A whole bunch of people suddenly run by, shouting “Fight! Fight!” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

How would I feel if a bunch of other heroes had butted in and made me look bad? The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

His friend threw our bags in the shed we’re in now and handed me and Rondell a bunch of work tools. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

By that hour, we were usually an overheated, irritable bunch, and we fought each other—either with our fists or our shrill voices—for the seats in the bus nearest the Chief. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Besides the hoopers, there were a whole bunch of other people at the court, just hanging out. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Lit windows, smoke from the chimneys, bunches of brightly colored corn affixed to the front doors as decoration for the upcoming Harvest Festival. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s even a spot smack in the center where a bunch of medium-to-large rocks have been arranged in a haphazard ring. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

My nurse takes my left arm, bunching the wide sleeves of my night robe, and ties a red string around my bicep. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The only furniture was a bunch of folding metal chairs and wooden ladders leaned up against the walls. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Every so often, a bunch of doctors and social workers and physical therapists and whoever else got together around a big table in a conference room and discussed my situation. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was all mesarthium, smooth bunched muscle shaped for crouching and leaping. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I kicked my bare foot at a bunch of tall grass. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She learned a bunch when she was in acting school way before I was born, which is how she met my father. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

One of them later remarked, “I never have seen such a scared bunch of college boys in my life.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

We toss a bunch more wood on the fire. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t worried a whole bunch ’bout going o’er into Canada. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The other two interviewers had asked a bunch of questions about how he’d handle various repairs of the company’s numberless desktops. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This thing is out 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, feeding a constant stream of data to a bunch of ground tracking stations all over the world. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What a bunch of hooey,” I said under my breath, tossing a dirt clod over my shoulder against the locked-up garden shed. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the cafeteria, instead of people leaving Ty alone, instead of them cracking their stupid jokes to each other, a bunch of them had decided they'd sit with him. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

You and Otto can watch me hit a bunch of buzzer beaters. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Anytime someone even got a haircut they got a bunch of notes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He grabbed up a bunch of rocks and went to throwing them at Burn Sanderson. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss heard someone yell near to him, and a bunch of people began to shove forward. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And now Maya was about to make it really easy for Ellie to be mean to her—in front of a whole bunch of ice-cream-eating kids! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Remember when you had bronchitis and were too sick to go to that skit a bunch of us put on in second grade?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes, bunched the thin fabric in his hand, and pressed it back up to his nose. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was paralyzed with anger, his tiny fists still bunched as he stared down at his bare toes. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had the counter, plus a bunch of tables of two and one table of four. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Tanvi Ma'am talks to a bunch of policemen, and their voices blur like ocean waves, because all I want to hear is Amma's soft voice again. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

We were both only children, but sometimes I thought maybe she had a bunch of brothers and sisters hidden away, because she always felt like someone was trying to cheat her out of something. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

What was heroic about lining up and following the rules and wearing a bunch of stuff that was going to keep you from getting hurt? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the Riveras showed up, Micho bunched the three of them together in front of our door and made them pose while he snapped a shot. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Leo guessed it would have been an open-air stadium back in the day - big enough for discus-throwing, javelin-catching, naked shot-put, or whatever else those crazy Greeks used to do to win a bunch of leaves. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was Patrick, with a bunch of other eighth graders, including Julie Hopper, who patted Em on the head as she passed. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

To hear him describe it, what we were about to do—kill a bunch of chickens in the backyard—was nothing less than a political act. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The tourists bunch behind him; one of them raises a camera. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They get in the big pool and float around like a bunch a fishing corks. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In sixth grade, a bunch of kids including Margo and Chuck and me were forced by our parents to take ballroom dancing lessons at the Crown School of Humiliation, Degradation, and Dance. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

A moment later, we heard the engine of the police car scream to life and tires skidding in the dirt, scaring our chickens into a bunch of squawking. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was like starting a bunch of books and never finishing any of them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A bunch of kids are still playing on the swings and the slide, their parents standing of! to one side, chatting animatedly. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a ten and a bunch of fives and more ones than she could count. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Just that she and a bunch of other people were thinking about coming to visit you,” Shannon explained. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She hands me the sign I made that says We Matter! over and over again in a bunch of different colors and with glitter sprinkled all over. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

As Grandpa and my daddy rushed out, followed by a bunch of customers, Miss Love screamed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“The system is not run by a bunch of racists,” the apologist would explain. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I have. I’ve gone to a bunch. I don’t think you . . . Okay, my feed is really, really malfunctioning.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t get me wrong. I think weird is great. I mean, if you look at all the great people in history — Einstein, Michelangelo, Emily Dickinson — then you’re looking at a bunch of weird people.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, there were probably a bunch of other reasons he was in jail, but nobody ever tells me anything. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

In the bunched muscles of his back legs and the straining line from his hips to the tips of his fingers, he was splendid. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of mallards, feeding in the shallows across the river, took flight with frightened quacks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The story of a bunch of rabbits trying to make their way in the world? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Jayden, a boy I knew in elementary school, stands with a bunch of older boys, a big gold chain around his neck. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Hi,” I start to say, but Ahsan has already disappeared around the corner with a bunch of other boys. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I turn around to see her curled up on the couch, her laptop, a mug of tea, and a bunch of papers spread over her lap. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Dried herbs hung from the ceiling: rosemary, thyme, and a bunch of other stuff. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I look behind me too and see a whole bunch of police cars. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Amid the grumbling of a bunch of fishermen, she whips her head around to look at us. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

On the way he gets sidetracked into Canada and becomes involved with a bunch of draft dodgers; at the end he goes back to his wife and they renew their vows in a hippie ceremony. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A bunch of receipts and other trash, and finally a school ID card with the girls smiling face beaming from it. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Sheryl stretches out a bunch of flattened soda cans strung together. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He is quiet for a minute; I watch a small muscle in his cheek bunch up and then he just stares at me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It all sounded like a whole bunch of throat clearing, but I was used to it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

One bunch of the crowd swarmed Laura; they had her clear up off her feet. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, I’ll confess: I don’t feel too terrible about more or less chucking the Game Plan because I’m hanging out with Rae a bunch now. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I brought my hand out with a bunch of chocolates in it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Put a bunch of Renees in a classroom, and give them the space and time to explore mathematics for themselves, and you could go a long way. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Dad’s a therapist, so whenever we do talk, he asks me a bunch of questions and says things like, “And how are you feeling?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was a dung heap, a bunch of logs covered in mud, sand, and moss. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I bunched up my skirt, tied the hem around my waist, and waded through the water toward the bottle. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A bunch of ugly cheering rose from the Ares table. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He had been fighting groups and gangs and bunches for so many years, that the idea of having but a single opponent was slow in making itself known to him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Dude, lime. Calcium carbonate, used in cement and a bunch of other—Ah, never mind. The point is, this ship isn’t going far unless we can fix it.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I remember a story about twin giants. They tried to reach Mount Olympus by piling up a bunch of mountains.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He stopped at a Giant Food supermarket and bought her a bunch of cut flowers, carnations and mums. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What he means is that most people, in order to feel okay about who they are and where they stand in relation to others, automatically group everyone into stereotypical little bunches. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Curtis was putting the finishing touches on a bunch of signs. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And each year, Mrs. Bradley and the other teachers brought a bunch of students to the school board with examples of how we benefited from the class. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He looked around, took a bunch of keys from his pocket, locked the door, and beckoned to one of the men standing outside the church. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Making a presupply is a six- month process. We're set up to pipeline a bunch of them at once, not to make one in a hurry." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mami stood in the middle of the room, her dress bunched on her hips, hands holding fast a long-line brassiere that didn’t want to contain her. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

We order a bunch of food, grab some blankets, and head up to the roof for a picnic. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

If it weren’t for my mom, he would have missed a bunch of deadlines and fallen behind in the whole process. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Girls stood in bunches in their long, fine evening dresses, and the boys roamed around in clean duck pants or R.O.T.C. uniforms or new dark fall suits. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe other guys would watch TV all night, but TV was just a bunch of noise, and when Sean came home, if he ever came home, he would tell Finn to turn it off. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

What they were doing was real exploration, real thinking—not just finding out about what a bunch of dead, famous grown-ups believed. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Five. Heavens above! You're really very young for a bunch of thieves.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, Ikejide was plucking oranges; his uniform bunched up at the back as he nudged fruit down with a stick. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, they walked two abreast along the sidewalk, not bunching up but keeping a wide space between pairs, as though they were out for a casual afternoon stroll. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was one of Conwy’s latest bunch, a cobbler’s son from Fair Isle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I kiss her as if we are not in a parking lot surrounded by a bunch of other people. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Maybe my space stories weren’t just a bunch of stories after all. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

"I am fed up with you useless bunch of midgets!" roared the Trunchbull. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned forward with the hem of her skirt bunched in her hand, and wiped blood from the sole of her foot. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

We turn the corner, and there’s a whole bunch of people. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Just a bunch of dumb junk about Indiana.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Dad ripped a bunch of paper towels from the roll, cleaned up Penny’s mess, and wiped her nose with a wet paper towel. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I found a bunch of jellyfish experts, actually. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The desk above her moved just a fraction of an inch, sending a bunch of other things flying, and Frankie pulled her free. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The walls were lined with battle flags and weapon displays: antique rifles, battle axes, and a bunch of other stuff. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Muscles bunching powerfully, Nero hauled Seth up to the ledge. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A bunch of boys around him laugh, Jimmy Lemon loudest of all. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was pulling wooden boxes out of a bag, as well as a whole bunch of glass jars, the kind that Genie drank sweet tea out of. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Hackett and a bunch of other guys had been secretly preparing for a huge party up at Horn Rock. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The man and the two children bunched up ’round the woman and the sleepy baby. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Focus on the floor because I ain't got time to get stunted on by a whole bunch of rich girls whose daddies own stuff. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I was too tired now to even chuckle at Mrs. Lee’s shirt—navy blue with a bunch of otters wearing space helmets, floating in a star-filled sky with the words “Otter Space” underneath. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

By the time Farquar bunched up his fist and stuck out the knuckle of his middle finger, it was hard as a ball peen hammer and sharp as a spear. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Darryl's told me a bunch of times that he and my mother bought the chair as their first piece of furniture together. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I thought Mom might start asking a bunch of follow-up questions that I really didn’t want to answer: Is Zara being mean? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The event only whetted the bandits’ taste for the Laughing Man’s blood, and finally he was obliged to lock up the whole bunch of them in a deep but pleasantly decorated mausoleum. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

They turned, dipped and landed in a twittering bunch. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

George had to bunch them up in her real arms, as she had seen Kelly do, to make sure she didn’t trip over them. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I find a light switch, and the first thing I spot is a whole bunch of books on a desk. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Actually, there were a bunch of plastic bags. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting in the lobby of Chief Crowe’s office, watching a whole bunch of adults rush in and out of conference rooms in preparation for my meeting with Moreau. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The long worm bunched up and squirmed to get free, so he brought it quickly to his mouth and poked it safely past his cracked lips. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

His jaw was set and his shoulders were bunched. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I also took three bunches of sticky notes, my whole bundle of sharpened pencils, a few pens, and ran back to the living room. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She had since read on the Internet that you could take girl hormones that would change your body, and you could get a bunch of different surgeries if you wanted them and had the money. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“When we hit the zone, keep your distances! Don’t bunch up!” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tap my foot impatiently, and instead of saying anything I want to, I do a bunch of nodding. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The plutonium is inside a bunch of pellets, each one sealed and insulated to prevent radiation leakage, even if the outer container is breached. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arnold had bought a bunch of phones and given one to each of the crews and to me so that we could keep in touch throughout the day. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Catch a squealing pig out of the bunch, and you’ve got a battle on your hands. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the men and boys and women that were left in Hooverville were bunched up on one side and the cops were on the other. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

As the only woman in the bunch, other than crazy old Minerva, the management of the cooking fell in her domain. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

A bunch of memos were stuffed into a clipboard. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys and the girls still stood in separate bunches, though—and nobody prommed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And there he stood, a boy in a goofy hard hat with a beat-up flashlight and a bunch of batteries he hadn’t even tested to see if they still had juice. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Acting on the word’s suggestion, he seized the bunch of knotted cords from its nail behind the door and shook it at his tormentors. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately all his stomach muscles involuntarily bunched in as if preparing to take a bullet. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clutching the bunched cape around her waist, Turtle came hurtling out of the Westing house. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are a bunch of studies that support, directly and indirectly, the significance of not being overloaded with information. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A bunch of red and white beaded necklaces click together in her lap as she speaks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled a bunch of playing cards from out of Rose’s sleeve. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

There’s no bell by the door, or there was a bell, but it’s been dismantled, or chewed up by a wild animal, only a bunch of ravaged wires sticking out. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“If you got to show off before a bunch of boys by makin’ up tales about a woman’s—” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“They was a bunch of eggs. How come they’s just one baby?” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I clapped my hands together softly a bunch of times. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The picture on this one was grim: a man was lying facedown on the ground with a bunch of swords sticking out of his back. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

From what I could gather, the company had bribed a bunch of state officials in exchange for contracts to build a better sewer overflow system in Indianapolis. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“We’re above a waterfall in the Dead Land. A bunch of rats are trying to scale the wall. A lot of us are hurt and we’re totally lost,” he said. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A van pulls up and a whole bunch of kids pile in. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I seldom went there myself except with some of the fellows when word got out that a new bunch of girls had arrived from New Orleans. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, we each stick a bunch of them in our binders, along with a roll of tape. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder did Flaca try on a bunch of different outfits like girls always do? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

"I figured you would be. So, we got you a bunch of ice cream." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

My mom always bragged that hers was the tallest and strongest of the bunch. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I asked, while he cleaned a bunch of stuff off the seat. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They looked at her weirdly a bunch of times, like she was a bank robber and they were trying to see where she’d hidden her loot, but they didn’t say anything mean. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She is, so I print a bunch of copies from our home printer. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I had the tailor sew a bunch of little pockets into it,” she said nervously. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A bunch of kids who were in detention with my grandfather shoot him high-five signs when they pass. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“Better than to throw in with a bunch of John L. Lewis commies!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Pittsburgh’s got a bunch of bridges too,” I say for some stupid reason. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Then a bunch more druggies got in there and burned the whole place down. Almost took my house with it, but the fire trucks got here in time.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“She made it here alone, with only a bunch of gibberish directions to guide her.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She rushes to the hallway closet and comes back with a bunch of her high heels and lets me choose any I want. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It seemed like it was one bunch of people trying to tell another bunch of people what to do. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

At San Lucas they took three carriages, which conveyed them to Tres Marias in a cloud of dust, like a bunch of gypsies. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the top drawer eight ten-dollar bills and a bunch of keys. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She bunches her mouth up, wipes the rain from her eyes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I bet the Widow Cane could say which of the thirty-seven varieties of lilac it was. I’m sure a bunch would look nice in one of these jars.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

One fairy gathered bubbles until she had assembled a bouquet that resembled a bunch of multicolored grapes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Well, get all the names and start assigning them to different companies. I don’t want them bunched up, spread them out. See about their arms.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Constantin and the Russian girl interpreter and the whole bunch of black and white and yellow men arguing down there behind their labeled microphones seemed to move off at a distance. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Like a bunch of rats fleeing a fire, the rest of the passengers follow them, pushing and shoving and cursing until everyone is out. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I did a bunch of other thinking up there too. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would be careful to send out flank security, to prevent straggling or bunching up, to keep his troops moving at the proper pace and at the proper interval. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do all those things for the family, but I can’t be trusted with a bunch of bills? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Because you know I could help you,” Max said as he grabbed a bunch of paper napkins and stuffed some into my hand. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sheed said, “You were born because Petey missed an opportunity? Shouldn’t there be a bunch of Missed Opportunities, then? Like millions?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A bunch of kids from the wrong side of town couldn't afford uniforms or equipment with parents working two or three jobs. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but they didn’t have to write it up so we look like a bunch of wimps,” Ducky said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine. Just tired. A bunch of people got arrested, though. They set a car on fire and broke some windows. The police went off.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“It was a bunch of things overlapping,” she explains. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They made a tight bark container, like a big makuk, and lined that container with bunches of dried grass. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was a broken table, two stools, and a vast number of bunches of herbs hung against the wall drying. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were plates of roast beef, baked potatoes, buttered carrots, fresh bread, and a whole bunch of other foods I hadn’t had in a long time. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When I look down, there are a whole bunch of plastic jugs down there. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

His dad bought him a bunch of supplies the week school ended—lengths of two-by-four, pulleys and screws, and sheets of weather-treated plywood—but Charlie didn’t choose a tree for three whole weeks. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Marcia is too bland for this neighborhood, especially on Saturday mornings when we go to Jenny's apartment and a bunch of us dance along to Soul Train. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Like maybe the tallest one—the James Madison of the bunch, though he doesn’t have James’s joke of a moustache—might just pick it up and steal something out of the front pocket. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And the time Digger ran away from home and made a bed for himself on a bunch of empty grain sacks in one corner. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

June bunched her hands in the folds of her gray-and-white-striped tunic dress. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"Here . . His dad walked over to the cookie jar and pulled out a bunch of twenties. "If this doesn't work, with her uncle, don't take Eleanor home. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And everybody knows that...Well, not to brag, but dance is kind of my thing, and I have a bunch of huge trophies on my shelf that prove it. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And some actually look happy—Oliver and Suki and a bunch of other kids. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Pink bunches of fireweed choke the vehicle’s wheel wells, growing higher than the axles. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over at Brick's place in the afternoon, there's a bunch of us just chilling. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then the bunch of reeds was pulled apart in the middle to form a hollow, and the two sides were tied all along their length to make a basic boat shape. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess all fishermen worry about one bad day rolling into a whole bunch of them. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, at eighteen, Matthias suspected that he was the oldest of the bunch. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The taxi drove through downtown, past a bunch of tourists’ shops advertising furs, Native American art, and gold. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I saw bunches of drying plants hanging from the ceiling, and their scents mingled in the warm air. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Power traveled from the drill line's positive lead, through the workbench, through the Mylar, through Pathfinder's hull, through a bunch of extremely sensitive and irreplaceable electronics, and out the negative lead of Pathfinder's power line. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood with his lips bunched, watching until the rock crashed to a stop at the bottom. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

That shows you what can happen when you marry someone from the North for they have no control over themselves up there a bunch of Protestands that they are. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Are the air molecules bunched very tightly together, with very empty spaces between the waves, or are they barely more organized than they would be in their normal course of bouncing off of each other? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He turns to the board and starts writing a bunch of dates. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He would come to visit a bunch of times, which made him the only ten-year-old who showered and brushed his teeth in our dorm's coed bathrooms. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The icing sags and bunches out on one side like a slow-moving glacier, bringing tipping candles along with it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The creature shrieked and reared up, its bunched skin pulling tight. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She and Marco walked home together, and she teased him all the way about his big bunch of red carnations, and he let her read all the cards that came with them. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She pointed down a pier where a bunch of homeless guys were huddled together in blankets, waiting for the soup kitchen to open for lunch. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

We drive until we reach a big house with a bunch of girls standing outside. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The three dogs made their way through the throng of people and pets, past bunches of balloons and flapping banners. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Some were sitting on the floor in the foyer, and he could see a bunch more camping out past the double doors that officially led to the rest of the school. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I heard a bunch of low-toned “oooh”s from the guys, and I threw the ball at JP, low, at his knees, so he had to bend down to catch it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sort of like you’re getting a bunch of little warnings on the way; sort of like if you really wanted to you could turn around. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

These Amoses might look like a bunch of cream puffs but if she was anything like Todd I bet she could pack a real wallop. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He released her hand, his shoulders bunching, his gaze angry and ashamed as he turned his face to the sea. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Everybody can just sign up and play, but who wants to be on a team with a bunch of pity-players? Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Maybe she’s smart. But she’s incredibly weird. She’s going to end up living alone in a basement with a bunch of cats. Windy, you used to have better taste in friends.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

If it was too far for the mules or horses to pull a wagon, we would go in some trucks, a bunch of us riding in the back of each one. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were dancing in her basement with a bunch of our girlfriends and somehow the CD got ruined. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Everything is how it's supposed to be—except for that mini-mansion that's like a newly polished pair of Jordans thrown in with a bunch of well-worn knockoffs. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Elephants running around in the jungle, a whole bunch of them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

By way of answer, Dustfinger tossed her a bunch of keys. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The rest were homeless people from Slovenia, Ukraine, Serbia, Yugoslavia, and a bunch of other places. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I tried a bunch of different ways, but I couldn’t make the words come. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“My pa talked to Mr. Soldano. Mrs. Soldano was burning a bunch of rags in kerosene to clear out the mosquitoes.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got to the meeting room, there were already a bunch of kids inside, and they all looked like they knew each other, and almost none of them were brown. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

In freshman year, I was telling a bunch of my friends about how I was voted prettiest girl in school back home. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Presently she said, “I’ll tell you what that reporter’s after. He wants to get the horselaugh on us because he thinks we’re nothing but a bunch of hayseeds and no-’count country people. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We both expected Ms. Antilly to spew a bunch of psychobabble at us. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“What a wild bunch of savages those sparrows are! I thought they had me once or twice back there.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Yes, a WAC station, I remember now. I was doctor for the lot, before I was sent overseas. My, they were a pretty bunch of girls." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The chaplain and a colonel came in and talked to a bunch of us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you take a bunch of practically grown, red-blooded daughters to Africa, don’t you think at least some of them are going to marry or what have you, and end up staying? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the default for a bunch of us. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

A middle- aged woman, hands in her coat pockets, the legs of her jogging suit bunching above her boot tops, no more bizarre than most and easily forgotten. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We went in a bunch, out of the dressing room and down a dim passage aroar with the distant sound. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of our things were going to be sold at a yard sale on Sunday, except for important stuff like shoes and mattresses and a few dishes. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Jared S. draws a bunch of fighter jets shooting arrows at monkeys on camels. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They ran back with me and bunched up ’round where Mr. Leroy was laying. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I grab a bunch of grapes and wrap a piece of foil around them. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Cudgeon stood at the head of the procession, and the entire bunch was heading this way. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The door to our apartment was carved with more bunches of grapes and leaves. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Their twisted, giant trunks were bunched together like some sort of crowd...or guards. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A bunch of kids had gathered around, listening. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pale and slightly pimply face, carelessly dressed; you can tell his boots haven’t been cleaned in a long time; his socks are bunched up around the ankles.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first night in the field, we all slept outside on the ground, a bunch of displaced, frazzled families, uncertain of what was to come. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

This li’l boy’s got a whole bunch of money pinned to the front of his jersey—it must be his birthday—and he’s got the nerve to complain about my prices? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, it seemed like root had only stirred a bunch of bad things up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“They’re running a bunch of tests and trying to determine why he’s been getting dizzy. But they’re pretty sure it’s his heart again.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I get a bunch of “yeahs” and “amens” from the crowd. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And I like to watch it spin... watch the chain... all bunched up and twisting and spinning... and a little girl is watching me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The navy dress was bunched weird beneath my neck. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to me that there might be something strange about me, a sophomore, hanging out with a bunch of senior guys all the time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I saw a bunch this time. You get one and I'll get one, and then we can write each other notes in glitter.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

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

Then they gathered the stalks they had cut and stood them in bunches at opposite ends of the row. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then I threw a bunch of rocks in. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poured the chloroform into a bunched cloth. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There are a bunch of catbirds in the yard, squawking the way they do at dusk. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, yes. With a whole bunch of rules and regulations and controls, that’s pretty much how it works.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“That’s about right. Just a bunch of animals here, making money for you big bosses.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The trash. He was reading a bunch of stuff and he threw it in the trash. I didn’t even—” He jogged away from her and ducked into the house, the screen door slamming behind him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When I squeezed a bunch of the grasses together, they provided foam that left my body with a fresh scent. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

A bunch of Second Guessers and Minute Men who’d obviously abandoned Father Time and switched sides, the person-shaped living galaxy Night Time, plus many, many, many more. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

At the top, Worsley bunched the end of the rope up and jammed it under some rocks. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Sergio looked up and over at the fireman, who was sitting on the opposite side of the train, a bunch of seats farther down. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Why would you want to mail out a bunch of tapes blaming you in a suicide? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Worse, there were more than a few conspiracy theorists in the bunch. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can imagine that some churchgoers may have been unsettled by this little old lady in a head scarf hanging out among a bunch of Christians. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The bride wore a white gown with a top that bunched up around the middle. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was a whole bunch of people made into one big crawling beast. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flopped myself back onto my pillow, flipped the covers over my head, and held them bunched in my hands at my ears, which made the sheet fit tightly against my face. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a bunch of bar graphs, but I don’t want to take the time to figure out what each bar means because I just want to say, “Oh yeah, you’re so right.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Is that a chaplain I see over there? That’s really a fine thing when a man of God begins hanging around a place like this with a bunch of dirty drunks and gamblers.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A bunch of kids walked by, and I heard them talking about me. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of campers climbed out, some of them looking a little green from the long drive. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I tried to roll up a bunch of toilet paper and soak it under the faucet, but they dissolved into bits. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

One evening a music video that consisted of a bunch of young black fellows talking really fast came on the television. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It looks like a bunch of little wires with a plastic bulb on the end. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then a bunch, standing around the table, eating with both hands, sharing out the beer. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then it bites me again and suddenly a bunch of things are down inside my underwear, wriggling around and nipping at me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Juke Masters shook my hand and held the enormous check with me while a bunch of photographers took pictures. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They climb up to a platform in the greenheart where the woman pauses for balance, bunches her long skirts into one hand, and prepares to walk out into the brighter light and rain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bought me two tokens using a bunch of change in his pocket. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“There are also permits and a whole bunch of other stuff to take care of,” Dad said. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’m hustling to English, hoping my quick work with a cleansing wipe was good enough to wipe off my PE sweat, when I see a bunch of guys around the trash can outside the cafeteria. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Bessie bunched her work clothes and put them in the sack under the bed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He wears an apron over his clothes, and is busily plucking leaves from an excessively large bunch of parsley. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you know that’s what people call a bunch of hummingbirds?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Sleep in? What are you guys, a bunch of farmers?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“There was a bunch of grapes next to him,” said Professor Mc- Gonagall. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

King and a bunch of his boys post up in the back in their gray clothes and bandanas. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was a silly thing, to care about what someone thought of a bunch of roughly chopped fruit, but for some reason, he did. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The leader gave me the once-over, his eyes drifting to a stop where my hands were fisted at my side, bunching up my dress. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She says, “There are kids there, living there, in that dark and dirty and cold place. A bunch of them. Eight or ten. Maybe more. They’re skinny and hungry and dirty. It is extremely tragical.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Bernard’s voice is like a bunch of bowling balls all being dropped at the same time. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Because I wouldn’t want a bunch of my friends beating up Sam even if I wasn’t allowed to like her anymore either. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

How blown away must Fry and Big Foot have been by The Ax and his bionic arm to admit defeat like this to a bunch of hornets. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“They start to look like nothing but a bunch of lines next to each other.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ll go over and get a bunch of paper from the drain pipe,” volunteered Harry Cat. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, after a bunch of times of me doing that in a row, she jerked her thumb toward the door. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of kids came strolling down the street, hawking Spanish limes. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, a bunch of Death Eaters cornered him, Bill said, but he fought his way out. He’s on the run now, just like us.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He starts dancing around me, which of course makes a bunch of kids look over. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Only two bunches of flowers were left that day. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes started getting all sting-y but I blinked them a bunch more times and the note disappeared. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

There were shields with monster bites out of them, and swords bent in the shapes of daemon heads, and a bunch of taxidermy, like a stuffed harpy and a bright orange python. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, if that first post is any indication of what’s to come, I think y’all have some good ideas, and a whole bunch of people are talking about it.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

If it hadn’t been for Annabeth, I’d still be a rodent, hiding in a hutch with a bunch of cute furry pirates. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I even bunch up my sweatshirt and try to make it a pillow, but it doesn’t work. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Jay calls it their “they needed grant money and wouldn’t nobody give it to them for just a bunch of white kids initiative.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And in front, holding a big bunch of tulips, is Mai. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

A bunch of dudes from wrestling rolled up on me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Inside were a bunch of shelves holding cardboard boxes. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I didn't get what he was babbling about, till the lettuce finally came up in wavy lines and bunches instead of straight rows. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were bunching up in the middle on offense, she said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He told Judy that a bunch of fifth graders were making trouble and were not obeying teachers anymore, that there was something about a secret code word they were all using. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spoke a bunch of two-or three-word sentences but I don’t remember who said what, because whatever you said were my thoughts, as well. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

We had been sort of secret friends for a couple of weeks before people really started getting on them about not having a bunch of clothes. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember you now. You came in again, another time too. Ordered a bunch of stuff for you and your homeboy.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She picked the simplest one of the bunch: a black linen rubakha with a long red silk sarafan gown to go over it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“But don’t you think a bunch of smart people like these Bureau scientists could figure out the cause of bad behavior?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She didn’t have his file so she started asking him a bunch of questions about why he was there, and his background. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I saw a bunch of girls doing some kind of pageant boot camp after school.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There were a bunch of them up the river, north a little ways, so she followed the sound of the water away from her farm. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

As I make my way past the big guy through the train car, I sell a whole bunch of sandwiches. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were a bunch of trees, one bank full of scraggly bushes where bits of trash had caught, and another bank with a more gradual sandy slope. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not exactly clean of us, but it was better than alerting the management they had hosted a bunch of squatters for the night. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Just talking pretty regular but being sure to ask a bunch of questions. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The older man’s bushy gray eyebrows bunched up in the middle as if they were hairy bugs trying to mate. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I peered inside and saw two figures in the far corner, sitting amid a bunch of stockpiled cases of ambrosia and strawberry preserves. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I found a whole bunch of stuff online about weapons used against protestors. I’m pretty sure the cops used something called a Mosquito against us.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Somebody let some of his sheep into one of his green alfalfa fields and a bunch of them got bloated. So he asked me to come and punch holes in them with my trocar.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here we are, a bunch of gawddamned West Virginia hillbillies wanting to be Albert Einsteins.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

What could a bunch of temporary colonels do without loyal, honest, experienced advisers! The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So if we let you go,” Percy summed up, “we get mobbed by a bunch of black vapor dudes with gold swords. Fine. How do we break those chains?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

As soon as Jus and Manny get back to the others, Jared takes a bunch of group pictures and posts them online. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Outside the gym, a shiny solar overhang shields a bunch of steel-blue tables in tidy rows. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“You guys! I found a whole bunch of new numbers!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

A bunch of surly security trolls had been hired to guard her. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

After hurrying past a bunch of screaming kids playing with a dollhouse-sized space station, we arrived at my favorite part of the exhibit, the Rotating Destiny Lab. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

That wears off, though, and by the time we leave math, which is just passing out the textbooks and a bunch of numbers chalked on the blackboard, you can hear the whispers in the hall. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe this was a mean bunch of black folk, but he should have guessed it, sensed it, and part of the reason he hadn’t was the easy, good treatment he had received elsewhere. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fists were clenched at his sides, his shoulders bunched. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The next time I glance over, a few minutes later, Ben has a hand tight around his crotch, the fabric of the gown bunched up. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I saw this movie a bunch of times,” she said. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Something about the way she exhales sounds like she’s happy she’s in this tiny shack in this ancient neighborhood with a bunch of my dad’s relatives. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

And, weirdly, they had a bunch of fans in Japan. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just like the map said, over the hill, there it was, with a bunch of sad-looking flowers dozing in front of it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There were a bunch more papers in the bag. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It was like starting a bunch of books and never finishing any of them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He acted this out, his great shoulders bunching as his hands dragged the specter of lightning and shaped it, and held it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“So you mean a spy chaperone for little kids. No, thank you. I have better things to do than see a movie with a bunch of sixth-graders.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They typed in Surly Wombat but only found a bunch of stuff about the animal. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We’d watched a bunch of movies and talked nonstop about what seventh grade would be like, and Audrey had given me countless manicures. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Leah,” he inquired at last, “why do you think the Lord gave us seeds to grow, instead of having our dinner just spring up out there on the ground like a bunch of field rocks?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mong led us down to this part where there were a bunch of piers along the water. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s basically a bunch of leaves, eaten raw. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Ash felt Saerla’s muscles bunch and stretch as they rode hard toward the sound of the horn, and though she had wondered if she would be afraid, she was not. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up and cough a whole bunch of mucus into my bedpan. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She planned about being with some bunch almost as much as she thought of music. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was a gray gas can in one comer next to a bunch of gray rakes and a pile of gray rags, and a gray tire next to some gray fishing poles. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Bolles didn’t intend for this bunch to be the first, no matter how good the Cal freshmen were reputed to be, and he happened to know that they were reputed to be very good indeed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Someone had painted a heart next to the name at the top, and there was a bunch of dried flowers on the stone steps in front of the memorial. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It must have hurt her heart to see a teacher yell at her mom, especially in front of a bunch of kids. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When I was younger, Mom pasted dozens of words on it, but I was still limited to only a handful of common nouns, verbs, and adjectives, some names, and a bunch of smiley faces. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

At least it was good to see that no one was exhausted now: they were as tough a bunch of hlessil as ever raided a garden. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach hurt for a whole bunch of days worrying about it. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It even had a bunch of braided black yarn sewed on for hair that was supposed to look like plaits. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“A bunch have come out here. I just haven’t found... the right one yet.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“It looks like we’ve found a filovirus in a bunch of monkeys outside Washington. We’ve recovered what we think is Ebola.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he spoke here came the women in a bunch, all wailing, soft tears on their cheeks. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sunday. He said he was there because he swallowed a bunch of pills and had to go to the hospital. I thought you should know.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Nobody knows nothing. That’s why a bunch of guys get nailed for no reason!” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet Hell sounds a lot like a bunch of little kids shrieking. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am not going to be pecked to death by a bunch of seagulls!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The back of Hagrid’s enormous shaggy head — he had mercifully abandoned his bunches — emerged over the crowd. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There were two unripped dots: one looked like Los Angeles, although there were a bunch of towns clustered so close together in Southern California that the type overlapped. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s as if one enormous Virgin Mary has had a whole bunch of daughters, most of which look something like her but not entirely. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, she and a bunch of the girls from your school. They came to Nicodemus when Baltimore County was overrun.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We haggled with a handcart vendor for two big bunches of bananas, one ready to eat, the other still green, so it would ripen in a day or two. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I know it’s just a bunch of paper links, but for some reason, they feel really important. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

A bunch of them jump on me and I keep going, running around in circles like an accident of nature until finally there are so many of them on me, I can't stand up anymore. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Still, a bunch of kids were out on the blacktop, doing blacktop things. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She told Evie Parks, who told Linda Merkin, who told Iris Jamison, who told me that Sandy's brother had been picked up for drunk driving and the whole family is just a bunch of drunks. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She saw Louisiana’s grandmother standing at the food table with a gigantic bunch of green grapes in her hand. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

If a bunch of us went charging at ’em whooping and raising Cain they might disappear back into the forest for another two, three days. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I almost didn't make it onto this plane because I thought about taking a bunch of pills last night. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

"It was the best of a bad bunch of offers," Wolf recalled. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Barbarossa was enthroned in Ida's best armchair like a king forced to watch a bunch of mediocre actors perform. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Sleeper barely got a scream out before a bunch of glass and crystal erupted around him. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But then someone asked CaptainOverpants if he could verify his claim and he said no, and then a bunch of people started jumping on him for fanning the flames of rumors. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Sam throws a bunch of tank tops into her suitcase. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The skunks had burrows and plugged themselves in at dawn with bunches of leaves. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They want to lean on you, make it sound real good to be up in something where a bunch of tough guys always have your back. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The fine fabric bunched as he pressed the blade to Van Eck’s throat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Holly shrugged, then grabbed up a bunch of her braids with both hands. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

You only had to punch out the biggest and toughest of the bunch and the others would accept you. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along with a lot of other Marines, including a bunch of us code talkers, I was now on a tiny Pacific island called Pavavu. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned back to face the shelves, hiding his face, but I saw his hands clench at his side, bunching up the fabric of his pants. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It's a gizmo that looks like a jackknife, but really it's a whole bunch of little screwdrivers and wrenches and even a little magnifying glass. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

All these years of wondering about the forbidden drawer, and it’s just a bunch of junk. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up comes a heavily doctored photo of me looking beautiful and fierce with a bunch of flames flickering behind me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Here,” I said, extending a tattered piece of clothing bunched in my hand. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“It is a lot to believe. Jason is coming back with a bunch of Greek demigods? You say they’re going to appear in the sky in a heavily armed warship, but we shouldn’t be worried.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Cops are busy solving real crimes. A bunch of underage queer kids is the last thing they care about. Not to say you’re queer or anything. I meant the rest of us,” she adds. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Arman—the pinched grandfather I told you about from the picture—her husband, was a bad husband, who was known as “the Governor,” and governed mostly a bunch of affairs with other women. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I can’t fake friendly to a bunch of people whom I know only from their Facebook pictures beside their comments about me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The place was put together, given life, sustained into today’s version of its maturity and prepared for further elaboration and changes in its complexity, by what can only be described as a bunch of people. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to yell how stupid she was, but the words bunched in my throat. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a regular stone building with a bunch of windows. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“They weren’t after the memory serum. They were after poison—death serum. So that they could kill a bunch of important government people and start a war.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mom drove our old clunker up to the drop-off curb behind a bunch of other cars—mostly fancy cars like BMWs, Volvos, and Jeeps, all shiny and freshly waxed in a variety of bright colors. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Soojin doodles a heart and puts a bunch of smaller hearts inside it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t even see that you’re a bunch of bullies, and you probably run this whole street, and…. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It took only a moment to bunch the fresh cloth and douse it with chloroform. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We had rich white kids, a bunch of middle-class white kids, and some working-class white kids. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Matt bunched up his shirt and sucked out as much moisture as he could. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After our mile warm-up, Coach West explains how we’re going to try a bunch of different things, and she assigns us to groups. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t have big bunches of wisdom or statistics or facts to share with you, either. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure if I was mouthing individual words or bunches of them strung together like grapes. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“So I have a bunch of names,” he says today, “from Jimmy to James to whatever they want to call you. Timmy. But they rarely call you Loser.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

And as I look back, it seems to me that we were fairly unique, the sixty of us, in that there wasn’t one good mixer in the bunch. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

We immerse the potatoes in pots of boiling water, then set out cilantro, green onions, and spices, plus yogurt and mint bunches for the chutney. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Across the playground a bunch of kids by the bike sheds'd turned to puppet shadows in the mist. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Tyrone picked up a stack of napkins and a bunch of silverware. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had laughed, wishing he had been there with the “bunch of friends,” and he wanted that imaginary child to be his, that conservative child with good manners. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

That guy wrote a whole bunch of love poems that my papi would read to the family. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She nodded to a bunch of long matches in her dress pocket. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It had a bunch of pen and pencil marks scratched on it, keeping track of how fast the children in the house were growing. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Whole rain forests had been consumed, reduced from millions of interlocking species to a bunch of cows eating grass, a vast web of life traded for cheap hamburgers. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

My father has three different ways to start a parental sermon about a whole bunch of I don't want to hear it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Father had pooh-poohed the men as a bunch of cranks, but Travis had taken it seriously and asked me after some thought, “Callie, is the world really going to end tonight?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Again, and loose straw separated from the bunch. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He had light brown dreadlocks tied in a bunch with a hank of yarn, and intense blue eyes that shone like high beams. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Those people you met, they were expendable. To Snow, anyway. If the Capitol wins, what will it do with a bunch of damaged slaves?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I ran all the way back to the office and found a bunch of thumbtacks in a desk adjacent to Margo’s, before Radar and I carefully carried the unfurled map back to Margo’s room. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Papa pulled out a bunch of papers from the hole in the floor and waved them in the air. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

We end up following Abby to the teacher parking lot, where a bunch of student council people have assembled around the junior class float. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Of course they are. This test material is specially designed—” “It’s just a bunch of dumb, random facts,” Annabeth insisted. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

There’s a chorus of laughter from a bunch of kids as a boy kicks his skateboard in the air. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

She shuffled her papers—mostly drawings of buildings and a bunch of handwritten notes. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I bunched up the washing-line photos and put them on the desk. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was tied in bunches, in bouquets, in...in...I looked hard at the urn farthest from me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You’d rather hang out with a bunch of Arabs than us?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Butterflies flew in and out of the bunches of field flowers now loosened from the top of the bier and lying in a small heap at the edge of the grave. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And when all three of us stood before her, grinning and ready to lick the bowl, she declared us “a bunch of wild hyenas running loose in the jungle.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then he’d be in pitch black with a bunch of invalids. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

So Brian had lined up a bunch of kids to do the selling. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet Mama’s got a whole bunch of old books up there. Maybe even some puzzle books or board games.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We let ourselves be pushed around like a bunch of stupid oxen. Why don’t we do something?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mustafa breaks off a bunch of the grapes sitting in the bowl and pops a few in his mouth. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Beth nestled up to her, and whispered softly, “I wish I could send my bunch to Father. I’m afraid he isn’t having such a merry Christmas as we are.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

They come into town and call us all a bunch of hicks and think it’s too small to hold them. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were bunches of carrots and celery and loaves of bread and jars of jam and molasses and bags of sugar and links of sausage. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

His mom helped my parents make a bunch of food, too. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

What a bunch of cons, men who had barely passed their Trials. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

All lined up tense; then Go! and down the track they raised the dust in a flying bunch, strung out longer and longer behind Prince Klytoneus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mom found a bunch of her old jewelry.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The last thing I want to be is friendly right now, stuck in this hot kitchen with a bunch of rude kids making Mama nervous. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I have to roll up the jeans four times, and when I belt them, they bunch at the top like the neck of a crushed paper bag. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of them from the farm below him got loose this spring and made a mud hole of his garden. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next time was when Tyrone got caught with a bunch of heroin. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leans in toward me and my stomach does a bunch of flip-flops. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Gosh, what if he and a bunch of other mill boys ganged up on me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Each hand looked as large as a bunch of bananas. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A kids’ section where a whole bunch of mothers with little kids were listening to One Morning in Maine on tape, and they were warm. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Their sheets and blankets woe on the floor, and their nightclothes were bunched under their arms, as if they’d tried to take them off. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

She laughs and grabs a bunch of Cheetos from the girl next to her and shoves them into her mouth. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

A girl waved gaily as I passed, a bunch of violets in her hand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the brothers had soft flowy hair and nice cheeks and pretty eyes, people would assume his sister would too, so she’d get a bunch of callers. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Three weeks before their wedding, Susan took Fred to an animal shelter on East 110th Street, where she told a whole bunch of lies, including “My fiancé is allergic to him.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Coby says they posted a pic of my bike and a bunch of other stuff they took from kids. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

So I was surprised to see a bunch of dudes standing around him on the court. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But that day, Mate read right out how there had been a demonstration at the university, led by a bunch of young professors, all members of the Communist party. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were folding a bunch of WEC flyers on the big stone. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

From behind the tree came the call, “Is that you, Jane, my dove?” and out leaped the baker, holding a bunch of Michaelmas daisies and a basket of bread before him. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the grave site my father cleaned off Lynnie’s small stone and laid down a bunch of white flowers. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Park is the type of mom who asks a bunch of questions but actually listens to your answers and remembers what you said later. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

We could buy a bunch of those and have enough energy to sustain us until later on in the day. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

At first, the video showed just a man talking on a stage in front of a bunch of people. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Staring in the direction of the dome brings up a bunch of both teams’ statistics in midair. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And the next minute I’m a financial prodigy with my own business and a bunch of people working for me and a stockbroker and a prizefighter of my very own. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the air was filled with violins and a bunch of guys moaning in Italian. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

What if my parents’ God, their whole belief system, is just something concocted by a bunch of scientists to keep us under control? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m alive,” he said to the boy, as they ate a bunch of dates one night, with no fires and no moon. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Unbelievable. I thought I had a team of young men, and what do I have? I have a bunch of whining crybabies. I should have us forfeit. Is that what you all want?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

But then the other voices were falling away, in bunches, until only this one was left. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stops to gather a bunch of wildflowers for me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“A bunch of people have already seen you. The damage is done. You might as well stay and enjoy the movie.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are a bunch of kids who aren’t very nice here, Ashton said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Down below, a bunch of sea lions were sunning themselves on the rocks. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

And then a bunch more, like rain on a puddle. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Fear was etched into her features, in the bunching of her forehead and the tightening of her lips. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Around the back is a yard, mostly dirt, and a greasy bunch of boards that used to be a garage. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No way. Saw one dock once; they had a whole bunch of half-men for guards. Wouldn’t let beach trash paddle close.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the large room to one side were a bunch of old ladies with handkerchief hats on their heads. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you know that a bunch of them in the water is called a ‘float’?” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Gachet arrives for the funeral carrying a magnificent bunch of sunflowers. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Filled me up with a bunch of thank goodness. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

We were bunched, too scared to move, to spread out. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next afternoon when I walked down the hill to the hospital with my father, I carried two bunches of daisies, one for my mother, one for my sister. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of dumb Cub Scouts chasing the phantoms. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hair was too thick; it always tightened back into a dense bunch right after she ran a comb through it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Because everyone wants to be there, horses usually bunch up by the rail, so closely that hips and shoulders rub and stirrups clink off each other, making maneuvering difficult or impossible. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He noticed Burger and Heinck were "shivering like a bunch of kids." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Look here, though—a bunch of Hardy Boys books,” Tony exclaimed, pulling a stack out of the box. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Stupid columns. Some people claim I created the whole Strait of Gibraltar by shoving mountains apart. Some people say the mountains are the pillars. What a bunch of Augean manure. The pillars are pillars.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When he was about two years old, his mom had bought him one of those unbreakable cassette players and a bunch of sing-along tapes. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were a sad, rushed bunch these days. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

There were even a few old bunches of acorns from last fall, clinging to the branches. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re about to waste some perfectly good truffles on a bunch of cold eggs,” I say, before hurrying off down the hallway to finish our breakfast chat. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

His progress was very slow, through the cornfield, the thick stalks bunched together and got in his way, and he had to shove them back with his arms. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The kind where you get to someone’s house and their mom shows you down to the basement, and there’s junk food and Apples to Apples and a bunch of people randomly singing. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

We would never let things get so out of control that a bunch of drunks ruined the hall where we were playing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Others are at the tops of the streetlights, while a bunch hang above the buildings. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the sprouts are starting to shrivel, I pour in a bunch of soy sauce. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Several times they spotted small bunches of mule deer moving along the upper meadow slopes near the tree line. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turns his backpack over and a bunch of juice packs fall out. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

No wonder cousin JimmyTrotter had given him a bunch of “Yes, sir”s. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

From the refrigerator, he took a bunch of string cheese sticks and two oranges. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

"What a bunch of nauseating little warts you are." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“They usually start off with bringing a whole bunch here, and then there’s a lot of us, and one by one they all disappear.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Or did he know a whole bunch of other songs, but chose to play just those songs? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“You only told him the Keepers were trying to turn us into a bunch of crots!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom had also picked a thick bunch of daffodils, which she put in a coffee can with water and nestled into a corner of the box. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

His hustle was that he could do a whole bunch of stuff pretty good. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Chris won a bunch of points right out of the gate, but the guy was methodically testing him, probing for his weakness. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, I walked home with a bunch of other kids who lived near me in Chisamba Singles. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, I heard about that. There's a bunch of people trying to find him." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The prosecution, Miss Petrocelli, paraded in front of you a bunch of admitted criminals, people who have participated in stickups, buying and selling stolen goods, you name it. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

We looked through a bunch of photo albums tonight, ones I brought down from the attic. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the lunch court, a bunch of girls are throwing a volleyball around. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“You get a bunch of bright young fellows, and they’ll learn it all,” he advised York. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

An older house with a bunch of cars parked in the yard. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“For my part,” I told him, “you can go to hell, and take your whole snooty bunch of Hasidim along with you!” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I grab my bag to look for my phone—it’s in there, thank God, along with a bunch of scrunched-up twenties and a bloodstained Kleenex. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dusty smell of the place triggers a bunch of memories. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’m real irritated for a bunch of reasons. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They were coming home from church, a big group, my mom and Andrew and Isaac, her new husband and his children and a whole bunch of his extended family, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

So I brought in a bunch of pictures from home and James went nuts. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The last thing he needed was for a bunch of upstart sophomores to start thinking they were God’s gift to rowing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Back there, a few kids were eating the last of the ice cream sandwiches, while a bunch of the men had lit cigars, and their long smoke whispered up into the golden trees. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They peeled and sorted and bunched and sprayed and cleaned and stacked and shelved and swept; my father put them to anything for which they didn’t have to speak. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been writing a bunch of stuff in this notebook, but it all feels wrong.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Along with a bunch of pleasure yachts, there was a U.S. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Albert here just gave Shay a whole bunch of letters that are the same forward and backward. If she wasn’t spitting-nails mad, trying to hurt people, she probably would’ve figured it out.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He was starting to think, in fact, that he might just put together a freshman crew that could beat even last year’s bunch. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

By the time he came home, the wagon would be empty, and he’d have a bunch of money in his hand.” Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was bunched up, and he had hardly thought of it for a long time. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the scary part, I threw my popcorn in the air and a bunch of it went down the back of Alex’s coat. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They were all just a bunch of actors. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I need to release a bunch at once and run away. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held my hair up in what I imagined were attractive bunches above my ears. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She gripped the stone, digging into the cracks, Kaz’s gloves bunching around her damp fingers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then, while magpies jabbered like a bunch of excited monkeys in the branches overhead, and with two sparrowhawks quiet on the telephone lines across by the highway, Joe fell into a peculiar reverie. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two seconds later, I printed out the PDF he sent me, which listed a whole bunch of different math words. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I hear a bunch of confusing trial talk. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I saw a show last night with a bunch of scientists arguing over what the signs will be when the world is coming to an end. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Had a bunch of cats sat around a boardroom table raising their paws? Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Not Miss Marsh and not a bunch of country club real estate guys, either. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The mix tape I made for him hit a bunch of winter songs. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Francie picked a bunch of goldenrod and wild asters to take home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She needed me to go with her and Mustafa to get a bunch of kitchen stuff from this older auntie who lives in Bayside. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The one time my family went to Connecticut, it took us a whole bunch of hours. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Ms. Holly sings a bunch of nonsense words in a falsetto while she moves her head from side to side like a chicken. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

They talk about face shape and skin tone, and they point out a bunch of kids who are wearing the wrong colors for their complexions. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A bowl with two bunches of bananas sat in the middle of the card table. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was like stumbling upon a bunch of broken pieces to a spaceship. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“See how my fingers are bunched together at the top of the stem.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he was, sometimes he looked like a bunch of clothing floating through the forest. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mouse was playing with a bunch of kids who had a soccer ball. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I failed a bunch of times. That’s the absolute truth. I missed some things. And people died.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Maybe knock down a bunch of pills. Gas the car up while it’s still in the garage and take a snooze. Something that wasn’t all messy.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A bunch of the other fishing guides had written to the Coast Guard, saying Dad ought to be given one more chance with his captain’s license. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I figure I might finally get a compliment for once, but instead, her eyebrows bunch up and she motions me toward the door. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Can you convince Manang Maribel to drive us there without her telling your mom? Your van can hold a bunch of people. Plus, I have boxes I need to bring.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

And then he made bread in it a bunch of times, all in one week, like just to prove that he was actually gonna use this thing. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

My stomach twists as Mama explains that the people who attacked the mosque were a bunch of teenagers, seniors in high school from Sheboygan who were eventually caught, thanks to an anonymous tip. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

But I end up with a bunch of the cheaper properties, so we trade money back and forth. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Like, it’s very possible—in fact, it’s probable!—that you may end up sitting at a lunch table with a bunch of girls that you’re friends with—but who aren’t necessarily your friend friends. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Even though the last thing I want is a bunch of Hideaway Hill surfers like Zephyr Ravens anywhere near me, I say, “Have it.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But this road had a name, Overview Circle, and a bunch of mailboxes clustered at its beginning. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of legal stuff pops up, and I’m not sure what any of it means. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

They were rare coins and he just had them in Ziplocs, and I shoved a bunch of them in my pockets, and I got out of there and never went back.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

To my mom he said, “See? I got paper plates so you don’t have a bunch of dishes to wash up later.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Outside Lewiston, we found our first bit of hope in a little Baptist church set back from the road in a bunch of tall pines. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Because the headline doesn’t really fit the facts. You don’t call a bunch of dead rats mechanized just because you find them on a shelf near a motor.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

So in one day, I went from having one aunt, one grandma, and a bunch of baby dolls to having a mother, a father, three baby sisters, and two younger brothers. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A bunch of other students added their own dreams of what first they wanted to achieve. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“And he was the best one of the bunch.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hidden under the straw was a little pile of lump sugar and several bunches of ribbon of different colours. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

A bunch of satyrs were sitting in a circle in the grass. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They were half as big as grapes but hung in bunches much like grapes and when Brian saw them, glistening red in die sunlight he almost yelled. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I locked my eyes on the whole bunch of nothing out the window. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And suddenly Frank’s ability to turn into a bunch of different animals didn’t seem so awesome—not if it came with a big catch like that. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I had put Lin Nai-Nai’s present on the bottom of my bag so I wouldn’t be separated from it and now I quickly covered the two books I had packed with a bunch of underwear. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a perfect day to be near the water and blow a bunch of money on fancy food. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“And what about the others? There’s only one Native in the bunch, besides this Cree in disguise.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

One was a bronze chair with a bunch of electrical wires attached to it, like some kind of torture device. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A bunch of kids were studying and playing board games in the first floor common area. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

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

“You always call your tea ‘that nourishing tea,’ but it’s nothing but water and a bunch of dried leaves. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

After about an hour, he’d collected a bunch of dollar bills. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Leave it to James to turn a bunch of boring typos into a crazy word search game. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Every day, I pore through a bunch of data on the other players. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some rapper calls out for everybody to Nae-Nae, followed by a bunch of “Heys” as people launch into their own versions. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

You would have thought with two big talkers like Cletus and Ob in the car, we’d have been a noisy bunch all the way down the road. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it just seemed easier to blurt out what Mom calls my pie chart: half Mexican, half fill-in-the-blank with the names of a bunch of different European countries. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

A bunch of white teenagers stand behind the five protesters on their stools, jeering and jabbing, pouring ketchup and mustard and salt all over their heads. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

His whole family was a bunch of crazies. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bum is right, girl. Even worst. Read the police notices in the paper sometimes. They all a bunch of vagrants.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They asked me the word for a bunch of things like “ladder” and “chicken” and they wrote them down. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“You’re like a cat with a bunch of tin cans tied to its tail.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, this one is the one,” said August, pointing to a picture on the screen of a bunch of potatoes with wires poking out of them. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then the last thing anyone needed was a bunch of infected soldiers running through the streets. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

On they came, reckless of their loss as they approached, still bunched and herded, within the range of bowmen on the wall. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Now all I see are a bunch of squares of darker wallpaper. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Like a bunch of fat women at church. The war’s almost over. You can feel it, General. The end is in the air.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

However it got in the church it had killed four little girls, blinded a couple more and sent a bunch of other people to the hospital. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she didn’t want to talk about it anymore because other kids were beginning to bunch up at the back door and stare at us. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For two cents I’d go back home and tell people not to bother with Mars. What a suspicious bunch of louts.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took ’em a whole bunch of years, but they saved up every penny they could and had the Liberty Bell made then sent all the way to Canada. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“One time Mrs. Moss pulled me off my top bunk by the hair, and a bunch of it was yanked out by the roots! Then she kicked me while I was on the floor.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It was only a bunch of stupid words. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I'm in the middle of a bunch of craters that form a triangle. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter, loosening the cramped way some roses had been bunched into a vase, saw that Lyra wasn’t moving and glanced pointedly at the door. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

Then he rattled through a bunch of stuff Genie never even knew about guns. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He found his bunched coils jammed firmly in the tree root. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They utter a bunch of howls and whoops when the announcer says their name. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I went to bed that night I had a dream about him doing a whole bunch of four-and-a-half-second fights until he became world champion. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

The next morning Elsie and I join a bunch of trainees at the youth dormitory elevators. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Most of the people had known us since we were kids, but a bunch of people came up from Arkansas, where Mom had lived in a retirement village until she died. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Until the morning you’re putting the finishing touches on an outreach for kids from a bunch of Atlanta-area shelters, and Coop stumbles into your room, completely out of breath. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I’m not saying I don’t want to leave the city and see what’s out there, but we’ve got enough going on here. How are we supposed to help a bunch of people we’ve never met?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“It will make a much better impression if tourists don’t see a bunch of children running wild in the street.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard they got a bunch of the Divergent and started shooting them. Thank God they didn’t find you.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There were a bunch of books on serial killers—not at all what I was looking for. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The gates were opened, and a ragged bunch of prisoners were marched back inside, all beaten and bloodied. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were a bunch of forest animals on the fringes, throwing shamrocks at the happy couple. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t want to go to battle with a bunch of factionless,” he says, his green eyes glinting. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a bunch of yellow cards and I could see “Watson” was written on the top one of diem. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The last one is either Washington, D.C., or else maybe Annapolis or Chesapeake Bay. That one could be a bunch of things, actually.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Mama, a bunch of my friends are going to a dance at the Yacht Club this Saturday. I want to go. There’ll be a bunch of chaperones there.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“They have a bunch of relatives over to see the new baby, and Theresa and Jimmy have to entertain their cousins.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact there wasn’t anyone coming at all, except a bunch of kids and they certainly didn’t look like Mommy. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t just roll out empty-handed or with a bunch of unformed shadows. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then there was a bunch of horn honking coming from right in front of the house. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She digs in her oversized duffel bag and pulls out a bunch of equipment. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Sean started tearing paper from the branches, bunching it, and dropping it to the ground. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I added a bar of soap, a comb, and the pink plastic jar of tooth powder to your bag; from the kitchen, I grabbed a bunch of bananas—your favorite fruit—to add to mine. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“We're actually going to get some decent food for once. The cooks said they're going to grill a bunch of chickens.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Except, I could think of a bunch of things. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

There were no rules, no prophecies, no destinies—-just the harsh wilderness and a bunch of animals and monsters. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I heard him mutter, “There’s not a one in that bunch with that kind of grit.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of lights publicized the New Motel, which proved to be, as the travelers neared it, an impressive compound consisting of bungalows, a garage, a restaurant, and a cocktail lounge. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see why a bunch of strangers got to keep everybody’s money in vaults. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, and stand out in the open where a bunch of angry people with guns can take aim?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stood there feeling like an orphan until Ms. Tannenbaum walked me over to Edna’s bunch and said I was joining them, even though the group was already full. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“We have a bunch of the same classes.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Instead of growling, it barks and snarls and snaps, and its muscles bunch up like coiled wire. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He’s so excited, he has to call a bunch of friends and tell them how this has turned out to be the best Christmas ever. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Dad made it clear he was home by making a whole bunch of noise. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They were a rough-and-tumble bunch, not very worldly, but earnest and used to hard work. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I could see that he’d made a bunch of little toilet paper parachutes and when he yelled, “Action!” he set one of them on fire and dropped it over the toilet. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, somebody honks his car horn a bunch of times. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He watched the tiny pulse fluttering at Dimple's neck, the way her shoulders were bunched up around her ears. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Well, boy, I reckon I'm nervous sending you out alone with a bunch of yahoos.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Annabeth sat at table six with a bunch of serious- looking athletic kids, all with her gray eyes and honey- blond hair. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of New Dealers had cornered a dog on Frances Street. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arion crashed through the main doors into the plaza and scattered a bunch of guys in business suits. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A nylon shower curtain, scarlet, with a design of canary-yellow sharps, flats, and clefs on it, was bunched up at the foot of the tub, attached with plastic rings to an over-head chromium bar. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Colonel and I said nothing, while a bunch of people who didn’t know Alaska extolled her virtues and professed to be devastated, and at first, it bothered me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I mean...he was convicted for a bunch of thefts, right?” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“They’re all a bunch of freaks!” said one of his friends. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“That ole man lunatic, he’s so proud of our boat, and he’ll have to go all by himself all the way down a bunch of winding rivers.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was with a bunch of girls who had been separated from their other friends, who were in another tent. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

That's why I have a small amount of Earth soil and a bunch of plant seeds with me. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Black’s already murdered a whole bunch of people in the middle of a crowded street. Do you really think he’s going to worry about attacking Harry just because we’re there?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Jillson was staring at him and his friends as if they were a bunch of lunatics. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Supplies for the club’s first recipe are piled on the island: a brown bag labeled zebra basmati rice, a bucket full of onions and potatoes, a bunch of wilting cilantro, and a few bright tomatoes. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

A grundy's where a bunch of kids yank you up, hard, by your underpants. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

One man was in his nightshirt and a lady was trying to carry a bunch of bananas with her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They just stood there, together, like an animal herd bunching up for protection. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Bertha chatted with some woman who had a bunch of wild kids running around the bus station. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Several lockers down I hear laughter, and I turn to see a bunch of boys with Matt in the middle, telling some joke. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I dried great bunches of this, and hung them from the roof of the tree room together with the leaves of winterberry. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

We opened my front door to find a bunch of parents, some of whom I didn’t even recognize, on their phones, stuffing envelopes, and talking. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Thomas, his hand still gripping Teresa’s, ran with them, bunched up in the back of the group. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Why sink a bunch of energy into freezing stuff when you have incredibly cold temperatures right outside? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bent to yank up another bunch of cheatgrass. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“So do you think we’re a bunch of superstitious natives or what?” he asked in a playful tone, but with a hint of worry. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He placed the box with the tortoise in it next to the door and pulled a bunch of lock picks from his pocket. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This here squadron here is the toughest bunch of Marine aviators ever assembled on this here God’s green earth here,” Sammy bellowed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re sure it’s not just a bunch of junk somebody picked up for like fifty cents at a yard sale?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Some cops found a bunch of rods in a warehouse and were trying to figure out what they were. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Bulkeley sent me to find some skunk cabbage,” he explained, waving a bunch of green. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Near the water fountains, a bunch of boys are gathered together, laughing. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

We’re a few untried roughnecks with rifles and a bunch of Negroes with reasonably sharp knives. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

There were a bunch of “No, Ms. Owens” and then Buck and Troy faded away. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

There were a bunch of dusty spiderwebs in front of the little window and someone had pasted old yellow newspapers over the glass so the kids who got locked in here couldn’t peek out. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I know you don’t care that much about fashion. You want a bunch of pictures of yourself on there or something?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

We think it's fine to have swastikas all over the place because we're the same bunch of rednecks and racists we were in 1978. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Children showed up with their cats and dogs and parakeets, a bunch of boring, everyday pets. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The Eyrie was a small castle by the standards of the great houses; seven slender white towers bunched as tightly as arrows in a quiver on a shoulder of the great mountain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Over at Brick's place in the afternoon, there's a bunch of us just chilling. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sounded like a bunch of crickets were singing to high heaven. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She purses her lips like she’s just bitten into an onion and calls them all a bunch of sorry drunks. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

So it’s always a bunch of mess going on. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I peeked from behind a tree and could see a bunch of cops standing around with pistols out. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t expecting a bunch of Poplar Springs girls to be so nice, but I’m happy to be proven wrong.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Clay grewed up alone in that big house with a bunch of nannies from ’cross the water.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were bunched too tightly, and they were moving too quickly. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of other kids crowded around me and clapped me on the back. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Taken for a ride by a bunch of kids! The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Moon Squadron pilots, of necessity a bunch of giddy lunatics, put it to their leader as a proposition. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, a few weeks after they burned the body, a bunch of kids were swimming in Turtle Lake when it caught fire.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m a hoodlum from a bunch of nothing. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He was tall, six foot five at least, and seemed too large for the suit he wore; a large portion of each shirt cuff showed; the coat bunched at the armpits. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Doc placed some felt material in a bunch of different colors on his worktable, then gave us each a needle and thread. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Like most of the farm’s work buildings, the older log cabins bunched on the eastern edge, put up in a hurry before they knew how big the community would become. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In the space was a cot and a small shelf made from planks of wood separated with cut logs and filled with books, folded clothes, papers, and some braided and bunched herbs. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

There area few other boats and a bunch of people in the water, so I ask Henry if I can go in, too. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Jeff put his head under the faucet to rinse it, and wadded up a bunch of paper towels to wipe down his upper body. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

There weren’t many things more fun to watch than a heavily armed Recon officer going to town on a bunch of unsuspecting humans. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s one of those Japanese prank shows. They put this guy in a coffin with a bunch of dead squid and leave him there.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When the team trooped up the slick marble steps into the library’s lobby, they saw Charles Chiltington, his mother, a bunch of stuffy-looking ladies, and that one guy in a bow tie. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The underside of a mailbox is really ugly—a bunch of paint-splattered metal joints and bolts. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then at last the opening music came again, with all the different instruments bunched together for each note like a hard, tight fist that socked at her heart. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In fact, his feelings were all in a ball and twisting crazily in his stomach like those bunches of bait worms in cardboard canisters that Nick sold in his store. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got out my pocketknife and cut a bunch of apple blossoms. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Listen, nurse, I had this big bunch of larkspur Larry brought last night." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I can’t remember which book opens the door, so I have to try a whole bunch of them until I find it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She pelts stones at a tree with small, dark leaves, and bunches of a long brown fruit fall to the ground. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He strung up hammocks for everyone all through the forest, and you never heard a happier bunch of kids. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They bunched up, wary and skittish; when the last cow had run into the little herd, they stood for a moment, staring at the windmills and corrals and at the men beside the truck. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Chicago Tribune’s editorial page criticized the group of senators who hadn’t managed to vote that day, calling them “a bunch of gutless sheep.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

After what had almost happened, facing a bunch of snotty fifth graders will be easy. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

And there were also a bunch of girls about my age who wanted my autograph. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hollered, making a bunch of kids turn in their seats and stare at me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while a bunch of them would come swirling around in sight above the roof, then go away. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s all you got out of this? That a bunch of kids ended up famous?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The only thing he ever did, though, was give these sex talks and all, late at night when there was a bunch of guys in his room. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I said, “Uggggh ...” A little crowd of kids started bunching up around us and Byron decided it was time to put on a show. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was a stroke of genius, Archie. That’s what I thought it was. Let him get beat up by a bunch of kids. Psychological—isn’t that what you’re always talking about?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I get closer to Madoc’s, I remember my cloak, still bunched up and hidden in a woodpile outside Hollow Hall, and curse myself all over again. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But what was most different was the attitude of the bunch of boys Joe had rowed with last year. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My hunger to climb had been blunted, in short, by a bunch of small satisfactions that added up to something like happiness. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And taped to the walls were a whole bunch of pictures of our family. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Then too, compared with the women at The Maids, my Woodcrest coworkers are an enthusiastic and outgoing bunch, though the faces tend to change from one weekend to the next. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ain’t got time to worry about a bunch of dandies running for their lives. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Here I am, sitting on the graying floor of this freezing metal kitchen, listening to a bunch of complaints from girls who don’t know how to boil an egg. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I laughed at that, because it was funny, thinking about my old school being a bunch of mean jerks. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of white men chased us up the street and surrounded Dennis and tried to kill him, throwing bottles and bitting and kicking him until one of them made the rest of them stop. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was firing below, a sharp popping, a scattering of shots, a bunch, another bunch, then silence. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesper shook his head, trying to blink the rain from his eyes, muscles bunching in his back as he rose higher. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then the music switched again and leapt into something fast and galloping, and I saw Lianne and Margot and a bunch of the other freshman girls dancing. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The paper was covered in her work trying to decode it, which looked like a bunch of unfinished hangman games minus the hanging men. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“When you stripped this house of all the valuables you could find,” Harry began again, “you took a bunch of stuff from the kitchen cupboard. There was a locket there.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“She was here. Yesterday. She’d brought us a bunch of sequined T-shirts. And while she was here, somebody snuck into my room from the fire escape.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

After they was ’zactly forty-nine days old, Pap said me and him had to look ’em o’er to see if there was a hunting dog in the bunch. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I was never so glad to see a bunch of minnows in my life! Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” she says to a bunch of cow ladies who watch her along a fence. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“That bunch are as crazy as the goonies behind us. Pringles is what I call them.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“There’ll be a bunch of kids going down south to spend the summer with folks. A few parents on the bus to keep an eye on things. They’ll be fine,” Pa said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I ended up throwing a bunch of them at some bottles I set up on a fence. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were a whole bunch of scraps of paper on top, and there was a folded index card, too. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

She had had a bunch of kids in her backyard running through the sprinkler, and now they wanted twelve cups of lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

At the very bottom of the case were a whole slew of awards bunched together and pushed to the back. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Sierra’s next door neighbors, the Middletons, had set up a kiddie pool, and a bunch of the little ones were screaming and splashing around in it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Lying there like a bunch of drunken animals. You too, Nately? You ought to be ashamed I Come on—help me get them out of here before they all die of pneumonia.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The cow opens her meaty wet lips, curls her sandpaper tongue around the bunched clover like a fat rope, and rips the mouthful of tender leaves from its crown. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Seemed like a bunch of tomfoolery to me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She followed a bunch of vintage photography accounts on Instagram, and old apothecary bottles were a favorite subject. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Good point,” said the judge, removing his robe and taking out a large bunch of keys. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Taylor wound up calling my friend SJ's mom, Mrs. Friedman—an attorney—and she had to come bark a bunch of legal hoo-ha in the cops' faces before they'd undo the cuffs. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It's awesome to have a bunch of dipshits on Earth telling me, a botanist, how to grow plants. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the only one without a weapon is Peeta, but anyone whispering my name with a bunch of mutts doesn’t need one anyway. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He read off a bunch of names that didn’t mean anything to me, and then he said the last name: “Edward Johnson.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

After nearly a week of being cooked alive and shaken out of my skin I'm irritable and in no mood to deal with a bunch of toothless bullies. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She smoked and picked a little bunch of grass blades. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And then I drill a bunch of holes tight together. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I was pleasantly surprised when a bunch of kids added their names to volunteer for apartment setups and helping with free music lessons and tutoring for kids. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I say it a few more times, louder and with more and more gusto, then realize I’m talking with an English accent to a bunch of trees and go back to my spot. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“They sound like a bunch of old hens,” Father said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I thought he wearing a bunch of giant octopi. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He tried to ignore the cheers across the way from the Carter fans, cheers that sounded to him “like a bunch of African natives,” and instead yelled as loud as he possibly could. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of important people talk about the library and all its programs, but I don’t pay much attention. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

We filled out a bunch of forms and then had brand-new bank accounts, complete with debit cards that would arrive in seven to ten days. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was a room with a bunch of people sitting around hooked up to machines. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Leo remembered the time he had met the Hunters of Artemis—a bunch of cute lithe girls in silvery clothes, all armed with bows. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Not really. It wasn’t really his fault, Mama. There’s a rally here for some guy who got shot last week, and a bunch of people from the old days were here. They...” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“The Y over on Dryades is about the best place. It’s clean and there’s a nice bunch of fellows there,” he said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the thin golden wire from above springs down at us, bunching in tangled loops and curls around our wrists. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, she was working hard too! Sold a bunch of earrings, man. People really like those things. Grandma even bought a pair.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Octopuses are supposed to smell like geraniums when they get stressed, and I’m pretty sure this whole library now smells like a bunch of geraniums exploded. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

One of the kids pushes Ronan back and there is a bunch of yelling and swinging. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The man across the wall shuffled through a bunch of photographs in a plastic sachet, with an air of contrived interest. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s driving upstate tomorrow morning for a bunch of depositions and meetings. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The only clothes he was wearing was the bottom half of a woman’s dress that looked like it waren’t nothing but a bunch of long leafs sewed together. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

A bunch of kids had to squint and lean closer just to see it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Max was always on the lookout for teasing ever since last year, when Hunter Schultz called him “gay” and “Maxipad” and a bunch of other things. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His entourage of junior scythes was a multicultural bunch, in the old-school meaning of the word. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Tasha's a straight-A student, and even though she always gave Noodles a whole bunch of lip, she was a cool girl. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Prometheus sent Zeus a message with a bunch of excuses for supporting Kronos. ‘I was just trying to minimize the damage,’ blah, blah. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The absolute last thing—the last thing—I wanted was to be pitied by a bunch of strangers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He hops down the stairs three at a time, nearly falling in his rush, scattering his phone and a bunch of pens behind him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Just a bunch of striped tents, looking more yellow and grey than black and white in the afternoon sun. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Right. Malik’s trying to find out who Rapid really is. I gave him some info and he’s already running with it. We did a bunch of research the other day.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I felt so responsible for getting Branwell to talk that I asked him a bunch of dumb questions. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I’d say you don’t need to worry. You don’t got a fire. Just a bunch of smoke.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I want to welcome the prettiest, smartest bunch of young ladies our staff has yet had the good luck to meet," the plump, bald master-of-ceremonies wheezed into his lapel microphone. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Miss Crofts put a bunch of history books on the first desk of each row so they could be passed back, student to student. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made friends all right—with a bunch of kindergartners, which didn’t really bolster my social standing with my peers. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I spread out our sheet and bunched up the raincoat for you to have as a pillow. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t really explain it; he just knew he didn’t want to let this bunch of boys down. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Inside the envelope were a stack of cards, a bunch of rubber stamps, an ink pad, and a sheet of three-ring-binder paper filled with a fifth grader’s sloppy handwriting. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I ran as hard as I could with the costume bunched up under one arm. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And maybe the big picture is nice, maybe it’s amazing, but if you’re standing with your face pressed up against a bunch of black dots, it’s really hard to tell. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"And you think a bunch of people standing together are going to make him step aside?" asked Kia. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

On this particular day, I found my dad in the break room with bunch of guys his age who were wearing the same overalls and helmets. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He digs into a drawer and pulls out a whole bunch of papers. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

A bunch of teachers are getting mad at Mr. Ward with all these kids skipping their classes. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of countrified folks yelling and screaming, waving flags and chewing tobacco, forcing confused kids to crawl through mud, preparing them to get killed in a war? The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Most teachers talk down to us, as if we’re a bunch of immature dummies who don’t know anything about anything. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He wore a vest that displayed a bunch of digital clock faces. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Along the edge of the sidewalk and in the dark street there was a bunch of neighborhood kids. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Church mothers packed a bunch of food for us to eat—sandwiches, chicken, fruit, and cold drinks. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Basically it’s a bunch of cells that don’t look right,” Az said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

We were a needy bunch of baby birds who had fallen out of our original nests and were desperate for any scrap of attention. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

A bunch of ordinary ones, like “mischief” and “possibility,” but he threw two cool ones in there: “collywobbles” and “gardyloo.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Reaching in the back of the wagon, Toomer chose a bunch of wilted flowers wrapped in Spanish moss and said, “Give these flowers to your mama when she gets home.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch more blood spilled out of his mouth. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Mom reached in and pulled out a bunch of colorful silk neckties. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's weird to see a dude with a bunch of fly clothes on standing in a corner of a crazy party, knitting. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Sam and her moved us around a bunch till we got here. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I found a bunch of them stuck to my bulletin board the other day,” I say. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

They were with Kyle’s mom and dad in the capacity crowd that was bunched behind velvet ropes for the final two events of the duodecimalthon. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I still had a bunch of pages left, too, and I wondered if by the time I ran out of pages I’d be done with my story. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It probably said something like: The son of Neptune will drown a whole bunch of ghosts.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She looks so small, bunched up on the couch like that. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Last week, he had a bunch of Boston College students talking about Run for a Cause on Catholic TV.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The people at the party were a bunch of blurred faces all looking down and laughing at me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Staring at a bunch of words when you ain’t got no clue what they say?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

And with that, I’m following him again, into a kitchen so white and bright, I have to blink a bunch of times just to be able to see straight. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

‘A bunch of dead losers waiting for a free handout from Gaia, whining that the world owes them something?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I was fine. It was just a bunch of pretty flowers to me, and I started with two weeks of food.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She retied the cord that held it bunched at her neck, then wiped her sweaty hands carefully on the woven cloth of her garment. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“So you’re going to arrest a bunch of kids for having pot? It’s legal now, you know!” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A bunch of— “Why don’t you bring your chair up to my desk, and we’ll work on it?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

So then a bunch of people start giggling. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Dari, Twig, and I stayed late after school yesterday, gluing and rearranging and cracking a whole bunch of eggs. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Blending into the dark—mouse gray, mouse still—as The Beast approaches I bunch myself to jump. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

They sort of were a bunch of mean jerks. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had the loudest burp of the bunch. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“About ten of my paces away. To the right. A big man. I can see the keys in a bunch at his waist.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Henry, Willow, the baby, Adam, who brought Fitzy, Kim, who brought a cousin visiting from New Jersey, plus a whole bunch of friends of my parents whom they had not seen in ages. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but they give us each a time so that the voting is staggered...you know, not everyone coming in a bunch.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Please, please, please, I think as we crest the last hill and reach the flat sandy area, where a bunch of people are in a semicircle like they’re at a sporting event. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Two winos drifted over to see what they could see and a bunch of kids stopped playing and gathered around. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right across the street is a bunch more buildings like ours—old gray-and-beige buildings with lots of floors and lots of apartments. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The idea is for the freezing return air from the regulator to pass through the water as a bunch of little bubbles. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I tried to make the shot and missed it, all I would get would be a bunch of stupidFinkles to remind me of it for the rest of my life. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was holding a great bunch of roses. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Margie had three big brothers instead of one, and one day in October the whole bunch of them went out mushrooming. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “It’s like sweet gravel. It’s like a bunch of itsy-bitsy commuters running for a shuttle in my windpipe.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was a kid I read these books, the Redwall books, fantasy books about a bunch of warrior mice, and the mice had this war cry that I always thought was cool: “Eulalia.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Wait. You mean to tell me you’ve got a bunch of money just sitting out there in the ground? For any old thief to come along and steal it?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

"A whole bunch of love, fool," Jazz said. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Clarisse climbed aboard with a batch of javelins, spiked balls, caltrops, and a bunch of other nasty toys. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

We once met at the food court at the mall with a bunch of other friends but he barely spoke to me, and he never once tried to kiss me or hold my hand. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A bundle of soiled blankets is bunched in the corner, the remains of the food scattered next to it. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he made a bunch of stupid remarks about what we should and shouldn’t do in the dark. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went through a bunch of the toothbrushes they give you at the dentist, and three baseballs that Dad had caught at games, which he wrote the dates on. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes follow my hand, and now I’m really self-conscious and hoping he’s not going to ask to touch my hair or a bunch of dumb questions about it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

John Mark’s got bunches of tattoos, but this dude’s tats make his look like kindergarten drawings. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“The jogger’s mouth” made no sense to me, and searching turned up nothing except for a bunch of people jogging with their mouths open. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Nah, the hospital just hired a bunch of new security guys and I took a much-needed personal day, thank you very much.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

We pop in and out of a bunch of other stores, sometimes just to feel the fabric and check the prices. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I hang around with a bunch of dudes. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She also has braces that cost a whole bunch of money and I can’t pop her when she’s running her weak girl game. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The residents were a reserved bunch, save for when Jimmy’s barbecue came out—prim ladies used their elbows. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I could make you read a bunch of pages in this book before I reveal what happened in the contest. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The looming shapes of animals bunched up inside: antelopes, bushbucks, broadheaded warthogs with warthog children running behind them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. A whole bunch of book lovers all across America who don’t like us.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

To whites across the state of Texas, Dallas Carter was a nogood bunch of cheaters who didn’t deserve the honor of playing for a state championship. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the thinking wrinkles bunch up on Grandpa’s forehead. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he does seem smart, and he knows a bunch of stuff. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

How my skin fit the whole time, didn’t once bunch up at my ankles or squeeze my head into a pin. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I knock a bunch of his teeth into his mouth, and I think they go down his throat. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of seventh and eighth graders in wine-colored uniforms are crowded outside the building, beneath the overhang, trying to stay dry. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stuck three hairpins in her mouth, bunched up my hair to stuff it under the cap, and pinned everything in place. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

As I stepped on the bus she squeezed a bunch of bills and change into my hand. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Show me, then," I snap, bunching the folds of my wet dress. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“You know all those questions in the trivia contest Friday? I did so badly, I Googled a bunch of them later that night. They were all from 1968.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Vola lifted a finger to stroke the feathers bunched at her throat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Michael, the therapist, had given Grace a list of suggestions, but when she looked them up, they looked too forced, too false, a bunch of strangers smiling at a camera. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“My parents gave me a bunch of science books over the break. Plus a Snap Circuits kit.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I guess having the school’s god as my brother did give me some kind of special rights but not a whole bunch. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The strange man looked at us with one side of his lip up, the other down, his nose scrunched up, his eyebrows bunched together. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I beat up a bunch of Barbies at Toys“R”Us,” he whispered. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Because of him, a whole bunch of people got to get out of the slums. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Those bars fill up with a rowdy bunch, especially on the weekend.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

One stack of papers was a copyedited manuscript—basically a printout from a computer file that had been marked up in colored pencil with a bunch of edit marks. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When we finally found a guard, he heard me out and then said there had been a bunch of kids who had come in the night before. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was done pretending, acting as if I belonged here at a riding stable, of all the ridiculous places, one that catered to a bunch of spoiled rich kids. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She complied with their request and gave them particulars, like Keith’s Social Security number and a bunch of dates and names she rattled off. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Zoey begins to clap, Ms. Washington joins in, and then so do a bunch of other kids. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Then he had returned to Camp Jupiter with his new girlfriend Piper and a whole bunch of Greek friends in a warship. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

With the dead mouse bunched in his cheek, Cole rested his jaw. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

They were a classic bunch of overachievers who had become living proof of all the perceived values of white working-class and middle-class America—desire, self-sacrifice, pushing oneself beyond the expected limit. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She motions me to the back of the room, where history books are stacked waist high and a bunch of kids are copying answers for last night’s homework. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

On that trip, we visited a bunch of old castles, including Boldt Castle. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

His shoulders were no longer bunched up with tension, and when he tilted his head toward me, I saw it for the subtle invitation it was. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I make a bunch of noise, stamping on the floor, clearing my throat several times, a few more stomps, then step around the corner. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

So you have a bunch of regularly-spaced waves that are trapped, bouncing back and forth in a container that fits their wavelength perfectly. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Not to mention the fact that I’m being watched by a bunch of actual musicians in an actual college band. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

One stack of papers was a copyedited manuscript—basically a printout from a computer file that had been marked up in colored pencil with a bunch of edit marks. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t all bunch up around the back of the cart at once. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I picked up some of the bananas and waited for Gasemu to gather his water jug, machete, and the last bunch. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Zalmay gave the dolls an odd look when he saw their purchase, but he was too excited about his own gift to ask why Fadi had chosen a bunch of Barbies. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

It’s not just one truck, but a whole bunch of military vehicles. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I stole a bunch of blank report cards from the school library rather than have Ma see my horrible grades, which were basically zero since I never showed up. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First off, congratulations to the parents for raising a bunch of wonderful kiddos!” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

If I had eyes that wasn’t mashed up by a brick, I sure ’nuff wouldn’t hide ’em behind a bunch a fat. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And me and Brandon had a bunch of other moments, but it was mostly just a lot of yelling—really just me yelling and him laughing, but not no more. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“My mom hasn’t ‘dragged me’ to a bunch of giveaways.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Rafe pushed a bunch of buttons on the keyboard in front of him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Bronze tools spilled out of one—a compass, a saw, and a bunch of other things I didn’t recognize. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When Brian went to the assembly hall to post the latest figures, a cheering bunch of fellows applauded as he made the entries. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all bunched up together by Momma’s door but she didn’t get out, she was still honking the horn like a nut! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have a bunch of crew jumpsuits to serve as bedding, along with my blanket and pillow. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure puts the loaf into her knapsack and bunches the paper in her fist. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I ran and dumped the bunches in a pile on the bare ground outside the yard fence, then hurried to bring a live coal from the fireplace to start them burning. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spotted Nhamo and trotted up, fur bristling, to demand the meager bunch of blackjack leaves. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the walls, glass cases displayed crystal balls, geodes, macrame dream catchers, and a bunch of other strange stuff. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It makes no sense—what “favor” can a bunch of Colorado kids possibly do that could have any value to the survivors of such an atrocity? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He was going to have to hire a whole bunch of new people. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She came back moments later holding a bunch of slender green leaves. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now I was wondering just how the long fluffy white curtains would look if I lit a bunch of straws and held it under them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lived useful, long lives, so let us not panic like a bunch of Chicken Littles and feel the sky falling, but instead put our energy into keeping Norvelt alive. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I know they were stretched thin, but you can’t leave an entire relief effort to a bunch of wannabe feds. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Him, a lot of Clock Watchers, and a bunch of Time Sucks.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She compares her numbers to the computer’s numbers and punches in a bunch of decimals for our commission. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Except a bunch of snake things are guarding the hill now,” Frank said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Here, I copied down a bunch of the ridiculous talking points from the NRA website last night at home. You can copy them into your notebook unless you already have them memorized.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

At dinner Mosca and Riccio fooled around so much that Victor grumbled that it would have been quieter with a bunch of monkeys at the table; But Prosper never said a word. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The trousers were big and bunched up when Obinze tightened his belt, but the jacket, also big, shielded this unsightly pleat of cloth at his waist. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“If you’re going to be a bigot, at least get it right. I’m a Mexican, man, and proud of it. But, hey, you’re just a bunch of stupid bullies, so who cares what you say?” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

A bunch of soldiers were sitting around a table playing poker, and there was real money in the center of the table. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I'm hungry, tired, a little afraid, and a whole bunch angry, but a few hurt feelings are the furthest thing from my mind right now.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Rowing stroke for stroke, they remained tightly bunched up for a hundred yards. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There was a lady with a bunch of plastic flamingos sticking out of a shopping cart. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe it wasn’t a rhinoceros, but a bunch of old trees that were ready to tell the secrets of the dead. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

You’d see a bunch of kids in a huddle in the hall, and you didn’t have to eavesdrop to figure out the topic of conversation. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Sly is singing the words over and over as though he is trying to convince me that this whole world is just a bunch of families like ours going about their own family affairs. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe it means you’re sympathizing too much with the enemy. Personally, I don’t feel the least bit guilty for sending a bunch of bullies on an emergency trip to the bathroom.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I knew all that stuff but I was still kind of nervous when I followed the little trail that went through a bunch of bushes and led to the water. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems like my dad tries a whole bunch of things but never seems to finish any of them. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Riccio looked around for their pursuer but all he could see were bored faces staring into shop windows and a bunch of giggling schoolchildren. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She just needed a bunch of switches, a blackboard behind her 2 x 2 e 5. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She transforms the unruly bunch of us into a heavenly host of cherubim, hovering a thousand feet above the city rooftops. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then I notice a bunch of giant men all around me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He would go to different department stores and steal a bunch of clothes and then sell them on the street for cheap. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And what do I care what a bunch of criminals think, anyway? Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a whole bunch of bridges, not just the one she’s on, but others in both directions. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Before the United States entered World War Two, there were a bunch of American pilots in China. They were called the Flying Tigers. They flew those planes with the shark teeth on the nose.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

They put that sheet into a new bunch of papers, which were on me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of bronze books were piled under his chair. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You come to a place like this and you expect a bunch of lawyers. But she was a whole different story.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

You know, a big bunch of us on the teacups, with you and me crushed together from the centrifugal force. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of hunting knives, some cool ninja throwing stars. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Not a whole bunch of noise or nothing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I had to fire up the stove with a bunch of kindling while Grandma and Mary Alice went to work on the potatoes and onions. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Master stared at her silently and then handed her a bunch of keys. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t that I hated being asked a bunch of questions. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I found it in a house with a bunch of bones—as if the dead men could take it all with them!” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He didn’t care, he said, and he didn’t want a bunch of idiots to have this much control over his life. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“But you’d be hanging from a tree like a bunch of bananas. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Inside are the toaster, the stereo, a bunch of Sam’s music collection, my Sony boom box. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But, the relative added, “Hale and his bunch were determined to kill him.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Genie had seen that honeycomb thing in a bunch of movies, but never knew the name. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“So after the firecracker incident, the principal searched James Madison’s locker, and he found, like, a raccoon cap and a bunch of stolen answer sheets and other minor-deal stuff.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Probably a bunch of junk food, knowing you three,” she says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They seemed to say that once you found the neglected dwelling, you would have to collect a bunch of “trophies” and then blow some kind of whistle. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

You’ve got to draw first blood against a bunch of hogs like this. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cop said, “This is America, boys, you’re sounding like a bunch of Commies, you know I can’t let you on this train. I got kids to feed too, and I’d lose my job.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The old man nodded over to a spiral notebook, a beat-up thermos, and a bunch of stubby pencils bundled together with a thick rubber band. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His hair has been combed hard to one side, and his loose cotton shirt has bunched up behind his shoulders so that his collar is skewed. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I brought you flowers,” he said quietly, producing a bunch of roses from nowhere. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I saw him get a bunch of eggs, too. From one of our nests.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

A month before, he’d rigged a Greek firebomb in the bathroom of a tour bus that was carrying a bunch of monsters across country. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I understand you left a pretty disturbed bunch of pedants up at Boston,” Nicholson said, watching him. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

And when I got back to our bunk, Anthony was sitting in a circle with a bunch of other boys. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I knew you guys would get it. You’re a smart bunch.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I wrote a bunch of these down in my notebook when I heard them at recess. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

There were about ten guys throwing horseshoes, and the clangs and the cheers that came from them made it seem like it was all-fired important—like it probably was to a bunch of chumps. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Night Witches” in the Sky paints a vivid and faithful portrait of the 46th Guards’ experiences at the height of the war—from flaming death in the air to bunches of wildflowers in the cockpit. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Paper balls littered the floor, so many that the door swept a bunch of them to the side of the room. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“And why should you care if a bunch of canal rats blow each other to bits in pursuit of a prize?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The postcard was of a tobacco factory, row after row of women bunching bronze leaves into cigars. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m still stuck. I’ve been trying to crack the code all night, and I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong. It’s just a bunch of numbers.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Black grabbed at his ears and made a bunch of weird sounds. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The shoulder straps fell down to his elbows, and the skirt bunched at his feet. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Raw liver is stuffed with tapeworms, little boy. Once they’re inside, they grow in a bunch until they’re as big as a soccer ball.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

After a bunch of walking and me pretending to look for a flower that I really, really liked, Lovey stopped. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Miss Jackson, our neighbor, has a bunch of dogs that are barking like mad. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Evidently, being yelled at by your girlfriend in front of your kids and a whole bunch of kayakers wakes up something inside you, and he drove off in the camper van and didn’t come back. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

But every time I was alone with Papa, he bought a whole bunch of tickets and called it a good investment. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Watch some videos, listen to the song a bunch, and you’ll be playing in no time.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

This huge, gloomy auditorium was certainly a strange hiding place for a bunch of homeless children. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I bet you’d have taken down all your Broadway posters and put up a bunch of farm animal posters instead. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Doug P. made up a bunch of stuff about horses in case you didn’t figure it out. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t even get a bunch of junky old jars to a pawn shop without ruining them. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then he bunched his shoulders into attack position and bared his teeth. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s really a fine thing, when a man of God begins hanging around a place like this with a bunch of dirty drunks and gamblers.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

His body is bunched, a snake ready to strike. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“No justice, no peace!” a bunch of people shout. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“A bunch of us are going over to Lauren’s house to watch a movie,” Bridget offered. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Finally he went back to his motorcycle and returned with a bunch of carrots. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

David and I were still friends, but I made a bunch of new ones too. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Yes, at the top of the Icefall Hall had called us “a good strong bunch.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t as smelly as you’d expect a bunch of rotting food to be. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Liam’s hand tightened around mine, and I found my other hand bunching the fabric of his shirt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She goes to the cupboard over the sink, taking her time, locates her key bunch in her pocket, unlocks the cupboard door. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there were a bunch of kids just running around, happy to be in a place where there were no cars or noise except for their own laughter. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His face was all bunched up like he was thinking the exact same thing, so I walked beside him and kept my mouth shut. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

A bunch of kids were bouncing around, some were standing at the back of the room, but no one was sitting down. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Over by the spotlight was a bronze box with a bunch of gears and levers and a big Greek letter fita on the side, the mark of Hephaestus. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Inside I could see a bunch of mean-looking kids, both girls and boys, arm wresding and arguing with each other while rock music blared. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then, after fighting a bunch of wars with each other over land, resources, and our made-up gods, we eventually got all of our tribes organized into a ‘global civilization.’ Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I ironed a bunch of tablecloths and napkins and even Miss Lizzy’s pillowcases. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

All morning we sat out on the bench beside the door, plaiting each others’ hair in rows and loops, receiving the compliments of passersby and the bunch of admiring small children who gathered around us. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

If something spilled on the floor, or if there was a bunch of objects spread out on the table, he could tell you how many there were just by looking at them. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I could walk away because he’s clearly annoyed with me right now, but if he doesn’t want me here asking him a bunch of questions, then that’s exactly what I’ll do. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He wrote a bunch of numbers on the board, and Sra. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A bunch of kids were heading for the gym, and soon I was just one of three hundred fourteen-year-olds all crammed into the bleachers. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When the count reached forty-six and I couldn’t seem to locate any new bunches of hogs, Mama and I decided that was all the pigs the sows had raised that year. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning the kids would wake up to find a bunch of presents loaded at the foot of their beds. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“There’s a bunch of buildings down there. We call them the Teeth; they chew the hell out of anything that comes into them.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

We’d grabbed a bunch of laundry detergent bottles from the garbage spill, but we didn’t need them. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe some thick branches, a bunch of thinner branches, and plenty of leaves to hide the mistakes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled back her fist, fingers curled in a tight bunch. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She showed me a bunch of stretches—sitting, kneeling, standing—that she said warmed up hamstrings, side muscles, and knees. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, both Garrett and Bram have been totally cool about the gay thing all day, which I guess I didn’t expect from a bunch of athletes. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

And it was because of this that nearly all hog owners usually left four or five old barrows, or “bar’ hogs,” as we called them, to run with each bunch of sows. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the game pieces, I used a bunch of old action figures I had found in the after-school toy basket. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He’d found himself in the courtyard of a burned-out mansion in the middle of the woods, wearing shorts, an orange T-shirt, and a leather necklace with a bunch of strange clay beads. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They typed in Surly Wombat but only found a bunch of stuff about the animal. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I see a bunch of kids hanging out at the swing set, and I immediately cross the street. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

They were an opinionated, high- energy bunch, and best of all, as far as Katherine was concerned, they were all as smart as whips. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

She’s surrounded by the same bunch of girls she’s been hanging around with all spring and so far this summer instead of me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Dad brought two torches and his massive bunch of work keys. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the little wrinkles that bunched up on her forehead, I could tell that Mama wasn’t satisfied. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t be wearing a bunch of dead animals. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In the distance, a bunch of seagulls are dive-bombing the surface of the water—a sure sign that there are fish there. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Well, the simplest thing with a bunch of fancy words and mile-long sentences. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take long for her to select the most crooked, most pathetic, patchiest pine tree in the bunch. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Some guy or girl put a whole bunch of words on a sheet of magnet and then cut the words into separate pieces. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

"We went to the party because Tasha works the door, so she let us in. When we got there, everything was chill. Just music, food, drinks, and a bunch of people." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“He donated a bunch of money to create the memorial room at Perkins. He spent most of his life in Colorado, but we thought maybe he grew up in Lambert.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We strolled past Mama Mwanza’s and a bunch of other houses where mostly old men were sitting on buckets without a single tooth in their heads. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Safer tells me that even though it looks like a messy bunch of sticks, the nest has three different areas, almost like little rooms. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Never had a bunch of hip cats all drooling and wishing they were me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are like a bunch of dogs squirting on fire hydrants. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“He was the enemy,” she said, “and he probably killed a bunch of my people.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Archie had only his wits and a bunch of guys who were all big zeroes without him. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, last summer at a friend’s house, we played spin the bottle after a bunch of us admitted we were spin-the-bottle virgins. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It was fun to gather the large round walnuts and the smaller hickory nuts, and the little hazelnuts that grew in bunches on the bushes. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slashed the golden blade, destroying the first katobleps and letting the others bunch up in front of him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then he handed us a bunch of bananas. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just want to give her a hug. A bunch of hugs. I just want to be by her side—even if it’s for a short while,” she says. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We were bunched up pretty good, and I was just praying that we hit the wood line before we got fire. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached for a bunch of baby’s breath. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She would hate to run a mile on a track with a bunch of them. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I was showing him around the castle pleasure gardens, which bobbed around us, when a bunch of rich kids came into the lobby from the garage. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not like the others, which were made up of a whole bunch of different boxes, each one telling more of the story. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I just put a whole bunch of letters together that even I know make no sense. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

A bunch of my friends from school and our neighbors come over, too. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He imagined enemy horsemen thundering over the grass towards the castle, hundreds of them, bunched tight together at the front and widening out behind in the shape of a fan. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Gogol is sent off with a stack of plates, a bunch of forks and knives. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We checked out a bunch of stores and then sat on a curb to watch people on the streets. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A bunch of wild boys pushed and shoved their way in front of Howard and he didn’t even say anything. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I go straight to his page to see a bunch of recent photos from some outdoor party. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“A fancy fortune-teller with a bunch of college degrees. He uses science and computers to predict the future. He can tell you what’s going to happen in ten, twenty years.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Kerry the avowed left-winger who decided to protest the Iraq war by getting a bunch of guys to dress up in drag and go down to the local army recruiting office to enlist. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lying there I listen carefully to the sounds that wrap round me like a shawl—the laughings, the cryings, the songs, the prayers of the many voices of the people bunched so close. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to go check out the old building with the broken-down bull. One of the workers told me they peeked in the window and saw a bunch of mice running around.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t see Mama’s car anywhere, which is good, but there’s a bunch of guys standing around outside the store, and their eyes focus on me and Sneaky as we walk up. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

My clothes from last night, the ones marked with Jake’s blood, lie bunched in the corner. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

"There's no going north. Half the fields are burnt, and what folks are left are walled up inside their holdfasts. One bunch rides off at dawn and another one shows up by dusk." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We did find some mango orchards and were able to each grab a bunch for our sacks. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She said that artists are a bad element, a profligate bunch who shoot heroin. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old satyr clapped his hands, and a bunch of nymphs melted out of the trees with platters of vegetables, fruits, tin cans, and other goat delicacies. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

This was one sly bunch of fairies, hanging around for God knows how many millennia and still not one photo, not one frame of video. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She always gets a bunch of them; she’s still Snow White with a tan and a strut. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Despite covering my free to protea it from Chris’s toxic toes, and laughing like a maniac, I heard something—a bunch of noise suddenly coming from outside. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We panicked like a bunch of scared rabbits. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No, no. I'm here with her and a bunch of other people." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then we played a bunch of cheesy party games like charades and Monopoly. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“A bunch of kids can’t live alone. We got places for all of you.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a bunch of photos of him without glasses. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They took a bunch of pictures, individually and together. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

They were under way, with a bunch of angry Romans behind them and the ancient lands ahead. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Chiron lay on a horse-size stretcher by the volleyball pit, a bunch of satyrs standing around him. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I went to the bed and rattled it, so that a bunch of the pins and paper clips fell off. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Anh had stapled a bunch of sheets about him together, including a bunch of his pictures. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

There's a bunch of other guys around, but no one's making a move to stop him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But you won’t appreciate my father’s skill if you think flying a kite—any kind of a kite—is just putting a bunch of paper and sticks up into the air. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t want to stand among a bunch of other kids, craning our necks and maybe elbowing people out of the way or being elbowed out by them. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Some of the beds are made, and some still have rumpled sheets bunched up at the bottom or the side. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I know I do not see a bunch of junk on your face.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

So you plant one seed, and harvest a whole bunch! Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Our coats are all bunched up across from us along with Tiny. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Here, finding a bunch of queer people to be my friends isn’t very hard,” Sasha explained. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She pulls the top of the dress back, bunching the spare fabric in her fists. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In one, she wore a cheerleading uniform, and another showed her with a bunch of other cheerleaders on a football field. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I say, losing my balance and knocking a bunch of Greyhound pamphlets to the floor. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I loved the way her eyes grew wide with shock and the way her voice went all high-pitched with excitement as she asked me a bunch more questions about my charred arms. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

One kid stuffed a bunched lunch bag into my mouth. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Locked up in an old movie theater by a bunch of children! The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A murder! A murder of crows! Can you believe it? A bunch of trees, you’re a grove. A bunch of raccoons? A gaze.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t have made Henry banish himself to a bunch of frozen shrubbery, and he wouldn’t have just stood there while Henry gave him the most important kiss of his life. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The eight teams stood bunched in front of the reviewing stand. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

It had probably beat up its fair share of demons and also punished a bunch of souls. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I lay on the bed and looked at the tiny bunches of wild roses sprinkled over her dress. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls hadn’t changed, though, so the shining water looked like a bunch of pearls hidden in an oyster. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Its windows were bolted shut and covered with wire and dirt, its gray carpet bunched in ripples from decades of foot traffic. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

For anyone who thinks that, let me assure you it's a bunch of malarkey. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I got bored, so wandered off and got a bunch of embarrassing things and put them in strangers’ carts when they weren’t looking.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“They say the Americans are a bunch of Yankee Doodles, country fools who don’t know how to fight.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Aaron is the oldest of a whole bunch of brothers and sisters. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It’d been a while since he’d exerted so much energy, and getting the tar beaten out of him by a bunch of trees was an absolute first. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I open the teabag, which is labeled “Swee-Touch-Nee,” a brand I have never heard of and am not convinced actually exists, and stain my water with a bunch of deep dips. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ali had just finished saying a bunch of stuff I hadn’t even heard. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Even though I had been in this area a bunch of times, I don’t think I ever noticed how peaceful it really was. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After my father was done showering, they dragged a cooler across the floor in the kitchen, dumped in a bunch of ice, and packed up stuff. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The arrows converge from three directions on Japan, which is just a bunch of islands itself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

After all, she’d raised a bunch of Imperial gold equipment from Glacier Bay and distributed it to the Fifth Cohort. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

What I got was a bunch of heavy breathing in my ear. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

There are bars on the ground floor windows, not because we’re criminals or anything like that, but so no one busts in and steals from a bunch of kids who’ve already lost enough. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The first exit takes me to a bunch of stumpy office buildings with half-empty parking lots. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

There was a bunch of expensive-looking white furniture, and on a table in one corner was a large wire pet cage. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cal’s running around dealing with the tech people, and it’s kind of a relief to just be hanging out with a bunch of random senior girls at the moment. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

A whole bunch of police cars come onto the freeway, blue and red lights flashing, and they use that lane that’s just for emergencies to zoom by all the stopped cars. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I pulled out this journal and read through a bunch of my entries. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I saw him at lunch that day, I had a bunch of questions. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then, she plunks a bunch of it down on the table for Crystal. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Because I knew the B-block porters to be a tight and surly bunch, I thought I’d better let the crew know right away who was in charge. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are lights out there. A bunch of ’em. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Since they are tolerant of each other, they can be bunched up. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was all a bunch of ridiculous posturing about who was hood and who was cheese. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. There have been a bunch of school shootings in the past few years. Students are saying, ‘Enough of that,’ and trying to figure out what they can do so it doesn’t happen again. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It takes a bunch of tries but I finally catch him while Viola takes out her medipak-of-wonders. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The toad, as if it saw that their interview was over, stirred again, bunched up, and bounced itself clumsily off toward the wood. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would wake up as a lord of the Wild with a bunch of beautiful naiads taking care of him. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The only thing worse than trying on dresses is hearing a bunch of skinny girls trying on dresses next door. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I don’t want her thinking I am some ’hood girl with a bunch of problems she has to come and fix. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A bunch of big guys, fourth and fifth graders, walked by. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“The problem may be what a bunch of people think about what you’re doing.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

"But not gone or anything. Don't get your panties in a bunch." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

One day, Arjuna was called to fight off a bunch of demons. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

New tasks arise, such as bunching up the carts left behind by customers and steering them to their place in the front of the store every half hour or so. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was like, I’m gonna go in there with a bunch of females and talk about something that’s a week old?” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And sure ’nough, it was a bunch of students all dressed up from head to toe, both colored and white. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

We was bunched up so tight and moving so jerky and clumsy we must’ve looked like a hunnert-year-old man with six legs. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

One single bed, unmade, the quilt bunched, the sheets rumpled. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’d rather trust a bunch of humans not to hunt a species to extinction than trust an LEP consultant, thought Mulch. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The long reeds were laid out in neat bunches. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The pageant is coming up real soon. And you’re going to have to sing in front of a bunch of people you don’t know, plus a panel of judges.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I remember stopping to get a good look at a pile of dirt that was being scampered on by a bunch of bugs. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

A girl who saves her life by telling a cruel sultan a bunch of stories? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when a bunch of tules and reeds and grasses mixed and blew and waved, I was terrified that it was she, that she was carrying them or parting them. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when she was done and they were getting ready to leave—she left Joseph a bunch of homework for the next day too — Coach Swieteck was pulling up in his van. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

She blows hard, sending a bunch of snot splattering over the money. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Each schooner carried a bunch of wooden dories stacked on deck, and when they got to the fishing grounds the men got into the dories and rowed away, looking for cod and haddock. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

In Russia, people use a samovar—a smaller version of Smaug the Voluminous—to heat a bunch of water, and then mix it with über-strong tea from a smaller pot. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“He made it look like we were a bunch of West Texas hicks, fanatics,” said Allen of Perot. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shay is showing her slate to a bunch of other kids. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The main bunch of apple trees is a little ways into the swamp, down a few paths and over a fallen log that Manchee always needs help over. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Make a bad shot and wound one so that he went to squealing, and you had the whole bunch after you, ready to eat you alive. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wouldn’t leave, and a bunch of people were arrested. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

There were ten in the class: a bunch of juniors and seniors, one sophomore, and three freshmen, with me being a strange new addition. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Because this game stinks. Mr. Lemoncello just sent a bunch of holograms hurling hieroglyphics after me. He could put somebody’s eye out with those things.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She sat with her cheek resting in the palm of her hand, bunching together all the wrinkles on that side of her face. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that a tiny little creature like me had caused such a commotion among a bunch of grown-up men gave me a happy feeling. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Toward the back of the store there was a bunch of ladies gathered around a table. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I remembered the story about how a bunch of angels came down and rolled away the rock that was in front of Jesus’s grave to let him go to heaven. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She even recorded a bunch of America’s Funniest Home Videos for me to watch: my smile therapy. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A bunch of the younger men were up on top of the church-schoolhouse patching the roof with palm leaves. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several hours later, I’m in my Malala outfit again in the cafeteria for the main event and have already presented to a bunch of groups of people who’ve come by. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

A bunch of guys, sweaty and laughing, make their way to the water fountain. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Sergio tells me about a whole bunch of decorated Puerto Rican men and women who have served in the United States military. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Then—oh, boy!—Leo got to hitch a ride with Frank the Friendly Eagle so they could fight a bunch of Romans. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I hit the ground so hard and sudden that my mouth came open and I swallowed a bunch of dirt and old dead leafs. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She hands my bunch to me, and I smile thinking of how much my mom will love to see me with them. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She pans the phone over a bunch of textbooks sitting in front of her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Thatcher was on TV yesterday talking to a bunch of schoolkids about Cruise Missiles. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was a Sunday, and my mother was by the window and heard a bunch of commotion coming from outside. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh my goodness, honey bunch. Are you ever going to wear shoes?” she asks, shaking her head. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Just a bunch of hand mirrors resting on top of a bunch of tentacle stumps that shuffled around the corner together, out of sight. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He’d get really mad, but since there was always a bunch of little kids in line, he’d smile and say, “Santa doesn’t like bad little boys—you guys run along now.” Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated meat packing, it smells like what it is, a bunch of frozen dead animal corpses. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

A new regiment moved into the Presidio and a new bunch of soldiers always shop around a good deal before they settle down. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if almost every star is a sun, basically there’s just a bunch of suns in the sky. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s a school event, totally chaperoned. What’s wrong with a bunch of kids hanging out in the cafeteria? You have to let her go.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“It’s not so bad. There’s always a bunch of my friends there. I’ve written that sentence six hundred times now.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ty flushed and bunched up his fist like he was going to slug me. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the halls the people would walk up and down together and everybody seemed to belong to some special bunch. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Come on, you two. I’m not raising a bunch of chickens.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

They may have been wild rock ’n’ rollers at one time in their lives, but to Kaira they just seemed like a bunch of old men. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

There’s even a bunch of listings in a “Jobs” section in the newspaper. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There's a guy driving around the Flats with a bunch of kids hanging out of a convertible. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I jump a few hurdles, run a 50 and a 100—I don’t think I’m much of a sprinter—try to high-jump, and foul out a bunch of times on the long jump. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And even though I didn’t turn around, a bunch of boys started guffawing, anyway. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I knew better than to bring a bunch of kids into the house when Ma was ironing, so we went over to Too Bad’s. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

That means there will be a bunch of new students. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I shoved my hands in my pockets and felt a bunch of old tissues. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

There were a bunch of big kids at the machine. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

You aren’t the first person in the world who was given a bunch of bags that somebody else packed, right? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Get up, right away,” she says, and I blink a bunch and say, “Is it time already?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Why don't you eat a bunch of speed and try to keep up with the rest of us?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as everyone was awake enough to look around we all bunched up and hugged up around Momma and Dad, even cool Byron. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But seriously. Why do people love this place so much? So far, I’ve seen nothing special. Just a bunch of good ol’ boys in trucks chewing tobacco. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The first Saturday in our new house I could see a bunch of girls down the street jumping rope, but they were acting as if I wasn't there. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Notice that the man on the official seal of the Massachusetts Bay Colony is shown wearing only a bunch of leaves. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed over a desk and around a bunch of beams. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And about the bunch she wanted to be with every day. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I blink my eyes a bunch of times to give Lolo a clue. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There weren’t any gloves or maps or papers in the box, just a bunch of perfect throwing rocks. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The Salinas wind would blow away a tombstone, let alone a bunch of carnations. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Its proportions flowed from bunched and menacing to lithe and graceful. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Dwaine was proud of his son, who had started at defensive tackle for Permian in 1987 when the team, the biggest bunch of overachievers ever, had gone all the way to the state semifinals. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably because I didn't have no shirt on, and my pants were rolled to my knees, and my belt was yanked so tight that it made the denim bunch around my waist like genie pants. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The cards felt crisp and new and had a bunch of illustrations of lady authors on the back. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“A bunch of men went missing overnight. Six at least, maybe more.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, mystery solved. Shay was all ready to travel to the Smoke with a bunch of that stuff.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Goon grabs a bunch of cartons of milk and asks, “Ay, can we take this in case somebody needs it on the street?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Alaric blinked a bunch of times, twisting his mouth to the side in a poor attempt at being discreet. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Midges whirred around a bunch of small bananas on a blue-rimmed white enamel plate. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I hoped that it was okay to pray for a bunch of things with one candle. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“And he wrote a whole bunch of essays that are hard to understand.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll leave out a bunch. No matter what strange combinations you leave, they always invent something delicious.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I could see where Byion learned how to say a couple of words and have people think he’d said a whole bunch more! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked around toward a big blackberry bush and found some dirty sawhorses next to a bunch of stumps. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I chase him with my abaya held up high over my jeaned legs with both my hands, the black cloth bunched around my hips. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When she turned her portaphone back on, there were a bunch of notifications from both Valley and Thorn, which she quickly swiped away and ignored for now. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was Father Carole, confident he wasn’t about to be mowed down by a bunch of angry Indians, who answered. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But the only thing in there was a bunch of Nan’s unused yarn, cushioning some commemorative plates. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The ribbon-lights slowly changed into a bunch of tiny bright spots, like stars. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We ran out of the ones we had in the freezer, but this lady makes them and sells them, so we got a bunch more from her.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was a bunch of huts and shacks throwed together out of pieces of boxes and wood and cloth. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Anyway, whatever they were, I figured they were just a bunch of ladies talking about lady stuff and knitting. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

There were a bunch of dolls and other things on the mantel, and the floors were filled with little rugs. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like they were a bunch of old pals. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She bought a bunch of mason jars at the craft store and wrapped them with colored paper, then arranged flowers in each jar. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Inside the dance, I found a bunch of my friends standing around in a corner. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to put the bunch of keys back on top of the doorframe again. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Set your bag down and get to gathering up a bunch of twigs and any dead leaves you see, will ya?” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“A bunch of dead ones,” I called back. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Liyana asked Mom, who was carrying her skirts bunched up in one arm, and her mother said, “Who knows? I’m looking for her.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She brought in a whole bunch of shell necklaces and postcards and even a bottle full of sand from a Hawaiian beach. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I culled symptoms of mono, plantar warts, shingles, borderline personality disorder and a bladder infection, as well as listing a bunch of side effects from some TV ads for drugs. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dripping coolly onto her sandaled feet, the untidy bunch of rosebay willow herb and irises brought her to a better state of mind. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Catholic school is similar to apartheid in that it’s ruthlessly authoritarian, and its authority rests on a bunch of rules that don’t make any sense. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And yes, I see exactly what I expected—there’s a bunch of camera equipment lying around. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Silently, she pulled out a bunch of papers and set them between us. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I guess there used to be a bunch around here, but they disappeared a while back. Henry says it was around 2004.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Baudelaires bunched up together against the cold night air, and kept waving out the back window. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

At the time I’d been surrounded by a bunch of other gods who were debating whether or not to kill me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

There’s another one with him and a whole bunch of kids on a farm. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

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

“He’d have a whole street full of cars with him! My father said he doesn’t go anywhere without a bunch of people to lick his feet clean.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It lists Abraham Lincoln, Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Isaac Newton, Sylvia Plath, and a bunch of other smart people who were kind of nuts. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

His red Korean mink blanket lies bunched together at the foot of the bed, his pillow pushed off to the ground. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The vines blanketed the grapes, making it difficult to see the bunches. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In a pitched sound, these areas of bunched molecules are very evenly spaced. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

A bunch of trees blocked some of the sun, so it was cooler there. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

A bunch of other people leave the lunch area too to see what’s going on. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Before Frankie could nod, Z leaped over a bunch of debris and bolted down the hallway. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Because you’re cruel. Because you like to hurt people. And you think you’re special, you think everyone around you is a bunch of sissies who can’t make the tough choices like you can.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Why are all your words in bunches of threes?” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Who was to say that this bunch wouldn’t do the same? The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Lined along the rear seat, bunched on the floor, the kids sat quietly; in fact, since it had all begun, not one of them had peeped. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were huddled kittens, the bunch of us. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It’s just a bunch of widely spaced atoms moving at greater or lesser speeds. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian suggested flowers, and the doctor sent an orderly out to find two small bunches of fading ones with a strong and sickening smell. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“My mom just said he’d had a bunch of surgeries,” I said. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t seen Sam, but now they brought him out from somewhere in a bunch of soldiers. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We passed the elves’ nursery, where clusters of small hammocks hung from trees like bunches of grapes. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I shouldn’t have been so surprised when Isabella turned out to be hiding a whole bunch of beautiful under her unibrow and braces. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I ended up knocking on a bunch of random doors till someone answered. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you all are hilarious. You all are a big bunch of jokers,” Gina says. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Eighty or so cattle were bunched together in a section of a much larger field. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Dad promised me a bunch of road trips to make me feel better. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The adder bunched his sinewy coils and shot through the skin-hung opening. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I used to. After...everything happened with my dad, we had to sell a bunch of stuff, so we sold it and my amp. It’s okay. I don’t have anywhere I can play it anymore.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Breland called a bunch of character witnesses to testify, and each of them said about the same thing. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He picks at the kimchee as though it might leap up at him, but then lifts a rolled bunch into his mouth. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because at Bunker Hill, we showed them what a bunch of Yankee Doodles can do,” Samuel said. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was a bunch of girls hanging around on the first floor, and Manny was in the middle of them. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when she had grabbed him by the collar at lunch—he swore he could still feel the material bunched between her fists—something inside him had been altered. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There are bunches of freckles on his nose. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I pull out a big bunch of carrots, the feathery green tops attached. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Briony turned to her crocodile, which had bunched up behind her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I have a bunch of stuff like that.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I gathered a handful of fronds, cut them at the base, and tied the bunch tightly with a piece of twine. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chronicler gripped the blankets bunched around his waist. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I do a whole bunch of jobs that other kids, other places, get paid to do, but it wouldn’t ever occur to me to ask for pay. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close the drawer and erase a bunch of D’s in the book. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Him and his momma and a whole bunch of grown-ups from the block. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I remember, in fact, feeling a little lonely as I moved down a long hallway, past a bunch of closed doors. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A bunch of us take turns making game references that fly under her radar—like the kid who asks if there’ll be cake when we’re done. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It bunches on the curbstone, wrists crossed, and hides its smile under a wide-brim hat. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Squid. Can’t you tell?”\\ held up a bunch of tentacles about an inch long. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Up? Peris, how am I going to—” “Straight out the door, in a big rack—bungee jackets. There’s a whole bunch in case of a fire.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Right away, I spot a bunch of theater people sitting in the corner. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The old lady's voice was like Momly's if it had a whole bunch of cuts in it. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

When the weather's nice, my parents go out quite frequently and stick a bunch of flowers on old Allie's grave. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“We broke into a bunch of houses. Took people’s things. Bad stuff. Things I would never do now.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I’d seen the movie a bunch of times when I was little. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was a whole bunch of them I made friends with,” said Adams. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

This bunch were whispering excitedly, too, and he couldn’t see a single collecting tin. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He smelled the waxy dark green leaves, and remembered climbing the big cottonwood trees along the river and plucking heavy hanging bunches of cottonwood berries that grew on the female trees late in the summer. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Fabulous jeeps! Fabulous army! Too bad you’re losing to a bunch of peasants firing slingshots!” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“And you got a call while you were in the bathroom,” Heidi says, her face in a bunch of angles, like a Picasso. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, though, when the demons called me for questioning, I found they already had a big bunch of papers on my father. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was big bunch of red glass grapes on the table. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Old-timers mocked them as “Boy Scouts” who had “college-trained flat feet,” and this was not untrue; as one agent later admitted, “We were a bunch of greenhorns who had no idea what we were doing.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The woman wore a navy blue suit with a bunch of dark cherries at the shoulder. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still asleep, face to the wall, her pillow bunched up under her neck. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“So they have a bunch of fruit teas that you’ll like. And the crepes are delicious.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Come this far to talk about a bunch of checks.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it’s okay with you, I’ll put your phone number on the flyer and print a bunch of copies in color. I can ask my dad to help me hang them up everywhere.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He bought a bunch of pairs of work gloves down at Bishell’s Hardware. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Some acted like a bunch of rubberneckers at the scene of an accident and asked a lot of questions. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maria toppled forward, Linda yanked her upright and practically flung her ahead into the other kids, who were in a loose bunch, running well. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he'd shake up the seeds in his palm like dice, before throwing another bunch in his grill to chomp down on. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Every Sunday Myra would wash and bag a bunch of lettuce for their own use, a salad for each night of the week. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We located our first bunch of hogs at a seep spring at the head of a shallow dry wash that led back toward Birdsong Creek. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like a goat or a bunch of clothes. It wasn’t like there was a set thing you had to trade to get a pig, man. That’s ignorant.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Byron had a way of saying stuff in a few words that made it seem like he was saying a whole bunch more. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The suggestion was firmly rejected, a sergeant informing Mr. Muckle that handcuffing a bunch of middle- school kids wouldn’t be good for the public safety department’s image. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paul Blofis and a bunch of freshmen stepped back in shock. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

If you tried to bunch together thousands of chimpanzees into Tiananmen Square, Wall Street, the Vatican or the headquarters of the United Nations, the result would be pandemonium. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened the door and her breathing got stuck in her throat for a minute when she saw the bunch on her stoop. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The other detainees were a bunch of losers. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The smoke flew down my throat and a bunch of coughing came back up. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She went to every practice, and on Thursday nights she always invited a bunch of the players over for lasagna. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Haggling over a twenty cent hame string to save fifteen cents, so they can give it to a bunch of Yankees that come in and pay maybe ten dollars for the privilege. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

At an awkward seventeen, a bunch of facial piercings, a biohazard neck tattoo, and what his father calls “weed-whacked hair,” the general public isn’t melted anymore. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe that’s because they have better stuff to do than kid tricks. Maybe partying in town is better than hanging out in a bunch of old ruins.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Hooper thought, now I see why it is better to have a house like Warings, I see why my father goes about clutching the big bunch of keys. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Her yellow cotton dress had gotten bunched up around her waist, and the crowd could see her white underwear. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And the army never learned to bunch its troops into tight formations, as the Greeks did at Marathon, forming human masses that can literally stand up to cavalry. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The glaring sun threw the bunched shadows of the people blackly on the white wall. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Daniels is with a bunch of boys, including Oliver and Max. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I straighten the straps on Alan’s bag, pull out his T-shirt from where it bunches at his shoulder. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m far too old to be playing hide-and-seek with a bunch of children in a pitch-black movie, theater. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

A Ziploc bag with a fat bunch of money in it and a credit card. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In her right hand, he put a bunch of the purple grapes. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I felt shame that I didn’t remember for m\\self, but I picked up a couple from a bunch on the counter. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s also a bunch of kids I don’t recognize that must go to Courtney’s private school. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A bunch of sleepy snow birds rose from the thick cane, flitted over, and settled in a row on the old rail fence. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of empty pill bottles and a few alcohol bottles lie open on their sides. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My eyes, going in and out of focus, locked in on the bunch of flowers on the ground—most of which I recognized from the funeral. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Each end of a bunch would be tied together tightly. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stacked a whole bunch of cardboard coffee sleeves too. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I say, “But the lieutenant thinks that’s a bunch of baloney. I’ve told him all of it before. But he stops me at that part. He interrupts.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

But this place is the brainchild of a bunch of Survivalists, built on a dream of pre-war America, which is how I know that my next words will change everything. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

One with a bunch of newspapers and matches and lighters behind the counter. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

All of that muscle, previously so calm and steady, was suddenly bunched and bristle- backed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The stairs coming up from Tata’s room on the first floor were marble, with a landing in between, and a colored glass window with bunches of grapes and twirling vines. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“That might work,” Tad said, walking over to examine the table with Z. The chemistry desks had withstood a bunch of explosions, and they were still standing. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He walked by a bunch of girls holding tape and posters and standing around their lockers not far from the stairwell. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We took our place in the stream of students heading to the party—like joining a bunch of salmon heading upstream to mate. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I used to just put a whole bunch of them in my mouth at the same time, suck all the salt off, then spit them all out machine-gun-style. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Well, he thought not long after he finished that bunch, a handful more would not hurt. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, a bunch of mean boy eyes are staring at me, but I don’t care. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

We’re just a bunch of kids; what can we do to rescue Mom? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Enrique didn’t exactly get a mountain of stuff either, unless a four-pack of deodorant and a new Gillette razor along with a bunch of replacement blades counted. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But I knew her sick from the disease that would not go, her legs bunched under the yellow sheets, the bones gone limp as worms. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls bunched together and did a lot of laughing to pretend like they were having a good time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We were in bad shape, struggling to get across.the country to find that stupid lightning bolt, trapped in a truck with a bunch of mistreated animals. How can you be nostalgic for that?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Like, who is going to watch a bunch of trolls getting drunk at clubs and trying to entice college girls to their place under the bridge? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, what do you expect from a place that’s made up of a bunch of foreigners? They come here and can’t even speak good English.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The hams and the venison hung in their paper wrappings, and all the bunches of dried herbs, the spicy herbs for cooking and the bitter herbs for medicine, gave the place a dusty-spicy smell. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the other kids would go off to play competitions against nearby schools, but there’d be a bunch of us left behind—the injured, the uncommitted, the uncoordinated, the ones who couldn’t catch. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

A bunch of teachers watch, but none of them stop us. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I mean, I don't know a whole bunch of girls who can run that fast. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A bunch of Emerson students of all different races are shouting that Black lives matter. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, this is a grumpy bunch,” said the god. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Up at the parking lot, a bunch of adults were overseeing the dismissal, and some of them wore uniforms. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In fifth period I found out the fight was all about Noah Randolph getting commanded to take off his armband and he wouldn’t, so a bunch of other boys started whaling on him. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Like constipation pills, adult diapers, ointments. A bunch of butt-related stuff, now that I think about it.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Perched up on the back of her seat, she was shrieking with laughter, her red skirt bunched up nearly to her garters. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She just nods at him, bunches up her curls on her head, and lets them go again. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We were heading for a rocky beach where my dad had spotted a bunch of birds from the ferry. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The second I hand them over, he rips them open and pours a bunch into his mouth. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We’d gone to a step show and watched a bunch of guys from the Black fraternities compete for bragging rights as the best steppers on campus. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And he wondered: But what about me, “with a dime or two and a bunch of lead slugs in my pocket”? Where could he go? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathed through my mouth and spent only enough time in that log cabin bathroom to unroll a bunch of toilet paper. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

What have I done, made a bunch of little pictures? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The other kids had made a bunch of flowers ’cause I guess they had a bunch of blessings. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He said that he’d come from down San Antonio way with a litde bunch of cattle that he was grazing over in the Devil’s River country. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was now slicked down into two bunches — perhaps he had tried a ponytail like Bill’s, but found he had too much hair. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He needed to split some more logs, so I watched him take an ax to a bunch of dried alder. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she introduced Mrs. Cole to the gifted and talented students and said they were a very special bunch of children. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Ah, you American kids are a clever bunch for sure!" he says brightly. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

More than half the school signed a petition and the tree huggers got letters of support from a bunch of outside groups and three Hollywood Actors. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

There actually are a bunch of little sticks on the sidewalk across the street, and one green feather. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

How he used to throw a bunch of dog biscuits in the air for their old dog, Rally, shouting, Treats for no reason! A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Sansa clutched it against her chest, fists bunched hard in the white wool. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He opened it and there was a bunch of writing all o’er the pages at the front. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

On one of the computers on the desk, a bunch of data begins to pour in. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He said they were the funniest bunch he had ever seen. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because one has a bunch of ketchup, and the other has a bunch of blood. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I also wanted to ask her a bunch of questions: Did what happened in the pool make her feel weird about her body? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

If the Virgencita didn’t think it was time for my girl to magnify the Lord, I certainly couldn’t talk her into a retreat with “old ladies” and a bunch of bad-breath priests. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I asked Sandy what was going on, and when she tried to answer all that came out of her mouth was a bunch of garbled babble.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But since that’s all made up, I cut down a bunch of hard nuts that hang like grapes from a nearby tree and toss them ahead of me as I go. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not going to make it too loopy and fancy, are you? I don’t want a bunch of lace or anything around my head.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Celia was splashing cold water from the water fountain on the back of her neck, her curls bunched up in one fist. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They were popular though, and suddenly had whole bunches of friends they’d never noticed before queuing around the block clutching barbecue tongs. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of grumbling and scowls came over all the men once they saw that gun. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“You know what he’s like. They’re a bunch of doddery old fools, and they were scared. There’ll be an appeal, though, there always is. Only I can’t see any hope.... Nothing will have changed.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

As I’m walking out to the lobby with the bottle of sparkling cider from Lee and Dale clutched in my fist, I see Mitch standing around with a bunch of guys from the team. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Why, exactly, is Zero assigning a bunch of locations to others? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s not like I’d done a bunch of work, or anything like that, but I think my mind was just tired and ready to shut down for the night. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Grandma and I woke up the next morning to a bunch of neighbors on the front lawn taking pictures of our house. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s here. Along with a whole bunch of moms and dads who have been itching to get in here and see you. I kept them out so you could get yourself together first.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“We need to send a bunch of hearts to Imani, too!” another girl suggests. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The fight they had outside the Roseland Theater in front of a bunch of punks and hipsters. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s asleep at her desk, and Darrell and a bunch of other kids shout and laugh over by the window, playing videos on their phones and filming themselves, too. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Downstairs in the church, it seemed like everyone was talking all at once, their voices blending together to sound like a whole bunch of nothing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She would arrange bunches of notes together until the sound came that she wanted. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“A bunch of us have been talking about how Long and Tate seem to target certain students more than others.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We squatted, our dresses bunched around our waists, to relieve ourselves. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I bunched my wet socks into my pocket, which immediately wetted my pants. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But even so, I thought, sitting there, I wouldn’t have minded a bunch of Barbie dolls and stupid girl stuff like that if she could have lived. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Someone was singing from behind one of the doors, and I heard TVs behind a bunch of others. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Dad is right too: Life is really just a bunch of nows, one after the other. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I had a bunch of them there from high school. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brace myself because when a bunch of girls is whispering that usually means someone will squeal or scream so I need to be prepared. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed a bunch of loose wires poking out from the edges of the button plate. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I noticed that there was tons of other food lined up on the counters, including a couple of already cooked turkeys, a few hams, and a whole bunch of pies and cakes. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Kathy took a bunch of pictures of me and sent Frank off to get shots of the work crews and Joey. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a woman at the front of the room, standing in front of a chalkboard that had a bunch of math equations on it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

One Saturday, I reblogged a bunch of Fresh Prince GIFs and clips. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He said, “You take in a huge bunch of air and lie there like a dead man.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to talk to a bunch of fawning high schoolers. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Where you been, at a cocktail party with a bunch of elk up there?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a fountain gurgling, and smelled juniper and cedar and a bunch of other sweet-scented plants. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It is not a bad thing after all, I thought to myself, to be tiny as well as speedy when there is a bunch of dangerous females after your blood. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She did not see the oxcarts on the dusty roads loaded down with bunches of bananas. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Also, doc, right now the phone messages and e-mails are bunching up and the rumors are flying. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He has a small bunch of flowers in his hand. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Next to it, there’s an egg wearing a man’s suit and hat sitting on a wall with a bunch of happy soldiers all around. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“And after you pull off that miracle, you can genetically engineer a bunch of Smurfs and unicorns to frolic around this new perfect world you’ve created.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I hear there’s a bunch of snakes in the cellar,” the first policeman said.“And the floorboards are rotten in some of the rooms.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he’d step in if a bunch of guys were pounding a small kid; he hated seeing that. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sheriff shook his head and said, “Just like a bunch of...” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

We caravanned to Kerry’s hometown with a bunch of people, squeezing into a car with Henry and Willow, who was so pregnant the seat belt wouldn’t fit over her bump. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of immature, irresponsible teens who felt invincible only because they’d never really been through nothing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He stepped back, then came forward and did a karate kick, the crane kick, and—hi yah!—knocked a whole bunch of those pods right off the vine. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"Right. A bunch. I guess negative numbers are still numbers," Bryson razzed. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I picked my burro because he looked young and strong and eager, but he was the worst loafer in the bunch. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look around and catch sight of the papers from the cooking club last night, lying on the kitchen counter with a bunch of unopened mail. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Gogol gives her a bunch of sunflowers whose massive stems are heavier in his arms than the bottle of wine he’s also brought. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“When I came out of the exhibit, I saw a bunch of guys from Tangerine Middle going in. I think they were soccer players.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her shirt was bunched under her armpits, exposing her white cotton bra, and her head was turned to the side, her eyes squeezed shut. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I had seen her in the school a bunch of times last year and heard about her much more frequently in Ms. Solomon’s science class. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

They set off again, the hunters bunched a little by fear of the mentioned beast, while Jack quested ahead. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Also on the tape was a recording of a bunch of loud noises: bells, train whistles, shrieks, and other unidentified sounds. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just a bunch of bugs again,” Lena said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“The man said to watch out for spiders while you’re handling the bunches.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He was standing outside a house with a bunch of other New Dealers in their underwear. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were bunches of herbs that I knew and some I didn’t. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, while Sticky helped them practice, she composed a poem about a bunch of bossy gargoyles who liked to eat cat food and pick their ears. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Like the power plant manager who quelled a riot in Huntington Beach, and the mysterious good Samaritan in Tustin who saved a whole bunch of people at a nursing home, then disappeared. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We’re on Clover Street, which used to be one of the busiest streets in Garden Heights, but ever since the riots, there’s a bunch of charred rubble and boarded-up buildings. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

One morning Sherry was at the door with another cat, this one trailed by a bunch of bleary kittens. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They seemed a scruffy bunch, but that was only to be expected of sellswords. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He had got together a big bunch and was smelling their faint sickly scent when a sound at his back froze him, the unmistakable crackle of a foot on twigs. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Even when she was calling us a bunch of untrained chimps. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

That day, I knelt with a bunch of fifth graders as we carefully put seedlings into the ground, patting the dirt into place around the fragile stalks. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Nurses in blue scrubs unpacked a bunch of tiny plastic blood bags. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He picked up some little pebbles and thumped them into the water, scattering a bunch of hairy-legged water bugs. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He acted like nothing was going to happen, even though Momma got a bunch of our clothes together and put them in suitcases. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then again, I thought, it might be good to watch a movie and play a bunch of video games and stuff. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then he stuffs a bunch of waffle into his mouth, cheeks puffing out like a hamster. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

We’d seen the pictures of a bunch of really mad white people with twisted-up faces screaming and giving dirty finger signs to some Utde Negro kids who were trying to go to school. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opens the little door, pulls out a bunch of letters. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“No. Okay, wow. That was even before the whole Martin thing. I guess we weren’t looking for the gayest fic in the bunch.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She climbed over the fence and tried to go straight out toward one bunch of flowers. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to know what the hell was so impressive to a bunch of freaking sailors. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I was freaking out over a bunch of cats! City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Rashid shoved harder, shifting a bunch of boards and debris that were in the way. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You’re nothing but a bunch of stupid children playing grown-up. You have no idea how much worse things could get for all of us.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His huge fists keep bunching and unbunching, as if getting set to hit me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Who cares what a bunch of boys are doing? The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

They’ve met him a bunch of times, and they like him a lot. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The paper was covered in her work trying to decode it, which looked like a bunch of unfinished hangman games minus the hanging men. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I saw a bunch of names and classroom numbers. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Killing a whole bunch of people at the very end of whatever this is would make a pretty strong statement.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mother wore a gauzy white cloth over her hair and held a bunch of flowers trimmed with ribbons. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the start of the school year, a bunch of sixth graders confused me for a teacher while they were trying to find the auditorium. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

But, judging from what Jason had said, those ruins hadn’t held any answers for him - just a bunch of ill-tempered ghouls and ghosts. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I feel stupid telling a bunch of PhDs that they don’t know what they’re looking at, but the fact is they don’t. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But when he had recently given up a bunch of runs at an all-star game, he said to Volpe that sometimes “you just have to tip your cap” to the opposition—give them credit. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The 700s were better, and I looked through a bunch of them to see if I could find a picture of the Arctic Tern. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The network’s already got a bunch of emails in support of me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Name of Meshe, to laugh at a child’s death,” said a fat old man in purple sitting heavily down beside me, his leggings bunched around his thighs like skirts, his face heavy with disgust. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s impossible for them to obey a bunch of rules unless they understand how it works,” objected Feynman. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of his parents’ friends had decided the family needed to get away on the anniversary, if you could call it that. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I remember a bunch of guys joking with Alex in the locker room. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

After tossing and turning a bunch of times I gave up on the whole sleep thing and sat up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Yesterday I saw a bunch of the building janitors chasing that scrawny red chicken around with nets. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Then he put his hand into his pants pocket and brought out a bunch of keys. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“The school board has fired a whole bunch of teachers! Forty-four people in all. Including you.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until a bunch of smaller kids rush out of the next building. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Swish went the windshield wipers, pushing the snow to the side, bunching the flakes up into knots and swirls of clear ice. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Just some old things of mine,” Melanie said, holding out her hand for the book, but April kept on turning the pages and finding more bunches of paper people. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned down a busy street with a whole bunch of stores on it, just because it seemed like the easiest place to blend in. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“A bunch of your friends are watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” he tells me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She moved in and bought a bunch of maid’s overalls to wear. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Any bunch of sound waves will produce some sort of noise. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Next, you repeat as necessary for a bunch of years. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom had a bunch of boyfriends after that. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She’d take her double position at shortstop and second base and yell out to the rest of us, “Look alive, you bunch of stiffs.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Friday, Jimmy Snyder called me from across the playground, and then he came up to me with a bunch of his friends. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Since Mags seems to have no ill effects from the nuts, Peeta collects bunches of them and fries them by bouncing them off the force field. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Silent Sam acted as his eyes, propelling him into each fresh bunch of rats with a long stick. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Whenever a bunch of them suddenly popped out, I would cry, “Gotcha!” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In the center of the table, in an earthenware jug, was a bunch of red tulips. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s really just a big warehouse that a bunch of families bought and refurbished a long time ago. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

There was this park behind the museum where a bunch of artists had made big sculptures. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Amaka stared at the bunch critically before she guessed an amount. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He walked toward the bunched velvet curtain and stroked it with two fingers. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I guess I don’t blame them for leaving, because, like I said, we’re a tough bunch to handle sometimes. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

His work has won him an Oscar, a bunch of Emmys, and some other awards that I don’t pay much attention to. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

The bar girl was lying on her back on the floor, her wrapper bunched up at her waist, her shoulders held down by a soldier, her legs wide, wide ajar. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She gave me a bunch of kisses on the face, and I let her. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She pulled out several torn and faded sheets and a whole bunch of safety pins. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Auntie Seema told me she lives around a bunch of Dominican restaurants. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“You don’t look sick,” he said, brushing a bunch of leaves into the street. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And there are so many others who have come, like Pastor Stevens, Rabbi Weiss, local officials, my principal, and a bunch of teachers from my school and the others in the county. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They come out of Tariq's room waving a bunch of cash in an evidence bag. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She pointed to a bunch of people who were clustered around a redheaded boy and a girl in braids who sat on the couch across from each other, sketch pads poised on their laps. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The students are quite different from the Life Drawing bunch. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, a bunch of my friends and I are gonna meet at a coffee shop tomorrow and vent, but...I really don’t think anything will come of it?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“We can’t do anything. Although we could perhaps stop Prosper from jumping into the lagoon. It’s just not good enough leaving a bunch of children to look after themselves.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

If he could find out, he thought he might take a bunch of flowers, and he laughed at himself for the impulse. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Anything you like, missus, because I know you’re an honest woman and you got a bunch o’ nice kids there. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She’d made a bunch of calls while we were waiting for Sergeant Pike to arrive. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or a bunch of fake girls acting all sad and then putting lip gloss on in the bathroom and fixing their hair,” says Mirren. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

From her pocket he tugged a huge bunch of rusted keys on an iron ring like a mediaeval jailer’s and ran back up the hall with the two women behind him. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among other things the law justifies is the experimenter’s belief that the average of a bunch of measurements of some quantity should approach the true value of the quantity as the number of measurements increases. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t decide if they seemed more like one of those quirky sitcom families or a bunch of weirdos who make a good first impression but flip out behind closed doors. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“The way his legs were bunched up, looks like there’s not enough room for a full-grown adult.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Based on the protests happening around the city, that’s what a whole bunch of people think too—mostly Black people. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It’s a stair-step bunch of cave homes stacked around each other. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Perry said, “Maybe it’s just as well. Nuns are a bad-luck bunch.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hernando filled in, “He chopped a whole bunch of people up, long time ago.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like being inside the most beautiful car accident in the world with all your best friends and a bunch of total strangers and knowing you couldn’t get hurt. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She pointed into the mirror behind the bar, and Harry saw Ludo Bagman reflected there, sitting in a shadowy corner with a bunch of goblins. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

What a bunch of jerks we’d been, firing spitballs at a kid just because his hippie hair made a big target. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

We drove about a hundred miles to the vineyards, where the grapes were so ripe they were about to burst on the vine in bunches bigger than my head. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Seated in the rear of the church was Sheriff Clark with a bunch of his armed deputies, recording the names of people who attended the meeting and taking notes on everything the speakers said. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing but a bunch of stories about how we used to be slaves.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It looks like Roshan sent a bunch of emails last night, while Hammie’s amount of notes has gone down by a significant amount since the night before, indicating she had made some huge purchase. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The stadium “was something the community took a lot of pride in and he went on television and said you’re a bunch of idiots for building it.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she pointed at the finest one in the bunch, Charlie declared, “Knows her critters.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

His features bunched low on his face, as though shrinking with awe from his shiny domed forehead. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean you buried a bunch of money in the ground and just put a little old stone on the top of it?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

When she hit me a dozen times with a bunch of twigs, I was the Brown Pelican: I didn’t bat an eye—and you try getting hit a dozen times with a bunch of twigs. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Two bunches of teenagers, one group black and the other white, seem to share adjoining rooms. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tall pines pierced a pale morning sky, and a bunch of crows argued noisily in the top branches. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We got bodegas on both ends, which is cool, and a whole bunch of what my mom calls "interesting" folks who live in the middle. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Their picture had been in the Logan County Gazette a bunch of times, and Sheed always looked like he was trying to suck broccoli from his teeth. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She told me and Dad to take the last bunch, as well as all the cards. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Come in here, acting all high and mighty, like you’re better than us . . .” Her nightgown is bunched up around her belly. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Even Chubs looked at the car with a rare softness, his fingers bunching up the fabric of his pants. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, so we've still got a bunch of work to do in there, and I better get back." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I remember the tips because I read the article a bunch of times. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Men in a bunch never do,” Grandma said. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

His mom did not like to eat food that was suffused with GMOs or not organic or a whole bunch of other phrases and words that Nathan didn’t really pay much attention to. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go see what else the armory has in your size? We still got a whole bunch of dead to face.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Then he pointed us to the back of an old run-down pickup and drove us down a bunch of dirt roads toward their work site. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There’s also a bunch of salads, in big bowls, all surrounded by ice, but I never get that. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And that other guy who got beat up by a bunch of cops and nobody would have known about it if somebody hadn’t recorded it on their phone. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Behind it trailed a growing bunch of revelers, dancing along with the beat, drinking and throwing their empty bottles to shatter against the huge, impervious machine. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Long story short, they have a bunch of furniture they can’t use, and they want to donate to the room!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

So he scribbled a bunch of stuff on a pad and handed it to Joseph. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z