At the sound of his father’s raised voice, Andrecito drops the puzzle pieces and runs over to me, burying his face in my shoulder. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the swamp ain’t for burying anything but Spackle cuz after two inches of dirt you pretty much just get water and so here they sit. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He clipped the stem and buried the top in a thick strand of his wife’s hair. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The hen buried her head into her feathers the way a turtle crawls into a shell. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He tore the joint apart and buried two large hunks in the sandy soil at the river’s edge, and then marked the caches. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He said Mr. Price used to always say, “I was born here, and I’m gonna be buried here.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Nita’s footsteps creak on the floorboards inside, and when I turn she is standing right behind me, her hands buried in her pockets. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The energy that was buried with the rise of the Christian nations must come back into the world; nothing can prevent it. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Then I buried my face into the pillow so that Mom wouldn’t hear me crying. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

His arm goes around me, and I bury my face in his rib cage, tears and snot wetting his shirt. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I buried myself in Faith's sweet, rosemary scent and held on tight. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, as the wind moaned across the heath and the Crochan loomed before him like an iron shadow, he thought once again of the brooch, and he buried his face in his hands and wept. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I roll up the top into a ball and bury it at the bottom of the laundry hamper. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, she huddled against Mia and buried her face against her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He dug a little hole in the side of the tunnel and buried the cloth there, to honor his or her memory. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty-eight campers were killed, nineteen of them buried too deep ever to be found again. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Empty spirit jugs were half buried in the mud around her. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

One day we all came into class and Miss Nesbitt had her face buried in an open book. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

His lordship’s head was buried in her breasts, his hands locked around her hips. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I go back, whenever that will be, I'll need to find something of Gramps's to scatter or bury. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he buried the squirrel books in the sandbox or something.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

All the old fears I had long ago put to rest, which I thought were well buried and forgotten, rose up again to haunt me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As was the custom, all their treasures had been buried with them—gold and silver, swords and jeweled cups. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No! You are fine—you’re a spineless jellyfish, but not dead enough to bury. Now take a look at these hands,” she ordered, and thrust them in front of me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The most important function of DNA—its capacity to transmit copies of information from cell to cell, and organism to organism—was buried in the structure. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But a part of me lies buried in lace and roses on a river-bank in France—a part of me is broken off forever. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Were Lily and James buried close to Dumbledore’s mother and sister? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I buried my face in my crossed arms and sobbed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And before I’ll be a slave, I’ll be buried in my grave, And go home to my Lord and be free. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ivanito cries, and runs to bury himself in his mother’s bed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

These were the adzukulu, or grave diggers, who are hired to do the job of digging and burying. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Two moonstones looked up at him in the light of his small hand-held fire; two pale moonstones buried in a creek of clear water over which the life of the world ran, not touching them. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bury my free hand deep in my pocket. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Filled with gratitude and relief, I seized the hem of her skirt, dusty though it was, and buried my face in its folds, crying like a sorry child that I had ever mistrusted her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Man, please. Business woman? Getting buried around here? Doubt it.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got a good feeling about burying a giant spider?” asked Ron, looking stunned. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He felt the nearest graves, the bones of forgotten humans buried and scattered. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Meggie put Mo's arm around her shoulders and buried her face against him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When she picked out a frilly ball gown that covered almost everything and buried my legs under layers of ruffles, I thought it was absolutely right. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we began the walk home, I kept my eyes open for the grave marker, still curious about what lonely soul might be buried alone, but we never passed it. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It reminds me of the mines and my father, trapped, unable to reach sunlight, buried forever in the darkness. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

This time they buried the meat in the firepit with a good heart, and they waited. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It makes her so happy to think of priests saying Masses for her years and years after she’s dead and buried. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A cold, clammy sweat breaks out on my skin and I can't rid myself of the feeling that the boards above my head are about to collapse, to bury me alive under the rubble. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Dear God, no. There were just these five. Still, we have to burn and bury them, just to be sure. I already cut the wood we’ll need: ash and rowan.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mo put the book down on the flagstones beside him and buried his face in his hands. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Afterward he sought out Ghost in the loneliness of his cell, and buried his face in his thick white fur. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Perhaps in that moment he remembered how his father had buried everything Japanese beneath the soil of his farm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hermione buried her face in her arms; Harry strongly suspected she had burst into tears. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Clues hidden in a book that led to buried treasure? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It’s quite a long dream, considering the list of people, and the deeper I’m buried, the harder it is to breathe. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I wonder if anyone ever found them, when they built that new bridge. You buried the map too.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lee was not buried at his beloved Virginia home, Arlington, which had been confiscated during the war and redesignated as a U.S. military cemetery. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean the older generations. This family”—she solemnly indicated the grave of my baby brother—“has started bein’ buried here.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

For example, if the son of a Hasid married the daughter of a Mitnaged, both fathers would say Kaddish after their children, considering them to be dead and buried. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain said, “I’ll be wanting to go back to Little Round Top as soon as possible. The Regiment will bury its own dead.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Words, as if buried, come from the mouth. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her phone was probably buried in her pocket but set on the speaker function—that was why everything sounded so muffled. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I stayed after to work on a project. Can I eat upstairs? I’m buried with homework.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

So many burials, and here I was wishing that I could bury a few things of my own. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Two days later, when Biddy asleep, I went outside and buried them eggs. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The writing keeps going, but I can’t keep reading because my hand has started to shake and I have to bury it in my opposite elbow. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the bank, buried my face in my hands, and cried. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I buried my head in the big glossy menu and nudged Lily under the table with my foot. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Zane batted at her wildly until she skittered down his neck, across his chest, and buried herself inside the suitcase of loot, where she promptly became entangled in the pricey headphones. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Yet there was the body which Miss Rosa saw, which Judith buried in the family plot beside her mother. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sohrab stood in that crimson light, forehead pressed to the glass, fists buried in his armpits. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The first time I went south with him was the last time, when I took his body down there to bury him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I walked from room to room, I saw videos about thousands of people being buried in a single grave. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And no pheasant buried in coconut leaves for twenty days and stuffed with wild rice and cooked over a wood fire so tender and delicate it make you cry. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She needed to find him and bury him. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“She saved me,” she said, burying her face in his chest. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I mean, it’s natural to bury your grandmother. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I want the snow to bury our house. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The girl threw herself down next to him and buried her face in his fur. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Collect folks’ dead ones and get ’em buried.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Nearly all of the garbage was buried beneath old yellow foam pads that used to serve as the innards for the inmates’ mattresses. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Sunday, July 20 Oh Little Book, We all just got back from the cemetery burying Patria’s baby boy that was bom dead yesterday. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, obeying my mother’s floating voice, I hunted for a spot of earth, dug a shallow hole, and buried the stiff kitten; as I handled its cold body my skin prickled. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the white carven carpet that had been High Street pushed four oxen, buried up to their middles, dragging behind them a heavy plow. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Micro-filming didn't pay off; we were always travelling, we didn't want to bury the film and come back later. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

And right there, chained to that tree, he finally died and they buried him under the same tree. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Mama had left the room, I buried my face in my pillow and cried myself to sleep. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drew Lydia closer to him and she buried her face in his chest. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Closing my eyes, I bury my face in the blooms and inhale. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I thought Newton was dragging your dead body off to bury it in the woods.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And of course I remember Mama, pulling me in close and burying her nose in my hair soon as I walked in the door. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

When McWatt turned, he was sorry the hands were his and wished there were someplace where he could bury them. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

What if she was at B’s house right now, tied up in the basement, hurt and bleeding, or buried in the garden? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally let herself cry, burying her face in the scratchy wool sleeve of her new sweater, feeling Shay’s warmth against her, and feeling awful about every gesture of kindness from her friend. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When all had been chopped off he disposed of the one that was immortal by burying it securely under a great rock. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered Papa’s prediction, Dedt will bury us all in silk and pearls. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy clung to him crying, his head buried against his chest. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The desert plains are giving way to bumpier terrain, strewn with ejecta that never got buried by sand. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She buried her fists in her armpits out of fear he might try to hold her hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, to this day, he still remembered the spot where the poor thing was buried. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t wonder why nobody in my family even questioned burying him the way he said to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It seemed at first that he hit softly, but the shock of it went through him, up his back to his head and he lay buried in a cold pile of snow, dazed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

With the dream of college officially dead and buried, he sent my brother to technical school, hoping he might develop an interest in computers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The switchback stair was buried almost to the first landing, Jon saw, and the wooden doors of the ice cells and storerooms had vanished behind a wall of white. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The next thought buried her under tons of cold futility. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I was the one who insisted on trying to find his grave, questioning the farmer about it because Rufus, like his father, like old Mary and Alice, had probably been buried on the plantation. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Squeezing my hand tight, you buried your face in Kutti’s fur. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Stephen’s jar of light is buried down there somewhere. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t see what that’s got to do with—’ ‘Then again, perhaps he was murdered himself. Perhaps he’s buried under someone’s patio.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or if I hadn’t forgotten, I’d at least buried it deep with all the things I wouldn’t say, and I stood there for a few minutes, watching Twig ramble on without really hearing her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She went to the tombstone that marked where her mother lay buried and knelt down on the new grass before it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Truman had any misgivings about using the atomic bomb, he kept them well buried. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She died the day I was born and now I’ll be buried next to her. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The youngest buried her face in her hands, and Hatsue put an arm around her. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The larger boy didn’t hear her—he was buried in chemistry, mixing sparkling water and food coloring and fizzy candy in six different sports bottles, and his back was to the door. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

An earthquake in rural China buried thousands in their homes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Up, up, up,” she said, but I just rolled over and buried my head in the sheets. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I open the refrigerator and bury my head inside. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

How many cats had we buried over the years in shoe-box coffins? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I buried Timothy, placing stones at the head of the grave to mark it I didn’t know what to say over the grave. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have marked off a little plot of ground and buried it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We sat naked on wooden benches while an electric heater, buried under a pile of stones, heated the dry room to very high temperatures. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned, and burying her face in Mamma’s neck like she hadn’t since she was in elementary school, Dimple wept. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I would hear them every morning when I passed the railroad car and paused over the chickweed and bull thistle growing where Tyler had buried the rifle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

On a foggy morning another of the Russians is buried; almost every day one of them dies. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His Noise, buried under all the HEREs from the herd, seems to pretty much be saying exactly what his mouth is. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t enough dirt here to bury her, but something kept him from leaving just yet. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Got a nose for buried things, I guess,” Z said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I can almost see myself looking down from heaven, watching the Doctorita bury my battered body in a cornfield in the dead of night. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and buried my head in my arms, trying to block out the whooping cheers. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A baby had been found buried in a garbage can in an alley in Los Angeles. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa is buried in the small cemetery on the hill about a half-mile past our house, snuggled right up next to Grams, who died when I was three. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

All Tang people wanted to be buried finally in their homeland. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Bread?" she asks when she hears me come in, her upper body buried in the pantry. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s especially not easy to bury a body without your whole household finding out. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The storm lasted two days and the third day we buried our dead on the south headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last he walked snorting to the water-trough and buried his nose in the water up to the nostrils. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We have two thousand pounds of hash buried somewhere," Rik said. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Sounds to me like a thing long buried. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cried and buried her in the back yard and drove a barrel staving into the ground at the head of her grave. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took time for him to find his gun, buried as it was beneath the rubble of the room. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The final stop on the field trip, a short distance by bus from the poet’s house, is a graveyard where the writer lies buried. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like being buried alive, and he had to struggle against panic. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The father-in-law lost no time in ordering the hole to be filled in, burying the strange animal from sight. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He had his head buried in his arms, by the looks of it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Border Patrol found them all two weeks after they were supposed to arrive on the other side, and shipped his decomposed body to his hometown in Mexico, where they buried him. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday, when the club stayed after school to work a swim meet, he even helped me bury Erwin. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The victims of violence were buried unwashed in the clothes they had died in, as a cry for vengeance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Soon after the desegregation battle had ended, he got himself into criminal trouble, reviving a past way of life that he had worked hard to bury. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was done changing, she made him bury his old clothes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But you know, I felt they were burying him too quick. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grains of sand began to cascade down and bury his tail. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“When you bury the egg, make sure she is in a safe place,” Pond said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I had kept my eye on it the whole way, but Quentin had more wisely buried his face in the slack, his hands over his head. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It would be so quiet, the only sound the fizzling of the flares, and then you’d hear the whistle of a sniper’s bullet streak out of the darkness and bury itself in the mud. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I pause by the doorway and look at him, half buried under the quilt, peaceful and strong. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Crossing my arms on the table, I bury my head. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There they took all the Jewish men in the village, some five hundred, to a meadow near the forest, machine-gunned them down, and buried them in a mass grave. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I glance out the window at the long stretch of beach buried in fog. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The guards posted at each archway paid them little more than a glance, though a few nodded at Kaz, who kept a brisk pace, his face buried in his collar. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The branches were mostly bare of leaves now, and the squirrels were in full-fledged autumnal hysteria, frantically seeking nuts and burying them everywhere their tiny one-track minds could think of. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The idea was you were buried with all your favorite things and in a thousand years a relative would dig you up and sift through your rotted remains and stuff. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When Flatnose unlocked the door, she walked past Fenoglio without a word, climbed up on her bed, and buried her head in Mo’s sweater. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

At the very least, the liquor might thaw the chill the storm had buried in my bones. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I buried my face in one hand and held up the other. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Robin shuddered, and buried his face in the cushion. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

My father had wanted to be buried in Haiti, but at the time of his death there was no way that we could have afforded it. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The stresses and fractures, the quick collapse, the two of them buried alive under all that weight. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We finished quickly, buried our empty tins, and prepared to go. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

His head is buried in my shoulder, and I try to rest my head on his, but instead he pulls away to look at me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Lazlo couldn’t tell how much of the threave lay buried still beneath the sand, but from what he could see, it was made up almost entirely of mouth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In my small apartment, she kissed me, and the ground opened up, swallowed me, buried me right there in that moment. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

For some reason—some reason that I cannot explain—my gaze slides to the little nun, whose face is buried in her mug at the end of the table. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m go’n show you two big fancy headstones for men who weren’t dead when they were buried,” I said gaily. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

"Go away," she sobbed, burying her face in her arms. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I swing toward the window and let go of the knife buried in the wall. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The girls buried their faces in Mama’s dress and started bawling. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and buried her face in my shoulder. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I’d take my blazer off so that no one could tell what school I went to, and I would bury my head and push the car, hoping no one would recognize me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh, are you here to clean another toilet? Or do you plan on going dumpster diving again? I saw you with your head buried in the trash barrel. I totally Instagrammed your butt.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Fruit and coins are strewn by its trunk and the ground around the tree bulges with buried offerings. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew Doc Machado had already been buried, but I didn’t want to see the tree or even the park entrance. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She sat on the sofa and buried her face in her hands until he said he was very sorry, although he was not quite sure what he was apologizing for. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The morning has rolled into afternoon, afternoon into evening, evening into night, and I still haven’t heard anything from her, the threat she gave yesterday buried under what has come to pass. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” he says through snivels, burying his face in his hands. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Caroline was there to question me as I dived onto my bed and buried my head under the pillow. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Sonia finds a white sari neatly folded in the back of a drawer and buries her face in it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And she buried her face in the hay again. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I went to the cemetery in Rosedale, Queens, where my father had been buried. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I brace myself against the entry and see my mom with her head buried in her arms, weeping at the table. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Because of this, Celia thinks, her husband will be buried in stiff, foreign earth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about my father, who was dead and buried. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“There’s a secret storeroom under the ground. El Patron wants to be buried in it—may the Virgin keep that day away forever.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she knelt on the ground, next to the sunken strips of earth where she imagined her mother and sister were buried. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In the morning, they’d bury their C ration cans and other garbage, and head out for another day of working their way through the jungle. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

At first they thought the animals were buried alive, and Voorhies stated as much in a National Geographic article in 1981. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The storm had buried every hut and hovel beneath a mound of dirty snow, and the drifts would soon be deep enough to engulf the longhall too. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At least I’ll get a little candy before they bury me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Uncle Louver wanted nothing to do with it, in case the ghost came looking for it, so he buried it.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Two nights after we buried Mother, there was a whistle on the air. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

But her heart ached when she thought of the tiny hairless bodies in those strong jaws, so she buried them deep in the dung heap and left the cat to do his own hunting. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only meat I'd shot was a squirrel that had practically run over my toes in its quest for acorns, but the animals would still be afoot when the snow buried my other food sources. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And someone had left a trail in the sand leading to the buried boxes. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

What must the previous history of the planet have been to create sheared rocks, buried boulders, polygonal gouges in the ground? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The real reasons were buried beneath piles and piles of unsaid things. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He moved himself mentally from place to place, and tried to determine by the feeling of his body whether he was perched high in the air or buried deep underground. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Soraya told me that her mother had wanted to sing at our wedding, only one song, but the general gave her one of his looks and the matter was buried. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But didn’t your dad bury Mrs. Slater with her dentures in her mouth?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Only because the living must bury the dead? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Once I finished digging the bomb shelter I would probably be buried in it. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was intact, wrapped tightly around the leg of his female captor, head buried against her shin. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my face buried in my pillow, yet my ears were on full alert. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“The only thing to do now is bury it and hope that somehow people will believe that none of it was real. That’s your duty, Henry. It’s the least you can do.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The ground that was once lush and green, filled with bushes and flowers, is now dead and buried under outdoor tents and food carts, where thousands of shoppers traverse everyday. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She has kin buried there. Do you give leave for a quick visit?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days after my uncle was buried, I was finally able to make a collect call to Laura. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“He must have someone stay with him until his funeral, and he needs to be buried as soon as possible.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There he smelled caches of game buried in the soft earth, but they were marked with powerful warning scents, so he did not dig them up. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I had thought of saying Kutti was run over by a truck, but what if Muthu asked to bury the body? The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually we slowed to a trot and I found the courage to un- bury my face from the rider’s jacket and take in the changing landscape. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“They said they shot you in Kaduna, then they said they buried you alive in the bush, then they said you escaped, then they said you were in prison in Lagos.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But as is so often the case with outliers, buried in that setback was a golden opportunity. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

David, Sammy, and I buried the bird and headed quietly back to camp to eat rabbit. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

This is a library now, that would have made your grandfather happy, as if all of his buried books were seeds, from each book came one hundred. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now, nobody usually ventured into the mountains because long ago one of them had been opened up and used as a burying place for princes. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I still say the Rattler could be dead and buried by now.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Terrifying memories of the earthquake the previous year were fresh in their minds; some of them had buried children and husbands and were still grieving. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mam sees her bed buried under plaster and slates and pulls at her hair, What’ll we do at all, at all? and screams at me for interfering with the beams. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Of all the places where a treasure might be buried, the graveyard was the least likely, most of it already devoted to the bones of the Penikese lepers. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But his cousin had buried her; near the guava tree there was a slight elevation of earth and a cross roughly made from two branches. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We had buried her the year before, when the first roses bloomed. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you’d be interested. This mind doesn’t like us at all, by the way. It would like to see us buried under ten feet of sludge.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like our faith got buried right along with Mama and now it’s covered over with dirt and a tombstone back in Alabama. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Jalil was busy telling her that Kabul was so beautiful, the Moghul emperor Babur had asked that he be buried there. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She wondered what the scribbled notes in all those buried books might have told her, if she’d ever had a chance to read them. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“To bury in your enemy’s garden,” she told them with a cackle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, inside, I’m all numb, as if I had been buried in sadness and my body got free, but the rest of me is still in captivity. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t go to the funeral, but I know that Mrs. Duncan hasn’t looked the same since she buried her son. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He stalked off to a dark corner of the room, put the notebook down on a shelf, and buried his head in his hands. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

They slowly cruised past the walls that surround the island where, for hundreds of years, the Venetians have buried their dead. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

After half an hour or so, Hermione, growing tired of the endless Quidditch talk, buried herself once more in The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 4, and started trying to learn a Summoning Charm. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Cade Hernandez, accomplished sleeper that he was, snored throughout the entire conversation, his face buried beneath a portion of the wall, a somnambulist’s unfinished escape tunnel out of the Soviet sector on our king-size bed. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

In their zeal to avoid resurrecting the sport’s reputation for chicanery, they tried to bury the incident. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bombs rain down on the roof, I bury my face in my pillow, looking up again at a brief clip of me at the end, after all the victims are dead. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I know it is still there, hiding its secret beneath those long, red leaves, but it wouldn’t be hidden from me for part of my life is buried there, too. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

George brushed her aside with a shrug and buried her head deep in her homework. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Olga kept this sealed up and buried like an ancient tomb. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

This is the fear that made fish crawl out onto dry land and evolve lungs, the fear that teaches us to run, the fear that makes us bury our dead. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I am told,” the king said, sagging like the winter branches weighted by snow, “that the workers are treated worse than slaves and the emperor has the fallen buried under the wall.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Here, half buried in the black soil, are Loki and his monstrous children. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The rest of the world was buried in war or the thoughts of war. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

They started the war in our Aztlan, a land that belongs to us by nature, and by nature we will bury them. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve learned how to keep everything I feel buried deep inside of me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The spare tire and jack were buried in the trunk under all our luggage, so everything had to be taken out before my father could even begin work on the tire. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull out my little dagger, grasp it fast and bury it in my hand once again under the mud. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Home? Honey, they done buried him already up there in the potter’s field. Ain’t nobody never going to look on that poor boy no more.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

At home, we find Link on the porch swing, buried in his papers from Rabbi Gold, chanting quietly under his breath. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

There was no choice but to hurry with the burying, despite folks were already bringing in food and sad faces. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

What a dumb kid I must have been to spend hours burying them around our yard, waiting for them to sprout. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I pull the ribbon from the spout and shove it into my bag, burying it beneath a graveyard of almost-used-up pencils, a sketchbook, and a pack of cinnamon chewing gum. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, they retrieved their buried money, and that night in the loft, they stashed some in their shoes, some in their pockets, and some in their backpacks. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

They are her burying clothes as she doesn’t want to be buried in a shroud. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take it off and she buries herself in it. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

"I'll stay with her. You go on and bury your boy." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But Constance, lost in a sleepy fog, only buried her head under her pillow. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But he knew he’d still be there—or buried under the floor by Rosa—if the old man hadn’t rescued him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found the place near the side of the arroyo where she had buried the rags in the yellow sand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The woods had buried it under fresh- sprouted leaves, the kind that shoot up overnight. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little girl rolled over and buried her face in her pillow. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to be buried here in America. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was afraid that if he moved, he would be buried under an avalanche of Chinese novelties. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I die, please let them bury with me a crossbow, so lean thank the Father Above for his gifts the same way I thanked the father below. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was no way to tell that over the course of the night the sky would try to bury the city. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

‘Are you going to bury me?’ said Merry. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Later, her face is burning from the slap as she watches her biscuits buried in dust. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

After a little while, Jinny reached the spot where all the shoes were buried, where the white bone tree stuck up into the sky. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Someone murdered this necklace-wearing person and buried her body up on the hill. Why else would it be up there?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Surely my mother and Prim will know to return it to Peeta before they bury my body. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Were the soldiers ever going to bury the bodies, or leave them to rot in the open? Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I felt as if fire was shooting through my veins; the pain was so intense that I buried my chin into my chest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt a spark of anger, but buried that, too, because he had other questions. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra, of course, had her nose buried in a book. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

In her surprise, Tally couldn’t speak, but pulled him close, burying her face in his chest “Who else is with you?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She sat on the bed and buried her face in her hands and cried, my little sister. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have to dig a big rectangle for him to be buried in. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The rest of the words on page 41 of Lord of the Flies swarmed off the page and buried my face in bees. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Among them were fifty young women who had been buried alive. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

My best friend’s narrow face, almost buried under his chestnut curly shag, filled the screen in the video-call app. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The following day Nel walked to the burying and found herself the only black person there, steeling her mind to the roses and pulleys. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I swore I’d never keep a diary again after I had to bury my Little Book years back. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chestnutt hopped over and nuzzled Ayanna’s leg, and the pilot stooped over, picked her up, and buried her face in the bunny’s fur. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

First I make sure the knife in the photo is indeed buried in his chest. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I did not know when or where Uncle Hoskins was buried. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way was clear between the rows of buried strawberries and he followed it with the starlight striking off the snow, bathing everything in an aqueous light. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

From that day forward, the hopeful part of my heart was buried in sadness. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He had come not to harm Thebes, but to bury the Argive dead, and the duty done he led his soldiers back to Athens. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells me he’s done these things but he doesn’t say why, or where the jars are buried. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

People did find gold sometimes, hidden away in the crevices of the hills, or under an old house, buried there by someone long dead and forgotten. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Dad told me about all his plans and showed me his pages of graphs and calculations and geological charts, depicting the layers of sediment where the gold was buried. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now he is buried with our prayers in the holy earth of the pueblo’s graveyard, along with others of our family. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were attracted by the aroma of fish, the work of a child who'd copied the Pilgrims of old and buried sardines with her seeds. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still remember standing by his side every evening as he emptied out his pockets, praying that buried in the lining might be some extra food we could share. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I assume I retain certain features of gesture and mood derived from buried fives. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

One was asleep, curled up tight and buried beneath a great mound of skins. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One of the worst things that could be said about someone from Harlem was that he was buried in potter’s field. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Papon’s clothes you can give to the Goodwill. My nice dresses, too. Now I only need something for to bury me.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Two hundred and thirty miles of wilderness had been burned, ripped apart, or buried under a hundred feet of mud and debris. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

The hook just buries itself deeper and you bleed a little more. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She twisted her face whenever she was removing a piece of glass that was buried deep in my skin. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The first time he went there for supper after Granny was buried, the next morning he started fussing about her cats the minute he got to our house for his snort. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He buried his face in his hands, which were as bony as an old man’s. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He thus stumbled on Mendel’s earlier paper buried in the Brno journal. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

A month after we buried him in the coffin box, the U.S. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I want to smell his neck, bury my face in that broad, muscular gap between his shoulder blades. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night she was burying his body in the backyard while I assembled a good portion of my possessions and left through the front door. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Tally swallowed, trying to imagine whatever was in there, flattened and buried for centuries in the dark. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She lowers herself onto the couch, buries her face in her hands. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

There is a circle of white Buddha heads half buried in the snow and a perfect view of the skyline at the top of the hill. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Like all good shooters, the pattern of Bull’s shooting did not deviate; in fact it was unconscious, buried in instinct, and rooted in long hours of boyhood practice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

To bury the dead was a most sacred duty, not only to bury one’s own, but any stranger one might come upon. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They buried Beowulf's body in a great green fist of land that stuck out into the sea. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They found them buried under a pile of rubble,” Mama said. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was buried on the ninth page like an afterthought. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

What plants are there, buried in the earth? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Johnny buried his head in his arms and sobbed shudderingly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want him buried in México,” I said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

There was something here, some truth buried in these brittle yellow pages, if only he could see it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And those old bones were another reason for people to dig elsewhere, despite how foolish it was to be afraid of something so long dead and buried. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The shovel must be buried in some weeds. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Would she make good on her promise to bury him alive? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In the second section,” he remembered, “buried away some place, was an announcement that some German chemists had found that the uranium atom split into two pieces.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner, I would wring my hands in delight and fear as he told us his favorite stories of buried treasures, taking us on endless thrilling journeys as he spoke. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

As soon as he’d gotten the chance, he’d drawn over them with his own stories, buried them beneath layers of ink so he didn’t have to see them every time he looked in the mirror. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Like dark water poured from a bucket, tons of fine grey sand spilled across the floor in a sudden rush, burying Elodin’s feet up to his shins. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“They let us bury everyone at last,” she told me. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

When Neville Alexander of the Unity Movement rose to speak, it was apparent that he had come not to praise the chief but to bury him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He barked at the men, buried his head in my chest in fear, barked again, then hid his face away. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever it was, I knew they were buried in that place, but it was so overgrown I could hardly see the names on the stones, and it was getting dark besides. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We loved every minute of it, all of us except for our long-suffering Nanny, who would bury her face in her hands and call aloud upon the Lord to save her soul. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, buried under issues of O and Royalty Monthly, I find the booklet with its bright American flag waving on the cover. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Are we going to bury him here, Hagrid, in your garden?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Those cells will be buried again by morning. We’d best move the prisoners before they smother.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I knew I was somewhere in the southern Commonwealth, but the precise location was buried, tangled up with other memories that I was not eager to unearth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When Dex and Faris walk away, I rappel to the desert floor, where Helene sits cross-legged in the shade of the cliffs, her feet buried to the ankles in the hot sand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

That evening he buried the core of the Apple in the back garden. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to pull it out but the load had shifted, and it was partially buried. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He always shredded his paws on the rough concrete buried beneath, but he could not control the urge. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“We are doing that poor indigent a favor burying him,” he said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Have me decently buried, and do not let my body be put into the vault in less than three days after I am dead....Do you understand me?” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The creature was a scientific marvel, and they had burned and buried it like trash. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As the train pulls into the station, the squeal of the brakes makes me bury my head into Dad’s side. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She marveled over how he’d been shot through with arrows and left for dead, how he’d survived his murder only to be beaten to death by the Roman Emperor’s soldiers and buried in the catacombs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He buries his head in his hands and groans. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

All I want is to bury my face in his neck and forget anything else exists. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hug my knees to my chest and try burying my head behind them. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He knew his grandfather’s body had been buried in the cemetery. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Their panes glow in the starlight, obscuring the treasures I imagine to be inside them, small plants with berries dangling from their branches, rows of potato plants buried in the earth. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A torrent of fresh fruit, baked goods, and smoked hams completely buried Hercules. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

So I buried them, and let them hurt me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. And it would be my fault. If he’s dead, I need to bring him home and bury him. Either way, I’m going to go back to find my fox and bring him home.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He mastered how to bury his pity every time he asked a young black man to shine his shoes. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I bury my face in their folds, inhaling the crisp scent of outdoors. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The problem is that buried among the things that we hate is a class of products that are in that category only because they are weird. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The ash flow had buried a river that had contained crocodiles. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s literally leaning into Bram’s shoulder, head buried in the folds of his jacket. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He wrapped his arms around his knees and he buried his head there. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted to pull Beau up into my lap and bury my nose in his fur and hug him and not answer. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But after being coaxed, she buried her shame-hot face in Sissy’s neck and whispered something to her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, they were my friends, and it was time to bury the hatchet. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

My sleep is visited by Ruth May and the many other children who are buried near her. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stalked off to a dark corner of the room, put the notebook down on a shelf, and buried his head in his hands. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The smells were bad because there was no way to bury their scat. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Others argued that it must be some King of the Giants who was buried there, to account for its size. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the grass and buried my face in my hands. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the jungle gym so hard he bent the bar, and buried his head in his hands. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Why am I not surprised?” groaned Root, burying his face in his hands. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She wrapped her arms around Bunny and buried her face in his neck. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

We lay huddled in a Line, & well wot we that at any Moment a Shell might fall upon us & our Ditch and leave us maimed or buried. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The day we bury Reverend Hunt it is rainy and cold. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I buried my head against my father’s chest. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s really the perfect time to bury my head in a pillow. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Matty glanced over to the corner of their homeplace’s plot of land, beyond the garden, to the small grave where they had buried Branch two years before. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I keep my head buried in Dad’s shirt as the clicks of Javier’s pod being latched echo in the room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I wondered if an old man who just buried his wife would take his bride on a wedding trip. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The boat lay upside down, half buried in the dirt. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

So I threw that stupid reader out the window and buried myself in bed. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I thought it odd that in all the time my father had been buried in this graveyard, none of us had ever visited him. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Somebody is thinking about you. 1 know you been horsing around on the sly, especially when 1 flew East in April to bury Grandpa.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sighs and buries his face in his hands. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I looked at Lucas, whose anger had turned to remorse as he witnessed Fulton Dumas beginning to cry with his head buried into my shoulder blade. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I said, “We’ll bury you in Virginia, next to your second husband.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the next morning it was dead, and we buried it in May’s garden. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He buried his face in a hankie, by turns lighting it on fire and then dousing the flames with his tears. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

And she must’ve found the note she wrote to Mom buried in the garbage. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He was buried in his ponchos and peace signs. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

We walk around for half an hour, looking for a store that’s affordable, and I just want to give up and bury my face in a Cinnabon, even though they always make me sick. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see anything because I was buried somewhere under a pile of children. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even the California boys did not climb back into their foxholes that night for fear the earth might move again and bury them alive. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m getting a tiny little idea about buried treasure. Is that what your idea is about?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Such a Maiden would be buried alive for turning her heart elsewhere. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“They still have it. I can’t bury him. I don’t know what to do.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Grateful and tearful, Gerald had buried his face in her hug. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dauntless buried herself in the glittering waves, slicing for deeper waters. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

So they took the body of Gwenforte, and they buried her out in a beautiful grove in the forest, a short walk from the village. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The snows had buried most of them again, but they were still there, hidden, frozen, waiting. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Second, oak trees evolved to make nuts of a size and taste suitable for squirrels, which we’ve all seen burying, digging up, and eating acorns. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently even the strongest god in the world could be caught off guard when buried under fresh produce. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The king had vaguely hinted at some sort of issue with rebels poisoning their food stores, but the details were murky enough to suggest that the truth was buried somewhere else. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She’d only been able to bury Hercules in groceries when she had concentrated on all her positive experiences with Jason. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Later, when he got a job with an automatic pencil company, he decided to photograph us burying a pile of wooden pencils. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was so much in the hills, Hazel could’ve buried the town without half trying. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Lying on his back, staring at a ceiling he could not see, Ben felt discarnate, a voiceless body buried accidentally, smelling the top of the coffin for the first time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The top of his head was level with my bosom, and I resisted the urge to bury my fingers in his hair. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

My mom is sitting on the floor against the wall, her head buried in her knees. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She lay buried in the crypt of the church with all the other dead de Winters. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you move it,” asked Nicodemus, pointing at the sketch, “to this spot right here, and bury it again?” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You will be grieved to hear that Mrs. Westenra died five days ago, and that Lucy died the day before yesterday. They were both buried to-day.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then, when nobody was looking, I buried it in the sand. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“There’s plenty of wood, and I must go back to school,” the boy told his mother several days after they had buried his father. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His paws were half buried in the wet gravel and he was nosing at something large and flat on the waterline. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the woman broke into unrestrained laughter, bending forward and burying her face in her hands. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was operating the loader that got buried.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Commander Lewis had buried it atop a small hill. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bodies of the indigent dead were carted to the potter’s field and dumped, but no gravediggers were there to bury them. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“I go to bury the brother I love.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was enough that they applied lipstick to their corpses and buried them in silk-lined boxes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted my face from where I had buried it against Liam’s shoulder. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A judge ruled that Grace Garcia, because she was related to Eduardo Leones and had led the expedition to dig up the cabin boy’s treasure, was entitled to everything buried underneath the school. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Stepping over to my father, I buried my face in his old mackinaw coat. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was examining the fence and the way the wire was buried underground so animals could not crawl or dig under it, when from the corner of his eye he saw something move. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And Wang Lung was exceedingly angry and the more angry because he must bury it all in his heart and answer with smiles and welcome his relatives. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I type back: “My own brain is to me the most unaccountable of machinery-always buzzing, humming, soaring roaring diving, and then buried in mud. And why? What's this passion for?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She buried her head against Sairy, wrapping her arms tightly around her. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

It contained two skeletons, buried head to head. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poor little fellow had buried his nose as far as possible under his blanket. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Most treasure maps have landmarks and dashes and an ‘X’ to mark the spot where the treasure’s buried. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

But, in the first place, it isn’t my fault if they buried Maman yesterday instead of today, and second, I would have had Saturday and Sunday off anyway. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The way he felt standing in the cemetery that day they buried his mother. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t rising with grace so much as jerkily trying to extricate itself from the work, and its head was still buried in the canvas. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She moved closer then, and with her hands still buried deep in her pockets kissed him so softly it was like a whisper against his cheekbone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Fascinating,” I repeated, a little breathless, feeling like a man who discovers a buried treasure in his own backyard. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Most of them had known Carl Heine, a salmon gill- netter with a wife and three children, who was buried now in the Lutheran cemetery up on Indian Knob Hill. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ivy thought about all her T-shirts buried under a pile of rubble. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And what’s worse, whenever a King died, forty of his wives would have to be killed and buried with him! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After burying her son-in-law, the old woman left the city. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

His face was streaked with dirt; there were pieces of gravel buried in his hair. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Churchmen and -women cared for single mothers and widows, and provided burying silks. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“They’re buried at Mount Holly. At least the children will be with them now.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was as if he had given up; he had accepted the radioactive dirt and it had begun its job, long ago, of burying him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Where Adam had been was a raw crater deep enough to bury a person upright. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“There have been Christians and Muslims in India for centuries! Some people say Jesus is buried in Kashmir.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The old man was now bent over the side of the bed, his face buried in his hands, weeping. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

My article, of course, would have to be buried. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

So before shoving off, cursing softly under his breath, he canvassed the area, collecting the garbage, which he crushed and buried in his pack. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he told the Pilgrims to fertilize the soil by burying fish alongside the maize seeds, a traditional native technique for producing a bountiful harvest. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes. And, Pilate, you have to bury him. He wants you to bury him. Back where he belongs. On Solomon’s Leap.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tin box was buried in the soft dirt beneath the tree, shallow enough that I could dig it up with my hands. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When that happened, we would collect the blood, the dam nefesh, on cloth swabs that would be buried with the body. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

That’s what let me know I had some prejudice buried inside me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the burying ground, there were many new graves. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then she pinned him to the floor, his arms twisted behind his back, his face buried in the carpet. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

My own teammates almost killed me in the end zone, mobbing me, burying me under a pile of bodies, like they never saw a touchdown before. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Tea Cake crumpled as his bullet buried itself in the joist over Janie’s head. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Ishmael was commandeered to help dig free a half-track that had been deposited on Betio by a tank lighter and had promptly buried itself. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The darkness increased until it seemed as if we were buried in it. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Josiah said they could stay buried in the dry sand for many years, waiting for the rain to come again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

Peeta drops the sheath and buries his knife into the monkey’s back, stabbing it again and again until it releases its jaw. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Yellowstone eruption of two million years ago put out enough ash to bury New York State to a depth of sixty-seven feet or California to a depth of twenty. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I got up and ran to my room, burying myself under my covers while I sobbed. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“No, he will be buried in his clothes,” Lev said, which told me all that I needed to know. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And reminders of the disaster were everywhere in their village—the crumbling church, the ruined school, the graveyard where Mama was buried. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Marguerite, I have drunk poison and almost drowned and was buried alive before I escaped from Denmark. This is no lie, but truth,” I say, seeing her eyes grow wide. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I sit at the graves of Oliver and Eugene in the old St. Patrick’s Burying Ground and cross the road to St. Lawrence’s Cemetery where Theresa is buried. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He did everything in his power to keep them buried. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She has a tendency to bury herself in complex calculations on purpose when especially bad things happen around her. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A girl being shoved out a window, knifed, drowned, buried alive, strangled by her own hands. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

One morning I was digging alongside my sister when my stick struck something soft buried deep in the debris. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, we don’t have time to bury Michael Jackson. But...” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I remember my hands buried in his velvet doublet, his back hitting the tree when I shoved him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Hilda arched her cat-limbs in a yawn, buried her head in her arms on the conference table and went back to sleep. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

"You know how the Egyptians buried their dead?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The eejits, of course, were buried in mass graves out in the desert. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without looking up from her business, she said, “‘Rosamund, when you die, they bury you, but your soul flies to the stars. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Your brother got a harder head than your husband did, Janey. His split open the first time I hit him. Made such a mess, I threw him into Charleston Harbor for the ocean to bury.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I held her while she buried her face against my chest, and I wanted to stay with her like that for as long as I could. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“One must die and be buried under the floor of the hut where it was born.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was a witch buried at the edge of the graveyard, it was common knowledge. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Tidbit fell to the ground and buried his head in the dog’s soft fur. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, buried among all those rambling journal entries and essays on pop culture, I discovered a hidden message. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

So we buried the dead, shoveled the rubble, replaced the glass, and I scrubbed the dust from the shop. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I shut off the flashlight and bury myself under the covers. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The ruins of the old cathedral were demolished except for the crypt, where the former bishops of Chutreaux lay buried. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

And oh, how I yearned for the day when armies of black peasants would invade the white world, and butcher, guillotine, hang, machine-gun, bury alive and drown in hot lead every bad white man alive. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she buried her face in her hands. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“I kept asking him about what happened. Lots of times. But he wouldn’t say. Not a word. Anyway...I buried them. Thought it was right....” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “I heard that a whole home ec class got buried alive in Portable 18. They’re just not telling us.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hassan kissed the baby’s lifeless face, and we buried her in the backyard, near the sweetbrier bushes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone calls them “lying policemen,” which makes me think of dead policemen buried underneath the street. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

One-Fifteen sits on the sidewalk with his face buried in his hands. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I am suddenly certain that if we went into the other room, Balekin would find Madoc’s sword buried in his chest. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then Hamlet looked down to find that he stood before the newly placed stone, beneath which his father was buried. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The little boy buried his head against Poet’s leg. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was buried in a box, just where he’d left it, between the pages of a book on boatmanship he’d been given on his thirteenth birthday. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He watched as the direwolf buried his teeth in the wight's gut and began to rip and tear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The unfortunate corn plant, following its Mexico-adapted genetic program, would prepare to thrust up its shoots in March, only to find itself still buried under 10 feet of snow. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

That night, the night of the day we buried Mama, Aunt Cecile sat down in Mama's chair at the table and told me and Ty'ree about her plan to move us back home with her. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“We saw her. A thick dust-storm gave her her chance. When it cleared, the body had been buried and the girl was making an offering to the dead.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snow that she’d knocked loose buried her with a soft thump. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I thought about everything underground, like worms, and roots, and clay, and buried treasure. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

This house is on Filmore Ave. and the corner of a lane leading to where many soldiers were buried and later taken up and carried to their burial ground in Winchester. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He watched her carefully whenever she went outside, to see if she would bury anything, so he could unearth it as soon as she went back indoors. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Just one more, I think, and I get to my knees on the bed, burying my head deep in the pillow. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She opened her eyes and rolled over so she could bury her face in Claire’s thigh instead. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Only then did he permit them to bury him, not in any ordinary way, but with the honors reserved for Macondo's greatest benefactor. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Twig got all pink, and she rolled onto her stomach and buried her face into a pillow. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Bristle buried the chipmunk and then stretched out beside the den for her watch. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She caressed his neck, buried her fingers in his dense hair, and when he slid into her, she thought about Arize’s pregnant belly, how easily it must have broken, skin stretched that taut. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He squealed in terror and buried his head in his mother’s skirt. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was buried in the local churchyard in a coffin, it was said, made of tin. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She grabbed a pillow and buried her head under it. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go out there and dig a hole and bury that kitten!” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Juana, sitting by the fire hole, watched him with questioning eyes, and when he had buried his pearl she asked, “Who do you fear?” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No work today, anyway. People typically don’t bury folks the day after a holiday.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I looked at Mom asleep on the sofa bed, her head buried under a pillow. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The pillows were so soft and white that Meggie had to bury her face in them at once. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was the biggest landslide in human history and carried enough material to bury the whole of Manhattan to a depth of four hundred feet. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Even though police had banned all gatherings of more than three people, including those of families who wanted to bury their loved ones, hundreds attended Mashudu’s funeral, mostly her schoolmates. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he climbed into the car and drove off, she had told him, “Somebody must have buried her.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was half buried in a drift of leaves where the fairy had dropped it. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Soon after, they were buried in unmarked graves in a potter's field. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

But my eyes kept going back to it, so I buried it at the bottom. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then his whole body was pressing me into the hot sand, burying me in it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I tossed my Einstein shirt onto the dresser, burying the photo. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Pixie ears, pixie eyes, swelling cream T-shirt, licorice miniskirt, leggings that looked sprayed onto her perfect legs, and toffee hair I'd given my soul to bury myself in. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

With a groan, Prosper buried his face in his hands. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The once-perfect grass was brown and the parts that weren’t buried under piles of rotting leaves were about six inches long. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I try to bury thoughts of him, of us, deep in my mind, in the part accessible only to dreams. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

"That's what I call it. They were buried under the boat." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

In the end, we’d bury our dad in a compromise casket—nothing too fancy, nothing too plain—and never once discuss it again. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He was quickly put to work confirming the identities of dead students and burying their bodies. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A man wept as he buried his rooster, which had died in one of the fights that afternoon. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She buried her face in her skirt again and bawled. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Ishmael still could not read what her eyes meant—punishment, sorrow, perhaps buried anger, perhaps all three simultaneously. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I squeeze my eyes tight and even try burying my head under my pillow. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Around 1921. The owner of the castle where he was buried needed money and put him up for sale. And we bought him.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

There’s a girl getting buried in the sand right next to us. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He looks away, then buries his face in his hands. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa then brings Keav’s body home to be buried, to be forever with us, instead of being lost. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was all done and Estella was dead, he wished he could bury her with her mother and so be free of the shame of it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The morning after we buried the sparrow, I woke up on fire with a fever. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and buried her feet in the dirt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was in the papers this morning: Police have opened an investigation into the death of a child after they found human remains buried in the garden of a house near Holkham, north Norfolk. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Omakayas ran at him without a word and threw herself on him, buried him face first in a mound of snow directly beside the path. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

They wrapped the body in barkcloth and buried it under a big tree in the forest. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frozen bodies were stacked in the hall waiting to be buried in the pits. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jenna’s mother is buried in the same cemetery, and I intend to stop by and pay my respects. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

On my family: My mother buries her grief in her work. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She took Mo’s sweater out of his bag and buried her face in it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He's quiet at first, but when he starts to cry he has to bury his face in his hands to hide from me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He rolled over on his stomach and buried his face in the pillow. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There usually was a food cache buried last fall, filled with good things that had lain far beneath the snow. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

After burying him, a cross was placed by his head. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The crowd reacts in astonishment, and I have to bury my face in the folds of my skirt so they can’t see my confusion. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

For her part, Sarai wondered what a feather from Wraith was doing here, buried in the earth of Lazlo’s unconscious mind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Every time Amazons swarmed beneath them, demanding their surrender, Hazel made a crate of jewelry explode, burying their enemies in a Niagara Falls of gold and silver. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I try again to sit up, but pain buries itself deep in my bones. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I buried my head in my lap, squeezed my temples with my knees, like a vice. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you bury her in a coffin?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

They buried him in his brother’s pants and the old woman pumped another bucket of clear water. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hastily buried the ndoro in the mud at the edge of the pool and plunged the bucket into the dark water. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I turned, buried my face in the pillow. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I buried it, while wearing the Invisibility Cloak, in the freshly dug earth in front of Hagrid’s cabin.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We buried it in the strictest privacy, so as not to set people talking. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma had her face buried in Rocket’s gray fur, and Finn was watching syrup drip from his fork. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” he said, “you’d vanish with three arrows buried in your spine.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Macon explained that he had buried his father himself, down by that part of the stream on Lincoln’s Heaven where they used to fish together, the place where he had caught that nine-pound trout. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents went to Ohio to see a very distant cousin get buried or married. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

They buried the boy’s father in the unfenced lot behind the meetin’ house. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kenny was dribbling a basketball and Allen had his head buried in a book. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if Ganza remembers the day I told her, all those years ago; my guess is that she buried it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then he makes an elaborate treasure map of where it’s buried, puts it in another jar, and buries that one too. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she buries her head against my shoulder. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was worse, much worse, than being buried at sea. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Under her breath and behind a smile she adds, “A treasure that leaves nothing buried around.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I instructed the servants to wrap her and bury her far away from our home.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flowers were buried, and the lawn; everything had disappeared. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I heard her say, “When you die, they bury you.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

When the night came and I buried my face in my pillow and let years and years of pain come out, making the whole pillow wet. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“We’ll put shucked corn down in the barrel without any water,” I explained as we went out to bury the dead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We have been able to bury Müeller, but he is not likely to remain long undisturbed. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kanei explained to us that Saidu had had to be buried, as the custom in the village was that the dead couldn’t be kept overnight. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The falling snow had begun to bury what remained of them, so pale against the black of ragged cloaks and breeches. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

People might want to bury their heads in the sand, but he wasn’t going to give them that option. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Bodies had to be searched out, carried to certain gathering places and buried. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

They walked out the long spit of tidal mud where a small boat lay half buried and stood there looking at it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

There was no way to find where his body was to bury because the water would have taken him away long ago. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I guess that’s why I want to be by myself when I bury her.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His body was buried at the foot of the orchard. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“And when it’s all together we’ll tie it to the saddles and take it down to where the earth is soft and bury it. We don’t want to get caught with any of this stuff.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a place for burying dead folk,” I say. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“They’ve got their own private banks out in the holler, buried under stones.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

One elder would say, “Oh, I want to move to that big rock in the distance. That’s where my grandfather is buried. It is a very good area for cows.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We buried her quickly, Gerta. We had to. But before we did, I kissed her hand...and slipped off her wedding ring." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He starts his last semester, goes to class, sits with the social secretary to plan his graduation dinner, buries himself in highlighted annotations and supplemental readings. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I went out back and found Luis kneeling by a Golden Dawn tree with his face buried in the green leaves. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mayhaps Your Magnificence might ask the Yunkai’i to return his body to us, so we may bury him beneath the waves?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You’re right. I’m sorry. Getting into keeping secrets. Not a good idea. Historians don’t bury things. We dig them up. Show people. Yes.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem possible that she was buried there, at the foot of the hawthorn tree, in the ground. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to tell Ms. Faraci about Charlie and Zooey, so I said, “Yeah. It was all right. You? Tell me you didn’t spend the whole break buried in books.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Donal, please, just take it in the woods and bury it,” said Shady. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ugwu hoped for a little more light; the moon had been more generous earlier when he buried his ogbunigwe about thirty yards ahead. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I said I could only marry after my husband was buried,” Lady Meng said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Genes reside on chromosomes—long, filamentous structures buried within cells that contain tens of thousands of genes linked together in chains.* The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Come, the snow said, and I will bury you. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He lived out the remainder of his life in Azkaban, lamenting the loss of Marvolo’s last heirloom, and is buried beside the prison, alongside the other poor souls who have expired within its walls.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I buried my face into the baby’s neck, felt his pulse beat its hot and fragile rhythm. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And what do you think of it all? Like being buried down here?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When we buried my father, I watched her crumble, like a puppet with its strings cut, and there was nothing I could do. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

But you buried your nose in those cursed books and let our sons go like they were a pair o/'haramis. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

My father went down to the cellar and buried our savings. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was buried there, on South Georgia Island. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

A look of shame flashed over Henry’s face, but he buried it under a grin. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he drove a hard bargain, demanding that the main Onondaga village, now buried under the present-day city of Syracuse, New York, become the headquarters for the confederacy. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

When he pulled his hand away, the dagger stayed where he had buried it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“He’s leagues away, dead or dying. Let winter do its worst. A few more days and the snows will bury him and his army both.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She buried both so deep that she would never find them. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She pointed down the beach at Ess but then noticed the little girl had abandoned her letters, and was now seated and burying her feet in the sand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It would be just another thing that I would bury in the garage or give to Goodwill. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It's the family secret everyone would rather have buried and forgotten about. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Emotions swirled in his head—relief that Harrison was alive, disappointment that his manuscript was buried in Nsukka, anxiety about the fate of Port Harcourt. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My father protested, but there was little he could do, and so Narciso was buried and the town said he had died during one of his drunks. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jake,” she said, “we need to save the school and whatever my ancestor buried underneath it.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

One night, a few weeks after the baby was buried, I felt him leaving our bed ever so quietly. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mother will like that. We’ll bury the baby in the little cemetery near the aspen grove—where the tulips come up every spring.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

With Miss Sadie’s stories floating around in my head, I came up with any number of folks who might be buried there. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve had a firm mind and a firm will to have your life, since you was down here at your sister’s burying. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she would drag him across the fields and bury him. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turning on her side, she curled into a ball and buried her face in her pillow, soaking the cotton. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“We’ll return and finish our prayers later, before they bury him,” said Mama. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And suddenly I found myself thinking, Do they come to bury the others or to be entombed, to give life or to receive it? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another shriek, and Thorn buried her head in the cloth of Seven’s hood. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You must excuse me, Captain-General. My lord father is buried beneath the sept, and it has been too many years since last I prayed for him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Roger led the way straight through the castles, kicking them over, burying the flowers, scattering the chosen stones. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The three Riders that were still in the midst of the Ford were overwhelmed: they disappeared, buried suddenly under angry foam. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I even told them about the root cellar full of supplies in the wheat field, and the gasoline buried near the old barn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She ran to him and buried herself in his warmth and the tangy smell of his breath. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

His remains were placed in a waterproof bag and, according to one account, were buried locally. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To keep the fall crop of daikon from freezing during the cold months, North Koreans sometimes bury them in mounds. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Take this crown from me, bury me in my ancestral soil. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Meggie put her arms on the table and buried her face in them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Naomi was not going to let her sister be buried in that. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boy wiggles his finger and Carmine buries his head in my lap. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mount Elgon brooded over the town and the trees, rising to an undefined height, its profile buried in an anvil thunderhead, bathed in golden light. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dry and buried. What would happen to the nymphs?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then the tears start welling up and I bury my face into Jaimito’s hair and go into the kitchen so that they won’t see me cry. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom closes her eyes and buries her face back in the towel. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“When the ashes have cooled, we’ll have to bury them,” she said. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

That he had been buried in Lwów and maybe they could visit the grave after the war. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The boar buried his snout in Barsena’s belly and began rooting out her entrails. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The little log house was almost buried in snow. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The neighbors are too weak to bury all the corpses. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two days later, we buried my sister in the Catholic graveyard down near the powwow ground. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

We buried the man who wound his watch. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

There’s a church just outside the village where Megan’s ashes are buried, next to the bones of her daughter, Libby. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama and Baba lay within their airtight sterile chambers, buried under tubes and cables and lit only by the wall of monitors. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“It is a law that parents should not have to bury their children,” he said. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

But people live also in the realm of the affective and aesthetic—that's why they bury bodies and sometimes dig them up and pour love potions on them. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And he practically buried the Chincha leadership under piles of valuables. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Someone saw him wrapping up an alarm clock in a towel and burying it in the straw of a filly’s stall, letting her get used to the ticking. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go on! Go to the graveyard'. Where they bury people!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The memories of the ancestors, long buried within her, had emerged majestically. The other slaves looked up to the sky and saw Zalika flying, and the memories came flooding back to them as well. ‘ Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I told him, Hassan buried his face in his hands and broke into tears. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Another hole was dug in a different spot and the bag of uniforms was buried. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I especially like the gringuitos whose faces are buried in books. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I supposed it could have been buried in our fields, but if that was the case, there was no way I’d ever be able to find it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I mean, I really hoped this wasn’t the start of some blizzard that was going to bury us alive on the side of the road. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

George buried her chin in her shoulder and felt her cheeks grow warm. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He picked up the half plomm in both hands and buried his face in it. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Even in the winter, when the rough-stone hut was all but buried, the villagers still came. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He is old enough to know that he himself will be burned, not buried, that his body will occupy no plot of earth, that no stone in this country will bear his name beyond life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Amari and Tidbit helped to bury the fish bones, and the three of them prepared, with fresh determination, to continue in the darkness. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bury my face in my hands and wish that it could go on forever because it feels good. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

To Hercules’ question who was dead he answered quietly that a woman of his household, but no relative of his, was to be buried that day. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph was lying on his stomach with his head buried in his arms. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Imagine that all the bridges over the Seine have been buried in silt and lie de la Cite is just a slight bump on the landscape. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Tyrion danced back in while the brigand's leg was still pinned beneath his fallen mount, and buried the axe in the man's neck, just above the shoulder blades. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His lips slowly move against my cheek, then his arms tighten around my shoulders, and he buries his face in my neck, breathing against my collarbone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"You know. The mummies--them dead guys. That get buried in them toons and all." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“And the hidden words are part of a message that leads to buried treasure. Do you think that’s it?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Molly says, burying her face in Jack’s neck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The assassin was buried inside a gun box that served as his casket. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then he succeeded in getting Úrsula to give him the rest of her buried inheritance and her substantial savings. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Richard’s head is buried in Lil’s neck, and Em is practically sitting in the lap of a gray hair who wandered over from the bar. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Eugene Williams's mother buried her son a few days later, some seventeen years after she had brought him into the world one spring day in Georgia. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

For over sixty years, the official history of Elizebeth’s World War II unit was buried deep in the “sealed tombs” of the government archives. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Lots of people thought Captain Kidd might have buried loot on the Elizabeths, well within his stomping grounds, but no one who had gone digging for treasure out here had ever found any. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t need to write them down and bury them with you. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When a valued band member died, the Aché customarily killed a little girl and buried the two together. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he was buried at the university, which was renamed Washington and Lee University, in his honor. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s an expense, but maybe they think the price of appearing to be benevolent rulers instead of tyrants has a cost benefit—it’s cheaper than bullets and burying bodies. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I’d placed her things inside the tin box and buried it out there late one night by flashlight, too scared to leave them hanging around in my room, even in the back of a drawer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hairs on the back of my neck stand at attention, and my fingers tremble, despite the fact that I have them buried in my coat pockets. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Six months after he had buried the hen, Aureliano Segundo woke up at midnight with an attack of coughing and the feeling that he was being strangled within by the claws of a crab. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Miss Volker had killed all those rodents with it and I had buried their bodies by the dump. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She did not say what she was thinking, which was that they’d buried her mother in a yellow dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nervousness bubbled up in my stomach, and I buried my hands in my coat pockets and stuffed that worry back down. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I try to bury my head so I don’t see it, but I can’t. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The crumbling sand all but buried the hogs. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I’ll take these over to Mr. Spizz and circle back around and pick up the rodents. I’ll bury them up at my house since I’m already digging up the ground.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Not only were they buried with clothes and food, but their horses were slaughtered to provide transport in the shadowy world of the dead. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here there were dead office towers, brought to life at night by restaurants buried within that served small kegs of beer and Korean fried chicken. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

As usual, Sara already has her nose buried in a book when we sit down. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

There was a whoop and then he was buried in the hay. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, I have buried the items from your pack as you requested. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

All this over a simple pomegranate, still lying uneaten in my satchel buried beneath my bed. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There were so many people buried in the Lacks cemetery now, he said, they’d run out of room decades ago and started piling graves on top of each other. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tell me Helen was buried alive,” the doctor said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was interesting, Kira decided, that they had found a way for water to enter the building, but impractical and unsanitary, and there was no place to bury waste. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything,” he breathed and buried his face in his hands. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Even if I die, at least I can be buried with this ball attached to my hand.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The memory of my journey, or should I say my struggle to America, is buried deep inside of me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Not bad, Alejo,” I say, and Ben buries his face in his pillow—but I catch a flicker of a tiny, proud smile first. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

So powerful did the evidence of Mangelsdorf’s tiny cobs seem that in the 1960s it buried the teosinte hypothesis, even though the latter’s champion, Beadle, had for other research won a Nobel Prize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The white man who sat beside me rose and I turned my knees aside to let him pass, and another white man sat beside me and buried his face in a newspaper. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Camels, llamas, zebras, and horses stand behind low ropes slung between iron stakes, their heads buried in mounds of hay. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There must be thousands of acorns buried in the ground here. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I knew every man must compliment her, bury her in flattery more cloying than roses. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She whispered the word she’d never allowed herself to say, the word that she’d buried in her toy sculpture years before when her mother left. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Dad doesn’t want me to see the burying part, but I make him walk to the cemetery with me, and he holds my hand for the first time since I was twelve. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I felt buried under an avalanche of self-doubt. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The sheer volume of attacking sand buried her feet with each step. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he’s buried in a pile of bodies, I’m crossing the goal line. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

She wrapped her arms around her, laced her fingers with her mother’s, buried her face in her hair. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Dead and buried,” but seemingly with no hope for a future “resurrection.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But they didn’t; so that when Cammy left suddenly, in June, Ralph was stuck with a veritable stockpile to bury away in the darkness of his black trunk. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite Camp wrote in his letter that he wanted to be buried in Cold Sassy, Mama had hoped the Williamses would say bring our boy home. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was the old Ernie Lawrence, distracted by gadgetry and apparatus instead of burying his nose in scientific journals. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Then a bee whizzed past Enoch’s nose and buried its stinger in the haunches of the woman sitting astride him, and she squealed and leapt up. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The room used to have two, but the one near the front of the room was buried behind...God only knew what. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The next day he buried the soldiers in the backyard. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

We reach the unexploded bomb half-buried in the ground at the start of Aleppo Way, its nose buried deep in the dirt, wing blades pointing at the sky. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Neither do I,” Ma said, and she buried her face in Minli’s bed, crying in despair. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

How many eejits do you think are buried under the poppies?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I groan and bury myself deeper in the warm cocoon. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

They dug in one spot, then another, moving each time their shovels hit the coffins of unknown relatives buried with no markers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Not wanting to test the idea, she tried burying her face in her mother’s side, but she couldn’t fit under her stiff arm. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was buried under garbage and unburied by a dog. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Even though my eyes remained shut, buried in the pillow, the light changed when you finally opened the door. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The manor-house of Ferndean was a building of considerable antiquity, moderate size, and no architectural pretensions, deep buried in a wood. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The dogs sniffed round it eagerly, and one of the mastiffs buried his teeth in a haunch until Farlen shouted him off. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

To the truth about why I buried my head in all those books for my whole life. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

From nine to eleven he planned to dig a hole, or trench, and possibly find something good to eat buried in the dirt. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

They lay up to five hundred eggs at a time and bury them. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthias kept his eyes closed, his face still buried in the creature’s fur. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

This is the argument, he says, that Antigone makes in burying her brother Polynices: it may be against the arbitrary and temporary law of the tyrant Creon, but not against the unwritten law of justice. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The cables still lay buried in the desert, protected by the shifting sands and a near-total absence of rainfall. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Another time, I was walking through the bush, my right hand outstretched against the cool brick of a building buried deep in the trees. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

More and more lately, Quichua words have been burying themselves deeper and deeper in dark places in my memory. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to follow his example and return to Toby’s bed to bury my nose under the blankets when Chester grabbed my tail with his teeth. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

When no one answers, I sink to the floor of the guardhouse and bury my face in Ma’s purse, even though there’s no one here to see me cry. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Isn’t it so weird how the number of dead people is increasing even though the earth stays the same size, so that one day there isn’t going to be room to bury anyone anymore? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It connected itself with other vaguely felt matters that had struck her outside observation and buried themselves in her flesh. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Nearly every man here had a father who remembered northern France, or was buried in it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The chef de train moved slightly and the Wagon Lit man sank down in the corner and buried his face in his hands. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hornet buried her face in her hands and sighed. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

One year before, a hopper like Enrique’s overturned with a load of sand, burying three migrants alive. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t afraid of curses, ladders, or black cats, but he saw ghosts everywhere, and not just the ghost of the old woman now sleeping buried somewhere in the hard ground. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Don’t plant any vegetables above where you bury those rodents. They got enough poison in ’em to bring down an elephant.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She dug a hole in the ground with her finger and buried the dead ant. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In March a fresh blizzard buried the town in drifts. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, just because he found a lipstick container with KB on it, that didn't mean there was treasure buried there. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Many hours later she buried him in the snow. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know where he’s buried, just like I don’t really know where Deborah is buried. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She was still staring at him, eyes determined and focused, with her feet buried in the dirt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Once again he leaned forward on his elbows and buried his face in his hands. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Is that all you can say, eh, Eugene? Have you nothing else to say, gbo? Our father has died! Has your head turned upside down? Will you not help me bury our father?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I shove my anger down, burying it deep, letting it temper my soul. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Harriet thought, Eliza is right—it is as though we had died together and been buried in a common grave, and croaked, “We got to go free or die.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roots of those mountains must be roots indeed; there must be great secrets buried there which have not been discovered since the beginning.” The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She flooded into my present, and only tact kept me from burying my face in the dirty laundry overfilling the hamper by her dresser. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

But if Mama or Cold Sassy thought Campbell Williams would end up with a quick private burying like Arthur Crabtree’s, it had another think coming. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“When she died, we buried her on the mountain behind Little Richard’s church.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In some huts, bodies lay unburied because no one had the strength to bury them. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

How would she get airborne again, buried down in the windless and wet fern bed? Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Her face was buried in his shoulder; his arms tightened about her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But today the boy lifted his pet and buried his face in the fox’s white ruff, pressing hard. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They buried him in a grave dug in the center of the plot destined for the cemetery, with a stone on which they wrote the only thing they knew about him: Melquíades. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and bury my head in my arms so that no one can see my face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Hermione sat down on a stone step and buried her nose in Voyages with Vampires again. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She went to bed and buried her face in the pillow. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They know that it has all been buried and that they will have to dig to find it; so much easier to do when the owners are on vacation . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He painted the swastika, and I’m the one buried in guilt! Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t earn it. It come from selling the calf. I was only going to bury it—till it was needed.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her nose was buried in my keepsakes bag, and she had a guilty expression on her face. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

On March 8 the committee was prepared to submit its report, thereby assuring that the controversy would not go away or get buried in some parliamentary graveyard. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She pulls me closer, almost burying me in it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

My feelings for her were buried under scar tissue built up over 103 lonely nights spent wondering what I’d done to drive away everyone I cared about. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They got a trowel and buried all the magic rings, including their own ones, in a circle round it. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

And, after that, the uncared-for building itself would settle into shapelessness, buried under the ubiquity of the dust. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to talk to anyone else about her grandmother’s hunt for buried treasure. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They had already buried Luke in a shallow grave of sand so that only his head stuck out. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, hush,” Ma Charles said, burying Fern in all that love. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Yep, we need a bomb shelter. The Russian Commies say they are planning to bury us, but I’ve got news for them—we are going to survive whatever atom bomb attack they throw our way.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Charles Waring Darwin was buried in the cemetery at the churchyard at Down where Mary Eleanor lay. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And how I could never go back to the National Aquarium because that was where Carl took me the day they buried Amanda. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He dropped the tulip bulb and buried the trowel in the dirt. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My grandmother Hudis was buried far from here, in a Long Island graveyard amongst hundreds and hundreds of Jews, more than she ever had the pleasure of living around down here. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll bury him tomorrow,” cries Ma and I want to cry, too, though my eyes don’t make tears anymore. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Sammy moaned and turned away, burying his head under his arms. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other times a fish will give up and die right away, if the barb got buried deep enough. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“After being buried under such a rubble, who would still be alive?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d buried him someplace on Long Island, but we weren’t sure where. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miguel also agreed to go with her and dig up the guns and ammunition buried in the mountains, because that was what he most needed in his reckless fight. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fissure ran across the length of the ceiling and the far end of the cavern collapsed, burying the altar and the pater. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was buried three days later beneath the haw- thorn tree behind the house, just as twilight was darkening the sky. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day I buried Maman, I was very tired and sleepy, so much so that I wasn’t really aware of what was going on. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Immediately he starred unearthing bones, as it had been the custom during the early days to bury the dead inside the House of God. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little ones ran to Bronwyn and buried their faces in her lap, and she hugged them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Somehow Ryan had managed to free himself from a pile of debris that had almost buried him when the molasses wave struck. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

All of the wrongness thunders and falls and threatens to bury her alive. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The storm had abated; I was facedown, almost totally buried in sand. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was buried now in the village graveyard with a small stone marker marking her place, and room beside her for Old Benedikt when his time came. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The story that is told during Black History Month is one of triumph; the system of racial caste is officially dead and buried. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

In such vault I had been told did Mr. Reed lie buried; and led by this thought to recall his idea, I dwelt on it with gathering dread. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I glance at Katherine, hoping maybe I can convince her this is a terrible idea, but she's just giving Red Jack this friendly grin and I bury my face in my hands. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They ought to bury people in hospitals and let sick people get well in the cemeteries. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

At that, Andrew just buried his head in his arms and howled. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Sarah buries her face in a puffy pillow. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

She had dreamed the night before that she was walking down the hard-packed dirt path that led from the Wood to the hawthorn tree where her mother was buried. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there was also the reservoir of dark water, all covered by snow and by night, by snow-fall and by night-fall, buried beneath black and white, gray mist and gray silence. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They bury them three deep in New York. I don’t want to be smushed up under somebody when I’m buried.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But how do people live out there, Shay? Like the Rusties? Burning trees for heat and burying their junk everywhere? It’s wrong to live in nature, unless you want to live like an animal.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It issued from a place deeper than her own buried crime. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“No need for a mocking tone, Lucille. We should use our windfall to improve our prospects. If it were up to you, we’d bury the money in the backyard to benefit the worms.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I don’t mind going at all because my Aunt Helen is buried there. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m not going to just throw him in the garbage. I’ll bury him at home.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Your wife, she never loved you,” Bodega blurted as Vera buried her face in Bodega’s shoulder. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Every bear bone was gathered respectfully and buried, all together. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

What he did, he started these undertaking parlors all over the country that you could get members of your family buried for about five bucks apiece. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They could see Kaisha at the end of the block, her face buried in her phone, and Moss wasn’t sure he wanted to voice his uncertainty in front of her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The shed creaks and I hold my breath, stand still—afraid I’m going to be buried. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Kaz nodded and slipped down a hallway behind a potted rose tree, resisting the urge to bury his nose in his collar. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The corpses are buried in the prison yard. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then Giannot would bury it in the garden or conceal it behind a hidden panel somewhere in his walls, and that would be that. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We buried her in the cemetery on the hill, the one by the pomegranate tree, and I said a prayer for her too. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She buried her face in Mom’s lap, her shoulders shaking silently. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Everyone had been busy burning and burying a creature worth a king’s ransom. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tidbit still cried for his mother, burying himself in Amari’s arms. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Gram lived her whole adult life in New York City, she was buried back in Unity Valley, next to her mother, my great-grandmother. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Was there another baby named Morgan who is now buried on Penikese? Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Theseus led his army against Thebes, conquered her and forced her to allow them to be buried. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The murder plots depended upon doctors who falsified death certificates and upon undertakers who quickly and quietly buried bodies. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

His voice was muffled, as if his face was buried in her neck. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She had a distant memory of the taste of real tea, buried with her recollections of sugar and birthday cake. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Had Ghost uncovered some ancient cache of the children of the forest, buried here for thousands of years? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They all died the same, let them all be buried the same. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I buried everything I’d just read and covered it with dirt and sand and gravel, patted it all down with the underside of my fists so nobody could ever read his life again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to look up and let Jamie see what a mess I am, so I stay buried in his shirt. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It is highly unusual in Iceland to bury someone in the dark, and thick clouds made the sky even more oppressive. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

This was what Yakov had been feeling when we had washed him, when he had been buried. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the end, however, she was found hiding in her stall with her head buried among the hay in the manger. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

After some searching, they found the stone marker—or what remained of it—buried in snow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Hidden within every astronomical investigation, sometimes so deeply buried that the researcher himself is unaware of its presence, lies a kernel of awe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been waiting for so many years, burying guns and stockpiling food and warning others to do the same. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Lyra could see nothing: her face was buried in Pantalaimon’s cat fur. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Henry Deforest took on the formidable task of providing food for the city; Samuel Benge took charge of carrying the sick to Bush Hill and seeing that the dead were properly buried. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Connor immediately rushes to my bedside and throws his arms around my neck, burying his face against my shoulder. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And my first response was to hide it all away, bury it. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He buried his face in his wife’s shoulder. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I dropped to my knees, buried my face in my hands, and cried. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“He makes me feel like a dog,” Vera sobbed with her face buried in her hands, going behind the curtain. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Remains of houses and sewn clothing testify to a greatly improved ability to survive in cold climates, and remains of jewelry and carefully buried skeletons indicate revolutionary aesthetic and spiritual developments. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

This, too, would be suppressed, and the skull had already been buried. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“I have forebears buried beneath the rocks of Cairns.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t remember where I buried it,” she squeaked. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Bryce still has his face buried against my side, his chest heaving as I rub his back. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s more likely there could be mastodons buried around here,” Cory said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Months after the sweet-smelling magnolia buds appeared on the trees, and right after we buried Mama. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

His elbows rest on his knees, his face buried in his hands. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Corliss, who at the mention of the Waiting Room had buried his face in his hands, was silently wiping tears from his eyes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“In that hospital they don’t bury the dead, they keep them in rooms and talk to them.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to bury his memory deep so that his face would not speak. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He buried himself deep in his side of the straw tick; he felt where the wooden slats of the bed crossed under his body. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sink into a chair and I bury my face into my red hat and I'm not sure if I'm laughing or crying. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Laleh stretched and yawned and leaned against me, burying her face in my side. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He buried himself down into the small space on the floor near Frank’s toolbox and waited for Byrd and Frank to fly, too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She was the second of three daughters and remembered how her younger sister had died of tuberculosis one winter; they’d buried her on Indian Knob Hill in the Lutheran part of the cemetery. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had been buried without funeral or rite in the Cook County Cemetery at Dunning, amid the mad and the unknown dead. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The room was an old, damp lecture hall buried in the innards of the college; it resembled a dreary accountant’s chamber in a Dickens novel. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Peeta buries his face in his hands for a few moments, then rises to join us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I buried my head and got through the rest of the day, but the bus ride home felt like a condemned man’s last walk. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mauthen had dug up barrow stones and found something buried there. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’d told me that they had to bury her quickly, because it gets hot in the plains, especially in this part of the country. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She could wrap her arms around it and bury her nose in its smell. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there was also the reservoir of dark water, all covered by snow and by night, by snow-fall and by night-fall, buried beneath black and white, gray mist and gray silence. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

To get to Dr. Holiday’s office, I had to walk down a long gray corridor that seemed buried deep in the bowels of the hospital. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She instantly buried what she was thinking in the shadows of her mind. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I came home, my dad had already buried her in the backyard. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

For two minutes he wept, his arms folded on his thighs, his head buried in his arms. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the next line—“I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him”—he plays the anti-rhetoric rhetoric card. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

And if they were buried somewhere in his unconscious, he had no access to that area of thought. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The Princess was buried in snow but I could see the deep contours of her legs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She buried her nose deep in my hair. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

That morning, she had taken out Lefty’s wedding crown, cutting it away from her own so he could be buried with it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And anyway, it’s not like we were actually burying him, anyway. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I would lie down on her bed, bury my face in her pillow, caress the objects she had left on her night table, and feel completely desolate. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He diverted a river, then buried the treasure in the river bed, then rerouted the river back to its old path. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is embedded with stone logs, the remains of a tropical rain forest that was swept up in the eruption and buried in ash and mud. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I managed to twist over on my stomach and buried my face in my arms. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought of burying himself deep in the snow of the roof, but he knew that that was impossible. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how many songs went by with my face buried in those jackets. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“We waited for him to return from the North and he did not return, so we had a funeral. We buried an empty coffin.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I went first to Qunu and the site where my mother was buried. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And now he is buried,” the emperor said, “and you are to be my wife.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask someone, “Suppose Zaydeh isn’t dead? Suppose he’s joking and wakes up to find out he’s buried?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she and Jack would be long buried before the full effect was achieved. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There’s nothing to drill with, so Mags offers her awl and Peeta drives it straight into the bark, burying the spike two inches deep. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Slave-era cabins sat next to cinder-block homes and trailers, some with satellite dishes and porch swings, others rusted and half buried. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Silent Sam shrugged his tiny shoulders and buried his head in the lunchtime milkbowl. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He pulls me to his chest and buries his face in my neck. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Her words surround me and bury themselves inside me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And then no one noticed that she was still screaming when they buried her alive. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

State Department showed up at our house and told my parents that Grandpa Bobby was dead and buried near some little village in Colombia. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She was buried with her people in the cemetery behind First Congregational, straight in front of the headstone that marked the family plot, not far from her grandfather of the perfect picket fence. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

People say the Khmer Rouge buried corpses next to them and now the palm milk is pink like thin blood and the fruit tastes like human flesh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The small white bird tinged in pink dives down, buries her claws in my chest, and tries to keep me afloat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“At least they are buried,” one of the soldiers said, and we laughed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

His words—“I have to bury what the vultures left behind”—dug a gully between them that she had not known how to bridge. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I thought about Mom, passing as white at all those jobs, burying her blackness beneath the way she looked. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam flinched and curled her hands into fists, burying them deeper in her pockets. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I glance in the direction of the day’s lecturer, but the elderly phooka has his nose buried in a book. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, I found myself hobbled by a soft spot that buried my right foot. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Her face was buried under a mass of curly brown hair. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The irony was not lost on me when I climbed out of a bunker one morning and found a dud Russian 122-mm rocket buried nearby. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He went back to his own family house in Jerusalem and started wondering what might be buried inside the walls. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Many had died in a cholera epidemic and they’d been buried in haste in wooden boxes and the boxes were rotting and falling open. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I lay down on the tarpaulin and spent the whole night weeping and grieving, my face buried in my arms. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The voice was pleasant enough, though there was, Antain realised, a bit of a growl, buried so deeply in the voice that it was difficult to hear. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He had to be buried and I knew of no relatives; someone had to see that he was placed in the ground. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Professor Sprout took a large plant pot from under the table and plunged the Mandrake into it, burying him in dark, damp compost until only the tufted leaves were visible. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They buried him before sundown that day and we sat shiva for him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You didn’t have to bury those books, right? They burned beautifully, like the very best firewood, and their pages—ah, they quivered like pale little fingers." Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Four Nazi saboteurs landed and buried four boxes of explosives. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The officer in charge shall not bury any colored persons upon ground usedfor the burial of white persons. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I ended up with my face buried halfway in the sand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I studied her, searching for the hatred buried beneath the layer of pleasantness on her face, the fear hovering in her soft eyes, the disgust caught in the corner of her smile. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“To die buried under the weight of my own gold.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Here, close to Hull Street, his mother was buried in an unmarked grave. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tayo stepped inside one that was half buried in the reddish blow sand; he hooked an edge with the toe of his boot, and then he let it slip into the sand again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was in the fireplace, buried up to its hubs in wood ashes. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He had spent three days sitting inside the bole of an artificial oak tree, three nights crawling on his belly through the heather, hiding microphones in gorse bushes, burying wires in the soft grey sand. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up, staggering on his wounded leg, pulling at the knife buried in his chest. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

These thin, threadlike cells form a web buried in the soil. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“We have to bury Pol as soon as possible.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Storm after storm buffeted the train and buried the landscape in snow. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ow!” she yelped as she caught her foot on something buried under the rubble, and crashed into the broken tiles and tables in front of her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She was slaughtered like an animal and buried like one. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I used to bury cotton wisps in my ears, pull the blanket over my head, and still the sounds of Baba’s snoring—so much like a growling truck engine—penetrated the walls. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And I say that though they may lie beneath the earth, they are not buried. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Tar licking Marcus’s face on the beach, and Billy burying his brother, and the theatre in London, and the painting of the angel on the ceiling, and the generations that followed . The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t we go out to the cremation grounds instead and bury bone shards? Or we can play Catch the Beheaded Thing! I’ve always liked that game.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You were buried under sandwiches when you left there.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, well, fancy that. Another moment and we’d have been buried for good and all. Never part with that clasp, my friend. It’s a true treasure.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

There is a streak of goodness in men that can be buried or hidden and then emerge unexpectedly. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite everything that had happened today, it felt so good to share the secret I had kept buried deep inside me for far too long, and to know that I was not alone. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Astonished and proud, they could hardly have been more excited if they’d found buried treasure. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It looks like an infant with its head buried in his ribcage. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

My mother used to make me atole de grano when I was a girl, the dense corn kernels buried in the anicillo broth. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The men dug a mass grave in the forest, and the bodies were buried with as many of the proper ceremonies as possible. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the bake sale he had never seen so many pies at once, more pies on the endless table than soldiers buried in his backyard. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He’d pulled away his mask in the night and it was buried somewhere in the blankets. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Anyone digging in such a place must have had good reason to think that the treasure was buried there. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Riptide’s blade was buried to the hilt in his ribs. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

How can I wake up tired? she wondered as she buried her face in her pillow and dozed off. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He brought rocks in wheelbarrows for undertakers to bury and carried away the deceased. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

"I'll go," I said, and I did go, and all during the simple funeral service I wondered what I thought I was burying. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He lowered his bony head and buried it in the palms of his gnarled hands; and at that moment he seemed to age a thousand years, a pitiful sight. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s always easier to die gently, to wake in due time in the place you were buried, to come to terms with your death and to get acquainted with the other inhabitants. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A member of the Archery Club tries to say that we are all foreigners and we should give the country back to the Native Americans, but she’s buried under disagreement. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It struck the door and buried itself deep in the oak, quivering. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Yes—wear. They didn’t bury her naked, did they?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He kept the knowledge of it buried inside himself like a pirate treasure. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Always before, Jim and I had carried them into the mountains to bury them and to give them their last rites, a prayer over a rough wooden cross of birch twigs and twine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

One, maybe two steps more, and I would have jumped inside the closest tub and buried myself under a pile of blankets. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In order not to have to dig a great hole, we decided to bury the manuscript in three separate places. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Popinjay was locked up to be taught a lesson, and Major Metcalf was shipped to the Solomon Islands to bury bodies. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Yow really have to stop following baboons around and work on the boat, said Mother as Nhamo buried her nose in the comforting bag. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most important conclusion of the most important biochemical paper of the decade was buried, like a polite cough, under a mound of dense text. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

People don't like to know that three quarters of their tampon strings are being buried, or that their paychecks have less to do with their company's profitability than its owner's compassion. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Their friends buried them under the maple trees of the estate. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But even in the midst of it, buried inside the desire to feel nothing and be nothing, was an even stronger desire. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“All these people got buried at the bottom of it. They’re still down there, plus cars and campers and everything that had been in the campground.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She was pleased to see me with my nose buried in a book, any book, so long as it wasn’t naughty. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shrieks of pain and agony filled the air, and the whole countryside cried in mourning as the walking-dead buried their sleeping-dead. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of my ribbon, buried at the bottom of my bag. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I would tell him that my mother had died in Memphis and that I had gone down to bury her. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, she stood near the spot where she, too, would soon be buried, as if offering a mourning prayer to herself. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It would have to be his grandfather, for Jory's father was buried far to the south. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ben waves me over and silently points out the green glass alligator tchotchke lying alone in the case, almost buried in the dust. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It sprang and buried its teeth in the detective’s ear. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Leaving Zuraiq and his mother to rest, we watched as Father buried the afterbirth in the backyard. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I buried my face in his shaggy neck and hugged him. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, let’s. I’ve marked the place where I buried the core of the Apple yesterday.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

But now, her memories came tumbling toward her—a kindly old man, a decrepit castle, a clutch of scholars with their faces buried in books, a mournful mother dragon saying good-bye. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

We were whirling around so fast that Jesse couldn’t hold his head up any longer and buried his face in my neck, his chapped lips grazing my skin. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I roll over and bury my face in the pillow. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then he helped me bury Littlebit on the other side of the tracks. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He scratched the sheets with his paws like he wanted to bury it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The bodies of the children were supposedly scattered and buried nearby, but Alexei’s body was not found. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I would patrol the rows on my hands and knees for any worms and bugs, and I would kill and bury them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

All Nick’s father knew was that a guaranteed rent check was dead and buried. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“That small child, Nneka, just died and her mother has refused to let them take the body and bury,” Ugwu said, after he greeted them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“They buried Boseman in one of the plague cemeteries,” he said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He limped over to his bed and flopped down on it, burying his head in his pillow. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

So I told him the mission: When they were digging the king’s new wading pool, they found some old, buried goblin treasure—a giant gemstone carved with some kind of a story on it. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Like him, he was buried with few present, and he had an intelligence like him that could see what others could not begin to understand.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if we should bury it, too, with the rifle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“You know, if you hit your mother, when you die they won’t be able to bury you.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

All around her, the riders raised their lances, and the dirt and leaves that had buried the cruel bright points fell away to reveal the gleam of sharpened steel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was convinced at rare moments that he could succeed and that his youth was still buried inside of himself. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jack galloped into the trees, thinking only of bumpy toads and buried treasure and other things that hide in forests, waiting for children to find them. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Hermione, come and have some food,” Harry said, looking over at Ron and wondering whether he was in a good enough mood to bury the hatchet. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Even a heavy dose of Tamika’s hot sauce wouldn’t be able to bury the bitter aftertaste. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Pax hurried to where he’d buried the peanut butter jar and unearthed it. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

So grass is death, too—it grows out of our buried bodies. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

There’s a security hole on their servers that I hadn’t noticed before because they’d buried it behind all sorts of—well, anyway, it resulted in me getting in. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And all along the endless convoy as it made its way out of the neighborhood and onto the highway, you’d hear a passerby ask, “Who they burying?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Don't have to bury him yet! 'Tain't a cliff he dropped!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

They start out as tears of relief, but then a lump rises in my throat and I sink back to the ground, my face buried in my hands. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Not every day you see someone burying a bird.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The piping systems are all buried except one, which runs along the ground to send water to the power plant, near the fence. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Baba’s dead and now I have to bury him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

About how sometimes life needs to go underground, bury itself deep to survive, and how maybe that’s not a bad thing. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I buried my face in my hands and wept. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Every year when it starts to get cold, the squirrels come out in full force to make sure the nuts they buried over the summer are secure. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I sometimes think that old age has affected my mind and that you can’t just ignore the fact that I buried her twenty years ago. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Totally panicked, certain we’d killed some unsuspecting playgrounder, we pushed through the crowd and found our rocket buried in the grass, with only its fins and nozzle showing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

My mother is sitting on the stepstool, her face buried in her hands. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grayblue eyes half buried in the thin and sooty creases of his skin. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Life which we can no longer distinguish; life carefully buried up to its forehead in the carcass of a dead world. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I have worked up tears buried somewhere deep within me, tears I didn’t even know I had. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“The lepers who are buried out there. Susanna and...” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“No, Mother,” I said, burying my head in the pillow and wondering at just what point that little thought had come to her. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She thought going down into the Pipeworks must be like being buried alive. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In my head I count up how many of us there are left and realize we have buried half our men. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Half will be buried with my body, the other half turned in to Command with my papers and personal effects. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Between chills and fever and bouts of nausea, they buried their heads under the covers and laughed silently and bed-shakingly at the remembrance of Papa standing in the water. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bee flies from one blossom to another, burying half its body in the petals, emerging coated with pollen, intent on its task. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pitchfork whizzed over them both to bury itself in a tree. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I think of my own father, dead and buried. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Kathy thought that the main part of the man-uscript, which was buried under the pipe, would probably be safe, but that the other two were vulnerable. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He buried his head in his bombsight until his bombs were away; when he looked up, everything inside the ship was suffused in a weird orange glow. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Sitting down close to the fire, I buried my face in my arms and cried. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There must have been a small building up here that burned, and they buried the debris. We’ve just been throwing them in the woods.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“When I die,” she said, “don’t bury me in New Jersey. Who wants to be buried in Jersey?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jazz moaned and rolled over on the couch, burying her head in a cushion. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I stayed there for months playing back every minute of our time together, watching it like I watched the movies, trying to make sense of the days we buried squandering love. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man appeared younger on the stage, his age buried under the glare of the footlights and layers of makeup. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"A hall to die in, and men to bury me. I thank you, my lords . . . but I spit upon your pity." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Treasure is uncovered by the force of flowing water, and it is buried by the same currents,” said the old man. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She buries her feet in the sand until she is planted, rooted as the palms, rooted as the gnarled gardenia tree. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying so hard to navigate my conflicting worlds at school and at home, I left it buried in the back of my mind. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Haitians had a remarkable core culture, but it was buried under years of oppression and poverty. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

An eruption of Mount Elgon about seven million years ago had buried the rain forest in ash, and the logs had been transformed into opal and chert. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded as if that was the most normal thing in the world, burying food in your backyard. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Most of the bones had been taken away to make ornaments, but ribs were still there, half- buried in the sand. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shut down my computer, unplug it, and bury it under a stack of books. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In some cases dead dogs were even buried ceremoniously, much like humans. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was technically illegal to bury anyone on company property, but the colored people had a cemetery somewhere up Snakeroot Hollow. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thus his idea did not seem worth resurrecting only to be quickly buried. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I know I can carry him if I try hard enough, and I will bury him across the field, near the fencerow, under the big jack oak tree. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had loved him, she said, and she wanted to see him decently buried. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I bury it deep enough so at least there’s one phone I can’t hear ringing anymore. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He sat down on a twig and buried his head in his hands. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

And the names of sealed and buried sorcerers and towers and obelisks. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You buried the elf,” he said, sounding unexpectedly rancorous. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As though a single dragonfly could alight on it and trigger an avalanche that will bury them for good. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Noth-nothing, honey—” Linda whispered, tears forming in her own eyes, while Bloom had his head buried in the thick hair behind her neck, wanting to bawl himself. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, as I was busy burying pansies I kept looking down the street. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like the business you’re in. But then,” she added with her amazing detachment, “I suppose someone has to bury the dead. How much is a plot?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After my mother was buried, Uncle Abdullah burned her belongings, afraid that they had been tainted by the fever. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I think about everything that happened, from when we buried the coffin to when I dug it up, I always think about how I could have told her the truth then. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was the same as it had been the day I’d buried Maman, and like then, my forehead especially was hurting me, all the veins in it throbbing under the skin. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Before she buried it? Yes, I saw it. Looked more like a bucket than a rowboat.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I bury my face in the crook of my arm, the stink of me preferable to the stink of whatever’s down here. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

So he cut it off, buried it in the bottom of his backpack, a dead fabric snake. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I remember seeing you around before, your head buried in a notebook,” Robin said. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Or, on the stones of her buried campfires: This is a book. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then I reach into my pocket and take out the needle that was buried in my arm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He could see beyond the marketplace to the cemetery where Gatherer’s ruined body had been buried. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I go to bed early, I seize the pillow, press it against myself and bury my head in it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Strange that they are burying him in the sea,” another said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He buried his face in Reyna’s shoulder and blinked the tears out of his eyes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Some prisoners are not dead when they are buried. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In it, Cleopatra asked that her body be buried next to Mark Antony’s. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“There are probably more peculiar animals buried here than are currently alive in all of Europe,” Addison said, moving through the graves to reach one in particular, which he leaned on with his forepaws. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Of course everyone in the village knew what had happened to Tenorio, and all were waiting for him to return to bury his daughter. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tomb’s entrance was buried in the side of a crumbling cliff. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“When our plane crashed here, and we had to bury the dead and deal with really bad wounds and Miss New Mexico got that tray stuck in her head —” “Hi!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He shimmied me closer and buried his face in my neck. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“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

That's where the real clues were buried, among the veiled threats and pompous promises, the slogans and silliness in that hodgepodge of a will. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together they buried the dead creature, but later she saw the child chasing another. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He buried his snout in the pack and rooted out a blue glass bottle. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The moment my feet touched the floor, I checked under my mattress where I’d tucked my mother’s things—just a temporary hiding place till I could bury them back in the orchard. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And my mother, who used to throw fits because I dug holes and buried her flowers. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He was buried with Martha under the white sand at the Jersey shore. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the circumstances in which these heads were found, we gather that they were displayed above ground while the rest of the body was buried beneath the floor of the house. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must have been buried for a reason. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Any second now, it would all come tumbling down and bury me in confusion. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She made a mumbling noise, burying her face farther into the pillow. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

For a long time, these people’s stories will bury yours. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Naheed wanted to bury her head, hijab and all, in the ground and hide. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

And then she buries her face in her arm, like the Bollywood actresses always do when they are overreacting to a marriage proposal. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I saw a child dead of the pox buried in a pie-cabinet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I made the collage the day after her grandmother was buried. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was buried inside the headboard’s two metal layers. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

"Then his Hindu followers burned half the flowers, and the Muslims buried the rest." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh, darling,” he wailed, his face buried deep in her neck. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I had to stop the guide right there and ask him, “Now, would they be his favorite wives they’d bury with him, or the meanest ones, or what?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to think of him as a father who’d buried a child, but she couldn’t forget how he’d shamed her in his store. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And when it flies back over the ledge, it buries itself in her head. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

His desktop is buried with piles of papers and used books. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry made to follow him, but found his path blocked as Percy Weasley strode into the lift, his nose buried in some papers he was reading. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Walking slowly to Papa, she buried her face in his chest. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I’m finished delivering the telegrams there’s enough time to go to the ancient monastery graveyard where my mother’s relations are buried, the Guilfoyles and the Sheehans, where my mother wants to be buried. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“In fact, I’d be ready to think the Rattler has been long gone or buried if it wasn’t for the note we found on the tree trunk.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had never attended a funeral before; there had been nobody to bury when Sirius had died. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The searchers unearthed two buried vaults full of quicklime and human remains. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

As soon as they took the body out, Rebeca closed the doors of her house and buried herself alive, covered with a thick crust of disdain that no earthly temptation was ever able to break. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I want to scream again, and I remember the last time I felt this way, riding with Baba in the tank of the fuel truck, buried in the dark with the other refugees. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

No one spoke of the previous night, of the thing they had burned and buried. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They took him to the nearest town, where his tooth was pulled; but it was too late, and the blood-poisoning carried him off, black-faced and groaning, and they buried him beneath his favorite willow tree. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Oh my God, is there a compliment buried in there somewhere? Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

If we are not out of it in a few minutes we shall be buried under the ruin.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Matthias hesitated a moment, then blurted out, “Brother Methuselah, tell me where Martin lies buried.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Now he sat with his eyes closed and his chin buried in the collar of his jacket. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

After the eruption of Vesuvius, volcanic ash had buried the city and hardened to rock around dying Pompeians. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The newspapers wouldn’t let a story like that go buried. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And what he says unlocks some long buried memory. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

So there was a cemetery where the coffins were temporarily buried. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had feelings for the guy, but they were latent, buried deep beneath my resolve to keep my life and career tidy and forward focused—free from any drama. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was excavated by Oxford archaeologists at the partially buried city of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt in the late nineteenth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They buried the fire in sand and tossed the shells into the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I buried my face in the warmth of his chest and wept. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stop talking because suddenly the girl put her fists before her eyes and lean over to bury her face on the edge of the bed. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll bury him down in the yard where the other four crosses are. I think he would like that.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fought the sheet, filled suddenly with the terror of claustrophobia, being buried alive. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was standing there checking the perimeter when the boy turned and buried his face against him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

In anguish I roll over and bury my face in her rabbit-fur pillow. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we buried him, Jonas and I packed up and started the walk again. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

We nodded, our faces buried in Mama’s nightgown. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In her huge brass bed, shocked and hurt, she buried her face in the pillow and cried inconsolably. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spat on the spectacular pile of coins, put them in three canvas sacks, and buried them in a secret place, hoping that sooner or later the three unknown men would come to reclaim them. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

That was where the two babies lay; that was where Charles had buried his brother Erasmus the year before. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Natalie collapsed against the broken wall and splintered shelves, her face buried in her arms. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But now the feelings were twisted, tangled roots, and all the names for the source of this growth were buried under English words, out of reach. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

South of the city was where our dead were buried—but not my mother, whose ashes returned to the ocean that killed her, which was also the ocean she loved. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He came to a tangle of iron and wire: some sort of machine, long ago buried and forgotten. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

His gear seemed exceedingly minimal for the harsh conditions of the interior, which in April still lay buried under the winter snowpack. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This was a great man, Captain William Farnsworth Cook, of the Pennsylvanian Fifth Regiment. He was my grandfather. You will not bury him without a prayer.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is what I dreamed Gilliam Park would be; however, my dream was buried in granite dust and hard crusty rocks with no shade, no greenery, and no picnic tables. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

No matter how much I tell myself that my friends would never call me dirty names, I feel buried under the Doctorita’s insults. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“After Pearl Harbor,” he said to her, “my father buried all of this.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m singing the song, as if buried within its lyrics are instructions, a musical road map to where I’m supposed to go and how to get there. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eye looked down at his buried torso before fixing me with a pleading gaze. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Tears streamed down my face, tears I didn’t know I had left, and I slid down the column to the ground, burying my head in my hands. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He held up a finger, buried the axe in the stump, and ran around to the front of the house to make sure that the twins were still busy eating his mother’s pies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny explained that the place had once been an Indian burying ground and how as a boy, he had often come there to hunt arrowheads. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blacks were born in separate hospitals, attended separate schools, worshipped in separate churches and were buried in separate cemeteries. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Henry drift to a swing at the edge of the porch, and he curls into Henry’s side, buries his face in the collar of his shirt. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We knew the priest would not let her be buried in the holy ground of the campo santo next to the church. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bury Valerian near the stables, but outside the paddock, so that even the most carnivorous of Madoc’s sharp-toothed horses are unlikely to dig him up and gnaw on his bones. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Yossarian continued walking away at the same listless, unhurried pace, hands buried in his pockets. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

My baby sister was disposed of not buried. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She said they were buried on an island somewhere north of Manhattan. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

We put the bird in the hole and buried it. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

A few weeks after moving into their new home, they had to bury a baby. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And after twenty years typing for the Parole department, I just about knew what she'd buried. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad buries the soup in the back yard next to our dead beagle, Ariel. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped first at the graves where my parents were buried. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I fell on my bed, buried my head under the pillow, and cried. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I have to bury the real pain because who's going to bet on a tribute who keeps sniveling over the deaths of her opponents. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She groans and buries her face in her arms, but she’s smiling. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It’s buried down in the bottom of my duffel, along with their letters. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it went underground with her body, buried in the cemetery across the street from the liquor store. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He buried his face in the hippocampus’s mane. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She buried her hopes of becoming a doctor and decided to pray for smaller miracles. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Racing downhill in early evening darkness through cornfield stubble, Shin came across a farmer’s shed half buried in the hillside. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A quick campaign began, and within a day or two, twenty members of Parliament signed an edict that Charles should be buried in Westminster Abbey. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma, who finally agreed that Charles would have graciously accepted the offer, only wished he could be closer to his friend Charles Lyell, who was buried in the nave of the abbey, too. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Are bones, pieces of building still buried here? Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

As I crouched inside my bivouac sack under the lip of the bergschrund, spindrift avalanches hissed down from the wall above and washed over me like surf, slowly burying my ledge. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It added to my grief that I was not able to bury my mother, which was my responsibility as her eldest child and only son. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crash-landed her Yak in one piece but was already dead when local farmers found her and buried her. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I flip over and bury my face in the pillow. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She hugged us at the same time, burying her head in Jajas neck and then in mine. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

This was where generations of Masters had been buried, each in his lead-lined oak coffin in niches along the stone walls. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t get all judgy, either, when they told me they’d buried you in a cemetery near Aunt Maureen’s, instead of here, where I can see the grave and put flowers on it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She told me how she'd swallowed it all, even the memory of it, like the tiniest bitter pill, and about all the boys she consumed after it just to keep it buried down there. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The naiads, in pity for him, so bold and so young to die, buried him and carved upon the tomb:— Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lakebed was on a mission to bury the base, the men, and all of their planes, and it was succeeding. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

There were no tools with which to dig, and besides, burying the dead men would have taken too much time. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brother, Jordan Bell, head buried in Sweet Tea, his eyes welling with horror. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Not bad, he thought, but why are they burying food? Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“How are you, old man? Thought we’d be burying you this year instead of visiting the cemetery with you.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Greeks would not burn his body; they buried him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cas cracked her ankle on something buried in the rubble as she looked for whatever had made the sound she had just heard. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The snow was covering everything, burying the mountain lion’s tracks and obliterating his scent. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I pull out The World at the End of the Tunnel and bury my face in it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Just before Henry hit, Gregor buried his face in Ares’s fur and covered his ears. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He listened, his cheek buried in his fist as I explained the project. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charon will receive into his boat only the souls of those upon whose lips the passage money was placed when they died and who were duly buried. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Hooper could not hear him, he was hunched forward, his neck bent over, and his face buried in his knees. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

That night I bury myself in my homework, but at bedtime I still don’t feel like I’ve made a dent. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and buried his face in the bed of feathers and waited for the shot. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He who buried him would be put to death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knocked the blade aside and buried the axe in the nape of the man's neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He determined to find the “special place” where Nancy had buried her pet, even though it meant combing the vast whole of River Valley Farm. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I dodged and the beast buried its head in a brick wall. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He had buried his face in her purple armpit. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We pult it off, the company was kind ’nough to notify our families and supply each one of ’em with a great big crispy piece of meat in a box for burying. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

When we reached our side of the street, Blanca drew herself toward me and, shaking, buried her face in my arms. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The legs of the bull folded under him and the chain buried itself in the fat of his neck. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She buried her face in balled hands and rocked back and forth. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

One man, pulling an anchor off Naushon, hooked an old crown that had been buried in the muck for a century. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Watching him, though, I thought how easy it would be to swipe all that cash late one night and bury it out back until my time was up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It crawls over me and buries itself through the pores in my skin. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Your mama, your daddy—they were buried under the ground, but they’re stars now, girl, stars beneath our feet.’” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

But that didn’t make any sense either, because the renter reminded me that just because you bury something, you don’t really bury it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then the log house would be almost buried in snowdrifts, and the lake and the streams would freeze. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had the oxen yoked to a sled, which was already half loaded with stones, and were digging away at more stones buried in a newly cleared field. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow the message had gone out to all the teachers that the last two weeks of school were the last opportunity to bury the students of Washington Irving Junior High in work. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The wind makes her eyes water and buries their shoes in sand, hurls knots of dead grass from the curved ridges of one dune to another. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mom gulps, then slumps into a chair, crosses her arms on the table, and buries her head. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The king’s apartments were buried in the very heart of the pyramid, on the sixteenth and seventeenth levels. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Previous investigators, including local lawmen and the private eyes, had spoken to these valuable witnesses and then seemingly buried what they had learned. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

No matter how bad he does, he buries his face in his papers, cranks up Rabbi Gold on his phone, and gives it another try. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit was a dark lump half buried in the straw, dead to the world. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one had ever said “don’t talk about your dad,” but for some reason I had buried the story deep, and now I was going to tell it. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I listened, decided there was nothing I could do, buried my head under the deer hide, and went back to sleep. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, it’s all right, I’m wearing gloves. Let’s bury them.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

She buried her nose in the bucket and gobbled the hot breakfast. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to explain to the boy that there was no one buried in the yard but the boy just started crying. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

But some truths are buried so deep, not even the earth understands it. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I bring my knees to my chest and bury my face in them. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I hope to find the lonely little island where Timothy is buried. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrap my arms around him and bury my face in his shoulder. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Kneeling on the floor, I buried my head in her lap and poured out the whole miserable story. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leads a prayer for dead migrants who are buried here. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He buried his head in his hands, tearing his hair and murmuring a strange litany between his teeth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bass is making the car shake and buries anything you’re thinking about except the beat. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

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

“They made it to a deep gully and were surrounded there by warriors coming up from the village. Those soldiers didn’t make it out. They say they are still there, buried in that deep gully.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

They did not tell one another the other stories, of those still missing, of families burying empty caskets. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I pulled this baby into the light of life, so I will bury the afterbirth and the cord that once linked him to eternity. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bury my face in his shoulder and close my eyes, just breathing in the clean smell of him, the smell of wind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad to see you, Lourdes. Thank you for everything, hija, the hat, the cigars. You buried me like an Egyptian king, with all my valuables!” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when the rescuers ran out of drift-wood, they buried the rest in mass graves. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

After staging a false “burial at sea” to throw the press off the trail, Booth’s body was buried in a simple crate in an unmarked grave at the Old Arsenal Penitentiary. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stuart landed on his head, buried two feet deep in wet slippery garbage. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mormont could offer no answers as to who might have buried the cloak or what it might mean. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t seeing him, so after I buried the last pansy I hopped onto my bicycle and headed down the sidewalk. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Shrieking “Papá!” she buried her face in her mother’s shoulder. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

They scoured the property, dug up the fields, and found the buried boxes full of their incriminating cargo as well as an old box of papers. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry he couldn’t make it, Arturo. We got buried in work and just couldn’t get up there. He was really bummed.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Aru dragged it over to Mini, who, by now, was buried up to her chin. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Still, as we went through the obscene ritual of shopping for the right box in which to bury our dad, Craig and I managed to have our first and only fight as adult siblings. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Which then gave its name to everything, pockets of agony scattered throughout the city, buried like veins of dismay: Chagrin Falls, Chagrin Boulevard, Chagrin Reservation. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the last moment, I dropped the shovel and hurried to the graves where Susanna and Elvan were buried. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

As I wash the dirt from the jar, I think about how, like a seed in the ground, burying made things grow. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

His sunken eyes look worried, and I have a sudden urge to press myself against his withered, little body and bury my face in his shoulder. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Titi screamed again and buried her head in her hands. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only time a body was buried in its clothes was in the case of murder, to evoke God’s vengeance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lydia turned to Dill and buried her face in his arm. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“And before I’ll be a slave I’ll be buried in my grave. And go home to my lord and be free. ” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once our bodies were found and buried, Georgie and I would be free to go—wherever it was we were going. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her arms tightened around his neck and she buried her face into his shoulder. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I put my hand on her waist and bury my fingers in her hair. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

They were leaving bad wives or bad jobs or bad towns; they were coming to find something or leave something or get something, to dig up something or bury something or leave something alone. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was a deadly serious insight buried within the comedy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He dug miniature graves, put live captured caterpillars into little match boxes, buried them with informal ceremony and erected little pebble headstones over the tiny earth mounds. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deydey gave tobacco to the deer’s spirit and thanked him, brought back as much as he could carry, then buried the rest of the deer in snow. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Making a bed of dry leaves, I buried myself and slept there until unquiet dreams roused me again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Finn hoped she couldn’t tell that what he really wanted was for her to leave so he could bury his face in Mom’s clothes. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s where they’re burying most of the dead. The preachers say a prayer, and someone throws a layer of dirt on top.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice felt buried underneath her crying, and there was no way to bring it to the surface. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Carefully, watching Nehemia laugh as two dogs leapt upon her and buried her beneath tongues and wagging tails, the assassin opened the pen door and slipped inside. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s probably a map of where she buried the bodies,” he said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She’s driven us to the cemetery where the Nelson family is buried. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The same place where the three he disposed of were buried. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

After burying the lifeboat with branches, Tyson and I followed Annabeth along the shore,, our feet sinking in red mud. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

After the potter’s field and Bush Hill cemeteries were full, they took over the public square nearest Bush Hill and began burying paupers there. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“The sword must lie buried with Martin. You would have little use for the dusty bones of a bygone hero. A simple deduction, even for one as old as I am.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We lay there, buried in our own efforts. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The whole reason she and her sister had run away from San Juan all those years ago ... that secret had to stay buried. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My mother gives a faint shriek and Prim buries her face in her hands, but I feel more like the people I see in the crowd on television. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The roads to the city were covered with sharp pebbles only half buried in the thick dust. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The Towers of Silence, where Zoroastrians buried their dead—it was called sky burial—had stood sentinel over Yazd for thousands of years. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

When I asked August why May was coming through the front door in her coffin, she said, “We’re going to sit with her till she’s buried.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me stop you now. This isn’t one of your computer games. There is no buried treasure.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The kids could only bury it in the sandy earth beyond the book cabin door and try to remember the story. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I buried it all in a jar in the backyard.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I was buried deep in the couch cushions, lying in a position that wasn’t uncomfortable at all, until I woke up. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The last time he had been buried under roast beef sandwiches. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cain’s eyes went wide as she buried the jagged end of the staff in his right side, exactly where Chaol had said he would be unguarded. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then a pair of hands buried into her armpits and she was lifted off the ground. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m not hungry and I have a job to do. I’ll have to bury my dog.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together they could have found Sounder’s body and buried him. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They radiate from the epicenter, shaking the ground like buried thunder, traveling the globe in less than twenty minutes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Minerva is burying all her poems and papers and letters. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had potatoes and carrots buried in the straw and salt pork bangin’ from the rafters. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the morning of January 27, 1945, Soviet troops entered the camps and liberated the remaining seven thousand prisoners—a minuscule remnant of the number killed and buried in the camp. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I’ll have to bury it in him and watch as his human blood blankets him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The bottom row of bleachers is pulled out, and I sit down and stare at the crowd of laughing, dancing people and want to bury my face in my hands. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He always knew instinctively the ones you could move, even though the greater part was buried in die earth, and he expected you to move the rock and not discuss it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bury the phone at the bottom of the pile and put on a heavier sweatshirt before I head for my car. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Last summer we found an arrowhead half buried under a bush. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

If the Lord had ever allowed her to cross that swelling ocean she would have gone, among all the millions buried there, to seek out his grave. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Close the trunk,” he said, “and bury it again, Crow.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Hell no, just save me burying that horse. I wonder where he got the gun. I wonder what he wants back there.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked over Mama’s shoulder at Kiyo, on top of his fat mattress, buried under jeans and overcoats and sweaters. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It caused a little commotion but he gave us no trouble and signed it over to me and Uncle Jim and we buried Dennis in the Bums Hill Cemetery. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was there they buried Lady, while her brothers stalked between the graves like restless shadows. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

By consulting the module map, I was able to locate the exact spot in the cliff where the entrance to the tomb was supposed to be buried. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Trying to answer that question was like looking for buried treasure without a map. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

In eighteen months, Diaz has had to bury eight of them, nearly all mutilated by the trains. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“They don’t treat them like animals. They bury them,” I corrected, trying not to scare her any more than she already was. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

On the whole, Tendai thought it was better than being burned alive or buried in an anthill. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Angela looked back at the embracing couple; her father's face was buried in her weeping mother's tousled hair. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some hours later, Creon in the palace was startled by a shout, “Against your orders Polyneices has been buried.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pizarro even dug up the dead when it was discovered that they were buried with gold. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The secrets of the universe buried themselves in unusual and beautiful objects such as these, and only a select few could pull those secrets out. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“And, furthermore, I don't bury my nose in comics all day. Riccio stared at the floor in embarrassment. “ The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, in a service attended by President Wilson. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

We were all different, our lineages half buried or maybe just half forgotten. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Badly wounded and shocked, the survivors on the roadway tried to crawl back to the safety of the ditch, only to be buried beneath rubble which thundered down on them. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

For each corpse they buried, guards rewarded them with one or two servings of rice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

In one series of notes, I wrote: I still don’t fully understand death, but I envy everyone who at least got to bury their loved one. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The dead man was found at the base of the inner wall, with his neck broken and only his left leg showing above the snow that had buried him during the night. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ophie wasn’t quite sure what that meant, but she figured it had something to do with the nice yards behind each row home, even if the plants were currently buried beneath several inches of snow. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Soon after Christmas, on the last, dead days of the year, she was buried in the churchyard. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Coming to a cart piled high with herbs, she buried her nose among them and inhaled. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The past had been buried and we were ready to move forward. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Remember that jar of marbles you buried, under the bridge?” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He buried the jar and then crouched to watch for movement at the camp in the predawn light. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The rooms themselves were recessed, buried in shadow. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His paws sensed a threat from the ground: more boxes were buried near the bank, the field crossed with more wires. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to bury the remembery, but it kept floating to the top of my mind like a cork in a stormy sea, and foolish tears spilled over. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The legacy of Rome is dead and buried, just like Pompeii. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Maybe they got away—I don’t know. I stayed to find my husband and bury my baby.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

He pulled his knees to his chest and buried his face in them. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The earth there was so dry we couldn’t properly bury the bodies of those who died of hunger or sickness—they’d stink from underground—so we took to burning them in our bonfires. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

We learned where they buried the body parts that could not be identified. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There, he buried himself even deeper in the world of computer software. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“My mother died in Memphis and I had to go down and bury her,” I lied. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The villagers buried the crazy lady along with the rest of the dead. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk around the graveyard in the old abbey at Mungret where my mother’s relations are buried and I go up the boreen to the Norman castle at Carrigogunnell where Dad brought me twice. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It's easy enough to wait around for the minute a man is safely buried and then stand on a ladder and smear the memory of everything he believed in. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then after I used that shovel to bury him in the yard. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Powell sat down slowly and buried his face in shaking hands. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

But when the pronoun is buried inside a coordination phrase, writers are apt to lose sight of the governor and give the pronoun a different case. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I ran to him and wrapped my arms around his wide body, burying my face in the bib of his blue overalls. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

All the adults I knew buried the knowledge beneath lying smiles and hugs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Bigger sat in a chair, leaned forward, rested his arms on the table and buried his face in the crooks of his elbows. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The conies had hundreds of buries under these trees, so close together that the problem was not to find a rabbit, but to find a rabbit far enough away from its hole. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were trees and fields to the north of the Common and the burying place for Africans. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He buried his dirty clothes at the bottom of the hamper and dug all his leftover birthday and Christmas money out of his sock drawer. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Trading in her dress was somehow different from burying her shoes in a heap of sand and walking away. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her face was buried in a romance novel titled My General Forever, and a large snoring bulldog lay curled in a pile of wrinkled skin at her feet. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Templeton crept into the crate and buried himself in the straw. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Listen, he told himself, no one can be buried alive these days, not like in the olden times when there was no embalming fluid and stuff. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only thing he knew for sure, he said, was that there was something beautiful about the idea of slave-owning white Lackses being buried under their black kin. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“If you punch me, midget, they’ll be burying you in a match box that same night.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still wearing the navy-blue suit they had buried her in. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She buried her face in his chest and broke down in tears. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But," Venkat continued, "his body could have been buried in the Sol 6 storm. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smelled of coal dust and grease and he was so close I buried my face in his shirt and listened to his heart, it was beating just for me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mindful and particular about what in its path it chooses to bury. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the dead were decently sewn into their winding sheets, but most were buried in the clothes they died in. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was buried on the spot and lies there yet, but about a yard closer to North America than on the day he died. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

His buries his face back into me again. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then Matt remembered Celia saying El Patron wanted to be buried in an underground storeroom with all his birthday presents. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jacob had now buried his head deep in his soup. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Now that the snow was melting, there was no longer any danger of being buried. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I shook my head and buried my face in her chest. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I sighed and buried my head in my hands. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

There in its shadow he buried Mad-Eye Moody’s eye and marked the spot by gouging a small cross in the bark with his wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was no way to get his body back to Worcestershire so he's been buried out there, on those rocky islands still being fought over. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Kaisha had her face buried in her phone, and her fingers flew across the screen. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“They who? I thought . . . My father said he buried him. Down by a creek or a river someplace where they used to fish.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There weren’t enough gravediggers to bury the hundreds dying each week. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

At first Megan buried her head under a pillow, but then she poked her head out like a turtle and started to listen for real. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

To my alarm, they were digging in the area where the manuscript was buried. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have to save every piece of flesh and give it a name and bury it near the roots of a tree so that the world won’t fall apart around you. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I had buried what was left of my supper, but they dug it up, snarling and fighting among themselves over the scraps. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway around is a small private graveyard where members of the Ratliff family lie buried, where Gerald and Gogol always stop to catch their breath. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The ferryman was Charon and those he would not admit to his boat were the unfortunates who had not been duly buried. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, before they buried the urn, we were each supposed to throw a flower into the hole. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“When you die, they bury you,” I heard Rose say. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I hear a handful of dirt hit the hollow sounding coffin, and I bury my face in Dad’s side and cry quietly. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Others were buried along the beach, including the missing sister. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, where is she buried? You could put flowers on her grave. We always do that for Grandma and Uncle Albert.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His troubles at home only reinforced his tendency to bury himself in Level 4. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marco knows he does not have the time to push her away, so he pulls her close, burying his face in her hair, his bowler hat torn from his head by the wind. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Across the room, Haskel grumbled in his sleep and buried his face into his pillow. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I buried myself in my bag and pulled the drawstring tight over my head. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Petunia, whose face had been buried in her handkerchief, looked around at the sound. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Heart pounding in my throat, I buried my face in my hands. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But then he gasped, and tears ran down his cheeks as he buried his face in his hand. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Win or lose, he would see Griffin’s Roost again before he died, and be buried in the tomb beside his father’s. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I think I know who's buried in the Archduke Franz Ferdinand's tomb, and I don't think it's the Archduke.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in a baggy pea-green suit and had his face buried in Aunt Florentine’s old neck. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then, suspicion forming, tentatively, he said, “They say a witch is buried here.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Thousands of them are buried under the poppy fields.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then who was the Jack that loved and buried Sophie; was he just another version in the schema, or the true soul, or could he have been both? Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached the cockpit the first thing Mark noticed was Alec slumped over the controls, his head buried in his arms. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A pale yellow cylinder, thirty yards in diameter, is partially buried in a huge pit. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Matthias screamed aloud in agonized terror as the King’s beak buried itself into his shoulder. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“She said she was sorry and that what she meant was whether I knew where I would like to bury him. So I said, ‘I would not like to bury him!’” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He just lay on his stomach, his face buried in the dust. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Were it buried beneath the roots of Mindolluin, still it would burn your mind away, as the darkness grows, and the yet worse things follow that soon shall come upon us.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

For you ’11 never miss a mother’s love Till she’s buried beneath the clay. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Before Ivy could say anything or react at all, Layla’s arms were around her again, her face buried in Ivy’s hair. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He nodded, then buried his head in the crook of his arm with a loud groan. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He has buried his face in his hands, his helmet has fallen off. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grinds down into Henry’s lap, grunting as he’s met with Henry already half-hard under him, and Henry’s curse in response is buried in Alex’s mouth. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The beast buried his head in the ewe’s soft underbelly, periodically coming up for air, his black-and-green face drenched in the sheep’s blood. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

If I were to have my time again, the old King thought, I would bury myself in a monastery, for fear of a Doing which might lead to woe. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on his bed and gather the quilt in my arms, burying my face in the fabric and taking deep breaths of it through my nose. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Get out there and bury that poor kitten,” she ordered. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tea Cake found that he was part of a small army that had been pressed into service to clear the wreckage in public places and bury the dead. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Clues hidden in a book that led to buried treasure? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I ran from the room and locked my bedroom door, burying my face in the pillow so no one could hear me cry. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had buried his pearl under a stone of the fire hole in his house, and he stared at the woven tules of his sleeping mat until the crossed design danced in his head. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why did she ask me to bury a sack? Why did she ask me to bury a sack? That's a good one. Hey, I know! Do you want to get something to eat?” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I wished more than anything we could bury May in a beehive tomb. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were four days between the time I found her and the day we buried her. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

‘This one is pineapple, mango, orange and banana, buried under a mound of shaved coconut. I call it the Hercules!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Standing under the apple tree where Daisy Mae was buried, I realized I didn’t have to envy them anymore: I also knew now who I was and what I was going to do. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Dead, buried, resurrected with Christ,” Reverend said as he baptized me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Arthur disguised his own tears by picking up Laney and burying his head in her neck. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Snails bury their mothers in special places, and it was to one of these places that they carried what Tortoise thought was the body of Snail’s mother. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“What kind of lullabies do we sing to our children at night? Where do you bury your dead?” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

His rifle, its butt pressed tirelessly against his face, was buried to the hilt in leaf litter. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They wouldn’t even bury her proper, just let the water take the boat and the body and both would be consumed by sea monsters. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew he had to tell the story through, but I’d rather have been buried alive in the clay at his feet than hear the rest. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

This might be his way of asking me if Mirjam needs to be buried in a Jewish cemetery. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I had a purpose in burying my dog up there on the hillside. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped things would bury themselves, like reverse evolution, creation going backward. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She poked it through X-Ray's dirt pile, to see if anything else might have been buried in there as well. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Right now her head is buried in her designer book bag. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I told that man, “That is my husband and I’ve come here to bury him and he is with me.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The machines are going to bury all those burrows, and everything inside.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sits there with his face buried in his hands, probably crying his own tears. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A sick feeling buries itself real deep inside me, like a thousand roaches crawling all over me, worse than what we got in our kitchen. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She’s got her nose buried in her phone, furiously typing out what are probably very strongly worded emails to the press team. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Blackberry buried his nose in the gravel under the landward edge of the board and raised it, pushing. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh no. Don’t bury me in Virginia. I ran away from Virginia. I don’t want to go back there.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran to him and buried my face in the bib of his overalls. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Standing, she drew her knife in one smooth movement and flung it at the nearest tree, burying it point-first in the trunk. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Would he want to be buried in his nightshirt? Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned over and buried my face in my hands. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I was buried, crushed, under the soul of the goddess. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I had an impulse to rush from the room, just leave him sitting there, but then he buried his face in his hands. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

This was a little more challenging because I had to dig down to bury the bottom of the chicken wire to keep out hungry diggers like skunks and such. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had wanted to be buried at Down, too, in the village where he had spent most of his life. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She buried her face into the baby’s hair, her expression indecipherable. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

With each view­ing, we cried at the end when the Mexican kids buried Charles Bronson—who, as it turned out, wasn’t Iranian either. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once we pull up in front of our apartment building, Mama buries her face in her hands and cries. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She turns to wrap her arms around his torso, and when she buries her face in his neck, his other arm slips around her waist. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"Yes. I killed him. And buried her in flowers," I say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Despite all evidence that Booth is actually dead and is buried in the grave bearing his name, various legends have maintained that he escaped into the South and lived a long life. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

When truth is buried underground, it grows, it chokes, it gathers such an explosive force that on the day it bursts out, it blows up everything with it. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was buried under two sno-tubes, two boogie boards, and the garden hose. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The simpering landlady on the first floor takes the sheaf of ration tickets he offers and buries them in her housecoat. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But when I searched the whole Web, I found something interesting buried forty entries down on a forum about real estate in Kansas. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

From them, you get a peek into what’s in the hearts of the grown-ups, buried under all the emotions and rationalizations that come with adult concerns. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Ollie buries his head in his hands, and Leo stares hard at the desk. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I buried my face in my pillow, seriously doubting that the pressure I was feeling would ever go away. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Now it is buried beneath cans, a garden rake, and more. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Chokecherry is buried under at least two feet of fresh snow. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She would close her eyes and bury her face in Ess’s hair, and everything would feel better. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

George dashed up to the bathroom, rescued her bag,and buried it deep inside her closet, under the toys and stuffed animals. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He went to the granary in a corner of which the small cloth bundle of our savings lay buried. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s where the body is buried. At least I hope it's still there. I thought maybe you or your father could share that information wherever it needs to go. He’s a lawyer, you said?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

After every rocket blast, Laila raced to the street, stammering a prayer, certain that, this time, surely this time, it was Tariq they would find buried beneath the rubble and smoke. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Miles pressed up against me and buried his face in my hair. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Sweep ’em up and put them in the box and we’ll bury them out back,” she said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Most of our records from the fifties and earlier were contaminated. Instead of cleaning each page of the records to save them, the administration decided to have them carted away in bags and buried.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, it is,” I said and got down on my knees to help her finish burying it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though he had no illusions of his own immortality, he apparently feared being buried alive, perhaps believing that was really what had happened with Jesus. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Cadaver told me about how my father visited her in the hospital in Lewiston after he had buried my mother. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

But if we can move it a few feet—so that it lies buried behind the rock—in the lee—then she and her children can stay in it as long as they need to. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

How could I miss the people buried here? Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then the stray American shell struck the fort, and the wounded howled down in the munitions cellar, and the dead were buried under rocks just above the tide line, and Etienne stopped talking. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Finn stabbed the ground with his shovel, stamped down on the edge to bury it deeper. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I described the aspen grove where she was buried and told him about the river nearby. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

On the day he is buried, my sister and I wear white dresses, the boys in white shirts and ties. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Kay, that’s right. It would appear that the body was buried here in the woods, possibly for some time, and that it has been uncovered by the heavy rains that we’ve had recently.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The expression on his face is exactly the same as the day he found a dinosaur bone buried beneath the elementary school playground. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Tayo covered his ears with his hands and buried his face against Josiah’s leg, crying because he knew: this time she wasn’t coming back for him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was buried with his family in Madrid, his descendants putting down roots in Spain that persisted into the twentieth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I clutch my pillow to my chest and bury my face in it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Still, his mother continued to carry him with her, refusing to believe he was dead until the chief forced the baby from her arms and buried him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she buried her face in her hands and sobbed. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I followed him through the rows of big green leaves, and we eventually settled down to feast, burying our faces in the huge wet heads of lettuce and eating until our stomachs ached. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Chain half buries us, but we barely notice. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Paulette looked around in a daze, then buried her face in her hands and burst into tears. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There Piercy died and was buried without ceremony where he had fallen. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been buried here for such a long time. Rain and snow have fallen on me. I do not know you, man-who-raised-me. What do they call you?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

While I browsed through one of the tarantula books, Zion continued moving the stacks of documents and boxes until he uncovered a large wooden desk buried beneath all the stuff. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He buries his hands in mine and leans in to kiss me, but I put my finger against his lips to stop him. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was a hellhound—a black mastiff with its front paws up on the buffet line and its muzzle buried in the scrambled eggs. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope that will make you happy, Kabuo. I hope it will help you to bury all of this. I don’t know how else I can help you.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She buried her head in her arms, feeling foolish for having been so sure. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The dead request five more minutes,” she would say, and bury her head in the furs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I liked to mention that I was the great-great-granddaughter of a slave named Jim Robinson, who was probably buried in an unmarked grave somewhere on a South Carolina plantation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I sat down and buried my face in my arms. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sure that what small pride I had was buried deep, for it seldom bothered me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was all ready to go to work, bury myself in a pile of paper, and tell myself I was helping my family by earning more money. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people who might have told me were long forgotten, their phone numbers buried in some packed-away box in the attic. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the uncles dug a hole and buried him in a place where there were thorn trees. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The running knot had pulled tight and was buried in the fur behind his ear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike memories, which are fossils, long dead and buried deep. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He watched his chance and when no one was looking he crept into the crate and buried himself in the straw at the bottom. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Carl took me up to the National Aquarium in Baltimore the day they buried my sister, and I didn’t know until it was over. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t going to let that no account city boy bury me alive. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Paleolithic societies, too, had buried their dead, but we do not know what ideas they associated with the grave. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the beginning of this was a woman and she had come back from burying the dead. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Instead I buried my face in Daddy’s neck and said, “I love you.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Outraged, Red Corn told the man, “That needs to be buried here.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

What was the cost of freedom, when it was your brothers buried in the ground, swallowed by Mother Earth? Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

We hung out for a while.Jeffrey ran up to me and buried his head in my stomach. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole table of boys starts cracking up, and blush girl runs back to her friends and buries her face in her hands. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The potentially explosive issues lay buried further back in the past. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I had to bury the hash and I figured Central Park was the best place. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Not knowing where to put it, I buried it in the cemetery. Will you forgive me?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Pauline and her children grieved, but having no body to bury properly is a terrible thing for a Congolese family. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember my brother burying his jar full of puries, of waterbabies and cat’s eyes, a long time ago, down there somewhere under the bridge. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I shook my head and buried myself into my knees, because I couldn’t stand to see the apologies written in my parents’ eyes. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In what hole could they all be buried? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I walk over to the bed, bury my face in the sheets, and let out a groan. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Now, there’s an idea. Maybe the Rattler is dead and buried and left us that note. Remember Uncle Louver’s story about the ghostly figure moving about the woods.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When Vancouver disappeared in the clouds below, Frank buried his head in his hands and started to cry. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But I was eager for another crossing, mostly to tend the graves where my parents were buried. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It happened in the night, and by morning they had buried the child and would not speak of it except to say it had been stillborn but otherwise perfect, as far as they could tell. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She scowled slightly, and her guilt plummeted deep into the snow, burying itself where no one would find it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

So there you have it: Hamilton safely buried and assuming legendary proportions as a martyr; Burr slipping out of town, eventually headed toward bizarre adventures in the American West, but already consigned to political oblivion. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She released the arrow, and the tree shuddered when it struck, its metal point buried in the bark. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I led some of the boys in singing hymns, and I always took my turn at burying the dead. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore’s hands were folded upon his chest, and there it lay, clutched beneath them, buried with him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The hydrofoils kept the Dauntless above much of the chop, but as the waves grew higher, the prow of the ship was starting to bury itself in foam. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to bury my face behind his solid body. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I ran to my mother and, dropping to my knees, I buried my face in her lap. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plan was still to bury him in the church graveyard near his babies and his brother. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that anyway one more Sunday was over, that Maman was buried now, that I was going back to work, and that, really, nothing had changed. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Throwing myself across my bed, I bury my face in my pillow. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Army saw to it that William was buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I wish I could’ve kept the anger out of my voice, but I had buried everything deep for so long, and now all of it was bursting through the surface. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But part of me wants to run straight through the stage door and home to bury myself in my room. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And that night, Papa went with a shovel to bury the sheep and a lantern to bring Sarah back. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

The corpses of a thousand thousand thousand men and women would be hard to bury or burn. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tiny, his face buried in carpet, has taken to crying again. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“They were gathering cottonwood branches and weaving a coffin. That proves she was a bruja! A bruja cannot be buried in a casket made of pine or piñón or cedar.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those they have no contacts for, they bury right away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The green waves of dead faces and the screams of the dying that had echoed in his head were buried. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two days after I bury my parents, I am summoned to the offices of Edmund Hyde, Esquire, to hear the details of their estate. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Not unless he gave her husband a funeral that buried him in the sea.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The dead outnumbered the living, and there weren’t enough hands to bury the bodies piling up in the roads.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

"A splendid plan, Bronn. Try it, as you like . . . and forgive me if I do not linger to bury you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

What actually happens when you die is that your brain stops working and your body rots, like Rabbit did when he died and we buried him in the earth at the bottom of the garden. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Almost nothing remained of the original Gray Horse settlement but some rotted beams and bricks buried in the wild grasses, which the wind ruffled in ghostly rhythms. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

If the bunks collapse, the whole bunker will have given way and buried us, but I decide this kind of logic won’t actually be helpful. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The tight little crawl space under the floorboards suddenly felt like a coffin, like I was already dead and buried. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

How do we laugh and feel happiness despite the buried things growing inside? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And now for a month Singer had been dead and buried. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then he tried to speak; he thought of the churchyard where Esther was buried, and Royal’s first, thin cry. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

So instead, she buried her face in her hands. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I never told her what I wanted to give as my answer, that I would choose whichever coast my brother happened to be hiding on or locked in a basement near or buried under. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

There I buried the ashes of my fires and threw sand over the shelves and the floor. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the only way to talk to him, not with words, but with hard work and the feel of old tools, and with fat bulbs buried and waiting deep in the rich soil. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

This hour I have gone to the east side of the island with Charles and Bono to watch the celebration of the funeral games; three were to be buried. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Caitlyn is leaning against the wall, her face buried in Marc’s neck, and his fingers are hooked through the belt loops on her shorts. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They ran to Mama and buried their faces in her long cotton dress. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They buried her in the ground next to her children. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the chase, I broke three ribs and had a knife buried in my leg. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“We found the passageway buried and Donald lying stunned on the ground.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last I roused and pulled myself up to look out, the tent was half buried. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

But as he looked he saw some small dark thing half buried in snow, a few paces from the gate. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then he went to Tortoise and told him of his misfortune, asking him to help him to bury his mother. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I shiver as I hear the anguish in my mother’s tone, even as I lie buried under the down comforter on my parents’ bed. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He staggered back a few steps and buried his muzzle in a patch of new clover, chewing the sprouts to cleanse the foul odor from his sensitive nasal passages. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Dallas was imagining that they were tracking pirates who would lead them to buried treasure. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z