The meeting was breaking up just as Stella decided she and Tony were about to surely freeze to death. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I think I broke my ring finger,” he said, or that’s what he seemed to say. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Because it's a place for kids to feel like they can take a break from all this hospital stuff. No docs or nurses allowed." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He says the Allied forces pushed the Germans back in Paris, but my heart broke to learn of the Tuscania being torpedoed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mercy opened her mouth to explain, but Kit broke in first. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Pita squirmed miserably beside me like a cocooned butterfly trying to break free. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The fog was heavy over the rooftops and telephone wires and trees, and I would make myself tea and then go back to my room to read and wait until the sun broke through. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“We found him clinging to a broken spar,” said the Vole. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I suppose I should go and break my fast before Cook gives away my portion to that scallywag son of hers, Leo!” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He pinched the thread with his other hand and then said, “Anya! It broke!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

No one was injured, but the resulting six broken windows were prominently featured in news stories about the march the next day. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

In real time, the universe has a beginning and an end at singularities that form a boundary to space-time and at which the laws of science break down. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with Missus Wilhelmina standing there, the excited whispers break out again, and Anise says something that makes her group of hyenas howl. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ms. Fender repeated, her voice as sharp as broken glass. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You better be right, Henry,” she says, her voice breaking a little. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then the bell near the sink that connected to the string in Mrs. Caruthers’s room set to ringing, and Ophie’s break was over. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Now the new fear that was stifling her broke from her lips in an anguished whisper. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I gasped, thinking I broke it, but when I looked, the sliver of wood revealed a keyhole. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Those boys only invited us to take advantage of us, and so we arrived innocent and we left broken. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

After hearing testimony,Judge Eugene Carter dropped two of the three charges against Claudette—disturbing the peace and breaking the segregation law. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He sawed and sawed, and the tape merely lengthened and didn’t break. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zero took his turn before the lunch break. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Spring break. Any day. I can borrow my mom’s car and drive us up there, and we can stay with my cousin’s friend. It could be like a whole road trip.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She’d been waging a battle against tears, but now, in a sudden break, she lost it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be really married but Catherine said that if we were they would send her away and if we merely started on the formalities they would watch her and would break us up. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When Aunt Anne jerked him out, a piece of string connecting a buttonhole in his shirt with a buttonhole in the front of his trousers suddenly broke. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

By breaking messages like these, Elizebeth swiftly proved her value to the Coast Guard. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Marina had sent her mother, Anna, and her daughter, Tanya, to safety in a town far up the Volga River when war had first broken out. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Cackling laughter broke Dimple out of her reverie. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Fiver muttered in his ear, “Oh, Hazel, they’ve come to—” but broke off short. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two great horned owl eggs lie in the cold snow-rimmed cavity in the broken top of the tree. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Couples who are probably old now, maybe broken up. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes got misty as he described what it was like to break the sound barrier. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Except she said “when,” not if—even though I’ve never broken anything in my whole life. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

And yet it had not been possible to reinvent himself fully, to break from that mismatched name. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I broke away from the college guide only for lunch. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Needing a break from the repetition of singing in his head the first phrases of the fourth song, he asked, “Nali, what is an N’daa and what happens?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The inspector, who was sitting at the other end of the cot, broke in as if he could read her thoughts. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second time was from the A&P, when Lucas had to hold on to the edge of a display to shove some oranges high up and the stupid edge broke off in his hand. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Philadelphia...seemed to strive to exceed all other places in the breaking of the Sabbath,” he noted. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The children ran in and out, as usual, and he took breaks for reading the mail, striding around the Sandwalk, listening to Emma read, playing backgammon, and writing letters. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She thought it would make things easier for Mama. Finally, my mother said yes, because she did not want my sister to suffer hunger, but it broke her heart to have Jadzia separated from us.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Muscles snapped and veins broke as Ben studied the waters with sleep-hungry eyes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking down, I could see the broken tangled mass of the top. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t really matter if the eggs broke, because we still had so much time to test them. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I tried to grab him, and he dodged and then broke out laughing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

One night he dreamed that he’d unscrewed the bulb, broken it, and with the broken glass cut his wrists and ankles. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I recovered my composure, I had to leap onto the sidewalk at the risk of breaking all my bones, and run toward the street down which she had already turned. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Amazing,” I said, “the streets are crawling with cops and you break into my house. Amazing. New York’s Finest.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

A yell broke into the exchanges of the leaders. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She turned her beautiful head toward him once more, and he broke into a run, a question burning in him, but as he opened his lips to ask it, she vanished. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I held on, while I stared stupidly about for him, and so I saw the lip of the crevasse, made visible by the shifting and dropping of another section of the broken snow-bridge. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And to think,” said his uncle, “Luigi’s unraveling really started with one book. The one you plucked off the shelf for me, Marjory. It was the straw that broke the camel’s back.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

But she couldn’t break him; she couldn’t even make him cry. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He died defeated and alone, a broken man in an alien land. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Flint and Wood approached each other and grasped each other’s hand very tightly; it looked as though each was trying to break the other’s fingers. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

If he followed the cattle too closely or pushed them too fast, they might break and scatter; they might miss the opening in the fence. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Family history, breaking and' entering, weird secrets locked up in a Ivy League fortress,” Neville said. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The bald man said Hitler broke his agreement with Stalin, because Germany invaded Russia a week after we were deported. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Her lips and hands broke with blood blisters, her hair came out in clumps, and one evenfall she lacked the strength to mount her horse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

On the podium, a plume of gray smoke rose out of the side of the broken, useless Stormbreaker. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

If I had a panic attack from the most mild and natural illegal substance on the market, then it was safe to say I would experience a psychotic break on a hallucinogenic. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to see nobody get in trouble. I’ve had enough trouble myself. I put that broke glass in an envelope and stuck it away.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tell me about bad breaks,” Howard grumbled. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, of course I won’t break it again. Isn’t the bone supposed to be stronger when it grows together over a place where it’s been broken once?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He broke off awkwardly, suddenly aware that he was preaching at me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He’ll be home soon, though. Why don’t we take a break from these potatoes and work on your English for a while? ” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Or when I threw a baseball inside the house and broke the TV. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I said, “Our toilet was broken so my stepdad made me dig trenches in the backyard to find where the pipes had split open.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And there it is—the right to break the black body as the meaning of their sacred equality. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The cartilage in his nose was twisted—it’d been broken by the lash of a wayward logging cable in the winter of 1915. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A certain paperback book, an old comb with broken teeth. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd thought my heart broke when he'd told me he didn't love me, that we were better off alone than together. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Then the troll broke through the wall and a child’s voice split the night. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The only place Cole felt no bites was on his broken right arm. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Phillip, our top manager except for an occasional “consultant” sent out by corporate headquarters, opens it with a sneer: “The break room— it’s disgusting. Butts in the ashtrays, newspapers lying around, crumbs.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel, already worn from the long vigil with Judith, was near the breaking point. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

They were in one of those long breaks in the sermon that the priest, a connoisseur of unbearable silences, used with frequency and to great effect. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Toyota was bent and completely broken, but the Oldsmobile had only a scratch on its bumper. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I noticed that my alarm clock was on the floor, broken into bits. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the guards comes toward me, and all she has to do is put her hand on my arm and the spell is broken. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They’d been vacations for her, breaks from intense work on plans for the rally. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the red truck finally break away from the SUV’s front bumper. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He put a few broken petals in her hands to suggest that she’d eaten her fill. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Aided as was customary by Aureliano Segundo, they broke the seals, opened the cover, took out the protective sawdust, and found inside a long lead chest closed by copper bolts. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The basin broke in half, split by an arrow the size of a rake. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The steps are breaking under my feet and he's howling in rage behind me, his hands are scrabbling at my ankles and for just a second he has me. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Begone! I do break my promise; never will I create another like yourself, equal in deformity and wickedness.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took the old man’s hand and said in a broken voice:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“How did you guys manage to break down the walls?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

With every blade of light that flashed off the sand, from a bleached shell or a piece of broken glass, my jaws tightened. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was a weakness in the system, and it helped Elizebeth break the cipher layer. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A few of the fighters paused to yell a greeting at me, but no one broke off to ask about Leper. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surface is covered with courtier portraits and tiny beads from broken beauty-scopes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

If I dropped it, it would break into a million little replicas of itself, and if I pushed them near each other, they would fuse, without a crack, into one whole again. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She went on breaking pea pods into the pot. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She threw out her hands to break the fall, and they landed on the figure’s chest. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

We’ve linked arms and crawled one at a time through a Hula-Hoop, without breaking arms. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Now I remember him telling us that we’d go to the museum over Christmas break. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I remember the smell of burnt straw; I remember broken fences and tom-up trees and heaps of stone and brick and pottery. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a long time, I sit in the car outside my house, afraid to break the spell. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I can tell what the bystanders think: he’s a common criminal; he’s broken the law, likely more than one. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Whenever we take a break, he sits close to her, watching her interactions with Amin. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were broken, an almost unrecognizable bunch of mourners held together by habit and grief and a shared history of survival. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

One day, Gandhi later explained/'a man in tattered clothes, headgear in hand, two front teeth broken and his mouth bleeding, stood before me trembling and weeping.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Assembly after assembly had broken up in laughter when someone had leaned too far back and the log had whipped and thrown half a dozen boys backwards into the grass. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Some of the windows reflected the sky, and one of the Black Jackets was repairing a couple of broken tiles on a roof. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I drop my foil, trying to break my fall. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Trash is heaped near the main entrance steps—plastic cups, fast-food wrappers, broken beer bottles—all partially hidden underneath a thin dusting of snow. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, Mr. White cracked a smile and stood smartly upright again, breaking the spell. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I am here to remind you all of the price of breaking the law. Tell me, child, are the nights dark here in Namwon?” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She recognized his mop of brown hair, his broken nose, his cruel green eyes and smug, twisted smile. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I drove home broken and brokenhearted about Jimmy Dill. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She had only broken prayer to fuss with Pa about Miss Marva Hendrix. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I broke into a cold sweat, my eyes seeming to have become extremely sharp, causing each face to stand out vivid in its hostility. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two bands once again broke into “Deep in the Heart of Texas.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It exploded, showering me with broken bits of chain and fluff. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It seemed too easy, the way he had broken her trust. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The new Aureliano was a year old when the tension of the people broke with no forewarning. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Our son must go to school. He must break out of the pot that holds us in.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A bit. But I don’t think I broke anything. It’s just... I can’t seem to get enough air.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a stick broken from a nearby willow she searched through the reedy water, poking around and around the spot where the bag had gone down, working in bigger and bigger circles. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clara picked up the broken pieces of tureen with her usual aplomb, not showing any sign that she was listening to the stream of curses issuing from Esteban’s lips. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

So broken that she couldn’t put it back together on her own, and that she’d moved into a place to get help. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She’ll break your heart ” The evening was too fresh in my memory for me to pay much heed to Deoch’s warning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was painfully aware of the oath he’d sworn to Lee Scoresby, and he hesitated before he broke it; but break it he did. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We argue awhile longer, but Audrey breaks it up by dealing out the cards. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The rain has picked up, but we make a break for it, falling breathlessly into the seats and letting the doors slam shut. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t let it deter me from continually trying to break the ice between my teammates and myself. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The laugh choked a little on the smoke in its way, but finally broke through cleanly. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jerked it straight out from the wall, and it broke off in his hand. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

One huge branch had recently broken off and fallen, and three pine trunks lay bent double under its weight. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at the police car and wonder if someone broke into the vacant house. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He woke before dawn and watched the gray day break. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

In the schools, periodic brawls broke out between white and black students, and I spent parts of my high school years with police and police dogs stationed in the corridors to keep the races apart. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Since we have Thanksgiving break this week, how about we go shopping on the weekend? Do you have any holiday plans?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

So not only am I a single man again, but now I’m probably going to break my perfect record of seeing every Marvel movie all the way back to Thor: Ragnarok. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But no one found the words thoughtless or untrue, for Beth still seemed among them, a peaceful presence, invisible, but dearer than ever, since death could not break the household league that love made dissoluble. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ask how you unscrew a lightbulb that done broke off in the socket and I tell her a raw potato. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

If it always felt this way to break rules and get caught, I was better off being good. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

No way I’m going to be the one to break the news to him. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

And that, in a nutshell, is how Grace and her boyfriend broke up. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

As soon as the meeting broke up, he began to line up his ducks. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She raised it to her lips, and just as she was about to take a sip, Taisin flooded into her as though a dam had broken. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I got to work a few minutes early and I saw me a sight in the break room. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“And I broke all the eggs in our house,” I said. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

That is barely two years ago—and now here stands Territorial Kantorek, the spell quite broken, with bent knees, arms like pothooks, unpolished buttons and that ludicrous rig-out—an impossible soldier. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the same, breaking Albus’s nose at the funeral was not decent. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Heel of the hand thrust upward, hopefully breaking the nose or shoving it into the brain. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My bait was gone, my hook was broken, and I was getting cold, frightened, and mad. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was probably going to break up with her tomorrow. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I tried not to show him that he was breaking my heart. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He flicked a broken bone into the fire and rose to his full height—a massive red warrior in sheepskin and drakon leather, with dried flowers and herbs in his hair. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He himself, Hermes said, would give him a sword to attack Medusa with—which could not be bent or broken by the Gorgon’s scales, no matter how hard they were. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This pains me, Minos. The gods do not love a man who breaks his oath of hospitality.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

After earlier negotiations had broken down, Confederate President Jefferson Davis had ordered Johnston to retreat while the politicians held out for more favorable terms of surrender. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Your kind heart would break if you saw the people at the port. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You can come to my room and break my neck any time.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They brought with them broken arms and rumours. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wedgies, wet willies, dead legs, and broken noses—those are our things. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Perhaps James Garfield was the right man to break the convention’s deadlock. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

If I speak right now, I will break down, and I can’t afford to do that. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

No one will break any crop records this year. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Here’s my folder; I won’t be playing in the spring concert I fell down the stairs at my house last night an broke my arm in three places. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was glad when Sirius broke the silence. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The ground was rolling and uneven here; soft and muddy near the river, rising in a gentle slope toward the kingsroad, stony and broken beyond it, to the east. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Something to leave on Hannah's bed for when she returns from break or to take with me to Manhattan if I really go to see her. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The driven clouds broke away; the sun turned the branches to gold. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me,” Yishan said to a woman sweeping up broken tiles. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Guiltily Ranofer broke into a run, but he entered the courtyard to find the morning weighing already over, and everyone scattering to the first tasks. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Once, a shingle came loose under Dustfinger’s boots, but he managed to catch it just in time, before the terra-cotta tile could fall and break in the street below. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Now people began shouting at the top of their lungs as Freddy came charging into the handoff zone and Mikey broke out. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

When I entered her room and saw my mother, I broke into a smile. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I turned away and broke eye contact, but the image still flooded my mind, spilling in until I thought I might choke. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Instead, the bird never once flapped a wing, plowing back to earth like a shot, causing a minuscule explosion of dust when it smacked into the dirt, breaking its neck. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know if the boys would come with, or if they’d see them on breaks. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Only one whisper breaks through like the thin light of the moon in a dark sky. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Looks like it’s time for me to go on Barry Rex Live and break the news about your deaths to a frightened nation looking for guidance. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

As for the blue-eyed kid, he stays on the ground, curled up in fetal position, broken and sobbing, which is how I imagine he’ll spend the rest of eternity. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A choked laugh breaks out of me, and all the energy rushes out of my chest. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Folks were furious when Violet broke up the funeral, but I can’t believe they were surprised. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We huddled in the shadow of the broken sewage tank. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

How at work one morning, standing on the pig line, 1 felt something break open in my chest. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a master at it, breaking them into almost perfect blocks. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tested the chain about her wrist, but it was tight and fast, and she could neither slip from it nor break it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The second I broke out of the group home and started for Mexico, my life would be changed forever. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hugo silently cried himself to sleep most nights, and he dreamed of broken clocks and fires. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

They dropped and broke the glass jar and had grape jelly and glass everywhere, when I should have been watching them. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

As dawn broke I ate my pork and beans, feeling dopey, sleepy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she tilted her head, she seemed to break into three different people again...misty afterimages blurring together, like a photograph of someone moving too fast to capture. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Not a ray of alleviation of the present calamity breaks in our city from any quarter,” he wrote to Julia. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

His recklessness served him well in an environment where risk taking, and a willingness to break the rules, earned him accolades. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My heart is hammering so hard now that I’m afraid it’s going to break my ribs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But MoMo was twenty going on thirty; his party was going to be jam-packed with a bunch of folks who broke out their best fits to show off. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

If Aunt Letty had fallen on bare boards or even on the carpet, I suppose all her bones would have been broken: but by great good luck she had fallen on the mattress. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I knew that I had to find a safe way to be myself without breaking the law, or else I would surely go mad. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, the current was slow and the water clogged with trash of all sorts: fruit rinds, broken boxes, torn fishing nets, empty rice sacks, nine-year-old prison escapees. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

When the band took a break, Bull slipped the opened can of mushroom soup into his uniform shirt pocket. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They broke off from Laila, and, still arguing this way, turned in to their street. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Look, guys-—tomorrow’s Saturday. I think we should all take a break. No more studying. No games. Just head over to Liberty Park, take in some fresh air, and don’t read anything.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

A moment's inattention would be a sure way to break an ankle . . . or his neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Noah breaks his chocolate bar and gives me half. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

A low rumbling sound had broken the silence around them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Apothecary shops were broken into and medicines stolen; food was taken from the few farmer’s wagons to appear in town. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He had several broken ribs, a collarbone shattered into countless fragments, severe internal injuries, a broken shoulder, and a concussion. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I broke free of the Angel’s embrace and raced toward my father as the two sailors lifted him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The kind of contact she hadn’t had in years, wrapping around and around her like a bandage, until all the broken things inside her were held fast, secure in the loop of Archer’s arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When an epidemic of mumps broke out in the school, Katie went into action against communicable diseases. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed his Transvice at the broken window, where a man’s arm had snaked through the narrow gap and was groping along the walls. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we broke off pieces of comb and pushed them down into the jars before we filled them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Excellent!” cried Professor Lupin as the class broke into applause. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They saw the Shield Charm break the flow of enchanted water as it flew up the passageway. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And more important to me, children from these families bought new schoolbooks and uniforms each year, went on all the school trips and spent lavishly during lunch breaks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I said that to you, mi niña. Sometimes I get worn-out and I say things I shouldn’t say. You are not a bad girl. You are a broken girl.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It was a few short months after the Minerva Goodacre debacle, but Harry looked as if his broken heart had mended. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The girls flocked around her desk during short break, their laughter ringing out often. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, I can’t come today,” I finally blurt out, my voice barely breaking a whisper. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer glanced at her hand, saw that her broken fingers were splinted on a bit of driftwood. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They would be placing broken pottery over his eyes and mouth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They tested each other constantly, with scuffles breaking out every time some young pup hit a growth spurt and dreamed of moving up. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Only in drink was there some break, some floodlight, and when that closed, there was oblivion. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one outside of the Negro community could imagine the profound effect this action had in killing the Negro’s hope and breaking his morale. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he breaks the seal or tears it, I’m done for. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even when hard practices made me cry at Bannon’s, some other part of that session would make me break into laughter. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Rolled back into another claiming race just four days later, he broke a track record, an unheard-of feat for a claimer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They also knew that the black community had been longing for the opportunity to break down barriers that had been in place for years and achieve a better education for their children. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The junior and senior years at Stuyvesant were morning sessions, beginning around eight and ending at one without a lunch break. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Like when Lily broke her foot skiing a few years ago and had to be on crutches afterward. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t thata been fine, me with my head broke open on the linoleum?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I cut my finger when I grabbed the edge of the bench to break my fall.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He broke out a sulphur match and struck it on the block and held it away until its acrid blue flame turned yellow. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Theon broke his own fast with a tankard of dark ale, cloudy with yeast and thick enough to chew on. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Panic rooms are what rich people have in their houses, where they can go and be safe and lock themselves in if someone breaks in. Or if someone is trying to kidnap them.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like it when your head breaks.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They were heroes, breaking down racism through cross-cultural adoption. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Um, do you have an extra pencil? My tip just broke off,” I lied. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Her father rode off in the other direction, breaking into a full gallop. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He suffered a cracked skull from being hit with an iron pipe, a broken leg, and many cuts and bruises. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They didn’t want me there, and the micro- and macro-aggressions were a form of harassment, a psychological game meant to break me down. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Plainly said, she was as much a prisoner in her broken body as Curzon was in his cell. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the thought that if he missed he'd probably break his nose made the game just interesting enough to keep going. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Lexie, touching the photo, saw that beneath the weight of the rock, the intricate net bulged but did not break. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The day I finally met the Rivera girl, I’d broken free of my parents’ latest argument to sit outside on the curb and play Tetris on my phone, when my mom stormed out. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Another fellow’s have grown crooked; his are broken again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I traveled, I brought backup outfits, anticipating shifts in weather and schedule, not to mention nightmare scenarios involving spilled wine or broken zippers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Take off your mask, Zeta-4,” the Chancellor calls out, breaking the moment’s silence. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

King began his speech, “Beyond Vietnam,” by acknowledging he was moved to “break the betrayal of my own silences and to speak from the burnings of my own heart.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She blinked, and the history of the lantern swam before her eyes: the rough seas when it broke, where it had come from, images so quick and confused that she couldn’t focus on them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Milord Octavian,” said my mother, “stop breaking my crayons.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It broke Matt’s heart to look at him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His pale face broke into a smile when he saw Papa. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the pale light he could see the little waves break over her, and her skirt floated about and clung to her legs as the water receded. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liquor from the broken bottle began to patter an irregular rhythm onto the floor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Your phone voice always sounds like it’s the break of dawn, like you’re just waking up, she says playfully. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Another man said, “They been try in’ to break us by not feedin’ us.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If he wants to be the man of the house, he’s going to have to stop biting his nails,” Mami says, breaking the tense silence that follows such remarks. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Ana reached for the diamond necklace and yanked at it, pulling it from Ash’s neck, and the delicate strands broke, the large sapphire clattering onto the floor. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The broken glass that had sliced the artery in Mrs. Barnes’s neck showed how little was safe now. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The Englishman, half asleep, had broken Lazzaro’s right arm and knocked him unconscious. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a scandal when the public learns they have broken the rules, but no rules need be broken for the systematic mass incarceration of people of color to proceed unabated. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mance Rayder’s host had broken against the Wall like a wave upon a stony shore, though the defenders were no more than a handful of old men, green boys, and cripples. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I have my own children someday, the custom I was taught as a child will be broken, because I know it’s not right. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nana said that one of these days he would miss, that she, Mariam, would slip through his fingers, hit the ground, and break a bone. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She barked at Jessie Leibovitz, who had just broken her A string and was fishing in her case for a replacement. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She danced around the one-room house, shaking and shaking that snake, until the hay of the beds was scattered and the stone circle of the fire was ruined and the adder’s back was broken. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Today’s a minimum day, so each class is shorter, which means I get to meet up with my friends at break earlier than usual. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Pyp set the pace, galloping, walking, trotting, and then breaking into another gallop. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There is an additional cause in that poor old Mr. Swales was found dead this morning on our seat, his neck being broken. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

When we broke up, Hudson said my expectations are too huge and that I sometimes dream too far. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Hazel was talking to them reassuringly, but broke off as Bigwig appeared out of the dark. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the truth broke upon her she had killed herself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You don't want your mule to break a leg up here," she said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, I'm just taking a break from the filming. We're shooting in the museum, actually. Lots of cameras and lights...and...and...and...action," I say, fumbling for words. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It kinda hurt my broken face to smile. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“This is the last question I'll ever ask you that sounds completely crazy, but did I by chance break up with you?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I kept trying to break away, and I couldn’t. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We were on a stretch of country road—no place youd notice if you didn’t break down there. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

And even Jefferson, who was the first president to break with that tradition, felt obliged to do so surreptitiously, then issue blanket denials when confronted by Abigail. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then they broke the evil bridge and set red flames in the noisome fields and departed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Although there was the risk of a broken engagement, it was unlikely. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of breaking and Uhmma’s deep wail haunt the room. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She must have broken her rule against drinking that night for when she arrived she was stupid with liquor and unable to understand that the ambulance had already gone to Flushing. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

But as he laughed and cursed and broke them, he knew that some day he’d have to pay for his freedom. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

If you have a heart, it breaks, if you have a heart that’s broken, it fixes. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The mother lay like a broken doll on the floor, paying no attention to them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Finally he broke in and said, “Look, I just went there to stand up for the owls. That’s all.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He broke from my grip, but only briefly. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The ice had been broken by Shin’s naivete. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

In fact, he was later quoted as saying, “I was actually unarmed. I was just told I could make fifty thousand dollars to break some glass.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I shriek, twisting my forearms around and out, breaking his grasp. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Can I go home now?” asked Ben with a helpless voice that was more than enough to break her heart. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I heard the crack of bones breaking, the thud of a body collapsing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the raiders that were left alive then broke and fled, this way and that, pursued one by one to the death. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Whatever night this was, he still had a big hole cut in their fence, and he had to find the cattle and get them out before the fence riders found the break. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And it’s under the weight of this revelation that I truly begin to break. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The Dark Tower was broken, but its foundations were not removed; for they were made with the power of the Ring, and while it remains they will endure. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Hazel greeted him and was surprised to be answered in a few words of halting, broken Lapine. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand out on the tailgate at the back of the train during my ten-minute break, grabbing a bit of fresh air to clear my head and keep awake. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

What broke loose is popularly and succinctly described as hell. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It looked as though he had abandoned the use of axle grease, but he had certainly attempted to comb his hair — Harry could see the comb’s broken teeth tangled in it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you worry about us,” said one of the Death Eaters, “worry about yourself, breaking curfew!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Mr. Powell will let us out right before the bell for break, which is awesome. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He would break down completely before the judge. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s good I have PE after break, because I give Yolanda an armband and she grins really big at me as she ties it on. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

One day, he urged his squad to design a distinctive banner that would stand out among the others, even though it was breaking the rules. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dolorous Edd pushed open the door and hopped down, his boots breaking the crust of the last snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At this reminder they all broke up their games, and trailed away into the gracious, timbered hall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The railroad tracks are littered with broken dolls, old tires, dead dogs, and worn shoes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Not when I’ve disobeyed his orders or puked on him, not even when Gale broke his nose. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Hanako had never been so glad for a break in her life. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then, to save her the trauma of breaking it to me, I ask, “Did he ask after you dropped me off on Friday?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She broke it in three pieces, and she worked each one carefully. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or do I try to go two and a half hours without a break in the afternoon, followed by a nearly three-hour marathon before I can get away for dinner? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although his voice was also broken by uncertainty and his hands seemed to doubt the existence of things, it was evident that he came from the world where men could still sleep and remember. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The wire dropped and he heard Guitar breaking into a fast run through the trees. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drought that had lasted weeks and made Chicago as dry as kindling had finally broken. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently the evil rancher was anxious to break in a new herd. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Cora broke from her rescuers once they got her outside and down the steps. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

My mother fell on the sidewalk in front of our house and broke her arm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Can you give it a few minutes so I can break the news to them? It’ll be easier coming from me.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Through a break in a row of chairs, we came to the center of the floor. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no point, since he meant to break in at once whether there was anything to be heard or not. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was floating on her back, her legs limp and broken. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Something, a dream trying to be remembered, struggled to break into my consciousness. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I break away from her gaze and stare straight through the window. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Each visitor would break my heart all over again, but I would sit on this very rocker and listen for as long as they had something to say. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was where everybody needed to move to give them the best chance of breaking away. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

While a few of the center staff and the DJ started to break down their equipment, Rose and me quietly went to work on our masterpieces. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

For a moment Seabiscuit faltered, the ground breaking up under his hooves. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa’s face would grow redder and redder as Amil would stomp around and cry because he broke his toy or because Dadi wanted him to sit and finish his dinner. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The thought of her mortification kept me company for a long time, but the sounds of music and laughter and Cisco Kid screams broke into my pleasant revengeful reveries. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

To break the freshmen’s slump, Bolles had to search vigilantly for and repair weak links in the chain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Coach Murphy ran them through two more drills before allowing a water break. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he stood up the men crowded near and the spell was broken. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

That way you can rescue your crewmates if all hell breaks loose. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve never been in the hospital unless you count the time I went to the emergency room after I cut my ankle on some broken glass. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There came the sound of more windows breaking farther on down the street. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman had broken free of her bonds and was shouting louder than before: “Look at the fire! Look at the flames! Flames everywhere ...” Once again, the young men bound and gagged her. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a trained hunting-bird it clung there, but it wore no broken leash, no band or bell. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I nod, break the handshake, and keep walking to my room. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Rick broke off, the conduits of his brain humming, calculating, and selecting; he altered what he had started to say. “—would detect it,” he finished. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

His face broke into a crooked yellow grin. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Anya stomped closer to the river, her words ripping out of her: “You broke the law too! Don’t you deserve to go to jail?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She was broken, soon to die, but still the words slipped out in a steady whisper. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, during the paroxysm of the celebration, someone broke the delicate balance. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

When they broke camp, they strapped Tali’s body, shrouded in his woolen blanket, onto his horse. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He always took a break to come kiss me and the girls good night. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

"He broke it, he broke it," Yoyo moaned as she picked up a handful of pieces. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She isn’t a person who breaks the law, no matter how small the law might be. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

After several long moments — or it might have been half an hour — or possibly several sunlit days — they broke apart. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She broke off, dismayed, remembering that neither dog wore a collar. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hide was better than a tree because you had a chance of breaking the line if you were discovered. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I played out scenes in my head where I declared my intention of living as a boy and my parents, at first protesting but then breaking down, accepted me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It stops me in my tracks, and for a moment, I can feel my heart breaking. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The silent waves brought new blue bottles to be broken, and dragged the old ones away in the undertow. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t make any promises, then I wouldn’t have to break them later. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

If this was a movie, she would have broken a heel and run off the stage, mortified. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Nailer wondered if it was their breaking or something else that had happened in the last three days that made Pima so wary. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to take a break from building. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like Big Rose had broke into my bedroom and just started taking over. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

At the field a heavy silence prevailed, overpowering motion like a ruthless, insensate spell holding in thrall the only beings who might break it. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

If there’s trouble the books might be lost, things will get broken . The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Basically my strategy was don’t get my neck broken, don’t try to kill anybody either. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Then the brachy leapt forward, breaking into a full gallop without so much as a windup. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Yes, I was going to break into this house again. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I broke off a twig from the oak tree and stuffed it into my pocket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Stella hollered after him, breaking into a run herself. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He must have asked the obvious question, and that was when she broke the hallowed rule. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Lucky breaks don’t seem like the exception with software billionaires and rock bands and star athletes. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Living black carried with it certain rules, and there were dire consequences if those rules were broken. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s not much to tell. School is school. It’s midwinter break now.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His will was set, and only death would break it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Go get our friends. But first we break into the ship’s weapons stash.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I entertained the thought again and again; I broke the surface smiling, and gasped for air. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the sight of the flames and the irresistible course of the fire, the boys broke into shrill, excited cheering. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Withdraw and wait for full daylight no doubt, and fly high enough to scan the edge of the forest over a wide area, so he could see when Lee and Grumman broke cover. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Armpit was questioned four times by the police: first in Kaira’s suite, then on the way to the emergency room, where his broken arm was set, then twice more at the police station. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Sam stood there staring at me with the broken egg basket in his arms, and I knew he was trying to decide whether or not to tell me something. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of life, a fallen brother was honored by his fellow butchers with a last tribute: an elaborate funeral wreath in the shape of a broken cleaver. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was going to poke around and search that basement— and if I had to climb those stairs and break into Bat Lady’s bedroom to get answers, well, I would do that too. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh, give me a break, Fisher! Do you want to take the rap for something that you didn’t do?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yakov hadn’t been untouchable; he had been broken to shards inside. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In June, a Nicaraguan had a broken right rib. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The truth was, the morning after Thanksgiving, I had asked Shawn to tell me if it was broken. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

This time he jumped from the chair and scrambled as far from the bed as possible, knocking over the lamp on the table; it landed with the crash of broken glass. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I think I broke a few things myself after that interview.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The men reached out eagerly, their faces breaking out in smiles as they mumbled, “Arigatō.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Looking back on that day, Van thought of Reggie: “He was almost as broke as you’d see with someone who lost a loved one.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then Howard broke through that frozen curtain of time by grabbing his shoes and heading off up the path toward his house, leaving me standing there ashamed and heavyhearted. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I would come to her for comforting, and her anger would break over me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

As he raised his head, Pinmei glimpsed his haunted eyes and saw how broken he was by worry and regret. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The cheap glass body broke off and fell to the ground, leaving me holding its handle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The old rules had changed, fragmented, broken into bits. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Instead of breaking for the holidays, it went into a special session with the aim of pushing through to a vote before Christmas. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Years later their own eyes would glaze as they cupped their chins in remembrance of the inchworm smiles, the squatting haunches, the track-rail legs straddling broken chairs. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I think about breaking my own fingers, I don’t know why. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Momentous. Like it was okay to break the mold.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“What about that nasty old lady who tried to break into the bathroom?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

If he got the angle wrong he’d likely break his leg, but that would be only a minor problem that could be dealt with, and then at least he would be inside the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Because, beyond the military disadvantage losing a Mockingjay entails, I am broken. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

With clothes and broken toys in boxes, not any chairs, only beds. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

She came and broke a wet green bottle over his head. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squeeze her hand so hard, I think I might break her fingers. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And so today, my fever has broken and I am still in my body, still aboard the Susan Constant, bound for the New World. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t volunteer any information about the broken satellite dish, and Mom didn’t ask. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It reminded me of when she was little—really little—and I would get to hold her whenever Mom and Dad needed a break. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Thalia turned to help some of the Aphrodite kids, who were having trouble suiting up their armor without breaking their nails. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She only stopped for bathroom breaks and to scarf down canned vegetable soup and peanut-butter sandwiches. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

SCORPIUS: I mean, normally, being in lockdown, being in constant detention, it’d break me, but now—what’s the worst they can do? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Fudge subsided into what was clearly an aggrieved silence, but it was broken almost immediately by the portrait, which suddenly spoke in its crisp, official voice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The spider quickly wrapped the insect in silk, broke it into pieces, and shot some kind of juice inside it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” it said, a bag of broken glass clattering against a wood floor this time. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I’m badly bruised and might have a broken finger or two, but it’s my skin that’s paid most dearly for my struggle with the guards. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A few yards away, Jason broke the surface and gasped, his sword in one hand. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A spectral fog enshrouded the island, blanking it from view, and we broke from rowing to watch it fade. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Johnny and I became quiet, just watching to see where that break would be. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach says as he opens the door, letting in the hall light and breaking the spell. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My body felt like its standard self, broken and insufficient in the usual ways, but my brain felt sloppy and exhausted, like the noodle legs of a runner post-marathon. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then I can’t hold back anymore, and I take off running, and it feels good to break free from the slow, regular pace of everyone else. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sailors and soldiers on their doom-lined road to war cracked windows and broke locks for blocks around, hoping to leave their imprint on a building or in the memory of a victim. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light on the next lamppost was out, too, the glass globe broken. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When they got past the fields, Dicey broke into a run. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He handed the broken tine to his conqueror with a gracious bow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I know how to care for them. In the night I spat something strange and felt something in my chest was broken.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Claws in...Bloodlet...now break my heart, Razor, is that you? You have no idea how it hurts me to see you in His Majesty’s company.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was breaking news all over the television. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

There was no way he could ever drive with a broken right foot, even if he wanted to. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Although we tried to ration our smoke breaks amid the shower’s steam, we ran out of cigarettes before dark, necessitating a trip to Alaska’s room. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I cut my arm breaking into the upstairs bathroom window of my current place. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The yard was littered with abandoned car parts, tires, broken pieces of furniture, and other detritus. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The roads and mail system here are like our country, broken. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Just before he reached the end, he broke his stride, turned, and jumped down from the table. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is geode—ugly on outside, beautiful on inside. If you break it open, you will see that inside it look like diamonds.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We felt that this slight break in protocol was warranted but in no way prejudicial—in one way or another—to the application review. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Nate ran with the crowd to the back of the fort, where there was a small break in the wall. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Without breaking eye contact, he walked to her with Misha in tow. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I've been thinking maybe you take a break from my dictionary, son. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

People are staring, waiting for him to break into character or do something that they'll be able to post on Facebook tonight. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

‘You soon broke down. Anyone would have thought you had a guilty conscience. I hope it was nothing worse than a wicked plot to steal one of my blankets.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The feeling of dread passed, but the enfolding silence was broken. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The sextant is broken because I was playing with it and snapped off a piece. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I broke up Grandma and Joey’s boxing lesson. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sank into silence, and they waited to see if he would break it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She was there on her lunch break, buying discounted pantyhose in the Basement. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

But an aneurysm is when a blood vessel breaks and the blood doesn’t get to the heart muscles because it is leaking. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, about that...she’s still in trouble, we think. Hurt, broken leg, maybe—at least according to this vision Gaea showed us. Rescuing her is our next stop.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was past ten, and, in need of a break from hours of training and researching and fretting about Cain and Elena, she’d come into the gaming room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

You could break right through an electric fence if you were strong enough to handle the current for a second. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Rug pulled out from the coffee table, vases upended in a puddle of water, broken plate slivers and lemon cake scattered everywhere. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand broke the surface; gray particles trickled and hurried down, fragments of plaster resembling the radioactive dust outside. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I bet a burglar broke in and left her tied up with a gag around her mouth. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t think about the bruises,” he said, and his voice broke on that last word. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“With my luck, I’d fall out of the tree and break my neck.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Me and Tommy took a break from cleaning up the game room to watch them shut their doors. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It looks ripe to me,” Aunt Spiker said, breaking the silence. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Since the bone was broken at the thigh, it would involve no more than cutting through flesh and setting a tourniquet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She hit it again, trying her best to break the glass right above the tennis court. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It flowed through him, insisting that he break his rule. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They marched past the tavern, pulled off onto the training ground, and broke formation. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d thought for sure that his eyes would jump immediately to the swirls on the cover, that he’d break into his familiar smile and hurry over to have a closer look. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

You think that we will break out of the clouds in time to see the runway. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The best link I found was a tree branch I had broken in halt After I understood this little piece of sympathy, Ben taught me others. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“His whole body shook like he was trying to get free. They said he was too small to break his own neck.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Both men broke off their conversation and waited in stony silence for him to go. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But the possibility that the team might break up into cliques based on country or tribe or language was always there. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The windows are shuttered tight and the square of front yard is littered with broken pottery and soiled flags. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s also welded a crossbar between the handles so I can push one-handed if my arms need a break. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I am a young man with one bad eye, who hobbles, who has left his family, who has lost a tooth and been broken by bandits to reach this place to find honest work. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You can break a leg with that downhill stuff.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house settled under a quiet spell, broken only by the rubber marshmallow soles of Ms. Byrd’s hospital shoes padding up the stairs, followed by the creaking of Clayton’s bedroom door being pushed open. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

‘Get up, old stone!’ he said, and broke his stick upon the stooping troll. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

After setting a legitimate Boy Scout state record in friction-fire ignition, he broke his record by soaking his tinder in gasoline and mixing it with match heads, causing a small explosion. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

She allowed herself to get up as soon as dawn broke, and she knelt beside the spring and splashed the freezing cold water on her face, gasping at the chill. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Rochambeau’s son, a colonel, broke security by telling his girlfriend that the American-French force was heading for Chesapeake Bay, where they would meet up with more French forces. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure which one I dislike less—the goofy loser who can’t fire a weapon, or the kid who can kill two men in cold blood and not break a sweat. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Little kids on pastel bikes pedaled furiously, churning the heat to butter, gasping stories of wooden crates piled higher than skyscrapers, of crates broken into, pigeons flushed and killed, security guards posted. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

With nothing else to give them, Jinjoo broke open another brown candy bar and gave two pieces each to her sister and brothers, only allowing herself to lick her fingers where the candy melted. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Nearly everyone had dropped out by now, having decided that doing homework would be easier than the work of creating and breaking the class ciphers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t make me laugh any more. I can’t stand it! I shall break!” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

When the director’s wife slips on ice in the Place des Vosges and breaks her wrist in two places, the museum’s gossip machine explodes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And now the peach had broken out of the garden and was over the edge of the hill, rolling and bouncing down the steep slope at a terrific pace. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The pastry man threatened to break down the door. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Their rooftops had been his secret places, and the crows atop the broken tower his special friends. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He’s talking about the time I was dusting her Baby Jesus doll, when I dropped Him and His arm broke. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down, down the winding passage they went, through darkness and spider webs and dripping water, until at last they emerged into a cold wind, brilliant sunlight, and the sound of waves breaking on rocks. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She realized her arm was broken and that she must find help if she wanted to live. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, on Day Eight, the humdrum routine that Genie and Ernie were actually starting to like was broken. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Rubble was strewn all about it: great chunks of shattered masonry, burned beams, broken gargoyles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We snuck onto the nearby Conrail/Long Island Rail Road tracks and broke into freight cars, robbing them of bicycles, television sets, and wine. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

An attendant hauled open the doors leading off the platform, and instantly the noise redoubled and the heat swept over them like a breaking wave. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She claims that since Anatole gave her the bow, and since it was Anatole who requisitioned her to teach school, she must not be breaking any social customs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A section of the hull broke off behind him with a loud crack, and green seawater began to gush inside. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There, unknown to any of the caretakers, was a small broken window. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But then he heard the sound of two jars breaking against the brick walls of the deserted cotton warehouse beside the general store. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air conditioner was broken and the room was boiling. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I am not signing any waivers. Rex could break his neck over some pointless game.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The rain was supposed to take a minor break, and so maybe his beach trip would be possible. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The skin was broken above his left eye, and blood ran down that side of his face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And here a soldier was standing looking out the broken front door. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

We started dating in late November, and then broke up a week later. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The smoking, ruined villages, the broken pieces of brick in the street, the frozen corpses, the shattered walls, the upturned cars, the barking dogs, the scurrying rats and lice: how can they live like that? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I slam the glass down on the counter, half expecting it to break. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

We drive past the same kind of ruins I saw when we left the city—the buildings collapsing under their own weight, and the plants roaming wild over the land, breaking through concrete. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I turn to see if he’s broken his face or busted his head open despite the helmet, but he’s jogging toward me and a smile cracks on his face; he’s all good. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After his barn was struck by lightning for the third time, he told Sarah about his broken promise to Madame Zeroni. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The ice floated on the dark water in broken pieces—large versions of the puzzle Jack had at his feet. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The winning squadron broke into a chant of victory. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She returns a minute later with a gaunt, hollow man with big circles under his eyes and a nose that looks like it’s been broken in about three places. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The surface of the water breaks like glass. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’d broken one of our unspoken rules: We were always supposed to pretend our life was one long and incredibly fun adventure. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He seems to have broken it off with the woman. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But of course that had to change when those two broke up. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Which has been broken for years, but I get what she’s saying. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Kendra walked to the house wrapped in her towel, She entered the back door and found Lena dragging a broken coffee table into the kitchen. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She broke it and put the shell in her apron pocket and put it in a corner in the kitchen almost behind the stove where it was hard to see. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then presently the noise of fighting broke out near at hand, just above their hiding-place. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“What did you think? That I broke up with him?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When I broke down the door, I found women, cowering, whimpering women. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nan once told me that my mom’s heart had been broken by my daddy’s death. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The only respite from the torment, which in Ranofer’s resentful opinion caused more mistakes than it corrected, was during the midday break. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I try not to break out into a sweat when I hear this. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

My fingers are a wreck; I shred them quietly, out of sight beneath the tabletop, as I do in times of stress; an old bad habit I cannot seem to break. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then in broken speech, for he was a stranger to our language, he commanded, “Bring Sumac Huanacauri to me!” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Whenever Miss Ulfat had a break in her schedule, my mother would visit, her notebook and pencil in hand, until gradually the strange squiggles and symbols on the page revealed themselves to her. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But James slumped even lower when his was one of the two ciphers broken. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It would take them a week to break a path through the thicket; and anyone who wormed his way in would be helpless. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were the yellow of crookneck squash, and the nails of her grasping hands had been broken down, her fingers covered with dirt. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I came to the house at Crickhollow, and it was broken open and empty; but on the threshold there lay a cloak that had been Frodo’s. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was much shouting and debating among the Orcs; a quarrel seemed on the point of breaking out again between the Northerners and the Isengarders. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, you say to bring only one pencil, but what if the pencil lead breaks? Will there be a pencil sharpener?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Theo does consider marriage and weighs when to break the news to his parents. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“It really illustrates that even those of us with a lot of attention still have a breaking point.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her voice got a little broken around the edges. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Step by step, breaking the ice with my ax, I waded out. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to get to him, but the broken glass beneath my feet slows me down. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The epileptic boy had finally broken out of the prison of California. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She looked puzzled; then she reached inside her robe, fumbled discreetly, and produced a large topaz stone on a broken silver chain. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Our brains need a break from all the unchecked, casual misogyny.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He liked the quiet of those mornings, how he could skateboard down the street without worrying about dodging slow tourists or toddlers making a sudden break from their parents. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Slender spires took form above it, some of them snapped off like broken spears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I saw us quite clearly, as there were no longer any frogs to plop in the water and break the mirror with circles and ripples. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Things are really getting out of hand over there. Some of them folks broke some store windows and started takin’ stuff.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

They frolicked around, slamming into each other, breaking fortifications, and generally having an excellent time. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s not like the Beatles,” I said, even though I had no idea why or how the Beatles had broken up. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Lucky my family was all broken up and scattered every which way? Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The King Lords leave, and conversations break out all around. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Other than that, nothing seemed particularly broken, which itself was fairly remarkable. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

That moment it breaks out behind us, swells, roars, and thunders. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to show him the treasures in her treasure box—the folded velvets and broken watches and golden buttons. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The two of them are in the shed, studying a broken oar. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And then I noticed that it was only cracked, not broken apart. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Well, I was kind of thinking it might be nice to take a break from school. After graduation, I mean. Do something different for a while.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then one day, just before the winter break, I was digging a notebook out of my locker when I heard someone say, “How’s birdbrain?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

His blue house on the hill lay half in ruins, its floor burnt and its windows broken. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you, he doesn’t hate you. He’s just scared of breaking the rules and being punished.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Charlie spent winter break working at the Mall Cinema, where he apparently let all the hot girls sneak in without paying. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then Magdalena began to cry like her tears were spilling out of her broken heart. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Broken shingles from the roof covered the floor, there was an empty sack in a corner, some broken earthenware shards, perhaps from a dish or a plate, and a few bones gnawed clean. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Try this on and don’t be vulgar,” Mother said as she broke the thread with her teeth. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He worked very quietly—first the tray—then get out the glasses without breaking any. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, unless the fascination is too powerful, there comes the point when keeping still is discarded and the rabbit, as though breaking a spell, turns in an instant to its other resource—flight. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, it was fine,” Abby says, and then she breaks into a huge grin. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Even just a few days in, his texts started to get further and further apart, and I decided to break up with him. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They were folded into purses and knapsacks, but here the system tended to break down. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But once beaten and broken in battle so that he cannot regroup his troops, there is nothing else to be feared than the ruler’s family. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sandy turned to a blank page, pushed his taped glasses up the broken bridge of his nose, and looked at the judge. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard his voice breaking up as he said it. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw broke into a run, sobbing and wiping the damp mess of tears and sweat off his face with one hand. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He had broken his health to break Purple, but his efforts hadn’t kept his country safe. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It somehow breaks the standoff between Captain Smith and Captain Ratcliffe. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She broke a window and put on the brightest dress she could find. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I break into a sweat but do not stop. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the light delicate pulling and then a harder pull when a sardine’s head must have be6n more difficult to break from the hook. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And after a while that gets boring, so when the cops arrive like this it breaks the day up nice. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was doggedly determined to fight the election on his record—and a broken record was just what he sounded like. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

We get our water break over as fast we can, so we can return to the story. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Something in my chest breaks into pieces as I survey the room. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Once when my dad was out on the Mary Rose a storm come on sudden, and the swells broke out in whitecaps and he decided to head in early, just to be cautious. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There is no them without you, and without the right to break you they must necessarily fall from the mountain, lose their divinity, and tumble out of the Dream. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They pushed, and the wall broke, and they made a run for it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Once they reach a mansion, the monsters don’t even break stride, bursting through the front doors and shattering the wall of windows. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Kehaar went on pecking at the broken pieces of stale bread. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m... glad you already knew. I really didn’t want to break the news to you in a hallway.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

One is whole, and the other has been broken into pieces by Kavita so that she can feed the hungry dragons. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

This was stretching the truth to breaking point; as far as Harry knew, Ron and Dumbledore had never been alone together, and direct contact between them had been negligible. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Every day on her lunch break, Mrs. Sylvester took a bag of swan food and went down to the pond by the hospital. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

By now, with Monica back in from her smoking break, Mark scurries out of the way and Garret stands. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Under the microscopes, their long tails furiously lashing, spermatozoa were burrowing head first into eggs; and, fertilized, the eggs were expanding, dividing, or if bokanovskified, budding and breaking up into whole populations of separate embryos. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they broke free, the two men huddled and then Dad sought me out and tossed me the keys to the Buick. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

All I can think of is Peeta, lying on a similar table somewhere, while they try to break him for information he doesn’t even have. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dawn was breaking, spreading soft pink light across the eastern sky above the city. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But just as he had the thought, they came to a stop, and the smooth flow of their march broke with a clumsiness that momentarily eased Jonathan’s tension. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

James moved his body slowly and cautiously, as if he was afraid it might break. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted the storm to break, he wanted rain and coolness. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The nice bouncer at the Bear Flag threw out a drunk, but threw him too hard and too far and broke his back. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark’s heart was breaking.The question had no good answer. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“We were almost there,” she says, her voice high and breaking a little. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Tonight you get your one and only warning from the Mount Pitts police department. After this, you don’t get a break.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

An angry fistfight broke out in a classroom one afternoon, and it was only because the Dean threatened immediate expulsion to any future participants in such quarrels that more fistfights were avoided. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

For to break away would be to plunge . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I broke it into two pieces, set one on each side under the funnel, lit the fire, closed the flap of the door and listened to the wind bring the first frost to the mountain. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or he would kill me by clubbing me with one of his great paws, breaking my neck. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The wall of evil and of waiting was broken. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The sun will be up in a few hours. We’U stop here and rest till break of day.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But Memory Charms can be broken by a powerful wizard, as I proved when I questioned her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then I thought, "Buddy Willard made me break that leg." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Of course, he realized, broke for someone like her didn’t mean the same as broke for someone like him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He knew, however, that as soon as he put those scruples aside he would break the vicious circle of the war. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Do you want me to drive you home? Your mom might not break out with me there.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Loretta slips away and I can hear her breathing like a broken bird in the cellar dark. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Tower of the Hand seemed so empty after they left that Sansa was even pleased to see Arya when she went down to break her fast. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And when you divide with it, all hell breaks loose. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The moon picked out crystals in the broken tower of glass. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The waves were fast but small, and they didn’t break. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You break my heart, Jason. Oh, you break my freakin’ heart.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He veered the car wildly, mile after mile, down the road, tumbling, smashing, breaking, scattering bundles of paper, jewel boxes, mirrors, chairs. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laughing, Harry broke free of the rest of the team and hugged Ginny, but let go very quickly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I walked faster, controlling my desire to break into a run. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d either have to get out of the clouds, or land and wait for the weather to clear or for daylight to break. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Just then, a woman broke away from the group, shaking her head. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He moves the broken wings and reaches inside, twisting something with a clicking noise. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Billups quit her job after spring break, so we ended up with a series of subs till the end of the year. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He was anxious to defend himself and almost broke his silence for the first time—but before he could get a word in, Gaily was talking again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In exchange for gasoline, Lima and other New Orleans police officers broke into convenience stores and took cigarettes and chewing tobacco. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Pickle Baron dreams and the People’s War joined the racks of broken airplanes in his glass-paned cupboard. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as one, we broke from the rail. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as I was passing the broken church I heard a solitary singing voice: “Ah, dear God, how can this be That all things wear and waste away!” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

As though to prove that the constraint between them was broken, in the next wait for the rowboat Nat strolled over to join her where she stood watching. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And she walked away along the wet path toward Tracy’s Lane, leaving Stuart alone with his broken dreams and his damaged canoe. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

It feels like something is broken inside me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Anne had become philosophic about breaking Dad down a little at a time, and she had suspected all along that there was going to be a third person on her first date. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hand flapped up every time she turned because it looked like she was going to come off and break her neck. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The strike broke out two weeks later and it did not have the dramatic consequences that had been feared. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Coach Quatrini had made us swear on the lives of our firstborn children that we would run hard during spring break. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He explained how he got his break — how he kept his eyes open until one day he met this guy who needed somebody he could trust. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bill gave me one book to read over the break. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was tired of struggling against the elements with nothing to break the monotony but watching Blanca grow. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A trail of broken wayns and frozen corpses stretched back behind them, buried beneath the blowing snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then Archer was attacking, his hands a blur, the broken ends of the spear pummeling Gregor’s long arms, his shoulders and legs and head in a broken rhythm of blows and bruises and split skin. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

‘The woman who ran it was called Mrs Clonkers and if she caught you breaking any of the rules, like getting out of bed at night or not folding up your clothes, you got punished.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second break was that Wes’s case was sent to juvenile court instead of adult court. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

"Soon as spring break is over, we'll see if he got something to say to me," Ghost said. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

It’s a break for the district, having the Peacekeepers busy doing something besides abusing people. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They left the broken tent behind, and their supplies were mostly gone. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Being with deep dizziness, I pray that I do not chop myself with my machete, or fall and break my neck. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

After the incident with Brooke, I felt as though I had broken through a wall—one I had carefully constructed over many years. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He shrank from the very thought of breaking another door seal and repeating the nerve-racking process of mending it, but there was no other way. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

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

We hadn’t been out there six months when Sophie and I broke up. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Three of them had their heads broken by blows from Boxers hoofs; another was gored in the belly by a cow’s horn; another had his trousers nearly torn off by Jessie and Bluebell. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

When Dad made a motion study, he broke down each operation into a Therblig, and then tried to reduce the time taken to perform each Therblig. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But if they arrest my mom and dad, that's breaking up the family too. And I bet I'd like a research facility a lot more than you'd like the Cook County Jail." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the stick break and the line begin to rush out over the gunwale of the skiff. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I spoke my anger and bitterness turned from Ashe against myself and my own life, which lay behind me like a broken promise. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The momentum of the argument abruptly broke from his control. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It forms broken trails of words, words sealed and resistant as stones. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner’s arms felt strong against the long, smooth swells, so low they were not breaking, the sea the color of the inside of a mussel shell. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Someone broke up the gummy bear heart collective I left up here. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“You are responsible,” said my mother, which meant I was in trouble if anything was spilled, burned, lost, broken, or dirty. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is female, but harsh, like it’s cluttered with rocks and broken glass. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

There was even a picture of a cat who’d suffered nerve damage, his hocks flat on the ground, each like a broken, unlucky rabbit’s foot. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It wasn't often that he broke a promise, and he clearly felt far from comfortable about it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He huffed and puffed until a praise break broke out. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Chances are the thread viruses can survive for some time—if the surface is free of sunlight, which would break apart the virus’s genetic material. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their parents, in many cases, had been raised in city neighborhoods, but it was as if they had made a clean break, an escape. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Appreciating the treelike nature of a text can also help you understand one of the few devices available in nontechnical prose to visually mark the structure of discourse: the paragraph break. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It unleashed itself from the broken and semi-broken appliances in the kitchen, the dead machines which hadn’t worked in all the time Isidore had lived here. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Abigail, our team captain, was on her feet barking, “You broke it!” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

But he wouldn’t be breaking off any pinkie bones for Calixte. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

To this, she added a medal of the Blessed Mother, a small blue bird feather, a broken blade from a penknife and a sprig of some herb. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Man, I really don’t want to break into buildings. I don’t think I would do well in New York prisons.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“What can they do to me? I’m breaking no commandment. All they can do is wag the ‘naughty’ finger at me, and refuse to wave good-bye as I drive to the airport.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He had to catch up with the others before they climbed over the wall, before they broke into the house. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He broke off the cork and the end had to be shoved down into the bottle. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He walked down the curious ranks, ugly as ever, self-conscious, ashamed, a veteran going to be broken. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I broke it off with a letter opener,” I continued. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of us do not speak loudly in our barracks, perhaps because we are sensible that these are men, and we are boys; these others are whole, when we know ourselves broken. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

When the skater broke the world’s record he was going to come down and sleep right in the window without taking off his skates. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words began to break up in my throat. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I break into a run as we pass the orchard, like if I pump my legs fast enough, I can outrun this thing that’s happening to me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

When I look closer, I realize that he's drawing soldiers breaking into our home. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Looking like victims of a war, the dwellings had broken windows, parts of walls missing, and large holes in the roofs. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not even a path so much as a series of hints— a broken branch here, a patch of stomped-down grass there—that people had come this way before. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

McNeish, who was more than fifty, was beginning to break down. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“He never broke no oath, m’lord. He sleeps and cries and sucks, is all; he’s never done no harm to no one. Don’t let her bum him. Save him, please.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he sounded as if she were breaking his heart. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Gawaine, I swear I didn’t run away. I fought him as well as I could. But he broke my arm, and then I could do no more. On my honour, Gawaine, I tried to fight.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dalgard was extremely dismayed and couldn’t rule out the possibility that the man was breaking with Ebola. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the picture I took of Angelo cleaning my pig when I needed to break away. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

On the middle cushion of the middle sofa is an egg cup, five times life-sized, with a broken eggshell in it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Under the stairs it was open and dry and dark—a few old paint cans piled on top of each other, a couple of broken window frames, something dead that once had fur. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I told him about the only time I’d broken a bone, when I let Trevor convince me that skateboarding down our porch steps was a good idea a few years earlier. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The silence was broken as the door slammed back upon its hinges. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Attending it was a lucky break for a servant’s son like Omar. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

An elderly couple swept up broken glass and debris along the sidewalk in front of their barbershop/beauty parlor. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I want to stay longer, but Mom refuses because she doesn’t want to give Cuba any more hard currency, as if our contributions will make or break the economy. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He broke a branch and carefully swept the footprints where they had turned from the roadway. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

They placed some of the monkeys directly underneath bat colonies in the roof of the cave, hoping that something would drop on a monkey that would cause the animal to break with Marburg. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden and stark silence fell over the world, broken only by the distant cries of a bird. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I stared at him in amazement, and he stared back, his mouth breaking into a grin as the moments passed. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

That seemed to please Johnny so much that he didn’t talk about nothing else, except as to how George was going to break Big Red for him to ride. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Now, now,’ growled Shagrat, ‘I have my orders. And it’s more than my belly’s worth, or yours, to break ’em. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

As the vast crowd broke into shouts and roars—of astonishment, delight, and approval—Aurelia jumped up. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

When that lucky break finally came, I was ready. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

They might have wondered what store of ferocity he had against himself, that could set him to break his own body so young. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He desperately wants to end it with her, but she is fragile, unbalanced, and he's afraid that she might commit suicide if he breaks it off. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In fact, some things, like the latest weather and breaking news, appear online hours before they hit print. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am only resting my rather broken feet.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I break off some larger splinters from the stick. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Driving up the Hamilton road, Tom wondered how to break it to Dessie that their plan was no good. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The minute Marly broke off the tight old leaves, the flowers opened right away. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel my own heart breaking, but I stand firm. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The broken glass clicked, ground, and splintered beneath his heel. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Chacko lifted the fried eggs onto the toast, broke the brilliant, wobbling yokes and spread them over the strawberry jam with the back of his teaspoon. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Miss Bertha broke up the fight, for once she didn’t send us to the principal for a whipping. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“And my break’s only fifteen minutes, anyway, so that would be a really cheap date. You shouldn't date me—I’m obviously terrible at it.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I may just do that,” I tell her, because I’m making the connection between training to break a league record and training to ace a math test. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I picked up my cane and told her that if Transito Soto did not appear in person within ten minutes, I would break all the windows and everything else inside that Pandora’s box. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl screamed and broke into a panicked run towards the building where her father, whom she could not see, stood at the window, waving. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

This was what her tugging had foretold—the world breaking to bits, the sky falling. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Did you know we have to be off book by the end of break? ” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

With that, which had taken all her courage, Beetle gathered up the butter and the eggs, only one of which had broken, and marched away. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something broke in me, a dam or a levee. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Alexander told him that maybe it was better to break a man’s leg than his heart. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have words over that, Karin and I. Very broken words in German and Polish. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Gabe took a break from his poker game long enough to watch me lug my mom’s bags to the car. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I looked over my shoulder at her without breaking my stride. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Trying to stop the battle now would be like trying to push back a flood after the dam broke. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He took off his gloves and stuck his hands inside his jacket to wipe the broken blisters on his shirt. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“One little slip and I could break the transmitter.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Dad, I’m fine. That lady was breaking and entering,” I explained. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Her heart’s already broken, she doesn’t need every last piece shattered to bits. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Four bits of a broken doll: one blue eye and half an eyebrow, a bit with a curl of black hair attached, an ear, and a hand with perfect tiny fingernails; Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of their horses had fallen, he claimed, throwing the rider and breaking his leg. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That means we have the right to choose our own actions. If you choose to break the law to help someone else or keep someone from harm, then it's justified." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Powell lets us out early, and I’m the first to get to our break spot. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

A group of iron monsters broke off from the marina fight and chased after the Midfolk. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He worked in a garage, so when the bus broke, he pulled out his box of tools. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Santa broke into some baritone peals of laughter. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We can't have both of us on the same step. It might break." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

And Ivory was everywhere, lunging to make an arm tackle, speeding past blockers to break up a pass and push the receiver to the ground as if he were a little kid. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

To hurry here was to risk a broken ankle or worse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was deep, low, and raw—a voice like woodsmoke, serrated blades, and boots breaking through snow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was the first one of my sisters ever to break any bone but a toe. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I tried to stand up, Mami pulled me down, saying something about my falling out and breaking my neck. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Such a shame,” he said, and I got the feeling that he really meant it, that wed be breaking his heart if we went. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She could break down what the words meant, but it didn’t help her understand. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Yesterday I broke one of Mrs. van D.’s soup bowls. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I think they would,” came from under the hat, in a grim tone, quite as touching as a broken one. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she leapt anyway, and while the lamps shook and the decorative furniture quavered, she did not break a thing. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Slowly, meticulously, he unwraps the coil, carries the entire looped mess downstairs, and calls Jutta inside to hold the pieces for him while he splices the breaks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her heart jumped, so hopeful that Ivan’s dark head would break the surface. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It was one of those moments when you’re waiting on someone to say something important or funny or just do anything to break you away from the sad thoughts that overwhelm your mind. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I’d never heard him break character when he was mimicking somebody, but he let out a strangled gulp. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The superintendent, who had been looking over Ndlamini’s dossier, suddenly stared at Ndlamini and said, “Why did you break the law, old man?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to prepare his brain, he had to get his mind controlled and safe from their efforts, so that they could not break him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly—in two days—I went from X-raying convicts with broken bodies to selling X-mas trees in Little Italy. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Much as Nancy tried, she could not break the habit of nibbling her nails, and, whenever she was troubled, chewing them right to the quick. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inej broke into a jog, heading for the loading docks at Fifth Harbor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“She was given away to someone else. That broke his heart. Her name was Black Buffalo Woman. Later, though, Crazy Horse married a woman named Black Shawl.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Children are fragile, Amir jan. Kabul is already full of broken children and I don’t want Sohrab to become another.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This is the proverbial straw that broke the relationship between Mom and Uncle Max. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’ll give him a call first. If it’s a go, you can pay him a visit after winter break.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They made indifferent sentinels, for in many places their ranks had been broken by the rhubarb plant, and they lay with crumpled heads and listless stems, making a pathway for the rabbits. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Shep staggered backward against the bar, then collapsed to the floor with the broken end of the sword still jutting between his ribs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I stood there, unable to run, I recognized a few of the faces and I smiled to break the tension and uncertainty. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The tall yellow rice grass and the broken gray shale ridge were undisturbed by outlines of darker objects that did not belong with the junipers and yuccas. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

What if I can’t break the glass unless I’m under duress? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We both have very sad nails, short and broken. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was like stepping onstage at your first piano recital and realizing that you’d never played anything but an instrument with broken keys. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The people who were pouring in were broke. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Later that evening Aunt Leanne called Gay and told her that my mother’s car had broken down and that the police had arrested her. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Bright red oozes from a hole on the side of his face, near his broken eye. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I fluttered my hands like a bird with a broken wing. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Relief broke across her face, all tension drained from it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I break out into my first real smile in four days. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She gathered up the sherry botdes and hurled them through a window; they crashed and broke on the walk. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed strange that the grass still looked so green and lush, even though they had broken up. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The bully shrieked, his tooth broken, and fled. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

She would sigh and murmur, as though her heart were half broken with her desire, “Ah me—ah me!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Another wave sweeps in, breaking over the boulders with a clap like thunder. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, had to take a bathroom break. My hair.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Tough break for you, then,” Matthew said with a shrug. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Pink Face picked up the newspaper, and they both broke into a run, the smaller one struggling to keep up. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Tali was—” His voice broke, and Shae slid her arm around his shoulders. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even a marten would break all his bones if he fell into the paved yard from this height. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then the spell was broken as great numbers of people, stirred by their own emotions, roared their acclaim and rushed toward Anderson to offer congratulations and good wishes, threatening to mob her. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

He caught it before it broke his nose, and her eyes widened. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I just—I left them,” I told her, and it didn’t matter that my voice was breaking, or that my hands had come up to clutch my elbows to keep from grabbing her. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Nothing, this time, was going to stop it from being run. hen news of the deal broke to an ecstatic public on October 5, horsemen were amazed that Howard had accepted the walk-up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside of Harpy’s, Ron sits on the curb, taking a smoke break. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

With one huge effort, he broke free of me and ran into the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

His men fell in around them, the hooves of their gar- rons breaking through the icy crust to the softer snow beneath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

During commercial breaks, she teased him: Why did American football have no inherent logic, just overweight men jumping on top of one another? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the center of the track, a closer broke from the pack and rolled into Seabiscuit’s lead, a ghost from his past. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was beginning to break through, the mist was rising. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It saves us from the bitter days of midwinter, when the darkness is broken for only a handful of hours and the sun is cold and distant, like the pale eye of a corpse. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I had noticed our old rocket-candy rockets wobbling when they broke the plane of the mountains and got caught in the wind stream coming across the ridgeline. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I only break it out when my grandma goes somewhere. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She began to cry, her depraved face breaking into an infant’s grimace; and they moved away from her, leaving her dirty in a dirty room, alone to face her Maker. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

What prompted her to leave, what the final breaking point was, I have no idea. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He smelled woodsmoke and passed a stack of old lobster traps, blown over and the staves broken in, then a heap of firewood guarded pitifully by some old barrels, also broken. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It hung from a broken chain and the wind knocked it against the post with a muffled sound that made it echo like a funeral drum. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a black eye and probably a broken nose. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m not brave any more, darling. I’m all broken. They’ve broken me. I know it now.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

There is the problem of my portfolio being full of broken bowls and blobs. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

This quality was continually breaking through his punctilious manner in the shape of restlessness. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then a sudden movement catches my eye, breaking my reverie. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

If they broke a sewing machine, they were not beaten. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He died of in­ternal bleeding after someone fed him a broken beer bottle. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But then his face broke into a big, knowing smile. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Soon the pointed shoots of the playful daffadowndillies will break the frozen ground. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“They stuck us in an abandoned elementary school. We broke out. Your turn.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But she breaks the rule two or three times a day, driving ten and fifteen times the one-mile distance. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The first blow broke the beak sideways and black blood spurted from the twisted, leathery mouth corners. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We would have been here earlier, but Penn Station's shut down because of a water-main break. And they've closed the Brooklyn Bridge because of some cracks in one of the towers." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Across the tent, people toss them at each other like snowballs, though instead of breaking they bounce off of their targets, floating gently down. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"My leg's broken. Are you deaf, as well as stupid?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he broke us into groups at the six baskets around the gym and told us to keep score. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Luna broke through the block without a second thought. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

To the left of the line a rabbit broke from heavy brush, darted frantically out into the tall grass. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking Chronicler full in the face, the mercenary twisted his hand sharply and the sword broke with a sound like a shattered bell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then she was pressing her little proud broken self against his face, as close as she could get, and then they died. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The knife broke because I thought of my mother,” he explained. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I shouldn’t have stayed, but it’s hard to break the habit of listening because people have always spoken and acted as if I weren’t there, as if they never cared what I overheard. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

If Emily hadn’t just sat next to James at lunch and listened to him break down his new cipher and explain how it worked, she might be swayed by Maddie’s performance. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Pong wanted to reach out and pat him on the shoulder, or pinch his arm, or do something, anything, to break through that wall of silence. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Marcus spends his break in the parking lot as he travels from trunk to trunk with a paper Harpy’s bag. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A thick seal of crimson wax had been broken, and part of a folded paper protruded invitingly. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Miig was holding a plastic lunch pail with a broken hinge. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Arul was sitting by a break in the bridge wall, watching the river. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The Marshal fired at them, and then jumped out of a window, his arm broken. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was just one house, carved into a small break in the trees. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"I broke my fast with the men, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For the most part, Pax respectfully flanked the older fox, but sometimes he broke away to race at full speed for long glorious minutes before circling back. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Tell them—” That’s when Thomas throws me to the ground so hard that I feel the wound in my side break open. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But if I ever managed to break the curse, in a month or in twenty years, I would find him and win him over again if he was still free. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

With it, fear comes rushing into my mind, a river that’s broken a dam. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She would pass out leaflets saying things like “We are going to break down the walls of segregation.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“It's all there. I only deducted the glass beetle your brother broke last time. Sign the receipt here. You can write, I hope?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

My job was to hunt, and scout, and build camp, and break camp, to protect the others. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It broke his heart that he could not protect her. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

More than one scythe slipped, spraining an ankle or breaking an arm. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Shots were fired from near-by houses, he said, but the guards used their riot sticks until they were broken. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

I broke off a rabbit ear for each of them. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the baby girl, named Linah, finally arrived, the family was dead broke, and my mother had to beg for money to buy diapers and baby food and medicine. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The precious wine flooded out and spread its dark, pool amid the broken shards of the earthenware pot. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

"One of the Mountain's men fell off a wallwalk last night and broke his fool neck," she heard Weese tell a cook. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Trying to control what cannot be controlled. I am tired of denying myself what I want for fear of breaking things I cannot fix. They will break no matter what we do.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That he was twisted, crooked, wrong, but not so broken that he couldn’t pull himself together into some semblance of a man for her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Isabella and I go our separate ways after break, and I think how weird it is that it’s not all that weird for it to be just Isabella and me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She did not have to run far in order to see the broken pile of rubble at the base of the tree. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The sun broke through the clouds and gleamed upon the water. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

At the sound of the first notes, the faces of Mama and Papa and Mario broke into smiles. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the sight of this all right, I had seen him on crutches the year before when he broke his ankle playing football. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then March came, breaking the back of winter with warmth permeating the cold, and with the smell of spring drifting daily to tease hope and to give shy promise of a coming radiance. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just...I don’t have the hang of this, and I was ready to break down and cry, so I texted Arthur. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Even the people looked broken, with their worn-out bodies sprawled over the various chairs and sofas. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Doors sprang tightly shut, but the windows were broken by the heat and the wind blew and sucked upon the fire. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time the door swings open, your fragile world gets a little more broken. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“The one who broke into the opening ceremony?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Reverend kept on throwing out phrases like home-run balls and Sister Monroe made a quick break and grasped for him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, the fawn broke my heart with its sweet, dished face, its absurdly fragile legs, its still-fuzzy coat. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When the mob arrived at the property several out-of-work men and tsotsis who were our leaders conferred on what to do with the dogs in order to break into the stores. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Saying them was like chewing on broken glass. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Like an actor with a wooden delivery, a writer who relies on canned verbal formulas will break the spell. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“If clouds were brown,” I say, finally finding my voice, trying to break the spell. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

To take a break from this task, which required us to bend our upper bodies toward the ground for hours, we fetched cassava stalks, cut them into shorter pieces, and placed them in the holes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I turn the volume up as my beloved Freddie breaks out his mind-bending falsetto. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

"Beat him until every part of him is bruised and broken!" When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

In his hand was a parchment with a broken seal of dark green wax. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Dozing security guards, and surgeons angrily shaking the broken vending machine by the lobby, the same white tile floors and the same dimly lit hallways, but everything seems different with Will next to me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Fanning had broken the spell of the wild and beautiful dancers. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Sulking in the back somewhere. I told her to teach the little kids their alphabet, but she said she needed a break from all the Arabic. Maybe you can talk some sense into her.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“And what’s the point of building it high up anyway if the babies fall and break their necks when they try to fly?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Well...is my father wearing a straw fedora, and is my mother walking with a broken heel?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry to hear that. Then we must hope for another frost, or that the tractor will break down. I wish someone would drive a tractor through his house and see how he likes it.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m old and broken. He’s got his whole life ahead of him.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Just as I was about to break and suggest maybe not pairing purple with orange, the phone rang. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I break the surface of the water and gulp in air. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

To Mark, nothing sounded more as though it belonged inside a mental hospital, and goose bumps broke out across his skin despite the heat. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“The Liram boy got his arm broke pretty bad. And some folk got burned and such ...” I felt my whole body relax. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

“Let’s see...We got broke, illiterate, drug dealer, and now, girlfriend beater?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The war broke out and was over before a single safe-suit was ever issued to a single soldier, much less to a civilian. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Next to Billy was little Paul Lazzaro with a broken arm. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look at that. The top of the frost is gone already. Another few days like this, and it will be all gone. Then we will have the tractor in here again, breaking everything up.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, these fools, and just about everybody else on our team, were already on break, and I was still in school getting academied. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The boy lay unconscious, his arms, legs, and back were all broken. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Why not? What use is wearing a broken watch?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I imagined the touch tank breaking, the rays and tiny sharks spilling out all over the floor. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The monsters hit bottom and broke into dust. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They respond with enthusiasm and then watch, thoroughly engrossed, as she breaks down the process of the elaborate braided hairdo. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her nose was flat, as if it had once been broken. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

We found her bobbing in the waves, struggling to keep her head above water, one wing flapping, the other broken looking. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

In March came the first break in the winter. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Please find Reggie,” she said as the first tears broke free. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The butterflies in my stomach carry me through the break room and to Ron’s office. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The light glinted off his war-scape of a mouth; half his teeth were missing, the rest broken or capped in silver. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I almost break down but regain my composure and go on. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the bell rings, and break’s over. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

You shift, and the afternoons rays break through from behind your head. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

His angry face broke into a devilish smile. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Most practical people would have cut the cord right there, would have broken away from Bodega like a rancher shoots a horse with a broken leg. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Its leg had once been broken for marrow, and Thor had set it, but the goat had never been as strong again. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

They slept hard and didn’t stir when the quiet got broken up by the Temptations. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Thus the coffee break is a rest in many senses. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is not a system that needs tinkering around the edges, this is a system that is broken almost everywhere you look,” a panel of state-approved correctional experts concluded in 2006. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Guess it’s broken all right. Wonder how much that’ll cost me.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Problem was that one night, they broke into my toolshed in the backyard. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It will include the broken glasses and damaged furniture.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen of his hands started playing patty-cake, but none of them made any attempt to break the bars. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Examining the captives, Corte-Real found to his astonishment that two were wearing items from Venice: a broken sword and two silver rings. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Francie looked at his well-polished black shoes and noticed how the cuffless trousers came down in the back over the heel, and what a nice break they made across his instep. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sweeping, folks stopping by, a break for water where Ivan don’t say nothing to me, more sweeping. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

At that lawless flower-child Camp Day-Glo, they probably let you drive when your foot could reach the pedal without breaking the moisture seal on your training pants. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Grendel had no might left. I broke more than his arm. He is surely dead.” Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t break the law but no telling if the sheriff would come out to bring us in or something. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mom and my dad almost destroyed two families. Mine is still broken.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Someone broke into your house after you’d been kind enough to switch off the burglar alarm? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Rain and dirt had blended into a heavy goo along the rail; breaking from the three post, Seabiscuit would be right down in it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt a kind of pride in being allowed to touch all the delicate glassware, plates, and bowls, and he hadn’t broken a single thing. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There is great tension in the world, tension toward a breaking point, and men are unhappy and confused. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She hurried along, slipping twice, her heart pounding so loudly that she thought her ears would break. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“At best, her bones are simply broken, but if it’s more than that...” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I need a break. Also a shower. Also I’m pretty scared.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pulling carefully and steadily so as not to snag the line and break it, she hauled the prepared rope up and over until both ends were on the ground. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The upside was that because she’d been so worried about being late, Dimple had driven ten above the speed limit the entire time, refused to stop for breaks, and made it early. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because they were taking a short break and the situation didn’t seem real yet. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Without our binary stars holding us together, our orbits decayed until the Bahrami family solar system succumbed to entropy and broke apart. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Like Mithridates with his poison, you could even break your bones on purpose, put your arm in a drawer and slam it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

A sense of jittery anticipation had filled the warm tent, the general murmuring broken by occasional spurts of excited laughter. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

On Friday nights, he is a host for a Bible-study and dinner party for seventy or eighty Christian students, who serve themselves heaping plates of pasta before breaking into study groups. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Once I broke the seal on the patch kit, I had sixty seconds before the resin set. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Becky convinced Madam to send me to market on my own again because she was afraid to go, what with battle due to break out any minute. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just thought you’d like to take your break with me. We could talk.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her voice breaks a little, and she clears her throat. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“One of us is going to die tonight. Does that break up your boredom?” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I see. You don’t blame her. You blame a woman of standards and ideals. If a thief broke into Levy Pants, I’d be to blame. You need help, Gus. Badly.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There would be sharp wood pieces and jagged fragments of broken pots. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fidelito looked so fierce with his scrawny chest thrust out and revolution blazing from every pore that both Matt and Chacho broke down with hysterical laughter. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The right handle was broken and a few teeth were missing. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

His motorcycle was broken in two pieces, the muffler dangled, the spring forks were bent, the handlebars twisted. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I push my way through limbs that scratch my face like broken glass, faster and faster, because I can hear screaming. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Startled by the sudden rise of a flock of geese from the roadside, the horses had broken into a canter. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She'd had a number of jobs over the years, but had never taken a break between them. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As a young woman, she had played a key role in code breaking during World War I. She later cracked the codes of American mobsters, smashing their crime gangs. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

With a shout, he broke across the clearing, running so fast he nearly toppled over, and he threw himself toward her, toward her out-reaching hands as the dark fists pulled her over the edge. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’m about ready to curse myself out for ever being stupid enough to open my mouth, when Spike breaks the silence. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A golden giant was waiting to break him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Only after they were under way did Fischer allow himself to break into a big, boyish grin. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had borrowed a car, an old pea-green Plymouth with a broken passenger-side window, and we drove through the mountains to a nearby town, stopping at a roadside bar. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was like stumbling upon a bunch of broken pieces to a spaceship. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

My tongue felt the ragged edge of a broken tooth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perfectly formed words, with not a break in them, not a hard edge. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Yvonne took a work break and led us outside to the plaza in the middle of Rock Center. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but not like that. Not like spring break road trip besties,” Anna says, pursing her lips. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The play is a big break for him, but it doesn’t feel the same without him around. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

It happened to be standing out in front of the house, right where the ground broke away in a sharp slant toward the spring and creek. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It would be embarrassing for Otrera if her followers failed in their duties—if, for instance, they were overcome by an outsider and a prison break occurred.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Maybe she was driving there to break up with Jake, then,” the Colonel said, his voice suddenly edgeless. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

With a slightly cocky look over his shoulder at his younger brother, James took the trolley from his mother and broke into a run. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Jinny sputtered as she turned quickly this way and that, small waves rolling past her, breaking gently against her shoulders. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in worn overalls, his boots were scuffed, and the shoelaces broken and knotted. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when this was done, they set to repairing the fences which had been broken by whoever had done the damage. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Neither of them broke step: In silence both raised their left arms in a kind of salute and passed straight through, as though the dark metal were smoke. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, Violet. Like, when people start breaking windows and beating each other up, and they have to call in the cops. A riot. You know. Riot?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked out in the light of breaking clouds. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always cover my ears when I don’t want something to happen, like if I drop a glass and don’t want it to break. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The boy they called Dirtyhands didn’t need a reason any more than he needed permission—to break a leg, sever an alliance, or change a man’s fortunes with the turn of a card. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She fell stunned, and the President broke free and hauled himself bleeding into the cage, dragging the door shut after him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“And it’s not broken? Is that why you’re leaving it behind?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Ifyouwantto step on broken glass, Uriah, be my guest,” she snaps. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“That’s fine! This might be just the break we needed to crack the case wide open. Do you know where we can find him?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You broke my motorcycle, my only way of getting out of this place. I’m too little to wade through slush, and anyway walking isn’t as much fun as riding my motorcycle, especially through puddles.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I shovel a handful of the fresh snow into my mouth, lis­ten to the muffled stillness broken only by the cawing of crows. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“For the health of our family,” she said eventually, “you are to break it off.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I was called on day and night to X-ray all types of ugly wounds to see if the bones behind the bruised or bleeding flesh had been cracked, chipped, or broken. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The Heads of Houses moved among the students, marshaling them into position and breaking up arguments. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When the cops came, he was still gripping the broken bottle in his hand, and watching his own blood flow between the fingers of his fist and drip on the Mexican’s oiled wood floor. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as Park saw her, he climbed out the window and hung four feet from the ground—he was going to break his ankles. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

After another few minutes, a kid in silver walked up from the hotel taxi stand, where he’d been taking a break. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

All downed birds are retrieved by so-called wringer boys, who break the necks of the wounded and place all bodies in plastic bags. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Jesper looked back at the rocking waves, at the broken bits of mast and torn sail where a ship had been only seconds before. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Many years later, when Macondo was a field of wooden houses with zinc roofs, the broken and dusty almond trees still stood on the oldest streets, although no one knew who had planted them. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“My true friend, from the bottom of my broken heart I thank you. Tell me what I am to do, and I shall not falter!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He breaks us into groups and gives us the rest of the class period to use our tablets and laptops to start our research. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I stumble beside her over broken glass and through water and out an open doorway. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Chuck yelled, the slightest hint of his old self breaking through. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Heavy, irresistible waves of dreamless sleep broke over him; he fell back onto his pillows and thought no more. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Papa clapped and hugged you, while Dadi—well, Dadi began prancing around the living room until you were afraid she would break a hip. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Surely they’d broken the sound barrier but were moving too fast to notice. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Saturdays, however, always broke the mold and dared to be different. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the first stage, a small number of well-trained volunteers would break selected laws in a handful of urban areas. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

About halfway down the precipice, Annabeth said, “Stop, okay? Just a quick break.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The following night, Bob found the spot in the corner of my domain where the glass is broken. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Choking, stumbling, he moved like a broken toy around the yard. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We should see if he is okay—like no broken bones and all that.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The crack of wood breaking startled me, but I let out a breath of relief when I saw it was only Jay punching out the pieces of his model airplane kit. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, you better be careful. I hope your dad’s right about the Official Secrets Act. You know what the penalty for breaking it is?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“And that’s why I’m here. You could break free too. Start over. In Iowa.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They say a little kid broke his neck while sledding down that hill a few years ago, but I don’t know if this is actually true or just one of those legends. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Huge chunks of ice were breaking away from their berg all the time. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Just tell me where he works and what time he goes on break.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you think I’d survive the fall? Now, that would be breaking The Rule.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

If I thought there was any doubt—” “Oh, enough, Robert!” she broke into his heated outburst. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Roz pinched the broken quill closer to the skin, and then, very slowly, she pulled it out. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was no sign of them at all anymore— they’d broken up and, over the years, washed away into the ocean. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I can see the light breaking through the trees up ahead.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“C’mon,” Tam says, breaking the pause, “let’s get to some feasting.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She said softly, “The water broke at dawn.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That meant that they were not going to sneak out of the house and break into Building 10 and steal Archie. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“There never was such a cross family!” cried Jo, losing her temper when she had upset an inkstand, broken both boot lacings, and sat down upon her hat. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a great wrenching as the wings caught the pines at the side of the clearing and broke back, ripping back just outside the main braces. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were all these things that people had thrown away back there—old cookers and broken dishes and dolls with no arms and no legs and empty cans and broken bottles. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The drifts had climbed so high that they swallowed the man bodily ... but bowmen on the battlements claimed they glimpsed him sometime later, dragging a broken leg through the snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the end his mother broke off three-quarters of the chocolate and gave it to Winston, giving the other quar-ter to his sister. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I take out my cigarettes, break each one in half and give them to the Russians. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as the far off hand of Quinn tightened its pressure in easy stages, the laughter grew forced, an element of hollow uncertainty entered, and people broke off to wonder. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

After a few strides I break into a run. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The orange-stained sky was waiting as I broke into the night, coughing up water and poisoned air. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But the images broke up of their own accord, weightless chimeras routed by a numbness that ran through him unchallenged. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hung out together during breaks and made jokes, especially since the other three guys hung out together and made their own jokes. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I only know how to break locks, not open them,” said Seven, cringing. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Rubble and broken glass littered the floor, but I barely noticed. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Why should the child not break a plate? What food is there to eat from it anyway?” the breast-feeding woman asked sourly, still sniffling. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe his anger and sadness were so great that he feared breaking down if he tried to console me. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

A few weeks after break, I’m still trying to figure some stuff out. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Marly stopped being afraid Mr. Chris might break if she touched him or the bed, and sat perched at the foot. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The only times that I enjoyed were the afternoon breaks, when we went swimming in the river. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The spider tumbled from the broken web, hung by a single strand a few inches above the floor, then swiftly climbed the strand, scrambled across the top front rail of the porch, and disappeared. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry for breaking things off with you,” she said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then both boys broke into hard laughter, looking at each other through squinted eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure! That is, if you look out for him and break him right. I’ll show you how. He’s just a colt. You can’t ride him for some time.’ The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice broke off, and it was just the wind and his rushed breaths for a few moments, jagged with anger. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Father had to go to one of Mr. Alger’s houses to fix some pipes that had just broken, so that left us without anything to do. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under ordinary circumstances, he was the kind of guy Archie took pleasure in assigning, watching him bend or break. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did break something of hers and I wanted my compass back. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They didn’t keep score during open gym, but Felix knew they were up by double digits when they took a water break. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now you must tell me: why did the knife break?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then the squall struck whining from the west, with gale force, breaking both forestays, and the mast came toppling aft along the ship’s length, so the running rigging showered into the bilge. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It cracked with a sound like a bullet in the silence: The surface of the pool broke and chunks of dark ice rocked on the ruffled water. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

At least I had broken her of putting cream and sugar into everything. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Keeper suddenly broke off his pacing and hurled himself across the room. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If she tells me things, she tells me in confidence. Why should I break that confidence and tell you?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to break it if he didn’t have to. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Now that the ice was broken, could he not do other things? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His broken horse leg was still mending, so he would be confined to the chair for a few months, until the leg was strong enough to take his weight. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Look how he does his work so well, how he lines the cane carefully, evenly, straightening the broken places so all the juice does not flow out. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We shall break into groups of four,” he said. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The little groups on the lawns and in the drive broke up and scattered. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The industrial food chain breaks all food down into a few simple elements. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The Carver band played “The Star-Spangled Banner” and everybody stood up, then they broke into “Lift Every Voice,” and I saw that everybody from Trinity stayed standing along with the black kids from Carver. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When I was five he had a black girlfriend for about three months, and I swear they broke up because she couldn’t help him with my hair. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Styx took the wrenches and went to work on the broken wheel. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Puffs of conversation broke the silence of their tomb. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surprised, Peanut hesitated, then broke for his basket, not noticing that Ben trailed him and not noticing that a flight jacketed figure trailed Ben on the sidelines. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shards from the domed ceiling broke and tumbled down in slow motion. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After two hours of backbreaking labor, hauling the boats through wet, heavy snow, detouring around piles of broken floe, they were only one mile from Endurance. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Get everything taken care of so we can enjoy our Thanksgiving break.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

And there they are, instantly drawn into one of those pacts you’d be hard-pressed to break if you ever expect to go home and face your district. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The agents have stopped this last group from making a run for the elevators because a group of scary-looking gorilla hybrids are close to breaking through the line of agents protecting the escape route. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Years later Fufi died when a burglar was trying to break into our house. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Everyone says I did. Everyone says that’s why Snow had you tortured. To break me.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“We broke our fast in the commons,” said Marsh. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That same day, similar riots broke out in cities all over Germany and in nearby Austria, where a large number of ethnic Germans lived. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

A score or more broke back and charged the waggons. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

As morning approached, the wolves began to melt away, and when dawn finally broke and there was light enough to see beyond their campfire, there was no sign of them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“But what do you think he’s broken out to do?” said Madam Rosmerta. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

There was no sound but our breaths bubbling up and obscure thuds from deep inside the ship, pieces of the broken hull knocking in the current. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Coughing at the smoke that was getting thicker and warmer with every passing second, Frankie pulled on the metal bar, urging the door to break free. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We constantly had to break and hack off branches, trying to win back our ground. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just like in Marshall, we broke for a meal right in the fields. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gestures to the broken glass, then turns around and disappears through a dark doorway. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Look: When a dam breaks, it doesn't explode like a bomb. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Are...are you suggesting we break into someone’s house?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He dropped his gift and it broke open. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I can count on Al to try to break the tension. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was a child's vow from fairy tales, where breaking it was a curse, and it was more powerful to Lazlo than any vow on god or monarch would have been. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The girl was still there, still appealing from behind the breaking barricade of rouge. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep it vague because I don’t want to break the news to this bookseller that the customers he’s ringing up are dying at seventeen and eighteen. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I try to break out of my prison tonight. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I put down my pencil, glad of a break. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set out small offerings of guava and avocado I have picked and broken open, exposing them to him as food. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The broken tables had been replaced, even if they were just wooden pallets resting on the tops of plastic barrels. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

When, they had left Boston, packing had taken weeks, with trunks and crates and loads of straw to cushion whatever might break. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

"My hand," the guardsman yelped, cradling his broken fingers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They broke their gaze to look around, and saw the city no longer holding its breath. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She stomped away from her crate and over the rocks and through the gravesite until she was standing above a broken robot body. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the distance, more breaks in the walls led to other paths, and farther down, maybe a hundred yards or so away, the straight passage came to a dead end. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I broke off a square, and a glob of caramel oozed onto my finger. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He flipped on the switch without breaking stride, and the powerful beam lit the road in front of him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her African-bush secretiveness and suspiciousness had been compounded by slavery and confirmed by centuries of promises made and promises broken. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hairdresser said the old man was all broke up. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The waves were beginning to break over the barrier of the Great Tide Pool. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Has all of this broken you worse than it’s broken the rest of us? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” he said as he emptied his purse onto the table then fingered through the jumbled coins: heavy silver talents and thin silver bits, copper jots, broken ha’pennies, and iron drabs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Under my arm is my CSA portfolio of broken blobs and bowls. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

An old, familiar question broke in on his daydreams. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He beat the floorboards with such force that I thought he might break his hand. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

A couple of days after spring break ended, Mom found out that Via hadn’t told her about a school play that was happening at her high school the next week. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

King leaves, pushing the door hard enough to nearly break the hinges, the bell clanging wildly. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

At once the men who were gathered round him broke up into small groups, and went off this way and that, vanishing quickly into the shadows of the rocks and trees. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The only result was that the horse broke into a kind of pretense of a trot for five or six paces and then subsided into a walk again. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Yet in only a few years, he would be so broke that he couldn’t afford his lighting bill and had to vacate his mansion. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I broke up with her, and now she’s crazy—like she’s either going to kill herself or kill me or...I don’t know. Something crazy.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then she broke open one of those sterile packets that needles come in and took out a truly large one, which was bent in the middle at a ninety-degree angle. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the silence was broken, the people scattered like crows. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The Yearling was already broke to a halter and lead, so Shawn brought out the saddle that first day. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mares cried for their own particular Young & struggled to drag their broken Limbs through the Grass. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Catelyn Stark watched the he eastern sky was rose and gold as the sun broke light spread, her hands resting on the delicate carved stone of the balustrade outside her window. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“That’s where you broke in. Don’t have D ball no more.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guessed that Zach had called him with his one phone call, and here he was, breaking the news. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so afraid that we would just keep colliding over and over again if we stayed together, and that eventually the impact would break me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

What was within their control, however, they took pains to bulletproof, even if it meant stretching—then breaking—their timeline. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Amaka broke into song at the end of each decade, uplifting Igbo songs that made Aunty Ifeoma sing in echoes, like an opera singer drawing the words from the pit of her stomach. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Alexander forged on with the interview, but the discussion he had planned so carefully had broken down completely. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, come on," my mother would say "I'm sure she's not that bad. Give her a break. The girl's just trying to do her job." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Carefully and neady I line up the cane, straightening the broken places. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even without our Links connected, I sense a certain unease in him, something that turns his eyes distant, the same thing that made him break away from me that night at his home. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was honored to be acknowledged for breaking barriers in sport, as the first Muslim woman to represent the United States in international competition, but I hadn’t even qualified for the Olympics. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Her heel came down on something sharp, a stone or piece of broken crockery. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The New York Times had broken the story. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look,” said Ron delightedly, gazing at his schedule, “we’ve got a free period now...and a free period after break...and after lunch...excellent!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I thought for a moment it was the last strains of sunset, but then, as we dashed toward the exit, I caught a glimpse of the sky through the broken roof. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The next morning, as they broke their fast, she apologized to Septa Mordane and asked for her pardon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Part of me hopes that she won’t spend the rest of her life crying over boys, or men, who break her heart. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The results would let everyone know where they stood going into the longer, harder push after the Christmas break. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Even imagining them looking at me that way quickens my heartbeat, makes me break out in a terrified sweat. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We shall leave them ruined and wasted, broken and shattered, torn in a thousand pieces and scattered to the four winds. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

At this compliment the girl broke into a big smile. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Uric the Oddball attempted at one time to prove that Fwooper song was actually beneficial to the health and listened to it for three months on end without a break. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t look at him when she said this, but Glerk could feel a cold prickliness emanating from the Witch’s shoulder, and it nearly broke his heart. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Linde’s idea of a slow breaking of symmetry was very good, but I later realized that his bubbles would have to have been bigger than the size of the universe at the time! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stale, wormy biscuits could break your teeth. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

They made fun of me, which I appreciated—they didn’t act like I was going to break. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe a broken wing, or sternum, or tail. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four, Privet Drive. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

At a certain point, we all broke through to a deep-down understanding that we were a family. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They all saw what he held, the unbearable broken form of her, the pink and red and cinnamon so brutally beautiful against the blue of her skin and his. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Every wooden leg was broken, the upholstery ripped to shreds, hunks of stuffing strewn across the floor, along with the remains of the clock, flung from the wall and broken to almost unrecognizable bits. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her statement broke the deadlock, though it was probably the last thing Minerva had intended. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just wondered where you —” Ron broke off, shrugging. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Holes in the road had not been repaired; windows were broken; plaster was peeling. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother’s and father’s voices are high and frantic, breaking. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He admitted he needed to take occasional breaks from the intensity of the clinic, but mostly these time-consuming excursions were to set an example for the doctors and nurses who worked beside him. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Almost as the two animals reached midstream the dam broke altogether. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I know, baby. No, it’s great news, but—” His voice broke with emotion. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My community might be upset as well, because I am breaking the culture of silence. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He woke at dawn to the sound of falling rain and the timid knock of a serving man anxious to learn how his new lord would break his fast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The field and surrounding asphalt track were covered with glass from broken bottles, and there were no soccer goals, only a couple of rusting chain-link backstops. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The universe came from nothing—and both theories break down when they try to explain the origin of the cosmos. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was like her head was broke off from her body and thrown away. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Just as your mum needs these pieces of wood! Let s drag that big one over here and see if we’re strong enough to break it, shall we?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“He’s messing with my totem again. Hey!” he screamed, breaking into a run. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He was terrified of doing something wrong and breaking it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I get to go to the concert and Dad breaks the news to Mom. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Legions of people think of rather stiff sentences—None of Dempsey’s teeth was chipped, or None ofTunney’s fingers was broken—as grammatically correct. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a tile broke, and the boy standing on it slipped and fell, but the one beside him picked up the broken piece and hurled it at Lyra. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It breaks between us and we both laugh. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

A short silence falls over our table, broken only by the clang of forks against porcelain, the obnoxious slurping sounds Connor makes as he eats his chow mein. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A van had broken down, spilling clothes and furniture all over the road and creating a big backup. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’s been no break from it since the Games began. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gordievsky took off through the woods beyond his apartment complex and broke into a run. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Or were the SS just searching everywhere, breaking down doors until they found something wrong? The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I knew I would feel them, and soon, but I didn’t dare do anything that might break the spell of waiting. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Pain shot up her legs, but she stumbled forward and broke into a run, hauling Percy after her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Bram's going to break up with you when he hears you sing? Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“You could maybe wait until the semester break. Or until next year. Get a fresh start.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I broke out all over in hot prickles. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care if your motorcycle is broken,” he informed Ralph. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Here chick,” she called, “here chick, chick, chick, chick, chick, chick—” Ellen slowly reached out with her hoe and broke a clod of dirt into crumbling fragments. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men who’d been working together, now a tangle of body parts and broken pieces. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The diamond surface of the water broke and hissed; it sent sparks in all directions and turned a vivid, poisonous-looking blue. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m Tiny Shanks,” he said, breaking into a grin. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His graceful, streamlined body threw out blazing highlights as he loped with easy speed across the broken ground. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

You can also discover how they broke each type of encryption, from the simplest commercial code systems all the way to Enigma. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“From what you have told me,” Mr. D said, “we have broken even on this escapade. We have, ah, regrettably lost Annie Bell—” “Annabeth,” I snapped. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“If any of those Christian white traders behaved the way their Bible tells them to live, they would all go broke.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dark-skinned, bearded, with broken teeth and a broken smile, if ever one erupts. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Julius led them, bent double, peering at the dry grasses and broken scrub, moving slowly, a terrible air of desperation about him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was so despised that Americans broke new ground in finding imaginative ways to get around it. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He had broken the Decree for the Restriction of Underage Wizardry so badly, he was surprised Ministry of Magic representatives weren’t swooping down on him where he sat. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He breaks into a quarantine zone, enters a house marked with a three-lined X, and reappears several minutes later. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Eventually she stopped being cute and started being strong, and had to be kept outside because she kept breaking things. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

"I said hell, no! And I kept saying no until I broke the chain and left." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever she hugged me or put her arms around me, I would quickly break loose. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They played other teams of good- natured alcoholics, and while fistfights occasionally broke out, rarely was there a gunfight afterwards. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected it to be awkward, like our visit at Christmas, or tense, like over spring break when I had to watch every word. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would swing and look at it—a breaking twig, a movement of air—and know die sound as if he somehow could move his mind back down the wave of sound to the source. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Tomas and his brother broke away and marched back into the scorched grove. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of awkward crunching, Basil goes ahead and breaks the silence. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I am learning to pass, to look like everyone else, even though I feel broken inside. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The moon had long since disappeared and now the dawn was breaking. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bacchus said something about breaking through. Coach, you still have ammo for those ballistae?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Eventually, the arts broke into different specialties, and the separate role of music teacher as we know it was created. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Spates of violence broke out between the Inkatha Freedom Party and the ANC, the African National Congress, as they jockeyed for power. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

On top of the wall cheering broke out. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They seemed to be pulling together for the final lap - aware that the next two days would make or break them. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The conjurer said, “Start breaking things down in here, boy. I want to leave by noon tomorrow. Red, go see if Madame Sabbar is all right. Reverend, we need to talk.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe the teachers would give me a break and feel sorry for me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

We should also know that the lockers in the break room and whatever is in them can be searched at any time. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mold-eaten carpet under her feet had once been gorgeously colored, and whorls of gold could still be seen in the fabric, glinting broken amidst the faded grey and mottled green. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The only things left out of place were today’s Daily Prophet, still lying on the bed, and on top of it, the piece of broken mirror. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

So when UN food bags would break open, leaving food behind, the Anyuak would collect it. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a bit of dark metal, a piece of broken jewelry perhaps, the half-circle of a broken ring. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Whit broke out, “What the hell’s takin’ him so long? Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just past the Abnegation sector of the city is the stretch of building skeletons and broken sidewalks that I now walk through. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He looked desperately sad and broken; even his stalwart manhood seemed to have shrunk somewhat under the strain of his much-tried emotions. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Even if he broke into my house, or whatever he was planning, he’d never find it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I gathered that the singing part of the rehearsal was over, and before the coach’s dissonant speaking voice could entirely break the spell the children’s singing had cast, I got up and left the church. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

His leaving hurt like the punch of finality that only comes from a broken heart. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The priest was sufficiently alarmed that he had broken the tenet of parishioner confidentiality. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A cold, clammy sweat breaks out on my skin and I can't rid myself of the feeling that the boards above my head are about to collapse, to bury me alive under the rubble. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The unoccupied area that the Osage were eyeing was bigger than Delaware, but most whites regarded the land as “broken, rocky, sterile, and utterly unfit for cultivation,” as one Indian Affairs agent put it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But I knew that darkness would soon be broken before the dawn. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

All four of them broke out down the street, sprinting, screaming for the ice-cream truck to stop. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Local legend had it you couldn’t take three paces without stepping on broken glass, dog poo, or a rusty piece of the pool’s slippery metal slide that had flaked away. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

You pressed its tail and it opened its mouth and you put the coin in between its tusks, one of which had been broken off and glued back on. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Eventually there would be what is called a phase transition and the symmetry between the forces would be broken: the strong force would become different from the weak and electromagnetic forces. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shrieks cracked, breaking into howls and bloodthirsty cries. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Some of the smaller children rushed to break off elephant-ear leaves for umbrellas, but most of us simply stayed where we were, receiving the downpour. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But, my dear sir,” cried Mr. Weston, “if Emma comes away early, it will be breaking up the party.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Key West was so broke that they let the inmates go home for supper because it was cheaper. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a closet here, full of odds and ends, old chairs with broken backs, paint-spattered canvas sheeting. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She eases her hand out gingerly and takes it, her expression startled and half broken. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Plus if cargo is going to shift around or break things, I want to know about it now. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walls of evergreen trees fall and rise, breaking open to reveal wide meadows. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But when the body failed to come alive and scar my mind forever by breaking the glass and going for my jugular, my initial panic subsided. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“The ceremony is quite broken off,” subjoined the voice behind us. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Without breaking stride, he smacks one of them on the side of the head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They flew right through the night and arrived in England just as dawn was breaking. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wiped her eyes and said in barely a whisper, “I feel like a broken drum—hollow, crushed, unable to make a sound.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fights broke out over what little food remained. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The wildling grinned at him through a mouth of brown and broken teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If he wants me broken, then I will have to be whole. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

"I'll break the other one for you if you ask nicely." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The rock bounded on, thumping and smashing toward the beach, while a shower of broken twigs and leaves fell on him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I think he might start shaking, or break down in some way, but he doesn’t. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Did you have a nice break?” she asked. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Dimly, as if through a veil, geneticists were beginning to visualize patterns and themes: threads, strings, maps, crossings, broken and unbroken lines, chromosomes that carried information in a coded and compressed form. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

"It's serious to break the law like this." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Umma, give him a break,” I tell her after he’s gone. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

In one corner there was a cracked sink, over which a slab of a broken mirror hung. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caked with filthy mud and trailing broken spears, they dashed off along the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We break out the wreaths, the cornstalks, the hay bales, the wood smoke, and the scarecrows. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He began to sweep with a wide broom while the radio poured forth sad songs about lonely highways, broken hearts, and jail. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Though my parents are talking about throwing a big party this year instead of going to Paris. I hope so. What are you doing over break?” said Julian. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Little Paul Lazzaro, with a broken arm, snored on one bed. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wounded expression in the children’s eyes broke what was left of Charlie’s heart. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Not openings or breaks, but dark fissures in the globe light of the day. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But something I couldn’t see or understand was holding me together so that I didn’t completely break and stop working, like my cell phone at the beginning of summer. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

When he caught those eyes in his glance, invariably there wavered upon the child’s face a flickering smile that broke his heart. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Occasionally when no one’s home, I go into his office and break his pencils. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Some lords trusted their maesters to read their letters and convey the contents, but Stannis insisted on breaking the seals himself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

All of the influence that my brother had wielded over me was broken. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Okay, the worst part of the fight was that Lieutenant Carroll got a broken tooth. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The forest broke open with a great crack, and Arm fell into darkness until— —he was shaken awake by Ear. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It turned out the test had been “broken” in my year; they were tweaking it to make it less formulaic—i.e., less likely to let in people like me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She broke up the wood and began to feed the fire. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one had expected the broken boy to live. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Impossible to imagine my father weeping from a broken heart. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Woolf had no option but to wait for a hole to break ahead of him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who broke Babe Ruth’s record of seven hundred fourteen home runs?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Panic digs its broken fingernails into my soul. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It is a really good way to have both your hearts broken. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The sea swelled rhythmically beneath him, and he leaned forward whenever a wave folded in and broke to a yellow froth. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

You tell your kids to hurry, no time for breaks. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Probably it will only be my neck that gets broken. Hold on, Nell; I’m coming onto the platform. I want to get past you so you can go down ahead of me.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Alaska walked in on the first day back from Christmas break and sat beside the Colonel on the couch. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He and Roberto wrapped the gallon water bottle with burlap and sewed it tightly to keep the bottle from breaking. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t remember if either of these two were with the crowd who saw Chloe breaking up with me on that horrible day. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The words tumbled out, faster now, as if a dam inside her had broken, and the story was roaring through her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Sandy perched on the edge of a straight-backed chair, adjusted his round wire-framed glasses, repaired at the bridge with adhesive tape, across his broken nose, and told about his children. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a knock on the break room door, even though it’s open. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I thought about the fact that English and Shannon wanted to do something but were afraid to break the rules. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

If I go to a new school, my circle of friends will break. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Something breaks in me, and I start to heave, tears running down my face. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I broke off my daydream to take in our surroundings. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole house hung like broken dishes just before they hit the floor. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

By the time they finished climbing the hill and rolling away anger, a bright sun had broken through the clouds. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When Cleon Jones camped under the final fly ball against the Orioles, all hell broke loose. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was hanging out with a couple of friends when the fight broke out, and like every other kid on campus, I wanted to see it up close. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The outdoor plaza was covered with twisted metal and shattered glass and broken furniture. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

After that he still gave me a black eye and several broken ribs before I managed to kick him squarely between the legs and get free. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A man with a shirt frayed at the cuffs, without a jacket and wearing broken shoes, marched along reciting the Poet’s most revolutionary poems, his grief streaming down his face. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Little Jane’s love would have been my best reward,” he answered; “without it, my heart is broken. But Jane will give me her love: yes—nobly, generously.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

"If I keep them any more in line," their mother began—and then Sandi heard her mother's voice breaking. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The king broke into a smile you could warm your hands over. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

We’ll work on it for the next few weeks, she says, right up to the winter break. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

One time I saw an old jet-black woman, bent like an ostrich with its head in the sand, trying to cultivate the bone-dry soil with a broken hoe. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember Guillermo saying the cracks and breaks were the best and most interesting parts of the work in my portfolio. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Darn thing went and broke on me again.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We broke for lunch in the middle of the game and I sat and chatted with Frank. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Taken by surprise, the bats broke out of their formation and zoomed down, only to find themselves with no one to capture. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The whole class breaks out clapping, as if Sammy has already won. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

My thoughts feel like broken glass in my head. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

All day we sat there in the rain breaking stones, and for the whole of that week, and Nathan grew neither better nor worse. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you think that breaking the ring would break the curse?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, it sounds like you want to break up with me.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Buoyed up, I forgot my usual feeling of routine self-pity when working out, I lost myself, oppressed mind along with aching body; all entanglements were shed, I broke into the clear. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silence was broken, not by Ron, who in any case looked as though he was temporarily dumbstruck, but by a soft tap, tap on the window. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I’d broken his nose but he was trying to apologize to me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then to Briony, “I’ll be quite honest with you. I’m torn between breaking your stupid neck here and taking you outside and throwing you down the stairs.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We walk slowly now, sandals crunching on broken stones and rubble. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was more a feat of boredom last spring as we all got ready to go off in separate directions for a break from school. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The merchant spent the entire day mumbling behind the counter, telling the boy to be careful with the pieces and not to break anything. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was cutting a tree when a branch dislodged and struck him, breaking his neck. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The coaches’ conference broke up, and the Manatee guy waved his players off the field. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had stumbled upon a private scene that belied everything he thought he knew about the golden godson and his charmed life, and it broke something in him to see the other boy brought low. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Their plan was to hold us off at their defense lines, to be the rock that would break the sword of our attack. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Relf was replacing a broken pane of glass in her back door when he arrived. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Barely three miles into the journey the wreck had broken up during a thunder squall and gone down in twenty-two feet of water. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe he can at least get caps put on his broken teeth. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Someone had to break the news that I was in big trouble, and that I’d broken every expectation that had ever been held for me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want it to say that I'm sorry for being broken. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The Grindylow has very long fingers, which, though they exert a powerful grip, are easy to break. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told me that Nolan broke up with Miri in the middle of the cafeteria. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His brown hand still clutched the hilt of a broken sword. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“After three days of uncertainty, the clouds that hung over the Japanese islands for the past week were beginning to break up. Conditions were ‘go’ and tomorrow was the day.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The window overlook­ing the square had broken, hadn’t been replaced. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Someone broke in the window. You locked the door, Grandfather. It’s not your fault.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ice had broken between us and the gap was widening as the current of my mind carried me swiftly into the open sea. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

What I thought were blueberries have a slightly different shape, and when I break one open the insides are bloodred. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I felt like I was dying, or the Earth was breaking apart beneath my feet, or the sky might swallow me whole. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They'd made it seem like I was breaking up with them, not him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, to even enter the damaged store, strewn everywhere with debris and broken glass, would have required an agility that she did not possess. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He was too dazed to worry about what Celia would say when she saw the broken window. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all he knew, those darts had broken during the flight of the Berg. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When Florida saw them running toward her, she felt as if she would break apart into a zillion pieces, and all those pieces would scatter into the air and disappear into the clouds. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I think we should take a break. Stop spending so much time together.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s their lunch break, but they don’t go out. Don’t blame them either.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Folk said it was a sport in which a bear, with its teeth broken off deliberately, was chained to a post and set upon by a pack of dogs. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We thought for sure he’d broke his neck. But come to find out, it didn’t hurt him a bit!” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Henry tried to break it down into little bits, thinking six letters at a time would be good. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hans was already a medical student at the University of Munich when war broke out in 1939. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of going to our spot, Isabella and I just walk around at break, and I see so many people wearing armbands, I get those busy butterflies in my stomach. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then the bacteria, fungi, and earthworms will get to work breaking the old roots down into rich brown humus. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

So Dad decided to take a break and walk back up to the house with me. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Or the college kid who deals drugs out of his dorm room so that he’ll have cash to finance his spring break? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He had frequently invited me along, but I had no desire to have my back broken again. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear sat at Craster's board, breaking his fast with the other officers on fried bread, bacon, and sheepgut sausage. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Dadi only talked like that, all formal and stuff, when she was cooking up some cockamamie plan that would usually end up with something valuable broken. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

For if it does, then it has broken its foremost oath and shall be forever dismantled, its members immediately banished from the supernatural world. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They watched Lupin seize a broken branch from the ground and prod the knot on the trunk. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I had taken only two steps when the ice broke. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The quiet that suffused the doctor’s house then, broken only by the murmur of the women eating sunshine cake, was only that: quiet. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I make my way up the front walk to Chokecherry Middle School, heads turn in my direction and animated conversations break out. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But then break time came, and not knowing where else to go, I went into the coatroom because there was a bench there. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

His neck twisted at a broken angle, a fleck of bloody foam on his lips. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She could come all this way, she could break him out of his snow globe, and he would scoff and roll his eyes and say, “Hazel, stop being such a baby.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It’s all them white peoples that breaks me, standing around the colored neighborhood. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Finally he says, “Well, don’t forget your form. Bad habits are easy to find and hard to break.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Figure 1.85: A slur marking indicates no articulation — no break in the sound — between notes of different pitches. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, Beto’s set on fixing it. I told him he could use my tools. He can’t make it any more broke, right?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure Juanga would love to see me topple over and break my neck in front of everybody. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Extra duties, like breaking the open code in the Doll Woman letters in 1944, made her working days even longer. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He rolled over slowly and supporting himself on one elbow he looked out the broken window. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear footsteps and laughter at the end of the hallway, and we break apart. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He broke to the right on one carry but had no acceleration at all and was easily tackled for no gain. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It surprised me no end how much I missed our ordinary, routine life—the simple act of pouring wax into a candle mold or repairing a broken hive box. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All about them was a lazy humming of bees, broken by the sharp clatter of a locust. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He’s got the question on the board, 8 = 5 + 2d, but Charmaine starts with “So nice to see you, Mr. Garfield. How was your break?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Bran did want to be married to a tree ... but who else would wed a broken boy like him? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"You know the advertisement of the man----" "All right," broke in Tom quickly, "I'm perfectly willing to go to town. Come on--we're all going to town." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Johnny Longden once won a major race while riding with broken bones in his back and foot. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dream that someone breaks into his home as we sleep, that I stir beside him to see a faceless figure in dark armor standing over his bed. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“He’s a good-hearted boy. Anything breaks at my house, he fixes it.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing left but a jumble of broken stone and glass and ash. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Joseph noticed that the lock on the window was broken and the frame had warped so the window couldn’t shut completely. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Students were not permitted to form romantic attachments to each other—at least not officially, though Kaede had not been the only one to break the rules. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The breaking and crushing were gone, and the love pushed inside his chest, and when he cried now, it was because she loved him so much. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

We use one pail for shells and one for rocks so that the shells don’t get broken. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t break the vial of deadly poison. Man, I’m glad you said that. Never would have occurred to me.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Bulging tongues of ice had broken doors off their hinges, and through their splintered jambs I could see evidence of a raid: kicked- over furniture, drawers torn open, snows of paper on the floor. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Our car broke down,” I said as she came closer. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“If you call broken bones ‘safe,’” Miss Trotter added, “then let us be grateful.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Pretending that I don’t like him anymore breaks my heart. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

What I took out of them was that character was measured by facing up to difficult situations and that a hero was a man who would not break even under the most trying circumstances. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can see how things are already breaking down.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In a fury he hewed at them with his sword, but the thread that he struck did not break. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They sat on the grass behind a low hummock, taking a break together. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When dawn broke over the city, the dark red blooms of dragon's breath surrounded the girls where they lay. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

For instance, right before I had my motorcycle accident I saw the whole thing happen: saw it in my mind-—the rain, the skid tracks, me lying there bleeding and my legs broken. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, “So maybe it’s not so much that other thing. The weak moment born of guilt. It’s kindness. Like you said. Like give somebody a break, is all. And you did.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“And so unsafe! They say they’re likely to explode without warning, and people are always breaking their arms at the crank.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I figure maybe if I don’t break any more rules, Ma will tell me what’s inside the box from Madagascar. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Because he couldn’t stand the torment of prolonging things, he broke their embrace. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The baby clutched his index finger while he conducted his insane, broken, envious, torchlit study. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They waited until Peeves’s gloating voice had faded into the distance, then slid back out of the room and broke into a run again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The archipelago was “black, dismal-looking heaps...of broken lava, forming a shore fit for pandemonium,” the captain wrote. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Just forget it, Bigger. We had to make sure. Stay on and do your work. I’m sorry this had to happen. Don’t let it break you down.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Around her feet, the ground was littered with what looked like broken shells. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ocean broke our kiss and smiled, gently, against my mouth. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A fierce and breathless struggle had broken out on the dock. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I was placing slices of bread in our broken old toaster, another one of Mom’s thrift-store “treasures,” when she walked into the kitchen, wearing her work clothes. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Just a year ago we were groaning over the dismal Christmas we expected to have. Do you remember?” asked Jo, breaking a short pause which had followed a long conversation about many things. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could break every bone in his body, sir.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the boy answers: ‘I would be a healer. I would take the broken bodies of men and mend them.’ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa and I already pulled an old, broken one from a closet to turn in instead of our nice one. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then, before the day was done, a crossbowman sworn to the Flints turned up in the stables with a broken skull. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Someone tripped over a mattress and went down, and then I heard a scuffle break out in the dark. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Looked to me like they’d kill us all if they ever broke through those log walls. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed - why should I not admit it? - at that moment, my heart was breaking. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she cooked Thanksgiving, Brooklyn Daisy went on break and Carolina Daisy ran the show. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As I am constantly telling the Daily Prophet, Mr. Crouch is taking a well-deserved break. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When the water withdrew, a white horse stood among some broken pieces of matching white stone. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The flag was folded into a perfect triangle of white stars just like the one in Grandpop’s room, where Grandpop hid his gun—well, before he broke it all apart. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He broke his left arm below the elbow. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

An Ector County sheriff’s deputy was on hand to make sure no fights broke out over who was where in line. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the same as always—chopping wood, breaking rocks, building new camp buildings. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stand by her side translating, my voice breaking only once, when they ask if he beats me also. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

But now, only a few night birds and insects broke the silence—crickets, an owl, some other bird I had no name for. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

My nose was broken, and I had more bruises and scrapes than I could conveniently count. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Emily sighed, frustrated with the cipher and frustrated with her dad for breaking her concentration. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Barack had moved from an adjunct position to a senior lecturer at the law school, which gave us a tuition break at the university’s Lab School, where Malia was soon to start preschool. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mary had a cracked saucer to play with, and Laura had a beautiful cup with only one big piece broken out of it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peeta, who spends much of the night roaming the train, hears me screaming as I struggle to break out of the haze of drugs that merely prolong the horrible dreams. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“There has to be a break in the mountains, or something.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Tattoo on the face. Isn’t that what Mrs. Kent said the man who broke into their house had?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

These, under high magnification, turn out to be bacteria, living in symbiosis with the spirochetes and the protozoan, probably contributing enzymes that break down the cellulose. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the sun climbs higher in the cloudless sky, we take a break and rest under a tree. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason didn’t see Hades, but whenever a giant stumbled and fell the ground broke open and the giant was snapped up and swallowed. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But unlike theirs it was full of little swirling currents of intention that eddied and broke off and drifted about, to disappear as new ones were born. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His forces swept the enemy away, breaking their every attempt to regroup. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I had figured out that my eyes were broken long before that. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

When the stick broke in two, he yelled in sheer joy and continued beating the rock with the short end of it. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I broke all the safeties and set it to pull 100 percent of the oxygen out. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was standing by the counter, already breaking up some dried fish, extracting the needlelike bones. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, there was a sound of a heavy body pushing through the underbrush, accompanied by a sharp cracking of branches, and the spell was broken. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

So usually when someone's house gets broken into, it's not to steal. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Next I heard a sound like ice breaking, and, looking up, I saw the moon crack apart and start to fall. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the broken windows have now been replaced, and half the aluminum tables already hold plants. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He crosses the classroom to the dressing area, and when he emerges in clothes, he seems even more lost and out of it than he did on the last break. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

We broke out of the woods and there in the dark sat the train. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe you let all those people touch you. I kept expecting you to make a break for the door.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I was trembling so hard I feared my bones might break. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hit that little valley like a tidal wave, and whole houses broke in pieces. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The things that break your heart when you think there’s nothing left to break. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a woman’s voice, high and sweet, with a strange music in it like none that he had ever heard and a sadness that he thought might break his heart. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t leave me,” I begged in a broken voice. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A sudden break and he could free himself. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I waited for my parents to return, to ask what’s wrong, to yell at me for breaking something, but no one came. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Jesus Christ, Charles!” he said, his voice breaking. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I never woulda been the one to break the silence between me and Mom, and me and Dad, if it weren’t for Terupt’s accident. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Some swear it was Jack Ford, with his Hendrix records and split-level room attached to the roof for late-night smoke breaks. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Conor rushed in to help, picking up a fallen branch and smashing through the windows that hadn’t already been broken. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

One Halloween afternoon police cars flooded our neighborhood and announced that Halloween was canceled because there had been a prison break upstate at Raford. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Preparing to break the news, the nurses stocked up on candy bars for the girls. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a few dollars short of flat broke and only marginally employed at the depths of the Depression. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

What those rich people don’t always know is that broken and forgotten neighborhoods were first built out of love. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

If my father sees it, the hell that’s already going to break loose will become exponential. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then the moment he looked up and saw me he broke down and started bawling. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When we break out of the woods onto our road, he spins around. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The last time the slave soldiers of Yunkai’i had faced the dragon queen’s Unsullied, they broke and ran. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra saw for herself the power plays, secret pacts, broken promises, bribes, and betrayals that marked her father’s rule. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

"As soon as the crowd breaks up," he says. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

One, however, hadn’t: the hole had been made by a bronze arrowhead which was still in it, and its edges were sharp and broken, so you could tell it was different. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire lifts a hundred yards and we break forward. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we broke the cells or rendered them useless, the Hab wouldn't be able to make power, and the mission would end. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She breaks down crying, talking about how we had taken advantage of her and confused her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had lost his airplane and had to return on foot, but he had not broken any bones and his adventurous spirit was intact. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

GINNY: The best way to break the prophecy is not to kill Harry Potter, it’s to stop Voldemort doing anything at all. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The room is a cluster of fidget, every three or four children practically breaking out of his or her own skin, hopping. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

With Peeta’s grisly account fresh in our minds, we crunch through the streets of broken glass until we reach our target, the block we are to take. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The marriage was on the point of breaking up after two months because Aureliano Segundo, in an attempt to placate Petra Cotes, had a picture taken of her dressed as the Queen of Madagascar. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And he added, “Don’t come back after Christmas break.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I avoided making eye contact because I knew we’d both break up laughing. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It’s what I did after my parents and Olivia died, and when Aimee broke up with me, and this morning after beating down Peck and getting the alert. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Women and animals, you only have to break them in once, he said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And all eyes followed his gaze, and behold! upon the foremost ship a great standard broke, and the wind displayed it as she turned towards the Harlond. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Always the tone of surprise,” he said a little grumpily, breaking free. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She tapped the broken scales with her wand and said, “Reparo.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe, in a battlefield choked with the tormented thoughts of broken men, he cannot hear mine. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Their armor was all dented and gashed, the chainmail riven, broken, slashed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The ground crew was aghast at the idea of a girl flying the broken Lysander. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Funny how that blue was always there, even when the rest of the earth was screaming and breaking into pieces. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but I only broke a little rule,” I replied. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to the Millennium Challenge scenario, a rogue military commander had broken away from his government somewhere in the Persian Gulf and was threatening to engulf the entire region in war. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I pointed and grimaced, a clear reference to the cast on her leg, which was there for the ankle she broke during lacrosse practice. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I’ll really, really, really, really miss you,” Dill said, and broke down too. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Then there's some specialized training, where the sprinters would break off and do their own thing, the mid-distance runners would do the same, and the distance runners, well...they just run all practice. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He’s found some neat stuff like old flags and broken furniture that looks like ninja weapons, but mostly he just finds food leftovers, cigarette ashes, and beer bottles. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I step through it instead of opening it and follow the members through an eerie, dark entry way, crunching broken glass beneath my feet. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He also told us that the pressure from the hoses had been known to break legs in the past. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’s trying to be nice, but there’s something else there—maybe the hope that I’ll tell him no, Finch and I broke up. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He examined the fanlight: even if it were completely broken in, he was too large to crawl through to reach the holophone. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was silence in the room, too much silence for so many kids, and for a moment, before the teachers broke it up—where had they been? A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

As time went on, the hydrogen and helium gas in the galaxies would break up into smaller clouds that would collapse under their own gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let us as much as possible, train out creepers, and branches of trees, upon bridges, pulling down and nailing the branches, aiming to obtain shade and reflection of foliage and broken obscuration of water.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Lillian asked, her voice breaking as she prepared herself for the worst. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a minute or two, Ron broke the silence. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“If you cannot get to doing business, I will break up the combination,” he growled. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s all a mistake, Mrs. Danvers. Apparently Mrs. de Winter broke the cupid herself and forgot to say anything,” said Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She gave no sign of understanding a word of what the girl was saying; and at last, with a joyful “Hwoinch!” she broke away and ran to Taran, wriggling gleefully. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Staying well was a tightrope act for William, and breaking Purple destroyed his balance. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The sound of breaking stone echoed all around them. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But in some ways it had been worse when my father’s lute was broken in Tarbean. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was utter silence, broken by the smallest of terrified squeaks. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

My father and the police stand at grim-faced attention until the station breaks for commercial. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Tamika broke from the crowd, pedaling forward until our bikes stood side by side. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Dad is home for all five days of our holiday break. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

H Company was broken up into two platoons. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When they walked away, their friendship was broken. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The village had broken somewhere deep inside, and she had no idea how to mend it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Students broke out laughing when they saw him in the hallways. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer—its dust and lowering skies. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It happens the night after our last day of school before the break. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Another yawn threatened to break out—all this stress was exhausting. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

All I see are Kings, but whatever she's spotted breaks the funereal mood, sure enough. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Uncle Camp mostly swept the floor and put out stock, and in the wintertime broke up wooden shipping crates to burn in the stove. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The chair made the same groan beneath her as an icy pond made in the wintertime when she walked on its frozen surface, but it didn't break. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

How on a July 4 at a church picnic a family was about to break open a watermelon. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the inflationary expansion one might expect that eventually the symmetry between the forces would be broken, just as supercooled water always freezes in the end. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking about the bird with the broken wing. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

There were no bathroom time-outs during soccer games, she would tell her players, for example, so there would be no bathroom breaks during practice either. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The time to stan worrying about how things worked was when they broke down or fell apart, and not before. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went on to tell me about Dwight breaking his pinkie finger at baseball camp. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t remember. I pretended a pedestrian broke her leg so he would come.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

During our breaks, we can read, play games, or listen to music. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Broken images were racing each other through his mind: Sirius falling through the veil; Dumbledore suspended, broken, in midair; a flash of green light and his mother’s voice, begging for mercy... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Thirty-two more minutes until our group broke up and Rukia and the K moved back to their own desks. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The driver took this opportunity to break his silence with the brief and heartfelt outburst mentioned earlier, but it is not necessary to reprint his exact words. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The tubes had cracked and broken during shipment, and raw, rotten blood had run around inside the box. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says ’twould break your heart to think of what the English did to us, that if they didn’t put the blight on the potato they didn’t do much to take it off. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

One could almost smell trouble ready to break out—as it did very soon. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We broke into an adrenaline-fueled sprint, flying those boats into the cave like they were on rails, while Miss Peregrine hopped lamely alongside us, her broken wing dragging in the sand. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The meeting's just breaking up, and I'm outside looking in. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waved them on, all squeaking as bats will in a cavern’s underworld, all flitting, flitting criss-cross in the dark if one falls and the rock-hung chain is broken. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lion ring Ishtar had given me sat in a tray along with my house keys and the broken pieces of my phone. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to look away, but her gaze held me until Edward broke off mid-sentence and made an angry noise under his breath. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She was about to take a break from the internet when something caught her attention. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“You could be charged with breaking the second commandment.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

"There's no time for breaks when it comes to understanding the world around you," he'd say. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

With no further preamble Kilvin tossed the vial into a nearby firewell, and there was the sharp, clear sound of breaking glass. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’d snort and wheel to run and fall back against his tie rope, trying to break loose. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together, they climbed the creaking stairs, stepping over broken and mildewed missing steps and finding their way around the holes and gaps in the floors to their room. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It hovered for a few moments, then suddenly it dropped to the floor with a tinkle and broke in two. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I belonged to a gang. It was when your father was breaking them up.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then my body, like a cathedral, broke out into ringing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Now that we had the pot barrier broken, it became a magnificent haze of yelling back at the TV; we stopped calling it “watching movies”; we started calling it “chilling.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Dizzy and bruised, covered in soot, he got gingerly to his feet, holding his broken glasses up to his eyes. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But they were all so eager to try it that soon its rigging was broken and its pennant dragging. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

His voice broke again, and he felt his throat close as he fought the urge to start bawling. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Katniss?” a voice croaks out from my left, breaking apart from the general din. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A meeting was scheduled to break the standoff. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

His face breaks out into an embarrassed grin. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes misted with love as he broke free of the others and took her into his arms as if she was the most beloved of his daughters. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The news broke upon the city a week before Byerley was to have been nominated. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Personally, all he had wanted to do was die after he had broken up with Birdie. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Usually, they’re cool and inviting, and they break up the monotony of farmland. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Two teachers in dark suits talked decorously beside a broken fountain. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My dad said tomorrow's the last day before the heat breaks," said Megan. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

A real chest beating sends the whole jungle running, as if the sky has broken open, as if men with guns are near. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

What was going through your head when A. Scott Crossfield broke Mach II? The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been logical for the Navy to ask Elizebeth and her team to help break them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

So when I saw the tip of that dirty red kayak break the surface, I was ready to cry with relief. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Tough break for you, then,” Matthew said with a shrug. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Edwin curled his arms over his head imitating a whale’s head and began to pace around the fire, dipping his head up and down as if breaking through the waves. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She’d broken it while biting a ring off one of her stepmother’s toes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a bird somewhere in the woods, beyond the broken and infrequent slanting of sunlight. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The side window was shattered, and a second point broke the rubber of the useless tire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“You were out of bed on the night my office was broken into!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It seemed that a crowd of young toughs from the south of the county had broken uninvited into the dance, waving whiskey bottles and shouting drunken insults at the guests. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, to my amazement, the room broke into loud applause. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

On first seeing the broken ride, I'd assumed it was designed to pause at frequent intervals, allowing those onboard to feel the full effect of their discomfort. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Yes, I played pranks and set fires and broke windows, but I never attacked people. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The intoxication of power began to break apart under waves of discomfort. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Wesley's voice broke off and he took a breath. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It takes a lot to break through her armor. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When we get home, she always takes it out back and breaks it open against a rock, then scoops out the heart of it—the sweetest, reddest part—and hands it to me. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

And then she saw it: a broken wagon, floating toward them. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

But High's ability to go mano a mano with blacks and Communists in the impending race war was called into question after he shattered his hand while attempting to break a piece of plywood, karate-style. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mark’s heart lurched and he broke into a sprint, following Alec down the curved passage. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A moment later Hazel broke almost under the men’s feet and ran across the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first traces of daylight were glimmering through the broken roof of the Honeycomb behind. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But taking a break and thinking things out makes sense. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Not one of her snot-nose sobbing jags, but crying like her heart done broke. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Even then I wondered why anyone would ever want to break into our apartment. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her relationship with her parents, the Mail informs me, broke down completely. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several more fires had broken out over the grounds, and the air was punctuated with the sounds of not only animals, but beastkeepers too. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I know I should try to stop putting people in factions when I see them, but it’s an old habit, hard to break. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I find only the frayed end of a seat belt and a broken buckle. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

One seemed asleep; the other, with crossed legs and arms behind his head, leaned back against a broken rock and sent from his mouth long wisps and little rings of thin blue smoke. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

To explain why I had broken our date two days ago. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Beer bottles broke at intervals around the room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But by the time Stanley broke past the crust, a blister had formed in the middle of his right thumb, and it hurt to hold the shovel. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Watching her, feeling the exhilaration swelling in my chest, I couldn’t say I was all that aware of the broken glass and flickering monitor displays, either. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

By Kristina’s twelfth birthday on April 16, 2005, pale green buds had broken out in the oaks in front of the Links’ house. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z