsa turned around in his chair in their direction and observed them quietly for a while. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Wednesday turned around and faced the street. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Sort of like you’re getting a bunch of little warnings on the way; sort of like if you really wanted to you could turn around. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teddy turned around at the waist, without changing the vigilant position of his feet on the Gladstone, and gave his father a look of inquiry, whole and pure. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Then, right as he’s about to turn around, I lunge forward and grab for his suitcase. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t watch, though, so I turned around and pretended to admire one of Fulton’s many posters. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I stood there clinging to my bucket of dirty water until she finally turned around and looked at me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I turned around, and she put the comb back in my hair. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She turned around and yelled to the back, but it looked like she was yelling at the chicken stacked up in that big metal bed thing it sits in. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He turned around from the front seat and shook our hands. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He saw Ms. Morales shake off Natalie’s hand and turn around, as if she still intended to solve everything by talking to the police. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When the hyena turned around, it saw its guts on the ground and thought: Food. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around, strode back down the dormitory, and stopped at Harry’s bed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When he turned around Jean Louise saw amusement banish the indignation in his eyes, then meld into an expression she could not read. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I stopped and turned around, but I couldn’t look at him. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He turned around, wiping the guy’s blood off his face with the sleeve of his sweatshirt and spitting on the ground. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I turned around and ran back down the hall and into Daddy’s big refrigerated workroom. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As if she could feel his eyes on her, her head popped up, and Toby nearly fell off the bar stool trying to turn around. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I bounced the ball hard a couple of times and when the kids turned around I started my move to the basket. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to turn around to see my friends’ faces, but I couldn’t. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

All the children turned around to look at a little girl whose parents had not come from the old country. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that doesn’t sound fine,” Linda said, turning around in her seat. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

At the end of class, I fled before he could turn around and give it back to me. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He turns around and catches me chewing and I laugh, spitting the piece of baklava out onto the floor. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He startled a bit and turned around, blinking at me like his eyes were adjusting. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He turned around to look back the way they had come, then froze. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I turn around, and one of the couples is dancing themselves into the next room, carrying their phonograph with them. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Every time we turned around, he was going up onstage to get another award. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She turned around and walked out of the room. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t dare take the time to turn around. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It clattered to the floor, startling Cecilia, who turned around to look at the mess with wide-eyed amazement. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But she also struggled with rules—and sometimes disobeyed them, such as turning around during the Trinity prayer. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held our hands as we walked, and every so often she would turn around as if to see whether we were still with her. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“A maze is like a map,” answers Jamie, turning around in her seat. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ferris looked at me for a second and then said, “Let’s all sit down and get started,” except that I turned around and walked out. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The room slowly turns around us, the ledge still slippery, the wall of water shining white with the sun. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I turned around; an older man, probably in his sixties or seventies, approached the truck with a concerned smile. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the yard, she turned around. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then she stops stone still, like some bright idea has just come to her, turns around, and heads back my way. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He thought he would know it right away, without being told and, surprised that he had, he turned around to look at it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t say anything, just turned around and kept walking. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m right here,” she whispered in his ear, but he didn’t dare turn around to look at her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He turns around in his chair and shouts at the table behind him, where his girlfriend, Anita, is sitting. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t turn around, talking instead to the Carla in the mirror. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around and found himself face to face with a little girl with braids and embroidered socks who was staring at him from the doorway. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your total is eleven eighty-five,” Renee said, turning around to scoop the fries. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was nervous, so that it was hard for me to turn around and walk on. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The voice came from behind him, and Moss discovered that in his position, he didn’t have enough leverage to turn around. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Are you kidding? I’d just have to turn around and come back.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

At one stage Prosper thought he could hear footsteps behind them, but when he turned around it was just a bird, fluttering out of an overgrown hedge. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He suddenly remembered why he had fallen over and turned around quickly to stare at the alleyway between the garage and fence. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But Renzo had already turned around and stepped out into the alley. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her father turned around so abruptly that the book almost fell from her hand. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

After a few steps, I turn around and see that Ma has already gone back into the hut. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she hung up the phone, she turned around to see me standing there confused and scared. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Two hundred yards this side of our home, the road made a turn around a low foothill shutting our house off from view. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shrugging off the feeling of disappointment, Fadi turned around to inspect the back of the store. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

On his tenth turn around the lake he passed the hiking boys for the last time. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The look in her eyes when she turned around told me that had been a smart decision. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He started to gasp for air and turned around to face me at the bottom of the stairs...trying to speak. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Jordan said that there was nothing he could do about it, and turned around, resuming his conversation. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I looked into my own brother’s eyes; I told him he wasn’t welcome among Muslims, and he turned around and left, and I haven’t seen him since. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he turned around, Lizzie was sitting on the floor, her legs tucked up beneath her. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Papa turned around, saw what was happening, and shouted, “Hey! What are you doing?” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around to look my ex-best friend in her eyes. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then he turned around and headed back to his mountain. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What time does school start here?” he asked, not turning around. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She had hardly turned around before Gregor had already dragged himself out from the couch, stretched out, and let his body expand. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was over the fence, she turned around to see what he’d do to escape himself, and he had walked right straight up to that cow and was rubbing her long nose! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’d have to turn around and look for the fork in the road again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t even turn around to look at me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I turned around before I could think it through. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

If they had turned around, they would have seen Ms. Hussey and Mr. Watch leave the store together. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around and feel along the curved stone wall until I reach the second door. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I leaned forward just as he turned around and slammed the door of his locker. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I turned around, as Yakov had done—I knew it, I felt it—but Frankie was the only person to emerge from the underbrush. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He turns around and struggles to put it back in. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Longstreet outlined the change: both Divisions would have to stop where they were and turn around. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stared at us until the father shook them and they turned around. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I turned around and around in a foggy, dreamlike state, looking for the source of that scream, but only darkness surrounded me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

My mother calls out after me, but I don’t turn around. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When he got to the top of the steps, Hickey turned around so the hangman could bind his wrists behind him. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

"With such low visibility, it won't take long for him to realize his solar cells will have a problem. Couldn't he just turn around at that point?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We held each other for a while, but not long enough; then she turned around and was gone. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

At first I resolved not to turn around. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It could be, so long as you didn’t turn around and look back down towards number fifteen. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She skulked around bushes and hid behind the skinny trunk of a birch tree, which wouldn’t have actually disguised anything if Drew happened to turn around as he crossed the street. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I turn around and start walking, trying to ignore the lump rising in my throat. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Maxie skipped a few steps ahead of me, then turned around and walked backward so we were looking at each other. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Marshall for some reason had turned around and was aiming the light in the opposite direction, on the wall of the Professor’s store, but at her whisper he turned back. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around, lifted the tarpaulin, and threw up over the side of the moving truck. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Drew turned around, his fists balled up as he rushed me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Harry turned around to see Professor Lupin, who looked both shaken and pleased. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I turned around and pressed my back against the door. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

This time I climbed only 120 feet above the bergschrund before lack of composure and the arrival of a snow squall forced me to turn around. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben turned around and offered me his fist. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was surprised we were there ’cause as soon as he saw us he turned around and tried to walk right back out. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I can no longer see Pa, I turn around and go inside our house, where Ma sits in the corner of the room crying. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around and smiled, and Jaime Hugged her compulsively, clasping her to his chest and scratching her forehead with his chin, whose impossible beard was already clamoring for a shave. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am not sure why she would choose to tell me something about the factionless codes until I turn around. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I mean some girl in front keeps turning around to see what the hell's going on. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He turned around and ran off as fast as he could. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He just turned around to me and said, “Cassie wants to kiss me!” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then I stood up, carefully turned around, and headed for home. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought Shawn was out—his truck wasn’t in the driveway—but when I turned around with the drill, he was standing in my doorframe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I turned around, trying to push him back. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The car turned around the bend at the end of the long tree-lined drive and the animals heard the sound of the engine receding in the distance. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They headed out once more, but Tidbit dragged his feet and kept turning around to look for the dog. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mo turned around and stroked the hair back from Meggie’s forehead. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He heard the car door shut behind him but didn’t turn around. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Just hugged and locked arms with us as we turned around and faced the crowd, still chanting, “Spring-field P-D, we don’t want brutality!” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We began to walk back down Allerton Avenue, turning around every few seconds to see the cops, who were still staring at us. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I turn around to see one of Mango’s ears sticking out from the middle of the pile. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She turned around to look at the clock and found that she had been working just one hour! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around to Suesetta and ask, “Are you ready to join the Housewives’ League?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He started to turn around, but Thomas reached out and grabbed him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I turn around to see Esther Song standing behind me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Al, who was in front of us, turns around once we reach the Pit and announces, “I want to get a tattoo.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Me, Rock, and Mrs. Rock all turn around and see a lady in the back poking her head out from underneath a hair dryer. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Gatsby turned around from a window and looked at me challengingly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I turn around and hurry up the stairs before she or Malik can see how glossy my eyes get. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He looked down as he spoke, and the cap in his hand turned around and around. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I thought it was Via at first, but when I turned around, I was completely surprised. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I grab her hand in truce as we huff and puff up a hill, turning around to look back at it all when we finally reach the top. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Colin heard the crash of another box, but he didn't want to turn around. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“There was a river, and a man asking... for a coin? I turned around and the exit door was open. So I just... I just left. I don’t understand. What’s happened?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I turned around to hand the drawing back to Ben, just as he leaned forward and mashed his bps into my collarbone. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s so easy to get turned around. I think the river is that way,” she said, pointing to her left. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The farmer turned around in his seat and glared at them. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our corner was also where a lot of minibus drivers ended their routes and turned around to loop back to the minibus rank. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Alfred threw out his jab mechanically, staring at the back of the square, white-topped head, willing it to turn around and look at him. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the younger bear turned around, he saw what she meant. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He took his foot off the gas pedal and looked for a place to turn around, but the road was narrow, and on either side the ditches were muddy and flowing with the run-off. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Listen"—Coach turned around to look my mother in the face—"I totally get that. But what if I made you a deal," he went on. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Hagrid turned around and headed back into his cabin, leaving the back door ajar. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He turned around to find a filthy gray bird flapping around on the pavement at his feet. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Meryl Lee, let’s go somewhere together for Valentine’s Day? I turned around to look behind me, because someone else must have said what just popped out of my mouth. “What?” said Meryl Lee. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I tried not to turn around to stare right back, but it was the closest I had been to a boy my age since we had been sorted. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He turns around and sees his house full of these same unhuman beings. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Tally turned around to look into David’s eyes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I’m only halfway up the hill when I hear a car and turn around. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of him wants to turn around, go sit in his car until the person leaves—but he knows that’s not what Manny would want him to do. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Now, please turn around. Turn around very slowly. Let’s all stay nice and calm.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey had watched him learn to turn around in a circle, patiently practicing, tumbling over his own feet, falling in a heap, sitting down in surprise. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She let Thorn and Valley pull ahead, gritted her teeth, and turned around, hands up. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I dangled them out in front of me and waited for her to turn around. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She turned around slowly, her hands in a nervous tangle before her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Jules didn’t turn around, but she shot a peace sign in the air as she kept marching them forward. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Baby Girl look right at me standing behind her daddy, and Mister Leefolt turn around and see me, then turn back round to her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I turned around and saw my mom at the end of the hallway, framed by the front door to the sanctuary. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t turn around when Dill walked in. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She turned around and swatted the hem of my skirt. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I turn around, my thirteen are huddled together in the corner, like Helena was. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Sunny turned around awkwardly and threw his hand up in the air to me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She wanted to see his ugly face, to wrap her arms around him and press herself against his chest, but she knew that if she turned around Ser Jorah would be gone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If he turned around now, he could be back on deck in twenty minutes, breathing clean air. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He turns around, shines the flashlight in my face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

We turn around and I hear Albert mumble, “Oh no.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Prosper turned around and yanked open the nearest door he could find. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Beast turned around and glared, and the Colonel almost got kicked out after the first free throw, but he smiled at the ref and said, “Sorry!” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ash turned around to face them, and her stepmother was standing beside the carriage, the look of surprise on her face turning into anger. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She just turned around and walked out the door. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I cringe, ready for the second when these people will turn around and see my face flaming red. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And then she turns around to show off the back of her shirt. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Watching him turn around and around in his black and silver Raiders jersey. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I count in my head, turning around, even though people give me funny looks. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I meant to turn around and go back inside, but my hands opened the book almost without meaning to. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When I finish slurping, I turn around and Bernard is still standing there like I’m supposed to say something else. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Cabot Searcy, you turn around and get back in your car and get outta here,” she said, closing the screen door back. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Metias turns around from his place in the passenger seat and narrows his eyes at me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The shadowy figure, now solid and visible, turned around. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Without turning around, she waved her hand to shoo me away. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He turned around to let me admire it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we followed the almost-trail down from the bridge to the Hole, she turned around and looked back at me, stopping. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

In some way he had turned around and reared up, placing his front feet against the trunk. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around to him and saw the bat for the first time. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we were almost next, the little girl in front of us got cold feet about going down the tall slide, so she turned around to let us pass. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The judge turned around, returned to his chambers, came back to the courtroom with a can of air freshener and sprayed the courtroom. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew, somehow, that if she turned around, Con would be standing behind her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The moment I do, the ringing gets louder, and the two women turn around and look at me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Just footsteps and a question when she turns around. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Every time Daddy slowed to take out his handkerchief and wipe his forehead, I hoped he was gonna turn around and head on home. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

His back was to me but he didn’t bother to turn around. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Eleanor,” the doctor called, “can you turn around and start down slowly?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

With memories of Phelan’s bravado, and a giddy recklessness, I turned around, opened the cell door, and repeated myself with no intervening bars. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I had to turn around and speak to her, and I knew she was going to stand there until I did. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He took my hand and I turned around and at first he didn’t say anything. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I turn around and—oh, God—I guess I’m sobbing a teeny bit, or about to. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t turn around but continued on his knees, digging out nails with the hammer’s claw, muttering the words to his favorite chachachá. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He saw her, too, when he turned around, and his dark eyebrows flew up in surprise as she hurried over to him. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted Master to turn around and go to Olanna’s flat right away. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I grabbed his shirt, tried to make him turn around. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

When he is on the other side, he turns around to face her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then she turned around and walked backward, waving her fur stole around her head like a lasso. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

With each step, part of my brain shouts at me to turn around, to go back, to help Darin. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“No more, no more,” she said without turning around, or at least that’s what he thought she said; and when he came in anyway, she said, “More soup?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucky put the key in the ignition; then he turned around. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She nodded a quick hello my way without really looking at me, and then turned around and headed to the lunchroom exit. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He turned around and around, sword ready, studying the brightly lit staircase. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around to see where everybody was going, but there was nothing to see except their backs and hats pressing forward into the night. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he couldn’t very well thank Miss Perumal in his letter for always being there to listen, then turn around and not be there for Sticky. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I slowly turn around, my stomach clenched with dread. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I turn around to see if they’ve stopped staring when I notice a dark man in the back crying quietly into a cloth handkerchief. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There, at a prominent notch called the Keyhole, Walt decided to turn around. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He arose, turned around and around, and looked at his surroundings. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Basel and Muhammad, wanting to help me, followed so close to the wheels that he stopped and turned around, the headlights circling the inside walls of the kitchen. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I could feel the terror that loomed over the church as people turned around to see these men, who had surely not come for good deeds. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Cate turned around to face the backseat so quickly the car actually swerved into the other lane. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She put down the candlestick on the floor, then turned around. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

When she spotted him waiting by the carousel where they had arranged to meet, she nearly turned around and left. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If only I could turn around and drop my arms and say, "Look, men, give me a break, we're all black folks together . . . Nobody cares." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Klipspringer had played "The Love Nest" he turned around on the bench and searched unhappily for Gatsby in the gloom. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Still holding the milk in her right hand, she turned around and flung it at him like a football. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I turn around to meet her answer, I notice some dried blood on the floor. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

One of the runaways said, again, “Let m. go back. Let me go back,” and stood still, and then turned around and said, over his shoulder, “I am going back.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bren turns around to see what I’m looking at. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I turn around instead and try to get a look at the table. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Arms still folded, I gradually turned around and studied the large room I was standing in. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Then, when I heard the elevator doors shut, I turned around and went over to our side. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

This time, the scene shows Hideo turning around a few seconds sooner and calling Sasuke back before he can go into the trees. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the woman turned around in fury, Doha whipped another one at her chest. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Listen to the child,” a deep male voice said, and we all turned around to look at the animal, who turned around to look at us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

For suddenly, just behind him, James heard a rustling of leaves, and he turned around and saw an old man in a crazy dark-green suit emerging from the bushes. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

But when I turned around, I realized that unless the Bannock Police Department hired hundred-year-old officers who got around with walkers, we were pretty safe. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Even Mr. Brademas has to admit that the negative of the swastikas has been turned around by the positive of the paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I thought about Bridget Brown, who flew to Tennessee and then had to turn around and go home. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She turns around to face me, and I nearly bump into her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I ran to the rock and put on the necklace and turned around for her to admire it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around to find her crisp-knickered daughter communing with cement marsupials. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They talked with his back to the men and, moments later, he turned around and slashed at the rope that bound Ugwu’s hands. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She turned around, and I could see that she was blushing. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Maya suddenly screamed, and they both turned around to see her still standing next to the car, hands on hips. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then I turn around, face the door I just closed, pull down my pants, and fall on the toilet—I don’t sit; I fall like a carcass, feeling my butt accommodate the rim. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“When you stopped running, Jean Louise, and turned around, that turn took fantastic courage.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I turned around to see three white ladies directly behind me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papi turns around from the onion he’s chopping and points at me with the blade. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The boy grasped the barking animal, and Joseph pulled them both down behind the car just as the man shovelling snow turned around. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He kept turning around the tree limb to keep it between him and Little Arliss, till he was on my side in plain sight. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled back from the mirror so I was no longer within zit-squeezing distance, but I didn’t turn around. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The whistling got louder, and still she did not turn around, for she wanted it to last. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would be fuming as he turned around, for he recognized my voice—his personal gnat—and the club would already be swinging and I would be ducking out of the way. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Still, she was frightened when she turned around. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nick turns around in his seat to grin at me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He turned around quickly and took off the headphones. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He turned around, looking startled when he saw us file in, led by Mrs. Olinski in her wheelchair. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

No one even turns around to glance back at me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I ask, and he turns around at the sound of his name. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She turned around in the canoe to face me. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When her mother turned around, the young woman quickly grabbed another leg quarter off the cutting board and tucked it into a box. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She always thought I was talking about her when she turned around. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I turned around and found Sean’s moms jumping up and down in excitement. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When he turned around holding his pistol, the girl had lowered hers and did not know what to do. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But no matter how many times I caught the stranger by his shoulder, the moment he turned around, the illusion was shattered. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As I turned around to face the mob, I doubled up my fist, and took a Jack Dempsey stance. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around and shouted, “Leave me alone!” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He turned around and looked at her blankly. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He tried to turn around, but he was so tightly wedged in the crowd that it was impossible. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was already almost totally turned around, when, always with this hissing in his ear, he just made a mistake and turned himself back a little. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I turn around, Ma’s not behind me. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

William manages to recover his balance and, still holding the dripping queen, he turns around. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Pulling Hannah past the noisy celebrants, Gitl led her to the one wagon facing the rest, where the men were busy at work encouraging the two strong workhorses to turn around. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after ten steps she did so despite herself—it was too hard not to turn around. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He decided he would walk as long as he could, until he was too weak to go any farther, then he'd turn around and go back. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I start to make eye contact with her everywhere—in the halls, in class whenever she turns around and feels my eyes on her, even through the crowds of curly heads in the cafeteria. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then I turned around and started to push the girls back into the safety of the barn. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When he turned around he seemed surprised to find me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I turned around at the wagons edge to give the pitch a yank “Well, get it unstuck,” Pa said, pulling the hay net in. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn't even turn around to look at Becca and them. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

There it hunkered in the jar, the same as I’d left it, too big to even turn around. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A petite girl with a blue wristband, a headscarf, and floaties does something dangerous at the very last second—she turns around and falls backward, like someone pushed off a building. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He walks into the living room but turns around as soon as the doorbell rings once again. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

When I finally unhooked myself and turned around, the guy opposite stopped mid-toot to stare. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He slowly turned around and headed toward his bedroom to pack. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I turned around and saw him standing there by the car, looking hurt and angry but not as tall as usual. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around once to wink at me and then kept right along. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Completely bewildered, wondering whether the world had gone mad, he turned around: Ron looked as stunned as he felt and Ginny and Hermione were exchanging startled looks. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Not turning around he spoke in a shrill painful voice: “Say what you’ve got to say, Mr. Ai.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just when things were turning around, I got the flu. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Take turns around the circle alternating the rhyme with two new “mothers” in the center battling it out through rhythm, movement, and improvisation. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He saw what was happening and turned around and left right away. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When the silence between us has just about broken my ears, I turn around to look at her. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“These girls just arrived. They’re from your side of the family, I think, abuelo,” the young man said, turning around to face the other man. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I turn around and crawl into bed, staring at the black ceiling, hoping that tonight Khalid will come to visit me in my dreams. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The boat had gradually turned around in the water, and now we were hunkering on its sunlit side, but even the sun burned cold. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone turned around to look at the door, curious, as all the regular customers were already there. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I take a turn around the floor, just to see if there’s anything worth picking up. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laid the flowers on the fresh mound of earth, and then turned around and scooted for the timber. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I turned around, I saw her coming toward me just a few feet away and I shrieked and dropped everything. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he paused, and he turned around and looked at Charlie with a most serious expression on his face. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I go down the path and every so often I turn around. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still ticked off because I wasn’t starting but I figured that once I got to play in a game things would turn around. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around in a full circle, but knew no better than before. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d think it was a dodo, only dodos are extinct. This will make an elegant picture, if I can ever get her to turn around.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

He studied the sky all the rest of the way up; the mare had only one direction to go because the trail had become too narrow even for her to turn around. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A voice directly behind us said, “Don’t run, Chipper,” and the Colonel stopped, turned around, and returned to us sheepishly. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Old Dan trotted out to the gate, stopped, turned around, and looked at me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the bus pulled back onto the highway, he turned around and looked through the rear window to see Luma getting into the backseat of the police cruiser. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The door closes with a loud click and Liz turns around to face me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Rosy, however, removed Maurice from his uncertainty by turning around and firmly shutting the door. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

They rode down the hill, turned around, and started back up. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A jolt goes through me, and I turn around. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Just before I reached the hedge I remembered something and turned around. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

As he turned around, his foot came up against his gun. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, me neither,” I say, which for some reason makes him turn around and smile at me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He turns around fast and his eyes are big which means surprise I think. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In truth, the Ladakhis were at 28,550 feet when they turned around, about two hours below the actual summit, which at that time still jutted above the highest clouds. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And even though I didn’t turn around, a bunch of boys started guffawing, anyway. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled, took a breath, then turned around. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Rex kept turning around to check on her while he sipped his beer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He claps his hands now and turns around. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She wants me to turn around and take that up there. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Stop for a minute,” I said, turning around to look at the store. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Then, wow, wow, wow, she turned around three times and made herself comfortable. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The mother at the drink station nervously told one of her junior-high-school-aged boys to turn around and not look at us. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Remember when we went skating a few months ago and I turned around, because I told you that watching people skate gave me a headache? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

A group of four men turned around the corner I was heading for, dressed too casually to be heading home from the office, but they were too grimy to be tourists. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lauren scribbled something quickly and threw the note back to me before the teacher turned around. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The reporter stopped and turned around, shock on his face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A loud squeak behind me makes me jump and turn around. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And when the low gear band is worn too thin to pull up a steep hill, why you can turn around and back up it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My uncle Askar turned around and adjusted the rifle so that it rested on the shoulder of his seat, and still pointed out of his front window. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But the land was flat for miles and there was no telling which way the sergeant might be looking, and they didn’t like to turn around to check. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He zooms in and they both turn around. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I wanted to turn around and run right into the face of it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I turn around and rip my poster off the blackboard. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I reach the doorway, I turn around because I’m hearing odd strangled noises. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

There was a knock on the door, and I turned around and shouted, “Yo, somebody’s in here!” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But when that person who got out of the jeep turned around, I became speechless. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fred turned around and around, trying to get comfortable inside his very uncomfortable cage. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t know any more what’s happened to all you children,” Mrs. Glass said vaguely, without turning around. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I have had enough punishment for today, Apa says without turning around. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He turns around, lit up like a lantern. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The doctor was silent for a moment, then he turned around to look at his three passengers. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You got that turned around in your mind. He won in Sausage and Headcheese. Don’t I look more like a pie baker than him?” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I almost turned around to see the expression on his face before I remembered; Tyson was gone. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around and grabbed more tools from his saddlebags. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Akimi turned around and whispered, “My dad designed the support structure for that thing. Check out the hinges.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

If I just stopped there, turned around, and followed along with her, that would make me look pathetic and wimpy. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Everything was going okay until she turned around from the stove and asked why I was wearing my African hat at her table. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t let myself turn around again until I hear her footsteps on the stairs. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He scored on three straight turn around jump shots as the pace of the game quickened. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still couldn’t see her face, but it was like I could see her voice and it said, “Don’t push me. Just stop now and turn around before you go too far and get hurt.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before he gets into the car, Boy21 turns around and says, “I wish you and I could travel through the cosmos together, Finley. You have that calming presence. Happy birthday to me—and thanks.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shoes kept slipping off his feet at every other step, and the more he tried to put on a dignified face, the more people kept turning around to laugh. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

If she turns around, she might see me. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She turned around, laughing hysterically, like she’d really got me good. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And so they left Marco, and when George turned around just a few seconds later, he was gone. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around and smile at a girl who’s got blood on her knees and feet. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then, I turned around, and my sister pointed at me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

While turning around, she came across a group of boys playing soccer. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Tons of other cars are pulling into the parking lot now, and I want to tell them to turn around and go home and not go inside the Islamic Center. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Even if I threw the sack of resin directly in front of it, it might turn around to resettle itself on the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I turn around to see her curled up on the couch, her laptop, a mug of tea, and a bunch of papers spread over her lap. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The man in black turned around and looked. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

One man said he was ‘whipped every time I turned around.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around to see who it was, but everyone had his or her head down. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I could probably stop it, you know,” Celia says, turning around to face him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then, out of the trees, she turned around and found herself face-to-face with the pink-faced boy and the small girl. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A little later, when Lopsang had climbed to the base of the Hillary Step, Hall decided to abort the summit attempt and signaled Cotter and Lopsang to turn around. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The music stopped and both mother and daughter turned around to look at the old man as he yelled, “Inés, my daughter! Listen to me, m’ija. Gabriel is home! Inés! Your husband is home!” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

You began to cry, and I wanted to turn around and tell you it was all just a bad dream, but I was fully occupied with keeping Basta’s knife away from me with Capricorn’s sword. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I turned around and saw them coming too, two border patrol trucks rolling up the hill with their headlights full force on us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She turned around slowly, half expecting a monster to rise up and consume her—but there was nothing but the door. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Next he turned around and backed off, trying to pull the collar over his head. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Following his gaze, he turned around to find half a dozen fellows from the shell house standing in a semicircle, holding their dirty plates out to him, grins smeared across their faces. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I folded my survey in half, slipped it into the box, then turned around to leave. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t enough room in the opening to turn around, so the two of them backed out feetfirst. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around, looking suddenly just like a preacher. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He can drive you places. Should he tell you to go away, turn around at the door and say, ‘May I come and watch your television now and then?’ The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like Will’s father did. There’s bound to be all kinds of openings now. Anyway, if he just turned around and left, he can’t have meant to do anything bad, can he?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

With that he turned around and drove to Bud Gleason’s house. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brad sat still for a second, then he turned around. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Open another window," commanded Daisy, without turning around. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Every time she turned around, the twins lowered their heads and acted like they were writing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nana heard and turned around in her seat to look at me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They urged the teachers to turn around and leave, warning them not to make an “illegal attempt” to enter the courthouse. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around and gave me a puzzled look. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I turned around and went over to the book and signed my name. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A moment later, the entire regiment had turned around and was heading back to Kiev. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I turned around, not knowing where to go. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I wanted to turn around, but my hand moved on its own and I couldn’t stop it from pushing the door open. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then during social studies, I turn around to pass back a worksheet to see a quiet girl who transferred into my class last week—I think her name is Skyler—totally staring at me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then, I turned around and walked to my room and closed my door and put my head under my pillow and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He turned the boy pup loose, turned around, and slapped her clear off the log. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what she thought, I don’t know what she understood, or what she wouldn’t allow herself to understand, I turned around and walked away from her, I didn’t look back, I won’t. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he turns around at the slam of the door, he coughs out a startled cloud of smoke. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then she turned around so that her back was facing us. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

After twenty meters, she turned around and walked the opposite direction. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is something I could reach out and touch if I were to turn around. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Neck, face, turn around, wash your butt, and I’m out! It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

A knot the size of a baseball bulges in my throat, and here comes Tanisha, turning around, looking at me with those sad hazel eyes, mouthing, “I’m sorry.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, this is what I wanted to show you,” she said, turning around with a hand flourish. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then she turns around, wiping her hands on her apron. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Vola started to leave, but paused in the doorway and turned around to study him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ghost turned around and walked toward Lu, who was sitting on a bench, unlacing his track shoes. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

All the turns around the dance floor at the Roseland made me ready. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They saw Riccio vanish into Ida Spavento's house, but not before he had turned around once more to give them a triumphant smile. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t even turn around to yell at the boys who were playing with the Bunsen burners. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

She turned around and walked back to the group of older people clustered about Consuelo. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Then she turned around and called into one of the side offices, “Theresa! Come out here and take this one.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Janie, you mark my words, you be careful who you trust. You never know when the man you married is going to turn around and try to take a nibble out of your neck.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I turn around as everyone heads to the exit so no one will see me burst into tears. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Behind it, Captain Reed prowled back and forth at the rail, looking into the mist, then turning around again to stare with equal intensity at the crate. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He turns around a few more times, like maybe he’s trying to see if she’s paying attention to him walking out. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I turned around, into the nozzle of a Volta-Shock bottle pointed at my eyes. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He wanted to turn around and run away, to save himself, and the urge sent shame through his body. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I turned around and there Coach was in his cab, his emergency blinkers on. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He got up and put it in the table drawer where all those old Popular Mechanics books were, and when he turned around, his eyes looked like he was going to start crying. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

We both turn around to head back to the truck, but then we hear gunshots. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Ambrose finally turned around to face me, and in so doing he had to take his right hand off Fela’s knee. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I turn around to leave, I hear him call out the next number, “Thirty-seven.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

But he turns around treading water and gives me this irritated look. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ziggy sniffs it a whole lot, paws at the ground a bit, and turns around in a few circles. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

If they didn’t get there soon, he was going to turn around, go straight back to the castle, and leave Hagrid to enjoy his moonlit stroll with Madame Maxime. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

To her horror, Salvador turned around just at that moment. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

So we turned around and went to eat at the diner, which was full of people just waking up and having breakfast. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“But it wouldn't be helpful for me to turn around and hunt down those ...” He didn’t finish his sentence, looking away, struggling for a moment to control his anger again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then the major said, “You have two minutes to turn around and go back to your church.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we walked away from her house and started to climb the hill with the goat in tow, we dared to turn around and look back at it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I lead us out through the fence and turn around. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She turned around in her seat to see her yelling at Evan. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Ma turns around and takes another careful look at the others to make certain we are not being watched. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“An Eskimo? That’s interesting. They don’t stray into this city too often,” the boy said before turning around and strolling away. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had just left the hut when Peewee stopped and turned around. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was about to turn around, to open her mouth and see if any of the right words would come out, when she heard a yelp from Jack. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

When they turn around, I see that they look like death themselves. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He keyed open his door and we all climbed in and he turned around to face us, said: “So, where you wanna go?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dalio was trying to ask me where we were going, but I never slowed or turned around to explain. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It seemed a perfect place to turn around. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

When the second bell rang, everyone got quiet and the teacher turned around and faced us. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It turns around and slashes at me with the machete, barely missing my leg. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last time I turned around he was rounding the gate, coming out of the yard after me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Zion keeps walking, doesn’t turn around, doesn’t look at me, just holds his hand up and waves. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When I got to the house, I turned around and saw the dog tearing at Lynn’s pants as she huddled over into a ball. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The bus driver turned around and called, “Annapolis. End of the line.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we opened up, and they all turned around and quit, just like that. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran until the sound of blood pulsing in my ears was louder than the thoughts in my head; then I turned around and ran back, swinging around the pasture to the red railroad car. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He reaches to part the strings of beads and stops, suddenly, and turns around. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Salvador!” she cried after him, but he didn’t turn around. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Grace yelled, and was about to turn around and run back up the stairs so she could change her outfit for the eleventh time, when Joaquin’s car swung into the driveway. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Once I get to Pathfinder, I can turn around and go the other way. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

This woman’s face stayed with me — I even considered turning around to drive by her in the other direction — but I went on. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around and ran out the door, letting the screen bang sharply against the house. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Johnny sat on the magic stool, which turned around and went up or down according to your size, and played. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around before we stepped inside and studied me again. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The change must have registered on my face, for Branwell stood, quickly turned around, and nodded to the guard that he was ready to be returned to his room. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the river, beyond the place where the trout and the bass were plentiful but before the river went underground heading for the mill, the bank turned around an incline. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around and tugged Zvezda with her, and the goat followed without a fight. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to turn around, to find Mami, but I couldn’t move my head. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“It has to be a mistake. They went through all the trouble of getting you a visa. Why would they do that and then turn around and fire you?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Luke turned around and slid to the floor, out of sight. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

As they turned around to look at what exactly they had stepped out of, the door slammed shut and vanished. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

A boy in the front row turned around and made a face at the rest of the class. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I finished the last weave, she turned around. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Every time you turn around he’s got three or four hanging off his arm or following him around during lunch. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

As her mother turned around and glared at them from the front seat, Hannah patted Aaron’s hand and whispered, “Don’t be such a baby, Ron-ron. The Four Questions aren’t that hard.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around and look back at the half mile we cleaned up. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

She turns around and stands before the blackboard, examining what’s left. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I turn around, Trub surprises me by saying, “When Nate said he could smell regret, he was talking about me.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

As he turned around, he was greeted by the guests’ emasculated version of an Apache war cry. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had still been sitting there when Caroline came in, but April hadn’t turned around. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she turned around and walked out of the examination room. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Tell me something, boys,” she’d start, “why are you two always going after each other? Every time I turn around. Can somebody please explain this to me?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But before I turned around to go back to the kitchen, something seized my attention. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Papa, who was at the door, turned around, and Fern jumped behind me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

There’s barely enough room for her to turn around. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She turned around and the light hit her and I could see how gray her skin was and how dark the moons were ringing her eyes. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Bush Hill had been turned around so thoroughly that people now clamored to be admitted. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

His hand is on the door, ready to leave, when he turns around, putting his bag down and quietly searching for a piece of paper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Victor turned around and looked into a pair of frightened black eyes. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around then and powered up the computer to see if there was any e-mail for me and saw that I had two messages. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I pushed open the door, the hinges slightly squeaking, and students turned around in their seats. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Still, I probably would have turned around if I hadn’t seen my mom and dad and grandma waiting at the front door. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The students laughed, but all of the teachers turned around and looked at her, stunned silent. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The passageway grew narrower and narrower, and when I turned around I could just make out the torches near the hole I’d entered. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She turned around and stared at her father. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then we heard someone whistling—beautiful like the Emperor’s nightingale—and when we turned around there was Ruthie. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he turned around halfway in his seat. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I kind of got turned around. Could your note have been any more obscure?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

As though he knew she was thinking about him, he turned around and waved at her, smiling. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But he turned around and said they were plotting to overthrow him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He said that last part because Momma rolled her eyes and was real close to stopping everything by turning around and going back into the house. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She skips away in her black go-go boots and halfway down the block she turns around and smiles at me and says, “Bye, chérie, bye, bye.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The line twists and turns around the corner. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He turned around and began walking to the west, back toward the bus, back into the fickle heart of the bush. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she turned around, stepped onto the porch, and hurried up to the door, but she didn’t open it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He turned around, looking both tense and agitated, and pulled out the straight chair at his mother’s writing table and sat down. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He took the seat in front of me, turned around, and grinned. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around and saw Joey and Kevin leaving the cafeteria. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

At the end of the number one line in the Bronx, where the trains stop before turning around and going back to Manhattan, Gunn set up a cleaning station. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want you to go to the back of the room and turn around so I don’t have to look at you. I just can’t stand looking at your face right now.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He heaved another sigh and began to turn around slowly, each time taking a step to travel around Sister Mukumbu, who stood still and smiled. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set the phone down gently, squared it up on the hall table, before I turned around. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When he finally turned around, they were together, the hunter kneeling beside the woman, placing pinches of cornmeal on the deer’s nose, whispering to it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I nod without turning around, my stomach in knots. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mabel turned around, looking for an answer from someone else, but to no avail. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Marshall started turning around and around, smelling the air. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she turns around to walk to her bus, she gives me a signal that I know means “Call me after and tell me everything...or else!” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Nia turns around, spreads her arms, and gestures to the hall as if she owns it while she backs away. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take long for the word to spread around the courtroom, and pretty soon white people were turning around in their seats staring at her, mean, hateful stares. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Pastor Weeks turned around to talk to Mr. Robert Finch, who rode his horse a few lengths behind the wagon. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around, saw me being patted down, and realized my escape had lasted a mere four steps. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, when the gambling instinct got the better of him, he’d try to turn around and administer one swift disciplinary stroke, and then turn back again in time to smile before the camera went off. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around and laboriously searched out the plants crushed by her feet. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around and watched them saunter by. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Mom turns around, going back to the TV show. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

However they came, when or why, the minute the leather of their soles hit the pavement—there was no turning around. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She jumps a little and turns around, but the tension in her shoulders eases when she sees it’s me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He heard his mother’s voice, but he knew he couldn’t even turn around to face them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But when I turn around to see who it is, all I see are crowds of people and cameras flashing and blinding me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I turned around, but there was no exit behind me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

If I turned around, I could see your back as you leaned across the aisle to gossip with Jenna. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He turned around and walked off into the rain. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

One behind the other, the squadrons marched up the field, executed a cumbersome turn around the reviewing stand and marched down the field and back to their barracks. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She’d seen men running to get into a line behind them during the first moments of the assembly, but she hadn’t dared turn around then. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not even when Strauss came by to introduce his daughter and her husband did Oppie turn around, instead merely offering a hand over his shoulder in silent greeting. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The kids in that seat turn around and stare. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A phone rang somewhere in the shed and the guard turned around to answer it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He pointed out the front door and I turned around and, sure enough, the lawn was completely shorn. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He turned around and started walking into his apartment. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t turn around once I get moving. But you shouldn’t be standing here and watching me in case I cheat. Just run into the school. Okay?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“He chased us. I got turned around and lost. I was scared.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He’ll need to move us way over to the right lane to turn around. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Then when I turned around to go back into the house my eyes bugged out. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She grabbed one at random and turned around. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t turn around until you count to fifty,” the kid instructed him. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was standing at the kitchen counter with her back to Finn, but she didn’t turn around. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When he’d toweled off and turned around again, he seemed to have decided it was a lot less trouble to trust me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I almost turn around twice on my way to Mrs. Janssen’s. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

One of the guys stopped, turned around and started circling me on his bike. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m just giving you the option. You can either turn around and make your way to the field over there or you can carry this bag onto the bus and go home.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I turn around, and now I can talk. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I turn around and see him shouting something at me, but there's a solid block between us, and my ears are buzzing so I can't hear what he's saying. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that all I had to do was turn around and that would be the end of it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Huh,” I said, spotting Jenny’s ample eyeliner as she turned around. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“They’ll have to pass us and turn around again if they want to follow.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But as he reached the door, he turned around. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He turned around to see Alma’s mother standing there with the screen door still shut in front of her. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I turned around and started running before I remembered my body wasn’t physically there. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She turned around to give me a dirty look. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I considered turning around, but decided that I could make it if I just kept plodding along. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a few steps I turned around to see if they were all right. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined himself gripping the wheel, as Shoba turned around to hand the children juice boxes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When the lady's heels have tapped across the wooden porch and down the steps, Mom turns around and calls softly, "Bobby?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she closes the door behind her, I do one more full turn around the room. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After the play, he turned around and hurled the football at the offender. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around, following her gaze, the hairs on the back of my neck standing on end as my eyes travel down the long line of people. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

If they turned around today, they might survive. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I turned around and went back to my side of the upcar. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he reached the bus, he went to the very back seat—and only then did he turn around to look back toward the house and Mom. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Without turning around she sang out, “Come in.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Via, who looked like she might throw up herself, turned around calmly and headed out the door. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I turned around, half thinking to jump back on the train. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

What I really want to do is turn around, go back to Mrs. Parker’s office, and ask, What about me? Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I turn around to see her hurrying toward me, a package tucked under her arm. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the smell from the tires started to fade, my dad took a deep breath and turned around. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around to look at the lifeguards to reassure myself. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I take a big, deep breath, dry my eyes, and turn around. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He stood there a minute with his hands balled up before he turned around and came back. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around to see that the voice is coming from an oversized, heart-shaped butt. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He turned around and gave me a heartless smile. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have to turn around to see the sunset. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And I guess we’re being a bit exuberant, because Eric Hollander in one of the seats in front of us turns around and says, “You got A’s? Dude, I got a D.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I turn around and her eyes are down to the floor. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They chanted louder with each pass until Luma finally turned around to see what the fuss was all about. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She paints on a grin and turns around to face the Beauty Minister. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“We like it that way. Just turn around and go back the way you came.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Isa turned around to ask her parents, but they were nodding before she even opened her mouth. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“They’ll have to pass us and turn around again if they want to follow.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then she finally closed the door and turned around. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Harry turned around — and saw, quite clearly, what. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he turned around and began to walk away. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl didn’t turn around or say hello. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then everything was turning around like the inside of a clothes dryer.... Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never turns around to look at me, and I am tempted to go over to see his face. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

When they arrived at the creek bank, Atticus turned around with a hearty “Everybody out!” and the smile froze on his face: “Where’s Jem?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He shook hands and turned around to the back seat again. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

And then she turned around and began to trudge home. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t turn around, just push down the hallway, through the door, then down the path, landing on the sidewalk, panting, sick to my stomach. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

David signs the clipboard and turns around, pushing himself toward the door. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I was thinking, “I’m going to kill Archie . . . I’m just going to wait until he turns around—to get the drop on him.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at the shop, if I let my guard down for a minute, I'll turn around to find all the clothes I've just folded knocked to the floor. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I expect it would just be a short while until things turn around for us here.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss turned around, and sure enough, Larry Jackson was engrossed in something on his phone, oblivious to the fact that he had just made a cardinal error in Mrs. Torrance’s class. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I turn around and he’s waving Libby’s manila envelope, which must’ve slipped from my bag. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He grabbed at my free hand, but I turned around and kicked him in the stomach with such force that he fell to the ground. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I just turned around and went out through the yard gate instead. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t turn around when I hear her coming. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She turned around and went up the stairs and disappeared down the hall to Mr. Tushman’s office. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“What you think I did? I turned around and asked if she had a problem with me. Ol’ trick, gon’ say, ‘I wasn’t even talking about you,’ knowing she was! The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“You like it?” said Mr. Tushman, turning around and looking at the painting. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Pri turns around and closes the bedroom door, muting the music a bit. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She turned around and carried the dripping photo to the string, and I realized that Aileen was the closest girlfriend I had. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

From the corner, Warren turns around and waves to my sister. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But even though the top was no more than sixty minutes above, he decided to turn around, believing that he would be too tired to descend safely if he climbed any higher. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Our ancestors risked their lives to cross the ocean, to escape those socialist countries. And what do you do? You turn around and go back?” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We turn around and see the biggest stretch limousine you can imagine. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun turned around periodically, to be sure no one was following them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Halfway through class, Madame O’Malley turned around to write something in French on the blackboard, and Alaska passed me a note. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He turns around and hollers into the house, “Dad! The writers here. ” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, it was as much to say stars could go their own way instead of being fixed to turn around our world. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Roger turns around to grab more rocks, and I come to an abrupt stop. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around and looked at our little shack for the last time. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I turned around, my shirt pulled off the seat with a sucking smack. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He turns around again, but there's no one behind him. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I turn around and find Michael Clark watching me from behind the chain-link fence at home plate. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Juanita turned around in her seat and looked at Pita specifically. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Shawna threw her hands up in exasperation, and she turned around to see Moss staring at her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I turn around and pick up my bag. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She turns around and shows me her phone screen. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wonka turned around and clicked his fingers sharply, click, click, click, three times. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I turned around, tiptoed to the guest room door, and pressed my ear against it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around and saw this short dude carrying a hot dog in one hand and a book in the other. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Uh...actually, I was getting ready to turn around. I usually do a loop, but I’m not going to make five miles pushing this thing. I’m already wiped out.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I have a choice: I can keep looking at my wall, or I can turn around. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A young couple holding hands suddenly turned around and Riccio quickly lowered his voice. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around, cross my arms, and look him in the face, because I know this boy is about to come out the side of his neck with some nonsense. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But I know she’s for real when she turns around to look at me. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Hail Mary,” Maria Teresa began, “full of grace . . .” I turned around and saw the packed pews, hundreds of weary, upturned faces, and it was as if I’d been facing the wrong way all my life. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew he'd have to turn around before he got there. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

All I wanted to do was turn around, go home, and never find myself at this precipice again for such a stupid reason. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I can never turn around fast enough to see who it is. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She felt the force of the air behind her, propelling her to turn around, and her legs took her at breakneck speed down the path. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I said, "Hey, do you mind turning around when you get a chance? I gave you the wrong address. I want to go back downtown." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Cabot stood up, pushed the chair back against the wall where he’d gotten it, turned around to walk out, and said plainly, “We’re in a room.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Now that I'm out of the suit, I can turn around and get a look. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around so I don’t have to stare at Frank while I talk. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I knew they were getting closer, so I turned around, reached for my gun, took it out, and pointed the gun at his head. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I turn around and do some serious accessing. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The man turned around but did not answer. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What else?” he said as he wrote, not even turning around. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

My mom is halfway up the stairs, but she turns around to catch my eye. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

When teachers turned around from the blackboard to discover an empty desk in Katherine’s place, they knew they’d find their pupil in the classroom next door, helping her older brother with his lesson. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Hold on, Begay,” he would say as I started to turn around. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

About midway along the third-base foul line, I turned around and started to walk backwards, looking at Mary Hudson and holding onto my tangerine. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The grumbling yak drivers thrashed their animals to force them onward and threatened to turn around. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Tushman turned around like he didn’t know what I was talking about. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The gunman turns around and shouts his question for the last time. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Without turning around, she motioned to a shelf above the counter. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When he was finally satisfied and thanked, he got out and slammed the door, but such is my social cowardice that I actually did turn around, knowing he would be watching out the window. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something felt wrong, turned around, though he could not have said what. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He turned around right when I was looking at him and made eye contact. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The empty seat was in the back, and every single person turned around to continue to stare at her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The trooper ordered Luma to turn around and put her hands behind her back. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Where can she be indeed?” said a voice behind them, and the two children turned around. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

She turns around, says, “We’re going to find your brother,” and gets into the backseat of his father’s truck. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

So the feller turns around and says, give me the good old days. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around and scanned the tables, his eye falling on us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I somberly turned around and returned to my group of friends. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Balancing the rice pot on my head, I turn around and look one last time at Pursat City. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I'm afraid for you to try to turn around.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They turned around and headed quickly back downtown. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She would catch up in a few seconds, before her mother could turn around at the sound of Aimee’s sneakers. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Someone turned around and punched the bus driver in the face, the bus driver ran to a store nearby and called the police. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Some people waved as we passed, and others turned around in their tracks and stared at us. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just when things were beginning to turn around in my life, this had to happen. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turns around in the passenger seat, and she looks at me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He turns around and places his finger over his lips, as if I would dare say anything now. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She turned around and looked at all the chicken in the hotbed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing?” whispers Mrs. Bessermann, turning around at the noise. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

As soon as I walked through the door, I set the vase down on the coffee table in the hallway to the left of the front door and turned around to hug Mamá tightly. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe his father had said it hurt to bounce over the rough road on his back, and the deputy had turned around on the seat and shot him. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around and the renter was standing at the building’s door. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around: the corner of her eyebrow and the curve of her cheek, the wet shine to her eyes, the tip of her nose. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I turned around and fought my way back to him. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Everyone turned around to look at the guy who had shouted. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He turned around very slowly—and there they were, hardly three steps away, as if they had risen right out of the snow. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A white lie, but yes. Sorry,” she said, trying to smile, but when I didn’t smile back, she turned around in her seat and faced forward. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I turned around and saw that her white face was frozen, that her black, deep-set eyes were blazing at me unblinkingly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The officers turned around and saw the toughs moving toward their group of six. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She turns around and waves a hand at her guard. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I turned around and he motioned for me to come to him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that so?” replied the man, without even turning around. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

After separating and turning around, I approached Eagle, which looked like a mechanical spider crouched in its hole atop the Saturn. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Natalie began, and Finn forced himself to turn around and look at her. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mother never once turned around to look over her shoulder. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I get to our screen door, I turn around, hoping Lolo has changed his mind. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A man sitting two rows up turned around and shushed them. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She turns around and walks towards her bedroom. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fill the wagon, head down to drop my dirt, turn around and head back up to fill the wagon again! Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We just watch her go till she gets to the top and turns around again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I hear the electronic bing and turn around to see a kid walking in. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I turned around without looking at him, and stalked off in the opposite direction. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When Isa realized he wasn’t next to her, she stopped and turned around to face him. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I turned around to avoid seeing the look on my mother's face. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

My mom let out a long sigh and then turned around, but before she could see me, I was already in my room. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When Ben turned around, the blade of the knife was up against his throat. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when Mrs. Dillard finally came in, you turned around to face the front of the room. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Seven turned around, her face pleading, her heart racing. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Ummmm,” she whined, and when Sister turned around she narrowed her eyes and showed her white teeth. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw her keep her back to me, wipe her face, then turn around and keep on going like nothing was bothering her at all. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Before he opened the door, Ray turned around and handed me a box of three-inch nails. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then they turned around, regrouped, and went back in again to get the leg chain. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the moment he finished his task at the printer and turned around... The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to turn around in her wheelchair to look at me. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Instead he turned around and saw Kevin lying on the sidewalk, an ice-laden tree limb across his neck, pinning him down. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I turned around, because if I didn't, it was only going to be worse. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“What’s the matter with you?” my mother shouted as she turned around and faced me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope they don’t turn around and see us,” Miss Spider stammered. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

After his reading, Volpe says to Krause that he hopes the kid gets his life turned around, but there is no way he is giving him a role. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

So she turned around and brought Ngawang back to the Mountain Madness encampment, she says, “to reconsider my options.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Nooo...the first rule is, you have to have superior road-tripping snacks. Otherwise you may as well turn around and go home.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

That’s when my mom finally stopped trying to get my dad turned around and remembered about me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t have fed you and washed you and nursed you if I’d known you were going to turn around and steal my husband.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The half-dozen men there playing pool turned around at the sound of Feather’s voice. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even turn around once as I walked away. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She grabbed her real wand and turned around to find that the sauce on the stove was smoking. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I turned around and saw a man in shadow. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

As I slogged along I kept turning around and looking down the road behind me, trying to see around corners and through clumps of trees. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

John turned around and left without his coat. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Teacher Li finished erasing the blackboard and turned around, brushing her right sleeve with her left hand. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad did turn around, walking backward for a few steps. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He started the engine without another word, turning around smoothly and speeding back toward town. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I turn around to see Poe, still standing there, his eyes sad but his voice resolute. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She turned around and I carefully gathered her hair into my hands. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This time, when she turned around, she saw that Dr. Malone was sitting back in her chair, white-faced, clutching the edge of the table. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I turn around and the dog sees me coming, he goes off into the woods. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes fly open and I turn around. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Sitting at the front of the room, C.P. turned around in his chair and yelled, “Right on, Howard!” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The intensive care unit is this place where there are so many nurses, you can't hardly turn around without bumping into one, which I do as soon as we get there. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

We went over the part of the bridge that wasn’t in any borough, and I turned around and watched the buildings get smaller. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around and saw him with his chin bent against his chest. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around and made his way back to Dart Street. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

B.J. put down his book bag, slowly turned around, and tensed his short, wiry frame to face the much larger boy. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay, boss. I’ll just turn around and show my other side.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t heard the Eagle since we got across the lake, but I didn’t think he had turned around. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It makes me want to turn around and get back in a cab. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the marchers crossed the Pettus Bridge to where the troopers were waiting, then turned around and walked back into Selma, there would be no violence and the demonstrators would have made their point. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would stop, turn around, and look at me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julian ran after her, and then turned around halfway down the aisle. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Thought I knew u. Looks like I was wrong. One day ur gonna turn around and realize what u thru away.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

When he had completed turning around, he immediately began to wander straight back. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around and, frowning, stood back in front of his cell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put on a brave face when I turned around. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Halfway there, Polly turns around, and practically yells, “God does love you!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Before Trevor could say anything else, I turned around and began to storm inside. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Before she turned around, she took the plate from him and winked. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He stayed like this for a moment and then turned around and, crouching, began to reassemble the phone, whose battery had flown out. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He sat back comfortably and smiled at me when I turned around to look at the country. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I could see crowds of people as soon as we turned around the main building. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grammy stares out the window for a while before turning around. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Mami stepped out then turned around to find me right behind her. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then she’d turn around and scamper off, dodging the headstones and yelling over her shoulder, “You still watching, Ruth? Watch out for me!” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

You walk into any trading post on any rez in the United States and shout, “Hey, Junior!” and seventeen guys will turn around. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He still hadn’t turned around to look at her. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

There was no way to turn around, even if I wanted to. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around and saw Mad-Eye Moody emerging from a nearby classroom. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When her energy ebbed, and she started to whine, Babou turned around and took her hand. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He turned around and pulled off his headphones. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She hated to disturb him, but she was eager to take some turns around the Sandwalk with Papa. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at my client and gruffly asked him to turn around so that his back faced the bench. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bricklayer turned around to survey the plump but dapper dude from the East. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved back to the sink, turning around to toss Father a dry dishtowel. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I closed the book and put it on the shelf and turned around. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I turned around in my chair to look at him. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I turned around, she had disappeared, too. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Nathan turned around quickly and saw Uncle Jet emerge from the dark interior. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Lily didn’t turn around, refusing to acknowledge their presence. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You may not care to find my dad,” I say, turning around one last time. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She turned around and took a defensive stance against the other people storming into my tiny cell. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He turned around, barked out a brief instruction, and two policemen led Alba by the arms to a van. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly apologize and step back away from the door and run down the steps, thinking that I got turned around somehow. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When Beto had gone into the bathroom, Naomi turned around and found Henry standing uncomfortably close to her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around, the bowl of popcorn in her hands, and all three of them jumped, as if a piece of furniture had begun to speak. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When she turned around, she found that Ess was pouting up at her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

George stared at his solitaire lay, and then he flounced the cards together and turned around to Lennie. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

So you have to keep turning around and around. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I turn around and head into the mayhem. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The guard sat next to the driver with his seat turned around facing Stanley. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

But when I turn around, Mom is staring at me with her eyebrows knitted together in the expression she has when she watches the six o’clock news. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Rani stops, turns around, and looks at me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I stare at her before I turn around to leave. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Milkman turned around and sat on the sill. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he can answer, his mother turns around and rolls her eyes. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Emmett waved a hand behind his back and said without even turning around, “You all go on if you want to. I’m gonna get me something to eat.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I felt his eyes on my back, but I didn’t want to turn around to let him know that I felt his eyes on my back. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Annabelle and George turned around, but I put a menu up so they wouldn’t see me. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I turned around and touched his face, loving the familiar first. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must have heard us approaching, because he jumped and turned around. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

At least Noah decided against jumping, I tell myself, and then I turn around. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t even turn around because I’m stuck staring at her End Day and my birth date. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I turned around and Drew rushed me, knocking me to the sidewalk. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Along the shrub-lined trail, I begin to raise both arms and turn around, around, dancing down the meadow path to a cricket chorus. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She turned around and started writing on the chalkboard. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And in obtaining it, he took shortcuts and broke some laws, leaving crumbs along the way in hopes of one day turning around and finding his way back to dignity. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

But before Ms. Rochambeau turns around to see it, something else happens. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

But then my mom turns around, her eyes wet. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Eh?” the woman there cried out softly, turning around. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t even turn around to see if she’s killed me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Even before I could think my head turned around and I followed Dad’s finger. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But every time I turn around, Nat’s stopped to rub her toe on the pavement. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blake turned around and saw an American officer, spreading word quietly to the other American military men in the church sanctuary. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A few tables got quiet as Patrick turned around. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then Sugar turned around, laughing with the others. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She was turning around, wondering what to do, when the woman said, over her shoulder, “There’s another flight to Boston in ninety minutes. Terminal 1.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He turned around and caught them turning hurriedly away from each other. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

One walks to our driver’s window, tells him to let all the passengers off, then turn around and leave. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I could hear the kid’s mom saying softly behind us: “Okay, guys, I think it’s time to go,” and I turned around to look at them one more time. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how to turn around or how to leave. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As he turned around, the several hundred Klansman gathered there filled the hall with thunderous applause. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

We shake hands and say our goodbyes, and the father’s nearly out of sight when I turn around upon remembering his brother. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Hanako tried doing what Akira sometimes did when he was mad: She turned around so that her back was facing Mama. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And then, just like me turning around flipped a switch or something, their lights start flashing and their sirens go on, and you bet I start thinking they’re after us. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The last time I’d seen her was a couple of weeks earlier, when she was sitting in front of me in church and, turning around slowly, had asked me how I was doing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then she turns around to me one last time. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Before Daniela can say anything else, I turn around and run. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Really, though,” I said to Miles, who turned around, looking angry and confused. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Uhmma bumps me forward and then waves good-bye when I turn around to give her a dirty look. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He turned around once more and saw the woman sitting up, turning the box over and over in her hands. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They heard me in the door and turned around. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jane takes off running ahead of me and I don't know whether I'm supposed to follow her or not, but then she turns around toward me and starts skipping backward. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

And then she turned around and winked at me. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some more cop cars came and before you turned around there’s about seven cars and a whole mess of people milling around 145th Street, trying to figure out what was going on. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I turned around, I saw Otis was following me, too. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mo turned around with the paper knife pretending to point it at her threateningly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But the fire burned hot that morning, and they drank their tea standing up, turning around slowly to warm their backsides. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I stuck the snacks in the trunk and contorted my way into the backseat next to Laleh, but then Mom turned around and ran back inside too. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I started to run out of the house, but then I stopped and turned around. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And still she didn’t notice them or turn around. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around and saw his science project on background radiation and the golden first-place trophy for his category. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The inside of the school looked like a maze of stucco walls, each hall exactly like the one she had just come down, or turned around in and walked back the other way. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Her suitcase was standing inside the front door but she didn’t turn around. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she put me on the daybreak train to Havana, I called to her from the window but she didn’t turn around. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around and tuck it in my bra. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I turned around and found Baba on the ground. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She made it to the porch, then turned around. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Working his way down a row in the garden that afternoon, pulling weeds, he had turned around to find eighteen-month-old Mike following him, imitating him, happily plucking half-grown carrots out of the ground. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He paid for it, turned around, and handed one plug to Rainie. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roland turned around and leaned his head back so he could see her too. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He turns around fast and glares at me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone, aside from Miss Trixie, who had begun napping on her desk, turned around and looked in the filing department. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while when I’m walking down the street I think I hear it, just a quick sniffle noise, like an “oh!” and I turn around and no one’s there. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I turn around, he catches my eye. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I turned around and saw old Perez about fifty meters behind us. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

When he turned around, she fell into him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t very good at turning around and taking in what was on the other side. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She turns around so her back is to him, the view he really wants, and starts dancing. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I wish I could turn around and go home. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Realizing that the longer she hesitated, the more attention she would draw, she turned around quickly and descended the ladder, trying to avoid eye contact with the people waiting in line at the bottom. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He turns around, smiles, points with his finger into the air. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Lady turn around, turn around, turn around, Lady touch the ground, touch the ground, touch the ground; Lady show your shoe, show your shoe, show your shoe, Lady, lady, twenty-four skiddoo! Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Someone pulled my braid, and I turned around. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Confused, the boys turned around and found themselves staring into the beam of a flashlight. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Elijah laughed and turned around to tune his guitar. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The routine was the same as when Frank had been a child, though now his father walked stooped over when he took his turns around the Sandwalk. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spat the dirt from his mouth and turned around, then reeled back in fear. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He pivots, retraces their steps, climbs an alley, then turns around. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Another person was shrieking in his ear, but he didn’t even have enough room to turn around to see who it was. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Grace, skipping in the middle, turns around, touches the driveway, kicks up one foot sedately, smiling her little smile. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The student turned around and looked me square in the face. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He turned around and pushed off, jumping the curb at the edge of the lot, and glided down to the gravel. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Instead, he turned around and deliberately faced a sheet of what had once been snow-white beaverboard that was nailed uncompromisingly to the back of the door. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Four turns around as I fall into stride next to the car and holds out a hand. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I turn around and head back up the stairs as he runs off to join them. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He elbowed the drawers closed and turned around with a stack of pamphlets in his hands. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Juanita turned around and leaned over the front seat to read along. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then, of course, they would turn around and toboggan down the steps again. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she turned around, she was wearing a fake mustache. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I turned around and looked at the wall, I saw that the gate was now gone and the WarGames poster had reappeared in its place. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I pulled and twisted and got my legs loose finally and turned around and touched him. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Behind him came the baripity of the pickup, but he couldn’t turn around. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Ruthanne had just dropped the tailgate when we arrived, and right before she turned around to see us, Bobo took my duffel bag from me and winked. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

When my knees thawed, I spun around and ran back down the hallway without saying anything or turning around, my feet frantically slapping their way back to my bedroom. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then, without turning around, he answered with a kind of suppressed rage, “He’s always there.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

"Now see here, Tom," said Daisy, turning around from the mirror, "if you're going to make personal remarks I won't stay here a minute. Call up and order some ice for the mint julep." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I close my closet, turn around, look at her, and wait. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z