“It used to be our thing. But now he wants to watch it with Laleh instead.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I was in the back room with my children—my fifteen-year-old boy, my nine-year-old son, my two daughters—we were back there watching TV. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow morning I may go up near the top of Burden Hill, climb a tree and watch. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When the streets is watching, blocks keep clocking Waiting for you to break, make your first mistake Wes returned to the kitchen. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Mom had been watching those seal pods for one very large predator. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

We all watched her sprint out into the hallway toward the water fountain. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I watch his Adam’s apple bob up and down and his eyes lift to the ceiling. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Like all who travel, though, I watched for thieves. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Valentine, in the class ahead of me, had a figure that was usually described by boys watching her sashay by as “stacked like a brick privy.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Young Men stood about in the yard, watching us go. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

All the dudes watching us let me hear it. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Earline was making a graceful exit and one got the feeling from watching her leave that there would always be grace and symmetry to her departures. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I became so used to being in the closet that I put snacks in there and a mini TV to watch. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The other Marines thought it was funny at the mess hall on Fridays to watch us Navajos come up to be served. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like watching Paul Bunyan make out with one of those It's a Small World dolls. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

They were apart from one another, but as I watched two more sprang up. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was not uncommon: The poll watchers were on hand to watch for irregularities, such as someone’s name improperly listed on the voter rolls or a change of address. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Harry paused to watch them, for the effect was quite mesmerizing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I went into the bathroom to watch him. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white man continued to stare, his mouth twisted with loathing as he turned his head to watch me move away. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, actually a garbage can saved his life, but it could have been tragic. Don’t you people watch your children? Letting him play in the street like that! You ought to be ashamed of yourself!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the warriors were still and silent, watching each other face to face across the width of the combat ground. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I walk into the decontamination shower and scrub off, letting the warm water run over my face where they can’t see my tears if they are watching. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He drifts out of the barracks doors, and I watch him go, wondering uneasily about his talk of war and shadows and darkness. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Gerald watched her for a few minutes before he turned off her light. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he balls his fists and I watch his skin harden into metal. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“He spit in my coffee,” Jack says, watching the man walk every step to the register. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to watch the volleyball game, but Alhaji began to pull me and didn’t let go until we were at the doorway of the hospital. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“If I can’t help, can I sit on the stairs and watch?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It happened so fast it was like watching a laser beam rather than a monster. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ellen kept her silence, but she saw signs of special talents in Jethro, and she watched over him with special tenderness. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no laughter at all now and more grave watching. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

We watched him scribble notes into his lab book and organize the materials, and within five minutes, we had a hot magnet, a cold magnet, and a magnet at room temperature. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He says something else about watching each other, but his words are swallowed up in the calls of a hundred people merging to become the voice of any father, any mother. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You have a powerful spirit protecting you. It’s always there watching. It takes care of you so that nothing bad can happen. You need not be afraid.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of one eye, James watched the seagull as it came swooping down toward the Earthworm. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

One day she watched a flock of doves disappear over the mountains. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

As Smith watched him in racing combat, images from his mustang days assembled in his head. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other boys stood watching, not speaking, not moving unless they shivered a little: for the great spell was beginning to work. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The most important room in our house is the living room, where we often watch television together. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

At midnight, I crawl out of my tent and position myself on a camp stool near the heater to take my watch with Jackson. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A hundred times before, Johnny had stopped on the streets of Boston, or before her house, to watch her: he but one more gaping face in a crowd, she the accepted reigning belle. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too bad I can’t buy stock in the juice company—I am watching a trend in the making. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

There must be something doing at the Chthonian, I thought, watching him staring at the road as though lost in thought. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Al and Vernesha watch us go, and I wonder what he thinks of me, going off to play. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I watched Ashton sink further down into himself, his eyebrows furrowing as he tried to swat the hands away. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She felt him watching her, staring at her back and the three scars she knew her low-cut nightgown did nothing to hide. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I was watching it, but I couldn’t move. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night a bat flew into the room through the open door that led onto the balcony and through which we watched the night over the roofs of the town. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

My watch hands made the uneven V of one o’clock. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they watched, a flash of fire appeared at the root of one wisp, and then the smoke thickened. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As his crew watched in horror, he drifted out of sight into the darkness. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I watch as Hannah trips across the stage, falling not once but twice. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Through mirrored sunglasses, he’s watching the sky, which is still overcast, though it’s not raining anymore. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Nailer watched, horrified, expecting a flare of blood from Sadna’s neck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She watched Adiah process the words, weighing and considering them in her mind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Celia watches, dispirited, as her neighbors file out of the auditorium, already merrily expectant for next month’s “love motel” case. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Conor watched, the uppermost branches of the tree gathered themselves into a great and terrible face, shimmering into a mouth and nose and even eyes, peering back at him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I let it go until it was a good 40°C. Then I hooked up the regulator's return air line to my contraption and watched the results. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch the thief turn the dead person’s pockets inside out and abandon the body, slipping into one of the nearby buildings. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She watched as he carefully laid the staff across the table. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw watched him for a moment, his fury rising, and then began to run, down the corridor and the staircase, across the hall and into the sitting room, clenching and unclenching his hands. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Mr Cardinal was watching his lordship very keenly, but the latter simply went back to his food without saying anything further. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The commander walked out and leaned against the door frame, watching her walk. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I'm also relatively certain other teenagers in my neighborhood did not wake up at 5:00 in the morning, along with publicists and studio heads, just so they could watch the Oscar nominations announced live. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She watches me crack my egg into the soup and bury it under cubes of steaming tofu and shrimp and clams so it will cook. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was watching the girl and the butterfly while repeating the name Jaja slowly, placing the stress on both syllables, then on the first, then on the second. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He watched as Carmela passed a note to one of her friends, a light-skinned girl whose name Moss didn’t know. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Little Sam stood watching them, sucking his paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And if Turtle was right about the wax dummy, Sam Westing himself might be there to watch the fun. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cop's hair hung on the sides of his face, his uniform was dirty, and I watched him without emotion, hesitated, hearing the sound of footfalls approaching. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” the man said, “I will not choose and I will not give you the pleasure of watching me squirm.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was their first time, and it was painful to watch them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then she sat down and watched the seamstress go to work. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some even wore more than five gold watches on one wrist. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They work with their husbands and sons, whether fighting in the army or sitting quietly on stony slopes to watch the border. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now Henry watched Naomi as she took the laundry down from the line, admiring how her body moved under the thin yellow dress, the dress she’d made from his Christmas gift. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stood watching life proceed at an exaggerated rate outside the shimmering corona. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The pair of warders watch from the end of the corridor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

At the baptismal font I watched a baby cry out as the priest trickled a few drops of cold water on his tiny red forehead. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I stepped out with the bonobo, he stared at the butterflies pas- sionlessly, but his eyes did dart around as he watched them. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was watching him, waiting for his explanation. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It is said, in the Book of Enoch, that two hundred angels led by Azazel, the keeper of God’s throne, came to Earth after falling in love with the human women they had watched. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then I watched as he stood up with his fist in a ball. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or did a part of him enjoy watching me fail? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He catches me watching him and looks away, a bit red-faced, caught in his private, guilty moment. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I spent that weekend in a slushy mix of anxiety about the country’s instability and delight at watching Otto fill out into a handsome young bonobo. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

After a while he came outside and sat on the stoop and watched us play. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This whole world of the Kamaswami people had only been a game to him, a dance, a comedy which one watches. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stock-still on her wooden box, Clara could not keep from watching until the very end. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I could do was watch as Polyphemus turned and ripped off Grover’s wedding veil—revealing his curly hair, his scruffy adolescent beard, his tiny horns. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was watching some little boys playing on the nearby patch of grass. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He watched as it dripped in the net. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him sometimes, unable to stop myself — from a distance, though, in the cafeteria or parking lot. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The policemen watched as Joe talked with a group of about ten people. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched as Vivian took a long drag on her cigarette, pursed her lips as if blowing kisses, and blew out the smoke. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Jonathan watched, a man came out of the tavern, someone he had never seen before. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

We’d pulled over beside a big empty field, so we jumped over the ditch and spent a few minutes rubbing our hands together and watching our breaths rise. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Kluck is pushing all three of us out, looking at her watch. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

As I watched Esteban that morning, I felt it, the fear coming around the corner, finding me. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Tucker Mouse had been watching the Bellinis and listening to what they said. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the corner of my eye, I watched him draw a match from his brass vesta case and light it with an unassuming flick of his fingers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Such as, “This cawwot is a topeedo—watch!” as he made the vegetable plow a path through the gravy on his plate before targeting his mouth. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I open my eyes a bit to watch the others write. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I watched him lie down on his bunk with his face to the wall. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She works, not knowing my misery, and I watch, not knowing hers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Like, you can figure out from half an hour of watching the news that there’s more opportunity for white people. And for people who speak English.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Julia and I sat close enough that we could hold hands as we watched all the stars that tumbled out of and into the black overhead. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Matty was able to watch everyone, and to his horror he could see the changes. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She wondered if, even in its silence, the Thunderhead was watching what she did. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They went up the small tunnel to the garden and watched in the moonlight from a hillock a few feet away. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I watched luggage roll past on a conveyor belt behind her. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

At school the next day, Miss Robins is barely finished with our lesson when I start watching the clock. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe we could get a stronger generator so we could watch Trigonometry and Tears there. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He watched the needles intently; they still swept out a wide path across the dials. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t miss your radio watch over it,” Powell said. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He watched as Seabiscuit’s body flattened down, his speed building, humming over the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wouldn’t need any clothes in the army, and they don’t want gold watches there either. Everything’s brown.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were smoking cigars and watching the world like it was TV “That’s so weird to think about,” I said. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He waits outside in the hall and watches as I crouch down to turn on the water and fill the tub. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“But this is my town and I make the rules here. I’ll be watching you.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he would become so absorbed in watching a horse that he wouldn’t move for hours. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm in the shadows of the entryway watching as the social worker gets in her car and pulls away from the curb. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I watch as she navigates around the line of coffee-starved people to go outside. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

At the bottom, they found their mother sitting on the last step, watching the sky through the sliding screen door. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

It took a while for me to notice the big blue eyes watching me from the doorway. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She watched with something of her old fierceness while Calder put away the letter. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Prince Cardan watched me all night, a shark restlessly circling, waiting for the right moment to bite. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When that happens, Lola and I eat on TV trays while watching design shows. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

My dad’s truck starts to rumble off, and I keep watching until he’s long gone. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I watched the suit readouts carefully to see if it had to replace any "lost" air. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two con men she had been watching packed up their things and slipped into the crowd. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I’ve been watching the shows, though, and they do make me laugh. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Minli watched, fascinated, as the king took from the gold pouch a delicate, folded piece of paper. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder: Am I watching myself in this boy? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk down the hall in the other direction and watch as students zip by. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

We burst out laughing and immediately looked around to see if anyone was watching us. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has another coughing fit and we have to stand and watch him hang over the bucket again and bring up the bad stuff from his insides. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The one who made cupcakes for me to take to school on my birthday while Mama watched soap operas in her bathrobe. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They had climbed out of their palanquins to watch their husband fight me, and now they were holding each other weeping. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hurried into the great pink-stoned city, whispering among themselves, because dead cities have a way of making you want to whisper, to watch the sun go down. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth and I watch as Chef Morgan moves along with a wave of adoring fans to the back of the gym, where a few chairs are set up for teachers and guests. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Most boys reacted to the twins because they’re so pretty, but watching Pita interact with him with such self-assurance made me realize she was growing up before my very eyes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She rolled onto her feet and looked to see her family, waiting, watching her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was strangely calming, and almost hypnotizing to watch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I watch him, the smile that twists his lips but never reaches his eyes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I was learning a little English from watching TV, especially the cartoons, which were easy to follow. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I looked up, found him watching me, closed the book, put it away, and picked up my dust cloth. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls her chair over to the fireplace.We all eat our bread and egg and watch her cry till she says, What are ye gawkin’ at? and turns away to look into the ashes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He did not like to watch this little scene between the two Greeks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She felt him watching her out of the corner of his eye. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

While he hadn’t been watching, the leaves on the maples had turned the color of sweet potatoes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But no one watched out the window or watched TV more than Big Ma. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Tally waited another moment, watching the uglies’ horror dissolve into confusion as Shay bounced again, then righted herself on one of the tables and headed for the door. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I watched him peer into the graduate, lifting the dropper and sniffing it, his face glowing with exasperation. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the news on TV; the reports had not changed much. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

We watched as he fried the onion in a big pan and sprinkled in some mustard seed, garlic, salt, cumin, turmeric, and chopped ginger. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We watched him going up the walk, waved as he turned at the back door to the Lyceum. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Classes already were in session, and you could see the children watching us through the open doors as we walked down the corridor to the principal’s office. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some two hundred Indians watched them from the shore, politely inviting them to come back for another short visit. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I drift out into the hallway, heading toward Poe’s room, watching as someone goes in with a box. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Left behind, Marshall sat down on the edge of the temple floor in a good position to watch everything that might happen. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Alas, Giles doesn't do watches, honey. He doesn't want people bringing them back if they don't run.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Buck, as was his custom, was lying in a corner, head on paws, watching his master’s every action. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within her crate, Songololo is now awake and down from her nylon hammock, standing at the bars and watching Otto curiously. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Helmuth stands at the window, watches as Hugo crosses to the corner. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hurriedly, I pulled back into the narrow passageway, but peeked out, watching as the soldiers paused. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He could see the sun-splashed ground over an area of perhaps fifty yards from where he lay, and as he watched, the sunlight in every patch blinked at him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Why not throw something into the fire and watch it burn? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I almost wish I were home with Nora, watching Bravo and listening for the door and stuffing my face with fun-size Kit Kats. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The boy sat by the fire wrapped in a blanket watching him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

One by one, heads poked out of my hollows, as well as the skunk den under the porch, to watch Bongo at work. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Cool. We can watch in here on my laptop. Or in the living room.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The Director and his students stood for a short time watching a game of Centrifugal Bumble-puppy. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s wrong with you two, sitting there, watching the thing? I thought you were going to pet it. Wake up. Give me the hammer. Come on, so I can put it out of its misery.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the man twirl a pencil of light over the snow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just this week, we had both watched our towers explode in our faces. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I watch...with my two fists full of sweat. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

After everyone was done, Mom sent the rest of them into the living room to watch the Rose Parade on TV. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tongue-tied, Justyce watches her pivot and walk away without looking back. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They watched Max place a circle of yellow crime scene tape near my trunk, using metal stakes. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

For God’s sake, we’re living in a dangerous time, and if we don’t watch it, if we don’t smack them down whenever we can, then they are gonna own us. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the divers standing in the parking lot across from Back Beach. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

We sat on the deck, watching the Hercules constellation rise in the night sky. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I watched and waited, living with the thought. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The workers, who marked watch dials with luminous radium paint, customarily licked their brushes to a fine point, ingesting the radioactive substance. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

A punishment for Jazz would be more like keeping her from watching TV. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

That night, we were lying on our beds, watching a talk show on TV. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m watching die sun set in the west. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

They clinked the jars together and, each watching the other, poured the water into their stubborn mouths. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He watched his mother as she patched his father’s overalls with a piece of ticking. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right, it’s nearly time,” said Hermione tensely, looking at her watch. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I was already awake at 4:00 a.m. when the alarm on my wrist- watch began to beep; I’d been awake most of the night, struggling for breath in the meager air. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then he picks up his bag, puffs out his chest, and walks off, taking Camel’s last scrap of hope and my father’s pocket watch with him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I went on up the steps, then stopped under the pediment, out of the rain, to watch the group make its way to the car. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Hal nods his approval, Skye looks off to her left like she couldn’t care less, and the others just watch Carlyle, either too afraid or too medicated to have an opinion. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I was not happy with this unpaid duty, either, especially when I had to watch Sam Houston and Lamar prance off to the gin and come home with money. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“We were just watching a smart documentary, so it’s not really your life,” Travis said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I watched people get off, still more people get on. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

As you would expect, the kids in the room without the toys watched the show about 87 percent of the time, while the kids with the toys watched only about 47 percent of the show. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sneak looks at her as we walk, hoping to see what she is like when she doesn’t think anyone is watching, but she seems just the same as always—chipper, but businesslike. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I reached out and took Mama’s hand, then Jay’s, and watched as he reached for Doc’s. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She hangs everything out on the clotheslines behind the apartment house and we can watch the clothes dance in wind and sun. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When my mother saw them, she ran up the hill, her arms out, and I watched one of her sisters run ahead of the others, her arms out too. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben watched her, slobbering, making a faint, eager sound. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’ll take the Sacred Heart picture and leave the statue to watch over the two men. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And past the people watching the people watching the people. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do you think that your fathers are watching? The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Even now, I wouldn’t doubt he had something a bit more dangerous than a watch hidden on his person. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When the injury occurred, L.V. could only watch with silent horror. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard you were here. It is time for the rats to have their dinner. But you can come up with me, if you like, and watch them feed.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I hover at the edge of the living room, listening and watching. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abuela and I used to go over and watch with her sometimes to keep her company, since her niece lived down in Miami and didn’t visit much. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And from this one did Wang Lung secure peace, and he could never have enough of watching him and laughing at him and picking him up when he fell. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I said almost, didn’t I? And you should watch yourself, Priscilla Willis. I don’t think you would be happy if you didn’t have a nose.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

Despite the conventional wisdom, watching television apparently does not turn a child’s brain to mush. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“And if I’d dropped that bucket and bundle, I wouldn’t have had to shoot him. I could have stood and watched him eat what’s in them and lick his chops.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He will watch everything as it begins, although he will be powerless to prevent what he sees from happening. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

In first period, Mr. Porter’s class, I watched her a lot. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It was tradition to recite psalms when watching over the dead. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But it was a slow process, and as he painstakingly ascended toward the crest of the Step, I nervously studied my watch and wondered whether I might run out of oxygen. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He ejected them with celerity, and his servants watched with some satisfaction as these lords of the leaf stalked back out to their chaises, disappointed in their designs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I watch him leave, then shut my bedroom door. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Then, she slipped her leg over mine, and I watched it just dangle there. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I give him a tight hug goodbye, and watch him drive off. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I watch the IV bag, the steady drip, drip, drip of the medicine working its way into my body. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Little Jimmy was watching me wave at them. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Stradlater watched me in the mirror while he was shaving. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

When Nate wasn’t busy with his chores, he sometimes watched the men do their practice drills. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I watch other planes taking off in the distance, and I can feel sweat forming on my eyebrows again. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The last thing any of us wanted was to see our teacher dance or to know he was watching us dance. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I frowned, but when I saw Macy watching me, I pasted on a smile. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

And as she watched, the memory of another duel in another time came back to Catelyn Stark, as vivid as if it had been yesterday. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He rolls his eyes but peels off to watch the door. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

After washing and watching Kevin bloody his face with the straight razor he had borrowed from Weylin, I would go down to help Sarah with breakfast. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

As I watched him, the thought came into my head that I hated him. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I took a few bites while my parents watched me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She kept giving us more examples, like we were too stupid or little to understand—like the six of us left hadn’t sat there and watched Grace’s lights go out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Vilonia Kline sat down on the dirt beside them, watching the hole get wider and deeper with each jab and throw. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

For an instant, it’s like I’m hovering above my own body, watching the proceedings and wondering what’s going on. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I watched three men follow, and immediately there was gunfire. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe we’ll both be allowed to live — if I play it right — to watch the Games go on. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

With a pang I remembered going there on Thursdays with my father, eating a treat and watching the pigeons in the park while my father read his newspaper. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Aliya groans, but I can tell she wants to watch what we come up with. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Yes, senora,” I say, absorbed in watching her chin jiggle as she talks. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and watched the blackness under my eyelids. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The rest of the kids who are still working stop what they’re doing and come to watch. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I can tell his friends are watching us, curious. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He can smell a city official a mile off. You watch—he’ll have the mayor eating out of his hand by noon.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“It is from an American recipe for potato stew that I am making this one,” Harrison said, as he watched Richard eat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wanted to be with him at the hospital, to watch over him and urge him back to health. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This new school is a good opportunity for you, Natalie,” my mother tells her as I watch the boat guy unwind a rope, as thick as my arm, from the cleat. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a rude commoner watching performers on some village green, Hamlet commented loudly throughout the play. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I watched Jasper’s sleeping body on the carpet beside me, the little thump of his tail, now and then, upon the floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Harry watched, amazed, as a portly ghost approached the table, crouched low, and walked through it, his mouth held wide so that it passed through one of the stinking salmon. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Sadly, the steamer did not drag its hose to Anderson’s position and he had to watch as four or five houses across the street caught fire. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The workers scurried between the bins and the generator or simply stood and watched the thing shake. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She saw the broken watch on the train platform, and he told her how mad he’d been, mad at his life, mad at the time that was running out on him. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I tried not to look at Father, but he was watching me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And then she watched, her heart rate increasing, as her two kids got out of the dirty Ford and rushed toward the salon. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He wanted to reach out and touch him, but all that he could do was watch and listen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

It was the middle of a peaceful dog watch when danger struck. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lighted dial of Dudley’s watch, which was dangling over the edge of the sofa on his fat wrist, told Harry he’d be eleven in ten minutes’ time. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The train began to move, and Harry walked alongside it, watching his son’s thin face, already ablaze with excitement. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He watches me all the time — and shows off his legs. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I watched carefully, but none of the others took up Arthur’s cue. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to say I’m sorry, but I forget to because I’m watching mind movies of the butterfly falling and falling and never being better. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

At that moment, I felt a tug on my own line, and so I just watched as Johnny came running over. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood to one side, beside their horses, a gaunt grim man who watched the proceedings in silence. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He glanced away from the oily green gaze that watched him, and held up before him his staff, that looked now like a splinter, like a twig. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Frank is watching one of his news programs and flossing his teeth. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Two officers with dogs kept watch, leashes wrapped tight around their fists. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I watch the muscles in Tobias’s back expanding and contracting with each labored breath, and I don’t hear our footsteps; I hear only my heartbeat. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Other priests in town wear nice watches and rings and act important. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Thousands of people came to watch. Guess how much the horse won.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

One kid, the angry stain of blood on his T-shirt growing with every breath, watched calmly as the medic wrote up the tag. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch Officer Khan move farther down the block. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I try not to stare at him, dripping wet and naked, so I watch the crane, the sky, anything but him. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I watch as he dashes after the others. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I walk back through the soccer fields and hide out in the shade of the trees, watching the boys playing soccer with their dads and wishing they’d kick hard and fast at my head instead. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I look into the mirror and watch myself say those words over and over again, and each time, my cousins laugh harder. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then she stood at the blackboard and scribbled little curlicues in white chalk while I sat in a chair and watched. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

In the trees around the parking lot, the harpies gathered to watch as if they sensed what was at stake. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was exciting to watch and Catherine smiled and talked to me and my voice was a little thick from being excited. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I watch a great horned goat ascend the rocks toward my mere. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few, including Sergeant Prothero, raised their heads to watch the men leave. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He stood under the trellised porch, quietly smoking his pipe, and watched them for a while. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a time they sat watching the shadows come, then Rat shook his head. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ess could look out over the sea from above, watch the birds nest in the rocks. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Ambuya paused dramatically until everyone had turned back to watch her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This crow was a friendly, intelligent bird that liked to perch on the roof of Monet’s bungalow and watch his comings and goings. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down automatically, watching him with caution. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He watches me for a moment and then shrugs. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Laila watched the arch of her closed fist, slicing through the air, felt the crinkle of Rasheed’s stubbly, coarse skin under her knuckles. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

From the way the other competitors watched him as he strode to the back of the room, she knew they were thinking the same thing. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The men were on different watches and neither knew about the other, but one day one man or t’other would puzzle it out, and then there would be blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He laughed, and we ate our sandwiches in silence, watching the kids play on the sculpture. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I watched Bran’s face brighten when I told him the good news about Nikki. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood at my den window and watched as her stuff was unloaded from her family's station wagon. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I watched the elegant and bedraggled refugees drift along and wondered whether to join them. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled, watching her, and felt a great tenderness fill his heart. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

This is what I have, coffee and pie, sitting in one of the purple booths, watching young people exclaim over what they think is the quaintness of the past. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She watched as the last of the men were loaded into small rowboats, which rocked wildly on the waves. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The near side of the field was lined with people watching the Palmetto players warm up. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The madwoman in the Tower watched the Witch transform. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I checked the weapons, counted the ammunition, made the required phone call to the watch commander to say that everything was okay. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched in horror as the helicopter careened sideways, falling toward a row of office buildings. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

As he walked through town, Ellsberg watched villagers stooped over in the remains of their homes, sifting the ruins for anything salvageable. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were a few snickers as Zart, the quiet big guy who watched over the Gardens, shifted in his seat. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When we return, we watch television in the living room with Pop Pop. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Lee and Adam and the twins watched the horse pick up a fine trot. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the tiny ink Mrs. Norris turn left and pause to sniff at something on the floor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was a miracle Vonetta made it from New Jersey to Atlanta without picking on Fern, and a bigger miracle that Fern’s watch still hung from her puny wrist. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Nailer was still watching the lights moving out in the deeps. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

But as much as I feared being punished, it was worse watching Luke suffer and not being able to help him. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Have I done you a favor? thought Eduardo as he watched the baby turn its head toward the bustling nurses in their starched, white uniforms. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few older girls drifted over to watch the fun. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The gulls beat up into the air, speckling the shore with their shadows; Sheriff Elwell watched them, and when he turned back, he saw that Reverend Griffin had not moved. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t like Angel Yanagihara, who stung a mouse, then watched as it got closer and closer to death. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Whenever she left, though, I watched her go. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Harry watched her face a long time and nodded that he could. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I watched the little woman, dressed in black like a missionary, winding her way through the crowd. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Josh steps under Michael before I can stop him and I watch as Michael falls into his arms diagonally and Josh puts him upright and sets him carefully on the ground. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through a crack between the boards I watched him pick up his book bag and head off in his earnest, square-shouldered Anatole way down the road toward the school. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no place to run to, no tip of the marsh where I could sit alone on a stump of driftwood and watch the water. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, she only had to watch Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” three times before knowing the whole routine. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You can watch from the car. It’s warmer.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

But when he sat alone in the crowd, and watched the fresh-faced boys getting their degrees, he knew it had been a mistake to come. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched as Ess proceeded to toss her little body off the cliffs and into the wind, watched the girl sprawl on the rock when the gusts brought her gently back down. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Papa said that Mama watched over him from heaven. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I watch in fascination as the clear water becomes gray and then black as the detergent does its work. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For every hour of fighting, a Kingsguard knight spent ten thousand hours watching, waiting, standing silent in the shadows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She watched him pedal away, a big man on a small bicycle, the morning sun glaring off the handlebars. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. It was easy to be calm since it was a good speech, and since most of the people watching were my friends.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun, though, was too much like his father: first a sailor, then, to provide for a family and to ensure that he lived to watch them grow up, a builder. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I watch you with your friends and see him all over again. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

You watch, listen to the stories the women tell each other, the way their gossip lifts up into the wind and moves through this land. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I followed Jaja out to the backyard, watched him hold the wings down under his foot. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He watched his father from the corners of his eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As she watched him she understood the quality of his beauty. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we watch people line up and begin to mount the steps to the stage, I feel like one of the cows in the agricultural show my granddad took me to in Kinvara. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But I also liked the ones we’d watched over the summer. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He looked down to check his watch, but it was as mucked up as the rest of him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She never looked up while you watched her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The family fled to a vacant lot a block away where they spent the night watching the fire’s terrible march. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he lowered them to his lap, one hand lightly cupping the other, and returned to watching the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I watched his eyes as he set the beer before me and slapped the bar with his enormous hand for his money. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the planes soar down toward the city, and I felt redeemed and whole. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

As she watches me in the mirror, she reaches over and turns the faucet off. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I watched through the grate as a little train station slid into view, but I couldn’t make out the name on the station sign. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I watch her from the backseat of the car as she walks down the block alone. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Though the physician excused me from training and watch, my mother doesn't seem to care. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He crouched down and peered between the spines, watching for a moment before he held up a triumphant thumb. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Nations have themselves become too frightening to think about, but we might learn some things by watching these people. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eitri watched until he was satisfied that it would all be to his liking. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“First her mum gets the sickness, and then when draggers take her mum to the Field? And her pa go to watch the spirit?” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last winter he had watched in horror while a family of Cyclopes prepared to roast Jason and Piper with hot sauce. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He watched the girls walk north and didn’t answer. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

We were both quiet for a minute while we watched the students walk past. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Riccio had tried to follow him once, but he had been spotted immediately by Scipio, who had gotten so angry that afterward none of them even dared to watch him when he left. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She watched me eat for a moment, and then she turned, shaking her head. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I follow her outside and sit on the metal platform watching as she recedes into the distance. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The house had felt so quiet, and it was odd for both Mama and Papa to choose to hear news reports on the radio instead of watching TV with us. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I watch helplessly as the spirit takes Elsie’s hand into her shimmering palm. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I watched the silvery light flicker around the petals. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

All three wore a lot of fancy watches on both wrists. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then, as she watched his face, her tears began again. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I’d watched him sketch those blueprints, watched him perform the calculations, altering this angle or lengthening that beam. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I checked Mother’s watch, pinned to my bodice. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He watched the man remove water bottles and maps. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood for a long time watching the fires, wondering if I should move to another part of the island, perhaps to the cave where the wild dogs had lived. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood in line at the roll call, watching for Fred. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The tragedy of love would unfold as the doctor could never sit by and watch the princess in such pain. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Their heads clustered above the trunks in the green shade; heads brown, fair, black, chestnut, sandy, mouse-colored; heads muttering, whispering, heads full of eyes that watched Ralph and speculated. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The fool turned his patched and piebald head to watch Pylos climb the steep iron steps to the rookery. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As he slowly chewed his breakfast, she sat opposite from him with her arms crossed over her chest, watching. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Stiffening my back, my eyes skip over to Geak, who is sitting under a tree, watching Ma. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch for a minute while he picks up a length of rope, makes a noose, and then pretends to hang himself for my amusement. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Across town, in a little house that looked a lot like Alex’s, an old man sat in his den, watching the disaster unfold on TV. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I watch until I can’t look any longer, then I turn my back on him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I did not watch it. I just saw it.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They stood watching it in fascination, as it moved blindly, in jerks, a sly, hesitating exploration. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, we saw them only when they came to watch us compete and cheer us on. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“All jokes aside, we should get ready to stand watch,” said Seven, looking out her window. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Severed people had gathered around us, watching the emotional reunion. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He also said we had to watch out for cop cars in case they were looking for who tied up and robbed that old store dude last night. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Some young men were cheering excitedly for the people inside the circle, but half the crowd were merely craning their necks and watching. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy in the moonless forest, keeping watch for the witch. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Still, I was not sure why she wanted me to go and watch him on the verandah. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A man next to me said, “I’d rather be shot than sit around and watch my kids go hungry.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I watched all her composure fall away, replaced by a look of absolute fear. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Their blunt doglike faces stared at the people with contempt, their noses twitching for a scent, their dappled dark skin and yellow eyes watching hungrily. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine watching Gale volunteering to save Rory in the reaping, having him torn from my life, becoming some strange girl’s lover to stay alive, and then coming home with her. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

From the corner of her eye, she watched her uncle tacking peacefully up the driveway. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Joaquin felt like he was watching a tennis match, glancing back and forth between both of them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I watched the show on Friday, and you weren’t in it.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

So for half an hour, as the girls watched from the grass, he paddled around by himself, trying to make it all look fun, irresistible. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the gym is watching the game, I know, but it feels like all eyes are on me. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out the back window, I watched them drive the winding road off campus. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The driver watched the traffic light turn to yellow and then he stepped on the accelerator believing he could just glide right through the red signal. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Sandi sat very still and watched their beautiful long fingers fast at work. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

From her bedroom window, she watched his Range Rover until it disappeared down the bend in the road. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe he wasn’t quite sure about me yet, maybe he hadn’t even wanted me born, but he was watching. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“They’ve discussed you on every news show this morning. Your nana calls every five minutes, telling us a new channel to watch.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Having Ms. Morales watch him and Natalie now—and dart behind the drapes so he didn’t see her—just scared him more. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

If I looked at Amil’s empty face I would start crying, so I just watched the pebble in his hand. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As morning approached, Mrs. Rimas and the man who wound his watch arrived to help. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Luke watched the next line of type appear: “Carlos: Thanks for the sympathy, Jen.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Poly face’s customers know to come after noon on a chicken day, but there’s nothing to prevent them from showing up earlier and watching their dinner being killed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The hunters let out a cheer, and Ash watched as Kaisa turned her back on them and wiped her sword off on the meadow grass. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry crept past them to the portrait hole and waited for a minute or so, keeping an eye on his watch. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

His father would have been quiet for a while, watching the headlights against the narrow tar road. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the boy stood at his window and watched Julius and the other men. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

My father watches the door shut behind Iggy and he doesn't say anything. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I forced a smile and watched as she slipped back into her apartment. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Matt thought of all the gold watches, jewels, statues, and moon rocks people had given El Patron for over one hundred years. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just stood around watching the divers wrestle with the hoses until Jasper Jr. came over and called me a name that wasn’t very original. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She stared at the word, and watched as letters uncurled from the tangle of haze, mouthing each one as they appeared. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I imagined spiderwebs in my bones and turned my palm towards the moon, watching the ballet of bones between my elbow and wrist twist to make it so. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Alex accepts a shot off a passing tray and drinks to the strange spark in his gut at the way Henry watches them. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dorian watched a grin spread across the assassin’s face as she beheld the source. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Once I remembered to watch her when we were on our way to the lunchroom, so I could figure out where she went, and I found out it was the library. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She looked preoccupied, watching a group of kids go by. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I've been watching them for a couple years now, so there's not much I need to know about fitting in. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Whatever else happened here, she could not watch her sister die. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Or if they climbed on, supposing the fire was all out, and they had to watch Piggy crawling nearer and the ship sinking under the horizon? Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then he turned his horse around to go back into the Wood, and she watched him go, feeling as if her world had split wide open. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They must be hungry for honor, Bran thought as he watched them take up their lances. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He had learned to play dice and chess, to watch dancers, to be carried in sedan chairs, to sleep on a soft bed. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him crossing the street through the taxis, small, heavy, slowly sure of himself in the traffic. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He entered Cashtown and there at the crossroads, mounted, watching the troops pass, was Powell Hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After watching all the scientists on television hype about the rover, I actually had a rare opportunity to be so close to all the action. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And the very young children couldn’t make up their minds whether to watch the man circled in blue on the roof or the bits of red flashing around on the ground. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Professor McGonagall watched them turn a mouse into a snuffbox — points were given for how pretty the snuffbox was, but taken away if it had whiskers. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And she dragged one large easy chair to the table so that John could watch them while they ate. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Holding her breath, she clicked the red arrow and watched the computer do its thinking spiral, then slowly load a new page. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They watched while the clam seized up around it and drew its neck into the mud. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

For the next week, Frightful watched her offspring eagerly chase the migrating birds but could not share their excitement. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I had watched them lead the jumping and shouting when my father preached. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then after a few minutes, he started skating right through the living room while Mr. Pignati and I watched television. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Piper didn’t know, but she watched herself in the vision, alone and thrashing in the dark, until the water rose over her head. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Emily warily watched James shove his belongings back into his backpack. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She folded her legs beneath her and pulled the furs around her shoulders so that she wouldn’t freeze, and as Con and Kaede slept, she sat, her eyes half open, watching the dark. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He watches her for a moment before copying her action himself, sinking into the center of the room alongside her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She had never watched the show, but she loved that doll. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“We can stay out here and watch the race from the fence.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t hurry, we’re going to be late,” he said nonchalantly, taking out his pocket watch to check the time. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Once, there was a rabbit who loved a little girl and watched her die. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

They watched me enviously while I drank the elves’ supper. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watch her until she’s gone, and then I turn and look in the opposite direction. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She watches him adjust his watch in anticipation of their arrival, the pale silver hands scissoring into place. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watched a gray rooster walk into the shrine at the corner of the yard, where Papa-Nnukwu’s god was, where Papa said Jaja and I were never to go near. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure he had wanted to come to Austin to watch Permian play. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But soon I was distracted as the girls gathered around to watch our driver do a magic trick with a disappearing pebble. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Soon he was clearing the porch and watching the sheets of cascading snow Mr. Newton pushed down from the roof above him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s slowing down, Spiker, it’s slowing down! But it hasn’t stopped yet! You watch it!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Garikayi grabbed a burning branch from the fire and stepped between her and Arm, who still watched from the shadows. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Set a timer on a cell phone, watch, or oven; punch in three minutes; and see what you can do. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

He had, yet again, the strange feeling that they were being watched. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

From the shadows, the stranger watched Jack until he was out of sight. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I watch for a moment, relieved to see that while she moves carefully, she’s not limping obviously. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But Rosalie sat down on the armrest and watched as her mother opened the yearbook. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I stayed quiet and watched him lurch from one side, bumping to the other, until he reached the coal-oil tank. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I crested the ridge, a prickly feeling crept over me, and I looked around to see a man watching me from a distant outcropping. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Speedy was watching him, without a word of Gilbert and Sullivan gibberish as greeting. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Like everyone else - monster and demigod alike - they froze in horror and watched as the whirling column of earth erupted from the top of the next hill, and Gaia appeared in all her glory. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“No, thank you,” Stephanie answered as she watched Jessica and some of her field hockey teammates play Never Have I Ever. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He swam in a sulfur spring, watched over by Cahuilla women scrubbing clothes on the rocks, and stretched out to dry himself in the sun. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He would spend hours up there on the rooftop, watching the Levee District’s inhabitants begin their drunken, violent stumble toward dawn. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Neither of them bothered to watch the lame rabbit as he limped back by the way he had come. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watched as Susie ran off, her feet barely touching the ground as she did. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Safer’s plan is that I will watch the lobbycam in my apartment while he breaks into Mr. X’s apartment right above me. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Harry sat in silence once more, watching the contents of the Pensieve swirl. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Pop Pop says that even if the questions are tough, with all the books I read and the news I watch, I’d be able to answer them easily. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo watched as the son stepped out and handed the driver a large wad of cash. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

At least one assumed he had been watching the sky, there being little else to view from his small window other than roof-tiles and guttering. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was very aware of everybody watching him closely. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In one night, we score a watch, a fancy vacuum cleaner, silver candlesticks, earrings, a gold pendant, and other small things. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear had watched his master make dozens of those petals and had finally taken a small lump of clay home in his waist pouch to practice himself. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He wore a black vest over the white shirt now, and a gold watch. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Kearney walked over, took out his watch, and showed it to the president. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

As Hyacinth watched her sisters set everything up, she only hoped she could be brave enough to go to the Beiderman’s door too, when the time was right. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Glad you’re so thrilled by the thought of me leaving,” I said, watching the kids running about. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I huddled on the floor beside the door and watched through air that seemed all scratched up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He's going with or without me, but with me at least I can watch out for him.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Now, as Franny paused again, he sat back and lit a cigarette and watched her face. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Scipio moved to the window and watched Renzo until he vanished between the houses. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watch as Gale pulls out his knife and slices the bread. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Because I watched her when she was putting the books away, and her mouth didn’t move at all the way mine does when I’m saying the alphabet in my head. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

My hand was on the banister, I was mid-step, and this flash hit me, clear as the newscast we’d just been watching. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He watched her take sections of long hair in her hand and comb it with a crude wooden comb. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I watch with fascination as children with oily black hair, wearing old, dirty clothes run up to our cyclo in their bare feet. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found that the true believers would look down at their shoes or wind their watches when someone mentioned the war. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then I watched as planes sank into them, and I stared, bewildered, at the TV as the unimaginably tall structures swayed, then buckled. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He had watched her change, and when he sat close to her, as he did now in the water, he felt driven and nervous. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I press in, too, watching the weatherman with a big head of blond hair. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg watched a young girl pull something from a pile of rubble. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Mother and I sat for hours watching Dr. James call many white people into his office, even though we had been first to arrive. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He watched me, hands on his bony hips, squinting harder and harder. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My mother and the child sit and watch the other children play in the sandbox. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He could feel her watching him in that sardonic, Dimple way she had—eyes calculating, eyebrows slightly furrowed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I used to love peeking through doorways to her bedroom and watching her kneel on the floor and whisper "Allah Akbar." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I watched him breathe for a while, his identity papers still tucked under his torso. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

No. No. Now it is Bon who watches Henry; he can see the whites of Henry’s eyes again as he sits looking at Henry with that expression which might be called smiling. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should have been watching him, watching his eyes, his expression. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I watched as they wandered past, laughing and shoving at each other. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I leaned out to watch for Flops on patrol. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Farid was already busy with the door of the cage, but the two women inside were watching them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The little boy with the time, number forty-five, gets called to the audition room, and I watch him take in a library’s worth of sheet music, and a hula hoop and a DVD. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I settled into his pillow, my head next to his, and we watched his African dwarf frog swim back and forth from the bottom to the top of the tank. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“My grandfather bought that watch in the 1940s,” Mr. Julian says. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

After watching him for about five minutes, Gramps asked if he could try it. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I sat at the table and watched as Helen washed the dirty dishes, tied up the garbage bag, watered a spider plant over the sink, and poured boiling water into two cups. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I swallow hard, thinking of the millions of times he opened that watch to check the tides. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I like to watch the “regular” kids as they play four-square while they wait for the bell to ring. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

As I’m watching him, I realize he’s not talking to me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Instead, he sat up and watched his friend eat. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“The Weeping Man may still be out there, watching.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I dint feel bad because I watched Algernon and I lernd how to finish the amaze even if it takes me along time. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I watch his hand continue to move the mouse, but sometimes it feels like it’s my hand, not his. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

There are others in the rec room with us, but they’re mostly just watching TV. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He nodded, and we both watched this brand-new RV pull into a campsite down the way. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

June gathered up all her loose papers into a neat little stack and tucked them inside the journal while Ivy watched. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When he was sure no one was watching him, Jody went into the little room, and looked into Gitano’s sack. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have watched your face for a long time now, and missed your eyes when you went away from me. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was to be a night launch, so I stayed up to watch television, hoping for good news. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at his watch and found that it had stopped running; he had forgotten to wind it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone get out of sight,” she ordered, and Sarai watched as the others obeyed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Boy, you have to watch her every minute. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I quickly became the best saber fencer on the Columbia High School team, and I watched my ranking rise at the local competitions, often coming home with medals in my hand. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I watched her until she put her arm around my shoulder and started to lead me out. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The herd of cows and calves, who were lying in the waves and scratching their backs with their flippers, stopped to watch the battle. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he opened the window and watched Nipper fly off, he knew something else: He could no longer bear this alone. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, all around her the tantalizing work of assembling the expedition was going on day and night She hung around Adam Stefanski, watching as he made his choice of the volunteers for the fighting force. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius watched her speak to the bartender in pantomime. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man’s face was shining with excitement as he watched every move that Mr. Wonka made. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun had been on the bridge with the captain for an hour at that point, watching him pilot the ship through the many islands, avoiding high shelves and sandbars, other ships and countless unseen dangers. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I write a little word to tell you with how much satisfaction I watch your efforts to control your temper. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Orange, heavy, spilling out of a crack that widened as they watched. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

With him watching my every move, it won’t change what I need to do. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Then we can all watch you taking off the wrapper.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

He watched the ragged outline take shape in the mist. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny propped herself up on her elbows and watched the girl sink into her pillow at the other end of the bed, watched her eyes close. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

At Oberlin College in Ohio, a young woman watched the people in her dorm become unglued as they listened to the program. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He put his hands under his head and watched them eat breakfast, smiling as the girls kept peeking at him over their cereal bowls. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wandered over to the first area—Space Is Dangerous—and watched a video of a hole being blown through a thick metal plate by a simulated meteoroid. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Scores of our friends and neighbors, including some of the boys with whom I had studied Hebrew and watched the makeshift comedy skits, silently walked down the main street toward the train station. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I watch in wonder as she purposely places the side of her hand within the bubbling water, a look of resolve on her face. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

So they watch to make sure you don’t become your own next victim. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she would be there, standing in the thick pines beside the river, watching him as he worked. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Plus, Jay doesn’t do the internet, unless it’s to watch YouTube or stalk friends and family on Facebook. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

None of us have watches, and I don’t see a clock, so I don’t know how she expects us to keep time. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I can only watch as she tilts her head and turns away. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Nathan watched the crystal float down and down and down until it became a speck of nothing. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In this new space, I had time to aim squarely between the moose's eyes, watching his muscles contort and his skin wrinkle as he bent to take another mouthful of grass. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

We walked over to watch the dudes playing ball on that famous beach court, right there between the walkway and the sand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Three black strikebreakers watching a baseball game in a vacant lot caught the attention of a Packingtown mob and were quickly engulfed in a swirl of raging humanity. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The girls kept a safe distance, crouched low behind the cover of plants as they watched Taylor work. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She heard the old women of the dosh khaleen muttering to each other as they watched, and wondered what they were saying. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

“I’m passive. I just sit here watching the world.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Been watching you. Didn’t know if there was a good time to interrupt.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Plutarch steps back and pulls out a gold watch on a chain from a vest pocket. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I coaxed you into ladyhood, Ophelia. I taught you the ways of the court, and watched you grow into a clever and learned woman.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I lie on the bench and watch the birds weave through the warm air until the sun burns so bright I’m afraid it will make holes in my eyeballs. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Suddenly it come to me. I was sitting in my apartment watching it play on its rings, and I said to myself, ‘Darlene, how come you don’t stick some rings on your clothes?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The foxes watched the soldiers run down the hill, sweep their beams of light over the heap in the field, then go back. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She watched water pool around the ruined body of the buffalo. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other members of the congregation turned to watch her, as they always did, and most of them were smiling. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius watched passively while Mr. Gonzalez squatted on his other side. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watched them carry off an old man and his grandson before we remembered to run. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I tried not to think about throwing up as I watched people start to come out of the auditorium. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

That would leave Toby and Lily in the bleachers, watching. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I watched it until it was almost out of sight. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, she watches me, her eyes shiny in the lantern light. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one in the room moved a muscle as they watched, obviously too stunned to do anything. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He watched the procession move off, Iphigenia leading with the image, Orestes and Pylades following, and attendants carrying vessels for the purifying rite. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Just like old times," Hornet murmured as they watched him from Ida's balcony. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You turn into a pumpkin at 4:36,” Wash said, showing her the face of his watch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Izzy claimed that drugs and alcohol were for losers and that we could have more fun hanging out in her bedroom and watching reruns of The X-Files, but I knew she was full of it. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Joseph goes on the longest journey of all and has more troubles, but the Lord watches over him. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch a lot of hospital dramas on television, and this is the part where patients just want everybody to leave them alone. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

With such confidence and no awkwardness at all, Lucas had mentioned my brother as if he were merely inside the house listening to music or watching TV or writing down song lyrics. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

At mealtime, a guard watched over each prisoner while he ate. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I had watched a girl my own age shining at the center of one of their elaborate ceremonies. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lili and the boy stood watching from a distance as Guy tried to push his hand deeper, beyond the chain link fence that separated him from the balloon. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Robinson, a wounded veteran, was serving as an army nurse, keeping watch over Seward as he recovered. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, I sat in the auditorium watching the boys and girls dancing at the Christmas formal. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The other girls watched, tongues flicking over their braces, tasting their lipgloss and testing the wind. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Ruby’s awake now, and she and Bob and I watch. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

In the stands, Mom and Dad watch us. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He knew now that for seven years the Thought Police had watched him like a beetle under a magnifying glass. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We watched him through the gate, playing with the girl. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Her father watched us through the window, with his lips pursed. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crossing slowly in the rain a few feet above the flood, pressed tight in the crowd, the box of an artillery caisson just head, I looked over the side and watched the river. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

As he stood there, mindlessly watching her, tulips began to grow out of the holes she had dug. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Chess could only watch in frozen horror as the beam from the portable spotlight in the guards’ arms swung closer and closer. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He’d been in mortal danger repeatedly, been injured, watched buddies die. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She always seems to be watching me, and I don’t need a spotlight to know a snitch when I see one. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Wish I could stay and watch,” Golan said from the doorway. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

One manual I had read said to watch what the birds and animals were eating in order to learn what is edible and nonedible in the forest. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure imagines him hunched on the davenport, mumbling children’s rhymes and watching ghosts shuttle through the walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We watch as he looks both ways, then runs across the highway and disappears inside the Arby’s. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I press myself all the way to the carriage floor to thank the queen and the Beauty Minister and the crowd for watching my exhibition. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

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

I watched her get into a car with some other people I had seen in the courtroom earlier. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe Britt-Marie is right about me watching too many wizard movies... Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He told me to keep watch, and for the first few minutes I did. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“The queen asked me to watch some acting troupe perform one of her favorite plays tonight. Will you go with me? I could use a translator.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I sank to my knees watching that spot where he disappeared, not moving, not saying anything. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the ropemakers walking backwards as they twisted the fibers into yarn, the yarn into strands, and the strands into rope. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya watched her mother disappear around the trees, a hard lump forming in her belly. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Is there anything I can do to make it better? Want to find something on Netflix to watch? I can take the afternoon off from work.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Turner shoveled most of the time, stopping to watch Mr. Newton’s great Frisians pulling the rollers to pack the snow, their breath steaming out of their nostrils and their heads turning with ease and power. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It was they who suffered most from the cold, standing watch around the clock in far-flung reaches of the park where no shelter existed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

You and Kutti watched as the boys carefully separated our rubbish into piles: cardboard, metal, plastic, glass. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Each month I watch for blood, fearfully, for when it comes it means failure. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up to see two agitated physicians and a nurse, and thought, It's too late now, and lay in a veil of sweat watching them manipulate the controls. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were watching The Brady Bunch, which she had never seen. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He watched her find her seat, and as the bus began to move realized he should have gone with her, all the way to the hospital. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He watched Javier wrap a thick, heavy chain around his waist. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I watch as the guards shoo internees away and minders usher us to our tasks. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Having to sit and watch everyone else is even worse than getting Ms. Rochambeau’s Raised Eyebrow of Disappointment. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I put on my glasses, place my weapons in readiness, and settle down to keep watch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A colony of weaverbirds lived in a tree near his house, and he spent time watching them build and maintain their baglike nests. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That said, he was gone, and I watched him depart in the Afternoon, down the Street, away from this House. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

And there were two tiny brass cogs in the dirty water in the gutter by my feet, like cogs from a windup watch. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I watch him as he begins to carve a border around the initials. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

My mom got really annoyed at the kid’s mom for letting me watch the movie, so they ended up getting into an argument and—long story short—I never had another playdate there again. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They stood still just inside the darkness of the trees, watching and listening. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I couldn't decide if it were from watching some similar scene in the movies, from books I'd read, or from some recurrent but deeply buried dream. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him knock on Papa’s door and go in. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Cordelia is in a play and we go to watch her. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Unbelievable tales about being a child and watching his father slaughter and gut pigs from “the rooter to the tooter.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They watched the trains and smelled the ashes, ignoring tragedy. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

As Cole watched the boat disappear into the rain, he picked up a strand of kelp off the shore and gave it a hard fling. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He learned to fix things by watching his mother's boyfriend. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The old man watched for him to come again but neither shark showed. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I’m paddling through the break, watching a big wave swelling, coming toward me, knowing that in a moment it will sweep me up into something enormous and powerful. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I duck into a training building, watching from a window until she gives up and goes on her way. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She jumped on her bed for so many years that one afternoon, while I watched her jump, the seams burst. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The other was when I watched him die. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Shivering in the sunlight, he watched her until she was out of sight, and then he set off for home. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to do but watch the landscape rush past and hope that the train would reach its destination soon. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I watch as girls with last names starting with A, B, and C file in and out of their interview. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I watch her walk away, and my spirits sink with each step. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

One of them was the fellow I had stood late watch with. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He would watch my beans break ground and spread, and would notice with pleasure their pods growing plump. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frozen, Thomas watched as one of the Grievers long arms reached for the lifeless body. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Almost every week, we watched films on a sheet in a large room adjacent to our corridor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Malia started tennis, I mostly watched her matches through the window of a Secret Service vehicle parked discreetly near the courts, not wanting to create a distraction. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Jemmy watched for another moment as the horses tried to pull the coach free. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ekon didn’t want to watch her eat necessarily—that would be strange—but he did want to know whether she liked the food. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I’d watched with dismay as Republicans in Congress followed suit, fighting Barack’s every effort to stanch the economic crisis, refusing to support measures that would cut taxes and save or create millions of jobs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The advertisement on NTA for Andrew Checking Out, which he had watched as a child, had given shape to his longings. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was like watching a maiden rising naked from her bath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Baba glanced over his shoulder at Neel, who was watching from the boat. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bran said as much to Meera Reed when she came to him at dusk as he sat in his window seat watching the lights flicker to life. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And anyway, I wanted to watch wild animals, not animals in cages. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I watch as his heavy eyelids droop and then close. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Later on in life, if I were continuously losing in any gambling situation, I would watch very closely. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella ran her fingers gently over the round black letter keys, pressing the S for Stella part of the way down, watching the type bar rise up toward the roller. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Marco watches from the window as the guests depart, catching a last glimpse of Celia before she disappears into the night. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He found them on the verge of blows in the jockeys’ room, with all the reporters watching. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like switching from passively watching a film in a foreign language to actively debating in one’s mother tongue. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

And he watched the dawn come ruddy out of a mist over his land. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Her eyebrows rise when I don’t leave, watching as I retreat to a corner to fill them out, chewing on the end of the pen. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

If there is one thing I really detest, it is having someone look at his watch as he is talking to me. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the waitress watch me from across the restaurant. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As things turned out, it was a good thing rrty mom had watched that particular drum lesson, because it would be the last one we’d be able to afford for a long while. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We actually find the movie and settle in to watch, both of us acting like nothing happened. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I watched her wide full mouth sweep through her sentences like a figure touring a dark house, flipping on spots and banks of perfectly drawn light. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trouble was that instead of watching him from the wings, as they should have done, the penguins got interested and walked out on the stage again to watch him more closely. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

That summer, I practiced English by watching cartoons, and spent as much time as I could with the youth group. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s an auditorium. It’s pretty big, seats about two hundred, maybe. They’re all down at the bottom watching some guy on the stage.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She kept looking at her watch and then at Jordan to see how he was reacting, not to the game, but to her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Sukey dried and Johnny ate his pie, Mr. Adams watched him, noted him, marked him, said little. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn the movie back on and watch until the end, and the credits roll and stop and the screen changes. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Colonel, I’m not going to stand for it any more,” he declared with vehement determination, and watched in dismay as Colonel Korn went trotting by up the steps without even noticing him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The women watched with empty eyes as the bodies were tossed overboard. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inej thought of the Ferolind with its cheerful flags, and tried to hold that image in her head as she watched the peacock feather sink into her skin. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The thought of spending the rest of the day copying out the tedious Book of Numbers sobered me deeply as I watched my father go. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stayed on, watching the land rented and sold piece by piece from around her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“This is where we loved to go mudlarking and watch the ships go by.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Together, he and Bristle watched the activity of the camp. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Practise hard,” he would say, watching me busy with slate and pencil. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mom and Layla had hugged, and Mom had wiped her eyes, all while Ivy watched from the doorway, half a granola bar stuffed in her mouth. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It seems to be an unspoken rule in this household: we always get here on time, he’s always late, Serena always lets us watch the news. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would take several days to examine each one, to watch for each color. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The guard sat under a tree and watched, smoking cigarettes. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was weird, almost awkward, watching Special Agent Gonzales and Mamá acting like teenagers around each other, but it was also kind of cute. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You had a nasty gash in your arm, and a giant dog at your side—like she was watching over you, your dad said. I think you might have a new pet, actually.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

They stood on the ramp and watched as the man pushed the boat into deeper water. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Luke was watching him when he noticed Annie standing in the doorway. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The weight gain comes not only as a result of the sedentary nature of television watching, or even chiefly because of it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And he opened his mouth, feeling, as he watched his father, the darkness roar behind him, and the very earth beneath him seem to shake; yet he gave to his father their common testimony. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe there’s something broken in me from watching my parents being murdered. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Kristina sits four people away from me, and we get seats as near to the doors as we can, but there are teachers everywhere, so we sit and watch. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He drank a bit of tea and watched the grindylow brandishing a fist at him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Inside, sick and emaciated women—the first women Jack had seen in three years—watched fearfully from the shadows as the boys entered the camp. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Allen was never far away, watching him, then tapping on his laptop. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched to see if Big Joe was going to move. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thrust half a dozen torches into the brazier’s glowing coals and watched the oiled rags flare up. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They began to watch him as they would a man on a tight rope. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the gringuitos took their noses out of their guidebooks to watch Dona Amelia putting the sash over me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood there just inside the door watching these two. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone watched us as we walked together to our lab table. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I watched as the officers allowed her to move forward. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Many mornings he had awakened and watched his father and mother. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They got some alone time, and watched a bunch of movies. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

That night, Guy watched his wife very closely as she undressed for bed. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The little one was wearing the watch—it dangled around his twiggy wrist. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She watched her mother walk around their flat, collecting all the Catholic objects, the crucifixes hung on walls, the rosaries nested in drawers, the missals propped on shelves. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then Fizz and I sneak to the basement to watch TV. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The boys quieted down and watched to see what Titid would do. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Manuel Bonilla taunted me, standing inches from my face and mimicking my poor speech as the rest of the class watched. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The feet did a kind of hop step, and I watched them walk to the other side of me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the yellow squares of light reflect from a thousand windows. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Both of them were watching the funeral with the same grim faces. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He watched them appear briefly, crossing a ridge about a half mile ahead; they had already slowed from a dead run to a trot. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Cole watched as the men entered the tent, leaving him alone. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

So she watched her mother’s face and the face of the men when they opened the pantry door and made up her own mind. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

That night, I went into the den, where my parents were watching TV. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Some part of myself, watching the following moments unfold, was shocked. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

We didn’t talk when I went to bed and Joseph stood in the cold dark, watching for Jupiter. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He watched her drown meats in the hissing fire pool. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I walked, I watched the horizon for the largest building in the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Gus stared out the window, watching the planet shrink beneath us, and then I felt his hand relax beneath mine. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He looks so small, Bran thought, as he watched him sway. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I feel her eyes watching my every move. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Some are finished, or haven’t started, and sit on their couches watching football or the parade. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Blacker than night, and gigantic, he filled one corner of her narrow room, watching her with eyes like the eyes of a serpent when his head is lifted to strike. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

And then there’s Garrett, who keeps watching me with this weird, twinkly expression. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

As they pull me away from him, I feel the pocket ripped from my sleeve, see the deep violet pill fall to the ground, watch Cinna’s last gift get crunched under a guard’s boot. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In the living room, Mama and Papi are laid out on the couch watching TV. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Vega rubbed his forehead and watched the sun. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

A few had ravens perched atop them, watching them pass with bright black eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We watched from the screen door as May cut past June and Neil. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gollum watched every morsel from hand to mouth, like an expectant dog by a diner’s chair. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

One second we were all sitting there, talking about him, watching him eat his lunch. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Muntu peered out through the eyeholes, watching closely to see what would happen next. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed my backpack up against the seat in front of me and got comfortable, then watched all the dumpy backyards and trash-filled alleys slide by as we pulled out of Baltimore. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

By-and-by, however, as I was curious to know how time was passing, I struck a match, and by its flame looked at my watch; it was within a few minutes of midnight. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

After I finish with the walls, I sit on the window ledge and watch the outside world go by. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Percy watched the harpy pick at her burlap dress. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Over dinner she added, “There'll be a parade, of course. We can watch it from the porch.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t even watch the show, but the music is incredible. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I watched to see the mask, and if it would lift. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Now be a good boy and go directly to the bus. I’ll be watching from here, and when we get ready to tour the barn I’ll get you.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel immeasurably calmer when we go back outside, even if Rachel is still there, standing down at the bottom of the garden by the fence, watching one of the trains go past. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood upon the flashing of the roof, and watched the houses burn. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Aru watched in horror as a black line broke the sky, as if someone had unzipped twilight to show nighttime lurking just beneath its skin. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Estha waited in the dirty marble lobby with the lonely, watching mirrors till the red door took his sister away. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I watched her play, I felt the urge to climb out the window and join her. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Instead she gave me a wry look, then started braiding up her hair as she watched Chi-Boy work. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She dropped her rag in her bucket and turned to find Clara watching her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Ginger and I waited on the balcony and watched the three of them approach. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I tilt the twin taps on the water dispenser and check my watch. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The two children and the woman watched without moving. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was very hard for Ma to watch Caroline prepare to leave us, knowing that there was nothing she could do but feed her. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I pretended not to care that they watched me like a zoo creature or potential source of loot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel watched the mouse make off into the long grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and I are going to help Mom practice every single night, which is why I’m sitting at my desk instead of watching after-school TV, which is a birthright of every latchkey child. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Those who had watched the magician’s show before it came to a stop in mid-trick. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Desdemona kept wailing, and I’d already heard so much about Smyrna in my seven years that I watched the screen closely to see what it had been like. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

After dinner the girls asked if they could watch Pride and Prejudice again. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I watched her coldly, my right hand at my mouth. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the office Mr. Gonzalez was watching Miss Trixie bump into the door frame as she made her entrance for the day. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The waiter saved chairs for the others, and we each ordered an absinthe and watched the crowd in the square and the dancers. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I sat on a park bench, watched a man toss a football to his son, telling him to not sidearm the ball, to throw over the shoulder. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Samuel would run wild—she would have to watch him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"He makes it sound like the hood of a cobra fluttering . . . I don't know . . . I don't know . . ." "We'll have to watch him now," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was trying to watch both the road and me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

If anyone had been watching, they would have noticed that the wheel fell faster than gravity could account for. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Every day, he lingered by the rails to watch Seabiscuit’s peculiar regimens, following his movements without comment, then returned to War Admiral. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men all around me looked at their watches; I looked at mine. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat watching the Rebs withdraw, then he said, “Move your brigades into town. That will make the good citizens happy. I’m going to go have a look.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch myself crying in the mirror, intrigued by the sight of tears. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I want to think about the sword, but he tells me I must think about my feet, and watch his feet as well. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

We watch as drag queens every shape and size and color give it their all and leave everything they’ve got on that stage in this dingy little bar out in the middle of West Texas. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Behind him, from the building’s darkness, the tavern keeper watched, while in front his friend sat on the bell-rack frame, hands to either side. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah? I figured you spent your day watching Lovey, trying to learn something from her!” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Some of the men working nearby would watch me and laugh. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, they halted, and stood watching him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He let go some more ballast and watched the altimeter closely. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lion watched him suspiciously and tried to swipe at him with his claws, but he could barely move now, and it was easy for the hare to get round him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Even on weekends, he comes to watch Erin and me practice, but he never once touches a basketball and he never really says anything of consequence to either of us. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched my hands, heard my mouth give orders. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched a powderpuff of dust turn cartwheels in a cross-breeze. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My guardians, Mr. and Mrs. Swerlin, stand by me, calmly watching the proceedings. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the master’s expression, hoping he would give some sign when he had heard enough. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The two valiant pilots of the 586th were sent gold watches through the Soviet minister of foreign affairs, said to be gifts from George VI, the king of England. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, he watched his father eat in silence, hoping for—but never getting—a show of affection, communication, warmth. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched cloudy children at car windows with yearning marshmallow noses. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch her walk all slumped over and sad, and I guess she is genuinely sad. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was nine o'clock--almost immediately afterward I looked at my watch and found it was ten. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“They probably think there’s going to be a gleaning and they want to watch,” suggested Rowan, which seemed a likely theory. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The dog lifted its head and watched him for a second, then settled back to sleep. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I stare down at my shoes, watching as a fine layer of ash settles on the worn leather. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Pearl had loved watching her mother at work, bent over the kitchen table, laboring with the precision of a surgeon—scalpel, needle, pins—to transform these toys into art. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He walks along the River Bille and watches the water sweeping past. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow he held himself together and synchronized the watches. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

As it nears midnight, she decides to see if she can find a place to discreetly watch the lighting of the bonfire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She watches as the fish swims upward before diving back down to the bottom. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Not, Hannah thought, because they wanted to watch, but because they wanted to be witnesses. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brother watches the water level in the giant hole next door, waiting for the hole to dry up so he can use it for a bunker. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Go away!” he says, and when I don’t leave, he joins the dog watchers—but I can tell he’s really not watching, he’s thinking about what I said—which is all I wanted. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Annabeth watched in horror as Jason—obviously dazed and in pain—lunged for Leo, caught him, then struggled to gain altitude. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She’d watched as others gained glory...or failed and didn’t come back. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Finally she placed me and my brother in the keeping of an old black woman who watched me every moment to keep me from running to the doors of the saloons to beg for whisky. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They brought all the prisoners into the courtyard at dawn and forced them to watch, because this was also a personal matter between the colonel and his prisoner. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had not before understood how early in the day one must begin in order to kill, and watch killed, five thousand birds by nightfall. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Annabeth and Grover stood on the beach, in shock, watching the water flood back around Ares’s feet, his glowing golden ichor dissipating in the tide. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

We dispatched men to strategic places around the townships to watch the trains, buses, and taxis in order to determine whether or not people were going to work. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watch movies outdoors with images projected onto a white sheet. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I watch them scrawl it in thick black marker, right on our own kitchen counter. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Charlotte, watching her chance, scrambled out of the crate and climbed a post to the under side of the roof. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The little otak watching from Vetch’s shoulder, the animal that had no voice, screamed aloud also and leaped as if to attack. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She wants a Birth Day, here, with guests and food and presents, she wants a little child to spoil in the kitchen, to iron clothes for, to slip cookies into when no one’s watching. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He prayed to the Lord and watched a little television. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The confusion in Nyame’s golden eyes as he watched me walk away nearly made me laugh. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I loosely draped a cardigan over my shoulders, and we made our way downstairs and out to the street to watch the gunfight, where a small crowd was already forming. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He let go of my hair, and I watched him get up and run back to the boys on the field. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I watched, too, and never let down my guard for a moment until the ferry steamed again into port and it was time to board. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Pong's pulse throbbed in his jaw as he watched Winya unlock their stall door and step inside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Most nights, after Dottie was in bed, Bobby would join Mac there on the sofa to watch the nightly news. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

We accept the theory of the big bang by watching a movie of expanding space running backwards. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I lingered in the shadows by the window and watched Lissa and her dad move around the kitchen, laughing and talking. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ravens watched him from the trees, squatting dark-eyed and silent on the branches as snow drifted down around them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A group of fancy-looking girls were watching us as me and Jay came up the long walkway that led to the school. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Bridge watched, mesmerized, as Celeste moved from one section of her hair to another, brushing it all the wrong way. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He picks it up, and I watch as he listens for a moment. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I watch them go through the fancy wooden doors. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Merpeople were emerging on all sides now, watching him eagerly, pointing at his webbed hands and gills, talking behind their hands to one another. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He looked at his watch; it was three o’clock. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Argus unloaded our bags, made sure we got our bus tickets, then drove away, the eye on the back of his hand opening to watch us as he pulled out of the parking lot. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I watched Gus and Bertha sitting there gazing at the night sky, the corners of their mouths turned up into contented smiles. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But I remember standing there watching my mom, flabbergasted, horrified that these cops wouldn’t help her. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"We are right in the middle of watching one of our favourite programmes," Mr Wormwood said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tucker watched anxiously to see if any of them stopped to buy a paper. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell she’s being loud, as two guys sit up from their prone positions to watch her. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, after a day in the forest gathering firewood, Chou and I come home to find Kim in the corner of the hut watching the mother go through our things. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d gone to the zoo a few days before, seen Marjan the lion, and I had hurled a pebble at the bear when no one was watching. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She spun around and saw Grandmother watching her from the mat. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond them, the stupid stupid stupid eighth graders stood watching. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Under the watch of Mr. Bird and Mr. Onion, they marched into springtime fields so full of purple flowers they looked like carpets in the house of God. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

C.P. also echoed stereotypes about black behavior, saying that after visiting Durham's housing projects he was disgusted to watch blacks spend the time from Friday night until Monday morning drunk. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The family watched footage of enormous waves, uprooted trees, whole towns washed grey with torrential rain. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It watches as she turns to the register and rings up fifty cents. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought of watching a family dog, Nina, “licking her chops.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The watch went into the maw of the vacuum cleaner with a distressing clank that the maid did not even seem to hear. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I only watched Mama walk the rows that looked like my plaits and cover them with moist, black soil. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Whenever I was at the Daily News, I watched the editors and reporters at work in the newsroom. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And Fred always watched the brass players with a critical eye. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Arya drew second watch, so she found a straw pallet in the haven. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Although Harry watched his two friends more closely over the next few days, Ron and Hermione did not seem any different except that they were a little politer to each other than usual. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She watched the two children decorate the dead branches with paper flowers, and wondered if that was the most that Weep could ever hope for. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It’s different, though, because he’s still here, watching me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see her standing by a fallen, burned-looking tree, waiting for me, watching me come. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Through the window, I watched men and women in smart outfits—in suits and skirts and clicking heels—carrying their coffee to work with a bustle of self-importance. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I just know she is somewhere watching us,” she whimpered. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But in the meantime enemies have got up the Stairs. And what were you up to? You’re supposed to keep watch, aren’t you, special orders or no? What are you for?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

After you neck them for a while, you can really watch them losing their brains. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

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

“I’m going? To East- watch, my lord? Or... where am I...” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He watches her, and watches the screen slide shut, struck by her grace in even this small gesture, learned from centuries of screens slid shut. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched Nadia quickly leaf through the book she held in her hand, then go check it out. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alex thinks their main shared life experience is probably wishing they could set that quote adrift on the ocean between them and watch it drown. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Or a kid who never watches Saturday morning cartoons. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivan and all his remaining brothers were gathered behind her on the road, watching with matching expressions of concern. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I watched until he was lost in the crowd. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Mostly I watch the scary movies playing on the inside of my eyelids. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She watched the domovoi shoving the goats into a messy herd while Babulya stood nearby with her shawl clutched around her shoulders and Kin sitting at her feet, coughing. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The thought of that scruffy old Buttercup posting himself on the bed to watch over Prim comforts me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I watched each circle puff up and felt a lightness I hadn’t felt in so long. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

On Parker Head Road, Mrs. Cobb took her outrage into her house, but Turner looked across the road, and there, sure enough, was Mrs. Elia Hurd, watching by her yellow shutters. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Me and Tommy took a break from cleaning up the game room to watch them shut their doors. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She did not tell him that sometimes when she watched Baby running around with the neighborhood children, so helpless and happy, she wanted to gather Baby in her arms and apologize. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When it is my turn to receive the food, I watch anxiously as the cook stirs the rice soup. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cherish watches through her rearview mirror as I sit, stand, sit, stand, sit. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Char watched over him and intervened when necessary to save him or his victims from the consequences of his chicanery. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I wish I could stay here. Where I live, I'm not allowed to do anything. There's always someone watching, telling me what to do. And it's kind of lonely." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She imagined herself sitting by the river and watching hundreds of birds fly all around and above her. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Abbey and I were curious about what my father had said on TV, but neither of us was brave enough to sit up with Mom while she watched the tape. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Not watching where she placed her feet, she got into the weeds by the side of the road. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I watch the Q&A session as some girls surprise me with almost profound answers, while others stumble over their words. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I feel weird watching her type, so I turn to face the lake, resting my arms on the railing. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Obiora and Chima squatted to watch the children playing on the floor, clustered around the plastic Ludo board and rolling dice. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I wasn’t watching television or receiving guests, I spent time packing, preparing for the journey back to Pátzcuaro. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

We sat without talking for a while, watching the breeze stir the tops of the cotton plants. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I watch to the end of All My Children, but by then even Television Tara doesn't seem right. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The master hunted for a boat, and while hunting, never lost sight of Tice, kept watching his head, just above the water, as he swam toward the opposite shore. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watch as Bruno scurries down the winding road and boards the boat. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Can’t believe she knew and, instead of trying to get me to tell her all the details and find a way to fix it, just watched Netflix with me and rubbed my back. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

On cold rainy days, she huddled in a corner of the big chimney in the cookhouse, watching the constant stirring of the big iron pots. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I really want to knit something, with a warm cup of hot cocoa, and watch cozy witch murder mystery shows on the telecast,” Thorn said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even Balbina knew something was up and came and sat right in front of me so she could watch my mouth. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But with both Mentor and Jonas watching him intently, it seemed a time for honesty. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We stand at the green railing and watch our surroundings change together. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I was watching videos on my phone the next morning when the call came in. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

By that time, the entire class has gathered around and is watching. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned forward, watching the spider so intently, my eyes began to water and blur. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I watch the pile of leaves quiver and shake, and out walks Mango, his fur bristling from being sat on. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Tats has her arms crossed, listening intently to him, and as I watch her, my embarrassment at her behavior slowly dissipates. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Lyra watched her coldly, and then looked up toward the sky. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

That night, it snowed, her first snow, and in the morning, she watched the world outside her window, the parked cars made lumpy, misshapen, by layered snow. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But Benjamin was watching the movements of the men intently. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

We watched the news reporters run to their vehicles and rev their engines. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I just sat there, watching the light wash over the mountains, the way it had a million times before. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hearing her play, and watching how deeply she lost herself in the music, I wanted to play like that. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just flopped down on my belly and watched until they were gone. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She had seen Pearl watching Trip for months, like a mouse watching a cat, longing to be eaten. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But I looked through the window and watched the man make those fedoras. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was late when the man who wound his watch arrived with a kerosene lamp. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

"Let me see . . ." Through the rear-view mirror I could see him studying a wafer-thin watch, replacing it in the pocket of his checked waistcoat. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watched in shock as she took off her dress and shoes, leaving only her underwear on. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But that doesn’t mean I do not watch. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Its song seemed to say that it had come to watch over us. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched him in profile as he turned his head toward Leon. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Safer’s mom watches as Pigeon picks all the chicken out of his stir-fry and pushes it to one side of his plate. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The door opened, and Jinjoo saw her father appear with a young man she recognized as Mr. Pak from their watch store. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He followed him out, set his net above him, and watched while the fog concealed everything. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stand under the pink crepe myrtle tree, watching Mother on the porch. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Drum, fascinated with his acute vision, walked to the edge of the aerie to watch young swallows in their nests in cliff holes across the river. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Having completed his science schedule for the day, he checked his watch. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch him helplessly as we continue to spin. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And a watch for someone on his way to Brazil. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner he would lean back against the base of an old chestnut oak, put his hands under his head, and watch the aerie. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I brought my hands down and watched the red brick exterior of the infirmary, a cheerful building, coming closer. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Claire, approaching on her way to the stream, watched with a smile. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I watched as they handcuffed my father, read him his rights, and put him in the back of the police car. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I watched the indistinct form of the forty-something Puerto Rican through the screen as he turned in bed and sat up on his mattress. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harrison walked away looking wounded and Ugwu did not bother to call him; he went back to watching the children. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They’d walked slowly through the snow, watching carefully for icy places. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point, I threw out Jonathan Swift just to watch the collective coronary they had at the thought of an Irish political satirist. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I loved watching The Perry Como Show; and I found myself totally enchanted by Nat "King" Cole and the song "Too Young." March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Grace didn’t remember much of that visit, other than that they had watched Friends on Netflix. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Hercules watched them with no particular emotion, as if they were some form of seabird he had never noticed before. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was like watching a crocodile submerge in a nature movie.You knew the crocodile was planning an attack, but you didn’t know when. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watches the video as the girls and I watch him, but it’s hard to figure out what he’s thinking. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“But what can I... I can’t just sit here and watch you...” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Tendai asked one evening, as he watched the She Elephant dump dirty plates into the pot of boiling water. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I scattered some grain for the hungry chickens and watched their mad scramble as the rooster called them to peck. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she knew she could not bear to watch her babies die with her. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's an intrusion to watch her, but I can’t avert my eyes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I watch his left hand, his wrist in back, in line with his head. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin stood and watched from the doorway. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d gone down to the pantry so I could watch him slip into Lizzie’s mind and, for no other purpose than to make me laugh, ask her to cluck like a chicken. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Sister Pat added, “The Man is still watching the house.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched as she drank her milk to the bottom of the glass. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced around to see if someone was watching us. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chaol—and all the guards—watched them with hands on their swords. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Now he was quiet, watching the black thing in the water. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you don’t want to dance, we can just sit there at the table, looking siditty by the lamplight and listen to the music and watch the people. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will watched in dismay as the figure of his guide and friend soared up to vanish out of sight among the treetops. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We would hike eight miles, get a room, have a shower, phone home, do laundry, eat dinner, buy groceries, watch TV, sleep in a bed, eat breakfast, return to the trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But none of them looked nervous as they watched me approach. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They would watch him move around and explore, the way other people watched television. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was strange for a child of Aphrodite, but she’d watched her dad, the movie star, deal with fame for years. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had known he would stand watch, but he hadn’t realized he’d command a watch. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he’s glad his brother has moved in with their parents, where he can be watched over, and away from Sien. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Then brothers John and William Garrett grabbed blankets and a pistol and spent the night in the corn house, watching the tobacco barn and waiting, listening for suspicious sounds in the night. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Phnom Penh, I loved to sit and watch him practice karate. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I lay there, hazily watching a dark red spot of my own blood shaping itself into a butterfly, glistening and soaking into the soiled gray world of the canvas. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, I just watched her pack, and I tried to notice as many details as I possibly could. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She slid out from her corner and went after her, watching as the huntress took a seat at the long table with one of her men and a masked reveler dressed as a queen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma led me into the bathroom and watched as I washed my hands, then directed me to dry them on the rose-colored towel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A heavy woman had come from the interior of the boat and stood on the deck, watching the crew at work. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Hugo and Isabelle watched, wide-eyed in wonder, as very cautiously the man’s miniature hand began to move. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He twitched on the ground as I watched in horror. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Like some guy in the soap operas his mom watched. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

We stood apart in a knot and watched them strap on their lamps and gather their tools, and then a bell would ring, a warning to get in the cage. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Daniel Boone is uneasy, you know it’s time to watch your step. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But that wasn’t what made me bolt upright, but the sudden realization of what time it must be—nine-twenty, I saw, when I looked at my watch. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I cannot concentrate enough if I know you watch,” Jiichan explained. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I knew, as I watched, that I was looking at the future of mankind, that this way of living would finally win out. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was watching Marcus—taking pictures and video with their phones—and I had to stand to see over their heads. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“But how are you and I going to watch the game?” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The boy was literally growing up as I watched—growing up because I watched and because I helped to keep him safe. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Out in the hall, I watch closely as Mr. Brademas locks the art room door. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But watch out, Commander, I tell him in my head. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I watched, she drew in her breath, opened her mouth, and began to scream. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It hovered above, watching patiently, waiting for me I slept, and the great bird settled its burning wings around me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I can’t help it. I used to watch them on the river where my mother washed clothes.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I watched them, nevertheless, looking for evidence of those elastic, sturdy strands that bind generations in a web of inheritance. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her whole life, I had watched her climb trees and scale stone walls in the courtyards in town with ease. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Sierra stormed directly into their midst, watching with satisfaction as they swerved out of her way. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

My wife and I sat with him at the kitchen table and watched him eat five Boston cream doughnuts, which he washed down with two glasses of milk. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him walk away slowly up the aisle. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But there was an old set in the farmhouse and another in the Black Barn, and I’d watch every now and then. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A forbidden game to be sure, but Kira found herself puzzling over it often when Thomas wasn’t watching, and the puzzles had begun to explain themselves to her. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hen watched us, cackling nervously, and when we walked around the bush, her beady eyes followed us. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

As the train made its way to wherever we were going, I watched the landscape slide by. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stood for a moment with my back against the door, turning my father’s pocket watch around and around in my fingers to ground myself in the moment. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

So I stood alone on the sidewalk and watched my father drive away. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now I watched her gather up more bricks and stomp back toward her ladder. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Farm kids will strike sparks onto a fresh cow pat and watch it burn. That’s why farmers have to be careful about storing manure. The gas can build up and explode.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He's showing Grim how to play 3-D chess, and just watching that makes me dizzy, so after a while I go out to the kitchen and help clean up, which is something I'm good at. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma watched us go from the front porch. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

So I made my good-byes and watched her enter the side door of the Oaken Oar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wonder how many times he’s watched this video. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He liked to sit back and watch the actors talking and walking about on the screen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I watched my mother chatter with His Lordship. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Mike paused, carefully reassessing the situation as he watched our camaraderie. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Why, Chris, we watched it like hawks. Actually, as far as watching goes and getting the sap into the pans as soon as it came in, we did all that.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

While we eat, we watch the latest Capitol news coverage. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I said nothing, just watched her walk through the door and close it behind her. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Sitting on their rears, my dogs waited and watched. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What?” said Ron, who had been watching Hermione examining the locket. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Laura sat on their bed and watched them comb out their long hair and part it carefully. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still watching Lester’s wrap job, wondering what sort of pulpy mess lay beneath the layers. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I got to watch them—you know—for a bit—your mum and dad. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

How often can you watch a space shuttle launch? Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered if Nemesis was around here somewhere, watching to see what Leo would do. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When the war started up a few days later, we were all there, watching from the comfort of our living room, along with the rest of America. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

At three in the afternoon, Yeste said, “Enough. I am exhausted from the watching.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It is in the eyes of the old men who watch these girls, and the young ones who hold them up. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not know it, but he was being watched. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“For those of you who don’t know, five of the houses that were tented for bugs have been robbed of jewelry, watches, and other valuables.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look up to see him watching me with cruel delight, like a raptor bird trying to decide whether to be bothered devouring a small mouse. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We watched them in broadcast order, starting with The Original Series, though things got complicated after the fifth season of The Next Generation, since its sixth season overlapped Deep Space Nine. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

As I sat there watching him, I wondered what he was thinking. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She spends most of the evening in one of the chairs by the fire, watching events unfold around her rather than participating in them directly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I had to sit there, with my hands in my lap, watching the rain, watching Maxim with his back turned to me, standing by the window. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

While she gathered plants, he watched the cattle grazing in the tall yellow rice grass that grew above the arroyo just to the edge of the juniper trees. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I watch Mazen's face carefully to see if he recognizes my brother's name, but he gives nothing away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He brushed his fingers on a napkin, looked at his watch, arose, and took up his little bag. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Leo watched, a wild gryphon dived out of the clouds. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When you get right down to it, none of us were doing our work properly, because we were all so busy watching Mr. van Daan. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We watched from a spot on the roof, expecting him to go berserk. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I keep my hands raised and my head down, so I’m barely five feet away from her when I see Anna, standing next to her car, hands on hips, watching me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The general had finally been summoned to Afghanistan the month before for a ministry position, and had flown there two weeks earlier—he had left behind his gray suit and pocket watch. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But their eyes give me nothing, and I just watch them as they hold hands and walk. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

The way his small hands curl around ours when we watch TV. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She was the one who’d watched and listened all these years. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Einstein stated that if a number of people watch the same phenomenon—say, the flight of a raven toward a tree, the laws of physics are the same for each observer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

They look at others or themselves only when they think nobody is watching. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And we would sit on that plastic-covered couch and watch the show about the kid who lived inside a barrel.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Just keeps smiling like there’s nothing strange about it, nothing strange at all, that she would catch me watching her. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was standing up, watching George and Grandma, and the bow danced over the fiddle strings. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

You watched your partner’s suit for any sign of a hole or a break. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I waited to see how fine everything was, I watched the theater fill up through this little hole in the stage wings. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At the cemetery, Morrie watched as they shoveled dirt into his mother’s grave. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, they sat in a large hall and watched the children’s production of a Christmas play, about a Nigerian family who find an orphan on their doorstep on Christmas Day. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I wave to show them I mean no harm, but their faces fill with fear and they watch me until I pass. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Alex tosses his head back and laughs, and Henry watches, still grinning. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I watched him on TV as he addressed the nation and Jackie Kennedy as she gave a White House tour. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as I watched, a tiny silver plant sprang out of the soil—a baby moonlace, glowing in the warm summer night. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

We sit at the counter, and Ronan is mesmerized watching Saucepan. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But when I look straight in through the open windows, I feel like I'm watching the end of a happy TV movie. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The little shrunk-up version of the new kid was standing by himself up against the fence due runs around Clark, watching us. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was twelve-thirty, by her watch; they were just in time to stand in line for lunch. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We both watched it move toward the opening over the hay pile, the steady noise of glass over and over and over soft barn wood, a hollow sort of noise. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

For a moment Kira, watching the moonlight and thinking of her mother, didn’t notice. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like you can watch the darkness of the world go by but nothing can see you. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had retrieved the cached ham and watched with pride as Bristle and Runt ate the meat, but he hadn’t touched any of it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When she was safely back in her rooms after the Test, Celaena watched the snowflakes drift from the hills beyond Rifthold. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Stunned at what he was admitting, she could only watch. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Jenna and I stand at the bottom of the school steps watching everyone check each other out. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

"Donna wants me to go to some wedding," he said, "and I told her you would probably watch Matt. Thought you might like some babysitting money." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Descheeny stood on the trail above the spring and watched her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And Gerald's always grooving right next to her, watching her every move. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I watch the line, noting a few unfamiliar faces, older folks I don’t recognize. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

His grandpa was watching TV in the living room. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

In a way, it was like watching TV, because he was such a good storyteller. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

A train was coming into the station, and I pushed through the crowd trying to get to it, all of us blocked by the people standing on the sidewalk, watching the Jews go by. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We passed under one of the watch- towers along the river, and someone noticed a familiar face—a recruit from the class ahead of ours, the guy who had taught us to short-sheet our beds. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked back at Zed, who had been studying me with the same look that I see in the neighbor’s cat’s eyes when she watches baby birds learning to fly. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The beautiful, wild, timid thing breathed softly, caressingly at Rab, but at the same time the queer, crystalline eyes watched Johnny as though sure that this was a boy who ate horses. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Sadie said a good diviner needed to watch, and listen, and wait. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She took a meaningful glance at her pocket watch. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As they passed her they turned and their eyes watched her slowly floating away from them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He shook the raven off, and it flapped its wings and flew to the window, where it sat watching as Mormont drew a roll of paper from his belt and handed it to Jon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Still, I had to swallow my own disappointment as I watched photographers snap pictures that would later appear in USA Gymnastics magazine, Sports Illustrated, Time for Kids. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He filled his wine cup and watched a serving man carve into the pig. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I honestly can’t remember much else about those years except a certain mood that permeated most of them, a melancholy feeling that I associate with watching “The Wonderful World of Disney” on Sunday nights. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I tried to catch up by watching plenty of TV, but I had a long way to go. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The Tillermans silently watched the people move to and fro past them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch as the swirl of cloudy curlicues dance before me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“We must watch the minor gods,” Hera said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Now and again there would be barely stifled giggles as they watched the performance of Silent Sam. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I add to my list: if you want to get away from someone, cf>eck your watch and say- Sorry, gotta go!' Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few animals rummaged for food, and Tally watched in silent horror as a stray rabbit was taken by a wolf, the short struggle leaving only a patch of blood and for. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Now she tickled the fish for a few moments and then lifted her hand suddenly and watched it flash away amid the bright drops from her fingers. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Milkman did not speak; he watched her long fingers travel up her dress, to rest like the wing of a starling on her face. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the moment there was no whispering or movement among the branches; but they all got an uncomfortable feeling that they were being watched with disapproval, deepening to dislike and even enmity. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, as they passed a village, there would be people standing by the tracks, just watching the train pass, as if they had nothing better to do. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We sit on her porch, or I watch while she works her small jungle, snapping off dead leaves, forking rotted manure into her camellias, talking under her breath. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, Ford’s sitting on the floor watching cartoons and chewing the head off my Princess Leia figure. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Her head whacked against the black stone, and he bit down on his yell, forcing himself to remain on the sidelines, forcing himself to watch as Cain broke her apart, piece by piece. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I had fun watching him put the meat through the grinder: once, twice, three times. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He watched Sunny and ran his fingers over Ye’s strings. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

My mother watches as he stretches out my legs and both arms, then has me use weights and resistance bands. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Chubs nodded; we watched Liam go in silence, then Chubs turned to me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I am watching from the cave, but the fire he built—outside the house, in the yard—has burned down. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I watched him pull the chicken meat from around the bone with his fork. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she watched, the Sicilian pulled at the rope again and again and it held firm. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He watched sourly, an unlit cigar clamped between his teeth, as I scrambled aboard an inch ahead of the closing doors. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d just wished Anna a great summer and watched her head out of the classroom to catch her bus when Mr. Terupt said, “Danielle, I see your mother walking across the parking lot.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

She crosses her arms, standing up a little straighter as she watches their back-and-forth. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Just after reading time ended, either on weekends or when we got word of trouble, Mother and Grandma would begin the ritual I watched for my entire childhood. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Five people who watched each other, who now hardly troubled to hide their state of nervous tension. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I step away from the window, sickened by their excitement, knowing they can't wait to watch us die. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Torres children kept watch from their hiding place until the Immigration and Naturalization Service car drove off with its prisoners in the back seat. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I watch the fire-breathing dragon tattoo on her arm slither all the way up her shoulder and wrap around her neck. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Everyone heard when I went,” she breathed, and watched as he sorted through every name he’d ever heard associated with the place, then put the pieces together. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And as she watched, Lord Asriel swung himself up into the seat, fastening a leather harness around his waist and shoulders, and setting a helmet securely on his head. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the fading light, we hadn’t noticed that her mother and father had been standing just down the beach, watching us. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"I mean, not yet. I guess my dad's engaged to his mom. But, no, he's not asleep. We're watching Fraggle Rock." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Everybody remembered the plague of robins that announced her return, and the tale about her watching Hannah bum was stirred up again. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He looked down at his watch to see how much time was left — it had stopped working. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I mean, sometimes I get nervous around him, but I think that’s because everyone else is watching us. Or maybe I’m excited to be friends with him. Or maybe...” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I watched the shadows of the trees move over the dirt. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As she reaches for it, she watches the way the light slips through the heavy pine needles, dapples everything with sweet September light . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He sat watching the lights come on in Gettysburg. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the guy line up a dozen plastic bottles on a card table outside Mr. Georgiou's wrecked pizzeria. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Lidewij took a few steps away to watch a video, and I grabbed Augustus’s hand as we walked into the next room. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Afterward Matt discovered a writhing mass of worms living in the meat, and he watched them grow and eventually turn into buzzing flies themselves. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had spent her life watching other demigods gain amazing powers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Henry Stanton watched Adam grow more gaunt and more silent, and Henry was a man who liked fun—needed it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the Sports Family house only sporadically now. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She looked from the incongruous setup to the landscape around it and then back to Lazlo, who’d caught a bit of his lower lip between his teeth and was watching her, anxious. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She backed into the opening and watched the forest on the other side of the grassland. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the third, I watched as my family slowly bled to death. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I sat there on the wet ground watching Harp and Gully turn the corner. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you watch some TV in the rec room?” he suggests. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I see you are packed and ready. Excellent! The plan, as Harry has told you, is a simple one,” said Dedalus, pulling an immense pocket watch out of his waistcoat and examining it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Wes watched as, across the street, a young man no older than sixteen pulled out a wad of cash, held together by a rubber band, and began showing it off to a friend. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The twins crawled out from behind their rock with a length of rope, Miig watching their six with his revolver behind them. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“She wanted to. She was watching me and crying the whole time. I told her to go away. I didn’t mean to be cruel.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suppose, Paley wrote, a man walking across a heath happens upon a watch lying on the ground. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I was the one who accompanied Bas to the navy office, and watched while he enlisted. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When he was sure she was watching, he ran down the slope with it. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was way early when I got there, so I just sat down on one of those leather couches right near the clock in the lobby and watched the girls. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He purchases a cup of tea and stays in the courtyard, watching the bonfire for a while before wandering back into the paths amongst the tents. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

One hundred thirty-five million people, an audience of unprecedented size, tuned in to watch the spectacle as it unfolded on live television. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

One day in Cambridge she was playing with her grandchildren, watching them fly a kite. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A spectral fog enshrouded the island, blanking it from view, and we broke from rowing to watch it fade. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I put the phone by my side and watch as Rex shakes Jordan’s hand. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

In his peripheral vision, he watched the edges of the city fall away as the Greater Jungle rose to meet them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There was no relief left in Moss, just a tired sadness as he watched Shawna make her way out of the room. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He watches his dad’s jaw in profile now, trying to remember the triumph in the set of it that night. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As they gobbled up the last of the sugary treat, they watched the busy streets filled with pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, bicyclists, and every now and then a fancy automobile from the rich part of town. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He didn't want to spend the rest of his life watching the corn grow. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Before they reached the castle, twenty pairs of eyes were watching them from the gatehouse ramparts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"I should make you wait until Christmas morning," he said, "but I'm sick of watching this." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He sat there with his hard eyes fixed on her, watching her weep, as stony as the statues of the Seven in the sept above. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Was everyone at school watching her, judging her? Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Yolanda watched the absorbed conversation of her mother and lover with growing uneasiness. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, it occurs to me that the other two bounty hunters, whoever they are, will probably be watching me at the Wardraft. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I watch the Home Channel with Lola. It’s our thing. Plus, I have my dad's old sketchbooks with all his house designs.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Al Ulbrickson stood on the floating dock, listening to the lake water lap at the shore, watching them go. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Blackberry, who had finished the fragments of lettuce he had found, was sitting up and looking over the very low side, watching a stone-colored, black-spotted trout swim up into the fall. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had watched Lame Einar, though, help his ewes to bear young in early spring. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I take my time picking out a fork, watching as Zach pays the cashier and leaves. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They sat on their folded blankets and watched the road in both directions. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He slapped my hand over our burritos, and I watched Annie’s expression to see if that was the wrong thing to do. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was like watching wax soften in the sun. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up her Harlett O’Hara gown from the sofa and hung it in the closet while the cockatoo watched her and squawked a bit from its perch. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the duration of the meal the watch rested on his folded paper napkin on the coffee table. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

After Mass on Sunday I go with my friend Billy Campbell to watch them play croquet on the lovely lawn beside their church on Barrington Street. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Before we both faint dead away, Mr. K says to me, “Now watch and perhaps you can learn a thing or two.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I knew he sometimes watched me speak into the machine. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole time he watches us with this blank expression on his face. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ate fluffy eggs and thinly sliced salmon and crescents of fresh melon, watching Curt and his mother, both blindingly golden-haired. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As I watched, one of the British pitched over flat on the road. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Em’s dad reminded Bridge of Em’s mom—he watched reality TV and always knew what meme was going around. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then they set him down on a low branch of a tree and watched the color return to his feathers. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

But Grandma watched the syrup in the kettle. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer watched them go, wondering if he would ever be rid of his father. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I watched as he was taken to the hospital and watched as the culprits were arrested. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I watch as the moonlight glints off the frozen surface, dark and beautiful. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

We were watched around the clock, our visits supervised, even food vendors had their baskets checked at the gate. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched him drive away without noticing her. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I suddenly saw myself from the outside, as if I were watching from a corner of the classroom. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Proof that my ancestors walked that peak, watching and waiting, angels at their command. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I imagine the Ghost in the rafters, and the Roach in his mask, watching proudly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I knew that my little sister was watching the road and waiting for our return. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The basement where he used to watch Dog Squad on Thursday nights. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Cora had no intention of watching the weekly spectacle but looked forward to one last stretch in the bed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“It was only a watch. Nobody got hurt, not like that poor Ross Wilcox lad. Nobody died. Be more careful with fragile things in the future, that's all. Is there anything left of the watch?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“People will just watch you being hacked to death and put to flames. Besides, you don’t have a permit to enter Alexandra.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dawit knew the routine well, and so he went back to watching the soccer match on the tiny television that he kept behind the counter. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I turn to the window and, without moving the curtain, watch through the sliver of a gap. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“He’s at the corner, Matant. He watches over this house, you know.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But Frederick says nothing more, and both boys lie motionless a long time, watching the blue spokes of moonlight rotate through the room. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Soon the door swung open and a dozen other new arrivals entered, escorted by several Executives and a pair of men wearing fine suits and two watches apiece. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

While her proud parents watched, Shirley lovingly deposited the coins in the china pig. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I turned my face to the ceiling, I just couldn’t watch. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was watching a chance to grab me. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care what he is. He just better watch out when he’s riding that skateboard on the sidewalk.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt watched the milling crowd of guests and recalled their names, business connections, and scandals. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him eat a grilled nutria once at my uncle Henry’s annual game cookout, and I couldn’t even taste that thing. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I watched a teacher go over to him and take the whistle away. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I can’t remember what I was watching, but at some point I must have felt lonely, or happy, or something, because 1 wanted to talk to someone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nick watched his mom and dad while Mrs. Chatham talked, looking from one face to another. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bast scrubbed roughly at his eyes, then watched his master go. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The movie you’d been waiting to watch for months sucked when it finally came to theaters. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When their Dad went back to his watch work he carried Ralph with him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Speechless, too bewildered by this to voice any of the dozen urgent questions that pressed at her mind, she sat by the fire and watched him leave the room. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

How much do you think can be learned about Sue and Bill’s marriage by watching that fifteen-minute videotape? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

They watched, silently at first, and then they began to smile and to chuckle, and to call out questions. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

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

She knows the white lady isn't the only one who's watching, listening, waiting, to end this fight. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Nothing to do but sit and watch, still his body. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He suddenly got the distinct feeling that he was being watched by someone. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She watched herself real careful like it was a crafts project. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miles seemed to sense that she was watching him. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like watching the sun rise, Dimple thought, or the streetlights come on at dusk. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

On that Saturday night I stood here, at the entrance to the underpass, and watched Anna getting into Tom’s car. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, they watched enough to put the fear of God in us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

With his face pressed between the balusters, he watched a line of dark turbans file into the house, met by Habib, his back straight and tense. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

On the way home an old woman on the bus kept watching them, her eyes shifting from Mrs. Sen to Eliot to the blood- lined bag between their feet. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

As we settled in the living room and Farmer watched Catherine play with her stuffed animals, Didi called to him from the kitchen. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon became a mouse to get closer to it, and rested his tiny paws on the edge, his button eyes bright black with curiosity as he watched the needle swing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Beautiful Freya stood at the gateway, watching him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He gave me a look—a look that seemed to say, You watch out because someone might think you are afraid. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not really. Some old woman comes and watches me, though.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Lupita watched him take the wire handle off the full box and fasten it to one of the empty ones. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I stayed there for months playing back every minute of our time together, watching it like I watched the movies, trying to make sense of the days we buried squandering love. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned back against the parapet and took out a cigarette as he watched her bobbing and receding form fade into the dusk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But also lots of gold watches and big diamonds in rings. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alice and Cyrus watched them go out the door, and then she asked one of her rare questions. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the headlights twist with the curves of the road. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Only the children stayed to watch him eat. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The controllers monitored everything and were ready to help in any way they could, but the communication latency between Hermes and Earth rendered them powerless to do anything but watch. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Day after day he went into the room where Lotus lay indolent upon her bed and he sat beside her and watched her at all she did. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He began restoring his testing gear to his briefcase; the two Rosens watched silently. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I watched her face as she broke into her smile and drank more. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barely listening to the music, she watched the frenzy of insects flitting around the light, vying to kill themselves. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watches me a second before running his fingers through his hair. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The only actual poll I ever took myself was informal and designed to answer the burning question: What percentage of college women enjoy watching the Three Stooges? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is two and a half days after they watched the Casino Joe’s fireworks show on the bank of the Mississippi River in Dubuque, Iowa. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They all continued to watch the action onstage. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faces watched from candlelit windows, and people began to emerge from alleys and doors, but no one moved to help. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“We watched you buzzing that one house over and over.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It's like watching complete strangers in another Hunger Games. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Brown was so stubborn about his decision that even after the fire he was able to write arrogantly in a letter that “I am still standing the watch that burned Chicago.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She watched to see how the njuzu would handle the problem. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonas watched as his father poured a fresh cup of coffee. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

As he went up the second flight of stairs, he saw Hooper, standing in his own doorway, watching. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Stella watched out of the corner of her eye as Spoon Man chomped down on his third cookie and covered his mouth to stifle another burp. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Vanderbeekers watched as she slid the papers from her desk into a manila envelope. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I'm sitting on the couch watching a dumb romantic comedy with my parents. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

For a minute, I stand there, watching them. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

They were a way to keep employees safe and honest, and they offered a thrill to anyone who enjoyed watching others take their pleasure. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ignatius said, watching the wan little policeman try to control the old man. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember everybody watching, but, fact is, it didn’t bother me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a long time, all I can do is take tiny sips from my bottle and watch a beetle crawl up the side of a honeysuckle bush. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It seemed wrong, like those football players who finally retire and have to face that first Sunday at home, watching on TV, thinking, I could still do that. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Odin took Hel down to the lightless world, and he showed her the immense hall in which she would receive her subjects, and watched as she named her possessions. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Nobody finished the rhyme, but everyone was watching her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But Finn couldn’t resist watching a tiny crawling thing slither out of Joe’s hand and down his pant leg. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We courted decorously, not like Dede and Jaimito, two little puppies you constantly have to watch over so they don’t get into trouble— Mama has been telling me the stories. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped the people at the store watched the news. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She watched the water rise and listened to the cracking and booming of caverns collapsing. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I spent two shifts and some overtime watching an inmate from Tappan who an officer had seen swallowing something white during a routine pat-frisk. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His television, the only one in the neighborhood, would draw a big crowd of men who wanted to watch the afternoon news and drink tea. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

I watch everyone else recover from the memory serum that altered them permanently as if from a great distance. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Kyril Montana watched the chopper start, lift jerkily off the meadowland, and rise at an awkward slant, then whizz down the canyon, almost clipping treetops. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My head leaning against the carriage window, I watch these houses roll past me like a tracking shot in a film. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Huygens worked on the mathematics of the pendulum and the design of watches, but he also discovered the rings of Saturn. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Within a day or two he had left; Galileo was thus in Rome as the Jesuit astronomers turned their telescopes on Venus and watched it move towards a half-circle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When I checked my watch, it was six thirty and I still had not bought the shoes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Sitting alone in the dark, watching the show on my laptop, I always found myself imagining that I lived in that warm, well-lit house, and that those smiling, understanding people were my family. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I watch Ruby trudge sullenly through the four-o’clock show, and I wonder: What will happen if I fail? The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Finnick offers to take the first watch and I let him, knowing it has to be one of the two of us until Peeta’s rested up. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She made her way out of the crowd toward the edge of the Square, where she stood with her back to a cold brick wall and watched the festivities. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too bad they didn’t have a VCR to watch it on. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I just stay there, watch while she roll real slow down the road. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I watched the people purge their homes at the start of the new moon. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It was one of my favorite movies, and watching it together once a year had become our thing. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise watched his self-important little face and almost laughed when she reflected that the South was indeed pitiless to reward its public servants with extinction. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Sergio walks up next to me and watches the waves and the moonlight now taking over the sunlight. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He was watching cartoons on television, violent ones, little animals that looked like weasels cracking up cars and bashing each other on the head. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I leaned back against the sofa and watched him do a sort of swim-dance around the girls. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Almost the last thing I remember was standing with Daisy and watching the moving picture director and his Star. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Ice drove me on home and I watched as he cruised away. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The fire captain who now approached him had heard of scythe-related fires, but never had such a thing happened on his watch. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Isaac the Joiner stood watching the group of them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

From the train window I watched as miles of flat land went speeding by. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The incredible effort of moving the boy to Boston, then watching him die, later struck me as an object lesson in the difficulty of Farmer’s mission, perhaps in its ultimate futility. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I decided I would watch her and listen to what she said, but deep down I would have nothing at all to do with her. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I threw the watch to the ground as hard as I could. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

During the execution, the crowd did not cheer but watched, silent and devoid of emotion, as if it were the slaughter of an animal for food. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all sat together on the ground floor and watched a story Lupita already knew. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Wrapped in the blankets, watching the nameless dark come to enshroud them. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Under the trees, on pounded dirt and among mud puddles from fresh rains, people set up stands for selling umbrellas and plastic wrist watches. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the family lives in apartments, so on weekends my uncles gather there to watch football and eat themselves sick. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I change the jewelry every week to always have a fresh supply of their blood. And for some reason—it even evades my scientists—your blood allows me to watch them." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

For a small sum, we had been allowed to watch from afar as hundreds of workers crawled ant-like over the lumber skeletons. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Markus Wolf had waited out the fall of communism and now watched the dissolution of his longtime protector, the KGB. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I bowed my head, watched the cherry float around in my glass. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Kondrachev had come from Moscow, where as a KGB agent he kept watch on US embassy personnel, trailing them throughout the city. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

All the time I was watching the stranger out of the corner of my eye. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zooey watched her for a full minute or so, then said, not precisely kindly, but without importuning, “Franny. What about it? Shall I try to get Buddy on the phone?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Zombie Killers Part Three. A modern classic,” I said, sitting on the edge of my bed to watch. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

We watched it drip through and were strangely proud. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Hell was mentioned a lot more often in the shows he watched on TV. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I watched, they highlighted a wiggly line on the map. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And if they ever call you by your first-middle-last name, you better watch out. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He watched them, paralyzed by the sadness of the scene. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The members of the horde watched the way he strode purposefully about. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Jim and his friend watched the cooling machine being set up. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

At night the pool is quiet, and I swim laps and then just float, watching the ceiling or closing my eyes, all the sounds foggy and distant, the lifeguard keeping watch. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Chucha and I clutch each other and watch the men pulling open drawers, throwing my clothes on the floor. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Frederick sits on the back patio most days and watches the wind drive discarded plastic bags across the lot. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

How high was it, how long did I watch it before I shot, and what was it doing? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d just watched the guy we were looking for, Daedalus, murder his own nephew. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He kisses me, watching me all the time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he didn’t have a Newton on his lap, he looked out the window to watch the snow falling. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

When our turn in the next amateur bouts came up, all of my brothers and sisters were 24 there watching, along with just about everyone else I knew in town. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the other men at the party bow, too, clustering around Chief, jostling to outlaugh one another when Chief made a joke. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I felt nostalgic as I watched the Volkswagen disappear down the street, and I was not sure why. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some read, a few watch television, one lady knits. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

She followed her and found Sosie stretched out on her back in the sand, watching the clouds and stars perform their own choreography. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He invites me over to watch movies and I guess I just assume that his parents will be out for the night. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He knew about Assef, the kite, the money, the watch with the lightning bolt hands. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We watched the pickup truck depart, then took our bearings. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I remember watching the president of the university stand and weep. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I just didn’t want to keep watching it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The rest of the audience was watching her, waiting for Charlotte’s next line, and George didn’t disappoint. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

And as I watched Clarisse and Chris singing a stupid campfire song together, holding hands in the darkness, where they thought nobody could see them, I had to smile. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Men, women, and children watched as a mechanical dragon-like creature with a swastika painted on its armor trampled humans to death while a trumpet blared and a loudspeaker screeched, "Heil Hitler!" Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Jethro watched horse and rider for as long as he could see them; then he flipped the lines across the backs of his team. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You know the rules, boy. No sparring unless the boss or me is watching. He's not here, and I ain't got time." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got there early, or the train was late, and I watched her as she stepped from the doors. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though watching television helps take my mind off Mango, I’m aware that usually he would be sitting on my lap watching with me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Boo Boo not only listened to his voice, she seemed to watch it. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

But he watched them, tilting the mirror so that he could look down into the drive without being seen himself. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She begins watching tons of television as a way to master American culture. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I began drifting from store to store, hanging around outside where things like apples were displayed in boxes and barrels and baskets, and I would watch my chance and steal me a treat. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not long ago, one of the world’s top tennis coaches, a man named Vic Braden, began to notice something strange whenever he watched a tennis match. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

No. I want to watch you capturing someone’s emotion. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she catches me watching, she looks between the Tribal boy and me and waggles her eyebrows. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

This was the first time Chester had been able to watch where he was going on the subway. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few sellswords turned to watch them pass, and a camp follower sniggered, but no one moved to interfere. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“And by the way…” He watched her contemptuously as she made her way, shuffling around a boulder in the path. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“As soon as he finds out Alfhercht’s here, watch what he does.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

While the two talked, I had watched a shadow creep out of the narrow alley between the Sleepers’ hall and the building I was in. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both he and the helmsman returned to watching the water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

We stood against the chain-link fence in front of the dead man’s neighbor’s house watching the gargantuan canine panting and licking his chops and whining inside the car. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He let his hands drop as she spoke, his eyes watching her mouth. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Heavy television watching creates a sedentary lifestyle, less activity, more weight gain, even obesity. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Beside her, in the sand, the laughing children imitated Einar, dragging their feet and limping dramatically, and then watching the furrowed ruts they made fill with seawater and smooth over. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As long as he had his tool belt, Leo Valdez wasn’t going to sit around helplessly watching the Demigod Death Channel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The other kid, who thought Fufi was Spotty, had to watch his mother sell the dog he thought was his. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She had sat in the pews of different courtrooms for months, and the emotion of watching the sentencing of the final defendant in the slaying of her husband was overwhelming. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

"Well," sneered the soldier, "no one ever won a wound by boasting, eh? Young Wiglaf against the Firedrake! That should be a fight worth watching! When are you going to volunteer?" Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so much fun trying to trick our watch officer that before long all the other Navajos were doing what I did and not taking their Atabrine. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went up into the den to watch morning cartoons. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

As I watched Chandra and her bridegroom leave for his home, I felt my last bit of happiness disappearing. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

But still he was useful for he watched the labor of others and he stood by when the grain was weighed and measured. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

While you shined shoes, I learned, you also kept watch on customers inside, leaving the urinals. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

These are the kinds of places where people buy gold watches and real paintings and jewelry and expensive clothes. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The two walked up a third time, each jockey watching the nose of his rival’s mount. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were around me now, inspecting my body, and I watched with growing bewilderment, thinking, what is a factory hospital? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I can, and it’s going to be tremendously fun to watch.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He did another laugh, but then when I glanced up, I saw he was watching me with a serious expression. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Capt. Draper hath asked me to watch this Negro Fiddler & acquaint the Boy with the Ways of our Company. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Penn’s stroke man, Lloyd Saxton, watching the bow of the Husky Clipper coming up behind him, raised his beat to a killing forty-one. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The grade of Nineteenth Avenue was so daunting for the engines of the day that watching automobiles straining for the top became a local pastime. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He passed a circle of men watching a tall thin black boy dressed in a flowing red dress, dancing, kicking heels. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just watches me, his silent calm unnerving. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I lifted my head, watching him go, and smiled. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And watching those dark waters from my sickbed on the boat, I was scared that my aunt’s words had come true. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t think you’d make it all the way today, so I didn’t bring the watch down to the pool with me.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“You could watch with your insight and turn me back again if it got too bad. Please turn me into something, or I shall go weak in the head.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sister read Doña Laura's note explaining that this was an offertory bank, and everyone got to work a penny in the cloud and watch the little figure rise. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Both of them watching, waiting for me to do something I can’t even dream about. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I just watched her cry and finally I said, “Don’t cry, Mom, please don’t cry.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

All the time, Leopard was watching this, watching, watching. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“She was hungry! Look, we’ll just watch her for a while. If she’s fine, then we know that fruit is safe to eat. We might have found a food source, okay?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Abilene balanced the watch on his left leg. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

DeeDee lay back on the pillows, bare-legged under her green wool dressing gown, and watched me with a little mocking smile. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I turned the TV on, and sat and watched the news, but this time I really watched it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I stopped to watch for a minute, and a kid called over to me, “Hey! Give me one of those tickets!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I've been preoccupied with watching the boy from District 2 send a spear through a dummy's heart from fifteen yards. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I looked out into the audience and saw my parents watching me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He nodded; I could feel him watching me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He watched the girl cast one final wary look over her shoulder as she reached the doorway; then she disappeared into the building’s shadows. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I often watch television while doing my chores, making sure to turn off the set fifteen minutes before they come home, so it has time to cool off. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We just watch her—Blanche of Castile, Queen Mother of France—flailing and sinking into the crescent bay. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He checked the time on the glass clocks against the time on his uncle’s railroad watch, which he kept with his tools and wound diligendy every morning. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Wes watched his mother as she moved from the window to her closet to look for a pair of shoes to wear with her white dress. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I consider sneaking out and watching from the shadows. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the sentence stands, the opening word, miraculously, refers to the watching, not the operating. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead she sat at the water’s edge, as she had done when Ess was littler, and watched the others jump and shout. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But in talking with these bright young people, I learned that they had watched my release on television and were familiar with events in South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They vowed as they watched the pyre burn that when they were grown they would take vengeance upon Thebes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

At home, my parents are in the family room watching TV. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It seemed so scary to me—a man shot in the back at night, unable to defend himself, with his family watching him die in his own driveway. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As I watched Mom dish eggs and Soyrizo onto two plates, I thought about the family tree assignment for Spanish class. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Just looking at St. Helens out her window made her feel calm, as if it were watching over her somehow. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo chipped off a portion of the termite nest with Uncle Kufa’s knife, while watching carefully for the mambas that inhabited such places. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He listened to his watch tick “She won’t phone back,” he said. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even as happy as my mother seems about this, she is still watching me in a way that makes me uncomfortable. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had learned from watching Rupert a few minutes before that the quicker you answered the quicker you were released. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Annabelle would catch him watching her and her friends, same as that boy on the grass is doing now, making sure he doesn’t do anything to shame himself from the circle. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I imagine myself sprawled on the pink blanket watching TV and eating watermelon. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Your job is to watch over these children.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Together they watched as the green sea lolled about, the waves hardly peaked enough to break against the rocks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It may be that in all our reading science books and watching videos, this information had made its way to us before. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Besides, he told Kwang in Korean, this man bought the watch many months ago, during the winter, and he was being generous enough in offering him another one. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt Dadi watch me for a good long time, like she was trying to decide whether to say anything else on the subject or not. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I lay next to Harry in his bed, watching the changing light reflect on the painted angels peering down from the ceiling. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I was too embarrassed about getting tricked to tell on them so I went in the house and watched TV. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will lay there while Beetle watched to see was he alive or was he dead. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other than that, Luke barely said a word for the next fifteen minutes, doing nothing but picking at a salad and casually watching the entrance to the cafeteria. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

His first three models were large, clumsy, heavy instruments, but his final masterpiece was not much larger than a heavy pocket watch. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Mutually counting on each other, watching each other’s backs, forcing each other to be brave. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I gestured with my raised hand and watched her eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

You could tell that she was a world champion just by watching her march. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He never minds if I go in there and watch games with him. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

His tone is light, as though this is a casual request, but I can feel him watching me, his eyes on my face. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as if she sensed that someone was watching, the lady turned slowly around and studied Hanako for a moment before turning away again. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

People bring in their own foldup chairs and lawn chairs, and so sometimes it looks more like the congregation is watching a parade or sitting at a barbecue instead of being at church. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

We watch the trees, the sky, the signs, the road. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I put the watch down and went into Shreve’s room and got the iodine and painted the cut. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the header, I write: “We’ll spend less time watching TV.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Quincy, flushed and happy, agreed to all this, but more seriously he warned Johnny to watch out for himself. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth watched the crowd with big eyes and shy smiles for strangers, but she did not release my hand and kept her doll baby clutched tight to her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Redfern runs down to help, and I cross my arms and watch as the scene unfolds. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We’re all awestruck—watching the flames reach higher into the sky, creating snakelike trails. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to be on a list now. Someone’s going to be watching you. I don’t need that kind of heat on me.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt Dorian watching her—and not in the cautious way that Chaol sometimes watched her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I watched them cruise in and around the cove in the Whaler, with Vern wrapped in a blanket as if he had already fallen in. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The kids played outside for a while, but then came inside to watch DVDs while Kathy caught up with Patty and Mary Ann. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Joe watched the red taillights recede and disappear into a dark shroud of rain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We stop at the end of the Schouwburg's block, close enough to see the theater’s entrance without looking like we’re actively watching. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause; I felt Chubs’s eyes slide over to me, but my own were fixed on the tents, watching for trouble. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I watched you from the window of the bedroom next door.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The next class assignment was for us to watch the presidential debates on television, take notes, and discuss them in class. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Made him feel worse than I did watching poor Trevor leveling the floor like some drifter slaving for a night’s rest in a bed. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

They play back the last few minutes of taping and I watch the woman on the screen. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Neither one of us had a watch on, but going by the sun we had slept more than half the morning away. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy to watch the figures on the cash register, then hand over paper money and pocket the change. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes land loomed where there was no land and flicked out like a bubble as the children watched. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I know now that he was watching as I came up the road and was expecting me to come to the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He’d pull over on the highway and watch her from a distance, too far for her to come over, but not so far that she wouldn’t see him. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At the top of the stairs that lead to the gardens, a squat man is watching us. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Then, because Daniel is a great friend, he gets very quiet so that they can just watch and listen, and have thinking time. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m O.K., Mama,” Ben answered, still watching his father. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With aching, trembling fingers I pull the watch from my pocket. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

News of the failed crop came in, and sitting in the coffeehouse, the boys had watched the prices on the chalkboard rise, trying to contain their glee. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I cursed myself for being a fool in agreeing to come with my father and began watching carefully his every move. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dale looked around as if someone might be watching. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Every teacher, the office secretary, the principal, even the school nurse and the custodian, all seemed to be watching, always watching. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch what I eat and I don’t have any more than the other girls at lunch. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Wheeze, you better watch out walking that way,” she said. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And they told us you were dead,” Olanna said, watching him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t letting evil prevail by watching and doing nothing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Eventually, our heads return to the stage and the Director, who has been standing there, unfazed, watching the scene unfold, not saying a word. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When his sandwich came he picked it apart, ate the bacon and left the rest, while I drank my drink and watched the Lakers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We walk past the Hub and through the open gate, watching, waiting, as others file onto idling buses that will take them to the train station and airports and home. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The voyageurs watched from a distance as the baby crawled in a circle, whimpering and pitiful. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He lifted the flap of the sheet to watch it come down. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blackavar ate the clover and Bigwig took up his usual place as Chervil arrived to watch the Mark go out. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, for the rest of the year, you get the pleasure of watching President Bonehead giving speeches, running assemblies, and making a complete idiot out of himself. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

They saw the flames tall and furious, they saw the roof fall and watched the fire die down as quickly as a twig fire dies. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some she had learned from watching Flo caring for Flint and Flame. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I watched a gymnast do a back handspring skill on the vault, and I immediately wanted to try out the same move on the kiddie springboard. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I’ll stay with you. I can watch your nose and tell you when it’s not red anymore.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been watching you. I thought you were up to something.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Antonapoulos watched him drowsily, and his friend did not know just what he really understood. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sookie and I stood, watching a story about a house fire outside Boston. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She watched them, lifted her wings to migrate with them, then folded them back in place. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I remember looking over at Moms, watching her crack up a little. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

My mom takes the middle so Charlie can watch the plane take off from the window. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The forms sat on my desk for a week before Robin walked with me to the post office and watched me hand them to the postal worker. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So I watch as the ropes get pulled tight around the kids’ necks. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Naomi watched the feet of the women as they crowded around the mirror. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

You can watch animals and see what they do. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I liked to watch the nurses leaning in toward the glass, cooing over little Samson. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I like to watch his hands as he works, making a blank page bloom with strokes of ink, adding touches of color to our previously black and yellowish book. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

An old watch from another time and no parts to fix it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She ran, and Roger, who was watching wide-eyed as the pale daemons drifted out of the building, waded toward her through the thick snow. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I am watching through the keyhole... and when she gets out of the tub to dry herself I see that her body is different from mine. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But two days later, after school, my mother came out of the kitchen and saw me watching TV. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ryan looked around to make sure no one was watching before lifting Ralph out of his pocket and placing him in an overturned boot. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

And I love to watch the boys climb up palm trees to cut down the oil nuts. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Trefusis watched me go, as the children, screeching with delight, were beset upon by lions. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I saw people on the sidewalk, watching something. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd continued talking as the captain approached the body, then turned to one of the guards watching him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I say, watching as he notes that down too. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But you know how when you watch the Brady Bunch, you think, “Oh, come on! Nobody is this happy. What’s wrong with you people? And who picks out your CLOTHES?” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have been watching you for a long time,” she said. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they acted like newlyweds, and it was kind of embarrassing to watch. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She didn’t need one more chick to watch over. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He wondered what Val was feeling as she watched him kneel, forgiven. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Who’s got a watch with a second hand? 2ND JUROR: I have. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was ready to kick Vonetta under the table but Big Ma told her to watch herself. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help smiling as I watched him trot down the alley. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

This doesn’t mean there was anything sneaky about his way of watching, or anything sentimental either. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I give her the glass and watch as she swallows the pill and water. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I leave the safety of our numbers and crouch near the photograph, watching her the whole time. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

My hope for my grandmother’s recovery faded day by day as I sat in the basement of Princeton Hospital and watched her suffer. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

So we merely look at them, watching the ants hiding their pill-shaped eggs in panic, the snakes pouring themselves into darkness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

If she was watching me it was, “No, no, no. He doesn’t leave the house.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I remember it was Sunday because I was out of school, which meant I could go down to the wharf and watch. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jemmy decided to sit with Captain Nips to watch for road hazards. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

A husky blond dude, like a surfer, stood in the corner of the bedroom keeping watch over me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

My mother was watching Lily with narrowed eyes and then a faint smile crept over her lips. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She stood, too, and together they watched the gulls riding the waves. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I found I could not breathe as I watched his face tell this story, and the faces of the others as they received the news. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children played while parents and elderly retirees watched from their benches. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell by the looks on their faces that they had been watching for some time. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red said with mock hurt and winking at the men who watched from the store. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

First she watched him for a long time, chewing on her thumbnail. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I lifted myself on my elbow and looked at my dollar watch, which lay on the chair at the bedside. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And watching myself in the mirror now, I see that part of my problem was the tools I was using. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

We could watch him in his rocking chair on his front porch, his eyes squinted, halfclosed, endlessly traveling to Honolulu. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was watching an action movie by myself. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I thought about the other kids watching me while I ate, and my stomach cramped up painfully like it had the day before. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Foremole stood watching as two of his team started the dig. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He wondered about watching an adult movie, but the pay-per-view device by the phone needed a credit card. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to watch it hit the rim and see what would happen. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It changed shape as I watched—from a dragons head to a circle of black flames to a wreath of human bones. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But I clung to the job because I got enough to eat and no one watched me closely and measured out my food. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She catches me watching her, then flips her long straight hair over her shoulder. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Even if Mong stabbed me on the beach and I had to watch my blood go into the sand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Something happened inside me as I watched him sitting there looking in my file. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He watched the snow for a silent moment, the needles of it blurring past the leaded panes, then turned again to look at her. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A week later, he ran a field of milers off their feet, stopping the watches in 5:03, three seconds faster than Pete’s record. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Although I watched the other girls, I could not thread it. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Two: The new season of Queen of Neat premiered in a few short hours, and Abby was staying to watch it with me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Suspended means being stuck at the Smoky Inn, watching Charlie and hoping Mama doesn’t stay mad. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

With watering mouths, we watched Lissa and her father eat their dinner. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I looked up as I delivered the bowl and saw Frank watching intently. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I watch myself in the mirror across the room. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe girls were different that way, huddling together like penguins instead of just staying under the covers and watching Netflix all day. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Nine hours and forty-five minutes,” said Jake, glancing at his watch. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

We had watched many scenes like this since his return, with Papa acting so crazy sometimes you could almost laugh at the samurai in him, trying to cow her with sheer noise and fierce display. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy watched as the fingers of the man turned the pages one way and then the other until he found what he wanted to read. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doted on her sons, watched over them carefully, and made it her business to keep them away from sin and foolishness. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Shackleton now ordered the men to keep “watch and watch,” four hours on and four hours off, and to sleep fully dressed in boots, mittens, and hats. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I watched a young woman who came in, found her table, put her head down, and went to sleep while awaiting her beau. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch her for a moment, and then I wander over to the prop table, where literally everything is out of place. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Annabelle stands at the window and watches the arc of headlights as her mom and her brother leave the Best Western parking lot. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My mother says that being married to my father is like having another child to watch after, one who’s too big and unpredictable to put in time-out. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He watched a woman roll someone’s fingers in a pad of ink, then turn them from side to side on a form of sorts. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the background the tents were coming down, the wagons were hitching, but some of the men of the Regiment had come out to watch and listen. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, he watched the kid Renault, looking as if he was ready to faint with fright, his face pale and eyes wide with dread, and Archie having fun with him. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve forgotten there’s a man sitting at the window, watching the street and the yard through the crack in the curtains. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

If someone had been watching either of my live security vidfeeds, they would have seen a brief flash as the cameras switched to night-vision mode. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But if you wanted to watch them in English, the original American audio would be simulcast on the radio. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Moushumi leans over the pan, watching the contents come to a simmer, prodding the pieces of chicken with a wooden spoon. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The coin winked into sight and as quickly slipped out of sight, and the man did not even watch his own performance. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reports they come back with are encouraging: They have met lots of natives and have been welcomed into their villages, invited to eat with them and watch their dances. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

We’d talk about the shows we’d watched, rehashing the plots, recalling the dialogue until all our memories were polished smooth and false. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Spoon Man, Stella noticed, simply sat there and watched the activity around him, sipping from a cup of sweet tea, nibbling Mama’s sugar cookies, and burping occasionally. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Walking up to the edge of the playground, I stopped to watch. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned my head against the couch, watching my sister, wishing I could make her happier. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, I watch the world from this protected place. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

To my left, one of the Centurions is watching. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She saw Con still watching her, waiting for an answer. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mostly she watched...everything: us kids playing in the river, the way the trees tilted to the north towards what was left of the natural landscape beyond the clear-cuts stripped of topsoil. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I slide it into the microwave and stare through the window, watching the carousel turn as the food starts to smoke. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She watched him close his eyes and let out a long breath through his nose. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I stood by and watched as everything Pike loved went up in flames. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The watch Vonetta had let her “hold” and never got back. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

They walked deeper and deeper under the school, constantly checking their watches to see how much time they had left. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Tell me when you have a gig somewhere. I’ll come watch you.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

They were all looking around the house as if they were finally seeing the inside of a building they had long been watching from afar. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

My sister would have her pick of men, and she watched them all to see who pleased her the most. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The man who wound his watch told the story of his sixteenth birthday. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He wiped the marble counter with his dirtcolored rag that he held in his hairy watch hand. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stranger reached them as silently as the fog itself, and he watched the proceedings unfold, from the shadows, and he said nothing. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I just watched an episode where Steve Austin fights a Russian Venus probe that landed on Earth by mistake. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Before I left, she told me to look after you. You’ll need someone to watch your back for you.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like watching him sit on the sofa, staring into space, quiet and nearly invisible, while inside his mind ideas for fun projects whirl around like sparks and colors. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says it’s disgusting to watch somebody keep blowing her nose. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

And Wang Lung stood watching them go across the court, his wife and his son, bearing gifts to the head of a great house. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She watched the stars come out, one by one, until the sky was filled with a million points of light. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I watch him scramble up the beach, then the bluff, with his head down, shoulders hunched, thinking about Clark Gable knows what. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She watched as the grandmother slid the grapes into her purse. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Chaol stopped before a door and informed the six sentries posted outside to watch the women and the princess’s guards. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And there I was, on the sidewalk, watching them file past, unable to move. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our father had left the house that morning to watch the rally from the rooftop of a nearby building. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Johnny sat close to Mr. Quincy, watching the Justice’s nervous, taut hands, listening to his ‘What have we heres’ and quick questions to the men and women shoved up before him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then as he had kept watch Sam had noticed that at times a light seemed to be shining faintly within; but now the light was even clearer and stronger. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He watched Leon storming away, pushing his way through the tumultuous corridor, disappearing into the swarming stream of boys. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have a TV at home, so I watched it a lot. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t have to watch the surprise in their eyes, or the pity or the glee, at how far she had fallen, at how her lofty aspirations had been dashed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I plop down on a bench, watching people pass by as they go through the sliding doors of the hospital. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

You’d be better off watching the Three Stooges than to interview them, like to go interview my father, forget it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had the sense someone was watching me and laughing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw her watching and waved his arm at her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z