One wheel catches in a mud hole and starts spinning. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Cade and I followed the muddy wheel ruts through the waist-high grass down the slope of the river’s embankment. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

With no one around to see him take spills, he could even rear back on one wheel to practice wheelies. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have a spinning wheel, so she used a drop spindle to make thread out of the clumps of clean cotton that Grandma Charity and I pulled. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have never been one of those Americans who pepper their conversation with French phrases and entertain guests with wheels of brie. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The trucker, wearing a welcoming smile, the standard-issue baseball hat and a plaid shirt, was pint-sized behind the wheel. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Between Alyssa and me, I am the lesser of two evils behind the wheel. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I jumped just before the locomotive roared past, its wheels shrieking as one car after another rumbled by. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He had one arm draped over the steering wheel, and he was leaning over the seat to shout out the passenger-side window at me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I had been found unconscious atop the iron wheel that had killed the demon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I placed his arm-chair by the chimney-corner: I wheeled the table near it: I let down the curtain, and had the candles brought in ready for lighting. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Let them,” he said, gripping the steering wheel with both hands now that we were in gear. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

A factory was a hundred stagecoaches all inside one’s skull, banging their wheels against the bone. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I shout, and Oriana wheels around, shocked that I said a thing we don’t say. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A thump almost jolted Thomas out of his seat as the front wheels ran over her, quickly followed by a second thump—the back wheels. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He drummed his fingers on the steering wheel and his eyes fell on a huddle of these weirdos standing quite close by. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s the wheel. The wheel to the truck.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, their shape, and the roads, and the wheel trees coming together all made it possible. A lot of little chances, all coming together. When did your part of the story begin, Will?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I look at her hands on the wheel, her tattooed forearms, her neck, her mouth. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I sensed Faith shifting around beside me and I could see how white her knuckles were against the black steering wheel, but I didn’t look any further. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I love the way he drives with one hand anchored to the bottom of the wheel as he uses his palm to spin it when he turns, like he’s driving an eighteen-wheeler or something. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Gran’s hands tightened around the steering wheel, but she let my inappropriate-for-a-lady words slide. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then the Witch wheeled the horse round so that she fated the crowd and its hind-legs were on the footpath. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He takes off his vest, folds it neatly, and places it on the ground next to one of the trash bin’s wheels. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Wrought all of black iron, the wheel stood taller than a man. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dad bought me a bright red suitcase with wheels. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

To miss the Ford I had to cut the steering wheel sharp left and plunge the car into a creek—really just a little shallow branch. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“You ’ave this one,” Stan whispered, shoving Harry’s trunk under the bed right behind the driver, who was sitting in an armchair in front of the steering wheel. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes working white men in their uniforms or their navy striped suits drove up and down the gravel road that ran alongside our yard, making the dust and small rocks grind under their wheels. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He felt like he was watching a little kid drive a car, her legs too short to reach the pedals, her eyes too low to see over the steering wheel. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And when the children were old enough to ride the wheels, they began to generate the sraf as well, and the sraf came back with the oil and stayed with them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When the wheel turned, the third cog wheel pushed the bellows up and down, and I had a forge. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kat tried to explain about how Salim had vanished sometime after getting on the wheel and before getting off. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out and let my fingers graze the wheel, then jump as the ship jerks forward a few feet. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It is designed like a giant bicycle wheel in the sky, supported by a massive A-frame. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell her that I had thought a lot about that ride on the Ferris wheel. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

When I return to Audrey’s face, I miss it and catch a glimpse of her fingers on the wheel. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He presses a hand control on the arm of the chair and wheels out of the room. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In front of the dark mouth of a cave, a scrawny, bearded man in shackles stood next to a big wooden wheel marked with what looked like drawings of little animals. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As they passed the Ferris wheel, Fern gazed up at it and wished she were in the topmost car with Henry Fussy at her side. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Shouting in rage and pain, the rider clutched his leg and wheeled his horse away. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then the great carts followed, rumbling with their spiked wooden wheels, drawn by horses or slow white oxen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But on closer examination, I see the thin strips of land radiating from the circle like the spokes on a wheel. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a bicyclist or two or twenty, speeding home after work, their wheels zizzing by her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When I pulled my hand away the wheel creaked and began to crack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All through the night, the creaking wheels of our buggy moved on. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grip the steering wheel hard with both hands, feeling sure he’ll race up to pull us over. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I imagined a whirlwind, dark and swift, and in the middle of it a gentle oval-shaped stillness, shaped like a bicycle wheel seen from an angle: the London Eye. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad jerked the steering wheel to one side and drove off the road into the desert after her. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I touch the wheel just enough that it lifts off the roof. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mark looked up at the wheel and slowly let go of it, ready to grab it again if the thing moved. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

We turned a corner, and from the sound of the wheels echoing against the walls I guessed we had passed down a tunnel and into a smaller room. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Old Chad Jensen was taking the first trick at the wheel. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby hit the steering wheel, vibrating the entire car. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The agony of those wheels on the drive, of that pealing bell, of my own first wild rush for flight to my own room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He cut a sliver of cheese from a wheel and held it out to me on the knife blade. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahmaad had been at the wheel for seven hours without a break. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Liam hit the gas as hard as he could, slamming his palms down against the steering wheel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Dr. Blankenship rubbed his thumb on the steering wheel, looking uncomfortable. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I was conscious of Zach’s breathing, his shirt pulled across his chest, one arm draped on the steering wheel. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Griswold wheeled himself closer and smiled, his bushy mustache lifting up at the edges. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They kept at it, though, balancing on the unmoving wheels, falling sideways. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then I'm going to the garage, and I'm going to wheel my bike out onto the street. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I walked quickly to catch up, though I was still more or less of a third wheel. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Turn the wheel! Ha! He thinks he can sit and make a pot—just like that!” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Bomboloni?” said Jenny, her muscles rippling as she squeezed the steering wheel hard. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Gatsby started to speak, changed his mind, but not before Tom wheeled and faced him expectantly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

By deftly lifting and twisting the claw, they could slip it out of the hole, and then they used their trunks to examine the wheel all over, cleaning the rim, checking for cracks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They never entered the water themselves, and only fished from the bank, taking care to keep their feet and wheels dry. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They open the back door of the ambulance and bring out the wheeled bed and slip me onto it and wrap the blanket around my legs. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The cart was so loaded it was hard to push and one of the wheels was giving out. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I got behind the wheel, and Dwain climbed in on the passenger side. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The seedpod wheels were clearly of the utmost importance, and soon Mary began to see just how valuable they were. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The crowbar to wreck the wheels of oxidation can be supplied by any of a number of chemicals commonly used as pesticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She went around the car, and as she slipped under the steering wheel, this time she was careful not to bump her head. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Two weeks later, I wheeled Gus across the art park toward Funky Bones with one entire bottle of very expensive champagne and my oxygen tank in his lap. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

But the first night the hamster made so much noise running around in his wheel that I had to move him down to the basement. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

His daughter leaned against him after he took the wheel from her, and he came into the harbor that way at midnight, the girl’s head against his arm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She wheeled her bicycle into the rack where several slots had been left open for visitors. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He picks up the instrument and opens it to find an exquisite system of cogs and wheels turning inside, resulting in a mechanical device that is capable of telling time. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Brian would have to lunge over him and grab the wheel, try to get his feet to the rudder pedals.... The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

They wheeled up into the sky, broke apart, came together, and disappeared among the houses. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

For hours on end the whir of the spinning wheel and the twang of the loom were the only sounds. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the wheels rattled on cobbled streets, Jemmy felt an immense sense of relief. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Similar questions arise for the history of the development of wheels, pyramids, and gunpowder. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley jerked back against the seat and tightly gripped the wheel as the truck accelerated. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The sight caused a clenching low in his gut, and his hands tightened on the steering wheel. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom grips the steering wheel in tight fists. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

From us, and from the oil, was Atal’s reply, and Mary knew she meant the oil in the great seedpod wheels. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

As they raced across the county road and onto the wheel tracks that led to their own home draw the water struck them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stumble, flailing and trying to regain my balance before any part of me comes between the huge steel wheels and the track. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I was just the third wheel in the room. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we attached playing cards to the forks with clothespins, and they flapped against the spokes when the wheels turned. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I edged along the window ledge to where the huge iron wheel hung, bolted to the stone of the wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It is clear right away that she’s been lying in bed for days, because her muscles are tight and her joints creak like the wheels of an old shopping cart. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Locomotives huffed and whistled and blew steam from their wheels. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Some were simply standing, confused, others panicked and ran to the church, hoping to find shelter in the tall stone building or the huge iron wheel that hung there, promising them safety from demons. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

The pilot let go of his wheel, raised his hands in the air and took his feet off the pedals to show Brian he was actually flying the plane alone. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept her eyes straight ahead and glanced at him only once, at the tentative way he held the steering wheel. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They drove to work with books on their steering wheels. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The vault had a five-spoke wheel that controlled the dead bolts and two keyholes on either side of the handle. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Dr. Strayer said he’d published more than fifty articles in major scientific journals, around twenty of them on issues pertaining to driving impairment, attention and distraction behind the wheel. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Slowly rotating the metal wheels on either side inward. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He stopped thirty feet down the road and wheeled his pegasus around. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His chest was caught under the steering wheel. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Try as they would, the rats had not been able to remove a set of wheels and an axle from it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was now dark; but a rumbling of wheels was audible. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She rested her forehead on the steering wheel and closed her eyes. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Once on board, she stepped behind the large wooden wheel and pretended she was Josephine on a run through the islands, escaping from the British navy. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Behind me was an enormous cement mixer on wheels, its big howitzer revolving as it proceeded. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave me the camera and I aimed through the viewfinder to the crux of the wheel. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She yanked back on the wheel, and I held on this time. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear loved the symmetry of the prunus vases that grew on Min’s wheel. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The other butterflies wheel away on the breeze, and then the red one flits from Sis to me. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

With the garage door still closed, I sit, hands on the wheel, thinking how easy it would be to just keep sitting here. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Burnham, obsessing as always over details, sought to decree the style and location of a fence for the wheel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

One wheel is bent, and the only way to push it is to lean it on the other three wheels. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

On the desk I found the list of theories and the souvenir photo that Kat had bought at the wheel. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sudden tilt brought the right rear wheel completely off the ground. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wheel Sarah along the street in her stroller, avoiding the mounds of melting slush. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sheed put his bike back on two wheels and spun to face his cousin, ready to cheer him on. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Avery lay dreaming that the Ferris wheel had stopped and that he was in the top car. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

And Colonel Cathcart had roared away as abruptly as he’d come, whipping the jeep around with a vicious spinning of wheels that sent a spray of fine grit blowing into Major Major’s face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The gravel crackled under my wheels as I braked in our driveway. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She pictured him behind the wheel of some old Lincoln with a student driver sign on top and a grumpy teacher in the passenger seat with an emergency brake pedal. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But as the wheel turns further another phosphate group is coupled on and the potent ATP is restored. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Lydia switched to a Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds/Gun Club mix and tapped the steering wheel to the rhythm, still radiating good cheer. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It fell onto its wheels, kicking up a large cloud of soft dust. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a matter of turning the wheel but of willing it, as in a lucid dream. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The air was split by the shriek of the heavy iron wheels, which threw spinning sparks over the rails as one car after another rattled past. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Behind his implacable gaze, wheels were turning at an even faster rate than usual. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

James went to watch the man with the cigar who operated the ferris wheel. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, there was a rush of air, as the great crow came beating down, and wheeled about his head. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

A stretcher on wheels was there, and the soldier in white was lifted out of bed skillfully and rolled out of sight in a matter of seconds. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Nita jerks the wheel, pulling the truck into an alley between two brick buildings. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Close up on the stalls he sees that the shapes are tubs, sacks, lumber, wheels, a broken plow, a butter press and a metal trunk. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wonky wheel on the grocery cart stuttered and stuck as they started going uphill. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

In the Museum’s glass cases there were shoes and canes and bicycles and a wheeled chair. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they pulled into the Fair Grounds, they could hear music and see the Ferris wheel turning in the sky. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

A front wheel dipped over the side of the canyon and Frankie lost control. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Connie would wheel him to the toilet, then lift him from the chair and support him as he urinated into the beaker. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a car wheeled to the near-by curb with a shriek of its brakes, and two young men sprang out, one of them bearing a camera. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to go and lose my legs under the wheels. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Fields did concede that spinning wheels were not often used outdoors, at the foot of a slave’s cabin, but countered that while authenticity was their watchword, the dimensions of the room forced certain concessions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Naturally, wheels and writing aren’t directly linked to latitude and day length in the way crops are. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

And she took the sausages and turned the perambulator round very quickly, and wheeled it out of the shop in such a way that the Butcher knew he had mortally offended her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

John Mark grips the steering wheel like he wants to snap it in half. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Jesper glanced back at the wheel as they set off down the opposite side of the deck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And then Raymie saw two hands on the steering wheel, and just as the station wagon pulled into the driveway, spraying gravel and dust, a voice called out, “Louisiana Elefante, get into the car!” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

That would convert the wheel into a sort of crank. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

There’s a man in goggles pumping his sharpening wheel, a dull ax shrieking against its surface. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I figured the J-3 would be a better ride than some old Ferris wheel,” Dad replied, and looked away from Mom and toward me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When that didn’t work, he became methodical, working in such a way that the wheel could not possibly escape him. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

With barbed wire, the men lash Emmett's body to a large wheel. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I heard the wheels of the cart churn and scrape beneath me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was some kind of container, an enormous box on wheels, and it must’ve been magic, because there’s no way it could’ve held all of him. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

In exchange for a ride north, I had only to take regular turns at the helm—a four-hour wheel watch every twelve hours—and help tie endless skates of halibut gear. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, so soon after coming home, he was behind the wheel during a deadly wreck. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The rope and iron wheel were stored in an innocent-looking chest. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

With some shuffling and grumbled snorts, all three triceratopses wheeled themselves around to face the yard. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He wheeled himself toward a bookcase that opened to reveal a small room filled with computer equipment. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Cade navigated by aiming his steering wheel toward two pinpoints of red—the taillights on whatever car was driving ahead of us. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He stood and stared at the spinning wheel. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wheeled and turned in macabre simultaneity; and melted through changes of formation with the weird ease of chorus dancers in Lunar Bowl. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

At the beep, we all turned to gape at the big man, planted behind the wheel of this old beater of a K-Car. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Lyra took a deep breath and began to turn the wheels. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Ferris wheel stopped spinning and I realized we were at the bottom. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The chariot whirred into motion, but the right wheel stayed in place, so Triptolemus. spun in circles, the chariot beating its wings and bouncing up and down like a defective merry-go-round. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The rotting flower petals sloughed off in my fingers as I wheeled forward, sunken to the knees in the muddy water. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Cora had seen the wheeled platform in the corner of the park that day; children climbed and jumped on it all afternoon. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, and with a violence that frightened me, he leaned down and banged his forehead on the steering wheel. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He said time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wheeled me in, locked the brake so my wheelchair would not roll, and made sure the lap strap was fastened. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Not that it snowed much in Little Rock, but I’d seen a movie where there was one once, and the actor clutched the steering wheel so tight, his knuckles turned white. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as the wheel slows, the energy of the ball decreases, and eventually the ball drops into one of the thirty-seven slots in the wheel. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faith tapped her fingers on the steering wheel and dropped her head to one side. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then they would help the other person escape through the cellars of the castle, with some hard bread, a wheel of dried fig, some dried beef. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I winced as one front wheel scraped the wall, tearing out some bricks before I was able to steer in the other direction. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I saw wheels of ribbon and wrapping paper, stacks of colored construction paper, cardboard boxes of newspaper clippings, watercolors and cans of paint, a yellow stack of phone books. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The pistons thumped and jumped and the drive wheel spun like mad, as the long, superhero car passed others as if they were standing still. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The wheels of the buggy spun as the woman seesawed it onto the platform. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Lyra held still, supporting one arm with the other, and the blue hawk wheeled and turned and swooped again, to seize her knuckles in sharp claws. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The wheels of the wagon rattled over the ruts in the road. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those looking for a tale of cultural superiority can find it in zero; those looking for failure can find it in the wheel. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The wheels of the cassette began to turn in tandem. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Bud could see the helmsman wrestling with the wheel, trying to get the vessel to turn to starboard, but clearly there was something impeding the propeller. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I immediately pulled out my phone, but Uncle Tony patted my hand down as he wheeled the SUV into a parking space. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

You could barely make out the ruts where car wheels would fit. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was why the wheel didn’t turn. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The car sways, and its wheels click-clack quietly. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I saw a beetle wearing the face of a child, which I promptly squashed with the wheel of my tricycle. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wheel rotated up, and I saw Cara and Joey close together on a seat. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just kept moving the wheel a little to the left and a little to the right, pretending that my small adjustments actually made a difference. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

With a sharp squeak, the wheels whipped about to face the crate, into which Kate, a split second before, had drawn the spectacles. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The chaplain did not dare raise his eyes until the closed car had lurched from the area and the speeding wheels were whining on the bumpy blacktop road. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Joaquin’s grip on the steering wheel was tight, but Grace could see the sad slope of his shoulders and neck, the way he seemed to almost hang his head. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Above the hum of the bus’s wheels on the pavement, silence surrounded us. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands were shaking too hard to hold on to the wheel. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Chariot wheels, water wheels, potter’s wheels, millstone wheels— one can’t imagine Europe or China without them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But his jaw was set, and he stared ahead over the steering wheel rather than turning to look at her. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Their wheels were large and linked by a thick tread. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And there was my own grandfather sitting on that seat, peering intently at the steering wheel as if mesmerized. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

As I did on the Ferris wheel, I know exactly how much space there is between us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Birds wheeled over the fishing docks, and a long golden pennant flew from the cupola of Nero’s pale-pink palace. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Sam made Oksi comfortable inside the tree, then took the trail to Mrs. Strawberry’s farm and her collection of pipes and lumber and wheels and scraps of metal. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The wheels come down, and we hit the tarmac with a ta-da! bang and a long glide. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He raised both hands from the wheel and waved them at me, demonstrating just how “here” he was, before remembering the rules of the road and grabbing the wheel. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Harry bellowed, lunging for the steering wheel, but too late — CRUNCH. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

We crouched near the wheel, afraid to breathe. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

A compact car pulls up to the curb, a teenager behind the wheel. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I’m acutely aware of how small this space is and how loud the train wheels sound against the tracks, and I wonder if people will hear me if I scream. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Each wheel was essentially a gigantic bicycle wheel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Morning servants wheel in breakfast carts and set out tea and plates. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Up ahead, a huge Ferris wheel spun slowly against the blue sky. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he wedged the mangoes into the spokes of his bicycle wheels. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s—too—dangerous—!” Ron yelled, but Harry wheeled in the air. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Rice sent a telegram to Ferris at his office in the Hamilton Building in Pittsburgh: “Engines have steam on and are working satisfactorily. Sprocket chain connected up and are ready to turn wheel.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They wheeled round, but nothing could be seen. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Across the river, on a hill, the Ferris wheel of an amusement park stood motionless against a hazy gray sky. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Miss tottered slightly on her wheels and at last came to a stop near the end of the runway, where she sat, waiting, like some ancient idol. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The wheels struck the runway and the plane pulled up by a small wooden house on the tundra, the terminal building. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And you stared through your windshield—through the wipers—gripping the wheel. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Never mind, my friend,” he whispered to Boots as he was wheeled away. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

His face was white and tired, and his hands slid on the sweaty steering wheel. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might take over an hour, but it would be worth the sweat and cramped muscles just to show her my new wheels. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The two cavalry escorts trailing the carriage wheel their horses back to their barracks. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, right. No money. No wheels. No clue what you’re up against. Help me out, and maybe I’ll tell you something you need to know. Something about your mom.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

One false step and the wheels, they will chew you up! Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Pike was mad because no way, not for at least one year, would she allow Danny back on wheels. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The door of the room burst open in a shower of red sparks and Harry wheeled around as Professor Lupin came hurtling into the room, his face bloodless, his wand raised and ready. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He rubbed my back and then put his hand back on the wheel. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the plane had wheeled around and was already taxiing up to the start of the runway. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He had to access the color wheel on his computer and feverishly attempt to create something that would look metallic. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“No more,” she said, her forehead resting against the top of the steering wheel. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Multiple strings ran through a series of pulleys that looked like miniature steam-train wheels. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The thump of a thousand Jackboots was now the shuffle of ragged shoes; instead of the roar of tanks, the crickety click of cart wheels. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Rice explained that he had merely tested the wheel’s braking system, which consisted of a band of steel wrapped around the axle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

To the north a falcon wheeled slowly over the shining walls of Pharaoh’s palace, as if to proclaim the presence within of the royal god-king he symbolized. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The note clicked from theme to theme like the wheels of a train crossing a freightyard. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Brother McKinnon thanked him without looking up, wheeled the washer to the back of the van, and stopped, panting and mopping his brow with a bandana. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Its plastic wheels scrape the concrete, and the sound makes me giddy. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I tried to pry the belt loose from the wheels, but it was made of heavy, stiff rubber, very tight. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was as if the wheels were coming off the old Sosie. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Around them a hodgepodge of creatures and people erected their stalls, hung their flags and wheeled their barrows. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Wings of water fanned out from his wheels. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I helped Baba out of the Ford and slipped back behind the wheel. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At Fifty-Ninth Street, a mother wheeled in a stroller with twins emitting, it seemed to my ears, identically pitched screams. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But standing there, he’s just the same Luke Messenger from yesterday, the one who sat beside her on the Ferris wheel at Navy Pier and wouldn’t open his eyes the entire time. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“What is the problem with people?” said Uncle Amin, his grip on the steering wheel tightening. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The first soldier was at the wheel, smoking dried leaves rolled in paper and the smoke was pungent and the drive took so long that Ugwu could no longer hold his urge to urinate. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

While ten men worked the bellows, Tehlu forged the great iron wheel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Finally, just as they were getting into Vancouver, the chariot wheels began to smoke. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Slackly, it seemed to him, and with reluctance, the twin attendants wheeled his plane out on the roof. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Skeptically, the demon got back behind the wheel while Father went to the front near the crank to start the motor. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Encanis was still bound to the wheel, but he no longer howled and fought like a trapped animal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The stars wheeled above me and inside, deep inside, something turned. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the chauffeur was a diminutive fellow almost lost behind the front wheel. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He wheeled and raced for home as fast as he could, sending up puffs of dust in the road. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He was thinking that now when he wheeled about at a sudden breath behind him and saw Mrs. Cobb staring. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Men locked into giant wheels with their arms and legs spread out were being wheeled past down the hall. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jay stares at the house, lightly tapping the steering wheel. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they will have to wheel the radio telescopes out of the Museum of Ancient Technology. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Rosa locks her wheels and does a transfer. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They look up in surprise when Catherine wheels me in. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He drove down the side road scattering fine gravel behind his wheels. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thalia jerked the wheel and again threw me into Grover, who yelped. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Pushing the steering wheel away from him, he put the car into a gliding decline. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

With cold, calculated detachment he wheeled about as his opponent charged. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The gap between them and Mr. Flux was widening, as the creature he rode didn’t have wheels and couldn’t simply coast down the steep incline. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Firing porters, I knew, was a bureaucratic procedure that took weeks; I’d be working elsewhere in the prison before the wheels had even begun to turn. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next day, as the Ferris wheel was being taken apart and the race horses were being loaded into vans and the entertainers were packing up their belongings and driving away in their trailers, Charlotte died. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Amazingly, they had invented the wheel but did not employ it for any purpose other than children’s toys. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But industrial civilization is only possible when there’s no self-denial. Self-indulgence up to the very limits imposed by hygiene and economics. Otherwise the wheels stop turning.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Donning a gridiron helmet, a white scarf and goggles, Howard slipped behind the wheel and put on a holy show. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A black-and-chrome motorcycle was parked nearby, but each of the wheels had a big pie slice removed from the spokes and rim, so that they resembled Pac-Men. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

One of his boys sat behind the wheel. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He can now see that it is, indeed, his own journal, open to a page with a card pasted onto it, printed with winged creatures crawling over a spoked wheel. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There were five young ones in this settlement, one almost grown and the others somewhere in between, and being smaller than the adults, they could not manage the seedpod wheels. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When I finally figured it out I shot him; he wheeled about with his face all red storm and theater and shook his fists at me with comic menace. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The problem was how to keep the wheels of industry turning without increasing the real wealth of the world. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Sure, but that’s not what I meant. Do you remember how big and scary the car seemed to be die first time you were behind the wheel?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Atal willingly let her run her fingers around the wheel holes again, and watched curiously as Mary coated one of the pieces with a film of the clear, sweet substance. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

What could be safer than the bus center with its lamps and wheels? Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I could see that JimmyTrotter didn’t talk about his brother, mother, father, or grandmother or the accident caused by the oncoming trucker who had fallen asleep at the wheel while driving a tractor-trailer carrying lumber. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A fleet of trucks with monster wheels, followed by other kinds of trucks—food trucks, vans, carnival rides on eighteen-wheelers. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He wanted to get be-hind the wheel and eat up the space, drink it in, make his own choices in that great land without walls. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sahil pulled me forward, and I saw the line to the Ferris wheel was tiny. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We picked mangoes from the neighbor’s trees and traded them for lengths of wire, which we used to make axles and attach the bottle cap wheels. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Hammered the stage where the night riders performed their grotesque pageants and the wheeled platform that delivered the doomed men and women to the air. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

His hands rested lightly on the steering wheel and his body slouched lazily down in the seat. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He tilted his head and watched the slate-colored bird flap and wheel out of sight over the edge of a high roof. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Likewise, out on Lake St. Clair, my grandfather has been looking out for the Purple Gang, when in reality the monster is right next to him, at the wheel of the car. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Levi’s car was well made; the only adjustment it required between heats was “a drop of oil on each wheel bearing.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The other two bedrooms were Lydia’s wardrobe room—filled with wheeled clothing racks—and her sewing/project room. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Before that the gym here had been an old, dingy room, with a handful of mismatched dumbbells and decaying equipment that looked like it was made about a year after the wheel had been invented. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Here. The person who used to work 011 the files used to wheel back and forth on this along the lower drawers. Try it.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to get caught just hanging out in front of the building, staring through the door glass, so I pulled out my skateboard and knife pliers and pretended to tighten my wheel truck. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kapasi led them next to one of the wheels of the chariot, higher than any human being, nine feet in diameter. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“He duplicated yours. Hugo, when you do a cartwheel, keep your body straighter and aligned on a single plane, like a wheel turning. Hugo, do a cartwheel!” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“We are the wheel that drives the firmament. We’ll never stop.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her strides were long and angry, much too fast, and the chair’s big wooden wheels clacked noisily across rough-cut stone floors. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Like a prayer wheel goin’ round and round,” said Mr. Nancy. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

And all I want is two wheels, thought sad and lonely Ralph. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, Agent Jones climbed behind the wheel and gunned the engine. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The police cars escorting the two game pieces on wheels had flapping Library Olympics flags attached to their bumpers. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Harley let go of the steering wheel and grabbed the opener and beer can; he leaned over the steering wheel, steadying it with his chest while he punched open the can. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, God makes the water, and the water makes the river, And the river turns the mill wheel and the wheel goes on forever. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God,” I said, grabbing the bar with my free hand as soon as the wheel began moving. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I could hear his wet wheels squeak against the linoleum as he followed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

You can hear the engine pulling, the wheels rattling on the tracks. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

After a couple of minutes he settled outside the Waystone, set up his sharpening wheel and began to grind a knife. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise sat in the car, staring at the steering wheel. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I lay my head against the steering wheel and try the ignition once more. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Sam tapped her hand on the steering wheel. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting up, I smack my hand against the wheel, but all my sweet car gives me is a honking yelp. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Ever since his trip beneath Rome with Piper and Percy, fighting those twin giants in the hypogeum under the Colosseum, most of his nightmares were about basements, trapdoors, and large hamster wheels. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh, thank you,” I say, scooting up in bed so she can wheel the tray across my lap. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Something about this makes me grab the wheels and push. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The swaying seat slowed, and the train wheels chugged to a stop. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear would stay behind to attend to the draining, resigned and envious in the knowledge that Min was taking the clay to the wheel. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The hellhounds in the hamster wheels paid them no attention. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The white horse and the black one wheeled like lovers at a harvest dance, the riders throwing steel in place of kisses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The wheels invented in Mesoamerica as parts of toys never met the llamas domesticated in the Andes, to generate wheeled transport for the New World. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were three little knurled winding wheels, in fact, and each of them turned one of the three shorter hands, which moved around the dial in a series of smooth satisfying clicks. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He wore an ordinary backpack and wheeled Aunt Gloria’s suitcase on wheels behind him. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I got behind the steering wheel I got nervous because I remembered the time our Carcachita was hit from behind by a drunk driver in Selma. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And we were racked on the hand truck and wheeled into the building. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Do mine," Yoyo begged, and Papi placed a penny in the old man's slotted hands so that the coin looked like the wheel of a boat. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

A boy comes toward them out of the smoky twilight, no older than Marie-Laure, streaked with ash, pushing a wheeled dining cart through the gravel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Quickly he looked across the steering wheel and out the other side. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Ernie didn’t seem to have mastered the use of a steering wheel. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A man was slumped behind the steering wheel. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The wheel continued to turn, however, as if no wind were blowing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Major lounged behind the wheel, guiding the big car with the fingertips of his right hand. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cart, lying on its side now, still had that top wheel spinning around and around. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white car drove off, splashing through puddles, its wheels throwing muddy water aside. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rose to my feet and wrestled my trunk onto its wooden wheels. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Posing as his chauffeur, I got behind the wheel and we left that night for Johannesburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was leaning on the steering wheel, so couldn’t see Tommy at all. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shortly after lunch, I spot the first nursing home resident being wheeled up the street by relatives. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Although Mesopotamia had the wheel in about 4000 B.C., nearby Egypt did not use the wheel until two thousand years later, despite being in close contact. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then presently Sam thought he saw a dark bird-like figure wheel into the circle of his sight, and hover, and then wheel away again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

On the top level is a steering wheel. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He found a wheelbarrow and pulled it out and tipped it over and turned the wheel slowly, examining the tire. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He slammed the side of his head against the steering wheel and cursed when the loud horn went off. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The wheels only pulled sideways against the ruts. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Look at her clothes and her hair and her glasses and her luggage with the wheels. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It felt so good, the big car snorting and the steering wheel shimmying and the bushes and trees on both sides turning into green blurs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Silent as a shadow, I followed Celina Aunty while she talked to people and filled out forms, and the men wheeled you both out of sight. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She sliced a pickle and placed the strips like the spokes of a wheel. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on,” Ron said cajolingly, giving the steering wheel a little shake, “nearly there, come on —” The engine groaned. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I made it two steps before a pair of hands seized me and wheeled me around. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A platoon of large passenger tricycles wheels migrants from the bus stop to the riverbank, swerving along the main, rutted, dirt road to avoid pigs and trash burning in the middle of the street. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Keeping one hand on the steering wheel, Sapo dug into the paper bag and pulled out one of his little cakes. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He hasn’t been behind the wheel since the crash. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Molding lacked the same sense of wonder, and of course no perfectly symmetrical vessel could be made without the wheel. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

They collected some old boxes and built a fire in the floor and he found some tools and emptied out the cart and sat working on the wheel. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Three women wheel out a thousand-layer crepe cake with massive strawberries the size of snow globes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Fie lit a cigarette and tucked it between the remaining two fin­gers of his left hand, the one resting on the steering wheel. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I know, you were hoping for a wheel of cheese.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sitting behind the wheel he felt his father’s contours in the way the seat molded under him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He lifted his hands from die wheel, just slightly, and held them waiting to see what would happen. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rufus looks at me, takes a deep breath, then turns his back and wheels his bike away from me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and in a single motion of disgust scooped up the clay and slapped it back onto the wheel, whereupon it collapsed into an oafish lump again, as if ashamed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The steering wheel was as big as a Hula-Hoop, and the shifter rose up from the floor like a baseball bat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Starboard is what we call it,” Candless said dryly as he spun the wheel. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The regrets piled thickly on one another until Matt’s thoughts were running around in his head like a hamster on a wheel. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train car is an oven, and the vibration of the wheels rattles our bones until Ym positive we will arrive out west little more than a bowl of jelly. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Cormorants, skuas, and Cape pigeons wheeled in and out of the mist. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

When she catches me staring, she blushes and puts her hand back on the steering wheel. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

His front wheel moved forward imperceptibly as he pushed on the pedals with his numb, exhausted legs. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was too dazed to follow right away, because there was something new happening, a wheel inside my heart I’d never noticed before, and it was spinning so fast it made me dizzy. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Tally looked down, plotting trajectories from the hilltop, shushing David when he started to speak again, the wheels of her brain spinning. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He suffered from motion sickness, and being at the wheel lessened his nausea. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

On the County Road, she speeds up to fifteen and grips the wheel like we’re doing a hundred and five. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ralph slipped through the window into a bucket seat, made sure his tail was safely inside, grasped the wheel, took a deep breath, and went pb-pb-b-b. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Once more she gazed at the symbols, once more she turned the wheels, but those invisible ladders of meaning down which she’d stepped with such ease and confidence weren’t there. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I get behind the wheel, close the door, and hit the lock button, hearing the satisfying sound of locks thudding down. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The driver gave the mule a lick and rumbled through, iron-rimmed wheels clacking loudly over bricks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When everyone else had left, he nodded to the young boy, who quickly wheeled him up to me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The wheels on her metal base make a strange screeching sound when you move her, too, no matter how many times Lolo oils them. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The first was the windlass and the second was the great wheel. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

Each wheel is attached to a ratchet system. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Stones and soil were tamped around the wheels, wedging them still. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The truck, with no one at the wheel, had started to roll downhill. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Silver tongs and spoons hanging from the cart chime and clank, and the wheels clatter and wallow. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Each support is only as wide as my shoulders, and there are no railings to hold me in, but climbing a ladder is better than climbing the spokes of the wheel. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We all take turns riding Justin’s bike around the block with the ice cream maker rolling on the front wheel. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Go pick up the wheel and put it on the axle. And don't go rushing down this road. It’s too rutted and rocky to hurry down with a laden cart.’ The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He puts the dolly back on its wheels and kicks it across the street. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He’d turn up the volume, start bopping his head, tapping the steering wheel, and singing along. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

His tall frame leaned against her withered one as Eliza slapped the mule’s rump and the wheels of the cart squeaked. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ten minutes John had given seemed very long, but at last wheels were heard; four equestrians galloped up the drive, and after them came two open carriages. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mark took one last look at the wheel handle, satisfied that it was okay for the moment, then made his way to the Berg to join Alec. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then he wheeled round abruptly on his heel and strode out of the dining car. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was too weak to drive, so he sat there behind the wheel of the car, staring at the garage wall, and he began to talk. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Darren drove at 127 miles an hour with one finger on the wheel, his head bouncing to the rhythm of some internal song, while Donna twirled in her seat to talk to us. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“No, the only thing you’ll think about is if the time is okay with you. I got the wheels in motion. You asked and I delivered.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

And he’d only gone to get replacement bolts for the Ferris wheel. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could feel the cogs and wheels in his head spinning in different directions. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Behind the steering wheel, Mariam saw round glass panels with needles behind them. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The very next day my new aide was at school before I was, chatting with Mrs. Shannon in room H-5 as we kids were wheeled in. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Then for no good reason I saw myself as Raw Head and Bloody Bones, spinning into nothing under giant wheels and thunder. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They wheeled low over the water and cast about again for the sound of the engine. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sean helped Finn lie on the gurney and wheeled him to the ambulance. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

This in turn put more weight on the left rear wheel, which slipped from its precarious purchase into the powder as well. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knitted most of the objects on her way, clasping her knitting needles around the steering wheel as she drove. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When our bare knees touched, the way they had to in order to even fit back there, I couldn’t help but remember Irene and the Ferris wheel, just like an allergic reaction. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Indeed the skate wheels were rusted and the doll’s hair was dust filmed as though these things had waited there a long time like Little Boy Blue’s toy dog and tin soldier. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the two bowls of red and white slip before him and an oil lamp just beyond, Kang sat in profile to Tree-ear’s view, using his wheel as a worktable. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

With William at the wheel, they headed for downtown Washington again so that Elizebeth could pick up a briefcase from her assistant. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The girl pushes her chair back, and one of the black plastic wheels rides right onto the big toe on my left foot. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The undertaker came to Down House and laid Charles out in the coffin on his wheeled cart. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was in the midst of it, dealing death with an axe as big as he was, fighting side by side with Barristan the Bold and Bittersteel as dragons wheeled across the sky above them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The hollow rumble of the hard wheels on the concrete floor went around a corner and slowly died away. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only in 1958, when he had stepped from behind the bar of another Zebra Room, would my grandfather have the leisure to remember his youthful dreams of roulette wheels. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

All this requires vast amounts of energy —the little packets of ATP which the turning of the metabolic wheel alone can produce. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I was chasing down the bus, dodging the spray the wheels drew from a lake-like puddle the exact moment Nicole was hit. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Reggie’s story, in the end, isn’t just warning us not to use technology behind the wheel. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her stomach turned when she thought of that afternoon, lying on the floor with the spoke of a bicycle wheel between her legs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Lawrence was not to get behind the wheel of an automobile for any distance longer than a few miles, or travel “without suitable protection on any lonely road” or after dark. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He wheeled backward to his table and grabbed his bottle and cup. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I used to make a goo-goo face that got her so excited she wheeled her arms and legs around like a windmill. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I turn it over, and it reads: To my sweet Bridget, who is my own wheel of fortune. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Withdrawing his face from the open window, he took hold of the steering wheel and obediently began pulling over to the empty lane. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Maya could feel herself careering down the hill, the wheels starting to come off the cart even as she continued to pick up speed. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He groped and ripped out his belt to beat the frightened horse to an awkward run over the stony, rutted wheel track. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

With astonishing speed and skill they checked their steeds, wheeled, and came charging round. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

We could see out into the bright courtyard, where Madame was still sitting behind the wheel, rummaging in her briefcase. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he held up his right hand and extended his finger toward the steering wheel; kind of like the way a kid might pretend to be holding a gun. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

But Basel and Muhammad, wanting to help me, followed so close to the wheels that he stopped and turned around, the headlights circling the inside walls of the kitchen. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The wagon wheels went deep down in it and the horses pulled and sweated. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

That and the steel hoop of the wheel sticking up out of the cockpit aft. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“But I’m the luckiest guy on the Lower East Side, ’cause I got wheels, and you want to go for a ride. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

A small rag doll covered with what looked like blood was trapped under one of the bus’ front wheels. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scoob knows Dad’s not entirely serious, but it does get his wheels turning: how much harder must it be for Dad to look at the house right now? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

She points at the blackboard propped against the wheel of the man's pushcart, with a long list of items scribbled on it. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

G’ma’s fingers do a tap dance on the steering wheel, pulling him back into the present, and he takes a deep breath and lets his eyes continue to roam around the open space behind him. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He felt the metal of the wheel grow hot beneath him, blackening the flesh of his arms and legs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The car traveled a bit higher, then unexpectedly stopped, raising the question of how everyone aboard would get down if the wheel could not be restarted. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

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

Mitch: No. I asked my math teacher first period if we could wheel in a TV to watch it, but he said we had to review for the chapter test this week. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the next red light, he hits the steering wheel, slamming his fists down again and again and again. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It tossed wheels and hubcaps deep into the forest. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we entered he wheeled excitedly around and examined Jordan from head to foot. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Car wheels running from pavement to dirt roused her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Only that fool Ted was pleased by that, and he works there cleaning wheels for the Men, where his dad was the Miller and his own master. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

A string of gray yarn stretched across them, and the last woman was working on a large wooden spinning wheel. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever fallen asleep at the wheel and had to shake yourself awake?” she asks rhetorically. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“When talking about driving, I remember that old song: ‘Keep your hands on the wheel and eyes on the road ahead Dr. Strayer interjected. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Back at the helm, Leo yanked the wheel. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her father tapped his fingers on the steering wheel. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Once they’d landed, the planes couldn’t get off the runway because they couldn’t taxi—their wheels just sank into the slush. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Getting in there and slamming the thing closed, spinning the wheel handle, keeping it shut. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

‘If you hadn’t suggested going to the London Eye, this would never have happened. You and your bloody bicycle wheel in the sky!’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

John stayed next to me, pushing his ear close to the receiver every once in awhile, and I could see the wheels in his head spinning. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The unanswered questions wheeled around her as she pressed her hands to her head to stop the throbbing in her skull. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I turned left and headed toward the big double Ferris wheel. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had specified both the cut and the fabric to his tailor — it was his preferred uniform for giving tours because it did not get crushed during his long hours behind the wheel. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

And the wheel did not ring out, for Encanis was truly frightened. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Other wheeled creatures were working: some repairing a roof, others hauling a net out of the river, others bringing brushwood for a fire. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I yelled up to Joey, “Stop gunning it. I’m going to look for something to wedge under the wheels.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His hands still trembled violently and he squeezed the steering wheel as tightly as he could. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He threw his arms over a wagon wheel, locking them together. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

I unlock the car doors and slide in behind the wheel, both our lips whistling involuntarily as we’re saturated with stale heat. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Later that night, after a scanty meal of sweet roots, they told her why they had been so anxious about the wheels. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The plane was now in the air, the back wheels lifting off. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

At the party, at the corrugated tin shack of Maria Isabel’s cousin, Jasmin eats chicken, tries to blow up a red balloon, and borrows a pink bike with training wheels. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I see it on Dallas, the steering wheels are on the left-hand side.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The city's cable-switching stations acted like the hub of a giant wheel, whose spokes spread out across the entire continent. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

For a few moments Cal twisted the steering wheel and tried to imagine he was racing down the road. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the front wheels of the cart had gone wonky. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They slid across the snowdrifts smoothly, where the wheeled chariots were foundering and sinking. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When the rodents migrated, they could stop trains—the wheels would get jammed with their crushed bodies. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Outside, the flag rope snapped and clattered in the wind, and the rooks cawed as they wheeled around the ramparts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Instead the wheel began a slow turn, as if seeking one last roll through the sky. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When I gripped it, the iron bands that reinforced the wheel crumbled in my hand, flaking away in gritty sheets of brown rust. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s called grease. This is how it is in America. Certain American palms require a certain American —” “Understand,” Ralph gripped the wheel as though removing himself to some other place were a matter of steering. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eight in all, one for each wheel, four on the rover, four on the trailer. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked them over and pulled one of them free and squatted and turned the wheels and then stood and pushed it up the aisle and back again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“A Dauntless Ferris wheel wouldn’t have cars. You would just hang on tight with your hands, and good luck to you.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She shifted into D, and turned the wheel so it would head straight down the road to the barn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was, rather, a natural driver, for whom the wheel seemed a logical extension of his hands. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below, at each end, the hopper’s wheels are exposed: shiny metal, three feet in diameter, five inches thick, churning. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The snow goose dæmon wheeled and flew down toward the roof, beating his great wings inward to help him slow down, and landed with a clatter on the pantiles below the sill. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Atop these, on railcar wheels or “trucks,” they erected a “traveler,” a giant derrick consisting of three tall towers spanned at the top by a platform. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Zach grabbed the hand truck and wheeled it out as fast as he could to start unloading the supers from the honey wagon. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was anxious to see if the wheel worked, but at the same time “would gladly have assented to postpone the trial.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I made my way to the Mess, the wheels of my thoughts turning slowly as I plodded along. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So rather than continuing west to the desalination center at the beach, she decides to crank her wheel right and follow the truck. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There, one wheel struck a big boulder, bouncing that side of the cart so high that it turned over and skidded to a stop. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the cart’s wheels is lying on the grassy edge of the road a few feet away. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I remember climbing the Ferris wheel on the pier, my muscles shaking, my hands throbbing. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Never before have there been so many wheels within wheels in the Scythedom.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

None of them look at me, so I walk toward the Ferris wheel with light, quiet footsteps, pressing my gun to my back with one hand to keep it from making noise. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I had to do everything this morning, drive the float, wheel the handcart with the bags, sit in the pub, drink lemonade, listen to the men discussing who is the best, Rommel or Montgomery. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

While the wheels of his oldVolvo wagon spit gravel down Smith Street, I wondered what would happen if Dad saw a great white while diving off Cape Ann. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He wheeled himself up and down every street in Marysville that had someplace where someone might get work. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He held it to his eye and turned the wheel. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Grasping the two handles, he wheeled the cart onto the road. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The Ferris wheel chimes happy as an ice cream truck. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

All through the first night Hamilton took the wheel because only he knew where the hash was buried. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Seven straightens up and stares ahead, barely blinking and gripping the steering wheel. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Why don't you let me use the wheel chair, Steve? This is silly.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The front wheel on my side slammed into and jumped the curb. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

John Mark’s fingers are finally relaxing on the steering wheel. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He could hear the tap of shipwright’s hammers, the creak of wooden wheels, a boatswains whistle. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Hmm. T might be—" She breaks off, bending over to dislodge a pebble from the wheel. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He wheeled the gurney to the embalming table. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Jonas could see them applauding dutifully as the Nines, one by one, wheeled their new bicycles, each with its gleaming name tag attached to the back, from the stage. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

They ding and buzz and we have to wait while things are wheeled in and out. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

With the sun rising Tehlu laid the body of the demon on the wheel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dr. Ashworth sets my file aside, sits in a rolling chair, and wheels closer. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I take photos all around: an herb garden planted in a giant cowboy boot; bicycles chained to the fences; a nautical steering wheel hung on a rail, splitting the sun into triangles on the ground. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Brian reached out and took the wheel in a grip so tight his knuckles were white. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

It now has big wheels, a padded seat, and a broader footrest, plus a serious seat belt and a hand brake for safety. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The effect is rather like the behavior of a roulette ball on a roulette wheel. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s basically a wooden basket, open at the back, mounted on an axle between two wheels. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It had solid tires on its back wheels and blocks held its front wheels off the ground. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of the thirty-six cars had been hung—they stood on the ground like the coaches of a derailed train—but the wheel itself was ready for its first rotation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Kyle heard the whir of spinning wheels, the clink of grinding gears, and a reverberating clunk. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The ground trembled under the wheels, and Mrs. Frisby thought of the ten rats huddled below. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He wheeled his warhorse about and raised a hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Oh, God makes the water, and the water makes the river, And the river turns the mill wheel and the wheel goes on forever. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

He grips the wheel tightly, looks straight ahead. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Heavy curtains and thick carpet muffled the sounds from the train wheels. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They wheeled her off for X-rays, and the female paramedic showed me where to wait. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Each segment of the wheel is called a wing, and every wing is for a certain subject area and is named with a number. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He pulled out the bolts that held the wheels of the King’s chariot, and the victory was Pelops’ with no trouble at all. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Synecdoche— using a part to recall the whole, like when you call a car “a set of wheels” or bark “all hands on deck!”—is renamed “Quicke Conceit.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Marcus gripped the steering wheel so tightly that his knuckles turned white. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Without much of anything else to do, I rested my own head against the steering wheel and watched her for a while. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I scoot backward across the platform and lean against the metal steering wheel. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s…” She listened for a moment, tried to pick up something beyond the wagon wheels and clomping dino. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

"For Lord’s sake, Daddy,” Frank complained, "I feel just like a third wheel sitting in the back seat all by myself.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rear wheels of the cab smoked a little, squealed, and then twenty yards ahead of me the truck was waiting. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Three Turks get out of the cab to open the rear doors; the driver stays behind the wheel. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dad wheeled the bin into the shade because, despite the hat, Luke’s hands and arms had turned red with sunburn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

LeVisqueux attached a pulley to a pinion he’d staked into the cave floor, then looped a cord through the pulley’s wheels. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

In just one hour he’d counted sixty bodies being wheeled through the city gates in wheelbarrows. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The river was not yet frozen, and wheels were on the roads still, for it rained more than it snowed on this coastal slope even now in the year’s last month. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hold the metal wheel in place with both hands, but it keeps pulling into a clockwise rotation. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She wheeled the mower into the sun and returned to the garage where she armed herself with heavy hedge clippers. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The train's wheels crushed the blooms as it slowly passed. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He said nothing, but his hands trembled on the steering wheel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

From a hatch by the steering wheel Scipio pulled out a dinghy and two oars. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Mae and Tuck rolled past, the young man grinned and said to the driver of the Hudson, who lounged at the wheel, “Looky there. In from the country for a big time.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as we approach along the shimmering causeway, a wheel somewhere turns, chains tighten and groan, and the bars lift. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Above our heads, gulls wheel and cry, unaware that the queen mother nearly drowned just a dozen yards below. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I see,” said the principal, and you could practically see the wheels spinning in that prissy head of hers. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Try no tricks, dark one. Speak no lies,” Tehlu said sternly, his eyes as dark and hard as the iron of the wheel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They would bring the siege tower from out of the cover of Mossflower Wood and wheel it to a part of the wall where the defense appeared weakest. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The wheels churned and churned, echoing with the scrape of metal on metal, the hiss of steam and the whine of brakes. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The road curved and we saw the three cars looking quite small, the dust rising from the wheels and going off through the trees. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

His hands were tight on the wheel and he looked to be racing our train; doing all right too! Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not doubting Arion’s strength,” he said carefully, “but will the chariot hold up? The last one—” “This one has Imperial gold wheels and axle,” Percy said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He plunked her down on the seat by the steering wheel. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Fortuna, blind, heedless goddess, I am strapped to your wheel,” Ignatius belched. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the wheel sat a young man, his hair blown back by the wind. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The wheel felt moist in George’s clammy palms. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Thalia gripped the wheel so tight her knuckles turned white. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Poppy kept taking full breaths at the wheel, as if he were hyperventilating. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Your only granddaughter needs new wheels. Kids like Edna Santos are rolling around on two-wheeled Cadillacs this year, and what have I got?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Our car was a tin can on wheels, and we lived in the middle of nowhere. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He had short black hair and a question for Clark: Don’t you trust our citizens to make good decisions behind the wheel? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But when he drove in his golden car over the waters, the thunder of the waves sank into stillness, and tranquil peace followed his smooth-rolling wheels. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a Ferris wheel at the Fair and a merry-go-round and all kinds of booths and games and things to eat. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

When you say Durham! the wheels begin to turn, the smoke rolls in massive clouds from every stack and the sweet assuring music of busy machinery is heard. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a long road going into darkness and hills and he held to the wheel, now and again reaching into his lunch bucket and taking out a piece of candy. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed himself into the darkness of the chassis by the front wheel. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And as I turned it around in my hand, it felt a lot like a steering wheel. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they started to wheel her away, I tried to follow. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. van D. wheeled around and gave me a tongue-lashing: hard, Germanic, mean and vulgar, exactly like some fat, red-faced fishwife. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In accord with the wheel’s operating procedures, the conductor had locked the door at the start of the ride. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

By that time the chatter of wheels on rutted pavement had moved past my feet, crawled up my legs, to settle in my belly. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He turns the wheel hard and one tire ends up on the curb. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The archivist wheeled the newest batch of boxes on a cart into the small reading room, before rolling out the previous load. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The foliage has hidden the wheel from sight, so I scale a tree with rubbery limbs to get a better view. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The great rolling wheel of Red’s life had swung upward again, and he could not suppress his high spirits. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Looking up,” Gronau said, “I saw the wheel move slowly. What can be the matter! What is this horrible noise!” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

My twenty- three paired chromosomes have linked up and crossed over, spinning their roulette wheel, as my papou puts his hand on my mother’s belly and says, “Lucky two!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to climb up the way the float is so high and packed with bags and I try to get up by climbing the wheel. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She thought of the wheel trees: the flowers that opened upward would be drinking in this golden rain. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mom gently rolled the back wheels up the edge of the first stone step. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Then a bell rang and the wheels stopped at a small window. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The deputy sheriff, Meliton Naranjo, had lost a finger when, as he was fussing with a fan belt in a truck, his kid had climbed behind the wheel and turned the motor over. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the front wheels, or the back ones, could take an arm, a leg, perhaps his life. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The gulls wheeled overhead, mewing like hungry cats; some of them settled on the ledges of the cliff, while others, bolder, rode the surface of the water beside the ship. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“The wheel itself. The spindle. I think it’s a five-eighths fit.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Beyond Jackson Park the first turn of Ferris’s wheel drew surprisingly little attention. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I was in mid-panic when Cap reached over and yanked on the steering wheel. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I have one of those windup cars with twisty wheels that when it bumps into things can change direction and bump into something else over and over. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his hands on the steering wheel and stared straight ahead. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Reyna wheeled her pegasus away from Percy, like she was glad to be done with him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Momma’s hands get really tight on the steering wheel, but she doesn’t change the station. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The dream starts with me at the top of the rocket, holding on to the steering wheel. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

We emerge on the deck, and Quinton brings me over to where two large wooden captain’s wheels are mounted. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Rufus wheels his bike along the wet and muddy path, leaving tire tracks. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When the wheels finally ceased spinning, I reached for the door handle, a spike of total and complete grief cutting through me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As I twisted the steering wheel and forced the accelerator to the floor I was controlling Mexico, and might and aloneness and inexperienced youth and Bailey Johnson, Sr., and death and insecurity, and even gravity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the wheels touched the ground, Percy floored the brakes, and they swerved to a stop just inside the gates. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Underneath the sign, between two big wagon wheels, was Momma. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

One back wheel jolted up over the sidewalk and back down to the street. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wheeled her bag away in the direction of the girls’ dorm and said, “I hope you feel better, Ryan Dean.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

If I had not ceded control of the wheel, and if he had not assumed control of the vessel so deftly, I’m sure I’d be dead. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see, this one’s for the intercom—I saw you push that one, too—and these levers are obviously for the wheels and brakes, so that leaves...this one!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The other hand rested lazily at the twelve o’clock position on the steering wheel, pointing one finger up the road at an old splintered sign. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He pushes up his hat and offers his brother a wheel of pineapple to eat. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grips the steering wheel and avoids my eyes. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Turning the wheel, working the pedals—these things should have been second nature. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

El rolls her eyes, settles in behind the wheel, and pops a fresh piece of gum in her mouth. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There was the sound of horse hooves and the roll of carriage wheels and the front door opened and then closed and the house fell quiet save for Hannah’s steps in the kitchen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spokes of her rear wheel spun behind the curtain of her long skirt. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The wheels on the track are not screeching but gliding smoothly and quietly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ralph stood now, one hand against an enormous red block, a block large as a mill wheel that had been split off and hung, tottering. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He leaned back and pointed to the steering wheel. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

She was blind with tears, wiping her nose with the back of her hand, her head against the steering wheel. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to drop it if you don’t go get that wheel soon.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He sits with eyes fixed upon the speaker, mouth open, limbs motionless save for the hands, which pace and wheel upon his knees. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He turned back in the seat, facing the front, and put his hands—still trembling— on the control wheel, his feet gently on the rudder pedals. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Ferris blew the whistle, the Iowa State band launched into “America,” and the wheel again began to turn. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The oppressive heat and constant rhythm of the wagon wheels finally made Polly sleepy, and she dozed uncomfortably for a couple of hours. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like a train, and it had five cars with rubber wheels because it didn’t run on a track. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Henry talks about wheels turning while people think on things—and this woman is thinking so hard right now, I can almost hear the gears. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She ran her fingers over the boat’s wheel. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I half expected Babou to wheel a Ping-Pong table out, like the Rezaeis had in their yard, but instead he had me drag three fabric-topped card tables out from the shed in the corner. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sam, Will, and Sabrina were lying under the wheels of the car. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Left wheel! I said left wheel, you buffoons. You there, don’t you know the difference between your left and your right? Hold out your left paw.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He gestured at the giant wheel glittering with lights. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“A little girl was crushed underneath one of the wheels as she was helping her mother drag a box of canned beans.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the last possible second, Lefty would spring awake, taking the wheel and averting disaster. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Still, none of this explains why no Mesoamerican society ever used wheels to make ceramics and grind maize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Svadilfari wheeled as he ran across the meadow, then he slowed, and reared, and neighed loudly. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Pelicans floated on the swells while seagulls and a lone eagle wheeled above them. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A red needle ticked along the edges as it spun, making a cheerful clattering noise, then slowly the wheel came to a stop. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His expression was hidden behind all that hair, but he crouched lower over the wheel. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The boys blocked up the front wheels, drained what gasoline was left into a five-gallon can, took their frogs and went wearily home to the Palace Flophouse. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tugged at the wheel, trying to remember which way to turn it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He knocked a wheel of cheese to the ground. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

For Social Studies I do a project on Tibet, where there are prayer wheels and reincarnation and women have two husbands, and for Science I do different kinds of seeds. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hear what they are saying, but the words get lost amid the sounds of wheels on the street, bare branches rubbing against each other, and the tramping of boots. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear had concluded that molding was not at all the same as throwing a pot on the wheel. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes straight ahead, but I saw his hands choke the wheel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But children, I found, were universally delighted by a doctor with wheels. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk to my bike, which carried me through a brutal race and everywhere else I wanted to go, and wheel it toward this guy. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Leaves of unraveling newspaper blow into the rank water that runs in an open ditch; the newspaper wheels along the street, scattering its sheets onto the water, where they float as translucent squares of lace. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The test alone had caused the wheel to move one eighth of its circumference. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He had taken the red truck off the old blue dresser and was sitting on the floor, running his thumb over the wheels. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A migrant knows that if he doesn’t run fast enough while grabbing onto a moving train, he can be jerked forward, lose his grip, and be pulled under the wheels. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

You just take a seat and pay the driver to wheel you around wherever you want to go. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swerved and nearly put the truck in a ditch two times before he stopped overcorrecting and got the hang of the subtle movements of the steering wheel. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Throwing, of course—using the wheel to assist in shaping a symmetrical piece. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

When I thought they understood it all, I got out to walk around the car and Grandpa moved over to the right side behind the wheel. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The last boxcar was the railroad guards’ heaven on wheels. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab them and get behind the wheel after Jane climbs into the back. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Georgie hadn’t hurt himself, but the bike’s front wheel was twisted and the tire was flat. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

A minute later it grew louder, and the rear wheels of the tractor appeared, moving cautiously as he backed it out. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The car now swooped almost to the ground; he had to jerk the wheel toward him to avoid a crash. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He saw the great stands of wheel trees and the roads lacing through the prairie, just as Mary had done from the same spot sometime before. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The beans were put into a shiny brass hopper, and the great wheel was turned with two hands. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moody wheeled the car around the corner and turned onto Shaker Boulevard. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The raft wheeled slightly to the left and struck the boulder. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I climbed a hill and turned right into pine woods on a smaller road, and turned right on a very narrow road and turned right again on wheel tracks on pine needles. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It contained spinning wheels, moving targets, and racetracks that curved from the floor to the ceiling. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The wheel struck flat, with Encanis on top.There was an explosion of spark and ash as it landed and sank inches deep into the hot coals. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“They have to bring in these giant ovens on wheels.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, a few minutes later, I saw him straighten, climb in behind the wheel, slam the door and drive off. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finally got behind the wheel of the car and started it up. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy slung the strap over his neck and put them to his eyes and adjusted the wheel. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Only the sound of the wheels on the smooth track gave any idea of their speed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A tractor came across the meadow in my direction, and in addition to the man at the wheel there were two others hanging on the rear. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He inquired about Grammer’s car accident and was told by people who knew him that they believed his Cadillac’s steering wheel and brakes had been tampered with. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He had his head down on the steering wheel, his body shaking, as he sat solitary in the frozen January midnight darkness. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Did she hear the last gasp of the old man as he slipped under the wheels of a cart several kilometers back? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to convince her that I knew what I was doing, but she was still clinging to the steering wheel like some wilting life raft when I got out of the Sunbird. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But he wheeled himself over to the display case and looked in. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“How was your day, Chris?” asked Mom as we wheeled her into the hallway. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I wheeled him up an hour later, used my pocketknife to cut holes in the bottom of the barrel for drainage, and built up a fine sweat shoveling in dirt. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water- wheel was there, but not turning. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Grace ended up driving them to the bank because Joaquin didn’t trust himself behind the wheel. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The only light came from the electrical bulbs attached to the wheel’s spokes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Last of all he removed the simple iron wheel from around his neck and laid it on the nightstand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And all night Encanis hung from his wheel and watched them, motionless as a snake. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She ran her fingers along the hood of Jalil’s car, which was black, shiny, with glittering wheels in which Mariam saw a flattened, widened version of herself. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She showed up twenty-five minutes later with—I am not even kidding—a little suitcase on wheels. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then the car was resting on the differential again, and the wheels spun freely in the holes they had dug. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Papa’s boat was called The Nereid—long, white, low-slung, with a foredeck wheel cabin. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere between his bursting into my chemistry class and punching his knuckles bloody on his steering wheel, I fell in love with Diego Vega. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

No structure ever had been subjected to the unique stresses that would come to bear upon and within the wheel once in motion. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Again—in that heaven on wheels—the table was set. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside the huge machine were ladders on wheels that the workers pushed back and forth and climbed up on to reach the high parts. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Pieces of tubing were torn from the wall, and two water wheels and all the wind chimes were missing. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He climbed in unaided, and I got under the wheel, smelling the heated odor of mints and cigar smoke. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Stupid wheel," I said, giving the cart a shake. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The wobbling wheel was making us Ipse speed, even though the horses were responding to my every command, running like a well-oiled machine. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then both wheeled around the corner, roaring into noise and light, motors growling, headlights glaring, sirens howling. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try, but I don’t hear anything but a garbage truck and a car alarm, the faraway screeching of wheels down train tracks, the rattle of a bar storefront finally closing. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I lean against one of the large spoked wheels and pass the time alternately picking slivers from beneath my nails and chewing long pieces of grass. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Quinton grips the first wheel with both hands and the ship surges forward. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Neil would get behind the wheel, and June would slide over on the front seat so she was practically under the wheel with him. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying to think what to say when something crunched under the Sunbird’s wheels. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The reason he is coming so slowly is that he is pulling a wagon, a thing about the size of a big trunk mounted on two bicycle wheels. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

So I made a cog wheel or gear out of a disc of oak by putting pegs around the edge. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was even tapping his hand on the steering wheel like he was really enjoying it. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wheeled a cunning rolling rack of stacked lanterns up next to the Plant and lit them, nine lanterns in all. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When the drums of breakfast porridge were wheeled into the courtyard, the warders commanding the work crew ordered the men out of the yard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hum of the deck as the wheels moved along the pitted pavement felt good under my feet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“My friend said I could use his car. One of the doors doesn’t open, but at least I got wheels.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Creatures could only use wheels on a world that provided them with natural highways. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She tapped her fingers nervously on the wheel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She wheeled the boy to a window table without waiting for an answer. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man wheeled round suddenly and saw me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Willow got out of the backseat and headed up the driveway, pulling her wheeled luggage behind her. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Slender iron rods just two and a half inches thick and eighty feet long linked the rim, or felloe, of each wheel to a “spider” affixed to the axle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He turned to see an ancient, rusty, gas- hog convertible rolling by, with Russell behind the wheel and Piper jumping up and down and shrieking in the back seat. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s accompanied by an elderly woman, April, the hospital volunteer who will wheel me safely to our vehicle. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Ishmael had mounted a cherry wood knob on its steering wheel in order to ease the difficulties driving presented to a man with only one arm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Speaking of cameras, they are huge—like giant, black mechanical space beings on wheels. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

At one of these ends there was an enormous camera on wheels, and a whole army of Oompa-Loompas was clustering around it, oiling its joints and adjusting its knobs and polishing its great glass lens. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

With no navigational charts, I turn the wheel on impulse and whim. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Andrius grabbed him and we tried to hide behind one of the wheels, peeking under the train. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

One of the wheel axles snapped with the sound of a thunderbolt. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

They hopped on a streetcar and talked just loud enough to hear each other over the car’s clanking wheels. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Favell was sitting at the wheel, hatless, a cigarette in his mouth. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He drums the beat on the steering wheel, and then we turn into this little town that is just a couple blocks long. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They didn’t all have a steering wheel like they use today. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The overseer came in, nodded good morning, and pushed a low wooden stool under a cord dangling from the assembly of wheels and belts above his head. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Toby Alvillar and Ken Kamata were two of the biggest wheels in class, and if you were really hopeless they simply didn’t notice you—it was as if you didn’t exist. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed more likely to strip the wheels from a patrol car than to paint the windshield black or hang his shirt like a pennant from the antenna. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged out a table on wheels with a machine on it and rolled it behind the head of the bed. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then a second later, he got off Roany’s horns somehow and wheeled on him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the wheels and the oil, it stays among us. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Some were simple white metal boxes on wheels, with awnings and serving counters. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even take my hands off the steering wheel till I can talk to them,” he said. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells me to put the car in neutral and guide it with the steering wheel. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Samuel was silent for quite a long time while the buggy lurched down the wheel track toward the dusty valley. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He drove with his knees maneuvering the steering wheel while he searched his pockets and came up with a piece of striped gum that he threw to me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

They had sat so for ten minutes or more when the sound of wheels far down the road attracted their attention. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he’s left, I wheel my bicycle into an alley so I can memorize the address the way Ollie wanted me to. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

One crumpled frankfurter lav 011 its side, its one wheel horizontal above it, a traffic fatality. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or the suburban high school student who has a drinking problem but keeps getting behind the wheel? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He’s more comfortable driving a car than I expected, using his turn signal to switch lanes and keeping his hands firmly on the steering wheel. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

There was no way to signal the engineer below to stop the wheel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He kept imagining himself tripping and falling under the wheels, torn apart by the train. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hear the car’s engine start and the crunch of gravel as the wheels of his Mustang roll forward. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

We passed a few older adults pedaling away on their bikes, balancing precariously on two wheels with their briefcases or bags, their heads bent toward the sidewalk. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Matthias. Tack to the left and wheel to the right. Bob and weave, duck and wriggle. Look, it’s easy.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Ray was up front with me, and I was behind the wheel. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He jumped from the top of the wheel to the ground and turned his horse’s head to the south. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lowering my bike to its side, I took off my backpack and set it on the wheel, my eyes fixed on Digger, who was retrieving the basketball and still hadn’t said a word. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Min handed Tree-ear a small ax and led him around the side of the house to a wheeled cart. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Wasp yanked the wheel, and the taxi swerved away from the rail. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

There’d be no mention of the tall, reckless dwarf behind the wheel. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Others gather old clothing and trash and build fires on the ledges over the wheels of the hoppers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The aircraft was equipped with wheels rather than floats and thus couldn’t land, but McCunn was certain he’d been seen and had no doubt the pilot would summon a floatplane to return for him. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coach wheels around to the bench and shouts. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

She filled his seat at the kitchen table with blankness, cleared him from the revival bench, vanished him from behind the wheel of the truck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then the wheels in my head began to turn and my ridiculous plan began to take shape. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Leroy drove in silence for a while, resting his elbow on the door and gripping the wheel lightly with his fingertips. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear wheeled the cart down the road from Min’s house—a step at a time, or so it seemed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Pathetic, pathetic,” and gently, fiercely, he beats his fist on the wheel. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The cart is ridiculously heavy now, and almost impossible to push—especially with a bad wheel. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

What he was hearing, and beginning to comprehend, was that it was possible for him to have his hands on the wheel and eyes on the road, and still be lost somewhere else. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Encanis’ body arched painfully at the sound then hung limply from his wrists as the ringing of the wheel faded. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I knew it. I’m totally going to be the third wheel tomorrow.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

An ordinary car had eight wheels; this combination had thirty-two. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The policeman wheeled into the Eberhardts’ driveway and braked to a stop. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one side of the bendy part was a woman with a crate on wheels packed tightly with plastic grocery bags, and on the other was a man painted head-to-toe in silver, reading a newspaper. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Crying: My baby, my mother, my only, only love; groaning: My sin, my terrible God; screaming with pain, muttering with fever, bemoaning old age and poverty—how can they tend the wheels? Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The parking lot is clogged with traffic and pedestrians, and Mom drums her hands on the steering wheel. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The snow had compacted under the wheels of other cars. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was like railway wheels going round in my head, trains of thought running out of control, couplers snapping. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Laila’s hands was a metal spoke she had snapped with a pair of pliers from an abandoned bicycle wheel. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Despite the wheel’s inherent romantic potential, however, rides at night never became popular. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He died on the A10, his skull crushed beneath the wheels of an articulated lorry. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I turn the wheel to the right, they sidestep it to the right. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

His arms were getting tired, but he could feel tension on the handle, the wheel inching up, then dropping back down again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

We entered Wal-Mart together and picked up that thing from infomercials called The Club, which locks a car’s steering wheel into place. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Breathing a sigh of relief, Mark walked up to a round door with a wheel handle in the middle, like something in a submarine. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I wheeled the trolley over to her bedside with a helpful smile. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

A breeze rustled the budding trees above us on the mountainside, but, like everybody else, my focus was entirely on the silent tipple and the frozen winch wheel on the man-hoist. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ferris, himself fed up with construction delays and Burnham’s pestering, had told Gronau to turn the wheel or tear it off the tower. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Oh, God makes the water, and the water makes the river, And the river turns the mill wheel and the wheel goes on forever. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I put both hands on the steering wheel to keep them from shaking. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Before Annabeth could rearm herself, the Apollo warrior threw a javelin into our right wheel The javelin shattered, but not before snapping some of our spokes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

"You're lucky it was just a wheel! A bad driver and not even TRYing!" The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

As soon as the last one was down, the firemen wheeled their trucks around and raced back up the hill to resume their fight with the fire at the hospital. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But of all the living things the wheeled people managed, it was the seedpod trees that they took most care with. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I flip it back over and stare at the ship’s wheel. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Encanis thrashed on the wheel and began to howl as the iron burned and bit and froze him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You think they have gerbils on exercise wheels powering this thing?” joked Kojo. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Brunner, who’d been out in front of the museum a minute before, wheeled his chair into the doorway of the gallery, holding a pen in his hand. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

What peeks out is a large, flat grid of metal beams with thick wheels and a sturdy triangle at the front, the tongue, for hitching. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He lifted a finger and pointed without taking his hands from the steering wheel. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

She heard the quiet sound of the wheels crunching over the hard-packed earth, and she heard the mulefa ahead of her murmuring to one another, and then they stopped. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Eight library carts—three tiers of slanted shelves on wheels—were lined up in front of the door to the 000s room. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

We were going so fast that the steering wheel shook in my hands, jerking around like it had a life of its own. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I see them wheel him through a set of double doors and I fol­low. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sam tore himself forward and away, and stood up, and then quickly he wheeled away to his right, pivoted on the wrist held by Gollum. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Kabuo struck the steering wheel with the side of his fist and cursed the injustice of the world. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

No big deal if you’re busy, but let me know if you want to save me from the whole third wheel thing. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I hear the underwear rack being adjusted on squeaky wheels. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain’s wheelchair rolled forward until the front wheels pressed the edge of Sticky’s cushion. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In winter when the ground was frozen, the rattle of wheels and each distinct hoofbeat punctuated the winter quiet. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horrible sound of the brakes being pulled, coupled with the metallic screech of the wheels against the rails, made it seem like the whole station was about to collapse around him. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“People die in hospitals,” she whispered, her fingers clenching the wheel, wraithlike. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He got down on one knee to pick up the pieces of the wheel, dropping the larger half in his palm, pinching at the smaller piece with his fingers. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I pulled forward, and the wheels rolled easily over the thick grass of the yard and onto the blacktop. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

A dizziness swept over me and I reached out a hand to steady myself against the wagon’s wheel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The water gushes forward, the wheel turns, and he joins me, whistling some obscure tune. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Morales said as she turned the steering wheel far to the right, to back out of the parking space. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The train seemed to suck him forward to where the huge wheels, each as high as his chest, blurred past. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The way you stiffened up. You must’ve been thinking about your mom, not wanting to get behind the wheel.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Kabuo could not see the surface of the sea more than five yards beyond the bow of his boat from his place at the wheel in his cabin. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her fingers tapped out a nervous rhythm on the steering wheel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My time with granddaddy slipped away as the domestic mill wheel gathered momentum, grinding its principal raw material—namely, me—into smaller and smaller scraps. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When it was maybe one hundred feet away, approaching slowly, I realized Mr. Lucas wasn’t behind the wheel. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Now it peels from his skin, leaving the truth of him at the wheel of his car. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Moments later wheeled carts arrive, chock-full of pastries, eggs cooked in every way, grilled meat, petit-pancakes with sugar dust, and bowls of colorful fruit. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He righted the cart and put the boy’s things in it and wheeled it out to the road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

At times the Ferris wheel seemed to be winching minutes, hauling him ever closer to Saturday and the boom and smell of gunsmoke. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Nurses and aides came running, pushing a gurney along with them, and they lifted Charles Monet onto the gurney and wheeled him into the intensive care unit at Nairobi Hospital. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is upside down, wheels sticking up into the air and still spinning, like a beetle stuck on its back. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Min picked up the half-formed vessel before him and slammed it back onto the wheel with such force that Tree- ear flinched. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

By Sunday evening, June 11, six cars had been hung—an average of two a day since the first turn of the wheel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I think it was something about us being in the dark looking out on the world, moving through the universe without being seen, our private wheels, our private space flight. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When given a choice, people will always watch something that moves—even if it’s only the tiny wheels of a cassette player. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wheels his chair closer to me, leans forward, and asks, “What’s the world done to you lately?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Yep. There’s a combination lock—the kind with four wheels of random letters.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He sagged behind the wheel, shaking his head. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The orange device in the PSF’s free hand was no bigger than a cell phone, easy enough to maneuver in front of Liam’s face from where it was pressed against the minivan’s steering wheel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The 46th Guards made supply flights in daylight as well as at night, in aircraft fitted with skis instead of wheels. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It’s going at a good speed now, Luke is gripping the wheel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

On Thursday night, taking turns at the wheel, they had driven out of Kansas and through Missouri into Arkansas and over the Ozarks, “up” to Louisiana, where a burned-out generator stopped them early Friday morning. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spun the wheel hard to port and began to lower the main. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

All night he worked, and when the first light of the tenth morning touched him, Tehlu struck the wheel one final time and it was finished. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On Saturday nights, this straight stretch—nicknamed Little Daytona—was a racetrack for those few teenagers with wheels, and the fan a favorite place to park and make out. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then, for the first time ever, George Buckman took both his hands off the steering wheel while the car was in motion. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Contestants for the first heat of the day wheeled their vehicles to the starting line at the summit of the Twenty-Fifth Street Bridge. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Like Farmer, he had an expressive face that revealed his enthusiasm and determination, and as second in command at PIH, his role was to keep the wheels of that machine well oiled. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Bolts, doors, wheels, red, white, silver, and black, the plane flashed before her eyes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the dashboard, to the right of the steering wheel, something real big was sticking out. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would wheel round, climbing rapidly, and be gone from sight Twenty yards up, they were invisible in the dark. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plane had so little gas that the engine quit a moment after our wheels hit the tarmac. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He and Bailey told jokes, and Bailey laughed all the time, put out Dad’s cigarettes and held one hand on the steering wheel when Dad said, “Come on, boy, help me drive this thing.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, clutching my dog blanket around my hips, I stepped out of the truck and limped awkwardly to the passenger side while Cade slid in behind the wheel. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I asked as the wheel began to turn. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He wheeled his horse in the snow, and the other did likewise. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I leave the steering wheel and climb through the hole in the top platform. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

As the car entered its descent, Wherritt became calmer and laughed and sobbed with relief—until he realized the wheel was not going to stop. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

At least a dozen men, some of them little better off than he was, explained to him that wheel and car were no longer joined by any physical bond. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

When I got there, I was forced to sit to rest me under the hedge; and while I sat, I heard wheels, and saw a coach come on. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He sets her in his wheeled desk chair and pants as he whirls her in circles until she cannot laugh anymore for the pain of it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He not only talked, he sang, and if he felt like hitching up his trousers, he just took his hands off the wheel and hitched. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leans forward, presses his forehead into the steering wheel. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He slammed his hand down on the steering wheel again. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He says if he had a handcart he could wheel the bags from float to house and that would be a blessing but a handcart would cost two weeks’ wages and who could afford that? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The soccer team wheels in spinny chairs from the conference room. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Nice wheels,” I said to combat the uncomfortable silence. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He drove a sports car and piloted his own plane, which he once famously flew so low over the house of the school’s president that the machine’s wheels made a racket rolling over the roof. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The mouse, I’ve been sure for years, limps home from the site of the burning ferns wheel with a brand-new, airtight plan for killing the cat. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Reynolds, who was at the ship’s wheel, grinned. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

When they arrived, they stood patiently at the verge and let the wheeled creatures move slowly through them, checking, touching, counting. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We often took turns spelling each other behind the wheel. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rise and wheel the desk chair to the corner, take my glass, let him pour. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anything that had a wheel he could use to replace the one on Uncle Wood’s truck. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later, the map was spread out over the steering wheel, and Chubs was gloating in the backseat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was motionless, a giant bicycle wheel in the sky that did not turn. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Taker rocks his head to the beat, and she plays drums against the steering wheel. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Just sit back. Starr, get behind the wheel.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A breeze blows through the alley, pushing me to one side, and I think of scaling the Ferris wheel with Tobias. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Brian grabbed the wheel and pulled it back, too hard again, and the plane went through another series of stomach- wrenching swoops up and down before he could get it under control. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wheeled and raced after the thrower, but the man raised his own shield over his head. lyrion circled around him, raining axe blows down on the wood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The winged shapes wheeled, and stooped swiftly down, speeding back to Mordor. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

That was when she realized that all the sounds she normally associated with a city—the noise of wagon wheels and beggars and merchants hawking their wares—were absent here. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Orderlies lifted him onto a stretcher, quickly wheeled him down a hall, and transferred him to a bed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hi, Melody. I’m glad to meet you. My name is Catherine. I go to the university, and I’m gonna be your deals and wheels every day.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He lay down on the ground beside the wheel and slept a deep sleep, for he was very tired. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then the guy grabbed his metal carrier thing on wheels and rolled out. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Harry found himself shouting as he wheeled around in the corridor, having had just about enough. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The stretcher was wheeled down the corridor and my arm stretched out toward the Object. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He turned the steering wheel and yelled out as the Jeep spun across the runway, behind the plane. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

A heavyset African American girl sat in the RV’s driver seat, clutching the wheel tightly and staring straight ahead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The double basses and timpani are rolled in, and helping to wheel in a harp is a woman with a turquoise scarf over blond hair, wearing sunglasses and deep red lipstick. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then Mary saw one reach beneath a grazer and milk it with her trunk; and then the wheeled one rolled over to her and raised her trunk delicately to Mary’s mouth. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And just before it hit he should pull back on the wheel and slow the plane to reduce the impact. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the bull’s weight did was tilt it so that the wheels started rolling. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was, reported the New York Evening Post, “a frenzy to hire trucks or baby carriages or anything else on wheels.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

But the veterinarian got a troubled and disappointed look on his face when I slid in behind the wheel of Cade’s truck and started it up. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

That seems incredible to us, until we reflect that ancient Mexicans lacked domestic animals to hitch to their wheeled vehicles, which therefore offered no advantage over human porters. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, sir, feed a little gas....Not much. Just a little bit till you get the hang of it. Go slow now!...Grandpa, don’t wiggle the steerin’ wheel so much!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Some looked at him as they passed, at the man sitting quietly behind the wheel of a small car, with his invisible life ravelled out about him like a wornout sock, and went on. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not until the doors of his solar were safely closed behind them did he wheel his chair about to face the women. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Momma taps her fingernails on the steering wheel and doesn’t say anything for a few minutes. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The sleek, mouse-sized car with wire-spoked wheels and knock-off hubcaps was painted silvery gray, the right color for whizzing unnoticed through shadows. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The crew let him help with the sails, and even gave him a turn at the wheel from time to time. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Time freeze-framing as the guy behind the wheel locked eyes with the hitchhiker—trapped in the headlights and unable to dodge the thousand pounds of steel sliding straight at him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I retook the wheel and when my shift was up I didn't dare go wake him. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Within minutes there were racecourses and grandstands, side shows and refreshment booths, gaming fields, Ferris wheels, banners, bunting, and bedlam, almost without pause. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls his forehead off the wheel, but still stares straight ahead not meeting my eyes. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her front wheel turns and she pedals past me on the sidewalk. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I was sure the wheel would collapse altogether, but we somehow kept going. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

By standing on the wheel of an abandoned trailer he was able to see other parts of the sky. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was in the back seat of his car, which was why he couldn’t find the steering wheel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hannah sat before her small flax wheel, her foot moving briskly on the treadle. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“His hands are wheels of gold, set with chrysolite; his abdomen is a block of ivory, overlaid with sapphires.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It welcomed her hands as if they were the very ones that had worn down the golden case over centuries and smoothed away the knurling of the wheels. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

My arms and hands are pretty stiff, but I can mash the buttons on the TV remote and move my wheelchair with the help of knobs that I can grab on the wheels. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

And hiding here behind the shipping box for an ancient IBM wheel printer—the oscilloscope. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After they had wheeled Brandon off behind the white security doors, Candice’s mother led her to a quiet corner in the lobby. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mother keeps her white-gloved hands on the steering wheel, her lips pressed together. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take very long at all on wheels. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Can you do this?” she asks, and she wheels herself hand to hand and foot to foot like a cartwheel. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Clarence turned one giant wheel, spun another, and cranked a third. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He ripped the paper from the typewriter, wheeled around in his seat, and handed it to Hazel. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If Axel wanted to, he could reach out from under the table, from under the table cloth and run his hand over a smooth wheel. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Reg wheeled himself smoothly toward the front of the school, and Moss realized that most of their peers had left class already. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He faces the windshield and grips the steering wheel. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He lifted one hand off the wheel and held it out in front of me, palm skyward. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He leans forward in the driver’s seat, gripping the steering wheel with sweaty palms. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why she let him have the wheel this morning. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Instead, the utility of the wheel surely caused it to diffuse rapidly east and west over the Old World from its sole site of invention. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Down snaked a ladder that was outlined in pretty lights like a Ferris wheel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We felt this as little sideways jerks, like sometimes, when you first start out on a bicycle, you have to jerk the wheel back and forth to prevent tipping over. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three sets of balls and chains shot straight toward our wheels. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Whirlwinds and wheels: clockwise or anticlockwise, depending on how you look at it. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set it back in its place in front of the flag and medals and bottle with Ernie’s chipped tooth and, yes, the piece of broken wheel. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I clasp the steering wheel, afraid it will take flight. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Dad taking the training wheels off my bike. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Every time I got behind the wheel, it jerked and sputtered. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Suckley wheeled his bucket to the edge of the pond, balanced it there, and raised a sort of gate. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The door looked like one of those old-fashioned submarine hatches—oval, with metal rivets around the edges and a wheel for a doorknob. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The wheel was the kind used to hold back seawater if a hull breached, a solid airtight door. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was racing along, his truncated tail held high, in the wheel Mr. McDuff had built for him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the diagram, an arrow pointed to a small circular hole near the rim of the larger wheel. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Worse, if his arms grew tired or if he fell asleep, he would drop directly under the wheels. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Behind the wheel sat a giant of a man and behind him, hardly recognizable under the shawl wrapped around her head, was Ida Spavento. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of the boots came closer and emerged near the wheel. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

There are bands of bagpipers in kilts, and things like big cakes, with people on them waving, that slide past on wheels. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Henry swings a violent U-turn that takes down a little crepe myrtle tree on the island between lanes, and we’re beached there, spinning our wheels, kicking up leaves and pink flowers. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Still invisible, I grabbed the wheel from him and jerked it to the left. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Between the wheels is a row of ports with wires connected to all different parts. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Even with animals, though, the Olmec would not have had much use for wheeled vehicles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

My mom’s knuckles are white from gripping the steering wheel. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She tries to touch the steering wheel and wails in anguish. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The wheels kick up some dirt, but you’re able to pull it back. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

A girl in the rear of the crowd let out a shriek, and everybody wheeled at once to look. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he gingerly released his grip and...the wheel stayed put! As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He felt foolish sitting behind the steering wheel like this and letting a white man hold his hand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jaunty turned the helm three spokes to the port side, going hand over hand on the wheel. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

A moment later, the intention craft began to move, and the hawk wheeled away to skim down to Lord Asriel’s wrist. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I walk around the mill again then go to the front door, certain I’m going to be disappointed, for I have not seen a person or heard the wheel turn since I arrived. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lets out a hard sigh and wipes his mouth with one hand, the other still on the steering wheel even though he’s not even driving. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

No sound but the squeaking of the wheels on the cart and the fighting of two kids on Werfel’s gut. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He had his eyes on the tractor wheel imprint, but War Admiral was on it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw only the abandoned bikes here and there on their sides; an upturned wheel on one was still revolving slowly. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wheel on him, and he adds, “Dana.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, had Pollard been on him, he would have felt the slight catch in the rhythm, like a playing card clicking against the spokes of a bicycle wheel. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jaunty adjusted his grip on the wheel, extending his index finger ever so slightly to feel the wind. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Someone was pulling a cart; Mariam could hear the creaking of its hinges, the bouncing and rattling of its iron wheels. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The wheels begin to move, causing the enormous metal wings to flap gently up and down. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He scoots past his steering wheel, traveling to me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then she hurried off, and almost immediately two attendants came and wheeled me, bed and all, down to Mrs. Mole's old room, but not before I had scooped up a ball of mercury. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It takes such a very little flow to build up enough weight to turn a big wheel and generate enormous power. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

By this time the truck was little more than four wheels and an engine and the engine was so crotchety and sullen and senile that it required expert care and consideration. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the wheel began to turn, loose nuts and bolts and a couple of wrenches rained from its hub and spokes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Kabuo stood at the wheel in his cabin with a cup of green tea on the table behind him and flipped once more through the radio channels. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Therefore I beg a prohibition against using any wheel machines, either for grinding or bruising or any furnaces like mine, without my consent. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She drove intently, both hands gripping the top of the wheel, peering forward. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was a spider as large as a wagon wheel, black as slate. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A dozen times a day they had to stop to free a wheel that had stuck in a rut, or double up the teams to climb a muddy slope. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Back in the truck, Nali sat behind the steering wheel without turning on the truck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It took Will and Lyra a while to get used to the living impulse of the muscles and the shuddering thunder of the hard wheels on the hard stone. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Special Visitors allowed in free tonight. Push the wheel, please!” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Gone were the cars and neatly lined spaces, replaced by game booths and food booths and a Ferris wheel that looked like it had barely passed its last safety inspection. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The roar of wheels turning into the station, the stench of exhaust fumes, the sudden bustles of people unloading told me it was time to go. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one was in sight, but Scott’s bike lay in the driveway, the back wheel still spinning. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

His hands gripping the wheel, his keychain dangles from the ignition. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

One storeroom held wheels of cheese so large it took two men to move them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was wedged between Park and the steering wheel, and when he pushed his hand up her shirt, she leaned against the horn. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She fiddled with the wheel on her mouse. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Far down the boulevard, four blocks away, the beetle had slowed, spun about on two wheels, and was now racing back, slanting over on the wrong side of the street, picking up speed. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Women and men-at-arms made hubbub, running up, as he flew over, but then he wheeled hard right before the horses— a sight that made the whole crowd cheer, with hearts lifting in joy. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, here goes nothing,” Gregor said, and gave the wheel a yank. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cars struggling to climb the steep, fog-shrouded hill, gunning their deep engines and spinning their wheels. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't like the way he dropped us off, staying behind the wheel with the motor running while we lugged our stuff out of the car. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Faith, still disintegrating behind the wheel of the Sunbird parked alongside the curb, managed to give me a wet, worried look that pushed me out of the car. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It isn’t until Axel hears the sound of round wheels on wooden floors that he takes a deep breath. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She stood on the wheel of one of those World War One propeller planes, with a look of determination, as if fueled by miranium. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“It is something which makes your body move, as the spring made the wheels go in my watch when I showed it to you.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the wheels was just about to come off. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a door which opened by means of a large wheel; a hiss of air, and a brilliantly lit chamber with dazzling white tiles and stainless steel. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

With every turn of the wheel, Dicey felt her stomach loosen and her muscles relax. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Ivanov house came into sight just as the dull thud of horse hooves and the sharp crunch of wooden wheels over the dirt of the road rose behind them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Too late to jump off while the go-kart rolled, its steel skate wheels hitting every bump and pebble on the sidewalk. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Handle H” turned out to be a knob, rather like a doorknob, with a pin on the end that would fit into “Hole 7” in the wheel. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The mulefa spent much of their time, to begin with, in maintaining their wheels. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The endlessly turning wheels of oxidation within the mitochondria would turn to little purpose if it were not for this all- important result. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Gronau inspected the wheel to make sure the car would swing without obstruction. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In an instant he had jumped upon the cart, and, with a strength which seemed incredible, raised the great box, and flung it over the wheel to the ground. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I remembered reaching out a hand to steady myself and finding the strong iron bands on a wagon’s wheel rusted away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Thank you so much,” Ignatius replied and wheeled the big tin hot dog out onto the sidewalk. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wheel may not have been unsafe, but it looked unsafe. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Tessie filled this hollow with throw pillows in order to see over the steering wheel. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A man with hair as slick as a pregreased cake pan pushed an enormous flour barrel on a wheeled platform to fill the smaller containers at each station. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He took his seat at the steering wheel and waited for five minutes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lupita saw scarlet sparks rise from the metal wheels as they slowed to a stop. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He wheeled his bicycle from the garage and rode off. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were mounted on wheeled horses, from which they were detachable, and they held their spears in fewter. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We entered the same room the gurney had been wheeled from. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The burning in his eyes was forgotten momentarily as the vibration of die plane came through the wheel and the pedals. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bats usually wheel and flit about, but this one seemed to go straight on, as if it knew where it was bound for or had some intention of its own. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I’m kinda thinking the steering wheel is glad about that. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

"Are you serious? Why were you out on that road in the first place? Weren't you behind the wheel?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat behind the wheel, glaring at the road as if it had wronged him. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Major took his hand off the wheel and plucked a pair of tinted sunglasses out of his T-shirt pocket. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children had bought miniature granite versions of the chariot’s wheels at a souvenir stand, and they turned them round in their hands. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The wheel continued rolling with stops only for loading and unloading until eleven o’clock that night. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Like the wheel trees themselves, and the way their bodies are formed—they’re not vertebrates, they don’t have a spine. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to win a doll by spinning a wheel and it will stop at the right number,” said Fern. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Kenny knelt on the ground next to me, studying the gas tank and bouncing his basketball off the front wheel. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Servants wheel in carts of porcelain jars with perforated lids. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Come on, it’s just like riding a bike. Right pedal is gas to go, left is brake, steer with wheel. That’s all you need to know.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A bent bicycle wheel and one soccer boot, caked in silt. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

And in my head, I heard the hamster’s squeaky wheel turning in our basement. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Shadow carried the heavier bottom end of the gurney down the stairs and out onto the street, then he wheeled it along the icy sidewalk to the hearse. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Cursing, Joff spun the wheel to winch back his string, but the animal was gone before he was loaded. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They were walking home again, pushing the wheels. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But the shadow of horror wheeled and returned, passing lower now, right above them, sweeping the fen-reek with its ghastly wings. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Dr. Knapp was behind the wheel, waiting for her turn to pull out. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Penelope wheeled to the source of the sound and stared into the darkness until her eyes adjusted. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

As the professor turned the wheel, they saw a slender black hand, like a minute hand, detach itself from the complicated background and move around the dial with a series of clicks. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Olinski smiled and said thank you, thank you as she wheeled herself between the flanks of honor guards. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped skateboarding immediately, kicking the back of his board so he could pick it up by the front wheels. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Seven rests his head on the steering wheel. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The bed, a brand-new mattress and box spring on wheels, is never made. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The relationship was all-consuming in a not entirely healthy way and Sasha had felt like a third wheel whenever they were together. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Donovan slipped behind the wheel, started the car, and pulled out of the lot. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I went between the walls of clay and picked up bricks that had cracked open; when my barrow was full, I would wheel it out onto a wooden scaffold and dump it into a pond. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, when I come in from the car with Miss Larsen after school, Mr. Sorenson is standing in the foyer, holding his black felt hat in his hands like a steering wheel. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“The Dumpster has four wheels and attracts flies.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon, on the other hand, leaped into the air with a loud caw of delight, and wheeled and skimmed and darted now ahead of the boat, now behind the stem. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Brightbill led all the birds into the air, where they wheeled around the bonfire like a tornado of feathers. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A short midway with a ferris wheel and carousel and a dozen booths for games and food stands led away from the tent entrance. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined himself gripping the wheel, as Shoba turned around to hand the children juice boxes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The crowd sounds were close enough for me to hear individual voices mixed with the noise of horses’ hooves and creaking wooden wheels. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She sits at a massive machine that boasts three spindle wheels and two looms. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The main thing now was to find the steering wheel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man pronounced Bigger’s name over and over again and Bigger felt that he was caught up in a vast but delicate machine whose wheels would whir no matter what was pitted against them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn't look happy when he sees me at the wheel. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the wheel to our right is angled so that it can only be pushed forward or backward from where we’re standing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

We broke free a minute later, making a left toward the Ferris wheel while the majority of the crowd turned right toward the more fun rides in the park. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When they burst through on the other side, the Tattered Prince had wheeled them round and led them through again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We cased the runners, put the wheels on the sledge, and hauled on up. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She slaps the steering wheel as we head to his house. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The first button primed the javelin to explode on impact, releasing razor wire that would tangle and shred an opponent’s wheels. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“That wheel runs the actual pump,” he said, “and look at this.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“No, I already got wheels,” Lice Peeking said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

If it banks a curve, the wheels kick up hot white sparks, burning Enrique’s skin. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell you one thing,” Mrs. said to Pa. “When we get home, you’re going to trade in this tin can on wheels for a brand-new car. That’s the end of this Wildcat.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Alyssa endures it, Garrett’s all smiles, and Henry remains all business, keeping his hands gripping the wheel at ten and two. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

If the nose fell, I was supposed to pull back slightly on the wheel, and vice versa. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Erin’s wheeled back into the room, she has an IV drip in her arm and is semiconscious. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet no matter how tightly you grip the wheel, no matter how hard you try to drive straight, something keeps jerking you to the side. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Father set the brake, and as an extra precaution he put the wooden block behind the wheel. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he saw that they were safe, the wheel not moving, he went back and followed Alec’s path. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was like driving a bumper car without a steering wheel. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He put his head down on the steering wheel. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sophia pointed through a window to a spotlessly clean area filled with small wheeled carts, many empty. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Behind the building rose the hoop of a ferris wheel. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Large ferrous appliances, such as the wheeled metal canisters for liquid nitrogen known as Dewar flasks, had to be chained in place. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Both of them wheeled around at the outrage. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When Wharton finished, a nurse wheeled Henrietta back into the ward, and Wharton wrote in her chart, “The patient tolerated the procedure well and left the operating room in good condition.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

As Jack walks through the automatic doors, I open my eyes and catch a glimpse of Mom climbing behind the wheel. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When everything was carried up, Janina’s father and Uncle Shepsel broke apart the cart with hammers and kicks and carried the gray, splintery cart pieces up too, even the wheels. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I'm clenching my jaw, and my knuckles on the steering wheel are three shades lighter than the rest of my hands. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As I put my hand on the steering wheel, I noticed my pointer finger was blue. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the suffocating cabin, maddened by the vibration of the metal plates and the unbearable stench of the mud stirred up by the paddle wheel, Meme lost track of the days. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Snarling, he pulled the cover over the lantern, and then he wheeled his horse, too, and disappeared down the road. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can indulge in any number of pleasant vices with a freemartin and run no risks of having your eyes put out by your son’s mistress. ‘The wheel has come full circle; I am here.’ Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He showed her his hammers, demonstrated how the sandpaper wheel worked, his voice ringing high and proud. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He started from the bush and wheeled: I hit him square in the spine midway along his back and the bronze point broke through it. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A swath of red flushes Ethan’s face beneath his eyes and his hands tighten on the steering wheel. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

At the last car, I waited, listening the way I’d been taught—wait till the clack of the train wheels slows to the rhythm of your heartbeat. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He taught her how to move the wheel with her foot while her hands flew across the moistened clay to make vases and jugs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hannah dipped her fingers into a gourd shell without slackening the wheel. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

So the first mulefa saw what they must do to help the trees, which was to ride on the wheels and break them, so mulefa and seedpod trees have always lived together. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ll take the pins out of the wheel and get the saw lined up.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five dollars for your old tricycle that still has sparklers on the wheels. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The big steel wheels creaked a couple of times, then started moving. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Inside, I saw the tractor and something else with wheels that none of us are sure what it is, not even Mom, and more of Great-Uncle Jim’s junk that’s metal. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Nearly 2,000 other words of their vocabulary can similarly be reconstructed, including words for “goat,” “horse,” “wheel,” “brother,” and “eye.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He got a job and started saving for a new set of wheels. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The wheel is still moving, creating a wind that tosses my hair back. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

His hands appear to be dripping on the wheel. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The driver yelled something derogatory about my mother as his horse’s flank brushed my chest, leaving hoof prints and a wheel track just inches from my toes. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He finally shakes me loose and wheels and pushes me hard with his knuckles against my breastbone. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would not tell the story of my love to this hard-hearted fiend should he press my thumbs and threaten to pull my limbs apart on a great wheel! Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Meggie saw the surprised expression of the man at the wheel as he passed them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It is tugging at him harder, drawing his feet toward the wheels. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The noise of horses and carriage wheels reached us from below, signifying the end of the celebration. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually I, too, am lulled to sleep by the steady rumble of the clicking wheels. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Harriet that the clatter of the loom and the whirr and thump of the spinning wheel went on day and night, too. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this contraption she wheeled around the room, from bedside to dresser to the balcony that opened out the north side of her room or to die window that looked out on die back yard. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The shoemaker quickly lifted the wheel out of the strong wooden block which held it covered with a flat board and cloth. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen them lying on their funeral beds covered in flowers, being wheeled down the street by their families on the way to cremation. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But the little beds were on wheels, and seemed to have been placed randomly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"At least he didn't go under the wheels." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He chuckled as he reached around the wheel and flipped a switch. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But the sounds of sliding doors, carriage wheels, and tiny footsteps drift through the house, and each time I leave my room to explore, a servant returns me to where I'm supposed to be. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Instead, I leaned my forehead against the steering wheel and closed my eyes. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And then the tualapi found the wheel store, and tried to smash open the great seedpods, but that was beyond them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t fallen off, I hadn’t gotten my legs caught in the wheel or the chain, and I hadn’t crashed into the side of the house. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Mother stepped on the gas, and the wheels sang still louder and the engine roared like a truck. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Couplings rattle, brake blocks grind against wheels, and a train emerges from the gloom, moving fast. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Norman Bates looked at us from behind his steering wheel like a sleepless slaughterman at a sty of ripe pigs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Their driver was one of the cousin’s slaves, a small man with a wheel tattooed upon one cheek, naked but for a breechclout and a pair of sandals. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The plan was to wheel Kuda straight into the middle of the gathering and announce that Mrs. Horsepool-Worthingham was holding them for ransom. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As they wheel me down, I begin to get uneasy about what I will face. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that I knew it was no more dangerous than a stone saw or the sintering wheel, I found the burnished metal container unnerving. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He kept them in a Converse shoe box under his bed along with a list of scalable targets around Stokum that we planned to hit once one of us had a license and some wheels. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

High above him, two crows wheeled in the sky and cried out. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He ground through twenty-four-hour endurance tests and “stamina runs,” in which contestants looped up and down local roads until their beleaguered automobiles exploded or shed their wheels—the last one rolling was the winner. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

God, imagine us holding hands on a Ferris wheel. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Crawling back in the driver’s seat, he put the wheel into climb position, buzzed up into the air once more, and resumed his flight back to the repair shop. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Gulls wheeled in the air and rode, with folded wings, on the waves. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled air again and again, pushing his chest out until he could not possibly get any more capacity, then took one more deep lungful, wheeled and dove again. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex saw the ruins of buildings, half-crumbling chimneys, and rusting metal wheels and knew that he was looking at an old tin mine. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then a strange, gagging noise behind him made him wheel around. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Just big enough for her to sit in, the sidecar had a single outboard wheel. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The words go round and round in my head like the wheels of a car rolling over the slats of a bridge. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pushed at the wheels with long oak poles and slashed at the oxen till their backs were crosshatched with bleeding welts and their noses ran pink foam. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The exclamations of fellow passengers as to the wheel’s size and apparent fragility filled him with a mixture of pride and anxiety. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She visited Jackson Park for the first time on Thursday, June 8, the day Ferris’s wheel turned. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Chubs shouted, bracing his hands against the steering wheel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They went on board a riverboat, the wooden wheel of which had a sound of conflagration, and whose rusted metal plates reverberated like the mouth of an oven. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Our first kiss at the cabin, hanging out at the Ferris wheel at the carnival. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In 1903 the Chicago House Wrecking Company bought the wheel at auction for $8,150, then reassembled it at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She taps her nails on the steering wheel, thinking. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“We can start. I want to take a ride in the Ferris wheel.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mercy’s spinning wheel faltered, and Rachel’s hand, lighting a pine knot, trembled so that a spark fell on the table unheeded and left a small black scar. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He was still well enough to push his own wheelchair, pulling miniature wheelies to get the front wheels over the bump in the doorway. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

And now that the wheel of fate was turning, why hadn’t her fate improved? Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scott roared like a dinosaur and shook his wheel in the air. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

"Take the wheel," Hamilton ordered, "and head for the Buck Island beach. I'm going to check the hull." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Then he held the door of the library open so that Lucas could wheel himself through. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He glared at the crowd and gave the wheel a hard spin that nearly knocked it off its base. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Couples asked permission to be married at the highest point on the wheel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Genie had done a quick scan of the living room floor for the piece of wheel. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I found myself driving down the highway, one hand on the wheel, the other pointing to the rest stop up ahead. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

From the rumble of her chariot wheels, Leo guessed she was circling the perimeter of the field - Victory taking a victory lap. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He hit the steering wheel weakly, the car honking as he cried. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

For now it was just inching along, but with each turn of its wheels it sped up a little more. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Two girls passed on a bike, one riding sidesaddle over the back wheel. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He tried to bounce his feet off the wheels and push away. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

With a jerk of my wrist, I pull out the pins that keep the wheel from turning when not in use. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wheeled the chair to the side, while Ma balanced herself and slowly slid onto the seat. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

It had a wide leather seat, big enough for two little children, with a back to it and an iron steering bar leading to the small front wheel. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There must be drinkable water between the force field and the wheel,” Peeta insists. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The woman gave a little cry and wheeled around. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He was a serious dad and everything, but he was standing in range for a spinning wheel kick without even knowing it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The tractor tires spun and I hung on to the wheel. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When people drove up to get gas, Lucas would wheel out from the garage as quick as he could. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I almost felt bad letting the unruly pirates out, but I guessed they deserved something more entertaining than the exercise wheel after being cooped up in a cage for three centuries. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie slid behind the wheel of the old white Mustang his dad had given him when he’d become the varsity’s starting quarterback. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Our wheels went wrong together, but we were good for each other,” he said. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fathers would be huddled at the front, taking turns at the wheel, consulting maps highlighted by AAA. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But before they could go to war, the 586th first had to fly to Moscow to get the skis on their Yaks replaced with wheels now that the snow was gone. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It looked like metal huts on wheels strung together. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Cranking the wheel the other way, she started pedaling forward, and the boat quietly slid out of the boathouse. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Her father tapped his fingers on the steering wheel. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Many years earlier he’d been a young man behind the wheel, momentarily distracted, with a life hanging in the balance. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It lacked glazes, was made by hand rather than on potters’ wheels, was baked in open fires rather than in kilns, and was fired at relatively low temperatures. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned over to take hold of the wheel, closer to Bob Presto than I wanted to be, while he struggled with the caps and shook out pills. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Leaning into the steering wheel, he jammed his foot onto the accelerator, let off, then jammed it again. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Miss rattled down the runway on squeaky wheels, but she was no longer clad in just a sash. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Although water still fanned out from his wheels, somehow the fun had gone out of riding for that night. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The wheels of cars squashed the scattered oranges and bananas. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like most Americans, he had become caught up in the bicycle craze that was ignited by the advent of the “safety” bicycle, with its same-sized wheels and chain-and-sprocket drive. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

‘I didn’t say I would be behind the wheel.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Put that on the spinning wheel!” he said proudly. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Overhead, terns and Cape pigeons wheeled, and a giant snow petrel flew on snow-white wings; the birds were a sure sign that open water was near. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The queen Jerked on her reins and wheeled her palfrey around. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the ditch beside the road, right side up but violently shorn of one wheel, rested a new coupé which had left Gatsby's drive not two minutes before. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

This was Ezekiel’s wheel, in the middle of the burning air forever—and the little wheel ran by faith, and the big wheel ran by the grace of God. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Luna was not there: The thing that was making such a racket was a wooden object covered in magically turning cogs and wheels. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The wheels made too much noise for them to speak. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A couple of boys would put a tin can on the car track and sit along the curb and watch with a professional eye as the trolley wheels flattened the can. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo somehow managed to punch them in while holding the wheel with one hand. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Iron wheels revolved there endlessly, and hammers thudded. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Uhmma grips the steering wheel tighter and tighter, the outlines of her knuckles growing sharp. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Jesse and Leslie sat cross-legged on the porch at the Burkes’, watching the wheels of a passing truck shoot huge sprays of muddy water to its rear. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Once he caught himself sagging behind the steering wheel, so he slapped briskly at his cheeks in order to stay awake. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Eagle wheeled around, looked at the clearly not-on burner, then dashed into the living room. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

But this one was equipped with four shimmering blades—one each where the wheels of a groundcar would be—a cross between a normal hovercar and the rangers’ helicopter. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He still had things he had to take care of, like figuring out how to fix that wheel on the model truck, and the even more important task of catching a new Michael Jackson. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

To invite a stork to nest, families would nail a wagon wheel to the top of a tall pole. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Massachusetts tried and, fortunately, failed to mandate that cars be equipped with bells that would ring with each revolution of the wheels. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two stagehands rolling a chest of drawers on wheels. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The carriage wheels thump against the cobblestones in the Royal Square. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The doll would close her eyes, too, and Fern would wheel the carriage very slowly and smoothly so as not to wake her infants. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

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

Beneath her, the wheels rumbled on the road. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The driver lifted his hands from the wheel and shimmied them in the air, laughing at her. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then he kicks the back of the seat so hard I almost lose control of the wheel. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Operates through the explosion of gases in a enclosed space. Power of explosion is exerted on piston and through connecting rod and crankshaft through transmission thence to rear wheels. Got that?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her strong arms swung the shotgun round her head, like a wheel. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo muttered some unflattering comments about numina, but he turned the wheel. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Many times, when Remedios the Beauty was not present, it was he who turned the wheel on the sewing machine. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Finally a new doctor came in with two nurses and they lifted Catherine onto a wheeled stretcher and we started down the hall. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The carriage lumbered down the road, jolting each time the wheels snared in potholes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There must be men to tend them, men as steady as the wheels upon their axles, sane men, obedient men, stable in contentment. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

We get on our bikes and ride off the curb, the wheels bumping and bumping. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When he took me for rides in the car Lefty often pretended to fall asleep at the wheel. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The race was an all-day affair, heat upon heat of anxious and eager adolescent boys soldiering on through wobbly wheels, broken axles, driver error, parental disappointment, and photo finishes. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear wheeled the cart to the shed’s entry, then carried armfuls of wood inside, where it would stay dry. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

They woke me and helped me get dressed and wheeled me into the captain’s kitchen. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the soil beneath his feet, he could feel a firmer strip, the print of a tractor wheel that had lately rolled over the surface. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they had wheels, they could take a somewhat rickety-looking bridge, followed by a road dipping into Tijuana. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We dig them and polish them right here,” volunteered the Dodecahedron, pointing to a group of workers busily employed at the buffing wheels; “and then we send them all over the world. Marvelous, aren’t they?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He checks his hair in the rearview mirror, examines the start of a pimple on his chin, puts his hood up, and slouches in the seat, drumming his fingers on the steering wheel. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

That Christ was not crucified: he was worn away by a minute clicking of little wheels. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, when I just know I’m going to explode, I wheel over to the table where the Medi-Talker sits. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I held our own chariot together through the second turn, despite the groaning of the right wheel. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she thought it was a herd of wheeled animals. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Sanders faked Art, wheeled around him, and soared up high for a dunk shot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked along the outer edge of the rotunda, passing the archways where scythes wheeled and dealed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He needed to take the wheel to the bicycle shop and get it aligned with the machine they had down there. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

But then there was a sound like quenching iron, and the wheel rung like an iron bell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And his hands twist on the steering wheel of the rental car. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He spoke briefly and then wheeled away to glide in a wide circle around the balloon as it continued to rise. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

With the bikes now fully operational, we wheel them outside, manually pull down the garage door, and take to the streets. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The road was white and dusty, and the dust rose under the wheels and hung in the air behind us. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He was lying by the side of the road where someone had carried him—not in the gutter but away from the road, to avoid the mud-churning cart wheels. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am the beacon on the rock. I am the wheel that drives the firmament.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When he pulled, his elbow bumped the wheel and pushed it in and the plane started down in a shallow dive. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hobbits wrapped themselves up, but their ears were strained for any sound above the creak of the wheels and the slow clop of the ponies’ hoofs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“A little grease for the wheel keeps the car running, if you get my gist.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Min straightened up and glanced around, first at his shelf, then at the wheel, and finally at Tree-ear. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The gulls no longer wheeled overhead, they had settled on the water a little distance from the ship. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They wheeled the empty bags away on a cart to be x-rayed. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I ran to the street, which was unmarked by any wagon wheel, then veered off and ran through the pristine brush toward the river. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I need to get him home,” said the woman behind the wheel. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I swung the wheel to starboard, the boat slid past, and the deer bobbed twice in our wake before vanishing into the darkness. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Phineas sat behind the table in a heavily carved black walnut chair; the arms ended in two lions’ heads, and the legs ended in paws gripping wheels now sunk in the snow. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting back down in the driver’s seat, Cabot gripped the steering wheel and placed his forehead down against it. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

There are four wheels on the pram but one is bockety, it wants to go in a different direction. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Before we got to a curve, Mr. Weaver applied the brakes, and the steel wheels of the locomotive and our man-trip squealed like a thousand tortured pigs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His hands felt slippery on the steering wheel, and he felt as if every curve in the road were slowing him down and he might never reach the place. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The wheel turned....Next day I was to have an audience with the king. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I grip the white padded steering wheel, telling myself for the tenth time that it’s ridiculous to wish for something I’ll never have. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

None of those uses of the wheel was adopted in the Americas, where wheels are attested only in Mexican ceramic toys. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You could have told me that the Ferris wheel still worked,” I say. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Treading the dead world under like rats on a wheel. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was so quiet in the wagon that you could hear the wheels squeaking. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as we struggle with the cart, the jammed wheel scraping across the concrete floor, a man in a business suit comes up behind us. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was a horrible bang—a thousand times worse than the sound of a balloon exploding—and the van was spinning, the wheel dancing right out of my hands. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“But why are the toys all misfits? Square wheels on a train can be fixed easily enough.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Styx whooped and lightly slapped the steering wheel. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The woman turned the metal disc like a steering wheel. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“This thing going to fall to pieces under you all some day. Look at them wheels.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled me across his lap, wrenching my hands free of the wheel, and suddenly he was in the driver’s seat. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The steering wheel’s warm as I drive off. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The engineer in the pit kept the wheel running until the failing light made continued operation a danger, but even then thrill-seekers clamored for a chance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They swiftly rose on Fortune’s turning wheel, and then as swiftly fell to their ruin. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

From afar, they were no larger than flies as they wheeled and flapped above the thatched roofs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She flicked the little metal wheel, and a tiny flame erupted. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The earliest advance over human muscle power was the use of animals—cattle, horses, and donkeys—to pull plows and to turn wheels for grinding grain, raising water, and irrigating or draining fields. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The massive wheels tore deep trenches into the hard soil, the engine screamed, and my world contracted to noise and the stark, blinding headlight. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And, as he thought, the wheels began to turn. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Moms and dads and kids with those weird sneakers that had wheels on the bottom. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The wheel ticked merrily along, then slowed and finally stopped. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Some were seated in chairs with wheels, propelled by other paper figures from behind. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When you call soldiers “boots on the ground,” for instance, is that not essentially the same thing as calling a car “wheels”? Those distinctions can safely be left to the theorists. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

De Roos, suddenly, was looking as if he had been asleep at the wheel. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was frantic for air, but he stayed down, fighting the urge to kick for the surface, turning the wheel faster and faster until his lungs were heaving. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Gulls wheeled overhead like vultures or perched ominously on barnacle-encrusted stumps peeking out of the green water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I manage to hobble out of the car as she opens up the chair and wheels it over to the passenger door. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The chariot hit the floor of an open-plan office and limped around, the left front wheel trembling unevenly. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It’s still a playground rocket, not a real one, but every time I turn the wheel to the left, the trees in the park lift up their roots and sidestep it to the left. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe the giant wheels were grinding his bones into a bloody mush. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It showed no lights, and he could just make out a man’s outline at the wheel. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was walking slowly, holding a sort of wheel in his hands—a spool from which he was unwinding a long string behind him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She hated being inside the house with the loom and the spinning wheel and the endless hanks of yam. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dill’s eyes fell on Lydia’s hands at the steering wheel. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Gary stopped walking and wheeled to face him. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

A strip of land juts out into the marsh, and rising from it is a giant white wheel with dozens of red passenger cars dangling from it at regular intervals. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I could see a young man behind the wheel, grinning at me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The left wheel strikes a stone and he hears, or thinks he does, a bump that may be the dislocation of his trunk. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pound the steering wheel, driving her to work. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Back on the bridge, my father’s head had been crushed against the steering wheel. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The imperial attendants place me, glass carriage and all, back on the wheeled base. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

"The whole town is desolate. All the cars have the left rear wheel painted black as a mourning wreath and there's a persistent wail all night along the North Shore." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

At this point, Nixon wheeled round and point by point, having defined the terms of the argument to his satisfaction, exonerated himself. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Bonello, sitting behind the wheel, was looking through the pockets of the sergeant’s coat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

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

The wheel on that side had buckled, so the plane sat at a crazy angle, the opposite wing high in the air. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Wake up," yelled Major, laughing, grabbing the wheel and straightening the car. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was smiling, his eyes bright, his hand gently drumming the steering wheel. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Turning the wheel all the way to one side, she pedaled backwards and slid away from the dock. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I can’t imagine what the nurses thought a lawyer and a veterinarian would have in common, but they wheeled him on over to sit opposite me that first night, and here he’s been ever since. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The wheels seemed to be visibly turning in his head. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boy leaned on the cart and adjusted the wheel. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The Indians in Canada did not have the wheel or telephones, and ate the hearts of their enemies in the heathenish belief that it would give them courage. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You got the right idea, Pop,” said Tomas, his brown hands idly on the wheel. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

My palms were sweating and slippery on the wheel. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

But now Mark and Linda wanted to adopt him, and Joaquin felt the skateboard wheels rumble under his feet as he took a hard right past the library. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I slid my hands around the steering wheel. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Now he realized, as his wheels bumped over the joints between the big sandstone slabs that made up the sidewalks, that he had never been inside. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

With her incongruously small legs and massive torso, she looked like a refrigerator on crooked wheels. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once again I am hiding close by in the tall weeds, awaiting my chance to haul myself up when the wheels begin to grind and screech, when once more it begins to race. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the next few millennia the wheel and the metal tool sprang up in the same area. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

As soon as the last passenger had entered, Rice casually nodded to the engineer, and the wheel began to move. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Bigger’s right hand gripped the steering wheel and he wondered if he ought to shake hands with this white man. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The pram has a bockety wheel which tilts it and makes it go in different directions. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as Dad wheeled Mom into our house, I plopped down on the sofa in front of the TV with my half-finished McDonald’s Happy Meal. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Rumfoord didn’t have to look at Billy, because Billy was surrounded by white linen screens on rubber wheels. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parking in the tank’s shadow, Kyril Montana sat behind the wheel of his car looking over the town. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman was so short she was almost peering through the top of the steering wheel. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

In a short time the siege tower, its wheels muffled with sacking, stood completed, ready for use. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Instead of a closet, the door opened to reveal a second door, this one made of steel with a large combination wheel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I watched the car tilt under Omar’s weight as he somehow managed to slide in behind the wheel. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sleeping on the brink of the wheels was nearly impossible. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’d justa kept your mouth shut. You can always watch at my ...” But she had wheeled around again, and was zooming down the hall. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I glanced down at that sawed-off piece of wood resting on top of a metal frame with skate wheels up front. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I stick a paper clip that I’ve unbent through a hole in the center and spin the wheel. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The helmsman grunted, his hands flexing on the wheel, but he didn’t turn. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

A uniformed driver slid out from behind the wheel. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The restaurant is called Big Chuck’s, and there’s a wagon wheel on the roof. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But when Etta lost her job they couldn’t pay, and after two installments were past due the store sent a man out to take the wheel away. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The tables and chairs had all been cleared out, and the crowd was throbbing against the coral reefs, hanging from the mounted captain’s wheel, dancing along the hallway to the restrooms. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

When I arrived at the prison, Joe was wheeled into the visitation area without any difficulty. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They drag, shove the wheel into the river. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

There were three wagons being packed with trade goods while the fourth was achingly familiar, one of the wheeled houses I had spent most of my early life riding. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He knows not to get near the wheels. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was so small that he watched the road through the steering wheel. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma rolls the wheelchair back so we have enough space to slide out of the pew without tripping or brushing against the wheels of her chair and dirtying up our holy dresses. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The two sergeants looked at the car and examined the wheels. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

So I put the books in my backpack and wheeled my bike up to the feedstore. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Mary watched one day as a zalif examined the hole in her front wheel, touching here and there, lifting her trunk up in the air and back again, as if sampling the scent. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In a panic as sudden as it was unreasoned, Ranofer wheeled into an alley and crouched there, trembling, until the Babylonian was certain to be gone. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The sun, in Anaximander’s view, was not a spherical body, but a world-girdling wheel of fire; the bright orb we see in the sky is just a hole through which we glimpse the conflagration beyond. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Skates would go well over this sidewalk—old it was, and smooth; it made the wheels glide evenly, with a mild whirr. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

If not for the wheel’s windows and iron grates, however, its record might have been different. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He was always talking about fate and odds and the wheel of fortune. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he put his hands back on the steering wheel. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The car had skidded on the glassy hill up to the asylum and backed, with one wheel over the rim of the drive, into a steep drift. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Amazingly, he was eventually hard against the right-hand door, without having found the wheel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled back on the wheel slightly and the nose came up. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take out a color wheel that I made at home. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I wheel him to his friends who are waiting, with chessboards spread, eager to see him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The sphere turns, the little wheel rotates, and, as seen from the Earth, Mars does its loop-the-loop. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened all the doors wide, laid the passenger seat back as flat as it would go, and jumped behind the wheel, feet dangling far above the pedals. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

When the lights went on, and Mrs. Reynolds stormed on stage to scold the audience, Mrs. Olinski was able to wheel herself around to examine her students. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was sorry we ended up like this, spinning wheels at a McDonald’s. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I heard the wheels of his chair clunk carefully down the front steps, two at a time. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Before he can ask I add: “The trucker who killed my dad and brother fell asleep behind the wheel. He’d been working three shifts in a row. They settled with my mom.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were not frightened enough to wheel high in the air. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Who do you think you are? Some kind of queen? We’re pushing as hard as we can. This grocery cart is worthless. It’s like the wheels aren’t even wheels. It’s like they’re squares or something.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Tyson said gleefully, and he turned the wheel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Toby hit the steering wheel with his palm. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

On May 11, 1906, the wrecking company dynamited the wheel, for scrap. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I climbed into the van after Zu and did the only other thing that seemed to made sense in that moment: I banged the heel of my palm against the wheel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Nemesis had called him the seventh wheel, the odd man out on the quest. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I'd to bite my cheek all the way to the ramp and still Salim didn't look at me, not until we were on the wheel itself. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air leaked out around the rim but he turned the wheel and had the boy hold down the tire until it caught and he got it pumped up. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Smoke billowed out of the slowing engine as a shower of sparks flew from every wheel. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

She got closer and closer, and as I lifted my shirttail to wipe my nose I knew I was grounded for life before she wheeled into the parking lot. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear had lingered by the house at the end of the day, waiting for Min to look up from the wheel. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

They came into the light, moving low across the ground: black shapes, many-legged and large as cart wheels. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in there was an awful scene, with people expressing disgust for Billy and the woman, and Billy found himself out in his automobile, trying to find the steering wheel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And it’s going to be on wheels like you’re going to drive it around? Is that how it works?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“If you mix paint together, that’s true, but if you’re talking about just the colors, pure in nature, they make white when mixed together. I brought this wheel to prove it.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

A bow drawn backwards and forwards across a string, or a handle mechanism that turned the edge of a wheel against a string, were the most common solutions. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Seems to me most people could use a third wheel,” I said and was surprised by the catch in my voice. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I saw her, Miles. I talked to the police. It was instant. The steering wheel hit her chest. I’m so sorry.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Smiling at this, he clamped the steering wheel slightly right of center, which produced a smooth clockwise motion against the curve of the road. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t get the concept that driving while talking on the phone was almost just as dangerous as falling asleep behind the wheel. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You drive that vehicle back, son. But don’t let me find you behind the wheel till you’re sixteen and got a card in your wallet.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Literally, they wheeled his hospital bed into some top secret area and now he only occasionally shows up for meals. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The machine was just a rusty box with wheels, but he painted it with seafaring designs and gave it a fake ship’s smokestack. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nearest Salvador had ever come to his dream of owning a car was to acquire an old rusting set of truck wheels, which he set tenderly behind the house. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Jerking the wheel, he turns off into a random alleyway and puts the truck in park. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

First he needed to unseal with the wheel, then he needed to yank the handle. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The two cars that he had seen coming up the main drive had wheeled around to come up behind him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Pickett’s horse, catching the General’s excitement, reared and wheeled; Pickett soothed him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So days after graduation, with diplomas in hand, the wheels were set in motion for our journey abroad. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Alec nodded, then moved back to the wheel, spun it until there was a loud click. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Lydia hunched over, her hands on the wheel, watching him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He flew loosely, slouched in the seat, his fingers lightly on the wheel, and something about him, the way he sat and moved with the music, relaxed Brian. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Holy Christ,” my dad said, gripping the steering wheel, all white-knuckled and breathing hard. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I waited for Marcy, but it was their mother who got out next from behind the wheel, and it took some time because she was slow and heavy. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

With the Greyhound wheels thumping a trance, I close my eyes and nod off, imagining what it’ll be like in New York when I arrive. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Wrapped around the rim of the left wheel, a spotted python snored loudly. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I am tickling the steering wheel as I drive. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was so small, four and five years old, riding on the long seat of the old black touring car, with Papa at the wheel. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed himself upright and picked up the wheeled terror. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A little later in the morning they came around again, this time pushing a table on wheels. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

They wheeled me away then, to X-ray my head. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Back in the lorry, Henri was sick in the cab, and Jean-Marie, who was at the wheel, got into a panic and drove into a ditch. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He turned the wheel back and the trapdoor creaked shut again. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Consternation shows on the soldiers’ faces as they reverse the wheels a bit. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Wesley had his hand flopped lazily over the wheel. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The next day, Monday, June 12, Rice cabled Ferris, “Six more cars hung today. People are wild to ride on wheel & extra force of guards is required to keep them out.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Miles’s knuckles were white against the steering wheel, and he kept glancing over at me every few seconds. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Still we strain our eyes to pierce the reddish dust the wheels throw up. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

More monsters kept pouring in from the side corridors, while gryphons wheeled overhead, undeterred by the crumbling floor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The sound of the wheels on the train tracks became a music that soothed him. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

She turned the alethiometer over and over, her fingers stroking the heavy gold and the smooth crystal and the knurled wheels they knew so well. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I hung on, standing on the deck, reaching inboard for wheel and throttle and clutch with my left hand. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could see what had probably caused the old man’s death: one wheel of the truck had sunk into the soft earth and was stuck. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if they ever sync up as we pass by two giant metal racks on wheels—inside are pale yellow trays wrapped in plastic. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

As we park, a sixth grader wheels by on a bicycle, a clear plastic trash bag of links over his shoulder. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

A car that looked like a giant red boot on wheels. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He reined up and wheeled the horse around. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed pathetically small beside the rushing wheels and the ladders that ran up the sides. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’d, by now, devoted himself to showing the risks to attention from using a phone behind the wheel. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

There was the distant sound of officers shouting orders on Broadway and the clatter of cart wheels. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why in the world are you talking about bikes and wheels coming off?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I can’t think of anything more depressing than to be an Egyptian high priest on display next to a set of vintage wagon wheels and a two-headed chicken. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We huddle together and put our hands in the center so that we make a big wheel of bodies with arm spokes. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my rearview mirror, I saw them after I had passed, saw them stand there like statues peering after me through the fog of pink dust raised by my wheels. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kit perched on a bench and watched the whirring wheel. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Neumann One stays behind the wheel, Werner in the truck shell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Very well, off we go south,” was all he said as he got behind the steering wheel. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He put both hands on the steering wheel again and waited. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Typical Day on the Plantation allowed her to sit at a spinning wheel and rest her feet, the seat as sure as her old block of sugar maple. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

This time, with more air, and knowing what he was trying to do, he found the wheel quickly and then took his time working it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

You could almost see the wheels turning in his head. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes his hand off the wheel to do the air quotes. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Maybe he could find someone online in North Hill giving away models, and he could just do some surgery—take a wheel from something else and attach it to the red truck. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I backed up slow as I could, cringing with every creak of the wheels. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, very slowly, he drove back down the dirt road, the pack hurling themselves at the car, appearing before the headlights, snapping at the wheels, demonic and carnivorous once again. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hands curled like I had her steering wheel in my grip. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The driver would scream as the hitchhiker, and maybe his friend, disappeared under the car, crunching beneath the heavy snow-packed wheels. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

By then, his tired arms would have little strength left to push away from the train’s wheels. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Chantal sits so close to the steering wheel, her small body enveloped by the leather seat, her hands steady. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Polly could feel each bump and jolt of the road beneath her as the wooden wheels lurched over each uneven place in the dirt or gouged hole left by other wagons. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ridgeway smiled as the men shackled his wrists through the wagon wheel. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t move after that, the body flopping at the bottom of the wheel while the whole thing keeps turning. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I grab his arm and he wheels round, startled. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

From where I sat, leaning against my tree stump and looking up, it seemed higher than a Ferris wheel. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Each had knotted, carefully combed tassels, fleur-de-lis borders, ornate medallion designs, and minute scalloping amid a motif of connected eight-spoked wheels, all in rust and fire orange. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Inside all was as the diagram showed—the motor, the belt, the wheel, some pipes leading down. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She pulled the wheel hard to the right, and I got a glimpse of a figure she’d swerved to avoid—a dark fluttering shape now lost behind us in the storm. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped the leather steering wheel with one hand and fished around inside his jacket for another cigarette with the other. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He propped his book on the steering wheel and nodded. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could sit on a round compressor at the end of some hoppers, his feet dangling just above the train wheels. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He figured he could take this time to look for the piece of wheel. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Mattresses were brought up from the cellars and pitched all over the corridors; meals consisted of sandwiches and Victory Coffee wheeled round on trolleys by attendants from the canteen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

While still holding the steering wheel and keeping his eyes on the road, he takes his free hand and cups it over his chest. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As I look on, the boy moves his hands in midair as if turning a steering wheel, and every now and then he makes a flinging motion. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He climbed down from his chair and waddled to the sideboard, where a wheel of veined white cheese sat surrounded by fruit. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Finally the crowd thinned and cart wheels could be heard echoing up the road. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wheels flattened his right foot, then sliced through his left leg above the knee. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The way she sat too close to the steering wheel, staring straight ahead, one arm on the windowsill, her head propped on that hand. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Some did double takes when they saw TysOn, but most just walked grimly past and carried on with their duties—running messages, toting swords to sharpen on the grinding wheels. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She sat there with her hands on the wheel, breathing heavily. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It wheeled and went north, flying at a speed greater than any wind of Middle-earth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

That night about first dark, he and I lifted the cage onto a wheelbarrow, covered it good with the croker sacks, and wheeled it around the house through the pecan grove. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Once released, the wheel and arms began to turn. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

They wheeled the cart through the back streets and across the railroad tracks and came into the main road again at the far edge of the town. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He climbed up behind the wheel and took a few rough breaths; then he slammed the sandwich onto the dash. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, as she was braking to a halt, one of her wheels hit a bomb crater and the aircraft flipped upside down. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He worked the wheel and rudder pedals to make it float down slowly and easily. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The wheels of her rollator stop at the circumference of the table. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The servants were called in, the dining-room tables wheeled away, the lights otherwise disposed, the chairs placed in a semicircle opposite the arch. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The only real noise was the creaking from the ceiling of the leather belts that connected the wheels in the weaving room to the gigantic waterwheel in the basement. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie gripped the cracked leather steering wheel so hard, his knuckles turned white. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He pulls a bucket of clay from under the pottery wheel, breaks off fist-sized balls, and tosses one to each of us. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

A steering wheel attached to a Sluggish yellow moving truck, Plummeting eastward. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They put me down carefully on the stretcher table and wheeled me out of the room and along the corridor. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Hark! in the courtyard and down the rocky way the roll of heavy wheels, the crack of whips, and the chorus of the Szgany as they pass into the distance. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

As fleet and bright as a lodestar he wheeled toward Guitar and it did not matter which one of them would give up his ghost in the killing arms of his brother. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slid over and Jan took his place at the wheel. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Davis? Good afternoon. You got a minute to talk to us about those sweet wheels you got on display up front?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I heard the distant rattle of wheels on rails, felt the air rush past, and then there was silence. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I glanced at Faith, who was looking very tight, very tense behind the wheel. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He just needed to find something with wheels to get him there. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

There’s no way to retrace our steps, the mill wheel’s turning — For God made the water, and the water makes the river, And the river turns the mill wheel and the wheel goes on forever. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

More servants wheel in breakfast carts with carafes of snowmelon juice and water. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it picked up speed, wheels squealing, lurching from one side of the narrow street to the other. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still yelling, the khaki babies were loaded on to their dumb-waiters and wheeled out, leaving behind them the smell of sour milk and a most welcome silence. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the ignition key and steering wheel were the same. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The only thing more mysterious than failing to invent the wheel would be inventing the wheel and then failing to use it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We rode helicopters, fire trucks, a Ferris wheel, and horses that went up and down on the carousel. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That box on wheels was a death trap—not to mention its transmission was shot to hell.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The sun was up, and the world was normal-size again, but the wheels had not yet touched the earth. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t—you should never forget. But part of surviving is being able to move on. There’s this word,” she continued, turning to study her fingers gripping the wheel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Smith was the last of the true frontiersmen; Howard was paving Smith’s West under the urgent wheels of his automobiles. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wheels roll beneath us, we stand dully, and when the call “Mind—wire” comes, we bend our knees. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he wheels and pounds up the steps and back into the school. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She turned the car up Forty-Eighth, using only one hand to steer the wheel in a cool way like on television. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He added that the order to restrict text messaging by federal employees behind the wheel “sends a very clear signal to the American public that distracted driving is dangerous and unacceptable.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Timothy had taught me to lay the fire sticks like a wheel, so that the fire burned slowly in the center, but always had a few un-burned ends on the outside. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like I’d figured, she snorted and wheeled, so fast that she was just a brown blur against my gunsights. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned toward his parked car, opened the door, and got in behind the wheel. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The buzzing in Joaquin’s head almost made him dizzy, and when he looked down at the skateboard wheels in his hands, he realized that he couldn’t feel them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I watched Mom’s hands tighten on the steering wheel. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Could you stand in front of a wheel to make it stop? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

She wheeled her arms, stopping herself just in time to keep from falling in. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Most freight cars have two ladders on a side, each next to a set of wheels. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He was there now, his gray head bent over the wheel, chanting his wordless song. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“You can drive us into Mexico, but not before that,” Juanita said, gripping the wheel resolutely. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Will you be quiet?” growled Azaz angrily; but, before he could begin again, three large serving carts were wheeled into the hall and everyone jumped up to help himself. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The body of an old man covered by a sheet was wheeled by just as Billy entered the corridor. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, and gently patted the steering wheel like it was my tender new baby. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

You are just jealous, I thought, and tightened my grip on the steering wheel. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Holding a pistol in one hand, he wheeled his horse about in a useless circle. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him, a servant wheels in a rolling chair. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Chipper’s tail was cut short because he had caught it in the wheel and chopped about a quarter of it off. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He turned another wheel and a square shape dropped down. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The Mayans and the Aztecs did not even—except for children’s toys—invent the wheel. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands are clenched on the steering wheel and the back of his neck looks sweaty. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The newlyweds were in the Rolls, Marshall at the wheel, reversing in order to turn round. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It showed the wheel of a small electric motor connected by a belt to a larger wheel. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The wheels kick up a bit of dust, and I can't tell whether it's the aridness or his hastiness to get to Tel Aviv. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A slight noise at his back caused Matthias to wheel about with the dagger upraised. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the histories of Native American wheels and writing exemplify the principles illustrated in a more extreme form by true island societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’s something beautiful and eerie about a darkened, unmoving Ferris wheel. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The master put the wagons and carriages in the shed and set Willie to cleaning the mud off wheels and undercarriages, and the sleds were brought out. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Toby reached out and gripped the steering wheel, already exhausted by the conversation. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But finally, with a shrug and a worried “Ai, Chihuahua,” he climbed behind the wheel and effected another U-tum. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drove against him so fast and hard that Chongo couldn’t wheel away. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mercy Watts's family got moved onto one o' them 'official sites' down Sevenoaks way. Rents, queues, lists, wardens. Council houses on wheels, they are.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Kino walked carefully in a wheel rut, and Juana followed in his path. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was flying once again, spinning, laughing, dancing, as the stars wheeled around her and whispered secrets in her ear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In other words, Reggie was far from being someone likely to get distracted—behind the wheel or elsewhere. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Sunbird skidded along the slick pavement as she wrestled the wheel, trying to keep us on the road and in our lane and away from the car in front. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But others crawled on six legs, or rolled on wheels, or slid up and down the sides of buildings. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

On the sideboard was a flagon of wine, two cups, and a half wheel of veined white cheese. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But Bevel had already started the wheels turning. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The bookcase had wheels, and each night, before he left, McNaughton would wheel it into a closet-sized safe and lock the door. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Grandfather watched from the shade as I cranked the wheel of the mangle. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby’s hands were shaking so bad he could barely hold the steering wheel as he drove toward the interstate. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As she was riding along with the group, suddenly there was a loud crack, and everyone came to a halt, surrounding one individual whose wheel had split. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He dedicated the wheel to the engineers of America. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A week later Betsy was crushed to death beneath the wheels of a coal wagon. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wheels me down the hall at lightning speed and turns sharply into my room. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Lourdes rides her new Sears exercise bicycle until sparks fly from the wheels. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while they brought out the wheeled stretcher and took it very rapidly down the hallway to the elevator. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

"He must have flown off after he dropped us. He couldn't land here. Not in a plane with wheels." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But as I head across the river, my confidence grows and I loosen my grip on the wheel. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dad takes the wheel, Richard moves to the passenger seat, and Mother lies next to me and Audrey on the mattress. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After which I got up and tossed the hoop so that it rolled like a wheel. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Reaching over, I removed a bent piece of wire that locked the machine’s spinning wheel in place. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I guess he wondered about that too, because he said, “Doug, if you wheel the thing below me, maybe I could sort of fall into it.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Slaves had to make sure there was just enough cane to feed the turning wheels during every one of those eighteen hours. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I let go of the bar and sat back reeeeally carefully as the wheel began to move again. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But despite the rattle of the wagon’s wheels, Inej could tell Kaz’s breathing had gotten worse—shallow, rapid pants like an animal caught in a trap. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

‘And those"—pointing to the discs—"must be the wheels.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“There is no steering wheel. And you should really get down from there.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Surprised, rather than rip him up, she ducked, and he swerved back at me, barely missed my eyes again, then wheeled up into a tree. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Judge Woodward’s wheels had been squashed, bisected, pressed into the usual rectangles. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She gave me a tight smile and slid behind the wheel. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But he’s at the steering wheel, intensely staring at his phone, oblivious to my shut-the-hell-up face. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

There were a couple of old men at the wheels of these trucks, some younger men, and a fat belligerent-looking woman on the seat beside one of them. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It does feel good, though, to be at the wheel, and in the captain’s good graces. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“But he wheeled it like it was his sneakers.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Their mother gripped Sal’s steering wheel and leaned forward the way she always did, like she was so excited to get where they were going, whether it was the grocery store or California. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Citra could see her gripping the steering wheel tighter as she thought of it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Coach Hedge managed to pry him from the wheel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then she found herself shooting upward again, completing the circle, so that the sky wheeled above her, then over and downward again, more crowd parting in front. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I fancied that a malevolent Rumpelstiltskin crept into my room at night and undid my best work, turning the gold of my efforts into pathetic dross on a wheel perversely spinning backward. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I see his Adam’s apple move like he’s gulping, and his hand muscles are flexed from where he’s gripping the steering wheel so hard. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It’s all different colors—gray, white, yellow, and red—and has four wheels, two smaller turntable ones in the front and two bigger ones in the back. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He pulled harder, and suddenly the train lit up, bells were dinging, and the wheels screeched into motion, pitching the man forward. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Tag couldn’t catch a cold,” Roy Lee said, gripping the steering wheel and turning it back and forth to dodge the pot holes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

So Tehlu held him to the burning wheel, and none of the demon’s threats or screaming moved him the least part of an inch. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

No bodega gates rolling up, and shopping-cart wheels on jagged sidewalks. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Carlos held on, but he could feel air rushing beneath the car, sucking his legs in, close to the wheels. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

His voice was squeaky, like a dry wagon wheel. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spinning, spinning, spinning the wheel, his lungs bursting, all or nothing, reckless with the need to get out. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

One of them wheeled to the edge of the road and raised its trunk to utter a trumpeting call. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her hands have a death grip on the steering wheel. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“The wheels are already in motion,” Lipstick Lady said. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clayton pointed to the hard case on wheels with a head and a body, which looked like a little brother leaning into his taller sister. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He was emptying ashtrays into a wheeled trash can that he pushed around the lobby. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

When the wheel turns under your hand, you must watch your words: and I had twice called him dead, and carried him as the dead are carried. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

They wheel in a woman on a stretcher, her arms and legs limp, her eyes open too wide. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Dad, since I don’t have a car yet, can I see how it fits the steering wheel and the seat of your truck?” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Dad always drove, and he was the slowest, most cautious driver who ever took the wheel. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He placed the carefully tied box on the car seat and got in behind the wheel. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The wheels were realigned with magical suspension so we glided along with hardly a bump. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They pushed the wheels slowly along the road. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Instead King wheeled around, and to almost everyone’s surprise, each rank in the column wheeled in turn as he began to lead the marchers back to Selma. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been planted that the delicate beautiful heroine wasn’t strong enough to turn the great wheel. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pine coffin that held Miss Mary Finch—wearing her best dress, with her hair washed clean and combed—bounced in the back when the wagon wheels hit a rut. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z