"Just a little side project. Something I wanted to check up on." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s me and my partner in crime, Lloyd Newman, catching you up on some things that have happened since we told you about our lives in 1993. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s chalked up on the assignment board in the radio room,” First Officer Lyons said. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Then he bailed out his canoe and hauled it up on the beach for repairs. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mother tells me you have given up on the tribal art book and are pleased with this one, a sort of fictionalized travelogue? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If I’d ever questioned why Rain and her friends gave up on city life in San Francisco and founded Garland back in 1967, five minutes on that bus explained it. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Mama used to smile as she watched the bones pile up on our plates. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I gave up on the front door and picked my way around the side of the house, tiptoeing between the square stones that constituted the Rezaeis’ landscaping. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He could sit down at the piano, looking as if he had given up on China, but pretty soon his left hand would get the cannon booming and the drums beating. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was three hours later when the little man finally crept back up on deck to empty his bladder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Now I curl up on my bed, my heart pounding from the onslaught. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She told them about Thomas Sims, the boy picked up on the streets of Boston and sent back to Georgia. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finding the work too easy, he transferred to Harvard and loaded up on the toughest math and physics courses available. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to heave himself up on his good leg, but Lupin raised his wand again, pointing it at Scabbers. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The stress of having to follow up on my first-place finish at Trials was getting to me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was about to run up on a beach! The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I left the floor and sat up on the bed next to Abuelita. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“We have, like, fifteen years of bonding to catch up on.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Grace had a photo of the treasure puzzle up on Jake’s computer monitor. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe trying to keep you safe by living up on this high mountain is selfish.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

At the other end of the table a man in black was seated, leaning back with his feet propped up on another chair. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Hop up on my left foot and put all my weight on it. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

After two hours, I stood up on creaking legs and slowly walked home. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, naturally and easily, she turned and put her hands on Shadow’s shoulders, and went up on tiptoes to kiss him goodbye, as she had always kissed him goodbye. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I did what every fawn in the woods does whenever it gets come up on by surprise, I froze right where I was at. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The teachers, the chaperones, the parents, the hundreds of Jewish kids in their yarmulkes—they froze and stared aghast at us up on the stage. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

After years of living apart up on the mountain, the people of Bithynios, my grandmother’s village, had emerged into the safety of the Meg ale Idea—the Big Idea, the dream of Greater Greece. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The truck driver started throwing bread to him which he piled up on the counter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five portable grills were set up on the driveway. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was first up on beam in the third rotation. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Mom said that when she was growing up on the ranch, they never named the cattle, because they knew they would have to kill them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It took me what seemed like a long time to get Timothy out of the water and back up on the damp sand. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jamal came over and saw me doubled up on the bed. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, it got to the Bykovskis that I had been the one she threw up on, and my mother said Mrs. Bykovski stopped her at the Big Store and said how sorry she was. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Catherine already had her canvas and paint set up on the veranda of her house. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She’d have a leg up on everyone else when she started Stanford in the fall. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She sat steadfast and unmovable in the living room, “just catching up on a bit of admin.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes misted when he saw me curled up on Stick’s bed by the window. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then he leaned again, and pulled up on the right wheel, and with a heft, there he was, on the second step, balanced. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I think Leo and Fritz might have ended up on the Ray.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, she said today, before this all happened, that she wondered how long the school could keep this up. I wouldn’t be surprised if they finally gave up on all this after today.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You did that on purpose,” Char yells, as she gets up on her toes, up in Miss Saunders’s face. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Blanca propped herself up on her elbow and clearly didn’t feel sleepy anymore. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The reason the service vehicles are out on the road looms up on the right—the municipal garage. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

So we rode up on him just before he reached the fence line. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“No, just listen, okay? You used to be a part of Quinton’s tutoring program. But I also know that you gave up on school after he went missing. Well, I’m going to restart the program.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then she screamed an extremely fierce “I said, preach it” and stepped up on the altar. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she did not give up on me. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Honestly, though, flying by the seat of my pants would be a step up on the planning scale from where I am now. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Before the official meeting begins, the women eat and sip tea, and catch each other up on the community happenings. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Growing up on his parents’ farm, Vince had birthed plenty of calves and lambs. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Ruth was actually sitting on the bench, while Tommy was standing with one foot up on its rusty armrest, doing a kind of stretching exercise as they talked. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My face look like somebody put both hands on it and push up on one side and pull down on the other. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I continued to read at a good pace, but I had all but given up on the writing. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When Flatnose unlocked the door, she walked past Fenoglio without a word, climbed up on her bed, and buried her head in Mo’s sweater. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

One doctor familiar with Nott’s theory was intrigued enough to follow up on it. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Thee brought these beasts five miles down the road for that?” he asked, his woolly eyebrows high up on his forehead. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just that Maier’s hint was so subtle that it was picked up on only on an unconscious level. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The next evening, I sat in the kitchen, admiring the jars of peach preserves, which were neatly lined up on the counter. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And that was why we didn’t hear the men riding up on us until they came in sight over a little hill in front of us. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tab always picked up on more than she let on. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He climbed up on his horse and galloped off to supervise the livestock that were being branded. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ten robot carts—staggered so no two were directly across from each other—were lined up on either side. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“How’s school?” his mom asked as she formed the meatballs and lined them up on a cookie sheet. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hang up on David, slip the phone in my pocket, and step out of the bathroom. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Surely she saw me dancing up on Miss Cream. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father was bom and raised here in Florida, so he grew up on the water. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They were catching up on all the lost years, I suppose. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Roy Lee stopped to let me go throw up, and when I came back from the ditch, the other boys had climbed up on a stone wall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Rob had his feet up on the dashboard, partly actin’ silly, and partly ’cause his legs was so long that they got cramped in that little car of Andy’s. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mothers tried hurling their infants to passengers up on deck, but they couldn’t throw high enough. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Several of the mob gave up on him when they saw Mark, charging him instead. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When I had finished cooking breakfast, I found Mr. Loomis on his bed, up on his elbow, reading one of the volumes, and he showed it to me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was already half-asleep and just curled up on the ground. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every Monday I see Scout and them warming up on my way to the boat. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in the kitchen she took off the apron and put it in the stove and poked the coals until a flame sprang up on the cloth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

An acquaintance at the Early Childhood Center told Camilla that one day at work Marion had called Bunny six times, and the last time he had hung up on her. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The biggest was a drawing of the giant farm implement shed that Deere & Company was proposing to put up on the block where the old brickyard had been. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hopefully, this can be like group work during regular classes where the other two people do the talking and my contribution is to not yell or throw up on anything. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It galloped madly up to the front door, missing the lamp-post by an inch, and then reared up on its hind legs. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

If I ask her what she thinks happens, she says, “Well, Son. I think the sun goes down, goes all the way underground, and rises up on the other side of the country.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Life was even looking up on the boyfriend front—for the last couple of days I’d been on the receiving end of some intense glances from Martin Enfield, a senior on the lacrosse team. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The master on duty for the week would be in charge of Prep, which meant that he sat high up on a dais at the top end of the Hall and kept order. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ishmael, she found, was waiting for her there with his head propped up on his jacket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Maurice would come up on the 10:10 train from London the following morning. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I’d already taken a picture of four suspicious-looking squirrels lined up on the red brick wall outside my neighbor’s house this morning, but other than that, the memory card was empty. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

"I've had a phone call—a lead I need to follow up on—so maybe you kids can get some rest out here in the courtyard." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Jule grabbed a pile of clothes she’d laid out earlier and hung them up on the hook next to the outdoor shower. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Many were ready to give up on Gary Gaines right then, ship him and his family back to Monahans where they came from. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that was before she sat up on her stool and opened her mouth. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Hoisting herself up on her crutches, she was amazed to find that she could still manage diem, although the pain in her armpits was severe. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Robert was laid up on the sofa asleep. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

‘You expect me to believe Gaia sent you - a beggar - to check up on us?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Once in a while, the teacher would come and check up on me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think JoJo was causing it, but he was picking up on it. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was always a big deal, and at least a dozen kids would get yelled at for acting up on those trips. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

O’Hare and I gave up on remembering, went into the living room, talked about other things. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The provincial judge, seeing that he could get himself in a fix and might wind up on national television excoriated by the leftist press, promptly went on a fishing trip. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quentin, for no apparent reason, had gone on and on the day before about extinct birds, so I was up on them. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She clambered up on the concrete post that held the porch railing in place and raised her arm. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Loretta is snuggled up on the couch, passed out with this dreamy look on her face. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Epiphany had never before won even the local championship, and there they were, up on stage, ready to compete for the state trophy. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Here’s what to do. Arrange to have Renault appear before The Vigils. Check up on the sale—get the totals, facts and figures.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trevor’s eyes widened as he watched me take the boxes out of the grocery bag and line them up on his kitchen counter. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He sat on a high- backed chair that he had raised up on an iron frame with wheels, so he could move around the room. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once we got up on ’em I saw the Preacher waren’t there. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Stuart strained his eyes, and suddenly, dead ahead, right in the path of the Wasp, he saw an enormous paper bag looming up on the surface of the pond. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, whatever. He just better not try nothing with my girl or I'm gonna have to Hulk up on him." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

A waiter suddenly opens the door and Sherrie is able to get up on her feet and run out. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion found Penny asleep in a comer of their tent, curled up on a thin straw pallet beneath a heap of soiled bedclothes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah? Well, you’ve got a lot of wind sprints to catch up on, buddy.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Not just the front rows, but the whole audience suddenly got up on their feet, whooping, hollering, clapping like crazy. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

When we came up on Bunker Six, Azar lifted his thumb and peeled away from me and began circling to the south. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s blazing hot outside at midday, especially up on the roof where Zohra and I like to hang out late at night. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She stared at a jumble of Star Wars action figures piled up on the shelf over his bed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I hike my backpack up on my shoulder. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I had him up on the stool, and my mom thinks he shouldn’t be on there unless somebody’s, like, an inch and a half away. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were general cries of yea and indeed. 07-03 heaved himself up on all fours. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I press a cushion over my face and curl up on my side, trying to ignore her and go back to dreamless slumber. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Sorrento recites the words on the gate in Latin. And Elvish. And Klingon. Then they get hung up on reciting First Corinthians 13:13, a Bible verse that contains the words ‘charity, hope, and faith.’ Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But the shambler caught in the bobbed wire looked almost normal: a white woman with long brown hair pinned up on her head, wearing a day dress of green linen. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

As Biography accelerated to stay with him, Professor Paul swept up on the grandstand side. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can find somewhere else to sleep. Down in the hold, up on deck, it makes no matter. Just keep out of my sight.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As we walk through everyone’s duties, I can feel my anxiety sneaking up on me again. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He placed the package he’d picked up on the table, sat down, and put his head in his hands. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

We both pull the bag the rest of the way and then heave it up on the table with the potted palm. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The air-conditioning in the Buick was so cold that goose bumps popped up on my arms and legs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I want to move like heebie-jeebie, I say picking up on the cue. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thorn said, and she threw her hands up on both sides. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

If G’ma picks up on it, she doesn’t let it show. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I’m not mad at you for throwing up on my shoes. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned over and threw up on my shoes. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Did he wish—dream—that one day he’d be up on a similar stage playing against the world’s finest players? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The witch was one who fled, hiding alone in a cave up on the Kapperding Scarp and sealing the cave-mouth with spells. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

That, along with the fact that I could push up on the end of my nose and make oil pop out of my pores, was just one of my special talents. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then Lyra listened at the door to make sure no one was coming, jumped up on the locker, pushed up the panel, and hauled herself through. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Crookshanks stood up on Blacks leg and made a soft hissing noise. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She put it up on the window ledge, over the kitchen sink. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The loss snuck up on me, black and cavernous. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The sound of his waking voice, perhaps a caw as hoarse as mine had been when I’d washed up on this very shore. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

His laptop is set up on the breakfast bar with a USB cord plugged into his camera. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He didn’t pick up on styles or trends. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But no one picked her up on it, and we went back to discussing our poem. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I reached for another, though, the rain-slicked first branch slipped right out of my grasp and I wound up on my butt, nearly falling to the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” the girl said immediately, almost before he was done speaking, pushing those oversize glasses up on her nose. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Three days after retreating from my first try, I went up on the north face again. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lift chairs up on the tables while Mama stands at the sink, washing pans. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“This is where we take scientists and reporters wanting to know about our mother. It’s where the family gangs up on them,” he said, laughing. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Was your father a gambler down in Georgia that wound up on the wrong end of a gun? Were you born in the backseat of a Greyhound bus?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We tried to stock up on a few extra tins of food. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Billy, the younger Fitzgibbon son, had been sitting on the kitchen stool, his feet up on the rung, eating berries from a colander. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

On he went like that, until Florida calmed down and curled up on the floor of her closet and fell asleep. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was James who sighted the circus ahead, set up on a fallow field. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m answering your question. The answer is yes. I’m giving up on trying to be popular and normal.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He puts his foot back up on the bench and drapes his arm across his knee. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Mamita has given up on making conversation with me, and she slurps her soup in silence. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now, catching a better look at Alyssa in the rearview mirror, I sense something I hadn’t picked up on before. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“The talent show is important because it’s a chance to really get a leg up on your competition,” Max continued, over the noise. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My wrist throbbed, and I could feel the bump coming up on my forehead. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It breaks his heart that his neighbors have ganged up on him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We walked ’round back of the tavern and came up on a bunch of men squatting down and talking loud. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

"Man, did you get up on this table? Look at these footprints." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I spot Simon's family near the dramaturgy display, doubled up on bouquets. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“If you mean to take her up on it, make her spread her legs for you as well. The best part of me for the best part of her, that’s a fair trade.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It opened its mouth wide and reared up on its back paws, trying to get away from me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He would rear up on it and bawl treed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside it was half-dark, for there was only one window high up on the wall and a thick blue smoke was rising from a corner where a young woman was busy cooking. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” I say back, and this time I know that I’ll take her up on it. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“They’ve been sneaking up on the town in cars,” she said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I slide the sunglasses up on my head and doodle a picture of Jeremy and me standing with our feet in water. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I buy some roses, take them over to her house, which is up on 153rd and Broadway, give her the roses, and ask her to the dance. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear he was giving up on me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

"Slouch your pants down a little, boy. You look crazy with your pants all up on your chest like that," he'd joke. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

‘They could play backgammon till they got all tired and then they could climb up on that smokestack and throw these at everybody and kill them.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I thought I could come up on the weekend, though.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Then we walked past some signs someone’d stuck up on the wall. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Hank will be pleased his new employee has boned up on all the shop’s privacy rules and regs.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

No one else took them up on their offer. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’ll understand it when Dr. Strauss lets me read up on psychology. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mojo and Maja are making it hard for me to write—they climb up on my lap and chew at my pen. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Noah scrambled up on scrawny legs and handed his paper to Ms. Bevelaqua. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I wanted to snuggle up on her lap like a toddler, but I was fourteen, so I sat as close to her body as I dared. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He steadies the car, eases up on the accelerator. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Another string of articles popped up on the black-and-white screen, and Seven’s eyes opened wide as she read the first one. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

But Jordan’s meanness could sneak up on you. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He is going to wake up on the side of an interstate, an hour away from his home. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He pushed his glasses up on his nose and went, “Huh.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Robin was up on his elbow in a second. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

His body was washed up on the shore and Hero, finding it, killed herself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped inside and eyed dozens of huge photographs set up on easels. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Some of our rules were tried and true; others, we made up on the spot when the occasion called for it. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

And maybe it’s all those people who are spending their whole lives up on dry land—never once going into the water to see what it feels like—who are missing out. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Apollo’s chariot had come up on our flank. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He searches me for an answer for what happened today In the end, I think he gives up on words. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I have a lot to get caught up on, and you know that these last few weeks before April 15th are crunch time for accountants every year. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ’member watching the boy climb up on Spangler’s back, being careful not to kick Pap when he throwed his leg o’er. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He climbed up on the big diving platform in the middle of the pool and unimaginatively just dropped the fish into the water. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. They put him up on the hospital billboard when he was a few weeks old.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Look, I don’t know what’s going on with you, but I know you are too smart to give up on yourself.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Another wave of nausea sneaks up on me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I must have been in shock, because the people looked like squid washing up on the shore. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was up on top of three pallets cutting the hemp rope of the sacks of sugar. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

How long, he asked, before he could put the child up on a horse? Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stacked them up on my locker and sat down on the bed with the pad and pencil. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Staying up on the hillside, near the top of the ridge, I worked my way to the far end of the valley, almost to the gap and the steep cliff on the far side. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

If he’s going to lie, then I’m going to check up on him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave his ear another couple of claps, then sat back, putting his arms up on both armrests. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

If he has a brain, which Mom says he might not, the celebrity partner will say “Fork!” and then there’ll be a ding and the next word will show up on a little hidden screen. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Bubber got out when they came to the corner and helped her lift the wagon down the curb and get it up on the next sidewalk. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It represented an additional delay, an additional period or interval in which something could happen, and I just for once got up on my hind legs and almost flatly refused to go to New Mexico.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he brought another woman into the house, they were to gang up on her and play tricks on her, hit her, and trip her when she was carrying hot oil until she ran away. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke up on Monday morning, I remembered the pictures on my camera and wondered how long it would take Celia to find me and kill me after I’d handed them over to Claude. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

And the forgetting comes up on me weird. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It must have grown up silently, yet swiftly as a flag rises when you pull it up on a flagstaff, while they were all busied about the coronation. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He sat up on the couch where he’d slept and moved his leg with two hands, landing his boot on a pillow on the floor. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I go up on the mountain to pray.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She drove a four-in-hand on her fourteenth birthday, and her cousin, Mr. Jack, got up on the box beside her and tried to take the reins from her hands. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When Mom died, he hung up on me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I was sitting on our front porch when Pork Chop rode up on his bike. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same instant, a dog rose from where he’d been curled up on the ground beside the barrel that held our cornmeal. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I came up on deck I saw we were within twenty yards of the ridge. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We played cricket day and night in the alley by our house or up on our roof, which was flat. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A chat bubble pops up on my screen. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get over how badly I’d messed up on Circe’s Island. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I could hear an ant creeping up on the sugar bowl,” boasted Ear. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was no paint on the inside of the wall, so I climbed up on top of it and vaulted over. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They left Piggy propped up on the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, Old Dan would rear up on a large hackberry tree that was standing about seven feet from the fence and bawl treed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rondell’s on the other end of the shed, head propped up on his bag, snoring in a mixed-up rhythm that could only come out of a dude as big as Rondell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But now a fat old geezer in the droopiest drawers and nothing else pulled himself up on the porch rail. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I asked when my mom picked me up on the blacktop after school that day. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He sat writing up his records with the same obdurate patient thoroughness I had seen in a mad king up on a scaffolding mortaring a joint, and said, “When we reach Karhide....” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Later that evening Dad and I went to the grocery store and stocked up on several bags of lemons and my secret sour ingredient, Lemonhead candy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

There have been five mass extinctions since jellyfish showed up on the scene. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Judge what they bring up on the witness stand, and then deliver your just verdict. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up on my feet, bent over, squinting, and edged back through the trees toward the town. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nina blew out an exasperated breath and curled up on her side, burrowing as close as she could get to the fire. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

With an effort he pushed himself up on his elbow. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I turned ten, you woke me up on my birthday by bouncing on my bed and giving me a gift certificate to the trampoline park. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Bruno had jumped up on to our table and was also watching his father. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“You stay true to your dream, Mr. Lee. I just know that one day I’ll be going to a show with your name up on the banner.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he leaned forward and caught it, and he had the left wheel up on the first step. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But I was relieved that my lips ended up on the cold metal locker. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

"One night a week, remember? Just let me check up on them one night a week." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“She lives in a cave, up on those cliffs. If we get too close, her snaky heads will come down and start plucking sailors off the ship.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Stuart made it clear the first time he showed up on my porch his fiancee was a bad subject. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We conversed about the Transkei and caught up on family history. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

James came over, and they spent Friday evening catching up on the week. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Gollum got up on all fours, and backed away for several paces, and then he turned, and as Sam aimed a kick at him he fled away down the path. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The snake, on the other hand, was curled up on the rotting hearth rug, like some horrible travesty of a pet dog. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The wagon started forward and then Papa seemed to think better of that and pulled up on the reins. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brought in a ten-inch rainbow trout and skidded him up on the grass and knocked him on the head. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lie back and put my legs up on the bed, and she nestles into her spot beneath my arm. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I stand, taking a deep breath as I pull the strap of my portable oxygen farther up on my thin shoulder. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Soon there was one more crying voice, and Gabriel and I sat up on my bed and listened through the wall as Aunt Julia rambled on and on about wanting to die. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Caroline propped herself up on one elbow and blinked at me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Rostoff has boxes of tissues decorated with kittens lined up on the table. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Dag, it’s not my fault my sister left you — ” I hung up on her and went to wash my face. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I’m not really hungry, either, maybe because I loaded up on too much rich stuff this morning or maybe because I’m so unhappy. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll fight you all I” Dobbs screamed back at them, and stood up on a rickety wooden chair, waving the gun wildly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He smoothed the bills out, lined the coins up on top of his thigh, in size order. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she turned her face toward them and Olanna looked at her: a plain village girl curled up on the bed as if she were cringing from one more furious blow from life. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, sleep sneaked up on him, and the next thing he knew he was dreaming of a tapping, a cruel dream of a pigeon tapping on the window. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

In all fairness, there is no other character in the book who could say those words, since Sagredo ends up on the side of Salviati. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Can I put it up on the wall?” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And the penguins, hearing their voices, scuttled up on deck and stood there beside the Admiral and Mr. Popper. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

His skin looked brown just under the surface, unlike the slate-gray color of Sookie’s shark that hung on the dock, or the one that washed up on the Cape. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“You still can be. That’s perfect for you. You could go back to school. I know you can catch up on everything, and fast. We can go to college together.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He circled and curled himself up on the pine-needled ground underneath, his nose tucked under his brush. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I was sitting in front of them with my feet up on the seat, my dress socks pulled halfway up my calves. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Lennie dipped his whole head under, hat and all, and then he sat up on the bank and his hat dripped down on his blue coat and ran down his back. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are wide and growing more blank, like they did when she closed up on herself and started rocking. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

A black guy is in there, sitting up on a stretcher. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Just checking up on you,” she said, straightening that awful colossal flower planted behind her right ear. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

So he ended up on the ground, wedged between the two front seats. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I saw we had ended up on a rutted dirt road near Isteqlal Mid­dle School. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Several days later, in a village where the river meets the sea, there washed up on the banks two blocks of wood carved in the shape of the hooves of some unknown beast. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up on my Victorian flourishes, my antique diction, my girls’ school propriety. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t you rest better up on your bed or something? I’m—I’m going to be working in here. Making a lot of noise.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Ben knew when he woke up on this morning that no one in Ravenel, South Carolina, had been spawned on such a training ground. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Preacher saw I was fretting and came up on the stage. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The reason I was standing way up on Thomsen Hill, instead of down at the game, was because I'd just got back from New York with the fencing team. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Mom was up on her ladder, painting in another seagull. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wonka was reaching for a button high up on the glass ceiling of the elevator. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every night when the family is sleeping, Chester goes to the bookshelf, selects his midnight reading and curls up on his favorite chair. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

He came into the room and leaped up on Louisiana’s bed and curled himself into a tight ball. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

His mother’s flower beds were all covered over, and the snow was lining up on her holly trees and mulberry and frosting the tops of her rhododendrons. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There is baseball paraphernalia all over the place: framed posters—all signed—tacked up on the slanted walls, a case full of plaques and trophies, and a rack of variously sized old-school Louisville Slugger bats. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“I can see why it’s cuddled up on our fire.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nick pried open the flap on a carton of .45s and stood a cartridge up on end on the counter. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Days,” sighed the exhausted dog, curling up on a large downy cushion. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ten feet up on this tree a large branch jutted straight out. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Those haunting words snuck up on me again. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Now she’d have to pretend she was all filled up on tomato water while everyone else ordered $50 desserts and ate them around her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“The half-man eats goats. When he first showed up on the beach, they paid him goats to work heavy crew. My mom told me he could eat a whole goat in three days.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hissing black trains loomed up on either side, anxious to swallow them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mom doesn’t bother to wake me up on Thursday. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“I finished my religion paper. But I have to type it up on your computer when we get back. I think I’m ready for finals, which is good, since we have an ank-pray to an-play.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Hi,” Maya said, sidling up to the window and pushing her sunglasses up on her head. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Teletype machines clattered against the wall as spools of paper carrying news from around the world piled up on the floor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Papa swallowed hard and pulled up on the reins so that the wagon stopped. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back on the track, Smith boosted Pollard up on Seabiscuit, swung his leg over Pumpkin’s back, and began moving down the course. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The morning light made its way in only through a few windows, painting pale patches high up on the walls and columns. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Delacruz, I noticed, had sat up on his bunk and was rubbing his eyes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to be a nurse practitioner, so I figure it's a good gig to warm up on. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

That’s teacher talk for: Andy will stand up on a table and sing “God Bless America” at the top of his lungs if he’s giving a report on patriotism. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom says, sneaking up on us like she always seems to do. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“I mean...I gave up on Percy. I was young and impressionable, and I—I don’t...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

That was because the Mayor didn’t just take it out of the crate and stick it up on a post. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I jumped up on the first rail and shouted, “I can ride that horse.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our group got an A, so it’s going up on the bulletin board, which is newly decorated with fake fall leaves to remind us we’re in September. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I do the laundry every morning. Then my uncle comes and picks me up on his way to work, and I hang around his office.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The next day before Sunday school, I raced to the fellowship hall where that Garden of Blessings was up on the bulletin board. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Grandpa came back and set Little Ann up on the counter. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

All five fingers spread on his right, just his pointer finger up on his left. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“My child, I give up on you,” my mother sighed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tiptoed back into me and Diego’s room, climbed under my bed and curled up on my side on the floor. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I moved away from the critic and found myself sitting beside a clairvoyant who loudly predicted the fates of the various characters seen moving their lips up on the screen. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

"I can't believe this. You dirty little rats. But I like the fact that y'all are ganging up on me. That means my plan is working." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Everyone was either clustered around the stereo or the seven-foot-tall piece of plyboard, propped up on the lawn, which had been painted to look like the scoreboard. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Sure, not every kid would want to grow up on the sea. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Addie: Well, we have to come up with a candidate for president by tomorrow, so we can get our posters up on Thursday. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

They would go up on the snowdrift at one end of the living room, and run down, one behind the other, onto the ice, until they were running too fast to keep their balance. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to sense that I had given up on small talk. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We spent weeks following up on the leads that Myers had provided. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

At first, she was afraid that she wouldn’t answer, but she suddenly picked up on the fourth ring. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Turner didn’t have to answer, since just then the dory scraped up on the beach a little above the point, and he jumped out the stern and began to push the boat in. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

And then he throws up on the floor. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I looked down at our laps, how both of us had our hands laying palm side up on top of our thighs, like we were both waiting for something to drop in. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I had to hang up on you,” he says. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He’s too far away for me to whisper to him, and the last time somebody was caught passing a note, Mrs. Morris tacked it up on the bulletin board. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Fine, fine. Enjoy your receipts. I’m not giving up on you, though. What’s the point of being old if you can’t beleaguer the young with your vast stores of wisdom?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Worse than surgeries, or infections, or waking up on a bad morning barely able to breathe. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

As they passed the shoe shop, Lina saw a white piece of paper stuck up on the window. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Piper placed her hand palm up on the desk. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Hey, little fella, want me to boost you up on my shoulders?” a familiar voice said from behind me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Propped up on his arms and staring up at me, his hands heeled in plastic shoes, he shook his head. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘We followed up on what Ted told us, but as yet we still don’t know where Salim is.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slept fitfully all night, waking nearly every hour to see that it was still dark, and when she finally gave up on sleep she felt groggy and slow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like, you live there and you got roaches and you got crack and you got streets that don’t get cleaned up and you got people giving up on life and that’s what it’s all about. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Exxon comes out with its earnings and we need to get that as fast as possible up on screens around the world: ‘Exxon earned thirty-nine cents this quarter as opposed to thirty-six cents last quarter.’ The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go up on the roof and shoot some videotape,” he said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

And when Edmund pressed him back nearer and nearer to the wall, he jumped up on a mounting block and stood there raining down blows on Edmund from above. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Instead of fighting bad guys, he simply throws up on them. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They could summon us down in our pyjamas at night-time and thrash us for leaving just one football sock on the floor of the changing-room when it should have been hung up on a peg. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

But once his grandfather left, Sherm realized that with the guys at school, talking was like a game where everyone piled on jokes and the winner was the person whose joke ended up on top. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Linda was holding a huge red bow in her hands, her glasses pushed up on her head, leaning around the front stairs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Too long. Most of us came at the same time, shipped up on a train from the Jackson compound.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be rolling up on me like that. Something might happen.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Me and Dad spent most of our time with her, opening the get-well-soon cards and propping them up on the side table by her bed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The last photo I’m throwing up on Instagram is the one of me with my Last Friend. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When my husband Clyde left me for that no-count hussy up on Farish Street, one they call Cocoa, I figured I better shut the door for good on that kind a business. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He pulled her down to the ground, and they lay facing each other, heads propped up on their elbows, lower legs tangled with each other’s. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He put his slippered feet up on a long, low coffee table, a chess board inset in the middle, cigarette burns and mug rings on its surface. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I put my foot up on the first step into the bus. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was a word everyone tried to run from, but it could rear up on a community quick. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

If the sign is in the wrong place, you end up on the road to nowhere. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since they’re not pumped up on synthetic nitrogen, the cells of organic leaves grow more slowly. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“That is such a misogynistic view, Mamma!” she said, jumping up, pushing her glasses up on her nose. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Your father woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning,” Moms said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Everything on her side of the room was pink: pink bed, pink princess sheets, pink dolls piled up on pink pillows. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I curl back up on the bloodstained mattress, not cold but feeling so naked with just the paper to cover my tender flesh. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It came up on the east side of the river. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Ian’s office was a room running the full length of the house, high up on the top. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She glanced at Jessie, wondering if she should wake her, but her sister looked so peaceful curled up on the carpet. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Tilly ran up on the dock and nuzzled our legs, her big, wet body practically knocking us over. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She got back to campground to find nothing but a dying fire, a bag of rocks, and her geography book propped up on a tree. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Enrique fears he will end up on the streets or dead. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He props a pillow up on June’s knees, stretches his feet out over Nora’s legs, and goes to sleep. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My mother was back up on the porch, gathering another armload. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The master suite in the residence was bigger than the entirety of the upstairs apartment my family had shared when I was growing up on Euclid Avenue. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“We have so much to catch up on.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

They are sitting in rows of chairs facing a microphone set up on one end of the room. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They have always been very high up on their horses, which is fine, although if you ask me they have shot their own career ladders in the foot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horse rears up on its back legs. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She spotted a wood wagon and thought to climb up on the back where she might be able to see, but others had the same idea. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then you leap up on the bed next to me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There was mud splattered all over the sides, all over the tinted windows, and even up on that center spotlight. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

No. But I'm not giving up on a better ending. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It had stopped broadcasting our faces, as if it had just given up on us and shut its eyes. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And I mouth into the phone, I love you, in case some of her cells pick up on the vibrations and it serves me well in the next life. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Ma, with Baby Carrie in her arms, sat up on the wagon seat with Pa, and Laura and Mary sat on a board fastened across the wagon box behind the seat. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gets up on the wall, balances along it then deliberately falls off. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only is Miss Celia still in bed, she’s curled up on top of the covers in her nightgown without a drop of her makeup on. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He had peered up once and seen three amphibious tractors going up on the beach far ahead. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Of somebody who has been calling my number for the last ten minutes, I can hear, and is as ready to give up on me as I am. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Libby and I just have so much to catch up on. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Bronze bulls, girl! Don’t sneak up on me like that!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She was looking up at my suitcases, up on the rack. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She dragged the mass of twigs and branches further up on land, then ran to call her mother. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I said, “No, Frightful, if they are after me there won’t be a siren. They’ll just slip up on me quietly.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edwin helped Garvey pull the boat up on the rocks and tie the rope off to a large rock. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The explosion whacked him in the face like a fist, but up on the ridge nothing happened. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we were back up on street level the storm had moved away. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A new emperor wears the gold silk robe,” they whispered, as if afraid even up on the mountain they would be overheard. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Ghost curled up on his rug and went to sleep, but Jon could not rest yet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

So when Ms. O’Malley asked for the next volunteer, even though my stomach was turning over and over like on that spinning ride that my cousin Javier threw up on, I raised my hand. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She pushed her glasses up on her nose and picked up one of the small, clothbound editions. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The hairs are standing up on the back of my neck. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t imagine that any of the other islanders would have fostered me had I drifted up on their piece of land. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I actually didn’t have a game in mind in the first place and had to make one up on the fly. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

My best friend, Zoey, is in the back, on one of the green-and-black bungee chairs with her feet up on the armrest of the denim couch. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She hoisted herself up on the table next to me so casually that I had to remind myself that this was no boy made up to resemble a girl, but the actual thing. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Geez, you have got to stop springing up on me like that!” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Where I’m from, when people run up on you, you gotta act quick.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I cycle faster into my freedom, tiny beads of sweat popping up on my upper lip and brow, first hot, then cooled by the wind. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

What wasn’t cool was picking Fang up on the way to the funeral. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The Earthworm stood up on his tail and did a sort of wriggle of joy all by himself. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Both of them angled slightly away from each other for a better view of their flanks, in case something dangerous tried to sneak up on them. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“The paleness crept up on her slowly. It took many months for it to cover her completely. At least, the parts other people could see.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Your dad will kill you if you fill up on ice cream, Bobby: Yes, Wendy. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I saw three birds perched together up on the telephone line along the side of the road. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I want to ask him about the set of new condos going up on Fulton Street. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I’ve given up on going out on dates in the old way: somehow it’s no longer a serious thing to do. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I will come and pick you up on my way back from town. We’re going to the stadium for football. You can play or watch.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was sure I could never have dreamed that up on my own. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Needed a quick word with,” Harry hesitated for a fraction of a second, “Arthur Weasley. Someone said he was up on level one.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Those born in the last quarter of the year might as well give up on hockey too. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

"Yo, you scared me. Don't be creeping up on folks like that. Get you messed up, man." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It screamed and struck the air with broad barred wings, and rose up on the wind. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

A big, prosperous city rising up on its own in the stifling Amazon forest? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And if they were all drinking from paper cups, she always knew whose was whose even if they got mixed up on the table together. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to hang up on you, Arthur. I’d like to help you, if it’s humanly possible,” the gray-haired man said. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

After she helped her mother wash and put away the dishes, Stella curled up on her bed and pulled out her notebook. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I remembered going to the old cowboy movies and seeing the cowboys sitting around a campfire and the Indians sneaking up on them and making noises like owls and stuff. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d just sit there, worn out after practice, talking and chilling in our beanbag chairs with our feet up on the railing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He sits propped up on a highback chair on a gravel hill that serves as a stage. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knee throbbed, the leg hurt, but he got his foot up on the roof. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s slipping up on the grooming too, reverting to her old sloppy ways of years ago. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we were little, we used to lie up on the roof and Gabriel would point out different constellations. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Ripred rose up on his hind legs, bleeding, furious, and terrifying to see. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The first time, out by Tri Binh, it knocked me against the pagoda wall, and I bounced and spun around and ended up on Rat Kiley’s lap. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began holding required meetings in the schoolhouse to inform them about vitamins and to let them know, in passing, whatever news he managed to pick up on his crystal set. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, our caseworker John took us to a church clothing drive to help us stock up on clothes, including much-needed winter coats and boots. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Freak asks, from where he's riding high up on my shoulders. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She always makes me tell the same story over a week or so later to see if I slip up on any details. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

A minute later, Dad came into my room and I hung up on Auggie. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The dew-covered grass tickled Genie’s feet and he instantly started walking up on his toes just like the man, Crab, did. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Finally, and worst, tall and thin Aisha Foster was hurting so badly that after the fifth or sixth time she just curled up on the floor and cried. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was younger, they would lock me up in the closet because they wanted to get high and beat up on each other. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Darling boy," cooed The Grand High Witch from up on the platform. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

But the thing was, the first time Miss Franny Block saw Winn-Dixie standing up on his hind legs like that, looking in the window, she didn’t think he was a dog. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

No wonder they were giving up on the whole business. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scoot myself up on the sink and kick off my shoes. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You gotta get right up on the vine to find the pods,” Grandma said, reaching into the tangle of green. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Charles himself had not given up on God entirely. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am, Artemis. Patrolling the main landing. Coming up on the safe room. I’m waving at you right now.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, Ike told me you were coming,” he said, rearing back and putting his boots up on his desk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, Sam took my hand and stood me up on the dizzy floor. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But the attacks were sly, unpredictable, devastating; they sneaked up on him like bandits. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

After speaking with Darnell, I thought about refiling his assertions before the case went up on appeal and maybe, just maybe, we could persuade local officials to retreat from the case against Walter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I curl up on the sheepskin rug and drape two knit afghans over my body. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I think sneaking up on Sandy will scare him, but he barely even looks at me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Citra leaped on him again, clinging to him, for the moment giving up on anything beyond eye gouging and hair pulling. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I sat up on the slack, still holding my chest. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I’m delirious from the heat. It’s a good thing you checked up on me.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

With men crowding around to congratulate him, Grandpa got up on the back seat, raised his hand for silence, and shouted for everybody to follow us down to the store. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We were playing stickball on 122nd Street, and a foul ball went up on the flat roof over the church vestibule. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He's staring at his own sock feet propped up on the coffee table. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Davis knew she wasn’t going to live much longer, she stocked up on presents and wrote long letters about her life. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Brother Leon had a way of sneaking up on you. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that meant she would not give up on him, could not give up on him, without doing everything possible to save him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mom stayed in her room in the morning and let me get up on my own. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her face popped up on the other side, startling him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Byron walked up on the porch real cool and kind of bent over to give Grandma Sands a hug. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had somehow persuaded a woman to come into the laundry room of the house, and then sit up on the gas dryer, which was running. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it was he who had first to confront the bow, standing up on the broad door sill. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bob slung Percy over his shoulder like a bag of sports equipment while the skeleton kitten Small Bob curled up on Percy’s back and purred. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But even as the banker sniveled something that made Marlena blanch and stare in horror at her bowl of clam chowder, posters were being slapped up on every surface in town. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But her answer ended up on the cutting room floor. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pa would run his fingers through his thick, brown hair, standing it all up on end. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the satellite TV was up again, Coach Hedge was in his cabin happily catching up on his mixed martial arts cage matches. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There, high up on a cliff face, were the sixty-foot-tall faces of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt, carved right into the rock, staring somberly down on us. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Theresa pictured her brother, feet up on the desk like Pete the super, thumbing through these. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I've got three years of high school to catch up on, myself," I groan. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Our opposition was a club team from Southern California called the Pumas that had come up on tour to play against teams in the Pacific Northwest, where everyone knows we play a tougher game. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Cedar is up on a ridge. And I don’t think any of the eruptions have reached this far. It’s a safe place.” I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

There were never less than a dozen ships drawn up on the shore. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A ball of glass, up on the mantelpiece. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Mai cut pictures out of magazines and put photos of people she didn't even know, but just liked, up on the walls. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

But after realizing the futility of that task, he simply hung up on the calls that began early in the morning and continued long into the night. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled it up on to her belly, and it lay curled there, butt in the air, feet precisely tucked one under the other. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few cars were already lined up on both sides of Jefferson Place, Radar’s street. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I walk out of the pantry beaming, hang the phone up on the wall. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

With a great splash Constance waded into the shallows and dragged the corpse up on to the mossy bank. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Rearing up on his hind legs, he met the lion in the air. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I take hold of the starter cord and pull, praying my outboard motor will fire up on the first go. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He showed up on the sidewalk when I started the third yard of the day. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

What I’m after is out of reach, so I drag over a sawhorse and climb up on it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I said, facing Sahil again and folding my legs up on the seat. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“A bridge on the Yangtze River. I forget the name. I read up on stuff like that,” said Brooke. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But if her father thought she would give up on college, he was wrong. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When me and Jay got up on Saturday, we shoveled hot Cream of Rice cereal into our mouths, then huffed and puffed to cool it down as the steaming grain burned our tongues. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I’d gotten up on a lot of cold, snowy mornings to deliver the paper and earn that money. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a few bated-breath minutes, the rest of the Ray's crew came up on deck with their hands on their heads. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up on my elbows, lie back down, sit up again. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I followed the trail two miles through the valley and up on to the summit of a high pinnacle called Fourth Mountain. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Wes, always up for a challenge, relished the opportunity to beat up on a new group of neighborhood kids. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, they are sent back down until everyone has had a chance to go up on deck. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rabiya props herself up on an elbow and meets my gaze. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The suitcase blocked some of the airflow, but at least I knew it wouldn’t creep up on me while I was sleeping. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I take a few steps back and plop down crisscross applesauce just like we always have, except Javier definitely won’t be curling up on my lap now. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It felt like hopping from stone to stone, picking up tricks of the trade along the way, leveling up on his way to the final battle. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

While I talked, he didn’t say a thing, or ask any questions, just took notes on a yellow legal pad he had propped up on his leg. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Bodega picked up on my boredom, smiled, and went right to the point. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He types it in and all the titles come up on the screen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Felicia says to Benny, not quiet enough, “Good thing Mama wasn’t up on one a them stools. Else none a them white folks had any teeth left.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was as if she had come up on the edge of something, as if she were caught in that no-man’s-land between Cleveland Heights and deep jungle. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could continue on as the picked-on new girl, I could give up on the Parkway and just go back to my toys at home, or I could attempt to earn DeeDee’s respect. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I tried to quiet the paranoia and curled up on a wet towel, spread out on the deck of our yard. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The Calypso Crooners were hosting a karaoke booth, and I couldn’t listen to one more off-key rendition of “Summer Nights,” so I ended up on the far side of the carnival, where it was quieter. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She pulled herself up on the wagon so half of her body was out of the molasses. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Chitchat leaped out from the branches and clawed at the robot’s eyes, yelling, “Anyone who shows up on our island and tries to take my friend’s mother away has a big problem which is me!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Goods from around the world would pile up on English docks, while the people of Europe spent their money on products theyd sell to one another. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

She picked up on it when they had met, and now, here was Reggie, sounding a lot more like the person Kaylene had described. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It’s rather like a medical version of the maps police departments put up on their walls, with pins marking where crimes have occurred. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His teammates lined up on the left and right of the goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

When I got home from school that afternoon, Mom was still curled up on the sofa bed, a small pile of paperbacks next to her. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now, Fielding was standing up on a chair, touching the back of one of the stuffed weasels. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

When he spied one of the cats up on the windowsill, he let out a bark. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Hilly chats, throwing things our way like, “Stuart, Skeeter here lives on a plantation just north of town. Didn’t the Senator grow up on a peanut farm?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He closed his left eye to aim, which made his lip curl up on one side. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I put the other poems up on a shelf, but he can climb. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Driving back into remote corners of the woods where there were barely roads, we would come upon twenty-five beehives up on slats like a little lost city tucked back in there. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved being up on deck, where I watched the sea and glimpsed dolphins, sharks, and flying fish. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was thinking about the cattle and how they had ended up on Floyd Lee’s land. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The man struggled for breath and Pilate eased up on his throat but not his heart. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the happy reunion, everybody seemed more subdued than usual—like they were picking up on Leo’s mood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My mother will turn up on their doorsteps, wearing slacks, carrying a bouquet of weeds, incongruous. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They strapped the deer’s legs to a long fallen branch and hoisted it up on their shoulders, each taking turns to bear the weight on the way back to Jilin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He blinked as the light vanished, lowered his head to his chest, and curled up on the straw. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was a word that, for some reason, Van picked up on. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I gave up on pacing and left the arena. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was princely and broad-shouldered, and had nodded off propped up on cushions with a book open on his bare chest. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe how fast you’re growing up. I remember when you two would watch a movie together curled up on blankets in our living room. Now you’re going off on your own, meeting friends.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She tears up on the second syllable of family. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It's folded up on the seat of my desk chair, right where Mom put it early this morning. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her room, she opened the window and curled up on the seat beneath it, waiting for the first drops of rain to fall. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yay! Maybe she can catch up on her shows tonight.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

But there was Dr. Max Pavey up on the stage—the man Bobby had played in a simultaneous exhibition three years previously—ready to play for his country. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I need to see them up on the wall for a while, before I know whether I’ve got something. Before I know which ones I like.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Liyana wasn’t sure what you would call the burgundy triangle sitting straight up on top of his head. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I whirled ’round and at the same time picked up a stone ready to chunk whoever it was that had snucked up on me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But afterwards you went on remembering....She climbed up on the chair, her eyes staring in front of her like a sleepwalker's...She adjusted the noose round her neck. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gideon rides up on a fine horse, the beast dancing sideways in agitation. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We went out into the street and played a game that Dante made up on the spot. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t say it fast, plain, and clear, she’d hang up on me and write me a letter-poem telling me about myself. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But by the fourth his muscles began to get warm, like a car engine heating up on a cold morning, and they stopped struggling against each other. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I locked the porter in his cell, prefatory to keeplocking him, and tried to come to grips with the splitting headache that had crept up on me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they come and try to make me go up on the roof naked I will just disappear, and turn up some whole other place. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hit the ground rolling, tumbled forward, then came up on my feet. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She would curl up on somebody's food tray with the real silverware and the china plates. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We got into the cab, and the cabman put the bags up on the seat beside him and climbed up and cracked his whip, and we drove over the dark bridge and into the town. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

That was the moment I realized my mask was pushed up on my head and he could see my face, and I could see that he was running in my direction. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I surely wanted to get back in that water, but I couldn’t help but feel that if I took Dinitia up on her offer, I’d be violating some sort of taboo. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Will put his rucksack down and hoisted the helmet up on its end. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Everything that had just happened left up on top. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He tries intently to read his father’s lips but can’t seem to pick up on what he is saying. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Later I climbed up on the roof to readjust the TV dish, or try. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She heaved herself up on her elbows, eyes seeking the lamp. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The three of them climbed back up on the old horse, then headed due south. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no other life-forms showing up on his screen but, like Foaly said, the hull had a high lead content, even the paint was lead based! Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But I turned away so that I would not see what Gimpy rang up on the cash register. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it’s another author-title game,” said Sierra, “like up on the Wonder Dome.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

We both sit straight up on opposite sides of the relaxing room, staring at each other. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He liked to pretend he was a superhero creeping up on his enemies. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to like to go north, up on the Panhandle. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You haven't been birdwatching again, have you? There will be plenty of time for birds later; first you must catch up on your studies if you want to get into a good school." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twig sat up on the bed, filled with new energy and purpose. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Louis had wildly curling brown hair and wore heavy-rimmed glasses, which he continually pushed up on his nose. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A goat hopped up on one of the carts and then to the roof of the diligence. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The plane had to be light, so no matter how tired she felt, she dared not rest her spirit on a wing but continuously and gently pushed up on the plane’s belly. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was plumped up on pillows on the sofa. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a maroon cashmere muffler which had hiked up on his neck, giving him next to no protection against the cold. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Events and activities I didn't know about would sometimes show up on my calendar. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I propped myself up on my elbows and looked at them. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The other half of the time, a 5 will turn up on die D, in which case die C will win one-third of the time. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that was how our whole seventh-grade science class ended up on the playground behind the school at the end of day on a Monday afternoon. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"No, no, no. They don't want it all coming back up on the stage," says Octavia, but she secretly slips me an extra roll under the table to let me know she's on my side. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Pi, not happy about the lack of attention, jumps up on me. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In truth, though she hasn’t admitted it out loud until now, Molly has virtually given up on the idea of disposing of anything. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She stood up on the pedals and pushed off slowly. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Which is still way more than I’m going to make today, she thought, since the whole neighborhood has already filled up on cheap lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

This particular fantasy had been creeping up on my dreams for weeks, invading the slips of time when I wasn’t holed up practicing my abilities. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

You could not sit up on such chairs; they assumed a life of hard-earned rest, of evenings reclining in fresh air after a day of farmwork. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I get out of bed and lift the mattress with one hand, propping it up on my knee. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She swung up on the lowest branch and climbed slowly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m fifty-second level, and he’s nearly killed me every time I’ve had to fight him. I have to stock up on extra healing potions every time I come down here.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Near me a big barn or granary bulked up in the dark, and in the distance beyond it I saw little volleys of sparks going up on the wind. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were no sullen students lined up on benches with slates in their hands. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He settled deeper into the armchair and put his feet up on the fender. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“I can eat leftovers and catch up on some reading. A little downtime sounds great.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then it was obvious—this was Robbie, with one boy sitting up on his shoulders and the other holding his hand and trailing a little behind. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I popped the collar up on my coat to keep the chill off my neck. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Not one to give up on anything, I chose Portia’s “quality of mercy” speech for my presentation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next half mile, Cornell slowly moved up on the outside, clawing its way into third position. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Ultima had carried the three lightly but he had to strain to lift them up on the platform. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had climbed up on her back and was tearing and slashing. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My friend Chester was curled up on the brown velvet armchair, which years ago he’d staked out as his own. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

At dawn, I lie in bed for a while, watching the sun come up on a beautiful morning. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He should leave them if he's going to go up on the roof, but he doesn't. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

On the particular afternoon I’m now thinking of, we were standing up on stools and benches, crowding around the high windows. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or was it because he never shut up, and she couldn’t give up on the idea that he might actually say something at some point that was meaningful, helpful? Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The new people were looking lost and confused and shy, so many of us came up on ’em and patted ’em on the back and shocked their hands and welcomed ’em to Buxton. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I'd squat down to pet the cat and wake up on the floor eight hours later, having lost a perfectly good excuse to change my clothes. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It’s a weird mix, everything from white-collar criminals to guys picked up on traffic stops to real, hardcore criminals covered with prison tattoos. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She curled up on the bed, clutching a pillow to her chest, and gradually the beating of her heart slowed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She steps up on it as she has been trained to do. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Only a little, sir. There was some talk about them up on the campus a while back." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whole and skinny and with his white kitten hair standing up on his head. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Can it still pick up on the scent of the bait I was cutting up and tossing over? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the ground rose several hours later, we came up on the rear of another, smaller party. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A game between two older girls’ teams was winding up on a nearby field. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Hunger had to be very high up on any government list of priorities. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to spend your life beating up on yourself?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“So one day you just show up on some strangers’ doorstep?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Up a few steps and along the back wall is a wood-paneled bar with tuxedoed bartenders and hundreds of bottles lined up on shelves in front of a smoky mirror. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Dad was bundled up on the other side of Joey, trying to look at anything but Momma. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all gonna blow over fine in a minute, until the light dude ran up on us. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

On our first day, Jimmy spent about five entire minutes pointing to a plastic bank shaped like Fred Flintstone that he had up on a shelf in the back room. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I licked my fingers and touched them to the greased frying pan heating up on the stove. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The day the laughing man showed up on our comer? When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

It was difficult not to feel jealous of Ron when he thought of the Dursleys and the sort of welcome he could expect next time he turned up on Privet Drive. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She didn’t give up on me, even though I knew as much about being Jewish as I know about building a nuclear power station out of Popsicle sticks. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Kat is not very heavy; so I take him up on my back and start off to the dressing station with him. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course I’m okay. You don’t need to check up on me.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She could easily walk right out of the castle, stock up on supplies in Rifthold, and be on a ship to the south by morning. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Luther was assigned to a lumbering, uncoordinated colt named Vesper Lad, while Graham w'as up on Irish Princess II. At the last minute the trainer reversed the assignments. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch the flashlight beams sweep through the yards up on Jonagold Path. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I took the canoe to Coral Cove, not far from the cave, and pulled it up on the shore out of reach of the winter storms. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spread the blanket on top of the woodpile and climbed up on it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Don’t be tempted to double up on/’s or c’s. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was back outside, thirty floors up on a flat roof with a radio mast and a tall metal fence running around the perimeter. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“No, they weren’t being mean, exactly. They kind of ganged up on me, but then they weren’t mean. I think they were curious.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

White men squabbled before judges over claims to this or that tract hundreds of miles away that had been carved up on a map. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He leapt up on his hindquarters and launched into the routine Chico had taught him at the animal shelter. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And the way her mouth curled up on the right side all the time, like she was preparing to smirk, like she’d mastered the right half of the Mona Lisa’s inimitable smile . Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was no place to pitch a tent here, I noted uneasily—only steep, wooded slope going up on one side and down on the other. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Some Americans, the same kind I thought would have deserted at Valley Forge or surrendered after Pearl Harbor, said we might just as well give up on space. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I shuffle them both out the door, and when I come back into the bedroom, Helena is curled up on the bed, her knees to her chest. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

By September, not only had I given up hope of ever hearing back from Harper & Row, I gave up on ever finding Constantine. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When he first showed up on our corner last fall, the laughing man was always mumbling under his breath. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

It was coming up on nine o’clock, and growing dark. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I gripped the links of the fence with one hand and swung down until my feet got a purchase on the pipe, then ducked underneath the fence and came up on the other side. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, pushing myself up on my elbows. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

"He's stuck out there. He thinks he's totally alone and that we all gave up on him. What kind of effect does that have on a man's psychology?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cannot remember just what purpose had taken me up on to the top floor of the house to where the row of guest bedrooms line the corridor. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I promise I’ve been trying. Please—please, don’t give up on me.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was a few feet to the side of the fireplace and half as tall, propped up on a small wooden table. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Hazel woke up on Tuesday morning, the truth of things finally hit her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Along with the lack of food, illness had started creeping up on them. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Sam climbed up on the foot of the pedestal and leaned over the basin. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Things were going hot and dark, but when they found his body washed up on some distant shore, they’d know he’d gotten what he came for. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She read Dreams from My Father in a day and a half, sitting up on the couch, Nina Simone playing on Blaine’s iPod speaker. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They were bitter and snuck up on you even during the nicest conversations. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

So they jumped up on the stage, ran over the footlights, and hid under the singing lady’s blue skirts. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘See that house up on the hill there? Less us stop and get some water.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Bailey looks around at the sheep, at the house and the barn up on the hill lined with apple trees. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The first sentence of each entry came up on my screen, and I read through them in about five minutes. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It is very important that you don’t show the girls any special treatment, or let up on them in any way,” Katherine said to the principal. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

First her mom thinks Alicia and her dad are ganging up on her to play a practical joke. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A disturbing example of the latter seems to be building up on the national wildlife refuges at Tule Lake and Lower Klamath, both in California. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“This could be your lucky day. You guys could end up on Broadway!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The town receded and a farm sprang up on either side of the tree- lined road, its fields fallow and bare. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we just set soda cans up on the fire hydrant, and you buck ’em down. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The sick child got the treat of being able to spend the morning in Papa’s study, curled up on the sofa while he worked. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon saw the start of fright on Sam's face as he lumbered up on his mare; doubtless he thought he was in trouble. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The accent is West Indian, and a ground-level camera comes up on two dark, somewhat heavy and middle-aged WOMEN. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long story short, I tried to do a good deed and wound up on the ground in handcuffs. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Miss Montana eased herself up on her elbows and removed the small coconut shells from her eyes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Old Dan gave up on his side, piled into the river, and swam across to the side Little Ann had worked. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get up on Dain’s desk to put some distance between us. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Your mom can pick you up on Friday, right?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

If the teachers were allowing that to turn up on the official report, it was obvious they didn’t intend to punish anyone for the nasty little skirmish in the battleroom. Ender's Game 1985-01-15T00:00:00Z

Nauseated, Ashley was hurrying to the bathroom when she threw up on the floor. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t like the word soon because you don’t know when it’s going to sneak up on you and turn into NOW. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if I sat quiet on the windowsill, I could almost see the shadow of Izio lying on the floor, hands behind his head, his feet propped up on the sofa. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I raised myself up on my elbows—I had to sleep on my stomach, because my back was too raw with pain. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor would have said no, but the toddler climbed right up on the roach’s back. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was up on the loading platform with some other colored men, all of them grinning big and waving to friends, white and colored. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I soon found it didn’t matter if I scrubbed like a gal from a one-cow town or if I gave up on Ivory soap and turned to stronger cleaners. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel pulled the comforter up on the bed so it was nice and neat, and then grabbed her backpack, stuffed the jacket in it, and tiptoed through the dark cottage. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“If any of you would like to check up on your children,” announced Dr. Zinchenko, “please join us in the adjoining room.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“The easy ones, for now. Catching up on math. Comp. What about you? You have a favorite class in school?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then Jimmy jumped back up on the dock, too, and I saw Carl place his fingers on Ben’s neck, checking for a pulse. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

‘Let us drive through such foes as are already between us and the fastness. There are caves in Helm’s Deep where hundreds may lie hid; and secret ways lead thence up on to the hills.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Did something come up on the PSF scanner?” came Hayes’s gruff voice. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I glanced behind him and noticed a bottle of amber liquid tucked up on a shelf. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was getting dark, I realized, the clouds finally returning, piling up on the western horizon, creating an early sunset. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I remembered how we’d act like we were sneaking up on a plantation to kill the lot of slave masters and make a run for Canada with some happy, smiling, free slaves. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She clambered up on the bench and pounded on the wall where the hole had been, hoping the hole’s absence was just an illusion, but the wall felt solid. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Jaime got into her pajamas and curled up on the water bed next to Nancy and fell asleep again. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Shin and his classmates watched in silence, lumps puffed up on her skull. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Most of them were city boys like the boys lounging up on the quad—the sons of lawyers and businessmen—dressed neatly in woolen slacks and cardigan sweaters. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Lily had read up on bulldogs and didn’t like that they had such a sad history of being used for bullbaiting and all. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

For the last few years, I'd been employed as a creative executive at ABC Daytime, and I'd gotten adept at finding windows of opportunity to catch up on scripts. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

His body cushioned Boots’s fall, and she immediately sat up on his stomach to enjoy the show. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed up on a day off, not because he wanted to be, but because he probably doesn’t know how to not be. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He raised himself up on one arm and watched them go; he felt a current of air from the movement of their skirts and feet and shopping bags. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Kaelish rolled over on his side, curled up on the bench, and began to weep. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She has bright, dark, eyes and satiny brown skin and stands tilted up on her toes with her arms slightly extended to her sides, as if ready to take wing at the slightest sound. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Dimple smiled and pushed her glasses up on her nose, her eyes darting away like she was shy. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I sit myself up on one of the sinks, and think back to Saturday when I got my hair cut. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I could curl up on your bed and watch you do homework, then casually ask how to stop a boy from liking me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Miss Grump got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning,” Mr. Morrison told me, winking to show he was teasing Lissa. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Here I am, standing here with my feet cramping up on the cold floor, imagining the rest of my life as the ultimate weirdo. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he hadn’t already given up on me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

We got to the sides of the stream and opened up on the reeds. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve given up on rehabilitation, education, and services for the imprisoned because providing assistance to the incarcerated is apparently too kind and compassionate. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Come on. Let’s go up on the stage,” I urged. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Gone were the days of physically visiting the engines to check up on them. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

From somewhere in the depths of the car our mother unearths a primus stove, which she sets up on the kitchen floor, since there is no table. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And you are proving up on a claim. On your own.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Thick fog was all I could see out my window in the morning, and I could feel the claustrophobia creeping up on me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I think Stan appreciated my low-key wit and I picked up on his enthusiasm for kicking the competition. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Is Bunny there?” she would say, stretching up on tiptoe and craning to look past me into the room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The cotton was piling up on the piers in Egypt, and nobody wanted any. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I showed up on the day of freshman orientation, accompanied by no one, a duffel over my shoulder stuffed with my clothes, some crackers, and the picture of Birdie. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We take a seat at the small table set up on the sidewalk and eat. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Charles focused on the three books lined up on the bottom row. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I wrapped myself with the blanket and curled up on my side in such a way that no part of me touched the water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lady Galbert-Bertulf grabbed a knife in each hand, leapt up on her chair, and let loose a high, savage battle cry. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

That poky bit of hair standing up on his head—he’d watched that thing bob around when he’d been running behind it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I whispered that last part, barely said it out loud, but with it came all the past doubts and frustrations bubbling up on their way to my mouth. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But the pantiled ridges were hard to walk on, and the first ones scrambled up on hands and knees, their wild eyes never leaving Will’s face. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote that note on a little birch bark, curled up on my bed, and shivered. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The news reached the patients and they propped up on their elbows excitedly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Just make sure you don’t end up on that list.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They thought this would cause the animals to sleep as well, allowing the hunters to sneak up on them with ease. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I was already mad at him and the others for not backing me up on the bus. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We hear a chuckle from up on the rock. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I was jacked up on adrenaline, unsure of what to do next, overcome by a paralyzing mixture of fear and rage. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Snake I saw up on the hill this mornin’,” I tell her. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

That she’ll let me know she hasn’t given up on us yet. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The problems of dating rocks were such that at one point almost everyone in the world had given up on them. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Restless, she went to the windows overlooking the courtyard and unlatched them, curling up on the window seat. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Turner imagined the houses up on Quality Ridge falling to the trumpets of the Hebrew host. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I take a few steps and somehow wind up on my hands and knees. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

One reason he had so many children—there were twelve of us—was that he was convinced anything he and Mother teamed up on was sure to be a success. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He filled up on pancakes, eggs, bacon, waffles, apples, and several glasses of orange juice. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Now the other thing about this cover is that Judy’s got her elbows up on the bar and there’s a cigarette burning in her hand. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There wouldn’t be nearly enough space for them up on top!” answered Mr. Wonka. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, as I recall, I was up on the step-ladder dusting the portrait of Viscount Wetherby when my employer had entered carrying a few volumes which he presumably wished returned to the shelves. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mix a few numbers up on your birth certificate, show up with what appears to be the appropriate license, and you’re set. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Over the weekend I work on the Ibo slave-ship painting and try to catch up on some homework. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I stood up on a little metal stool and slipped it into the slot and looked through the eyehole. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d propped it up on one side with the Windsurfer’s fiberglass crossbeam so we had a clear view of the water. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair was lighter than Rebecca’s, but they both looked like all the scientists that Moss had seen in the sci-fi films he’d grown up on. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Slowly she eased her legs back up on the log. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On this slow Monday evening at the gas station, C.P. was inside working on a car hoisted up on the lift while country music played softly from a radio on the workbench. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some were standing on chairs, some were up on the tables and all of them were wiggling about and waving their arms in the most extraordinary manner. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

After that wild ride, Smith put Pollard up on Seabiscuit for the first time to see how he would handle the horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Into the master bedroom where Carlos was propped up on his pillows, still awake, reading the Dominican papers, already days old. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

P. T. jumped up on his bed, and he slept all night with P. T.’s body curled against his chest. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Two long panes of chest-high, dirty, gray-tinted Plexiglas lean against each other at an acute angle, held up on the other side by the wooden wall. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Morning’s turned into afternoon again when we see a settlement high up on a far hill. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Nicole would tell me later that up to this point Dave was a sweetheart and a total gent, but that afternoon he was jacked up on too many Red Bulls or whatever, desperate. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Ivy curled up on her bed and took out her yellow notebook. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Piper finally opened her eyes and crouched up on her knees and she looked at me panicky and wild like a cornered animal and said We have to help them! How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the water freaked him out enough that he climbed up on me, coming to rest on my back and making worried murps into my ear. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I know his text is going to be the double emoji response he sends all the time—a thumbs-up and praying hands—and that’s exactly what shows up on my screen. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I recall reading about it in the paper as Louvenia nods, waits for me to catch up on my typewriter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Fred rose up on his hind legs and hopped around the cage. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

So quickly that I missed his movement, he was half sitting, propped up on his right arm, his left palm still in my hands. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But the most terrifying spectacle of all was Boxer, rearing up on his hind legs and striking out with his great iron-shod hoofs like a stallion. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He put it up on his shoulder in the folds of his hood, and there it rode. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Some water had come up between the logs and made his shoulders wet, but his head was up on the jacket pillow and was still dry. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the marten had disappeared, probably to catch up on his long-overdue daytime sleep. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Even though a lot of people have given up on them, I refuse to believe they’re a lost cause. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He limped inside, wincing, with a duffel bag hiked up on his shoulder. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She reminded him that we were going to church that night, but he begged off, saying he was tired and needed to catch up on sleep. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Once, when she made fun of his constant waving to peasants, she felt him close up on her, and she knew if she wanted to know him better, she should not make that mistake again. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

We are taken up on a shuttle with kids from all over New England. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

What must it be like up on the Wall? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds he rushed up on deck in his flannels. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The only way to get to them is to climb up on the kitchen counter, kneel there, and reach up for them from that position. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the ballroom beneath, muffled and suffocating chords were drifting up on hot waves of air. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

They came up over a steep hill and down a zigzag track to Sticklehaven—a mere cluster of cottages with a fishing boat or two drawn up on the beach. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

It got a bullet right through it, started leaking like a drain and puddling up on the pavement. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Herman E. Calloway grunted and the three of them walked up on the stage. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Laura stood up on the board and Pa held her safe by the arm, so she could see the town. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Preparing to break the news, the nurses stocked up on candy bars for the girls. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad felt like it was better for us to experiment in a controlled and safe setting, and while his logic made sense to me, I never took him up on his offer. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I was getting better at holding the crab pose now—I’d almost managed to hold my body weight up on my elbows yesterday—and I wanted to see if I’d make more progress this afternoon. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Harry woke up on Sunday morning to find the dormitory M _L blazing with winter sunlight and his arm reboned but very stiff. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

‘And how did you get up on to my window-sill? No, don’t answer that! Hang on a moment! I dreamed that part of it, too! I dreamed that a giant put you there!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How come after Mom died,” I ask, pushing the uneaten lettuce and cucumbers and tomatoes around my plate, “you gave up on starting your own landscaping business?” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sherman was the only rocket boy I could round up on short notice. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Polly watched, amazed, as Amari rushed to grab the mat on the floor, shook it out, then curled up on it quickly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The black woman climbed up on the wagon and took a seat beside her son. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had propped herself up on her elbows. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you picked up on that, Chino.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

When my mother tells the story, this is the point where she pushed herself up on her elbows, giving the midwife’s pale, sweaty face some powerful evil eye. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The captured chess pieces, knights and pawns and bishops, line up on the outskirts of the board. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He went up on his own at 11.32, 24 May, and was due to come down at 12.02 the same day. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I guess it’s not just one thing. He felt real bad after that last game, bearin’ up on Tangerine High like that. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held his hand palm up on the table and looked down at his open fingers. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I’m a little hung up on Blue’s parents being religious. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I put my elbows up on the table, dropped my face into my hands, and started to cry. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” I said, speaking up on Augustus’s behalf. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

There was even a rack of well-worn picture books for those days when fifth-graders felt like looking back at the books they grew up on. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Then I curl up on the couch and sleep until Thomas calls. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She claimed he set fire to a couple of her dogs and skinned some neighborhood cats and strung their naked pink bodies up on a clothesline to make jerky. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We walk through the bookstore as we catch up on the last several weeks. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Harry heaved himself up on his pillows and pushed Dobby’s sponge away. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

When I hit the red button, the letter A lights up on the screen in front of me to lock in the answer. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Both girls have to try it, and Shiloh does just like I said, trying his best to get those girls up on their feet. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Midnight rises up on his hind legs, his forelegs curled in front of him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I saw the left fielder pick it up on the second bounce and relay it to me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Robert Brown, who do Miss Leefolt’s yard, come up on her back steps. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I have to hand it to her; Dr. Minerva picked up on my lingo pretty quickly. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Soon they began to climb up on to a great hog-back of land. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t really concentrate, because I was too hung up on what Jenna’s good news could be—and why she didn’t want to share it with Audrey. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

After Daniel leaves, Axel and Lark go to visit Ray, who is out on the porch, curled up on the love seat. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The only space open to them was up on the stage, and they went up there, pulled the azure curtains down, made nests. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nora’s long legs, one of which is propped up on the table and the other crossed over one of Bea’s, her thigh bare where her dress has ridden up. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit ran up on the heels of a group of horses and was forced to check sharply, then ran hopelessly wide again on the final turn. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t sound like you have an accent sometimes,” I said, which was pretty stupid, but a darn sight better than throwing up on her. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I sneak up on deck so often my back is sore from being smacked with that oar. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I could tell she thought it was cool, because her eyebrows went up on her face as soon as I said that about the hissing. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Animal fossils repeatedly turned up on opposite sides of oceans that were clearly too wide to swim. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Dukes and earls had rich rugs spread on the grass before their tents, with their shields hung up on display. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The earliest memory I have is of a woman who picked me up on Sunday mornings to take me to Sunday school. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You know I’m right. My dad and the Dauntless showing up on the same day? It’s the only thing that makes sense.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could walk right over to him and say, “Let’s go to the hospital to check up on Erin.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like when you wake up on Christmas morning and remember what day it is. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“That cat you asked me to check up on? Doctor Wick?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then I was waking up on the ground. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t it weird that the pattern of coats hanging up on the classroom hooks went blue-green-red, blue-green-red twice in a row? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He’d pin her perfect test up on the wall with all the others. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Dari, Twig, and I set up on our table in the back, and Dari started telling us about his trip to India while we worked. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She would get right up on the flower and then snap the shot, again and again, pulling the pictures from the mouth of the camera and waving them around in the air. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We had to sign up on paper and tell her which programs we wanted to watch, why, and how it would contribute to our education. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I was under the impression that you had given up on teaching.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Todd pointed at his jaw and Mrs. Amos and me could both see a perfect print in the shape of my hand welted up on Todd’s blubbery cheek. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Ignoring his sister, and stepping up on one of my feet, Charles repeated the key question. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

It was a great suggestion, but the bale was much too big for Flynn to climb up on. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The lights came up and the man of honor was then invited up on stage, where he was given a gold laurel wreath to wear as a crown. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The other kids lined up on the mat, so I did too. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And if you keep getting beat up on the same road, take a different road.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Mam puts the boiled onion pot up on the mantelpiece for fear a mouse or rat might be at it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“There’s a Halt ’n’ Buy up on like, near the Sports Giant.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Donny gave his final rousing monologue, right before the John Wilkes Booth character snuck up on him. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Turn left into South Parade, and pull up on the right, could you, Allan,” said the old man. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went back, reared up on it, and bawled a few times. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the frog had almost given up on its wish. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I want to be a nurse practitioner, so I figure it's a good gig to warm up on. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Some of us give up on life with only a resigned sigh. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But five minutes later he broke a rule, and of course he couldn’t help it because they said his brother who worked in the meat market had brought Bones up on raw meat. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

If his grandfather was living, why’d he end up on an orphan train? Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The word no bubbles up on my tongue. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Park was on his bed, trying to prop himself up on his elbows, when she walked in. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She could have given up on her mother, but she was obsessed with trying to get Anastasia to love and take care of her, even though Anastasia acted as though she didn’t have a daughter. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Margaret didn’t see clients on Saturday, but usually spent a half day in the office catching up on the paperwork. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went and sat down at his desk, put his feet up on it, next to a long, long tube. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She winked at me, then got up on her knees and worked her hands forward like a cat stretching until she was all the way down on my bed.Click. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

And she almost throws up on me and all over the back seat, so Carries plastic bag comes in handy. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They weren’t giving up on those diplomas, but they had a lot of catching up to do. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I tried not to think of the doctor with no clothes on with all of them up on the roof but he had that yellow hair on his arms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

TOC was restocking some beef jerky sticks while Lindsey sat on the stool behind the counter reading a celebrity magazine, her bare feet up on the counter beside the cash register. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Rrm curled up on the sofa with the blanket pulled over his head. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

That had kind of sneaked up on her over their journey. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

From up on deck I can see into the port and its surroundings. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In our house, up on my fire escape, my mom used to tell me bedtime stories when I was little. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mail piled up on the table next to my bed. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I could see the gooseflesh come up on her amis, hot as it was. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three days later, with an anguished groan, Herbie chopped his first snake in two: it had been curled up on his sleeping bag, happily snoozing in the glow of his bodily warmth, when he awoke. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without saying anything, Kat curled up on the lilo and I got into bed. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

You saw her being born on the kitchen floor, and I saw a poet being born up on that stage. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

When the shouting begins up on deck, we all fall silent. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He stood up on his bloody foot, boot in hand. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam is sitting up on the bench, the blanket wrapped around her. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Manchee leaps up on my settee and curls himself by my feet. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I could feel a fatal weakness creeping up on me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s wax dripping from the condenser or charcoal built up on a resistor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There is just drying grass with a few dandelions poking up on a summer evening. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to me that I could suddenly blink into nothingness like a crashed computer with not even two years used up on my shelf life. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

With both hands he grabbed the lip of the pilothouse roof and hoisted himself up on the warped bare wood. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Hazel woke up on Monday morning, dread slammed into her like a oncoming truck. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Would Fig be included in the vet’s number of long-lived survivors, or would his picture end up on the bulletin board with his name and a near-future date scribbled underneath? Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. McArdle abruptly propped himself up on one elbow and squashed out his cigarette stub on the glass top of the night table. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

By noon we were both hungry, and we filled up on Gramma’s sandwiches, thick slices of homemade bread with a slab of honey ham between them. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He woke up on the floor with a bleeding nose and exactly the same distressful head symptoms he had been feigning all along. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

After work I went down to the dockside bar where all the whites tanked up on duty-free Heineken. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Fine,” he says, and rings it up on the register. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He put his front feet up on the top board and gazed around. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Even though I didn’t think I’d like empathy it kind of creeps up on you and makes you feel all warm and glowy inside. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remained on the porch, but he leaned forward, his thick arms going up on either side of the door frame. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I am up on my tiptoes, trying to appear a mildly short boy and not a medically tiny alien child. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh. I thought I picked up on something else going on there.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We could have given up on going to church and school, but we did not. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Queen Dot’s Throne started showing up on outhouses all around town. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

That morning Ruth had got a chair behind a desk, and I was sitting up on its lid, with two or three others of our group perched or leaning in nearby. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dodges me, trying to get up on the curb and away. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her right leg is up on the fence. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Run up on me and get done up,” I mutter, and write it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They say it washes up on shore with every tide. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The door gunners on the choppers opened up on the knot of ARVNs behind us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t give up on me,” I say when Mazen shakes his head in disgust. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I’m munching a cookie and gandering around the shed when I notice this big old harpoon up on the shed wall, sort of hiding in the shadows. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands were resting palm up on her lap. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I remember around three o'clock that afternoon I was standing way the hell up on top of Thomsen Hill, right next to this crazy cannon that was in the Revolutionary War and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Instead of pictures hung up on the walls, he had antlers and buffalo horns and a stuffed rabbit head. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I gave up on figuring out why a long time ago. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

To general indignation,a sign went up on all common room notice boards that the next trip into Hogsmeade had been canceled. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then I march that newspaper back to the break room, where I leave it face up on a table, in case anyone’s missed the headline. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It haunted me for more than a month, not the words so much as its desperation, and I resolved finally to take him up on his story suggestion. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking all this made my stomach clench up on me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He walked out of the tent, which was set up on the curve of a narrow dirt road, and was instantly blinded. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I loved them for not giving up on me because charting this unknown territory on a leap of faith at times was paralyzing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Slowly she walked straight to the large gatepost, reared up on it with her front feet, and bawled the most beautiful tree bark I ever heard in my life. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Show him every one of our four rooms, hold him in my lap on the porch swing, and laugh when he tries to stand up on the seat himself while the swing’s moving. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, I’m slow to get up on purpose. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the ninth day after he had gone up on the Ice he was found in their Domain by people of Orhoch Hearth, which lies northeast of Shath. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up on Sunday morning, September 15,1963, and looked out my bedroom window. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was a mountain creeping up on us. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I gather up my long skirts, step up on the footstep, and slide between the two women. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I sat back down and put my feet up on his desk. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I just have to tell her that I took Supreme up on his offer. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It seemed like every kid in town turned up on Valentine’s Hill. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was really very strange that a woman as beautiful and slender and willowy and graceful, a creature as perfectly packaged, as supremely dressed as the Countess should be hung up on teeth that way. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But there was the empty sheet of white cardboard, propped up on the easel, the table-top clear of papers. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Goosebumps rise up on every millimeter of my body. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Usually they just visit the mission—not way down here. Or maybe Father Rico sent someone to check up on us.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I listened real careful to make sure Herman E. Calloway wasn’t sneaking up on me, then I pulled the drawer open. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He lay face up on his thin mattress and listened to the ugly sounds of snoring around him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ignatius got up on the seat and looked out of the rear window. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I already show up on gaydar, even though I don’t clearly show up on my own. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The roof of Special Circumstances had looked flat and featureless from way up on top of the hill. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I’m squeezing lemons for the lemonade stand Zack and I set up on our street corner. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I followed, and we pulled the boat up on the sand. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He would put his hands up on the table, in fact, because he wanted them within her reach. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Thomas leaned back on the bench and put his right foot up on his knee, wondering how Teresa would react to what he was going to say. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I swam slowly, it seemed like a long swim with the high tide, and then pulled up on the raft and sat, dripping, on the boards that were becoming hot in the sun. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

So there I was, holding this trash can underneath the eight bulging asbestos ceiling tiles, and Mr. Vendleri started to push up on one of them with his mallet. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He said it in a low hissing way that told you whatever kind of snake this was, you didn’t want to run up on one! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Says a white shark washed up on the Cape. He’s wondering if you want to watch the biologists cut it open.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

At 8:30 p.m., a group of white toughs met up on a street corner. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He felt blisters popping up on his ankles. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The screen’s camera flickered with laser light, and a green grid sprang up on Shay’s face, a field of tiny squares imposed across the shape of her cheekbones, nose, lips, and forehead. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

You know how hard it is to get back up on the other side before a light turns red again? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Behind them stood a large matronly woman with thick ankles and all the buttons done up on her long overcoat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to be rich to waste time going on escapades at night instead of catching up on precious sleep.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Candice woke up on Saturday morning to the most wonderful smell: frying bacon. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After the town got word of Miss Hilly’s lies, three ladies in a row hung up on me the minute I said my name. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When they saw him follow me up on the shore, Emmett’s friends whooped and laughed. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

And at every point it was riveting: here was a group of eight people up on a stage without a net, creating a play before our eyes. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He climbed up on the cinder block ahead of me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I stand up on my bed and start to reach for the fabric, but I’m too short. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was still up on the highest shelf. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They ate at a table set up on the lawn, savoring Alice’s turtle soup and mutton and devising compliments for the cook, who would never receive them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Just as I’d finished reading it, an instant message window popped up on my display. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Your father,” she said, “went seal hunting in that ridiculous kayak. He has been gone a month this day. He will not be back. Bits of his kayak washed up on the shore.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hug all up on each other, and they kiss. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Then we got the idea to paint all the hoofs yellow, too, and the cows’ horns, and we caught a rooster that was up on the rafters and painted his beak, and toenails. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They slip up on you and are over before you know they have happened. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The cold had snuck up on her so stealthily she didn’t even notice it had invaded her until was too late. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

A child growing up on a farm surrounded by animals would naturally befriend some of them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

How foolish we’d been, picking him up on this lonely country road. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Axel reaches up on the tops of his toes as his dad’s head drops down to meet his own. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He reaches behind him, grabs a rack the size of a shoe box stood up on end. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jordan took out a cigarette, put his feet up on the coffee table, and smiled, looking forward to another day with his little Angel. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I can catch up on my sleep. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tibbets picked up the intercom and said: “Put on your goggles. Place them up on your forehead. When the countdown starts, pull the goggles over your eyes and leave them there until after the flash.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that was how it went for the rest of the week, Genie catching up on his questions either at night or in the morning, after dinner or before chores. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then he located another almost-empty bottle and set it up on the stool and retreated behind the bar, saying “Whenever you’re ready, maestro.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood up on my toes so that I could put my arms around his neck and then pressed my cheek against his leathery face. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen cops had rolled up on Concrete and he was trying to talk his way out of there. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I hike the heavy bags up on my shoulder. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

James pointed to the tuft of hair standing up on the back of his head. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“We have to row, TaShon. Until we see a bridge. An overpass. Something to climb up on. Above the water. Ready?” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Nothing like that, no, don’t get all excited, but maybe if he’d even look like he was suffering a little, they’d let up on us.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Two or three tables are set up on the back patio. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Mom turns up her stereo even louder with her horrible eighties music, and I give up on sleeping. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

If I picked up on it, I knew Carlos did too. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

With a sigh, I curled up on the edge of the bed and slept the soundest sleep of my entire sixteen years. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Sure. I’m really glad you’re taking me up on my offer.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

After a while Nhamo left to check up on the animals. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But Graetz was a great scholar. I read up on him before I started reading his history. He was one of the greatest Jewish scholars of the last century.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I let the rain sneak up on me.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

As I reached the bottom of the alcove, I saw my mother half lying down, half sitting up on the couch, staring at me with wide eyes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Prince Joffrey's mount was a blood bay courser, swift as the wind, and he rode it with reckless abandon, so fast that Sansa was hard-pressed to keep up on her mare. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The sixth man, Samuel Blair, who had been carried out of the shed by the molasses wave, had ended up on the beach close to North End Park. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I stood up, picked up my own backpack, hiked it high up on my shoulder, and faced them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Art Moran was standing with one foot up on a piling, talking to half a dozen fishermen, when Ishmael Chambers arrived that afternoon on the Amity Harbor docks. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The door creaked open and the cat slipped between the doorpost and the door and padded across the room, then up on the windowsill. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He dims his lights and pulls out his laptop, which he sets up on a pile of pillows in front of us. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She gave up on trying to identify shoes and raised her gaze, studying all the people crammed in behind her. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to be all up on Tiffany Watts, giving her the business because even though I was soldier-boy when I was in school, everybody knew I was nice with the moves. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It even creeped up on me and made my rock fishing go real unpleasant for both me and the fish. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Got held up on the train,” said Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The long flowy man comes out, his face flush and his blouse wrinkled into a fret, and he looks as if he’s already given up on the entire project. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It takes all of your momentum and you spend a week wondering how that steal slipped up on you. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The crow’s nest is a small circular tub, high up on the mainmast. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But there's one part of the service where Ma always eases up on acting like a warden. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I prop them carefully up on the shelf. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

About eight weeks later, I heard a sound that erased all traces of resentment: a swishing, watery heartbeat picked up on ultrasound, emanating from the warm cave of my body. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I get up in the big chair and she get up on me and smile, bounce a little. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

On the port rail, Gale the weasel sat up on her haunches, staring at Hazel expectantly. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The curtain went up on the second act before he could explain his meaning. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

My office tilted, and I clung to the arms of my chair for fear of winding up on the carpet. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“I’d take him up on his offer, little redhead,” he said. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the indistinct form of the forty-something Puerto Rican through the screen as he turned in bed and sat up on his mattress. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

When she had to give up on that dream, she fell back on chemistry. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

One verse of “Come Wash,” a verse I had never heard before, which I suspect she made up on the spot. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Father pulled nearly every hair off his head and came close to giving up on a number of occasions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The other kids had history—they’d been in the same class the year before, or soccer league, or Sunday school, or Girl Scouts, or had grown up on the same street. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Looming up on the cobbled wayside came the hulk of Hold-Your-Nose Billy, with Cutwater following as close as a cow's tail. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

He just kept grinning at it, like it was going to stand up on its hind wheels and bark. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

And certainly not with Ellis being woken up on purpose to hear my “news.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I lift my own gun, propping it up on my left shoulder instead of my right. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But something about the way the name looked up on the blackboard intrigued me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I shout excitedly, and I’m sure everyone picks up on the sarcasm in my voice. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And dead, too, of course, but nothing as obvious as burns and a gash, not even blood on her clothes so maybe she’s busted up on the inside. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Before I could ask for another she put the jar up on the top shelf. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could catch Mom up on what was going on and maybe even tell her about Gregor. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t quite sure what to do so I just stayed up on the seat. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood high up on his hind legs and looked west, so that the last of the sun colored his face a creamy brilliant yellow white amid the gloom. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

My dad’s eyes—in the photo the pizza guys had up on the wall, two guys in greasy T-shirts with their arms up around my dad’s shoulders. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The officer received me with his boots up on the desk, chewing a greasy sandwich, badly shaven, with his jacket unbuttoned. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ignatius don’t like novenas neither. I don’t know what that boy likes. Personally, I’m getting kinda fed up on Ignatius, even if he is my own child.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart is still racing and my hands are still shaking from being up on that ledge. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I pictured her sitting in the breakfast nook, legs up on the padded bench, flipping through a Hollywood gossip magazine and sipping coffee out of one of my mother's china cups. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The unicorn reared up on its hind legs, and a blow from one of its sharp hooves sent the pot-maid flying. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s been eight and a halfish hours since she woke up on my belly, climbed out of my bed to put her clothes back on, and left my house at six in the morning. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

That change sneaked up on him, Casteen said, and he had spent a good part of the previous year trying to prevent it from becoming part of his legacy. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He squinted at it, pushing his glasses further up on his freckled nose. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Given Comstock’s numerous contacts among the Osage, the private eyes now took him up on his offer to help. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I washed up on a tiny island, like a seed riding the tide. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Adding, we get 75/2i6 for the probability of exactly one 4 coming up on the three dice, and hence for the probability of your winning $1. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caroline spread the word that the gym would be open early for paper-chaining, and I guess a lot of kids are taking her up on it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

When Miss Leefolt get back, she put her purse up on the table and tsk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Suzanne had felt some pressure from her parents to pursue medicine though eventually gave up on it, finding that it messed with her joy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

On the appointed day, an ominous hive of an inch or so square popped up on the colt’s coat. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I’m dressed, he reappears, towel around his waist, and says, “You never asked me what I was doing up on that ledge.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was a whole clot of Hamiltons growing up on the ranch to the east of King City. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed to come out of a dun-colored recruiting house on the far side, with blue and white "Join the Navy" posters stuck up on billboards round it and all over the inner walls. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I know. Your name popped up on the screen.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I stared out the window of the ambulance thinking back on this just as we came up on Digger’s house. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

In Louisiana, Mom had us climb up on the roof of the car and pull down tuffs of Spanish moss hanging from the tree branches. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t bring her up on the mountain. I’ll be keeping her in Mrs. Strawberry’s empty pigpen.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put an ace up on his scoring rack and piled a two, three and four of diamonds on it. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he was determined to stick around, even if a slot didn’t open up on the roster. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

My uncle and his old stereo and his army of battered CDs lined up on the kitchen counter, two stacks of cooking pots as bookends. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She curled up on her old bed, wishing she had brought her doll Nana with her, but too afraid to go out of the room to get her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hannon says, Up you get, and I climb up on the float like any workingman. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Pacific is my home ocean; I knew it first, grew up on its shore, collected marine animals along the coast. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the center of town, only yards away from the modern buildings made of steel and glass, streets of painters, ceramists, and sculptors had sprung up on the side of a steep hill. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lump of sleeping bag was curled up on one of the benches, its dark form bold against the white fog. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then he put a foot up on the railing and studied the water. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Seashells are lined along every available surface, shells on the sills and on the dresser and jars full of pebbles lined up on the floor, all arranged by some indiscernible system, and here, here! All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But just in case, I come up on the far side of the dock, out of sight from the porch. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And when I wake up on Monday morning, I feel almost too heavy to get out of bed. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But when I went to get a mop I saw something worse—that cat, that fool Pete, up on the kitchen table gorging crabmeat salad. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up on the stairs and looked over the banisters. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Nipper had his foot up on a chair. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jake had gotten up on his own and walked rapidly down the road. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, Messalla is as still as a statue, poised up on the ball of one foot, head tilted back, held captive by the beam. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Cora stood and shook, incredulous, until she heard the train stop and back up on the tracks. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She picked up on the second ring, said: “Hello?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

We rolled with ease down little Daytona and through Caretta, past the minehead there, and then up on War Mountain, where again Jack ordered us off the bus to walk around a particularly treacherous curve. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I climbed up on the stage before the students filed out. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mother had given up on me long before the vice principal did. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

There were no doors, no windows, nothing to hide behind or use to get a leg up on the wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Hot Pie went off and let her alone and Arya curled up on her pallet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, he tacked the sign up on the wall in front of him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled a dog biscuit out of my pocket and held it out so Oscar could jump up on his short little legs to try to get it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Then he swung up on Pumpkin, grasped Seabiscuit’s halter, and led him, bucking and antsy, away from the reporters. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They moved until morning, not stopping until they reached that same stretch of highway that they had picked us up on. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He thought about taking the boy up on his offer, figuring that maybe he was telling the truth. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Soon they came to an old panel truck propped up on cinderblocks. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His dæmon, whatever she was, lay curled up on the floor at his feet. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then ever’body says the big guy oughtta pick somebody his own size, and maybe they gang up on the big guy. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the day before the San Antonio, Smith and Howard put Sonny Workman up on their colt Ariel Cross for a race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lying tangled up on top of each other, they all drank but Nately, who kept groping ineffectually for the door handle. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When he walked, he rocked up on his toes, as if he was trying to fly but couldn’t get off the ground. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When they were stacked up on their rack, they made our room shine. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” Stephanie said, picking up on the uneasiness between Noah and me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

James came over, and they spent Friday evening catching up on the week. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Tally looked around, realizing that she was up on the cliffs, tangled in her sleeping bag. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When I got there, Mama was curled up on the couch with her nose buried in How Stella Got Her Groove Back. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I made my way up on the beach and lay down. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sneaking up on a monster cookout was among the activities she could do without. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She was already up on the other side. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He pushed his glasses back up on his nose. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, yeah. Your mother always slacks up on you when I go overseas. Give me the ones you know.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood up on both feet and began to walk the big beam and everyone below looked so tiny and they were all yelling for me to sit down. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too heartsick to cry, all I want is to curl up on the bed and sleep until we arrive in the Capitol tomorrow morning. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She held it up, the bear was sitting up on his haunches with his paws up, there was a cork in his glass head and a few sticky crystals at the bottom. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

For a moment I wonder what the best way will be to make myself throw up on him when he tries to kill me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Even a white flower opening up on a bush just looks doomed for this world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we can tilt it up on its far edge.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The hair stood up on his neck, but still he held the ndoro and prayed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Johnson got up on one elbow and looked over at him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Lin wouldn’t let up on the needling. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a few weeks later, Stupid Horse’s body washed up on the shores of Benjamin Lake, ten miles away from Turtle Lake. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lizzie also grew up on the reservation in Kansas, where she helped to provide for her family, harvesting corn and hauling wood over distances. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was as if they had made a pact not to give up on us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But up on the peach itself, everyone was still happy and excited. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mercy struggled up on one elbow, her voice eager. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Pa ain’t like Ma, he holds up on his whittling to talk. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

If our nerves cooperated, we could catch up on some of the hand sewing today. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re up on the fifth floor,” he whispered, watching Filch moving away from them, a corridor ahead. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Determined not to let the past creep up on her, she altered her thought at once. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if Horchow did make a recommendation, you might take him up on it or you might not. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that anticipation, and still it had sneaked up on me so simply, so quietly. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

There was a pole up on the stage. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

That means Deb’s mom is backup to pick me up on snow days. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“There’s a sign on that pole, up on the corner,” Chess murmured. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, when they finished their drink, all three of them stood up on me and said they had to get to bed. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They waited until the others gave up on the chase and came back, and then they rode with us to the New York line. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cheers go up on the other side of the gym. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Masson immediately said there was a doctor who spent his Sundays up on the plateau. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Manchee and me get past the school building and up on the little ridge and look north and there it is, the town itself. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Their conversation was easy: she catching him up on all the gossip, he asking about this one and that one, and like everybody else avoiding any reference to her leg. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mini, who had not fallen, got out and up on her feet first. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“So he can sneak up on people,” said Ron. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She pulled up on a Friday evening in a dust-skinned blue rental car from the Billings airport. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

They send a nurse to teach me how to walk with crutches, but when she sees I don’t want to get out of bed, she gives up on me fast. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

While I’m up on the chair, I try to imagine the Asleep is coming. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She ignored it, rearranged her legs quickly, and stood up on her own. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed herself up on her hands, crawled to where Aziza lay on the bed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Neeley, let’s go up on the roof,” said Francie impulsively, “and see how the whole world looks at the beginning of a year.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rooster Jim came roaring up on his motorcycle, flags flying everywhere. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

At last we are allowed up on deck for our first sight of Virginia. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was only, instead, that she was finally his mother and she had not given up on loving him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sixty-five prisoners—murderers, embezzlers, robbers, and forgers— lined up on wooden benches for their injections. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mom was pretty that night, with her sparkly earrings and her long, sandy-colored hair twisted up on her head. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I punched my stomach for cramping up on me like that. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The next thing he knew he was in the dining room of the main house lying face up on the table, his hands tied and a pillow under his head. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had to be forced to do the things girls normally did, and her mother and grandma had finally given up on her. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He climbed up on one of the sinks that had a mirror and pulled down his shirt collar to see what Miss Hennepin had been staring at. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, we ended up on a two-track path that the bus could never have gotten out of if the path didn’t double back on itself. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Doc reached up on a high shelf to grab something; as he did, he nudged aside the box I saw there on our first rootwork lesson, the one that had been full of Devil’s Shoestrings. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“He would never,” I said, getting riled up on Chubs’s behalf. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

To cheer us up on our first day on the road I made jam sandwiches for breakfast and they tasted hopeful. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the bar back up on the rests after only two reps and sat up. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Despite having been squashed against me, the flower unfurled, its petals first shimmering, then glowing with the soft light you get just as the sun's coming up on a clear day. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But as they near his apartment, he leans toward the plexiglass and says to the driver, in Bengali, “It’s that one, up on the right.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed up against a storefront, close enough to Mr. Ebgard to see sweat beaded up on his nose and forehead. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

And just in case he was too out of it to pick up on the subtlety of the smile, I gave him the finger, then left without saying a word. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She couldn't hang, and two hundred meters into the lap, she rigged and fell back, as if her legs locked up on her and she had to pull up or something. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I hobbled into my mother’s room and crawled up on the bed beside her. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The twins were curled up on the double bed on towels spread over a spare sheet. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But then Chameleon slowly unfaded back into view, and I could start panting again, trying to catch up on breathing. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Well, I’d like to go to Mass too, so why don’t you hoist me up on your back and carry me? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s a game we made up on our way back from Idaho. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She jerked back and pushed her glasses up on her nose, registering the way Rishi’s face fell as he backed away too. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He would follow the same rules as everyone else and either show up on time or not come at all. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was the sort of look that made Cady feel lit up on the inside. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Farther up on the green stood a tall brown Victorian house, quiet in the sunlight, all covered with scrolls and rococo, its windows made of blue and pink and yellow and green colored glass. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hates returning in the evenings to a dark, empty house, going to sleep on one side of the bed and waking up on an-other. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at me the same way she had the morning she woke up on Half-Blood Hill, dazed and uncertain. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I'm in as far as my knees when the sea knocks me off balance with a sudden jerk, sneaking up on me like a bully in the schoolyard. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Asked if he had been brushing up on his German, Ebright shot back, “I don’t expect to have to have any knowledge of the language.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He sits up on the bed, holds his chest like he’s pledging allegiance. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Glossy black feathers the length of my forearm fluttered in the wind, and I glared at them, then got up on wobbly legs. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Striding out into the churchyard, Cluny climbed up on the wrecked gatepost. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

By the end of September, snow was piling up on the tundra, and the lake had frozen over. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much later on that night, Bloom suddenly awoke out of a bad dream and discovered that she was up on one elbow staring at him. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, there he was, curled up on the floor beside me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Only, for some reason, something made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I don’t have to give up on Deb, either. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The next morning no one seemed to be out looking for me so I sneaked up on the house fully expecting to find a bloodbath. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He traces his finger along the lines of your latest piece, which is taped up on the wall. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I hop up on the table and wait for him to cure me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I’m going to hang up on you, Jam threatened, laughing. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Then he shrugged and put the sunflower seeds back up on the hook. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Cars lined up on both sides of the road nearly ten houses in either direction. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

As I woke up on the morning of 25 February I was missing you and the children a great deal as always. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then we’d gone into the small six-bed dorms over in the separate huts, and in ours we had a portable cassette player up on the shelf above the radiator. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They caught me on a bogus run they’d put in, sending a stupid hillbilly-lookin’ Indian hopped up on opiates to commission a run. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They would all line up on the far side of the lower field, where it was either muddy or deep crusty ruts. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“The same reason everyone else wants it,” said Hermione, “to read up on the legend of the Chamber of Secrets.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I crawled up on my bed and stroked the hungry Frightful. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had known all the angles, but beneath that surface they were poor, ignorant, untrained black men; life had eased up on them and hyped them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the shore and up on the palisades, warm yellow light poured from the windows of homes and shell houses. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The minute I step outside my door, Warren shows up on my stoop with that smooth smile of his. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Coal wasn’t the only treasure that turned up on the Elizabeths. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I curl up on my side and stare at the patches of moonlight on the cement floor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning after she finished her exercises, she read the paper cover to cover so that she would be up on her current events. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. But I’m telling you, Coach ain’t playing,” Shannon said, flinging his bag up on his shoulder. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

With alarming speed, inches of finished cloth rolled up on the beams at the front of the looms. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Cade was asleep in the lower bunk when I woke up on Saturday morning. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The children claw at him up on his bicycle and he kicks at them, Jesus, will ye get away from me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Stepping up on it, I started scrambling to the top of the snow wall. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He threw up on the steps of the church. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up on my mattress and waited while my father pulled on his overcoat. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She carried the broadax and the feather tick, loaded them on the wagon and then helped Ben and Old Rit up on the seat. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The culprit lay in the flattened path, raised up on his elbows, staring at the damage, guilty. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

When she woke up on her wedding day, Caroline looked drowsy and frazzled, as if she had aged several years since the last time we saw her. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

His feet are propped up on a small ottoman and there’s a teacup sitting on his belly. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He was stronger in those days, and he liked to check up on things personally. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair was caked up on one side with blood or mud like he got chunked there by a rock and never took the time to wash it out. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The old bear roared in frustration and waved at the empty air with his huge paws, then reared up on his hind legs. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

We found her pigging out at an overturned hot dog stand while the owner was curled up on the sidewalk, sucking his thumb. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry for popping up on you like this. I tried calling, but the phone rang and rang.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

How about the old-fashioned kind of art, the kind in museums that turned up on postcards and posters in people’s kitchens, the kind that they’d been talking about in school today? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I had Fern hunt around the floor for the metal letters and put them up on the table where the printing machine once sat. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maddy ran up on him like a maniac, threw her arms around his legs, and tried to lift him! Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t realize this was someone’s spot. I was catching up on some homework before class. Needed a quiet place to work.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I shuttled between meetings with various department heads, worked with the staffs of city commissioners, and was dispatched sometimes to different neighborhoods around Chicago to follow up on personal complaints received by the mayor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Instead he jumped up on Mother’s quilt and prepared to pick apart his breakfast. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re just not used to having a sister,” Maya told her, then sat back in her seat and put her feet up on the dashboard. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Jinny propped herself up on her elbows and watched the girl sink into her pillow at the other end of the bed, watched her eyes close. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“There are too many noises, and they can’t hear a killer slipping up on them. So they stay in their dens, especially possums, because they can’t smell much.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dishes piled up on the table beneath her window, untouched and spoiling, until the servants took them away again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

For a satisfying noise, nothing beat going up on the Coalwood School bridge and throwing pop bottles into the empty coal cars rolling in to the tipple. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around to see her curled up on the couch, her laptop, a mug of tea, and a bunch of papers spread over her lap. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The two of them grunted and groaned over the box, and finally got it up on a dolly, w'here they could push it to the weighing platform. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paganini hopped over to Laney and sat up on his hind legs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He had some dreadful troubles trying to borrow horses from people, and finally ended up on a groom’s hackney, can tering after Galahad as fast as it could go. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bull rose up on shivery legs, and staggered back to the bar, his eyes uncomprehending and dulled with alcohol. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next problem: finding uses for all the animal parts that were ending up on the scrap heap. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Manchee barks again when he sees me, then he hops up on the rock next to her and starts sniffing her. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I grew up on reggae music but had not heard it for a while. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

There were even tunnels that didn’t show up on the map at all. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At some point Elinor nodded off, curled up on the cold floor as if trying to keep herself warm with her own body. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Close up on the stalls he sees that the shapes are tubs, sacks, lumber, wheels, a broken plow, a butter press and a metal trunk. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She raised up on her elbow and looked at me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father said it was done that way so the economic clout of the mining industry would be clear when all the miners showed up on vacation at the same time. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

At first he only told her that he wanted to set her up on a "blind date," but she refused. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

My parents also knew that they had to buoy me up on prom night. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

And surely Kevin would give up on me if I went home without him again—left him here for more long years. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The ground feels extra solid beneath my feet, and a slow smile comes across my face as I bring a spotlight up on Tanasia, who is walking toward the microphone with a guitar. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He would use words a foot long and then slip up on his grammar. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Not picking up on the reaction of the two girls, Addie shrugs and lets out a little puff of air. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The snakes, with a soft hissing sound, were rising up on end and bowing to something behind Jane and Michael. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

We make our way from the bed to the couch, and by noon, we’re dressed and jacked up on Froot Loops. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I might take him up on it after I’ve finished my work at the lab—if there is time. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I am up on the main path now; the lights from the houses are nearer, above me, on either side of me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She turned suddenly and raised up on her tiptoes and bashed her forehead into my nose. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Two others had died in a fall storm and washed up on the mud flats of Lanheedron Island. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

So when a reporter showed up on her doorstep, she began to explain. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Patrick's mugs were clean and neatly lined up on the drainboard. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It pleases me to know that her taboo message made it through, to at least one other person, washed itself up on the wall of my cupboard, was opened and read by me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Newport says he doesn’t want us getting in the sailors’ way up on deck. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The same taxi that took Trotter and the children to the white Baptist church dropped him off on the way and picked him up on the way home. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The Dweeb flipped a switch and the factory floor came up on the monitor in grainy black and white. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It would always find a way inside of the fencing, filling itself up on the fruits of our labor. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I put him up on the changing table and take off the wet one and Lord almighty if there ain’t three tinker toys and one a Miss Leefolt’s bobby pins in there. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Naomi propped herself up on the sofa after dinner and watched Beto try to get Edgar to fetch a bit of pencil as they all listened to a soap opera. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Love you” can slip up on you, sure, but it doesn’t make an in-your-face slam dunk. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The four old people, two at either end of the bed, propped themselves up on their pillows and stared with anxious eyes at the candy bar in Charlie’s hands. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

So small I’m sure it wouldn’t show up on a GPS. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

This was really going to give them a leg up on the others. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

On entering, they found index cards with each student’s name pinned up on the walls around the classroom, with clips fastened below them. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then I’d stab my shovel back in, pull up on the dirt and toss my shovelful over my shoulder again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Later on I’m banging cupboards and stuff, feeling sorry for myself, when Dad wakes up on the couch. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I say to Frank, who is sitting up on the catwalk operating the spotlight, “Frank, that baby is smarter than half of my humanities class. Is this how things have always been?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“All right,” Alex said, terrified that the woman might hang up on him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Barris puts down the blueprint in his hand and turns, pushing his spectacles up on the bridge of his nose to better regard Marco’s expression. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There’s no edge to her, and she’s not trying to hang up on me like she has on recent calls. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Whatever,” she said, sidling up on the other side of Aileen, taking her other arm. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She lay face up on the floor, her head resting on one of the cushions from a chair. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls her handbag up on her shoulder and stands up straighten The smile comes back on her face like a mask. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Now there was the Camaro up on blocks and an old couch pushed against the wall. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, nothing’s coming up on Google or Facebook or Instagram or Tumblr or Snapchat or Twitter or literally anywhere, and I hate this.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Nobody wants to say it, but if you’re black or brown, you’re more likely to end up on their radar, even though Long himself is black. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“They were in the mountain laboratory. The young enthusiastic scientists had all ganged up on that cynical old scientist who didn’t want to help.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Just close your eyes and think about the morning you woke up on your tenth birthday.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

You lie and say yeah, ’cause the last thing you need is he and Dad ganging up on you over a book that’s never gonna get read. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

If I can somehow clamber up on to that shelf, I thought, then I've got it made. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Dad came up on the porch and got a ton of hug? and tears too, then Grandma Sands pulled everybody together. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, a long thing made out of wood. Right. You were up on a ladder?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Billy Clayton rode up on his bike just as I was leaving. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Hell’s teeth, fox. Where’s Fangburn? What the devil do you mean slinking off like that? Get up on your feet and answer me.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

No more worrying about leopards creeping up on her in the forest. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a hurricane blew through, as one had just a year before—tearing off roofs and casting boats up on the shore—everyone suffered at least a little. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Rachel watching us, turning up on the street, calling us up all the time. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would jump up on the table and eat them right out of the bag. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s her lifelong system for catching up on their days when she’s at her busiest. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They stop to wave back at the row of relatives waving madly from the observation deck, little cousins propped up on uncles’ shoulders. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Having forgotten his song and his rope, he just stood there high up on the bank ringing, ringing his bell. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Baron dragged and carried McCormick to a nearby hut, sat him up on a cot, and gave him a large transfusion of blood serum from Africans who had survived Ebola. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the white men sitting up on the stage were all dressed alike, in white uniforms with belts, swords, shoulder fringe, and white flat-topped military hats. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered when my present-day back-home parents would give up on finding me alive. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Jamie’s birthday—March 7—had come up on the second pick. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath through the nostrils and pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

One of the patrols I was on took us so high up on one of those hills that I was above the jungle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go change your clothes and hang that dress up on the clothesline.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Through the living-room curtains, I see five of my uncles lined up on two sofas and a La-Z-Boy, grumbling over the news. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tonni’s up on her feet, hands on her hips, chin thrust out like a dare. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Two weeks to the day after waking up on my brother’s bedroom floor, I knocked quickly and nervously on Alma Ember’s front door. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

A steamship appears, and up on deck a lifeboat is curiously rocking; but then the boat docks, stern first, and we’re up on dry land again, where the film unspools, back at the beginning . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He refused to go up on deck to get fresh air. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Every morning she wakes up on her back, her arms and legs spread, the cover sheet on the floor. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

After losing our way several times, Da gave up on the map and began asking people on the street for directions. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Grace is a wreck before the curtain goes up on opening night. Talk about someone who could probably use some self-care right now!” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Come on up on the bed, Charley. Let’s be miserable together.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down the street, as the night lit up in sudden flashes of red and yellow, an exhausted Fariba had propped herself up on her elbows. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Night was cold up on the high ridge. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A lot of people gave up on Newark, and the city became synonymous with urban decay, unemployment, and poverty. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He hung his hat up on a nail and grinned. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We call it walking high, and even if we haven't been going on any dangerous quests lately, so the Fair Gwen won't have to throw a fit, Freak hasn't exactly given up on slaying dragons. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

There's a men's room up on five, and I'm betting it's empty. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the men and boys and women that were left in Hooverville were bunched up on one side and the cops were on the other. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then I drew my knees to my chest, laid my head on my arms and cried, all huddled up on the bare floor. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He pulls out the empty chair to her left and stands up on it, beginning to tune his guitar. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Willie stacked some of the chairs up on the tables and mopped at the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I said, as I tried to nonchalantly put the ingredients up on the counter. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His burned hand was stiffening up on him, and soon it began to ache. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I got up on the seat and almost bowled Uncle over. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tuck myself behind the giant cardboard cutout of Harry Potter saying, “Read!” that Mr. Herd has set up on the side of the entrance. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The man who filled drink orders from behind the bar would let him sit up on the counter and practice his magic tricks, and gave Kaz all the hot chocolate he could drink. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then he heaved the huge carcass up on his back and carried it into Mycenae. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

By fifth grade, I gave up on friends. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Miig was the first one to the cart, where Minerva had propped herself up on her knees, her eyes wide. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“You and Baba are ganging up on us about this.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Where was I when he was climbing up on the sign and painting it, leaving an offering, finishing our project? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Look what they did after World War II,” he said, getting up on one elbow. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was okay to rush up on ’em now that Pa and Emma had settled ’em down some. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Emily Sue sat down in front of me and put her arm up on the seat, looking over it at me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What? You think I don’t know soul music? I grew up on this stuff, honey!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Today’s a half day, and I was shocked when Mama picked me up on time. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

But as I put one foot up on the axle to climb in, I decided I might as well stay out with the fellers instead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I hear it hit pavement somewhere not far up on Jonagold Path. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She had folded them together and settled them high up on her lap. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

As is so often the case in music’s rich history, the most original, daring and influential works - Beethoven’s Eroica symphony, Richard Strauss’s Salome - are ones that creep up on the world, apparently out of nowhere. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Matt curled up on the floor of the passage. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d given up on her work because it had gotten hard and she didn’t want to keep going. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Because he'd been away from his office for several days, he had to spend a busy week catching up on presidential duties. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We eat cans of Habitant pea soup, heated up on the two-burner stove in a dented pot, and slices of bread spread with molasses, and hunks of cheese. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Frank had been sure his godly parent would speak up on his sixteenth birthday, which had passed two weeks ago. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I ended up throwing a bunch of them at some bottles I set up on a fence. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Then you go get her, Holling. The car keys are up on my dresser.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Though,” Clancy said after a moment, sitting down next to me and kicking his legs up on the desk. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Surrounded by a large crowd of refugees, we line up on the pier in single file waiting to be registered. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls climbed up on the rails and walked along on them and the soldiers put their arms around the plump waists to keep them from falling. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius asked, noticing for the first time the man standing up on the porch. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel had never thought of it as actual smoke, but as she watched it curling around Arion’s legs, floating through the broken arches of the ruined courtyard, the hairs stood up on her arms. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Now the hour was coming up on four bells, and the crowds were still thick outside the club. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Winn-Dixie hopped up on the bed, and the preacher got up and turned out the light. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the last few hours, Annabeth had shivered, sweated, whimpered, and blinked back so many tears that her body simply gave up on being scared. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He put both his elbows up on the table and leaned down to look directly at my face. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Ranofer sat straight up on his mat and stared into the dark. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Here I’m gonna have to go up on that stage alone. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I kept picking up on a data string that Angela repeatedly imported from a cutters’ chat room. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

After tossing and turning a bunch of times I gave up on the whole sleep thing and sat up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It mattered every time a woman of color showed up on the cover of a magazine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I pulled the canoe up on the beach, which was wet but steaming from the sun. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted nothing more than to curl up on a pile of leaves and rest, just for a few hours. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

My ear muffs slipped down a little and Connor pushed them back up on my head. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When I get into my room, I curl up on my mattress and shut my eyes tight. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then, exhaling smoke, he put the cigarette up on the frosted-glass ledge where the old, dead cigarette was, and assumed a slightly more relaxed stance. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Lenny stooped, and Doreen went flying up on to his shoulder, and her glass sailed out of her hand in a long, wide arc and fetched up against the pine paneling with a silly tinkle. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The dog props its paws up on my knees and licks my chin. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I walked around the corner, past the Aguileras’ house, and cut across two empty lots, where I got the left leg of my jeans tangled up on some bramble weeds. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I hang up on him and follow Holly into the bathroom to take my stand. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing Shin curled up on the floor of his cell, a guard shouted in the prison hallway, “That little runt is really tough.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Don’t do this, okay? Don’t give up on me. I’m not going anywhere.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She glanced back at her brother, who was creeping up on a small group of hovering fairies. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The door isn’t even finished closing when a notification pops up on his phone. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Occasionally I fell asleep in it after school, curled up on the couch. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Miss Thomas said, “Bud, we’d just about given up on you. Do you usually sleep until after noon?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Pop Pop’s good leg is propped up on the couch, while his World War II one dangles off the edge. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

That, more than anything, is why he let them stay up on the roof. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

In June, an escort officer up on T-and-Y had marched with a law enforce-ment contingent in New York City’s annual Puerto Rico Day parade. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Mr. Lias walked to the back of the buggy to get out the mail, Pink and I went up on the porch. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The first traces of dawn had crept up on them, and Thomas could see every detail of Newt’s face, his skin tight, his brow creased. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I prop myself up on my elbows and look down. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It swelled like a tumor jacked up on steroids, burning through a haze so white it glared. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

And then Furlough stood up on his hind legs and placed his right paw over his heart. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

A big wooden cross hung high up on the back wall, surrounded by the usual, big stained-glass windows. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

All of this is seen by two teens up on some ledge, on a road called Lovers’ Lane. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They rode their own forebear or doubled or tripled up on someone else’s. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I got me a fine boy that you can see up on the store street selling flower to the folk that come downtown.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She raised up on tiptoe and gave me a cool, soft kiss that tasted of Popsicles. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He could throw up on the Jfoor in his house and no one was allowed to say a word to him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Papa was almost hidden in their dust cloud, I could clearly make out the men that was up on horseback. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know what it’s like to have people gang up on you. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

She wrapped a long black nightgown around her legs as she sat up on a pile of dirty sheets. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It was reared all the way up on its huge hind legs, shorter forelimbs pawing idly against the wood planks. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I figured Roy Lee would get up and walk out rather than belong to anything with Quentin in it, but instead he sat up on the bed and rubbed his chin thoughtfully. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah, yeah,” he said, and then got up on his knees and began to bark at Prince Terrien. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I might have to give up on practical. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

So Hazel took both slippers and folded them in her arms with the teddy bear and curled back up on the bed. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He marched backward because he was continuously spinning around as he walked to make certain no one was sneaking up on him from behind. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

More than Dri and me, he picked up on any little shift in someone’s emotional state and magnified it. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t sneak up on people like that,” I say. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

What Seven did know was that she had never given up on anything before—that she was smart, she was capable, and, no matter what was thrown her way, Seven was ready. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Ease up on the clutch,” he told me, but I had no idea what that meant. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Very slowly the Husky Clipper slipped past Columbia and began to creep up on Navy in second. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay. But the weather is ugly, and I woke up with a migraine. Plus, Penny is sick, and Butterscotch threw up on the carpet. I had to put her in the basement.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Captain Smith is looking a little better today—he is up on his own, and so I will not need to bring him breakfast. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He felt so small here, puked up on a remote forgotten shore and left to die. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

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

I hear Mom speeding up on the treadmill in the den. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

By the time she got up on deck, the others had already gathered—all hastily dressed except for Coach Hedge, who had pulled the night watch. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At the same time, we did not want to give up on the important public policies and activities that brought the ANC attention and mass support. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two hundred or so patients are lined up on straw mats or cots on the floor, their cries echoing off the cold stone walls. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He let the bow slide up on the soil, and the canoe came to rest. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Webb’s right next to me with one foot up on the end of the bench and his arm draped across his knee. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She worried that easing up on their demands during the war would cause women to lose ground and forfeit the modest gains they had won. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

There was perhaps some discontent or unease also in Ogion's mind, for he had spent all summer and autumn alone up on the mountain, and only now near Sunreturn was come back to his hearthside. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I spend a lot of time up on that hill, and I’ve never seen any sign of a grave or anything.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“She can’t be going far,” I say as we step up on a large doorstep of rock and into the cabin. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went bade to die fallen trees and found more dead limbs, carrying them up on the rock until he had enough for a bonfire. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

A life-sized Nativity scene has been set up on the lawn below the towering statue of El Jefe on his horse. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The king sat by the central fireplace, hunched up on a carven stool by the table. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes welled up on the word heart. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Seriously,” he said, giving up on the show of courage. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He saw the engine rooms and the boiler rooms, and wound up on the third-class recreation deck. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

As we started back to the house, I begged her, “Ma’am, don’t give up on him. Like Doc said, he’s strong. He’s go’n get well. Hear?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

If he needed to actually know anything important, he could look it up on his phone. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Kingston puts his paws up on the back door, looks sadly in the window at Garrett, whose eyes are clouding with tears. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was something up on the back wall behind the ruined stage. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

When he'd led us into the locker room, he’d jumped up on one of the benches and huddled the rest of us around him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We were using charcoal, and because someone had commandeered all the easels, we were having to work with our boards propped up on our laps. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Dimarion and the Crux showed up on the horizon that morning, well, the smart thing would have been to run. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s strange,” I say to Day later, as we both curl up on the floor. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck, but I forced myself to keep walking and pretend I was being a good little captive. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe Piper was just picking up on Annabeth’s uneasiness, but she started to feel agitated as well. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

So Eric had to stand up on the banister to see, and Johnny just pushed him out the window. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen I picked my backpack up, slipping one arm through one of the straps and bounced it up on my shoulder. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Okay, here's how you're spending your suspension. We got us three hours before practice. We're going to use this time to get you caught up on the way all this goes." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Stand up on your feet, soldiers,” the corporal said. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Kaisa propped herself up on her elbow so that she was facing her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we ever do get up on the Ice, will we have food enough left to take us across it? The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He came over, dropped the steak just a few feet away from me, and climbed up on my shoulders. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

And the next day, I played a game with myself, seeing if my mother would give up on me before eight bellows. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined trying to eat a sandwich like that in the bathroom, everything ending up on the gross floor except a single slice of mayonnaise-y bread I still managed to hold in my toes. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Both Kalinda and I dive through the hole, scratching ourselves up on the rocks and getting my shirt and skirt caked with dirt. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“The fact that you couldn’t save your sister’s life, but you were able to save the life of this boy, Theodore Finch ...” I hang up on her. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

An office envelope with my name stood propped up on it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But all I do is look over at the two papers I have tacked up on the wall here in the upstairs room. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The horse had spent most of his career in the claiming or cheap allowance ranks, and the most accomplished trainer in America had given up on him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope they don’t call to check up on me, but even if they do, we’ll hopefully be long gone by then. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

At worst, I’d end up on the horns and expelled for Conduct Unbecoming a Member of the Arcanum. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather die up on the Ice than in that cesspool you got me out of.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I never really gave up on you,” she said. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The rest of the women were checked next, then the men, who had been brought up on deck, were examined as well. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why—have I finally shown up on some tabloid?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“What the hell are you doing, sneaking up on me like that?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

My mother ordered Mother’s Pizza for us and had Spoony pick it up on his way in. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was a white enamel tub up on legs, and we filled it with water from the garden hose. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dew turned up on grass tips again, compliments of the night; dogs dared to bark; flocks of hummingbirds returned to Onofre Martinez’s gingerbread kingdom; life returned to normal. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d seen it a hundred times, but we took our shoes off, put our feet up on the coffee table in the living room, and enjoyed the heck out of seeing it again. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Master and Madam both filled up on the onion pie and hardly touched the fresh-baked bread. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand went up on his hip, right to the gun that sat in its holster. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

April herself led the procession; and when they had gone twice around the yard, she lined everyone up on the edge of the temple. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amid tins of talc and boxes of bobby pins she would curl up on the floor of the storage room, speaking in non sequiturs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I start to open the door but it’s the same lost look on the Senator’s face as the one Stuart had when he showed up on my parents’ porch. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Håkon curled up on himself, tucking his nose inside his coils. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Cal’s coxswain, Grover Clark, glanced across the river and, for the first time since he’d left it behind at the starting line, he saw the Washington boat, sweeping up on his stern. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then she throws her paws up on the knight until he laughs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

While he was taking them over to a trash barrel, Chester jumped up on the shelf. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mistress of the stores brought up provisions of bread and wine, with victuals fit for kings, and Telemakhos stepped up on the painted car. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mountains rose up on her right, tall enough that snow capped their tops even in the early autumn chill. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When they did steal, none of the loot ever showed up on the black market. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I hung up on you? And I was a jerk? But you’re here.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She hops further, and further, and then, with a little flutter, up on to fee monkey’s hand. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, I’d picked up on the simple, encouraging correlation between how long I practiced and how much I achieved. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Had his offer to meet his mother come any earlier this year, there wasn’t an ice cube’s chance in hell I would’ve taken him up on it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The words were barely spoken, when a hawk, Apollo’s courier, flew up on the right, clutching a dove and plucking her—so feathers floated down to the ground between Telemakhos and the moored cutter. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seal stepped around them and leaped up on the fence to groom herself. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

Margo put her feet up on the dashboard and wiggled her toes to the cadence of her speaking. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Blore's thoughts were cut short—He sat up on the bed, suddenly alert. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

A mason with trowel and bucket awaits the king, up on the scaffolding; all the other workmen descend by rope ladders, like a swarm of fleas. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

A run of flounder meant that a school of the tasty fish had come into shore far closer than usual; the waves even tossed fish right up on the beach. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The hair stood up on the back of my neck as I vainly looked among the branches and into the tangled undergrowth all around. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

After fifteen minutes, those of us who do not suffer the sickness were admitted up on the quarterdeck with our muskets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I also asked her why she let that Bully Kid beat up on other kids. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cat flipped himself over and stood up on his little white feet. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

With a deep breath I caught everyone up on my dire situation. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

A bunch of the younger men were up on top of the church-schoolhouse patching the roof with palm leaves. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair sticks up on one side from where he slept on it, and his eyes are bloodshot. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then, from high up on the top of the cloud, the faraway voice came down to them once again, this time very loud and clear. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Southside shops were featuring feeble wreaths and lights, made more feeble by the tacky Yuletide streamers and bells the city had strung up on the lampposts. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he gave up on stealth and simply shouted. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And he was still thoughtful that night at the windowsill, his head on a cushion, feet propped up on his mother’s sofa, smoking in the dark. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He took Edward off his shoulder and stood him up on the floor and held on to his hands and made him take a deep bow in the direction of Nellie. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

He put one foot up on the window seat. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

With my luck it could only be Judy Poovey, trying to hit up on me as she inevitably did about this time every Friday night. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The pavement is smooth and pale, nothing like the patch-riddled street I grew up on. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I thought, This is the way Our Lady came washing up on the river near Charleston. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All the more reason for us to rise up on the inside.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The police officer who’d picked them up on the river—a man named Winya, with a round belly and a thin mustache—had marched them through the quiet jasmine-lined walkways with hardly a word. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

As I look at the clouds, ice crystals build up on my window, and my eyes become heavy with fatigue. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then I just lay curled up on the bed, stroking the silken sheets, watching the sun set over the artificial candy Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In late morning, the Nesci Brothers Circus train pulls up on a siding next to ours. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A frigid sweat beaded up on William’s forehead and under his arms. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I’ve seen fifteen alone on Island Center Road and a dozen more up on Mill Run. It’ll take me three days just to get to ’em.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Besides,” said the doctor, “this would have shown up on him since he was little, most likely, every time he came near a pizza.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of dudes from wrestling rolled up on me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

People awoke in the mornings to find their eyebrows caked with mud, and somehow brown crud deposits turned up on toothbrushes and in refrigerator ice cubes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Masuku would eventually look up and say, “Stop sneaking up on me! You made me break a slide!” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother packed it for me. But that’s a good idea—we should find an Indian grocer. Stock up on some of our favorite snacks to energize us while we write.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He lets up on one of my hands for a second while he’s yelling for the other kid to hurry up. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Jess will be sitting w ith her feet up on the table out on the terrace, a glass of wine in her hand, Jason standing behind her, his hands on her shoulders. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though Frenchy’s concepts of reducing were in some cases medieval, they were generally safer than those the jockeys dreamed up on their own, so Woolf probably benefited as a result. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow Id ended up on my back, because I found myself staring straight up at all the junk floating in the sky. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

At 11 A.M., a blustery Neanderthal named Melman showed up on the floor to help with the count. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting on the windowsill in Fred and George’s room with her feet up on one of the cardboard boxes and had only grudgingly looked up from her new copy of Advanced Rune Translation. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

His grandfather—Toby had only met the man a handful of times before he ended up on the wrong side of a knife in a bar in Startown—had taken his chances in Nashville. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Baby Kochamma’s fear lay rolled up on the car floor like a damp, clammy cheroot. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Catch it then, you idiots!" screamed The Grand High Witch from up on the platform. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She adjusts her glasses up on her face and swings her backpack onto her lap. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But here’s the thing: I was used to falling on my Tkatchev and having my coach put me back up on the bar. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I held on by instinct and shouted “Hey!” to Estraven to slow him down, thinking he had speeded up on a smooth patch. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And please don’t throw up on this couch and give Darius a reason to hate me more.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They had grown up on farms in Kansas, twenty miles apart as the crow flies, but had not known each other as children. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seema’s hand seemed to shrivel, and she straightened up, giving up on cookie retrieval completely. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“So you’ll have to take a boat. Crocodile Guts’s boat was pulled up on a sandbank when he died. I doubt whether anyone has disturbed it.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could get around with my legs off—either by crawling or lifting myself up on my arms and swinging the rest of my body underneath me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

‘Yes . Orion’s gaze became unfocused. Reyna could tell, because the laser targets disappeared from her chest. ‘I ended up on Delos, where I met Artemis. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There was a series of clicks, and the tiles began folding up on themselves and retracting into the floor, opening up like an origami trapdoor. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I put the money up on the counter. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I had tried plenty of cholent since washing up on Maxwell Street, and no matter the difference in taste or ingredients, it always reminded me of Shabbos mornings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

All of them—even Hushpuppy—filled up on the sweet fruit as they crouched as far from the road as they could. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be easy to find her way back to the castle, she reasoned, because she could see it up on the hill, and she just had to keep heading that way. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They're going to drop off my grandfather and me at the movie theater, grab dinner, and pick us up on the way home. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The kitten stretches up on its hind legs with a soft mew and licks Poppet’s fingers before turning its attention to Chandresh. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As he hung them up on their hooks by the door, Sasha’s comment came back to him. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“We designed them that way so that the PSFs wouldn’t be able to accidentally pick up on a signal being transmitted from them. I promise, you’re in control here, Ruby.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

James pointed to the tuft of hair standing up on the back of his head. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I was in high school when Kennedy’s picture went up on the wall. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Angel spit up on my shirt right when I was headed out the door. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, a chat pops up on my screen. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She stands up on her tiptoes, her hands resting atop the makeshift cubicle’s walls. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I hate not getting to talk directly! popped up on the screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

If she lifted up on her elbow she could see the rolling fields beyond the margin of the tiny town, and beyond the hills, the mountains dark and strong. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

There are nine perfect yogurt containers lined up on the refrigerator shelf. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

As Taran hunched along, other galleries opened up on either side. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Look it up on that mobile device of yours.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Herrod had been up on the South Col from the evening of May 9 through May 12. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Arya climbed up on the window and sat beside him, to a chorus of thuds and grunts from the yard below. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ren leans back in his chair and props his feet up on the desk. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“That one showed up on my father’s AmEx statement as food/bev.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He puts his foot up on the end of the picnic bench and drapes his arm across his knee. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I grew up on a little farm in Kentucky. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a flash, everybody was up on top. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Just hopped up on his bunk, linked his fingers behind his head and stared at the paint-chipped ceiling. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He’s picked up on the idea of things rushing past us. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He took her out to the barns, helped her up on the backs of the horses, and watched her ride. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We heard them piling boulders up on the other side. They’ve decided to ignore the outside world for a while.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Kendra placed the mirror face up on a lounge chair and backed away. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I fully believe that I will end up on the train again, to be unloaded at the next town, paraded with the remaining children, and shuttled back on the train. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her moths were still here, up on the ceiling beams, and the night wasn’t over. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Simone, if you don’t get back up on this beam in ten seconds, I’m going to add another routine!” she yelled while I was still in the bathroom. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We sped up the river, the cliffs looming up on either side of us. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to hang up on you or anything,” she said. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was alone and had to stop the thinking before panic blew up on him and he lost control. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You might want to brush up on your jousting skills,” I said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Arturo shook his head as if he were giving up on trying to understand me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And he said, “‘He’s a rural guy and grew up on a farm. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Celia’s kitchen door was in constant use, but it swelled up on damp days and then you had to force it open with your shoulder. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Yeah. I guess I would. Every time the doorbell or the phone rings, every time anybody steps up on the porch, something in the back of my mind thinks about that man.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was barely room for all four of us up on the log. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s time to give up on this idea,” I said with a sigh. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Father gritted his jaw and levered himself up on his hands. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Most of them had known Carl Heine, a salmon gill- netter with a wife and three children, who was buried now in the Lutheran cemetery up on Indian Knob Hill. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Two late-'70s Ford sedans were parked in the driveway, one of them up on cinder blocks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He had to get fire up on the bluff and signal to them, get fire and smoke up. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get up on my knees and reach for the zipper. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He continued on, though, hoping he’d see some name posted up on a mailbox or near a front door. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Baba yelled, not giving up on the handle. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Jess Squirrel, aided by Silent Sam, maneuvered the barrel up on to the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I might have curled up on the ground like a Muselmann and never gotten up again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mariam sat up on the bed and crossed her legs, pulled the blanket on her lap. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Because I’m interested. Have you given up on your art stuff?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A man in a tuxedo came up on the screen and started telling jokes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I have someone to sit with—that counts as a step up on the ladder of social acceptability. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

We play together on my mama’s bed, and later I get strong enough to pull up on the door ledge, and I pull Lally up, too. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he’d have somebody smaller than him to beat up on? Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning we were herded back to our own yard, into our house, where Mami was propped up on pillows nursing our new baby sister, and Papi, in the kitchen, installed a kerosene cookstove. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When the survivors of the McKinley debacle showed up on the south side of Everest in 1996, Makalu Gau was again their leader. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You better watch your step, young man, or you’ll end up on the gallows.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told us this was our chance to speak up on the tragic things that have happened to us in our lives. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Lovely. Well, I hate to end our time together, but I have quite a bit of work to catch up on,” he says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He stumbled up on shore and dumped his load of blankets. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Another time when Stevie wasn't paying attention, Marcus and the boys ran up on him and threw a cup of water all over the front of his pants. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The urgency with which his followers were clamoring to get into the open aisle also seemed exaggerated somehow, like they were all hopped up on some kind of drug. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"Look! We've killed a pig we stole up on them we got in a circle." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

One had a car up on blocks right on the front lawn. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A thousand questions about who and what I am bubble up on my tongue, even though I know there isn't the time to answer them. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

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

And there she lay, as he had seen her lie so many other times, propped up on the pillows, with a thin, pale face that would make you cry to look at it. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“They’re probably afraid that Marine kids would whip up on Air Force kids.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Propping herself up on her elbow, she begs us to help her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are so many of them, everyone lined up on stretchers, one after another. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“You said you were going to cook up a feast, didn’t you? So go get cooking. Ampai’s got a lot to catch up on from being gone so long.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He ran up on me and waited a second for his breathing to catch up to him then said, “They bringing...Mr. Highgate in...from Windsor...on a wagon!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He paced back and forth, guarding the door with wide swishes of a brush tail; he jumped up on Helen and Theresa as they tried to dodge by with grocery bags. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rolls off the bed and flips it, resetting the needle, and the second side picks up on “London Luck, & Love.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he spotted the British troops formed up on the training ground. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was lined up on the auditorium stage, everyone’s hair looked great, and everyone was smiling. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loading up on free wood was like gathering manna from heaven, and how could a person be completely cynical about that? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a stack of freight invoices that had piled up on my desk, and I had to go through them all. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

But I was hung up on the idea that our relatives still wanted us. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we’d pull over and go up to the wall, and she’d put me up on her shoulders like I was a little periscope. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“First thing I did was brush up on all the contemporary music. It’s so exciting, all the new music.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Let's get up on the stage,” I whispered. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The way it had me mashed up ’gainst it I could feel its heart flopping ’round in its chest like a fish that had got throwed up on the land. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Lady Seymour was lying propped up on pillows in her bed. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z