When Turner wasn’t watching his father, he translated the Aeneid—he figured his father would want him to be keeping that up—or he walked along the far coast, away from Malaga Island. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I whip around, afraid he’s going to be angry over us watching his tape, but he just smirks and takes a swig from a bottle of wine. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

We spend most of the day watching movies. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The man was black, in his sixties, and watching him interact with the prisoners down the row, it was clear he was a man of God. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He let his hair grow, he spent his free time on deck, looking out, watching the water come at the ship and disappear behind it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Drew didn’t make a move to turn off the NBA highlights show he was watching, but I was too wired to sleep anyway. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I remember watching it all and getting that tickling in my chest and thinking to myself: This is what happiness feels like. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without Chaol to stand near, she lingered beside a pillar, watching the competitors file in, flanked by guards and their trainers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Across the gym, Spoon and Bud were watching Angel and Jose spar in the ring. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the time I could see them watching me like a hawk, waiting for a chance to say Well I’m not surprised I expected it all the time the whole family’s crazy. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took my prosthetics off and, with the other boys watching, I hoisted myself up on my hands. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Nora and I walk ahead with Tank, and suddenly I’m nervous with Rebecca watching us. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I have been an expert at watching him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

Jonathan watched him silently, watching the slow, limping shuffle and stride of the weakened leg. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I lifted my head to toss a load of snow onto the bank, I saw her watching me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Will squeezed Ama’s wrist and darted forward, watching the ground in case he stumbled, running fast and low. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

People were watching now, so she hit him again. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

Gram and I poked our noses into an old fort, and then sat on the grass watching a group of Native Americans dance and beat drums. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Maddie was watching us with a sly little look on her face, so I cleared my throat and immediately put three feet between me and Sahil. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At eleven o’clock on the night of the fifteenth, a government sedan picked up Lawrence for the bumpy three-hour ride to Compania Hill, a watching post twenty miles from the bomb site. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Frankie knew our target, had been watching him for long enough to know the inside of his house, the inside of his bedchamber. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The timekeeper at the finish line later said he had to ask the other kids in the race who’d won because everyone was watching me instead. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Late one afternoon, a few days before Minnijean was to leave, I sat on the side of her bed, watching her pack. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laugh, watching the twins scrunch their faces in unison. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I remembered how Carmen’s mom had come into the room and laughed, watching us in a tangled peacoat covered in fresh floribundas and water. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was the same feeling he’d had the night of the panther, that someone—or something—was watching him. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Looks even worse from here, doesn’t it?” said Harry, watching the dog pulling Ron into the roots. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I stand under the pink crepe myrtle tree, watching Mother on the porch. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Chubs and I sat on Liam’s bunk, not speaking, not moving, not doing anything but watching the cabin door. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I was watching you playing games at the feast.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I don’t know what Adah rooted for as we lay out there with our needlework, watching him waddle up and down the branches. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Danny was watching him now, too, and his little brother stared at him as though in a trance, his mouth open, his eyes glazed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

By doing what Maria herself did almost every day—collecting, watching, and documenting—he had added to the world’s knowledge of these little-known creatures. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When he saw her standing by her house and watching him teach, he would raise his voice and pronounce his words more carefully. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wished I could stay with Granny, watching the nice, safe TV. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam ground some pink salt over them and nibbled at a caramelized edge, watching Redemption’s face in her periphery. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He thought of watching a family dog, Nina, “licking her chops.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waited for them silently, watching through the half-open doorway of her bedroom. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see the Moon Lady pretending to be busy with her embroidery, but she was watching her husband. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the children in the hall were watching tensely, waiting for something to happen. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Alex sits, watching Luna rip open the packet with his teeth. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When he turned his head to look at me, though, I went right back to watching cars on the road like I was in deep brainstorm mode. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I know you’re under the table,” I tell him, watching the microwave warm up my peanut butter. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

My mom’s pet squirrel, Chipper, was hanging upside down on the curtains, watching us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Grammy is watching one of our favorite game shows, Let’s Make a Deal, and munching cheese curls. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

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

She brought it out, examined it, ran a hand over the cold metal, and looked up to find a shell-shocked soldier watching her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Nothing better to me than being out on the lake at first light, watching the ripples from the fish feeding on the bug hatch. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his eyes and looked in all directions, watching roofs to the left and right of him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She sits quietly, watching him flip through the deck. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

After watching my success in the sport and knowing her girls would be covered, my mother had practically begged Asiya and Faizah to try it. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Nothing was there at the football game, and he was one of the few people who was not an adult that was actually watching the game. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t just sit here, watching the trains, I’m too jittery, my heartbeat feels like a flutter in my chest, like a bird trying to get out of a cage. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anything beyond that though . . . and I feel Gale's gray eyes watching me watching Peeta, all the way from District 12. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

You could tell that she was a world champion just by watching her march. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Then a feeling washed over her, and she looked around to see that every single soldier was watching her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I stand there a minute, watching her stir the iced tea, feeling the discomfort in her posture, her dread that I might be about to ask for her help on the book again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I stepped forward slowly, not blinking, watching the Shear as if it might attack. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We spend our time knitting matching sweaters, baking wholesome cookies from scratch, and watching my brother’s hair fall out. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, he was still alive, but they were watching him. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As they got ready to move again, they kept watching the house into which the woman had fled. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The juniors and sophomores already on the dance floor moved in a little closer, watching. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t up for watching Buzz’s demo reel or hearing about the friendly-faced Buddha she needed for the Tibetan prayer room she was designing. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tehlu gathered the people who were watching and chose a priest among them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

No. Now see this same girl moving slowly, watching you. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Stick bent over his essay again, but I kept watching the two of them in the kitchen. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I freeze, watching them roll in every direction. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

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

The silence behind her told her that her brothers and sister were watching her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

We end up watching part of an episode of Adventure Time as a compromise, and it’s the exact perfect distraction. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

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

After all my time in the work camps, it was strange to see people in the real world, eating dinner and going to school and watching movies. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. Just play like when we’re at the park. Have fun with it! And if that doesn’t work, pretend everyone watching in the stands and on the court is naked. Isn’t that right, ladies?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I thought you guys were having so much fun watching the Janna Yusuf Show. Wait, no, it must be time to do some weird yoga on the front lawn while waving at Ms. I’m-rich-now-so-I-will-order-around-this-Hispanic-guy-doing-my-grass-while-waving-at-the-nice-loaded-brown-people-across-the-street-and-guess-what-I-still-do-my-own-hair-from-a-box-ain’t-I-economical?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She helped in the milk house for a week and did a stint with Aunty, watching the babies while their parents worked. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I only understood the name after watching Auri jump all three in quick succession to make it to the other end. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

From the corner of my eye, I can see her watching me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Farrow stood in the open doorway, just watching me like he was waiting for some kind of confession. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But for now, watching the baby helped him formulate his theory. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sense the woman’s presence close behind, watching our moves. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“The thing is that I don’t want to get saddled with watching Buddy, so how about we play here?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, the thought of someone watching me brings on the excitement again. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She had been too absorbed with watching Dr. van Heerden’s beard fluff out like Fat Cheeks’s mane or with the warthog trailing around after Baba Joseph. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were standing in a crowd of guests, watching the bride accept rings from the groom’s family, when we overheard two middle-aged women talking, their backs to us. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As instructed by her source, she and Greenwald waited outside a specific restaurant in a mall, watching for a man holding a Rubik’s Cube. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

This usually consisted of watching cheesy ’80s movies and TV shows here in his chat room. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Taking a bite of his cheeseburger, Fadi sat alone, watching students flurry around him like snowflakes in a blizzard. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I twisted a bit of sandwich wrap around the end of my index finger, watching it turn grape red. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I tried to look at Max, but he’d turned away, watching something or someone across the blacktop. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Coach Hedge stood there scowling, his eyes bloodshot, like he’d been watching too much TV. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She traced a finger along the beading on her skirts, watching it shimmer in the afternoon light. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

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

As he sat there, watching the robot’s animal gestures and listening to her animal sounds, Brightbill realized just how special his mother really was. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

His face was swollen from the beating he had received, and his eyes looked as if they were watching something behind me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Two of those hours were spent watching one of those corny, romantic, mushy-mushy movies with my mom. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She sat with her hands folded in her lap, watching as our boat drew closer and closer to the dock. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

You lean against the schoolyard fence alone with your eyes closed as if no one was watching, as if no one could see you standing there, Sally. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see Pri and Donna watching me from a few feet away. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He and Jam had been lying on a grassy hill behind the school, one they liked to roll down, watching the sky bump and skip in hiccuped blue as gravity played with them. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A large crowd was watching from the doorway. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was enough to break your heart, watching his whiskered, hopeful face as it disappeared beneath the tablecloth. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Scornfully watching the chaotic maneuvers, the Warlord would criticize first one then the other for the shortcomings of the creatures they represented. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Gabe, watching intently, found his own bare feet shifting in the dirt; he panted, imitating the wrestlers. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The watching goat obeyed, moving into a distinct squatting position as though it were about to... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The way I seen it, the boy was home watching cartoons when he heard all the noise outside. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Movement in the park stopped, as those watching laid down their shovels and bowed their heads. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, just forget it for now. Lets pretend we’re a couple of normal people. We re out for a drive, and were watching the ocean, and it’s nice to be together.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She thought about sitting in the dining pavilion, watching the sunset over Long Island Sound. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I have been watching peoples a long time and they get mad at one another very easily. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Was that why she held so tightly to railings, why she wouldn’t cook with me watching, or change her clothes with me watching, or open doors? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Eyes on your own paper,” Mr. Stoker says, obviously watching me. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She paid me thirty bucks for watching him that afternoon, and she wasn’t even gone four hours. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Chemistry is my oasis, and I’m usually the first person to arrive, but today Audrey Dorn beat me and was at her desk, alternating between staring at her phone and watching the door. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

It’s more like watching a bulldozer run over a worm. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Sitting near the lake, watching the giant squid waving its tentacles lazily above the water, Harry lost the thread of the conversation as he looked across to the opposite bank. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Instead of watching hours and hours of the Discovery Channel, I found myself in my room staring at an empty TV screen—-just thinking in the silence. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I mean, just the way Mary be dancing is worth watching, like she a sixty-year-old man who just hit the lottery. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The two newcomers marched across the yard toward the garden and the lantern-lit table, where everybody sat in silence, watching them draw closer. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I looked at their round eyes, wet and watching but not nervous enough for the threat of a human. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Well...not that I was watching you or anything, but you seemed—seem—a bit...preoccupied.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Look at all I say about watching the twins or helping Lolo. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

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

“Blackberry,” said Bigwig quickly, “you come with me and get the hutch open. You other three, keep watching. If another cat comes, you’ll have to take it on yourselves.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He should be down there, a foot behind, watching them, making sure she didn’t seize Dorian and use him to escape. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We sit there in the parked car watching the trains until Mrs. Smeath says that the dinner will be ruined. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cecilia leaned out and saw Pierrot some distance off, also barefoot, also holding a sock, and watching. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I nod eagerly, watching as some of the sadness slides off her face. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Sitting there and watching this, still, it gives me a feeling. . . . Feel kind of odd all over, like you’re down on the field sweating.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four kind old faces were watching him intently from the bed. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stood trembling at the curb, watching and half expecting to see the man leap from the door to follow me, whistling the old forgotten jingle about a bare-rumped robin. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

That she was watching, and waiting to make her move. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I drank some water, watching him over the rim of my glass. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

My sisters are watching from the bedroom window. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

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

I could barely make out he was watching the old movie channel again. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She continues shoving them into her mouth while watching me take out the samosas. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Because you were watching me, along with the moon.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I think about the way Arthur smiled so hard during dinner when he thought no one was watching him and what I could do to win as many smiles out of him as possible. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Me and Mama used to sit watching movies till late. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

His parents were quiet, watching him, never looking away, like they just wanted to enjoy The Gus Waters Show while it was still in town. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The shadowy outlines of two enormous people were visible on a stone bench, watching the water in the moonlight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She stood watching them all the way to the foot of the slope. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A curly-haired toddler climbs into the man's lap and they laugh, while the woman watching them smiles. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But when he glanced up, he saw Ygritte watching with eyes as wide and white as hen's eggs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But then turns it on again, watching the faucet, watching the water flow down the drain. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When we got out of her car, I saw that Mr. Castellan had been standing at the edge of his property, watching us through the metalwork on his fence. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I also was watching the newscasts and hoping for a sign, any sign, of Lieutenant Tybalt Baker. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I guess to see if she was watching. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I deserve to be watching cable, or taking a nap, or even going to Heather’s house. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He indicated the reclining ersatz animal, which continued to ruminate attentively, still watching alertly for any indication of oats. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“The wedding will last a week,” he says, watching me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something about watching the firewood burn, smelling the acrid smoke of his own life, had made him feel strangely confident. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

“We’ll be watching their comings and goings, and if she tries to alert him, I will know. We can always make this a double assassination.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Rather, this talk of conflagration was a way of easing the despair of watching the dream come to an end. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I stared through the windshield as if I was watching the test pattern that came on television at midnight. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A card is a very nice souvenir,” she said just like a mom because the saleslady was watching us as if we were house burglars. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look to the left,” said Jeremy, who was watching her over his shoulder. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Coolly distant, when she was watching the band and jiggling that foot. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He looked as if he had stood there for hours, watching. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered suddenly whether Professor Lupin was in the crowd, watching. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

By this time, the whole class is watching him. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t let her know I had been watching her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on a bench across from the jungle gym, watching a bunch of second graders hang upside down like tree sloths. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He strained his neck to make sure nobody was watching, then reached into the paper bag and pulled out his jeans. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Frank is still watching that show—this time it’s a secret government drone conspiracy that’s going to make everything go up in flames—and he doesn’t even notice me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

While Frightful was watching the young peregrines learn to hunt, Mole’s run-down farm had been sold. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Nene was in the living room watching VH1 at low volume, almost mute, as if it was the images that he cared for. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

It is longer than Bailey expected from watching her knit, with intricate patterns of knotted cables at each end. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

No. But I was watching the police car coming up the road so I wasn’t watching where I was going and I went off the sidewalk and fell off my bike. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

As Jackie drove that morning on their Christmas journey, the girls watching Disney, she tried to lose herself in the radio. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

As 11:00 approached, his companions watching from the spaceship would find the intervals between successive signals from the astronaut getting longer and longer, but this effect would be very small before 10:59:59. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel him waiting, as if he were lurking just around the corner, watching her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I go back into our bedroom, I find Helena awake, in my spot in the chair, watching Max sleep. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

People stand there as the butterflies land on them, and you can feel how happy people are just by watching their eyes. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Just don’t say anything,” she whispered down to the three faces watching. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how long she’s been standing there, watching me sleep. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then she waited, watching the shadowed forest below for any sign of the witch. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The auction is almost done, having narrowed to two users, but this time I stand by as an onlooker, watching behind the security bots as the price continues to climb. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She stood by the sink, drinking and chewing, and watching her grandmother knead the pale dough. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stragglers in the far corner have put their mugs down on the sticky tabletop and are watching the group of strange children and the drunken friar. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The phone makes that beeping noise once it’s off the hook for too long and I can hear it from the sliding door, where I’m standing, watching Dad pick up winter debris. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Clutching the bundle to her breast, she left the study by the garden door, looking back briefly once to see the Master’s daemon watching her from the windowsill. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I wasted the last weeks of August watching bad cartoons. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maisie had fallen asleep watching TV, so it was relatively easy to climb over her bed and out the window. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Dad sat there calmly, watching the game, munching on chips. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

A crowd of black kids gathered, watching my white mother arguing with this white man. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

"Well, I'm not. I'm not Newcharlie and I'm not getting into trouble. Just sitting here watching some TV, that's all. A little TV never hurt nobody." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I feel it’s a spectacle, even though no one’s watching. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting back to back and watching the road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was tough sometimes, watching Sasha navigate a world that didn’t even have a category for them. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I'm just watching, an audience of one, watching secretly. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And watching their stony faces, still trying to read their thoughts, Jonathan grew sleepy. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But how can you—?” she would ask, watching the print form on the paper and comparing it to the image she’d had in her mind. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I switched the TV off and found myself watching my mother as she sat at the kitchen table, looking over some of her old lesson plans. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He had learned about static cling from watching those boring women who talked about it on television, but could he really stick to a sock? Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Wrapped in the blankets, watching the nameless dark come to enshroud them. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I like that. Tell me, Eddie. Did you ever play ball with a lot of people watching?” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Cat and three others stood by the rail watching. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine! But I’m watching you, Jackson. And you, Annabeth Chase, I thought you had more sense—” Jason cleared his throat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He looks at my mom, and they share one of those meaningful adult looks, like they don’t know I’m right here, watching them, and that I have a brain of my own. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

They danced in silence for a moment or two with Ben watching his feet and Lillian smiling at his adolescent discomfiture in formal dress. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn't feel real, watching Gerhard pack as if he's readying for a bicycle trip. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I swiped right, watching us all get younger. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I spent hours in the media center watching movies or flipping through magazines. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Something happened when I was holding Rue's hand, watching the life drain out of her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Can you see that the television is on and that I'm watching Walter Cronkite?” he said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

This is my life: waiting and watching other people have fun and go to school and dance together. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned, and I looked through my binoculars watching him. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Was somebody watching through a window as my father approached our car that night? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Slowly, she backed away until shed joined the front line of marchers, who were all watching her in shocked silence. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Like me, they were all watching the smoke, and when it had cleared away, the chair was empty. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

At least a hundred of us stood by the parking lot that day, watching her learn the cheers, watching her jump around in her long pioneer dress. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Again I saw Miss Lilian as I remembered her, sitting in her big bed, watching my mother set down the breakfast tray, waiting while she poured the tea, finally spying me in the doorway. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was dusk, a brief November twilight, and Carl was watching snow geese land in low flooded wheat, his square chin set, his head tilted up, a man’s blond stubble on his jaw. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Many people think I’m not an admiral,” Boo Boo said, watching him. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

My eyes dart to my curtained bedroom window, where I know someone is watching. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

His dad saw Jessie watching across the table, and he rolled his eyes and winked at her. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The store lady was watching me, and I didn't want her to think I was trying to steal something. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She grinned, watching the blue sparks of fairy magic seal her wounds. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It’s Friday night and I’m spread out on the couch watching a daytime talk show I’d recorded about second cousins claiming to be telepathic. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I wandered the streets, watching the German soldiers and their tanks, the breadlines that stretched around the block. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced around once more to make sure no one was watching me; then, clutching my sword in my other hand, I entered the Tomb of Horrors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to explain, but the thought of Abby watching me sleep makes me want to throw up. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

So the people of Hotel Barba waited till no one was watching and snuck into town one at a time. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

As I sat there watching Dad tidy his paperwork, empty his pencil sharpener, and blow the dust off his glass paperweights, I vowed never to become a heartless, blind-eye hypocrite like him. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You’re sitting watching TV and suddenly you discover a wasp crawling on your wrist.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

And all the way there, I felt Sahil watching me go. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

While she talks, I'm rolling the bills into a tight cylinder, and Mom's watching me. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The amusement was there because it was obvious what Emile Janza was doing—he was siphoning gas from a car, watching it flow into a glass jug. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Janssen leans heavily on her cane, and I feel like I'm watching another piece of her break. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Up on the wall of Troy the old King Priam and the other old men, wise in the ways of war, sat watching the contest. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today she and Thomas were brought through a side entrance near the front, so that they saw the faces of the village watching them. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we walk, I absently run a hand along one of the walls, watching as the colors streak behind my fingers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was watching Sarai’s terrace, and he kept expecting her to emerge. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He does know it suddenly makes sense why parents don’t want their kids watching R-rated movies—his imagination’s running wild. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Nobody had ever told me that he was right there watching our daddy slip into that frozen pond. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Isabelle poked her head inside to make sure no one was watching, then held the door open for Hugo. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t waste your breath yelling,” he said after a moment of watching me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could see them swirling around him with ease, watching him struggle through the water. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She told me she had been watching the news, and that things in Zimbabwe were unstable. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was much harder to hide someone who looked like me, and the government was watching much more closely. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Jinny stood, bees buzzing industriously around her head, honeycomb in hand, frozen, and watching. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Instead, he sits on the steps, watching everyone pass by. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

“Apparently, there’s this guy, Farooq, who says you and him are together,” Tats says, carefully watching my face. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I sit down across from her, for a moment watching her sleeping face and thinking of what we agreed, that night in Millennium Park: no more lies. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Seconds later, we were sitting in the yard watching the chickens peck for corn and bugs. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Tell me you’re not watching this trash,” she says, always taking the high road. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“You boys go have your fun,” Coach says, and then I’m back in Boy21’s room watching him arrange glow-in-the-dark sticker constellations. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I now saw a world leap to life before my eyes because I could explore it, and that meant not going home when school was out, but wandering, watching, asking, talking. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that’s all right now...” murmured my godfather, Deacon McNair, from his seat on the dais next to the minister, while Mommy twitched in her seat watching Billy, her face reddening. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so, like an underworld courier delivering a bag of ill-gotten cash, the modern traveler must steal out of Athens in the dark, and slip into Alexandria when nobody is watching. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

A dozen curious people were still watching them. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

For the next several minutes we all stood there watching the butterfly emerge from its cocoon, in slow motion. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He lay watching the boy at the fire. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Hooper stood very still, turning the pencil round and round inside the sharpener, and watching the shaving of wood uncurl itself out of the side, like a moth emerging from the larva. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I bet she stayed awake most of the night, watching me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I was a little ahead of her, watching to see that she did not stumble. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Spring weather set in, and on one of the first warm afternoons, Maxie and I stayed late at school watching some kids playing ball in the schoolyard. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I turn to him, and he’s watching me. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think there’s anything in it,” I say, watching him toss the piece of luggage into the trunk like it’s filled with feathers. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He was standing there in the half light, wearing a gray trench coat and black high-tops, and watching for her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He looks pointedly at a knot of silk-clad, bejeweled Illustrian girls lurking near the edges of the tent, some of whom are watching me in a disturbingly predatory way. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

As I’m watching all this, Kasim takes my hand and asks if he can call me tonight. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The one on land stood there watching like a jerk, as if he didn’t even care that the other one was bobbing up and down, trying not to drown. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t get caught. I’ve been binge watching cop shows with my dad—there are ways.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Once, when she was younger, Amah had taken her down to the village to see some traveling entertainers, and Pinmei felt as if she were watching a performance again. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Zlata’s focus switched from her studies and watching MTV to the closing of her school and the destruction of the national library. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"If that. Really, is anything less impressive than watching a person pick up a heavy ball and throw it a couple of yards. One almost landed on my foot." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

"This is the first meet, and we've got some work to do. But I'm watching every one of you, so let's get out there and burn." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Ivy kept watching the clock while she ate, the hands moving closer and closer to 10:33, which was when she was born. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Rabia looks from one of us to the other, as if she’s watching an entertainingly tense moment in a TV soap opera. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I spend my days watching how the dwindling of color turns day into night. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The other women bit their lower lips, watching, waiting. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Smith had been sitting by the horse for two days, thinking on him, watching him, trying to inhabit him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grunted loudly and scratched on the ground in front of him he kept watching the entrance of the bear cave. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They all stood there, huddled together, watching the water move up the stairs. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I remained standing in the bus shelter, watching the black outline of an osprey slowly crossing the sky to its nest. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Maybe because I was watching him so closely a funny thing started to happen. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood on the street watching the returns come in on a bed sheet stretched from window to window of a house on the corner. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood watching and imagined that if he kissed her that night the taste of the raspberries would be cool in his mouth. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“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

“I can’t turn around once I get moving. But you shouldn’t be standing here and watching me in case I cheat. Just run into the school. Okay?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

They stay on either side of me, watching to be sure I don’t slip off the bed. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

But it’s crazy different watching a stranger scroll through my photos. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Down in that kipple-infested old apt, watching Buster Friendly on her TV set and quaking with fear every time she imagines someone coming down the hall. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I make sure no one is watching me, and then I walk to the end of the row. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Stella said after a few minutes of watching him hack at the wood. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I saw Farid watching the children too, his own mangled hand hanging at his side. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pictured Mum, Dad, and Julia sitting at home watching The Paul Daniels Magic Show but their faces melted away, like reflections on the backs of spoons. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was terrifying and energizing to be among the soldiers, after watching them from hiding for so long. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

Upstairs, Mom puts on a record, and she and Richard dance for a while in the living room while I sit on the couch and grin, just watching them. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I can feel Dad watching my reactions closely. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’s watching me with an expression of mild curiosity, as though he’s looking forward to seeing what happens next. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sarah lingered in the doorway, watching the computer over our shoulders. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Because he was in the shade, I could not see his face, but I could feel that he was watching me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She had to make sure he wasn’t watching when she smuggled me in and out of the house. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I stand there, watching, waiting for her Toyota to pull up. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

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

We sat around making small talk and watching one another's hands. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

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

She was smoking and drinking and watching Bunker with the volume muted so she could read. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I ran to the shade under the tree, watching my shadow chase me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered watching her youngest through the portholes in the incubator, nearly pressing her nose to the glass to be sure Izzy was still breathing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Without noticing the transition, the pair of them were standing, knee-deep in the river, watching the mahalath swallow the farthest houses of the village. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Scofield flashed his light and for a second I saw the black man, his face gray with shock, watching the jetting pulsing of his blood spurting into the street. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched him walk up the aisle, knowing that he knew that she was watching him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe I’m watching Dylan and Harriett walk off together like they don’t have this history of not speaking for the past four months. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I smack his arm, and Old Hirsch sits back on the sofa, watching while he smokes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He saw a cloud of dust moving across the wasteland and noticed that the other boys had stopped digging and were watching it, too. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

A few employees crept around, watching their shopping spree. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

We look at the two girls, and they look up and catch us watching, before they look away, all shy. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

As I was watching, she took the newspaper from its box next to the front door and went back inside. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just sit there watching Peeta rip out the pages of the victors who were not picked. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Abby tells me not to be ridiculous, and that she can kill the time by watching the soccer tryouts. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

But then a rush of air woke me up inside, showed me the freedom of watching the world go by at a run. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I stood and half-clapped while watching her go from the podium to the arms of the preacher to the arms of some other old man, an older woman, and then back to her seat. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But at the top of the stairs I stop and sit, watching my father at the piano as he lifts his fingers from the keys and presses them down again. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Nobody finished the rhyme, but everyone was watching her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She stayed on the shore, watching the water, waiting for him to come. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“She’s not here yet,” said Harry, watching Slughorn opening his potion kit and adding a few pinches of this and that to a small crystal bottle. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Sticky was watching with a hint of new hopefulness. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh. Well, maybe she didn’t want to admit her feelings to a friend yet, or even to herself,” I said, watching her lips purse as she stared at the screen. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Best kind of war. Always the bloodiest. Nothing like watching your relatives fight, I always say. “You gave me the backpack in Denver,” I said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t think of anything worse than watching my family hurt. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“Prince,” said Harry, watching him closely for signs of recognition. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“You’re destined to die holding that piece of firewood, watching it burn. But perhaps if you didn’t keep it yourself. Perhaps if you trusted someone enough to hold it for you...” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You climbed up without watching me this time.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his eyes and saw Mr. Dalton watching him closely. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was watching a movie of someone else’s life now, and he saw the cops get on their cell phones, probably to notify their superiors of what had happened. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At first I thought the laughing man wasn’t on the comer, but then I saw him sitting on the wet curb, leaning against the mailbox and just watching me walk toward him. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“You had every chance in the world and you threw it all away for that—” and I jabbed my wrenched rag toward Grandma’s face watching us petulantly from behind the glass. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did seem as though the man on the walls was watching him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He had a group of guys standing around watching him, like he was a juggler. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I grew tired of watching them, I placed my arm across my eyes and told myself, Sleep, Lily. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was standing at the top of the stadium watching the kids walking up the steps and I saw the look on Grace’s face and the way he was interacting with his teammates,” Tracy said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It started first thing in the morning, when I caught her watching me come out of the Coat Room and walk toward my desk. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

They stood in the door watching the light draw down over the world to the west. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I concentrated on the news, watching out for stories about Florida, or about spring training — strikes or hurricanes or terrorist attacks — anything that might send them home early. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I go to her bedroom fast as I can, but Mister Leefolt’s already there, watching at the door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Grammy’s watching The Price Is Right and leans to the side to look around me when I plant myself in front of the TV. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But still—at least they would know someone was watching over them. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She pulls out her phone and presses some buttons with her thumb, and we both look up, watching clouds—or, in my case, planes. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

A crowd of our neighbors are standing around, watching. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I spend the rest of the afternoon watching TV and sleeping on and off. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Ob said, “It’s getting on to lunchtime. I figure the governor will be in the coffee shop, watching for somebody interesting to come through the door.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Pooh!” said Michael, as they were watching Andrew one day through the fence that separated Number Seventeen from Next Door. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I flip through each page, watching my handwriting get smaller and neater as the years go by. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

From the corner of my eye I grew aware of August watching me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jimmy went, “Uh, uh, uh .. “And the next thing I know I’m watching my mouthpiece and my chance to be champ flying out of the ring into the fourth row of seats. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I glanced back at Dad, sitting on the couch watching soap operas with Laleh. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He was like a man who had been watching a passager for three nights. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though none of them had been idle before, with Bapi watching they all worked faster, trying to demonstrate they were worth keeping. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

When he got to the pines he knelt and laid him in the gritty duff and covered him with the blankets and sat watching him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“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

I don’t turn around to look, but I’m sure Angel’s watching, laughing her head off. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

When we saw that he was serious and was watching the clock, our pencils hit the paper. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

For my father had opened his curtains and was sitting, shaved and in full uniform, on the edge of his bed from where evidently he had been watching the sky turn to dawn. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tiny heads that turn this way and that, watching, listen- ing. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

He’d spent the whole night staring out the window, watching for Toby. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Just doesn’t feel right,” he told me one night while we sat on the front porch swing watching for meteors. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

They lay restlessly and noisily among the dry leaves, watching the patch of stars that was the opening toward the lagoon. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And now that was gone, as though after the three years he could trust his eyes alone to do the watching, without the flesh on his bones standing sentry also. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent two hours watching Marcus and Adrian out of the corner of my eye. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

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

Dad saw me watching the kids and said, “You miss running around like that?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Billy, after some argument, was dispatched to the back porch, where Mrs. Fitzgibbon was also watching. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then she catches me watching and gives me her death stare. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And you had little kids watching you—were you trying to show the Greystone kids that it’s okay to talk to strangers?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And I feel as sad as I did watching the real one fall. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The girl next door and I can do all my favorite summer things together: swimming at the pond, watching TV, and riding bikes. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood up and took a step toward the window, watching him carefully. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He sat on a bench at the table, watching me gather the bottles and hide them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She glanced back, and the fay in her vicinity were watching her with expectant eyes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’m in the Lake sector, watching the strengthening daylight paint the churning waterwheels and turbines gold. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It's like watching complete strangers in another Hunger Games. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m just going to keep trying to catch you some dinner, princess. And I’ll keep watching your back too, if only for Matt.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dream I am lying in the backseat of a car, my head on Papa's lap, watching the moon follow us. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Hilly’s watching her maid, Yule May, refill our tea glasses. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I sneaked out of the room, went out on the back porch, and stood watching Granny’s White Leghorn rooster chase the dominecker hens and the Rhode Island Reds. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Those watching looked shocked, like it was as awful for Camp to be brought home like a regular corpse as for him to of shot himself in the first place. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The man could see his small eyes watching him in the firelight. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

When he was finally satisfied and thanked, he got out and slammed the door, but such is my social cowardice that I actually did turn around, knowing he would be watching out the window. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little Rock’s finest police officers and members of the federalized National Guard stood by, watching with their arms folded as we were hit time after time. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing her, she’s been watching through the window since we got here. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I froze when I saw Mrs. Singer watching me from the other side of the door. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“What C. S. Lewis called ‘doing the right thing even when no one is watching.’ Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

What did she do when she thought no one was watching? The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Just sat there, watching me, one hand drumming the upholstery, the other twirling turquoise blue prayer beads. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I would spend my days in your father’s house, up in the study, reading your mother’s old books, listening to the news, watching the commu­nist propaganda on television. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

George reveled in every moment, sharing her voice with the audience and watching them watch her as they waited for her next words. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be watching his right thumb rub the knuckles of his left hand. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sloan himself stood petrified in the middle of the court, watching in disbelief as balls of death flew around him. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I found her lying on her bed, watching a Mel Gibson movie on a VCR she’d borrowed from the video department. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She sees me watching her and reaches over and hugs me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I’m outside of myself now, watching everything unfold, like an observer wrapped in someone else’s skin. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

People standing close to us were watching, their faces shocked. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

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

She emerged each year when the snows began to melt, facing south, watching the buffalo return to the valley. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

To keep from falling asleep I lay on my back staring up at the black and watching the dots shift around in front of my eyes. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she can respond, a caw echoes through the theater from the raven still perched on the balcony, watching the scene in front of him curiously. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Darcy was writing, and Miss Bingley, seated near him, was watching the progress of his letter, and repeatedly calling off his attention by messages to his sister. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Two-part. You are watching an old movie on TV, a movie from before the war. It shows a banquet in progress; the guests are enjoying raw oysters.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

In the weeks that followed, watching Judith, Kit began to understand how the gray shadow that was her Aunt Rachel could once have been the toast of an army. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

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

I sat there all the rest of the night, watching. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The crowd stood, silent, watching Sigurd dragged out of town by his own horse. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m not taking you,” he snarled as he turned to see Harry watching him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want Luke Stevens watching while she bid Charles good-bye, but again maybe it was better. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

We see the two defense lawyers watching intently. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Angel, who had been watching quietly, walked slowly over to Gerald, sat down next to him, and took his hand in hers. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find them with Mr. Allen, watching a show about snakes. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why would watching a group of out-of-control young women in bathing suits competing in a canoe contest do this? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

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

Vivi is up there, holding out her arms, watching me in that unnerving way she has, as though she knows my very thoughts. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I stayed awake in the semidarkness, watching Otto try to fend off his exhaustion. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

To Vetch, watching, the light he bore seemed like a great slow star that moved through the darkness. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I think of Baba and wonder if he’s watching the stars too. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel him watching me as I walked away. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Across this circle, a quiet finger of water, hemmed in by concrete, marked the corner of a narrow area where people thronged, eating, talking, sitting and watching one another. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father is still standing there in his room, watching expectantly, his hands clasped together behind his back, so Gogol flips through the book. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There are few things fouler than watching huge white maggots writhe inside jars of apricot syrup. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

So around one o’clock, in the middle of me watching like my hundredth TV show, my dad came in and said, ‘Walk me to the bank, Mar.’ Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

Two more statues posed on either side of the gate, and they made my neck itch—I felt like they were watching me trespass. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They simply stood there in small groups, watching me and knowing for certain that there was no way I could escape. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The entire crowd must have been watching me on the DiamondVision screen, because everyone gasped at once. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Though I had not seen him, he must have been watching us from astride his horse. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

And I’ll be spending prom night watching old movies with my aunt. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I dumped in socks, five pairs of shorts, tops, a nightgown, shampoo, brush, toothpaste, toothbrush, rubber bands for my hair, all the time watching the window. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The adults were all taking their time over coffee, and the cousins were in the family room watching SpongeBob, so I took Jeffrey up to bed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting there, watching it catch and grow, he replayed everything he’d said. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Who was watching Tony’s little sisters and his little brother, Frankie? I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Francie, watching, held her breath while the scoop dropped in a few more grains or gently eased some out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That makes all the difference. We shan’t stop watching for cats the whole time.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The captain, however, has been watching, and when the parrot flaps off very self-satisfied, he confiscates my pencil and pad. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

As we stood watching, Miss Peregrine brought a silver flask to Miss Avocet’s lips and tipped it, and for a moment the elder ymbryne seemed to revive, sitting forward with brightening eyes. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

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

Sometimes Deborah sat with his mother, watching him with eyes that were no less patient and reproachful. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They went down a street of shattered glass and broken tiles where children were playing and watching the soldiers go by. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I catch Anthony watching me, but he looks away, saying he should get to the library before class. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

One of the boys by the fire looked up at the sound, his hand closing on a stone, but the woman nearby spoke sharply, and he waited, watching intently. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I sat there watching him, I wondered what he was thinking. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

So, just as Jeffrey looked up — there’s nothing he enjoys more than watching me get a good lecture — I whipped off the cap. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others were watching, breath all but held, eyes overlarge. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Everybody looked tense, watching Lupin, both wanting him to go on, it seemed to Harry, and slightly afraid of what they might hear. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

April was watching him set up the pins and suddenly got a brilliant idea. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that Mr. Benedict and his crew were probably watching him through a telescope right now. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

He’s watching me as I scoop up my stuff and splash as I trudge away. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“That color blue looks lovely with your skin,” he said, watching me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t take his eyes off the TV even once the whole time I was watching him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I open my eyes for a second and see her watching us both as the plane rises higher and higher into the clouds. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He could swear, as he drove down the tree-lined street in the late morning light, that he saw dozens and dozens of flickering ghosts—his grandparents and their parents and their parents—watching him, smiling. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I was in the large garden in back, kicking a ball and watching two dogs chase it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron, an expression of ecstasy on his face, mounted the broom and zoomed off into the gathering darkness while Harry walked around the edge of the field, watching him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

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

The Jewish Ordners were not as understanding as you’d think, being under the thumb of the Gestapo, and even the Polish police were watching closely. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He might be watching the house at night. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Some older girls were sitting off to the side watching the happenings listlessly. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I stood watching her, not knowing what to do. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was dozing in my sleeping bag, watching the morning sun cast shadows across the walls of my tent, when Helen yelled, “Jon! Telephone! It’s Linda!” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at Max's face, watching the pink slowly return to her lips, when a long shadow is cast over her. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Harry noticed Madame Maxime watching them out of her carriage window. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Instead, her head is turned slightly, her eyes watching the waves. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Leaving the fortune-teller’s tent and heading right, as she had suggested, Bailey almost immediately encounters a small crowd watching a performance. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was unstamped and appeared to be the least important item in the morning's mail: Brother, This is advice from a friend who has been watching you closely. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she turned back to Mona, the woman was watching her with a patient expression. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I opened the back door and let Charley out and stood silently watching, for this could be dog’s dream of heaven in the highest. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes only once during the performance—to make sure Lydia was still watching him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

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

They all fell silent, watching him anxiously, but after muttering incomprehensibly for a moment he merely started snoring. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He and the other boys had been watching it all day, hoping it would move in front of the sun. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I imagined having a party and saying, “You want to see my accordion?” and watching every single kid’s mouth drop open in amazement. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought of all the lives being led down there, people driving on the left, eating crumpets, drinking tea, watching telly. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Meng and I do not speak Vietnamese, so spend our days watching people, and trying to learn the language. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were far too busy watching the Paul and Engel romantic comedy. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

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

Like an old man with rheumy eyes watching children play, seeing only transience in their shrill elation and their wholehearted commitment to life. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not watching the stairs because Safer is pretty sure he’s the only person who ever uses them. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Every one of Stella’s classmates had been watching their teacher just as closely as she had. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Omi had followed Max off the blacktop, maybe to be loyal to Max, maybe to avoid watching things get weird between Zara and me. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Just as almost no true sentence beginning with I could be spoken by Lindsey, Colin was watching all the things he'd thought were true about himself, all his I sentences, fall away. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I had to stop watching at that point because I started to feel sick, but it kept going on, and they kept doing other things, and she kept saying “no.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She finishes her entree of scallops too quickly, sits for a very long time, it seems, watching Nikhil work his way through his quail. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The moment Meggie looked her way she drew the curtain, as if she had felt Meggie watching her, but she still stayed at the window. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Kote sat patiently for a few long moments, watching the unconscious man. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As a child, watching my mother work, I learned that once a pool of blood has reached a certain size, there’s no going back. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Jaja was in the garden with Aunt Ifeoma’s shears, and I sat with the book I was almost finished reading, watching him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The local news isn’t on yet. I’m watching CNN. They just showed London. The rally is already over there, but it looked huge.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I realized everyone was watching Annabeth and me like a tennis match. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Hazel didn’t know what they were, but she knew they were watching her, hoping she’d stray into their clutches. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He found he was watching her as she spoke to Kabuo, and he exerted himself to look away. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The Lord He held me back,” he said, hearing the thunder, watching the lightning. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

So we sat and waited more, watching the Gypsies, the Gypsies watching back. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been watching Shay since then, hoping she might lead us to her friends.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I felt Sister Mukumbu watching as I showed Fern the shortcut. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys were not allowed off the ship, but they spent much of the day at the railings on deck, watching French longshoremen load and unload cargo. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We waited by the gateway, watching them walk through the dark tunnel out into the bright light where the ferryboat rode the waves. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at the point where Kainene had burned his manuscript and remembered days ago in Nsukka, how he had felt nothing, absolutely nothing, watching Harrison dig and dig in the garden. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He knew from watching through the vent the past few days that the caravan of vehicles came up the road like a parade. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

And now a subtle change was coming over the two hundred and fifty watching children in the audience. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

One fine sunny morning, after breakfast, Wilbur stood watching his precious sac. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

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

As it was, however, she was grazing close by, watching their play and every now and then moving in to cuff the strongest and stop him bullying the others. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood there in their backyard, watching my breath. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was in awe watching her and her friends as they walked freely down the streets of New York—with no veils covering their faces and no need for men to accompany them. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The black dog and the little brown cat were watching him as well, flanking the girl, looking up at him intently. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Minli heard him say, and she peeked up to see the king looking at her with the same amused expression he’d had as a beggar watching the people eat the peaches. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It really does seem unusual. Big and slow-moving. I’m watching it on the satellite,” he said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He could anticipate her mood by watching her face. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I woke from sleep and he was watching me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Back home, I sit with the Doorman, occasionally reading and watching the picture frames above the television. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then he bounced off and scampered over to Donkeyberry, who was watching the scene anxiously. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The students and their guides stood watching her for a few moments in silence. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rolling and groaning with exhausted joy, I grow still, lying on my side, watching the moon rise, and I fall asleep here, alone on the edge of the world. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She felt like she was watching a baby drown, unable to do anything to save it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The girl hangs back at the open doorway watching us with dark eyes, taking in everything. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I remember watching him in a kind of daze, awed at the distance between punishment and offense. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They stood together quietly, watching like people who must not feel. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“I ain’t going to eat with him watching me,” Vera said, getting up and sitting on the edge of the bed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was enough that she was watching him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The women pretended not to notice, but Arm saw several of them watching from the corners of their eyes. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

During the day I could see them slinking through the brush, watching me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

You turned for just a moment to see if I was watching. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

As I bev table 27, tables 25, 28, and 24 are watching enviously. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

From that day forward I sat pretending to read by the window, watching for Mami to come down the street when she was supposed to. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

From the medal stand I could see my teammates were watching me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

A man appeared on the corner the cat had been watching, appeared so suddenly and silently you’d have thought he’d just popped out of the ground. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

For William, who had dreaded the coming of evil times ever since he was a small child, it was like watching a nightmare become real. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A block away, people stand around in a four-way intersection, watching something on one of the other streets. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was like watching wax soften in the sun. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m outside my body, watching the chaos unfold as if I’m not in the middle of it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Their greatest difficulty lay in watching out for witnesses, but Kate and Reynie were good at this, and their teamwork produced excellent results. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

As he grew older, he learned how to direct his hatred of his mother to the cat, and spent some happy moments watching it suffer. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

We remained several minutes, watching two Asian women hoeing, then continued on. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned on a spear, silent and still, watching the other boy through the slats in the door. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Auntie slept too quietly, and on these mornings when he buttoned up his jacket and went out the door, he imagined she was watching him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then the huntress turned her horse toward the Wood and left Ash with her hand on the gate, watching as the horse and rider were swallowed by the trees in the distance. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Betonie was sitting by the fire, watching the mutton ribs cook over a grill he had salvaged from the front end of a wrecked car in the dump below. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

If angels guided her safe through the woods and she made the north edge, she’d have to get past the guards watching over King’s Bridge, where New York Island touched the rest of America. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was either that or spend another night watching the Braves with Granddad, and I hate baseball.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“What’s he called?” asked Julius, watching him, thinking what it might be like to be in the tiger’s hide—in his head. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The next day was a school day and we’d tell people we watched all the shows they were watching while we were at church. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The thought hit her after supper when they were all sitting in the living room watching the evening news. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I stay for a few minutes, watching and waiting for him to come back, but he doesn’t. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think an Invisible Being is watching over us all the time?” she heard someone ask. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

He ran straight into a group of policemen, who were watching from outside. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up the coins one by one, turning them around, holding them up and watching how the sun glints off them. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I was back in the woods watching her eat. She was comin’ down from the hills the other way. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man was some sort of merchant, Cat concluded after watching him for a few days. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He looked pretty good until he saw me watching him, then he tried to showboat. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

So Tree-ear learned about his master from others, from watching, from breathing the very air of his work, but never by hearing a word from Min himself. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He liked to sit out front whittling on some rough little santo, watching the prairie dogs establish themselves. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to act like I couldn’t see other kids and Evelyn’s brothers watching my father taking my arm and escorting me like he was Nat King Cole, but I could feel them all watching. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Collecting water was hazardous again, and she had to wash hurriedly, with one eye watching for the crocodile. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve discovered a trick, and the effect is overwhelming, just like pricking someone with a pin and watching them jump. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t about to get real with everybody watching us, so I shrugged. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But I was watching Edward carefully, knowing his temper, worried about his reaction. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Like someone was watching me, following my footsteps. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

And I was thinking ’bout Pap and how the cap’n had made it so that he was tore up by nightmares from watching a baby get cat-hauled. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The girl’s eyes, closed for a long time, were now open, watching the fire. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

He stood watching for about five seconds before he pushed into the crowd. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I think about food, mostly, and occupy my mind by watching children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So the poor knight is to be left sticking in the hedge, is he?” asked Mr. Brooke, still watching the river, and playing with the wild rose in his buttonhole. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

At some point, Mom had the idea of our watching The Ghost and Mrs. Muir together, which was one of our all-time favorite black-and-white movies. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I take a long look at the ceiling and I nod in case she's watching me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A young man in a beret and military fatigues knelt on one knee in the grass, holding a Russian assault rifle, watching us with mild interest. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet, sitting in the front seat of Mr. Mutandwas pickup truck and watching the dust clouds kick up behind us, I thought I must find a way to go. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Governor Faubus didn’t ask for federal troops, but they’re up in his face anyhow,” Grandma said as we sat watching the arrival of the 101st Airborne Division early Tuesday evening. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think he stayed up too late last night watching the Red Sox. It went to extra innings.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bulbs were installed all over Thurmond, lidless eyes always watching, never blinking. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Lidia’s grandmother has gone to bed, exhausted from watching Penny, and Penny herself is winding down. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was watching her as carefully as ever in those days, and even as I was laughing at Laura, I was stealing glances at Miss Lucy’s back. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would take me six days to get home, six undays of staring at acoustic ceiling tile and watching television and sleeping and pain and wishing for time to pass. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The roads are packed with Dauntless soldiers, all marching at the same rhythm except the officers, who stand every few hundred yards, watching us walk by, or gathering in clusters to discuss something. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Gold writing kept dashing across it as though an invisible giant’s hand were scrawling upon the blackboard and then wiping it off again; watching it, Harry saw that it was flashing advertisements across the field. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Moody shot Izzy a look that said shut up, but she wasn’t watching. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I was standing there watching them play ball, and this old dude just takes off. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I stand in the kitchen of our house in Edmond, Oklahoma, watching our cocker spaniel sleep in a sunny spot by the back door. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Emma is buckled in the back seat watching a movie on the DVD player in her lap, eating crisps and pounding a Mountain Dew slushie. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

But the bird-shaped Balthamos was watching closely, and Will stepped carefully over the floor of the cave and followed Mrs. Coulter to the little figure lying still in the shadows. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

At that instant, the She Elephant noticed him watching her. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy bought it when I was nine after the former owner, Mr. Wyatt, left Garden Heights to go sit on the beach all day, watching pretty women. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He inspected them from every angle, the boys watching him closely. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

In any city, wherever I go, making speeches, holding meetings of my organization, or attending to other business, black men are watching every move I make, awaiting their chance to kill me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

A paunchy man, holding a large black camera that was smoking slightly, was watching Fleur out of the corner of his eye. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Me deciding she didn’t need me anymore when she got old enough to stop watching The Wizard of Oz. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I said, watching him closely, aware of the hot silence and feeling tension race from my toes to my legs as I drew my feet quickly beneath me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was in so much pain watching him attempt to do a simple task, which was impossible for him. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“October 28 “I have been up and down the mountain every day for a week, watching to see if walnuts and hickory nuts are ripe. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ate breakfast cheerily, watching the dust moats stirring in the sunlight that streamed in the back window. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They needed constant watching, and Fern and I had nowhere to go but the back and front porches. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He sat on the roof, watching the movement of the helicopters circling and swooping over the rest of the city. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But after watching her get picked on, he was sure of one thing: whatever else happened, he was going to help her. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She tilted the book this way and that, watching the light play off the golden beetle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Getting out of the house, and as far as this, so easily, had all been an illusion, From somewhere, Hooper had been watching. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The boy was sitting quietly on the bunk, still wrapped in the blanket, watching. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I glanced quick at the house to make sure no one was watching, then pulled aside the prickly branches of the bush and set the bowl down within it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could have been a neighbor, watching our car pull out from the driveway in the morning, acting on a hunch, tipping them off for a gold star on someone’s list. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadrack stood at the foot of the hospital steps watching the heads of trees tossing ruefully but harmlessly, since their trunks were rooted too deeply in the earth to threaten him. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A week later, I was at the mall with Adria and people kept watching me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

People felt themselves watching him even before they knew that there was anything different about him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I take good care of my stump, watching for hot spots, avoiding chafing and blisters. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But the things that held them together—trust in each other, mutual respect, humility, fair play, watching out for one another—those were also part of what America meant to all of them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Even Esteban, who was sitting in the window seat watching the sleet come down. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I am leaning over the balcony of my tower watching Signora Divino gather fat orange slugs in her yard. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

It meant he was focusing on simple things like the mechanics of the deal instead of watching the players. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

I don't know how long I sat there, watching the woman in purple and wondering if her pursed pink lips would open, and if they did open, what they would say. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The others were standing on the bank watching. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mom was standing by the stove, watching her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He began dropping in several times a week, staying longer, watching with a more critical eye. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She’s watching my every move, rooting for me with her eyes and fighting an urge to wave. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnson hesitated, glancing at Lady Bird, who was watching from behind the cameras. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was sitting at the kitchen table doing homework and watching Momma make dinner when Byron came in through the back door. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

All those years Charlie must have grown up watching Mama and Ty'ree at the table trying to figure out how to keep us eating and wearing clothes, and him not being able to help. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I stood in the open doorway, watching him, scared of what might happen. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I glance at my parents and Roli, who are pretending not to be watching our every move. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He's watching me the way someone would watch an injured cat—not wanting to leave it alone but scared to get too close too quickly. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I stood in the doorway, watching, hearing her mistakes, yearning to push her aside and play the piece properly. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He notices me watching him and looks at the chips. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

With Malcolm X watching me on her wall, I can’t lie. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“I have seen your father,” she says, watching me carefully. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I keep glancing out the window, watching the snow coming down thicker and thicker. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I suppose she knew I was watching her from inside the stable. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even from the front of the restaurant, where he was watching the cash register, Zannikos realized something was wrong and rushed back to break it up. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Madam had been watching us, no doubt displeased that Ruth was washing rocks with the tablecloths. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, I close my eyes instead of watching and try to think of nothing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

All the cousins had been taking turns watching her. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frankly, I really shouldn’t hang out with them at all, since I tend to end up evacuating small soldiers while indulging depraved thoughts after watching them flirt with each other for hours. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Matty sat speechless, watching the shimmering hands dart; hours and days and weeks seemed to go by, yet oddly, only a blink, an instant, of time passed. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Unable to leave my sky- sword to work itself, I would be watching the swords move like puppets when the genie yanked my hair back and held a dagger against my throat. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then driving off as Lily just stood there watching until he turned down Olympiad. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Her mother had curled her hair and put on a fresh coat of lipstick and stood on the porch, watching the U-Haul’s shadow clawing along the street. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Similar methods were adopted all through the country with other leaders who bore watching. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Whenever my father isn’t off on a drinking binge, he spends most of his time in his bedroom, alone, watching TV. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Sneaky don’t say anything for a while; he keeps picking grass and throwing it, and I keep watching the ripples in the water when boats pass by. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Coin stays as impassive as ever, watching me, unimpressed. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Upon noticing this, I become so self-conscious that I can’t stay on the dance floor, so I gravitate toward the edge, where people are standing around drinking, talking and watching. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I had been watching television—or at least, the television was on. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She left them again and went as close to the bridge as she dared, waiting, watching. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think back to the years of watching tributes starve, freeze, bleed, and dehydrate to death. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I said I thought Julia’s mother was home, though technically I had not actually seen her, Mom said, “But is she watching you? Where is she?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

It ain’t nothing particular noticeable, but the air inside of ’em changes like it’s saying, “I’m watching you.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

My mom was on the back porch, sipping a glass of lemonade and watching us, a small smile on her face. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Pretended to tease him with the limitations of science—bet you can't explain Bigfoot, etc.—watching him closely. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy’s hand slowly goes to his back pocket, and I look from his hands to theirs, watching to see if they’re gonna make a move for their guns. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She paused over it, while Harriet stood anxiously watching for her opinion, with a “Well, well,” and was at last forced to add, “Is it a good letter? or is it too short?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Fina had showed her one afternoon when they were watching the store alone. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She thought it would do him good to take a journey while Odysseus was sailing home, instead of perpetually watching in silent fury the outrageous behavior of the suitors. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lauren seemed to compensate by watching TV for hours at a time, housewives and fix-it shows and singing competitions flashing across the screen every time Maya came downstairs for a snack. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The centurion was watching with more interest than concern, as if he were examining one of his stupid gutted teddy bears. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She could tell that he was also watching the hot-air balloon behind the sugar mill fence out of the corner of his eye. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She's rich but human, I thought, watching the smooth play of her relaxed hands. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The video everyone had seen but me, because there was no way in hell I was putting myself back there, back at Friday night, watching that happen all over again. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

Making sure there really was no one out watching room 103. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

On deck, he took a deep breath of sea air, watching the harbor and Ketterdam fade from view on the horizon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mariam sat watching the girl out of the corner of her eye as Rasheed’s demands and judgments rained down on them like the rockets on Kabul. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She could feel its empty eyes watching her through the gloom, and there was something in that dim, cavernous room that did not love her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

On these trips they ate salmon berries, then lay in the sun watching the birds. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost shaking with rage, Mark turned his attention back to the woman, who was just standing there, watching it all with that maddening lack of emotion. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The ancestors had been here, might be here even now, watching him pull out the remnants of their lives. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Marc spent time watching the chimps, too. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The nurses were watching the relays, our blood pressure and all. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been watching the wolves for two days, trying to discern which of their sounds and movements expressed goodwill and friendship. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I loved watching people do things they were really good at, and the crews who came out like this were always at the top of their game. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Keep your eyes peeled. You never know when one is going to fall. The only time you don’t see them is when you stop watching for them.” joe missed that, something terrible. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

The only person not participating in the game was Nico di Angelo, “Pluto’s ambassador,” who had climbed an observation tower about a hundred yards from the fort and would be watching with binoculars. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The air felt thick and humid, and my neck tingled like someone was watching me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t watching TV that evening, but his mother burst in to report that Tom Brokaw was talking about him and Beatrice on the network news. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt them around me, watching and supporting, waiting for me to call on them for guidance. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The doctor looked up from the monitor he was watching. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was standing disconsolately near the hot dog stand watching other children stuff themselves when a man paused to speak to her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just kept watching the screen and listening to her stupid comments. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I think she likes watching the reaction when she says she works in the city. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The sailors all took the greatest delight in watching the curious little birds at their explorations. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Sorrows stopped spinning and the three voices spoke as one: He has been watching all along. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

After the car drove down the street very slowly, as if the driver knew how many people were watching, Eberechi walked across. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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 stare down at my shoes, watching as a fine layer of ash settles on the worn leather. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It’s not the same as having someone whom you know has an eye on you, is watching you the whole time. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew, too, that most of the people watching him would soon be dead. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We lounged on the rug, on our backs, our hands behind our heads, taking it easy, enjoying the mild air, watching the stars fade. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She could feel the old women watching her, the ancient crones of Vaes Dothrak, with eyes that shone dark as polished flint in their wrinkled faces. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Though he did not say so, I think he had already been watching some of our activities from the air in the evenings. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Crow has lived here for years now. Are you really going to act this way? With God watching?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“We’re up on the fifth floor,” he whispered, watching Filch moving away from them, a corridor ahead. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then she caught Chess watching her, and her expression softened. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Baking scones and cupcakes for the school janitors, watching Guiding Light with our mothers, collecting rose petals for use in a fragrant potpourri: anything worth doing turned out to be a girl thing. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

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

Fifi is watching television when I get to my dad’s after school on Wednesday. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

We followed the path, the two others watching Julio and the little girl and the boys somewhere in the rear. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. van D. was trying to do everything at once: learning Dutch out of a book, stirring the soup, watching the meat, sighing and moaning about her broken rib. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I’m so busy watching the dog I don’t even notice it’s started to rain. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Etta had been at the kitchen sink, and from there, looking through the parlor, she saw him watching her. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

How long had I been sitting here, motionless, watching the wind? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Besides watching Tony, Wes’s first real interaction with drugs had taken place a few months earlier, just before the move out to Baltimore County. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

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

The boy never even glanced my way, but I was watching him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“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

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 have a feeling I’m watching because it’s important for me not to think, not to remember about the bakery, and my mother and father, and Norma. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

On work detail, they stayed constantly alert, watching for anything edible they could slip into their pockets and then share that night. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger lifted his eyes and looked about; no one was watching him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

You left me there watching for the parrots. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

On the horizon, a tiny steamer went by, and I made out the black dot from the comer of my eye because I hadn’t stopped watching the Arab. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Roz was standing in the shade watching her son out on the water. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Richie was home, and everybody except her mom was watching TV. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Two men sat on a couch watching wrestling on television. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh!” the young man shrieked gaily, watching Patrolman Mancuso stalking the sailor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

My mother spent two months at my side in the hospital, watching me grow in a warmed incubator instead of in her belly. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It still took awhile, and while I waited, I had to try to look everywhere else around the room except the one spot where I felt those eyes always watching me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Even from my room at the end of the hall, I could see my father’s watching eyes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at him, really look, watching the way his hair falls into his eyes when he draws, the look of concentration on his face, no more smirking expression. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I remember everybody watching, but, fact is, it didn’t bother me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on the rock’s edge watching the ripples lose their bulk and energy. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

We sit on the curb, flicking open our cans and watching some cousins play hockey. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I pace the living room when I should be watching TV. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

To tell the truth, the rest of us spent nearly as much time watching June and Neil as we did seeing May into the next life. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaves properly then, and I see her father watching me from the car. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, Jinny looked around and saw that the others were watching from a distance. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Still she spent hours with Charles in the garden, watching the worms. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Kurtz had been looming over us, watching Megan’s frustration, and she said, “Why don’t the three of you form a study group to work on tonight’s assignment?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Bobbette yelled from the kitchen, where she sat watching a soap opera. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ghost backed off and sat on his haunches, watching. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Let’s put things into perspective. He is our President, and he happens to be talking about us. The whole world’s watching, why shouldn’t we,” she said. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for the sense of something watching them, Ralph would have shouted at him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He looks around to make sure nobody is watching, then takes a piece of paper from his pocket and scrawls something on it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Nope. But then I thought I'd stick around for you. Seriously, once I started watching the game? Man. Now I know what the hype is all about. You're a monster out there.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish I could have seen all the cities of the Archipelago,” Ged said as he held the sail-rope, watching the wide grey wastes before them. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I knew there was a chance that they were watching, but I didn’t care. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Vernon,” Aunt Petunia was saying in a quivering voice, “look at the address — how could they possibly know where he sleeps? You don’t think they’re watching the house?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

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

Kaz was watching her intently, his bitter coffee eyes glittering in the light from the dome. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her life was spent in watching for the brother who would bring her the only thing life held for her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone watching knew it then: the boy was scarred for life. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have as much fun watching her get laughed at as I would have thought, either. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I spent the night with my eyes wide open, wrapped in the closeness of so many women, who took turns watching over me and never left me alone. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d follow behind, watching her black driving cap bop up and down to her music. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Nhamo was perched on a rock, watching the effect of a fish trap she had made. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As George strode to the car, I glanced back to see Frankie watching me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I pull my feet up onto the swing, watching over the top of my sketchbook. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath, watching the blue surf beyond. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Across the Square, the donors under the roof were also watching, and though I felt nothing hostile about them, I suddenly wanted to get out of there quickly. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this new space, I had time to aim squarely between the man’s eyes, watching his muscles contort and his skin wrinkle. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I remember watching that foot of hers in its striped sandal swinging backwards and forwards, and my eyes and my brain began to burn in a strange quick way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered watching a nature documentary about deep-sea creatures. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I need to destroy the toxin without watching eyes. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She was twelve and watching the original Captains Bodacious on TV. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Mustafa gets nervous before his games, knowing that everyone is watching him and that at any moment he could fall on his face or shoot an air ball. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Anybody watching would think that she was just another mom dropping her kid at school. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I whisper, watching as Will sits down in a chair beside me, scooting it back to make sure he’s a safe distance away. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They could be hiding in the dark watching me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I automatically started pulling my umbrella from under the bed, but when I looked up and saw Diego watching me I paused. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He stood in the rear of the hall, watching as Brian Cochran posted the latest returns. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moments after Mary was beheaded, the people who were watching saw her skirts moving about and they thought her headless body was trying to get itself to its feet. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Betty jean was just getting ready to put it into the fridge when she realized I was watching her. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It looked so happy feeding on you,” he said, watching me. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I love watching crazy people go at each other in some stupid game show. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I stand across the room from him, watching as he hacks into carrots that are supposed to be minced. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They had been watching from the windows—at first with mild curiosity, then, as the crowd seemed to swell to the very walls of the hospital, they watched with apprehension. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The group of watching nobles, their robes swaying, parted to make a path. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Everybody else cleared the floor, watching my folks dance fast, slow, even hip-hop. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

We sat in the long rows of chairs by the metal detectors, Jasper and Alice pretending to people- watch but really watching me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I felt a vague flutter in my stomach as I saw Ambrose watching me with all the menace of a smoldering coal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now we were supposed to get enthusiastic about long-range marriage plans, while lying here in bed watching our shoes mildew. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my dark blue cloak and plain mask I moved about the hall, watching my actors. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It’s only a minute before we’re sitting right at the top of the Brooklyn Bridge watching the traffic stall below. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They inspected underneath stunted bushes, turned over chunks of rock, crawled beneath huge slabs, always watching keenly for the telltale single winding track of the adder. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Besides the lifeguard watching from his perch, there’s a gaggle of girls my age patrolling the beach with younger siblings in tow. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Those two are already sitting on the bench, watching more videos. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

That night, he had stood alone on the top deck of a steamboat called the River Queen, watching Grant’s big guns shell the Confederate defenders of Petersburg. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

"Are you watching the news channel?" her mother says. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Moniek glanced at the guard in the tower, made sure he was not watching, then thrust out his own chest in hilarious imitation. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been watching you from my window,” he said in his hooting voice with a rare trace of personal interest. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hung around watching the nest for so long that he almost missed the school bus. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked around at Harry, who was watching Hogwarts disappear from view behind a mountain. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It got so bad that I actually spent hours lying on the couch watching Grandma knit, plotting ways to sneak into the kitchen and steal some meat. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Doha had stayed up very late watching the line of people waiting to talk to his father. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Alex climbs onto the bed, sliding back to prop himself up on his elbows by the pillows, watching as Henry kicks off his shoes and regains his bearings. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Kira, watching, remained motionless and silent, over-whelmed with her new knowledge and a heavy feeling that combined dread and terrible sorrow. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But, Katniss, what a ride for you. I think the real excitement for the audience was watching you fall for him. When did you realize you were in love with him?" asks Caesar. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Leaning against the railings on the upper deck, watching the panorama of the river, were the Hunters, returning from their long stay in England. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat for what must have been hours, all of us who could see out watching the flames, knowing that was where we were going. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

And here they’d been in the jungle watching fungus eat up the dead bodies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, except for when a piece of art is captivating him, I catch him watching me, too. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But while she was watching Mrs. Coulter, she didn’t look behind her across the little blue lake. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter took Ama’s hand as they went back to the cave entrance, and saw the girl’s father watching anxiously from below. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She had stood behind her father as he’d drawn it, watching as he crouched over his easel, a cigarette dangling from his lips, his shoulders wrapped in a black Kashmiri shawl. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"It's like watching you live a lifetime in each piece you play." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Foremole stood watching as two of his team started the dig. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Bod was aware of the dead clustered around them, watching the scene, but he forced himself to ignore them. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The day was warm, and we ate outside watching the waterwheel turn. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scientists fished for trout in nearby streams, or climbed mountains and discussed physics while watching the sunrise. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Somebody ought to tell him that he’s going to fight War Admiral,” one of them mused after watching Seabiscuit slog by. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said that he wasn’t scared when he was standing there and the wasps were stinging him and hurting him and he was watching me run away. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“You came on a good day, because we’re watching a movie and having popcorn. But don’t think it’s always this much fun.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Leader asked, watching with amusement as the little thing scampered about the room. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

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

Not even when my dad walks into the room and stands at the doorframe, watching me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“About five million people are standing down there on the streets watching us.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

No longer am I watching random movements of guards. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“However, I ask the jury to note that the only person in the courtroom not watching the doors was your client.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

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

Harry stood quite still, eyes glazed, watching the place where a bright gold rim of dazzling sun was rising over the horizon. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I said, “Well, how about I watch the end with you, and then I can rewind it and watch up to the point I started watching with you?” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

With Mr. Daniels watching, most everyone goes back to their work. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The only difference now was that a lot of people were watching. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He was watching with an amused look, and suddenly Minli saw that the beggar wasn’t really that old at all. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Obinzes mother walked in and glanced at the TV “You were watching this scene when I left,” she said quietly. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

Suddenly I had a feeling he knew I was watching. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

This was a statement, not a question, for he had been watching me the whole time and knew it was so. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

After a full minute of the three men watching the sheriff leave and looking back and forth at one another, Donal shook his head and said, “Well, I never.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

At Cambridge University in England, in the forty-five years centered on 1910, the nature of the atom was first understood— partly by shooting pieces of atoms at atoms and watching how they bounce off. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt a strange loss at watching the plane leave. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

As I prepared breakfast before leaving home on that first morning, Grandmother India stood over my shoulder watching while I cracked the breakfast eggs for poaching. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the passersby watching him, and played a little game with himself, trying to sort the informers from the rest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He had paid twenty dollars for the hit and Sweet Jimmy’s stuff was correct but now he was freaking because of the guy watching him. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as she said, the door to the house opened and a bit of food was handed out, this time a chapati, which I quickly ate though a small child stood nearby watching hungrily. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

And now some other boys were watching from a few steps behind the foul line. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Call,” I would say, watching dawn break crimson over the Chesapeake Bay, “I hope I have a sky like this the day I get married.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My talents consist of watching television, being Ellen’s best friend, sighing, and knowing the lyrics to nearly every Dolly Parton song. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We could tell they were watching TV by the way the light flickered off their faces. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I love watching the spread of rice flour on cloth, stretched over a steaming pot. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

One of my few pleasures in 13 is watching the handful of pampered Capitol “rebels” squirming as they try to fit in. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When she sees me watching her, she shuts the antique watch with a sharp click and tosses it into her purse. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Lucy has not walked much in her sleep the last week, but there is an odd concentration about her which I do not understand; even in her sleep she seems to be watching me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She laughed then, watching Theodora’s expression as she stood in the doorway of the green room. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He hid inside, watching through the crack as Mr. Grin appeared, rising out of the ground like a vampire on a bad day. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Lyra looked again at her uncle, who was watching the Scholars with a glitter of sardonic amusement, and saying nothing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

"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

In less than a minute they found themselves in bed and watching, by the dim light from the night-light, the rest of Mary Poppins’s unpacking being performed. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“You don’t need to explain now. You just had the beans scared out of you. jCaray! I got scared watching you. Come inside where you can have a bath and something to eat.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember watching once when James B. tried to trip her as she went past him with the ball, and he was the one sent flying instead. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they weren’t just watching — they were whispering back and forth at top speed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

For the rest of the day, Lyra stayed close to the other girls, watching, saying little, remaining inconspicuous. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

That watching the people from inside the fence makes him feel like an animal in a cage. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Agents and informers continued to spy on the Fischers, and the idea that Big Brother could always be watching haunted Regina. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Over my earphones, the announcer finishes her speech with a now-standard reminder of what the objective is, for the benefit of any new audience members who are watching. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Ruby is watching me from between the bars of her cage, and this box is the way out. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t letting evil prevail by watching and doing nothing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"All of Earth is watching but powerless to help." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept looking at her, waiting and watching. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Her son told me he fell in love with the United States, where he hoped to live one day, by watching blurry videos of Charlie’s Angels. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

"Bran and Rickon have fled," he told the castle folk, watching their eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Marigold had no idea what her brother was up to at that moment, but it certainly wasn’t watching Will. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

Then I stood still, watching the honey slide along the wall toward the floor. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Always the eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I sat frozen on the reeling couch, watching her move and breathe beside me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I prayed Mr. Kennel would ring the bell, so I could walk across the yard without everyone staring at me like they were watching a two-headed pig at the country fair. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The European crowds who were watching preparations begin for the Candidates tournament liked Bobby too, but for different reasons: Americans weren’t supposed to play as well as he did. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

For almost forty years Bragg, a Nobel Prize winner and one of the founders of crystallography, had been watching X-ray diffraction methods solve structures of ever-increasing difficulty.* Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Looking forward to watching you play later this season. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next two days part of me watched her watching me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was watching his father’s face, shining with perspiration and the emotions of memory. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your debts. And now I’m paying for your sins by watching the world move on without me. I can’t go to college like my friends because of you.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

That day, when my friends and I were watching our little cows, I pretended to be one of the village warriors. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were movements from the watching crowd in front of the castle, and as one, the Death Eaters raised their wands, holding the fighters of Hogwarts at bay. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I check to see that no one’s watching me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I sat on the steps for a while, not talking, watching Howard working on his puzzle. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

One of the SS came forward, and the noise of the people watching went silent. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But I was afraid to do something as bold as that with Cade watching. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

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

Biddy went off happy to be doing something besides watching me mope. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Go back to watching the caravan,” he said. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He keeps his head down like he’s watching the birds, but I know he’s talking to me. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Our neighbors in room 205 are awake, and they are watching an action film with car chase scenes. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Once more Lyddie was aware of the other girls in the room, who were watching her openmouthed and gaping at the dirty little bundle in her arms. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He did not know what he was watching for, nor could he see any enemy, except the tussocks and his nibbling mates. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This thing, for him, was far, far worse than seeing slabs of chocolate in the shop windows or watching other children munching creamy candy bars right in front of him. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had been watching Lyra for some minutes. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then, Adam had been watching me practice in the music wing for several months. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waited a second or two, watching, and then chortled victoriously. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then—I kept watching carefully—she pulled herself together, smiled and said: “It’s just as well the fences at Hailsham aren’t electrified. You get terrible accidents sometimes.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be scared. The boss trusts you. He’s gone to see some friends. Somebody’s watching him and if he starts back to the movie, they’ll phone us,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could lose an hour just watching her breathe. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Percy’s enjoying work, then?” said Harry, sitting down on one of the beds and watching the Chudley Cannons zooming in and out of the posters on the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He would do the same with very young children, provided no one was watching; when there were other people around, he preferred to play the strong, solitary man. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Right now I wouldn’t even mind watching Fox Five News with the lady who talks so fast and so loud you can’t hear what she’s saying. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked it up, watching him the whole time. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A white library employee, watching them, assumed that the two black men were dealing drugs and called a supervisor. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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 just sat there in my family’s flat, listening to the radio and watching the sky over Kraków turn black as the Germans came to kill us. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Raiden glanced at his daughter, who was watching him with a stony expression. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My mother must be up late watching Eden. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He got out and went along the station wall, watching the cars. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, guess what, Sherie? Someone was watching. And I’m done sitting back and being quiet for you, you thieving little witch.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Kathy adjusted her hijab in the front window, tucking in stray hairs—it was a nervous habit—while watching Zeitoun leave the driveway in a swirling grey cloud. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Another dreamer,” said the ticket seller to his assistant, watching the boy walk away. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I understand what all the watching and whispering was about. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I sat on the floor for a long time, watching people check in at the counter and head off toward their gates. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

His only serious activity, besides watching anything on the TV, is doodling. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

While we lay there, watching the fragments of Swift-Tuttle burning and fizzing across the black of the desert night, I had to endure the entire humiliating tale. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

We’re quiet now, leaning our heads against the stones lining the spring and watching the hanging lanterns illuminate the water with gold. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m watching a high-flying plane, and I send some random love to it. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Deep and dark, they say. A good place for touching. All the dead kings watching.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If I wasn't watching it with my own eyes, I would never believe anyone could move that fast. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Behind her, Tialys put away his instrument and sat watching the child plead with her own death to be taken where no one should go. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Tayo stood watching all this time, and except for smiling or laughing or speaking when Harley spoke to him, he wasn’t doing anything. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I felt her watching us in a good way. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat down by the front door, clubs in hands, watching for looters. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I don’t like the way he was watching us. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The young soldier glanced up at the white faces watching him, and there was still in his eyes the look of wonder that life could have changed so suddenly and ruthlessly. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was watching the granite ledges slip past, the. pines above them bending with the wind out to sea. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Van Eck would be watching, waiting to pounce. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Now, suddenly, I was aware of people watching me from their chairs as I stared hard at the high gloss of the piano keys, finding nothing there but sameness. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Do you see how her eyes are on you all the time? No matter which way you look at the picture, she’s watching.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

As she strolled through the family rose gardens watching the sun rise, she felt happier than she had ever been. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She forced the slippers over my hands, smiling all the while, watching my eyes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes — the female has been in town. She went to the house, but while Charlie was at work. She hasn’t gone near him, so don’t be afraid. He’s safe with Esme and Rosalie watching.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Hurry up, Remus,” snarled Black, who was still watching Scab-bers with a horrible sort of hunger on his face. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He wasn't watching me, but I knew he knew I was there. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Every year Mom, Dad, Thomas, and I would celebrate Fig’s birthday with a specially made cake from Heavenly Treats Bakery, while watching the video Dad had recorded of Fig’s homecoming six years ago. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

And, well, I admit it, sometimes I got kinda sick of watching a new video every time she learned something new. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Grace and Cordelia and Carol are standing among the apple trees, watching. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced at Kainene and Kainene looked away, as if the pride on his face did not matter, and Olanna quickly focused on her plate so that neither would know she had been watching them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bran glimpsed a lean black shape watching from the undergrowth as well. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Okay," Gregory said, pulling away, a little embarrassed by the attention, plus, people were walking by watching Gregory get worked on like some kind of car. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

For the first time since that night when I sat in the back of Bo’s truck, watching the meteor shower, I feel like my life is happening. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He stood still, watching Turner crumpled, holding himself, his face coated with the dust of the road, his white shirt smeared with blood. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“No it’s not. If you are just watching a movie, there’s no reason why the kids can’t tag along. I’m sure your friends will understand. End of story.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I told him, he watching me with his cold, pale eyes. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw him getting ready to make his move, so I stepped over to another part of the store, just in case hippie girl was watching. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I glanced at him, caught him watching me with unexpected intensity. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The victim screamed, and his mother, who was watching the performance in horror, shouted ‘Stop!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I positioned myself where Uncle Robert pointed, under a roof bolt, and kept watching until Dad led me back to the man-trip. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Surely Einar would enjoy watching, even if he couldn't do the quick hopping steps that they all seemed to know. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I wondered what Peach thought, watching me cry, but I couldn’t help it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When she comes home from work, they sit on the couch, watching her favorite soap opera, with her hand resting on his arm. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

They are hovering too much and watching me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the edge of his vision, he saw the cupbearers watching with eyes as big and white as chicken eggs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Sheer barbarism," he said, watching the bartender and lowering his voice to a whisper. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knelt there watching his face, watching his eyes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We didn't even notice that Joey had been standing right there, watching us the whole time. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And while he was watching the ships, Buttercup shoved him with all her strength remaining. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath them, armed and armored sentries walked their rounds with spears and crossbows, watching every approach. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I busted ’round the corner I saw Mr. Alston squatting ’gainst a wagon wheel watching the other men tossing the white spotty boxes. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But presently I forget all of watching; and when I sudden remember that I watch, I find her lying quiet, but awake, and looking at me with so bright eyes. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel like I’m not alone, like someone is always watching over me. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Riddle was still watching him — twirling Harry’s wand between his long fingers. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I sit there watching the steam rise and I watch myself rise and I worry she might come in and see me in my excitement. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I feel my grandmother watching me, so I look down at my sandwich instead. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

But luckily, there was such disorder inside, with the adults trying to hurry the children through so as to clear the way for the passengers from the zeppelin, that no one was watching very carefully. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel watching us, turning up on the street, calling us up all the time. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

So much for it watching over me and bringing a future fortune. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

But even with all of this, as I stood on the lower deck outside our dark, cramped rooms in steerage, watching the oily water churn beneath the Agnes Pauline, I felt my spirits lift. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

This sinking feeling grips my stomach as I look around, hoping no one sees the food stamps, hoping there’s no kids from my school watching. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

My toes are against the tire now; I’m leaning my palms on the side of the hood, watching close. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur changed the subject “Gareth is shaping well,” he said, watching the boy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d changed my mind about watching TV and was outlining the second chapter. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She stepped backward clutching her bag, watching me, confused. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still sleeping on his face and the boy was sitting by him watching him. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had crossed the dirt path and avoided the feet of those watching the rescue efforts, draping over the cliff. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I stared at the arrival board, watching as flight after flight arrived on time. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Father Masego is no longer looking at my parents, but watching me carefully. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I slept on the floor of Grand Central Terminal for the first three nights, watching everyone’s feet walk past, men in loafers, women in patent leather heels. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

We stood watching the wild boar struggle in the snow. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The image zoomed and spun at first, so I got motion sickness just watching it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They digested the position in silence, watching a flutter which had developed on the right side of his mouth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind her, my mother knelt and swept the carpeted steps with a whisk broom, collecting the dirt in a dustpan and watching me anxiously. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I could see him touching me, like I was watching a film of what was happening in the room, but I could hardly feel his hand at all. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure she could do this herself, but she was watching how the younger generation pulled it off. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But I would see him watching the clouds, particularly when we was planting corn. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roberto and I stayed in the car, listening to the radio and watching like two investigators. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I stayed quite still, watching for my chance. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Farther back in the plane, staff and Secret Service members were watching movies and catching up on sleep. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When it felt Bran watching, it lifted its eyes from the still waters and stared back at him knowingly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Does he know I was watching the movers? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The boy sat watching him, his eyes welling. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Looking back from far down the road, the boy would see her watching at the edge of the porch. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

This will be even better than watching boys or drunken sailors slug it out. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Under ordinary circumstances, he was the kind of guy Archie took pleasure in assigning, watching him bend or break. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the other guys had their heads swiveled toward him, constantly watching him, listening to what he had to say. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We sat in silence a hit while watching the water reflect the pink and orange sky on its surface. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She had summoned me, and I stayed in the tower watching over her until another angel came and took her away. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

She literally chopped down a tree once while watching Princesse, who was a baby at the time. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

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

I happened to be watching him as he very carefully packed the tobacco into the bowl from a yellow oilskin pouch. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swallowed the last of the cake, then she began on the bun, watching me across it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily, Capricorn’s men were watching the old woman as she crossed the square, walking so fast the girl stumbled over the hem of her dress a couple of times. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then without hesitating, I cut off my hair, watching with regret the long flaxen curls fall to the ground. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

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

He stood there a minute, watching the river rush by. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

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

He’s watching Alex, eyes blown dark and hazy, and Alex is watching him right back, every nerve in both bodies narrowed down to a single point. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It took a couple seconds for her to realize I was watching her, and I know this sounds completely lame, but in those few seconds I could see right into her. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He kisses me, watching me all the time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, Mom’s Hyperion redwood has been watching over the Collective just like Izta and Popoca watched over their people, waiting for peace to arrive. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He stood with his lips bunched, watching until the rock crashed to a stop at the bottom. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Because when I watch my mom argue with Lenny it’s like watching her try to grab hold of a blob of grape jelly. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I get a chill when I’m watching TV in the break room one afternoon and see ... a commercial for Wal-Mart. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wolf slowed, stopped, watching, his eyes glowing red in the moonlight. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They sounded like they loved watching dice tumble more than anything in the world. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t make watching television bad for the kids,” he says, but adds: “There are probably a thousand better things to do any given time than watching any given television program.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He knew, without looking back, that Harry was just watching him, waiting to see what he would do. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You know I don’t like you watching war movies,” she scolded me with her hands on her hips. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He looked up, his head tipped to one side, watching me out the corner of his eye. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Quang-ha is on the couch watching a TV show about a guy who drives around the country in a convertible eating bacon cheeseburgers. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Since it’s pretty much understood that if the place isn’t burning down, I get the door if Grammy is watching television, I swing open the door. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Mom is hovering behind Jack, watching me with concerned brown eyes. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The shadow on the ground, of Monkeyman’s body being offered up for a beating, was long and thin and disappeared into the shifting knot of people watching. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were plenty of sideways glances and people talking about her when they thought she wasn’t watching, but most everyone avoided her like she carried a mortal-age disease. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

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

And so they spent hours there, watching the birds come and go, feeding them from their palms, exulting in the familiarity that allowed the birds to land on their arms and shoulders. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I remember watching him peel that orange for me; he cut one long, efficient line in the fruit’s peel, then removed it all in one piece. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

These are questions to be unraveled back home, in the peace and quiet of the woods, when no one is watching. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The carriage picked up speed on the long, sloping drive up to the castle; Hermione was leaning out of the tiny window, watching the many turrets and towers draw nearer. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I could feel her watching me at the door. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also an expert at watching agents behind glass to read their expressions. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Nine wolves were on the path behind her, all pacing restlessly, all watching her as she crossed through the gate. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He stood silent, watching his father finish drafting the day’s assignment. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But I don't move because I can't stop watching this family. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

James was intent on watching a row of black birds huddled on a wire overhead and didn’t answer. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“You keep watching me,” she said one night as we watched a summer storm coming in from the west. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

At one point, it looked like he had seen Aru watching them from the museum window. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tonight I’m watching my mother sweep under the same kitchen table, something she does every night after dinner. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It’s better to be here, in silence, than in the Pit, watching everyone laugh with their families. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Ruby stands just to the side, watching wide-eyed and biting her lip as I cry. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Up ahead, Chucha stands at the door to her room, watching our progress. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

No one who happened to be watching could tell that I wasn’t saying what the others said. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat on the floor, watching my grandmother. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

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 turned it over in my avatar’s hand, watching the torchlight play across the roman numeral, and that was when I spotted two small lines of text engraved into the metal. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“On the day of the Wardraft, I saw someone watching from the Tokyo Dome’s rafters.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were sick kids everywhere— walking with IV poles, playing games, lying in beds, watching TV, sleeping. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

A weird old lady, white hair, scary face, roaming around from room to room, up and down the steps, watching, waiting—oooh, I'm scaring myself. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I’d been watching Captain Bugloss and he struck me as a nice enough fellow, conscientious and a bit weak and rather harassed by having more to do than he could really cope with. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think and think and watch and watch. When are you going to stop watching? It’s time to do something!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her head swayed this way and that, watching him out of those vertical pupils, her fangs bared. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When Blaine came home, she sat at the dining table, watching him chop fresh basil in the kitchen, and said, “If only the man who wrote this book could be the president of America.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We had been watching for an hour or more when this idea hit me.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When she glanced back over her shoulder, he was watching her with that pained look on his face that meant he was thinking. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

These are my memories of Rob: I remember— —Spending the night at your house, and staying up all night watching cable, eating the pizza that we ordered at 3:00 a.m. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cross the room to where Fuchsia is watching her kitten get smothered in love. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

When he looked up, his brother was still watching him in earnest. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She stayed sitting on the steps, watching him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kojo shouted to where he knew his phone camera was watching. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Watching him until he was out of sight, then watching some more. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She took him to the airport, and stayed watching until he went past security, waved, and turned the corner. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She’d be the princess, and that amounted to sitting in a cage he built out of stone or ice or something, and watching him and Ivan battle with magic. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

About fifteen feet forward-ship from the first row of deck chairs, and eighteen or twenty rather sun-blinding feet overhead; a young man was steadily watching him from the Sports Deck railing. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Roli and I are out of the car by now, watching, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I noticed that the people were watching us, and this was when I realized my cheek was still exposed. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

When he noticed Koffi was watching them, he made himself stop, looking distinctly embarrassed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He’s lying back on his new houndstooth couch, watching me pace. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guys watching the game started yelling and carrying on and when I looked at the coach I saw that he was red. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Around strangers he was quiet, alert, fading into the background until he was just a pair of hazel eyes watching everything go down. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

People were still watching them, mainly because of Hedwig’s continuing screeches. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It is following me downriver, watching me like some great eye. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Ellsbergs spent long days alone, reading newspapers and watching television. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“It rounds me out,” he said, folding laundry in the family room and watching a Georgia Tech football game on television. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The gyptian boy turned away to call to his friends, who were all watching Ma Costa. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I know if I was watching I'd loathe any tribute who didn't immediately ally with their district partner. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Bigwig spent most of the hours of daylight watching for Kehaar’s return. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy was sitting on the back steps of the house wrapped in the blankets watching him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit gazed at the throng, stirring gently in the sunshine; Woolf studied War Admiral, watching him unravel at the starting line, whirling in circles. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only then that I glanced back and saw Dad, still standing at the checkpoint, watching me walk away, his hands in his pockets, his shoulders slumping, his mouth slackened. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Abigail stood nearby, flashlight in hand, watching as the machine scooped out pile after pile of rubble and dirt. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

Over the rims of our cups, we watched her watching us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ignatius mumbled to himself, watching the silhouette of the streetcar forming a half-block away. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry kept smiling and waving, even though it was like a little bereavement, watching his son glide away from him.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Too early even to do my chores, I drank the coffee black, sitting on my steps, watching the sky blush the palest pink. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I kicked a rock out of the way and sat down, still watching him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Nipper observed from a booktop, swinging his head as if watching a Ping-Pong match. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

They’d walked slowly through the snow, watching carefully for icy places. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was concentrating fiercely on the ground, and was quite unaware of Marcus watching him from a rear window. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

And just like that I was walking toward the dock, knowing for certain now that someone was watching us. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She could imagine it because of the faces of the Japanese soldiers, of the truck drivers, of the people watching the train roll by their villages. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He tossed one to Shadow, who caught it, and, realizing that a small boy was watching him, held it up between forefinger and thumb and vanished it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He catches me watching and forces a smile. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

All three of them looked up, as did several other watching patrons. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He was probably below, watching his stupid martial arts programs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Major Major hung back with horror, but he was not bold enough to resist with all the others watching. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I roll down the window and wave at my mom, who’s still watching from inside. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Nancy’s son, Jason, who was seven, was watching television in the living room. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could see him watching and taking mental note. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Wolves wouldn’t find them interesting. Tell me what you’ve been watching on TV. We aren’t allowed TV unless a show improves our souls.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We waited in the minivan, watching him as he crossed the street. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And so I found myself, six days later, standing at our local airport watching a tin commuter plane containing Katz touch down and taxi to a halt on the tarmac twenty yards from the terminal. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Would my first trip to Europe be spent evading drunken maniacs and watching birds evacuate their bowels on rocky beaches? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I tried hard not to think about Marisol watching our TV, feeling sorry for us while we played Chutes and Ladders and ate bran cereal out of a T-ball cap. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

On the back of his chair perched a gigantic, golden-plumed eagle, watching every movement with sharp, unblinking eyes. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Here Mr. Donnelly turned to the men who were watching football. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two of the Young Men stood by the back door of the house, watching me approach. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The blistering flames rising above the house were just waving goodbye to everyone who was watching. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t it help you if the watching girl did not actually realize that the vase had broken? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I often wondered what he’d be thinking about, down there at the gate, watching the girls going home from school, trying to want something he couldn’t even remember he didn’t and couldn’t want any longer. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I knew what it meant, all those times I noticed JP looking at her, watching me, too. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But after a while they’d all get tired of watching seals and move on. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Max sometimes acted like his brain had been watching YouTube instead of listening. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“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

It's more like watching your own friends die. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bigwig, realizing that the sentries were on the jump from watching and waiting with nothing to do, changed places with him and sent Speedwell up to take over from Blackberry. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of this is seen by hundreds of teens, watching in horror. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he had changed his mind about playing goal again after watching me today. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before we get to the front of the line, Tiny pushes me in front of him—I guess so he can have the pleasure of watching me use the ID for the first time. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he didn’t dare mess with the potion with Dumbledore watching him!” said Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Afterward, when Taisin was too weakened to walk back immediately, Kaede sat with her on the forest floor, watching as the purple flower, gloriously open to the air, bobbed in the wind. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When the sun sank and the words faded, he gazed over the landscape, moved by its beauty, watching it slip from gray to purple before darkness blended land and sky. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then, after two hours of watching mysterious symbols move across the lighted panel high on the wall of the broker's office, her eyes began to cross. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ate slowly, watching the tiny yellow light that belonged to the Virgin and listening for far-off noises from the rest of the house. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two steers backed away against the wall, their heads sunken, their eyes watching the bull. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I don’t remember that,” I said, watching her swallow. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

They turned at the first corner, and Jake stood watching them a moment before walking on. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He seemed fascinated by the stereo player and, as the song played, stood watching it as if he would learn the secrets of its chrome entrails by staring hard at it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

We eat in silence, watching the street and letting the sunshine warm us. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He lay on his bed watching the sun sinking behind the bars on the window and wondered miserably what was going to happen to him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It’s like watching someone go through the box of private stuff that I keep under my bed. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I say I’m doing this to keep it safe, but in fact I don’t want it watching me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d have been really looking forward to it, watching them do whatever it was . . . cheering on Cedric with everyone else, safe in a seat at the back of the stands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

My face gets hot, and I’m watching his eyes move around the room so quickly that I’m already trying to find a way to take back everything I’ve just said. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He turned from one to another, their sea-washed eyes open and watching, and then finally he leaned out. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

As I started spotting recognizable landmarks, I felt as though I were watching an all-too-familiar horror movie, but the creepy scenes still made me jump. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

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

On the other side of the aisle, Mrs. Coulter sat awake and silent, her golden dæmon watching everything from her lap and exuding malice. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I spent much of the time watching the traffic that thronged the streets. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

And now there’s a small crowd that’s formed, watching us load the ice into the bed of the truck. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They imagine this animal overseeing its off­spring proudly and tenderly, the whole family watching the setting of the sun from the limbs of trees with sighs of pleasure. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Katherine catches me watching her as she straps the swords across her back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

No, this was grown-up seeming, and I felt smart sitting there watching it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It’s hard watching someone swallow their favorite food one last time. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A week later, on October 15, Richard Nixon sat in the White House watching football on television while thousands of protestors circled the building. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

On the night table beside the ash tray overflowing with crushed butts stood the empty bottle, but the last thing I remembered before the curtain came down was watching myself take the second drink. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I fast-forward through the bad parts and all of a sudden I’m watching something and I’m not sure how I got there. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was surprised to discover the place completely empty; everyone was out in the street watching the fire’s ominous glow. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

And they weren’t watching him because he was so good at doing dismounts from the parallel bars. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I sit on the porch steps, watching the neighborhood. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

In the far corner, he saw Bull and Colonel Hedgepath watching him, enjoying his uncertainty, his callowness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Staring at the table of familiar faces, Jinny felt like she was watching everyone else through a sheet of water or a thin fog. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say anything, hoping she’d figure out the conversation was over, but she stayed where she was, perched on the edge of the bed, watching me intently. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Joyce settled down on a bench on the foredeck, sipping coffee in the sun, looking forward to watching Joe race and seeing him afterward, however it turned out. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He is watching me, waiting for me to say something, to offer him some crumb of comfort, but I have none. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would’ve if it had been me . . . wouldn’t have wanted everyone watching. What if the goblet just gobbed you right back out again?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They were curled up on the couch, she reading a novel, he watching sports. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But she was sneaking along the alley, watching the door, so I wasn’t thinking anything about him until they had gone past. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had to see them watching our faces for any sign of a nervous breakdown. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

And somewhere in the watching audience was Ambrose. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mom and I spend the next half hour watching Carla pack. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Otto and I sat up and stared out into the near-dark clearing like we were watching a sports game on TV, the caterpillars a bowl of popcorn we chowed through without looking. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

OMG, was she thinking of the times Fizz and I used to whisper to each other in prayer when our foreheads were on the ground and we thought no one was watching us? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The re­ward for the watching eye and the listening ear is great. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Killconey lay watching the gate from behind a sycamore in the woods. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to defy him, and besides, I knew he’d be watching. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We sat there watching as more and more people showed up and old men opened their stands and set out the products and price tags. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Against the wall, Edward was watching my face, his own face expressionless. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even Hitler, who had been contorting himself in concert with the athletes, was watching him. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Annabelle and Will sit on a blanket on a grassy hill at Challenger Elementary, watching the game. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I had to be responsible for my own escape, and I could see from watching television the reality of what I wanted. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want people watching me up there.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe that lady had been watching too much TV, and only thought she had a good plan. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Baby was watching Odenigbo carefully, as though urging both him and the car on with her eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The absence of black fathers from families across America is not simply a function of laziness, immaturity, or too much time watching Sports Center. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Miriam, who had been watching the little boy with interest since he’d come through the door, said, “What is it, my little dumpling? What do you want to ask the rabbi?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I turned—slowly—to find High John watching me from near the bird’s head. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As the sentence stands, the opening word, miraculously, refers to the watching, not the operating. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly I was watching the people on the street step into stores and check their mail and feed the parking meter. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were watching her with a mix of hope and apprehension. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I sit there, watching my tears drip down on her face. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She sat in the hot sunshine watching the life on the street and guarding within herself, her own mystery of life. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cereal would turn the milk different colors, and I’d sit on the couch with the humongous bowl on my lap, watching cartoons. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

That might take a bit of time; even the bravest would be dismayed after watching a thousand or so of his fellows consumed by wildfire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Three people stood at the window watching the snow. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ollie and I remained trembling in place, watching their backs until they turned out of the alley. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was keenly aware of Nina watching him from the other side of the room. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Moss said quietly, watching as the group moved off the road. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

She's sitting on her bed, watching her feet dangle off the side. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Hooper kept on watching him, as though he were trying to discover something, as though he wanted to make sure about what had been happening here, in this house, while he had been away. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I was hovering up above, near the opening of the cave, watching to see what I’d say. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

We sat on the bed, watching Malia drift into a restless, uncomfortable sleep. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There had never been a time when John had not sat watching the saints rejoice with terror in his heart, and wonder. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Ma is watching the patrons come and go. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun, exhausted, would rest against the bow, watching the fish slowly cease their struggles. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Now the boy stood watching as the flames ate their way up the heavy cloth. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

For me it was almost like watching Papa leave again. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Cook was in the children’s room, watching Janie and Bill put together a jigsaw puzzle on the floor. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Three newly arrived inmates were placed in a holding cell near us, awaiting their issue of clothing, and one started watching Davis. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had had enough of watching the new wife do nothing while the rest of them labored, and she went up to her and told her that the time had come for her to work. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I can’t help but wonder if I were here, if I were watching this as regular old Mia, would I feel jealous, too? If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hank said it’s the one thing that gives you away, but that by paying close attention and watching yourself in the mirror, you can master an even gait. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

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

He was watching her intently over his coffee, as though she were conducting an interview and he were waiting to hear if he’d got the job. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Liam is about to apologize until he sees his football friends watching. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They still walked like they owned the place, but they were more wary, watching the doorways and crossroads for any sign of trouble. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

"He doesn't know we're watching. From his point of view, Ares 4 is his only hope." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gray-haired man looked left again, but high this time, away from the girl, who was now watching him rather like a young, blue-eyed Irish policeman. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She was enjoying watching Rishi worrying about her, though she didn’t want to admit it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When I look over my shoulder, I see Jamie watching me with the same adoring smile he has from the first time I met him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But even as the Captain of the Guard walked to his rooms, he couldn’t shake the feeling that Duke Perrington had been watching him, too. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He passed the Sansonis on floor ten, listened awhile to the game show they were watching on TV. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Charles had been spending hours at the London Zoo watching Jenny, an orangutan. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It should be safe to enter the apartment as long as someone is the lookout on the lobbycam, watching to see if Mr. X comes into the building. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Somkit and Pong would watch the grandson watching the water, waiting for the old man to come back up. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Grace could hear the quiet sniffles from all four of their parents behind them, watching their two children meet for the first time. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Shaan smiles, looking as if he might be genuinely enjoying watching two hapless Americans become slowly waterlogged. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I lay tense in the bed, watching him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

The woman just takes out some more and gives some to both of us, watching wide-eyed at every move I make. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The monks couldn't know that Pong's practice of paying attention to mangoes and watching out for the swing of a guard's baton had prepared him to sit in long hours of quiet meditation. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Good one, Ruby,” I say, watching Stella stroke Ruby’s back with her trunk. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I sat there on the wet ground watching Harp and Gully turn the corner. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Art Is usually my favorite class, but Mrs. Newman is watching me intensely. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

We stood awhile longer watching Mama Mwanza argue good-naturedly with her lazy son and take several broad swipes at him with her big cooking spoon. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Nana and I spend the rest of the morning on the couch watching the Travel Channel. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

High John stood watching him, crunching noisily on an apple. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Dad is standing there, watching her with a doubtful expression on his face. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Tuesday, May 28,1935 The next morning I feel my mother watching me as I rinse my cereal bowl, search for my history homework, put on my socks. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand by her big desk, watching her pencil dip down, correcting my mistakes. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

That evening, he was washing Master’s linen in the backyard, near the lemon tree, when he looked up from the basin of soapy water and saw her standing by the back door, watching him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But he was standing there watching us anyway, and I flushed red to think he might have seen me feeding the ant lions. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They keep cutting to an aerial helicopter view as if they’re watching a car chase, but the kid in the well isn’t going anywhere. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I was breathing “relief” when I turned my head to the left, for I sensed someone watching me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t thrilled about the idea of watching herself, but whatever. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After we passed the Antioch Baptist Church, I couldn’t stand watching him think any longer. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She saw them rustling through the leaves, watching the affairs of the village from their dark lairs. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody was lying around, watching me compete with Big Rose and adding comments about who they thought would win. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“No. But he’s got it. And hospitals suck. And treatments suck. And friends watching you be sick sucks. And watching your parents cry sucks. So maybe he just wants to climb a mountain and disappear.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Had she known somebody was watching her from behind, I'm sure she would have been embarrassed. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Even after Sandy leaves, I stay standing where I am, watching the dragonflies and their wings. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

It took a day and a half of watching the tiny digits pile up: eye-numbing, disorienting work. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

Jessica and Max and some other kids are laughing about something while Shay sits at her desk watching them. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

They are undoubtedly watching, so he decides to walk around to the other side of the fence. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We gasped over the most spectacular bolts, as if we were all watching a fireworks show. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But she was watching him; he looked up. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Jupiter is watching you, Rae. There’s pain in her eyes every time she catches you looking at Courtney when you think nobody’s paying attention.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Miss Love had been watching closely, her arms on the back of the driver’s seat. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Television at Hailsham had been pretty restricted, and at the Cottages too—though there was nothing to stop us watching all day—no one was very keen on it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dog lay curled up inside it, watching me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

As she moved stiffly, she saw Ginika in her side vision, watching them, her expression puzzled, mouth slightly slack, as though she did not quite believe what had happened. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A few feet away, Clytius stood with his back to them, watching the Doors of Death. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, far away from the hotel, in the basement of a New York City apartment building, two other dogs were also watching TV. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I looked over her shoulder every few seconds, watching the other students check their bags for notes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I waited for a few minutes, watching their eyes scan over the data. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Each time I speak, I feel again the pain of watching my parents suffer, the cold and hunger of all those nights in Płaszów, and the loss of my two brothers. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

“He watching the baby? I told him to.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

At other times, he would end an attack upon the white man and, watching me take the notes, exclaim. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, it wasn’t long after I met Sophia that Ella found out about it, and watching from the windows one early morning, saw me getting out of Sophia’s car. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we weren’t in the kitchen, we were in my room watching the parades and bowl games and tapes. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I considered going up to the den and watching SportsCenter or something, but I didn’t want to run into my uncle. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Not entirely trusting what I saw, I spent my day in anx- ious idleness, watching, dozing, searching for acorns and berries for my food. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“The Sleeper will be watching for any signs of magic. We need additional protection to get you to the Night Bazaar, where the second key lies.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was watching me because she hated my guts. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

After she changes in the locker room, Erin sits alone in the stands for a while watching us, but then halfway through practice I look up and she’s gone. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look across the pond at Will, watching as he spins slowly around and around and around. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

We lean against the side of my Cadillac, watching the “snow” settle. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

One of the Egyptian Muslims, particularly, kept watching me out of the comer of his eye. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glancing over my shoulder to make sure no one was watching, I ran my hand along the top of the doorframe. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He stood staring out in the darkness, watching the moon and the stars perhaps, or perhaps the sentries on the wall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They watched the crowd watching the skaters for a while longer. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when she was watching the TV with one eye, I felt like she was really listening to me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Beau stood for a second and then lay down against my back, watching over me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

The experience of watching was ruined, time and time again, by an interminable explanation of how things were put together. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The thrill of watching her chalk creations come to life in the park had been the most amazing thing she’d ever felt. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Her days of sitting with Tariq in a bed of clover on the banks of a stream somewhere, trading riddles and candy, watching the sun go down. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Blank-faced burrowing owls perched unblinking on fence posts, watching him pass. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I never ate with someone watching me, unless it was Uri or the boys. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray moved toward the living room, and I stood behind him watching as he held the food and limped. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I hate watching them eat cereal, fake smiling and pretending the day is ordinary. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

She continued watching me, her hand on the doorknob. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up to see a boy in a Texas Rangers hat watching me from across the street. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jacobs was now alongside him, watching him for a few seconds before he gasped. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“How can the people watching not see the difference?” the boy asks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She catches me watching her, then flips her long straight hair over her shoulder. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But then Dad would do something funny, like try to jump like the frog we were watching on Sesame Street, and it would make me giggle. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It had irked Cole, watching his sports gear, including his dirt bike, snowmobile, bicycle, skis, and even his helmet, all sold through a newspaper ad Hke some junk at a cheap garage sale. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“He’s just passed away; his heart,” said Wilder, watching her. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faye said, “Now drink it down. I’m watching you. You’re not going to let an old woman get silly by herself.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

All three of us would rather fold into each other on the couch, reading a book or watching a documentary, than gossip with Mama. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I waited before the desk, watching him place his homburg on an old brass hall-tree. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was more interested in watching the string burn all the way down than in opening the package, but he opened it, finally. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Well what the hell was she doin’?” George stood still, watching the angry little man. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting in the living room, flipping through the channels, unable to find anything worth watching, when Charlie and Zooey came home. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He made sure no one was watching, then slipped Jack a thick biscuit. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You went into the farmyard and the shed where the hutch rabbits were. This is much less dangerous. Come on—they’re all watching while we hesitate.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up at the house and saw my mother looking down from her window, watching everything. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon I felt those kids watching me again, that same old prickle. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I drink my coffee outside on the patio, watching the half-empty trains rattle past, and think about lunch. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat with her arms folded, watching Cynthia "Say-So" Sower put on a show in front of the class. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

But watching another match die out under the wet wood, I could feel the rush of energy in my throat. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The creature was watching intently, coiled with eagerness. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As he emerged beneath the walls, he could sense the boys watching from the empty sockets where their eyes had been. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Meggie was sitting upstairs with Mo, watching him remove a book from its mildewed binding as carefully as if he were releasing an injured animal from a trap. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But the farther they got from the apartment, the more he started watching the roads. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But he had been watching this place for a while. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Because I got to be watching Monkeyman’s back the same way he turned out for me.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment, they were rolling on the ground, with everyone watching. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He continued on past Antoine and the muscle man, who were now sitting on the bleachers, watching him. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on the edge of her bed watching me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s been six months now since Lucy’s funeral, and she’s still watching her shows in the kitchen on her portable television. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Listen!” said Harry urgently, and Ron and Hermione froze, watching him. “.. . kill. . . time to kill...” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

If what this goddess was saying was true, it meant she’d been watching them struggle through this jungle for a while. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Been watching you, we have,” the parrot says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

We all kept on watching her, not saying a word. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually he asks if he can carry my shopping bags, which look heavy and are, and I let him, feeling silly and archaic and looking first to make sure no women I know are watching. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the other cupbearers stood behind them, watching. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Pollard crouched over his neck, urging him on and getting nothing, watching helplessly as horses flew past. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because he felt mean and unsettled, Joe barked, “How come those kids are watching TV?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at the rubble piles where buildings used to be, in the windows of the shops or watching the factory workers—the factories were all German now—go to and from their shifts. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Beside her, Lena gently tilted back and forth on a rocker, watching the moon rise. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

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 had a sudden vision of things watching him, from in among the trees, of eyes glinting, and spears poised. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I know that you’re not supposed to think about dancing—what is that stupid expression, Sing like no one’s listening, dance like no one’s watching?—whatever. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Two sets of colored people sit on porches, watching, rocking. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I can feel him watching me, feel his liquor breath on my shoulder. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Bernard stood watching the retreating twinkle of the white stockings, the sunburnt knees vivaciously bending and unbending again, again, and the softer rolling of those well-fitted corduroy shorts beneath the bottle green jacket. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Less than an hour later, we were standing in front of the black minivan, watching as Zu did one last check under the seats. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Some kids were watching me and one of them asked me if I could jam. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

But I got to keep still, like I’m watching something humdrum. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Tobias, they were watching us. Everything that happened, everything we did. They didn’t intervene, they just invaded our privacy. Constantly.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Todd?” he barks, confused and scared and watching me leave him behind. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

You’re sitting by the window watching a guy with a bucket of roses set up shop near the subway station. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

What good was there in crouching under a punt all evening, watching a wineshop door? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Bigger held his face stiff, hating them and himself, feeling the white people along the wall watching. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I’m done throwing all the toys back into their chest, I sit down with Penny on the floor, watching as she blows raspberries whenever the cartoon characters ask her questions. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They were sheltered from the wind and they wrapped themselves in their blankets and took turns watching but after a while the boy was asleep. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I could tell all the grown-ups were watching me, waiting for me to answer something magical that would make this whole situation better. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I have been curled up with my back against the wall for at least a half hour, listening to the roaring wind and watching the city smear past us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

He had been watching old films of the Allied liberation of Nazi concentration camps, which included scenes of bulldozers unearthing corpses that Adolf Hitler’s collapsing Third Reich had tried to hide. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The idea that Dumbledore had managed to come back to them, that he was watching over them, would have been inexpressibly comforting. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Each time I ran through and got back in line, I looked up at the girls in the stands, who weren’t laughing anymore, just watching. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Her eyes followed everything greedily, watching him pull the eggs up into soft ridges in the center as they cooked and tilt the pan to let raw egg flow into the space. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s going into surgery in two days, and maybe watching it will help keep his mind off of it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

To someone standing on a platform watching it pass, the train would appear to be only eighty yards long and everything on it would be similarly compressed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

We three stand at the window, watching night cloaking the world. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Me in the rocking chair on her right, watching her. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I remembered all the times Papi and I sat on our steps, watching the sun go down. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The wind carried away the sound of the decoy gyropters, which had now disappeared around the flank of the mountain, and no one watching spoke. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I turn around and find Michael Clark watching me from behind the chain-link fence at home plate. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“If we all just skipped everything else this evening and we just watched the fields burn. It’s so weird. It’s hypnotic watching a fire.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When he disappeared on another afternoon, horsemen eventually found him in a crowd watching a visiting Montana rodeo. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watching Cairnholm disappear felt like watching the only remaining key to that mystery sink beneath the dark waves. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I was torn between following him and staying where I was, watching Lissa and her father. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

A circle of men was watching him; Longstreet could see the grins, flash of a dark bottle going round. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

So he changed into a swimsuit and sat for a moment in a metal chair beside the pool, watching his healthy kids perform. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if he could sense her watching him, Archer looked down. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I went out to the kitchen and left John and the Pigman watching some kind of TV spectacular, the theme of which was Hurrah for Hollywood. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

So she lifted and lowered the oar, watching the icy water fall in clear droplets from the blade, and soon the fortress loomed large ahead of her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then Wormtail resumed his place in the circle of watching Death Eaters. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She can try, but I’m going with her, watching from around the corner. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Matilda, sitting motionless at her desk in the second row, was watching things very closely. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

It is hard work watching over the peoples and flishing and wishing them safely. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Olanna was watching him; there was something in her expression that made him realize she would not be patient enough to listen much longer. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I sat in the corner watching people filling up the rooms where Mama used to. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Watching them play one-on-one was like watching two dance partners perform their greatest hits. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Dad was off to the side, watching it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As minutes slip by, I just sit there beside Valerian, watching the skin of his face grow paler as the blood no longer pumps to it, watching his lips go a kind of greenish blue. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Rather, Dorian just seemed to be watching her because he enjoyed watching her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When the cops came, he was still gripping the broken bottle in his hand, and watching his own blood flow between the fingers of his fist and drip on the Mexican’s oiled wood floor. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They agreed that from now on they’d all better be watching one another’s backs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mia hesitated outside the glass lobby for a few minutes, watching the reflections of the people on the sidewalk glide over, and past, the shadows of the people within. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At night I lay shivering on the floor, watching the illuminated snowflakes sift in a column through the hole in the ceiling. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nine rats now manned each rope; two stayed behind, watching the rollers. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of a busy day, I will tell you, there is nothing better than watching a young couple find their dream home in Nashville or some young bride-to-be saying yes to the dress. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He went over and stood at Chad’s shoulder, watching the compass in the glow on the binnacle light. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu was watching her; she felt the responsibility of an actress whose family members expected the best performance. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A flash of uncertainty crossed the girl’s face, so quick Nailer might have missed it if he hadn’t been watching closely, but he caught the slight widening of her eyes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

At three in the afternoon, Yeste said, “Enough. I am exhausted from the watching.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“To say the least,” Celaena murmured, watching the shifting colors of the fading sun turn the castle gold and red and blue. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A child ahead of them urinated on a wall, watching them with solemn eyes as they slipped past. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

His back was turned, and he was absorbed in watching something on the lawn. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Simone is leaning on the counter watching an improbably tall guy pouring himself a drink. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I mostly stare out the window, watching this part of the country pass. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Their heads drew into a clump, watching us, then they broke and rushed toward us, hurling water with their hands. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw people on the sidewalk, watching something. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was watching us now, but then he kept walking. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

A cheer went up from the thousands of avatars watching from the chaotic battlefield around us. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Robert Byrne, watching the match in astonishment, said he couldn’t explain how Bobby, how anyone, could win six games in a row from such a genius of the game as Bent Larsen. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was watching them from a distance, half hidden in the shadow of one of the old chestnut trees that grew near the house. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I slipped on some shoes, snuck past Mom, who was watching TV in the living room while grading tests, and went outside. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ron looked a little embarrassed, but said in a low voice, “Dumbledore...the doe? I mean,” Ron was watching Harry out of the corners of his eyes, “he had the real sword last, didn’t he?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I picture her waiting at the window, watching for me, even though she would never let me catch her at it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In Sabbath school Mr. Travis is always telling us that the Lord loves laughter, and what could be funnier than watching Ma reaching down into her basket and getting a little surprise? Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad it’s over,” Mom said, watching Jim stomp morosely up and down the steps. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was watching TV pretty loud, but you never knew how sound might carry. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

One afternoon Dad walked over and stood right next to Shawn, watching him weld. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“He thought he was watching Grindelwald hurting you and Ariana....It was torture to him, if you’d seen him then, you wouldn’t say he was free.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The crow, who had been watching all this activity, turned a beady glance on his owner and flapped his wings with such vigor that Gurgi roused himself in alarm. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She keeps her eyes closed, but his are open, watching me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

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 think of her old moist eyes watching me read as she listens. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

There was something scary about watching an adult sleep. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

April had followed, watching approvingly, but now she suddenly objected. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel like watching monkeys anymore that day. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was watching the rats running for their lives. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if she gives him more than the time of day with a look, the watching eyes of the sweetbacks are more satisfying than hers. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I perch on one of the couches, watching people come and go. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Seeing him lost in the labyrinths of kinship, trembling with uncertainty, the arthritic priest, who was watching him from his hammock, asked him compassionately what his name was. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Dancing, I looked over Brett's shoulder and saw Cohn, standing at the bar, still watching her. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I kept watching until she turned around and quickly walked out of the courtroom. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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 stood a while longer, watching the clouds and scolding myself for mixing in with the affairs of gentlemen and their honor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, watching Josh fall might make me laugh out loud, and I have taken a vow of silence. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other birds had stopped as soon as the first one fell, and stood watching it, and watching the man, too. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She did not meet his eyes, instead watching a mouse scurry along the floor. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He did not answer and I went on watching the sky. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Habib still clung to the back railing, watching Afghanistan disappear behind them. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I had no idea where my sisters and brothers were, who was watching them while Mami took Raymond to New York. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then he worked in the control room with me, watching the cameras and writing stupid programs that spelled out words on the screen or played guessing games with numbers. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When we walk into the living room, Pop Pop is watching the news. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I’d set the camera on the windowsill, so it was like an outsider was watching Mummy. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

More and more, instead of going to his gardening job on Sundays, he stays home drinking beer and watching TV. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I look up at the portrait of our Benefactor, El Jefe, which hangs above the classroom, his eyes watching over us. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I scanned the camp as we walked, watching for where they were taking us. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph didn’t say anything, even though Nick Porter and Brian Boss both laughed like it was so Sometimes, Coach Swieteck was watching those three guys too. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I was in the doorway of a classroom watching Porscha as she walked by. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drop my head like he caught me watching him get dressed. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We sat there in the quiet, me watching him. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He leans against one of the stone archways, watching her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The hours I passed watching Craig’s games from the bleachers of one gym or another began to feel less like a sisterly obligation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He sat watching the twilight fade beyond the kitchen windows. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Crouching under the bank, she had put on the boy’s suit, bundled up her own clothes and dropped them into the water, stood a moment watching them float out on the tide. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The watching crowd recoiled slightly as the dementors placed the man in the chained chair and glided back out of the room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Well-worn couches and comfy chairs filled the room on the right, where some kids were watching television. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Diana spends her afternoons and evenings chatting with friends on the Internet or watching television. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He seems to have overdone it with a couple of young recruits on the ploughed field at home and unknown to him the son of the local magistrate was watching. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Have you been watching the news at all?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The girl’s still watching me, still breathing heavy. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Wes noticed one of his boys leaning out of a window along with dozens of other people, who were now curiously watching. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

They hurled clods of earth at the prone forms in the ditch and stood watching them for a time. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There’s only one watching over ’em di-rect and he’s passed out from drinking! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Even though we had a dining table, my sister, brother, and I would plop place mats on the floor and eat our dinners while watching sitcoms. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“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

I glanced back to Vega, who was watching us. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“And yet all we do is tell people to stay calm and keep watching.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

I’m propped on my bed drawing Brian, who’s a few feet away at my desk watching a meteor shower on some astronomy site he’s addicted to. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

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

“Leave me be so that I may perish alone without your cruel eyes watching!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

All these years of watching the Miss America pageant, and I ain’t never seen a girl who looked like me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He had a prickling feeling that his father was still out there, watching for him; that the old man knew just where he was, and was circling in for a kill. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

After all my hours of watching, I’d learned that was how to show I wasn’t a threat. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

A painting of the pastor hung above the chairs, and I could’ve sworn he was watching me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I perfected Lulu after watching the film To Sir, with Love five times, then briefly tried on Diana Rigg from a television show called The Avengers. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Looking at pictures would be better than watching snow drift. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The creatures, some sitting on chairs, others reclining on a sofa, were all watching him intently. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

She saw herself sitting on the spacious porch of some fine riverside hotel, sipping tea and watching the sun descend. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Sitting in Paris and watching my American movies, I think of the man with the transistor radio and feel the exact opposite of homesick. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

My mother spoke softly, “I remember when he was just a little baby, toddling around. Watching, always watching. With clear bright eyes that looked like they wanted to swallow up the world.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I lay there for a while watching her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Looking through their portholes, the customers were watching real bodies do the things bodies sometimes did in dreams. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He missed watching television and the activity in the lobby—the arrival and departure of guests and the arguments among the staff. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I remember watching Grandma, searching for signs that her body was giving way. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He let it rumble underneath him, watching the clock and waiting for Lily to get a far enough head start. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He chuckles a little and returns to watching the match. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Babies need watching,” said one of the women who’d been singing with the Believers. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Emperor had overruled his wife after watching Aurelia and Boots at play on several occasions. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

I took a quick look out the windows and in the rearview mirror to see if anyone was watching. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

"We've got fifteen minutes to get home. I'm sure Ma's watching the clock." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stand there a minute, letting myself feel how strange this all is, watching them, knowing what I know. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He stopped and stood watching, biting his lip. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I pace a rut in the living room, near the front window, watching for Sophia’s headlights. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think about all this sometimes when I’m watching a football game with Patrick and Sam. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Tuesday, January 8,1935 The next morning seems just like normal, with Natalie watching the sun rise and then asking for lemon cake. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

After changing into my favorite jean skirt and black tank top, I sit on the front porch with David, brushing my hair and watching the road. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk slowly past the cafeteria and stand in front of a huge glass window off to the side, away from any passersby, watching the sky slowly lighten. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The storekeeper stood beside her while she made all these selections, watching her carefully. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sing Sing, it was clear from watching the training officers, did not care much about the polish on your shoes or the crease in your shirt or the length of your hair. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paul Revere was saying, ‘We must organize a better system of watching their movements—but in such a way that they will not realize they are being watched.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tell me you’re going back to the library this evening?” said Harry, watching her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Hazel, watching, lent help here and there and encouraged the others. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I looked up and there he was, ten feet away, just watching me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

Later that day, me and Howard sat on the Odoms’ front porch steps watching Wishbone and Cotton playing in the sprinkler. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I had no idea how long I’d been walking without watching where I was going. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They had seen him watching their women and rubbing his fly as he stood on the steps. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who would have thought of that combination of herbs? Isn’t it amazing!” she had said in delight, watching the creatures revive. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Looking up at this bizarre light fixture while standing between two cracked and peeling, yet somehow still majestic, horned carousel stallions, all I can think about is watching the solar system episode in Mom’s lap. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Oliver and Laney stood at the bottom of the stairs watching Mama’s parade of boxes pile up along the hallway. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I go I am obsessed with the thought that people are staring at me, watching me with suspicious eyes, waiting for me to mess up, and give away our family secret. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya skidded to a stop and gaped upward, watching the tarp swing. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I would always take along a quart jar and a white handkerchief and sit for an hour next to the stream, watching it strain through the cloth, trickling under the glass. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I came to and was surprised to see Jim in the bedroom with me, sitting at my desk watching me with something like concern on his face. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“She works hard in the kitchen. She taught herself by watching videos and getting cookbooks from the library.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I hope that he's watching the traffic and the rules of the road. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Reed continued, watching for a flicker of recognition in Clarian’s pale face, “They tell this story ’round Liccaro, when the sun goes down in the dusty sky. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

But there was nothing to be gained by sitting in the house and watching. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lying around like a freeloader, watching Pa march out into the fields alone. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’m frozen for a few precious moments, taking in this horrible scene, watching the inexorable march of the shamblers, when a strong grip on my arm jolts me out of my shock. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I imagined old Ikwa once again sitting on a branch next to me, quietly watching the sun set. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The day she told him she was pregnant, she had used the very same words, saying them in the same gentle way, turning off the basketball game he’d been watching on television. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I turned, I saw her face stretched up to the window, watching me leave. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

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

He watched with the assurance of a parent who is in the audience watching his daughter perform. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe the gods were watching over us, he said, and Papa never talks like that. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, while watching the show, I point out the platform shoes on Marcia's feet to Ma. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Our men left their places at the foot of the trail and moved forward a few steps and waited, watching my father. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scrap and junk, soot and oily grime and slumped shacks with people watching them, hollow-eyed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tariq was sitting at the board too, in turns watching the match, then listening in on the political chat at the adjacent table. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I feel terrible watching the butterfly on the ground, flapping its wings and not going anywhere. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

But I’m thrilled to be alone—two days of watching TV and reading and dancing around the house. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The agents sat in their car, watching the windows. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now she had stopped, was watching the story unfold below us on the dry lake. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Sarai, watching them, could see that everything would be better if the faces and hands were to simply...switch places. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I hoped people were not watching from the windows. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

We had been waiting for her on the verandah, although there was power and we could have been inside, watching TV. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy stood in the kitchen door, watching him go. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s like watching two bobcats circle each other.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The British soldiers went about their business as though oblivious of the many hostile, curious eyes watching them. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad were standing a few feet away, watching Cleo climb up the jungle gym. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

The whole class had watched me the entire time, trying to pretend they weren’t watching, as I had collected my supplies and arranged them at my workspace. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He stayed still, watching, until his crouching legs began to hurt. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But remembering her watching me gives me courage. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see that she was watching me and waiting for me to leave because I could see her standing in her hall on the other side of the frosted glass in her front door. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the boy told him about the hawks: that he had been watching their flight and had suddenly felt himself to have plunged to the Soul of the World. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slamming door had gone blam! and now we were all watching Big Rose’s wide shoulders as she stepped in backward to the community center’s study room. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

My nightmare blinks away—flames, the city in flames, me and Uncle Bernard watching from the dining room window. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He looked around to make sure that no one was watching, then leaned over and brushed his lips against my mouth in the gentlest kiss. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As he sneaked away one morning, she was watching him from behind a tree. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

A long time after he dozed off, I was still awake, watching the blue light of the Nature Channel wash over the stuffed trophy heads on Geryon’s walls. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

By the time I walked in the front door, I was crying so much that my sister stopped watching television to talk to me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When he was sure she was watching, he ran down the slope with it. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Bast drew a chair alongside the bed and sat, watching his master, listening to him breathe. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

None of them are watching the race in the pool. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

While she was in labor, she was watching The Young and the Restless, and so she named me Ashley after one of the soap opera characters. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I spend most of the day watching the quiz programs, the old movies, the soap operas, and even the kiddie shows and cartoons. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Impatiently, the stranger rubbed his hands together, then suddenly swung around to face the bell, where Jonathan was standing, watching. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

After years of watching me film, Rose is happy to play along, to star or cameo. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

And I'm under my blanket, and it's warm and toasty, and my heart is thumping and my mind is racing, and I'm watching to see if the room starts to shimmer or glow. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat on the sofa, next to Jaja, watching the images on TV, but I couldn’t tell the olive-skinned characters apart. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been watching the trains since the attacks started,” she replies, glancing over her shoulder at me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Warders with automatic weapons stood on raised platforms watching us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

My companion looked up and watched her intently as she lowered the window and moved, still visible, behind the light curtain, watching us both. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pawed at it, then noticed me watching. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Aimee told me later that as I launched into my first tumbling pass, people who were milling around and chatting suddenly became still, watching me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Will sat still, watching, looking around, memorizing where everything was. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama stood watching until the car disappeared from her sight. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I glared at him, sitting in the next room eating Oreos and watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, blissfully unaware that his sisters might get shipped back to the Islamic Republic. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Each musket ended with a wicked round eye—watching him so it seemed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley played the scene over and over again in his mind, each time watching another boy from Group D beat up Derrick Dunne. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Five minutes. You’d better be back in five minutes. I’m watching the clock.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Computer gaming and television watching is curtailed by these parents to one hour per day in exchange for study time. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

My parents keep the television on in the living room even though they’re in the basement, watching Pretty in Pink on an ancient portable DVD player. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Ohhhhhh, I write—and sure enough, when I look up from my phone, the girls are watching me with matching amused smiles. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

His mom is busy watching a movie in the living room, and Antwan is out with his friends, so we have the room to ourselves. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The other village children looked at her enviously while the watching adults shook their heads. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z