I stretch my legs out till they’re even with the front legs of the chair in front of mine. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He rose slightly to sit farther back; but when he sat he sank down so suddenly and deeply that he thought the chair had collapsed under him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They had no beach chairs, but the guy unpacked a bag that held a cotton beach blanket, towels, magazines, and a small cooler. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The room was but small, and the clients seemed to have had a habit of backing up against the wall; the wall, especially opposite to Mr. Jaggers’s chair, being greasy with shoulders. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Turning on him, she yelled, “Pick them up and sit in the chair!” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was the postman who had pointed out the house to us to-day, and there was Clarice’s mother wiping a chair for me in the back parlour. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When the door closed behind the two of them Capricorn returned to his chair. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There’s a small table with a Kleenex box against the wall between the two chairs. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I tried to sit down at one table, but the kid in the next chair said, “Oh, sorry, but somebody else is sitting here.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

We have cots, the table and chairs we acquired in Kinshasa, a collection of agriculture books and teaching tools from Bikoki, my ancient suitcase of family treasures salvaged from Kilanga. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lupin’s retort was lost: Finally succeeding in squeezing through the door, Hagrid staggered to a chair and sat down; it collapsed beneath him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A very small move, little but a slight shift of fingers along the white plastic arm of the beach chair. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A proper-looking lady sat quietly in a rocking chair on the porch, not having the life in her to rock. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Some women had even brought card-table chairs and were sitting down to watch. It was like a movie.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The halls were packed, everyone smoking, laughing, extra chairs wedged in at full tables, people with plates of food roaming from group to group to say hello. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A chair appeared and a cot and another chair. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oddly enough, it was furnished in exactly the same sort of style as Mrs. Figg’s house: There were crocheted covers on the mismatched chairs and a strong smell of cats. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“No. No, I don’t think they were. They were scattered about the house. The chairs were in a lumber room, I believe.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I became what I was meant to be, too large for chairs, too strong for hugs, too big for human life. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Nancy’s father sat and slept in a reclining chair most of the day. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nico pitched out of his chair, curled up on the floor and started snoring. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting on a wooden folding chair, on a stage. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He led her to a row of wooden chairs against a wall. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Matthias’s chair clattered on its side as he sprang forward, breaking free from the restraining paws of the Abbot. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Arnold pulled extra chairs out from the kitchen and practically fell over himself shaking Alien’s and Kenny’s hands, introducing himself and pouring three more glasses of tea. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Going swifdy to the candles, they grasped them, two in each hand; Will, smaller, leapt hastily on a chair to seize the last. The Dark is Rising 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled herself out of the chair to turn up the volume on the television and then plopped back down. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He pushed me down into one of the auditorium chairs. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I pick an orange chair, far from Angel. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Maya said, but she was already pushing back her chair, grabbing her plate, and motioning to Grace to follow her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I pull up a chair and hold Erin’s hand. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He missed me the second time because I pushed the chair back and got up. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had taken off his red blazer and hung it on his chair. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I slump down in my chair and savor my candy. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I looked at his drawing, then looked at my chair. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She sat down on the arm of the chair. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sleep on a small divan, which is only five feet long, so we have to add a few chairs to make it longer. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A figure rose from the high-backed chair that stood in front of the hearth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I offer my chair, but Kristi sits on the edge of my desk, crossing her feet at the ankles. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had not been dead long; the chair from which she had fallen was still rocking. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

For chairs, we used some smaller spools and a few crates. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The woman checked book after book, tossing each rejected tome onto the other chair. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

There were two kitchen chairs by the table, but Cecilia, who leaned with her back to the sink, did not invite Briony to sit down. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I look around at the couches, the rugs, and the beanbag chairs. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Lizabeth look mad around her mouth and scared in her eyes and sad in the way she set in the chair. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The penguin jumped up onto a chair and from there onto the edge of the table, flapping his flippers again to recover his balance. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

With a roar of rage, Morfin leapt out of his chair and ran at Ogden, brandishing his bloody knife and firing hexes indiscriminately from his wand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Pointing to a chair, he said, “Sit down and I’ll tell you all about it.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Going swiftly to the candles, they grasped them, two in each hand; Will, smaller, leapt hastily on a chair to seize the last. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a warm night, so the old Caribbean men are sitting on the sidewalks in dinner chairs, breathing. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The hobbits looked at him, and saw with surprise that his face was drawn as if with pain, and his hands clenched the arms of his chair. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We settled into the den, me on the couch, Laura one cushion to my right, her husband across the way in a fine-looking chair—brass tacks, burgundy leather, matching footstool. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He was seated on a folding wooden chair at a small, messy-looking writing table, with a paperback overseas novel open before him, which he was having great trouble reading. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She could see him swing around in his swivel chair and stretch his legs. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They hurried into three chairs right in front of the teacher’s desk, took out their copies of The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self- Protection, and waited, unusually quiet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She pulls a chair over and sits next to me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I sling the strap of the bag over the back of a chair and dash up the steps to my bedroom. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I figure maybe I can just read on one of them comfy-looking chairs at the pool, instead of actually swimming. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He had just turned back to Chapter 1 when he heard Julia’s footstep on the stair and started out of his chair to meet her. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He put the chair just inside if it was cold, and out on the sidewalk if it was summer. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I sit her in the chairs where I sat with my parents and Noelle. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of space where if you want to find anything–an extra chair, a coffee cup, a ringing telephone–you have to move stacks of documents around. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I turned around in my chair to look at him. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He jerked his chair up and pulled himself over the lip. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He jumped up from his chair, circled the room, then sat down again, and Reb Saunders and I just sat there, staring at him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rochester was standing near me; he had taken my hand, as if to lead me to a chair. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Max drops into the chair next to mine, rubbing his head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He is directed to sit in a chair across from a desk, while the man stands nearby. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Early testing, including with the Mercury 7 men, had taken place in dark rooms with a chair and table for two to three hours. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then Nat heard the scrape of a chair and the thud of a log being pitched on the fire. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its comforts were stuffy and cloddish, the heater, the padded chairs, the bed piled with furs, the rugs, drapes, wrappings, mufflings. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, you know they don’t want us to votin’,” Spoon Man chided, tipping his chair back on two legs. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I had to slump into the chair next to the grandfather clock to take it in. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“How can I help you?” he said, shaking Fudge’s hand very briefly and gesturing toward the hardest of the chairs in front of the desk. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

In his wooden chair, Volkheimer reminds Jutta of an image from one of Max’s picture books: an elephant squeezed into an airplane seat. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He remembers the big, long folding tables that he’d helped his father to set up, chalkboards on the walls, Sonia standing up on a chair, writing “Congratulations.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down in the nearest chair and waited. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I invented you!” he bellowed as Cockerell chased him around Capricorn’s chair. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

On their stone chairs they sat with stone wolves at their feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He shrank into the shadow as chairs were pulled back from the small dinette set near the window. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

If you go right, there's a dining-room table and chairs. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I shook his hand, then slid my chair back from the table. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Josephine pulled out a chair and sat down across from me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Darma stands while my mom sits in a rocking chair, quietly looking out. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He wanted to pull out of her reach and go to the chair, but he was swaying with nausea. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

There, first, they dropped their cloaks on chairs; then came their ritual: putting great rams and fat goats to the knife— pigs and a cow, too. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am much, much more than a man. However. . . why not? I will face you. Wormtail, come turn my chair around.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He had to make a decision: in order to walk to that chair he had to weave his feelings into a hard shield of either hope or hate. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was like we were playing musical chairs, with everyone scrambling to get a seat. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Vivian seems to gather herself up, to grow taller in her chair. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I should hope so,” my mom said, inching forward in her chair. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Curtain, meanwhile, had pressed a button on his chair, and the Whispering Gallery’s metal door was sliding open. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Sweet mother of— But Grandma rocketed out of her chair. “ A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re right,” said Hermione, prodding Ron out of the chair with her foot and offering it to the first year again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There's a set of chairs, a wardrobe, and a mattress covered in plastic. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Harrison looked at the narrow spring bed in the corner, the table and chair, the shirts hanging on nails stuck to the wall, the two pairs of shoes arranged carefully on the floor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And swivelling round in his chair, he picked up his pen and began to write. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull the blanket down, messing up our hair, and Max is on duty at the window, the chair leaning back on two legs. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

John sat on a chair in the front row and watched him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

So we sat around like any other night—Nancy and I on the couch, and Mr. Clutter in his chair, that stuffed rocker. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You sit, please,” he said, motioning Mario to the chair he had cleared. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scott sat in his chair, jingling the coins in his pocket. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Finally I went out there and sat in the lawn chair next to them. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Theodora, piqued, leaned her head against the back of her chair and closed her eyes, clearly determined not to speak. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned back, resting his head against the back of the upholstered chair. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped from his chair and crawled around to the head of the table. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was a great scraping of chairs and the next moment, Harry found himself shaking hands with everyone in the Leaky Cauldron. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

We went downstairs and found Mr. Hadley sitting in one of the lumpy chairs, trying not to look offended by the surroundings. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a smell of warm food and the liquid spirits Dustfinger used in his fiery games, but no black-clad man could be seen anywhere, except for the bored-looking waiter who was straightening the chairs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mr. Justice Wargrave was sitting in his high-backed chair at the end of the room. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Even Hades was present, sitting on a simple stone guest chair at the foot of the hearth. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The chair was almost too big for him, and he sat at the edge of it, uncomfortable. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Leader leaned back in his chair and stretched. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

There was a plain room behind it, with only a table and one chair, and another door in the opposite wall. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There are no tables or chairs for us to sit on. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Tony was standing on a chair, staring out the basement window. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

There’s never an article in the paper talking about the local chair thief. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I better go,” Hazel said, standing up from the chair. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I have now concluded, sir,” said Joe, rising from his chair, “and, Pip, I wish you ever well and ever prospering to a greater and a greater height.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

And it was kind of strange because I almost felt responsible, because had I gone upstairs when I heard the chair go back, maybe I could have stopped something. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sprang out of the chair and shoved me so hard I almost fell off the roof. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He sat gripping the arms of his great chair. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A little while later the team came in and I heard somebody pull up a chair next to mine. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Spilled cargo, broken furniture, plastic lawn chairs, a basketball. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slumped into a chair and laid her head on her arms. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He sits at the table on one chair, she sits on the other and Malachy and I sit on the trunk we brought from America. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I shift in my chair, avoiding his eyes. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Beans and Mutto kept leaving their chairs and wandering around and flopping on furniture. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He’d captured the afternoon light streaming into the room, the way the shadows fell on the chair and gave it depth and made it appear as if it was something more than an inanimate object. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The third daughter, especially, had gotten out of hand, making musical chairs of every man's lap. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

We grab chairs out of our rooms and sit in our respective doorways. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Charles squared his chair around and put his elbows on the table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed down from his chair and waddled to the sideboard, where a wheel of veined white cheese sat surrounded by fruit. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I sat in the rickety chair and put up a shot. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She dragged a chair away from the fire and flipped it around. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I dodged between ancestors, apologizing as I ran through their ghostly chairs and stools. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The outdoor fire pit—an elevated ring of rocks surrounded by lawn chairs—was stone cold. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was a long table, only one chair—hers—and what I figured was her printing machine on top of the table. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swiveled around in his chair and began to rummage through a wooden file cabinet. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She barricaded the door with a wooden chair, secured it with a chain and two types of key locks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He perched himself on the edge of her kitchen chair, as if unsure of his welcome. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

For forty days, my mom sat in the chair for eight hours each day and never stopped erasing. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Alex leans back, thumbing the stitching on the armrest of the chair. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The man sat in a chair between two tables that held the lamps. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, chairs scooted back and the whole class stood. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The chair of the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Standing Committee was staring down seven agenda items on another Friday afternoon. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Old Mrs. Borkowski was sitting in a lawn chair in the middle of the road. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He leaped off his chair as though it were a brazier full of red-hot coals. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Ma would have given me an earful the second I came into the living room, where she sat in her chair, resewing Pa’s shirt buttons. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Bobby has pulled up a chair next to me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Behind him, Radar sat up, waited till the coast was clear, then climbed across the arms of the sofa and straight back into the big, comfy chair. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I watched his teeth flash as he took a white hand; then, with all seated, he went to his place at the end of the row of chairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barbarossa hissed as he struggled to climb on to the chair. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ladies in their finest gowns and courtiers with brimming cups of wine sought the best seats on benches, chairs, and cushions. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I slip onto one of the chairs and examine the stamps. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mr. Katz eased into his chair as fluidly as a coiling viper. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Rafael said, “I took her over to the chairs and left her there. Maybe la migra got her, too. It’s not being able to speak English that gives them away.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Hugo just sat on the rug, cross-legged, saying, “I'm fine here, Aunt Helena, thanks” when Mum told me off for not bringing enough chairs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He ate one egg with his hands as he flopped into a chair, and then set to work on the rest of my breakfast. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She notices that a number of tables have already been cleared, chairs placed upside down on their surfaces. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I yearned to leave the witness chair, to break away from Cherry’s fixed glare. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah! That, Your Lordship—that is a soldier in your Ethiopian Regiment,” said Dr. Trefusis loudly, rising from his chair. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

We went straight to her room and I sat down in her white wicker rocking chair and waited for the news. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when she had at last eaten half, she slumped back in her chair. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie heard a chair being pushed back and scurried back to her room. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She pulled her chair closer to me and I thought she was going to ask me a question about the war, but instead she calmly asked, “What is your name?” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, I coaxed Mrs. Diamant down from her chair and into the exercises I’d seen the students doing outside the gymnasium. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

While the other girls pulled their chairs from the table and scraped them about to form little circles in the parlor area, Lyddie dragged herself from the table and up the stairs. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then she wet her lips and without turning around spoke to her husband in a soft, coarse voice: "Get some chairs, why don't you, so somebody can sit down." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Babulya shuffled to one of the dining room chairs by the stove. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The girl who dusted the chair is pushed forward. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They would have stayed longer, but Peeves turned up and, pretending to think that Harry wanted things thrown at him, started chucking chairs across the room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A neighbour or two came in; my chair was evidently wanted. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I turn my attention to Mya’s pile, but she’s busy texting away from the green hospital chair in the corner, a big smile plastered on her face. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Others tug at their blouses and rattle their chairs as though the temperature of the kitchen has gone up. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

My daddy pulled out a kitchen chair and sat down. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But . . . Kamal Abdic . . .” The chair c rashes against the kitchen wall with such force that one of the legs splinters away. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was thinking of my mom, falling asleep in the chair by my hospital bed. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I could see Robert standing by the open door, and there was a scraping of chairs, a babble of conversation, and of laughter. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It stopped in swift waves, beginning at the rear of the synagogue and ending at the chairs near the podium. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We’d found cheap office space in a building on Michigan Avenue and managed to get a load of donated secondhand chairs and tables from a corporate consulting firm that was redecorating its offices. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Kids immediately swarm around him, but I sink down into a chair. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Partridge was sitting in a big, overstuffed chair. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She was out of the chair like a flea, and before I could jump back she had her arms around me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

One hundred and twenty folding chairs were taken, and the forty or so people standing near the entrance were told to move near the podium and sit on the floor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Park scooted his chair closer to hers and started bouncing his fist on her knee. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

After a long while he got up from his chair and stood in the middle of the room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was slumped into an easy chair, and a short, black interpreter stood alongside him. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took Lin Nai-Nai’s hand as she sat in her embroidery chair. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He x-ed out of Google, then sank back into the chair, his head in his hands. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I fixed boardwalks and lifeguard chairs and the dock struts rotting away in the saltwater marsh. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

James twisted his computer chair back and forth as he thought. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He leans back on his chair, balancing on the rear legs, says, “I hear they’re giving lessons down at the senior center.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

With each visit, Morrie seemed to be melting into his chair, his spine taking on its shape. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tables and chairs lay helter-skelter, our dishes broken to bits, everything we owned scrambled and strewn across the floor. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It has white-frosting chair rails and pink cherubs in the molding. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I went to the kitchen and fell, exhausted, into a chair. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sammy got down from his chair and trudged out of the room. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shot my chair back so he couldn’t reach me. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sits on the random folding chair that's set up behind the door. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Pilar Ternera died in her wicker rocking chair during one night of festivities as she watched over the entrance to her paradise. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I take its place on the lounge chair and adjust the metal bracing until I’m lying flat on my back. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron groaned as he threw himself into a kitchen chair; Hermione closed her eyes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I tug my hand away from Abby’s and scoot my chair out abruptly. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Jam went over to Redemption and sat on the floor next to the chair he was in. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He sees her with streaks of gray in her hair, her face still beautiful, her long body slightly widened and slack, sitting on a beach chair with a floppy hat on her head. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lee sat in a camp chair near the fire and Longstreet sat and they were alone together. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We settled into our camping chairs and planted our feet on the circle of stones. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I went back into the dark bedroom, locked the door, pulled a chair up to one of the two windows, and nailed our new rug over it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I dropped the backpack on one of the empty chairs where we sit when we’re waiting in the office. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Dr. Gazzaley sat in a chair and called up a grainy black-and-white image. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Capricorn uncrossed his legs and rose from his chair. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They were sitting on chairs or crouched on the ground with blankets and newspapers around them. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Aunt Loma said she stood up so fast that the rocking chair nearly turned over backwards. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was a nervous type of laughing, the same kind as that of a landlady we once had after her husband died in a dentist’s chair while he was under gas. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Brewer was standing in front of a group of women sitting in folding chairs placed in neat rows. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time since Gary stood from his chair, he looked straight at me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of answering, I power my chair toward Mr. D’s door. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Courtney grins at me from the opposite end of the table, where he’s got his chair kicked back on two legs and is nursing a glass of orange juice. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“That chair cost twelve hundred dollars now, but I got it for eight dollars back then,” he yelled from the kitchen. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She helped him take off his jacket, and she laid it over the back of a chair. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The dining-room was bare except for a table and chairs, but the food was good, and there was good wine: Frodo’s wine had not been included in the sale to the Sackville-Bagginses. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I just slouched in the chair and stared into my lap, biting on my bottom lip, trying to turn the red inside back to black. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She sits in what used to be my chair and holds out her hand, inviting me to take a seat. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Lydia turned her chair around and sat cross-legged on it. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Bouain shifted off his chair and sat on the floor across from us. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wake up feeling the wet bands of the lounge chair against my cheek. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I immediately think of the Boston Public Library and its comfy chairs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

We pulled a bunch of chairs around the loan officer’s desk and sat mesmerized as he asked our parents for some papers that they’d already filled out. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then my father leaned forward in his chair. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Millie sits in this crazy wicker throne chair in the corner of her room. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We were led to a large room with rows of folding chairs populated by only one man. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I lean forward in my chair, face burning. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I helped Dadi set the bowl on the table, and then we both sat in chairs across from each other. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to take him in the back,” I say, putting my hand on the top of the chair in a proprietary fashion. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There are no magazines in the waiting room, no television, only a collection of matching wing chairs lined up against the walls and a water fountain at one end. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Catherine jumped out of her chair and stormed over to where Claire and Molly were sitting, her new black leather boots clicking sharply on the tiled classroom floor. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I thought about the officers who had strapped him into the chair. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We’d huddle together in a shuttle constructed out of chairs and bedsheets, and in T minus ten we’d blast off into space, visit the moon, Mars, the asteroid belt and beyond. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Something to sit in a chair and watch. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The audience stirred uneasily and sat up straighter in their chairs. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I nodded, put the phone on the table by my lounge chair. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a kitchen chair and sat down, heavily. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s on the house,” she says, falling into the chair across from me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Come in, Charlotte,” he said enthusiastically, signaling for me to sit at the chair in front of his desk. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I went out into the other room and there was Robert Cohn asleep in the big chair. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Cautiously, Link half rises from his chair and holds up one finger. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

As Chuck fumbled about with dishes and things from the fridge, Thomas pulled out a wooden chair from a small plastic table and sat down. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I thought he was sleeping, but when I scooted a chair up to his bed his eyelids fluttered and opened. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Rochambeau has her hand over her mouth and her eyes on a chair that got knocked over when everyone stampeded over to Evan. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Henry stood behind Francis’s chair and leaned over his shoulder and began to proofread the top of the last page, one elbow resting on the table. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The carpets on the floor were all different shades of blue and green, and in the corner was a sturdy square table and a chair with a back like a ladder. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A great stone table stood there, but no chairs. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I will leave the reprimands to the Dauntless,” she says, leaning back in her chair. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The vinyl on the haptic chair was worn and cracked. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He thrust the container between the curtains of the chair and, after a bark from the emperor, jumped into the chair himself. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Come on, then,” she said, and got to her feet, dropping the book on the chair. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Do you find her much changed, Pip?” asked Miss Havisham, with her greedy look, and striking her stick upon a chair that stood between them, as a sign to me to sit down there. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

A purple chair was placed next to one of the two windows. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Milkman jumped up, knocking his chair backward, and trotted after Hagar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was exactly as the book described it, down to the way everything came in even numbers: the hooks on the door, the chairs, the cabinets on the walls. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then he saw Julie sleeping in the easy chair in the living room and it came back to him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She stuck close to Mr. Benedict until he had greeted everyone and taken his chair, after which she swooped upon the platter of toast and eggs, accidentally jostling Rhonda in the process. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the back room a barefooted woman sat sleeping in a chair. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Coming!” he yelled as he slowly rose from his chair. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The furniture consisted of some chairs and some cross-shaped sawhorses. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

His big body suddenly fell back stiffly, knocking over two chairs; his head struck the stage floor with a thud. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had known Manny practically her whole life—they all had—and now he was just a heap of lifeless flesh and bones slumped in a barber’s chair. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Well, sit down. No, not that chair. One of the legs is weak and you’re no lightweight.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, her phone is in her hand, and she’s standing, kicking her chair under the table. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Lady Constance clutched at her chair again and looked as if she might scream. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see, if I recall correctly, we gave you all a truckload of primers at the end of last school year. Plus books for your library. Even some supplies. Desks and chairs, I do believe.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the dizziness settled, she opened her eyes once more and saw that Scythe Curie had pulled her chair closer. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They sat the chaplain in a hard, straight-backed chair that stood behind a small, bare table. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He glances over at Anna, who is trying to get the child to sit down in the high chair. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leon, entirely at one with himself, lolled in his chair, wine bottle in hand, studying its label. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Looking up, I meet my mom’s gaze as she sits in a chair next to my bed. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Lost children filled every chair at the headquarters of the Columbian Guard; nineteen spent the night and were claimed by their parents the next day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I sit down in a chair next to the empty desk, my hands clasped between my knees. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The head of the Company always sat in that chair. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Anderson leaned back in his big swivel chair. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then they presented the chair to groups of facility managers and ergonomic experts—the kinds of people who would ultimately be responsible for making the chair a commercial success. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In the evenings they sit on the porch in Vivian’s old wicker chairs as the sky turns pink and lavender and red, the colors seeping toward them across the bay, a magnificent living watercolor. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her hair was like fire, and little points of fire were in her eyes, and I went and Father lifted me into the chair too, and Caddy held me. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bless me, Father, for I have sinned,” I said, sitting on the very edge of the chair. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The paper people clung flat against the lampshades, the chairs, the tablecloths. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The children burst out of their seats and ran from the room, leaving poor Olive behind until someone took pity and came to unbelt her from her chair. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Before I left home today, I slipped a poem and a drawing of Michael Jordan in my father’s easy chair, under the remote. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as Axel sees Daniel in the chair outside Principal Epstein’s office, he says, “Let’s go.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Martin tilts backward in his chair and looks up at the ceiling. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It holds two small tables, each with four chairs. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She sets the plate down and then eases herself onto a chair. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dalton looked like a delicate bird wrapped in a silk scarf, huddled up in a wicker chair on her porch. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The minute I look away, the Marxists will pull that chair right out from under you!” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flowers on Big Ma’s muumuu now seemed bigger, just like the comfy chair she had been sitting in for the past seven years now seemed bigger. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Billy had fallen asleep while examining a female patient who was in a chair on the other side of the owl. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rosemary’s back, sitting in the chair next to me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When I was in the chair across the desk from Luzan I completely lost myself. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been in the classroom six hours and had only finished two rows of desks and chairs. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took her cane and poked at something under her chair. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her dress, to her dismay, hung on a chair near the fire, behind the dragon. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Curled in that mousey chair on the porch at the crumbledown. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I pull a chair out for her without getting up from my seat. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Bradley slides his chair back to its usual spot, and I pack up. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mona looked tired, and she sat down in the rocking chair. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I go back to the main room and drag Cardan and the chair into Dain’s office, propping it against the open door so I can keep an eye on him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She head off through the sunbathers, winding through the chairs and the towels. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There’s a metal table in the center and two thin-legged metal chairs. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did sit, on the edge of one of the stiff-backed chairs. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still clutching Finn, he almost missed the chair. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I sat down in the chair next to him. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Ever afternoon, me and Baby Girl set in the rocking chair before her nap. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My mom’s hands shake as she steps behind my dad, grasping the back of his chair for support. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He raised his sword, but got smacked in the face with another boxing glove arrow, and sat down hard in a deck chair. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Two guards brought forward a chair for Clivers to sit on. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Aaron bounced up and down on his chair. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A chair was turned over, the bed blankets disturbed, but other than the fright they’d given my sister, everything seemed in order. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“What is this?” says Uncle Al from the depths of a winged chair. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her Arabic teacher on the kindergarten floor hit a short stick on the back of a chair for rhythm, teaching the little ones another useless sentence. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Citra forced herself to look at the Grande Dame of Death, who now sat in a chair across the room from her, gazing at Citra with those invasive gray eyes. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The saliva would have stained regular furniture, but it went right through the plastic weave of the lawn chair, which was another plus. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

"This goes no further, all right?" she asked, as Gregor turned himself around again, and she placed the chair calmly back in the corner. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi pulled her coat tighter around her and settled a kitchen chair onto the porch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he made his way toward his chair, he drily noted, “My trick knee is warning me that we might have some rain. So prepare yourselves.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I plop down in the chair and Dylan drops to a knee beside me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“It colonized so freakin’ fast,” I tell Poe, putting the front legs of my chair back on the ground. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

After they had gone up stairs Mother lay back in her chair, the camphor handkerchief to her mouth. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed his chair back from the drawing board. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a horrifyingly long pause before she gets up and goes to sit in her desk chair. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I sat down in the desk chair and told Radar about my evening in Margo’s vacation house, trying hard not to leave out any possibly helpful details. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

And I saw then that she was sitting on a chair before the dressing-table in her bedroom, and Maxim was brushing her hair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Alice Evans was squirming in her chair like she was doing a hula dance. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

LaToya escorts me through a series of metal doors and finally leads me to an empty room that’s cold, dull, and gray with white plastic tables and chairs. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They found Emily Brent sitting in the chair in which they had left her. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The doll stares at her from the rocking chair. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I told her that I wanted to do this, and she rearranged our chairs so we were sitting side by side in the kitchen, with her pointing out the words as she read them. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It’s tiny, with just a few chairs and a refrigerator, but it’s a quiet place away from the chaos. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She motions to a chair next to a girl who must have gone to the other elementary school and who I think is in my English class. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

There I sit in the chair, with the lights off, in my red dress, hooked and buttoned. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down in my chair and sort of watched him for a while. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Behind Harry, the entrance to the marquee revealed rows and rows of fragile golden chairs set on either side of a long purple carpet. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A bearded man in a dark suit stands stiffly behind a thin woman seated in a straight-backed chair. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Craster sat above the fire, the only man to enjoy his own chair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Calvin tells me, “I love this fat chair. Nice fortress.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I push my chair back from the table. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron walked through the mass of occupied chintz chairs and poufs that cluttered the room, and sat down at the same small circular table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m so tired ...” A chair lifted off the floor and floated over to him, followed by an expertly wrapped medical bandage bobbing through the air. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She paused, and her hands gripped the wooden arms of the chair, grasping them so tightly her knuckles first reddened, then went white. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

We walked behind the scriv’s desk and down a flight of stairs to a small featureless room with a table and two chairs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The cook was long departed, and Sarah dozed on a kitchen chair, her swollen feet propped up on a pillow. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes one look at me and disappears, returning seconds later with a dripping glass of cool water and a chair. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Grabbing the arms of the chair, he pulled himself upright and found a tall, lean, white-haired man holding a piece of paper in his hand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the garden behind the house the Commander’s Wife is sitting, in the chair she’s had brought out. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She motioned for Antain to sit on one of the chairs—it was covered with a spiky sort of vine, but Antain sat on it anyway, trying to ignore the prickles in his legs. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She went on to work in government as a member of the Russian legislature and deputy chair of the Committee on Defense. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting cross-legged in the chair and evidently had been watching him as he observed the scene in the kitchen. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I push my chair back and stand up. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spin around in the desk chair and stand up. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Grandpop pulled the apple from his mouth, taking another juicy chunk out of it, pushed back in his chair, then let it rock forward like a little kid on a swing. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

One was clutching the knee I bashed in with one of those metal cafeteria chairs. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then I got this book I was reading and sat down in my chair. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He took it very quickly and hard, pulled it to his chair, jerking me toward him so that I almost fell over. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was something about how Clayton’s grandfather looked to him, sitting in that chair. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Everyone had got to their feet, and slowly they crowded around Harry and Ron’s table, pressing close to Professor Trelawney’s chair to get a good look at Harry’s cup. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He jumps into the chair and offers me his other foot. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I step into the waiting area, I dump my bag onto one of the chairs and walk over to the alumni hall of fame wall. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I crawl onto my favorite beanbag chair and grab the fleece blanket that somebody left in a basket on the bottom of the bookshelf. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When Reginald visited me, he nervously moved about in his chair; he told me that each hair on my beard was a snake. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long silence, during which Bunny leaned back in his chair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She perched on a chair at the back and ate fried chicken wings with her fingers, her eyes on the TV screen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Karkaroff straightened himself as best he could, tightly bound to the chair. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Next to Leo, Frank scrambled out of his chair and put his back against the wall. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The vines grab the sleeping Princess Charlotte from her throne chair, lifting her high above us all. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Tendai tried to help the waiters arrange chairs in the corridor, but they told him to sit down. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mom slumped into a chair and peeked into the paper containers until she came upon the fried rice. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mum brought Marcus a drink of lemonade and led him to another chair, but he refused to sit down or take the drink. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet the horror grew in him, seeming to hold him bound in his chair. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Whew,” he said, collapsing in my chair and mopping his forehead with a red bandanna. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I raised dust swirls sweeping around and under the FOB’s chair—very bad luck because spirits live inside the broom. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that instant, Claudius bolted from his chair and cried out in a voice strangled with fear, “Give me some lights! Away!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

This always happened when I was traveling with Farmer in the countryside: one chair for Doktè Paul and one for his blan. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Neel perched on his chair and waited for her to stop chanting. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

My mom stood, her hand on my dad’s chair. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The prince grasped the wheels of his chair and pushed himself from the table. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I put the tray on the small white-painted table and draw the chair up to it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs Kingshaw settled herself a little more comfortably in the hall chair. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

For a full minute we fumbled for our chairs and bumped into each other awkwardly. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was standing on a chair, and she sang, “Beat me, then, beat me.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take the chair, giving them some space. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He walked past me and sat on one of the chairs by the table. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Papi slapped the side of the chair with the newspaper as if swatting an imaginary fly. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

In front of him, in the only chair, sat Father MacPhail. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I stopped gripping the chair, but my heart still goes on thumping hard. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Capricorn rose from his chair, his face still as cold and blank as if nothing worth getting excited about had happened, and clapped his ringed hands graciously. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He loosens his tie and relaxes back into his chair. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Their Dad leaned back in a chair with his sock-feet on the banisters. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Savage had seized him by the collar, lifted him clear over the chair and, with a smart box on the ears, sent him howling away. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sits on a folding chair with the huge bembé drum between his legs. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She threw off her jacket, sprawled into the oversize chair. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way it works is that all the candidates sit up on the stage in folding chairs, but it is only the presidential candidates who make speeches. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls out the empty chair to her left and stands up on it, beginning to tune his guitar. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It may have had something to do with the fact that, before sitting down to write, I’d brought a chair up from downstairs. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

When he felt sufficiently recovered, he turned back to Mr. Benedict—who was sound asleep in his chair. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise found a match flip on the table by her chair. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He seated himself in a high chair piled with cushions and said, "You look very ele-gant today, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I want to froth at the mouth and swear and stomp my feet and break up some chairs and throw chicken soup all over the place. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s one huge hall laid with light-green carpet for praying, a long and narrow dining room laid out with rows of tables and plastic chairs, and another smaller hall for Sunday school. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Feeling as cold as an arctic wind, I got up and stumbled to a chair. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a scraping sound inside, like the dragging of a chair across the floor, followed by a scuffling. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

After she had dialed at least ten numbers, she sank down into her chair and sat silent for a long while. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we claimed chairs around the circle by placing our plates on the seats. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

There were straight, plain kitchen chairs for Singer and an overstuffed sofa for Antonapoulos. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The cabinet, table, and chairs splintered to pieces as they crashed to the concrete courtyard. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Her duster and hat and veil lay on a chair beside her, and she seemed to the boys to be clad entirely in black silk and lace. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now there was a spotlight on the chair, and the overpoweringly bright blankness of the screen was replaced with a magnified image of the stage before it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The doctor sat back in another chair; his hair freshly combed, looking neat and dapper and self-possessed. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Bring the Abbot’s chair out of the place they call Cavern Hole. Have it set up for me on a platform by the gatehouse. I’ve got some judgments to deliver.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They sat about the little paneled room, some in rocking chairs and three of the ladies on a couch. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was tied to a hard chair - wood, by the feel of it. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ware leaps out of his chair and shakes my hand fiercely. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, she threw her coat on a kitchen chair, filled the spaghetti pot with water, and put it on to boil. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He looked at me for a moment, and then, to my utter, utter surprise, he leaned back in his chair and laughed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

An American Army captain and an interpreter also sat in the wooden chairs arranged beneath the couple’s sleeping loft. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He undertook the very difficult task of shoving a chair over to the window. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Millie scoots her chair in close and smooths down her hair. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Thalia Grace limped along, holding her ribs where Reyna had hit her with the chair. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She shared a chair that was meant for one with her fiancée, Michelle. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Abby’s mom appeared at our booth and scooted a chair over. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She squirmed a little in her chair and tried to smile. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Tushman sat down in a chair next to us, and Dr. Jansen sat behind his desk. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The room was crowded with tables and chairs and as many people as church on Easter Sunday, except church was never cloudy with tobacco smoke nor the smell of roast beef. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was in a chair pulled up in front of his desk. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hang the scarf, pull up a kitchen chair, and sit on it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I asked as I sat down in the chair beside his bed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

More blood pours out, spilling over his chair. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like practical jokers, chairs offered themselves and then pulled away at the last moment. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

From that post, he led the fight against creating a federal holiday to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Helms was appointed chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1995. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Pull up a chair,” Newt said as he sat on the edge of the bed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

At last Father pushed back his chair and cleared his throat. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there’s only one chair and Crystal is sitting in it. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

"I'd invite you to sit, but your brother has neglected to provide me a chair." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Polly, sitting in a chair next to her, pretended to be weeping. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry glanced again at the raw-looking thing that trembled and choked in the shadow beneath the distant chair. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They never had any chairs in their room. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Janie’s long legs dangled over one arm of the chair and the long braids of her hair swung low on the other side. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Five hairpins, an olive, two dominoes, and a sock...A nailfile, four buttons of various sizes, a telephone slug, seven marbles, and a tiny doll’s chair... Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

August had brought in chairs and arranged them in a semicircle facing the wooden statue of Mary. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His chair fell back and he bent down to pick it up but he looked at my mother the whole time. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Harry threw himself into a chair beside Ron, his high spirits ebbing away. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

There’s movement from a chair to the left, and my mouth opens with shock when Miss Preston walks over to stand next to the mayor. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The chair of the Engineering Department was taking his place for now, some said. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turns around in his chair and shouts at the table behind him, where his girlfriend, Anita, is sitting. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I gave a slight eye roll with my nod as I slipped into the chair. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Almost before I was inside, the boy had sprung to his feet, knocking back a plastic chair. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sprinted noiselessly across the room, removed the chair from under the door handle and with precaution unlocked and unbolted the door. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

As I rose from my chair, my head was still swimming some. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit in the chair closest to the door and listen to the rocket clock ticking and Ms. Kenney typing and answering the phone with “Woodson Elementary, how can I help you?” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Olanna suddenly jumped up from a chair and screamed, “Where is Baby? Ke Baby?” and started to run into the bedroom. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We found ourselves in a thick white metal cage that opened into the Medical Records room —an empty, warehouse-sized room with no staff, no patients, no chairs, no visitors, and no medical records. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Now there’s a wooden table and chairs and a space for all our bedrolls, that’s it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She would always get to class early and pull a desk and chair over to the back corner by some low bookcases. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Before the hearth stood a massive, long table, with benches and chairs. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The light that came from outside made ordinary objects seem important: a quill pen, a pitcher with milk, an earring, the brass buttons that were part of a straight-backed chair. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She had arranged three stools in a row, while she herself jammed her rump into an ancient baby’s high chair—a bohemian touch that gave her a tennis umpire’s advantage of height. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Now that Izzy was gone, she felt herself drained, and she slumped backward in her chair, letting her ponytail drape over the back. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some days she might only stand on a chair and spit on everyone who got in range. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Mark turned in his chair so that he was facing Joaquin. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was Manny, sitting up in a chair, his mouth twisted open in terror, his eyes staring emptily into the darkness. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

When all was quiet, Mama collapsed into a chair. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When the court recessed for lunch, Ellsberg walked to the defense table, fell into a chair, and sobbed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Richard’s eyes widened slightly, and then he fell back against his chair, all the menace and tension draining away from him, and in that moment, Ophie was relieved. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Room 133 contains a bed, a chair, a chest of drawers, and a TV fastened to the wall. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head dropped forward, his body lost all muscle control and sagged against the rocking chair. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mandy carried the baby into the kitchen, lifted her into a high chair, and put some dry cereal on the tray. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She gets up and slams her chair into the table and goes back upstairs. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The thinner one leaned back in his chair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Joan's room, with its closet and bureau and table and chair and white blanket with the big blue C on it, was a mirror image of my own. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Of course you are under arrest,” said the President, taking the other chair and turning up the lamp. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mum had me haul a dining room chair into the living room 'cause there weren't enough. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I get up from the desk chair and slip past him to go sit on the bed. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

My heart beat wildly, but I sat frozen in my chair. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He tenderly rubbed my neck sometimes when I sat at the foot of his reclining chair. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Lupin looked wildly from Ginny to Harry, as though hoping the latter might contradict her, but when Harry did not, Lupin collapsed into a chair beside Bill’s bed, his hands over his face. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I offered her a seat in the rocking chair, gave her a piece of hard bread and a cup of cold coffee. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I sprang out of my chair and twisted the knob on the stove and the flames doubled in size. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes at night when I came back to the barn, I would find a chair where I was sure it had not been, or books mis- shelved. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came in, took a look and squinched down into a chair in an off corner and didn’t open his mouth. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Near the fireplace sat a wooden table with a lantern and one chair. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

If Seven had been sitting in a chair, she would’ve fallen out of it by now. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Stick lowered himself into one of the chairs. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Two broken washboards, piles of moth-eaten quilts, chairs with split seats. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He described ducking cafeteria chairs as he tried to fulfill his duty. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The door beyond the rows of chairs seemed far away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Albert retreated to a chair and sank into it. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They just sat me in a chair and told me to wait while they made phone calls. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Miss Love sat in the rocking chair facing him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I got up from my own chair, with mixed feelings of regret and confusion. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“There aren’t any support beams over your bunk bed, so one of you move that chair over, will you? I’m going to lower Constance down. What are you doing, anyway?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Diana stepped back as Z tripped over a fallen chair and yelled, “What do we do?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He made a direct run for the box—ignoring the aisles and jumping over chairs blocking his route. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of this indoor forest, smack in the center of it all, were two rocking chairs and a small table between them with a small cassette player on it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then I sat down on the other chair. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He came halfway to his feet as if he would bolt from the room, then gave an embarrassed frown and forced himself back down into his chair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Furniture was in there—tiny chairs and tables and beds and a kitchen stove. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He sat down on a rolling chair next to his desk and I plopped down on a beanbag chair in the corner. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sure thing,” said Bunny, reared back in his chair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And she fluttered up from her chair and pushed them out the door with sur-prising power. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can move his own chair, and he can hold a pencil well enough to write his name. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Even as Reynie thought this, the man introduced as Mr. Curtain brought his chair to a screeching stop, whirled it about, and shot forward to sit right beside him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the hearth she was swaying gently in her rocking chair and her knitting needles flashed in and out above the sock she was knitting. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d hit him with her fists, or whatever she had close: shoes, chairs, sticks. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

A firefighter named Driscoll jumped up from his chair, ran to the window, and saw what looked like a dark wall. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

By the time I push myself out of the chair, she’s halfway down the hall. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“These?” said Wemmick, getting upon a chair, and blowing the dust off the horrible heads before bringing them down. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Inside it is lit by a line of black iron sconces along the rounded wall and contains nothing but a ring of plain wooden chairs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He sent the deweys out for his liquor and spent most of his time in a heap on the floor or sitting in a chair staring at the wall. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She had a book, but she wasn’t reading; her legs were thrown over the arm of her chair, one bare heel kicking, with obstinate, lethargic rhythm, at the wicker side. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Moreau and the chair vanish and a different scene emerges inside the cage—a fancy living room with plush chairs and a large fireplace. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The visitors sat on a couch and chairs, and the general settled behind his desk. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We followed him and Lidewij inside, past a huge oak dining room table with only two chairs, into a creepily sterile living room. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The interviewer perches at the edge of her chair as if she knows the true interview is over. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, these four chairs belong to my family,” Teddy said. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He got up from his chair and put his book down. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Second, they got the most comfy chairs to chill in. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Lady Crowan moved her chair so that the cosy no longer hid me from view. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“The nurses let her sleep in a chair.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

We climbed the teak ceremonial chairs and made flying leaps off the stage. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father puts his hand on Iggy and shoves him down into the old lady's chair. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll wring his neck,” I said, stepping behind the chair to untie her. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m just playing, man. I ain’t touch no dead people, and Mr. Ray told me I don’t have to. I just help out with setting up chairs and stuff like that.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gibbs held the chair for Ms. Kathy as she sat back down. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I mean I just sat in my chair, not doing anything. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean?” my mother asks, shifting around in her own plush chair. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The room hovered around me with great gentleness, as if the chairs and the tables and the walls were withholding their weight out of sympathy for my sudden frailty. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Milton leaned forward in his chair a little, and Jethro had the impression that he was anxious about something. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man had sat back down in the comfortable upholstered chair. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in one of the lobby’s yellow wing chairs, pretending to do homework, and waited for her to pass. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ida Spavento threw her coat over the back of her chair. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I raised my pencil and Miss Volker fell back into an easy chair. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It’s a big room with a lot of chairs and tables and a little platform. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He placed a deep and comfortable Morris chair under the best reading lamp he could find. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A plaid, overstuffed couch and matching chairs formed a semicircle facing a massive fireplace. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Except for two older women, who were deep in conversation on her left, she would be the only person seated in the long row of chairs. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

"Come on, let's get you up here," he said, lifting her from the chair like a baby. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He points to two chairs propping up a board covered in red fabric. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Just beyond the crystal fountain there was a small round table and two familiar chairs. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a loud crack, and Harry’s cloudy Patronus vanished along with the dementor; he sank into a chair, feeling as exhausted as if he’d just run a mile, and felt his legs shaking. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She leans over the arm of her chair, weeping, waving her arms in a desperate attempt to reach me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

While unfolding the brown chairs and sliding them under each table, I could hear the people start to come in upstairs. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His wife, Ruthann, is chair of the psychology department at Kansas. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Luke Messenger just sits back in one of the red padded chairs of Big Chuck’s with his hands folded across his chest, calm as the setting sun. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Inside they could see a bead curtain hung across the hall entry, and a crystal chandelier and a Maxfield Parrish painting framed on one wall over a comfortable Morris chair. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

After she had returned with the chair and a little picnic cooler of ice cubes, she arranged her best jelly glasses on the mantelpiece before her mother’s picture. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas jolted up from the chair, knocked it backward, spun in a circle, searching. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

With a disgusted huff, the Governor let go of Nok's wrist and sat back in his chair. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The thing that most commanded Tendai’s attention lay against the far wall, beyond the chair. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Get Ready” by the Temptations comes on the radio, and Mrs. Walton breaks out into her awkward chair dance. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

One night that winter, with the big contest only four days away, Baba and I sat in his study in overstuffed leather chairs by the glow of the fireplace. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He settled back in his chair and then he began to talk. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seating himself in a nearby chair, he unzipped his briefcase. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I looked up now, and saw a curious thing: Behind Mr. Sharpe, Mr. Gitney was trying to rise out of his chair, but seemed unable so to do. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dave Burdow did not grin; neither did another red-faced young man who had put his foot on the rung of a chair and now leaned forward a little, looking coldly at Jethro. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You ever come when those big-time writers are here for their meetings? Once there was so many folks upstairs, Miss Kimble came downstairs to get extra chairs.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I drag my desk chair over to my closet and stand on it so that I can reach the top shelf. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

God, it was hard to get up out of that chair. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Awkward because, the way he had pulled me, I could not sit right in my chair, but was leaning off balance. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’ve always hated foam chairs covered in fabric, because they seemed hot and sticky. The skin is an organ, it breathes. This idea of getting something breathable like the straw hat was intriguing to me.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what else to say, so I walked up to the porch of the soda shop and sat down in one of the rocking chairs. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Darcy drew his chair a little towards her, and said, “You cannot have a right to such very strong local attachment. You cannot have been always at Longbourn.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

My mom narrowed her eyes, but instead of pressing, she sat back in her chair and said loudly, “Well.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I waited for a reaction, but he just shifted in his chair. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The collection of tables and chairs had been rearranged into a basic U shape around the room, and multiple colleges had set up their displays on them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He starts to lift himself out of his chair, but it seems to be taking so much effort that I stop him. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Castro slumped back in her chair and closed her eyes. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

There was a small waiting area—just two chairs and a table with a big flower arrangement. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Long and leanly muscular, he dwarfed the molded plastic elementary school chair he was sitting in. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Daddy and Momma were perched on the side of their bed, and the Captain sat on the edge of the only other chair. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting in one of the chairs with a magazine open on her lap. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone raced to find a seat like they were playing musical chairs or something. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We left them cheering, knocking over chairs, stomping the floor. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I heard a chair scrape the floor. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We either sat up straight in our chairs or hunched down close over our plates. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The red rocking chair was a rocking of his own hips as he sat in the kitchen. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was resting his head against the back of the chair, looking at her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy bolts up so quickly, the chair falls backward and slams onto the floor. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I step closer to the rows of folding chairs. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The man had his back to the window and was sitting stiffly on the edge of a chair with a straight back and the pathetic air of a leaden soldier. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hi,” I say to Madge when she plops into her chair next to mine. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Ignatius shuffled miserably back to the kitchen and fell into a chair. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her classmates were surprised that she sat apart from them in a chair with a very high back and that she would not even mingle with them during recess. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I led him to the room I shared with Jay, where Mama had fallen asleep in the chair beside Doc. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There were white leather chairs organized neatly in two corners of the store, and a large table with several laptops for browsing. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She turned her chair around to face the table and occupied herself with her water glass, twisting the stem around, making damp links on the white cloth. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The General sat on one side of a large desk and indicated that Arm should take an easy chair on the other. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Any kind of book you want,” I whisper to myself, and I take a few down from the shelf and pull a chair up to a table. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

They slumbered on plush chairs or lurked among the vases and pedestals. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

On her way to the stream, she saw Nana sitting on a chair, in the shade, beneath the domed roof of a weeping willow. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He kicks his feet up onto the desk, leaning back in his chair with a smile. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Thurber, by self-appointed virtuous contrast, saw commas as so many upturned office chairs unhelpfully hurled down the wide-open corridor of readability. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

The room felt stuffy, and he dug at the woven fabric on his chair with his fingernail. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The chair had been pulled up to the oversized fireplace Carl had built, inside of which stood tall, fluted andirons. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

In order to deny the Klansmen seats one evening, Ann’s group arrived at the meeting early and occupied all the empty chairs. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He slaps Ryan on the back, drops an apple on the teacher’s desk with another apology to Mr. Black, and falls into his chair across the room. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I walked back through the great room, Mom and Dad had both pulled up chairs in the alcove. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi lowered herself into the chair next to his. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mo pushed his chair back and stood up. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The stage was completely empty except for Justin, who was sitting on an old rickety chair tuning his fiddle. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Instead she leads us to a large meeting room with tables, couches, and chairs arranged in strict squares. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He sets his teacup on the desk, settles into a huge winged desk chair and begins to work. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She began restoring order, remaking the beds, kicking off her high heels to mount a chair to fix the curtain, and setting the twins small achievable tasks. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Hazel and Hannibal rode straight into the room, and the standard-bearers fell backward out of their chairs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I should go,” she says, pushing her chair back and standing too quickly. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was the sound of a chair scraping on the floor overhead. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Orienting herself from there, she locates another, gently pushing open the paper door to find a ring of tiny chairs representing her own performance space. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Before I leave, I see Angel reach under her chair and grab the pink notebook. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Retract chair,” I said as I stepped out of the bathroom. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Luke stared, and then came to sit on the arm of her chair. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She lifts herself out of the chair where I'm to sit, where she was waiting for a customer, I guess. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s all fake:” Ida sank into the second best chair. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nikki and I would play this game: I would sit on the living room chair while Nikki deeply inhaled and then blew directly in my face, eliciting hysterical laughs on both sides. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The boy sat in his chair and, hesitantly, I lowered myself to a squat on the floor. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said Francis in what I thought a bored tone, as he held out Camilla’s chair and then slid into his own. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There are tables and chairs on the left side of the room, and a group of people with musical instruments on the right side. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Richard slumped in his chair, one hand shoved in his pocket. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When night comes, I do not go to bed in my tree but stretch out on my lounging chair and listen for Alice. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slumped back into his chair, and his eyes glazed over. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She sighed, bent her body into a “c” as she crouched in the chair. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But when I woke up some hours later, she was sitting in the ancient little chair in the corner, reading a guidebook. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Humming softly, I set him back on the chair and held out my hand for him to stay. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Once we’re in the living room and Mama Ya-Ya is settled in her favorite chair—all soft with a blue lap shawl—I say, “I memorized some Shakespeare. Want to hear?” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“No,” she said, standing so fast that it was all Fleetfoot could do to leap out of the way as her chair toppled over. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My dad grunts while he chews, sitting back in his chair, which squeaks under his weight. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She slid back into her chair by the computer. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her father came in and sat down in a chair behind me. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did so, pulling the crude wooden chair near to where she was. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then they lifted me out of the chair and stood me on my feet. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dentist was relaxing in his chair, looking very comfortable with a paper cup of coffee and the newspaper. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The two men thrust the prisoner into the chair, and tied his hands behind his back and his legs together. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chair really was more like real furniture. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She plopped down in a wing chair, her limbs loose and relaxed, and Ophie envied her for a moment. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“The chairs are too far away,” she said. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did Denise’s family eat Christmas dinner staring at an empty chair at the table? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then I sit down at the table, lifting my leg to let it rest on the chair next to me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The men set up a domino table and took turns playing, the losers giving up their chairs to the ones waiting their turn. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

An old woman in a dark red suit and a name tag on her black vest sat in a folding chair, amid a pile of programmes. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Actually it was only eight chairs, but these are the kinds of rumors that are good for business. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I told him to stay in his chair and I’d get the refreshments, and he looked rather grateful for my offer. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nelson Bookman leaned back in his chair, straightened out the Xerox copies a different secretary dropped on his desk, and suddenly grinned. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inevitable pause, the glance at the watch unnecessary, as her drawing-room clock chimed four in shrill tones, and my rise from the chair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

If he didn’t look so scared, I might have been powerful mad for seeing him sitting in Pa’s chair. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The president’s favorite chair is in the exact center of the room. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Notably, there isn’t a chair in the study left for me, so I’m forced to stand between my parents as Father Masego addresses them again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The meeting room was a stark white setting, with mahogany straight-back chairs. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam- machi’s violin and violin stand, the Ooty cupboards, the plastic basket chairs, the Delhi beds, the dressing table from Vienna with cracked ivory knobs. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down, tipped my chair back and started to thumb through the index of one of the books. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glad to escape from Khouy, who sits glaring at me, I hurriedly jump off my chair and head for the bathroom. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost fall out of my chair when I see the caption. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When the others were ready to return to the minivan, we played a silent game of musical chairs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Granddad pulled an old wicker chair to the center of the room and sat down, bending over the books. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

It’s pretty cozy sitting next to Abby and smelling her magical French toast scent, while we watch the freshmen take turns racing in the chairs. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The slugger didn’t offer to help me, despite its ability to grow arms at will, and I waited for the spasms to recede before climbing back into the chair. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He kissed her tenderly and set her in the chair. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kitty climbed up on the barber chair and put her head on his chest. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tilted back on the folding chair’s rear legs and rubbed my face. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

General Good Times, the stuffed lemur, sat in the leather desk chair. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Or, rather, Owen, our mother, and I sit down—Owen and me on the couch, our mother in a nearby chair. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I imagined my brother tied to a chair at the school, a flock of grey-hooded villains tightening his beaded chains while they recited Hail Mary like synchronized swimmers. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She half carried me to her chair, pulled me onto her lap, and rocked me back and forth, back and forth, humming a lullaby I’d never heard. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It feels like a chair with some history. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sit down, Frank, she says, and when I go to sit on one of the ordinary kitchen chairs she says, No, sit here. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Dudley gets enough, don’t you, son: Dudley, who was so large his bottom drooped over either side of the kitchen chair, grinned and turned to Harry. “Pass the frying pan.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He sinks into the chair across from me, next to Abby, and grins. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Mother sat in a chair and stared into her lap. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was both bolted and locked and had an oak chair wedged under the handle. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Desks and chairs were falling apart as if being demolished by mysterious unheard dynamite explosions. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember playing with the lounging chair when I was little, tipping the wooden handle and lying back. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I sat on the sofa near his chair. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Her clothes were in the wardrobes in her room, her brushes were on the table, her shoes beneath the chair, her nightdress on her bed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly she sat down again in her chair. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

That job was cool because I was on the phone all day and got to sit in a really comfortable office chair. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Well-worn couches and comfy chairs filled the room on the right, where some kids were watching television. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The area in front of the holophone showed a desk neatly piled with papers, a swivel chair and what appeared to be a diploma on the wall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to sit on the lounge chair that had been made for Marie Antoinette or at least sit at her writing table. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the chattering mass of bodies, Diana rose from her chair in the corner and came to where Lyddie stood. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, deliberately, he got to his feet and pushed the chair back to its position under the table. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The catheter bag, connected to the tube inside him and filled with greenish waste fluid, lay by my foot near the leg of his chair. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rising again, Mary Anne resumed her dance around the chair. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nick and Leah end up talking about Doctor Who, and Leah tucks into the video game chair, tugging the frayed hem of her jeans. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

And three or four of the neighborhood mothers set up lawn chairs nearby and talked and ate pretzels while their kids ran through the water. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Ben lifted his left shoe up on his chair and began unlacing it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she set a chair in the front-room window and every evening I would sit there with my toys and stuffed animals and books and I’d wait. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blue guitar rested on a sort of Turkish chair. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was sitting in his chair, sharpening his mean instruments and putting extra sting into his medicines. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember when my mom helped me pick out this chair. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Chandresh removes his feet from the chair in front of him and leans forward, staring at Celia as though he is seeing a completely different person. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We leaned against each other like stacked chairs. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Nicholson sat motionless for some few minutes after he left, his hands on the armrests of the chair, his unlighted cigarette still between the fingers of his left hand. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

We pass a shop window with classic novels and new books sitting in children’s chairs, like the books are hanging out in a waiting room, ready to be bought and read. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Because bound to that chair, gagged, terrified, and tearful, was her brother, Ben. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In the center of the room, there’s a leather reclining chair. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

While he was flipping, she dropped into the chair by the desk, waiting—for what, she wasn’t sure. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

After an hour she finally sits in the chair next to me and says, The good news is, I'm not going to suspend you. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

When the terrible story of Lucy’s death, and—and all that followed, was done, I lay back in my chair powerless. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

There were no chairs; so the occupants of the cabins either squatted in front of the fire or sat on the floor. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out for her glasses that lay on the chair beside her bed. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got there, my mom and brother were standing by the chairs that bad kids sit in while they’re waiting to get reamed out by the principal. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned back a little in his chair. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the back of his chair perched a gigantic, golden-plumed eagle, watching every movement with sharp, unblinking eyes. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Pots and pans, spice jars, an espresso pot, a large table, a few chairs... The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He rose from his chair and put his stringed instrument on the shelf where he kept it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Shaking off my nerves, I follow the hall to a small waiting room—six chairs with a magazine rack in the corner. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She stumbles through the door and into a chair at the kitchen table. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The room appeared to be a reception area, with rows of straight-backed chairs facing a massive desk and some filing cabinets, all trapped inside tons of ice. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It is an abstract or theoretical chair, a geometer’s chair, not a real chair. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

At that Gandalf sat up and gripped the arms of his chair; but he said nothing, and with a look stopped the exclamation on Pippin’s lips. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The two trusties lifted and tilted the heavy cage, while three officers yanked Joe's chair with a violent pull that finally dislodged it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I got out of the chair, and went up and down the room a few times. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

All afternoon, I sat in that large comfortable chair in Dante’s room and he lay down on his newly made bed. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I plow through the crowds in my electric chair like a power mower in thick grass. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

For instance, I remember one evening when Mr. Monroe picked some of his sour balls out of the bowl by his chair and dropped a green one on the floor. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

He hurried off just as everything went pitch dark, and then the music shook the stage, nearly knocking Armpit out of his chair. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He turned the chair away from the table. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ma jumped in her chair, and said, “Mercy, Charles!” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take my usual chair, the gray tweed perfectly molded to the shape of my body. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He finds everything—if it is cold, a small stove and wood, hay and straw, a table and chairs—but above all food. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sorrento sat down behind his desk and offered me the chair directly across from him. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as we exited the shop, I headed for an empty table and pulled out the chair facing the parking lot. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Though now considered anachronistic, in the late nineteenth century the chair was thought to be a bold and humane innovation. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the sidewalk across the way the tobacconist brought out a chair, set it in front of his door, and straddled it, resting his arms on the back. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

My clothes for the day were ironed and folded, left on the cane-seat chair in the foyer where Hassan usually did his ironing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“That you, Earl? You’ve been away too long. Guess it took your grandson visiting to pry you out of that big old easy chair.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Colonel Korn was there at his bedside, waiting calmly in a chair in his baggy, wool, olive-drab shirt and trousers. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

This time she chose the chair across the table. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were directed to a set of chairs, the same chairs Zeitoun had been questioned in, and were told to wait for a chance to meet with the assistant district attorney. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

This appearance of a second outlaw seemed to overwhelm Professor McGonagall, who staggered backward and fell into a nearby chair, clutching at the neck of her old tartan dressing gown. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Howard led me by my hand to the tall metal chair in the corner of the room. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drew close and said quietly, “Matthias, Dunwing knew! First day you come here I see belt you wear. It all same as thing behind chair in King’s room.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Still, she had a regal air, sitting straight and dignified in her gilded chair as if she really were a queen. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He was amused that a chair could give him so much pleasure. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next week, I see the notebook again, but this time next to the chair Dr. Katz usually sits in. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Sam stirred in his chair, and looked at the farmer with an unfriendly eye. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know who threw that chair, but your aim was terrible.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The chairs were placed so close together that the arms touched. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” he said, and he scooted his chair around his desk and next to me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Put that chair down this minute,” Dorian said. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew sits, and spins in his chair once. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Valentina trucks into the living room space, which still has sheet-covered shapes of what I’m guessing are a couch, chair, and coffee table. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Mother was too nervous to sit down with the company so she stood behind Father’s chair, leaning on the windowsill, waiting for him to finish the newspaper they’d brought. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t-a been no more surprising if Spangler sprouted wings and flew off to scare mice under the king of England’s chair! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

She had risen from her chair; her hand was pressed over her heart and she was staring out of the kitchen window. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

My bed and a rough wooden chair beside it were the only pieces of furniture. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Ben tried to regain his balance before he slammed into the folding chairs and spectators sitting at his end of the court. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A microscope sat on a table in the closet, and there was a chair, and from the wall hung an air hose. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told him that she missed his “rocking”—which apparently involved them sitting close together, perhaps in one of Riverbank’s swinging chairs. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The haptic chair instantly flattened itself again, then retracted so that it was flush against the wall, clearing a large empty space in the center of the room. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When I go back into our bedroom, I find Helena awake, in my spot in the chair, watching Max sleep. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise got up from the yard chair she was sitting in, walked to the corner of the lot, and vomited up her Sunday dinner. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The metal-edged Formica table with matching red leatherette chairs in the other. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He pushed the chair back and ran to the bathroom. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Early that morning she had cut Joe’s hair as he sat perched on a chair in his little room at the YMCA, a towel fastened around his neck with a clothespin. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The Leviathan’s sailing was held up for twenty minutes until Dan was located, asleep in a chair on the promenade deck. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Revulsion, anguish in his heart, with both feet kicking out, he downed his chair, while the shrouding wave of mist closed on his eyes. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annie and I played church together out behind her house, setting up chairs and doing services. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Max even stands on a chair and hangs Helena over one end while she squeals, a technique that works better than I would have thought. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It came as a total surprise to him when he was grabbed off the deck chair and first his scarf, and then his jacket and pants, were ripped from his body. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Dad came in and sat in one of the folding chairs. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up another chair and got between the two contestants. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, after dinner he did not sit in my father’s chair at all but disappeared into his room. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You stupid, man. Real stupid. Ain’t no law for no colored man except the one sends him to the chair,” said Guitar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy’s face was no longer impassive, and his hands clutched at the armrests of his chair. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He pointed to a candelabra on the windowsill behind a large wingback chair. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Nan straightened herself in the chair and avoided my told-you-so look when a knock sounded at the front door. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Sana pulls out a chair for me, and almost before I’m in it, Mazen leans forward. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In the well-appointed living room, Hassan's mom sat in an easy chair, sleeping. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Willow seemed to be sucked back into her chair. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Laying the cloth on the arm of her chair, he said, ‘Well, you’ve been wanting a new dress. Here is enough cloth to make half a dozen dresses.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at his empty chair until he returned. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The woman settles back in the chair and re-smooths the magazine in her lap. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They had with them tools and scraps of lumber, and they were prepared, they said, to build for the Imadas whatever was wanted: shelves, a chest of drawers, chairs. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dressed in a red T-shirt, jeans, and sandals, he looked relaxed and smiled sweetly at the attentive kids seated in stackable chairs. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

His back was rigid; he sat down stiffly in the chair Leroy pulled out for him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She led us into an office with a thick carpet and leather chairs and gestured for us to sit. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I fell asleep right in the rocking chair. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom’s still smoothing down my hair as we watch a new video, my dad sitting on his plastic-wrapped chair. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Each time I had to stand farther and farther from the chair. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you mind if I go around in the back—” “Sure. There’s tables and chairs out in the back. Folks set out there at night and eat their ice cream.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The queen's court and ministers look on from plush high-backed chairs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He turned around, looking both tense and agitated, and pulled out the straight chair at his mother’s writing table and sat down. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I pulled up a chair opposite her at the table and unfolded a napkin. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

They both sat down in unison like string puppets, the lady right on the edge of the chair so that her short feet could touch the floor. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Fermi sat in a chair on the balcony. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were surrounded by folding chairs, music stands, and painted scenery from last year’s spring play. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The detective turned around, grabbed one of the chairs pushed under the table in the corner and pulled it towards him in a swift, almost violent movement. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Poppins, thoroughly surprised, sat down with a plop upon one of the little green chairs that stood round the table. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Burl and Lenny brought aluminum lawn chairs in from the yard for us and nearly knocked each other over trying to sit next to Jackie. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I release the chair back and sidestep it to sit down. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They are going to raze the Time and a Half Pool Hall, where feet in long tan shoes once pointed down from chair rungs. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It provided a distraction, watching Mrs. Weasley force Charlie into a chair, raise her wand threateningly, and announce that he was about to get a proper haircut. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Scanning the papers as he ate breakfast, he turned to the New York Times—and suddenly leaped from the chair. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Next to the chair was the small table she remembered from before, with the china teapot and a tray of china teacups with chips around their edges. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In this tiny room, it was about as far away as if he'd sat right next to her on the bed, but the distinction between chair and bed somehow felt safer, less scandalous. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She lifted me by the forearm, hurried me across the room through a door into a dark parlor, and plunked me down on a stiff cane-back chair. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Adam sat down in a straight chair and put his elbows on his knees and supported his chin in his hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He carefully put Bo down in a chair by the door. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boy noticed that his mother had stopped rocking; the loose boards did not rattle as the chair moved on them. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers lock around the arms of the chair. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Barbara was sitting at the table now, next to a baby in a high chair. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sits down on the chair next to a white woman who is also trying on shoes. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

You always used to think that was funny, how everyone in our town stuck their lawn chairs out way before parade day and how they didn’t strap them down or lock them up, either. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I pulled my old Windsor chair up to his desk and sat down. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

How long will I stand here and let him laugh at me, I thought, holding on to the back of the chair, how long? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a police officer there, waiting in a chair. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

David pulls a chair over, letting it screech on the tile, and pats it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He shifted in his chair; with the tip of his tongue he wet his lips. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keep quiet in your chair now, and leave ’em to me.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

So we just rock in the chair awhile. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A baby in a flowing white gown, arranged on a tall chair out in the middle of a field. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

None of the chairs match and the table is an old wood job with lots of scratches on it. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two of us leaned back in our chairs. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

We organized the chairs before the dais and lit the candles upon the stands so that the hall sparkled with illumination. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

We step through the debris of charred cabinets and chair legs used as firewood, and move through the offices skylighted by gaping holes punched through the ceiling and roof by the firefighters. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The table was bulky and made of a light, unfinished wood— Tariq’s father had built it, as well as the chairs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I reach my hand to the side, but I can barely touch the edge of my book bag hanging on my chair. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“He’s my prisoner,” I remind them, squatting down and slicing through the strips of my dress still tying his legs to the chair. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“That canna be,” she had said loudly, and began to rock back and forth in her chair as if to try to soothe a deep pain. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

With her arm, she made a wide swipe and knocked over the table next to the chair as well. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They reached an open area with chairs and a table just as the man they were chasing disappeared through a round hatch into what had to be the cockpit. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In the middle, in an ornamented sedan chair carried by four people, sat a woman, the mistress, on red cushions beneath a colored awning. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held out A Child's Garden of Verses and scooted his apple crate chair closer to the stove. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The baby was nearby, in a high chair. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down, his back as straight as the chair. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Along the way, tables full of people stretch their legs or tilt back their chairs to form an obstacle course that begs me to spill my drink. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They had set her place next to mine for some reason, and the chair stayed empty. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

And a cold and annoyed matron led them to her office and sat them down on one side of her desk, while she ascended to the lofty chair behind it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

And indeed, even as she spoke, Mr. Benedict’s eyelids fluttered open, and he rose abruptly from the chair and said, “Ah.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were in an overscaled, Architectural Digest sort of room, big and loft-like, with skylights and a fieldstone fireplace, chairs upholstered in white leather, kidney-shaped coffee table—modern, expensive, Italian stuff. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Calder, smiling at the chalkboard, now squirmed in his chair with excitement at the thought. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was then that Calder’s lunch box collided with the back of a chair and popped open. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I notice a pink notebook at her feet, but she kicks it under her chair when she sees me looking at it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

And I am glad when we move the mousey chair back. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Leading me to his chair, he had me sit. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And it was so big, Meggie felt sure everything around it would go up in flames: the grass, the deck chair, and Dustfinger himself. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Bessie heaved herself up out of her comfortable chair and shut the door after her. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hang up, and I jump out of the chair like my feet have springs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He sat down on a chair, he put his hand up to his forehead. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped into the chair across from her and put his head in a hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Nestor fought his children off with a cane when they tried to lift him from his chair, and he cried with such a pitiful hoarseness that they finally left him in peace. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had made tea and offered around a plate of doughy cookies, he leaned back in his chair and surveyed Harry closely through his beetle-black eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then he swivels in his squeaky chair to get a folder behind him. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are sitting in camping chairs and drinking malt liquor, a volunteer army facing off against the enlistees in the streets. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Eat it,” Ethan says and falls back into one of the sling chairs. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But she only sat in the chair, turning her fingers over slowly, staring at them expressionlessly, trapped. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry clapped loudly with the rest as Ron collapsed into the chair next to him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I scoot back in my chair, kicking off from the table legs. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

As she arranges herself on the chair, I notice Mami has cuts and scratches all over her arms and legs. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Mia is still unconscious, but her vital signs are improving,” she tells the assembled relatives, who have abandoned their distractions haphazardly on the chairs. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

No sooner was he all set as the Mayor—post master— landlord—storekeeper, than he bought a desk like Mr. Hill or Mr. Galloway over in Maitland with one of those swing-around chairs to it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Grandpa had taken the cane-back rocking chair by Granny’s side of the bed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

After a while, I sat down in Tom Weylin’s worn arm chair and put my head down on his desk. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the orphanage, the next day, they ran out of chairs. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, good, good,” he said, sliding back into the chair until his short legs no longer touched the worn rug. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The older two ignored the sofa and chairs to settle on the floor while Chima curled up on the sofa, balancing his plastic plate on his lap. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It's almost dismissal time, and Helmuth is sitting on a hard wooden chair in the school auditorium. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He did not even look at the man, and as the sheriff drew a chair across the room the man said, “We’ll go out so you can talk. Come on, Myrtle.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sits in a chair, crosses one leg over the other, says, Let me introduce myself. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Joe frowned concernedly as he pushed out of his chair and moseyed into the bathroom to brush his teeth. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Luna looks up and sees Alex in his doorway, he drops his pen on a haphazard pile of papers and leans back in his chair. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“The mayor, the school district superintendent, the chair of the school board, and the editor of the Lambert Trader,” he read. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t sit, but take my place, kneeling, near the chair with the footstool where Serena Joy will shortly enthrone herself, leaning on her cane while she lowers herself down. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He caught a quick glance of two pilot chairs, windows above wide panels full of instruments and dials and screens flashing information. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Unlike the chairs and people, Frightful has not changed. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Furlough crawled up the chair leg and then hopped onto the book. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She turns her chair and checks something on her laptop. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Fan mail,” Van Houten answered as he sat down in the lounge chair. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Bast visibly relaxed, settling back into his chair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lady Constance clutched the seat of her chair so tightly, her knuckles turned white. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

An oversized cardigan, worn through and patched at the elbows, slung over an antique wingback chair near the window. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Maybeth sidled over between the two chairs Dicey and their grandmother sat in. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The back seat was crowded with two chairs and the filing case. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She placed Edward on a chair in the dining room and positioned the chair so that Edward was looking out the window and could see the path that led up to the Tulane front door. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

We would gather chairs from all over the house and sit around the big dining room table to eat. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I sink into a chair, wrapping my arms around my knees. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Mama put some cane chairs out there along with a crate with an ashtray so they’d stop littering her yard. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

El Patron spoke so sharply, Matt jolted up in his chair. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A real house with curtains and proper shelves for my books and actual chairs to sit on, not old lard buckets. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The teacher had dragged in some chairs from the dining hall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The office was small; a little waiting area with padded folding chairs, orange-flecked commercial carpet, notices and awards cluttering the walls, a big clock ticking loudly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You’re not staying for the meeting?” she asked, gesturing for me to sit in the chair across from her. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

We hung our heads, pushed back our chairs, and filed out to help stoke up the firebox in the kitchen house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Delphine, go get—” Then, just as I was about to scoot out of my chair, she stopped herself, got up, and went inside the kitchen and came back with the rolls. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He turns his chair to face me again and sits back, thinking. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They took turns sitting there for weeks, until the grass under their chair turned brown, until even they got overwhelmed by all the people, the endless stream of lost, brokenhearted, patriotic, curious people. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hooper took a chair and listened while my mother tried to explain that Luke was not going to be my brother any longer. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Then some guy wearing a tie—a tie! at a picnic!—this guy stood up on a chair and held a black notebook over his head and everyone cheered. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His mother is seated in a cushioned chair nearby, with her young daughter balanced on her knee. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But since Quinby’s arrival, he’d spent all his time perched on a chair near her crate, like a worried big brother. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Each chair had its own little velvet stool sitting before it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just as in Mrs. Bedlow’s parlor, chairs had been pulled away from the tables and girls were chatting and sewing and reading in the living area. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen and I sat in the rocking chairs in the parlor, while he stood before us holding a small notebook, ready to capture every word. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart starts racing around inside my chest, even though I'm just sitting on a chair, not running, not walking, not doing anything except smiling. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The chairs were immense, fantastically carved, bright with goldwork and studded with amber, onyx, lapis, and jade, each one different from all the others, and each striving to be the most fabulous. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His voice broke on the last word and he dropped down into the nearest chair. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I moved back in the Early American chair. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blundered around, finding a chair, an empty chair. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put a chair beneath the bedroom doorknob, too, turn down the lamp, and bring another to the bed to sit beside Max. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She took a chair by me, washed the blood from my face, and, with a mother’s tenderness, bound up my head, covering the wounded eye with a lean piece of fresh beef. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was in the chair one night, having a friendly argument with the drummer, Sonny Greer, who was standing there, when I tapped the bottom of his shoes to signal that I was finished. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There came the clink of a bottle being put down upon some hard surface, and then the dull scraping noise of a heavy chair being dragged across the floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He reared back for another knee, the finisher, but suddenly I saw someone whack my attacker with what I later learned was the leg of a chair. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I gave her a shy wave and slipped back into my chair. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I stumble to the closest table and collapse into a chair. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I settled into the chair’s vinyl padded seat and faced the computer. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Grandpa gave Adele a don’t-you-start-with-me look, marched into the kitchen, grabbed a can of beer from the refrigerator, planted himself in his favorite chair in front of the television, and lit a cigarette. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“We can bring up chairs,” I told my father. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The four girls shifted in their chairs, anxious to get to the end of the story. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Mary sat to Lincoln’s right, seated on a wood chair. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three other prisoners were seated in chairs at the back of the room. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Mercy pulled herself about the room, righting an overturned chair, straightening out the scuffed primers. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the legs of a chair dragged hurriedly across the wooden floor. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled my feet up to the rung of my chair. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The lights were on in the living room, and I saw her sitting in a chair. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She settled herself into the big chair in the corner, one eye on Pearl, who sat down at last and popped the tab of her soda. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Wexler took the chair to his right and motioned to her favorite. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards shoved them forward and all dropped onto their knees in the cold snow as the emperor pushed open the drapes of his sedan chair. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They sat beneath the eaves in wicker chairs, waiting for night to come and relieve the tension of the day. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reporter had his chair arms in a death grip. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Albert leans his chair back as he shakes his empty carton of chocolate milk to let the drops fall on his tongue. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone reacted to that, and he continued, “He’s one of your neighbors, Jack. He’s sitting outside in a lawn chair, all night long, with a shotgun across his lap.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed so hard, I jerked forward in my chair and found myself facedown on the floor. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I was in his office, sitting on a chair across from his desk and looking at this picture of a pumpkin on the wall behind him. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

If I’d opened my mouth or questioned Big Ma, she would have gotten up out of her chair. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then, for confirmation, I heard his chair being pushed back. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

And he was up out of his chair coming toward her with his arms out. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting in a chair with his head resting in his hands, bent over like he’s been that way since the day I left. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was sitting cross-legged on my bed and Salamano had sat down on a chair in front of the table. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The mouth, opened to show the long teeth, was a dark room furnished with a few white chairs. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother pushed herself up from the chair and shuffled off. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He scowls and squirms in the chair, and through gritted teeth says, “Four.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What about the electric chair? Anybody seen that?” a girl wants to know. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned one elbow on the arm of his swivel chair and rested his cheek on his fist. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

So I sat down, pushed my suitcases under the chair, and waited for check-in. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she sits down hard in a chair and lets her head fall back against the cushion. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the play takes place at their pretend kitchen table and sometimes, we're in their pretend living room but in real life we're just in folding chairs, sitting on the Kingdom Hall stage. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Lupita looked past her mother’s arm at her brother, who was leaning back against the wall in his chair. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Still laughing, I click on the power to my chair, do a smooth turn, and roll myself out of the classroom. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But as soon as I took my chair in the trumpet section, I could tell something was up. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ashton leaned back in his chair and, slowly, he smiled. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Actually, there are three folding chairs at a table immediately adjacent to the bathroom, but hardly anyone ever sits in this, the very rectum of the gastroarchitectural system. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom asked, once we had eased ourselves into chairs at the kitchen table. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She was arguing with another girl over the chair. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Rita, Kuda and the Mellower dashed around, knocking over chairs, skidding on the wet floor and banging into the distraught robots, who were trying to clean up. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She took a chair out onto the balcony, looked out over its white-painted railing to the sea shining like blue glass beyond the buildings, and tried to think of nothing, nothing at all. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Charlie sat in his favorite chair—his only chair—a chicken on his lap, waiting for the knock on the door. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And right underneath all that vibrancy is...my pile of medical equipment, sitting right next to a hideous green faux-leather hospital chair that comes standard for every room here at Saint Grace’s. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The legs of my chair slammed onto the stone floor of the library. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

If he was standing on his broken chair, waiting for a crowd to form, he would talk to me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Stanley wondered if this was how a condemned man felt on his way to the electric chair—appreciating all of the good things in life for the last time. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Plastic tables and chairs are overthrown, trash all around, being picked at by seagulls. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The widow herself sat out in the grassy front yard in a rocking chair. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then she swiveled her chair around on its rusty screws and with that I was supposed to be dismissed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The figure in the wheel chair looked up as he entered and smiled. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The statue in the huge chair was just as detailed—a man staring straight ahead, his hands gripping the armrests, with bracelets on his wrists and anklets above his bare feet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Finally Ross Milton leaned forward in his chair. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words float, and gingerly I stand and sit at one of the vacant kitchen chairs. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He went home and sat in a chair by the window, looking out dreamily. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lounge chairs sailed past them and crashed over the side. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it was some kind of trick,” she told Rocky and Tayo one evening, when old Grandma was snoring in her chair. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he granted us an audience, he sat in a chair in his front yard looking away from us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waved her hand at the second empty chair. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was propped in the chair with white pillows, yellow foam, and blue towels. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You should have seen them sitting in that meeting yesterday—” Jean Louise looked up at her uncle, who was balancing himself dangerously on the back legs of his chair. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

A blond lady sits in a leather chair on a platform with potted green plants and a coffee table complete with a coffee mug. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Pez is practically on top of the table now, pounding the back of the booth with one hand and helping June up onto a chair with the other. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The Blue Tents clearly felt no pity for those two thieves sitting in their chairs, staring at the floor—voiceless, useless, lifeless—like a pair of mannequins in a Dumpster. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they pressed their faces to the dark windows, they saw that everything was gone—the tables and chairs and big copper urns, the chalkboard where the figures for the day’s trades had been posted. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Gomez points to a chair, and she and Wilkes sit across from us. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I widened my eyes as Maddy backed the chair across the room, inch by inch, until it was at the foot of Momly's bed. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The mayor leans forward, placing his cigar in a crystal ashtray and setting his glass of port down as well before hauling himself from the chair. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

There was the litde cloth purse with the safety pin on the chair beneath her clothes and the money just wasn’t nowhere in the room. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He repaired chairs for a living now, since he had retired from teaching. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, when he comes home, dark circles hang beneath his eyes, and he sinks into a velvet chair. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A painting of the pastor hung above the chairs, and I could’ve sworn he was watching me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Victoria leaned back in my squeaky chair and picked up one of my pens. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jackson sits heavily in one of the chairs. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Someone who displays to his under-officers a captive tied to a chair is clearly a prince of politeness. Untie me, or I’ll force you to gag me.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Let me paint you the picture,” Leon said, leaning forward in his chair. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went and sat in the chair by the fire. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

As usual, Papa finished his dessert first and tilted his chair back on its hind legs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She turns to look behind her just as the pencil ricochets off the back of her chair. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I set my book face down on the chair and followed after him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

When the voice drawled TEN I was lifted up and dragged to a chair. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t too bad there, with chairs and magazines and a cold-drink machine. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When I stepped out of my sedan chair, the villagers said, ‘Ahhh,’ at my good shoes and my long gown. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In late 1993, as they prepared to launch the chair, Herman Miller put together a series of focus groups around the country. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Spoon Man cleared his throat and shifted to the edge of his chair. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She brought it to her chair, and moved a basket filled with bright threads to the floor beside her. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

So saying, he picked up one of the torches from Elinor's deck chair. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Lots of folding chairs were arranged in front of a TV screen, and I found an empty one for Mama at the end of a row, near a cracked-open window. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He nods and picks up his winter coat from where it’s slung over his chair. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I watched in horror as they rushed in, yanked him out of his haptic chair, and threw him off the balcony. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Matt looked up to see that El Patron had fallen asleep in his chair. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he returned to the warm cave his father had constructed, Joe toweled his hair dry, unpacked his banjo, and pulled a chair up in front of the woodstove. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He thought about himself in the rocking chair with his children, and he thought about his mother, sitting in that same chair. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Someone has to watch this build- ff mg. “But there’s nothing left to take but your stove and your chair.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The oversized chairs are white; the walls, covered with occasional landscape paintings, are white; and the plush carpet is the whitest of all. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He twists in his chair and stares at me, his eyes wild and wide, like prey faced with a predator. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Ladies with rows of sausage curls sat side by side in chairs flipping through old Ebony and Jet magazines while their hair cooled. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Then we lock arms, beneath and behind her, forming a chair. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Go and sit down in your chair this moment!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Pattie has picked out a red Formica table with four nondescript dining chairs, a stuffed lemon-colored sofa, and a leather lounger that swivels in a complete circle. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Instead, they pushed me down into that hard wooden chair and held me firmly—as if I were a sheep about to be sheared. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dining room table was about two inches long and had four chairs around it with legs as skinny as toothpicks. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

My parents, leaning forward in the chairs, waited. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The room’s hearth crackled on the opposite side from the door, and a pair of great big chairs sat before the fire. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then, quickly unstrapping himself, he rose from the chair and trotted toward the station wagon. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Printer and publisher Mathew Carey watched sadly as “almost every hour in the day, carts, waggons, coaches, and chairs, were to be seen transporting families & furniture to the country in every direction.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Lean back as much as this rigid chair will let me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I imagined Mami just now seeing them, draped brightly on the backs of chairs, and going to the window once again to watch for car lights. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when plates were cleared, Dr. Armstrong moved back his chair a little, cleared his throat importantly and spoke. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

On the paneled wall behind his chair, framed diplomas and certificates competed for space with photographs of Dr. Barnes shaking hands with important people, some of whom Mr. Larson could actually recognize. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“What about him?” asked Harry heavily, slumping back in his chair. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

His chair screeched on its back legs as he stood, stuffing his stack of papers into a folder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Newspapers, too, were stacked in front of the windows; recent ones were piled next to Mr. Larson’s chair. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Then I wrapped myself in the blanket, pulled the room’s two chairs together in front of the fireplace, and settled in as comfortably as I could. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She puts her Conversed feet up on a small stool by her seat and leans back into her chair. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I guess so,” I tell him, plopping down in my dad’s new reclining chair. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

There were five round tables, each with four chairs. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Bigger’s fingers gripped the arms of the chair. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She set her fry down and sat back in her chair, sighing. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When the champions and their partners reached the table, Percy drew out the empty chair beside him, staring pointedly at Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“We’ll be right over here, ladies. We have to sign some paperwork,” Mrs. Moore calls out to us as we place our swim bags on the chairs. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He’s watching me from behind his desk, tapping his fingers on the arm of his chair. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I put my jacket on the back of a folding chair and set the folder down. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Sitting up straight in the chair with his thick legs bowed, he looked like a cossack dancer. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bookstore is narrow and dark, a wall of magazines on one side, shelves of books, a table and chairs, an empty counter where coffee and sweet things are sold during working hours. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Taking in the tick and creak of Lincoln’s chair as he slowly lowered himself from tilt. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Moss was surprised when he walked into Martin’s shop to see Reg sitting at one of the other chairs. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

After softly closing it behind me, we went into the living room, where I sat down on the same nasty chair, with the stuffing on the seat part. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

My mother gets up, walks over to my chair, and hugs me so hard I can’t breathe for a moment. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I climbed into the chair and felt it adjust to fit the contours of my body. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was sitting in a rocking chair on the front porch of a house on the California coast. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After I light em, I bring them grits over to her booster chair, at the white linoleum table in the middle a the room. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I stumbled into one of the chrome chairs and bent forward gasping for breath, waiting for the blood to come back to my head. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

After trying it on, she’d put the box away under her chair, not noticing the smaller box lost among the tissue. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My father must have had the same feeling because all at once he slapped the table, tipped his chair back, and began singing “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kitbag and Smile, Smile, Smile.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Matilda Cook, it is time for the truth. You stay right there on that chair until you tell me what happened— everything.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they saw us practically falling out of our chairs, Inés insisted that we follow her down the hall. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

There’s some noise as chairs are moved closer to the podium. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the bed expecting him to join me, but he hunkered down in the dusty paisley chair. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I will her to look at me, to see me, but her eyes slide over me as if I’m just another palm tree, another chair. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their jackets were hung behind their chairs and their body language, slouching, slightly impatient, said this: We already know the answers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was stretched out on the only new piece of furniture in the house, a tilt-back lounge chair. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she came briskly, smiling, to her chair, Lane slowly got up, a napkin in his left hand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Lord Tywin did not stir from his chair, but he did give, his dwarf son a long, searching look. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Jim’s face went dark and he shoved his chair back from the table. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He ignores the High King and Prince Dain and flops down in a chair beside Prince Balekin, with whom he exchanges a few sharp words that I dearly wish I were close enough to hear. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Without saying a word, the colonel pushed the chaplain’s chest hard and knocked him back down into the chair, and the chaplain was suddenly weak and very much afraid again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

"I hope you are better at filling cavities than making false teeth," Turtle said, gripping the arms of the dentist's chair. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twice already, she had reached across her chair to caress Soraya’s hair and say, “God knows best, backem. Maybe it wasn’t meant to be.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A paper screen is set up, splitting the front of the room right down the middle, surrounded by a collection of round tables and chairs. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’m not sitting huddled in the chair anymore. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He left, came back, set up some chairs. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I’m falling all over myself as I stop pacing long enough to collapse in one of the chairs. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tip of a wand emerged from around the back of the chair. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I sat in my hard folding chair and began closing all the little windows. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He let Will in and placed a chair for him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bunny, settling in his chair, took a sip of water and looked around happily. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

From others there was the peaceful sound of a chair slowly rocking. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I pictured him tied to a chair or something. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

A chair was positioned next to the bed, and a chamber pot, empty, rested under that. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thank you for your words, he says abruptly and leads Uhmma away to the back row of chairs. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I eased back down in the chair and pulled up to the table again. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I guess I won’t have to worry about getting back to my chair after all. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They pulled another chair over, then Brandon used it to climb on top of the trophy case. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He stood up suddenly and his chair fell over. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lupin kicked aside the chair he had overturned. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I stare into what looks like a normal living room with couches, chairs, and a fireplace. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The professor turned to a small table no more than an arm’s length from his comfortable chair and poured some golden wine into three glasses. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She fell asleep while Louisiana read aloud from a book that didn’t exist, and she dreamed that Mrs. Borkowski was sitting in her lawn chair in the middle of the road. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I got up and pulled the chair back inside, then closed the window. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Later, he sat Lolo in a chair right outside the bathroom and let me roll some walls to finish up quickly. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Rachel fluttered to draw a chair for him. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He had trouble getting out of the big chair. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sit down,” he laughed again, waving me to a chair. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed him up a spiral staircase and into the clock tower itself, where there was a well-lit room with simple furnishings: two chairs and a wooden table. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Cobb was still throttling the arms of her chair, but she was leaning back how and not breathing so heavily. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He was at home in Aunty Ifeoma’s house; he knew which chair had a protruding nail and could pull a thread off your clothes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’d just push her off the chair into bed and tuck her in. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

With Eveillard, I stopped at a table where a young woman in a red dress had left her chair and was sitting in the lap of the inmate. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new king stared openmouthed, but the sedan chair was already moving at a gallop. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I hobble back to my chair; my legs are iron. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A couple of ladies had lawn chairs, but everybody else—and there must have been a hundred kids and grownups—stood for the entire game. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As one of the protesters was being dragged out of the room, her bag caught on the arm of a chair. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A small black bird flew past and, just for a moment, nipped at the knitted doily on the back of Zane s chair. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The teachers tie us to our chairs and pour worlds into our ears. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Bringing a book outside to read, I would fall asleep almost immediately in my chair; when I took the boat out I soon tired of rowing and allowed myself to drift all afternoon. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

One bowl was set strategically between me and Doreen's empty chair. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

This is musical chairs, and I’m trying to stay in the game. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Old Phoebe's clothes were on this chair right next to the bed. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

These chairs, as it turned out, were for the “families”—two families—the Fishers and the Bauers. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she approached her chair, the carton wobbled, and there was a scratching noise. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Calder was jabbing the U pentomino into the arm of his chair for emphasis. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I stand up from the table quickly, knocking my chair over. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He leaned back in his chair and trained his watery, red-rimmed eyes on me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Chills danced up my spine as I sat in the big green living room chair with Mama and Grandma nearby. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He worked forever as the number-two chair in the least successful barbershop in Highland Park, Illinois. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Yolanda was already inside, unfolding chairs while Mari rolled up forks, knives, and spoons inside napkins. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Stephen’s dad paces around angrily while I sit in a chair and stare out the window behind Principal Jenkins. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He sat in a high-backed chair near the fire, while Lady Constance sat at her embroidery frame with a small girl leaning against her knee. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Austin grabbed my roommate’s chair, turning it around like we were old buddies about to have a heart-to-heart. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin planted himself in Celia’s easy chair and watched silently as Maria and Celia tried to tempt Matt to read or do a puzzle or eat. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Women sat on kitchen chairs, dining-room chairs, stools and upturned wooden boxes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba pushes the chair closer to my bed. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Luke pushes his chair back from the long table at Toscana’s. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Sam huffed and leaned back in the creaky chair. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She got up from her chair as he came up the steps and gestured at the bright sun and cloudless sky. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought none of the—” Atticus eased his arm on the corner of the chair. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It had white walls, a white chair, a white, glass-enclosed cabinet, and a tall metal table with a white sheet over the mattress. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And I wasn’t ready to do that, wherever my chair was from now on. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

John had finished sweeping, and he now mounted to the pulpit to dust the three thronelike chairs, purple, with white linen squares for the headpieces and for the massive arms. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He sat on the edge of the cot and drew the chair forward so that he could reach the food. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hype points me to a chair across from his where a mic and headphones await. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Ashe dropped into a chair and stretched his long legs out before him. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He crawled around Alec and slowly peeked over the chair to take a look. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Faizah had me rest my injured ankle on an empty chair. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I sit on the sofa, Phyllis sits on the chair at the desk. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My best friend, Zoey, is in the back, on one of the green-and-black bungee chairs with her feet up on the armrest of the denim couch. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Some adults and kids sit in chairs spread around the room, talking and laughing. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night in the dining hall, we sat in chairs. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped, took a deep breath, pushed her chair back, flexed her fingers. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was a converted utility closet, with just enough space for two machines and their chairs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blind man rocked back and forth in his chair. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Celaena straightened in her chair, rubbing a nasty bruise on her leg. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Harry slumped into a chair next to the fire. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

His breathing had gotten easier, but he was fidgeting in his chair now; he couldn’t seem to get comfortable. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The couch, the table, the rug, and the chairs went too. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I look close as we pass by shelves of books and big wooden tables and people sitting in chairs with round backs. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was the blanket that had fooled Matt into thinking the old man was part of the chair. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are seated in chairs on the platform at the top. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The plastic molded chairs were stacked along the walls, and the carpet smelled like shampoo. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She sits in the chair next to me and moves the hair away from her face with small fingers with no nail polish on them. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I slid up in my chair so I could still see her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came to the table and sat down in the chair next to Gabe. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There are a dozen small tables with chairs inside for visiting family who come on visitation days, typically scheduled two or three times a month. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There is the beanbag chair where Devon always sits. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of Cardan tied to a chair to cheer myself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When the normal participants looked at the chair, however, they used a completely different and less powerful part of the brain—the inferior temporal gyrus—which is normally reserved for objects. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was empty: no kitchen table, no chairs, no nothing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most were in uniform, sitting up there stiff and proud in rows of chairs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She nodded to Genie, then at the empty chair to the right of the old man for Genie to sit in. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Cole’s father sat up taller in his chair. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A glass crashed to the floor, a chair was overturned. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some people rise from their chairs, and I see two reporters standing by the wall with their phones out, recording. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He lets his hand hover over his heart for a moment before sitting back in his chair. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Cora sits on a chair outside in the hall, to see that no one else goes in. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Axel goes to his chair by the window. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Just before I banged him on head with a deck chair, he hit the alarm. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Lovelace took both girls’ chairs and slid them over to the wall. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Never taking her eyes off her phone, she deftly navigated around the edge of the room, avoiding people and chairs, and sat in her usual spot. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doc Smith was sitting in a rocking chair under one of the trees, reading a book. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy stood up from his chair and took his pipe out of his mouth and said, “Hello! Come in, come in.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Something fell to the floor and rolled, glittering, under a chair: He had dislodged the Snitch when he pulled out the letter. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I lay back on the lounge chair and stared up at the sky. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Smeath dozes in the maroon easy chair, his round belly swelling up. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in my chair, not thinking anything at all. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There had always been a wide path of empty chairs immediately surrounding our eating area because other students shunned us during the lunch period. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The huge boy will lean back in a chair, so that it makes squeaking protestations beneath his bulk, and let his eyelids slip to half-mast. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“So they finally gave you the birth certificate and the papers,” the principal addressed my mother as he returned to his chair. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tori kneels next to the chair now and places her arms on the armrest. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

His father pulled out a chair roughly and started to sit, but he saw that Dill didn’t intend to sit, so he stood. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

There are no chairs, so I sit on the floor with my back against the door so no one can get in. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

If he sat down in one of our kitchen chairs, he would probably have broken it into pieces, he was that huge. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Can somebody sit her up a little straighter in her chair?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I sat down in Dad’s chair in the living room and put my feet up on the hassock while the reporter and I talked. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He looked at Taisin, pale-faced and stiff in her chair carved out of a tree trunk, and then at Kaede, who had dark shadows beneath her eyes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We walked over to two bright-yellow metal chairs in the middle of the quad. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I was still standing on the chair, swatting at the fire with the fork I had been using to stir the hot dogs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hear it clatter down on the long fancy dining room table, the chair legs scraping against the floor. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Carolina, who was seated in her chair by the op>en rear window, said vaguely, “Cheer up, querido, things could be worse.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bunny pushed his chair back and slapped me between the shoulder blades. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Capricorn leaned back in his chair and nodded to the Magpie. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

After a long time, she put the work in her basket, covered it with a cloth, and stood up from her chair, knees creaking. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ivette grabbed her purse from the chair next to the window. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The soldiers overturned the tables and chairs, and Amah’s carefully organized box of threads and sewing tools were strewn on the floor, red silk lying on the ground like a pool of blood. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Matt waited until he saw her dozing on a lawn chair, and then he hurried through the secret passage and stole one of the small bottles. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started dragging things from all over the kitchen and piling them up against the door—a barrel half-filled with drinking water, a scuttle half-filled with coal and several tin chairs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he could do that, he would relax; he would sit and wait until they told him to walk to the chair; and he would walk. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And I was right,” Old Sai said, pulling up some chairs. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I got up from the chair so I could be picked up as soon as he reached the first floor. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He grabbed an overturned chair by the legs and swung it toward the window. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She lifted her left foot above the chair for Lillian’s observation. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Windy drags her chair over to my desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ben pushes a cloth desk chair and it spins, creaking rhythmically. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Grandfather was picking through the broken chairs in the front room, trying to salvage something to sit on. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

June was out there waiting for us, sitting in an armless kitchen chair, playing her cello. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother says I used to beat out rhythms on my high chair with a spoon. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His work was so significant that his teacher at Cambridge, Isaac Barrow, resigned his chair of mathematics in favor of Newton five years after the young student returned to college. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fern pushed a chair out of the way and ran outdoors. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

But she just put her hands on my shoulders and slowly pressed me back into the chair. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man at the end of the line sits in a folding chair, looking out from under the brim of a bent fedora. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But half an hour later she came rushing to me, looking ill, sinking into a chair. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat back in her chair, ordered coffee and chocolate cream pie, ran a hand through her black hair. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Julian’s empty chair, on the side by the window, was pulled close to his. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Kvothe sat forward in his chair and spoke quickly, “I am. We are. She is. He was. They will be.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Quickly she came around the desk to Elizabeth’s chair and nudged the mouse across its pad, and the black screen of Elizabeth’s monitor flickered to life: a spreadsheet showing the year-to-date expenses. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dad eyed me and sagged in his chair. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I spun around in my desk chair again, but this time it was a happy, excited spin. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Only the boys remained in the bank conference room, and Felix sat frozen in his chair. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

That fearful Impostor, Pumblechook, immediately nodded, and said, as he rubbed the arms of his chair, “It’s more than that, Mum.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She asked me if I were sure I wouldn’t like a chair in my room. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I scrub my face and Hilly sits me in her dressing room chair. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

On the back page, there's a painting of an outdoor cafe, tables and chairs set out on what looks to be a summer evening. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Ma’s actually smiling, and her cane is safely hooked over the back of one of the chairs that circle the table. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The accused man sat so rigorously in his chair, so unmovable and stolid. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I walk up to the highest bench, and lift the chair above my head. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We went down together to the hospital and found Mother sitting up in a chair, her legs propped on a stool. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slide from the chair arm and walk over to where he sits. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Why in the world are you bringing that chair to school?” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie sat in a chair, one that she had moved so that it sat in the sunlight that filtered in from the windows. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Cabot stood up, pushed the chair back against the wall where he’d gotten it, turned around to walk out, and said plainly, “We’re in a room.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The three coaches moved to the front of the restaurant and sat in little yellow chairs. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The picture shows wall-to-wall shag carpet and low, streamlined sofas, egg-shaped chairs, and televisions that look like flying saucers. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He also chaired the Science Advisory Committee of the Office of Defense Mobilization, a successor to the technology committees organized by Vannevar Bush during the war. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The fields were bare and planted with winter wheat, and Ada sat in her chair in the living room and stared outdoors. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set her pocketbook on the chair, kind a itch around in her clothes a second. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When I had finished, he leaned back in his chair and pondered what I had said. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she squeezed out of the high chair and walked over to where her cousin stood her heart thudded inconveniently and her breath was short. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A blockade of chairs, benches, and tables lay across the road, and men stood there with guns, forcing us to stop. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Lucinda and Susie and their girlfriends sit on lounge chairs, their crinoline skirts spread around them like the petals of flowers. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

As I stood there on the stage floor in front of the risers, I could barely make out the familiar features of my parents in the center of the second row of chairs. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mom walked him to me, and I pulled myself out of the dining room chair and hugged him, his body taking a moment to find me before he hugged me back, hard. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was hunched up in his chair, his thick-skulled, heavy head hung forward. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pop off my chair and grab it before it rolls onto the lawn. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

And then I hear the sound of glass shattering, upstairs, and a chair scrapes across a wood floor. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, reader, he followed Furlough over the book and down the chair leg and across the library floor to the waiting Mouse Council. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Two of his men were just carrying a new chair up them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They sat inside it, leaning against the replica Lakota chairs, also called “backrests.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Nothing but desks and chairs, with Miss Birdy, the detention teacher. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Things get quiet in the kitchen, and then I hear the chairs scrape against the floor, and the clanking of pots and pans. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“As you say. Not the palanquin, though. I would suffocate behind those drapes. Have them ready a sedan chair.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She leaned back in the chair and spun in place. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dad and Mom both stand beside me, ignoring the chair in the corner. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lupita looked away from them to the poinsettias on the draperies as she relaxed in her chair. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Ma—” I said, sitting in the chair across from her. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They were a wild and homeless lot, culturally lost, spiritually disinherited, candidates for the clinics, morgues, prisons, reformatories, and the electric chair of the state’s death house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone shifted in a chair, and the chair screeched. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He smiled over at me where I’d taken a chair across from him. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

"Please get up. Why don't you sit down over there. In that chair? Yes. That's better." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

An upbeat, bouncy number played as the Cranes wove in a single-file line around blankets and collapsible chairs and a dancing toddler dressed like a monkey. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When they were safely settled into the chairs farthest from the desk, Pearl leaned over the clipboard. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My dad puts some on plates for us, then grabs himself a chair and eats without a single word. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Looking up front, I saw attendants in white jackets rolling the portable ring away and placing a small square rug in the vacant space surrounded by chairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turning the key swiftly, he flung the door open and tossed his books on the chair in the hallway. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We move the chairs so that we’re sitting right next to each other. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

All the venerable heads were craning forward, their spectacles glinting; only the Master and the Librarian leaned back in their chairs, with their heads close together. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The old man nodded and the boy took his trousers from the chair by the bed and, sitting on the bed, pulled them on. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had learned to play dice and chess, to watch dancers, to be carried in sedan chairs, to sleep on a soft bed. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only nine days to decide whether or not I’d tell the truth if I had to sit in the witness chair. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Once most of the men began to study, we complained that we did not even have the minimum facilities necessary for studying, such as desks and chairs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the next night, as I lay on my bed, I suddenly, with a start, became aware of a man sitting beside me in my chair. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slipping into a back-row chair, I pull the pink ribbon off my ponytail, stuff it into my pocket. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I got to where Captain Billy’s sons were handing up the freight, I saw the chair. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Order anything you like,” Enoch said, picking up a telephone that was attached to the arm of a reclining chair. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She leaves her chair and walks behind mine. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

My voice is so small I’m surprised she even hears me, but she spins the chair to glare at me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Hrothgar went back to his high, carved chair, relinquishing the bowl to the noblest of his thanes, and sat like an old man listening inside his mind to the voices of his childhood. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mona was asleep in her chair by the fire, and perhaps it was the greenwitch’s presence that made it possible for Taisin to finally see her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They could hear footsteps and crashes; the men were pushing over chairs inside the tent as they searched. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He dragged up the specially reinforced chair that was his, and folded gently into it. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

We didn’t even have a chair for him. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The blackboards, the rough wooden floor, the uncomfortable-looking chairs were almost exactly the same. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rahel drifted into marriage like a passenger drifts towards an unoccupied chair in an airport lounge. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she brought up her chair and sat down he smiled as though he had been expecting her, and when she took his hand he did not seem surprised. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The chair made the same groan beneath her as an icy pond made in the wintertime when she walked on its frozen surface, but it didn't break. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She had no fear for Pantalaimon: the room was somber colored, and he could always creep under a chair. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He stands right in front of the chair. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Zaman tilted back in his chair and crossed his arms on his chest. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And sometimes, on slow nights, she would sit in my chair and tell me to close the door. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They are sitting in rows of chairs facing a microphone set up on one end of the room. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I slid off of my chair and onto the floor, then curled up in my sleeping bag. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile Adah pulled her chair up next to him and opened one of the old musty bird books she’d found in this house, which she adores to carry around. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She settled back into her chair, a path- of-least-resistance look on her face, which meant I had to put up a stiff fight in precisely the right spots. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He forced the door open, cast aside the chair and boxes hastily piled against it with one lazy wave of his wand...and there she stood, the child in her arms. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I sat in a metal folding chair on the edge of the room until the song was over. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down in the chair the doctor had left, and leaned her head back tiredly; how lovely she is, Eleanor thought, how thoughtlessly, luckily lovely. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Then this must be President Davis’s chair,” he says with a grin, sinking into its burgundy padding. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled out a chair and Lexie settled into it, her face so still that even Izzy could tell something was wrong. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he kneels next to my chair and wraps an arm around me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

With those, he can roll the new chair into the back of our car and still have back muscles left over. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Her mother offered them both a chair at the table. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I start to stand up, but Auntie Lin pushes me back down into the chair. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A boy dressed like a mime—his face white with makeup, lips done in rosy red—turned to them from the next chair. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My mind closed down and I came immediately back to my bed, my room coalescing around me, my desk and chair, my little chest of drawers, the books and model airplanes suddenly so terribly real. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Will pushed his chair back and stood, holding the knife loosely. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to have to move your chair.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I stand up from my chair, and Lydia looks up at me with a start. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Faye mumbled thickly for a while and then she relaxed in her chair and slept, snoring thickly. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice trailed off as she started to roll her chair toward the file cabinets that stood along the back wall. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

But instead, I nod and scrape my chair back and excuse myself from the table, walking to my room and closing the door. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They take me somewhere and plant me in a chair. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I’ll teach you later, but for now I just need someone to watch the signs for me. Come on up to the copilot chair.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Without warning, Anna jumps to her feet, pushing her chair back—it clatters onto the kitchen floor, startling their daughter. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Grover tried to sweet- talk him, he would hack a chair to pieces. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

His greenfinch dæmon touched noses courteously with Jesper and then perched on the back of his chair as he sat down by the fire with his wine. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then she collapsed onto a chair and sat there looking at me and at Jay across the table. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They strolled around the lake, bought tea at a stall, and rented deck chairs to listen to elderly men of the Salvation Army playing Elgar adapted for brass band. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The king and queen sit in their high-backed chairs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And then Mrs. Krajewska pulls out a chair from my half table and sits in it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My tentacles spring back to life, and I stand up from my chair. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He could sit in Herb’s parlor rocking chair, and rock and think. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat next to us on the kitchen chair he had asked me earlier to bring into the study. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Before dinner they had ransacked the other downstairs rooms for comfortable chairs and lamps, and now their little parlor was easily the pleasantest room in the house. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sits on the edge of the sofa, and Sanne takes one of the chairs. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The tall, long-haired man was standing beside the fire, his chair and wood abandoned behind but the knife still in his ham fist. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Murphy blushes and blinks; she shifts in her chair, picks up her teacup, and then puts it down without taking a sip. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And just like that, Mutti packs up everything—the dishes, the pots and pans, the uneven chairs, the brown wooden table, the worn armchair, the scratched-up black oak table lamp, the two wooden bedsteads. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if it’d be noticeable if I crawled under my chair right now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They fieldstripped Spassky’s chair, x-rayed it, took scrapings of all the surroundings, and even examined the air on the stage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled up a chair, and the boys settled on the bunk beds to listen. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then my babcia laughed so hard she nearly fell out of her chair. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Around the tables were an assortment of chairs, none of which matched but seemed to. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

We sat in the long rows of chairs by the metal detectors, Jasper and Alice pretending to people- watch but really watching me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He hit a switch, hunched down in his chair, and put his head close to the viewing screen. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Puts the brakes on and drops her butt into the chair that rests on top. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

El Jefe sat down in an ornate chair on a raised platform and spoke directly to the families of the prisoners to be released. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Banners hung from the ceiling at Wilfrido’s office, and people swatted playfully at gold and silver balloons tied to their chairs. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And after, when he’d gone home, Johnnie Mae made tea for him and offered it as he sat wearily in the faded, overstuffed chair they had somehow inherited from his married sister. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nope. Just sat in a folding chair next to the chaperones all night. Hung out with some guys doing layups on the other side of the gym. But no dancing.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Some were standing on chairs, some were up on the tables and all of them were wiggling about and waving their arms in the most extraordinary manner. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I hear the clumping of shoes, the thumping of backpacks on the floor, the screeching of chairs as the room starts to fill behind me. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I had a single bunk, a bedside storage locker, a toilet, sink, polished nickel mirror, and metal chair. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He seized Winnie roughly by the arm and dragged her up out of her chair. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stacked chairs block off one wall of the Old Gym, but the other wall’s got a wooden frame you can climb. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It’s dirty and ugly, no decorations like crocheted table runners, or framed cross-stitched roses on the walls, no red sofas or plush chairs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Macon Dead neither heard of nor visualized Ruth’s sudden terror, her awkward jump from the rocking chair, the boy’s fall broken by the tiny footstool, or Freddie’s amused, admiring summation of the situation. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

His glossy beaver hat and white gloves were laid carefully on a chair near the door. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Matt pulled a chair over to her, since it didn’t look like she’d make it by herself. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get him water and the aspirin, and when he finally calms enough to sleep, I perch in the chair beside the bed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Too late, though, because now my chair is rotating and Courtney is glowering down at me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She sat rigid in the principal’s chair, and a younger woman hovered behind her. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a tiny room, only seventy-five square feet, with a small bed, a chair, a little table, and a built-in corner cupboard. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Please take a seat,” he says, rising from his chair and patting its seat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And home was our apartment on Euclid Avenue, with its fading carpet and low ceilings, my dad kicked back in the bucket of his easy chair. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Shutting the door, Dr. Barnes motioned to the chair in front of his desk. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed so small, sitting at that table in a black-vinyl chair. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

As the mighty battle came to its climax, Gerald crawled up on a chair and stood on the kitchen table, waving his arms triumphantly. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grunts and squeaks told her that the mayor was struggling to rise from his chair. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As the clock struck nine and Jo proposed bed, Meg suddenly left her chair and, taking Beth’s stool, leaned her elbows on her mother’s knee, saying bravely... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He comes to prefer certain sofas and chairs to others; when he is not there, he can conjure the paintings and photographs arrayed on the walls. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I heard them move away; a chair scraped. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Samsa turned around in his chair in their direction and observed them quietly for a while. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got out of the bed but a chair couldn’t hold her. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The chairs in front of the cafes were empty and a couple of women pushed their baby carriages past the wet tables. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry looked down at the man now sitting in the chair and saw that it was Karkaroff. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

People throughout the hall were swiveling around to see who had received the Howler, and Ron sank so low in his chair that only his crimson forehead could be seen. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Curtis sits on the arm of the chair and checks me out. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He tapped the back of a chair nervously. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he kicked off his hotel slippers and put them neatly under the chair. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once inside, we all walked over to Papa’s chair and helped him sit down. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

If you sat quiedy in a rocking chair you could work all night long. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since Volta was no longer throwing things and wasn’t chasing him out, Rowan grabbed a chair and sat down, far enough away to give Volta some space. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I sat down in the chair across from them, but Dad shook his head. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I set it on the chair next to me and sipped tea with honey and cinnamon while Mama loosed my hair, then oiled and combed and brushed it as gently as she could. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He stopped with the chair halfway out, then tried to squeeze noiselessly into his seat. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Grandma settled into her chair to smother her last pancake with corn syrup. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We sit in a pair of matching chairs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The chair was so cold it burned her skin. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Quentin had not even put on his overcoat, which lay on the floor where it had fallen from the arm of the chair where Shreve had put it down. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mom finished tidying up the living room, she came into the living room and planted herself in front of Dad, who had retreated to another chair and reopened his paper. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Malone sat down again, and hooked another chair out with her ankle for Lyra. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Settling back in his swivel chair, his feet up on the desk and his eyes closed, he began imagining how beautiful everything would be once he was squadron commander. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He saw me push back my chair and go to the door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then I pulled up a chair and stared. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She looks at the chairs suspended in the air. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Lou Volpe’s classroom, far from the main entrance, is furnished with old couches and living room chairs, donated stuff that otherwise might have gone to Goodwill or landfills. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Enough,” Duncan Priest said, “to get you sent to the electric chair, miss. For being an axe murderer, I mean.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was an urgent booming that made me jump in my chair. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mr Wormwood shouted, bouncing up in his chair. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas groaned inwardly as he stepped inside and saw the one piece of furniture—an ugly, rickety chair with one leg obviously shorter than the rest, probably on purpose. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The next morning, when I woke up from it all, there was my mother, sitting in a chair on the other side of my hospital room, staring out the window. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He sat on a chair at the very back of the room, not wanting to go upstairs to bed by himself, hoping that Mrs Boland might forget him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Harry sat down in his vacated chair, staring glumly at the floor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I get up from my chair so suddenly, she startles. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She pressed her way to a chair in the middle of the room and sat facing the experts. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Six minutes later, Elizabeth Manwill returned to find Mrs. Richardson back in her own seat, composed and unruffled except for one hand clenched on the arm of the chair. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“This chair is an antique. That means it’s supposed to be broken.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The next day, Christmas Day, in the middle of Christmas dinner, Jorge suffered a heart attack, flipped over in his chair, his mouth full of candied sweet potato, and died. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered himself into a chair and sunk his head in his hands. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When Schultz repeated the experiment with autistic people, however, he found that they used their object-recognition area for both the chairs and the faces. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

My mother and father sat on their outdoor rocking chairs. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Moss crumpled into a chair placed in front of a desk. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She swivels the chair back toward my desk and starts opening my laptop. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I rest my portfolio and bag against an easy chair that’s smothered in unopened mail. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The moment she had sat down, chains clinked out of the arms of the chair and bound her there. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Finally he sat back up in his chair and looked at us. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Their house was total chaos, babies screaming all the time, diapers everywhere, dirty burp cloths thrown over the backs of couches and chairs. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Like always, she chose the uncomfortable cane-back chair to make sure Henry could not end up next to her on the couch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a time, they got back into their sedan chairs, and their servants carried them away. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The recruiter was sitting on his folding chair, but he had to keep both hands on his pamphlets to keep them from scattering. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Malloy has taken the white wooden chairs from the basement into the living room to make sure everyone has a seat. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I fell asleep in a chair, waiting for the Gestapo to bang on the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t much, mostly parts for the Prospector and a couple of chairs and Mom’s oil paintings and art supplies. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The counselor leaned back in her office chair, stoic. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It’s the next morning, before training begins again in earnest, and Hideo’s virtual image is in my room, leaning forward in his office chair and resting his elbows on his desk. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Once I started school, however, I discovered I had a much bigger problem than just falling out of my chair. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

After his last bite, Thomas sat back in his chair. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Caddy took me to Mother’s chair and Mother took my face in her hands and then she held me against her. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

An enormous amount of work, for instance, went into the mechanism connecting the back of the chair to what chair designers call the seat pan. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

There are two rooms in Kazi’s cottage, a front room with a small kitchen, and a little table with two chairs in the middle. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When Doc scraped his chair back from the table, I gulped the rest of my tea. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A single long table is in the middle of the room with about six metal folding chairs around it. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The roaring fire made beads of sweat break out on my forehead, but in her chair Miss Avocet lay shivering. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He looked at a couple of pages, closed the book, and tossed it onto the chair. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He sits down and kicks a chair out towards me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love the electric-blue chairs around her dining table, which are all bent in unusual shapes. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She sat down in the chair next to mine and held out her hand. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I shove my chair back and get up. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody else ducked down out of sight, but Mom was still trapped in her chair and couldn’t. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the back of his chair to steady his legs, which shook from terror. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Please write back with proof that that fourth chair won’t stay empty forever. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They tugged at the chair with loud grunts and tried to force it free, but it was completely stuck. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Just stuff my feet under the metal folding chair stamped Precious Blood and pick on a wad of brown gum that’s stuck beneath the seat. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jackson spun around in his chair to face me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I almost don’t know where to go, but then I remember I left my bag on the chair and I have to head over to where Darius is standing. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She hooked up Elvira to my chair and switched it on, but there was nothing either of us could say. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She reached for her purse that hung on the back of her chair and pulled a few bills from her wallet. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Worry not, worry not,” he said as he slid into his chair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You’re not going to be here that long. In fact”—he leaned back in his swivel chair and clamped his hands behind his head—“I don’t even want to know why you’re here.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Suddenly his elbow, knocking against the inkpot, upset it, and the chair and the desk and the quill pen and his own best clothes were covered with great spreading stains of blue ink. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He bade Madam to sit on the chair she had nearly broke over my head, took a seat himself, and addressed me gravely. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chair asked for comment from the members of the committee. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Natalie, before you talk to Zoe, I have to confess something,” she told Mom as she stood up from her seat, dropping my phone on the chair. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

As we talk, he is walking a circular route around the classroom, straightening and fluffing the upholstery on the couches and chairs, a ritual he performs numerous times a day, always in a clockwise direction. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

‘For shooting me with a tranquilizer dart, putting a bag over my head and tying me to a chair.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When we got home, Howard was sitting in a lawn chair by the garden watching Gus doing some repairs to the fence. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He put the poker back and got the cushion out of Mother’s chair and gave it to Ben, and he hunkered down in front of the fireplace and got quiet. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t turn around and look at her in the rocking chair. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I enter her long, thin chamber, which has a computer and two chairs and an array of tubes and robes on hooks on the wall. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The pale little girl in the kitchen chair giggled. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colonel Regan was sitting in a chair, a white cloth around his neck, his face covered with foamy soap and his eyes closed. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside there was an apartment of many rooms furnished with chairs carved out of polished tree trunks, with cushions of rose and gold and green silk. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I stand more abruptly than I mean to, which sends my chair clattering into the wall and onto the floor. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I sit down in the backmost chair, by the window that peers out over the avenue that crosses the street I live on, so close to my real life. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

There were a leather divan and a number of easy chairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Fashion Minister stands and pulls out my chair for me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I jump out of my chair to get ready for the party before she has a chance to change her mind. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Erlan’s parents brought out folding chairs, but there still weren’t enough for everybody, so a bunch of us kids ended up sitting on the floor. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Caddy and Father and Jason were in Mother's chair. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scoots his chair beside me, and I’m suddenly aware of everything. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The men’s chairs were far enough away from the women’s couches that the two parties had to lean forward, their elbows on their knees. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I had bought a cake and some candy, and we had tea and cookies, the works, but neither Hello nor I felt like sitting stiffly on our chairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I crumpled up the letter and threw it in the trash, spinning away from it in my desk chair. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He sat in his big red leather swivel chair, and most of the time he enjoyed his life. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If not in the kitchen, I was removing colonies of spiders, polishing tables and chairs, or sweeping up a mountain of dust. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He offered her a chair at the fireside, having glanced through the curtains out of a window that fronted the street. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chairs were large and heavy and had lions’ heads carved on the tops of the backs. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

We carried the stuffed chair and the couch to the front porch to let them air as best we could. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw his beautiful hands lovingly sanding the back of one of his old chairs. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big chairs always make me want to jump on them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We reached his room, and he sat down on his bed while I pulled up a chair. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“What do you want now?” she asked, looking sharply over her spectacles, while the parrot, sitting on the back of her chair, called out... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a barbarous thing, a blind clayey hole with folding chairs for the family teetering on one side and raw dirt heaped on the other. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He takes a dark gray peacoat off the back of a chair and pulls it on. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a big room full of round tables, each with two or three chairs, and some vending machines. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He approached from the front, knowing he would have only one shot at this; his plan would be spoiled if Mr. Curtain turned his chair. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dad knocked a cat off a chair—they had already taken in a few strays—and offered me a seat. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the top chair was a brown paper bag. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

A work area dominates the rest of the space—chairs, a clean desk. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I leaned my lute case against a wall and fell into a chair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sandy perched on the edge of a straight-backed chair, adjusted his round wire-framed glasses, repaired at the bridge with adhesive tape, across his broken nose, and told about his children. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sunlight poured through the three wide windows that faced the street and spread gold across the gray rug, the French-style sofa, chairs and end tables, the polished, glass-topped coffee table, and along the white walls. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We find a handicapped parking spot right in front of the studio, and after the usual unloading the chair down the car ramps, seating me and strapping me in, then attaching Elvira, we roll inside. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He stopped reading when he thought she was sleeping, and he dozed in his chair beside the lamp. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how wild the party gets, no one sits in this chair but me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Bast closed the door and returned to sit in the second chair, turning it to face his teacher and the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Gaunt was thrown backward, away from his daughter; he tripped over a chair and fell flat on his back. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Holding Precious Coins even tighter, Bandit inched toward the carved ebony chair in the center of the room. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I sit in one of the chairs and sink down deep. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Roberto and I sat on a large couch across from Mike, who sat on a reclining chair. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Charlie sat in the chair, and the contrast between him and its former occupant was comical. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then one morning a female came to perch on the back of the wicker chair next to me on the porch. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In answer, she leaped out of her chair and raced for the stairs. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Sneaking around behind the lords and ladies, Prince Brat tied their powdered wigs to the backs of their oak chairs. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

A place cleared for Lee and he sat down in a rocking chair and Longstreet saw him in the light and saw that he was tired. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found an enormous cat in one of the chairs. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I sat back in the swivel chair and poked through the remainder. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Arthur sinks into his chair while everyone, myself included, bursts into laughter because of how often he used to take selfies with mannequins on his dad’s phone while they shopped for school clothes. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Dad leaps out of his lawn chair to give me a standing ovation. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

My father settled in his chair, rubbed his eyes, eyed me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

An attendant stood behind each chair, and at the center, raised slightly above the others, was a throne covered in crimson cloth. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

At this point, men stood up, chairs were knocked over. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

To the left, through a slightly open door, I glimpse the red-flocked wallpaper and mahogany table and chairs of a dining room. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Gilly shoved and pushed and tugged the heavy chair to a place opposite the red encyclopedia. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Then why are you putting the napkin back on the floor? Why did you put food on the plates? Why aren’t the chairs pushed in?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Often his voice would turn to song, and he would get out of his chair and dance about. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Beck's course took him to the chair, where he clumsily collided with Watney. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old monk seemed proud of the chair, and proud that such a man as Lieutenant Cross should be sitting in it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ear sprang for the door, but Fist was already out of his chair. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

George slumped in her chair and turned the page over. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Manchee says, using his mouth to pull one about half the length of himself out from under what looks like a burned-up pile of stacked chairs. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was rude enough to scoot his chair around so he could look over my shoulder. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The theater consisted of a few dozen folding chairs arranged before a bedsheet or the blank wall of a vacant hangar out near the airstrip. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Albert lit his pipe, clamped it between his teeth, and proceeded to move all the chairs into the exact spots he wanted. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She rested her feet on the edge of his chair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The children stood behind their chairs going rigid when Mary Anne said, “Ten-hup.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So glad you could help us today. I’m Mary Alice McIntosh, the fund-raising chair.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He sat me right side up on a chair. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Vivian rises from her chair and goes to the tall bay windows. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He bunched the pillow under his head and tilted his chair back against the thin paneled wall. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bouncer was in a chair in front of the open door, looking down at a newspaper. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the far corner of the room, something crashed: her bag had slipped off the chair onto the floor and when she looked back, she was alone in the room. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It is not, any more than sipping cola or rating chairs or tasting jam is easy. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Charlie scooped up the nearest chicken and sat in the only chair in the room. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Scattered across the lawn were benches and chairs, most of them occupied with patients and their visitors. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then you sit down in the most important chair, and you take off your shoes because you belong.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam is sitting on a chair at the head of the bed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He gasped for breath—then slid down off his chair, the glass falling from his hand. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

She opened the pamphlet, sat down in her father’s chair, and began reading. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Dr. Trefusis, for his part, reached over and picked a white cushion off the chair and held it on top of his head. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The Prime Minister sank, weak-kneed, into the nearest chair. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I knew Papa kept her paintings in the corner of his study behind a wooden rocking chair. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There was a kind of dentist’s chair in the surgery and I was lifted into it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat on a low chair just inside the dressing room, by the three-way mirror, trying to control my fuming. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

An aisle ran down the center of them: There was a marble table standing at the front, all chairs facing it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Collapsible chairs were poked into the still-soft ground and a large wooden cross was hung from the center beam at the rear of the tent. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sped off up adjacent aisles; Harry could hear the others’ footsteps echoing through the towering piles of junk, of bottles, hats, crates, chairs, books, weapons, broomsticks, bats.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He had already lowered himself into the chair at Teddy’s right. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Brutus leaped forward, skidded to a stop, danced about, and kicked over a chair, howling back. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the background, cartoons are playing, and I’m in my high chair, laughing and singing along with the characters. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He spins in his chair to see Finnick and me reacting to his words. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The coffee shop, with its two tiny tables and many chairs, drew the men who played card games, chess, and backgammon, and threw dice. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

A woman, big with child, sat patiently at the curb in a stiff wooden chair. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Hatsue and her sisters sat on the couch, Hisao brought chairs from the kitchen for the FBI men—the larger one followed him everywhere. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He put up his hand to steady his trembling head and continued to rock himself slowly in the creaking chair. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Parts of two broken chairs in one corner. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

People who don’t know think it is easy to be a madam—just sit in a big chair and drink beer and take half the money the girls make, they think. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the rostrum, seated in three compact rows of auditorium chairs, were about twenty children, mostly girls, ranging in age from about seven to thirteen. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

We all moved our desks out of the way and made a circle with our chairs. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He jerked his head toward the chair across from him at the table and pushed the chessboard to one side. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But Ben sat in the chair, his big soft hands dangling between his knees, moaning faintly. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy was seated on a chair, a striped tie was folded at his neck, and his short hair was parted to one side, with a few stray pieces sticking up. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In an awkward moment, the two boys tried to sit in the same chair at the head of the table. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I slumped down in a chair, tilting it against the side of the porch. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Those were her brushes on the dressing-table, that was her dressing gown and slippers laid out upon the chair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then Papa rubbed his hands together the way he always does before he gets up and pushes his chair away. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A Mohawked punk rocker sat in a plastic chair, watching a Riptide rerun on a coin-operated television. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Even so, Rhonda took him carefully about the waist and said, “Quick, one of you bring me a chair.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And Moonie settling down by the legs of my chair. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Quietly I get up and nestle myself next to her in her chair and wrap my arms around her entirely. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then he talks to the librarian for a minute before walking over to us and collapsing into the chair next to mine. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm giving daily updates to the press," she said, leaning back in her chair. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put all the chairs on top of the dining room table. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“So that’s the reason for the chair and the glasses. When he gets really mad, he goes to sleep, but he doesn’t want anyone to know!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She got down off her chair and picked up her handbag and slung it over her arm. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of us sit together, side by side, in rows of wooden folding chairs on the main campus lawn. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu looked inside the study and saw him sitting on the only chair left, with a broken-off leg, so that he propped it against the wall for balance, hunched over half-burned papers and files. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was sitting in a lawn chair in the living room, hunched over like a hunchback, sorting puzzle pieces. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The king was shaded beneath a crimson canopy, one leg thrown negligently over the carved wooden arm of his chair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She stared at him for a moment, then swayed alarmingly; Madam Pomfrey, who seemed to have pulled herself together, ran forward, conjuring a chair from thin air, which she pushed under McGonagall. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I slide into my chair and almost have to push my cheeks in to keep the smile from going all the way around my head. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I placed the chairs on the tables to clear the floor for him to sweep with a dust mop. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He led the way into what everybody called the greenroom: a small cinder-block cubbyhole with a couch, a table, a couple of chairs, and a private bathroom. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I will go nowhere, I will fly fighters,” Valentina said, and refused to get up from the chair where she was sitting. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I sat down on a red chair across from him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I shifted in my chair, making it squeak, hoping that would get her attention. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

They advanced towards me, some from one end, some from the other, and some came down the middle between the rows of empty chairs. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Two chairs at the head and foot of the table sat empty. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then Jaime helped her to her feet, put her coat around her shoulders, and led her by the arm to the waiting room, where Nicolas had spent the night sleeping in a chair. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the stage there's this narrow back room stacked with stacks of chairs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“If it’s about the chair—” “It’s not you.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He came over and sat down on the arm of Stradlater's chair. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I didn't recognize him until he entered our apartment and collapsed into a chair. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Hi,” whispered a tiny voice from the largest kitchen chair. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a little rocking chair that she sat in, and she was sitting there, looking out the window, when I came into the room. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Furniture had indeed fallen; the place was a chaos of wrecked clocks and chairs, and in the midst of it the bulk of Tom Hustings lay, fallen on the smaller figure of Abanazer Bolger. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He set them on the back of a chair to dry, which, he figured, would hardly take any time in a place as hot as this. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Miss Brent herself had taken a chair just round the corner of the house so as to be out of the wind. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The chairs are simple straight-backed cane but, inside his special state box, Lincoln likes to sit in the red upholstered rocking chair that Ford’s reserves for his personal use. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

But Carl’s grandfather didn’t recognize her and even backed away, knocking a chair over. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The couches and chairs were mostly of the sort you would expect to see while visiting a historical site. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Ma pulls a chair out from the dining room table, sinks onto it, and covers her eyes with her hand. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He’d also taken the easy chair, the big television from the den and every single battery, flashlight and lightbulb in the house, as well as the contents of the deep freeze in the garage. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kvothe pushed his chair back from the table and came to his feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

You could not sit up on such chairs; they assumed a life of hard-earned rest, of evenings reclining in fresh air after a day of farmwork. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dionysus waved his hand, and a new chair grew out of the ground next to Silenus’s—a throne made of grapevines. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I sat on the lounge chair in the shade that covered the porch and looked out at the back lawn. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They were sitting on the terrace, Miss Lilian in a lawn chair and Mother on the lion bench, shelling peas into a bowl. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Trunks, chairs, a small end table, and a cardboard “wardrobe” closet were placed around the walls. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I situated myself in the chair and rocked back and forth, listening to the creaking sounds that rocking chairs are famous for. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He still looked pale as he folded the paper on his lap, creased it carefully in half, and set it on the table next to his chair. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

There are dozens of performers throughout the tent, bathed with light from glowing round lamps that hang high above amongst ropes and chairs and round cages. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Pa told her to sit in her chair and be quiet, but when Laura sat down she began to cry and kick the chair with her heels. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wow!” he says, glancing around at Chucha’s purple towel hanging from a peg, her purple mosquito net strung between two nails, her purple dresses draped over a chair. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z