She took a deep breath—“Jump up and down on the table, squawking like a two-hundred-pound lovesick chicken!” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

On the third day, I opened our living room window very quietly and watched them running up and down the alley in their knit hats with steam blowing out of their mouths. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Alhaji walked up and down the verandah showing off He finally stopped and announced, “I know the city like the back of my hand. I know where to get the goods.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

To get myself shaken awake I jumped up and down a few times and clapped my hands. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped up and down holding my hand. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Roast turkey, mashed potatoes, vanilla ice cream,” recited the Humbug, bouncing up and down quickly. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Carrying boxes up and down stairs wasn't going to earn me a million dollars. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

On his shoulder Kaw hopped up and down and bobbed his head in delight. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Chucha lifts her arms and pumps them up and down, her purple sleeves billowing. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I want to jump up and down and root for them like I used to do at Teddy’s T-ball games when he’d be rounding third and heading for home. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the freshmen of 1933 flailed at their oars in the first few days, Tom Bolles and Al Ulbrickson strode up and down Old Nero’s walkway in gray flannel suits and fedoras. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I bent down and scratched his scruff, then gave him a fingernail massage up and down his back. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I guess he was listening to records because he had his arm across the seat and was beating his hand up and down like it was a drum. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obie and the other guys were practically wiped out from all that jumping up and down, weary, out of breath, their legs beginning to ache. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, in the other room, the Savage was striding up and down, marching, marching to the drums and music of magical words. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She began to jump up and down like a happy frog. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m over here!” she shouted joyously, jumping up and down. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still giggling, I join Elizabeth and we catwalk up and down the aisle between metal racks, almost knocking down a mannequin. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The car bounced up and down as it hit the potholes in the dirt path leading out of Bonetti Ranch. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I stopped and looked at him up and down. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They popped up and down selecting random targets. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I imagine his finger following me up and down the eastern seaboard, hovering right over my head the whole way. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bounded up and down the river’s edge, frustrated, but from no direction could he differentiate one human scent from another. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I walked around her, looked her up and down the way the Mexican and Negro girls did when they fought, so tough. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took us twice as long to get a fire started, and it took me longer to carry water up and down the stairs, but I didn’t care. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They went up and down and in and out. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up and down, he thought The pack was wonderful but it gave him up and down feelings. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Louis took Maybeth by the hand and led her in a galloping dance up and down the beach. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the first week she walked up and down the halls by herself and thought about this. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

With the jouncing up and down first of the horses and then the train, the dust of the road, and her natural inclination to get queasy, she was losing energy before my very eyes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you cold?” he asked, rubbing his big, warm hands up and down my arms. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Its head moved up and down like our kitty in Atlanta. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sighed and looked up and down the street. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She stayed there, unmoving, while the steam rattled the lid on the soup pot up and down, up and down. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

As an hour passed by and he could not sleep, the Brahmin rose, wandered up and down and then left the house. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in September, Mr. Ward covered two of the classroom walls with black construction paper and then scattered paper frames up and down the walls, each one a different size and color. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath the leather brim of his cap, his pale eyes looked me up and down. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hanako nodded, bobbing her head up and down over and over. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My attempts at keeping the terror from my voice were unsuccessful, but Bob just pumped his hand up and down, kept his lids locked tight. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

At least, that was her escort’s intention, because she hadn’t failed to notice when they went up and down the same staircase within a matter of minutes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Within minutes the girls were playing house with Delsa and Norma, while I chased the boys up and down the alley, getting good and dirty. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

As the Singer sewing machine chugged up and down creating stitches in my blue-and-white elementary school uniform, I wondered why my brothers did not wear uniforms to school. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mandy’s hand stopped its comforting journey up and down my forehead. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The father’s already there, pacing up and down, going over his sermon. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Laughter boomed up and down the High Hall of the Arryns. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She bounced twice, straight up and down, then settled onto a hard surface and found herself in silence and absolute blackness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He pushed me away, he got up and began walking up and down the room, clasping his hands. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her words bounce up and down as she sits at the piano again. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Ben keeps bouncing his legs up and down. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ma’s knitting spectacles jumped partway up her forehead and she started hopping up and down and slapping at her skirt like it’s afire! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Then they walked up and down the platform, as they had done on almost a dozen other occasions, and waited for something to happen. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They set off around the wall of the priory, away from the bridge, towards the garden where Lord Asriel had walked up and down with his daughter in the moonlight. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

We stand side by side, watching the musician’s slide dance up and down, the brass blowing jazz. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Some of the blades slither around my ankles, sending chills up and down my spine. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s up and down on that float all day hoisting bags of coal and turf, desperate to keep the bandages in place on his legs so the dirt won’t get into the open sores. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

After I urinated, I wanted to flush but the cistern was empty; the lever went limply up and down. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She suddenly remembered sliding the thin band of silver—her grandmother’s wedding ring—up and down her granny’s thin fingers. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She still holds her body straight up and down and her head high in the manner of the peregrine falcon. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember she jangled her keys up and down in rhythm while I drew the line of customers. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m lying here in bed, lifting it up and down. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I get Leroy from the garage, Finch rides up and down the driveway. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She moved the picture up and down, right and left, then around in circles. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The sunlight moved up and down his back like hands, and he felt the muscles of his neck and belly relax; he lay down beside the pool, across from her, and closed his eyes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

That’s just air going up and down inside as it rides on the swell. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was looking me up and down, as I had expected, but in a direct straightforward fashion, not maliciously like Mrs. Danvers, not with unfriendliness. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting there on the grass, looking at her beautiful stomach, I start to think about making out with Erin, running my hands up and down her abs. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re too young, son,” he said looking me up and down and chuckling. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then she walked up and down the room. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Link had finally woken up, and he paced up and down the floor. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Fern swung her arms up and down and bopped her head like a go-go dancer. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nellie slipped her head under Billy’s arm and rubbed her neck up and down between his arm and his side. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was hysterical, running up and down the bank and whining. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long-simmering labor dispute between nearly thirty-five thousand members of the International Longshoremen’s Association and steamship companies had flared up in port cities up and down the West Coast. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Even if I never saw it again, it would be my junk sailing up and down the Yangtse River. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The elevators were screeching, burning up and down their cables as they vomited smoke-blackened miners into the light of day. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A frigid wind whipped up and down the streets like it was racing itself somewhere. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I might have hopped up and down a little too. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Ugh,” he groans in exasperation, shoving Henry backward by the shoulders and making a disgusted show of looking him up and down. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He made a jiggly line that went up and down like a mountain range. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Often the tone wobbled like a drunkard up and down the scale. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Trolleys went to every corner of the city, zipping up and down hills, their clanging bells a warning for anyone careless enough to wander onto the tracks. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“This is our last chance — my last chance — to win the Quidditch Cup,” he told them, striding up and down in front of them. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, okay,” the captain looked me up and down. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Esperanza ran her hand up and down Moss’s arm, trying to comfort him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I had bites up and down my arms. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little girls were jumping up and down. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

They were moving up and down next to me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily gently stroked the golden hare necklace, trying to mask her excitement as best as she could, but inside she was jumping up and down. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They would remain in our doorway for the longest time just staring us up and down, while their baskets of plenty loomed silently on their heads. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paces up and down the aisle of the jet, kicking at the bottoms of the seats. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When the wheel turned, the third cog wheel pushed the bellows up and down, and I had a forge. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear approving voices up and down the ward. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A third were told that while they listened to the taped radio editorial they should nod their heads vigorously up and down. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he stood below the dais, she looked him up and down, and sniffed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He nods and we pick back up where we left off, walking up and down our portion of the wall. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Instead, I jump up and down and say it loud enough that some of the regulars congratulate me before she does. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Very soon, naturally, butlers up and down the country, under pressure from their employers, were focusing their minds on the question of silver-polishing. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Like going up and down it and spraying water and squatting to let it cover them for a few seconds and then popping out again and standing back up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When Harry had finished, Sirius was on his feet again and had started pacing up and down the cave. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I lay on my back and watched a pair of swallows racing up and down the river, tumbling like acrobats in pursuit of invisible bugs. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Jimmy L and some of their buddies from school were already racing up and down the courts. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Stanton took a moment to silently look him over, letting her eyes wander up and down his body. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He studied me up and down, like he was trying to figure me out. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was on a pirate ship that raided ports up and down the eastern seaboard back in the early seventeen hundreds. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He’s got a catcher’s mitt on, and he’s throwing a ball up and down. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

They chatter up and down the line, sometimes laughing and joking, sometimes spitting bitter debates. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s moving her shoulders up and down crazy fast, her legs are kicking up and down, taking her down to the floor and back up with the beat. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It had air-conditioning, gold shag upholstery, windows that went up and down with the push of a button, and a working turn signal, so Dad didn’t have to stick his arm out. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He walks up and down until his neck aches. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

His Adam’s apple is going up and down, so I know something is wrong. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tugged it from side to side, then up and down. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t think there’s a single flat patch of land, and huffing and puffing up and down those hills takes a while. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

If I put my head on her, the sideways world moves up and down. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so anxious I was starting to feel it in my gut and crawling up and down my skin. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes in their bulging sockets ticked up and down, trying to understand the specter of this huge white man. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

All up and down the hallway the sound of locker doors slamming rings out. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The Poppers sat down while Mr. Greenbaum walked up and down the double row of penguins, looking them over. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had a mole on her chin that went up and down while she talked. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bird hopped up and down uttering his greeting. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The river laps calmly at the nearby docks, the masts of dozens of small riverboats bobbing gently up and down like a forest of dancing spears. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And I had imagined my sisters now being ten or eleven, jumping up and down, holding hands, their pigtails bouncing, excited that their mother—their mother-—was coming, whereas my mother was dead. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pace up and down the length of the kitchen. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Now she could slide up and down the swells without tossing the contents of the boat around. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two English travellers got out to stretch their legs, pacing up and down the snowy platform. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks me up and down and licks his lips. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As we walked those last few miles in the dark, shivers ran up and down our spines. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He’s basically bobbing up and down and shuffling his feet—and as stiff as he is, Bram’s even worse. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She didn’t notice my seat belt wasn’t fastened, and neither did I. She traveled up and down the stairs doing several loads of laundry—I’m awfully messy—and I guess she had started fixing dinner. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“She said you was walking up and down in the street in front of the house, and didn’t know whether to come in,” Bess said, giggling. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

All day, and the next, Two Strike’s legs moved up and down, her feet, in clean new makazins, crushed the tough hulls. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Kids are jumping up and down and cheering. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The man who’d been cut off by another man up tide might motor abreast of the interloper in order to shake a gaff at him and curse him up and down as a fish thief. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He trotted up and down the ranks, his plumed helmet gleaming, his legs decked in bronze greaves. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Hall, who had climbed Everest four times previously, understood as well as anybody the need to get up and down quickly. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Show your love!” he said as he ran up and down the aisle with his cap out. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Now and then he walked impatiently to the corner to look up and down the streets. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Horse-drawn wagons clattered up and down the cobblestone street, bringing in more fresh vegetables, squawking chickens, and squealing pigs. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Baleful cries rang up and down the stairwell, all echoing the same news: the basin on the stairwell had been stolen. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

And then she jumped around with her arms flopping up and down as I had done. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As big as a human being, the ape-thing jumped up and down on one foot. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He recalled the thrill that had coursed through him when he’d spent the day in San Francisco with Habib, walking up and down Fillmore Street. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

It was ironic that given his communication difficulties, Donald functioned as a human telegraph, relaying messages up and down the coast. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In space, who knows what is up and down? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Started out where he was born—China—then went to parts of Europe and up and down the East Coast of the United States before settling in New Jersey. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“And,” he began, “the truck driver said the last thing he saw was the man gyrating wildly with his arms and legs pumping up and down as if he was on the dance floor.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She wandered aimlessly up and down the hall and kept pushing back her rumpled hair with the palm of her hand. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They paced up and down the hall, settled themselves in the rushes on the floor, only to rise and begin walking about again. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Callie’s boyfriend is overattentive and rubs his hand up and down her thigh in a weird way that makes me shiver while she and El whisper back and forth, sharing secrets, I’m sure. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I kept up my shiftless poking about the place, wandering up and down from time to time by the longbeds. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

We continue to zigzag up and down the hills. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She bobbed up and down on her uneven legs, which worked well enough on the flat surface of the clifftop, but once she entered the forest, her problem became clear. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

‘Come along!’ she cried out, marching with crunching steps up and down the corridor. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra was shaking with anger and grief, striding up and down with clenched fists and turning her tear-streaming face this way and that as if looking for an answer. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her hands are on her hips and her head is moving up and down and she keeps leaning forward and back again. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was ramping up and down in his cage, coughing, and blowing his nose, and spluttering with rage. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He scans the block up and down, then taps on the rear window of the car. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They had these tubes, they were bringing the tissue blood, and we could see the blood running around, up and down. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked up and down the streets and through the park. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spent entire nights pacing up and down the floor. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went bellowing up and down those train aisles. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

This one has sides that are straight up and down, no slope at all. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Indians had formed two circles, one inside the other, and were hopping up and down. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She was going to meet us at the game, and I was so excited I couldn’t help bouncing up and down on the front seat. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I eye my mother, watching her nod eagerly, her short blond bob moving up and down at the doctor’s words. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Carvings were etched up and down the wood, and it hummed as giant hands found familiar grooves. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They made their way up and down Unter den Linden, where the sidewalks were jammed with foreign visitors and provincial Germans, more than a million of whom had poured into the city in recent days. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I walked up and down the rows of desks, looking at the items we’d found in the drawers, which we’d left. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Freddie looked the boy up and down, taking in the steady but secretive eyes and the startling contrast between Ruth’s lemony skin and the boy’s black skin. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, she literally turned her head to the side and looked me up and down, as if seeing me from the sideways angle would help her better see the lie. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He just walked beside me, carrying his group-home bag slung on his shoulder, baby Afro bobbing up and down with each long stride he took. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lacking a coach’s launch, he ran up and down the shores of Lake Washington, yelling at his boys through his megaphone, freely mixing baseball slang with rowing terminology and a wide variety of exuberant profanity. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I check up and down the table to see if he’s made a mistake or is lost or something. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Professional-looking people walk up and down the glossy halls of the Civic Center. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

All the field, and all the people in the field, and all the towers of the castle, seemed to be jumping up and down like the surface of a lake under rain. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat dipped up and down on the wake of barges as they crossed to the western shore. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

At first, Hooper walked up and down the room softly, looking at all the moths, laid out on white card, and at the labels beneath them. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The ride whirled around and tilted up and down, but it never moved forward. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

After that I run aimlessly up and down the streets, because I don’t know what else to do. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They live in one of these colossal brand-new houses that look like every other house up and down the street. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I turned, one foot on the bottom step, to see the bartender looking me up and down. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I drew my shackles up and down my wrist; he wrapped his fingers in the lace of his sleeves and paced about the yard. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tally had no idea where David was—or where up and down were, for that matter. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I glance up and down the street before I slam the door. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Rontu all this time was running up and down the reef barking and leaping at me, which made my task harder. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Caldwell walks up and down the aisle, taking pictures of each of us. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Leona walked up and down the aisles between our seats, and stopped and hovered over me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

My other coworkers, too, like to joke around, and I find myself laughing and dancing around the kitchen and happily flying up and down the stairs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Past the edges of the buildings, the gray-green river snaked north to south, dotted with boats zipping up and down the invisible lanes of traffic. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He gazed up and down the dusty road. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

For anyone who needed help, her name had become a key that would unlock doors and hearts up and down the river. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He read the message twice and looked anxiously up and down the street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Celia looked me up and down, her eyes lingering on my hair. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

To the left, to the right, up and down. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He looked me up and down and his eyes widened, just a little. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

With little pleased nods of his handsome black head he was parading up and down the inside of the bathtub. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her Dad drank beer out of a bottle and walked up and down the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Bar the door,” shouted the bug, jumping up and down and waving his arms. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

So all night long, I am going up and down the creaking stairs with the childrens to protect them. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I hopped up and down and shook my arm. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They were saddened by the thought that these happy children of Goat would no longer be jumping up and down in the grass and singing their goat songs that they all so liked to hear. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Bodega then eyed me again up and down, then nodded his head, snapped his fingers, and pointed at me all in the same motion. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

On weekends they wander naked from room to room, up and down the five flights of stairs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He moved his arms up and down and up and down until he looked like a berserk bicycle pump. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

She fluttered up and down creating a raucous din. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I heard it from Rat Kiley, who swore up and down to its truth, although in the end, I’ll admit, that doesn’t amount to much of a warranty. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shout, and I find myself hopping up and down on my leg. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

When they tired out, they stood on tiptoe beyond where the waves broke, jumping gently and letting the water carry them up and down. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We have nothing but bread and tea and she doesn’t want the tormenting neighbors to see us with our tongues hanging out, suffering over the lovely smells floating up and down the lane. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I leap inside and feel the water bob me up and down, up and down. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They are bumped up and down, their bodies distressed, their minds blank with bewilderment. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“He’s going to limp up and down all those flights of stairs, dodging patrols?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As far as he could see through the glass panels, up and down the street, were white people standing in the cold wind and sunshine. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s awesome,” Dimple said, looking him up and down in appreciation while also not letting him see just how appreciative she was. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then he got all sensitive and cussed Renee up and down, throwing the typical “You ain’t even that pretty anyway!” at her, bumping tables and chairs as he walked out. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I sucked on that and spit out the pith and watched the soldier pass up and down past a freight-car outside and after a while the train gave a jerk and started. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Jack paced up and down before the door, growling. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flames in the lantern went up and down and the shadows jiggled ever time you’d go to blink your eyes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Saleem was riding by stony-faced, keeping his eyes straight ahead as he steered his father’s rickshaw up and down the lane. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Bod’s view of things was upside down at this point, bouncing up and down on the back of the 33rd President of the United States, gritty sand from the path blown up into his face. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

At first he would pace up and down the cave and stand at the opening sniffing through the cracks. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Make the beds, will you? It does look messy to leave ’em unmade all day, and I’m not much on running up and down the stairs.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

An awful tingle, cold and liquid, went up and down my spine. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I started jumping up and down as if I was a little kid. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was hopping from one foot to the other and jumping up and down, so much excitement was flowing through me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I try to take in as much as I can, hungrily making my way up and down her body, gazing at her legs and her chest and her hips. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I place it in his hands, watch his eyes dart up and down, down and up. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

If something whipped back and forth, it also needed to spin on an axis, bob up and down, and hurl through a jet spray of filthy water. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“We’re lucky we don’t go to one of those schools where everything’s, like, enclosed, and the halls are really crowded, and you have to go up and down levels to get to class.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Primadonna moves closer to me, and I look her up and down to see that she is much taller because of her fancy high heels. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Nausea flooded up inside her, and then the pain, the searing burn that shredded up and down her body that she remembered from Flatbush. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

With each repetition of his name, he pounded on the table so hard that the blue glass sugar bowl with the spoons hanging around its rim clattered up and down. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully, he scraped the pen up and down in between the door frame and the door. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Pretty Boy was sitting on his perch, his tiny chest moving up and down. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see Earl looking up and down the street, with one eye on the clock, because I couldn’t see the door from here. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The red sateen scarf rode up and down. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she started pacing up and down the room, punching one fist into the palm of another. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now the Russian soldier takes me from Max, picks me up around the waist, and bounces me up and down. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

With light, the faster the wave bobs up and down—the higher its frequency—the more energy it has. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Harry glanced quickly up and down the corridor, then tucked the map away again, hoisted himself into the hole headfirst, and pushed himself forward. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Candy turns and looks Safer up and down. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Instead he plans to dig a tunnel down there, into the side of the hole, and to get up and down to it by a rope ladder. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He never complained, but he was basically miserable driving a taxi up and down the highway. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They came closer, they were frankly looking me up and down. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Archer sat beside her and rubbed her back, his palm making smooth up and down motions along her spine, over her shoulder blades. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When he walked up and down the floor of his room he would crack the joints of his fingers and jerk at them until they ached. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She’s on her knees on the bed now, bouncing up and down. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

From the crowded boardwalk, as far as they could see up and down the shoreline, the beaches were a dark, seething mass of bodies packed together on the sand. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It catches him when he tries to sleep and startles him awake, follows him on laps paced up and down the floors of the Residence. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I roll to a stop at the light on the corner and scrub my hands up and down my face as I try to process all that happened tonight. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

From twine and yew wood they’d made miniature bows; they’d used the hollow cedar as a kind of fort and run up and down the hillside shooting at each other. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were picketers at the front entrance and marchers chanting up and down the street. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Employees were running up and down the stairs like seasick rats and the President’s private guard were pushing furniture against the windows and distributing pistols to those who were closest to him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we go up and down the hills, I study all the colorful houses and try to peer inside, since everyone leaves their doors open during the day. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I had more money and success and “security” than in the days when specters seemed to go up and down them with me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned to “Annabel Lee” and we walked up and down the garden rows, the cool dirt between our toes, reciting the beautifully sad lines. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a step toward me and began to slide her hands indignantly up and down her hips. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Giaco took Ida's boat up and down all the canals and showed Prosper's picture to the gondoliers. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They went out and stood just to port of the cabin door while Ishmael maneuvered a flashlight beam up and down the mast. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I rubbed a hand up and down him, and he crawled inside my damp sweatshirt, shivering against my clammy belly. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Julia was standing with them, trying again to convince Jay about her stupid tinfoil UFO and how it was going to fly up and down the street on a stupid invisible wire. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He darted up and down, thrusting out his paw as if he held a sword in it, stabbing away at thin air. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The old lord kept mostly in his own apartments, coming forth mornings to pace up and down the snowy inner courtyards of the castle-keep like an old sorcerer who has been brewing spells all night. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Maxim was walking up and down the library floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t know what was going on, but we could see soldiers running along Pademba Road and army trucks speeding up and down in front of the prison area. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He flung himself up and down the aisles, receiving the journals as if they were manna from heaven. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Lac glanced up and down the alley and shrugged. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Over and over Ess raked the knife sharply up and down the fish skin in a jerking motion. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I cried out, and jumped up and down with my arms flopping around. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

All you saw was the heads and shoulders going up and down, up and down. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He’s the doorman and security guard, and he’s always cracking jokes while he’s waiting to carry suitcases up and down the stairs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched with a sinking heart as the mean-looking boy swaggered up and down in front of the mounds of dirt. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. O’Leary bounded up and down Fifth Avenue, licking cabs and sniffing hot dog carts. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

On the street outside I look up and down for his car, but it’s not there either. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I have been practicing, walking up and down the Stations of the Cross with a blessed look on my face, not an easy thing when you are trying to keep your balance. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eyelids with their stiff blond lashes bobbed up and down over the staring blue eyes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was all I could do not to jump up and down. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Judging by the way she was nodding her head up and down and moving her lips, it was plain she was screaming, “Yes! Yes! Yes!” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

She didn’t look too enthusiastic about having Ron as a partner, though; her dark eyes lingered on the frayed neck and sleeves of his dress robes as she looked him up and down. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The people I passed would look me up and down, and I would look back, give the traditional head nod, and then go back to practicing my crossover dribble. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Like magic, the butterfly flew into the air, fluttering its wings up and down. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But others crawled on six legs, or rolled on wheels, or slid up and down the sides of buildings. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

So she knew the parrot was there because she kept going up and down the stairs from her apartment door to the front door to see if Joe was coming down the street. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Screaming with joy, Manuelito and my brothers jumped up and down like grasshoppers. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

His long ears flopped up and down, keeping time with the jogging motion of his body. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Help!” peeped an adorable puppy, bobbing up and down in the water. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A police dog named Silver, trained to pace up and down the shed row, stood patrol. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius bellowed after he had promenaded up and down along the fence. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scurry up and down the aisles, piling things into a red plastic basket. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

A line of cars had already collected up and down the ditch line in front of John Eye Blevins’s moonshine palace. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The movements occur not just laterally as the Earth’s plates move across the surface, but up and down as well, as rocks rise and fall under the churning process known as convection. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

After I laced them tight, I stood up and bounced up and down a few times like Tia suggested. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He carried the smallest trace of an accent, and his words sounded like they were walking along the countryside, up and down and up and down the hills. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

James pressed an index finger to his lips as he looked her up and down. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Before Miss Lilian died, Georgie and I played on it whenever we had a chance, zooming up and down as fast as we could. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She was trembling like a leaf in the wind, and a finger of ice was running up and down the length of her spine. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here we go!” cried Mr. Wonka, hopping up and down with excitement. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

He watched as the mother comforted the child by rhythmically bouncing up and down and crooning to him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

In the other direction was the entrance of a Chthonic Railway station, with more crowds pouring up and down the steps. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Here in the great state of Maryland that usually means making a stand, since it ain’t no picnic running up and down them hills. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The chariot whirred into motion, but the right wheel stayed in place, so Triptolemus. spun in circles, the chariot beating its wings and bouncing up and down like a defective merry-go-round. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Laughing, one little girl splashes water into the faces of her siblings who bob up and down in the water beside their boat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Simple enough; but this trade up and down the Atlantic coast was part of a much larger world system. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I imagined the scene inside the gym—circles of kids, hopping up and down to the beat. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

You can hear the women wailing all up and down the block. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

This instantly showed one set of relationships when read up and down and another when read from side to side. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I shook my head up and down, acting like I understood. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

They have muscles and they move like ocean waves up and down the court. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Her gaze flicked up and down, appraising Mrs. Stockton. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at Zara, up and down, in a way that made my stomach twist. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He began to pace up and down before Harry and Wormtail, eyes sweeping the graveyard all the while. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“If you keep running up and down the stairs, maybe you’ll have a miscarriage.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May was right here with us, just now. I swear to God. I felt her, Summer, all up and down me like I’d just poured her in a glass and drunk her.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I paraded up and down in front of my glass watching my reflection. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The bee was on his arm, crawling up and down. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Tendai saw that up and down the street all the doors were fitted with grilles. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she was given a “spinal wash,” in which a cold, wet towel was rubbed up and down the length of her spine. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lawrence, we’re going to need another runner, sir, old brother. I go up and down this hill much more my legs going to fall off.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Spy . . . er . . . spy . . . er . ..” said Harry, pacing up and down. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Hilly looks me up and down, stops on the dip in the front of the dress. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They’re completely involved in their game, their eyes serious as they move their brushes up and down in their make-believe job. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It was the softest thing I’d ever felt in my life, I rubbed my arms up and down on the blanket and pulled the pillow out and put it underneath my head. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The cold weather is gone and the trees have green leaves up and down Classon Avenue. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She smiles and raises her eyebrows up and down and up and down in an exaggerated way. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Her devotion to the Sacred Heart is known up and down the lane and in lanes beyond. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Furious as a hornet, he raced back and forth among the Huntsmen, bobbing up and down, his blade never still. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” she said, her chest going up and down as she reached the window. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Wheels of white cheese were set at every table, above and below the salt, and flagons of hot spice wine and chilled autumn ale were passed up and down the tables. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Finally, a light detached itself from the shore and began to bob up and down in the darkness. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He began to talk about buying a farm and drove her up and down island roads where property was for sale. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His uncle began to pace up and down, Aunt Petunia and Dudley following his movements with anxious expressions. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He had heard of things you ought to do to people, breathe into their mouths or pump their arms up and down, somehow, but he thought that if Hooper was sick he must be breathing. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Did the ceiling creak because he was walking quietly up and down, drinking a cold orange crush and studying the chess men laid out on the table? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

His eyes are fixed on the cars driving up and down the street. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I flipped the match safe’s lid up and down, but stopped once the nearby passengers began glancing suspiciously in my direction. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He resettled his spectacles thoughtfully, and took a pace or two up and down. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Alex and I discovered that we could entertain ourselves by running up and down the aisles. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Down here the steps grew narrower and steeper, but the girl had run up and down them a thousand times and they held no terrors for her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The other three old people nodded their heads slowly up and down, and said, “Absolutely true. Just as true as can be.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Me, without any hat, in the middle of the afternoon, having to chase up and down back alleys because of my mother’s good name. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a feeling — he swooped in and out of the goalposts and then sped up and down the field. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Whenever the biologists from the health department find too much bacteria, they post DANGER! signs up and down Thunder Beach—no swimming, no fishing, no anything. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

But mostly what they did was run up and down the sidewalks and sometimes into the street, where the town cops yelled at them for creating a safety hazard. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers go up and down and up and down on the keys of the horn. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She stares at it, looking all over the metal part, up and down, side to side. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Hornet cast a careful glance up and down the alley while Prosper made sure no one was watching them from the surrounding windows. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Your dad was shaking his head back and forth just as hard and fast as Mr. Bundini was nodding his up and down.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t look well,” she said immediately, looking me up and down, “much too thin in the face, and no colour. What’s wrong with you?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was Twinkle who led them in separate groups up and down the winding stairs, to gaze at the back lawn, to peer down the cellar steps. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the glass, Hagrid was standing with his back to them, looking up and down the street. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Mami lifted Héctor to her shoulder and paced, bouncing him up and down to get him to go to sleep. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“What if we take it to the news?” a woman holding a newborn suggested from the front row, bobbing up and down to soothe her child. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and assessed its weight, bouncing it up and down a little. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train cars sway from side to side, up and down, like bobbing ice cubes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It kicked up dust as it rolled down Argyle Road, the powder blue suitcase hopping up and down in the back, as fitfully as Marigold s stomach inside her. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And maybe...a shudder goes up and down my back...maybe if he had thought of it, he might’ve had someone command him to kiss me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

"I have no idea how you dance in all that," she says, her hands fluttering up and down and side to side in arcs so wide I might be wearing a nun's habit. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As soon as the hog was dead Pa and Uncle Henry lifted it up and down in the boiling water till it was well scalded. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And who slithered up and down the tree fitting pieces of wood into the holes? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inmates up and down the gallery began to yell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ernie and three of his friends were pedaling their bikes up and down Little Hobart Street, whooping madly. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There are fountains up and down this roadway now, and squared-off beds of flowers, and new, peculiar statues. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Orange lights flicker up and down the street. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I jumped up and down and jogged in place, lifting my knees as high as I could. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Through the open door she could see her employer pacing up and down with a desolate air. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flew up and down the river, looping and spiraling; finally she turned and flew to Sam’s mountain. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She grabbed a handful of them and began scraping them up and down on the same spot until her hand was bloody. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Families up and down the lane are getting telegram money orders from their fathers in England. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Far from calm myself, I gave him a cursory look up and down. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lily smiled and looked her up and down. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Safe enough to sink into a strange dream where I'm bobbing up and down in a stormy ocean that carries me far away from Amma. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

They wander partway up and down the block, look on the other side. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sea breeze carried the news up and down Parker Head—“Did you see?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I got out of the car and began walking up and down the market square. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The sailor holding the whip nodded, pointed to her, and jabbered some words as he hopped up and down. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children staggered up and down the aisle of the car with dripping paper cups of water. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The police were trying to clear the highway, but a dog had jumped out of the van and was running up and down the turnpike as a couple of officers chased after him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The alternative to acting normal was jumping up and down and screaming, I want my mommy back! The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She ran up and down the hallway, singing at the top of her lungs, her feet pattering on the tiles as she danced. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Belet paced up and down the street, trying to hail one. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Long after the enemy had retreated from sight, Clarisse kept riding up and down the avenue with her horrible trophy, demanding that Kronos meet her battle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Coach looked Will up and down in disgust. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed that not six feet away from me a little boy was jumping up and down, screaming, “Foreign devil!” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene before me is sideways and bobs up and down. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

By late afternoon the elevator was papered with notices and filled with tenants facing sideways and backwards, reading as they rode up and down. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Link were swearing and hopping up and down on the marble tiles. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rub my arms and then jump up and down like I’m trying to keep warm. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I said, squealing and bouncing up and down gleefully. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Dasch reached out and clasped it, shaking it up and down. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Me and Howard rode our bikes up and down that mountain road all morning long. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He took a pace or two up and down. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The missionary looked up and down the cellblock and gave a nod. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Those around him leaped up and down, their arms outstretched so they could touch the shiny surface. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

We lugged the coolers up and down the beach. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Babou took me by the shoulders and looked me up and down. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

All through the day she danced, up and down the meadow and round and round the meadow, with the Red Calf mooing piteously behind her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of people there for the break, and kids were all leaping up and down the halls and making their voices echo. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went up and down stairs, looking in every room. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once Ralph’s indoor relatives had been happy to have Ralph push them up and down the halls on his motorcycle, but this treat was not enough for his rowdy outdoor relatives. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

There were all kinds of boats going up and down or moored offshore. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But nothing sent chills up and down Thomas’s spine like the haunted, deathly moans that somehow escaped the creature when it sat still, like the sound of dying men on a battlefield. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I give him baby Tylenol, walk him up and down, and I take his temperature. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

With our hands in the air and bodies jumping up and down, we wave excitedly to our uncle. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was probably the only part of Beekman’s he’d ever been to, and I could just picture Conchetta and him pushing the dart up and down the aisles picking out all that vile food. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The new moon had been up and down three times before she got worried in mind. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“When Miss Anderson sang the simple spiritual ‘Hear de Lambs a-Cryin’ in her deep, hollow, subterranean register . . . you felt it up and down the spinal column,” wrote New York Herald-Tribune critic Alan Rich. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

It oscillates up and down faster and faster as it approaches the singularity, whipping from positive to negative and back again. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Howard, unable to control his jubilation, jumped up and down with the fans. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down as if each speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

But I feel scared, like bugs are crawling up and down my skin. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I was jumping up and down in the living room. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I don't think she can read, but her brown hair swings over the page as her eyes follow the curling vines and grotesque beasts that run up and down the margins. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I have gooseflesh up and down my arms. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“The Olympic Range here, up and down the Coast Ranges on occasion. We keep a permanent residence nearby. There’s another permanent settlement like ours up near Denali.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The two men shook and tugged and pulled while the children jumped up and down on my father’s chest. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry steps forward, and Oscar looks him up and down—the Burberry bag, the cooler on his shoulder, the elegant smile, the extended hand. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We kick the bladder up and down the meadow till there are holes and rags start falling out and we get fed up kicking a bladder that’s hardly there anymore. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

All up and down the business section of the neighborhood were burned-up stores. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Her Dad walked up and down with the empty beer bottle in his hand. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Nervously, Guiteau paced up and down the main waiting room, "working myself up,” he later said, "as I knew the hour was at hand.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Though it hopped up and down with great energy, it couldn't quite fly. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

One or two of the women were actually bouncing up and down on the sofa cushions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was incredibly cold and an icy gale swept up and down the Chicago streets with blizzard force. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I used a man’s shovel by myself and ate termites and jumped up and down on a Mask!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at the basketball game, his head going back and forth as the boys went up and down the court. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She looked at me and shooked her head up and down one time. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Its tail wasn’t flipping up and down the way the dolphin’s had, or even the baby porpoise’s. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children said that the boiler, jumping up and down, bursting steam, flames shooting out the bottom, matched their dreams when they had a fever. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below, the fluffy silver cat patrolled up and down, and the dementors stood waiting in the corners. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Junior kept running, wiry arms pumping up and down like tractor pistons. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As I walked up and down the rows of machines, I didn’t pass a soul. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ma looks up and down the block and sadly shakes her head. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then he spoke the words that made chills creep up and down my spine. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah,” Zola says, nodding, her chip-chop hair flicking up and down. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Guzzo was still inside, changing, and before he came out, Paul tossed the basketball up and down in one hand and dropped his other hand on my shoulder. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Zach is up and down, and true to his nature, he has a tendency to overvalue his achievements. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Brightbill ran up and down the beach with the other goslings, peeping and laughing and pretending to be afraid of the tiny waves. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Especially since Brendan has turned to me and is looking me up and down like I might as well be arrested, too. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

For the briefest instant he looked up and down the gravel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If this rain doesn’t stop we’ll have to leave and find work somewhere else,” he repeated, pacing up and down the floor. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

His hands drift up and down my back. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Ginny didn’t say anything, but glanced up and down the Gryffindor table with a scared look on her face that reminded Harry of someone, though he couldn’t think who. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The floorboards creaked under his tread as he paced up and down outside the locked door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Sweden I” cried the chaplain, shaking his head up and down with gleeful rapture and prancing about uncontrollably from spot to spot in a grinning, delicious frenzy. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I think her screams echoed up and down the halls of Camillo Junior High until dawn. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She looked up and down the long empty hotel corridor. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The street was crowded and loud, kids running up and down the block and people sitting on stoops talking. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

And all that time Charley had been jumping up and down on a yellow jackets’ nest! Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the day he jogged through the hallways and up and down stairs, scaring the nervous tenants half out of their wits. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moves my hand up and down, over her strange and wonderful valleys. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore got up and began walking up and down behind his desk. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then she filled a bucket full of clean water, pumping that handle up and down so hard it was a wonder it didn’t snap in half. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I saw his head nod slightly and the beard go up and down against his chest. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Chandelier-lanterns hang from the high ceiling, floating up and down like jeweled clouds, bathing each floor with a tiny glow. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The twins heard little feet run up the stairs and then up and down the hallway. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They walk napalm up and down the ridges. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had read that somewhere. . . . and tomorrow night ride your car up and down Michigan Avenue from 35th Street to 40th Street. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up and down the deck at the folded and stricken bodies; and he said, “When does a body know he has it?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It bounced up and down when she got close. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Turner looked up and down the shelves of his father’s study—the first room in the house that had been readied. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

By gently rubbing a handful of sand up and down my arm, I clean off the rest of the scales, revealing fresh new skin underneath. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Reb Saunders looked at me for a moment, and I saw the dark eyes blink, the lids going up and down like shades. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had his fists clutched at his chest and he was bobbing up and down with fear. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then he turned and began pacing up and down. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She peered in, gasped, then jumped up and down a little bit. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

West Indian women stood by their pepperpot kettles stirring fragrant stews, while the hot corn girls walked up and down the street. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started the truck and followed his directions up and down the dirt farm roads until we came to our fishing spot. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The taller one is looking her up and down with interest. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Then he turned away again, and paced up and down the room once more. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They found him frozen by the forge, hardly daring to move as Ghost sniffed him up and down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The city always amazed me, with its busy people hurrying up and down and its traders noisily creating its unique sound. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The corners of his pale lips turn up, and the helmet nods up and down again. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He looks us up and down as if we are dirty. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He would jump up and down in anger, all the while laughing at the large nose of the other. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He even rolled the window up and down with the knob on the side door passenger door. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They jump up and down with Izzie and play tag, chasing each other around the room, until finally Uncle Bill says, “Quiet down, kids. I need to make a speech.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Slogging up and down the riverbank in trousers wet to the knees, his Bible in one hand and another stickful of fire-blackened fish in the other, he waved his bounty in a threatening manner. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them looked me up and down, then stared at my face long enough to make me look away. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, little monkey,” she whispers in his hair, stroking his hair as his shoulders heave up and down. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair flopped up and down, side to side—even his hair was dancing. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Miss Thomas sat on a stool, closed her eyes and ducked her head up and down, up and down. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I bounced her up and down, harder and faster, and harder and faster. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Bull turned and checked over his shoulder, his eyes moving up and down the street. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

On his birthdays he dragged it up and down the alley, to give proper attention to the amusements held in his name. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She glanced up and down the block—the rest of the Raptor Claw was quiet. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

This is the season, Theon thought as the captain's daughter slid her lips up and down the length of him, the season, the year, the day, and I am the man. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I wander from room to room, climb up and down the stairs and feel like a songbird whose wings have been ripped off and who keeps hurling itself against the bars of its dark cage. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He assigned most of the crew to catch and dry fish in one ship while he puttered up and down the coast with the other, bartering for furs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Hooper stirred on the ground, moving his legs up and down rhythmically. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

When we were kids and she didn’t have her shoes yet, Amanda just limped around, her hips swiveling up and down with each step. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was quite deep, even then, and oddly hypnotic, it went up and down in a rhythm. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Desdemona went up and down the line, adding walnuts, butter, honey, spinach, cheese, adding more layers of dough, then more butter, before forging the assembled concoctions in the oven. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Other boys were jumping rope, jerking up and down like mechanical jacks-in-the-box, or straining on leather floor mats until their neck cords popped, or slamming medicine balls into each other's stomachs. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just ran up and down the streets wishing I was somebody else.’ Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We seemed to be driving aimlessly, riding up and down over the undulating land, like a ship adrift in the waves. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He was jumping up and down, whooping and hollering. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leader’s head bobbed up and down in rhythm. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Henrietta and the other girls watched from the hillside or the backs of straw-filled wagons, hopping up and down, clapping and screaming as the boys streaked by on horseback. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I could hear him softly breathe and see his back go up and down. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The story of the bird which had fought for Thlayli in the storm had lost nothing in the telling up and down the burrows of Efrafa. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded like a faraway car alarm, the note pitching up and down in long, slow arcs. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Two hours later we’d been up and down our street and had a handful of new names on our petition. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept an eye on Neeley as he scrambled up and down the steps. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went on walking up and down the terrace. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was too worried out and shooked up to talk so she started looking me up and down and spinning me ’round to try and figure what was wrong. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

His black moustache was jumping up and down like crazy as he spoke. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He kept on jumping up and down, screaming. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flicked a piece of bread to a seagull she’d begun to call Bob, because of the way he moved his head up and down while he watched her eat. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There was a nor’easter up and down the East Coast, bringing with it dense fog and high winds. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Otto was too wound up to sleep, so he kept crying and walking up and down my body. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

My knee bounces up and down, I can't get it to stop. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She grabbed something invisible in the air and her body bopped up and down on a web. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He took me driving down Seventh Avenue, and up and down 125th Street. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mini-snakes writhed up and down the antenna right next to his ear. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

As one girl raised her pounding club the other girl’s went down into the narrow hole—up and down, a perfect, even rhythm like the pumping of pistons. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk toward the crowd and hear people shouting and see hands flying up and down in the air. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There’s also a very practical reason for clambering up and down mountains, or doing anything arduous and unglamorous, what PIH-ers called “scut work.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She kept swiveling her head around and up and down. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I have to stop myself from jumping up and down and clapping my hands and maybe doing a twirl. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Going up and down hills on rough terrain was taking a lot longer than I’d anticipated, which meant we still had about seven or eight more miles to go before reaching Abuelita’s house. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t moving up and down very fast. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

All up and down the coastline, female turtles come out of the ocean and paddle their way across the sand, dig a hole, and lay eggs—about a hundred at a time. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was used to carrying weight up and down stairs by this point, but the attic stairs were much steeper than those of the grand staircase. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She looks me up and down as though I am in the wrong. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“How ’bout we stay right here,” I say while looking up and down the block for any sign of Mama. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She pretended his eyes weren’t scouring her. up and down, steel wool scraping her skin raw. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He rubs his fingers up and down the back of his neck. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Jack started bouncing up and down on his feet. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Dad waved his hand up and down in my direction. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

One of the floating obsidian hoverboards waited, bobbing up and down above a rail. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

My leg bounces up and down as I think. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He threw his old hat down on the ground and jumped up and down on it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was pacing up and down the patio, but as soon as she caught sight of me, she stopped, flicked her cigarette onto the paving stones and crushed it beneath her toe. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wished she could ride every sleek elevator up and down, punching buttons, seeing who got on and off. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Stonily, running his eyes up and down my father, he said, “The bloody thing is not in order, you know?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that—I thought that—” She peered around us and looked up and down the street. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Very cautiously he steered, watching before him and behind him and up and down the cliffs on either hand. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Maxim pacing up and down the library after Rebecca died. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When she moved about there was an incessant clicking as innumerable pottery bracelets jingled up and down upon her arms. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Buildings up and down the block were burning and collapsing, punctuated every so often by the explosion of flammable liquids. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mate crossed her legs, jiggling them up and down. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had splashes of pinkish white all up and down her dark brown arms and legs. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He took a look up and down the Road. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We need a lookout. From up here you can see everything, and we’ll be able to see you. If anyone heads around the building, jump up and down and wave your arms.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

After two bouts of Danuta boiling her lower regions in a pot and one vigorous run up and down the stairs, I ask Emilika what time she’s supposed to be at the photography shop. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I think about my hands signing forms and my feet running, flexing up and down, as I sprint to some class I’m late for. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The forebear flicked up and down, left and right, jumping from rail to rail with the slightest movement of the girl’s feet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There was a constant scurry of servants racing up and down the halls, tending the fires, hanging up cloaks, putting away umbrellas, and delivering trays of tea to warm the travelers. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He looked me up and down and said, “How’d you get so pretty so fast, cuz? Thought it would take at least another five or six years.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

And before we went to bed I had a great time jumping up and down on the mattress. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s hand slid up and down the boy’s belly. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In ancient Greece, Pythagoras saw the peculiar behavior of waves that traveled up and down a plucked string—how certain notes were allowed and others were forbidden. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Cars moved slowly up and down the street. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The answer came to him after five long days of walking up and down the streets of the Lower East Side, just as he was about to give up hope. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

And he drags his eyes across me, looking me up and down like I’m something up for auction. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The other pedalled its narrow shoulders up and down, stalking the open door. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her little dæmon scampered up and down to avoid touching Malcolm, but Lyra herself was intrigued by this change of perspective and gazed calmly around, and then focused her eyes on Malcolm himself. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The big hand paused in its healing journey around and up and down her back, then began again as Trotter said softly, “Don’t make it harder for us, baby.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Working the bank up and down, and not finding the trail, she swam across the river and worked the other side. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The port oars went crazy, chopping up and down and doing the wave. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The woman looked her up and down: the pack on her back, her dirty sweaty face, her wild black hair. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As the bus came to a stop at the intersection, Roy poked his head out the window and checked up and down the street. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heads were appearing at doorways all up and down the street. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard something and looked up and down the road for its source. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fingers of the sitar player traveled up and down the strings like clever mice. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were parades and dignitaries marching all up and down Seventh Avenue back in those days. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prayer meetings would rotate houses up and down the block based on the day. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Nathan pulled the bow guard up his forearm so that it wouldn’t slide up and down. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I peek over and see Aurora hopping up and down at my mom’s feet. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Milo and Tock wandered up and down the aisles looking at the wonderful assortment of words for sale. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

When his van wasn't filled with luggage, my friends and I would ride around in the back and slide up and down its slick floor anytime the car slowed to a stop. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She spent her days, her tendril, sap-green days, walking up and down, up and down, her head jerking to the beat of a drummer so distant only she could hear. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a long while conversation was impossible, because I was bouncing up and down on the seat like a jackhammer. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The boat rocked up and down, and up and down. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She turned to see him jumping up and down and waving his arms by the first bench he’d checked. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He pumps me up and down until I am the right height. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gives him a big kiss on his cheek, joggles him up and down, tucks him into the carriage, snaps up the waterproof carriage cover. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

My staff and I jumped up and down in celebration. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He paced up and down without a word, his tail rigid and twitching. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Then all of a sudden she stops and stares Miss Saunders up and down. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The lord of the dead paced up and down, holding his ears while Nico followed him, waving his arms. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I cried, jumping up and down like a child. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily is bobbing up and down on her toes like she has to go to the bathroom. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

It was then that I noticed flocks of torches up and down the street. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

His bouncing up and down in the backseat made the car rock. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He ran toward Harry, and the other children jumped up from their seats and raced up and down the aisles and crowded around Harry while Stuart demanded that he give up the little pillow. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her neck looks like it’s got tree roots running up and down it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Methuselah walked up and down the steps, testing what Matthias had said. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I think it would be weird if there were a skyscraper that moved up and down while its elevator stayed in place. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Shaking his head, he finished lacing up his shoes, then stood up and jogged around in circles, jumping up and down to test them out. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

For a long time, he made his way back and forth between the cliff and the river, up and down over the rocks and sand. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

There was a beaten way, north-westward along the foot-hills of the White Mountains, and this they followed, up and down in a green country, crossing small swift streams by many fords. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He went on looking me up and down in his amused way with those familiar, unpleasant blue eyes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He does not stand at the altar; he paces up and down the church aisle’s pink floors in his white robe, which he wears with broken-down tennis shoes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Already the men were over the bank and the torchlight was flickering up and down the hedgerow and through the brambles above their very heads. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He liked to sail mostly in coastal waters, up and down the coast to visit the small California towns, and probably just hadn’t thought of being out very far. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can carry his meals up, and he can come down and see the tree and everything a little while. We can help him up and down, Marly and me.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean it. Let me hear one more time that you are slipping up and down back alleys with one of those dam squirts.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, and Moss saw his chest heave up and down as he breathed in and out forcefully. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Captain Black chuckled heartily again, and his pointed Adam’s apple jumped up and down with glee inside his scraggly neck. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I watched Jeanne, hoisted up and down in the air by the king. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He marched stiffly to show me how to make each finger dance up and down, staccato like an obedient little soldier. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the screen, people were dancing in a long line, with their arms round each other’s shoulders, and singing as they bounced up and down. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I buttoned the braces on to the trousers, six buttons in all, then I put on the trousers and adjusted the braces to the correct length by sliding two brass clips up and down. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran her eyes up and down me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Against the back wall, a black stone staircase led up and down. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Thinking how pretty her hands were, despite they were red from scrubbing floors, I watched her fingers move dreamy up and down the keyboard. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

This small, fair-skinned woman with long, straight hair came up to me, and looked me up and down. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I got a prickly feeling up and down my arms. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The bird bobbed its pale head up and down, as if it were bowing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Gabriel was not the type of boy to assume that he had to merely yell or bang on walls or jump up and down against the floor to get someone’s attention from the outside. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The spec four looked me up and down. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up and down the snow-covered street. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss stood next to his mother, jumping up and down, screaming at people as loud as he could, pointing them toward the group that was now pouring off Broadway. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her eyes study my face, moving up and down, then side to side like she’s checking the distance between my ears. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He pointed up and down the street, toward one tall fence or hedgerow after another. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

This they followed for a couple of miles as it climbed up and down into the country. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Exotic crimson flowers and birds poked their pistils and stamens and bills every which way up and down her torso. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It could screech and honk and run up and down a scale as long as there was a dog making him run up and down a street. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

When you’re guiding you don’t get to do the climbs you necessarily most want to do; the challenge comes from getting clients up and down, which is a different sort of satisfaction. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I stroll back to the apartment under a sky thick with stars, and when I tell Helena the news, she jumps up and down. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Gregory Powell raced up and down the officer’s room, fist tightly balled. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Before lunch Briony slipped away to the empty rehearsal room—the nursery—and walked up and down on the painted floorboards, considering her casting options. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He nodded, moving his head slowly up and down. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He paced up and down as he described his vision to the others. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I pace around the show, up and down the former aisles, around the checkout counters where Jody’s sculptures pose like models on a runway, past the wall where Carolyn’s quilts yell defiance. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Despite her protests, Gilly stayed home from school Tuesday and Wednesday to nurse the three of them, and Thanksgiving Day found her exhausted from going up and down stairs and from bedside to bedside. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Seeing Linus jumping up and down on the demonstration table and moving his arms like a magician about to pull a rabbit out of his shoe made them feel inadequate. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

All the little Hupfers were jumping up and down, too, and Danny was still waving his shirt, and Meryl Lee was waving her rose—which was losing its petals—and Mrs. Baker was screaming. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then I discover that the air feels nice on my feet when I kick them, so I move my feet up and down as he walks us toward the building where Johanna works. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He hung out of the box, gazing up and down the car. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes working white men in their uniforms or their navy striped suits drove up and down the gravel road that ran alongside our yard, making the dust and small rocks grind under their wheels. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth is so excited, she bounces up and down on my bed. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Emily walked from small room to small room, up and down the three levels that made up City Lights. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She’s looking at us more closely now, reading me up and down, seeing right into my Noise with a skill I’ve only ever felt in Ben. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, comrade,” Pa says meekly, his head bobbing up and down to the soldier. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also toyed with the idea of having the words move up and down with the shape of the tune. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I bounced it up and down for everyone to see and they squealed so loud Mrs. Maxy came flying in. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the day, up and down the ward, along the corridors, Briony felt her familiar guilt pursue her with a novel vibrancy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She walks a circle around the Grand Gallery, navigating between squeaking floorboards; she hears feet tramp up and down museum staircases, a toddler squeal, the groan of a weary grandmother lowering herself onto a bench. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Just tossed a basketball up and down, up and down, up and down. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up and down the length of the building, but besides Maribel and me, no one was around. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The decks teemed with kids, wild with excitement, racing up and down and trying to fall into the Hudson River. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ran up and down the bank steering her away from the water and letting her ride on their backs. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alice and I sat on the bank leisurely watching as the contraption went up and down, up and down, turning acorns into flour. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s all so vague. You know, I thought that was my dream. I remember us wearing the lampshades, and jumping up and down on the mattresses.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But Teresa, sitting next to him, was a study in concentration, her tongue sticking out the corner of her mouth as she traced lines up and down, side to side. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But perhaps, the commerçant decided, looking Mother up and down, avoiding her rigid blue gaze, perhaps he had room for the white woman. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, Ma's English sounds odd, with tones that swing up and down and t's formed with a tongue-flick on the roof of the mouth. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I looked up and down the street to get my bearings. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I link my arm through Sara’s and jump up and down like a kangaroo, until she jumps with me and we’re both laughing. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She took my valise and looked me up and down. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As Mars unwound from his laughing fit, he studied Maniac up and down; aware, too, that Maniac was studying him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can walk across the room on crutches, go up and down four steps, transfer from standing to sitting, and fall safely?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He walked up and down the kitchen, trying to avoid her eyes. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland slid his nervous hands up and down the sides of the narrow bed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I had to really hold myself back from giggling stupidly, or jumping up and down on the pavement like a little kid. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see ...” She looked us up and down critically. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wave my arm up and down the length of my body. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

On the observation train, in a press car full of Washington coaches, alumni, and sportswriters, George Pocock and Tom Bolles paced up and down the aisle. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Like an uneasy ghost, I rise from my pallet and pace up and down the corridor to shake the fearsome visions. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Coming up to my dogs, we saw they were working up and down an old rail fence. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

By moving a sliding bridge up and down the monochord, Pythagoras changed the notes that the device played. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The women inmates spent most of their days sheltered under the shade of this tree while the boats glided up and down and up again on the other side of the prison gate. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

My teammates and I jump up and down. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Inside the quiet house, he jumped up and down on Uncle and Auntie’s best feather sofas when they were away visiting village friends. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brinker supervised the transfer, rattling up and down the stairwell and giving orders. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soaking wet, I clambered over the fence and looked up and down the running path. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Zalmay walked up and down the aisles, checking out different games, reading the descriptions and the reviews. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

They had electric torches—both men walked up and down the length of the bus inspecting the damage and cursing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The girls jumped up and down, rattling the footboard, Helen clapped. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The path isn’t even a real path, it’s just a place worn by whoever goes up and down here: boys, men. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We lay on our stomachs, facing each other with the jar between our faces, and watched the little fish swim rapidly up and down and around. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I look up and down the street to make sure Deb and Jax are already gone. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I was throwing my free arm around Hassan and we were hopping up and down, both of us laughing, both of us weeping. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Counselors are coming up and down the lines introducing themselves; the girls seem to know all of them too. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Robbie, appealed to, nodded his massive head up and down once. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Heidi puts her rain boots back on and looks me up and down, just like Libby did in my yard right before sending me off on my maiden moron voyage. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

We stood in the shadows of a ropewalk and observed the men dragging their cranked engines up and down the long corridor, twisting fibers into cord. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It sounded up and down the dead staircases that looped through the dark. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I bounce my chin up and down and scrunch my nose. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I started jumping up and down and dancing around like a lunatic, yelling and going crazy. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

With his lower lip protruding and his hands hanging down to his knees, he shuffled up and down the parlor floor. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked up and down on the verandah, restless in my new environment. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When they can’t do that, they run up and down the dirt road behind our wall, the perimeter road. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crossed her legs and started jiggling this one foot up and down. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

"Things very good," Madame Hoo said, extending her free hand and shaking Crow's hand up and down. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They're just schools,” she says, and looks me up and down. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I could see her shoulders heaving up and down. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A bit more violently now. Brandish these weapons fiercely. Make faces. Scream. Perhaps some of you could jump up and down, if you don’t mind.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to jump up and down and pump my fist and let out a cheer that would echo across the valley below us. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She looks me up and down with a grin. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

For a year following his graduation from high school, he rowed obsessively—up and down the channel on foggy days and on long voyages out among the San Juan Islands on sunny days. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He bounced the hook up and down until he felt it catch hold. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

My heart pounds as I look all up and down the block for any of Papi’s friends, or Mama’s friends too. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Styx did that wary thing where he tucked his neck back and looked Dad up and down. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The banner danced up and down with them as they came down surrounded by the crowd. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

If he didn’t look so weak and sick, I would have jumped up and down for joy. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

So was Pastor Ambrose’s loud praying as he walked up and down. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Run up and down a few times, making sure to stumble at least once. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Now and again he lowered his head to lick a wound on his leg, but whenever he did he always kept his eyes on the two dogs trotting up and down. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

There would be a lot of exciting things on the trip—meeting my cousins and seeing the Hudson River which they said was a mile wide, and watching the boats sail up and down it. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Toad is hopping up and down, which seems ridiculously appropriate. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The tree smacked against the water and sent the beavers bobbing up and down. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She sat on it, pushed a button, and it glided up and down the stairs. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even though I was well beyond the trick-or-treating stage myself, I usually threw on some mask or other to accompany him up and down the blocks, watching him knocking on people’s doors, giddy with excitement. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The star ran one pale forefinger up and down the silver chain that went between them, tracing the line of it about her slim wrist, and made no reply. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

But I can barely make out her words on account of the jubilation around me, children jumping up and down, into and out of their adoring parents’ arms. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ll take you to school and ask for a volunteer in your class to arrive early and leave early with you every day. You’ll have plenty of time to go up and down the stairs.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It heaved the lifeboat up and down in a regular motion. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They carried her up and down the stairs, sang her songs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I paced up and down the driveway, a brown convertible parked down the street caught my eye. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

All five heads thrashed up and down as the song kept swelling to more ridiculous heights. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Even after Ampai rowed them back to solid ground, Pong felt dizzy, as if they were still bobbing up and down on Kia’s house. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He studies me, up and down, and speaks. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wonka was jumping up and down in the back of the boat and calling to the rowers to row faster and faster still. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some walked up and down the beast from head to tail, tail to head. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Juanita moved his arms up and down and side to side. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And we would lie quiet until unsuspecting bullfrogs appeared, and we would spear them, cut off their legs, and sell them for a nickel a pair to people who lived up and down the road. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hungry inmates emerged up and down the gallery, closing the cell gates behind them in a chorus of metal-on-metal thumps. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat beside them in the office, ate next to them in restaurants, and rode up and down in the elevators with them, but they always looked straight ahead, wordlessly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three times he walked up and down in front of the stretch of blank wall. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And then Mom and I are on the stage together, jumping up and down until they make us get off. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Portia’s voice was going up and down like a song, and nothing could stop her now. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

After numerous runs up and down the stairs to retrieve food and flatware and dishes, the table was finally set. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The fella looked us up and down, from our bare feet to our patched-up pants. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once there, we rode the escalators up and down, spent our money on gourmet popcorn from Garrett’s, and commandeered tables at McDonald’s for more hours than was reasonable, given how little food we ordered. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We began running up and down the aisle, filling our arms and our mouths as our parents chased us. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snarl grew louder and began to run up and down the scale, until it resembled the sound of a violin being tuned. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Carloads of white men rode up and down the streets of Paradise, three in the front and three in the back seat, slowing down and staring at every black man outside of his house. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of our feet slapping the wet bricks echoed endlessly up and down the passage. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was made of wide, gray boards, running up and down. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The corners of his new mouth had red slobber stuck to ’em, and the same way the cap’n’s brown spit had done, it got stretched up and down with every word Pap said. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“You let him go right now, unless you want to spend the next ten years walking up and down Lamar Boulevard.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

And each time I ask a question, she jerks up and down in her desk like a marionette, while her hand waves over the bowed heads of her classmates. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He followed them up and down the lake in his launch, wrapped in an overcoat and muffler, bellowing at them through his megaphone. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

All the Lake Windsor players on the sideline, except Arthur, started jumping up and down, too. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed that she was nodding her head slowly up and down. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon they struck a narrow road, that went rolling up and down, fading grey into the darkness ahead: the road to Woodhall, and Stock, and the Bucklebury Ferry. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He watches me look them up and down. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He made a careful note of that in his black book and strode up and down, his hands clasped behind his back, surveying the wreckage in the market place. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sat there for hours, riding up and down in the darkness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I stared at the eye, aware of Jack pacing up and down, shouting. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Talib in the John Lennon sunglasses was looking down at another man squatting next to the hole, tossing a rock up and down in his hand. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The lid stopped jumping up and down, and the steam began to whistle softly as it squeezed from under the lid. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, that red leather shoe starts pumping up and down. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They cracked up together, and their laughter ran up and down the stairs. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The girl eyes him up and down and my face heats up. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

On such a surface, and going up and down slopes and gullies, we found it best to go one in harness pulling and one behind pushing. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I rushed up and down the stairs, trying every door and peering out of every window I could find; but after a little the conviction of my helplessness overpowered all other feelings. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I walk up and down, but it’s like a ghost town. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“We walked up and down in the snow, I on skis and she on foot,” Frisch recalled. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

From there they could see the rows of buildings up and down the block. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He remembered his trip to the city two years before, his delight in the pedestrian pigeons strolling, nodding up and down the sidewalks right along with the people. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

A fat cockroach was perched on the wall near the cabinets, moving slightly up and down as though breathing heavily. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Yes, it was true that panic was shooting up and down my spine and zinging out to my fingertips. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday, Mama,” I said, jumping up and down like a lunatic, clutching my stomach, which all of a sudden ached. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Raising it up and down, and pressing it back and around, he could tell that he had found the pit. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prince strode up and down the cabin a few turns. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No, sir . . ." "You have the build," he said, looking me up and down. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oval-sided glass elevators slide up and down the walls like giant mollusks. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. McEacheron, the P.E. coach, walked up and down the hall, trying to keep us from making too much noise. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The rest of the afternoon we spent sight-seeing, riding up and down seesaw hills in cable cars, walking in and out of American stores. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure whoever took them thought we wouldn’t notice,” Mom said, walking up and down in front of us. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

In the halls the people would walk up and down together and everybody seemed to belong to some special bunch. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The room turned like a carousel, with my stomach gliding up and down. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were meeting in one of the dance rooms inside the schools gym, and my brother’s three new friends looked me up and down again, even though we’d already met. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The immensity of that swallowed him, and he leaned back into his mother as she rubbed his back, up and down. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Behind him is a crowd of men—mostly young—jumping up and down, trying to get on TV. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I looked at them up and down, laughed, paused, and then said, “Mi barrio es primero. ” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I miss the hot sun and sweating all day and the beach and eating cold fresco with my friends and long walks up and down hills and Cola Lakay and deep-fried beef patties. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Shanti bobbed up and down in the water, enjoying her buoyancy. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

"Yes, but listen," said Myrtle Wilson, nodding her head up and down, "at least you didn't marry him." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I walked up and down the shelves, staring at book titles until my eyes blurred. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And with that Mr. Wigg began to bob up and down, shaking with laughter at the thought of his own cheerfulness. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The second squirrel went to dancing up and down on his branch then, chattering louder than ever. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stamped furiously, shaking the dogs up and down. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the Receiving Hall, Sophia marches Astrid up and down the long entryway from the door to the throne platform and back. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I rubbed a hand up and down Beau’s side. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He places me against the twilight of the window, turns me, stands back a little, running his hand up and down my side. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His mustache moved up and down, a radar sweep for all things unruly. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then I made the pile steeper and made sure I could drag the lander up and down. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shouts of alarm came from up and down the street, and then silence. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

People were leaping up and down in their places and shouting at the tops of their voices in an effort to drown the maddening bleating voice that came from the screen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The man looked us up and down, keeping his club ready. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Herbert and his friend Johannes Kirsch worked their way up and down the streets, stuffing flyers into tenement mailboxes and doorways. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the early decades of the twentieth century, the streetcar traveled up and down the Black Belt throughout the day, picking up passengers along the way, setting them down again at their destinations. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She had become good enough at lifting tea and meal trays that she was able to make it up and down the main staircase much quicker than her first day. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She stood, looking up and down the hallway, then squatted again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Thanks to him, the very next day, Tía Inés dragged me up and down the drugstore aisles as she filled a plastic basket with sprays and powders for places I didn’t even know needed them. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The simple act of moving their heads up and down, ostensibly for another reason entirely — was sufficient to cause them to recommend a policy that would take money out of their own pockets. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tall castle with a drawbridge that moved up and down, and a pulley with a string that hoisted soldiers up over the wall. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Abbot paced up and down before turning to the assembly. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Of course, of course,” Mrs. Epler said, bobbing her head up and down. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother sat in a chair and pumped the pedal up and down with her feet while her hands steered the stitches on wed ding and maternity dresses, children’s clothes, pajamas, and skirts. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Food next,” Yakov declared, his gaze roving up and down the rows. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“All right — I only came in here because people outside are behaving very childishly, racing up and down the corridors,” said Hermione in a sniffy voice. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

All up and down the ward people were talking to each other, but I was not interested in what they were saying. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I am amazed, because it does fly just like a little bird, flitting up and down and around, higher than I can reach. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Wearing blouses and broadcloth skirts and handwoven belts, they formed a slower-moving, dignified circle around the male dancers, keeping their torsos and heads straight as they bobbed up and down with each step. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There he stood in front of Pippin, looking him up and down. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Even his script is neat: up and down perfectly, with really small round loopy letters. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And if Hugh had been dumb enough to follow us—if the bee flying up and down our line meant he was nearby-—then they’d kill him, too. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Just chewing the end of his pencil and walking up and down.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the meantime Kantorek is dashing up and down like a wild boar. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked a weaving line around the plant life, up and down washes and gullies, the Maricopas looming lavender in the distance. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

But Coach West’s smile glides over me like sweet syrup and makes my head go up and down. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

A woman was indeed coming out on the sandbar, slipping and no doubt cursing to herself, for her lips went up and down between her clear, peremptory calls. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We flung our arms around each other and jumped up and down, laughing for joy. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn't easy, but eventually the order got relayed up and down the . ranks of centaurs, and they started to pull back, letting the enemy flee. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

A fleet of decoy ducks bobbed realistically up and down in the water in front of them. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mooned him even better than I did,” said Fidelito, bouncing up and down on a bed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice had the same scolding tone she used when I ran up and down the hallway. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They swore up and down that they’d visited the alley we described and couldn’t find him, though how you miss a giant kid living in a refrigerator box, I don’t know. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He paced up and down in front of the fire. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Rumpy bounced up and down in the tree in a perfect fit of rage. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she came back from the woods, we hooped and hollered and ran to the porch and just jumped up and down and pulled her inside by her shirttails. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just,” Amaya said again, her shoulders heaving up and down. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I walked up and down to warm myself. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

At this point, the disgusting old Grand High Witch began to do a sort of witch's dance up and down the platform, stamping her feet and clapping her hands. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Search up and down the house,” said the youth to me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When we get outside, Lorena jumps up and down and gives me a high five. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The warder would then walk up and down the corridor, ordering us to go to sleep. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I passed the candles and marched up and down an avenue of elms, trying not to freeze. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watch her flashlight beam bob up and down with her footsteps. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Sosie did a wild Watusi in the sand while Jennifer stood next to her pointing one finger up and down in a deadpan disco. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Harry, Ron, and Hermione’s united voices echoed up and down the passage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He thrust it back, and it was driven to him again, and so up and down, to and fro, at least twenty times together, till Mr Mompesson forbad his Servant such familiarities. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And he set off up the steps, nodding left and right to the wizards, who raised the golden rods and passed them up and down his body. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

My dad hadn’t been home for a few weeks, and my mom was really angry and kept yelling at Smell Factor, and he kept running all up and down the carpets. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought she’d be jumping up and down with excitement, but instead she felt trepidation. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mother gives me a quick up and down in my dungarees and Daddy’s old button-up white shirt. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Men took off their hats and waved them, women fluttered handkerchiefs, and children jumped up and down. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to ride the elevators up and down. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I assumed I was riding a horse, because I was bobbing up and down and I heard the sound of hoofbeats. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A small cadre of black policemen patrolled up and down, prodding and protecting. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I pace up and down in front of the couch a few times. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children played in the aisles and chased each other up and down the steps. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s mostly on the canal that there’s the interesting stuff, sir. There’s gyptian boats going up and down, and the horse fair in July—the canal’s full of boats and travelers then.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Usually on Saturday mornings, guys around the neighborhood have their cars on display, cruising up and down the street and racing each other. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A white man clamped shackles on her ankles, rubbing his hands up and down her legs as he did. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom wagged his head up and down, and there was a glint in his eyes when he heard of the Riders. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In 1855, when Lenny was about five, Charles walked in to find his son jumping up and down and tumbling all over a new sofa. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just nod, my head swinging wildly up and down. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Holness’s mates began walking him up and down to warm him, because there were no dry clothes into which he could change. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He stops at a corner beneath the awning of a café, watching the lamps flickering on up and down the street, wondering if he should wait until the crowd thins or the rain lets up. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The van bounced steadily up and down as the shocks attempted to adjust to the transition from the paved, multilane highways to the pothole-laden, dirt-covered streets of the township. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Traffic up and down the river, and such.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

"You're the kid who ran up and down Manhattan and escaped the cops. Don't let all this celebrity stuff go to your head, all right? You're a long way from Hollywood." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He spent hours walking up and down the river, hoping to find him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Next to her, Gale ran up and down the railing, passing gas; but the strong wind off the Adriatic helped whisk it away. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He ground through twenty-four-hour endurance tests and “stamina runs,” in which contestants looped up and down local roads until their beleaguered automobiles exploded or shed their wheels—the last one rolling was the winner. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gary is rubbing Jane's arms up and down to keep her warm when finally the line starts to move. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

So I stood up and I looked up and down the little station and in the doorways that went into tunnels but I couldn’t see him anywhere. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He bounces his foot up and down on our cruddy porch boards. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“The boys are like your father,” she explained, keeping her eyes on the needle going up and down. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He bounced up and down with each word. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to stay in bed, and moving meant a long walk across the field of winter wheat, up and down the hill to the brook’s edge, where the Frisbys made their summer home. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Gunman looks quick up and down the road. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even looked up and down the shore to see if there were any strange footprints on the ground. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Windows for wings that flutter up and down like the windows inside Chinese restaurants and post offices in neighborhoods where school buses are spaceships. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

But then there was the way Callie looked me up and down. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

An eerie screech from a tree close by made shivers run up and down my spine. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dogs up and down the valley barked and house lights came on, one by one. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The first floor becomes too crowded; Marie-Laure paces the staircase, up and down, up and down, as though working her way up and down the spire of an enormous seashell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I gauged I could be up and down those porch steps, compass in hand, in five seconds. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He took another pace or two up and down, then stopped. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He rampaged up and down the dock, shaking his finger at the boys as they sat in their shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The humbler gallows had rungs on them, like the footholds on telegraph poles, so that the executioners could scramble up and down. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A soldier marched up and down the line of waiting passengers. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I watch his Adam’s apple bob up and down and his eyes lift to the ceiling. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The ice cubes had gone very small and smooth, bobbing up and down in the orange juice. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes a silence tells the most,” said Samuel, and he saw Cathy’s eyes leap up and down again, and it seemed to him that the scar on her forehead grew darker. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes shone, and he jiggled up and down. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rondell looked at me and nodded his big head up and down and up and down. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But he kept a grip on me and looked me up and down. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Rishi forced himself to concentrate on his sketch, to ignore the tingling heat that was running up and down his arm. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Most awkward for washing and things, all water and soiled pans have to be handed up and down the ladders. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby started jumping up and down as well, and I wrinkled my forehead at her. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

My unborn daughter waved at me, and my two sons hopped up and down, and a drill sergeant named Blyton sneered and shot up a finger and shook his head. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she walked up and down the line of bottles, muttering to herself and pointing at them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

His hand roams up and down and I feel a jolt of shock as he probes the place between my legs, pushes at it with his fingers. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The dynamos purred in the sub-basement, the lifts rushed up and down. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house was quieter—or, no, not quieter, for there were still shouts up and down the hallways—than what? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

One winter day we ran through the house as usual, chasing each other up and down the steps, laughing and shouting, daring Miss Lilian to come after us with her broom. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

You would have to hear it yourself to believe the perfect pitch, the harmony parts, how the volume rolled up and down. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glancing over her shoulder at me, she slowly walked two fingers of her right hand up and down the keyboard. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

After changing my clothes I went next door and found Mr. Gatz walking up and down excitedly in the hall. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He looked up and down the benches at all the faces happy and sad, and wondered who would be missing next year and the year after. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Someone’s hand ran up and down his back, and it felt good. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

You stand straight up and down and keep your arms against yourself and kick your legs up and around and never smile. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The boat bobs up and down with each wave. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

They had gone up and down all the roads in every direction. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Allen and Kenny were jumping up and down screaming, making it snow popcorn. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

While they were forced to run up and down the sandy gridiron, Milton was reading a paragraph by someone named Carlyle and answering the questions that followed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Tendai’s head bobbed up and down as the heavy feet of the She Elephant struck the pavement. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I walked up and down the aisles for a while. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I said, tossing the fruit up and down. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Papa who was pacing up and down, wringing his hands. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up a brown clipboard from a desk and popped the fastener up and down while he tried to decide what to do with us. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel my pulse behind my eyes as the three Dauntless soldiers who stayed behind pace up and down the rows of tables. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I watched, glad you were staying so strong, although our lives kept going up and down, like the broken concrete bit you were tossing and catching. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A tall, thick boy jumps up and down like a child before climbing into the sling and lets out a high screech as he disappears, making the girl in front of me laugh. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Proctors strode up and down the aisles as they administered the exam. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

Henry picks Esme up and swings her around while Ruby jumps up and down nearby. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

We started moving our hands in unison, up and down, changing the chant into the frenzied cry of “War! War! War!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I turned the pages and went up and down the list of names with my finger. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked Maddie up and down gleefully, pretty sure she would be easy bait. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The water bobs up and down, and crests and troughs spread outward in a circular pattern. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Thousands of trucks go up and down this interstate every single day. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Kiyo and I would take turns doing this, up and down her back. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would miss their voices, their bright dark eyes, the rumble of their feet up and down the stairs, their squeals and constant singing. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Stephanie jumps up and down and claps her hands like she just won the lottery. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

One of them was leaping up and down; the other, an old scaly grandfather of the sewers, stood up, with his pink hands against the bars, and fiercely snuffed the air. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They rowed endlessly up and down, staying to the deep water in the middle of the river and exchanging flights of arrows with Stannis's archers on the south shore. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Laura and Mary jumped up and down and clapped their hands, they were so glad. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Ann and other protesters showed up at Stith’s home that afternoon and began marching up and down his sidewalk, Stith lost his temper and had his handyman hose them down. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t run into frost much in Florida—and I jumped up and down like I was stomping on bubble wrap. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

They milled around, casting quick glances up and down the sidewalk, like they were waiting for someone, all of them so nicely dressed, wearing ties with clips on them like store clerks and bank tellers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to sit and read but found myself pacing up and down the room. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I would get a job here and after a few years would be sent up and down the streets with millions strapped to my arms, a trusted messenger. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy smiles even bigger, nods, looks me up and down, and says, “Spicy! I like you. You sure you don’t wanna get white-boy wasted?” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He walked up and down the terrace with them, one on each side, and on the turn offered them cigarettes from a gold case. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She realized that the ship was going up and down. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her voice goes up and down like hiccups. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now halting a few paces before the Captains of the West he looked them up and down and laughed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He swept the area, carefully studying every spot before he dared take another step, his head swiveling up and down, side to side, like some kind of robotic scavenger unit. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They bobbed up and down like a wet Whack-A-Mole game, their screams cut off only when they disappeared for a few seconds before fighting their way back to the surface. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I walked up and down the other side of the street. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He’s practically jumping up and down in his old-man pants and polo shirt. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I watched them separate, each from the other, and jiggle up and down in a silly way. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“October 28 “I have been up and down the mountain every day for a week, watching to see if walnuts and hickory nuts are ripe. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Martha, using his vest pockets for finger-holds, would climb up on his stomach and the other three would tickle him so that Martha would be joggled up and down when he laughed. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she pressed into Kiyoshi’s scars, moving her nails up and down and across his skin. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But before I got in bed later that night, I hung out the alcove window and looked up and down the street for the sheriff. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I turn and run, shouting Sandy’s name up and down the bayou, but he doesn’t answer. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He started jumping up and down on the palm of his mother’s hand, screaming and yelling and trying to bite her fingers. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

They went to the castle gates in silence, and rode up and down in front of them for half an hour. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My skin feels prickly, like the spikes from a dragon fruit are rolling up and down my arm. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

When I reach the end of the street, I glance up and down, searching for signs of life. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She raised her eyebrows up and down like she was in on a joke I didn’t get. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

As he watched the eyeless face with the jaw moving rapidly up and down, Winston had a curious feeling that this was not a real human being but some kind of dummy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Mum and Aunt Gloria’s voices called up and down the stairs. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The passengers see her only at the last moment, and all up and down her side of the bus, men poke out of the windows, hooting and yelling, holding out bottles and beckoning to her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

People possessed by demons would start running up and down the aisles like madmen, screaming in tongues. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They paced slowly up and down, along the line of the rocks overlooking the sea. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad it’s over,” Mom said, watching Jim stomp morosely up and down the steps. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t get at any more rocks to throw that way, but it sure didn’t keep him from dancing up and down in the air and screaming. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Streamers of colored paper are taped to the walls, with arrows of construction paper at intervals, along the halls and up and down the stairs and into the different rooms, to show the way. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A tightness ran up and down Jonathan’s spine, into the nape of his neck. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The rebel ran up and down the village before he fell to the ground and stopped moving. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I can be here forever and ever, studying all the art and walking up and down the dramatic marble staircases. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ahead of him, the beach was covered with stones, their hard outsides rubbed off and smoothed so that they glowed as the waves gathered them up and down. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then he looked Elinor up and down as if he were seeing her for the first time. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“This is your dress for the pageant? You swimming in that thing,” Pop Pop says, looking me up and down. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

All of us are like stairs, one step after another, going up and down, but all going the same way. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Violet walked up and down the rows of upcars. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A mixture. The Dutch settled most of the land up and down the Hudson. There are a lot of them still here and they don’t much care for the English crown.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grass was spongy with dew and the air was cool and sweet, filling his lungs until they pressed against his ribs and a stitch ran up and down his side. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bijan looked me up and down and said, “You look better.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I could not believe my ears; I did not know whether to jump up and down or cry. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

David flickers his fingers up and down, like he’s playing a piano in the air. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

While our greased cybermassage beads travel up and down your back! Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joaquin noticed that he wasn’t clicking through websites, though, just scrolling up and down on the same page. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A boy played with the wooden Doctor is IN Doctor is OUT sign on the wall, sliding the brass panel up and down. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of chattering teenagers began to echo up and down the corridor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There are two policemen standing in front of Tatarska 3, clubs in hand, looking the street up and down while they rock on their heels. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When I went home, my monkey, Kiki, would be waiting for me by the front gate, jumping up and down. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I push my straw up and down through the plastic cap and it make a squawky sound. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted to talk with them, to laugh with them so much that I would start to jump up and down in one place the way they did, but my lips held stubbornly together. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her Dad walked up and down the street, looking in all the alleys. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Apparently all the black people in the country and even some whites were jumping up and down with rage. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

After picking for two long hours, Roberto helped Mama make more room in her sack by lifting it upright and shaking it several times up and down, compacting the cotton to the bottom. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

As another hour passed and the Brahmin could not sleep, he rose again, walked up and down, left the house and saw the moon had risen. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slats grabs the gate in his teeth and rattles it, then thrashes his head up and down. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone is wearing red, and waving their arms, and jumping up and down. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He went to hollering and jumping up and down and trying to pull away, but she held on till I got there with his clothes. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept a faithful, if intermittent, eye on Setma, too; the riverman had begun regular trips up and down the Nile again. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

As I walked up and down both streets, I could feel the heat in my nose with each breath. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Benny started to choke, his chest heaving up and down with his coughing. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the rolling sea and the bars of rich, cool light and the boat sliding up and down easily, as she was meant to, on the gende swells. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plume of smoke from the fire rose straight up, like the charmed ropes in the marketplace in Alkonost that had hung suspended in thin air whilst small boys clambered up and down them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Your left hand holds a stick which contains the engine throttle, plus the control which makes the helicopter go up and down. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even old stallions, decades away from the track, still duel with one another up and down the fences of breeding farms. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A halo of tiny blond corkscrew curls bounces up and down on her shoulders. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

My leg starts to bounce up and down. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She crossed her arms across her chest, rubbing her hands up and down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the weekends our Moroccan friends would take us surfing, and we would go on train trips up and down the coast. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In concert, without ever meeting each other’s eyes, they stroked the blades up and down, up and down. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Threads of red light ascend from anti-air emplacements up and down the coast. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Food vendors walked up and down the aisle yelling, “Granpopcorn, popcorn just like your grandpa used to make!” or “Fairy floss!” and Seven’s stomach grumbled. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Because he always says things twice,” I say, jumping up and down. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

People walk up and down the stairs at three times speed with jerky movements. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Edwin curled his arms over his head imitating a whale’s head and began to pace around the fire, dipping his head up and down as if breaking through the waves. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Of the others one smiled at us and put out her tongue and fluttered it up and down. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was slowly walking up and down each aisle. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

When she shakes her head her curls bounce up and down, and she has dimples. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I walked into Bertha’s kitchen on Sunday morning, she looked me up and down and said, “Oh, dear.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Just went out there, looked every other runner up and down, then took her place in lane three. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Aron reached out and grabbed her hand and pumped it up and down three times. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She struts up and down the stage, her heels making a distinct thwacking noise with each step. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I would play after him, the simple scale, the simple chord, and then I just played some nonsense that sounded like a cat running up and down on top of garbage cans. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vapors of tobacco and alcohol and sweat came powerfully from him, and he was close enough for his thick beard, wagging up and down, to brush Will’s face. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Emily walked from small room to small room, up and down the three levels that made up City Lights. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Safer is staring out the window again, running the feather up and down one arm. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Tired of pursuing her up and down the house, begging her with his eyes and drilling holes in the bathroom wall, he decided to devote himself to politics. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Troops were patrolling up and down the Cordillera just in case any would-be guerrillas inspired by the Cubans were thinking of hiding there. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in her flat, she paced up and down. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stretched and bounced up and down on the sidelines, keeping to myself. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Yourself, me, and Ethel, and all who helped you up and down the line.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She was happily bobbing her head up and down, up and down. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I hope your mama tears you up and down.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her laugh completed its follow-through, as her shoulders went up and down, and then she was on to the next thing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He jumped up and down and repeatedly smacked the side of his legs, shouting, “Faster, faster!” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I drew a pectoral fin on the side and a pelvic fin on the bottom to help the shark move up and down. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

My right leg was twisted beneath me and when I tried to move, it felt as if sharp needles were shooting all up and down my leg. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Irked at me, he jumped up and down a couple of times, ran a lap around the open space, and finally, spent, plopped down beside me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Slashing at each other, Brand and Cooke surged up and down the aisles of steel tiers. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and I hug each other, jumping up and down, shrieking. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She walked up and down the aisles to watch us work. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

On that particular Holy Thursday, Severo was pacing up and down the drawing room worrying about the scandal his daughter had provoked at mass. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were cold to the touch, and stank of old metal, but she held on to them, looking up and down the corridor until the owners of the voices emerged from its shadows. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

From early morning, there would be a steady line of wagons on each side of the road, going up and down the hill. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some men looked up, puzzled by the fast irregular knocking sounds that came from up and down the line as arrows hurtled into wood or frozen canvas. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She walked up and down the aisles, looking at us one by one. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goat had lain on its side, legs bound, its sides heaving up and down like a bellows, breath whistling through its nostrils as it sucked its last air. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And because this was hip-hop, the crew would do that thing where you shoot your arm out in front of you with your palm flat, bopping it up and down to the beat. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My brother swore up and down that he didn't break into anyone's store. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He runs up and down the backyard with no pants on trying to imitate Tarzan yodeling from tree to tree. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The childrens are taking turns up and down the creaky stairs to bathe in the big tub and to wash their hairs. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

The dogs had two whole floors, connected by a steep staircase that Fred couldn’t wait to race up and down. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He looked up and down the street and then up at the number above the door. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Bobby was like a caged panther, pacing up and down, continually complaining about everything, from the food, to the temperature, to the disrespect his captors showed him, and screaming at the guards. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I tossed the rock up and down in my hand. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I said, making slurpy noises while I kissed myself up and down my wrist. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Puffing out his cheeks, Nick went up and down on the balls of his feet a few times, cautioning himself to stay cool. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She screeches and jumps up and down in exasperation. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Holy shiitake mushrooms!” the twins, Velia and Delia, shouted in unison, frozen in place by the sight of the body bobbing up and down and side to side only a few feet away from us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Her mouth moves up and down, up and down. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Her head bounced up and down so hard, I’d thought the grin on her face might fall off. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She sits stiffly while the man flexes her hands up and down at the wrist. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The boy was standing in the pool to his waist, holding his shoulders and hopping up and down. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Nanko strode up and down outside the houses, urging us to hurry. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up and down the block, then moved way over to the edge of the steps. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Us? Not very likely. We know this place inside and out, backwards and forwards, up and down.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He looked me up and down, then flashed an arrogant grin. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He turned to see an ancient, rusty, gas- hog convertible rolling by, with Russell behind the wheel and Piper jumping up and down and shrieking in the back seat. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Goosebumps jumped all up and down my bare arms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Passages and corridors honeycombed the walls and wound their way from floor to ceiling, up and down the sides of the cave. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I told him why I was there, and he pointed up and down the road. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She caught Lily’s attention, who frowned as she looked Robin up and down. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

From the overarching metal frame crowning each machine, wooden harnesses, carrying hundreds of warp threads drawn from a massive beam at the back of each loom, clanked up and down. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was walking up and down along the edge of the swamp. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, up and down High Street, the houses turn their lights on. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Uncle Vernon, perspiring slightly in his suit, opened the front door, peered up and down the street, then withdrew his head quickly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The winged shoes kept bucking up and down like tiny broncos. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Emma grabbed Finn by the shoulders and started jumping up and down, like kids on the playground whose team had just scored a goal or a touchdown or a home run. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Some nights after supper, Mundín gets to drive the car up and down all the driveways that connect the houses in the compound. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I who had promised nothing, who knew even less, whose body was as confusing as the rock and roll lyrics accompanying the trucker’s hand pumping up and down to words yelled, not sung. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Soon they had to slow down because trucks were parked bumper-to-bumper up and down the side of the narrow dirt road. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fingernail-delicate tiptoeing up and down the keyboard, each touch a new sound. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

And what am I supposed to do with these old thighs now, just walk up and down these rooms? Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Conrad, barefoot but wearing his green-striped bathrobe and jumping up and down like a frisky puppy, chased close behind Papa into the living room. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Future aeronauts would call these little wings elevators, because they forced the aeroplane up and down in the air. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through water, up and down, we try to row. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Thorn jumped up and down, screaming so hard her face was red as she hugged Seven, and then Valley, until all three Witchlings were jumping and screaming together. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then he stood there, wiping his hand up and down his face. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The woman in the center was hopping up and down. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The robots, dwarfed by the mighty L-tube, lined up before it, heads bowed at a stiff angle, while Cutie walked up and down the line slowly. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

So my mother carried all the pots, three by three, and put them by houses up and down the street. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The house was dark and shabby, and the greasy shoulders that had left their mark in Mr. Jaggers’s room seemed to have been shuffling up and down the staircase for years. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was only up and down, and I was going up. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

On our block, children jump up and down and wave their arms in the air to greet these strange men. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how to go up and down stairs yet. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Molly keeps bouncing up and down, clearly loving the attention. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I give the rope a pull and then let it go, and the wipers slap up and down. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

That is, until he spots a squirrel, and then he starts jumping up and down and yelping, like he would love more than anything in the world to be free to chase it. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Across the street a girl new in the neighborhood skated up and down the sidewalk on one roller skate. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In return, all the little American flags and the handmade signs started bobbing up and down again. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At corners, Dicey looked quickly up and down, for a building that might be an elementary school. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bounced his brows up and down a couple times and flexed his pecs. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Francis listened attentively for some minutes, looking at the floor and nodding; after a while he began to bob his foot up and down impatiently. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He went to the door and looked up and down the street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“He’s really excited!” said Colin, practically bouncing up and down in his seat. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Thorn was jumping up and down and clapping, and her cheeks were bright red. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

When the wound was closed I went out into the hall and walked up and down again. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He’s lean and healthy and has as much energy as the Magic’s center going up and down the court. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Every time he breathed his stomach went up and down. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It took Moss a few seconds to realize it was Njemile, who sat with her back to the door, her breath heaving her chest up and down. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Their only answer was a lot of squealing and jumping up and down. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Camilla was saying; she stared at the floor, bobbing the foot of her crossed leg idly up and down. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The cigarette that dangled from his lips moved up and down as he spoke. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

They bounced over to me, hopping up and down with pride, and I chuckled wearily. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Now he's got hold of my hand at the wrist, and he's shaking it up and down under the light. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There might be wholesale murder of foreigners up and down the Yangtse. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up and down the rows for him. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He looked carefully up and down the street; no one was in sight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“A very extraordinary thing. There’s a cow down in the Lane,” said Michael, jumping up and down on the window-seat. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He ran up and down hills, over the desert, through gullies. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

But there was an evil feeling in the air, as if things might indeed be passing up and down that eyes could not see. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In fact, his conduct approached that of a bully, and he was given to swaggering up and down before Spitz’s very nose. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Biting her lip, she watched him as he walked up and down in his distracted anguish. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He strutted up and down before them, telling them how they must never look the highborn in the eye, nor speak until spoken to, nor get in his lordship's way. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t jump up and down about it like I thought he would. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I saw their mouths going up and down without a sound, as if they were sitting on the deck of a departing ship, stranding me in the middle of a huge silence. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The movie kept playing, and through the window, Ivy saw Mr. Bishop pushing the lawn mower up and down the front yard. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It bounced up and down in its tube, attacking the scale. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them was a little bare space, and then the bulls galloping, tossing their heads up and down. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

We laid out all of Luis’s hose, then all of Tino’s, then all of mine, up and down the rows of little trees. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Observers on higher platforms bustled up and down ladders. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She pinwheeled her arms and jumped up and down, stopping only as they vanished inside their house. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I run my fingers up and down her stomach. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I look up and down the length of the fence. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s fine,” said Luna, sucking her finger in a dreamy fashion and looking Harry up and down. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The boy’s laughter now zigzags up and down like a mouse trying to flee and not knowing which way to turn. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I wandered up and down the cotton rows looking for arrowheads or lost tools or anything I could find in the furrows. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Joyce was standing with his father and the kids, jumping up and down, holding high over her head a sign on which she had painted a large, green four-leaf clover. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Up and down he walked, up and down across the library floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It took only the sight of this small, handsome man, McClellan, dashing up and down the lines on horseback to restore confidence and courage. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

We race up and down the bayou, Sandy winning every single time, because the kid runs like a gator’s on his tail. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

‘Sunrise, sunset, up and down wheels, tracking pods. This is not a fun fair. This is about my son. My only son. He’s missing. What I want to know is, what’s being done about it?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madam HoOch then showed them how to mount their brooms without sliding off the end, and walked up and down the rows correcting their grips. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“The British promise freedom to slaves but won’t give it to the white rebels,” she said as she pushed the handle up and down. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beowulf was already grinning and bouncing up and down for his turn. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Harry shivered and looked up and down Magnolia Crescent. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Levy bounced up and down, up and down. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at him and her fingers wandered delicately up and down the blade of the knife. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She advanced steadily, waking the angular shadows up and down the corridor. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of her tattoos run up and down her forearms, with the exception of the turtle on her shoulder blade. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We proceeded to crawl up and down the rows, slicing a hole in the black hose next to each tree. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We looked up and down Main Street, taking in store owners and passersby. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He stared hard at the balding man, looking him up and down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He licked his lips and squinted at the courthouse ceiling; his hands roamed up and down the length of his cane. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I was bouncing her up and down and she was still grizzling, so I walked outside with her.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Saturday nights they cruised up and down Broadway, showing them off and dragging when the police were not around. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She ran up in front of us and jumped up and down in place with excitement. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Taking one of Father’s hands in her left and one of Mother’s in her right, Shirley jumped up and down. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The boys’ voices carried the melody up and down, simply but with the richness that is in no other singing. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone went wild, pogo-ing up and down, both hands raised in the rocker salute. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I watched them as they moved in tandem on their knees up and down the rows, passing a small hand shovel and a three- fingered claw between them. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of all that Carl broke his leg in ’36 and spent his time hobbling up and down the rows, chasing after posts or buckets he couldn’t carry on account of his homemade crutches. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He ran up and down the bank, all the time keeping up his unearthly Siamese wailing. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The captain surveyed her up and down, frowned, and then looked away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When they got back to Alfred's stoop, James started jumping up and down, pounding on his chunky chest and howling so loud people leaned out of their windows to watch. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little boys on shore screamed and danced up and down. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Now the ship that had plundered and pillaged up and down the east coast of the American colonies was sinking under the relentless attack of a British man-o’-war that had chased it upriver. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy waited until Layla’s shoulders were moving up and down with slow, even breaths. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Children ran up and down the alley around and through the knots of people. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His chest moves up and down, and his nostrils flare like he’s breathing fire. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was hopping up and down in a small cage and twittering madly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The one on land stood there watching like a jerk, as if he didn’t even care that the other one was bobbing up and down, trying not to drown. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Laura and her daughters would take the escalator, marveling at the moving staircase, she teasing them that this might be the ladder Jacob saw with angels moving up and down to heaven. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The men were so tired, and their legs so swollen and painful, that it took hours of staggering up and down the rough beach, into the water and out again. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Constance strode up and down, holding a heavy cudgel in her paws as she urged them on. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Where this morning a battalion of tractors had plied the gravel paths, hauling carts loaded with fish and peat-bricks up and down from the harbor, now those carts were being pulled by horses and mules. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me!” barked the Prime Minister, now positively stamping up and down. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The lady with the torch'd be going up and down the aisles putting popcorn cones and Fruit Gum boxes and empty Malteser bags into a bin bag. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then he’d pace up and down, up and down, restless, sighing, wandering through the aisles, the blackboard pointer poised in his hand, the pointer he used either like a conductor’s baton or a musketeer’s sword. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaves the motor running, revving it a little as he rubs his hands over his face, up and down, up and down. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

But as she looked me up and down, her expression said something more like, Eww, who is this loser? The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Little prickles of sensation ran up and down his back. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Kurtsinger reined up War Admiral, who bounced up and down in frustration. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A young woman with a lavender pixie cut and silver earrings up and down her left ear greets us near the door. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Laney and Hyacinth jumped up and down and cheered, while Oliver pumped his arms in the air and shouted. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I frown as I look Uriah up and down—he doesn’t seem to be bleeding. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He looks me up and down longer than an inspection of my garments requires. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

James junior then put the colt on the road, touring through thirteen tracks up and down the East Coast to run in low-rent races spaced as little as two days apart. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mind was focused on the tiny claws that moved up and down his skin and through his hair. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

"Look, man, we can't take him to the hospital," Noodles said as I felt up and down Needles's arms and legs, searching for fractures or anything that seemed out of place. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She made me put my hands around her waist and-practise walking up and down. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just off the shore of the island, a house was set on a raft, bobbing up and down in the gentleness of the surf. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then he looks me up and down, leans forward, and says, “I like ’em big.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Mom looked Dr. Morales up and down with surprise. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

We roll up and down the aisles, and Joy tells us what we can pick. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The soup roiled within the black pot, bits of cabbage chasing around the hog’s head that bobbed up and down, the eye roving in the gray foam. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Thirsty’s Adam’s apple bobbed up and down. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Angie keeps running until she joins us, and we all jump up and down and shout and pat each other on the back and give high fives. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Ma puts out both hands now and scratches behind Shiloh’s ears, and he licks her all up and down her arms. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning on the horn, and trying to avoid the potholes full of water, he drove up and down the muddy paths, slow as a snail, between rows and rows of perfectly aligned one-room cabins. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were fires glowing all up and down Betio, and a man beside him with a waterproof watch was attempting to time the battleship salvos being fired on the island. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stand on the streetcar tracks, looking up and down to make sure nothing’s coming. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you can’t go in there,” she said, looking me up and down as if I had fleas, “but I’ll see if she can come out here for a minute. What’s your name?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The flying reptiles beat their wings up and down in sync with their human counterparts. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He smirks at his cousin, looks him up and down, and shakes his outstretched hand. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t clap her hands or bounce up and down with her usual glee. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Left and right, up and down, the hammer fell on fetterlings with the crash of metal on metal. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Connor and I walk up and down the aisles for a while. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

So when he ran, his shoes often came unlaced and flapped up and down on his heels. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't jump up and down about this. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The horses pulling carts and carriages whinnied nervously, bobbing their heads up and down and rolling their eyes in fear of the commotion and noise. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her father walked up and down the room. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The churn-cover had a little round hole in the middle, and Ma moved the dash up and down, up and down, through the hole. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tony’s fists were clenched and his jaw tense as he eyed his little brother up and down. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He liked the feel of her hands running up and down his back, so he tucked himself into her as close as he could. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He walked for miles through a steady drizzle trying to clear his mind while thirteen-year-olds ran drugs up and down the streets. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I pay twenty-two pounds for a bag, and I ask the boy civilly not to stand on it, and you tell him to jump up and down on it. What’s that supposed to be? Funny?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I got out of the chair, and went up and down the room a few times. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

E.J. looks at his phone, scrolling up and down with his finger. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I found him reading a Chinese newspaper, his eyes going up and down with the characters. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I knew he might be kidding, I broke out in a real big smile and nodded my head up and down. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cloth drifts up and down as Sophia takes deep breaths. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

All of them, up and down the street, were running toward us. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smile and grab Mom’s hands and jump up and down with her. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He only knew they had left the main road when he suddenly found himself being bounced up and down, and he was grateful that the truck was now moving more slowly. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She tootled up and down the shoreline, kicking at the waves and exhausting herself with joy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Boys on the edge of the crowd jumped up and down. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we first moved in he complained over how he gave up his room downstairs for the loft and he’s worn out climbing up and down to go to the lavatory in the backyard. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Looking for a warm spot. They got me runnin tonight. Christmas comin and all, all I do is run up and down the street.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then when Mum got home, she ran up and down stairs with cups of tea, flowers and magazines and Mum said she didn’t know how she’d have coped without her. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laertes grasped my hands and looked me up and down. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He imitated me, both elbows going up and down. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran me up and down the strip, giving me the hardest lesson I’d ever had. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

His dæmon was running up and down the sides of the other, her little claws making the silver mesh ring, her voice crying for pity. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He leads me up and down, across small gaps and Over angular ridges. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She had whisked her sister across the ocean by jet and then made her scurry up and down the Pacific coast, back and forth across Los Angeles. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was saucy the next, moving her head up and down, making “eyes” at Robert and making “mouths” at Beaudelet. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other threw kisses at Mother, hugged and touched his body up and down as he pointed to hers. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Already the day’s bustle had begun up and down the wharf: A man was crying fish. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gollum cast up and down along the brink, and at length he called to them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

A jolt of terror coursed from her throat to her stomach and sent tremors up and down her arms and legs. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She hugs me, and my head is pulled up and down as she jumps, so that I am forced to jump with her. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He avoids looking my way—which I find funny—unlike Lidia, in nothing but her bra and jeans, who’s looking me up and down. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I turned to face him, nodding my head up and down, said: “Stole a bike, man.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’m half dragged, half carried down long passages, up and down elevators, and deposited on a carpeted floor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Trucks roared up and down the streets, and planes and helicopters constantly landed and took off right overhead. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He had dark curly hair and a black mustache and black eyebrows that moved up and down or wrinkled as if they had a life all their own. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The route climbed up and down the unsettled rocks of the Khumbu Glacier’s lateral moraine for several miles, then dropped down onto the glacier itself. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Ged paced the room up and down, from fireside to door, from door to fireside. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She quit after two years because her body couldn’t take walking up and down stairs all day. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

All that week and the next and the next and the next, I drummed up and down, up and down, up and down the yard. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My dad looked out at the wings, with their flaps moving up and down. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, inkfish!” said Jak, jumping uncontrollably up and down on the dock. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

So while his mother sat there, her hand running up and down his back softly, he cycled through his memories. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Under the hill, the broken boy sat upon a weirwood throne, listening to whispers in the dark as ravens walked up and down his arms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We worked out trio routines and practiced every weekend with the boys, marching up and down the streets of the project. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron bellowed, even as he jumped up and down, applauding with his hands over his head. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Johnny jumps up and down, every now and then doing a cartwheel. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The old man leaned back in his chair and waggled his head up and down. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

So behind the motorcar came a dozen or so rickshaws, bouncing up and down like crickets following a large shiny beetle. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jaimito dances with me, bouncing up and down, wobbling his head and clapping and laughing. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man seized my hand and started swinging it up and down. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

My brain feels like a carousel, spinning around and around and bobbing up and down, and the longer it spins, the harder it becomes to sleep. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She looked up and down the street and grew uneasy when she didn’t see Francie among the children. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joey began pulling her braids and stamping her feet up and down. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My sister made that mistake, too. She jumped up and down so much, the top flew off. Our ceiling is still stained from the fizzy soda.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The guard looked up and down the gallery. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Carrying sewing machines up and down factory stairs no longer wore him out. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Gregor and Boots shot up fifty feet in the air and yo-yoed up and down like they were on a big rubber band. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie jumps up and down like he’s just won a million dollars. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He tried to keep them together, sifting through his Sight and moving his hands up and down, up and down, over and over. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The cog went up and down, bucking more wildly than any horse he’d ever ridden, lifting with each wave before sliding down into the troughs between, jarring him to the bones. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Bennie nodded and said “Oh, wow” occasionally, but her eyes wandered up and down the subway map, and Sierra could tell her thoughts were elsewhere. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I argued all up and down, but it was like the time Minerva wanted to do the hunger strike. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meerkats were jumping up and down in a state of great ferment. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She enjoyed what little conversation they were able to have, shouting up and down to each other. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Junsoo shouted, and then waved his little hands as he smiled and jumped up and down. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Soldiers marched up and down the rows of white canvas tents. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He looked me up and down and grinned. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Seth nodded awkwardly, his entire bloated torso bobbing up and down. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The Mellower strutted up and down, aiming punches at the shadows and scowling ferociously. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s Daddy’s plane,” Karen squealed, jumping up and down in her new ruffled dress and patent leather shoes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bobbed her head up and down and nervously stacked and restacked her tail feathers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

We crossed into Levittown from New Jersey, and on the bridge over the Delaware, I slowed down and pointed out the manufacturing plants up and down the river where the jobs used to be. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He bounced up and down trying to make the bus shake, rapped a snippet of the song “Started from the Bottom” by Drake, screeched random words like “Chinchilla!” and “Obituary!” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The number of neutrons is generally about the same as the number of protons, but they can vary up and down slightly. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

I watched his chest go up and down and matched my footstep counting with his slow breathing, counting three footsteps for every breath in and three more for every breath out. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When it became dark, the boats turned their yellow orbs on and bounced up and down on the dark shiny water. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Coach West looks me up and down. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I told you we were bobbing up and down,” the Ladybug said. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

She looks me up and down and frowns. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The wave on a string is a transverse wave, moving the string back and forth, rather than moving up and down along the string. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He glanced up and down the street nervously, his narrow eyes flicking from side to side. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I could jump off couches, and jump up and down stairs and crawl around the backyard. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He always added that they were old and dusty and no one else would live up there because the juke box played loud and drunks yelled and stomped up and down the long porch downstairs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

We jump up and down the banks and storm around smashing things, and then she turns on me, all of a sudden, and says, “What are we, anyway? What exacdy is going on here?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Jump up and down,” she said, and closed her eyes. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“No. He never heard a sound. But his wife was nursing a sick baby. He said they were up and down the whole night.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I break a few branches loose and run my hand up and down them to get the leaves off. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

On the days when he could not be with Antonapoulos, Singer walked up and down in his room at the hotel. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They waited in the darkness, listening to the footsteps running up and down, beams of light flying along the street from the Death Eaters’ searching wands. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I followed him up the stairs, the waves rocking the boat up and down. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

"Even if you bought one, you couldn't park it, just have to keep goin' up and down the river. They don't get you one way, they get you another. Right, Alfred?" The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked me up and down for the first time and his eyes got wide. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He stopped at each intersection and waited while Evy looked up and down the cross street. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a lot of climbing up and down stairs. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

A weird old lady, white hair, scary face, roaming around from room to room, up and down the steps, watching, waiting—oooh, I'm scaring myself. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Clinging to the vane with one paw, Matthias jumped up and down in a frenzy. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I jiggled her legs up and down where they rested in my elbows. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

My throat wouldn’t quit jerking up and down and making weird noises. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The land went up and down, with snow everywhere, unbroken except where the little road wound through. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Toby caught his eyes flick up and down Lily. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She drew a dagger out of her belt and began to run her finger up and down the ridge along the center. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

That makes me so happy I want to jump up and down and drive a float the rest of my life. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“They were full of holes that’d been stitched up with rough thread, all up and down their sides. And with a pinky missing on each hand. They were seven then.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He worked the end of the shovel, back and forth, up and down, until he felt the suitcase fall free. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Esther's eyebrows moved up and down as rapidly as a bouncing ball. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up and down and all around. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I glance up and down the wide street before stepping into the haunted castle that will be my new school. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

That thought had taken a while to form, had formed slowly as he moved up and down the line. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with barely enough room to turn around, they wormed themselves into the sleeping bags and attempted to sleep as the boat bucked up and down through the heavy swell. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The commander walked up and down the line, chewing on his toothpick. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Once upstairs, Candice walked up and down the aisles, pausing every few steps to pick up a book and inspect its cover. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lines crossed each other, up and down, so much so that what Thomas held in his hands looked like a checkered grid. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“And yet,” she paused, as if choosing her words, “it’s rather a pleasant feeling, too. As if laughter were running up and down inside me.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

James worked the zipper of his backpack up and down until finally he said, “I think we should get rid of it.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Theon walked up and down before the prisoners, studying the faces. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

All afternoon, we hiked up and down the street, and when we got tired of riding our bikes, we just skipped back and forth to the stop sign, relishing our new freedom. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Pa and Uncle Henry looked at him, and he was jumping up and down, screaming. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to wait. And stop jumping up and down like that. It could be something disgusting, like tindas.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

We jump up and down, trying to touch the lowest branches on the ceiba tree. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She looked into the stove, then she drew her apron over her head and donned the overcoat and opened the outer door and looked up and down the yard. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the more she holds and rocks me, my chest stops heaving up and down and I settle into her arms. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At the end of the room, the Oompa-Loompas around the giant camera were already beating their tiny drums and beginning to jog up and down to the rhythm. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s alive, you know,” says the master-at-arms—a seasoned crewman in charge of the cannon, with unpleasant tattoos up and down his arms. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Young men who had seemed exhausted after drills found enough energy to sprint up and down the field without pause. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Wow,” I said, looking him up and down. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I mouthed his answer—number one!—and the cheerleader hopped up and down. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Even my father’s head bobs up and down routinely. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Darryl looked me up and down, a threatening expression on his face. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He had given a quick glance up and down the street and then had slipped inside and bought the book for two dollars fifty. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There’s always a couple kids busting out their latest dance routine, flipping and pop-locking up and down the aisle while the train rocks back and forth. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Hall had become so adept at running climbers of all abilities up and down Everest that he got a little cocky, perhaps. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The path was soft with pine needles, and squirrels hurried up and down the trees with acorns in their mouths. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked us up and down, and I wished I’d smoothed our hair and skirts before entering the compound. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, that explains the police tape fluttering up and down the block between Simpson and Roosevelt. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Moving up and down the steps, putting her ear to the door and then retreating after a time, she passed the hours. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

If there were no errands to run that day, Searchlight would just pull little Willy up and down Main Street. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A guard with a gold tooth, who appeared to be a commander, walked down the porch stopping to look at each woman, scanning her up and down. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The senators read newspapers, jumped up and down opening and closing doors and windows, gazed at the ceiling, sharpened pencils, clipped their fingernails, stretched, and yawned. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Miss Volker shimmied her hips and shoulders back and forth and high-stepped up and down a little bit as if she were trying to shoo a bee out from under her dress. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In the moment I grabbed the bar, I heard my sister Adria’s voice screaming my name from somewhere in the audience, and then I caught sight of Lexie jumping up and down and cheering. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland lighted a cigarette and walked up and down the room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It flapped its wings vigorously and hopped up and down on a withered bough. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cried, and fidgeted up and down like a terrified squirrel. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Chiron galloped up and down their ranks, shouting encouragement to stand tough and think about victory and root beer, but I figured any second they would panic and run. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The women had come from points up and down the East Coast, and from right there in town. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Trust is important,” I said, bouncing my shoulders up and down. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They ordered everyone to line up: men, women, even children younger than I. They walked up and down the line trying to make eye contact with people. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I truly hope so. I hope the King is so upset he jumps up and down on his crown. This war is not over, not by a long shot.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked up and down Seventh Avenue and fnally I came to a place called the Hi Hat Barbershop. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thrust it at her dad while bouncing up and down. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Grandpa paced up and down scratching his head. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As the bird circled the field Palmer silently celebrated, his shoulders shrugging up and down in support of the wonderfully working, unshot wings. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

In jeeps and marching in formations up and down Crenshaw, protecting the stores and businesses, I supposed. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Park's dad looked her up and down, but not like he was checking her out, thank God. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She looked him up and down, then she smiled. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Levy’s head bounced up and down, up and down. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

While people went to the movies and came out and went to the Golden Poppy, he walked up and down the block. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tethered the boat to a small floating house bobbing up and down in the reeds. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Coach Hedge spent the first hour after curfew doing his nightly duty, walking up and down the passageway yelling, “Lights out! Settle down! Try to sneak out, and I’ll smack you back to Long Island!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Voices echo up and down the line, more than I could’ve imagined would survive. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

As he walked to the car, Walter raised his arms and gently moved them up and down as if he meant to take flight. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

One evening, Dr. 09-01 took me to walk up and down Long Wharf. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After her lungs felt good and full, she wandered up and down the shelf-lined aisles. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then she sort of sat down sideways on the chair that went with the desk in the room and started jiggling her foot up and down. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Adding numbers on an abacus is as simple as moving the stones up and down. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

When North Atlanta scored first, on a free kick, the team’s coach jumped up and down, while across the field, parents leaped from their folding lawn chairs in celebration. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

My grandmother was getting pretty worked up herself and now she heaved herself out of her chair and began pacing up and down the room, thumping the carpet with her stick. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile I wandered up and down the streets, in and out of stores. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yummy banged around the winner’s circle Jumping up and down. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, jumping up and down with great delight. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shifted just slightly at the sight of us, and I watched as his gaze turned to Maribel, looking her up and down, approvingly, coolly, with hooded eyes. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The wall brought to my mind the bleeding slabs of meat Rosaleen used to cook, the gashes she made up and down them, stuffing them with pieces of wild, bitter garlic. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

James worked the zipper of his backpack up and down until finally he said, “I think we should get rid of it.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Groups scampered, giggling and swaying, up and down the winding staircase. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I’d lose track of time and Jesse, and have to go up and down every aisle because he couldn’t stand to remain in the same place. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He drove up and down Highway One in a black Cadillac SUV, and he wore bright flowered shirts and smoked real Cuban cigars, just to let the world know what a big shot he was. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Or did you really picture me jumping up and down on my bed and throwing confetti and glitter into the air? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And for the first time since I could remember, as I sprinted up and down the court, I didn’t have my father’s voice in my head. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

One day in Iowa there was a strong wind, the kind of wind that seems to go up and down and back and forth. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was looking Lyddie up and down as she asked, as though Lyddie were a stray dog who had wandered too close to her house. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The children wandered up and down while Stewart and Dicey sat watching the little waves that meandered up onto the smooth sand. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stan Smith, as he dried his face, looked me up and down, saw that I was in tennis garb and had my racket with me, and said: “Would you like to hit some?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t forget to lock the door securely behind me,” my mother said as she ran her eyes up and down the street. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a sea horse the size of a man, with bone-hard spikes up and down its body. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Joseph looked up at the driver, then started to jump up and down. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“If the Hibbleflitts want a shot at the Excelsior,” says Emily, still bouncing up and down, “one of us has to win this thing!” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

My grandmother scrubbed a handful of mint leaves up and down my back as she ran a comb through my hair. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

"You shut up, you fat slug!' There was a moment's struggle and the glimmering conch jigged up and down. Ralph leapt to his feet. " Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He looked me up and down once, then moved to the side. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

George pedaled as slowly as she could manage to stay upright, riding up and down side streets, but she still arrived fifteen minutes early. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Opening the door, Isidore looked up and down the indistinct hall. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was jumping up and down and hundreds of bees were stinging him all over. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children squealed with delight and jumped up and down. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And new research on mobility, the movement of families up and down the economic ladder, shows there is far less of it than economists once thought and less than most people believe. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

My pillowcase fills with candy, but it turns out it’s really hard to walk up and down stairs in my CharlieCard costume. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never met a person,” whispered Eilonwy, while Gurgi snuffled in fright, “who could talk about such dreadful things and smile at the same time. It’s like ants walking up and down your back.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Catch-22,” the old woman repeated, rocking her head up and down. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She hugged me, stood me away, looked me up and down. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At the end of this shelf there’s a big cabinet—they keep the mouse cages in it. It has wire mesh doors. You can climb up and down them like a ladder.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The cab drove slowly, bumping up and down and swaying from side to side as it hit potholes full of water. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Harry looked around; all three of the Dursleys were cowering with their arms over their heads as their glasses bounced up and down on their skulls, their contents flying everywhere. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When she jumped up and down, they did too. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“What is the word for sheyem?” he asked, holding out his hands with the palms up and moving them up and down as if they were the pans of a scale. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I kept feeling her, touching her body, her hands, her arms, up and down, again and again. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I bob up and down a little and then splash into the water. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Moss looked over at Shamika and Martin, who sat together, their heads nodding up and down. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sierra looked up and down the two-lane road. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

So instead of working, we painted our names on the backs of the tiny turtles and let them run up and down our arms as we waited for the polish to dry. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Arbitrator looked Archer up and down, his gaze resting fleetingly on the boy’s neck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He looked them up and down, one finger at his lip, as Turner’s heart stood still, and as the sea breeze paused and quivered. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The land was up and down and up and down, and I wondered how Great-grandfather ever cut it and plowed it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tess bounced up and down on her toes like her father. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Augustus!” cried Mr. Wonka, seizing his hand and pumping it up and down with terrific force. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Larry Dunn didn’t say anything so Byron grabbed his hair and jerked his head up and down a couple of times. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paced up and down his room and went to bed early. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The heavy brief case that he was carrying bumped against his knees at each step, sending a tingling sensation up and down the skin of his leg. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

To do this, he had to run up and down a ladder attached to a huge machine, and push a variety of buttons that made gigantic cranes move like mechanical dinosaurs to lift the bundles. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He waved his hands in the air, stomped around their bikes, and leapt up and down in a full-on tantrum. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Jody held the pony’s head up and the throat taut, while Billy felt up and down for the right place. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked about Henrietta again and he said, “My father and his friends used to race horses up and down Lacks Town road.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The butterfly dipped up and down, and its black-spotted yellow wings flapped slowly, as if teasing the little girl. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He nervously runs his fingers up and down the black keys. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Scatcherd strides up and down the aisle, letting two groups of children at a time get up to stretch while the train is still. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Its hem was frayed from dragging up and down the rough stone steps of the stacks, and it was large, so the shape of him was quite lost within it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He would swim the crawl stroke, up and down and all around the lily pad, while Harriet watched, admiring his ability as a swimmer. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

As the two of them walked up and down the beach in painful silence, Ess periodically stopped to root in the sand with a dirty foot, but it did no good. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He looked Tristran up and down, from his worn brown boots to his mop of shaggy hair. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The dog’s gray tongue lolled in the dust and her rib cage pumped up and down. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

One eyebrow went up, his head tilted, he looked Kat up and down. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the machines hummed softly in our hospital and white-soled shoes whispered up and down the halls, a catastrophe was roaring down upon this child of a mother. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s your name, honey?” she says softly, running the backs of her fingers up and down my cheek. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I jumped back in pain and started bouncing up and down and flicking my hand like Michael Jackson. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The metal grilles curved up and down like mouths, and an extra set of handles slanted like eyebrows. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then at one point Ruth was running a finger up and down the cassettes stacked in little piles along my skirting board. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

All Thomas could see in every direction, up and down, side to side, was empty air and fading stars. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Grinning hideously, he moved the toothbrush up and down in his dry mouth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I heard Maa and Baap talking together so late in the night that the moon slid up and down in the sky. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He made a mouthpiece at one end, cut a hole beneath it, and used the wood to slide up and down like a trombone. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the man watched the dip of the three sticks over the side of the skiff and rowed gently to keep the lines straight up and down and at their proper depths. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The road went up and down like an ocean. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

We traipsed from one side of the basin to the other, up and down the charter docks. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She bounced up and down, trying to quiet the child in her arms while patting the heads of the others. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn my head this way and that, looking up and down our street. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Looking me up and down, he asked, “Do you go to school here?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hunter turned, looked them up and down, and laughed, but in a way more for them to hear than as a manifestation of actual mirth. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Moss excused himself, but the guy examined him, looking him up and down. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He bobs up and down in the water, his hands and feet shiny and swollen as if made of white rubber. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she jumps up and down, waving her arms and squealing. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Buckbeak slowed down and they found themselves at a stop, unless you counted the fact that they kept rising up and down several feet as the hippogriff beat his wings to remain airborne. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He looked up and down the staff table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The weather had changed and the mountains were full of air pockets that made the plane bounce up and down like a cork on a rough sea. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone laughed and screamed and began smearing each other with yolk, chasing each other up and down the house, rocking its frame with their stamping feet. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isannah took her cue, already so excited she was jumping up and down. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I accepted the invisible rein she was holding out, and then we were off, riding up and down the fence, sometimes cantering, sometimes at a gallop. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the kiddos, everyone but me, who is horrified at this clown, jump up and down like he’s handing out chocolate-covered cotton candy, and Uncle Robert takes Shawn’s hand and starts toward the lineup. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I walked up and down the side of the road till my legs ached. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But instead of dashing up and down a field, Rashid had saved a life. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Mi amor” I hear Minou say in the background, and I feel goose bumps all up and down my arms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They can jump up and down and light their faces up whenever somebody gives them something. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I walk up and down the rows and then I see one book and a lot more all about trees. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He began walking jerkily up and down, evidently unable to keep still. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I looked up and down the line to see who was supposed to be my momma when a woman pointed her finger at her feet and said, “Clarence, you get over here right now.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She shooked her head up and down and moved her mouth like she was saying, “Thank you, ma’am.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I certainly can’t talk because I’m too busy jumping up and down. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Later—after it had left Woundwort—the dog beat up and down the bank and the open grass for some time, barking and dashing at every bush and clump of weeds. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe she should move her head up and down, but wouldn’t that choke her? Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

You can see up and down Michigan and Thirty-sixth. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Marietta was behind her, looking up and down the hallway, wielding a charred table leg in both hands like a bat. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He stood in the doorway, his arms laden, made his Adam’s apple go up and down twice, and Francie heard him speak for the first time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was becoming a long walk, up and down in the heat, but Chamberlain was not tired. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sophia bounces up and down in a high-backed chair, sipping from two goblets while a woman fans her. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He gives the other copper, who has a big gap between his front teeth, a bit of side-eye before looking her up and down like a sweet in a display case. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

As for Tyler, the lying weasel, he swore up and down he didn’t cut my traps, but his father didn’t believe him, so he lost the use of the Boston Whaler for a year. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He did not reply for a moment but looked all round him, and up and down, as though he expected to find some inspiration for an answer. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Monsieur seems like a tiny general, walking up and down the line, making comments, critiques. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Patty was jumping up and down screaming, because one of her friends was running. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The bell rang and students started to stream into classrooms up and down the hall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I go up and down each aisle, filling the basket with things I really like, pretending I have the money to buy them. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Then more still, surprised at how soft his lips were as he pressed them up and down her neck. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lips work their way along my neck, sending shivers up and down my back. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even though I know exactly what I’m getting, I take my time walking up and down the case, running my hands along the wooden counter. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Now, tonight, he drifted up and down, seeing the wax women in every colorful shop window, pink and beautiful. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them, outside the wall, the screams of the harpies were still echoing up and down the shore. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

On the bottom of it, something was thrashing around wildly, bouncing up and down and flinging itself against the walls of the jar. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coney Island was hot and noisy, the streets off the boardwalk choked with boys and girls, white and black, marching up and down, looking each other over. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sheets go up and down, revealing her face, exhausted, euphoric, resigned, impatient. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Before Lupita and Salvador entered the alley, they looked carefully up and down to make sure that no one else was there. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He wheeled himself up and down every street in Marysville that had someplace where someone might get work. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Finn had to hold himself back from jumping up and down with excitement. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Their tent seemed to be pitched right alongside a kind of thoroughfare to the field, and Ministry members kept hurrying up and down it, greeting Mr. Weasley cordially as they passed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I bounced him up and down a few times, and he squirmed away, his eyes on the trees. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Light rippled up and down the blade, now red, now yellow, now orange, painting the king’s face in harsh, bright hues. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I force my head to nod up and down and hope that will be enough for Ren. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The otter likes to lie on its back in the kelp beds, floating up and down to the motion of the waves, sunning itself or sleeping. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the exposed parts of me through the boy’s eyes: the scrawny waist, loose pants moldy and spotted, bug bites up and down my arms, bruises from Anastasia’s bite still healing. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I jump up and down, twirl the painting around, and get up on a chair to hold it aloft. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dad was in a frenzy every time I saw him, hopping up and down to yell into the black phone, running up to the mine in the middle of the night. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I kept running my finger up and down my scars. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Next door, on Fred’s dock, Joyce and the kids were on their feet, jumping up and down and waving as they saw the nose of Joe’s boat out ahead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It bobs up and down with every passing wave. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’ll always remember you,” she said, tapping it with her fingers, the black nails bouncing up and down like flies. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Two years of pushing up and down high hills in Montana’s thin air had made Roy a powerful rider, but Beatrice Leep was stronger. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If so, why were they bouncing up and down and giggling so excitedly? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Hour after hour for nearly three weary days he had jogged up and down, over passes, and through long dales, and across many streams. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Instead, she jumped up and down on my head and started shouting at the top of her tiny little lungs. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I start to unpack my boxes, wondering whether there’s a kid in my room at this very moment, climbing up and down my ladder and putting his stuff in my cubbies. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Dude zipped up and down the wing on fast breaks like a cheetah, finished at the rim like a bull. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Its white tail went up and down, up and down. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

His right thigh jogs up and down several times a second. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was one mass of yellow shirts dancing up and down in the crowd. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Alan jumps up and down on his cot and nearly falls off. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dust kicked up around them as they wandered up and down the rows of tables, each one selling something different. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He was playing with the handle on the side of the La-Z-Boy, flipping the footrest up and down, apparently barely tuned in. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then Johnny took her up in his arms and strode up and down the dock patting her back soothingly and singing her a lullaby. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw her chest was heaving up and down in an angry way. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled a lever and flexed the heavy steel blade up and down, bringing the bottom edge to rest just even with the ground. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Three days later, Theresa found Helen jumping up and down. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hawks me up and down, like she trying to figure out why I’m here and not in school. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Those who were told to nod their heads up and down, meanwhile, found the editorial very persuasive. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I chased up and down streets and alleys, sticking to the shadows and shying away from the flickering streetlamps. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat and made notes on werewolves from the textbook, while Snape prowled up and down the rows of desks, examining the work they had been doing with Professor Lupin. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s a seat to help handicapped or old people go up and down the stairs,” I told Lissa. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The crowd around him quickly dwindles to only a few people wandering up and down the pathway. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her Dad walked up and down the front porch. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We heard the dogs flood up and down the far shore, where we had stood. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

And there she was, breathing so heavy her shoulders heaved up and down. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When the ham-boiling had cooled, he filled Sounder s pan and ran his fingers up and down the great dog’s back as he lapped it up. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then both hands would charge faster and faster up and down the keyboard, armor clashing, bugles blowing, and by the end, I knew it didn’t matter whether Napoleon ever fought again or not. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I've turned off the sound, but the vibrations tremble out from my pocket, through my hips and stomach and up and down my limbs. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The wheels begin to move, causing the enormous metal wings to flap gently up and down. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

With the bells and the MP jeeps patrolling up and down the streets, I was a long time getting to sleep. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soldier’s head hangs, bobbing up and down like a chicken’s. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma praised him up and down for it. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The bracelet slipped up and down her arm. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The sword came down and sliced back and forth, up and down, whisk! whisk! whish! The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t exactly wave to get someone’s attention, so I jumped up and down a little bit. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The little boy, who ’peared to be ’bout five years old, was blubbering and churning his legs up and down like he was still on the run but he waren’t moving nowhere. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I can lift my shoulders up and down. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He’d rather be a striker, moving fast up and down the field, heart pounding. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Its gills go up and down, it shines wet under the sun, and it flaps and flaps and flaps in the dirt and mud. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

When I arrive at my house, my mom is pacing up and down the hallway, thinking out loud about all the things we need for the trip. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

A single sheet making its way up and down the aisles. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Chester Cricket’s new manager, Tucker Mouse, was pacing up and down in front of the cricket cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is looking all up and down the space while he talks. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The windows are closed tight, but I can still hear the noises of the city, which are so different from the ones I hear in Bartlett—sirens, yelling, music, garbage trucks rattling up and down. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He had started to pace up and down, looking at them. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Jimmy tries walking Rocky up and down the rocking boat. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never have tampon strings seemed so beautiful as they rolled up and down with the wind, landing on the ground and then twirling and floating up again, falling and rising and falling and rising. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“At night it will be, anyway. I hope we beat it home. I don’t want to travel twenty miles with the oxen slipping and sliding up and down every hill.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He licks his lips, and his good eye looks Imani up and down as if she’s a piece of freshly fried griot. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A few of his friends chuckled behind him, looking me up and down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I ran behind Sookie, my backpack bouncing up and down on my back, and saw an opening between two older ladies in short terry-cloth beach dresses. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Go, Rebels!” cheers Mary Frances Truly, jumping up and down in her matching sweater set. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

With his wide stance and his grippy feet, the crab could crawl up and down any rock face. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mitch drags his finger up and down my spine, and I know that this little bit of contact is a leap for him. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Brave Orchid’s son drove up and down the side streets until he found a parking space that could not be seen from the office building. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bass line comes in right away; it makes my shoulders go up and down even though I thought I was too tired to move. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It’s this cute cat that waves its left paw up and down. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

All year long, we dress alike, walking up and down Madison Street waiting for someone to say, Are you guys cousins? so we can smile, say, Can't you tell from looking at us?! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“No I’m not. Just tired. Tired of dodging crazy people, tired of this jive town, of running up and down these streets getting nowhere. . . .” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laughter spread up and down the benches, until even the cooks joined in. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They get me up and down the steep hills of San Francisco and shoot me through the water like a frog when I swim. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nudged me with an elbow and wagged his eyebrows up and down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The pushcart man looked her up and down. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Steps leading to doors went up and down from the ground. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘Yes,’ he said, nodding his great head solemnly up and down. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the crowd you saw only the heads and shoulders of the dancers going up and down. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Pitching up and down as the horse runs, it offers little for the jockey to grab to avoid plunging to the ground and under the horse’s hooves. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked up and down the block, arms about each other’s waists, the way girl friends did in Brooklyn. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You sleep for a bit Sam and take my blanket. I’ll walk up and down on sentry for a while.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Mom is jumping up and down, and I hear the sound of hundreds of people cheering and clapping, lifting me like a wave and carrying me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The mother is walking her granddaughter up and down the length of the room. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

We put our hands on his and jumped up and down, chanting, “War Eagles! War Eagles!” and “War! War! War!” in a frenzy. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens of mechanized needles pumping up and down sounded a continuous clickety-clack, clickety-clack over the rumble of foot treadles and the whir of spinning spools of thread. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

I looked back, and there were the demon rats, racing with their scabby paws toward me, their eyes filled with the Big M—Murder!—and their pointy heads bobbing up and down with each leap. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then came a spray of EnviroChem, coming out of nozzles all up and down the sides of the air lock, which deconned her space suit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got Ponytail by a nose—second place—then collapsed, people cheering all around me, jumping up and down in the stands quickly becoming a wavy blur of color as the tears rose. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Let me tell you what happened this summer. This boy. I just wanted to climb up and down and all around him.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I remember being on my knees in this terrible pool and pushing up and down on his chest with my arms locked, like I learned. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He looks left and right, up and down. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I had to follow the sound of it for a moment, up and down, with my ear alone before any words came through. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

As he turned down a lane full of small, tidy houses, he could see lights on in every window, and people sitting in those windows, looking up and down the street. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

In order not to lose himself in such thoughts, Gregor preferred to set himself moving and crawled up and down in his room. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Softly rounded rectangular buses chugged up and down the streets, trailing a stream of black smoke that made your eyes water. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Up and down, up and down, up and down. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom could be heard about the house, clattering in the kitchen, and up and down the stairs, and singing here and there outside. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Laura jumped up and down and squealed and clapped her hands. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned away from the bed and began strolling up and down again, one hand in his pocket. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She flicked a piece of bread to a seagull she’d begun to call Bob, because of the way he moved his head up and down while he watched her eat. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Grandma squints as she eyes me up and down. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I know Mrs. Grimaldi, the lady who’s always sitting by her window, and the old guy who walks up and down the street whistling like a bird. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He stood and whined and walked up and down. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But between them it goes up and down by 10 kilometers. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls trembled and the floor rolled up and down under their feet. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

But this was, as I say, back in the thirties, when as I understand, Mrs Symons's books were being admired in houses up and down the country. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

When our feet were on firm ground again on the north bank, we stood looking up and down, wondering what to do next. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We wander up and down the long hallways until we find the right office. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Back at the farm, Dicey took Sammy to the barn to begin patching, while James and Maybeth rode their bikes up and down the driveway. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z