The barker himself had paused in his calling to emit a nimbus formation of smoke. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ehrlichman explained that Attorney General Mitchell kept calling, asking permission to tell the Times to immediately halt publication of the Pentagon Papers—and threaten prosecution if they refused. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Banks was calling as she opened the door. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m not calling you blind—” “You’re calling Theresa a dog?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents started calling me that and it stuck. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The deputy shook his head and gently pushed her arm away even though she was reaching out and calling his name. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I wished I could go to school with Sohrab, and play soccer/non-American football every day, though I supposed I would have to start calling it regular football. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“But you just said your name was important to you! You just scolded me for calling you Daniel!” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Between songs Mr. Switzer competed with the DJ for attention, calling out noise level readings and the probability of sustaining permanent hearing loss from the evening’s festivities. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When I was little, I thought my parents were calling our poster the “Sir Ott,” which is how you pronounce Seurat, the name of the artist horn France who painted the picture. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It’s like paranoia in reverse when people are really calling you insulting things and you deliberately pretend they aren’t. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Reporters had been calling Dads office, the Department of Civil Engineering, asking how a school could be built over a huge sinkhole. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you wouldn’t mind calling my office, I’d be happy to speak with you at a later date.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

My teammates all started calling me White Rabbit. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandfather tapped his pipe on the arm of his chair, calling for attention. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

And if you say you didn’t, you’re calling me a liar, see?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Brave Orchid would switch on the lights, calling her sister’s name all the while. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the alarm spread that the British had left Boston, the system of calling up the Minute Men had worked well indeed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius mumbled, looking at the austere little calling card. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went up to the head of it, still calling her name and praying she would come to me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then in one of their quarrels they had begun calling each other Mister and Misses, and since then they had never made it up enough to change it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Abbey said he was probably a gnarly old mate from one of the sportfishing boats, or maybe a bridge person who’d seen us around the island and overheard us calling each other by name. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Others also yelled at the repeater, calling him selfish. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I turned south and ran along the river, calling out his name. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“So much the better. I hope they will not meet at all. But does not Jane correspond with his sister? She will not be able to help calling.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Immediately upon being informed of the hay cart incident, the Abbot had insisted upon calling a special council meeting of all Redwall creatures. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It sounds like the Dauntless, calling me to them. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But even as they were hurrying across they heard far away two cries: a cold voice calling and a cold voice answering. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I was calling to let you know that the manuscript will be ready right after the new year. I’ll be mailing it to you the second week of January.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Maniac’s first groggled thought was that it was the buffalo calling to him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way they’re looking at him and gritting their teeth, you don’t need to speak the language to know that they’re calling him gay in the worst way possible. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But my grandfather insisted that God was calling him to serve through the ministry. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But the fish was still calling my name. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Little by litde, were calling his life force out of the pit. With every recruit who pledges our cause, another small piece appears—” “That’s disgusting!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Reporters started calling out questions to Ellsberg—Was he happy with the ruling? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They went up the road calling out in the empty dusk, their voices lost over the darkening shorelands. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I outran him, of course; and then here came Mama, running so fast that her long skirts were flying, and calling out: “What on earth, boys!” as I ran past her. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph couldn’t imagine anyone calling his uncle “Al,” but Albert Nightingale laughed again. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Why? Was someone calling you names at school?” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Bono insisted that I must leave him; officers now strode among us, calling out for us to form. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Even before Alex’s parents split, they both had a habit of calling him by the other’s last name when he exhibited particular traits. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“What should I be calling you, then? Don’t go thinking you’re any Hercules, jumping me like that. How could I defend myself?” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed weird calling a teenager “sir,” but I’d learned to be careful with immortals. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“A den they’re calling it, like wild animals are living there.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Tyson kept calling for peanut- butter sandwiches, eating them as fast as the nymphs could deliver. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Once when I was little, she told me she knew it would rain because lost ghosts were circling near our windows, calling “Woo-woo” to be let in. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am your biggest fan. Your books are incredible. Valley, how come you never told me? I am calling Thorn right now!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

As I pulled out of sleep, I found I was beating on the bedpost with my hands and calling. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She hurried into the house, calling behind her, “I’ll only be a moment.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But as sure as I couldn’t stop calling my father Pa, I knew I had a small bit of the South in me too. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I have heard you calling in the night. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Stewing over my culpability, I put off calling Andy Harris’s partner, Fiona McPherson, and Rob Hall’s wife, Jan Arnold, for such a long time that they finally phoned me from New Zealand. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And finally I put in my money, calling the bets. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Ms. Owens blew a whistle, stopping the exercise and calling for lunch. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I can hear the buzz of insects, the calling of a wildcat or wolf, and sometimes the voice of a person, a man or a woman calling out a name or yelling at their children. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And now here she was again, like an apparition, drinking red wine from a plastic cup and calling me by name. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I walk to the pool steps, sliding out of my pants, and stand there for a moment in just my boxers, the water and Stella calling to me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“What about that one?” she said, calling us over. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry for calling you a jerk,” she says. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Since when have you been calling America ‘the States’?” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s been calling me and Mom to check in on your run. He says he has a map on his wall, and he puts pins in it every hundred miles.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Someone was calling my name from way up at the top of the well. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But people have been calling me “slow” forever. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Eteoneus left the long room like an arrow, calling equerries after him, on the run. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she realized Mama was calling her, so she quickly returned the animals to their boxes and hurried into the living room. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hit him for calling me a long-legged chicken after I had gobbled down his mother’s fish and rice. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

How many different kinds of ruin do you have to see before you resign yourself to calling it all “ruin”? “We’re almost at the fringe,” George calls from the middle of the truck. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

With her being somewhat of a foreigner herself, that’s the pot calling the skillet black if you ask me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among mixed bloods, one never made the mistake of calling an octoroon a quadroon or a quadroon a mulatto, although all mixed bloods were loosely called mulattoes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

This morning, as I have said, I went out to the barn to milk, and when I came back I heard him calling before I reached the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I think I hear Dad calling,” I said, then made for the door. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ulbrickson summoned up a deeper level of despair, calling the Bears the clear favorites before lamenting, “We have been handicapped this year by inclement weather.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was the woman who looked away first, calling out, “Schnell! Into the next room. You must have clothes.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spent two weeks wandering the neighborhood calling her name. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

After my mother leaves, we wake in the middle of the night calling out for her. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

But then, once everyone starts calling him by his new name, Big Bird realizes that he doesn’t like it after all. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most other people hated to go about in the dark when Grandfather Owl was calling kokoko, kokoko, and anything could happen. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

And then I heard people calling my name. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t hear Kaori and Gen calling out, “Virgil! Virgil!” and then a third voice—a girl’s—that sounded like a voice he knew, but it couldn’t be. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Thomas had finally stopped crying; he couldn’t help wondering what Minho would think of him, or if he’d tell others, calling him a sissy. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later I heard Newcharlie calling out to somebody. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Day and night birds cackling, cooing, calling, singing together. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And there, on the road in front of her house, she saw a small stranger calling out quietly. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

After a while even the waitresses in the nearby diner ended up calling them tinky-winks, and they called us their favorite girls. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought it was Dad calling to apologize, but it was Shawn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For a brief moment, I imagine the sound of applause, of people calling my name. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I turned off the water, I heard Dad calling my name. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The Defender counseled, “Quit calling the foreman ‘boss.’ A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He went out of the room calling "Ewing!" and returned in a few minutes accompanied by an embarrassed, slightly worn young man with shell-rimmed glasses and scanty blonde hair. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

By then I’d taken to going for long solitary walks, and I think I was setting out on one of these, and had just gone past the goosehouse, when I heard Tommy calling me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We began to remonstrate; but he walked away, calling orders, and we heard Olakunde’s drum bidding us fall in. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

My mother's hands reach to cover my ears as the other guards join in, calling us worse names than donkeys. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Door to door we went, calling for the men and the boys. We’d shoot them right there in front of their families. Let them see. Let them remember who they were, where they belonged.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A few moments later, his father and Thula also emerged from the house in singed nightshirts, bewildered, calling out for their children. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But the fact is, once I had sat down to supper at their table, once a number of their neighbours had come calling, a most discomforting set of events began to unfold around me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

For a decade after graduating from college he probed his soul for signs of a divine calling while earning his keep as a country schoolteacher and then apprentice lawyer. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then he started calling out the boys' names. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It was so dramatic that at first I didn’t register someone calling my name. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

What do you mean, calling a white woman “darling ” like that, boy? Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Carlisle swam to France, and continued on through Europe, to the universities there. By night he studied music, science, medicine — and found his calling, his penance, in that, in saving human lives.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But before this I heard Father coming into the house and calling out my name, which is another reason why I know a lot of time had passed. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Must be over forty families spread in these hills calling themselves Solomon something or other. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was calling to him, inviting him, murmuring in his ear. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I just kept thinking about calling him, wondering what would happen, if anyone would answer. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Something big moved deep in the trees, and I froze, stopping and calling Otto’s name. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then I added, ‘Sis,’ because she likes me calling her this as she says it makes me sound normal. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Mr. Tate had found out already and was calling, I didn’t want to deal with the stuff until tomorrow. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel watching us, turning up on the street, calling us up all the time. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried calling them, and I got the runaround there as well. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

No. They start calling me crazy, whispering it behind my back. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again he reached for his radio in anticipation of calling headquarters. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you calling me a baby?” growled the other. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Liz was like some of the other kids at school, calling colored folks names I wasn’t allowed to say. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You thought if you looked like everyone else, people would stop calling you names or looking at you sideways?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It's Friday night and the weekend ahead is already calling us to the candy lady's house, my hand in Daddy's. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Once Acorn put up a plover, which flew round them, calling shrilly, until at length they crossed a bank and left it behind. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a woman, calling from the group at the fire. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was Sata, the First Craftsman, calling to him from inside the shop. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He said, “How are you two friends? A rabbi and a prior? Shouting at each other and calling each other satan?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I 200 — was still blocks away from the pub when I heard a strange sound rising above the hum of generators—someone calling my name. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

In March 1863, they published a notice in the New York Tribune calling for a meeting of “The Loyal Women of the Nation.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

People have been weeping and collapsing and even calling for change. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Still we hug their hard plastic close and imagine they're calling us Mama imagine they need us near. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was Kistiakowsky calling from the tower to say the explosives were ready. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I came up out of my chair, calling for Mama. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone who might actually believe them instead of calling them kids. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t remember calling you Pease, Mr. Pease,” I said cautiously. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the midst of calling Jesus they heard the hollow clang of the ambulance bell struggling up the hill, but not the “Help me, ya’ll” that the dying woman whispered. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I had tried to ignore the girls’ name- calling the entire ride home. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon they were calling “eight” almost every time. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Henry and Esme are always calling themselves optimists and telling Olive to not be such a pessimist. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Lee was in the way, in the road; men were gathering around him, calling to him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was just calling to see if you had any... word. From any other maids, I mean.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The sturdy brown baby girl, the thin little naked boys, the half-grown children running and calling out to each other with sweet, shrill voices. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“How were you brought up, girl?” she scolded, not even calling me by my name. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I walked back toward the honey house, feeling ashamed that August had seen through my hoax but relieved, too, that she wasn’t planning on calling the police or sending me back—yet. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She wasn’t calling you,” he answered, pulling both comic books out of my hands. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The only sounds were occasional cell phones ringing—like they were calling out to each other, as if New York had turned into a giant electronic aviary. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They could hear the guards calling back and forth. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Students began calling out guesses for the words. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I'd studied Spanish in high school but had no idea whom she was calling or what they were talking about. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mad Max they were calling me, or Max Factor, or this one butthead in L.D. class called me Maxi Pad, until I persuaded him otherwise. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“If only” implied “if only we could stay,” and the idea of calling San Francisco home didn’t sound so unreasonable to her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Such a shame that I missed my true calling.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He stood looking down at his unexpected victim, unwilling to touch it, waiting for his father, who presently came, panting and anxious, calling as he ran. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began calling her ugly names, but she didn’t answer. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took me a minute to realize that the judge was calling my name, impatiently asking me to begin. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The first was that Omi showed up—without calling or even texting first. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They went around the half circle, each calling out the name of one or several loved ones who had passed. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I skipped between the wet and the dry side of the yard a few times, calling for Mrs. Potts. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As usual, Fabyan tried to lay claim to his work, calling it Riverbank Publication No. 22, but its insights were William’s alone. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Maybe they even heard about me calling the cops. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

There is a lot of calling of each other’s names. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

"You've been talking about me. And calling someone a monster isn't very nice. It's dangerous, actually. I cannot have anyone in the kingdom saying those types of things about me." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“The pot calling the kettle black,” he said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

And that’s how she says it, opening her eyes wide on it, like a word to make fun of us for calling it that. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It made sense they were calling saying it was time for her to get tested. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was nice and kept calling us “folks” and even drew us a map to a place where we could sleep without getting arrested. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The bonobos were unsure of the change in terrain and stuck to the edge, calling out to me when I stepped into the greenery. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen spectators, man and boy, were calling out encouragement, Robb's voice the loudest among them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Also, yesterday I had hated him; now we were calling each other by our first names. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Which means, most nights, I get to hear my mom calling my dad out for half-assing his job search. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He heard a woman calling, ‘Chick, chick, chick.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Phones were ringing and people were calling out information to each other. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I’d considered calling in sick, but was concerned that my absence might raise suspicions. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Joseph realized it was Frankie’s voice, calling to him from some other street. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

First they are told that Samuel W. Westing was married to their cleaning woman, now a judge is calling herself stupid. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ships sat docked along the pier, a mess of rope and netting with sailors calling to each other, too busy to notice the royal procession. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I ask her, what if we told the truth? How we too scared to ask for minimum wage. How nobody gets paid they Social Security. How it feel when your own boss be calling you...” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You stay out of the way,” he was saying, calling really, so everyone could hear. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

See the concrete bam where workers live, the small church with tall voodoo drums for calling spirit, the wash flapping, women roasting peanuts, men slapping dominoes, pigs running here and there. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Thief!" the servants bellowed, calling for the others. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She hastily slid her calling card behind the trash can, adjusting it so it could be seen by someone looking for it but not spotted as trash. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And yet, there he was, calling my name. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Jaimito’s father is calling on his colonel friend to see how the fire can be put out. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if what the Holy Beings said was true about not recording the songs because calling out their names would summon them, then all Nathan would have to do was to call out Darkness’s name. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We waited for another ten or fifteen minutes with all the Tigros posse calling us suckers and stuff like that. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been calling out but not loud enough that he could hear him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Why on earth did she insist on calling her Sister Flowers? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brew spoke for himself, but he looked like he didn’t mind Peewee calling him Reverend Brew. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boy and girl, hand in hand, picked their way over the dead and the wounded, Lyra calling for her dæmon, Will alert in every sense for his. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I want him to stop calling me son. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Voices break into my daydreaming; a couple of boys are calling me over. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t imagine what he wants, but I’m just relieved it isn’t my math teacher calling to accuse me of cheating. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

At this, his heart melted, and he wept a tear and embraced me, begging my pardon and calling me the most excellent of beings, the most tender of grandchildren. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

See, Bubeh was old and she had diabetes and couldn’t control me, and it wasn’t like my aunts were calling to check on me or anything like that. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pop surrealism is what the art people keep calling it.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In the distance, someone is calling my name. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sue, will you stop calling the boy that?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

"I tell you they mad over what happen to that young fellow, what's-his-name . . ." We were passing a building now and I heard a voice calling frantically, "Colored store! Colored store!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Andrew would blush and hurry up the steps so that his friends should not hear her calling him her Precious, her Joy, her Little Lump of Sugar. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

It was bad enough to keep calling yourself‘Major’ after it was all over, but ‘Captain’ was the bottoms. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that, he dopped out of the apartment and down the hall, Tyson calling after him, “Pony! Don't go!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since they’d left Vancouver, she’d been calling to him in her thoughts, hoping he would hear her and come find her, but that was just wishful thinking. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In the moment before calling out to the woman a second time, Salva realized what Uncle had truly meant— something Salva had known in his heart for a long time: His family was gone. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A public survey about their research was overwhelmingly negative, calling it pointless and dangerous, an example of “men trying to be gods.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, out it came, and away ran Polly, frightened to death, and scrambled up on Aunt’s chair, calling out, ‘Catch her! Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Edmund!' his father had been calling, up and down the house. ‘ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He was calling for his wife—your mother. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daniel was calling for eight more, and I had to hustle so as not to fall behind. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

There’s something about calling out Brooklyn that makes you feel like you’ve grown a few inches, maybe sprouted some hairs on your chin, or an extra lump in your bicep. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be calling me no Gates,” he said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monique never did admit that she was aware of Jordan’s abuse, but she did stop calling the children liars. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today’s episode: Garrett missed the memo about not calling women ladies. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Why does everyone keep calling me ‘the aristocrat’?” asked Matt as they trudged back along the line of shrimp tanks. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried calling Liz again the next morning, but her number had been disconnected. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pita squealed, calling out to him over and over again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

If we were apart, we were far apart, beyond calling. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Arf.Arp:’ Vonetta and I were embarrassed and puzzled by Fern calling Kelvin out like he was a dog and then barking at him. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prosecution claimed it was the “calling card” they were looking for to prove Wes was there. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Er — why are you calling that owl Pig?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“We were calling you and you never would come to the phone,” Isabella says, and folds her arms tight across her chest. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Every hair on my body stood up, calling to my bike. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I hear Dad calling my name but I don’t want to come out of my hidey-hole. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

White kids calling him Monkey Man or Afro Boy—even though he kept his hair short. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"Look, fellow," I said down the bar, "that's our way of speaking. I meant no harm in calling you brother. I'm sorry you misunderstood me." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in a rush, calling “Eleanor, Eleanor,” they ran all together across the hall and out the front door, looking and calling, the flashlight moving busily. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The night before, Thula had awakened suddenly, screaming about icebergs and a huge ship sinking and people calling out for help. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I could feel it pulsing with energy, calling out to me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I could tell by her exultant smile that she liked calling herself that. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When he arrived, the women made their special calling sound to welcome the wise old man and to show how much his people loved him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It sounded like someone was calling his name. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

On March 26, in Pretoria, the chief publicly burned his pass, calling on others to do the same. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one is calling him a coward anymore, not after he beat up Marcus in the cafeteria. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had, with a strenuous loyalty, kept in touch through the years: calling and writing letters and sending books and shapeless trousers she called slacks. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“All of you, get up! We value you. We honor you. We sacrifice for you. We’re calling your names!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was Rob, calling from Base Camp, and he had good news. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And then he went out into the night, calling, “Mouse!” in a voice that was hoarse for no good reason. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly there was a voice in the distance, calling my name, jolting me from my thoughts. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Congolese kids at school were calling me Rwandan all the time, dubbing me a foreigner, repeating what they had heard at home. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The Mosses’ licensing file was filled with reports calling them “model” foster parents and recommending they get more children. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I ain’t gone be able to get no other job as a maid, not with Miss Leefolt and Miss Hilly calling me a thief. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She had to say it again because Fred wasn’t used to people calling him that. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Mom was back to calling me by my Iranian name. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Officer Delinko whipped out his portable radio and said, “I’m calling for backup.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She started out calling names of students she didn’t recognize, marking those that she knew. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“If he was laying out in the boonies, and he was calling to you needing your help, what would you do?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was calling to me from the shore. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Making her bow ready, just in case, she sped forward and flew alongside them, calling: “Angels! Halt and listen to me! I am the witch Ruta Skadi, and I want to talk to you!” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was calling because the rest of my friends had taken to unplugging their phones after ten P.M. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I mean, did you have any special reason for calling me?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She rubbed the droplets out of her eyes while laughing and calling to one of the other kids. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Mom, you’re not going to believe where I’m calling you from! It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’m moving in a haze of anger at Muhammad, so it doesn’t register it’s her calling. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Almost at the moment when Mr. Gatsby identified himself a butler hurried toward him with the information that Chicago was calling him on the wire. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I reached for August’s hand, but she had turned right and was moving along the bank, calling May’s name. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't want it to be in the papers and draw a sightseeing crowd so I'd been calling up a few people myself. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

"Good-bye, sir, and thank you for calling Sears Customer Service." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brush the eraser dust from my skirt and breeze past Don Lucho, whispering, “And stop calling me Your Highness, King Lucho!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Snape finished calling the names and looked up at the class. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Surely it would be pride to claim a calling at my young age! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My aunt,” she continued, “is going to-morrow into that part of the town, and I shall take the opportunity of calling in Grosvenor Street.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

One fine spring evening Snowbell had been calling on the Angora in the park. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

After he had gone half a block, he began calling, “Hot dogs! Hot dogs from Paradise!” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I thought about Annabeth calling me a coward, and I got angry. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The king strode through the door and over to the table and settled his great bulk onto the throne, calling irritably, “Places, everyone. Take your places.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You’d better be calling me to say that there are eleven naked honeybunnies in your house, and that they’re asking for the Special Feeling that only Big Daddy Ben can provide.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“About time. I was calling you, Henry. Didn’t you hear me calling you?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Lupita thought of calling out to Salvador to slow his pace, but she did not. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

His grandma kept calling it his room, but he only ever called it the guest room, which always made his grandmother shake her head and mumble to herself. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Better keep calling him my uncle. I’m afraid of him too, sometimes.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel like the confused wife calling her sister-in-law to explain her husband to her,” she said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Stevie Wonder, my childhood idol, was showing up to play at campaign events, joking and calling me by my first name as if we’d known each other forever. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A moment later, in the slow intervals of Ben’s voice, Luster heard Dilsey calling. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a brief instant I think it might be from our parents, but it’s just a flyer calling for an emergency community meeting later today. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Impossible, also, to imagine him calling the boardinghouse again and again until finally Mrs. O’Toole said, “Listen, sugar. She don’t want to talk to you. Get it?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His fiancée—he’s still calling Delilah his fiancee because she still has his grandmother’s ring—tried breaking up with him last night. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They found her on her stomach by the for- sythia bushes calling Hannah’s name and dragging her body through the sweet peas and clover that grew under die forsythia by the side of the house. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Before my despair could deepen, the OIC started calling the pro-gram runs over the PA system—chapel run, school run, commissary run, State Shop run. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, he had killed a man just for calling him a few. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

That made the American attack illegal, with some Canadians calling it piracy. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I knew he was calling Faro, though; he wanted to make friends. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Did you hear me? I’m not a racist. Bombs have been set off, and you look different now and lied about calling 911. What do you expect me to think?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

At noon, the guns at the Battery, which the British had taken to calling Fort George, would fire a royal salute. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She spent fifteen hours on the floor, shivering, hungry, in excruciating pain, calling for me, while I was passed out cold in the next room.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He spent the morning calling Pollard’s friends, crying into the phone as he broke the news. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not calling you anything. I’m asking a question and giving you examples.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“You calling me a liar?” the man asked. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It's Martin, her ex-boyfriend, calling to check up on us. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the book came to life when I heard her calling for me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The goddess Aphrodite floated around them on a small white cloud, strewing rose petals in the giantess’s eyes and calling encouragement to Piper. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He heard voices calling from cell to cell. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I kept on calling, but he just looked at me from twenty or thirty feet away like he didn’t understand. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pot calling the kettle black refers of course to Madame herself, since she can’t tolerate beans or any kind of cabbage in the evening because they give her “gas.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The Chief Ranger suggested calling a local bush pilot, who flew hunters into the remoter parts of the bush and knew most of the Indian guides. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back at the cave, the mother bear was calling for these two, and she did not sound happy. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He amused himself by provoking much bigger boys into fights, calling his “Golden Glove brother” to the rescue, and laughing as they ran in terror. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kant suggested explicitly that M31 in the constellation Andromeda was another Milky Way, composed of enormous numbers of stars, and proposed calling such objects by the evocative and haunting phrase “island universes.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Louie. I hear him calling my name. I didn’t go back.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

There was no way to avoid mentioning the moped, but Bobby Gene kept calling it a bike, so I supposed Mom could picture it however she wanted. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I hear Father and Mother, unseen behind the camera, cheering and finally calling me over. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Gods save me, some previous tenant had written on the wall in something that looked suspiciously like blood, the blue is calling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Indian campaign became a model for the type of protest that we in the Youth League were calling for. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He's a wonderful boy. And thank you for calling him." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

By contrast, Durham’s leading white newspaper denounced the idea of a boycott, calling it “dynamite” and “a distasteful aggressive suggestion...quite unfair to the theaters.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Other Ebola experts have taken to calling this loop the eyebolt, after a bolt of the same name that can be found in a hardware store. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it dawned on him that Octavian was calling him a spy—a traitor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He was calling his daemon’s name, and calling Lyra; he ran to Lord Asriel and plucked his arm, and Lord Asriel brushed him aside. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t quite understand what Natalie meant when she talked about Ms. Morales calling social services, but he could see why it would be a problem to call the police. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Too, the agent was an excellent bow hunter; and he sometimes went with an old college friend—the Milagro real estate agent Bud Gleason—varmint calling. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m calling a cabinet meeting this afternoon at four o’clock and you, as Secretary of State, must be there.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

For me, at least, it was a universal insult, like calling someone a jerk. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

President Wilson was calling for thirteen million men, ages eighteen to forty-five, to enroll. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Once, when I was with Fifi, we heard a group of males calling, some distance away. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He answers gruffly, a bit impatiently, expecting it to be his mother calling to ask how his week has been. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m telling you, as sure as God made little apples, that if I get up from this table you’ll be calling for your patron saint. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I guess I’m calling it my room now. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

"No, it's nothing like that. I'm calling because of something else. I'm calling because I talked with your father last night. And—" "You talked with my father? About me?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. van D. has a new nickname—we’ve started calling her Mrs. Beaverbrook. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The baby, wearing a soggy-looking droopy diaper, was calling, “Mommy . . . mommy . . .” And another kid was howling somewhere in the apartment. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Big Ma wouldn’t let girls from Uncle Darnell’s high school come calling, she wouldn’t hardly let me use the telephone to call a boy long-distance. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Besides, I’m not sure I’m going to help you any more at all, after the way you’ve behaved; and calling me those horrid names, that’s like putting caterpillars in somebody’s hair.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

On her tongue the very title of his calling became a mark of disrespect. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It’s dark, and I can hear someone calling her name. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could hear the security guard calling for a doctor. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I half couldn’t believe I’d said all that out loud—actually calling attention to the fact that I don’t have much money. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I have heard You calling in the night. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Journalism, to Mrs. Richardson, seemed such a noble calling, one where you could do good from within the system, and in her mind she envisioned a mix of Nellie Bly and Lois Lane. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“She just went away. I was calling him, and she told me not to disturb him. Is it something very bad?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I like the way he says Maddy, as if he’s been calling me that my whole life. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So . . . you don’t have any way of calling in for help? You’re stuck here?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Me too. That’s why I’m calling. Any chance you could drop off Penny somewhere and meet me at the Travel Arena?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Peach and I both began shouting as Daddy and Mr. Johnson appeared in the boat, dodging trees and debris and calling for us. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Your father came to this house when he was about your age. It changed him. He understood his calling.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

And why did they come here, night after night after night, calling out to a God who cared nothing for them—if, above this flaking ceiling, there was any God at all? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Beto passed silently but brilliantly through his classes, blending in with white classmates at the junior high where a savvy elementary school teacher enrolled him by calling him “son” during registration. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was crying, calling for my mother, but I held on to Grover—I wasn’t going to let him go. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But instead, I just held off calling until after dinner. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“If I only had my own tools or just a chisel of good quality...then perhaps I could make something worthy of you calling me that.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She was still calling his name as he ran out the door. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the woods, across fields and streams, uphill and down, we ran and she followed, calling us again and again. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

They dashed out the door after breakfast, Matthew and Mark complaining about their packed lunches, Dad calling back, “I’m going to that auction up at Chytlesville. Won’t be home until supper.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It recommended calling the suicide hotline number in there, and I did.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

And later, I found I had an ability: to not listen to something meaningless calling to me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were calling my name, asking God to protect me when I walked into the lion’s den at Central. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started up the path, calling out, “Mama! Mama!” so she would be sure to hear me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When Brian didn’t follow, I ran up the street calling for help. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was like birds calling back and forth and then joining together in a loud, trilling chorus. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Two sacks, one rupee...three sacks, one-eight…” the overseer’s voice kept calling, monotonous, slightly weary. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was two, I started calling her "Starry" instead of "Didi," which is what most Bengali girls call an older sister. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The president hears footsteps on the gravel and the familiar voice of former Illinois congressman Isaac Arnold calling his name. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wonka was jumping up and down in the back of the boat and calling to the rowers to row faster and faster still. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The big kids in the neighborhood started calling him Baby-Killer Kelly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was another problem with calling for help: this was supposed to be a solo quest. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Frightful ate the rabbit while the eyases watched, twisting their heads from side to side and calling “pseee” when she swallowed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Who have you been calling every night, you old goat?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He’s calling from the land of stories and genies. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But Roosevelt treated everyone equally, and that meant calling out people when they were wrong, even if they were his friends. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

There was a long silence, as if he honestly didn’t know who was calling. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He had taken to calling them relatives from the very first. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shucks, I didn’t even mind them calling me Clarence anymore. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

That baseball book was the first cover on the second shelf in the display case and had given Charles a card with the classic pose of an umpire calling an out. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Believe me, Lily,” he said, calling after me, “the pleasure was all mine.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why isn’t anyone calling to us, “Oh, is something wrong, kids? Can we do anything to help?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I let him, and he began frantically calling his teammates to see where they were. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

They are calling him every ugly Asian name I have ever heard. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's Widge," the doctor answered for me, then laughed nervously, as if suddenly aware how odd was the name he had been calling me for seven years. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t say why, but then a visitor would come calling just as I was leaving. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He took one final swig of rum before calling the kids together. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But there was something ’bout that one particular spot that was calling Mrs. Brown and telling her to brush at it with her bare hand. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I knew she was old enough and smart enough to know that my head didn’t actually break, but she’d been calling it that for so long it didn’t matter anymore. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When I should have been on my knees, calling out to the Virgin and the Christ. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He had seen his sisters in the dream, Maya and Grace standing on the edge of the ocean, calling for him as the waves crashed harder onto the sand. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He was all the way on the other side of the country, but he kept calling me. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s back!” all the men kept mumbling and chanting and calling out hysterically as they rushed back and forth. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

As soon as Mr. Rao introduced himself as calling from an Indian software firm, the U.S. executive said to him, “Namaste,” a common Hindi greeting. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

At first, the cousins look around at each other, not wanting to embarrass themselves by calling out, "Me! Me!" and then having Tío Vic cry, "April Fool!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Then I raced back out to the trap with Bertha not far behind, calling, “Wait for me!” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And if the Colonel thought that calling me his friend would make me stand by him, well, he was right. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

But then Mom started calling out for my father in a voice that didn’t even sound like hers, it was so choked up. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I say, ‘No, thank you,’ and he says, ‘Whom may I say is calling?’ Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jesus is calling on you to act,” he shouted to Henry over the drilling equipment one day after his shift ended. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell him he got a long-distance call, somebody named Rebecca calling about his wife cells.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Kanue was leading the scrimmage, calling out to his teammates, urging them to pass, and sprinting for each free ball. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The man he had left in the cove did not answer, nor did the men on the ship, so I was sure that he was calling to me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trainer loses it, calling her all kinds of names. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She spent weeks calling Curt, waiting in front of his building until he came out, saying over and over how sorry she was, how much she wanted to work through things. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’d been calling her four or five times a day, but she wouldn’t pick up or call me back, until finally, she did. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He banged the drum, calling the horde to silence. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

With a wicked grin, he pivoted on his heel and rushed through the open door, calling over his shoulder, “You’re going to have to catch me.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The teacher blows a whistle, calling kids’ names one at a time. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The President had to order his daughters to leave; they had to be removed forcibly, and they could be heard from the street calling his name. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m on my way to pick up Ryan at the elementary school when I hear someone calling me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Jaimito turned the porch lights off, calling out to his mother, that there were too many bugs. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scythehood is humanity’s highest calling, and to achieve it should cut one’s soul to the very core, so that no scythe will ever forget the cost of the ring they bear. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

That, I hoped, was the reason for calling me down to his office. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

After calling into work sick for the night, I turn my phone off and decide to keep it that way for the entire evening. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The roar of his voice echoed in her ears, calling up a strange fear she had not felt since she was a child. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Paul said it was for Daddy, and I said, ‘You tell them he’s in the bath,’ but Paul said he wondered if he ought to do that, because it was Mr. Sanford calling from Topeka. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she finally talks to her mother, she starts calling her mother ‘Auntie,” too. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The mesa coyotes were singing, calling to each other or challenging the moon. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles ran to the Turf Club bar, calling for champagne for everyone. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I start calling around to motels again, now ranging even farther out from the city, into the northern towns, the western towns, St. Paul. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to consult the alethiometer there and then, but it was too cold, and besides, they were calling for her because it was time to move on. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes, you can," I said, calling her bluff. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

After the first few weeks of class, Mr. Ciders had stopped calling on me unless no one else knew the answer to his question. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

This morning, in a tree near the birchbark house, she heard the white-throated sparrows calling out to one another. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Listen to this publication calling him the third best running back in the state. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So do I. Reggie Bradley. Or James Parker. Or whatever he was calling himself.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It’s not polite to turn up early on a Sunday morning without calling, is it? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Money was just too tight, and calling the restaurant would only get her in more trouble. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe he's calling to say his wife was wrong to offer such an over-the-top opportunity. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Are you calling me a liar, is that it? Am I a liar?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone was calling her name from outside the tree. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

"You go all weekend without logging on or calling me and yet you find time to call him in your continuing attempts to ruin my social life through the magic of song?" Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

There were hundreds of us, milling about, calling names, pointing to summer-tanned faces we hadn’t seen since June. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Intercom allows calling for help in case of a health alert. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Call, Caroline, and the Captain were calling back and forth cheerfully while we worked. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they covered your back, and you covered theirs, then maybe that was worth calling family. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Adah would, of course, say something more droll, such as “Why, Rachel, your interest in personal hygiene has truly become a higher calling.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure I called them. But nobody answered down there. So get your tail over here, will you please? 1 haven’t disturbed a thing. I’m even calling from the pay phone on the p>orch.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mark number three!” came a voice from the Blue Springs sideline, calling out Bien’s number. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I hate when Mami worries about me and starts calling me her little parrot and treating me like I’m five again. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I wished Baba would stop calling him that. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But you cannot charm the foam calling it sukien; you must use its own true name in the Old Speech, which is essa. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel something calling to her, and that should have been a warning, but she only felt reassured by it: She was going in the right direction. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t see her calling any of her girl friends to come cuddle with her to watch movies and then hold her all night long. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But there is no preparing for vipers on the doorstep and drums in the forest, calling up an end to a century of affliction. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Known as Van, he had started off as a student minister, but he soon found his true calling in theater. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The COs soon learned of the squadron’s prowess; angry farmers came calling after the 372nd’s hundred-pound bombs flattened an outhouse and one unfortunate cow. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Few people could tolerate the gray zone for long, but this was the place where George Blake found his true calling—and his real powers as a spy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He figured people always answered the phone whenever the church was calling. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Tendai could hear the other boys in the distance, calling his name. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She definitely wasn’t crazy about Aunt Pooh calling herself my manager. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He thought there was a light somewhere before him, and he thought he heard a voice in front of him, above him somewhere, calling, “Come! Come!” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

They’d have been watching with spyglasses, preparing, and now she could hear them calling back and forth, readying their intercept. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

No, she said, there was no point in calling the police: the missing items were small things, of sentimental value, and of no use to anyone but herself. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When they reached the grave, there were many people milling about, calling out in sorrow and saying how sad they were that the chief had gone. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He had been calling the Claiborne house all day, to no avail. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Frightful flew up and down the river, then winged over the one hemlock, calling to Sam. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I hear him calling after me, but I don’t look back. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

X-Ray had said people were still calling about the tickets, so maybe it wasn’t too late. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

At sixteen, my brother was calling toxic masculinity “one hell of a drug.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The people you’ve just evicted would sputter, “With what right do you throw us out? This is our home. We own it. We have lived here for years. We’re calling the police, you scoundrel.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I heard children singing, a familiar voice calling, “Old Man Goose! One! Two! Three!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Doyle let the firing continue for a long time before calling out for us to cease fire. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m calling you as soon as I send this, but I know you like to have these things written down. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t far, and I ran, calling their names as loud as I could. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

We were literally only a few hours into middle school, but people had already started calling him the Zombie Kid and Freak. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Help!” the boy was calling over the side. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not five minutes ago, Scoob wanted Dad, but now that he’s calling...what if Scoob answers and Dad starts going off the way he does? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

In the morning, Dallas heard the birds calling and knew it was first light, but he didn’t open his eyes. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She hastily slid her calling card behind the trash can, adjusting it so it could be seen by someone looking for it but not spotted as trash. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A wood pigeon was calling in the elms. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A particularly persistent beggar began calling himself “Titanic Beggar.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I saw her through my bedroom window as she went out of the gates and turned left, and I remember calling out to her to come back, come back, come back. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s crying and calling to her in a pure Limerick accent. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then the moment passed, and full and sudden he laughed louder than the calling gulls. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

In the little cleft between the weirwood trees was a flickering glow, a ruddy light calling through the gathering gloom. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That Devon was alive and you thought I was confused but I’m not because I know that Devon is dead and that’s why I’m calling him Devon- who-is-dead and you’ll get used to it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He will keep drawing—and by the end of his life the number of drawings will equal the number of paintings—but by calling himself an artiste-peintre he means he’s not just a draftsman. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

His epiphany was short-lived, and as the photo shoot approached, he began calling me with technical questions. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I grab it, answering it without even looking at the screen to see who is calling. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Beginning with the night they moved in, the Myers family was subjected to terror, organized by an ad hoc group calling itself the Levittown Betterment Committee. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

My parents would kill me if they knew I was calling long distance, but hopefully they wouldn’t notice if I kept the call under fifteen minutes. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

At last, I heard my grandmother calling my name. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I was worried and kept calling out my friends’ names, so that they wouldn’t fall asleep. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He winked, never realizing how he had revealed himself to us by calling our companion by the hated name of “boy.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her calling me “Asta’s son,” since I was all she had, and that was all she could say. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The mayor was calling after him, telling them to come back, and Johanna tried to follow, her heels clicking and clicking. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The people around the table aren’t freshly minted soldiers but the ones calling the shots. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I had tried calling my brother in Spain several times. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Connor is still calling out, still flailing in the back seat, and I hear the tears in his voice as Mom circles the car and hastily tries to readjust his buckles. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The goose knew a day in advance that they were coming—she could hear their weak voices calling from inside the egg. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The short businesslike sentences became interlarded and adulterated with screaming and emphatic profanity, but the cold, calling voice repeated and repeated and repeated unwearyingly. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I did remember the first grade teacher calling out during a test, while students marked X’s on a girl or a boy or a dog, which I covered with black. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sneaky’s mom’s been calling her, but no answer. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She could tell he didn’t have any reason for calling. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

His hair was blowing in the wind, and he was laughing and waving and calling out, “Hello, everybody! Hello!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

His first words were a gasp, but audible. "-calling an assembly." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I felt that God was calling me to be part of this effort to bring people together, to demonstrate a tangible expression of interracial progress. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"I know you, the real you, and I don't care about your mess, so now I'm calling you out on it." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And suddenly I realize that until just a short time ago, I was on the other end of one of those lines, calling nonstop, desperately hoping that someone would answer. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was old Natty Prine, calling to her from the bench where he always sat. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The press was calling him brilliant, intense, unpredictable. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As his absence sank in, I said Otto’s name less and less frequently, finally calling only every minute or so. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to ignore it—the cookies were calling him—but then the sobbing intensified. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He took off running, stopping every few feet and calling to her until she followed him down one of the paths that led away from the river. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before calling, I take my time, trying to remember my brother’s voice. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, Joey,” she’d say, calling on me and staring hard at my face as if her eyes were long fingers that could grip me by the chin. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried calling you back, but it kept going to voicemail, so I tried the house phone, but your dad said you’re cleaning your room. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Like any girl at Meriwether would ever be caught dead calling my name. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Malli looked like she might cry and ran inside calling her mother. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His mother leaned out the window of the attic, high above, waving and calling to get his attention. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Because, through the heavy water, I heard the sound of an angel calling my name, calling me to the only heaven I wanted. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was closer to us now, but I knew that he wouldn't look around and see me and I decided against calling to him. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But by the time the long war ended, many people were calling themselves Americans. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took me a few steps to realize that the boys weren’t laughing or whisding or calling us names. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He sounded like his other self—the university registrar calling for information. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Fab! Step up your hair game. You gotta actually look fabulous for people to start calling you Fabulous,” Donna says, standing in front of me with one of her wigs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My tiny old gran was out the gate, going up and down the block, calling to all the other old grannies for an emergency prayer meeting. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I mean, she thinks she can get away with her subliminal twists by calling them omens, but she doesn’t fool me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Once thus dressed, we all had begun intermittently calling out ‘‘Labbayka! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow Haymitch calling me sweetheart ticks me off enough that I'm at least able to speak. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

All the way out the door and down the steps between the stone lions, Webster’s Dictionary kept calling after her, Monster, Monster! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I tried calling my parents over and over, while the chickens rolled around in the dust. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Little Andrecito strapped to my back as I washed dishes, calling me Mama and playing with my hair. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room erupts into applause, but number eighty-eight isn’t done, not by the half of it, calling to Sammy at the piano, “Do you know ‘Slow Boat to China’?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’m calling to ask you to FedEx me a new pair of running shoes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Not being that big of a fool, he told Luther to do the calling. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was like a bird calling in the forest—the kind of laugh that picked up and soared after a good cry. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A young chess master, a few years Bobby’s senior, was calling from the office phone of the Marshall Chess Club, attempting to talk Fischer into getting together. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A bell rang in the house, calling us in to prepare for bed. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was so excited for me, but all I could think about doing was calling my mom. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Aibileen scratches her nose, says, “What you think about just calling it... Help?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I walk the length of the building calling for him. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It was Nancy’s father calling from his hospital room. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Volpe was up onstage that night, among several teachers who took turns calling out the names of graduates. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry, baby. I tried calling after lunch, but I know it’s not the same. I know I messed up.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gore smiles broadly—too broadly, as if every single one of his teeth is calling me a liar. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear Alke calling to me, singing the song that connected the land to its people. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When they came back into the front hall, blundering and calling her, she darted quickly out onto the veranda into the cool night. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He thought of calling but decided against it. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Through the bushes the boys appeared, calling to him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She put her hand on his shoulder and jostled him gently while calling his name. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want him to stop calling that out. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Rather, he was so deep into his book, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, that he didn’t hear Mama calling him to dinner. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

After several weeks of this, however, he realized that the people he was calling on the radio had no more idea than he did about what the gunfire meant. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I took hold of his hand, and we started walking back into town, calling and whistling for Winn-Dixie the whole way. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The gambling women were already caught up in their game, calling out good-byes to the sisters. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she let herself in with a key, crossed the floor over his head, calling, “Father? Daddy, where are you?” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frantic, Werfel ran from one end of the clearing to the other, calling Spurge’s name. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Across the ward, light spilled through the door of the Barracks Hall, ac-companied by the clatter of tankards and men calling for more wine. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The waves splashed up on our clothes, and the sea gulls flew in circles overhead, calling in one great choms, as if they were glad to see us. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

For many years we used to go out every now and again and look for the Entwives, walking far and wide and calling them by their beautiful names. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I ran through the dog run toward the back of the house, calling, “Here, Yeller! Here, Yeller! Get ’em, boy! Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, as if calling up the memory. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He is frowning at me, but instead of calling me a liar, he says, “I’m sorry you’ve had to deal with this in your life.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As soon as Colin got his apron on, Jimmy started calling him “lady”—“Hey, lady, get some more mayo on there.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She was calling us back from our loneliness with three blunt words, as only our mom could do. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And then I heard her voice, calling to me from above the water. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I did mind her calling me boy but I didn’t mind her firing me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

That I will wake up and hear Grandpa calling me to him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When Jeff answers, she cons him into calling my mom later and telling her a few lies in exchange for liquor. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I keep hearing her calling me. I lie in bed and I can hear her calling me from outside. I keep thinking she’s out there.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The isolation only worsened what the press had begun calling the “credibility gap”—the gap between what Johnson was telling the public and what the public believed was really happening in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was so bored I wished the telephone would ring with Miss Volker calling to tell me Mr. Spizz had dropped over dead and I had to come down and write one last obituary. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He remembered the cheerful voice calling out, “I want my smack!” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the trouble in her face and drew Meg’s attention from it by asking quickly, “Where have you been calling, all so fine?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he heard other voices calling out. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And at the end of the day, he was gathering up loose basketballs when I came in, and James Russell was calling out, “Coach Swieteck!” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’m out the door before Mom responds, and a few seconds later, I’m on the front steps leading up to the walkway of our building calling Zoey. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I swear I hear it calling my name.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was impossible to get rid of, which was why we’d started calling him “Termite.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our fridge was considerably less loaded with meat and milk, the phone line no longer tied up by girls calling to chat him up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then we could hear the hissing of gas from the broken pipes, like dozens of angry snakes, and people, trapped inside the mounds, began calling. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

How many young men and women had been taken up in all that time, and returned with no memories after this moment—this moment at their door or window when the leering god came calling. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The phone started speaking in a robot voice, calling out the numbers of whoever was on the line. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“From when I was a baby. Ma said every time she nursed me after she ate beans, I’d toot all night long. So she started calling me Beans.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father pointed to the mound behind us, from which the ghostly voices were calling. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a time—it was probably only five minutes—the Mellower appeared at the door, bowing, apologizing and calling himself a bad boy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

To call this a mattress, he thought, would be like calling a cracker a piece of bread. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Had he come here to leave this calling card—more to threaten than to harm—after setting fire to Karl’s barn? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I see my mother sinking into a river, and she keeps calling my name.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“They were shaking all over! They kept calling me to help them, and I couldn’t! They kept crying. They didn’t even know what happened to them!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then a loud and clear “Todd?” comes calling from across the river. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

When the phone rang that afternoon and Long Distance said Chicago was calling I thought this would be Daisy at last. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Upon this clear stillness, like feathers on the surface of a pool, fell the calling of a cuckoo. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pretended not to hear Mrs. Lapham calling him from a window to come right back. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know why he was calling me names, or why he’d chosen that particular one. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He has spent his life traveling, making and then losing friends, and never calling one place home. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Kids rush around me, laughing and calling out to one another. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Whatever poor creature they had surrounded was clearly the property of an elderly, fashionably dressed woman who swung her handbag wildly while calling out, “Please, children, keep your distance! Leave my Reginald alone!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Julius backed away, calling them, beckoning in the special way that Boots understood. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

As mothers appeared on porches one by one throughout the mill village, calling their children’s names, C.P. reluctantly wandered home, dusk descending, the pale yellow lamplights sputtering on in houses as he passed. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

As tempting as that thought was, there were fence posts calling my name. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m calling your father after this,” she said in her most severe, threatening tone. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He was within calling distance of shrews secreted a short distance away, as they were of their neighbors farther along. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Jesus,” she mutters, like calling his name will calm her down. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I never see who is chasing and calling me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

An omniscient voice is already calling out each of our names as we enter the arena, the voice deep and reverberating, and as it does, each name rotates in flames in the arena’s center. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s as though she were saying it deliberately, Eleanor thought, telling the house she knows its name, calling the house to tell it where we are; is it bravado? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

His father doesn’t want him to spend so much time on the guitar, tells him music is a dead-end calling. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Thought you were gonna stop calling him that,” Lucas stated plainly. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Someone was actually calling because my name was on their list? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Then Babi was in the hallway, calling her name from the top of the stairs, asking her to come up quickly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

There were many people in the street now, calling greetings to one another as they set out for their work. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Babies began to cry beyond the window again, calling for mama. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I suggested calling Dad, but she gave that a quick thumbs-down, saying he was “too busy” for her. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The voice was behind him, saying the same word over and over . . . calling ... a name . . . and even then Maniac turned only because he was curious, wondering what everybody was staring at. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing Nat knew, Mr. Ropes was striding into the library, calling, “Nat! What in the name of sense happened to you? Did you go to sleep?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christy's down in London and he's always calling to ask for money and dad tells him he's not a Bottomless Pit and to get lost. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

No wounded men screaming in pain or calling for their mothers. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he called to Baby again—in a soft, sad voice like he was calling a little kitty. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I waited a moment, then raised both of my robot’s hands, calling for quiet. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Ghostly voices from the past recalling when he was a little boy and the kids in the neighborhood came to the back door after supper calling him to go out and play. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Ivy's home from her meeting and calling for me. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

About all that happened between us anymore was him calling to me and waving when he saw me on the street or in the hallways. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“No more stealing our money, beating us up, or calling us names,” said Masood, stepping forward. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Carved figures paraded around its edge, screaming or singing, holding weapons or ancient instruments, calling for the storm in the center—roiling clouds and lightning. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The forest is calling me, inviting me to explore. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She would close her bedroom door and put her head under the blankets, and there she would remain for hours at a time, trembling, praying, and calling for her mother with the power of thought. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the man’s screams Bigger heard a voice calling from another cell. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe one reason their father wanted them to be quiet is they had trouble calling this country “Israel” to begin with. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

One arm dangled off the edge of the couch, and his mouth was open; that made it look like he was both reaching for and calling out to Chess. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

One man was calling to us to get back behind the chain fence. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It has to strike them and sink in and be confirmed by other voices before they begin to sound like a herd of wounded animals, moaning, shrieking, calling for help. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I would have preferred to sit in the front seat, but Alyssa’s brother called it, and if we don’t adhere to the convention of calling shotgun, what rule of law is left to us? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

For a second I consider calling her back. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I chew on my bottom lip as I debate calling Levi. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The door is barely closed before I fling my laptop open, calling Stella on Skype as I lie upside down off my bed, pink bedpan in one hand for mucus disposal. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I apologize for calling you a low-level wimpazoid. That was not cool. I insulted you.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“This is her daughter, Sophie. May I ask who is calling?” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were laughing and pelting me and calling me names. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The newscaster was calling Friday night the worst evening of the unrest. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I’m not part of the Irish mob, or whatever they’re calling themselves these days—or whatever they’re forbidding people to call them. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coming home from work a few nights later, through the still quiet of snow falling, the only sound the watchman with his rattle, calling out the hour, Vincent thinks of Theo. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The centerpiece was the Grand Court, which everyone had begun calling the Court of Honor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She had worked with the American Woman Suffrage Association, and she knew Susan B. Anthony, calling her “a great and noble woman.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

All we people in there try to touch through the spirit One man I always see swinging machete is leading the service, singing with eyes dosed, calling down the spirit. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like he was calling his ma to see if the coast was clear to come home without the mob or the coppers on his tail. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke into the stone, calling all of his nine sons and daughters and his twenty-seven grandchildren and his eighty-one greatgrandchildren to meet Windrider again that night at a feast. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked all around the barn, calling, but no one else was there. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Finally Uncle Darnell grabbed the phone and announced that it was Pa calling. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She picks up her plate and trots out of the room, calling to Jordan. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He cracked open his address book and began calling reporters, asking them to announce that he’d gladly meet Riddle’s sum, and War Admiral, anywhere and any time Riddle wanted. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Father doesn’t hunt or fish because he has a higher calling,” Leah argued from her cot, as if I might not have thought of this. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Come back, she almost said, standing shaking by the brook, and then she turned and ran madly up the hill, crying as she ran and calling, “Theo? Luke?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing has been officially scheduled at this point, but Plutarch, who’s calling the propo from the control room, must have his fingers crossed. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They were “smart” because they could do so many things beyond calling, like texting, emailing, surfing the Internet, playing games. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then I hear your voice calling up from the ground. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Suddenly someone was calling his name, the sound oddly distant. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The mill boys were always picking fights with town boys—tripping us up or calling us names. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He had called us by our formal name, like when your mother or grandmother calls you by all of your names to keep from calling you something worse. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“No. We don’t get callings because we live so far. How about you? Do you play in the praise band at your new church?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She stuck the tip of the knife into his chest just deep enough to break the skin, then dragged it down past his navel as Cheetah screamed, calling her crazy. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They were taking a big chance, since the police guard at the door or in the warehouse might hear them calling, but there was an even greater risk that the police would return. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Mayor Axelrod got up with a megaphone on the platform at the front and started calling out the winners, starting with the novice classes. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Why are you calling me here so late?” he asks her, distracted, his eyes still focused on the computer screen. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if the dead child were not a punishment for my having turned my back on my religious calling? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The police waited, knocked, waited again, talked into their walkie-talkies, knocked again, disappeared, came back, knocked again, and then started calling out things like: “He better be in there when this door opens, doc.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Every other day, I hear Miss Celia on the phone in her room, calling and calling the society ladies. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“We just found out. Your mom told us. He’s been calling her for regular updates, and he’s been, what, quietly supportive over there. I guess the dude is showing his love in his own way.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Littlefinger came calling an hour after the Grand Maester had left, clad in a plum-colored doublet with a mockingbird embroidered on the breast in black thread, and a striped cloak of black and white. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was finally calling to say why she was so late. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Downstairs in the living room his Uncle Vernon shouted, “Who the blazes is calling at this time of night?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“And stop calling me sir. You look like you’re getting sick.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A chorus of girl voices calling my name. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Don't ask me why I started calling her that. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The last visit was fresh in his mind: Mama harassing Olanna, calling her a witch, hooting, and, worst of all, threatening to consult the dibia in the village. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Rattling words on the page calling my eyes to dance with them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hid directly under the windows, pressed against the baseboard until the ghost, calling us in the ghost language so that we’d almost answer to stop its voice, gave up. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His phone rang and for a confused moment he thought it was Ifemelu calling from America. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Anyway, the presiding judge said he was going to proceed with the calling of witnesses. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The next time I took a little rest Byron was still calling my name but sounding like he had something in his mouth. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who the woman was calling to remains a mystery, because after searching the apartment, we find she was alone. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The guys at school had started calling her his girlfriend. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The ice, they said, but really because it was colored people calling. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She threw herself on the bed she kept parked in the corner and sulked for a while before picking up the chipped telephone and calling someone in her native land. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

At first, I think he’s calling me dirty, “Howdy, Dirty!” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He pointed us out in groups, deliberately not calling attention to individuals. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I fixate on the idea of someone calling Dell Duke "Big Boy." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“We were out there whistling and calling for you and you were right here all along. Thank you,” I said to everybody. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Personalizing a submarine that shells your beach every morning by calling it “Oscar” or referring to that one sputtering bomber that flew over Guadalcanal as “Washing Machine Charlie” made them seem less scary. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Sheriff White tried to quell the riot, his children ran to the nearby courthouse, calling for help. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Outside a heavy cart rolled down Broadway, the driver calling to his horses. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re from Environmental Protection, ma’am. Just calling on all the houses in this street and the others to see if you’re all right in case we get any flooding.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The Russian smiled and held up his hand, calling himself Captain Orlov. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up front Chuck Day, the number two man, was trying to finesse it, trying to keep the boat in perfect balance stroke after stroke even as Moch kept calling for more. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When no one does, he starts calling on people. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

With a friendly smile, Mr. Benedict stepped round to introduce himself to the children, shaking hands and calling each by name. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They began calling his name, wandering up and down the path a bit. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Maddie stopped calling him that when she stopped being a groundling. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“It must be someone else. El Patron’s always calling me that.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have been perfect except for that ornery crow calling away: car-car-car. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It’s Mrs. Brook calling from somewhere and I feel pulling on my arm but I yank my hand free. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody in the gym called me “Chief,” an honorific he avoided, calling me “Mister Mandela,” and occasionally, when he felt sympathy for his old man, “My bra,” township slang meaning “My brother.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seems like just the other day he was calling Mama’s phone to say he’d be home for Christmas. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Folks that had finished working and had cleaned up and already et waved or started calling to me from their stoops. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I made it through homeroom without speaking to anybody and was just settling in for a nice period of off-topic journal writing in Miss Palma’s class when the intercom blared, calling me to the office. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that was how they ended up calling her Darth Daisy. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was a dangerous habit to fall into, calling the blokova names. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A voice calling behind him made him groan. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mama is still calling after me as I run downstairs, take my bicycle, and start down the street. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He did not want to be someone who made calling cards! Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The work wasn’t perfect, but they were short on time and Nina’s calling wasn’t as a Tailor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There’s a woman, not Effie, calling the names in 12, but she still begins with “Ladies first!” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The media were calling LadybirdGate the sex scandal of the century. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

That’s why operators are always real polite to people calling from prisons, Shadow had decided: they knew that he paid their wages. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

But it was there; the gold was there ahead, calling. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although he received his calling at his lowest and poorest, he tells Theo, as an old proverb says, “Poverty prevents good minds succeeding.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Some roamed the rooms, reading comments aloud over people’s shoulders, calling to others. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could just start out after Joe, keeping him in sight and not calling or anything. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re going around calling everyone a terrorist. Even the Indian and Mexican kids.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

But calling out seemed inappropriate and so she simply continued down the hall in silence. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Van Hopper putting up her lorgnette and calling to her daughter. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But the ref wasn’t calling touch fouls and Nick and Trip were helping out anytime Ice went up in the air and brought the ball back down. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

That way they could alert the crew that cops were creeping, but if the cops questioned them, they could simply say they were calling for a friend and walk away unscathed. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and let the sound of her voice wash over me, forgetting about the girls calling me names this morning. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Soon he had all the family’s possessions loaded on his back and was calling out to the others to follow him on the path. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

People start calling out possible topics to Ms. Rochambeau, and she writes each of them on the whiteboard almost as fast as they come. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I went home to do likewise, sure in my bones that I would hear His calling now. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d taped a prepaid calling card to the inside and written Space Boy, use this to phone home. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I began calling to the men in the cars. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

One girl in chiffon had a tiff with her date and ran off toward the first tee, calling, “Wait for me!” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“I, uh, I was just calling to say hello,” I tell her. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Julian had nicknamed him the Zombie Kid, and that’s what everyone was calling him. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Sonia has made him a card with Magic Markers, on paper she’s ripped out of one of his own sketchbooks, which says “Happy Birthday Goggles,” the name she insists on calling him instead of Dada. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He contemplated Harry for a moment as though he was a particularly large and succulent piece of pheasant, then said, ‘“The Chosen One,’ they’re calling you now!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The mother dressed them all alike in diminishing-sized, different color versions of what she wore, so that the husband sometimes joked, calling them the five girls. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell someone I’d failed the exam, but something stopped me from calling Tyler. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He thought about calling to Naomi for a towel as he stripped off his boots on the porch, but he didn’t want to wake the kids. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a while they finally gave up as a cricket started calling for night to commence. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He thought about calling out but knew that this would only cause more trouble. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“You’re not calling a superior officer a liar are you, Chap- lain?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The kind of families that were the first to call their daughters Amber or Heather and are now calling them Lauren or Madison. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Patrick tried calling once, but when Brad’s father answered, he just hung up. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sean raced off, calling over his shoulder that everything would be all right, he would take care of it, he would find them later. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Pointing away from where Daniel’s mom is calling for him. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He walked into the field, calling to Duchess in peregrine talk. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

We are supposed to be calling the shots here, but it doesn’t look to me like we’re in charge of a thing, not even our own selves. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ran over to join the group of boys and saw that they had surrounded a bird and were throwing stones at it and calling it names. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never heard such screaming in my life. Many of the wounded were yelling for their mothers. Some...were calling for God.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

And, when someone finally settles on calling you by a nickname, you’re stuck. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He wanted to check in with him quickly before calling Kathy. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I says when I’m up there I'm one of the boys, but I’m not going to have any woman calling me on the telephone. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank was pretty sure the coach wouldn’t be calling Chuck Norris babe. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She backed down the tunnel entrance to her house tail first, pulling the corn after her and calling cheerfully as she went: “Children! Wake up! See what I have for breakfast. A surprise!” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you did the right thing by calling us so quickly. We’re going to take her to the hospital now. Is there another adult around?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ayanna clapped her hand over her mouth, like she’d said something she shouldn’t have, and moved to the center of the raft, calling out instructions. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Her mother held her hand and wiped her hair back from her sweaty forehead and didn’t mind that Grace kept calling her Mommy, like she had when she was four years old. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

At Room 43, after quickly offered and accepted apologies, the Colonel said, “We’ve made a tactical decision to push back calling Jake. We re going to pursue some other avenues first.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Big companies and multinational corporations were calling, too. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Around his neck hung a whistle, which he used to get our attention instead of calling us by name. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The boy was on his knees, crying and calling, “Sounder, Sounder, Sound...” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at that moment El-ahrairah heard the voice of Frith calling, ‘Where is El-ahrairah? For all the others have taken their gifts and gone and I have come to look for him.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tiny pinpoints of light twinkle in the distance, calling out to me, as if Abby is out there now. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s not safe, Richard. I’m not staying here longer than another week. These people never fight civilized wars, do they? So much for calling it a civil war.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Freshen up? How? All she wears is that white sari, no makeup, no jewelry. The neighborhood's calling her 'Mother Teresa.'" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A few weeks later, Nixon sat at his desk in front of television cameras reading his speech and calling on the “great silent majority” of his fellow Americans to support him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“There are rewards in caring for sheep, and there are rewards for tilling the soil, but the greatest calling is to be a priest,” he said. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every television and radio network, and all of the newspapers were calling. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He said I was calling him a liar, and he hit me.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She said that she didn’t want some white woman calling her up to tell her something about her child that she didn’t know. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We see master and slave alike, confounded at the celerity and ineluctability of our approach, calling warnings— messengers sent on horseback, riding no faster than our progress, posting along ridges, bent close upon their steeds. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Shimmering white figures swish back and forth along the road, calling us forward. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I think 1 hear Ignatius calling me. I better go.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Working-class men attempting political power took to calling one another ‘brother.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They fell onto the bed in a knot of arms and legs, each calling the other by the secret names they had used in the days of the basement. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rushed here and there through the noisy men, calling his name. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fighting as he had never fought before, the Prince of Pen-Llarcau, Taran knew, was calling on all the strength remaining to him. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Isn't that the pot now, calling the kettle black? How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I have fifty-seven minutes left on this stupid calling card and I have so much to tell you. Sit some­where.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the third day of the new year, he walked through die Bottom down Carpenter’s Road with a cowbell and a hangman’s rope calling the people together. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her father said he had been calling everyone he could think of, to see if her mother had indicated where she might be going. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

After a while they get sick of calling me names and ride away laughing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Crickets, frogs, toads, and owls followed them, all calling for night while leaving their hiding places. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Fisher’s already calling the rest of the names, so she doesn’t hear. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Several gave him calling cards, which he slipped into his pants pocket. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then I heard a voice calling her name. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Since she never used curse words, she was calling Dad names like “blankety-blank” and “worthless drunk so-and-so.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he could hear them, shrieking and calling distantly beyond the sound of his blowers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Tom again, calling from the home phone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Mr. Weston at the same time, walking briskly with long steps through the passage, was calling out, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

She led him out of her office and up the stone stairs, calling out instructions and admonitions to helpers and children as she passed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

His authority bolstered by a title on the door and personalized office stationery, York set forth a “working philosophy” for Livermore calling for “always pushing at the technological boundaries.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Then he pushes speaker and I hear, “Good evening. Thank you for calling Thoroughly Thespian. How can I help you?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They practically climbed over one another to kiss it, and to thank him for his justice, his love, and his mercy, calling him “Your Honor,” not even noticing he wasn’t a scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Then my father smiled and winked at the crowd as if it were a huge joke that the agitator should be calling my father names while my father was right there behind him. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma came to the door and stood there smiling, calling to them to come in. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I contemplated calling his house, but his parents were friends with my parents, so that wouldn’t work. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“What do you know about a guy calling himself Mr. Flux?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She might not have used the word, but I heard her calling me an oppressor. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The Foreign Secretary rushed for the stairs, calling out to the guards she passed, “Patrol submarines! In the lake! Warn them!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I can’t put all of the details in order now, but it became clear to me later that, for some reason, the big kids on the school bus were calling me Eclipse Boy. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know how hard it is to imagine that what is now humanity’s highest calling was once considered a crime. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I dreamt of calling Ted up and inviting him to dinner, to one of those trendy who’s-who places, like Cafe Majestic or Rosalie’s. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She casts a dark look across the room where the Duchess’s girls are calling out to the table of roustabouts. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Miller went around the room, calling on people. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And the best part is, the comments section of the article isn’t filled with trolls calling the people in the article awful names. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

A split second later, she hears him calling. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As if to say, I’m not going to stop calling or coming by; I’m committed to you. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"I hope you don't mind me calling you back to court. Though the king says I'm behaving like a finicky cat, and I should be embarrassed." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He wheeled about and sprinted off again, ignoring the Fat Lady who was calling after him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m calling another meeting,” she announced, then wiped her face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He climbed out of the snow heap as if he had'not noticed it, still calling out, “I say. I say!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was crying and calling out his name. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She walked through the silent house and out into the front garden and stood there calling with a puzzled frown. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why did she think I’d been screeching and calling for her? Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I hear someone calling my name, and I think it’s her or Donna. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The SS Einsatzgruppen used code names for the executions, calling them “special actions,” “special treatments,” “cleansings,” and “resettlements.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The freedom to be who you are without anybody calling you names. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, now. All that name calling is beneath you.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I heard somebody calling him the King of the Out Isles, and then there are others who call him the King of Lothian and Orkney. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed her up this very same road, calling her a tattletale. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right then, you do me the courtesy of calling me what I want to be called.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Is your butler calling the police while you stall us here?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He says he’s not calling on his girl.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Like that time we kept calling Harriett ‘Mom’ like her followers?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

We came back from Mean Lady Ming’s, who wasn’t really so mean but we’d gotten used to calling her that. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he knew the place, calling to mind sea-charts of the East Reach. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Gunwoo rushed away, calling out for his mother, while the nurses half carried the injured woman to a chair and began to examine her. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He says that he just wants to make sure that I’m up and won’t be late for school, but I think he’s really calling to see if I’m all right. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, I had never been to what Mom was calling a Catholic wake. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone came to the door of the kitchen who I guessed was the man that had been calling from the other room. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

A second time she tried calling, then a third. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“No, we can’t rejuvenate. But I’m very glad,” Dr. Shaw had concluded, “to have had this opportunity to see an example of senility in a human being. Thank you so much for calling me in.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cheryl was now constantly calling him about wanting more time with the kids—which meant she wanted more money to take care of them. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

For months no one could mention the daughter's name in his presence, though he kept calling them all "Sofía" and quickly correcting himself. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Freckles takes his own coat off and hands it to this man, calling me an inspiration as we walk away. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

We rushed to the train station and got there jus’ as a man was calling, “All aboard!” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Twice I visited her house, only to be told she was out calling. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt silly and wrong calling a grown person Brother So-and-So or Sister Such-and-Such, but thanks to Cecile, we now had brothers and sisters we had never before laid eyes on. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They drafted a message to the white delegates, calling it a “moral appeal to the hearts and consciences of the people of our State.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I almost tell her Kalinda’s warning—that the spirits will hear her calling their name—but I stop myself. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He apologized for joining in on the treestumping and for calling her names. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I thought about Amari calling me Red and how I didn’t mind it so much when he said it. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

This was the challenge she was putting to existence—she would not stir, not for dinner, not even for her mother calling her in. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then he read silently for a while, calling out at intervals, “Mother, what’s ‘offal’?” and, “Where’s that dictionary? Matthew, look up ‘reciprocity.’” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Sally's asleep. This is Sally's grandmother. Why are you calling at this hour, Holden? Do you know what time it is?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The only other memory I have of her is from fifth grade when she snapped at a teacher who kept calling her African American. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I can hear him calling my name as I slam the door behind me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The OIC was calling another run, but over Perch’s yelling I couldn’t hear what he said. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed to think that it was really helpful to lie in bed, listening to the radio and calling out weather reports. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She never would a just shown up on some white lady’s step without calling. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When he and Ernie left home, was Ma going to start calling popcorn her babies? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"I am very old now,” he said, "and my ancestors are now calling me. I can hear their voices. They are saying that it is time for me to go.” The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I was still calling her Anna in my head. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Flicking his dreadlocks over his shoulder, he strode across the deck, calling orders to the rest of the starboard watch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Anybody can sell medicine, but you don’t know who is mixing chalk in his backyard and calling it Nivaquine,” she said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was shouting loudly, calling out my name. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Okay, I get off work at six. Applebee’s. Might have to multitask, though, because I’m trying to finish a story—don’t take it personally okay he’s calling I have to go thanks love you bye.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was the high-pitched sound of a woman who has been calling not once, but several times; and had the nervous tone of one in whom anxiety was beginning to overcome impatience. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He knew that the nickname “Peasant” bugged me, so one day he started calling me “Pez” for*short, which was much better. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again, I find myself wishing for the mundane possibility of calling Rhiannon on the phone, for filling the next empty hour with the sound of her voice. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham City Jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities “unwise and untimely.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He has no intention of calling Moushumi; his exam is coming up, besides which, as much as he wants to make his mother happy, he refuses to let her set him up with someone. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I no hear calling in last hour. No one alive left there,’’Father said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were calling in artillery to shut down the incoming mortars even though it was estimated that the mortars were almost on top of us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my dreamlike state I hear Mas voice calling to me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They complain about him to Theo, calling him “eccentric” and “strange.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It’s like a voice calling, only very soft, as if muffled. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

After calling the warden's office to confirm that my visit had been properly scheduled, he finally admitted me, brusquely directing me to the small room where the visit would take place. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Why did Rana go to the trouble of calling just now? It’s so expensive. It doesn’t make sense.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Nah, you just got me mad, that's all. You were calling me a pervert, remember? And I didn't want you to think that." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not calling him Jesus. And I’m not calling him Number Eight.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I leave the second egg half eaten, hurry to the closet for my cloak, and already I can hear feet on the stairs and the voices calling. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Simply being able to count was considered a talent as mystical and arcane as casting spells and calling the gods by name. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Frustrated, I wedge my small body between theirs and push my way through, calling out loudly, “Sorry, I cannot see.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The herbs, he said, were a divine calling from the Lord. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m not calling to fight with you and I definitely don’t want to get back together. I just want to know. Why didn’t you just break up with me? Why cheat?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I am only stupid for calling you up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deoch told me that it was her nature to disappear like this, and that looking for her would serve about as much purpose as calling for a cat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It might be well for those who are calling for the reeducation of Germany to ponder this episode,” wrote the reporter. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Garfield was respected for his ability to work with those of different viewpoints, and he had given the delegates a stirring address calling for party harmony. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I started calling her Jay after that—there was no way she was my mom anymore. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Inmate Nolen enjoyed calling that out whenever I walked by, particularly when I was in a hurry. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maddie glanced down at the flare path far below, three pinpoints of light beckoning, welcoming, calling—and she made up her mind to try to land. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Then, as if those tracks were calling me, I took off running. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was disorienting, sitting in a dark hotel room, thousands of miles from home, my body broken, calling the name of a boy I’d only met a few days ago. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever got away with calling Ken a poor sportsman. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Limerick City erupts with whistles, horns, sirens, brass bands, people calling and singing, Happy New Year. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I followed slowly, angry at Mom for calling attention to my eyesight. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was calling on behalf of all the siblings, and she was worried. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Jupe had shifted off me by that point and I was able to move, but I was too busy bracing for the worst to actually look at who was calling. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I closed the latch on the door of the trap and hurried inside the house, calling for Bertha. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I want you to stop calling me sport,” Conor said, not taking his eyes off his mother. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“The boats are cheap, graceless, clumsy affairs, as much out of place in what people are calling the ‘Court of Honor’ of the Exposition as a cow in a flower garden.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I’ve actually had to stop calling her Glamour Girl, because Sam gets confused and can’t keep a straight face whenever someone says her real name, so I call her Kennedy now. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Why is everyone calling me Greenbean?” he asked, shaking Chuck’s hand quickly, then letting go. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

One of her own species was calling her. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Now Corporal Craigie walked past our ranks, calling out to us, “Brave billies. Brave, brave. Strike against your masters.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“When a man’s alone on these flats, with a light head and a light stomach, perishing of cold and want, he hears nothin’ all night, but guns firing, and voices calling. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

But then I hear my mom calling my name to meet everyone at the bottom of the stairs. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He did not sound like a father calling his daughter. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it was morning, and the birds were awake and calling to one another over the lapping surf on the beach. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Whoever it was, he was calling—and stamping as well, Hazel noticed—in an unnatural way. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went into the second house and ran up the three flights of stairs, calling “Mama!” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Samuel Pepys records how he sat up reading the volume until 2 am, calling it ‘the most ingenious book that ever I read in my life’. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I heard her at Mother’s door, then I heard her calling Quentin, like the door was locked, then she went back to Mother’s room and then Mother went and talked to Quentin. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of somebody who has been calling my number for the last ten minutes, I can hear, and is as ready to give up on me as I am. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Though I kept calling out new ones as they came to me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Soon Luke was calling Adele “Mama” and my grandpa “Papa,” but I kept my promise to my mother and called them “Grandpa” and “Adele.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I keep going down the hallway, calling over my shoulder, “Everyone in this world is breathing borrowed air.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

A sudden breeze rustled the leaves of a willow, as if it were calling to Beetle. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sure enough noticed the minute Styx started calling Bobby Gene B.G. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Oh. Right, like in case it's that lady calling." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most Brooklyn Germans had a habit of calling everyone who annoyed them a Jew. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m calling on you today to—” Her eyes flicker back to the table where the other ladies is setting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe he even escorts Nathan home, calling ahead to his parents. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Bhai Sahib,” she beckons in Urdu, calling the man with a mustache and thick glasses Mister Brother to be polite. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

They both had enough embarrassments; not everything needed calling out. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Today he burst into the house calling out, “Mom! We’re home! It’s time to come and adore us!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

In response I received a half dozen deranged, anti-Semitic letters, some calling me the Antichrist. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a surprising and immediate intimacy to his teasing her, calling her privileged. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Thinking of Jackson and the things he used to smuggle me makes me think of my mother—the silence from the postmaster every time Jackson came calling, or so I thought. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Surprised that this woman would be calling him at work, our father feigned enthusiasm as best he could. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Ella was fluttering above him, dodging missiles and calling out advice: “The groin. The Earthborn’s groin is sensitive.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Once, when she was presenting a speech in New York, a heckler taunted her by calling her a “free lover.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I figured kids on the baseball field would be calling me “Headless Turkey Boy” and when I ran the bases they’d tease me by making clucking noises. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Naomi had been laying food on the table when he’d burst into the kitchen calling them all out to the truck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Stand up, honey. Now I’m calling your name.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“He was very happy to hear me calling him,” Hilda says. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” I said, thinking he was asking if Deborah knew I was calling. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He sighed before calling out, “Bast! Bring up some cider, would you?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her head bowed even lower when my uncle slapped her for calling him Brother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is a calling from the Lord,” he said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Clutter now fed Babe the core of his apple, calling good morning to a man raking debris inside the corral—Alfred Stoecklein, the sole resident employee. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he took his place at the helm, he could hear people cheering for him and calling, “Atta mouse, Stuart! Atta mouse!” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was on my cellphone the whole time, desperately calling people, trying to figure out where I was, trying to get directions. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Sneaky, don’t come calling me when you catch pneumonia!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t expected me to answer, maybe had given me up for dead already and was calling now out of some reflexive grief instinct that he couldn’t switch off. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I cried and cried and cried, and the whole time I was calling for Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Who on earth’s calling here this early on a Sunday morning?” she mumbled. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A man in a tuxedo walks along calling, “For the love of God, let me through,” though no one steps aside, and he moves no more quickly than anyone else. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I imagine them in their cold graves, calling out to their mothers and fathers, “Don’t forget our birthdays! Celebrate for us. Eat cake for us.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“And stop calling me Mother. I don’t know who you are, but you’re certainly not my little Arty.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She told him that friends had been calling her, checking in to see where she and Zeitoun were, if they were safe. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

That they were calling him everything but his name. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t wait for me to answer, just turns to go, calling back as she does, “You’ll end up getting yourself sacked if you carry on like this.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That maybe God’s calling on us to move on.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

And who she was calling and what the big emergency was and why his birthday was ruined. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then we both hear it at the same time, this voice calling his name and sounding real worried. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

On the way home, Ndlamini couldn’t stop calling me a “miracle worker.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all the while the first strange voice went on calling for help. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard they’re calling for snow,” Mom replies from the sink. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Must get in the habit of calling her Verity. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“And they’re getting worse. They love standing in front of doors to block us and calling themselves the wall,” Marisol chimes in. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

A group of his fellow teachers wagered on how large the child would be, and even took to calling the baby “Lil’ Dub.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t been this scared since he was just a kid and woke up in the middle of the night calling for his mother. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finally gave up and memorized the numbers of everyone I knew worth calling. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And calling it “gleaning” didn’t change the fact of what it was. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Terrible. Hospital food is running straight through me. I been up all night too, but I been calling on God and releasing the devil!” he howled out, his staticky voice popping in my ear. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Their lead centurion, a big seventeen-year-old guy named Dakota, was just calling her name—the last one on the roll. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I remember once calling you ‘George,’ in one of my amiable fits, about ten years ago. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Not so long ago, the thought of Robb calling the banners and riding off to war would have filled him with excitement, but now he felt only diead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I could almost hear her calling me from downstairs. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was after my conference with Sor Asunci6n, once I had begun praying to know my calling, that suddenly, like a lull in a storm, the cravings stopped. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in 2011, the group liberalized its policy, urging parents to limit and monitor toddler screen time but not calling for such a rigid ban. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He tears from his spot with George, through the field and over branches, past the front porch, where Emmett stands calling out words that aren’t strong enough to stop Axel. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Since she’d left him, Cabot had continued harassing her, calling late at night, showing up with flowers or candy or big stuffed bears, sending messages to her through friends and acquaintances. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Did she tell you the daughter was sending me these book- length emails, calling me three and four times a day at the office?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The Saturday before Christmas, we go shopping in the open air mercado for roasted pig, avocados, guava paste, and ripe plantains for pIátanos maduros, the different merchants calling out their wares from their stands. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Frank stuck the jar in his backpack and thanked Esther, who had already switched from calling him sugar to son. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Banner came in the room then, calling the class to order. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Therefore those that call upon the darkness** are they name what is not, calling it Source and End. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Johnson said, “OK, Paul, come with me. You can wait in the nurses room. We’ll be calling you boys in one at a time.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was his mother’s sister calling from California to chat. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you at least want to know what he said on the phone? Why he was calling?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She’d just risked her life because the idiot asked her to, and he was calling her heavy? Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They were calling out: “Come out of the Queen’s chamber!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drifted in and out of dreams, sometimes calling for his father and sometimes raving about bats. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Francie, he had brought his lunch the first day but the boys made fun of him, calling him the country boy from Brooklyn. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One edition highlighted a black-initiated petition calling on President Wilson to give Ireland a voice in determining international policy on postwar issues. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, I shouted at one of them, “Stop calling her that!” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, Mr. Mancini says that people are secretly calling it an ajusticiámiento, which means bringing to justice, the way criminals have to face the consequences of their evil deeds. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

While the other treasure hunters kept calling out weird word combinations, Kyle slowly rotated in place, scanning the park and the playground. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He could smell the sea, hear it washing against the docks and the faraway shores, calling him to wilder waters, to bigger monsters, and to stories yet to be earned. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Only occasionally, on cold nights when there was nothing but the flames to stave off his loneliness, did he think he heard them calling to him, but they whispered words he didn’t understand. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She spoke her mind in the most crude language I’d ever heard, as if there were nothing shameful in it, as if calling a woman a puta were not embarrassing. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He turned his head at the sound of voices calling for more drinks, then waved me away, briskly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You mean, besides the fact that my plane crashed on a hostile island, we haven’t eaten in days, you want me to chug a bug, and you keep calling me New Hampshire?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then she can sit on my shoulders and finally get to see the fights, instead of calling unwanted attention to herself. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

According to what I heard Mom tell Uncle Joe during a visit, a lot of people in Caretta had said some real nasty things about that, calling Dad “uppity.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But this is just a nickname between my dad and me, not for the outside world, in the same vein as my calling him “Hammer.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The voice of a Head Gamemaker used to calling the shots under pressure. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We talk a little more before calling it a night. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He was calling to make sure I would be present at the trial. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Death-Cast is calling with the warning of a lifetime—I’m going to die today. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I frowned, calling back more of the list of Presidents I had memorized for no particular reason when I was in school. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Gompers was calling for fundamental change in the relationship between workers and their overseers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

For the next few days, instead of calling the fish market, Mrs. Sen thawed chicken legs in the kitchen sink and chopped them with her blade. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I must have drifted off, because I didn’t hear my mom calling my name until she was standing over my bed, shaking me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

What I loved most about calling myself a reporter was that it gave me an excuse to show up anyplace. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And then you and I weren’t friends anymore. You started calling us names.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

That was the same as calling my own mother a liar. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

They also noticed a classic shape, which they began calling the shepherd’s crook. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, an answer came to Tree-ear as if calling from the clear sky. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

On either side stand people, dark, calling out the numbers of the brigades, the battalions. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When receiving my Nobel Prize, I'm so lost in thought that the peacenik seated beside me has to elbow me in the ribs, saying, "Hey, buddy, I think they're calling your name." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Tecumseh visited other nations, calling for unity in defiance of the squatter presence on their lands. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

My father has always vaguely disapproved of Violet’s casual way of calling him by his first name—not to mention her profanity—ever since we became friends. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I see him crouching on the swampy ground, calling Lie down, you're dead. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kids were still coming in as the teachers started calling the first few tables to get their trays and stand on line at the counter. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You’ve had a lot to drink. I’m calling you a cab.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Sister,” I say, feeling as if I am calling from far away. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered Juan’s warning about calling the cops, but what else could we do? Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Charles loved dogs—and when his grown children started calling him and Emma Father and Mother instead of Papa and Mama, he declared, “I would as soon be called Dog.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid of somebody calling me a snitch. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I hear my name before I see my mom—but when I do see her, calling my name and looking all around frantically, I run right up to her and let her hold me tight. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t get an immediate sense of a calling from God— it was something that evolved over time. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mother was on the porch already, calling, as Marly ran back again. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“While she was pregnant, Amina, the Prophet’s mother, had a dream with an angel calling her newborn Ahmad, which is a variation of Muhammad.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Outside, men come around with torches, calling out, “Who is wounded? Who is shot?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Abigail responded harshly to Republican critics of Jay’s Treaty, calling them “mindless Jacobins and party creatures.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The calling out of her real descent line would have led her to the wrong place, the village. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Moving boxes are calling your name,” her muffled voice came through the glass. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"Brother," he said, calling me "Brother" for the first time, "I want you to take it. I guess it's a kind of luck piece. Anyway, it's the one I filed to get away." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess there is nothing you can do. I’ll try calling Albany again.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Just the text messages about Mom not calling them were not-Mom-ish. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Finkle and his entourage packed up their gear and left quickly, followed by some people calling out rude comments to him. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Peeta, this is your home. None of your family has been heard of since the bombing. Twelve is gone. And you’re calling for a cease-fire?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He gets out of bed, convinced that it’s his parents calling to wish him a happy birthday, mortified that it will wake Gerald and Lydia from sleep. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, the Northern Progress Company, or whatever they’re calling themselves.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

When Mom announced we were going to Iran, every Persian family in the Willamette Valley started calling her, asking if she could take something to Iran for a relative, or bring something back. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I heard Mr. Loomis calling after me, but the mask covered my ears so that his voice seemed garbled and far away and I could not understand. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“His lordship slew him for calling him Lord Snow. The goats were good, though. We milked the mother and roasted up the kids.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

I probably needed a diaper change, but to all the grown-ups it sounded like I was calling my maternal grandmother by name. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then I heard Big Ma say, “Who you calling?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m just calling to welcome you,” she said, “and to let you know that we’d like to invite you to join something very special.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

By the time they untangled her, they heard Dallas calling from the opposite hillside, beyond the tickle-violets and picnic tree. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I had the driver pull over at a store that sold calling cards. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I have never been outside the state of California in the nearly seventeen years that my atoms and molecules have been stuck together, walking around and calling themselves Finn. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

People yanked out their phones, calling the cops, but somebody must have called the cops already, because the berry lights flashed down the block. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was after that match that Ali began calling himself “The Greatest,” and Bobby took issue with that, too. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Major Nwogu is calling you. He is at the bar down the road.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I searched for the boy who’d given me the calling card behind the auditorium before winter break, but couldn’t find him. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mayor De Roos himself was making a point of half-complimenting Kwang in the media whenever he could, just the week before calling him “a fervent voice in the wide chorus that is New York.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he hadn’t thought of calling his parents and felt guilty about it now? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Though he closed his eyes and called on Jesus—calling over and over again the name of Jesus—his pagan body stiffened and flamed and the women laughed. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The children got so used to his toad face and grabby hands, they began calling him Tio CapitSn and asking to hold his gun and ride on his knee horse. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could have gone my whole entire life without Lice Peeking calling me his “friend.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Back at their base, during the report they had to make about how the mission went, they joked with the 10th Leningrad pilots, calling them “brothers” or “old men.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She be calling me a ho, and I know she’s my twin and all, but it still hurts. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Sorry for calling her Claire when she only wanted to be called Mom? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

And because of his reluctance to do this, the people in the market started calling him the Pope. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Before Enoch could answer, we heard a voice calling us from the path. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel like calling, so I sent a quick text: Won’t be home for dinner. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She knocked at the door calling out that she was Aunt Sissy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind me, black crows rise from the trees, flying west against a fading sky, calling to one another. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One morning I was roused by my uncle’s voice calling gently but persistently. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t realize why I’m calling until I’m actually on the phone with him. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And I can’t exactly say when animal activists around the world began calling for equal billing for their own favorite species, adding in Year of the Otter, and the Whale, and the Penguin. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But I hadn't seen them taking any real steps—like making some tapes and calling up a radio station to ask for a few minutes on the air. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

We’d just turned down Presidio when I heard someone calling my name. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She had finished growing up when she stopped calling her mother “Mama.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before long, people had a new name for the Green Square: They started calling it the Bloody Square. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

One Bay Area sports scribe took to calling him the “sphinx of Berkeley” and wondered if he even so much as said hello to his wife in the evening these days. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My mother was making cocoa for us and calling in a word here and there from the kitchen. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the NBA Finals got closer, reporters from all over started calling. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the homes of their friends, his mother tells the story of calling the hospital. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe there was a UN mandate that calling an animal endangered worked like clicking ruby slippers, and meant they’d have to drop everything and whisk us to safety. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Across town, over in the East Village, the graffiti was calling for the rich to be eaten, imprisoned, or taxed out of existence. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Alyce sang and rubbed, calling the cow Sweetheart and Good Old Girl as she heard Will do, and the boy pushed and pulled and worked as hard as the cow. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought about how she could never go over to her father’s apartment without calling first, although it never seemed like another woman had been there. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She heard them calling after her, but she didn’t answer. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

While she was dressing she heard Henry’s step on the front porch and thought him calling for her too early, but he walked down the hall toward Jem’s room. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

With Ras calling for the destruction of everything white in Harlem, who could notice me? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel England pulling at my heart, an echo calling to me like wind in a tree’s branches, saying, Come back, come back. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“In case you hadn’t noticed, mate, calling You-Know-Who by his name didn’t do Dumbledore much good in the end,” Ron snapped back. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

This person crying in the doorway and calling me poor girl looked like a clown made up like Sad Ruth. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He hobbles along the streets calling, Anna Lie Sweets Lie, which doesn’t sound a bit like Limerick Leader and it doesn’t matter because everyone knows this is Ab Sheehan that was dropped on his head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her dæmon leapt from one side of the little glass cabin to the other, looking ahead, above, to the left and right, and calling to her constantly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was Nancy’s brother on the line, calling from Kansas, saying that Nancy’s father was slipping, and that it looked as if the end was near. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jaime approached the study of medicine as if it were a religious calling. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then pretty soon he calling everybody including hisself Mama, and calling his daddy Mama too. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A few referred to it as Angola South, but far more were calling it Camp Greyhound. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Bottom line: $7.02 worth of food acquired in seventy minutes of calling and driving, minus $2.80 for the phone calls—which ends up being equivalent to a wage of $3.63 an hour. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he found out that Ethan would be in town, he started calling the ticket office to buy one more, but there were none to be had. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the thought of her calling your parents to come get you is enough to make you rise to your feet. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The sick lay in the stiflingly hot building unattended, calling out for water, moaning pitifully, and vomiting on themselves. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly his voice came clearly to me, and I realized he was calling my name. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see much through the dust, but I heard my friends calling out for one another. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Other teachers and parents kept calling out to Ms. Morales, but she kept shepherding the kids toward the parking lot, even as she stayed a few steps back from them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was tired of the twins calling everyone stupid. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Pa didn’t mind me calling collect when we reached Atlanta. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t bring your earpiece with you. I tried calling you but just got static.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“My sister Julie and I are calling to wish her a happy birthday.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He banged through the front screen door of the ranch calling, “Ma’am, ma’am, there’s a catalog.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I look back up, she is spinning around the beach, kicking up sand, calling my name. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I just lay there in the floor for a while, and kept calling him a moron sonuvabitch. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

After only five minutes, I felt my eyelids grow heavy, and my bed started calling my name. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He heard her calling her father's name in a desperate voice. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“A pity we have none. Do you trust this peace, Quent? I don’t. Half the city is calling the dragonslayer a hero, and the other half spits blood at the mention of his name.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I appreciated everything he said, but he didn’t know how bad I felt about not calling out a warning when I’d seen the kayak that morning, before school. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The man in the grey suit does not admonish him for calling. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Thinking Grandpa might be asleep, I tiptoed down the hall instead of calling out. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t hear anything except from deep inside the sound of one metal cup clanking the length of the bars and one lone voice calling for help. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would have stayed with him, but there was always another job, always a sister demanding help or a soldier calling from his bed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You need to take some time for yourself before you burn out, kid. You need a bigger support system. “Stop calling me ‘kid,’” Alex says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Atik picked up Uma and the baby, put them on the sled and, calling his grateful thanks to Miyax, took off. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine he’s calling at her behest, in any case. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other kids treated her like a total pariah, crowing that her mother was a “hoor” and calling her “lice girl.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, when I’m near the jungle, I can hear my father’s voice. It’s like a ghost calling to me, blaming me...I’ve heard it for the last ten years.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Overhead, I hear the trilling of birds calling to one another as they roost for the night and see glowing lights kindle in hollow knotholes as sprites come awake. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I slip on one shimmering ruby shoe and, tugging on the other one, hop over to the control panel, where the stage manager is calling cues into her headset. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

They were calling for their mothers and asking for water. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

People in the crowd tried to touch me as I passed, calling out good wishes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He tries not psyching himself into thinking Delilah is calling and his heart races when he reads her name. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He then left home, joined the navy, and drifted through a long series of jobs without finding any real calling. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I’m calling because I’m concerned about Andy’s performance and behavior in class. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for calling technical support. I’m tech rep number 338645. How may I help you this evening?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

My back was getting damp as I lay there, and it was only after a little while that I realized my brother was calling my name. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then the roof vanished, the punt was gliding on and he heard Kehaar calling. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Zeitoun felt again that perhaps this was his calling, that God had waited to put him here and now to test him in this way. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He thinks of calling home but decides he is content to sit and wait awhile longer. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We make a little parade, Justin in his bright green soccer uniform and knee socks, the barking black dog, me, and Elizabeth calling, “You don’t have to...the kitchen is a mess.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The Court’s enforcement decree, issued a full year after Brown, seemed conciliatory to segregationists, imposing no deadline for achieving racially mixed schools and calling merely for “good faith implementation.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve noticed you use that word a lot, crazy. And you sound angry when you say it, almost like you’re calling yourself a name.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They circled the chair, calling for their Master, who fed only on humans. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been calling you every day for the past five days.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“If we continue like this, we’ll have to start calling it remorse code.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The heads would be spinning around at the mall, with the mouths of the heads calling your name. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would dishonor our closeness by holding on to a particular language and calling it my family language. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They roamed over the green-coated slopes, running, sliding, calling out to each other with each new discovery, until they were exhausted. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, Gil. Yeah, you better tell Trucho to put a guy on Bloom, or at least keep half an eye on his place. Thanks for calling.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now get off the line, babe, and get over here. I’m calling the Charity right now. Get out that house fast!” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before he could say any more they heard Elinor's voice calling from the house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

My father will not stop calling my name! Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t like him calling me friend. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, I was just calling to tell you 1 miss you and hope you’re having a good year. Feel free to call me whenever you want, okay, Auggie? You know I love you always.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He and Papi went to high school together back in the day, but after that, Manny went to a trade school and found his calling in clogged drainage. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The kind of families that used to name their sons Justin or Brandon and are now calling them Alexander or Benjamin. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I heard a very sharp whistle blast, like the referee was calling a foul on Atlas, or possibly me. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

They were busy calling out sins for Mrs. Mackey to write on a blackboard. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But he was only calling from his house in the suburbs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

This time, the scene shows Hideo turning around a few seconds sooner and calling Sasuke back before he can go into the trees. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Look, it’s none of my business if you guys are smoking. But it is my business when you’re on my property. You guys need to leave. I catch you here again, I’m calling your parents.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I am grateful for that freedom, but my roots are calling to me now.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Now someone is calling the number of our company, it is, yes, the Company Commander, he has come through, then; his arm is in a sling. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sound rose up around him, people calling for help. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I told her about Davis calling it a rounding error, but I still worried that it might be dirty money or that I might be exploiting Davis or...but she shushed me. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But this was tantamount to calling Lawrence’s bluff: at its current level of development, Ernest acknowledged, the calutron could produce enriched uranium fast but only in very small quantities. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Out in the arena the crowd was calling for Kaira and stomping their feet. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The coach wouldn’t share details, but he hinted that he was calling in some favours to help with the quest. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

One enterprising rock critic has tried to solve the problem simply by calling his music a cross between the British new wave music of the 1980s and hip-hop. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Are you calling me out? Because then it’s my right to choose the time and the weapon.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The first shove, the first time he slapped me, when he started calling me names, or the time he squeezed my arm so hard I had a bright red handprint around it? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, you can make another call; we have a liberal policy in that regard. I can’t offer you the opportunity of calling a bondsman because your offense is unbailable, at present. When you’re arraigned, however—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But why would she be calling him on the landline if she had this phone to call? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guiteau gave his calling card to an usher, whose job it was to greet visitors and escort them to Garfield. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Others were banging on the door, calling for help. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

A theater nearby was just emptying, and crowds milled around the lighted foyer, calling for cabs, wrapping coats around their shoulders. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But since I don’t have a cell phone, Isabella and Julia have been calling the house phone. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t describe where we were to him, so I just kept calling his name, and he found my voice. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We really don’t care about your—problem? I guess, is what we’re calling it.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Are you calling me a communiss?” the policeman asked the old man while he tried to avoid the lashing of the lute string. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I gave him his nickname, though. I watched him face his fears and I saw how troubled he was, and I figured he could use a new life, so I started calling him ‘Four.’ Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It’s evening, with a melon-colored sunset, loons calling in the distance, the drawn-out rising note that sounds like wolves. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I picked up the telephone and began calling the community leaders. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the next several days, Deborah called Hopkins again and again, telling the switchboard operators, “I’m calling for my cancer results.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Probably calling me his number one fan or some annoying title that only Khalil can think of. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“If you wouldn’t mind calling my office, I’d be happy to speak with you at a later date.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

At the public baths, they would look for the beautiful girls and tell their sons to go calling at their houses. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

What right did he have calling Mama by her given name? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then it was Thanksgiving week and when I called, the switchboard told me no one was answering in her office at all, so now I’m calling more than a week later than I’d planned. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He leaves the Pennsylvania House and walks across the city to nearby Georgetown, where he makes the unusual gesture of calling on Lucinda Metz, an old girlfriend. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Conor saw it was Lily’s mum calling and let it go to voice mail. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’d always had a hard time calling on my father, or.pray- ing, or whatever you want to call it, but I stepped into the waves. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

But then my uncle wasn’t calling my name. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I had thought of his voice calling for a long time, since the night of the storm when the ship had sailed away. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matilda laughed and turned away and ran up the path to her front-door, calling out as she went, "Good-bye, Miss Honey! Thank you so much for the tea." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

If we had a telephone, I’d be calling Doc Murphy every hour. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The god of war ruffled her hair and pounded her on the back, calling her the best warrior he’d ever seen. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He yelled at her in Latin, no doubt calling her a liar and a rule breaker, but she pushed the statue over and kept running. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A couple of years ago, Taryn started calling those times when they’d be hanging out and then got really quiet “pondering mysteries.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I tell them everything, and afterward my mom is on the telephone, calling Finch’s mom. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t seem to have noticed that Frightful is gone or she would be calling me. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black leaders, including Ferdinand Barnett, concluded a two-day conference on the matter with a public statement calling on both the mayor and the governor to send in the soldiers. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Now Betty was coming up the stairs, calling to them as she came, a little too harshly perhaps, given Jackson’s ordeal of the morning. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Not to talk of calling the man a ‘president.’” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Men stood at the windows of the prison, calling out to those who passed by. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You calling that thing a baby.” she said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother was shocked I had used her name instead of calling her Grande. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know the thousand Charlies are there, calling me to the tree house. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t remember calling for her, but Zu appeared at my side in an instant, stuffing something under the front of her oversized sweatshirt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“You don’t need to bother calling me that.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I stare at Abby’s drawing as they roll me out, the healthy lungs calling to me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He dreamed that Master was calling him—Ugwu, my good man!—and when he woke up Master was standing at the door, watching him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He calls me as if he were calling a dog, she thought. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"All sorts of people are calling themselves kings these days." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It made me sad when Mexican farm workers were transported along that same road, like cattle packed in the backs of trucks, calling out to us to please marry them and rescue them. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I chased him for blocks and blocks, calling out, “Charlie,” convinced that he just forgot to invite me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was the soft grunt of a mother calling her child. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just as I’m finishing up, her mother is calling from downstairs, “Dinner!” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t simply a matter of calling people by nicknames. It’s a matter of your looking down on working- class people.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I yelled all game, calling over the line to the QB. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I just had to understand that for Patrick, moving a certain kind of person was the equivalent of me calling a pigeon Cheeky—it simply wasn't worth the money to him. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

No one was calling me baas and master any longer. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the pain, dizziness and my own screaming, I could hear my uncle calling my name, telling me to stay awake. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even know why I was calling her in the first place. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

All that day and many following, I sat by the side of the road leading to the bazaar calling to those who passed, adding to the general clamour. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand in the pirogue, calling his name over and over, talking nonsense to keep him near. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach is dancing at the sight of all the food, but my mind can’t stop thinking about Mrs. Walton’s nosy behind calling my house. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Taryn’s mom, Mrs. Bishop, ended up calling Ivy’s mom, asking if Ivy could stay the night, and of course Ivy’s mom said yes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Officer Crams calling in,” the harness bull said into the phone receiver. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Because the sponsors and the benevolent associations would start calling her, asking, shouting, pleading to make me play again. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And once they heard a corncrake calling as it crept among the long grass of a path verge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She tries to, but Lady Bug keeps calling her away.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Doha’s mother hurried inside, calling for her husband. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

First, I’ve told him not to call me “Cath,” because it sounds too much like he’s calling me a baby cow, and second, why’s it such a surprise I have a friend next door? Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had thought about calling the police, but didn’t want to interfere. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She ran hard after the mulefa, who were calling her name as they streamed out of the settlement and onto the highway. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Just as the last bird had disappeared beyond the treetops, they heard Grandma’s voice calling for them. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Norkus had forbidden Herbert to join the Hitler Youth, calling it “too dangerous.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

There is no calling those television programs back. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run along the inner side of the fence, as close as I can get, calling out David’s name, but the sounds of helicopter blades and sirens mute my screams in the blizzard of dust. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

So when they started calling April, February, Melanie knew everything would be all right. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shout came from far below, and it took a moment for Jesper to realize it was Wylan calling to him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"Yes, Renee, I'm calling about a possible problem with my electric blanket." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later she would explain that the boys had been taunting her, sticking their feet in the aisle to trip her, kicking her, and calling her names. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His teacher insisted on calling him “Elder Antain” in a breathy fawning voice, even though he wasn’t an elder yet, and gave him top marks no matter what kind of work he did. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I could no longer hear the man calling, so I began to run. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it did not, and there was not much sense calling it a theoretical possibility when we were in it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The afternoon was alive with the racket of a thousand different songbirds calling to us from the grove, surrounding us with their chants, their hymns, their lullabies. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I said nothing because he might be able to hear where I was calling from. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We've lost quite a few of our folks over the past few weeks, not just to shambler attacks but also to a group of men calling themselves Survivalists. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe they’re clothes belonging to Luke’s wife, whom I’ve also never seen; only pictures and a voice on the phone, late at night, when she was calling us, before the divorce. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within days, they’re in their usual routine of calling every night before bed and texting in the morning, except it’s better. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Nokomis snored and often talked in her sleep, calling out to people from long ago. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Protocol for telling an employee about their End Day involves an administrator calling the Decker into their office “for a meeting.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was Hooper who found him, because he had known at once where he would have gone, they all followed Hooper, trampling and calling. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Dad explained that he and Ma would be calling to check in, even once they got to Jamaica. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

In my deluded solitude, I sat waiting for my son in the armchair of my library, my eyes glued to the doorsill, calling to him with my mind, as I used to call for Clara. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before long, all of us were calling that day by a new name. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father had been a vaquero all his life, a calling as ancient as the coming of the Spaniard to Nuevo Méjico. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He insisted on showing us how he did this breathtaking feat, calling us over to the table and drawing a diagram. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Call and Caroline were waving back and calling out to him, but I was standing there shivering, my arms crossed, my hands hooked up under my arms and pressed against my breasts. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an insult, as if calling someone lousy or rotten. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

This recalled him to himself, and he leaned out of the window and waved his hand, calling out: “Love to Madam Mina; I shall write so soon as ever I can.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She said that for the rest of her life she could hear her two murdered sons calling to her in that ear. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Pippin lay in a dark and troubled dream: it seemed that he could hear his own small voice echoing in black tunnels, calling Frodo, Frodo! The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Lyra struggled up, and with Pantalaimon calling, “This way! This way!” among the other daemon-cries and flutterings, she hauled herself over the rubble. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Rumors of plots and conspiracies calling for the death of both Cleopatra and Mark Antony had been circulating for months. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I pictured sharks in the ocean, calling out their own names as they swam by. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

To the supplications of reason they eventually added the insult of imprecation, calling him a young cur and a scoundrel and, moreover, a fool. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I can feel it, like it’s pulling me down into a bottomless pit, like it’s calling for me to just fall and fall and fall. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

From there, Tenskwatawa and others traveled throughout Shawnee country, calling on Shawnees to return to their traditional religions and cultural roots. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Henry says you’re talking about coming. But Tino and Victor and those guys are saying some bad stuff. So you had better not show your face at Luis’s funeral. I’m calling to tell you that.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of calling Phyllis, too, but her number was in my dead cell phone. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

We heard talking outside and calling back and forth. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was the storybook place at Bedford and Atlantic, where the princess had been calling out to be rescued since Fern was about four or five. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He thought about calling her himself, but she’d already yelled at him once when her ringtone had woken up his mum. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She herself keeps calling the precinct house, the lawyers, the hospital, she will say anything to get information on the chances for the girl, what we should expect. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw no advantage in calling witnesses to tty' to disprove something that was incontrovertible. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he struggled on he called again, and kept on calling more and more frantically; but he heard no answer for some time, and then it seemed faint and far ahead and high above him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The press had more than the usual fun with such an esoteric engineering concept, calling the new planes “wasp-waisted” and “Coke-bottle shaped” and talking about the “Marilyn Monroe effect.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

So she wept, pleading through her door for them to tell her what was happening, calling for her father, for Septa Mordane, for the king, for her gallant prince. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The ref blew the whistle again, calling a technical foul. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

And I did not ask any questions, because now a bell was sounding and a ship’s steward was calling our arrival in Tientsin. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, I kept expecting to hear a cop’s siren wailing away in the distance, racing toward us, flipping on its spotlight and calling for us to “Freeze!” over their loudspeaker. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Merchants and charlatans gained control of Europe, calling their insidious gospel “The Enlightenment.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandmother knew about my tricks and made fun of me, calling me carseloi, which means spider. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We dashed for our bikes, Abbey calling over her shoulder, “Grandpa Bobby, you’d better be here when we get back!” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s my own dear name, and it belongs to me, and something is using it and writing it and calling me with it and my own name...” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Too tired to hunt down three andys, with the worst of the eight calling the shots. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Chris was laughing and calling her to come along smart with those buckets. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

They kept calling out the same words over and over, sounding like the choir on Sunday but without no real feeling of happiness in the words. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

When he was nervous he was talkative, and he had spent the afternoon calling Marcela at the barn over and over again and chattering at her. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A half hour passed after we heard the last one move, before I heard Gearhart calling us together. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m calling an emergency meeting. Today. At lunch. I need you.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“A wand made from the same stand of trees as the Current herself. For calling us, if you need our help. No matter when, we’ll come running.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

This is when he started calling himself Ho Chi Minh—“Bringer of Light.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The unhappiness produced by the knowledge of that engagement had been a little put aside by Elizabeth Martin’s calling at Mrs. Goddard’s a few days afterwards. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He had found his calling, he wrote in 1868, and told his parents he wanted to become the “greatest architect in the city or country.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He could never remember that she was now Weasel and kept calling her Arry, even though he knew she was a girl. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They stood side by side calling to each other over the din. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her voice incited others, and now large numbers of people were calling out, “Close Village! Close the border!” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

And they might still be calling to this day had not a single voice separated itself from the others: “Burn ’im, Magee!” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alvarez told Oppenheimer that uranium atoms split in two—scientists were calling it fission. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

John Roberts took charge of the presents, calling out the names written on the cards. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Why you calling me? Why don't you call your..." and before he could even finish his sentence, he answered his own question. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The racetrackers were soon calling the winner’s circle “Howard’s Half Acre,” and Barn 38 was the track’s runaway leader in wins. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other folks ran down the street, too, calling out one suggestion after another. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“No, the Lady Seymour wants to see you. And the master just arrived with gentlemen friends all calling for food and drink. Hurry!” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex saw that she had stood up again and was speaking into the mobile phone, perhaps calling for help. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Sierra could almost hear it calling as they raced along. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

With the mine included in the quarantine, there would be no whistles calling the men to work. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sierra could hear the spirits still humming their sacred harmonies, calling out her brand-new name. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

No. It was just his voice, calling to her. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Pilate darted around the cave calling him, looking for him, while Macon piled the sacks of gold into the tarpaulin. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, what was I supposed to do? You kept calling me back, changing your mind. Sell the tickets. No, don’t sell the tickets, I’m taking Tatiana. No, I’m not taking Tatiana. Sell ’em. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

They crowded into her darkened room, throwing open the windows, singing hymns and praying over the grieving woman-child, exorcising the demon of grief and calling Ann back to the world in Jesus’ name. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

They belted it out like a quarterback calling a play. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

A certain someone who is calling and calling. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Bonner is notorious for calling on people instead of waiting for someone to volunteer an answer. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He watched over her and her baby as though it had become his calling; he was very good to John, and played with him, and bought him things, as though John were his own. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

But then she realized that Mama was calling to her, not urgently. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I believe you. But not everybody will, and you’re calling attention to yourself in a bad way.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

At the weekly meetings, members spent hours cursing out Martin Luther King and other national black leaders, calling them Communist dupes and worse. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A short time later, I heard my mother calling me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“God no. But she named them, you know. They were called fried burritos when we got here, and Alaska started calling them bufriedos, and then everyone did, and then finally Maureen officially changed the name.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Working quickly and without much thought, he gave his diary a title, calling it, “Chronology of Events.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Her real name is Miss Kuckenbacker, but she told us to call her Miss K, because calling her Miss Kuckenbacker would take up too much classroom time.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Lydia sat in her car and tried calling Dill again. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Mark runs back down the stairs even as Trina is calling his name. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Singer could see the other patients calling out to each other and laughing. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Ms. Bishop, my name is Agent Scott Singleton. I’m calling from the Utah Bureau of Investigation.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Why do they leave, since you insist upon calling me an intellectual?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raised my head out of the seat to look at what Momma was calling home and couldn’t believe it! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I played again with the idea of calling customs, to tell them about the body, but there was something else none of us had considered. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The dark presence of the river was like a shroud, enveloping me, calling to me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God has given him a special calling. To help people. He told me how he helped Sadie. And how he helped you.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I played with it all the time, and Dad played too, calling out deck numbers for the computer to take us to like we were really on board the Enterprise. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“It is not midnight, if that is what you mean. I think it is a good calling time.” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

But even as I was ticking off all the things I had to do today, I knew calling Auggie wasn’t going to be one of them. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Though the stretch I was in seemed deserted, I could hear fishermen calling out to one another farther along downstream. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think she gets that, like, we’re having fun, you know? Once I get what I need from her, I’m calling it off. Then it’s college honeys for days, you know what I’m saying?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He could hear a teacher or two calling from outside, finally noticing something was going on. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He spun round, and rushed wildly up the path, calling and calling his master’s name. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Brian shrugged and continued, calling out the names in singsong fashion, with measured pauses, letting his voice linger over the names and numbers, a weird litany here in the quiet office. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And my Mom said: “Maybe he calls all the new students to welcome them,” and my dad said: “That’s a lot of kids he’d be calling.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Many of their sons had clamored for the honor of riding with the Young Wolf, as they had taken to calling him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Any minute now, I thought, my mother’s voice would come calling down the stairs: “Yanek! Dinner!” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure how long Audrey had been calling, but I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket and answered it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Earlier, I thought Christoffel's friends at the ferry were all calling him Mr. Great. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

I slept beside her until I heard her calling my father. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Unless you come clean, right now, I’m calling the cops. I’m serious.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He heard Nately running after him to restrain him, calling his name. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Emenike didn’t contact me at all after I was deported. Then, last year, after somebody must have told him I was now in the game, he started calling me.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A chorus of numbers filled the air as if The Vigil members were calling bids at a weird auction. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That's me—and don't come calling me by my first name. To you and all like you I'm Mister Brockway . . ." "You . . . ?" I began. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the pilots were drifting back from the bar, still laughing at the rare faux pas of a colonel’s wife calling her husband at happy hour. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The aunties will soon be calling our numbers for breakfast.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded disrespectful to me—calling a woman old enough to be my grandmother by her first name, but I did as I was told. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I waited for Holly to get mad at Amari for calling her rich. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The chapel bells ring, calling us to evensong, but neither Marguerite nor I move. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And then Luke, always the most obnoxious kid in the class, started calling me “Hunan Express,” which Emily thought was hilarious and kept repeating over and over again. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. K is calling me Bobby now, except in front of customers, when he still calls me Mr. Goodspeed, on account of putting on a good show, I figure. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He did not appear frightened, though all around him men were calling for his death. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I imagined them calling their friends on the phone. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Constance was about to sit down at the water’s edge when she heard Alf calling, “Constance, look! Down here! There’s a sparrow!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I remember. You used to be up hella late calling people.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her bracelet tinkled, calling communicants to the altar, but the only one in the temple had been excommunicated from the Faith because of his parentage and continued mopping. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don't you start calling him, Missy,” her mother said, and Liyana opened and closed her mouth like a fish. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Before either mother or son could speak, rearrange themselves properly, or even exchange looks, Freddie had run around the house, climbed the porch steps, and was calling them between gulps of laughter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I climbed up hills, looking for them and calling, and I went down into dark ravines, calling and looking. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

X Dorian Greene turned one of his severe calling cards over and printed on the reverse side: “Stunning apartment for rent. Apply at 1A.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think Martin Luther King is our daddy? That he secretly run around calling himself Danny Turner, out here in South Carolina? You crazy.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“We are serving tea, sir, though calling it chocolate so as not to agitate the sensibilities of Patriots.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then I heard Amah calling me again. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reassured by this, I slept like a log, until I heard a voice in my ear, calling over and over again: “Columbia, Columbia, good morning from Houston.” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bathilda also parrots the family line on Ariana, calling her “frail” and “delicate.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The man was concerned: he felt his companion’s shoulder and arm tenderly, and embraced her swiftly before calling to Will. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

All day, the ladies kept calling and were received gallantly by Mattie’s henchmen. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed that when the telephone was not ringing for him, he was calling someone else, consulting the jotted numbers in his ever-ready memorandum book. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Initial reports tied Mr. Aziz to a terrorist splinter group, but the FBI now is now calling it a simple case of mistaken identity. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe one of them gave me the orange for not calling them any names? Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

In her gentlest but firmest way, she gathered up the surviving demons and set them in work crews to clearing the mounds from which people were calling. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was three hours later and after calling everyone we knew and driving around town twice that we decided to call the police. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He began to push slowly down the street, calling again, “Hot dogs!” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy didn’t translate, but Hazel was pretty sure Arion was calling out to any other horses that might be in the bay: Beat that, ya punks! The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

These numbers were all six digits in length, and they also began with the numeral “6,” so everyone began calling them the Sixers. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She awoke at dawn to hear Lady calling and glanced up. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But little by little he let himself be conquered by rusticity, and came to accept the fact that he had no calling as a dandy, especially since there was no one to appreciate his efforts. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Suit yourself, but there’s only one bed, and I’m calling the left side.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was so completely, so thoroughly accustomed to courtesy within the community that the thought of asking another citizen an intimate question, of calling someone’s attention to an area of awkwardness, was unnerving. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t raise my hand anymore in Mrs. Verne’s class, and after the first time I didn’t bother answering even when she called on me, she stopped calling on me. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was sitting in the back of the room where I always sit and dreaming about laying some serious lip on Celia when I heard Mr. Galicki calling my name. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure they’d let me in without Mom calling to arrange it, so I brought along a letter that had arrived for my father at the house. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Some of these Navy men had been trained by her, but that didn’t stop them from playing tricks on her and calling her a “witch” and a “hag.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Through the years our business has been killing;—it was our first calling in life. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others chimed in, calling out different types of grain. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“This hive of industry,” as the Director was fond of calling it, was in the full buzz of work. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oliver was deeply religious and had for a long time considered the ministry to be his calling. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were small triumphs, but we took what we could get—snickering behind her back and calling her Six-finger-dog-tooth-meringue-pie. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s not talking about you. Not yet. He’s just calling me stupid.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

A few more nights of cold and hunger, and the blue would start calling to him too. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was beginning to regret calling Tom Hustings over, although Hustings was big and good for scaring people. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

We shook him hard, calling out his name, but he was silent. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She had barely started when they heard Mrs. Tallis calling them down to dinner. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At once the zalif gave a call of alarm, and everyone in earshot stopped work and sped to the center of the settlement, calling the young ones. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

So many people are calling that Junior thinks I should limit those trips. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they started calling the Central Valley the Pacific Dust Bowl, and that put the last nail in the region’s coffin. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Like he couldn’t even imagine someone calling him grimy or stupid or lazy or a troublemaker. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

This time, they even complimented us on calling off the strike. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sea of eager smiling faces bobbed around them, calling out names and waving cards with passenger’s names on them. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“If only” implied “if only we could stay,” and the idea of calling San Francisco home didn’t sound so unreasonable to her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It is Ollie, calling from someplace with noise in the background. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They mistrusted his taste for the high life, with Elizebeth calling him downright “unsavory.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Is that a roundabout way of calling me cold? How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Actually, she'd prefer just Janice, but I always called her "Ms." just because you never know when Doris might pop up, and she ain't play calling elders just by their first names. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Secretly, and only when alone, Johnny began calling him ‘Rabbit.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But within hours on Sunday morning Nixon’s worried aides were calling him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Do you seriously get girls to like you, calling them that?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"Nobody in this room talking to you. You hear anybody call your name? When somebody calls your name, then somebody's talking to you, and nobody in this room is ever gonna be calling your name." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

It is the distant forest voice calling its child home at twilight. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I tapped my finger on the number so my phone would start calling and then quickly put it to my ear before I could change my mind. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He bobs his head, calling, “Spot. Here, boy.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“There’s a caramel apple calling out to me.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The young mouse ran, pushing the vole in front of him and calling out: “Run, keep going, Mr. Vole! Try to make it to the woods and hide.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A dozen spectators, man and boy, were calling out encouragement, Robb's voice the loudest among them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

You can hear the attempt of his breath, that unlost voice, calling us from the bottom of the world. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing deterred the stoic alcoholics from their calling. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He kept sending flowers and trying to get me back into his clutches, but after a while he stopped calling and I never saw him again. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The press started calling him “the most wanted man in the world.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Even so, this was a blow to the government, for they now had to go back to the drawing board in the case they were calling the trial to end all trials. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if the officer is watching us or calling in backup. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

John Kikulski spoke in Polish, calling for “cooperation between blacks and whites.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“New lab partners today,” Mr. Levy announces, and starts calling out names. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The landlord keeps on calling me and asking me if I have the money for rent. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“If you start calling me Mike instead of Mr. Armstrong,” he said, “you can have the job.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was at the door of the cabin, calling hello to his relatives. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to tell my friends about Tyler calling, because that will just lead us back to the dance and that will make me mad all over again. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It’s what I was calling the new baby, though it wasn’t officially her name. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

What the heck did I get myself into by calling him in the middle of the night? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She said “dummy” so nicely, like she was calling him “sweetheart” instead. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He would continue calling tomorrow, he promised, and he would speak with Mrs. Cadaver. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Three Rums!” cried the stranger, calling to the landlord. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Is this weird old lady calling me a liar? Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Friends they might be, but if Ron started calling Lavender “Lav-Lav,” he would have to put his foot down. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Their faces seemed so old, so dark, calling forth overworked cliches about the earth and the sky and the wind. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinx thought it strange that Burton was calling in. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Folks are calling this place Recovery Key because you’ve managed to turn things around. It’s heartwarming. People can’t get enough of it.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon they’d hear Mama calling them from the galena, a scold in her voice. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1886, the Republican Party urged him to run for mayor of New York, calling him the “Cowboy Candidate.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“But you are calling. Anyhow. Do you want me to come down there to San Francisco?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

For an hour he paced the field, calling for the missing foxes. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I want to add that I can’t imagine calling Soojin any of those other names, and that it would feel like I was talking to an impostor—but I don’t. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But he liked the yacht’s heart-shaped hot tub, where he sat watching Ladybird Hope on a TV news hour calling him a threat to national security. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He was walking away and I kept calling him but he couldn’t look back. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She was calling our names one by one. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t stand calling her that. So, we had to get married, so I could call her ‘wife.’ If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve been mad all this time because I picked my best friend? And you thought retaliating by calling us horrible and hurtful names would fix things?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I know why they are calling out to me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many people turned to see what adult was calling, “Mama!” like a child. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The British magazine Chess relaxed its stiff upper lip, calling Bobby’s effort a game of “great depth and brilliancy.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to walk to the gate to see if my father has come calling for me.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was his cousin Cletus who had started calling him the big man, but the name was well deserved. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was afraid of being lost, so he repeated trail marks to himself: this is my mouth tasting the salt of her brown breasts; this is my voice calling out to her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you calling me a liar?” he says slowly. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It took me a while to get used to calling my old school by its new name. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“The buffalo are gone,” she’d said, “but thank goodness for their calling cards.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I rolled up off the floor pretty quick, hit the stairs at a trot, with my mom calling after me, sounding tired and annoyed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I pictured my dad holding me down, calling for help, loading me onto the ferry with my arms locked in a straightjacket. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Even better, he told us he was in Kinshasa; he’d flown in as soon as aid flights had opened up and was calling from Mom’s living room. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined her as, say, Mrs. Cobb, swooping out from behind her picket fence with eyes aflame, calling down the turbine perflant upon a minister’s son who threw rocks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

All around them the quiet noises of the afternoon hung in the warm air: the endless trickling sucking of the marsh, the scraping of insects, the calling of gulls. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He liked to yell at her and her classmates as they left the candy store, sometimes calling them names. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Father ran off to a hut in the woods he was calling the New Church of Eternal Life, Jesus Is Bängala. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as he reached the little lawn among the rowans he overtook him, toiling uphill, panting and calling, Frodo! The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was his lawyer friend and also the Voice of the People editor, Sean Carter, calling from the capital with some bad news. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spirits were calling her—a harmonious battle cry. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

When the air fell still, with just a few voices calling orders in the distance, I hiked up my skirts and crawled out through the window. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another day she’ll find herself with the phone in her hand, the other end of the line ringing, and will have no idea who she is calling or why. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She is talking to the puke, but she is calling it my name: Claudia. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he turned to go back the boy was calling him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I was on the point of giving up, calling them to me, and going elsewhere to hunt, when I heard the bawl of Little Ann. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I consider calling my parents to tell them about this new development, but then I don’t do that either. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Woman operator in Bangalore apologizing for calling someone in America too early: “This is just a courtesy call, I’ll call back later in the evening. ..” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Just like Byrd needs Frank for the house, the eaglet needs Dr. Martin to survive, so why isn’t George calling? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for calling. I’ve got to get to school now. See you later.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bolts from the store, calling after Rob. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I will keep calling you son.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I had to have an egg-size cyst removed from my back, which was a relief because Will had started calling me “Humpback.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

White had seen plenty of lawmen killed on the frontier, and though he didn’t talk much about these deaths, they had nearly caused him to abandon his calling. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Before long, white residents of Durham were calling C.P. after each of his appearances. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And erase Nino Carlitos’s groping and just remember him calling me his daughter and making toys for me and the boys. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Complement is switched on at the right point in its sequence to release chemotactic signals, calling in leukocytes from everywhere. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then far away, across the still­ness, a voice calling us home, the voice of a man who dragged his right leg. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dad said that if they tried to go on their own, he would save everyone a lot of time and embarrassment by calling the police and having them arrested before they even left the driveway. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He and his joking partner would hunt the wilderness for months, calling to the wolves, speaking their language to ask where the game was. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words were a quiet punctuation to the larger sounds of the ocean and coast outside: gulls calling, the surf, the creak and shift of the wrecked ship. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hoagland did the drill on her, calling it out with a straight voice. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the hall I could hear the orderly calling. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

In order to give me the feeling of calling my mother something that sounds like “Mom,” I often call her “Momsy.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Except for the rustle of the swallows, and a mourning dove calling from the mouth of the canyon, it was quiet. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gramps was calling hello before we'd even closed the door behind us. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Now he went out, calling and looking around the whole cabin. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think anything of it until I hear my mom calling me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Got game, little brother. Girls are going to be calling you.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It had taken a while, but I had gotten used to her beaming and grinning at Pa, calling him “old-fashioned” and “country.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Half the school’s calling my brother a racist. He was just doing his job. People throw that word ‘racist’ around all the time now. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It’s my parents calling for the millionth time. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her legs wobbled so badly, Percy cursed himself for not calling a rest earlier. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Students began calling out guesses for the words. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Even the sketchy guys who hung out in front of the corner liquor store lit up when they spotted Craig, calling his name and high-fiving him as we passed by. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They are sarcastic, my lot, calling a runty little chap like me Big Fellow, but there you are. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was not very long, though fear made it seem an hour at least, before he heard Sam’s voice calling softly from below: Elbereth, Elbereth. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I thought that might help. Perhaps the savage old pirate won’t feel we’re calling to him then, I told myself, and he’ll stay where he belongs. Why are you looking at me like that?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was his mother calling from the kitchen. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Celia’s arm tires from banging her hammer and her voice is hoarse from calling for order. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said that more likely I’m some kind of a throwback, and now he’s been calling me the Missing Link. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Although Prohibition ultimately failed and was repealed, Sunday refused to give up the fight against alcohol, calling for the reintroduction of the Prohibition amendment. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The calling voices of all those who had fought and to whom it had been vouchsafed to complete their missions. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Girls!” we hear their mother calling from the hall. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“You are full of surprises. A rally is just the boost this town needs. But I’m still calling to warn people about that scout.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

When I passed by the taffy pull in the window of the candy store, I thought about calling Fred to see if he wanted to watch the game or hang out. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Sansa was wondering what it might mean when a second bell joined in, and a third, their voices calling across the hills and hollows, the alleys and towers, to every comer of King's Landing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The town is full of drummers, they are calling for men.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I am surprised myself by what’s in these stories, of separate colored refrigerators at the governor’s mansion, of white women throwing two-year-old fits over wrinkled napkins, white babies calling Aibileen “Mama.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Smiling, his voice sounded, buoyant, calling me to swim to him. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I guess I’ll just go on calling you Caroline,” April said. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They attendants give us our gear—I’m calling the floaties “gear” because it sounds less cute—and we slip it on. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

No one knew where "Hodor" had come from, she said, but when he started saying it, they started calling him by it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I recognized Mike’s voice calling out of the gloomy heart of the trees, but I couldn’t see him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I listened to all the sounds of the market, vendors calling out prices, children laughing and crying, the rush of dried spices, beans, and rice being poured into bags. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The chapel bell rings throughout the day and night, calling the nuns to constant prayer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She had the whole gym calling me that. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She kept calling up her sisters with every little thing to see what they thought. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The boy prodded them, one by one, with his crook, calling each by name. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s your mom calling me back,” he says around the spoon. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He said, “A slave, that’s who. And the whole time he slashing and stabbing at me trying to cut my throat, what name he calling me? What name?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Well, I’m calling you arrogant because you were. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tysons voice bellowed the loudest, but others were calling out too. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Deval just called me because he’s been calling home and no one’s answering!” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She emphasizes the word Nurse so that I understand that simply calling her Janet will not do. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you are calling yourself the ID-Made Knight,” said Sir Castor, “but I think you are Sir Lancelot. Are you?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I changed my name to Jacob Gruener and took to calling myself Jack, like the American soldiers called me. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t be calling out like vendors working the cheap seats. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran and squatted again and again, calling them with strange made-up names. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

So I sit there for ten minutes, which truly feels like an hour, periodically calling for her again and again—but I have a feeling she’s not coming. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Every time I drove the Ford, these raggedy girls came running after me, holding out their hands, calling for mints. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he left, I looked at my sneakers for a moment before calling out, “Hi, Mr. Patterson.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The director is calling us to take our seats in the hall. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s not about hearing me!” she shouted at him before waving toward the sky and calling up again. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Weasley’s hand had suddenly spun from “work” to “traveling”; a second later it had shuddered to a halt on “home” with the others, and they heard him calling from the kitchen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Simpson was calling out for us to look out for sappers, the Vietnamese suicide squads. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They heard him calling as he came near the house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Black starts calling on us, one by one, down the rows, asking for progress reports on our projects. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Each time the phone rang, I was convinced it was Schultz, calling to rat me out to Mom and Dad. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Oscar starts by calling for C, which pops up on the lower left corner of the screen. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jordan's party were calling impatiently to her from the porch but she lingered for a moment to shake hands. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He had a calling for both sacrifice and austerity. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is so much street noise that when he is on the phone and the windows are open, people often ask if he is calling from a pay phone. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nicolas made fun of his social concerns, arguing that only a fool with the calling of an apostle would go out into the world seeking misery and ugliness with the stump of a candle. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Passing through Cornhill Street alone on a misty morning, I heard a voice calling out commands in the square, with none to obey. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Before his calling to the ministry he had dated. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They found the corners and finished most of the perimeter of the puzzle by the time they heard Lena calling them for dinner. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Their calling card was “a history in which the rights of others were violated.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They might actually know something about the bunker, headquarters, whatever we’re calling the place the Berg came from.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Hurrying, dragging, falling, crying, calling out names hopefully and hopelessly. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I definitely want adorable,” he said, and with those words, it was as if this stranger had found Esperanza’s true calling. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This has become a calling for me, and I think about it all the time. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They moved forward, they bore down on the eraser from three sides, cutting off all retreat, pinning it down in murderous crossfire, the lieutenant leading the charge, the captain shouting commands, calling in air strikes. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

When I first made varsity, one of the upperclassmen put it like this: Coach Ellerly blows a whistle like the devil calling souls down to hell. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Playfully she ran through complex sentences, calling the words alive with her voice, making it seem that the author somehow was speaking directly to me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he persisted in calling for it, and eventually Nodayimani filled his pipe, lit it, and then handed it to him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even believe in a calling or a purpose. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

They had heard men calling back and forth, too—calling like hunters who had a pretty good idea of where their quarry was. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear Roger calling my name, but it sounds far away. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

My mother stands by the door calling good-bye. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh! Well, yes, I suppose I do know a lot of things. That’s why people started calling me Sticky, because everything I read sticks in my head.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Ghost? Boy, what are you doing calling me at"—he paused, I guess to check the time—"at twelve twenty-two? Ain't you in school?" Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The soldiers don't even like calling me by my name. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He was calling from his office; Rick saw the familiar desk, the litter of documents and papers and kipple. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She’d have liked a bath, but that would mean going to the rain room and filling the tub, then calling for Ruby to heat it, and that was more trouble than she could face. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There were lights on the midway, and you could hear the crackle of the gambling machines and the music of the merry-go-round and the voice of the man in the beano booth calling numbers. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

And when Luke needed money to pay the electric bill last year, after days calling it “camping” so the twins wouldn’t worry, Coach paid it without question. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When they saw the strangers a hail went up, and all that crowd came forward calling out invitations to the feast. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A green monkey, for example, has been observed calling ‘Careful! A lion!’ when there was no lion around. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway if I did say something very cutting and snotty, he'd probably get up and come over to me and say, "Listen, Caulfield. Are you calling me a crook?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God—whose phone are you on? Are you calling me from his phone?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The men tried to rouse the skipper, calling and shaking him, but he seemed to be dead. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It was his mother calling from her office. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I can still hear them happily calling to us, “Oh! You do such a good job diving off the high diving board!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Jesus,” he said, finally looking up, “do you think everybody’s going to start calling me Todd now? Because seriously, it sounds so much gayer than Fang.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I’m calling this out ’cause it’s just hit me what it is I know. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I hear their coughs, their raspy voices calling to one another. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The cops kept calling it “bail,” but it was a bribe. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Gradually, we both stopped calling the admissions office. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dog owners out for a stroll would continuously pass by, pulling on leashes and calling out commands to keep their animals from scurrying under the tables and sniffing the ankles and shoes of the players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dimblewit took the podium and shuffled papers in his hand, before clearing his throat and calling the meeting to order. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The next time I see her, I’m calling that police officer—the woman, Detective Riley. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some were calling the names of dogs and looking under the building. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the woman began to probe his foot, calling commands. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When it was obvious what he was doing the church kicked him out and guys from the neighborhood started calling him the Junkie Christ. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen her leaning there, in the evenings in the old days, looking down at the hall below and calling to the dogs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As I could not sit there nodding at him perpetually, without making some other attempt to interest him, I shouted at inquiry whether his own calling in life had been “the Wine-Coopering.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

From Boys' Lodge, the usual group emerged and ran down the path, calling laughing insults to one another. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” I said, thinking he was asking if I was calling about his wife’s cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

When I left the building and waited on a bustling street corner in Union Square for my dad to pick me up, I felt like I had found my true calling. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mom had given up calling us to supper. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

This is the most I can do right now without calling him everything but a child of God, as Mama would say. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I was in the midst of writing a novel and he was calling me from it to tabulate the price of groceries. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is what the children had taken to calling Penelope. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

All over Boston bells were calling everyone to church. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe if you were less focused on calling him Caveman Callum and imagining him grunting, you’d hear the more important stuff. I’m talking about Midsummer Night being on the twenty-seventh.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Keeping his eyes fixed on Brute’s, Julius, calling on all his courage, forced his foot to take a step forward. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It sounded like he was calling for her mother. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Dill could answer, they heard Lydia calling down from upstairs. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He put his head in his hands and muttered something about calling in the press. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t think of a reply, but was saved from the need for one by Reta calling us for supper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was the ear that heard every murmur of complaint, every name- calling; and his was the eye that saw everything: the secret loving glances, the fights, the new dresses. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear the others calling me from the sitting room, but I fly down the hall into my room, bolt the door, and fling myself onto my bed. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

None of us want to sit inside when the late autumn is calling to us and frogs are finally feeling brave enough to hop across our yard. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Nelson got so mad at me for saying snake when it was dark, because he says after the sun goes down a snake can hear you calling its name and it’ll come a-running. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. didn’t care that Pa was glued to the Lakers and the Celtics game or that Big Ma was just a step from calling her a backslider and a heathen. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

‘Why, by getting out and doing things. By calling crowds of people together and getting them to demonstrate.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He stopped calling, then, because there was no one to answer. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then he slowly faded from consciousness as he heard Alec calling his name down a dark, endless tunnel. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I guess we all thought that, because Mom had been calling every private school within driving distance. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But again, she hesitated, and simply looked, without even calling out to the twins. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The next day he walked the great woodlands, calling Sounder’s name. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But some of those who wished us well were people calling from other cities. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You want the dead to hear you calling?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Before Hannah could deny it, the girl had threaded her arm through Hannah’s, calling out to a knot of girls who were standing by a newly arrived wagon. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m going to begin calling out the partnerships. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Still reading, she grabs my face between her hands, grinding my cheeks in circles while calling out, “...much consideration, you have been accepted as one of two teen finalists from the state of Rhode Island...!’ Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Could it be Mama calling us? I don’t think we can hear her way out here.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I slipped out of my daddy's office and into my room just as Mrs. Baylor was calling me to dinner. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Soon there were many birds along the way, soaring overhead, calling. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

They began calling their forced imprisonment “The Ice Age.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Moving boxes are calling your name,” her muffled voice came through the glass. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Only the Standard had a critical editorial, calling on the new military government to quickly implement a return to democracy plan. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

On the line was our state senator in Austin calling to congratulate our town as we hurtled toward the twentieth century. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I contemplated calling home for the hundredth time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

You know—the stupid man’s big mistake was in calling me ENGLISH. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Leaving his bags on the sidewalk, he stepped inside, calling out in a loud voice. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For safety’s sake, a responsible guide will always insist on calling the shots—he or she simply can’t afford to let each client make important decisions independently. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He called me Jimmy Neutron, and if you’ve seen that old movie, you know calling me that wasn’t any kind of a compliment. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Tialys was scanning the skies all around, searching for his kindred and calling out whenever he saw a needle-bright darting movement through the air above. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z