I woke up sluggish and cranky the next morning. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When I wake up, it’s past midnight, and someone has covered me with an afghan. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey woke herself up early the next morning, before the first gray signals of dawn, when the air outside lay black over fields, marshes and the glistening water she could just see from her window. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yesterday I could not explain the mental anxiety and physical pains I woke up with. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In at least one significant case, Bobby woke up to the fact that the Other was less appealing than he’d first thought. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His exertions woke Alyce and she sat up and looked about her. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If you wanted me to wake up, you could've just tapped me." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree, If mankind perished utterly; And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn, Would scarcely know that we were gone.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he opened his eyes once again, it was as if he were waking from a deep sleep. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It's clear he's been waiting for me to wake up to eat and is eager to get started. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The end occurred mostly in her whispers and his silence—because he couldn't whisper and they didn't want to wake Colin's parents. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Some time later, I wake to the sound of a garage opening. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My phone vibrates against my thigh, waking me up. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to wake him up, but I also didn’t want to be alone. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She was about to suggest that they burst Hyperion’s bubble before he woke up. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I had to wake him up. ‘For my mercy endureth forever,’” said Bono, and he loosened one hand to slap at my head in play; but there was no play in his eyes, only fury. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

When she woke up on her wedding day, Caroline looked drowsy and frazzled, as if she had aged several years since the last time we saw her. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

And boy can she fight Every time she have an attack she scream enough to wake the dead. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I ever woke up from it, would I be inside a padded room somewhere, drooling all over myself? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

If the tube lady wakes up, she'll be able to imagine the boy she hears behind the curtain. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the next thing Finn knew, he was waking up in the bedroom Ms. Morales had assigned him, rather than the office, where he’d fallen asleep. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He slept and woke and the rain slackened and after a while it stopped. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

There was a flash of light and the room was full of voices: Everyone had woken up as Ron had let out a yell. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He leaned against a felled tree beside Minerva, who woke up with his rustling. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It woke Butternut up, and he ran to the top step to see who was coming outside. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

His sleep had been uneasy, full of dreams of fire, and waking brought him no comfort. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The wake is in the evening, after the others come off work. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually the rats or bugs woke her when their curiosity became too much, interrupting her dreams and returning her to the darkness of the platform. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“As he says, the little rat just woke up.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I would wake up staring into her eyes as she played with my hair. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask someone, “Suppose Zaydeh isn’t dead? Suppose he’s joking and wakes up to find out he’s buried?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hand reached in and took out a handful of uncooked rice and quickly shoved it into my hungry mouth before anyone woke and made me put it back. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him about wild hogs squealing in my dreams, the sounds of butchery, slaughterhouse sounds, and how I’d sometimes wake up with that greasy pig-stink in my throat. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the anger was sucked away in her wake, and it left a void. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I wake up because the covers are on the floor or because I’m standing at the kitchen door, trying to get out. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sailboats and speedboats leave foamy white trails in their wake. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I woke this morning with my head full of you, desperate to touch you. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm not a superstitious person, but when I wake up from this dream, this painfully clear memory of John, I have the most horrible feeling in my chest. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He woke in the dark of the woods in the leaves shivering violently. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Johnny White wrote, “We woke up all scared and having frequent visits with Alvin.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I doze and I wake, unable to really tell the difference. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I wake up wanting to scream, yell at Geak, and beat up Chou because I do not know what to do with my despair. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roar of lorry engines would be suddenly cut, then his neck muscles relaxed, his head drooped, and he would wake with a start and a swerve to his step. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Still, sometimes I would wake up at night and wonder why I was there, why I was doing this. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The computer’s frantic beeping woke me from a dreamless sleep, tugging at me until my eyes drifted open. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And in the morning, when Schillinger is still at the window and everyone else is asleep, I very gently wake Helena. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It had been where the wake for the Young Lord Julio Roldan was held after the cops had arrested him, killed him, and then claimed he hanged himself in his cell. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t the nymphs try to wake you?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Papa said we had no choice, and he didn’t want to wake Rashid Uncle. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The hunger of a dragon is slow to wake, but hard to sate. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“They said...they weren’t sure if you were going to wake up.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When I wake up, I don’t feel much, but the inside of my head is fuzzy, like it’s packed with cotton balls. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

For most of the day since we woke up after the attack, we had stared at the walls. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the Sleeper isn’t stopped, the rest will wake up, too.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Above the mist in the distance over the water, the sun was beginning to streak and shine, sending golden snakes writhing out into the rich expanse of the sky and waking up the day. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As I took a phone call from Margot, who had to work late at her job in Manhattan, he announced that he was going to go wake up his sister. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Laura woke up, and she was lying across the foot of Grandma’s bed. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up once in the middle of the night, and Buckminster’s paws were on my eyelids. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was talk that dulled the diamond-headed points of lust that cut into Ben his every waking moment. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke up I looked instinctively for Aaron and Nia; they had disappeared. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I laughed so hard at my own joke I almost woke my brother up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He would wake up in the instant before he hit the ground, he knew. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ever since I remember, even on the cold mornings when the fire had burned down, I would wake up under a blanket, always with some brothers and sisters next to me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do people just wake up and become depressed?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was as though a thousand age-old fears woke and struggled for supremacy in his brain. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

But when I tried to bail, Astelle woke up and followed me to the front door. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was Lily telling me to wake up. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The first few nudges didn’t wake him, so finally he just pushed at his father’s shoulder. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Mom wakes up the porters and the vet and gets them ready for the release. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered how much longer she would have to include Weese in her prayer, and drifted off to sleep dreaming that on the morrow, when she woke, he'd be dead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They don’t even wake up for the food or for more creaking to the toilet. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Jory had woken him last night to bring him that news. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Years ago, Lupa had taught her how to sleep lightly, wake up alert and be ready to attack. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I woke up in the middle of the night, tucked Abuelo’s box under my arm, and snuck out of my apartment. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Some mornings I wake up and I sing while I’m getting ready. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But they woke him with words, their cruel, bright weapons. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When she wakes, barn swallows are chirring beneath the eaves and music is raining down through the ceiling. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We heard the snap of fragile bones, the pop of bursting skin as the car rolled by, leaving a trail of collapsed green sacs in its wake. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In the morning I woke up early and packed all my belongings into a bunch of cheap nylon bags I had bought from a street vendor a few days before. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It must have been five in the morning when, downtown, I woke up a white actor I knew who lived in die Howard Hotel on 45th Street, off Sixth Avenue. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted herself onto it gratefully, trembling so hard she was sure she would wake everyone. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I woke in the Field. I suppose draggers had taken me there and left me, as they do. You’ve been to the Field?” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She feels like a circus clown who wakes up one morning and no longer wants to glue on the red rubber nose. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I woke him up, and I said I don’t appreciate being treated this way. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The boy woke me up at six o’clock and said Gram was much better. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

"Nothing. Not really. Not until I woke up in the morgue." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The Elderclock chimed on unheeded as the schooner vanished into the vast black shelter of the sea, leaving only suffering in her wake. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I woke, for the second time since arriving in Forks, to the bright yellow light of a sunny day. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He said, “What is this drug you have? What do you have to do with it to wake her up?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was just then that Mr. Jones woke up. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Riders and grooms would sometimes stand around for hours, waiting for the horse to wake up before they could get to work. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She woke from terrible dreams and looked around the room blindly, crying for her mother. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night, she fell asleep on top of her books and woke up with the pages sticking to her cheeks. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She coughed, then moaned—a prolonged rasping sound; but she did not wake up. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some mornings, his father would come into Klaus’s room to wake him up and find him asleep, still clutching his flashlight in one hand and his book in the other. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

When I wake, I am sitting upright on the straw mat and Keav is pushing food into my mouth. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the operating room I was given anesthesia, and the next thing I recalled was waking up in a room with the doctor present. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shook my head no, gently, so the sleeping puppy wouldn’t wake up. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It’s no effort to track him, even though he's moving so fast, since he leaves a clear, trampled path in his wake. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had been in bed, but the sound of Powell’s boots pounding on the steps woke him. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

A pack of stray, skinny dogs followed us, barking at the wheels and waking up the few neighbors who did not work on Sundays. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

We have to be quiet because Eugene is there with his eyes closed and we don’t want him to be waking up and looking out the window for Oliver. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

All his friends, woken up by this cry, leapt to their feet and ran towards the fence of tree trunks, beating drums and shouting threats at the lion. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

"Not sure. I woke up yesterday evening and you were lying next to me in a very scary pool of blood," he says. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She lies on a table, and for a moment I think she’s just sleeping, and when I touch her, she will wake up and smile at me and press a kiss to my mouth. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Will my parents be with me when I wake up?” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I slip in there after my parents have gone to bed and then wake up before they do. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I boiled some more rice and lentils, the smell waking me up and making me feel more normal. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I wake and I know the dream must come from an old memory, some ancient transgression—it doesn’t matter which one now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she wakes up, the old lady says, “Oh, that’s a nice suit, Jimmy” She even touches it to feel the fabric. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He’d woken up this morning revitalized, determined to see their mission through. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then I scream loud enough to wake the dead. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I wake up early, after just a few hours of broken sleep. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, as if not to wake her, I lay her head back on the ground and release her hand. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Slowly they shuffled in around her, a savage beast that might wake at any moment and attack them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I thought it was a miracle that they didn’t start yelling and breaking things and wake up Mr. Farrow. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When you wake up coughing you walk out along the road or somewhere but I can still hear you coughing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

A second later, I’m at the mirror, shaking my head a little to wake up my hair, then a lot to make it wild. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She woke Lydia, tied the girl’s white high-top shoes to her pudgy feet, and straightened the white ribbon in her hair. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

On Saturdays, Baba woke me up at dawn. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t worried about Blanca waking up, because she slept like a rock. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Kainene had woken up too and they hurried outside, Kainene with a wrapper tied around her chest and he in his shorts. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He could wake up tomorrow morning and the car might be gone. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He woke to the Sergeant, bowlegged Corse: the man dragged drearily by on a spattered horse, raised disgusted eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would then run through the dark streets of Alexandria, banging on windows and knocking on doors to wake up the sleepy citizens. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

An old man woke and staggered to the stove to warm his peppered coconut oil. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

You shall watch; but only if you promise to wake me half-way towards morning, if nothing happens before then.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I must of dozed off, but I waked with a start when he turned the doorknob by my head and went back in there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“If that’s what it takes to get you to wake up, then a little fear is good.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I screamed when I saw that man’s face at the window, and my mom woke up when I did. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

In Sunday morning I woke up to the smell of coffee land breakfast cooking. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Just cover for me if Dad wakes up, okay?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I got tangled up with a few of them once—just a stupid fight—and the next thing I knew, I woke up one morning busted out of my mind, bleeding out my side. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I heard people waking up and moving around inside but I was feeling too tired to go and speak to anyone. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, because it wasn’t like her not to wake me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Reyna had discovered that once he fell asleep it took a lot to wake him up. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She dreamed about the Hoppers and then woke up, mad at herself for letting the Hoppers into her dreams and now into her waking thoughts. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The nights he spends there, he learns to wake up earlier than he is used to, to the sound of Silas barking downstairs, wanting to be taken for his morning walk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“With a hot fudge sundae on order for when he wakes up.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“But now you’ll be chained and transported to Gaea’s minions. They are quite eager to spill your blood and wake the goddess.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ve hammered a nail into the bed every morning since she died! It’s the first thing I do after waking! Eight thousand six hundred twenty-nine nails!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every waking minute that we are in the presence of someone, we come up with a constant stream of predictions and inferences about what that person is thinking and feeling. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to wake her, but I feel strange, going to meet a girl in the middle of the night without telling her about it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He slept heavily for several hours on the bus, woke and daydreamed, napped a little more, woke again at a rest stop and ate a bowl of pea soup. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could wake her up in this world, where it was safer. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He finds other ways to tell her, his fingers leaving faint trails of ink in their wake. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Several more centuries of silence pass where the air gets more and more jumpy and alive, like all the molecules he previously put to sleep are waking up. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

There will be no parents waking me up. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t wake him as I slip out of bed and head downstairs. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

After I finally do get some sleep, I wake up Tuesday morning with a new idea—make that a huge idea, an amazing idea. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They laugh and sing and dance and cry and scream and fall down in a weakness and you wonder if they’ll wake up at all and give you the tip. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She would crack the bathroom window and go to bed, and by the time Pearl woke, the sour smell of developer would be gone. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I woke up tired after all my dreaming. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It seemed he had only just gotten to sleep when Mr. Pendanski came in and woke everyone up. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

When I waked up I was back in my bed and it was very dark. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I woke, startled and hoping, for a moment, anyway. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The waking dream had been so vivid, for a moment Bran had not known where he was. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, he hadn’t thought of his wound since he woke up. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But when I woke up and took out the bobby pins, I was too shocked even to cry or scream or stomp around the house. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

That night, Annabeth slept without nightmares, which just made her uneasy when she woke up—like the calm before a storm. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Inside, I try not to take up too much space or make any noise, because if I do, I may wake up the darkness, and I want the darkness to sleep. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In the morning Ged woke beneath his friend's roof, and while he was still drowsy he felt such wellbeing as if he were in some place wholly defended from evil and harm. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and slept, and presently they woke her and setoff. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

In the wake of Tet, the Joint Chiefs and General Westmoreland submitted another request for more troops. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

If questioned, Sam would doubtless tell them the truth, but Jon could not imagine him braving the guards in front of the King's Tower to wake Mormont from sleep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s nearly lunchtime; I was going to come and wake you up in a minute.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She shook her head a solemn no, “I know I swore on the Bible not to follow you, but I woke up this morning and you was gone.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was like waking from a long sleep. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I’ve wondered ever since if I did wake up. If I did wake up and hear her, and if I just went back to sleep. It would have been easy, and I’ve wondered about it.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Snoozing on a bench in the entrance we found an English-speaking guide who agreed to wake up and take us through on a tour. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you finally woke up, boy,” his mother’s voice said near him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonas found himself whispering, as if he might wake the little ones if he spoke aloud. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

There is Michah's tent; God knows who is waking up with him this morning. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But Baby would wake up soon and he would have to make her dinner. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be right here. Just wake me up if you change your mind, okay?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

That night, Bridge woke with a shudder and a frantic intake of air. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

We would not wake up from this nightmare to find out it was someone’s real life, and for once that someone wasn’t just a poor unlucky nobody in a shack you could forget about. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was no beauty here, no real merriment or joy, just transactions, people seeking escape or some colorful oblivion, some dream of decadence that they could wake from whenever they wished. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Yep, we have to send a kid down to the teachers’ housing compound behind the school to wake Mr. P, who is always conking out in front of his TV. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Someone was screaming, a long, steady holler, so loud it woke me up. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

March 17—When I waked up this morning rite away I thot I was gone to be smart but Im not. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

"What's the matter with you?" the mother said, waking her up. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I guess it was one of the mighty sighs that kept blasting out of me that eventually woke Fang up. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

That just makes it worse when you wake up the next day and it’s back with a vengeance to show you who’s boss. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She never hits or lands; she falls and falls, and I wake with my heart pounding and gravity cut from under me, as in an elevator plummeting out of control. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry woke at five o’clock the next morning and was too excited and nervous to go back to sleep. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She hit it in time to the song that had been in her mind when she woke up. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sonny woke up more than $125,000 in debt because he didn’t have health insurance to cover the surgery. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But their good times turned bad when Quirin woke up and finally noticed his luxurious accommodations. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“I thought I heard something, a sound like a child crying. I thought it woke me. But maybe it was a dream. Yes, I guess it was a dream.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up before dawn with an inspiration: an idea how to make a salad. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the morning, when I woke, I was as stiff and sore as if I’d been beaten. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When Lucas crawled onto the floor and fell asleep, I simply let my body fall over onto the now-empty couch and followed his lead, until I was woken up for my turn with the police. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

When she wakes in that strange place, all the comfort flees, and she’s hit with overpowering anxiety. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When they woke up, with the sun already high in the sky, they were speechless with fascination. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know, I wake up to the sound of someone in the kitchen. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

How easily they woke up now, and with what sense of purpose! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the kids knew to tread in the same manner they did when visiting one another’s bedrooms late at night, being careful not to wake their parents. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The horn that wakes the sleepers, he thought. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He knew that Kingshaw had woken in the night, had switched on the lamp and then had done nothing else, for there had been no sound at all. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

When you’re in the dream you may not know it, but as soon as you wake up, you know that your dream was a dream and whatever happened in it, good or bad, wasn’t real. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

And maybe she could even ambulate his clothing and his boots and send him home, where he could wake up in the loving embrace of his family. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

"I got out early. Not so loud. You'll wake everybody up." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“One morning we woke up when the sun was nearly a quarter way cross the sky. Bright as anything. And blue. Blue like the ribbons on my mother’s bonnet. See that streak of sky?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has to wake up and beat her up and then when he goes back to sleep she hits him again. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night, she let out a yelp to wake up her husband beside her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My mother would wake us up in the morning for school, and before we had even finished getting dressed, she was off to work, leaving my grandparents to get us there. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think she’ll wake up for a while yet. Fancy meeting you here, rat.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Their scent, shape, and color became part of her waking hours. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The next morning, inside the honey house, I woke to banging in the yard. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I had been tired since waking, but combining fatigue with calculus seemed unfair. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Late in the night she woke to a loud purring in her ear, and felt him treading a circle at her back. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, I woke up from this dream, this nightmare, just as my dad drove the car up to our house. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up early, feeling very cheerful, thinking that there was someone to talk to even if he was sick. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Now he was pulling down my overalls and I was trying to wake up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Grandma woke two mornings later and called Deydey to her side to talk, for she was so weak from hunger she could only sit wrapped in her blanket by the fire. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Someday, these weapons might be used in war, but now they only served as the backdrop for a waking nightmare. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He woke, hot across his chest and throat, uncomfortably aroused, and briefly confused about his surroundings. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It ruled their waking hours, sapped their bodily strength, and from time to tragic time claimed their mortal flesh. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t suppose there’s any chance of you waking up again?” he asked without much hope in his voice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He must have gone back to the table because he woke in the night lying there with his face in his crossed arms. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He still does not wake up, but his respiration is down to eighteen per minute, almost normal, and his color has come up from blue to white. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He woke up and she was gone; his fists were full of sand and he was sweating. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I fell asleep, too, waking myself up when my head rolled onto the horn, which let out a long honk that cut through the night air. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I was surprised she didn’t wake up, though, because Aunt Ophelia was complaining really loudly. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

You are dreaming an impressively lucid dream, and you will wake up soon, and it will be okay. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She poured the decoction into a beaker and let it stand, and only then turned her full attention to the waking girl. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And he’d wake up and he was a day closer to losing the only thing he had left. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When I wake up in the morning, it’s back in mine. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"You will not fail me tonight. If you do, it will go hard for you. You don't want to wake the dragon, do you?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Toby didn’t remember falling asleep, only waking up when Luke opened the front door and the early morning light slipped into the dark apartment. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I got scared because I woke up already knowing that I'm like this. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set the alarm clock for five, only to wake to the sound of Farmer’s voice, singing up to her from the courtyard below. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you to wake my mum.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

When I wake, I'm afraid to move at first. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I offered to come back later, his is girlfriend said no, she’d be happy to wake him. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

When I woke, I wanted to touch myself. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Their amazement at me, my language, my rules, and ways, once subsided, I found some of these heavy-looking, gaping rustics wake up into sharp-witted girls enough. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the morning, I wake up feeling depressed and guilty. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They opened the apartment door softly, not wanting to wake anyone. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

One must remember to wake at first light, in order to diddle the savages-and he did not know how quickly sleep came and hurled him down a dark interior slope. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

So I woke up after everyone else, when the sun s rays streamed steadily into the room, making the mirror glitter. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, I woke up in an enormous room full of strangers. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The world went on, as it does, without my full participation, and I only woke up from the reverie when someone said my name. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

When I woke in the middle of the night to find the room full of ghosts, the reassuring sound of her soft breathing sent them away. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“One day, baby, you gonna wake up, and your voice will be as deep as your daddy’s!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Hannah woke early and the house was still pitch black and silent. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to extract us from the nest without waking Songololo, but that would have been hard enough in a bed, even worse in an improvised hammock that tipped and rocked with every movement. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn't wait to tell Mama, but she was sleeping peacefully, and I didn’t want to wake her. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

We might wake up and find ourselves transformed into insects. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

They’ve earned their own media nickname in the wake of everything: The Super Six. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When Eye woke up, they helped him into the restaurant for tea. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The evening's rain had woken a hundred sleeping smells and made them ripe and strong again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’d forgotten all about that bird, how she’d wake me every morning at dawn, when I was still curled safely in my mother’s nest. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Each time he woke, he remembered the loss of Hazel and suffered once more the knowledge that had pierced him as the shadowy, limping rabbit disappeared in the first light of morning on the down. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I should have been woken as soon as this bird arrived." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think they might wonder what’s happened if they wake up and find themselves in a place that looks like it’s just been bombed?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And we pray the same way at the same times, waking to the sound of the call for prayer floating in from the nearby mosque. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Every time Jason woke up from that nightmare, his face was beaded with sweat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, Grandma Caye would wake up in the middle of the night and ask my mom, “Am I dead?” and my mom would say, “Not if you’re talking to me!” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We’d woken in the heart of a green labyrinth without a map or compass, and Miss Peregrine’s broken wing meant she couldn’t fly above the treeline to guide us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And then I realized what had woken me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Amil is breathing so deeply, only an earthquake would wake him. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He’s only just waking up and accepts the mug without comment. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I brought you a tray of food from the mess hall. I didn’t want to wake you.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Rue, I only woke up today. How many nights did I miss?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He continued to swim in Dumbledore’s wake, the tips of his benumbed fingers brushing the rough, wet rock. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I woke up early the next morning, just after eight, and went to the computer. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth and Laney were busy setting the table, Franz in their wake. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When I woke up this morning, I got scared. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The morning after I left the elves, an ogre woke me by poking me with a stick. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He woke about noon and the Nolans sat down to dinner. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke up, I lit up the face of my thrift store watch and couldn’t believe how long I had napped. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then he woke up a little and realized someone was shooting at him with a machine gun. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

At last he woke and saw dimly the dark earth close by his cheek. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

When I wake up on Wednesday, December 21, I am happy that this year is practically over and that it’s almost time to tear off the last month of the calendar. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He rarely woke until sometime in the early afternoon. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up in bed in the hospital. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I wished him a happy birthday when I woke and thought about him while hauling logs during the day. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Carefully, so I don't wake her, I reach for my satchel and pull out my diary and pen. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At night she dozed off, exhausted, and woke with a start sure that something was left undone. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The reports differ in detail, but always repeat the theme of death to wildlife in the wake of pesticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I perch on the side of their bed, and even though it risks waking them up, I can’t help myself: I start combing their hair. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I wake up in my bed, a pair of Wakeful Dream shades over my eyes. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The alarm clocks went off in our house at 7:00 a.m., and after we all silently made a pact not to wake quite yet, the alarms beeped again at 7:05 a.m. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Every time you see it you get fooled into thinking his girlfriend might wake up and stop him. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Not a morning dawned that she didn’t wake up eager to get to the office. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

When I wake, with Carmine stirring and rubbing his eyes, Mrs. Scatcherd is standing over me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Whoever was out there was trying to open it as slowly and carefully as possible, and was taking their time, trying not to wake anyone. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Trying not to wake the others, he entered the tent and prepared for bed. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It takes me a while to wake up, and by the time my fingers fumble against the plastic, I'm hurrying to press the answer button without bothering to look at the caller ID. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I tried to wake them with a gentle shake. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was to be the room in which this boy was to spend most of his waking hours for the next three years. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as they woke in the morning they ran to the window, but there was no deer hanging in the trees. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just woke up and wandered into the living room, and it’s sitting there, nice and neat and ready to go. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I missed Mamá’s gentle tapping on my shoulders and tugging of the blanket to wake me up. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

When I woke up the next morning, the door was open and Lumpy was gone. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I slept through my alarm, woke to Gramps singing to me from the living room. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He woke with a start, groping for his sword. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I used my every waking moment to stare off into space—at the bedroom wall, at the class whiteboard, at the interior of my locker, at plates of tasteless food. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lazlo slept in a barracks of boys, went to bed hungry, and woke up cold. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He woke when he heard the clatter of seats as people moved out, and blinked in the light. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We woke up one morning to find a hole in the ground where our loquat tree had stood. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I take the twins home now Mam will yell at me for giving her no rest or for waking Margaret. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t wake up till morning, with one boot still on. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sound asleep one night when a creak in the hall woke me up. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

At seven o’clock, she went down to the master bedroom and woke Jaime, who was curled up in the bed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning we woke early and set out for the chapel, telling our hosts that we were fasting so as not to give them any further bother. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I get a little nosebleed and I wake up the entire earth? That’s not fair!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“He’s just a normal boy. Until one day he wakes up and no one can see him. He’s turned invisible. And he tries everything, but nothing works. So he goes here.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The next morning I woke up early, excited. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Sam finally woke up, I fed him rice balls and water. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up ten minutes before the meeting was supposed to start and ran to the showers. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When he woke, he was so cold that his legs would not bend for an hour. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

If the empathy link was real ... if something happened to Grover ... would I ever wake up? The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Mike, Curtis, Kyle, time to wake up!” his mother called from down in the kitchen. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She has woken herself up with a surprising snort. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Nivea would pull Clara’s braids and that would be enough to wake her daughter from her mad distraction and return the saltcellar to immobility. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke, my head felt as though it had been stuffed full of cotton, and my mouth tasted of rancid honey. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

People around her looked over in alarm, but that was the way to wake him up. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It took him quite a while to wake up each night and then when he did awaken, he didn’t do much except hop around the living room. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra blinked and sighed, as if she were waking after a sleep. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was two in the afternoon and Bobby had just woken up. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And at least, when I woke up, I knew why my father wasn’t home, and it wasn’t because he was dead too. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I woke up I looked out the window and stretched. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

When I woke back up, Lizabeth was outside in her walker watching Biddy watch the duck. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The lightning was so bright and near that it seemed to flash through the heavy canvas of the sail, the roaring and cracking enough to wake the dead sleeping in the depths of the water. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother whispered, “Maya, wake up. But don’t move.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toward daybreak, as I sat up, reading in the half-light one of the ballad-sheets on the walls, Sander woke and peered drowsily at me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She woke only to cough, a miserable gut-wrenching cough, as if she was trying to turn herself inside out. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But one woman woke everybody up at dawn on Wednesday because she found the tracks of a biped with a cloven hoof. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was glad May Belle was absorbed in the TV, He didn’t want her waking Momma up before he got away. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I think about ringing the doorbell, but that would only wake the parents. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He stays in bed for the whole day waking only to cough and cough and cough. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

When I woke up, I was being dragged through an alley by Derrick. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“The Taliban came in and made gradual changes. When people finally woke up to what was happening and tried to stop them, the Taliban silenced them with threats and fear. Fear is the biggest factor.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

‘I did use the word, waking up out of my sleep sudden and all and finding him at hand. I said I was sorry, but I soon shan’t be.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She was looking even paler, more post-operative, as it were, than she had on waking. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She carefully snuck out of bed so she wouldn’t wake her siblings, only to find her mother in a frenzy. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

At twenty-nine, the wine was essential to wake him in the morning. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We had a hard time waking JoJo up, but when he came to, he drained the jug, of course. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the nights sometimes now he’d wake in the black and freezing waste out of softly colored worlds of human love, the songs of birds, the sun. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Every'morning her eyes found fresh lines of pain on his face when he woke from his troubled sleep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I think a leaf just fell on my head and woke me up,” he said. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I could go to sleep and wake up as I pleased, swim whenever I wanted, eat when I was hungry — all were delicious sensations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For those left in the wake of the hurricane, Farmer’s brief, intense flurry of activity could result in a case of nervous exhaustion—a case of “decompressing from Paul,” Jim said. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

My brother could wake up tomorrow, or he might never wake up. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A leaf in the woods, shaking in the wake of a startled bird’s flight. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I stepped into the circle where Madam Mina slept, she woke from her sleep, and, seeing, me, cried out in pain that I had endured too much. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Ern, wake up,” Genie said, jamming his fingers into Ernie’s thigh. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

So I woke up early that morning, left the house, and looked at the sky. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then he woke and picked his bedding up to stow away on a chair in the megaron. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The morning light, as cold and merciless as it could be, woke Malcolm up far earlier than he liked. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Bell is a step behind at all times, pleading forgiveness and politely asking that Powell tread more softly so as not to wake the residents. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I try not to move, not to cry, so I don’t wake up my brother. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She felt as though she was sinking into something, a nightmare she couldn’t wake from. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then I lay down on the bed and fell asleep—but I woke up almost immediately. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I wake up yelling three times a night there’s not much point in trying to hide. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

When I woke up, she was curled into me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I woke up soggy and congested, my nasal cavity smelling faintly of blood. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Last night a few hours after I fell asleep Amil woke me up. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Robert woke with a shriek that ended all discussion. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coughing hurts so bad, it wakes me up. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they came after me, waking me up from my sleep when they tried to jam their rough hands in my pajamas. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She had woken up at night to escape from a familiar, recurrent dream in which policemen approached her with snicking scissors, wanting to hack off her hair. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a waking dream and I attempted to transfer it to paper as simply and truthfully as I could. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said real soft, “Bud, wake up. Come on, sweetie, I’ve got a nice breakfast waiting for you.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

If this was a dybbuk, it was waking up. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s a rare pleasure to walk here without whispers following in my wake, and there’s another reason not to be sent home yet: Dakari is waiting for me. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Hours after I fell asleep, I woke up to see him half sitting, awake and watchful. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A guy gets waked hard enough to go overboard, you’d expect maybe more ’n a coffee cup on the floor. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

My eyes shoot open the next morning and I look for what woke me, seeing my phone vibrating noisily on the floor, having free-fallen off the table. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When we woke up again it was still raining and there didn’t seem any point in moving from our happy home until we had to. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny woke early the next day because something was in her nose. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

A bomb suddenly explodes in the video, and Mr. Blankenship wakes up for about half a second. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was the cold water that woke me, more than the woman’s soft voice. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I finally fell asleep, but around eleven I woke. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then he starts to walk away, and Max follows in his wake. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When she woke up, she checked on Aziza, felt the parched cracks of her lips, the faint pulse at her neck, lay down again. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

They made so much noise that they woke the portrait of Sirius’s mother as they passed through the hall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Radar says, “God, did you wake up this morning and drink eighteen gallons of water?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

When he woke again, it was just after six o'clock. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He returned to the cow byre, took off his boots, and slept until he woke, when the sun was high in the sky. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

All I can remember of the rest of the afternoon was waking with Blanca next to me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

You wondered whether the snake was going to wake up while you were eating dinner. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My father is the soul of avarice, and my sweet sister Cersei lusts for power with every waking breath. I, however, am innocent as a little lamb. Shall I bleat for you?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I woke at noon, with a large, cottony skull, pulsing with hangover, to discover I'd missed my plane. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She woke up from time to time in the night and whispered “Mary” and touched the doll’s infinitesimal slipper with a light finger. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slept for a long time, ten hours, possibly because of the slow recovery and possibly because sleep fights cancer and possibly because I was a teenager with no particular wake- up time. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

And even though I was grateful for all of them, I wondered how my life would be different if my dad had just...woke up. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She woke when her relaxed body was suddenly slammed against the back end of the fuselage along with all eleven crates. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

This was not the frustration one feels at waking from a sweet dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Mama! Mama, wake up,” I urged as I shook her shoulder. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sometimes muttered things and always looked like he had just woken up. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The barking of the dogs and clanking metal sounds finally woke Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was there when Runt finally woke with a whimper. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She passed some smelling salts under the old lady’s nose, making her flinch and moan, but she didn’t wake up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

On the way downstairs, the shock of the cold tile on my feet wakes me up, makes me suddenly scared. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I waked at Night, I seen that he does not sleep, but sits staring at the Walls. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When he woke it was full dark, his bedchamber was black, and every joint in his body ached. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I want to know who I can blame, Mama, for the nightmares that wake me up every night now. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Just me coming into their bedroom to adjust the pillows to help him get comfortable or me waking him up every four hours so he takes his pain meds. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

At times I would wake up in panic, unable to breathe. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a new story, and yet she slipped entirely away, not waking up one morning. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke up this morning, I noticed the infection had gotten worse. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

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

Before sleep each night, the frog prayed to the four winds, to the great fish, to the sun above, and to the goddess moon that when it woke, it would be a princess. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I go to sleep early but I wake up every hour. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, when Toño wakes up, I am waiting for him in the kitchen. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The haunted, hollow look she’d seen when he had first woken up from surgery was still there. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The baby, who had slept through all the clamour, woke up now in the sudden hush and began squalling. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark woke up with a deep ache in his side. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Never mind the time. This story’s special. I wrote it myself,” I whispered, hoping not to wake Ali. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Doha, you woke up? Come eat,” his grandmother said. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

In the morning, Odenigbo woke her up by taking her finger in his mouth. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’d woken up at the crack of dawn, bleary-eyed and disoriented, my head crowded with thoughts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And so I ventured out into the overcast spring and woke up Lara and Takumi, then brought them back to Room 43. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Yet when light came, the camp woke to snow and silence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Whenever his heaving stomach woke him, he would hurry to the edge of the camp to vomit and find others there doing the same. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to my mother, as a younger man Southside had made a point of pumping jazz into his seven children, often waking everyone at sunrise by playing one of his records at full blast. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I woke up early and packed my backpack, making sure I had everything Trevor and I needed. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She'd been asleep in the branches of an elm, but the howling had woken her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was efficacious for an officer to keep the troops busy, he thought, and when he exited a place, he left a trail of assignments in his wake no matter where he was. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I flung my arm so forcefully I hit Sumac and woke us both. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It feels like midafternoon when I wake up for good, but it’s barely eleven. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But in case I don’t wake up because of some complication, I shoot them one last text: Whatever happens to me, scatter me at Althea. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

One spiral gave birth to other little spirals, which coasted away, leaving burning grass in their wake. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

For the first time since waking up on the gurney, I realize I’m exhausted and slump my head against my chest. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Finn could smell the French toast as soon as he woke up. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I reach over to wake up Mateo, but my hand finds no one in all this darkness, just my phone, which I pocket. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

‘We shall wake him up in a way that will surprise him,’ said Merry. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But by the time I wake up in the morning, the lions are always silent, and so am I. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two police officers, wearing bright green “raid” jackets and displaying their badges and a gun, woke him with a start. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes waking up in the middle of the night, I would think right away about death, as if the idea were just waiting in the dark to pop out of me. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wake up exhausted, not knowing why, as though I’m working hard in my sleep, moving my thoughts like so many stones in the dark. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning they woke him, fed him, and took him back to court. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Old as that album was back then, it was like waking up after being asleep my whole life. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

How there were always two things on the table when you woke? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I drift off again and now they’re waking me and pulling down the bedclothes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The rafters of the Zaal shook, and from their perches up in the dark a score of sleeping birds woke up in fear and flapped their wings, and little showers of dust drifted down. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Soon he too would be waking, stretching, yawning, going about the business of his day. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Will, what if the fever goes way up again before he wakes?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The numbness throbbed in his body, and he knew he’d be aching the next day when he woke up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

On rainy evenings, when a student woke up in the middle of the night, no one wanted to trudge through the grass and mud to the outhouse. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He whirled... ... and woke with a raven pecking at his chest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When he woke, there was nothing to do but think, and his waking thoughts were worse than nightmares. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

So I started telling her the story of my book, not reading it to her, just telling her about it, starting with the first scene, where Meg wakes up at night, afraid of a thunderstorm. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear no longer woke each morning with the thought that perhaps this would be the day that Min would allow him to sit at the wheel. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

When he woke a dog was licking vomit from his beard, and dark clouds were scuttling across the face of a sickle moon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I had gone to bed with a headache and woken up with a glossy fever fog over my brain, and a sore throat to match. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After heavy rains, I would wake to this same odor, the walls damp with condensation. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He woke in darkness to a cold empty room. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"The maester woke me at once. That was dutiful, but not kind. Not kind at all." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Some, waking on the mud, stood up and wagged their wings vigorously. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless as the night wore on Aragorn grew uneasy, tossing often in his sleep and waking. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wake to brilliant sunlight shining through the open roof. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The cool breeze from outside wakes me up a little. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

"You woke the dragon, you woke the dragon." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I strove to wake, to brush aside those pathetic flutterings, but strive as I would I could not...at last I sat up, sleep and dream alike banished, wide awake now. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a morbid hymn, for funerals. No one plays a funeral hymn loud unless they want to wake the dead.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

At nine, he woke up with a feeling of coming trouble. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry had to yell “Fairy lights!” before he woke them up, and when he did, they were extremely irritated. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And then Finn was waking up, lifting his head from where it bobbed against Chess’s shoulder. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And it's not like the devil-kids on the bus were going to wake up on the other side of their beds tomorrow. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

They moved in a blur, without any weapons that Tally could see, leaving everyone in their wake lying on the ground, bound and dazed. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

At 3:00 a.m., she was woken for a change of planes at Cheyenne, Wyoming. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When Mama woke up, her eyes were glowing. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She finally dozed off a little before dawn, only to wake up when she heard the horse whinny loudly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t bear that Cap woke up early to practice tai chi on our front lawn. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Ash woke in the middle of the night from a dream of horses — tall, thundering white horses with foaming mouths and slender, wraithlike riders. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason was harder to wake, and Nancy had to shake him several times. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

At night when he woke coughing he’d sit up with his hand pushed over his head against the blackness. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

When Madam woke the next morn, her first command was for hot scones. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the night, Jinjoo woke to the urgent sound of someone frantically knocking on their door. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“That I didn’t wake you when Carlos called?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

In the dream he had remembered his last glimpse of his mother, and within a few moments of waking the cluster of small events surrounding it had all come back. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Every breath of air was delicious with just enough of a clean, salt edge to wake up all your senses. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through relief and exhaustion I slept well that night, waking refreshed before daybreak with a renewed hopefulness. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then Mama woke Daddy up to let him know we’d arrived, and Daddy proceeded to wake Uncle Jack. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

She dried herself, and the floor as best she could, and went to bed.Coraline woke up in the night. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

On the third night she wakes up only to realize that she is dead. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slept restlessly and woke several hours before dawn. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He almost expects Caroline to come after him, or to immediately wake their parents and alert them to his departure. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The second I woke up, I knew I could figure out the bridge in “Q.U.E.E.N.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He wanted to ask her without really waking her up. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The lack of goodness in the young gun’s heart was oxygen to the fire, and so he burned a good long while before I woke. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in his waking thoughts they were eternally united. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“When I was your age,” he’d said, “I was already working two jobs. And here you are, complaining about waking up for school!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

When I finally, truly, wake up, the restraints are gone. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I fall asleep and wake up only once as we’re passing through Baton Rouge, cars honking in traffic. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The night of the first frost, I woke up to a soldier pulling off my blanket. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up early the next morning in a cold sweat. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He looked down at his watch—it was a full hour past his mandatory waking time. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

For that matter, I knew that my waking hours were far from holy. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

In another life, I woke early, too, the sound of the 8:04 rumbling past; I opened mv eyes and listened to the rain against the window. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel like I’ve just woken from some long dream. I can follow the dragons’ ways better among the demons than among the Tang people.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up early the next morning still in my clothes from the day before. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When he woke, refreshed, he admitted that he relished a break from his routine in Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“I just woke up one day and realized it. Like I told that guy in the store, I have nothing to lose because nothing belongs to me.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“That night, the night I fell, I couldn’t sleep. I went down to the laundry room to play a little saxophone. I didn’t want to wake anybody.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sleep and wake up, sleep and wake up again, listen to the cars coming and going, watch the silhouettes move past my window. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conor shouted, the terror following him into waking, gripping his chest so hard it felt as if he couldn’t breathe, his throat choking, his eyes filling with water. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

In the morning, Ma wakes everyone and we get ready for our seventh day of walking. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if he went to sleep, he would be home again when he woke up and he could do those three things. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I ask him, but he doesn’t answer me, and I fall asleep, and he’s gone when I wake up. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laughs come from somewhere in the house, quickly followed by a “Shhh! Don’t be waking my babies up.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He can shake himself and his collar loud enough to wake the dead. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She woke up in the middle of the night—the seat beside her was still empty. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just close your eyes and think about the morning you woke up on your tenth birthday.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Slant continues his vigilant practices against its depredations; but other contagions have settled upon us in its wake. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I didn't dare go too close, so I couldn't hear anyone but Miss Willis, who ranted and raved loudly enough to wake Dad. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Jack had been asleep for more than an hour, but Fred woke him up. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I wake up, I barely get to the toilet before the white liquor makes its reappearance. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Just something the manticore said, about the Great Stirring. I can’t help but wonder ... if all those ancient powers are waking up, maybe . .. maybe not all of them are evil.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I long to wake up, and then I do. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew, of course, that Uriah might never wake up. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The next morning Ma comes to wake me, but I am already up. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dimly remembered seeing an elderly woman’s body during a wake when I was younger. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s weather coming,” Osh said when I woke the next morning. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The man goes to sleep in a golden palace and wakes up in a set of ruins, for the man had been the victim of illusions conjured by the demons. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every car pushed a wake that splashed against his shins. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His screaming woke her up. She ran into the snow like that—nightgown and bare feet—and found him in the corral. His own horses had trampled him. That was all.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I put it out again and in only about ten minutes it was full and I woke Piper and told her to drink it while we had it. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, we woke up and swarmed to breakfast. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Sam woke up thinking that he heard his master calling. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I asked if he was going to tell Jazz good-bye, and he said that he'd rather not wake her. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“We keep her food in the refrigerator. When she wakes, she will eat.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“It was not the same conductor who woke me, Monsieur. It was another one.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time I fell asleep, I dreamed of a hooded figure pursuing me, and woke in a sweat. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I wake up, all the bad stuff is still there. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Way in the midnight he woke Janie up in his nightmarish struggle with an enemy that was at his throat. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He looked like I had just woke him up. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

When I woke it was the sound of the rocket exploding that announced the release of the bulls from the corrals at the edge of town. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

At first I didn’t even realize he was talking to me but then Ducky pushed my arm and I woke up. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The bus driver was a kind man who would wake me just before my stop. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Their fellow campers were starting to wake up. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Others walk around to stretch and wake up. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

At exactly that moment I would generally wake up, terribly shaken.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I, I, I woke up, and the bed was on fire.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The boat pitches in the wake of a big ferry. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were having an absurd and inappropriate argument because in the wake of death every single thing on earth feels absurd and inappropriate. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

"She needs to wake up a little earlier and try to decide whether she wants to look like Farrah Fawcett or Rick James." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I slug him in the arm—not that hard—just to wake him up. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom doesn’t want to have to worry about you and Evan right now, Ivy. Just stay here, okay? And don’t wake him up.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Lyra thought of waking him up, but if she was on her own, she could swim in the river. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I crept slowly out of my room, careful not to wake Shani. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The next morning I wake up in the same room. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Laila woke up, out of breath, with a taste of soil in her mouth, when the first granular lumps of dirt hit the plastic. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I woke up early on New Year’s Eve—not Christmas-early, but still. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

With Ambrose Spike trailing in her wake, Constance crashed through the woods. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to wake him up just to dress him?” she said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to wake up, I have to start my day. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The morning after their escape from the ogre, Spurge and Werfel both woke up hungry and irritable. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is lift up the covers and stare down at my legs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The sun was well up, though not yet as high as the down, when Hazel woke. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Jinny woke up each morning after that, it was with a strange dark feeling. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Ekon started up the stairs, the words echoing in his wake. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They woke up, all four at once, in the morning light. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Hey, kid,” Coach said, keeping his voice low so he wouldn’t wake my family. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like my brain was figuring it out, putting the pieces together while I was in a deep sleep, and once it’s fully formed, it wakes me up. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I woke up that morning, I heard a hammer going. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

But I did not, and here is what happened after I fell asleep again, the next time I woke. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I have just woken up and I’m clammy with sweat. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s Sunday and we kinda owe it to Jesus to go to church on his birthday, none of us wake up until around eleven so we miss service. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

An hour or so later she was woken by a shake on the shoulder. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Especially when he wakes me from the running dream. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Which was a stupid question, because he’d made Emma and Chess promise to wake him up the instant they solved the code. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

‘Our brother Mimas awaits them at Sparta. You need not worry. The demigods cannot change their fate. One way or another, their blood shall be spilled upon these stones and wake the Earth Mother!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And with that hideous memory he woke fully, and shivered, and the noise of the wind became filled with menacing voices. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I wake up a few hours later and have no idea where I am. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He dreamed that Master was calling him—Ugwu, my good man!—and when he woke up Master was standing at the door, watching him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The naked will to power seemed always to walk in the wake of a hymn. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t wake up either?” he asked quietly. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“My poor little feet didn’t make much noise then! I daresay poor old Mr. Swales would have told me that it was because I didn’t want to wake up Geordie.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine. Just dozed off and woke up to you yelling about your stupid toe.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

No sooner had the notes of Gwyn’s horn sunk into the hills than Taran started, as though waking from a fearful dream. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

His mother stopped her humming and said, “Shush, child, you’ll wake your father.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up feeling like I was still on fire. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I cried out and woke the house up. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He woke up after a while and the first thing he said was, “Hazel,” which I have to admit made me kind of happy, like maybe I was part of his family, too. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

One night he had an anxiety attack that woke him up. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning, Harry was woken by Ron throwing his pillow at him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I only remember that I woke up smiling. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Linda was in bed and so fast asleep that he couldn’t wake her. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow I know I’m asleep in a dream, but it don’t matter, I can’t make noise and I can’t wake up and I can’t see Mom or Dad or the house. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

At least when he wakes up from his nightmares, the rocks are right there for me to hand to him all over again. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Yet I woke up my mother and finally asked her why she chose me, that day at the Kwenge River. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air was charged with unreality, as if she would certainly wake up in a minute. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“A waking dream, a walking dream. I am alone and lost.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I don't think I've ever fallen asleep in a dark place and woken to see it in the light for the first time. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I brush her hair away from her face, gently, so I don’t wake her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I wake up early, jet-lagged, and watch the sun rise over Dhaka from my bed. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He looked over his shoulder just in time to see Koffi jolt, as though waking from a stupor. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He cries with relief when he wakes up from an afternoon nap to hear his children’s voices in the yard and realizes that I am alive. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Hazel felt bad asking them to take care of her, but she’d woken up parched and exhausted, as if she’d lived the last few hours in both the past and the present. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I woke up crying and Mommy came and stayed in bed with me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Two hundred miles away, the man Jack woke from his sleep, and sniffed the air. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He snorted again, but he didn’t wake up. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boston slowly opened its eyes, stretched, and woke. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Levin, at one point, went into a seventh-grade music class with seventy kids in it and asked for a show of hands on when the students woke up. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I’d wake up at night, bathed in cold sweat, reliving over and over again my experiences in the camps,” said Karl. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you’ll wake up tomorrow and realize this is just the dybbuk talking.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As it passed the kennel the Labrador woke and sat up, thrusting out its head and shoulders and looking first to one side and then the other. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his wake he had left a trail of overturned tables. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the morning of that tragic Sunday, Nana woke up early as she always did. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when I climbed on top of the Object she would almost wake up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Monday morning my heart jumps to see the minivan in the driveway next door when I wake up. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking closer can wake something feeacrtifuL Sometimes I can change how I feel about something by drawing it. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up because my back was hurting more and more. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The otak stirred in his pocket, and a little vague fear also woke and stirred in his mind. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I woke that night to a horrible sound, a full-throated screaming into the blackness, screecher loud. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In the end he don’t wake up, or anyhow he don’t come out to the shed to see what’s making all the noise falling down and squeaking the doors. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I slept late and woke up to an empty room. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her knapsack disappeared in the dust, and she saw clothing, the sleeping bag, and packets of SpagBol scattering in the machine’s wake. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The song of steel on steel woke a hunger in Jon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When they came back that evening, Mom went out and looked at them again, and that night she woke up many times to go out to be with them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I woke up with a cold sweat. And fever. And three different types of cancer. And a touch of rabies.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the wake of the Soweto uprising, the authorities had decided that the island would become the exclusive home of South Africa’s “security prisoners.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soheil turns and kicks a rock, then watches it sail toward the Midway and roll to a stop, dust rising and settling in its wake. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When I woke up, I was on the tracks, the shoe in my fist. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Uh, on the next cot. But let’s don’t wake him up. He’s worn out.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Ophie made her way back to Mrs. Caruthers’s room, scrubbing at her cheeks as the old woman howled for her afternoon tea, the racket enough to wake the dead. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I sleep as soon as my head touches the pillow, but wake earlier than I planned. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Always, even though it might be very late, he could count on Celia’s return.When he woke in the night, her snores in the next room made him feel safe. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wake up, and I’m not on Ollie's sofa, which is the last place I remember sitting. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He felt a draft of hot air from the tunnel, a gust left in the wake of the train he’d just missed. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

This morning, I woke up early and ran into my parents’ room, shaking them awake just like I do every Christmas. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A knocking woke me up in the middle of the night. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Then you have to do what I say. Drink your water, wake me when I tell you, and eat every bite of the soup no matter how disgusting it is!" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Ford!” he said in another tone, “I’ve gone and woken the children.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gerald woke the next morning to the sound of voices in the kitchen. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with that he realized he was not going to wake up at 5:00 a.m.—not this morning. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We make it out the door and down to the street fore we hear Leroy hollering at Benny for waking him up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She woke up his computer and wrote a story. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I sprinted up the stairs and left Connor in my wake. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He woke to the sight of his own breath misting in the cold morning air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Keep the zipper locked or you’ll wake up being spooned by a bum.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

After a while, Augustus turned his head to us, the waking up slow. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I know I should sleep, but I begrudge every second of waking time. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

This was like a dream come true: Annie Altman waking me up in the morning after we practically took a bath together the night before. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

If I keep repeating this, maybe I’ll wake up from this nightmare. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Lyra’s possessions, such as they were, had been packed ever since she’d woken up and seen the land. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And he wake up, all frowzle-headed, and ask why those girls disturb him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I still remember waking up that one morning a week before Thanksgiving to find him gone. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But when I woke up, I didn’t remember that for weeks. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I fall into a deep sleep until the shrill ringing of the phone next to my head wakes me up again a few hours later. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He slapped Uncle Jet to wake him up. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

On Thursday I woke to the sound of Art’s panel truck noisily backing up to the salesroom door. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t simply that since the College of Physicians had met he had spent every waking minute seeing patients, usually over one hundred a day. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I must have slept through Dad’s going off to work the next morning, ’cause when I wake, Becky’s standing beside the couch eating a piece of honey toast and breathing on my face. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke up next morning, my first thought was: I was in a thrift shop. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The next morning Hanako woke up smelling vomit and immediately retched. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Shock cut straight through my limbs, waking them with a slap. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I got feeling so lonesome and rotten, I even felt like waking Ackley up. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She woke aching and alone and weary,- weary of riding, weary of hurting, weary of duty. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

This was such a shock that again I woke up, trembling with happiness. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little after three thirty in the afternoon of January 22, Lyndon Johnson woke from a nap in the bedroom of his Texas ranch. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Nathan turned it on and a second later its familiar waking tone rang out. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They trespassed in her dreams and in her waking moments. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

For months, Annabeth had been tormenting herself, her every waking moment consumed with the search for Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to wake your dads, J.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

His father was one of the few people Ben had ever met who could wake from a deep sleep fully refreshed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She woke with a jerk sometime later, and sat up, alarmed. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time since waking up in Arizona with his memories erased, Jason felt whole. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Denethor started as one waking from a trance, and the flame died in his eyes, and he wept; and he said: ‘Do not take my son from me! He calls for me.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And when I woke up the sky above the ocean was completely clear and the sun was blood-red and falling behind the surface of the water. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“The baby wakes up if I stand still too long.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he starts twitching his arms and legs but still won’t wake up. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She was brushing my hair back when I woke. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“The freighter wake hit, the boat rolled over, and then he fell and hit his head on something and slid on out of the boat. ” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m at a 50 percent rate for smacking my head when I wake up. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Toby woke up to a woman yelling at him, the words coming more as sounds without any actual meaning. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And I think how I used to wake up mad and sad earlier this summer. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Wondered how it would feel to never wake in the middle of the night with his teeth chewing on his lips, fooling himself into thinking that he was about to eat meat. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mom wakes me up earlier than usual the next morning with a serious expression on her face. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Well, he’s never hit me before. But these mood swings? Yes. I never know what I’m going to wake up to.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I wake Max before I go to work so he can watch the window and let Siunek get some sleep. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the silence that followed in his wake, she contemplated his story, the paths that had made them so different, but so similar. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He woke that night with the dull carbon light of the crossing moon beyond the murk making the shapes of the trees almost visible and he turned away coughing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

But only a few hours later, thin cries woke him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Nymeria was waking for her in the guardroom at the base of the stairs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I fell into a strange broken sleep, waking now and again to the reality of my narrow cramped position and the sight of Maxim’s back in front of me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The moment I woke, I knew something was wrong. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They will follow me wherever I wake up. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

On Friday, I wake up with extra energy. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I woke up covered head to toe in chalk.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

This morning, Justin woke me up before he left for school. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

But come November Hangman wakes up again, sort of like John Barleycorn in reverse. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Better not. It looks like the Chief’s asleep. He might not thank us for waking him up out of a nice dream.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Even though the volume was way down, so Dad’s voice wouldn’t wake Mom, he still filled the room, like how a light fills a room even when it’s dim. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now, as Toby sat on the ground shivering, it felt like he was stuck in a nightmare and there was no chance of waking up. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the keys from the kitchen drawer where Mom kept them and wrote a note in case they woke up while I was gone. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The drone of bloodthirsty mosquitoes had woken me several times during the night, and my arms itched with bites. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

After a while, the big boys had to wake up the little ones and march them outside to urinate. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I woke with nausea so bad, I had to scramble across the floor for the chamber pot. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I woke up again and again in the night, never sure of where I was, or when it was, or who was alive and who was dead. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

James dropped into a chair and shook the mouse to wake up the computer. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

One faculty wife would always remember his exclamation when she encountered him on a wooded walkway as Berkeley was waking up to a chilly spring morning: he shouted at her, “I’m going to be famous!” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes for a moment and then it’s as if I’ve woken from the deepest slumber, as if someone has extricated me from granite. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When I was at Gramma and Grampa’s house, I woke up every morning to the smell of coffee. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I feel like he could wake up at any moment, smiling and wondering why we’re all staring at him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Is like a monster to me, and if I hear it in a dream, then I know is rime to wake up and listen to the rooster. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a restless night of helpless-animal dreams, I woke up and went downstairs to find Dad crying on the couch. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Kathy woke to a thump upstairs, coming from one of the kids’ rooms. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Neither did I. She can wake us up to ask for some money, but she can’t wake us up to tell us she’s going in a war zone.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Mark twitched in his sleep and almost woke up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Dell would wake up hours later and if he had the energy, make his way through the maze of his possessions to his bedroom, where he would crawl into a sleeping bag. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I woke Georgetti, the other boy who was drunk, and offered him some water. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Jon wake his captive and held ha by the arm as they descended to meet them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He woke up hating the image and hating himself. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never had an exciting mystery to solve. Well, except for the time I woke up one morning with every inch of my hair, body, and bed covered in chocolate.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know, my sister is waking me for 18:00—Reflection. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We slept there and spent most of our waking hours elsewhere. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to sleep and wake to see that my casts were gone. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the person of Death visited me, and I beat it with my fists and begged for it to depart, waking myself. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When he woke up next, he was sure he’d feel much better. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Candice woke up on Saturday morning to the most wonderful smell: frying bacon. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I rearrange the crypt's skulls, the hot air shifts like a bear waking from hibernation. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“How do you know what happened after you left, Comfort? Or, for that matter, what happened this morning before you woke up?” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She hated the helplessness she had felt in the dream, and the way it carried into waking life. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

"Last night I woke up in the dark and the fire had gone out and I was certain I was going to freeze to death by morning." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In the morning, my mom didn’t wake me for school. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I was having a nightmare when you woke me up,” he admitted. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Despite our efforts to shoo them away, the local children spend hours staring at the bonobos and trying to get them to wake up. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Just before he wakes, he feels a splintering at the back of his skull. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The teachers must have realized something was wrong, because they didn’t try to wake him up. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

My headache, which had almost fallen asleep when I had, woke up and hollered in my skull. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The new vibrations woke whoever had been lucky or exhausted enough to fall asleep. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

When she woke, it was pitch-black and her bladder was full to bursting. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"If Pinkeye wakes and finds you gone—" Hot Pie said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"And speak quietly. You will wake the dragon." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Both had been trained by him in the English language and evidently a good deal else, for Brother Fowles left some mystery in his wake. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the third night of our journey, I woke up with a start when I felt two hands on my throat, trying to strangle me. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sharp knock on the door woke Dicey. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember waking up one morning having more trouble breathing than usual, and then I couldn’t stop coughing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I woke at midnight when all the bells in the city started ringing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It woke him up and got him off the road. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chamber- lain took the reins, woke Ellis Spear, told him to take over. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever he woke up and got afraid, she gave him a swallow of whiskey. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know, I woke up with a string of drool connected from the corner of my mouth down to my chest, and some other show was on. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The hippie looked angry, as though I’d woken him up, when he finally came to the door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My sleep is deep and dreamless, but a nightmare wakes me with a start. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was the Corporal who had woken him, bending over and shaking him gently. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

When they woke, long bars of sunlight lay across the lawn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There is food,” said the young bear who had woken Lyra. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time along the trail that we had woken to warmth, and we enjoyed the novelty of it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

They would wake up One morning to find their panties gone. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She must not have felt it, because she didn’t wake up. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Through almost every afternoon he slept, waking in time to feel dusk settle in and to watch the light die beyond the window three beds away to his right. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Every day I wake up is beautiful,” Gran said, and chuckled. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

That research, and other investigations like it, led to changes in air traffic regulations, mandating minimum distances between flight paths so as to prevent that kind of wake turbulence accident. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Winning, he sat up, stared at me vaguely, shook his head, and woke. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

This was all a horrible nightmare, and he couldn’t wake up. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he woke again it was still dark but the rain had stopped. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He had woken up with a high fever, and his eyelids were swollen shut. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She woke up and Tea Cake still wasn’t there and the clock said it was getting late, so she got up and washed her face and hands. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He woke the next morning full of energy, feeling taller and stronger. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated talking with that thing on, but I said, “Just go to the park and I’ll call you when I wake up.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

So I fell asleep; but I woke up very early and set off for Thessicher’s farm before breakfast, having spent an uneasy night full of dreams and wakenings. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Ben, sugah. Go wake the children and have them gather in my room. I want to tell them about their daddy.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner wondered what might happen if it woke up and decided to sting his father at some prominent moment—say, when the trumpets of Jericho sounded. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Orlando, the boy whose body I’m in, rarely wakes before noon on Sunday, so if I keep my typing quiet, his parents will leave me alone. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

One morning, soon after sanctions went into effect, we woke up to the sound of sirens on the road. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

From his putting his finger to his lips, I gathered that he expected her to wake before long and was afraid of forestalling nature. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She did not remember what it was about but she remembered that it had been happy, and so she woke up warming herself with the thought that she could still have a happy dream. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I wake up, my alarm clock tells me it's 11:37 p.m., so from the time I lay down on my bed to now is almost four hours. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the morning of my escape I woke to a wool-like world of misty gray. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, and wake up Juliet. I want my things moved into the main bedroom. That attic is far too dusty.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Usually at waking she and her mother had walked to the stream. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That meant I could get out of the house if I was really quiet so I didn’t wake him up. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait a minute,” Drake says as though he’s just waking up. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He shook his head, trying to wake himself up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he’d reach out to touch the child sleeping beside him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I wake up to a low, laughing voice. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She sleeps like a corpse, so unless she’s woken up in the past nine minutes, Jupe has no idea I’m gone. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

What if he wakes up in an hour and reads the note? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke up, the sleeping bag on the lilo on the floor next to my bed was empty. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nearly ten years had passed since the Dursleys had woken up to find their nephew on the front step, but Privet Drive had hardly changed at all. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Aunt Stella’s still asleep and I don’t want to wake her ’cause she said her foot was hurting but I’m really, really”—Ruby pauses for a breath—“really bored.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could convince Grandfather to move here when he wakes, I thought. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like a kid now—his watery brown eyes, the fear and fatigue in his face, like a kid waking up from a nightmare or something. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Leading the horse he hears behind him a groan from the woman, but doesn’t stop to see whether she is waking or dying or falling off the seat. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jerk of the train woke Hari, who looked about in a dazed way and then drifted off to sleep again. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The following morning, Roosevelt woke up with a fever. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I woke up a little then and really looked at him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up in the dark to the sound of an explosion. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He woke up crying in a shallow hole beside the clay bank where his mother had thrown the old quilt. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up from seeing men die and hearing the sounds of their cries. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be good for you to get some air. Fetch a bucket of water home with you, mind. I wager Madam will wake with a thumping headache.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you drank my sleeping medicine. Maybe you wouldn’t wake up easily.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He was sad. He was having scary dreams, I think. He cried in his sleep. He shouted, sometimes. It woke me up.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Maybeth and James woke up immediately when she spoke their names. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remained in the doorway, fearful that she’d wake up if he took another step. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Why wake the rickshaw boy?’ said Second Wife. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room presses in hot and heavy the way it does when you wake up from a nap in the afternoon sun. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

With no power, we drift in its wake until onshore waves catch us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“When we woke up this morning, he was gone.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I must wake Chroma for the sunrise,” he said softly. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You look terrible,” was Ron’s greeting as he entered the room to wake Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Don’t get so choked,” Enoch said, “you know I can’t stand it. Anyway, it’s cruel, waking Victor. He likes it where he is.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When Grandmère woke up that afternoon, I read her the note. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I would love to wake up and see you in the morning, and lie down for bed at night and have you be the last thing I see before I close my eyes. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I always woke up first, usually before daylight. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Without waking anyone I let myself out the front door, ran to my bicycle parked at the side of the house, and pedaled away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Almost three months after dad went into a coma, I came home from school one afternoon and heard the news: he woke up. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Daddy carried me out the sanctuary as I screamed for her to wake up. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Mom woke up and told Dad to stay calm. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It seemed like I had barely closed my eyes when Mama woke me up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wake up the next morning and get ready to walk my clients. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She joined us outside with a cup of tea when she finally woke. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

About ten hours into the wake, a white guy stood. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

And Joramun blew the Horn of Winter and woke giants from the earth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The next morning she woke before first light and crept sleepily to her window to watch Lord Beric form up his men. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He dreamed of the Uttle house, of Celia, of a meadow so intensely green, it made him cry when he woke up. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I say, "I called your dad because I woke up one morning about three and half weeks ago and I was ... gone. Just like you." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t figure it out until three in the morning, when I woke Mom to tell her I thought I was having a heart attack. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

About an hour into the bus ride, Rondell woke up and looked over his seat at me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was like when someone on TV wakes in hospital and faces swim up, but spookier 'cause of the dark. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

In her life ever after she would have nightmares of her time in that hold, and she would wake up screaming with the taste and stench of the place in her throat. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Liddy made it home, walked into his bedroom, and undressed quietly, hoping not to wake his wife. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When he entered her, she screamed loud enough to wake Baelor the Blessed in his tomb, and her nails left gouges in his back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Surely the sleeper hadn’t woken already: in the dimness Ama could make out the shape of the sleeping bag, the lighter patch that was the girl’s hair, and the curve of her sleeping dæmon. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

As the dead kings came stumbling from their cold black graves, Jon had woken in pitch-dark, his heart hammering. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When they were gone, Arya took the letter and carried it to the hearth, stirring the logs with a poker to wake the flames anew. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“That the bleeding stopped is a good sign”—deep breath—“but that doesn’t guarantee Terupt will wake up. We have to wait and see.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The sound of the rain slapping against the window woke him up the next morning. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every morning when you wake up it seems a lot of your parts aren’t stuck on as good as they used to be. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

To punish him for Gaia waking is -’ he wanted to say stupid, but he caught himself - ‘unwise.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Special Circumstances would come, they would wake her up, they would take her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Once Bobby woke and said: “Why are you so kind to me?” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the old dog woke shivering with cold he was alone. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One time I woke up and there he was: Nelson. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke up in the dull, sunless heat the next morning, I dressed and splashed my face with cold water and put on some lipstick and opened the door slowly. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I wake a few times to see that it’s day. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I woke up some Ares kid from his midday nap and he yelled at me to go away. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was cold water, I never stayed in long, but it woke me up and started me into the day with a vengeance. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The commotion is enough to wake Trey up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I kept waking up in a kind of terror and then falling to sleep again and having the same dream. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, as soon as they woke up, they rushed to Minli’s bed to see if she was there. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then she gave her head a little shake, as if waking herself up. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’ll wake up tomorrow, and everyone will have forgotten I lost for the team. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When the sailor named Quinn woke again, he found me, as before, near his bed, waiting to help him heal. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

"My father says cold water is the best way to wake up someone who's fainted," he said, and with that he tipped the entire contents of the jug over the Trunchbull's head. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were days when she woke up from her naps feeling clearheaded, like today. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He has devoted every waking moment to living a Christian life. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I woke up with the sunlight just before seven on Saturday morning. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I run the rest of the way to the wake, one step ahead of the iron hooks she’s casting. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Billy staggered off with his duffel bag, and then he stood on the station platform next to the porter, trying to wake up. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Try to imagine how you would feel if you woke up one morning to find the sun shining and all the stars aflame. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

They woke him and asked him to lay the knife on the ground where it caught a glitter of starlight. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hot Pie was breathing heavily, and once he stumbled in the dark, barked his shin, and cursed loud enough to wake half of Harrenhal. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He returned home each day around three p.m. and collapsed into bed for a few hours of sleep before waking up for another double shift. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I wake up two hours away, in the body of a girl named Katie. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I stopped a few blocks from our house to wake up my sister and put the blanket and pillow in the trunk. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And if not, did I really want to wake him and his whole family and—what?—wait for him to maybe drive over? Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He always woke up without discovering what it was, but somehow it was connected with what Julia had been saying when he cut her short. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When I woke up and found that my arms were taken, I walked about in agony. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she would tell him about her classes, what paintings she’d studied that week, and her favorite, the real reason she woke at four thirty every morning and stayed up late every night: photography. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a moonlight night, and about one o’clock Flo and I were waked by the most delicious music under our windows. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning I wake up when the light is still thin and silver. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was a light in the room and as the two reared up above the crib, with weaving heads and flickering tongues, the children woke. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The minute I woke up? Didn’t I deserve to know?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

October 14—I wake up in the morning and don’t know where I am or what I’m doing here, and then I see her beside me and I remember. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning I woke up later than usual, probably because I hadn't gone to sleep until four in the morning. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He never once woke up and found me there sitting in the dark with him. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Once he wakes up and grins so craftily that we are alarmed and begin to think he is cheating, and that we have given him the punch to no purpose. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up again with a start, like I’d hit the ground and knocked the wind out of myself. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

On the morning of the first day after Christmas break, loud banging on our front door wakes me up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Only the engine sound fills the car while Melinda Boyd sleeps, but when she wakes up, she plays and talks and dances with her hands. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

As if to rescue me, Geak wakes up and her cries of hunger interrupt the incident. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo woke at the sound of Sam’s shout and sat up, rubbing his eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

One of the JV boats—the one Bobby Moch was steering, the one that now and then left the all-sophomore boat in its wake—also contained a couple of promising surprises, also sophomores. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I must stop, for Jonathan is waking—I must attend to my husband! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“We can feed her soupy stuff if she doesn’t wake up soon.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Almost immediately I heard Mrs. Crowell screaming—she was trying to wake up her family and get them out of the house in case another bomb exploded. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Which is when I heard the sailor waking. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He’d wake her in the middle of the night and they’d use the big Deep Space Hunter telescope to look at a comet or other celestial event. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

How could he know what I did from just me waking up? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The vision melted into waking; and there was Tom whistling like a tree-full of birds; and the sun was already slanting down the hill and through the open window. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Bullets peppered the water, leaving trails of bubbles in their wake. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Theoretically, that leaves us enough time. It’s only July fifth. We should be able to close the Doors of Death, then find the giants’ HQ and stop them from waking Gaea before August first.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Fifty-four, Victarion thought sourly when they woke him, and she sails alone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There’s that wide puffy cloud that looks like your face when you wake up after falling asleep with all your clothes on. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, your aunt Florentine can’t watch her anymore on funeral days, of course, so I’ve got to keep her close while I work. Maybe you can play with her when she wakes up...” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’d assumed that the island where she had died hadn’t been completely destroyed, or possibly had risen again when Alcyoneus woke. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You should wake me,” I say, thinking about how I can interrupt his sleep two or three times on a bad night. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You always have to in the morning when you wake up, you know that.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since he was a small child he had the custom of leaving his hammock and waking up in Amaranta’s bed, because contact with her was a way of overcoming his fear of the dark. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Now we are to imitate the soul-song of our beloved Proserpine, as she stirs to wake in all her liquid self.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Are those the dragons the red woman means to wake? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But I know it happened because one day I was the best lacrosse player at All Saints, and the next day I woke up in the hospital with fifty stitches in my foot and leg. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I keep dreaming about my research and waking up Jennifer because I’m punching the mattress.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

But she lowered her voice so as not to wake anyone up. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

If something went wrong and the Amoses woke up I didn’t want them rushing down to the kitchen to get the gun. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She asks me if my parents have given me any Tylenol, and I tell her no, not since I woke up. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The left side of her body had gone to sleep and would not wake. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early the next morning my father woke me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I went to sleep and woke up again in the airplane Mr. Axelroot told us what all we could see from up there looking down: Hippos in the river. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke in the mornings to the sound of the neighbors chipping ice from their windshields on the street. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He did not cry when the man woke him; he did not cry when the police came and tried to ask him his name. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Time to go, Harry, dear,” she whispered, moving away to wake Ron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“No problem. I was just fishing downstream a ways. Actually, I was napping with my fishing pole and you woke me up.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

What you hear when you wake up is humiliating. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I needed time to figure it out. It takes a while, you know? You don’t just wake up one day and know,” I say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He wants to go check on her...wake her to let her know Dad’s trying to get ahold of them. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Luna woke in the dark with a searing headache. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I wake up at dawn and put a pot a Community coffee on the stovetop. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Piper had used it to wake a metal dragon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“He unflinchingly snapped her spine! Everyone heard it. I’m sure it woke up the scythes sleeping in the back row!” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When I was very young, my father, may he rest in peace, began to wake me in the middle of the night, just so I would cry. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The floor creaked and she woke up and looked at me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘With this one you would be waking up screaming all over!’ the BFG said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s from Ayesha. She knocked while you were sleeping but didn’t want to wake you. Her family caught an early transport out, but she said she’d see you soon.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She loves to imagine Darwin at night, leaning over the ship’s rail to stare into bioluminescent waves, watching the tracks of penguins marked by fiery green wakes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Very soon, in any case, a new Italian sound was to dominate European music once again, leaving both the French opera and ballet styles in its wake. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“They weren’t here when I woke up,” Baba says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fire, heat, flames...Lee woke up again, his body as hot as if he’d been lying in the desert sun. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me try. At least it’ll be something to do while we wait for the others to wake up.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Two days later, Roosevelt and Cherrie woke up not a second too soon to find their tent crawling with thousands of termites. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“And ...” “And he isn’t going to wake up,” Hana says, her voice strained. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

All around Bod, the inhabitants of the graveyard were waking and gathering, worried and alarmed. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he falls asleep and I don’t have the heart to wake him up so I go to Communion the next day without penance or absolution. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

For the next several weeks, he retreated to the mine, coming home after I was in bed and up and gone before I woke up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But it pressed down uncomfortably on my tongue, and sometimes it would pop off during the night and I’d wake up choking on it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Morning comes and I wake up to Charlie shoving me over and over again. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

We both woke up at the same time to the buzzing jangle of the alarm clock. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Vernon Dursley had been woken in the early hours of the morning by a loud, hooting noise from his nephew Harry’s room. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“She’ll show up, all right. From what Mami tells me, that woman is so stuck up, one day she is going to wake up a mirror. Loves attention. I hate her already.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to put me to bed, and to wake me only when everything was back to normal. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He woke her in the middle of the night and took her to an abandoned quarry north of town. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“What was the point waking me up?” the Fat Lady called grumpily after him as he walked away. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A train whistled in the distance; it would soon rumble over them with a sound like waking up to a thunderstorm. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I wake up not remembering how long I was gone or what happened while I was out, part of my life erased. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

My worst fear was that I would wake up and find him dead. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

For the same reason that a high-school quarterback wakes up at 5 a.m. to lift weights. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She shifted in her sleep but didn’t wake. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But when I woke up properly it was dawn and the sky was all orange and blue and purple and I could hear birds singing, which is called the Dawn Chorus. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What was it like when you woke up between your parents, covered in their blood?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure wakes and thinks she hears the shuffle of Papa’s shoes, the clink of his key ring. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Ben wakes me with a FaceTime on my last morning in New York. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Truthfully, she was afraid to imagine the scope of destruction the children might have left in their wake. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Makes you never want to wake up, but in the end you got no choice, that’s the way it works in this world. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

"You must. Once I begin to sing, no one must enter this tent. My song will wake powers old and dark. The dead will dance here this night. No living man must look on them." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

For these he was still very punctual as a rule, and he seldom failed to wake up in time for them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

As the air began to cool, the rabbits woke and first one and then another came down the runs that led from the smaller burrows. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I see. Now, has your scar hurt at any other time this year, excepting the time it woke you up over the summer?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I woke with my fingers curled around Mother’s necklace. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He rolled over and fell asleep again, and when he woke next day, he didn’t remember the dream at all. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

So many appetites wake up that Brother Vu just has time to cook rice and serve it with plain fish sauce. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to risk waking the old woman fully and inciting her anger, but Ophie desperately needed to know more about Clara, and this might be her only opportunity. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Fifteen minutes. Then whoever we shoot wakes up. And remember, we have a limited number of rounds.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The voice belonged to somebody else and it was coming from someplace far away and it was telling her to wake up, wake up. 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 descriptive sort of linguist tends to observe change in the language, note it, analyse it and manage not to wake up screaming every night. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Harry woke extremely early the next morning; so early that it was still dark. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I’d have to wake up real early if I wanted to get to the mission in time for breakfast, if you were one minute late they wouldn’t let you in for food. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Luna woke her up, feeling tears stinging in her eyes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I glance at Zeke, who is rubbing his face with his fists to wake up. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She explained about their quest to the ancient lands to stop the giants from waking Gaea. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I thought about her the next morning when I woke beside the creek in a bed of kudzu vines. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the cucos, the smallest, was dragging itself not in their direction but in the direction of the woods, a trail of dark, gooey blood in its wake. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Not accidentally, these novels coincided with America’s Gilded Age, the era of overnight fortunes and conspicuous spending that followed in the wake of the Civil War. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Grace closed her eyes, praying that it was a dream, that she could go back in time and wake up in her bed a year ago and have everything go back to normal. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“You want to wake the baby?” he countered. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had opened that door—not once but twice—maybe even laid hands on him, and he hadn’t woken. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They didn’t like me to ring the doorbell anymore because it might wake him up. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Kids wake up each day believing in the goodness of things, in the magic of what might be. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I felt surer the next day, late in the afternoon, when he finally woke up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When I woke up the next morning, the first thing I did was look for Wishbone to make sure I hadn’t just dreamed he was mine. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what had been going on with my own boyfriend, and we’d spent nearly every waking second together for more than a year. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He’d wake me up by touching the top of my head. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard my sisters stir beside me, muttering as they woke, and I knew it was working. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I wake up before I have even finished climbing to the highest branch. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She helps me out of bed, careful not to wake Amber, who is sprawled out across the covers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I felt guilty that I hadn’t woken her sooner. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, the painting came to life: The dragon stretched its long neck as if waking from a thousand-year sleep, blinked a few times in the glare of the streetlight, and then looked directly at Sierra. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the only way to teach people was to embarrass them, wake them up, make them see the error of their ways. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“A cup on the floor. Doesn’t it suggest this boat got waked? Don’t you—” “There’s no other evidence,” cut in Art Moran. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As soon as she woke up her demeanor had changed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I wake up this morning to a thin blanket of white covering our front lawn. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last night she’d slipped the bracelet over her bedpost before she went to sleep, the way she did every evening, but when she’d woken up this morning it had vanished. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I wake up just as it grows light. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The problem whose attempted solution has brought such a train of disaster in its wake is an accompaniment of our modern way of life. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was afraid to close his eyes, afraid that he might roll over in his sleep and wake in sudden terror as he went sliding off the edge. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

After yelling and screaming at the class, she said the incident woke her up and made her become a better teacher. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And when I woke up I was different. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Malcolm woke up to it, though, it had already become like a separate river inside the larger one. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

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

I told the priest what had happened when I ran from my mother’s burial—my fall, my waking to witness the meeting in the clearing, Aycliffe’s attempt to kill me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The mornings after she left, I woke up early. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I must of dozed off and woke up still thinking about my moms coming to school the day before. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He rips a piece off my shirt and ties it on my mouth so I can't be shouting, he says, and wake up the neighborhood. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

One Saturday morning I woke up and discovered his car gone, Charlie’s bed empty. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You woke me up for this? On a weekend?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

And once he woke up shouting, “The bird is Jesus! The bird is Jesus!” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Mateo, it’s me, Roof You hear me, right? It’s Roof. Wake up now. Please wake up.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Unfamiliar noises and new scents wake me early, and I'm swept into the day. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I think she stays in my room the whole night, ’cause every time I wake up, she’s sitting on my bed. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“It woke me up, it hurt so badly.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They stay with me for minutes after I wake up and I luxuriate in them, but I forget them soon. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

More than once, I had woken from dreams of him, trembling and breathless. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was obvious she had been sleeping just a few moments prior, but the sound of the stairs woke her. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Layla was almost as exhausted as their parents, helping out in the middle of the night when the twins woke up for feedings. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But I cannot wake, because I’m not asleep. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Some days I wake up wondering if I’m adopted. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our sleepy neighborhood is stirring, waking up, and this time I stay on the porch with Sherlock and enjoy it. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Then I heard Toby waking up, because he is nocturnal, and I heard him rustling in his cage. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She wakes before dawn to say her first prayer. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

A few weeks after Uncle Piet’s release my mother again woke me at four in the morning and told me that the trip she had had to postpone had now to be taken. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He woke, parched and thirsty, and realized he had no water. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All a matter of routine. This poor conductor, he seems to have had a busy night—first waking you and then answering bells.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grudged the months I had spent with her, employed by her, taking her money, trotting in her wake like a shadow, drab and dumb. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up late, with teeth clenched and every nerve on edge. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it hadn’t been for that last jet of water, he would not have woken up. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She caught a glimpse of silver wake in the moonlight, half a mile to the west. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It takes me a while to realize what I’m feeling when I wake. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she woke up that morning, she felt like it was her birthday— like she used to feel on her birthday, back when there was a shot in hell of ice cream. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It seemed that I could not wake up. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke to the sound of someone thrashing through the trees. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel woke from a nightmare, thinking, What is that smell? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Here they are in action: I usually wake at seven. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When its moltemeyes found hers, she woke, shaking and covered with a fine sheen of sweat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"I'm going over with you. I'll be there the whole time, so everything will happen right, the way I promised. I'll be there when you wake up, and I'll bring you back again." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Plain as day, he didn’t want me to wake up, so I didn’t—not for him to know it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

There are nights he still falls asleep on the sofa, without deliberation, waking up at three A.M. with the television still on. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The mockingbird whistled and I woke with a start. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up screaming and holding my burning left arm—my left arm, where the Nazis had carved B-3087 into my skin. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up with a start, not sure what it was that had awakened me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I woke up and you were gone," he says. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mabel was already showered and dressed by the time I woke up. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Can’t you just put me to sleep and wake me up when they take my casts off?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I woke this morning to the wind whipping against the window, so I shove Daddy’s old gloves into my jacket pocket before I head to school. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

All in all, a very pleasant way to wake up. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I woke Madam Mina, and again tried to hypnotise her; but alas! unavailing till too late. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“No. I slept too heavy last night. Didn’t notice when she woke. She wandered outside. We need to find her. She could be lost, could have taken ill and fallen.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to shout and wake herself up: not a sound. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Instead, during every waking moment from breakfast until bedtime, she drilled the children on all they had learned in preparation for the big event: table manners, proper introductions, handshakes, bows, and curtsies. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Surely I will wake up and it will all go away. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I want to wake up every day, like that old movie Groundhog Day, and relive this day over and over again. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I woke up early and had coffee with Darma,” she says, stretching. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“How dare you wake me at this hour! Get out before I take a can opener to you!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sam had fallen asleep in just that same position, hair in face, without anyone realizing it, until he gave a loud snore and woke himself up. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I had to drag them off the mat by their legs and slap them until they woke up. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I better hear a good reason why you chose to risk your life by waking me up like that.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He says that the way to wake up at night without using an alarm clock is to drink two glasses of water before you go to bed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She told him that they were going to have to wake up early so that they could work in the cornfield before it got too hot. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When I wake him up on the TV couch and tell him the Mary Rose is high and dry, he looks at me like he don’t understand. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Francie woke up in the middle of the night wondering what had taken her out of her sleep. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He woke alone, and found the litter halted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That first day I felt quiet as a lamb and went to bed early and didn’t wake up until the next morning at ten. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to sleep—and woke up—trying to figure what kind of a hype it could be. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They woke with a start, torn from their dreams. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of us woke up late, at ten, I suspect because there was no reason not to. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Butler woke up, which was a surprise in itself. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I had a nightmare last night, and when I woke up I remembered something. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then Jay asked me something that woke me right up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When I woke up, the ache in my chest lingered, and I felt lonelier and sadder than I had ever felt in my life. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The body is the easiest thing to adjust to, if you’re used to waking up in a new one each morning. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I wake up to the patter of rain on Caitlin’s balcony. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

A psychiatrist does not want you to wake up. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started waking up before the alarm that week, fresher in the morning, stronger. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like a fleeting idea that disappeared like waking dreams, but like something that could be real. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Every time the train pulled away, we left a litter of corpses in our wake. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It takes me a few seconds to figure out why I woke up: I heard Evelyn's and Tobias’s voices, a few feet away from me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wake up and find the face that belongs to it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I have no ruby slippers, and I won’t wake up from this dream, but still. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I woke up with my head against the window and pulled off the headphones. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Lili and Guy rushed to him and tried to wake him. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Just as Osh woke, perhaps at the cry of a crow nearby. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“We’d never have got you away if she hadn’t woken you up. She went to a holy man to get that powder specially.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He woke coughing and walked out so as not to wake the child. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

When I came back down, he was slowly waking up out of the narcotics to the excruciating day. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

So he slept late; when he woke a light snow was falling, and he idled about the lanes and byways of the town to watch the people busy at their doings. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Provided, of course, she does not wake and the rippling in her stomach remains light. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another tendency, in the wake of anything gone wrong, is Monday- morning quarterbacking. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His scuffling woke me as dependably as any alarm clock, my five o’clock possum. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The quicker they got Lyra out, the better, and that meant darting down there now before Mrs. Coulter woke up, cutting through, pulling her to safety, and closing again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Uncle Darnell had been home for a few weeks, but he still woke up in the middle of the night. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“By the time you wake up, I bet Mami’ll be home and everything will be okay.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

As I entered the lot in the group’s wake, I felt exposed and vulnerable, nauseous with fear. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was bright sunlight in the room when I woke. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when he woke up, he seemed worried that he might have said something in his sleep—something that he shouldn’t have. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

"Any one of my siblings could have woken up, they still could, and they would definitely tell on me. They have very confused alliances." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Fear of being caught woke Dicey before dawn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

This funny spectacle appeared to amuse the sun, for he burst out with such radiance that Jo woke up and roused her sisters by a hearty laugh at Amy’s ornament. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up the next morning with that fleeting sensation where you think something has all been a dream. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

So on Maribel’s first day of school in the United States, Arturo and I woke up early, filled with impossible expectation, and roused Maribel, watching her push her hair off her face. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

My last thought before I hit the ground and woke up was, Not the nose. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Silvertongue looked at him as if he had been woken from a dream. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I woke up the next day tired and restless. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I just woke up feeling like I don’t want to get married. All this pain, all this pain in my arm makes it seem so impossible somehow.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She closed the door quietly so as not to wake Joon and locked up the car. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tell,” said her dæmon: “More trouble. We’ve got the medicine. We can wake her. We can go there when the woman’s away again, and wake the girl up, and take her away.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She woke the youth,—his name was Lynceus,—told him all, and helped him to flee. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was terrifying, the idea that we could fall asleep girls, minty breathed and nightgowned, and wake to find ourselves wolves. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I had a hard time waking up on Sunday, and Marie had to call me and shake me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“No. He does other work that isn’t so noisy. Trimming, fertilizing—that sort of thing. Quiet things that won’t wake the neighborhood.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Man, I sure hope she hasn’t woken up yet.... Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“This is enough for tonight. Come, before they wake up,” it said, and then held the white quartz crystal close to its mouth. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The gulls whose tedious cries woke him each morning now thrilled him as they dipped and flapped across the sky. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I was a boy, I used to wake up thinking that the world was ending. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She screamed at him without fear of waking Nikki as he dragged her across the parquet floor. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Spill his blood upon the earth, and help me to wake. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When I wake up in the morning, my jaws are clenched so tight I have a headache. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he stayed with her, Davon often woke up in the middle of the night to find Deborah sleeping at her computer, head down and hands on the keyboard. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The final piece of the story came from my mom, who could only tell us her side after she woke up. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Without hesitation she pushed her way through the doorway, and I followed in her wake. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are the oblivious ones, who go about their lives like the Tap-Out was a dream that waking life has completely washed away. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Since the beginning of school, his every waking hour was directed toward that moment. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the night I woke up on the couch. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Every morning when I wake up, now, I regard it as having another borrowed day. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was gone in the mornings when I woke and he returned at night when I was asleep. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“She was tired, but she wasn’t hurting. She didn’t wake the next morning.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

So ran that craft and showed her heels to the swell, her bow wave riding after, and her wake on the purple night-sea foaming. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aucamp then woke the others, all of whom were in a single cell, ordering them to pack their things. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took hold of one foot gently and held it until the boy woke and turned and looked at him. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again he did not wake up, nor, this time, even open his eyes. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Doc woke up as Jay and Mama washed his wounds, then covered them with a healing oil we’d made. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

No doubt I shall wake in the morning with another plan. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And then something else happens that agitates Helmuth, that makes him all the more determined to wake up the people of Germany. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He locked the inn, and after a moment’s consideration, left the key in the door so Chronicler could let himself out if he woke early in the morning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In hundreds of houses sleepy women woke sleepier children. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I also want to wake up next to her the next morning. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

In his times of waking Sam was busy with thoughts of food. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Grandma and I woke up the next morning to a bunch of neighbors on the front lawn taking pictures of our house. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke, Legs had her head on my stomach. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

On his roof, Zeitoun crawled into his tent, trying not to wake Nasser. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“I dreamed of my granddaughter, and when I woke to see the bars of the prison cell...” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But I still wake up early to watch as she sets her hair in hot rollers and applies her makeup. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Imagine what your family will say when they wake up and realize you saved the world!” said Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I woke with a start, scrabbling around desperately for my handbag. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning, Ifemelu woke up and checked to make sure that Obama was still alive. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It looks so pretty that I want to put the cap on the bottle and leave it in the cup holder so Lacey and Ben can see it when they wake up. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I thought about all the people I knew who spent many of their waking hours feeling sorry for themselves. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things slithering through the grass could wake up the dead. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the wake, the men wandered through the sitting rooms and hallways of the house, speaking softly of business. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sorry to wake him up, knowing how tired he must be. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a rustling sound that woke me up. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She put on her old clothes from the preceding summer, which were almost too small, wrapped herself in a shawl, and tiptoed out so as not to wake the rest of the family. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lived with them for three months, finally running away when the farmer woke him with a beating one morning because a raccoon got into the chicken coop. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I scream and argue until everyone hates me, then I wake up in tears from how real it feels. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I tried waking up the girls, but they were dazed and disorientated and wanted only to be left alone, to linger in bed a little longer. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When I woke up in the morning it had stopped snowing and the sun was shining. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shook her head, as if she was trying to wake herself up. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And I’d wake up screaming at the top of my lungs. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waked the orderly and he poured mineral water on the dressings. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

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

I am looking for the traces of that oblivion, the bafflement of that waking. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He dozed for a while, a feather hanging from his mouth, then woke again to finish the last morsel. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something is wrong the minute I wake up the next morning. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It’s Daniel that wakes him to the day. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“He’ll wake up at daybreak, and I simply cannot bear another day like today.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew she should not, that her shivery mind was whispering false promises to her, that if she slept she might not wake up. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

When we were little, Papa would tickle us to wake us up. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“We haven’t woken anything from the darkness that wasn’t already awake,” Cain says. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A familiar look—the one he gives me if I wake from a nightmare or we run out of grain. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was a time when Lord Stannis would have woken him, no matter the hour, to have him there to give his counsel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But when I woke up some hours later, she was sitting in the ancient little chair in the corner, reading a guidebook. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

You might wake up one day, and somebody tells you your child is dead. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I did remember, and the shock of it woke me up. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I was too, a few minutes ago. I only just woke up.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Nights, I laid it beside me so that my hands, waking, could touch his suffering flesh instead and be tamed from their shameful wanderings. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All Werner knows for certain is that one April morning he wakes to find three inches of slush on the ground and Frederick not in his bunk. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Had it been a cold, windy night, had he been clever, had we been in a city, I might have woken to find him leaning over my bed, more terrible in moonlight than ever before. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

And then I wake up fully and think, What if he was really here? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have to wake you up. You should be awake and ready like the rest of the men. Like French, here.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He woke up and thinks he’s a horse. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

When Palmer opened the window, Nipper, as usual, hopped onto his head—and bent down and gave his ear an especially ouchy nip, as if to say, “Who said you could wake up without me?” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I did not have any more nightmares, but I always woke confused, thinking I was surrounded by people I knew, instead of sick strangers. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The evil inside of me woke and crackled like lightning. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyelids fluttered, but she wasn’t ready to wake up yet. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He told her he had often noticed that she lacked forethought “Wasn’t it enough to think of going to the Cheniere and waking you up?” she laughed. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed that Stagehand would surely rush right by and that Seabiscuit would reappear in his wake. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But waking him screaming was the last thing she wanted, so she did something else instead. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Every morning, as soon as she woke up, she ran her mind over her body, to see where she hurt and what new afflictions she had developed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

By this time Will was waking, too, wearily. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I give Bryce and Aurora each another nudge, but it’s like trying to wake up two rocks. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“When I was a boy, I used to wake up thinking that the world was ending. I’d get up and look in the mirror and my eyes were sad.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t realize I’ve Men asleep until lights flashing across the lobby wake me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“We woke up one day,” said Whitman, “and found out that 20 percent of the people on eBay were saying, 'I accept PayPal, please pay me that way.’ The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I woke up at dawn covered from head to toe in a living fur blanket. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He started to pace the floor, but the boards creaked and I reckon he was scared he’d wake me up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly to care very much and to sleep to wake with it sometimes morning and all that had been ttjere gone and every-thing sharp and hard and clear and sometimes a dispute about the cost. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They woke as if from a bad dream and, at last, everything was all right again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I woke up every morning and knelt on the floor, praying to God to heal her. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I leave a note on the kitchen table, grab my keys, and slip out of the apartment before Mom and Richard wake up. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

No one woke me up to go to the game. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he believed that, but it sounded to me like a lie he fed himself so that he could wake up in the morning believing he could change. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Just before waking, the solution came to Bobby as a kind of apparition. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He switched on a flashlight, woke up the young captain, and told him he had a monster toothache. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a loud noise, and he woke with a start. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I was really moved by your plea, sweetie. You must’ve woken up the journalist in me. I recorded your speech.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Jimmy had us empty out the bodega. She worked really hard. You want me to wake her?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He kept saying to me, my uncle told me, ‘Go get her. Please go make her wake up.’ Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m just glad I didn’t wake up to a knife in my gut.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Blood was coming out of one ear, and when I woke up it was like I’d slept for three days and I wasn’t quite sure what year it was. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I wonder what would happen if she woke up tomorrow morning and found everything in its right place. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He woke up thirsty in a private room, drowning in ether fumes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When she woke up, it was in a room that she didn’t recognize. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When she woke from the trance, she was cold, and exhausted, and languid; but her mind was all alert. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I woke to the whispers of the nurse and someone else. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

My father did not want me to wake up in a strange country without my family there. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The first time they woke up next to each other. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A few saw the Shy Maid and slid down into the water, leaving ripples in their wake. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ophie rubbed her eyes once more, climbed out of the tiny bed her father had built for her when she was born, and went to wake her mother. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But at night some of us would wake up from nightmares, sweating, screaming, and punching our own heads to drive out the images that continued to torment us even when we were no longer asleep. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Pax was hungry and cold, but what had woken him was the sense that he needed cover. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s gonna be okay,” she whispered, as if loud talk would wake up the hurt. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully, I open the door to the janitor’s closet, grabbing the paper towels from a packed shelf of cleaning supplies and trying not to wake her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“We might be able to sustain the wake of a close breach,” the captain says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The beauty disorients many of the players, because when the gong sounds, most of them seem like they’re trying to wake from a dream. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the drunk Russian guys woke up and sat listening intently too. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I did not see whether the old people slept, so quickly did I drop off, but they would be there waking me with food in the morning. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He woke as quietly as he did everything else, with the barest twitching of his fingertips. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Today I woke up and found Kazi in the kitchen kneading dough. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As he passed, faces turned in his direction, and a great deal of whispering broke out in his wake. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In their wake they left a trail of destruction, damage, and noise. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he woke, he could tell that it was moonlight outside, fine and still. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you had to scream to wake him up. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Scragg, wake up. It’s me, Cheesethief. Oh come on now, I’m sure you remember me? The stupid one, the rat whose job you were going to take?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Why do old men wake so early? Is it to have one longer day?” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only then did the grocery woman wake up. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Deval called and said you’d promised to be downstairs with Mr. Ram in ten minutes,” says Mom the second I wake up. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The new system had been developed and implemented swiftly, and it was largely invisible, even to people, like me, who spent most of their waking hours fighting for justice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Until her mom finally came in and told her to wake up. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

‘And if I was like Gollum, he wouldn’t wake up never again.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When she wakes up, we eat turkey from last night and some bean salad. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The extreme heat in my poorly ventilated room woke me in the middle of the night. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I sometimes think we must be all mad and that we shall wake to sanity in strait-waistcoats. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Each time he sighed in his sleep, she ran in to see if he was waking up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey woke early and dug up some worms. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was to wake you if you were still sleeping.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered how much time they had before the camp woke up. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

On our break, I go stand outside on the iron bridge, slapping my own face to wake up. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

As I was waking up, it came to me why my boss had seemed annoyed when I asked him for two days off: today is Saturday. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. March would not leave Beth’s side, but rested in the big chair, waking often to look at, touch, and brood over her child, like a miser over some recovered treasure. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Noah woke up he got to hear the whole story from the tattletale brothers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it woke and made its croaky sound, the transport angel would come. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

In two, three or four years’ time, I will not recognize my remaining oldest friends, and when I wake in the morning, I will not recognize that I am in my own room. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She would have jumped down on top of him, but she knew his scream would wake the whole camp, and Yoren might take a stick to her again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I wake up, eat breakfast, help Mamá Jacinta cook and clean, and then lie around reading and writing. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When I wake again, Tom’s not at my side, but I can hear his footfalls on the stairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he cried, but he lay very still as he did, not wanting to wake Lyra. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she woke all of a sudden, her heart pounding and her hair damp with sweat, it all came back to her: the men, Mo's voice, the empty road. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Old Red, our rooster, woke me at daybreak, crowing his fool head off. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went to bed thoroughly exhausted and woke at dawn, stopping just long enough to eat a meager breakfast in the kitchen before riding off to supervise the work in the fields. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not even roosters crowing and men clomping right by his ear wake him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Coraline struggled to wake herself up, conscious only for the moment of having been cuddled and loved, and wanting more of it, then realizing where she was and who she was with. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

So when Adam’s voice reverberates from the hallway outside the ICU, it really wakes everyone up. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minli woke up when the sun was high in the sky and burning with light. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, a Sunday, I wake up as Ainsley Mills. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

When Angel woke up, the cat was missing again, and she could hear Jordan’s boots as he walked around the apartment. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my dad has been in a coma for two weeks and will probably wake up after I'm gone. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Celaena held the candle aloft, her cape trailing behind her, leaving a clean wake on the dust-covered stairs. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then he sat down against the side of the crate, arms around his knees, listening to her breathing, listening for sounds of pursuit, and waiting for her to wake. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She would sleep until noon if she had her way, and she inevitably woke up cranky. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He woke slowly, looked through the banisters and saw Colonel Joe Varney coming up the front walk accompanied by the chaplain. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can wake, or you can waken, or you can awake, or you can awaken. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other men in the cage, all of whom had finally found some rest during the night, woke one by one, and stood to stretch. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I half wake up, wrestling with a dream. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her nights were lit by distant stars and the shimmer of moonlight on snow, but every dawn she woke to darkness. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Chandresh follows in the wake of the knife, pulling the blade from the board carefully but with a fair amount of force. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My computer woke me up just before sundown, and I began my daily ritual. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

With that thought she woke up completely, the memory of the last several months flooding back into her with depressing efficiency. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She was sleeping when I left. I didn’t want to wake her.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When they woke up, the natural scenes had gone. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I woke up this morning and felt like I was on an acid trip. I’m itching all over and I don’t know why.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Toby woke up most mornings feeling like a stuck pig. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

"Come on, we have to wake our people up, things are happening, man." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must have fallen asleep, because I woke up with the stars in my face. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

When Minnie wakes up, she says she knows she shouldn’t be telling me this, that I’m too young to hear it, but I swear I’m thirteen and that seems to satisfy her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water wakes me up a little more, but I stagger through the waking. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

When I finally woke, I couldn’t tell what the hour was, because the sky was overcast. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Happy birthday, Ron,” said Harry, when they were woken on the first of March by Seamus and Dean leaving noisily for breakfast. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

This woke up the hare, who felt the sharp blow to his nose and howled with pain. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Going down three times like this is just like waking up and finding yourself tied to a tree with someone saying, “Ready, aim, fire!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t wake me. I had a dream.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

A week into break, Eleanor's mom woke her up before sunrise. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Look, this is my Resting Time. Soon I’ll have to wake up and work. So I can’t have you singing English songs here. Stop it.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scratchy surprise of dog feet trying to wake you up. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She lived to see him turn four, and then, one morning, she just did not wake up. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up in his bed, waking a bit more. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Later, he woke briefly to find himself covered with a rough blanket. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

What he could bear in the waking world he could not by night and he sat awake for fear the dream would return. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I order him into the sleeping bag and set aside the rest of his food for when he wakes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I would wake up screaming in terror. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At dawn, I woke to the sound of something in my room. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I keep thinking I might wake up and find him cold like the others,” she said one day in the cookhouse. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to wake up in the morning, and I was afraid to go to sleep at night. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I woke up with August shaking my shoulder, saying it was gonna be a scorcher, get up, we had to water the bees. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the horses woke them very early in the morning. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

When I woke up, I took a slow walk around Maplewood and then I helped my mother make dinner. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I woke the next morning with a blurred image of my momma left over from some dream I couldn’t remember. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I woke up craving orange juice with a little hint of vodka. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They had to stop the giants before Gaea woke, or it was game over. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He’s told where to be and what to do every waking minute of his day. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Any minute now her body will disappear, leaving just a grinning floating head in its wake. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I said, real sleepy like I just woke up and wanted to go back to sleep. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Charlie hands me that paper and moves on to draw a pointy butterfly, I take it and put it right by Mama’s bed so she’ll see it when she wakes up. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

A bus was coming up the block, the roaring of its engine like a bear waking from its sleep. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

But any time I woke up in the middle of the night, Ollie was still swimming, his little mouth opening and closing like was he trying to say something. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The sound of the door opening was what really woke him. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

One classmate of Marita’s, a boy named Jose, said he sometimes wakes up at three or four a.m., finishes his homework from the night before, and then “goes back to sleep for a bit.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Also, waking up to a snow day is just about my favorite thing in the world. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“The doctor says Uriah’s not going to wake up. Something about... no brain waves.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It’s like I’m asleep, but always on the edge of waking up. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I wake up, still saying the words out loud. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It must have been a little after midnight when Gollum woke up: suddenly they were aware of his pale eyes unlidded gleaming at them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I woke up with a start, lit the lamp, and sat listening to the strange excited beating in my heart. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could no longer tell the difference between waking and sleeping. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I wake up in great agony. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fiver! Fiver, wake up, you silly fellow! It’s Hazel. You’ll hurt me in a moment. Wake up!” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like when you wake up and your arm is still asleep and you can't hardly make it move? Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

What had really happened was that I woke up from a good sleep because it felt like a steam locomotive had jumped the tracks and chug-chug-chugged its way straight into my nose. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He wakes up, and I think I’m just as relieved as Alyssa is. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It came from the direction of the mountains, flying low and kicking up dust in a dozen separate windstorms in its wake. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They want him to go wake the ferryman. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In what had been organized labor’s first test of how much power it would yield in the wake of World War I, it had come up woefully short. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I woke out of a deep, drenched sleep, and the first thing I saw was Doctor Nolan's face swimming in front of me and saying, "Esther, Esther." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She climbs out of bed, trying not to wake her father, and crosses into the hall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I collapsed on the bed and stared at the ceiling, because to sleep on my side meant that I would wake with a clear view of Yakov’s empty cot. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I woke up one morning determined to spill my guts to him. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

"You woke the dragon," he screamed as he kicked her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The shoe poet woke early, rapping our feet with his walking stick. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They still have tomorrow night to wake up screaming. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

His heart was pounding, the way it does sometimes when you sleep too hard in the middle of the day, like you can't remember how to wake up. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know how long she slept, but when she woke up again and looked out over the edge of the ear, the landscape had changed completely. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A German was kicking his feet, telling him to wake up, that it was time to move on. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It appears that my body knew I was going to vomit, so it woke me up and got me outside of my car without telling me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

These dreams had a three-dimensional quality in which people and places were seen more clearly, more sharply than in her waking moments. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I give a strangled cry and wake with a start, sweating and shivering at once. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You told me to wake you an hour before the cameras come,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He slept and woke up feeling great until he turned his head to smile at the chaplain and saw Aarfy there instead. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

James woke up with a jump and looked about him. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“We woke up and didn’t know where you were!” she said breathlessly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

By that night, when we came to the wake, the house looked festive, decorated with flowers and candles. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Late that evening I woke up and saw Grandma on her knees, mumbling quietly. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prosper and Scipio woke up with the sound of someone opening the door of the stable. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Men all do about the same things when they wake up. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning on Maple Hill, Marly woke in the very middle of a scarlet and golden miracle. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

When he wakes up after an embarrassing dream, I know about it. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And for the first time Bridge wondered how her mother was able to always be there as she woke. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She had just woken from a nap of twenty minutes, which she had taken on a temporary bed made from newspapers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You wake up screaming In the middle of the night Was it a nightmare? Or was it too much delight?’ Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Were the cymbals to wake you up when you got too boring?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He wanted to ask them not to wake him, to let him sleep and leave him be, but it came out as a grunt. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

After two cups of Martian coffee, I woke up a little. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up when the cold air rushed in on me from the open doors. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pinch my arm to wake myself up. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And that song she’d sing to wake George up in the morning: I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I went downstairs and slipped out the backdoor, pretending I was going to the outhouse, in case she woke up. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just a few years ago, my mom was the one waking me up. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

In dothe one does not worry much, and what anxiety I had was for the Envoy, who should have waked long ago from the light dose of sonic I had given him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

One summer night I fell asleep, hoping the world would be different when I woke. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The well-worn floorboards creaked beneath his feet, but that didn't wake any of the others. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tai heads for the bed Dorothy wakes up in when she finally makes it home, and grabs one end and starts talking. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The next thing I knew Papa was waking us up in the dark. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He woke in the night and lay listening. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

When Mom wakes me up for evening prayers, I’m clutching an old Franklin Covey agenda, one that contains a series of arguments to prove Caliban’s depravity. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I wake up only two towns away from her, in someone else’s arms. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

When Yossarian woke up and went to see him, Doc Daneeka gave him another pill and a shot that put him to sleep for another twelve hours. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When he woke he was weak and cold, and the scars on his face and shoulder drew and ached. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Of late, when h.e woke from restless dreams-in which the red woman figured disturbingly, he often did not know where he was. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Caroline is just like you. She sleeps a hair thread away from waking, and she rises with the roosters.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I woke up my old man to ask him. He was so far out of it, he would’ve signed anything,” she said. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You have to tell her what's going on. You have to wake her," I say. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The dormitories were full of runaways who’d taken refuge here, in the wake of a recent escape from their chains or after years of making a life for themselves elsewhere. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But instead of the usual sounds that brought the city to life, it was woken that morning by gunshots erupting around the State House and the House of Parliament. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Even when he wakes up, I may not have the nerve to read it to him. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wake to the beep of a text from Muhammad: Where are you? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When she woke him he grunted and leaned forward with a sudden movement to close the files, and then, still seated, pulled her hand to his mouth and kissed it dryly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I am woken at dawn by my sister shaking me, shouting my name, Valeria. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I was furious at this breach of security, and I woke him up and said, “Man, how can you leave the lights on and the radio playing!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is not the alarm that wakes us. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

When Cora woke up that first Saturday morning, she put off looking through the spy hole. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He really wouldn’t mind if she did wake up, and came down and took care of him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Fish come back, the noise’ll wake me up better than an alarm clock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

That was more than she’d known when she woke up this morning. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I woke up one morning and realized, if I didn’t, I’d be dead in a year.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Does that mean he will get sleepy at dusk and wake up at dawn? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the cue for Ryder to wake—for us to head outdoors. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Something he realized was the thing that had woken him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“And somehow I woke up something decent in him.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I drove around the perimeter of Jefferson Park so we could avoid driving past our houses, just in case our parents had woken up and discovered us missing. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

They admonished him when he followed in their wake during surprise inspections. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Did she wake up in a feather bed, toast and coffee served on a silver service? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

To my mom, powdered iced tea is almost as bad as the possibility of being left behind in the wake of the rapture. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

With Bit leading the way, the Low Cuts beelined up her obstacle course of a driveway and rang the doorbell, which chimed a melodic yawn, like an old man just waking up. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

When I wake up, I lie still for a while and let Day’s words run through my head. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Before we leave, the soccer captain reminds the team to wear their uniforms to tonight’s wake. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

When I wake, the rickrack of sky visible above the canopy has gone from cerulean to black. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

When he woke, daylight was coming through the glass floor, and a boy’s voice said, “Oh...You are in so much trouble.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

That night I was able to fall asleep but woke before dawn, mind looping from Mom to Otto to those two little bonobos in the crate. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

We woke in the morning bewildered and disoriented, glancing at one another, darting our gaze from wall to wall. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It thrilled with the same electricity that had charged the afternoon, and I tossed and turned restlessly, waking often. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He raps about final goodbyes, nightmares we want to wake up from, and the inevitable squeeze of Death. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But will I just wake up one morning and find that rope between my legs? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

His chilling stare haunted me and filled not only my waking hours but my nightmares. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He flailed around so much that the noise woke his father, who came to his room and asked, “What is it, son? Nightmares?” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

After a night of fitful sleep on the ground, Scruggs woke up with an eerie premonition he was going to be shot in the back. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He took great strides, creating a slight wind in his wake, his left arm swinging high with his left leg, his right with his right, in an unusual cadence. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The radiator woke Hyacinth the next day, whistling a joyful good morning. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know she’s waking me up and it’s hours later and my head is completely confused till I hear her saying, “Noise, Todd, I can hear Noise.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

His existence consists of these late, lonesome nights, waking up at ten-thirty in the morning, being up at the pub by twelve and across at the betting shop by one. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When I opened my eyes again, I had this funny feeling, like, I didn’t just wake up regular, but something had made me wake up. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He would wake up in high spirits after a night of dreaming about grilled meat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

If Papa were here, he'd be snapping his fingers in my face to wake me up. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I thought about waking him up, but man, I was wiped. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Albert turned and disappeared from the room, leaving only silence in his wake. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The morning of Halloween I woke up thinking about Grans, which made me really sad and weepy. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I woke up falling, and landed with a thud on the floor. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Asleep, I heard a shout and a noise that sounded like a cheer, and I woke immediately. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He woke the next morning just in time to see Gebu cross the courtyard and let himself out the gate, with the bundle of shentis under his arm. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I remember the way he pointed that revolver at my head, and decide that he’s probably not someone I want to risk waking. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Sir Fig Newton woke from his slumber and sat up in my lap. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Enough to make my normally easygoing parents fight loud enough to wake up the neighbors. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Find these cowards for me. Find them, so that I might teach the Harpy’s Sons what it means to wake the dragon.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I am careful not to wake this girl who enfolds me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, I wake to the click-clop of their boots as they patrol the grounds at night. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

"We had Best see to drawing up those documents. Lord Varys, send for parchment and quill. And someone will need to wake Joffrey." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When she was sure she wouldn’t wake anyone up, she slipped out of the bed she shared with Layla and crept into the bathroom. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But before dawn the next morning, she woke with a start. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

When Bear still didn’t wake, I grew restless and crept out of the room, making my way down the steps to the inn’s main floor. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She lay still and listened for a moment as Michelangelo moved to wake up the other children. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

And Lazlo wasn’t a creature of anger or envy, but he felt the scorch of both—as though his veins were fuses and they were burning through him, leaving paths of ash in their wake. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

On the morning after we spread the ashes, we woke before sunrise. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

About a month later, Aunt Mirian wakes up again in the middle of the night. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s good you came when you did. Otherwise he’d have throttled us when he woke up.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

That night I slept in fits, unable to separate dreaming from waking. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Cade was asleep in the lower bunk when I woke up on Saturday morning. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Like an alarm clock, the honking of the horn woke me with a start Saturday morning. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was daylight when he woke with Warren’s hand upon his shoulder. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than once, I had woken to find his cot empty and the skylight window hoisted up. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He began to flounder wildly, as if he had waked to find himself in ten feet of water. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The sound of it wakes me up like a bucket of ice water dropped down my shirt. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raced up the stairs to find Mama and Baba waking from their long comas. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He left the apartment early, before Aunt Pearl woke up. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she tried to concentrate on something that focused her mind and woke her up in camp: an anger that she always felt in her fists. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"I hope the boy does wake. I would be most interested to hear what he might have to say." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The next morning, we woke up as if we were coming out of a long, fitful dream. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When he woke up again, he was tied to the bed in the hospital back in prison. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s always nice to see two friends meet again. It’s like waking up with the sun shining.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Jaime David was sick and kept waking up, feverish, needing drinks of water. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I wake up the next morning, my jaw aches like I spent the night clenching it, grinding my teeth together. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A big freighter wake would smash it to pieces; Carl would have seen it that way. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wake up the next morning to the voices of my brothers and father whispering to each other about what went on in the night. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Knock it off. We don’t want to wake everybody up.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

One day I would wake up thinking, This is it. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

When he woke he bought two cans of pineapple and a box of crackers from Mr. Solomon. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, if Louis had a visitor, Levi woke up when he heard the strange voice. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning was Saturday, and I woke up with drumbeats in my head. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She slept, she woke, she ate, she slept again. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He didn’t wake up after twelve minutes like Dev, or even twenty. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She eventually fell into a restless sleep, woken only by the buzz of a text message on her phone. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I still feel like I’ll wake up tomorrow and find out it was all a dream.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He’s not exactly known for his sweet nature when he wakes up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I woke the next morning feeling no warmer. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Camellia, wake up. Can you hear me?" a voice calls out. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I woke in the morning to rustling sounds in the room. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She kept waiting for all this to just stop, to wake up or for time to reverse or something. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Only for a few minutes. Then wake me up,” Nathan said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

To wake Mary Anne and Karen, he flicked on the light switches and watched as they grabbed their eyes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, we are woken early, shaken awake by someones meaty fist. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She did not want to get used to waking up beside him, did not permit herself to think of why he could stay this night. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Tom woke Harry the next morning with his usual toothless grin and a cup of tea. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

On Saturday morning I woke up before my alarm went off, and jumped out of bed like I had springs under my feet. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Our canoes floated back downstream, swirling in the wake from the dam’s discharge vents. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I pictured him waking up in the morning, staring at his closet, and thinking, Hmm . . . hmm . . . how about a white shirt and a black tie? Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She said, “Lazlo. You have to wake up now, my love.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I did, eventually, and woke to the landing gear coming down. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She swept from the room in a billow of silk and honeyed perfume, leaving a stunned Inej in her wake. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“All right, Major. Send to General Lee. I guess we’ll have to wake him up. Get my horse.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

On an Air Day, I wake up and turn on the oxygenator. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a ritual as serious as the morning prayers of a missionary, and one which I took pains to finish well before Caroline could be expected to wake up. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s tiny and lightweight, and touching her like this wakes my whole body. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Go to him before he wakes and spit on his eyes for the spit of a fasting mother has powerful cures in it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Longstreet sent the word to Lee’s headquarters, but the Old Man had gone to sleep and Major Taylor did not think it important enough to wake him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were thankful to the villagers and warned them that the militia was moving through the area, leaving death and destruction in their wake. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day I woke up really early. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

We’d wake in the morning, grab our bowls and cups, and make our way to the big dining hall. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

If you put her down in the crib, she might wake up changed and fly away. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up before I reached him, fingers already anticipating the soft warmth of his flank. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But when he woke, and it was still dark, it was the other thing he remembered. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Strange, that. How was an intruder able to enter a locked room without waking you or Haskel?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In moments the train had disappeared, leaving a swirling wake of steam and noise. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And he woke up earlier to fetch water and scrubbed the room floor harder and waited to win back her friendship. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The next time I’m woken, it’s by a cracking at the door. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe the dawn woke the instinct in the dim memory of the blood when horses had been as wild as the deer and at sunrise went into the trees and thickets to hide. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

When you wake up in the morning you swing your legs out of bed and you put your feet on the ground and you stand up. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

When I wake up, I feel exactly the same as I did yesterday, even though I’m eleven now. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Charlie kicks me in the butt, literally, and I officially wake up. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

When my sister woke up, she saw a man sitting on the rug. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Uhmma jumps a little like she is waking up from a dream. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I tapped the mouse to wake it up and then searched for his most recently edited files. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I say loudly, because I’ve learned there’s no subtle way to wake him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But this morning, I’d woken up to a yellow paper taped to the door of my apartment, its words printed in the largest font you can imagine. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A gradual crescendo in the percussion section reached a climax that woke the audience. compare with/compare to. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The morning of our eviction, a hard knock on the door woke me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In those early months, why, half the time I would wake up startled and think I was right back in Pearl, Mississippi. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I wake up, the sun has already set and is beginning to rise again. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

How extremely unloving and intolerant he had felt so often, waking in the middle of the night to the relentless shoving and pushing of his undesirable and selfish bedfellow. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I retook the wheel and when my shift was up I didn't dare go wake him. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I woke up in my bed the next morning, disoriented and panicked, as if I’d had a nightmare. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I wake in Locke’s house on a bed covered in tapestries. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

One was Words for the Wind, by Theodore Roethke, and this is what I found in there: I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Saturday morning, I woke up, went into the living room, and found a big empty spot where our TV had been. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Many of the girls in Troop 11 were from working-class, even poor, families— children of domestic servants, crab pickers, laborers—whose parents spent most of their waking hours trying to make ends meet. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The storm’s wake dragged it along with us in clumps. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I will lose heart for the telling if you don’t wake up, Djo. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ranofer woke with the feeling that something important and fine had happened. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Either by his internal clock or Chubs’s excited squeaks, Liam woke first. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

So it took a little longer for me to wake up this morning, and I quickly developed a splitting headache. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long about then, I woke up with a hunger so bad, thought my stomach might turn on the rest of my insides for a little something to eat. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

And when I went to sleep she woke me up in the nighttime. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was likely to say no if she woke up and thought about it. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You go on and wake her up. Maybe she forgot we were coming.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Falling asleep and waking up with a start when my mother tries to creak the door open to make sure I’m, you know, not dead. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

If it hadn’t been for the roar of traffic behind us, I’m sure she would've woken up the whole neighborhood. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The next morning when I woke up, I had an idea. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want him going and waking the preacher up. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than wake up Audrey, I left her a note and borrowed her bicycle. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

You could wake in the dark wet woods at any time. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I woke up yesterday morning and had to convince myself that he’d actually kissed me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Tyson clapped so hard he woke up Mrs. O’Leary, who was dozing in the corner. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But what if the dream doesn’t go away when you wake up? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

On Saturday, Naomi woke up hungry for the river before the sun was even up. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

King's Landing had woken to the sight of their tents and banners. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Here was a man who, if he wanted, could spend every waking moment in self-pity, feeling his body for decay, counting his breaths. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke up and staggered into our bedroom, Margot, normally the more softhearted of the two of us, would look at me skeptically. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They only woke up after the first explosion. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The sun was shining in the morning but Kira woke groggy after a fitful sleep. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says they like to lie in the warm sun, and sometimes they fall asleep and get surprised when you accidentally wake them up. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I doze off for a little longer after my parents leave, sleeping off the last bit of the fogginess, and when I wake up an hour later, I’m fully out of the anesthesia haze. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then Victor explained how Esther had woken him up and how he had found Bo He found it hard to concentrate on his story as his thoughts kept returning to Prosper. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

In about twenty minutes he woke up, and said to me quite cheerfully:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Come back, her sister used to whisper when she woke her from a bad dream. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She could imagine a lot worse things than waking up pretty one morning. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The casket had been closed at the wake, and I let myself think that maybe he wasn’t in there at all. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s almost exactly how long I’ve been awake. We move here one day and I wake up the next? What are the chances...” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go the back way, Bigger. I’ll stumble sure as hell . . . and wake up everybody ... if we go up the front. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Many girls woke up early and spent hours applying hot combs to their hair, trying to straighten it to look, as some said, “almost white.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ll carry him if he doesn’t wake up. We have to hurry,” Wash said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pedestrians woke up and stared uncomprehendingly at the monsters and zombies all around them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When Caesar woke Cora, the sun was getting down. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

When I wake up again, I’m on the floor with the two cards next to my left hand. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

"Come outside. Best if we do not wake him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I mumbled sleepily, stirring but not waking up, thinking it a dream. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often Bran woke shivering hours before the dawn, listening to the sound of them calling to one another in the distance as he waited for the sun to rise. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In search of a little company and warmth, Ferula climbed into bed beside her, careful not to wake her up and whispering silent prayers so that the tremors would not become a fullblown quake. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wake up with dragonflies zipping through my gut. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He picked up Lila Goodchild, cradling her in her opaque bag like a sleeping child, and placed her carefully on the table in the chilly mortuary, as if he were afraid to wake her. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Between them they decided that it would be best to disturb her discreetly rather than wake her suddenly. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would wake up covered with bites and feel ill to my stomach and itchy all over. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The motor hummed steadily, the wake behind my boat peeling away from both sides of the motor in streaks of white, green, and gray foamy water. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I go to sleep early, and when I wake, it is full dark. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He woke himself up to turn it off. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Biddy say the rooster at her house always wake her up. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The minstrel drew sweet sounds from his lyre and waked in all the longing for the dance. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go ahead!” he shouted, so loudly I’m sure he woke the house. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m close to breaking down because my dad might wake up to a world without me, and I won’t be around to comfort him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When I wake up, I no more like to be with people, like before. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"When I woke up one was kicking me in the face... I got an awful bloody face, I think, Ralph. But I did him in the end." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But then something about the state line woke me up. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They gave you a pill to help you sleep, then they woke you up all night. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“She did not wake for our war on Olympus,” Bob recalled. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I wake up every morning thinking of your hometowns, of the families I’ve met at rallies in Idaho and Oregon and South Carolina. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Every day, we would wake up and our mom would already be gone. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The novices who attended her reported that she spent a third of her waking hours with her son, another third in prayer, and the rest in her tub. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Klan's growth caused South Dakota governor Ben Olcott to complain in 1922 that “we woke up one morning and found that the Klan had about gained political control of the state.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

On some days I found myself thinking every waking moment about nothing else but my safety—consumed with learning skills that would keep me alive. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our flight didn’t leave until noon, but Mom woke me up at five thirty, turning on the light and shouting, “AMSTERDAM!” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was the stupid dog that kept waking me up. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I wake up after a fitful night to the sound of urgent whispering on the other side of the door. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I think we still have to wake Finn,” Chess said, finally answering Emma’s question out loud. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t wake until I heard the lighthouse siren singing in the distance and saw the flash of a rocket shot off from Lookout Station, and knew a ship was going down. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

When Hazel woke he perceived at once that it was morning—some time after sunrise, by the smell of it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joinville stops speaking and looks up, as if woken from a dream. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I put on my clothes and took a taxi and I woke up two people, the madam, then Sammy. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today I woke up thinking about Kazi and followed the smells of breakfast into the kitchen. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Kitchen sounds would have woken her, and I don’t want to face the calm after the storm. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Her brothers and sisters wouldn’t wake up, and besides, this would only take a couple of minutes. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He promptly rolled over and drifted back to sleep, returning to the clear creek he’d left when Florida had woken him. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I woke the next day with a start, to chill sunlight and the thump of a stereo down the hall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

One time Arya woke in the dark, frightened for no reason she could name. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And so the wake was held at that spot. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Harry woke with a start to find a bulging stocking lying over the end of his bed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He didn't want him to wake up and think he'd been deserted. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

At least when she was home in Soweto, I could picture her cooking in the kitchen or reading in the lounge, I could imagine her waking up in the house I knew so well. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I wake, the chickens are still cluck, cluck, clucking. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It’s nearly time to wake up and start the day again. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When he woke up in the hospital again, the smell of ether was gone and Dunbar was lying in pajamas in the bed across the aisle maintaining that he was not Dunbar but afortiori. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z