“Look, I can’t talk about this anymore. I honestly don’t think my heart can take it. Shall we go upstairs and tell the others your decision?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Our colleagues upstairs will teach them to love it.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

LeAlan: I just went upstairs, started talking and laughing and everything was straight. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bad part is we are kind of stuck in the room upstairs again. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs, and for a long time I look at myself in the bathroom mirror, and I actually disappear before my eyes. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Each push makes a series of loud clopping sounds, as if there’s a dancing horse upstairs. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

When I get home from the office that night, I rush through the door and upstairs to my room. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“She’s upstairs getting yelled at by her parents. But, like, how long does that lecture last? I mean, what do you say? ‘You shouldn’t screw Margo’s boyfriend in the basement.’ Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

"I think it's Brenda upstairs. Go ahead up there and ask if you can have some." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Now John finally rises to go upstairs, teetering a little, pulling his robe tightly around him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waved from across the room as he thanked my parents again, and, once I saw him walking toward the living room, I went upstairs. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“What do you want with him? He’s upstairs, I think, in the Lyceum.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I ran upstairs, wondering whether or not I should jump out the window so I wouldn’t have to see her again on my way down. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Some of her paintings hang in the upstairs hall, greenish paintings of flowers, of lawns, of bottles and vases. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Mu are my knight, ” she said to him, “with a shining needle. And I am so glad that you found me. Let’s go upstairs. Let’s eat some soup. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The boys would roll out their sleeping bags in the Children’s Room, just off the rotunda; the girls would be upstairs on the third floor in the Board Room. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Imagine that at the same time the rat steps from the dungeon and into the castle, a mouse is being born upstairs, a mouse, reader, who is destined to meet the light-bedazzled rat. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes his mother will come upstairs to find him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d go upstairs and drop the pillowcase I kept my dinosaurs in out of the window. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gets me my drink du jour—water—introduces me to her children, and explains that it’s her husband’s day off, which he is spending upstairs in bed. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, Yoyo watched him from the upstairs hall window, where she'd retreated the minute she heard his car pull up in front of the house. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

That fear and sadness stayed with her as she limped la-boriously upstairs and Thomas urged her to explain what was wrong. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Mama, dear,” she’d say, "are you sure that shawl is warm enough? Let me run upstairs and get you another.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s too close upstairs and frightfully hot in the day.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just stood there staring at him, and then turned and took her petticoats back upstairs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The Nazi officers and instructors ate in their own dining room and slept upstairs, where there were several more rooms. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Then he felt weary; if something had really happened it would be very unpleasant upstairs now, and he did not want to face it. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

‘Look here, girl. You go upstairs and you put some clothes on.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took them upstairs and locked myself in the bathroom. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The pan was full, so I dashed upstairs, where the rest of the family was hulling strawberries around the kitchen table. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I head upstairs and am surprised when the rest of the group follows me. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Against his protests, I tuck Riot beneath my arm and stand to go upstairs. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Cecilia, singing harmoniously as she went, filled all three tubs in the upstairs bathrooms with bubbles. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She’d been working upstairs with a blanket over her knees and a little naphtha stove at her feet, so she hadn’t lit the sitting room fire all day and it felt chilly in there. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She had to decide which way to go: upstairs, downstairs, or down the opposite hall to the other side of the house? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

So I said I would go with her to the hospital, and I went upstairs to pull on a pair of pants. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So instead of sloping off upstairs I went into the living room to watch Tomorrow's World on TV. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

As they started to greet one another, Esperanza darted inside, making sure they could get the space upstairs before anyone else claimed it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dicey filled a bucket with water and ammonia and took Sammy upstairs with her to wash windows. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You feel a little feverish. Go tell Grace you’re to have your dinner upstairs. Then you’re to go straight to bed. I’ll be up later. Go on, now, please. Take these with you.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He was about to go back upstairs when Uncle Vernon actually spoke. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Dad comes down and drags the bag upstairs to Italy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He’d copied the yard and house perfectly: the uneven wooden fence, the listing palm trees, the open scuttle window upstairs. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a small area upstairs with four chairs slung low to the floor and a square coffee table. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

They’d hold two services at the same time, one in the big church upstairs and one downstairs, that’s how crowded it was. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crept upstairs again and into Joe’s room, but he was still asleep. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

As I went upstairs and knocked on the brown door after breakfast, I didn’t even feel frightened of the Matron. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chess wanted to call out to her, Hey, who said you were allowed to go upstairs? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They were a weight straining against her arm until she got home, and she took them straight upstairs to her mother’s studio. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

My sister Kathy and I lay upstairs and listened, and through what seemed to be a fog, I heard my older brother Richie telling Mommy, “It’s all right, Ma. It’s all right.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is there something we can use as a small stretcher? I don’t want to hurt him worse by carrying him upstairs myself.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

After we get back upstairs, the glum ambulance men drop me in my bed like a sack of potatoes. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Her upstairs neighbor, the one with the tattoos, promised to feed her cat. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We made our way upstairs to the apartment. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We were upstairs in Baba’s study, the smoking room, when I told him what Mullah Fatiullah Khan had taught us in class. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Granddad often closed them in upstairs while Clairmont was empty, or at night. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“So who was that?” my mom asked the minute she saw me heading back upstairs, no doubt looking like I’d just been lobotomized or something. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But just then he heard Finn shout from upstairs: “Chess! Emma! Get up here now!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

There’s some shuffling around upstairs, then she opens the panel. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I ran upstairs to grab polish remover out my kit. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I ate what I could, and then I hastened upstairs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Coraline walked up the stairs outside the building to the topmost flat, where, in her world, the crazy old man upstairs lived. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He hurried upstairs to the door and thrust the torch into the wall bracket beside it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Waiting for her to get off the phone so I can sweep the upstairs.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

As I stood in the basement ironing, with the girls sound asleep upstairs, I continued to pray. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

With the upstairs apartment she had been less successful. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A rusted tin sand pail was being lowered, and once it reached her, the window upstairs shut. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A man at the information booth tells him to wait upstairs, in an area filled with round tables, where people sit eating their lunch. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm left the clean glasses on the bar and turned to go upstairs. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Back upstairs, Mom is in the living room dragging the couch away from the wall. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I found her in her bedroom upstairs, sitting in a rocking chair nursing Campbell Junior. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Laney set Paganini’s carrier on the doormat, then carried the little tree upstairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When Pearl finally came upstairs—smelling of smoke and alcohol and something Mia was fairly certain was weed—she had not known what to say. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every other house I ever saw, you had to go upstairs to a bedroom. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The camera then follows me upstairs, in our old house, to show the viewers my neat room in contrast to Muhammad’s mess. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She came two steps at a time upstairs, and pushed aside Jim—groggy with sleep and wondering what all the commotion was about. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner, while the others played cards with Ida and Victor, Prosper went upstairs. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the staff took a special shine to my mother, stopping in to catch up with her upstairs in the solarium. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but Soraya jan is upstairs in her room. She wants to talk to you first.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She glared at the ceiling as if she could beam lasers from her eyes and decimate the upstairs occupant. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Someone was running a bath upstairs, the water ran loudly. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We will just borrow the bottom part from the man who lives upstairs. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then Sor Milagros, who was in charge of the tens through twelves, took our smaller group upstairs into the dormitory hall we would share. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels unreal to have him here, in my bed, upstairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We kids were downstairs lying in our boxes, listening to them fighting upstairs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Later she would learn that Pauline’s studio was upstairs, that she never hung anything because when she wasn’t working, she wanted the white space. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When we left the dining-room, she proposed to show me over the rest of the house; and I followed her upstairs and downstairs, admiring as I went; for all was well arranged and handsome. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She opened her mouth to speak just as she heard Lena’s voice behind her, yelling from an upstairs window. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Playing games with those two tramps from upstairs.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back upstairs, I suddenly realized that in my haste at leaving the DiAngelos’, I hadn’t put a single thing away. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I have to step over Donna to get upstairs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I went back upstairs and rolled up in the blankets. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He went upstairs where Al Gaines was listening to the radio. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dashed upstairs and chose a key ring Uncle Brian gave me one time, of a rabbit in a black bow tie. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Now Lauren was crying in that terrible way she always did, but Maya was already turning on her heel and running upstairs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I get up and go upstairs, knowing that this is the last thing that I should do. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Go upstairs and lie down and rest your two eyes or it’s a blind man you’ll be. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Afterwards the girls ran upstairs to Diane's room, and Aunt Dorothy and Aunt Pearl cleared the table and went into the kitchen. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And upstairs, in the far corner, are big molded chairs that look like doughnuts. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Holmes led him into the castle and upstairs to a windowless room with a heavy door. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Go help,” he said, immediately bearing the suitcases upstairs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had some more books in my bedroom upstairs, but they were mostly either schoolbooks or children’s books. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We call it the quiet room because as long as the horse isn’t dancing upstairs and the door is closed, it is the quietest room in the house. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

At first the frigid courthouse felt as refreshing as an icy bath, but by the time we took the escalator upstairs, I could not stop shaking. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The adult Sunday school classes met upstairs—each one in a corner of the large main sanctuary or in the balcony between the two great stained-glass windows. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I had lit their candles to go upstairs, but Diana had first to give hospitable orders respecting the driver; this done, both followed me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

So, I was sitting alone in her basement while she was upstairs getting us something to drink. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

There are no windows upstairs, but the lights have been left on, probably by someone hastily evacuating. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Who cares about the money or where it comes from? The point is that any one of us could be a dopey and sleeping upstairs.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs and sit on the bed and think about the conversation I had with Andy, the fact that it tallies with what I remember. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Char and I find a place to talk, upstairs, in one of the empty bedrooms. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to go out to a film together, but he locked himself in our bathroom upstairs and refused to come out for nearly an hour, until my grandmother had ferreted him out. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I watch her go upstairs, and then I realize something. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I sacrifice another chicken and use the rest of the potatoes to make a stew they can take upstairs, and while it’s boiling, I try to comb the fleas from Max’s hair. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

An incident later in B-block had called my bluff: I’d discovered a fire in the service area that ran down the center of the block; welders upstairs had unwittingly ignited a length of PVC pipe. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told Colin that my mother was sick upstairs, and that I was just rushing home from the store. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Fenoglio snorted scornfully and then listened to what was going on upstairs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When we got home from dinner, I went upstairs and got into bed. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Tonight, after curfew,” she went on, “you must escape from town. In the meanwhile don’t even come into this room. Stay upstairs. Did Bear show you where to hide?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Two years ago,” said Harry, his heart now hammering against his ribs, “there was a big gold locket in the drawing room upstairs. We threw it out. Did you steal it back?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Get her upstairs and trade clothes,” Edward commanded. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Nne, this is your study time. Go upstairs,” she said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't let it happen till after me and you done been upstairs. How come I always have to come get you?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said he had to get upstairs and find something to eat. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I pleaded for them to move into one of the guest bedrooms upstairs, but Hassan would hear nothing of it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“If he’s got the body of someone he killed upstairs in his car,” Crams said, “he won’t be coming back.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mummy wipes the mess while Bess runs upstairs to bring Granddad clean trousers. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth Cady listened to her older brother's barking cough echo down the upstairs hallway. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The nanny was there the hot summer morning the plumber came to change the showerheads and faucets in the upstairs bathrooms. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

And the prospect of wearing something that had not been made for church was too good for him to wait any longer, so he sprinted upstairs. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Maniac went upstairs, got his satchel, and was gone. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I live upstairs. I heard your TV. Let’s meet; okay?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She was still wary of waking his brothers, but the rest of them were just as asleep as the ones upstairs were. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He’s got boxes of them upstairs, eleven years’ worth. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

When Martin went upstairs to help the girl it was not in the same way her father had gone upstairs, but both men came down transformed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Flip, flip, flip—cushions reversed to show their pretty white cheeks, then bolt upstairs. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

But I am hoping Clem knows more about the writers upstairs in the pictures. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I left the parlor to the accompaniment of the inviting clash of crockery and the light tinkle of teaspoons, and went upstairs. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I step out of the closet, lock it, and hurry to my room, trying to slip silently upstairs. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Daily I went into my room upstairs, locked the door, knelt, and tried to pray, but everything I could think of saying seemed silly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Traffic parted for me; the darkening sky held its light until I unlocked my door and rushed upstairs. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I go back upstairs, and when Mai wakes up, I explain the situation. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She made it upstairs without tripping, set the carrier down, and attempted many unsuccessful jumps to reach the doorbell. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He ran toward the gate, only to whirl and run back again as he heard the upstairs door crash back against the wall and Gebu’s staggering footsteps sound in the passage. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

High above the dungeon, upstairs, in the castle, a small mouse stood alone one evening as his brothers and sisters sniffed for crumbs. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, he and some of our classmates were back to having lessons in the old nursery room upstairs. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Just before I came upstairs, we spoke briefly in the warden’s office. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went upstairs together to work on the Black-Backed Gull—or Mr. Powell and I did. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You’ll get over it in a minute. Is everybody ready to go upstairs now and take a look around?” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

My heart rises into my throat as she turns to go upstairs, but it sinks again just as fast, because Tom is on his feet, his hand on her arm. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Get me an appointment with your hairdresser this instant for a hair-dyeing job! Tell them it's an emergency! They've got to boot someone else off their list! I'm going upstairs to wash it now!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Alice and I went upstairs to sort out our clothes from the single suitcase. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before Dill could answer, they heard Lydia calling down from upstairs. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When her grandmother came back upstairs, April found out all about the new family. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next evening, I’m upstairs making the bed, folding the sheet back one, two, three times, when I hear music blaring on the street. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I banked the fire, locked the doors, and took her back upstairs with a chamber pot of warm water and a lantern I’d found in the barn. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Not until then did I look up and see the shiny blue rifle barrel, very thin, the upstairs window six inches open and his face behind it, partially hidden by the curtain. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She waved him upstairs and stalked back to her room. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

What a sorry group we were, brutalized and bandaged, yet luckier than most; certainly more fortunate than the dead family upstairs. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He takes half of it upstairs, where the exclusive Mommy and Me-type slumber party is going on without us. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I lock the door tight and head back upstairs. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He could hear the girls giggling upstairs, and the chatter of the women in the kitchen. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It smelled much worse in here than in the real crazy old man upstairs’s flat. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I sit upstairs by myself for a long while, too scared to go downstairs. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ll pack these for you,” Hermione said brightly, taking Harry’s presents out of his arms as the three of them headed back upstairs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You know what? I left something upstairs. I’ll just meet you over there.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had just finished deviling eggs in the upstairs kitchen. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There had been a bad flood in the town six months before, and the park’s staff was still busy mopping out, repainting, and carrying furnishings, artifacts, and displays down from upstairs storage rooms. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

While the other children play hopscotch in the alley or swim in the canal, Werner sits alone in his upstairs dormer, experimenting with the radio receiver. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mudd finishes splinting the leg, then leaves Booth alone in an upstairs room to rest. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s the one upstairs who was there,” he said shortly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She calls me in later and sends me upstairs to borrow a rubber sheet from a woman who had a child that died. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I raced upstairs to change and, before I had my shoes tied, heard the doorbell ring. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We go back upstairs, and I’m happy to be able to breathe out of my nose again. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Grandma sleeps in a big bed upstairs with a picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus over her head and a statue of the Sacred Heart on the mantelpiece. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, one of Mom’s oil paintings came flying through an upstairs window. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But there she was, standing at an upstairs window. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs to take a whizz, and Marty and Link were dragging me into a bedroom. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the temperature of her voice plunged when she said, “Why don’t you go upstairs and find something real pretty and lacy to wear to the game tonight?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not my colleagues upstairs or those in Lusaka. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I said yes, he called the owners down from their apartment upstairs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Miss Lilian? In her bedroom. She didn’t need that chair to go upstairs, Georgie. She ran up there all by herself.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When they were gone she went upstairs to check her baby. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

All of his fury was saved for Pearl, and later that afternoon, when she tiptoed upstairs and rapped on his door, he was not in the mood to listen to her excuses. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was about this couple and they had this landlord who lived upstairs who was supposed to be Chinese or something. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Billy now shuffled down his upstairs hallway, knowing he was about to be kidnapped by a flying saucer. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we avoided each other’s eyes that night, and we didn’t even kiss before I went back upstairs. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I guess I’ll go back upstairs,” he said, and started away from her, his cube of margarine clutched; it had become plastic and damp from the squeeze of his hand. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Working women, “Yoo Hoo Girls” in the local vernacular, hung out the upstairs windows of cheap hotels and dance halls and even the fire department, calling out to the men on the street below. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Both bedrooms—but not the bathroom—also have doors from the upstairs hall. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hush. You can only climb one mountain at a time. Come upstairs and eat some dinner. We’ll think better with frill bellies. I promise I’ll tell you all I know.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only you knew how much I used to cry at night, how unhappy and despondent I was, how lonely I felt, you’d understand my wanting to go upstairs! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Two big adjoining bedrooms upstairs were converted into hospital wards—one for the boys and the other for the girls. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew a big party was coming because Doe bought steaks and a great deal of beer and Doc let him help clean out all the upstairs. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her husband, upstairs in their apartment, was dying of cancer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Minerva, could I ask you to stand guard here while I take Harry upstairs?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I drove him and Miss Dalton up here in the car. We went upstairs together to get the trunk.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Ten-hup,” he bellowed to his children as the first cataclysmic strains of the Marine Corps hymn reverberated through the upstairs rooms. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Bran didn’t find his father downstairs, he went upstairs to get rid of his suitcase and to use the bathroom. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few hours later my dad stumbled upstairs, reeking of alcohol, and flopped into his bed. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And then he shouted, loud enough that Takumi could hear him upstairs, “This one’s for Alaska Young.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Without a word, she turns and goes back upstairs. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When she got upstairs to her apartment, Cynthia dropped her bag on the couch and beelined to her grandfather's room. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

And when Gwen snaked her arm into hers and whispered, “Come upstairs and get dressed — you are coming with us tonight,” she did not object. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, Huang Taitai hurried me upstairs to the second floor and into the kitchen, which was a place where family children didn’t usually go. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a minute his mother would be downstairs; she had got up when he and Macon had come in, but Macon sent her back upstairs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found that, and the good china, and he brought it all upstairs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I use the basement bedroom, which had been Myron’s room, and do all I can to avoid the upstairs room where my father spent his childhood. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs, through the old building and its room full of lamp-lit tables and people softly turning pages or asking hushed research questions, reading glasses on noses. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The one that does people’s hairdos is old Mama Lo, who’s only just got the two teeth, one upstairs and one down, so she chews crossways. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wake in the dark in my room upstairs. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

After dinner, we go upstairs to the suite for Windy to open presents. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs and lie down on my bed, surprised that I’m still crying, surprised that I have any tears left. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

During this visit Dewey paused at an upstairs window, his attention caught by something seen in the near distance—a scarecrow amid the wheat stubble. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told Needles to stay right there, and told me to wait with him while she ran back upstairs. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I’ll wear my black armband all the way, Mama,” I said, eager to comfort her, but she left the table and ran upstairs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, I head upstairs imagining what a Bundt cake tastes like. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stand watching until a light flicks on in an upstairs window. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I can hear her upstairs now and then, but it’s impossible to know what she’s up to. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

If I had my phone, I’d text her so I wouldn’t have to drag Ziggy all the way back upstairs to knock on her door. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I give Coach a questioning glance, he says, “Go on upstairs, Finley. Say hello. Okay?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Weren’t you listening to my fascinating presentation upstairs?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“That’s true. I’m not even sure we brought it upstairs. Is it still in the basement, Mark?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Oliver hushed her, then grabbed the records from Laney’s arms and dragged her upstairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

While in the bedroom below, Zizmo was discussing the new boarders upstairs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Seeing us lolling our heads like droopy violets, Cecilia told us to go upstairs and pick out a bedroom to sleep in. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Scott goes upstairs to fetch me a towel while the kettle boils. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the tenants upstairs must be taking a shower. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father had crept along the wall and then come upstairs with a terrible piece of news. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle stayed upstairs in his room while we loaded our possessions into the Company’s delivery wagon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Darling, I’m really upset right now. Please, go upstairs with Otto and let me deal with this problem.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I have the picture picked out and tacked up to my canvas when Dad yells upstairs that it’s time to go. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

At night he sleeps on the floor of the hallway upstairs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She and Campbell Junior could of had the upstairs room that was hers growing up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The rooms upstairs proved rather less than grand, however, particularly the cheap ones up on the fourth floor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Hobbits do not like heights, and do not sleep upstairs, even when they have any stairs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Father wants me to stop going upstairs so often, but I don’t want to. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Aw, come on,” he said and shouted at Dad, “I’m going to take your girl upstairs.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The hum of people leaving the cars carried upstairs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I stay upstairs as long as I can. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The dark upstairs windows looked like huge, accusing eyes, staring at him. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while the two girls went quietly upstairs again. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no living room, no dining room upstairs, just rooms. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hold on,” he said, and ran back upstairs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs to find Dad asleep in front of his laptop at our little table. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“That’s right, Colonel. This is Ben. I’m on the upstairs phone.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That worked out nicely,” Mom says as we’re getting in the elevator to head back upstairs. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Shortly afterwards the lights downstairs in the farmhouse went out, followed in a little while by the bedroom light upstairs. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning several Poles stormed our building to raid the apartment upstairs, where the Jewish family that fled to Warsaw had lived. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Oliver scooped up the presents he had planned to give and ran upstairs to his bedroom. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I could hear the guys upstairs noisily getting ready to storm the mess hall. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They were his main entertainment, aside from talking to Mother when she came upstairs for what she called “my Luke breaks.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly cold, I ran back up to the house and tiptoed upstairs to the bathroom in my room. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I already sorted my clothes and took them upstairs to my room. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I can hear Cathy moving around the house, washing up her breakfast things, running upstairs to brush her teeth. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went back to looking at the photo album, and Lydia went upstairs. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I hear a crash and a boom coming from upstairs. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if that upstairs bedroom light remained on. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

And now the shame set in, and the guilt, and, upstairs, the clock ticked on, impossibly loud to Laila’s ears. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

They know that our parents are sipping chai with plates of tea biscuits upstairs and that they aren’t the slightest bit interested in our bickering. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They had just looked at each other before Maya’s mom pointed at her and said, “Grounded. One week,” and then went upstairs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In fact, the only time Miss Celia walks ten feet is to come in the kitchen for her lesson or to sneak upstairs every two or three days, up in the creepy rooms. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I ran the envelope upstairs, into the kitchen and slid it to the bottom of a giant-size half-empty Apple Jacks cereal box. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to leave him; but I knew there wasn’t any use in arguing, so I said goodnight to Father and Mother, said some prayers, and went upstairs. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glass-fronted stores passed by in a blur, then James turned sharply and hustled upstairs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

What kind of person takes action without thinking about who might be locked in an upstairs room, trusting the people who have always kept them safe and loved them? We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He was left semiconscious on the porch steps, the new snow covering him, until I convinced Jim to help me get him upstairs to his room. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I go upstairs, it’s always so I can see “him.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got a cell phone upstairs, but the rebels have taken out the networks.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He started walking back upstairs with the crutches they had given Mom in the hospital. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

When she carried the tray upstairs, she found Ana sitting in the same position. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At his request, the young women followed him upstairs to the third floor. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

After only two hours of sleep, David Herold walked downstairs and joined the Mudds for breakfast while a servant carried breakfast upstairs for Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re just a bad copy she made of the crazy old man upstairs.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Sam went upstairs and returned with clothes and a small barrel of water. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I just shouted for his parents and they came down, and I went upstairs while they cleaned him up. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The floor upstairs is all warped, and the planks must’ve shrunk; they’re all spaced out—I can see straight through to the living room.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Now if you will excuse me, I must return upstairs.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

One of the housemaids began shutting windows in the rooms upstairs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“We have to go back upstairs before I can take you out.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju was not with The General, did not know where he was, and she paced upstairs and then downstairs, worried, making phone calls that yielded nothing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

For that matter, what was upstairs, in that room where the light was still on? Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I rode upstairs in the elevator, stepped out and went down the hall to Catherine’s room, where I had left my white gown. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was a true two-floor house, not just a loft upstairs, but a full set of rooms. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I get back upstairs, Dad has a book in each hand and he’s just staring, like his life depends on which one he picks. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And then my brother came home—and upstairs—and into our room. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The rooms upstairs had grown unbearably hot; the air conditioners had suddenly stopped working, as though they had decided, in unison, to pay tribute to the end. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I took the book upstairs and hid it in my underwear drawer. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I go upstairs and turn on the computer and sign onto Facebook. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I got upstairs, I realized I’d never stepped foot on that floor before. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then I ran upstairs and I grabbed my schoolbag and I put some food for Toby in it and some of my maths books and some clean pants and a vest and a clean shirt. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I got my teeth clenched up and went upstairs ready to scratch J.T.’s eyes clean out of his head if I had to. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the door of the upstairs room had creaked shut on its leather hinges and the laughter had at last died away, Ranofer turned and walked slowly back to the acacia tree. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I made my way back upstairs, patting the inside pocket of Liam’s jacket to make sure Jack’s and Chubs’s still-damp letters were there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Again, he took her by the elbow, and led her upstairs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I crept back from the ventilation grate and made my way upstairs to join Annabeth and Tyson on the spar deck. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Through the ceiling we could hear Black Dog snoring upstairs. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can hear the families talking upstairs and downstairs and down the hall and Bing Crosby is singing on the radio, Brother, can you spare a dime? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

So finally she shoved her chair away and said, “Jerome’s upstairs. Why don’t you go climb in bed with him.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Wait here!” he demanded, and then ran back upstairs and returned a few seconds later holding a bag. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s coming from upstairs,” Mama said uneasily. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I smile back, but as soon as we get upstairs, my palms get sweaty. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

So Cade took a shower upstairs and changed into his Flat Face Pizza delivery-boy uniform, which was just a T-shirt with the childish Flat Face logo and a pair of blue jeans. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Jule ate leftovers in front of the television and then went upstairs. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Becky pointed upstairs, where Madam lay atop the coverlet on her bed, asleep. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Aunt Petunia didn’t know what was hidden under the loose floorboard upstairs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But Helen was ill at present: for some weeks she had been removed from my sight to I knew not what room upstairs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then she told me to run upstairs before I caught cold but it seemed like hours before I stopped shivering. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cilia said nothing, but curtsied and went upstairs with Isannah who was once more sobbing. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Poor thing. The bed's ready for him upstairs. There's his chart. He's Manhattan Doe for now until he can tell us his name." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When she couldn’t stand her hunger anymore, Tally stole upstairs to the roof deck, where they put out leftovers for whoever wanted them. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Even though they were well hidden by the dark as they squatted there, they felt as exposed as that great bare lady in the painting upstairs. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been upstairs at the store ever since, alongside the stock of corn planters, fertilizer spreaders, mule collars, iron washpots, hat trees, and extra brass racks for readymade dresses. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We followed Mrs. Williams across the lobby and upstairs in search of my new fifth-grade classroom. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I keep an eye on Miss Celia the next day, waiting for her to sneak upstairs so I can see what she’s up to. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She pictured him whispering into his cell phone, in a room upstairs, a hand on the doorknob, the hallway filled with guests. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Last night after the dinner dishes, I waited for him to ask me to stay upstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

When we get home, pushing open the enormous wooden door with its looping ironwork, someone is shouting upstairs, as though in distress. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I didn't like it, for when he was upstairs they had absolutely no inhibitions. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

From my room upstairs, I can hear the 1962 engine roaring half a mile away. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Chairs scraped in the upstairs kitchen, voices were raised, and footfalls ran my way. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hung out in the bathroom until Mom called, and then I snuck upstairs without anyone seeing me, got my jacket, and went outside. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Instead she had a doorman who slapped her five and a dad who opened the door upstairs. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I leapt up from the computer desk in the basement and raced upstairs to the kitchen to find her. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matilda's parents owned quite a nice house with three bedrooms upstairs, while on the ground floor there was a dining-room and a living-room and a kitchen. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Like the tough officer upstairs, he was black. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my suitcase upstairs, filled my flask with boiling water in the kitchen, and headed off to work. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then he calls upstairs, “Come on, kids! Get in the truck. I have a surprise.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might be days before he found another, it might be weeks, and meanwhile the goblet would have to stay in that room upstairs, hidden in the chest. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

While we ate, we heard June upstairs in her room playing the cello like something had died. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What were you girls doing upstairs for so long?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He headed with his team upstairs to see the patient. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of thing Dad would say to Jeff Garnet if he wasn’t always upstairs in the garage attic exhaling out the right window depending on the wind. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

John Kwang walked a few steps with her and said something I couldn’t hear, but she nodded and then led us to an upstairs room. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was in this office, upstairs in Lebanon Seminary, that she learned the extent of the network of stops on the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took only one trip to get all my stuff upstairs. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Before she ran upstairs, she yelled back, “Rodent!” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am here because in the street John insists that all of us go upstairs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hurried upstairs and hid in the attic until the crowds left and he could slip home safely. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Besides, it would be easier to pray in one of the classrooms upstairs, where there were fewer people. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mom, carry me upstairs and put me in bed. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I thought of a silly explanation for my presence upstairs. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He said some other words to that effect, and then we went upstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Stop blubbering,” he says as the slave leads us upstairs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They reviewed what couldn’t be saved, the furniture too large to carry upstairs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

You go upstairs to fetch something, and by the time you get there you can’t remember what it was you were after. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

On nights he has to stay late at work he simply comes over; Maxine keeps dinner waiting for him, and then they go upstairs to bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Gaily. And don’t let anyone fool you. I’m the real leader here, not the two geezer shanks upstairs. Me. You can call me Captain Gaily if you want.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

By the time they dragged the girls from upstairs, and thanked each other for the third time, it was past eleven o'clock. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another leak opened a few minutes later, this one in the upstairs hallway. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the upstairs porch with his back against the adobe wall and closed his eyes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mama placed the fresh palm fronds, which were wet with holy water, on the dining table and then went upstairs to change. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He bolted his dinner that evening without noticing what he was eating, and then rushed upstairs with Ron to unwrap the Nimbus Two Thousand at last. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I follow Simon upstairs and into the atrium. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Lockton and Madam retired upstairs, releasing Ruth for the evening and leaving me with the cleaning up. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You could be my daughter. You could manage the house. You could take care of things for me and not go upstairs. I’m not always well, you know.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we got home, he stormed upstairs to his office without another word. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Okay, bring them upstairs and ask Miss Josie if she wants them. There’s some jazz in there.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I excuse myself and run upstairs to check out my alphabet poster. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Izzy found the whole thing unspeakably idiotic and barricaded herself upstairs, practicing her violin. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Harry still had two of them left, and so, looking forward to a real breakfast when he got back upstairs, he ate his grapefruit without complaint. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She ran upstairs to grab paper towels and Clorox wipes and maybe some Febreze, and I sat with our fallen soldiers. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As soon as the body fell to the floor, he said, he heard footsteps upstairs running toward the front door. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Birdsong and their nine children lived upstairs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

After Dad had gone back upstairs to tie into Erma’s hooch and we kids were all in bed, Brian bit my toe to try to make me laugh, but I kicked him away. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Elena and Miles are really competitive, and the rest of us have to keep shushing them when they get too loud, so nobody upstairs hears us. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Lydia ran upstairs and returned a few minutes later, having donned a more appropriate outfit for tromping through the woods. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

After Dad went upstairs, I sat at the table thinking about what I’d said to him. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be best, he says, if she stayed in the key pound with her Braille workbooks, or upstairs in the mollusk laboratory. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

June had gone upstairs to her room and locked the door, while the Daughters huddled in the kitchen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl ran upstairs giggling hysterically while the boyfriend walked away down the street whistling, “When I Get You Alone, Tonight.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His stepmom leans over the railing from their upstairs TV room and gives a friendly wave. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I groped around for my regular glasses—unable to find them in this new bedroom, upstairs in this new house. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom gets up slowly and coaxes Robin upstairs. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I wander a bit upstairs, checking the place out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But riding a bike was worth having my artificial legs on, so I rushed upstairs and put them on. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Glaring, Reverend Buckminster went to answer it, and Turner wondered if he was free to go upstairs. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

And it was kind of strange because I almost felt responsible, because had I gone upstairs when I heard the chair go back, maybe I could have stopped something. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I found her sketchbook upstairs,” I tell them. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I remembered from my high-school course that alcohol reduces fever; I found a half bottle of rubbing alcohol in the upstairs medicine closet. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“This one is from my fantastic childhood. Childhood punishments. The tiny closet upstairs.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Mam and Bridey Hannon sit by the fire upstairs in Italy smoking Woodbines, drinking tea, and I sit on the stairs listening. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

As she told us this, after Jeffrey was already upstairs in bed, she started to weep. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now then, will everybody else please join us upstairs in the Electronic Learning Center? I have a very important announcement to make.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Mr. Owner is staring out the upstairs window, pointing at Joon. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

While unfolding the brown chairs and sliding them under each table, I could hear the people start to come in upstairs. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

So I ran upstairs to my room and slammed the door. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then on the fourth day, he was rewarded: One panel of one of the blinds on an upstairs window flipped quickly up and down at eleven o’clock. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m always the one who has to go upstairs; he never comes to me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She drank a Diet Coke to wake herself up, and walked upstairs to her study in the cupola of the house. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave me a dime, and I took it and ran upstairs to my room. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“He’s probably upstairs. You can go on up.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When the bell to end recess rang, Ms. Udell met her class in the playground instead of waiting for them upstairs as she usually did. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“There’s the nursery—that’s where the little ones sleep and get looked after. That’s upstairs near where the nuns have their cells.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her mother carried her upstairs and put her to bed. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She sat up late at night with my elder siblings and talked about the revolution against the white man while we Little Kids slept upstairs. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

One minute she was talking to my father, complaining about the tenants upstairs, scheming how to evict them under the pretense that relatives from China were moving in. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait a minute. I need to run back upstairs.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

If she went upstairs, Wilbur would wait at the bottom step until she came down again. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

At the end of the road was a two-storied white house with porches extending around its four sides, upstairs and downstairs. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He shook his fist at the ceiling, as if he were mad at somebody upstairs. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Annie Smith: Before that night I used to hear noise upstairs all the time and report to housing that people were up there—vandalizing it, knocking holes in the wall, and things like that. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you like me to go upstairs and get Danielle for you?” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

They turned down the television, went upstairs and changed out of their good, dark clothes, then crashed beside me on the couch. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

At least when you turn the light on upstairs, somebody’s at home. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hammering, soldering, and polishing took hours, while Crick paced impatiently upstairs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

If Papi or Uncle Jimmy, or even Carlos, had suggested keeping the stuff in one of the upstairs apartments, he would have agreed. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I turned and headed upstairs to change out of my red Sunday dress. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going upstairs to pack, and you can tell your daughter who Fenoglio is.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She sent the boys upstairs to get changes of underwear for everyone, and shorts and shirts. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the story he takes us upstairs and kneels with us while we say our prayers.We say the Our Father, three Hail Marys, God bless the Pope. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You said your father was upstairs,” she said flatly. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Charles is upstairs with her now. She’s hysterical because somebody asked that poor girl who rode down with you.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You’re worse than the dog. At least the dog didn’t know what it did was wrong when it broke into my home. Go upstairs. Pack your things.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Music, different from the kind upstairs, blasts into the hall. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She went upstairs, thumping loudly on the steps. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Dicey took James upstairs and made him help her make their beds. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went upstairs, fed the rats, and put some of his best records and his microscopes in the back room. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You go upstairs at the inn—is she anybody from there?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The holding cells for prisoners were in the basement of the courthouse, and after meeting with Walter, I made my way upstairs to get ready for court to begin. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I reckon I might give it a whirl. See you folks upstairs.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I go straight to my favorite area, which is upstairs in the corner next to the window. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“She locked both doors, so the boys had to break into a ground-floor window so they could get upstairs. That’s what took so long.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She told Faizah to go upstairs because she needed to talk to me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Coraline went back upstairs, her fist closed tightly around, her new stone. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

When the tension eventually faded a bit, I headed upstairs to change out of my dressy clothes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She does that when gunshots are fired outside, when our upstairs neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Lyon, are fighting, yelling. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“Do you know I like this room most of all in my baby house,” added Meg, a minute after, as they went upstairs and she looked into her well-stored linen closet. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

We quickly took the basket upstairs with us. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

My eyes followed Maxx out the door, and 1 saw Takumi standing in the doorway, fists raised in the air in triumph, before he ran back upstairs to cut the music. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I run upstairs and raid my craft drawer. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Putting the boy and the girl to sleep upstairs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I could hear noises from the bathroom upstairs: Jeffrey vomiting and my mom trying to soothe him. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loud music plays upstairs and the TV blares downstairs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Wait while I run upstairs for my coat,” I said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s another room upstairs that you might care to take a look at,” he said. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“There’s a difference between self-control and manipulation,” Gay snarled, and stomped upstairs to her office. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They went upstairs to get ready while we three men stood there shuffling the hot pebbles with our feet. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then at last he gave the restaurant a final survey and went toward the door at the back which led upstairs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Eugenia, march upstairs and brush your hair down, what if we have an unexpected visitor?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Locked up, not a light showing upstairs or down. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s taking me upstairs and I’m trying to resist, but he’s so strong, I can’t. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought that they were going to take him back upstairs and he made a motion to go in the direction of the elevator, but they jerked him back roughly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not as comfortable as the ones upstairs, I’m afraid.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When we’d first gotten back to the house after finding May, August had met both policemen and then sent me and Rosaleen upstairs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Starting on the first floor, Petra and Calder worked their way upstairs. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sharp silence after that, and Ash retreated back upstairs, her question forgotten. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mom saw me, she said, “Get back upstairs and eat some breakfast.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Also, I need three of your best breakfast goodies for our upstairs neighbor.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A movement caught my eye—a curtain pushed aside in an upstairs window, and his face looking out, pale in the dark frame like a ghost in a haunted house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I went into the flower-room and washed my hands in the basin to save going upstairs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up at the half smile on Fred’s face, wondering whether he still had liked playing patriotic songs with Mr. P, while he was listening to experimental jazz upstairs in his room. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Scrimgeour now pulled out of the bag a small book that looked as ancient as the copy of Secrets of the Darkest Art upstairs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

All the way upstairs they went, and when they got to the top, Franz bypassed the bedrooms, snuffled urgently, and pawed the door that led into the building hallway. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My mother excused herself from our planning to take the phone call upstairs. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You better come on upstairs,” she said, still smiling, “and take off them wet clothes. Don’t want you catching cold.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then my sister shoved back her chair and went upstairs. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

At the California shell house, Ky Ebright sat on the upstairs porch, wearing dark glasses, nodding and smiling at people as they streamed by below, saying nothing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, Mrs. H,” I said, and followed Joe upstairs, still hearing the music in my head and Mrs. Hidalgo saying “like us.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Though the old man lay upstairs, after a second stroke, and lingered, giving no trouble. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

‘There’s no need for you to go upstairs.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs to tell Macy to have fun at Claire’s, but when I got there, the whole floor seemed empty. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Father Mike held Tessie’s hand as she lay suffering on the bed upstairs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Chess, you go ahead and start eating. Emma and I will go back upstairs and work on her hair together.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We crossed the foyer—a large Afghan flag draped one of the walls—and the men took me upstairs to a room with twin mint green sofas and a big-screen TV in the far corner. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cathy came upstairs to see me, she knocked softly on my door and opened it a fraction. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Billy went into the upstairs bathroom, which was dark. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought, It had better be put upstairs, in case of a flood. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Dicey took her upstairs and she tried on the dresses. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go down to the kitchen. Boil some water and bring the kettle upstairs. Can you do that?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I take off upstairs and Riot follows at my heels. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Hermione chose to watch Harry and the Weasleys’ snowball fight rather than join in, and at five o’clock said she was going back upstairs to get ready for the ball. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Once upstairs, George settled into her seat and began the assignment written on the board. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I washed dishes, thinking, wondering; I served breakfast, thinking, wondering; I served meals in the apartments of patrons upstairs, thinking, wondering. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Filthy brat. Go upstairs to the bathroom and wash yourself. Then take an oilcloth and a fresh blanket from the airing cupboard and go back to bed. We’ll discuss your punishment in the morning.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Like maybe we didn’t know where “upstairs” was. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

As soon as I set my chemicals on the counter, the upstairs door opened. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom’s going to strangle you for eating upstairs,” I remark without looking at him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Back upstairs, I throw open the bedroom windows to clear out the rest of Snow’s stench. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Hurrying out to go upstairs, I was surprised to see Grandpa following behind. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He went back upstairs and told his son he would have to move out of the house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My throat is closed, I feel as though I’m going to faint, and then the light comes on upstairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed and made my escape, still laughing as I ran upstairs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Aku na-efe! Aku is flying!” a child in the flat upstairs shouted. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he reached Angel, Gerald whispered, “Grab the doll and run upstairs! I’m right behind you!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run upstairs with the box hidden in my baggy Pagoda shirt, and I wedge it between my headboard and the wall. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I make sure the upstairs door is left open. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled the blankets over him and went upstairs to get him some dry pajamas. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Naturally, the wretched boy dirtied his pants, which caused a storm later on upstairs with the Matron. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now there was a sound of quarreling voices upstairs. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was wondering whether to go upstairs or whether to follow Maxim to the library. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Harry ran back upstairs to his bedroom, arriving at the window just in time to see the Dursleys’ car swinging out of the drive and off up the road. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I definitely kind of walked in on someone in a bedroom upstairs.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“There’s not enough heat upstairs. You’d better clean those ashes out and make a better fire.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I sit at the table and hear her say this upstairs at Ellis’s bedroom door. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Some one started to ask me questions but I broke away and going upstairs looked hastily through the unlocked parts of his desk--he'd never told me definitely that his parents were dead. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Many had ventured upstairs and I turned them away. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I follow her upstairs, to a long hall with sun coming through the windows. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The next morning when I get home, I find my mom upstairs in Lucy’s room. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You had better call his father, then. We’ll probably be moving him upstairs.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She ate quickly, said good night, and hurried upstairs. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It enables him to communicate with a matching transceiver upstairs, with two other anti-air batteries inside the walls of the city, and with the underground garrison command across the river mouth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She went upstairs and locked herself in the bathroom. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Forever after, you’re able to spot the red light in the upstairs window or the champagne glass on the door that doesn’t open until midnight. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We waited for a while, but when it got cold, we went back upstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The glasses he’d washed had drained dry, so before going upstairs, he took them back to the bar. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Granddad opens the doors to the four guest bedrooms upstairs. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

And then Kat and I were told to go upstairs to bed, so we did. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He will come upstairs when this class is finished.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“The Commander’s in his bedroom upstairs,” she says. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway through his opening remarks, he found himself figuring from the way the pipes ran that there was a bathroom upstairs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We turn right at the end of the hallway and walk upstairs to the second floor. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Caroline and I were supposed to be putting fresh paper on the lower kitchen cabinet shelves, so that the canned goods could be brought down once more from upstairs and put away. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucy stopped crying and went upstairs, still carrying the rabbit. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped, shook his head, and tiptoed back upstairs, passing Jam and Pet. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When the sun was bright we ate lunch on the porch but the rest of the time we ate upstairs in a small room with plain wooden walls and a big stove in the corner. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, when we walked upstairs, I found that I had an excuse to put off the crucial model-building step for at least several more hours. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

It is behind a sliding panel in the hallway upstairs. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I close the Hideout door before following Mom upstairs. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe he thought she wouldn’t be stupid enough to try to jump out of an upstairs window. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He put the bowl of Lucky Charms on the coffee table, stood up, and walked upstairs without saying good-bye. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I start out by leaning on his shoulder, but I’m so wobbly he just scoops me up and carries me upstairs. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because she was still thirsty and because she wanted to try opening a can, she snapped open another cola and took it upstairs. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad and I sat all the way through the ending credits—that was part of the tradition too—and then Dad went upstairs to check on Mom. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I begged her not to beat me, but she yanked me upstairs into an empty room and lashed me thoroughly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave her one of the guest rooms upstairs. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We went upstairs and Dante showed me his room. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Valley grabbed Seven’s hand, and they ran upstairs to her room. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Reader, this is important: The rat called Chiaroscuro did not look away He let the light from the upstairs world enter him and fill him. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

And upstairs in the castle, the princess had met a mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I miss my uncle even though he is upstairs packing. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I rushed into her room and cleared her drawers in a few swoops and carried her things upstairs on a run. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs and dig the yellow shirt out of my dresser, switching on my iPod out of habit. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When I went upstairs, he was standing alone by the fireplace, staring at the spot where Coach Warner had been sitting. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs, wet shoes squeaking against the floor, and shut the door to my room. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I ran upstairs and walked along a hallway until I could hear Daisy talking behind a closed door. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I run upstairs to put my phone away. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

On my way upstairs, in the dark, I ran into old Salamano, my neighbor across the landing. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Their silence and the innkeeper’s tone made it clear that whoever was upstairs was not one of the many who had been there, it was the one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wipe my face and run upstairs to unlock the door and lock myself in the bathroom. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Children drift down into the basement, the older ones to rooms upstairs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ulbrickson told them to go upstairs and get their gear and get on the German army bus waiting outside to take them down to Griinau for the race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As I tore upstairs and out of the hockey arena, I tried to think about where Jules might be, and how to calm down enough so I didn’t scare her. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A wiry, brown-skinned, conked fellow upstairs in the men’s room greeted me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Happy as a queen, the dear! Every soul of ’em is upstairs a worshipin’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you may be a Negro. You better check with Billy upstairs.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night before I’d had to bring him home in a taxi, help him upstairs and into bed, where, judging from the condition in which I’d left him, he still was now. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And with another sniff she went upstairs to take off her white gloves and put the umbrella away. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Then, she would be gone from the warm window and appear again upstairs in her moon-whitened room. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had only just reached the upstairs landing when the doorbell rang and Uncle Vernon’s furious face appeared at the foot of the stairs. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I follow Beth upstairs and step tentatively into her room, afraid the real Beth will show up any minute and yell at me for trespassing. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I saw my grandfather watching me from his upstairs window. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Besides, nobody upstairs fussed when Ruth played on the floor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I make a circuit through the other upstairs rooms. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad came down for a few minutes and sat with us while he ate pizza, and then went back upstairs. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Margo handed me the camera, and I watched as an upstairs bedroom light came on, and then a stairway light, and then the kitchen light. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You go upstairs and put on something appropriate.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ginny had been attempting, under cover of the reconciliation, to sneak upstairs too. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But this time they could hear her upstairs, opening and closing her drawers, moving back and forth from the bed to the closet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

A fellow who had a room upstairs moved away. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wave with both arms from the upstairs window. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Late that night, after the guests had left, Richard Nixon sat upstairs with Pat and Julie. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

From upstairs, the thud of feet on floorboards and children’s voices, two or three at least, talking at once, rising, falling, and rising again, perhaps in dissent, perhaps excited agreement. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When Doc went upstairs Frankie crawled in the excelsior box and didn’t come out all afternoon. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went on our way upstairs after this episode; and, as we were going up, we met a gentleman groping his way down. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was suddenly irritated that he couldn’t go upstairs and sit in front of the computer. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

And then I hear the sound of glass shattering, upstairs, and a chair scrapes across a wood floor. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crazy old man upstairs called down to Coraline when he saw her coming out of Miss Spink and Miss Forcible’s flat. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He grabs waters from the fridge, and a bag of pretzels, and I follow him upstairs, still damp and shivering. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Go on upstairs, boy,” he said, “like your mother told you.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

After being with the Commander I would go upstairs in the usual way, but then I would go along the hall and down the Marthas’ stairs at the back and through the kitchen. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Head down, he walked to the rear of the furnace and upstairs into his room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I straightened up the room a bit and went back upstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Since the basement doesn’t get as much light as upstairs, we should stick to lighter colors.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I was sick and stayed home from school at his place, he would play quiet, soothing music because he knew the sound traveled upstairs easily. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It was a bedroom, and the other crazy old man upstairs sat at the far end of the room, in the near darkness, bundled up in his coat and hat. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was tired, eager to head upstairs and get some needed sleep. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“What a funny thing,” said Mrs. Van Hopper, as we went upstairs in the lift. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I remember fleeing upstairs to my room and getting undressed and into bed without so much as opening my diary, much less making an entry. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

His window was open and so was the window upstairs. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take the sand upstairs. If the Commandant asks about Slave-Girl, tell her she’s taken ill and that I’m tending to her so she can get back to work.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I followed him upstairs, losing ground as I made my way up slowly, stairs not being a field of expertise for my lungs. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Thank goodness she didn’t leave him in suspense any longer, but brought him upstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

One hot day the previous July, as I was passing down our upstairs hall, I heard a strange voice emanating from Chapter Eleven’s bedroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He would put his arm around me and take me upstairs and tuck me in. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Easy-peasy, she had thought, and then gone upstairs to rummage through her mom’s closet. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Her son, about twelve years old, peeked out from the window upstairs with a textbook in his hand. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He did not see me and I did not know whether to go in and report or go upstairs first and clean up. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She would have preferred to retreat upstairs to her room, but Leon finished the call with an echoing rattle of the Bakelite and turned to her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I would have to be stretched out dead to remain upstairs. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran upstairs and brought back the red woolen blankets from the hall cedar chest. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I wanted to see them, but without being told I knew they were gone and dead and that strangers lived upstairs. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

We went upstairs, and Peaches’ mama wanted to run up, but Big Joe kept saying everything was all right and we went slow with him leading the way. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we went upstairs to try to nap. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The upstairs balcony, where Mrs. Kahn would go every Saturday morning to beat the small sheepskin rugs they had in their bedroom? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hades watched her walk upstairs as if her every step away caused him pain. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I could hear Grandma Sands moving around upstairs and she finally clomped down'the steps and came into my room. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told Mark he would help him mow the front and back lawn on Wednesday evening, but stayed upstairs instead, listening to music. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I put it back in the box and went upstairs. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I wanted to help Mrs. van D, and went upstairs with my book and everything, but suddenly I felt the tears coming again. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The throne room shook with a tremor so strong, they probably felt it upstairs in Los Angeles. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Every night she shrank from the moment when she and Judith must make the dread ascent to the upstairs chamber with only the meager comfort of a warming pan. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He offered them a room upstairs and bade them good night. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs and breathe a sigh of relief. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ella had fixed up a nice little upstairs room for me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though James had his window open upstairs, too, they seemed to have made an unspoken agreement that there would be no verbal conversations when the message bucket was in use. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mama Ya-Ya is still upstairs trying to dream and I have taken care of things. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

In the upstairs room of the crumbledown Calvin sits on the bed tucked under the low part of the ceiling. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She wanted me to know that when she caught me heading back upstairs. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She wipes my cheeks and tells me run along upstairs but I can barely see and I want to stick my face into an icy stream. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It sounded like a man’s voice, maybe coming from upstairs. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five stone steps led upstairs to the dining area. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Poppy was in the bathroom when they went upstairs, “shaving,” Mom said. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Your teacher is Miss Brown. Take this note upstairs to her. Your mother can go,” he said and disappeared into his office. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When the Poppers rushed onto the stage, both penguins and seals had found the stairway leading to the Swenson dressing room and were on their way upstairs. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I push back my chair so suddenly that Boomer startles and skulks away upstairs. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I tell her I’m not feeling well, and head upstairs. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Before his second week was out, the part in Love’s Labour’s was given to Chris Beeston, and Nick was back upstairs with us, practicing his swordsmanship. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Richard even took books from upstairs, books for adults, with heavy titles about history and science. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

While Oliver was trying to make Hyacinth feel better, Laney received permission from Mama to bring Paganini the bunny upstairs to Miss Josie and Mr. Jeet’s place. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Luke was just finishing the last of the kitchen floor when he heard the toilet flushing upstairs. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

They felt as if they knew him intimately, like a family member in the upstairs bedroom struggling to recover from an illness. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“But it’s going to take a while to carry all this stuff upstairs.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Certainly she followed Mrs. Banks upstairs, but not in the usual way. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

About an hour later, my mother returned and came upstairs to kiss us all goodnight. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re a pushy lady,” Max said, but he went back upstairs. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ash ran into the house and upstairs, down the hallway lit with flaming sconces and into her father’s room, where he lay in bed tossing and turning, the greenwitch chanting something unfamiliar yet unmistakably old. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once she got inside, she found it had more than one room, and it had an upstairs. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran back upstairs to the bedroom and changed out of my pajamas. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We're leaving for the airport in half an hour so you'd better get packed. Your brother's upstairs all ready to go. Get a move on, girl! Get going!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

They crossed the cobbled courtyard and used the residents’ elevators to come upstairs, which was strictly forbidden by the cooperative’s bylaws. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

She took his oats upstairs and heated them for a few minutes in the oven before she fed him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I liked it better when y’all was there,” Sneaky says as we walk back upstairs to his place. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Mrs. Kimble,” I say, happy when she turns to go back upstairs. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Dinner is at three, and as tradition dictates, we all go upstairs and dress up a little. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

By the time I get it off my head, he’s gone back upstairs. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Much more agreeable were the hours playing “Murder” in the dark twisting recesses of the upstairs floors. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She said, ‘Oh, Ted. There you are. Can’t you go upstairs and read a book or something?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was the only thing I could think of. Let’s move him into this and bring him upstairs. Mae can’t wait to see him.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

As I was going upstairs to fetch my portfolio and pencils, Mrs. Fairfax called to me: “Your morning school-hours are over now, I suppose,” said she. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

We needed money badly and Granny and Aunt Addie decided that we could no longer share the entire house, and Uncle Tom and his family were invited to live upstairs at a nominal rental. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When school was in, I had to be upstairs by the time the streetlights came on, but summer, I could hang pretty late as long as I was out front. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It actually had to bend down to peer into the upstairs windows. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When her parents headed upstairs to bed, she asked if she could stay up to watch TV. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Katherine is still upstairs with Miss Duncan. She doesn’t have a thing to do with this,” Miss Anderson says, answering too quickly. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Grandma had called her a girl genius, but Evan had ripped his paper in half and run upstairs, shouting "I hate you!" just before slamming his door. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

If Chapter Eleven was out, they didn’t wait to go upstairs but used whatever room they happened to be in. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The other victim-turned-rescuer was William Gillespie, the fireman, who, just before the molasses wave hit his firehouse, had gone upstairs to get something out of his locker. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma put on her slippers and went upstairs to talk to a neighbor. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t anybody in the upstairs hall, and all the doors were shut. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I, meanwhile, stayed home on Euclid Avenue, living upstairs from my mother as another leaden Chicago winter descended, shellacking the trees and sidewalks with ice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Ernie had run upstairs to get a shirt on, and then he had to go to the bathroom, and now Genie, Grandpop, and Crab were all outside waiting on him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I’m ready to retreat back upstairs until Rufus moves past me and pushes open the door, and the wet late-summer air brings me some relief. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Diana headed back upstairs to the antique toy chest in the corner of her room. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then I turned the corner in the upstairs hall on my way to lunch and fell in love. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When everyone went upstairs at two-thirty to either read or take a nap, I went downstairs, with blanket and all, to sit at the desk and read or write. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

As the waters rose, they fled first upstairs and then into the attic, but to no avail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

While Bull dressed upstairs, the rest of the family gathered by the side of the court to cheer Ben while he warmed up. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Aunt Gloria got up from the sofa and went upstairs to Kat’s room, which was where she was sleeping. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew he should be trying to win over the Beiderman, but how would the upstairs neighbor even know that it was him writing the note anyway? The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I need to do some work upstairs before my shift at La Lune,” he says, already at the door. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When we get home, I run upstairs with my bags of books and clothes and throw them all in a heap onto my bed. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Of course, the best part is that now, instead of going back to San Francisco or Cape May or wherever afterwards, all he has to do is go upstairs to his room. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Less than ten minutes until Tad wanted him to be upstairs. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I’m half tempted to go back upstairs and lose myself in the bathtub, but I can’t risk letting down Jenna again. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Johnny might have done that while she was upstairs. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Becky took a tray of cookies and a pot of tea upstairs late in the afternoon. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I come down from upstairs, they always call me to dance to the drums. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As he passed, they finally pulled apart and the girl opened her door and stepped out and he recognized his young upstairs neighbor, Mia’s quiet, pretty daughter. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“May I come upstairs?” she asks, fidgeting with the edge of her shawl. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I could hear footsteps upstairs, and tapped Margo on the shoulder and looked at her, my eyes bulging. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“My high was listening to you talk to Maya upstairs and hearing you laugh. It’s been a long time since we’ve heard you laugh, Grade.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Kelly wrapped a towel around her head and took a broom with her upstairs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Who asked you? Get upstairs and into the rack on the double. I didn’t ask you for a speech.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, she heard a door opening upstairs, possibly the one she had heard slammed when she had knocked. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She took her place on the stage, closed her eyes, and began to sing, “with one part of my mind waiting apprehensively for the voice of doom upstairs.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Palmer, acting put out with his parents, kept insisting he was not allowed to have visitors upstairs. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Before anyone can say anything, I walk upstairs and out of the house. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I took two extra candles from the clothespress and hurried upstairs to watch over Mother. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jimmy unloaded the cartons from the van to the first floor, and then Alex carried them upstairs, where Lorraine met him and brought the cartons into her apartment. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Do you want something to drink before we head upstairs?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Sherm’s grandmother turned, and Bridge could see the woman in the picture upstairs, along with a lot of years. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, about half an hour later, there was a loud “boom” and I went upstairs to see. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The steps protested my weight with a symphony of shudders and creaks, but they held, and what I discovered upstairs—compared to the bombed-out ground floor, at least—was like a time capsule. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The five of them went upstairs, a silent procession. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Dad had left the upstairs light on, and the small window glowed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Peering past her, I saw that the hallway, narrow as it was, divided further: to the left was a staircase going upstairs; to the right, an even narrower passage leading deeper into the house. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A loud beep came from upstairs, and Bitter turned her head. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Brinker went upstairs to continue his packing, and I walked over to the gym to clean out my locker. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Late the next morning he sat sewing in the room upstairs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He set one foot on the first stair, and then the thought that maybe it was Lizzie Bright upstairs warmed him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I follow the dusty-pink runner down the long upstairs hallway, back to the room. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come upstairs, Fabiola,” she says, motioning for me to follow her. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When I finally did go upstairs, all the lights were off and my brother was in bed. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t, so instead I just said goodnight and headed upstairs to bed. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Grandma hung back as Ma led the way upstairs. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs to the bathroom, where a steaming tub awaits. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In a sort of trance, I walked upstairs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When Grandpa wouldn’t even put in one bathroom, my daddy had put in two—one on the porch upstairs and another on the porch near the kitchen. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I unmade my bed and took my sheets to the upstairs with me. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“No,” says Tobias, “I figured I would shoot the bullets out of my nostrils, so I left it upstairs.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She rocks by the fire, sipping her sherry, counting the money in the purse on her lap, entering payments in her ledger before she locks everything in the trunk under her bed upstairs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I stop by the kitchen and get a garbage bag from under the sink, then head upstairs and stuff my clothes and the blanket and sheets in the bag, not bothering to fold anything. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went back to the TV, and after I finished washing the dishes by hand — no dishwasher — I went upstairs unwillingly to work on my math homework. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Your apartment is upstairs. Two big rooms. And you don’t have to share a bathroom like we do.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Watch a video. Play with your toys. Go and pester Miss Spink or Miss Forcible, or the crazy old man upstairs.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I catch her slipping upstairs to the empty bedrooms almost every day now. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to be going out to meet the girls, but I was so tired, so I went upstairs to sleep. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then a girl threw open an upstairs window and started yelling, too. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood awkwardly together for a moment, and then Ash said, “Well, I’d better go upstairs and get dressed.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom had gone down to stay with her for a while and I’d hobbled upstairs and tried to soak the shards of light bulb out of my feet in the tub. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Ernie slapped off the light switch and stormed upstairs, Genie following him quietly. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“No. I went upstairs around two. But there was a new stack of books on the librarian’s desk when I came down.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I sit and wait upstairs, knocking the fleas off my arms and legs, wishing I had Dad here, thinking of my litde brother and his foreign name, Alphonsus, an affliction of a name. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Dismay’s lavender collar stayed upstairs in my room. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The city, thinks Marie-Laure, is slowly being remade into the model upstairs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We strode silently, the two of us, through the house to Ben’s room upstairs. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Behind the stage, others were carrying pieces of scenery and furniture upstairs, and carrying new ones down. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

On Sunday the farmer and his wife went to church and Quentin went upstairs, found a set of car keys, and took off in a pickup truck. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

We're going to be late to Sunday school if I don’t rush, so I run upstairs and brush my teeth and change while I hear Baba telling Mustafa to hurry. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Come in, come in. Lydia?” he called upstairs. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

So I run upstairs, pull off my shirt, and grab a fresh one. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He thought he’d better get upstairs before his uncle came in. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“In Jericho. Cranham Street. It’ll be underwater now—downstairs, anyway. I hope she did what I told her to and moved all her books upstairs.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

As we went upstairs, Jaja walked in front of me and I tried to place my feet on the exact spots where he placed his. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of the warm fire back at the estate and the cold bodies upstairs in the beds. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

E Motions had the whole second floor, so I ran upstairs. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had gone upstairs even before the pizza had arrived and had been in her room since, thinking about Bebe, how utterly shattered she had seemed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Watch the sauce on the stove. I want to wash my hands upstairs,” she said, and I caught a bit of a wicked smile on her face. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

And now I blink and blink till Malachy runs to my mother, talking out in the lane with Mrs. Hannon, Mam, something is up with Frankie, he’s upstairs blinking and blinking. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

On June 14, Ulbrickson invited Royal Brougham upstairs in the crew quarters to see something. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Everything they need in one open space downstairs, two bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I trudge upstairs while a flood of people race down, on their way to the weekend. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

After a week, when the sun went down, we turned off the lights and Mother came upstairs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In a happy daze I float upstairs and lie on the red sofa feeling soft as gelatina, playing the scene over and over and over again in the darkness. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tile was glowing like one of the tablet computer screens upstairs in the rotunda. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Everything was covered in a thick layer of dust except the floor, where a wide shiny stripe had been made by something being dragged upstairs. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I follow the man and woman who go upstairs. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night as Kathy and I lay upstairs pretending to be asleep—we sometimes snuck over to each other’s rooms— we heard a tremendous boom! followed by cursing and swearing. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Kerry nurse follows us upstairs gasping and holding on to the banister. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We slept upstairs in small rooms with dormer ceilings. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

During the meeting, the upstairs had filled with a throng of news people, most of them white, with just a sprinkling of our people. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A two-story gray building that had been a store downstairs and had an apartment upstairs. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrapped one in a paper towel and brought it upstairs, sucking away the juice. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be upstairs in a few minutes. I have to finish shoveling the sidewalk.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

There were even more upstairs, with deer inside them drinking at water holes, and birds flying south for the winter. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The incision had opened, either when I was riding the bike or when I was getting it back upstairs. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Even though James had his window open upstairs, too, they seemed to have made an unspoken agreement that there would be no verbal conversations when the message bucket was in use. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But the sign advertising the attractions upstairs doesn’t make much sense to him. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When I was taken to Dr. op-oi’s rooms upstairs for our lessons to be resumed, I dreaded the interview. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs before Mum and the others found me. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

While everyone else is upstairs, I walk out the back door. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The gathering was coming to a close, and Neda was putting my brother to bed upstairs, away from the ruckus, when she noticed that my sister's bedroom smelled like smoke. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She had thought about Mister Singer all the day, and as soon as supper was over she went upstairs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure he did. We’re going to have you brought upstairs so we can have a better look at it.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I spend most of my time upstairs in the Sunday school classrooms, which Mama tells Auntie are covered with graffiti. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

A door in the basement led directly outside, so we never went upstairs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I grab a fistful of pretzels and a soda before running upstairs. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

If I could get it loose, I could connect it to my Netbook upstairs and see what it contains. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Margot and I threw on our clothes as well and were upstairs earlier than usual. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She gets up and slams her chair into the table and goes back upstairs. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Remember, I have to hear this upstairs. I can barely hear it standing right next to you.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs to practice the Dvorak piece Professor Christie had assigned me, and to work out what was bothering me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The presence of the seminarian inhibited Tessie, who no longer wandered upstairs for private swing sessions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I think of Madoc, dozing away upstairs, all his dreams of murder. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I spent nearly an hour upstairs making meatballs, but I only spoke to “him” in passing. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go. Artemis wants us upstairs in the situations room.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Nada, I said. But why don’t you go upstairs with your brother. Laura’s not coming and her mother’s only dropping something off for me.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Everyone trapped in their roles: orphans, cadets, Frederick, Volkheimer, the old Jewess who lives upstairs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Instead I go upstairs and wash away the layers of makeup and conditioners and dyes and then go down to dry my hair by the fire. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said something she didn’t hear, dared me to say anything—just one little thing—and went upstairs. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

From a flat upstairs, an adult yelled, “Nee any a, if you children make patches on the garage walls with that ball, I will cut off your ears!” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Eva out at the old folks’ home, the deweys living anywhere, Tar Baby steeped in wine, and Sula upstairs in Eva’s bed with a boarded-up window and an empty pocketbook on the dresser. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I take the key to the trunk upstairs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Soon as we finish carrying the canning upstairs.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I press my palm to the panel covering the mirror upstairs, and push it aside. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“But, Anne, are these words really coming from your lips? From you, who have had to put up with so many unkind words from upstairs? From you, who are aware of all the injustices?” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I run upstairs, pull on a pair of jeans and some trainers, run back downstairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said good night to Dad from the steps and I turned off the upstairs hall light and got into my bed and under the covers. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

But she was upstairs getting ready to go away—yet again. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My parents are going to wonder where I am, so I turn off the lights and head back upstairs, feeling slightly less alone. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, right...Hermione, I think she wants me to go upstairs with her.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I lock myself in the upstairs bathroom and turn both lights on. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

When she arrived, I got out of bed and we went to the upstairs kitchen to make hot chocolate. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scrambles upstairs, stumbling, shouting, “Uncle! Uncle!” the whole house turning scarlet in her mind, roof turning to smoke, flames chewing through walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I dried my hands against a towel and hurried upstairs. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I grabbed five, went upstairs, changed, lay on my bed, ate the biscuits, put on “Mr. Blue Sky” by ELO and played it five or six times, guessing what test the Spooks’d set me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I think she’s about to sneak upstairs, which she’s started to do again, but then I hear her on the kitchen telephone asking for Miss Hilly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It seemed strange to find their house sitting calmly where it always sat, lights in the first-floor windows and the upstairs dark. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought I heard...somebody in the house. I called you. He was upstairs.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mrs. van D. doesn’t miss a chance to make her wishes known to whoever comes upstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He moved upstairs permanently, into a hospital bed near the living room window. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

We ran upstairs to dig out the costumes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Charlie left then, with a goodbye wave, and I went upstairs to brush my teeth and gather my books. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When Max telephoned upstairs that I was here, Sir Lawrence came down from his office, let me say a few words, and then retired for a private conversation with Max. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

A chorus of healing voices accompanied the soggy “Thanks” that wavered from the kitchen as I headed for my tear-proof refuge upstairs. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

THE next evening, I’m working upstairs in my room, banging the keys on my Corona. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t have gone upstairs with the roller skates on,” she finally said as though in a trance. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs with my oil rags and I open that cupboard for myself. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The woman took Ash upstairs, leading her down a dim corridor to a dark room. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your parents sleep upstairs and go to bed early. Mine are in the next room and stay up late.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He walked upstairs and began undressing for bed. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll just leave you two alone then. I’m going to head back upstairs, I guess.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Mam says,You go upstairs with your big mouth and don’t move from that room. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth grabs a laptop off the table and leads me upstairs. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

In the general confusion, I gathered up my presents and slipped upstairs to my room. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I said, “Yeah,” and they kept going upstairs. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When I was finished with that, I took my book bag upstairs. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs like I was walking to the gallows. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the all-clear signal began to wail, we went back upstairs to our apartment. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Lucy, how are you doing? You want to eat something? I can bring your dinner upstairs along with Frankie’s.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Come along,” a voice answered distinctly upstairs, and Eleanor turned, eager, and hurried to the staircase. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some folk grumbled about servants and slaves being forced to sit in the upstairs gallery. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got home, I lingered downstairs and put in some extra piano practice, after which Mother ordered me upstairs to change my pinafore. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

We go upstairs together and I take Cheddar and lie down on my bed. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He dashed upstairs, alerted the “Home Guard,” and the four of them went downstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was late when she came back, and no one saw her creep upstairs and shut herself into her mother’s room. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hopefully the guy doesn’t decide to come upstairs in the next couple minutes.... Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

To fix a broken machine, which was forged out of cast iron at a foundry inside Camp 14, Shin and other repairmen had to haul it on their backs to a repair shop upstairs. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He leads me first to the kitchen where he picks up a plate of ham sandwiches and two botdes, and then upstairs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She sensed the weight of eyes on her, looking down from the windows upstairs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dad and I go upstairs and pack up my belongings, which aren’t much. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which, by the way, Mother’s group has never raised one red cent for me, to help put in upstairs plumbing at the Equatorial, for example. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few paragraphs, Marie-Laure says without preamble, “Tell me about that bedroom upstairs. Across from the one 1 sleep in.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

That night Mom and Dad spent a long time upstairs talking in low voices while we kids lay in our boxes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She questioned everybody, starting with Malvonne, an upstairs neighbor—the one who told her about Joe’s dirt in the first place and whose apartment he and the girl used as a love nest. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only smiled at her, and ran upstairs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I want to say goodbye to Leo,” I tell her firmly, and before she can send me upstairs, I shake hands with him. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I grab my cell phone, plug in my earbuds, and head upstairs to the roof. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Her mom had put up an old baby gate to block the stairs leading up to the bedrooms, and Paganini had been removed to safety upstairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t suppose,” he said, “you would go upstairs and get me a drink.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was past four by the time I went upstairs again. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He admired the two upstairs sliding windows, even as he vaguely supposed he could ask one thing more, one small thing — that Helen might be returned to him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went upstairs to the bathroom to tie her hair back from her face. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Still, with my mom flattened upstairs and my dad working all the time, the house did feel a tad quiet and the fridge a wee bit empty. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Dad came upstairs every evening and settled himself into a sofa in the Chapel, where he would cough and watch TV or read the Old Testament. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He came upstairs to the flat, sat down and said nothing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, after a hasty lunch, it was straight back upstairs for the Charms exam. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Once Fiona came upstairs she wouldn’t be able to overlook the dripping sound of the mess leaking between the boards into the attic, or the smell. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Grandma started making brownies, and Shawn and I went upstairs to choose a movie. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then they would all return, go upstairs, and then leave again. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he left the bag of rock salt in the stairwell, and took the shovel upstairs. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

When he gets home, Dad comes upstairs to meet Safer’s mom and to thank her for feeding me. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There were three bedrooms upstairs, Erma said, but no one had been to the second floor in nigh on ten years, because the floorboards were rotted through. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly joined a group of officers who marched upstairs to get the R inmates to lock in. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take Mama’s hand, and together we go upstairs to join Ma. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Kat went back upstairs and I followed her. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soft footsteps padded down the upstairs hallway and paused at the top of the stairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Question to remember: Why would a house with a room upstairs not have a bathroom upstairs? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to go back upstairs yet, so I text my mom. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Sister Rita said one more word out of him and upstairs with him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I try to make it upstairs before anyone sees me, but luck is not on my side tonight. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She kissed Daddy good night more fervently than ever before and went upstairs, closing the door after her. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had, I supposed, the first time he went into it, discovered there were living quarters upstairs—perhaps he had even gone up and looked. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

And then we heard the sound of a door slamming upstairs and footsteps. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Suit yourself. Oh, by the way, Mr. Lemoncello has a real video game console upstairs.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Theresa tried not to worry as she ushered the girls upstairs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then once they’re out the door, I cut upstairs to the library to sneak a read. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back upstairs my mother was rushing from room to room, her arms full of clothes. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I recall, the next couple Eves were slow, painful affairs, with the two of us just biding time below, waiting for the moment we could sneak upstairs and get stoned. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He usually just peers down from an upstairs window. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The dog ran upstairs, hysterically yelping to each door, at last realizing, as the house realized, that only silence was here. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs to get ready for bed, and a new obsessive slogan started running through my mind. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every window upstairs and down blazed, though she always turned out the light when she left a room. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around and went upstairs, without shutting the door and without so much as glancing behind me even one time. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I used to go upstairs and say, “You guys got to stop making noise up here!” Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her stew would send my little brother Henry upstairs in disgust. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presently she hopped upstairs and into Stuart’s room where he was lying in bed. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

We took the elevator upstairs and checked out our room. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I remind myself to watch him more closely when I get upstairs and not let this injury distract me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I stuffed down my worries, gave my dad a kiss, and took myself back upstairs to get ready for my own workday. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The noise was slight, but they both listened intently for a moment to see if it produced another, from upstairs. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Schooner, or Brigantine, or whatever the dog’s name was, must have come free from her lead, because she bolted upstairs from the kitchen, barking wildly. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As soon as they pulled up in the yard, Ernie bolted over to Samantha with the new Bite Buddy, and Genie ran into the house to put the truck safely back on the dresser upstairs. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The Professor noticed it, too, and motioned me to bring him upstairs. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Maya watched her for a long minute, then went upstairs and brought back the second bottle. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The neighbors have been complaining about some of them, who want to use their upstairs to look in on Kwang’s house, some even asking if the basements might be connected. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he came down to the library while Francis and I were playing cards, but he refused our invitation to join in and poked listlessly through the shelves, finally meandering upstairs without choosing a book. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I draw beside the picture window in the living room upstairs, when there is nobody home, or in the daylight from the cellar window. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Izzy, however, knew nothing of this until she arrived at Mia’s after school, let herself in through the unlocked side door as usual, and came upstairs to see Bebe crumpled at the kitchen table. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Tobin? Chop-chop. I’m in a bit of a rush. The doors upstairs will be open in thirteen minutes. Mrs. Tobin?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I want to go upstairs and lie down. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The one sign of life was a candle in an upstairs window. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then I realize with a shiver that the scene upstairs is likely happening in many of the homes around us. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I tell them my parents are upstairs in Italy and they say, What? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Only if you came into the entryway would you see the two inner doors, one leading to the upstairs apartment, one to the downstairs, and their shared basement beneath. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Listen, can you stay upstairs with Candy for a little while? I have to run an errand.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She went upstairs to the flat and looked into the mirror. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I catch my balance, I run upstairs to my room. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this house and how I can hear her upstairs because the house is a million years old and there’s no insulation between ceilings and floors, unless you count centuries-old mouse nests. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Jessie retrieved her list of things to do for Christmas Eve dinner and examined it while listening to the sounds of her family awakening upstairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“My dad and I have the upstairs rooms,” I said. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She had Ms. Brenda, from upstairs, come down and babysit us both every night, making sure Jazz was all changed and fed, and burped and put to sleep. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Harry and the others followed Professor McGonagall upstairs and into her office. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

In this way attention remained mostly fixed on the plight of the girl upstairs. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I raced back upstairs where Bianca was out in the hallway. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“The Dewey decimal doors are now open and, unlike Tuck, this game will not be everlasting. Therefore, it is time to race upstairs like the rats of NIMH!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I brought him the rabbit and he took it upstairs to the operating room. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jim rose from the table as I got there, grunted that it would be nice to take a day off to go sledding, and disappeared upstairs into the bathroom. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I follow him upstairs, where he leads me to his room. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Papa took him upstairs and locked the door. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I noticed when you didn’t come upstairs—I promised your father I’d look out for you. So I asked the innkeeper if he knew where you’d gone, and he told me.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I hear someone walking around upstairs and I assume it’s Hazelle, but a few minutes later Peeta comes down and tosses a cardboard box of empty liquor bottles on the table with finality. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, we’re upstairs, tucked in some dark corner of the balcony overlooking the space, and he has me pushed against the wall. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After we finish eating, my mom and dad head upstairs to go to bed early before the big day, but Auntie Idris asks me to stay behind to help her clean. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Afterwards, my parents just sort of banged upstairs, suitcases smacking every step, and collapsed on their bed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I remember hearing my uncle shout from upstairs for us to call 911 and to immediately evacuate the house. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

For all they could ascertain, the bandits had turned into ghosts and melted through the upstairs walls; they had simply evaporated. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After two strong gin cocktails in the drawing room with Leon and his sister, Marshall had come upstairs to find his room, unpack and change for dinner. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Kosi asked, following him upstairs, where she had laid out a blue caftan on his bed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I knew I should be happy to have my best friend back, but instead all I wanted to do was run upstairs and be with Yuki. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Ash went upstairs to her bedroom; the house smelled of the bitter medicines the physicians had brewed. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got upstairs I saw that Herman E. Calloway’s door was still open a crack. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

They come upstairs every day and talk to the men about business and politics, to the women about food and wartime difficulties and to the children about books and newspapers. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I feel weird going upstairs with all of them down here, so I sit on the couch and lightly click my tongue until Riot comes out of hiding. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Little Jule runs back upstairs to look in her parents’ room. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He left to go upstairs for his cup. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat in the wicker rocking chair in the shade on the upstairs porch above the bar, and she stared down at him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

After a long while, Lydia stood to go upstairs. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs again, to the privacy of my bedroom, but when I opened the door I found the housemaids in there doing the room; one was sweeping the floor, the other dusting the dressing-table. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I run upstairs to get my phone and find it tangled up in the bedclothes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Um, boys, why don’t we go upstairs and get your stuff ready to go,” Ma said, her eyes darting back and forth between Dad and Grandpop. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I was so scared someone might hear it that I literally begged Father to take me back upstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Still, every afternoon she would come upstairs from the bakery and head for the bed. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Stark said, “Why don’t you girls go upstairs?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“What are you two doing here? This is adult talk. Go upstairs,” Salma Auntie scolds as she peers behind the sofa at us. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She picked up her broom — she never felt quite herself without it — and was about to climb upstairs, when a rickshaw pulled up to the collapsible gate. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Still, when I finally go upstairs, I lock my bedroom door again. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large crimson flag, heavy with rainwater, hangs from the sill of an upstairs window. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I remember seeing very few people upstairs beyond the butlers, who were strangers to me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Want to see what I brought back from California?” she asks, heading upstairs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He’s upstairs sitting by the fire, smoking a cigarette, reading The Irish Press, which he loves because it’s De Valera’s paper and he thinks De Valera is the greatest man in the world. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later he had gotten the TV set upstairs; his fingers groaning, he placed it on a coffee table in his living room. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

If I had, I would have taken her upstairs instead of freckles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He sprinted upstairs and threw himself under the bed, wrenching up the loose floorboard, and grabbed the pillowcase full of his books and birthday presents. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I was upstairs this morning, since I promised Mrs. van D. I’d read her some of my stories. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Some of their briefings with the brainy fellas had happened upstairs, though she was not invited to attend those meetings. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

You could hear Lorraine upstairs for about five minutes. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her parents were having a low- voices fight upstairs. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Instead of sleeping in the last room on the right upstairs, I’m now in the first room on the left after you come in the front door. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The master bedroom is upstairs, at the end of the hall. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even see Augustus come upstairs, but he came over and wiped his brow with the back of his hand like whew and said, “You’re a champion.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Seeing Grandpop grab his hat and slap it on his head, then run his hand along the dresser until he got to a folded flag, just like the one upstairs. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

While Jonas carried the trunks back upstairs, Ash lit the fires and began to prepare supper. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“After supper we’ll go upstairs, you and I, and start reading one of your new books together,” my mother suggested. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a gruff male voice called something from upstairs, so muffled it might have been two floors up. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came downstairs to tell Dussel it was time to listen to the radio and hung around the bathroom for a while, but when Dussel took too long, he went back upstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Her mother held a low opinion about her husband going upstairs but was not without resources. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Some would go upstairs to Hazel’s mother to have their fortunes read or to buy charms from Marie Levesque, the famous gris- gris queen. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They were then looking for nim any moment Edna hastened upstairs by a private stairway that led from the rear of the store to the apartments above. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

For George is an old gray cat who has accumulated a hatred of people and things so intense that even hidden upstairs he communicates his prayer that you will go away. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the gardens upstairs, Nyame settled the pedestal near the front edge of the palace roof, overlooking the marina and the bay. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He heard the upstairs door open and the footsteps start down the stairs. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sander led me upstairs to a small dormer room. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you hear it? It’s coming from the dining room upstairs.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for the sandwich,” she said, and slid down from her stool and went upstairs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs to pick up Mr. Black, and he was waiting in front of his door, snapping his fingers next to his ear. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the way upstairs to his room he had felt isolated, but righteous. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d stomped back upstairs, got dressed in tan cargo shorts and his favorite T-shirt. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The house had four bedrooms—the master bedroom on the first floor and the kids’ rooms upstairs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Somewhere upstairs a door swung quietly shut; a bird touched the tower briefly and flew off. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

If I drag it upstairs, we can have a picnic. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I got the key and bounded upstairs instead of waiting for the lift. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Cook and Henry both erupted into motion, Henry heading upstairs toward the bedrooms, Cook to the black telephone mounted on the wall near the back door. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Instead of running upstairs and telling Mr. and Mrs. Little about the accident, Snowbell did a very curious thing. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He gave me time to dash upstairs and find Grandmother’s portrait. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no more going upstairs when the new slave took residence. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

There was a shout from the drawing room upstairs, where Colonel Hawkins and his men had been meeting. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remained for a while in Mr. Kugler’s office, switched off the lamp and went upstairs without worrying much about the open doors or the messy office. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I can’t forget them, walking through these dark rooms, trying to play dolls, maybe, in here or those bedrooms upstairs.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now she spent her days sitting by her upstairs window, watching people in the street with her sharp eyes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then I went upstairs to my parents’ bedroom, and from my father’s chest of drawers got a pair of flannel pajamas. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to Coraline that the crazy old man upstairs actually had a name, she realized. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He went upstairs to feed Nipper, who had returned from his daily wanderings. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I tried to be useful, too, but I could feel my attention drifting upstairs, to Clancy’s desk. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When I go back upstairs, I don’t return to my own bedroom. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They rode in silence for a while, those words churning in Pearl’s mind: upstairs with some girl. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When we were all inside, a deputy led us upstairs to the courtroom and searched everyone before we could go in. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“My brother and I lived upstairs from the theater.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When they finally got home, Grandma had no sooner sent Ernie upstairs—with the beer bottle containing the half tooth—to lie down with a double dose of pain reliever when the phone rang. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then I grabbed my hat and ran upstairs to knock on Ms. Brenda's door. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I have a dream that God calls her name, and I wake up and go upstairs just to see if she’s still there. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Blake, gazing out of an upstairs window. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

My parents were upstairs going in mal, which they wouldn’t want me to know, but which I could tell, because they chose a really flashy, expensive malfunction site that was easy to trace. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later when the ashes grew cold he would move to the top of the radiator, and then, sometime in the middle of the night, he would steal upstairs and curl up beside the old dog. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kathy woke to a thump upstairs, coming from one of the kids’ rooms. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Yes, they’re upstairs. Makes it pretty handy. And I thought you just coming home—” “Not tonight. Maybe later. How much do they charge?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Again she thinks of the model upstairs, the stone inside. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her maids carried them upstairs and demure Penelope retired with great contentment in her heart. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whites I separate carefully, and take upstairs to my mother, who makes them into meringue cookies. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He puts on his cap and goes upstairs for his suitcase. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Over at the house, a few Juniors had stopped at one of the upstairs windows and were watching us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran out through the kitchen after her stepmother, who was about to go upstairs, and demanded, “What have you done with my things?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When I’m finished grounding these ridiculous contraptions, I’ll be heading upstairs with my wire cutters. Mummy wants me to snip the power cables to all those senseless video games.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

For a while we were indignant because no one from the office came upstairs the entire morning; Mr. Kleiman left us on tenterhooks until eleven-thirty. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Better than anything else Frankie loved it when there were parties upstairs in the laboratory. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We put our hands on our faces, covering our mouths so Mrs. Malloy doesn’t see us and send us upstairs. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

That night, a woman upstairs begged her to accept a bag of frozen meats and vegetables, because she was moving the next day, and she hated to see good food go to waste. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘The Romans aren’t big on navies. They had, like, one rowboat. Which I sank. Speaking of violent storms, you’re doing a first-rate job upstairs.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My dad steps out into the upstairs hallway and closes the door to my sister’s room. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And then we go back upstairs, and Mila Odom and Eve Miller pull a bunch of rolling chairs out of the computer lab. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Sunday evening at a quarter to eight we trooped upstairs carrying the big laundry basket, which had been decorated with cutouts and bows made of pink and blue carbon paper. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Early in the morning Song Po-po rushed upstairs to tell us the news. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emenike led him upstairs, and into the study, a clean, bright room made brighter by the white bookshelves and white curtains. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Genie should’ve had on socks, especially since his mother had warned him about the splinters in the floor upstairs, but he just couldn’t sleep in them. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Kainene always made sure they didn’t stay long, and she didn’t ask him to meet them because she said they would bore him, so he stayed upstairs reading or scribbling until they left. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Also whenever he went upstairs he went up two at a time, always starting with his right foot. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I decided the coast was probably clear, so I tiptoed upstairs. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We look at each other and shrug and then follow orders and go upstairs. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then she sent him upstairs to take a bath, and sent George out to take Stuart’s clothes to the cleaner. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then she started crying and Mum told Kat and me to go upstairs. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The handle of the powder blue suitcase was slick in Zane’s hand as he made his way into the last of the upstairs bedrooms, the Owner’s. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Althea! Run upstairs ahead of us and have the nurse prepare an examination room. I shall need all my medicinal remedies!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And then: urgency in their voices, someone always rushing back upstairs for one last forgotten something, until finally—kiss, kiss, love you!—the door slammed behind them. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Antonio: We was hanging out together—but I didn’t go upstairs with him. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And then come upstairs and watch your movie in the living room.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Because his kid can’t go upstairs to his own room until he says that it is safe? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The others went upstairs, a slow unwilling procession. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Will searched his mother’s bedroom first, ashamed to be looking through the drawers where she kept her underclothes, and then he worked systematically through the rest of the rooms upstairs, even his own. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the girls had settled into the upstairs classroom, Sister Loretta began to speak to the boys. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even after I submitted the report, the only thing that appeared to change for the old man was that he got transferred, for reasons unknown, to a cell upstairs on R-gallery. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that she’d shown them the soundproof room, why didn’t she just go back upstairs with her mom? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Later that night, though, when he was upstairs in his room, Joaquin regretted what he had said. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

There hadn’t been a sound from upstairs when Dilsey came in and sent Bed and Luster on to the kitchen and said supper was ready. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They caught one," someone yelled from an upstairs window. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I snuck upstairs once, but Mother still slept. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kugler came upstairs this afternoon with the news that starting Monday, Mrs. Broks would like to spend two hours in the office every afternoon, just imagine! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And then we were upstairs again and getting ready to walk out the door. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Rushing upstairs, she startled the invalids by exclaiming tragically as she burst into the room, “Oh, do somebody go down quick! John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went upstairs to my room and Kat took out a large card envelope that had been stuffed up her front. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I’m going to need to go and see if Mr. Hughes’ picture’s been hanging upstairs the whole time I been downstairs reading his books. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Instead, I practically dragged Pascagoula upstairs so Mother wouldn’t see us talking and asked her everything. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Like maybe they had even found it in his shoebox upstairs. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Tonight, I watched some television with my sister, but she didn’t want to watch the Christmas specials that were on, so I decided to go upstairs and read. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Dude, I got this,” Michael always said, a joking reference to the impossibility of sprinting upstairs to the platform in time to catch the train. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Live music floated out of an upstairs apartment, and there was a burst of laughter. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I stayed after to work on a project. Can I eat upstairs? I’m buried with homework.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The monster, who has the whole Qur’an memorized, has been invited to say a few prayers and then disappear upstairs so the girls can “relax.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I found those at the back of the upstairs closet. They may have been here from the previous tenants.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We go upstairs to his room and David says he got a pet and asks do I want to hold it. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we talked about “upstairs” and “downstairs” some more. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Genie guessed whatever they talked about last night when he was upstairs praying for his own deafness and the end of Grandpop’s sobbing—the sound of black sheep—went well. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When he came home, I was upstairs in my room, reading. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Alice used to sneer at me when I left our class for my special daily period upstairs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pearl heard the door close, but it was a few minutes before Mia came back upstairs, her feet slow and heavy on the steps. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I run upstairs to the balcony to spy on them leaving. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her one trip upstairs on Sundays was to change out of her good dress, so she’d be on the couch the rest of the day, napping or laboriously reading the Sunday paper. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

When I’m upstairs, I try to laugh it off because I don’t want them to see my troubles. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The lights were switched off, I grabbed a jacket, and we sat down upstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I stopped in the hall until I could hear Mother and Uncle Maury upstairs, then I went on back to the kitchen. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were just babies in the war—like the ones upstairs!” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Why don't you run upstairs, get rid of that jacket, and come back with some of Gramps's whiskey." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Humphrey did so, then walked back upstairs to retrieve the trunk. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Here, and we said thank you and waited until she went upstairs. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slam of the bedroom door often preceded Martin’s upstairs visit. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She plants a kiss on my head, then goes upstairs to find a recipe from some old book. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Johnny and Tyrone asked Eric and Derrick to come upstairs to look at their clubhouse—a vacant apartment on the fourteenth floor. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d love a cup of tea but there’s no way of boiling the water till Malachy pulls a loose board off the wall between the two upstairs rooms. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I slung the backpack over my shoulder and carried the package upstairs, closing my bedroom door behind me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Oliver and Laney crept upstairs, hand in hand. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He heard the Dursleys leaving the table and hurried upstairs out of the way. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he imagines it’s under the bed upstairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hours later I found myself in front of the apartment house, and made my way upstairs and through the dimly lit hallway. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so glad you came. Let’s go upstairs where we can speak in something less than a shout.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

To my mind, being in the upstairs meant we were closer to God, and our prayers got there first. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made a beeline for the arts center, ducked inside, and ran upstairs to the photo studio. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once inside the building, I go upstairs and find the spot behind the doughnut chair. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Your father’ll have to talk to you,” she said and ran upstairs. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘Take Richard upstairs and show him your electric train,’ the mother said. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The upstairs rooms remain empty, but they are at least clean now, the spiderwebs all swiped away. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I knocked on the front door, but there was no answer, so I let myself in and pounded upstairs. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I carried them upstairs on the top of the pile. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I was upstairs, putting Evie down, and I was thinking that this is what I wanted, isn’t it? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, of course, he thought, they think I’m upstairs.... The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

On my way back upstairs I heard a woman’s voice in Raymond’s room. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I fumble to push it aside and reveal the upstairs hallway. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When we got home, I went right upstairs to my room and wrote about what happened, and lay in my bed and tried to go to sleep—even though it was only seven o’clock. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“You and Jaja can have breakfast upstairs. I will bring the things up. Your father will eat with the guests,” Mama said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Abandoning the remaining condolences, Celia takes the card in hand and leaves the room, ascending a winding stair that leads to the upstairs parlor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“There ain’t any rooms to let around here, and the only one lives upstairs is me!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She saw the Giant straighten up again and she saw him poke the trumpet in through the open upstairs window of the room where the Goochey children were sleeping. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then one night after supper she and Amelia came upstairs to find Betsy chortling over the paper in their bedroom. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I followed Byron upstairs into the bathroom and he stood in front of the sink and looked in the mirror. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait for me, will you, while I nip upstairs and get the badges?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I just said I was sorry and went upstairs to my room, like a teenager in a sulk. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was when I had the revelation that his apartment wasn’t just like ours, because his had an upstairs. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“For the all clear? Safer, are you still—upstairs? At Mr. X’s?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And as for Marie-Claude and me, here we are, we’ve retreated to this house, and upstairs we have a mountain of your work. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was glowing, like one of the touch-screen computers in the desks upstairs. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, go upstairs and get him. Tell him he has one minute to get down here, or it’s no phone for a week.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

When someone demanded to know where the water had come from, they shrugged their shoulders and pointed meekly upstairs toward the Canadians. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Quick—we sent Mama and Papa upstairs and told them we would bring them breakfast in bed. They looked so pleased they didn’t even ask any questions!” said Isa, her face flushed. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She flapped back into an upstairs window, mewling unhappily. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Events of great importance are unfolding upstairs and I can hardly stop to exchange pleasantries with you. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Well, he wasn’t some kind of a jerk, he said when he came back upstairs. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I was going through the upstairs bedrooms at home looking for something and...” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Once the water in the kettle boiled, Joseph lugged it upstairs, using a towel he found by the sink so the hot metal handle wouldn’t burn him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

For a moment I thought of creeping out again, and going upstairs to my room and sitting there. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was going upstairs—where else did the stairs lead? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He sat on a chair at the very back of the room, not wanting to go upstairs to bed by himself, hoping that Mrs Boland might forget him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“The girls would be downstairs and the guys would be upstairs, so it would be quite proper.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

After that, he’d stayed upstairs when Tim came over, and was meanly glad when he and Trip began to drift apart. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I started crying, but when my mom started coming over to hug me, I ran upstairs for bed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked back to O-Hall and kicked off our shoes before opening the door and climbing upstairs. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I ran upstairs, pulled the proposal out of Fred’s backpack, and looked down at the cover page. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The night of the ball, instead of getting ready in my room like all the other boys, I went upstairs to Javi s room. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The door to the upstairs apartment was unlocked, and Mia looked up, alarmed, as Mrs. Richardson came into the kitchen. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was racing upstairs, bursting into his room, finding Nipper healthy and plump and waddling across the floor to meet him. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

There was a rumor that satellite phones were working and that there was one phone, connected to a fax line, in the upstairs office of the bus station. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

On my return trip upstairs I carried two pots of coffee. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I then went upstairs to the second floor. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The rat’s soul was set afire, and because of this, he journeyed upstairs, seeking the light. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I watched them all pull up to the house in Arthur Bauer’s truck, then I hurried upstairs. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I made my way back upstairs, the tightness in my chest vanished, lifting away with the comforter as I kicked it to the floor. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Jaja and Mama were dressed and waiting in the living room upstairs when I came out. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me know when it leaves,” he said and went upstairs. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy went upstairs to get ready for our search, and Tidings ate two whole sundaes while Daddy was gone. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t go upstairs. And don’t let the little boy up there either.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mary admired the two little girls I’d brought, mixed them in with her own children, sent them all upstairs to play games and watch television. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maxim had returned then, while I had been upstairs, bringing his agent with him I supposed, for it sounded to me as if the room was full of people. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Ellis is upstairs playing her music too loudly. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I cut my arm breaking into the upstairs bathroom window of my current place. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They led us out of the cell and upstairs. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He turned his back on the two and moved toward the door so he could get upstairs and resume his night’s sleep. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

While he makes occasional comments that she should be practicing more, for the most part he ignores her, spending his time alone in the upstairs parlor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Organ music drifted upstairs—which meant that Mrs. Powell, Preacher Powell’s wife, had arrived. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Since the house is so old, there’s no actual master bedroom upstairs. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Sir, I can’t let you go upstairs. I have strict orders—” “You’re talking to a white man, boy. This medicine is for your master.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

So they went upstairs, Grandma leading the way, holding the candle in one hand. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The night of the big dance, I suffered at home, barely paying attention to the book—Steinbeck’s Sweet Thursday—I had borrowed from Dad’s bookcase in the upstairs hall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she went upstairs to change, Shukumar poured himself some wine and put on a record, a Thelonius Monk album he knew she liked. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I kiss him on the lips and I leave him, but I don’t go back upstairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

No wonder those people were trying to push their way upstairs. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what to do to make the box come upstairs. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Breathless and full of wild energy, I take a ball of rope from the kitchen drawer and run upstairs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A latch clicks, dulling the sounds from upstairs. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I taste hot liquid, bile and bitter wine, in my mouth, and I run upstairs to be sick. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a bathroom upstairs at the end of the hall. Next to the laundry room,” Oliver says. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he forced a smile and said, “Go upstairs and look around while I get you some wine. Please feel at home, please....” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I'm in the upstairs bathroom talking to her because I don't want Jamie to hear. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

On weekends he takes the train to Massachusetts, to the house in which his father’s photograph, the one used during the funeral, hangs in a frame on a wall in the upstairs hallway. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Chantal is above me, pulling my leg, trying to keep me upstairs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I heard Papa walk upstairs to his room for his afternoon siesta. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rebuffed, she left the room and went upstairs and lay on the bed with Clarissa, and read without taking in a word, feeling her irritation and confusion grow. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then without changing her tone she called to her son, “And get upstairs here, you. I’ll learn you to bother me when I’m taking a nap.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We lived in a two-story house, and my parents allowed us to take over the upstairs level. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I helped him to a bedroom upstairs; while he took off his coat and vest I told him that all arrangements had been deferred until he came. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

My sister Kathy and I lay upstairs and listened, and through what seemed to be a fog, I heard my older brother Richie telling Mommy, “It’s all right, Ma. It’s all right.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing how we had the place to ourselves, we hung out upstairs for a change, eating cereal and watching a bit of mindless TV in the living room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I do have the decency to wait until I get upstairs before I open the paper. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then we walked upstairs into the canal house where Otto Frank’s business had been. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then I went upstairs again really quietly, but it was difficult because my legs were shaking. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The night before, she had watched from an upstairs window as a car had finally pulled up in front of the house. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Whenever the ringing stopped, she held her breath, believing, Now he is going to come storming upstairs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My parents will notice I’m not upstairs soon.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The McDonald’s restaurant we went to in Midtown Manhattan for lunch was so crowded we had to locate a corner booth on the second floor upstairs. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Mango wheezes loudly, and my mother tells me to wait by the door while she runs back upstairs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

If the rain is too heavy for her to go home she stays in the small room upstairs with Alphie. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Meggie was sitting upstairs with Mo, watching him remove a book from its mildewed binding as carefully as if he were releasing an injured animal from a trap. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Too, Penelope longed to ask about the strange staircase the children had discovered upstairs, but she did not feel it wise to confess to Lady Constance that they had wandered into the attic without permission. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Around this time, Marie-Laure’s father is summoned upstairs to the director’s office. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I accused her of not trusting her own daughter, grabbed the slip of paper with your number from her hand, and ran upstairs. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Joseph wiped the long streaks of tears from his cheeks, then ran upstairs and slammed the door. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Blanca would ask a million questions, and I went upstairs braced for another confrontation. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She provided the safe space of a reading room on the first floor, low-rent lodging upstairs, and an employment bureau to provide leads on jobs. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But Harry wasn’t complaining; any excuse not to be with Aunt Marge was fine by him, so he began to heave the case upstairs into the spare bedroom, taking as long as he could. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Another day, I was working upstairs with an older officer named Robinson. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carries the mail upstairs and opens the package. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Your Great-Aunt Muriel doesn’t agree, I just met her upstairs while she was giving Fleur the tiara. She said, ‘Oh dear, is this the Muggle-born?’ and then, ‘Bad posture and skinny ankles.’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was knocked down, flattened, then hauled upstairs to be forcibly searched. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brought my sketch pad and backpack upstairs to Mom’s office and plopped everything on the floor beside her desk. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Wait, Chino, can you like take this upstairs.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Someone in an engine-boat was trying to maneuver it towards an upstairs window, where a gray-haired woman in a nightdress was calling for help, her terrier dæmon barking madly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her laughter floated upstairs into the living room, where I sat reading. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I walked upstairs to the church office and found middle-aged Mabel Shorter unusually flustered as she laid down the telephone receiver. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He pushes past me and starts walking upstairs. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“I’ve a lot of cooking today and there’s cleaning and sewing and all. You evidently wish to see Mr. Ttt; he’s upstairs in his study.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs and closed my door and lay down on my bed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The hum of people leaving the cars carried upstairs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Your father has come upstairs for lunch,” she finally said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you went upstairs,” Taisin said, picking up her cloak from where she had left it, slung over a chair. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I ran out back, through the courtyard that separated the house from the servants’ quarters, and upstairs to her room. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A slightly built former dancer, she worked upstairs as a vice president at Bravo. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The sheet of paper he thrust into my hand was similar to the schedule pasted above my study desk upstairs, except he had penciled in two hours of “time with your cousins” each day. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Their gallants— young squires in the height of fashion, many of them wearing Mordred’s badge as Thrashers—came mincing in with their long-toed shoes, in which it was impossible to walk upstairs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and ran upstairs and into the bathroom and started to puke. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Lock the girl in the potato bin, then come upstairs.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs and changed into a thinner frock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs to my old office to take a little break myself. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Aileen had thrown out my wet sneakers and the gloves, we all rushed upstairs into the main hall and watched as the rest of the room stared outside. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s upstairs. The entrance is at the side of the building.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He mixed the margarine for Portia and scrubbed the floor upstairs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

This chore being completed, I was sent upstairs with Bono to set out new candles in the bedroom sconces; and thereafter, set to shucking sweetcorn in the kitchen. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s right on the edge. I’ll have to have a better look at it upstairs.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“So you coming upstairs and saying hello to your future mother-in-law?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

Finally, his dad came down and dragged Gus back upstairs, and in the entryway, beneath an Encouragement telling me that Friends Are Forever, I knelt to kiss him good night. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Eventually we ran out of nothing to talk about, and I excused myself and went upstairs to be alone. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

As they prepared to take their leave, many of the surrounding elves pressed in upon them, offering snacks to take back upstairs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Usually he went to his room to read before lunch, but he had not come upstairs today; he had been in the kitchen the whole time, with Mama and Sisi. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He carried Inigo inside, placed him upstairs on Falkbridge’s feather bed, then hurried away to the entrance of the Thieves Quarter, dragging the wagon behind him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, she found herself automatically going upstairs to suss out the latest stash of wine bottles, and only realized upon opening the closet that that wasn’t a problem anymore. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mama and Papa were so engrossed in their own thoughts and conversation that they didn’t hear the two sets of footsteps pitter-patter down the upstairs hallway. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Today Doon didn’t stop in at the shop to see his father before going upstairs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs with Bep, who usually has her dessert before the rest of us. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

For the first time since they had been upstairs, Maya seemed at a loss for words. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

By the time we rode the elevator upstairs, our clothes were organized neatly in the closets; the kitchen pantry had been stocked with our favorite foods. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He carried the package upstairs, unwrapped it, and discovered Booth’s binoculars. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A second anti-air battery fires from a distant corner of the city, and then the 88 upstairs goes again, stentorian, deadly, and Werner listens to the shell scream into the sky. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When the operation was over, Dad and the nurse carried Ernestine upstairs. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk to the back door, into the kitchen, set down my basket, go upstairs. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one they made their way upstairs to their rooms to check their things for the next day. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He could hear clearly from the tiny bedroom upstairs where he lay in bed reading. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Biddy and me got some stuff together and went on upstairs. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s beige sandstone. Large tall windows across the front and upstairs. The entry door sits in a diamond-shaped alcove.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He came to stay with us and left behind a bottle of Old Spice cologne in the upstairs bathroom I shared with my brother and sister. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m going upstairs. Are you done down here?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Instead of going to school, I go back upstairs and into my closet, because if I leave, I will die. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mam offers them a cup of tea but they look around and say, No, thank you.They want to know why we’re living upstairs.They want to know about the lavatory. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Marigold’s practicing oboe”—Cady flicked an elbow toward an upstairs window, from which faint, stilted notes of music had been puttering for the last several minutes—“but I don’t know about Zane and Will.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“But I should head back upstairs now. I told my parents I went over to Miles’s, and it’s been a while.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

At ten minutes after twelve on the night of the killing he heard loud noises in the apartment upstairs. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lady Seymour’s bell rang upstairs as the door closed behind him. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know,” Marie-Laure asks in a gentle voice, “why he was here? That man upstairs?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In an unused upstairs bedroom, she found a man in an army uniform crying and drinking from a bottle that never emptied. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The whole upstairs smelled like a giant match and she knew something was fishy even before she got to the top step. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was water splashing in the bathroom, or a teaspoon clinking against glass in the bedroom upstairs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t have to help with the dishes, so I go upstairs and sit in my closet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then Bobbie and Clay bring me upstairs to my bed as always. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The decisive confrontation took place by his sickbed upstairs in his home. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She hears footsteps in the upstairs hall—Vivian must be on her way downstairs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Jerking her braids, I ran upstairs to my room and slammed the door. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We all sat upstairs, not daring to move an inch. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Dad and Byron were in the doorway leading upstairs. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Byron was on take seven when Momma finally wondered why the toilet was being flushed so much and came upstairs to see what was going on. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave me a thumbs-up and disappeared upstairs, the painting completely forgotten. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then he took the elevator upstairs to the emergency operating room. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, go upstairs,” his mother said, swiping disapprovingly at her husband’s cloud of smoke. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mom went upstairs and came down with the Christmas nightie and the matching slippers and stuffed them all into the Warm Morning and set them ablaze. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don't know what else to say, so I shrink back upstairs and lock myself in the bathroom. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then I’m upstairs, rushing to pull a pair of jeans over Justin’s underwear. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Calvin calls the upstairs room our vantage point. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Bobbie, Clay, I think it’s time to go upstairs. I’m getting tired.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Mr Trilby went upstairs to the main bedroom. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I can see her now, in the spare room upstairs, music blaring, window open, a brush in her hand, an enormous canvas leaning against the wall. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the day was over and he was upstairs taking off his boots and slicker, he saw the old man from the generator room and went to talk to him. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They walked past us on their way upstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine, lets go upstairs so we don’t spoil it,” he said, standing up from the table. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Moss carried up Reg’s folded wheelchair as they then headed upstairs. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I moved upstairs and stopped by the door. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

My room was upstairs in a wooden shanty structure that had never known paint. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doc waited for a moment and then he went quietly back upstairs. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found her upstairs lying on our bed, crying the tired, whimpering cry that follows the first wailings—mostly gasps and shudderings. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She invited me in and I sat alone on the couch in their living room while she went upstairs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We got to her house and I walked her upstairs. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Deborah dropped him on the ground in front of the house without a coat, slammed the door, and went upstairs to sleep. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I looked out the upstairs window down into the backyard. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Delacruz, in the meantime, graduated to his own cell, but it was way upstairs on U-and-Z, not on V. So we’d acknowledge each other in the mess hall or wherever else our paths would cross. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think you had better go upstairs,” he said quietly. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say another word on the subject as they went upstairs to bed. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He made three trips upstairs, probably spying on Palmer’s room. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

After our talk on Sunday he thought I’d stop going upstairs every evening. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The other crazy old man upstairs was standing in the doorway, holding a tall black hat in his hands. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he has seen me outside, lurking; perhaps he’s upstairs, just hoping that if he ignores me I’ll go away. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran upstairs and dragged a chair into my mother's closet. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He tracked Sticky down in an upstairs hallway, where Number Two was rubbing Sticky’s bald head and nodding. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard they had kicked you upstairs so you wouldn’t interfere with colonial policy here on Mars.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he went upstairs to his fabulous apartment. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And laughing like a maniac, he dragged Harry back upstairs. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The sisters, members of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal prayer group, soon arrived, and their Igbo songs, accompanied by robust hand clapping, echoed upstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped by his table on my way upstairs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I wander upstairs and down and then back again. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Her gaze skimmed over all of these things before they found a face, across the garden, in an upstairs window. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, strain as they might, not one card player heard a door open or close upstairs, nothing, no sounds at all. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to ask her to go upstairs and make sure Augustus was up when he knocked. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You see, you start under the rotunda in this circular reading room. Then you go upstairs and enter each of these ten chambers, where you have to answer a question about a book...” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I was tempted to run upstairs and wash up and get dressed, but my mom always said never to leave the stove. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Kira and Thomas parted in the upstairs corridor and made their way separately back to their own rooms. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs and got dressed for the day, jeans and a t-shirt, since I was staying indoors. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“He is dying. Do him a solid and let him upstairs to say goodbye to his father.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

An American soldier led me upstairs to a big room filled with bunk beds and told me which one was mine. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Now you have been good children, and I’ll play anything you like,” says Meg, as she leads her assistant cooks upstairs, when the pudding is safely bouncing in the pot. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one moment, I am upstairs, dancing with Izio before the open window in a dark apartment while the orchestra plays. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Boori Ma, I have a job for you. Help me carry these basins upstairs.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

By the time I got back upstairs, the stands had emptied and the lights had been dimmed to night mode, a pale green glow over the ice, a few yellowed globes along the walls. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When we get home, I go straight upstairs to change my clothes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“They all upstairs in the bedroom,” I said. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It’s very busy upstairs, and Mother has informed me that I’m not to do any studying or reading until all the household chores have been finished. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Now each time we go upstairs, we bend over and hunt around so we can present Mrs. van Daan with a handful of beans. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs with Mami and sit down in the chair by the window in the living room where I like to read. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Finally, he barks, “Make the boys their lunch,” and stomps upstairs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood there, looking around, and that’s when I saw the face pressed up against an upstairs window next door. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Grace ignored her mom’s look, then picked up the envelope and took it upstairs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I wondered how many other clerks there were upstairs, and whether they all claimed to have the same detrimental mastery of their fellow-creatures. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

When we got home at about four o’clock, my mother went upstairs to take her afternoon rest. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three doggone times I walked through the library, upstairs and down, and couldn’t find her. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Most had been brought inside the bus station the morning after their arrest, and in an upstairs office, a makeshift court had been arranged. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

As the door was not yet shut, I thought I would leave Herbert there for a moment, and run upstairs again to say a word to my guardian. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron went slowly upstairs to their dormitory. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to clean the floor now,” I say, and dash upstairs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably the Luftwaffe men upstairs are already scrabbling through wreckage to help. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Madam ran upstairs, screaming like a house afire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Downstairs in the office as well as upstairs in the Annex, there was great hilarity. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Once they hauled the cargo upstairs to their lab, they let it cool for a week before beginning the tedious process of reduction, oxidation, precipitation, and extraction. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She used to sit in a little rocking chair in her room upstairs and watch the birds. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

An Yi always came directly upstairs, and none of my junior high school friends knew where I lived. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

With two doors open and the sunlight and the clean air, the upstairs seemed more friendly. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

While upstairs, her face hot from the air rushing out of the vent, Desdemona resisted this new twist in the story line. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We head upstairs, and a few seconds later, we’re in Grace’s room, only it looks nothing like the last time I was in Grace’s room. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“In Lublin,” she began, thinking of New Rochelle, “I live in a house that has eight rooms and the toilets are inside the house. One upstairs and one downstairs.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he was upstairs changing into a flannel shirt, khakis, tennis socks, and tan leather hiking boots, she fixed black coffee in a thermos and some chicken salad sandwiches. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are three bedrooms—two small, one medium—and a bathroom upstairs. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once we were upstairs, I saw a bedroom with its door wide open. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She brought him leftover sweet-and-sour pork, and went upstairs and read until he joined her. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mother hastens upstairs to help the busy little housewife, and I tidy up both the bathroom and myself at the same time. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“My library is upstairs. The door’s open. You go on ahead.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another time, several months ago, I happened to be upstairs one night when the window was open. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

After she makes her trip upstairs, Miss Celia comes to the kitchen table instead of going back to bed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I started tiptoeing toward the basement door when I heard voices coming from upstairs. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

When we got home, I went upstairs with a pair of lawnsized garbage bags. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on upstairs for a while,” I said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs to change out of my school uniform. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

April was adjusting her fur stole around her shoulders for the trip upstairs. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to move. Will you still live upstairs?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Has four bedrooms upstairs: one for David, one for his folks, one just for company, and one for his father’s books, with a computer in it. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm in the down under, trying to get the stupid wrapping paper to cover the stupid presents I got for Gram and Grim, when this shouting starts upstairs. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I rent a room upstairs,” he explained, searching his pockets. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, my mom was upstairs, taking a break from hurling so she could brief my dad. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, they exploded or sent smoke billowing upstairs into Frank’s cabin. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Jessie took one prong off the nail of one lemon so as not to waste valuable citric acids, then laid her project out on a tray, and they brought their gifts upstairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Candice heard the familiar sound of creaking wood as Tori ran upstairs. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her cry reached her husband upstairs, who did not believe what he heard. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smiling, Marta led me upstairs, to a big box that held moving pictures of flashing lights and colors. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since he had to leave at eight-thirty, he was upstairs eating breakfast by eight. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t need to go upstairs, but my curiosity beckoned. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I went inside and straight upstairs and took a shower. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I watch them now from my upstairs room, the room June left behind when she got married last month. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Going upstairs,” he said, and both experienced a strange relief now that they had a term for his nocturnal visits. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

When the three Marshes came upstairs, my mom had put out rice and beans. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Go upstairs and get my other shoes. They’re in the hall closet. If Bri’s up, tell her . . .” He tried to come up with a reason why he’d need a different pair of shoes. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The words were hard and short, not like Dad’s voice at all, and Mum started crying again, so I went upstairs. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had lived upstairs, he had once tasted toothpaste when a careless guest left the cap off a tube. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s loving our neighbor better than ourselves, and I like it,” said Meg, as they set out their presents while their mother was upstairs collecting clothes for the poor Hummels. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we went back upstairs to join the others, I looked around the room. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She saw him mount a horse draped with the royal insignia and ride off, and then her stepmother called from upstairs, “Close the door! You’re letting a draft in. Who was it?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ellen, too tense to stay upstairs, is stalking through it all like a hungry lioness. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Hold on,” he said, and ran back upstairs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was a far cry from the ornate offices upstairs. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Johnson’s room was unguarded and, if Booth had wanted to, he could have walked upstairs and knocked on the door, or worse. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slips the book he will give her for Christmas into the pocket of his coat, making sure it’s well concealed, and calls the elevator to take him upstairs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When me and Doris got upstairs to our apartment, Jazz was sitting in the window drinking a glass of iced tea and working on her scrapbook, which was one of her favorite things to do. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

With that cheerful remark, she went upstairs to count sheets and towels in the linen room. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of barbecue sauce was seeping from the window upstairs, seducing the whole hood. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Then he had the furnace taken out and moved upstairs into the living room. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

It all began with Dussel’s saying nothing when he was upstairs; he didn’t exchange so much as a word with either Mr. or Mrs. van Daan. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She didn’t care that Mom had told only her to go upstairs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But then she heard the cook's voice saying, “Goodness, it’s you again — you never change, do you? Get upstairs and get dressed; it’s time to serve the ladies breakfast.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never spoke to them; she strutted upstairs with the excuse of homework and did not come downstairs to say good-bye. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we got upstairs Lelia stripped me of my clothes and then she stripped herself. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ridiculously, I burst into tears and ran upstairs to the bathroom. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He usually stopped to talk with Mr. Charrington for a few minutes on his way upstairs. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Good luck with that,” he says as he heads upstairs. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Virginia, why don’t you go back upstairs and sweep the living room.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We will go upstairs and see who would like a good deed done today. Visitors are always welcome here at the Golden Glen.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Moss shook her head and went upstairs. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was noise coming from upstairs, but I ignored it. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He took the TV, the DVD player, the stereo, all the electronics upstairs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Disappointed, Harry emptied the cauldron, packed up his things, left the dungeon, and walked slowly back upstairs to the common room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

After a minute I left them sitting there, snuffling and feeling sorry for themselves, and I came upstairs. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pretzel boy went upstairs and the gang ambled on. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll do my best to keep them upstairs the next time you have company. I wonder what four sets of leg irons would cost?” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped to sniff the wilting flowers in a vase on the side table near the staircase, even though she knew their scent would be gone, before walking upstairs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I put them on and the earphones fit snugly, sealing out the sound of outside traffic and footsteps from upstairs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dicey ran the boys upstairs to dry off and change clothes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d stayed upstairs with him most of the day—he figured that if it were him who’d had his teeth knocked out, he would want Ernie around even if he didn’t want to talk. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The day Sal got punched, back in October, Louisa came upstairs after dinner to have a conference with Mom in her bedroom. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He did, however, come across an old discarded rowing machine of Mr. Little’s, and becoming interested in this, carried it upstairs with some difficulty and spent the rest of the morning rowing. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“We walked the grounds a bit while you were upstairs, and toured the lower rooms. Was there something in particular you wanted to show us?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She clip-clops down the upstairs hall and slams the door to her office. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

At any rate, she gently pried my grandmother from the rocker and helped her upstairs for her afternoon nap. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, while Dad is doing his nightly murmuring-into-the-phone ritual with the door to his room closed, I slip upstairs to Mr, X’s apartment and wedge Safer’s balled-up gum wrapper between the door and the frame. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When a knock came, Mariam knew to go upstairs to her room and close the door. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

"Mom and Dad are upstairs waiting, but I can tell them you're too upset to stay for dinner." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tonight I was down in the alcove searching for information on tangerines when Mom announced, “I’ve got people coming over tonight, Paul. You might want to work upstairs.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy carried me upstairs, and Aunt Goldie came right behind him with Peach. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually one raised his voice and said to me: 'It seems you've let yourself in for a night upstairs here, sir.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Schindler did not invite me upstairs often; but when he did, I always split the "bounty" with my father and brother. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I felt myself turning red, backing away from the upstairs railing, unable to stop looking at her, wishing she wouldn’t look at me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I paid the driver, and then we rode upstairs in the elevator. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

We met a few minutes later at the end of the upstairs hallway, where a rectangle of ceiling pulled down to reveal a ladder. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Some of the children from the flats upstairs came down and stood watching us. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Albert laid two newly polished spoons by the teacups and walked upstairs. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Instead, she turned and ran back upstairs, locking herself in the bathroom and turning on the faucet as hard as it would go. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I was on my way upstairs when something made me freeze. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Was Mister Singer awake in his room upstairs? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She says something odd: Did you find your friendI Then she points upstairs. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

He looked to the right, to the left, behind him; then moving more quickly, he circled the building, disappearing from my view, reappearing, staring at every window, upstairs and down. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He glanced toward his building, standing tall and dark against the sky, puffs of thin gray smoke coming from an upstairs window. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it was 1:20 a.m. but I hadn’t heard Father come upstairs to bed. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We returned to the little hospital in the ambulance and after a while and much lifting I was upstairs and in bed again. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She walks away from me and I follow her upstairs to the small room. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Marly, it’s too heavy for a girl to lug that whole gallon can clear upstairs.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

This was extremely annoying, but, of course, I had no choice but to hurry on upstairs. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been badgering me since then to get a sergeant upstairs to speak with him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked through the tiny living room into the miniature kitchen and upstairs into my fathers pint-sized bedroom and on into my pocket-sized bedroom and into the wee bathroom. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Go upstairs quickly and find that letter from my nephew. You remember, the one written on his honeymoon, with the snapshot. Bring it down to me right away.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. I have to go upstairs and take a nap.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He had put the golden egg upstairs in his trunk and hadn’t opened it since the celebration party after the first task. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Overjoyed at finally being able to go to Seatown, she had already run upstairs to tell her mother the news. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been asking myself that question since waking to the sound of pans clanking downstairs and the smell of bacon and coffee rising upstairs. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

A minute or two later Mrs. van Daan came up from where she’d been listening to the radio and told us that Pim had asked her to turn it off and tiptoe upstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Your room’s upstairs. I hope you like it,” he said with a quiet politeness. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She pressed a hand to her temple and turned and went upstairs. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Then he said: “Do you know those two horrible boxer dogs who belong to the couple who live upstairs?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was silence from upstairs, and then she heard Lauren scream, “Mom!” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In the first place, to hear whether there are any burglars downstairs, and then to the various beds—upstairs, next door and in my room—to tell whether the others are asleep or half awake. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She was very upset, pacing back and forth, saying whatever came into her head, and she still hadn’t gone upstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I was scared, but I didn't want Diana to know, so I said let's go upstairs. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then, as Ralph had hoped, the little mice must have moved upstairs, where they would be unable to taunt him about losing his motorcycle. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, I don’t know why I was heading upstairs, except that I didn’t want to see Rufus again for a while, and there was nowhere else to go. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Soon as she heard—Camp told her when he came home to dinner that day—she rushed over home and ran upstairs, where Mama was crying in her room. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps someone had been watching from an upstairs window. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“He took the girl upstairs when they got here?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe he’s upstairs, ma’am,” he said, “getting ready to address the nation.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I don't believe he noticed, for he was already on his way upstairs. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

After Walter Cronkite is finished, one of them goes for a ride in a Ford Mustang, and the other goes upstairs to the bedroom. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

A couple of years earlier, my brother, Craig, had moved temporarily back into the upstairs apartment we’d grown up in, living above our mother after his own marriage had slowly and painfully fallen apart. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She came storming home in the middle of the morning and herded Abby upstairs. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

For, of the three tenanted rooms upstairs, one must now be empty. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I went through all the upstairs rooms, then up to the attic. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, we’ll find another sport for you,” he said and told me to go upstairs to my room. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“No, nne, go upstairs. Stay with your brother.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was a kid who lived in New York City and had to do the laundry and get back upstairs with his little sister before his mother—his mother! Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You got some first- class gears twirling around in that upstairs of yours.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get to work, Mary Anne,” he yelled upstairs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben and Mary Anne found themselves in an upstairs room alone and free from the stares and sympathies of the wives. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He believes Juan Manuel has made it big in New York and he is waiting for money from America to complete the upstairs. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was so tall its head was higher than the upstairs windows of the houses. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His eyes follow you like one of those haunted-house paintings. And when you went upstairs to change, he tried to look at your phone when you got a text.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She pulled on her woolen cloak and tiptoed halfway down the upstairs corridor before her stepsister’s door cracked open. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We dont have to go upstairs, do we? the boy whispered. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

At that moment, Poppy, Bosh, and Grendel hurtle upstairs and clog the hallway where we are standing, snarfling our hands, flapping their hairy tails at our knees. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Several police officers took us upstairs after I had been thrown out of the bathroom and questioned us for hours. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Coming!” she called back, to make sure he didn’t come upstairs. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we should take all the stuff to one of the upstairs apartments,” she said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She went upstairs to pack, while I had tea with Laleh, which was our tradition when I didn’t have to work after school. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Leon led the doctor upstairs who descended some while later intangibly enlarged by his professional encounter with the core of all their concerns. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She brought her dishes to the kitchen and headed back upstairs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Cade was just coming out of the bedroom when I got upstairs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I trudge upstairs, hoping I can find a pair of underwear to wash. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I’d peeled off my shoes and rubbed myself with a towel while we stood at the upstairs window. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tremble, run upstairs to my room, and change my clothes. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I watched him get into the backseat of their car and drive off and then I went upstairs to bed. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Together Hyacinth the Brave and Franz left their apartment and marched upstairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Each window was no larger than a sheet of tabloid newspaper and there was clearly no upstairs to the place. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I went through Dan’s apartment—upstairs, I mean. Out onto his fire escape and down a flight into your bedroom. That’s how I left you that note under your pillow the first night.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then, maybe from somewhere upstairs, there was a faint thump. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"How'd you get off the unit upstairs? We keep some pretty tight security up there for the kids." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When her mother carried the steaming cup upstairs, Abra opened the incinerator end of the gas stove, put in the letters, and lighted them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Olanna sat across from her mother in the living room upstairs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then Carlos lifts the laundry basket and carries it upstairs. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, Briony’s was the only tidy upstairs room in the house. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Five minutes till the bus,” Mom yells from upstairs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Today we expect a hundred guests here for music and passed hors d’oeuvres. Then a sit-down lunch upstairs in the parlors on the third floor.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Lida immediately rushed up to me full of apology and explanation, and I said, “No, no, it’s really fine,” waving her off, and I said to Isaac, “Care to accompany me upstairs?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“But we do have a set of suspicious circumstances here. Why was he in the upstairs corridor at all? Why wasn’t he at the Halloween feast?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They climbed the stairs as quickly as they could without splashing the hot water and tiptoed down the highly polished wood floor of the upstairs hallway, searching for Mrs. Derby’s room. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Amelia’s mom is vacuuming upstairs, the clunky machine roaring across the carpets. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

What ages it seemed before Daddy and Mother came upstairs, before they were finally finished in the bathroom and had climbed into bed, before Daddy finally began to snore! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

While he was upstairs, Dr. Zamborska returned home, and Branwell came flying down the stairs to see him but stopped short, halfway down, for his father was not alone. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so we went upstairs together, and the party had thinned out a little, but there were still some baseball players, including Jase, over by the keg. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She skidded out of her chair and was gone, back upstairs. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kalinda doesn’t go back upstairs to her house, because if she does, then there’s a chance she won’t be able to leave again. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Before the Dauntless upstairs know what hit them?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She dragged her bags upstairs and made herself at home in the second-best guest room. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She ran upstairs and closed the door to her room just as tears began to fall. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Because you are going to tell upstairs. Is that it?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Before dinner Grace takes me upstairs so we can wash our hands, and I learn a new thing about her house: you are only allowed four squares of toilet paper. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The house itself is perched atop a knoll, and from the upstairs windows you get a good view of the lake. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Hush! Don’t say anything,” she whispered, adding aloud, “It’s nothing. I turned my foot a little, that’s all,” and limped upstairs to put her things on. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what to think, and I didn’t want to talk to Grampa any longer, so I said good night and went upstairs to my room. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

A booming explosion of ripping wood and broken glass thundered from somewhere upstairs, shaking the whole house. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Albert continued upstairs to the ground floor, pulled out a chair at the dining room table, and sat down. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, Kyle, that’s up to you. You can use this time as a bonus, to think, read, and explore. Or you can run upstairs and play video games all night long. The choice is yours.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Daisy went upstairs to wash her face--too late I thought with humiliation of my towels--while Gatsby and I waited on the lawn. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

There were matches upstairs in the bedroom, but I did not like to go for them because it would mean disturbing the housemaids at their work. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The rooms upstairs felt as if they hadn’t been lived in for a very long time, and so Mrs. Buckminster set about bringing them alive again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Mom went upstairs to investigate, then came down and explained that Erma was hitting the floor with a broom handle to signal that we were making too much noise. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“So the papa of the young boy brought home a box of chocolate-covered cookies, and he proudly set them on the counter and went upstairs to wash.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

On these occasions, Wemmick took his books and papers into Mr. Jaggers’s room, and one of the upstairs clerks came down into the outer office. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The curving staircase was around the corner from the dining room; the upstairs seemed a lot quieter and less alcohol-filled than the downstairs. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

We play a few more rounds, and by the time I head back upstairs, I’ve learned two things. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

They shared the upstairs of a small house near the business section of the town. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When we got home, I ran upstairs to change my clothes and to kiss my discus. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

And Mom shrugged and said it was only three-thirty and she didn’t much feel like going upstairs anyway. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of dirt, mud, grime—much of it from Todd moving things upstairs and rushing in and out of the house—but the damage could have been far worse. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“You guys can’t stay with your mother forever,” Maxine says when they are alone for a moment after the ceremony, upstairs in his room, sitting side by side on the edge of the bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, my mother and father would have been happy if she’d just gotten a part-time job at the post office or trading post, and maybe just moved into an upstairs bedroom in our house. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It would stop and peer into the upstairs window of each house in the street. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

On those days, I’d go upstairs to the break room to work for three or four hours. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs and got the car keys. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The front door of the house was shut tight and all the first floor lights were off, but a light was on upstairs. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Dad answered it upstairs and heard the bad news from another football father. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d been living here since the night after Papa died, when Mr. Grasso carried her upstairs and tucked her into bed with the two little girls. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Knowing how Dad disliked make-up and perfume, we were afraid he was going to make Anne’s friend change her place at the table or, worse still, order her to go upstairs and wash herself. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed in the living room and watched television, and when my mentality couldn’t stand that any longer, I went upstairs. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I set the broom back in its place and went upstairs, where I stripped off the bedding, carried it outside, and pegged it to the line. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were on her bedside table upstairs, where Elinor must have seen them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Dad’s still outside, finishing his lawn cleanup, so I go upstairs. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

But upstairs he puts his hand on my shoulder, and says, “What an honor, Virginia! I’m proud of you. Of course you can miss some work.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole week before the event, Don Walter and the cooks and waiters are excitedly planning the menu and ordering fresh lilies and roses for the table in the formal dining room upstairs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without so much as a glance Emily’s way, James jumped to his feet and ran upstairs, the bells on his reindeer antlers jingling with every step. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"Go back upstairs and get Dr. Sokel and tell him to bring some tweezers, disinfectant, and suture material. Move it!" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even want to play anymore. Let’s just go upstairs.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Go upstairs, change out of your wet clothes, and when you come back, I’ll show you the rest.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“See, this is why I’m so glad to be single. Because I can just hang out with you and not have to run upstairs to call my boyfriend.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I hurry upstairs to my closet, pocketing the keys Mother handed me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

A water spigot rose a few inches above the ground near the toilet, so you could get a bucket and tote water upstairs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I came to think of upstairs and downstairs as two different universes, ruled over by competing sensibilities. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mom says hello to everyone and takes Jason upstairs. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I take the pouch, grab my notebook, and drag myself upstairs to get dressed. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She found herself spending more and more time in an office upstairs, writing correspondence and preparing invoices for the drugstore. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And by the time he had run down the street and up the steps and through the door and upstairs to his room, it wasn’t just a big idea. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now come on, everyone. I got us a space upstairs.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I brought my tea back upstairs to my room. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go upstairs if you’d like. Look around, but leave the shoes on the stairwell.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Luke was there, which made me happy, but they kept him downstairs with another baby while I had to sleep upstairs in a room with a slanted ceiling that frightened me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

With that, she walked proudly away, entered the vestibule of her building, and trudged upstairs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

First she went to see if the hall-door was fastened; having taken the key from the lock, she led the way upstairs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Billy got her once or twice—Brian stood up to try to draw the fire—but she made it upstairs to the second floor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A ladder had appeared, propped against the sill of an upstairs bedroom window. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe we’d be upstairs right now, in my closet, me wrapped in a blanket and drinking cocoa, Dismay sitting across from me with his big dog mouth panting, so glad to be alive. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

After supper she stumbled upstairs, hardly taking time to wash, changed to her shift, and fell into bed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But I repeat, there are matters of global significance taking place upstairs and I must return to my post.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

As it happened, I had them all in my desk upstairs, left over from geometry. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When I get home and put my backpack on the desk in the quiet room, I hear Mom’s rolling office chair carving tracks into the wood floor upstairs. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Grim, he says please humor the woman, she's worried about to death, and so I sleep upstairs on the foldout and at night Gram keeps checking to see I'm there. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“So listen, were going to go upstairs together, and if anybody says anything about you, I will defend your honor.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I will go upstairs to the triple zero room, locate the appropriate encyclopedia volume, and check both ‘Savonarola’ and ‘Shrove Tuesday.’ Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

His father was standing upstairs by the balustrade. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Mandela Ziaty walked into his apartment after getting kicked off the Fugees, he walked past his mother, Beatrice, without saying a word and went upstairs to his room. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She ran upstairs again and paused in front of the window. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Dad came in late and went straight upstairs to bed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that why we have to move upstairs?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Suit #1’s voice blasts at us as we begin to walk upstairs to collect our things. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

There were empty tables and chairs waiting for anyone who might come, and empty beds with covers turned down upstairs. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grandfather clock ticked time away in the upstairs hallway. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She makes us mugs of hot chocolate to take upstairs and tries to convince Heather to invite a whole group for a sleepover. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No matter. Run upstairs and get changed. You’re driving us to the River Café for lunch. Hurry on up, son, ’cause I’m plenty hungry.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mom made me take a shower in the basement before letting me upstairs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When they got back to the house, Wes went upstairs to the room that housed the bunk bed he and Tony shared. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

A few weeks later, General Groves was ushered upstairs to view the plutonium sample for himself. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs then and sat staring at my textbook. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The voices upstairs continued to mutter and chant. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father and Mr. van Daan took turns coming upstairs to us. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He immediately recognized our furniture, but had no idea we were upstairs, just above his head. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The floor polisher sounds far away, maybe upstairs. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She regarded the main part of the basement: the one saggy couch that had been retired from the living room upstairs after Finn spilled grape Kool-Aid on it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

As I went upstairs after dinner, two of the young men were settling their hats before the hall mirror, and I heard one say low to the other, “Who’s the new party?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, officers were on the other side of it, responding from upstairs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We didn't buy much today. I can carry the bags upstairs." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But tears were brimming in her eyes and all of a sudden she left the room and ran upstairs, I guess to cry. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, upstairs, Shani and I sat in my room watching television—or trying to. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Piper followed her upstairs before the whole lower deck could flood with toilet water. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“No, I think I’ll go rest awhile,” she says, and two minutes later I hear her creeping around upstairs in the empty bedrooms. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There was a pounding on the front door, and from upstairs she heard a bell ringing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom began to tell her mother about the sinkhole and the emergency relocation plan, so I made my way upstairs. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would be in the basement below while Myron had the master bedroom upstairs. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs around 10, did some homework in my room, and looked at a couple stars with my telescope—Vega and Epsilon Lyrae. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I remember sitting in the kitchen with El the summer before freshman year, decorating our new matching day planners when I ran upstairs for more markers. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Mr. van D. takes his bath upstairs, figuring that the safety of his own room outweighs the difficulty of having to carry the hot water up all those stairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He looked in one of the upstairs closets for the tent he’d bought a few years back. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Grace Church is nothing but a basement rented from the bigger church with white people upstairs. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

In our house we have a fireplace in Ireland downstairs and a fireplace in Italy upstairs and no sign of a damper. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t tell him that her ghost is upstairs. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I fled upstairs as fast as I could. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two of us scampered upstairs without another word. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Everyone seemed to be asleep at Too Bad’s house; I could hear his father snoring through an open window upstairs. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

After clearing the table and loading the dishwasher, the kids headed upstairs as the brownstone creaked mournfully in the silence. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Dussel stayed upstairs to smoke a cigarette, and we crawled back into bed. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Yessuh. All three of us went upstairs when I brought ’em in in the car. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be shipping you upstairs to your regular class in no time.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

By tonight Trotter would go upstairs and find the money gone, and nothing was sure about what might happen with Mr. Randolph’s lawyer son next door. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

This time, something did move behind the upstairs window. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Come on in. Mom’s got class this afternoon, and Grandpa’s probably asleep upstairs.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Just then, there was a small metallic crash from upstairs, and they both looked towards the attic. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She sweeps the kitchen floor and the floor of Italy upstairs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I can’t hear to watch the news any longer, so I go back upstairs and crawl under my duvet. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

June’s upstairs toilet was broken, so I had to use the one downstairs. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I just went into the kitchen and made my orange squash and took it back upstairs to my room. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As dusk fell, lights came on in several of them, both upstairs and down. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to them for a while and then went on upstairs. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Eleven years ago, the orphanage’s upstairs rooms had been practically bursting with girls. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He turns back to Signora Divino and says something in Italian and then he stamps his foot and goes upstairs and returns with the hat of Signora Divino’s deadened husband. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Socks flew across the upstairs hallway like giant cushy snowballs. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Did Daddy get it for you while I was upstairs?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z