We were lined up in row upon row while the Nazis checked the numbers on our uniforms against the tally on their clipboards. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatever, Ms. Gifted-in-Everything. I’m going to check it out. Are you coming with, or are you going back to cower with the rest of the broody hens?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The policeman opens it and checks each Note. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And, most ominously of all, in the mid-1970s the Soviet Union showed signs of pulling ahead, upsetting the balance that had kept World War III in check for nearly three decades. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“He's the one,” I asked, checking, “who wrote that incredible music?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The last thing she wanted to do was check Katoptris for more terrifying images. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Though we must check the trap for a more accurate number.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She didn’t have to check the stitching to know that it had been made by hand, just the way her babcia used to do. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I lock the doors of Tatarska 3 and check every window. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The paramedics had checked him out on the golf course, and the school nurse at Trace Middle had spent forty-five minutes “observing” him for signs of a possible concussion. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He checked the directory and dialed a long-distance call through to the biggest beauty parlor in New Texas City. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bratton also insisted that a check be run on all those arrested. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, absolutely, I'm afraid. When did you say you were leaving?...So soon? Well, then I will arrange an appointment for you tomorrow afternoon. Hold on, let me just check my diary.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Possible real reason for Lance's leave-taking: The check Mom wrote him bounced—again. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Obinze checked his BlackBerry often, too often, even when he got up at night to go to the toilet, and although he mocked himself, he could not stop checking. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He crossed the tracks, barely checking to see if a train was coming, climbed another fence, and found himself at the base of the hill leading up to the church. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I meandered down the stairs to check out the basement. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Then I began to scan the newsfeeds, intending to check out the media frenzy my return to first place was generating. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Lumpy’s nails clicked across the floor, and I turned around to check on him. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, Hugo put down his bucket of tools and sat next to the clock he had been checking. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He circumnavigated the boat carefully, checking the mooring lines on each cleat as he went, kneeling to look at them closely. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Or maybe his friends came for a visit and he hasn’t gotten a chance to check his phone? Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to check on Rosie one more time,” he said. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then we had to check the grocery list against the menu and who was cooking what. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Twice during the evening Biff started to go over to the middle table, but each time he checked himself. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

My father checked my legs once a week because he hadn’t forgotten the incident. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Of course I am not checking the ten or more digit UPC numbers, which lie just under the bar codes—nobody does. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I check over her shoulder for Tobias, to make sure he isn’t listening in. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the KGB regularly checked the manholes for tampering. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped into my seat, keeping them in my peripheral vision while I did a perimeter check. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Fred ran a background check. The kid’s got a criminal record. Assault and battery!” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I checked out the clock on the bedside table—it was 1:09—before locking eyes with Fang. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He transfers the money in his bank account over to hers, and they have pale green checks with both their names printed in the corner. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s meditative, and it clears my mind, although being at the register also allows me to check out a bit and let my imagination wander. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I knew she had planned it that way—Momly plans everything—to make sure I wouldn't be checking my phone in class when I heard the ding. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

But as to checking on the field hands now, I see no gain for us in that. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every so often, he’d look up at the sky—checking the time. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I checked the map, looked out the window, checked it again, looked out the window again. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted my head and turned it left and right to check if she had eaten through my neck. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was in pretty good shape, I realized as I checked the binding, which is when I saw it was published by my publishing house, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Inigo, go check and see if there’s anything by chance in my carriage outside.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I inch forward and check the hall, then race up the last set of staircases to my old bedroom on the third floor. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I can hear her pen against the clipboard, checking boxes, scribbling her signature. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She could read a check, or a receipt, or a banknote only if it was close enough for her eyelashes to touch it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like maybe an eagle has come around to check on the nest or some other clue she missed. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The boys explored Lake Carnegie and stopped by the Princeton Boathouse to check the facilities. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Even in the little adverts for videos or whatever tucked away to the side, I checked each model’s face before moving on. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well. Anyway—Brady, would you mind just coming over and checking on things while I’m gone?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Jenna and I stand at the bottom of the school steps watching everyone check each other out. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I could see Lorraine looking all around, checking the dust in the comers and the pieces of electrical equipment that were scattered on one table. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

They lurk around a corner as he rushes through the engineering department at MIT, checks his campus mail. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then you put a check beside your top three things to do on weekends. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe if she checked word by word she would uncover more typos, or something else that would help her solve the puzzle once and for all. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

After I did all my chicken chores and my regular chores, I checked to see which of my library books were due. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I ring the doorbell and they don’t answer so I knock and knock. I can see that woman inside. Peeking out from behind the curtain to check if I go away.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One frightened person didn’t check other stations to verify the news because, she explained, the announcers said CBS “was the only one not destroyed.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He checked to make sure that Catherine wasn’t helping me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When we played, we were always checking on the little cows to make sure that none of them had wandered off. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you may be a Negro. You better check with Billy upstairs.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Better check with that foreman in the factory. What’s his name? Look, suppose you sign those letters like always. I have to go.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get a Social Security check once a month, though, and that works. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nate struggled to his feet and checked himself from head to toe. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” I tell him, checking out every mirror. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

As the bus came to a stop at the intersection, Roy poked his head out the window and checked up and down the street. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Gievers checked her notepad and asked, “Do you recall—” Seeing Mrs. Moss’s smirk, she asked, “Is there something funny about children being abused?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

We had spent the day in Manhattan, taking a break from the Bronx, prowling the city’s sneaker stores, checking for the new Nikes we couldn’t afford. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I’ll try to run interference and give you a couple hours before somebody comes in to check vitals and the like.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Carefully I tucked the letters and the check back in the lunch basket. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Dicey didn’t want to light a fire without checking with their grandmother. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took out his pocket watch to check the time. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Apparently the smoke from my fire was spotted, and a man was sent to check it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Baxter gave us both a nod, then checked his watch. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Dozens of letters with checks and money in them. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She checked it and put it back down on the table. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

His partner would have to visit him a next time, and a next time, as long as he didn't sign the check. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to go check out the old building with the broken-down bull. One of the workers told me they peeked in the window and saw a bunch of mice running around.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

While the men searched for signs of the stowaways, the mate wandered among the stores, checking the insides of a crate, lifting the lid on a barrel. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In actual fact, however, residues turn up whenever a check is made. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

By writing worthless checks right around the clock, he expected to haul in three, maybe four thousand dollars within a twenty-four-hour period. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise was smiling, and her defenses were checked and ready. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She always checks on me when I’m in my room, upset about stuff. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Layla put a few things into drawers while Mom checked the boys’ diapers and Ivy just stood there, watching her whole life spill into one creaky little hotel room. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We shifted gears a little bit after that, and when I checked the clock, it'd been three hours. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When we get to the gym, kids are lined up outside, waiting to get checked in. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Gathering her pack, she ran her hand over the outside to check that its contents were safe, and limped away from the water to set up the little tent. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

"Now that you're home safe and sound, I take my leave. I need to report this to the queen and check on Sophia." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Then he left a journal entry or an e-mail he never sent or a video he recorded on his phone that no one thought to check. There has to be something.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He arrived on Friday, a day ahead of his band, and checked into a motel full of other musicians. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

‘The guy who got run through with a sword wants to check on me? How are you feeling?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I closed the file and checked the door. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I checked for you,” Scythe Volta told him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I checked on him again before bedtime, and he was motionless, stretched full-length along his twig. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“The fee for supplies and use of the darkroom is fifty dollars, which can be paid in cash or your parents can write me a check.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Dicey looked at the check and smiled, for the first time in days, it felt. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Ito finished making out the checks, he handed them to Papá. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I stared down at the pan, pulling up the edge of a sandwich to check the bottom side. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I got up and checked to see if my brother’s forehead felt either too hot or too cold. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

A system check from the rover showed I had done the wiring correctly. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I check the old guy's coffee one more time, then go into the kitchen. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The feeling he had had toward her, that had made him check his reflection in the rearview mirror as they drove, evaporated a little. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Irina Rakobolskaya, in her role as chief of staff, had been on the airfield as she always was, checking each of her aircrews as they took off and landed. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

At the door he turned and yelled he’d get the check in a minute. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The sandbagging on the ground-floor windows was reinforced, and civilian contractors were on the roofs checking the firmness of the chimney stacks and the concreted skylights. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Park wanted her to start checking her book covers. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

People like me, from Grafton Hill, simply walk past the window displays to check out what’s inside, but we never buy anything. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes on the floor while she checked their work. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Henry paid the check while Bunny hung behind him like a bad child. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But the exam was 2 hours long and 20 minutes had already gone so I had to work really fast and I didn’t have time to check my answers properly. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But I don’t see anything wrong with checking every hour. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Let me check my book,” she’d told him when he’d asked if she was free Sunday evening for a drink, and then he’d listened to her footsteps clicking across a bare wooden floor. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I swallowed and tried to keep my temper in check. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

After my father died, Bill no longer called, wrote, or bothered to check up on her. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Would you like to check that out?” she asks. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Briony came down at intervals to check on his progress. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

You’ll need to check in every Friday for the remainder of the semester to give me updates on how things are going. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Relatives in other states called to check if family members had been killed. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I took the candle from her and walked the perimeter of the room, holding it under the small table and dropping to my knees to check under the bed. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I checked the scoreboard and saw we were only down by 5. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“We haven’t even checked to make sure he’s not being watched.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I have my cover story ready: If anyone asks, I am checking out the school because my parents might be moving to town. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

"Let me see . . ." Through the rear-view mirror I could see him studying a wafer-thin watch, replacing it in the pocket of his checked waistcoat. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Admittedly, I have to schlep to the rover five times a day to check e-mail. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach out my hand and turn the box so I can check the stamps on the other side. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

After a while Mom sauntered out with a pitcher and cups to give us some cold water because it was hot and because she wanted to check up on our progress. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I check the date on the next entry. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I’d checked out his photo in the summer edition of our staff directory—a less-than-flattering, poorly lit head shot of a guy with a big smile and a whiff of geekiness—and remained unmoved. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Instead we are checked through, in our twos, and continue walking. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A lot of stuff can make you anxious. I’m sorry you’ve been carrying around something like that. What a thing to be thinking about! But sometimes everyone needs a reality check, right?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t let on how much he’d hurt me, and they didn’t think to check. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Nokomis said all of these things while stirring syrup, sugaring, constantly checking and rechecking the fires, making extra makuks and cones of birchbark to hold the sugar they would have that year. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He liked to wear jackets with large brightly-coloured checks and he sported ties that were usually yellow or pale green. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He checked Stanley's backpack and allowed him to keep it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ll check in before you go to bed,” she said, and then she came over and kissed me on the top of my head. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I let the handle up to see what was left of this poor soul but before I could check, someone yelled out, “One, two, one two three!” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I decided to go downstairs and check on his condition. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, when I check his data, I see the WC0 marker pop up in his info. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A large male edged forward to check for enemies. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Grayson stopped by to check on Stella with a gentle hand on her shoulder, Stella mumbled something about a stomachache, and the teacher left her alone the rest of the afternoon. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He looked at the other men, shuffling into position, checking the cords that connected them to the static line. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Please see me tomorrow, just to check in,” she said. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I check my door again to make sure the light in the hallway is still out. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Mom had told me to expect a check in early July for the lease on her Texas land. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Pip, Pip,” she said one evening, coming to such a check, when we sat apart at a darkening window of the house in Richmond; “will you never take warning?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He checks the roster and answers his own question. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I check the clock, during dessert, canned pears with cinnamon, standard for lunch, and look for Moira in her place, two tables over. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coraline checked under her bed, looking for rats, but there was nothing there. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Hugo checked that nobody else was in the shop. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I sat on the floor for a long time, watching people check in at the counter and head off toward their gates. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He always picked up the check for everyone at his table. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I left the box under the floorboard for safekeeping and checked to make sure the compass was still around my neck. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

As she had anticipated, the hunting was excellent, and upon checking her snares the next day she found three rabbits and two ptarmigan. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today is the day you check out of the World-Famous Watson Pet Hospital. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

All afternoon I try to keep too busy to check my watch eveiy fifteen minutes, but by four o’clock I can’t stand waiting in my room anymore. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine. My young logician is satisfied. Good. Let us talk of happier things. I did not tell you that I saw Jack Rose yesterday. He gave me a thousand-dollar check for the Jewish National Fund.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was at the bow, checking that the rope was properly secured to the stem. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But this time, I won’t be checking out of here at the end of a trip. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Now I’m going to repeat them back to you. Did you write them all down so you can check me? Did you get them all down?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She directed me to a book, which I checked out. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They deliberately choose to foster distortions, always under the guise of patriotism, upon a people who have no means of checking the facts. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t Hera say something about a ranch? We need to check it out. Nico might be up there.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Papa wrote a check and handed it to the usher, telling her he did not want to make a speech. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s lucky that my hands seem to know my locker combination, because my brain has checked out. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

A young man in boots, corduroys, and a red and black checked mackinaw climbed out and strode near. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went back to Gus and Bertha’s a few times to check the trap, but the table scraps were still in the pie tin. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Like a wild creature, eyes darting darting, I keep checking for trouble. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I hate to say this, but we need to check that out. I’ll go—you guys stay here and keep quiet. For all I know this is some kind of trap.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“You know what I mean. No checking out, no hiding in the bushes. Be there. You won’t want to miss it.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The two serpents checked each other out, touching noses, then turned their wheels in unison. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I checked my bags with the front desk at the hotel. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

They had been going for several hours with only brief halts, when Gandalf came to his first serious check. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Same day—Monday, January 7,1935 Back home, I check the clock Quarter to five. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in jeans and a checked button-down shirt. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The pickers craned their necks to watch the clouds and held their palms out to check for rain. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I check my seat belt at least four times and watch as Baba grips the seat so hard his knuckles turn white while Mustafa backs out of the driveway. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I look at my phone again, check the missed calls. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I check for dishes, and Helena sighs when Max takes away the textbook. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He checked the screen, though he already knew the message he would see: “CALL FAILED.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Let me read it back to you to check the details.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They flank me and don’t hesitate to let security check them for weapons. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Mary didn’t realize until months later that he’d been studying her hands, checking their dexterity and strength to see how they’d stand up to hours of delicate cutting, scraping, tweezing, and pipetting. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And then Kelton checks in the center compartment between the front seats. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I want to lie down, but I need to find my bag, check my phone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When later there is a resurgence of the insect population, as almost always happens, the birds are not there to keep their numbers in check. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Come on over and check under these stools,” Lana called to him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

All this time I kept checking the handle of the lantern. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is most difficult always to remember that the increase of every living being is constantly being checked by unperceived injurious agencies.... The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I want to check out the park behind the building.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Turner checked his pistol and put it within reach. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I decided to check out the weather in the garden. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sean was always the biggest perpetrator of said strategy, especially on days when he had a quiz in another class and wanted to slyly check his index cards while she prattled on. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The man who sold it to her said that the less expensive ones with bogus numbers wouldn’t get past background checks and college applications. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Eagle didn’t check that story, because Alaska spent at least one weekend there every month, and he knew that her parents never cared. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

MI6 watchers checked the signal spot weekly; his presence would flip a switch, telling them to activate the escape sequence. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The German officials didn't check to see if it was true. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s not ice hockey, Carter! Watch the checking!” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She had already checked all the teachers, but she figured she’d look again. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was checking out my stuff when I heard Joey snickering. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

After completing the check, he ran a diagnostic on the engines. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pearl?” she said, checking the file folder in her hands. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The check for the final week’s salary was not due until the end of the week. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

As always, Tommy O’Brien giggled, and each girl checked her seat to see if she was his victim of the day. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even the doctors and nurses play up to this: a donor on a fourth will go in for a check and be greeted by whitecoats smiling and shaking their hand. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guitar motioned to the waitress for the check. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man flicks the brim of his hat up and checks me out, head to toe. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We pop in and out of a bunch of other stores, sometimes just to feel the fabric and check the prices. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Greetings are exchanged, and Farmer checks everyone with his stethoscope. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I imagine some prisoner checking it out and reading my book within that book. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She stole the ball, quick-stepped over the paint line to check it and drove for the hoop. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Her dæmon patrolled the room, checking the wardrobe, the picture rail, the curtains, the view of the dark cloisters out of the window. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I check the screens before I go to meet Amar and George. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I wondered, briefly, if Irwin would send his check to the hospital after that, and then I thought, "Of course he will, he's a mathematics professor—he won't want to leave any loose ends." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

That could be kept in check with medicine, so the doctor sent me on my way to a final interview with the U.S. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

After checking with his attorney, he discovered that because he was a public figure, the producers—Paramount Pictures—had the right to use his name. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When Eliot’s mother arrived at quarter to six, Mr. Sen told her the details of the accident and offered a check reimbursing November’s payment. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I’d better check on you first. Are you the Brian Robeson who survived alone in the Canadian woods for two months?” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

If I was ever going back, I would check to see if they still had the pecan pie at Papa Joe’s. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I checked your records. Last year you passed the test for Central Middle School, across town.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

‘Yeah, it’s definitely checking us out,’ Percy decided. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I took their check off them, but they wouldn't let me pay it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She read the number tattooed on his arm and checked it against a list on a clipboard the soldier carried. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Reggie checked his watch after the girl made it safely across the monkey bars, and that was when Siobhan stepped out from behind the tree. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If the phone vibrated when I was in class, I was not to answer it, but to check for a message. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his sixteenth birthday, Martin proudly handed his dad a check for the required amount, and Mr. Larsen turned over the keys. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We were checking out the black wall of the lounge, which was plastered with spray-painted tags. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

From across the room he checks my form and instructs me to make adjustments—hands twelve inches apart, arms straight with elbows pressed against my knees, fingertips splayed—until I’m just right. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a nurse in a stark white uniform checked her name off a list, Cora joined the group of women. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I went to the closet, checked the shelf, checked the floor. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

My identity was verified and my criminal record was checked. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When the guard at that entrance told them to check their instrument cases, Claudia told him that they were just passing through on their way to meet their mother. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bruce pays off in pennies and nickels. What did you expect him to pay me in? Traveler’s checks?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went in the opposite direction, toward the yearbook office, checking over my shoulder to make sure he wasn’t following me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He checked his hands to make sure no puke got on him and then he looked back and forth between us. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“No, it didn’t. I went in and checked.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I checked Mother’s watch, pinned to my bodice. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I check the teahouse mailroom every day, hoping to see their lilac forms. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

So, I don’t have to worry that she’ll come by to check on me with her neutral face, which is just a cover for her angry face. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wander a bit upstairs, checking the place out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I could walk right over to him and say, “Let’s go to the hospital to check up on Erin.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the show was over, all the humans were checking their buzzing and binging phones. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Sure. My wife and I write them a rent check every month.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

"It appears quite old," Mr. Norton said, looking across the bare, hard stretch of yard where two women dressed in new blue-and-white checked ginghams were washing clothes in an iron pot. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I checked it with my electronics kit, and sure enough it's dead, dead, dead. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was squat and barrel-chested, with thick bowed legs that strained the seams of his checked pants. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Naturally I did an exhaustive check on my crops, and they're all healthy. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re saying the check is for too much money? What do you want me to do?” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I let them log happily for an hour, then brought them back in to check the results. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It plays DVDs,” he said, “and if I had an e- mail account, I could check it on this, too.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I’m going to see you at all tomorrow,” Mom says, checking her phone. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I swiftly removed the cotton and checked the second layer. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled back Astelle’s lids, checked out her eyes, pushed up one sleeve of her shirt, then the other. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But she just sat there, holding the check. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the rest of the day checking out the girl. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Come in while I get a check for you, boy.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I check under the table to see if there’s a vent or something, but there isn’t. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

We were looking out for each other, checking each other out. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the rest of the group started filing into the gigantic circular room, Kyle checked out a display case beside the red door. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Mark breaks free, crawls away, checks to see that Trina is okay. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I check my phone to make sure I’m not too early or late, but I’m right on time. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But somehow, more than four weeks had passed and she had yet to do more than check in with Lenore Cole, who was Willow's social worker. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I checked the text in my note pad to make sure I had not forgotten anything. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It was a lot of digging. But check out my arms!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

If there’s ugly things going on out there, well, you put a good stout lock on your door and check it twice before you go to sleep. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made a move to look, but a whisper checked him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Wickersham had to send me to the ER to be checked for injuries. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You heard me,” Ayanna said as she went through her checks. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then he came in a few seconds later, to pick up the radio and check in with his best waterman friend, Kenny O’Leary. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Miss Love had fixed a sort of padding out of clean feed sacks printed in bright red and white checks. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Over the course of a few hours, his shoppers included a young woman with a giant diamond ring and a former airplane parts inspector living off her disability checks. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I had already finished and she was still checking away with the same zeal. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I would save my rejection slips, and every six months or so I would put them into a neat pile to check my progress. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

And then he remembered that he had to check some charts in the lab. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Shriya climbed in first, checked the hall, and then poked her head back out the window. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’s been checking her often, her pulse, her eyes, pinching her skin. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“So, check it out, Chino, right? It was Chino?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I spend the day with my parents, obsessively checking Face- book for a new message when I’m not pretending to focus on homework and Germ. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He opened the taps in the sink and bathtub and went out to check on her chickens. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He shakes his head a little and jogs to catch up, sliding into the back seat as Shaan checks the mirrors. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then we could get out of the box, and scientists and doctors could check us for a couple of weeks. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took out the notice and checked it out. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I checked the time on my cell phone. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“So, this is good. This is a hopeful sign. Next we will see if he remembers what happened. We will check for amnesia.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He peeled off a few twenties and stuffed them into the black puffy folder that held the check. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Besides, I want to check out the Roman navy.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You got a callback?” she shrieks, and then I hear her turn from the phone and say, “It’s nothing, Mrs. Foster. My mom is just checking on me.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She asked him to wait in the living room while she got a check. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then she told me how they agreed to check on things. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

After checking with four doctors, I discovered that the trouble was up in my neck, where a bony growth on my spine was pushing against my spinal cord. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought it gave him a rakish daring look, especially when he wore it at an angle with his loud checked jacket and green tie. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a plain canvas jacket and a checked shirt, like many gyptian men; there was nothing to mark him out but the air of strength and authority he had. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t like him to check with such care, not like him at all. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s a keeplock already—too bad,” I noted, checking my list. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I snapped the laptop shut and checked my own pulse. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Lily had already told me I should watch my weirdness, keep it in check. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She takes a quick moment to check on me, behind her, the brim of my Yankees cap whipping wind into my eyes. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

A quick check revealed a fist-sized chunk of frozen drool blocking the rubber valve that admitted ambient air into the mask from the atmosphere. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I came by to check on the boy,” he said. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He was a good tenant; they’d never had a late check or any sort of problem from him. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Trying to put the best face I could on a very bad session, I said, “The tape it will be. I’ll check on the tape.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I point the phone to the sky and check for a signal. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I walked over and checked the clock next to the sofa. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I was expecting a stodgy, older gentleman who’d offer me canned encomiums about Hopkins and then stiffen and ask for the check when he found out the details of my standardized test scores. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I look around the graveyard to check for any signs that we aren’t alone, but there’s nothing. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

If Britten wanted to check on his story about Mary’s not going to school last night, he could. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The words were spoken coldly, but it seemed as if the Queen were holding her emotions tightly in check. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I went out every day to check on my business affairs. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She checks the time on her phone again. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was horrible with messages, rarely checked his voicemail or texts. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t have a good night, and I checked myself into the hospital.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I never went back to check on them. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A good swing does not necessarily make crews go faster, except to the extent that if no one’s actions check the run of the boat, rowers get more bang for their buck on each stroke. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Would you like me to check young Clay before I leave?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In order to buy the dress, she had borrowed the money she had saved for Francie, promising to give her a check for it as soon as the ceremony was over. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We squeeze through the crowds and check the lists posted in the hallway. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside was a check, blank except for Henry’s signature, and a twenty-dollar bill. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t it make more sense just to send them a check?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The women checked into the Bird of Paradise Motel across from the pueblo-style building that housed the Lovelace Clinic on Gibson Boulevard. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

All I could really do was read work-related e-mails, view support documentation and procedural manuals, and check my call time statistics. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I had that agenda I’d been assiduously maintaining since freshman year of college, stemming from the neat line of boxes I was meant to check. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I check to make sure I've tucked my pendant beneath my shirt. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I didn’t dare check our progress on the map. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

But since your dad asked and he signs my checks.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Piper checked the time on the helm control. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I opened them again, it was to check everyone else. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She asked me if I had checked the lock, but she mentioned nothing about the flag on the moon. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Or have one of the guys check on him? Make sure he isn’t drinking too much?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He sifts through the pile of blueprints, checking labels and dates. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I’ve been checking since the day I figured out his password. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Carroll stayed in our hooch for a while and helped check our supplies. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because if she were to check the call log right, it would be clear that Scoob lied to her: he never actually placed the call to Shenice’s number. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“The junk was still in the car. The cop that stopped us wanted to know where we got it. A little checking was done, and, as they say, we were ‘returned’ to Phillipsburg, Kansas. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She checked on Herky, the parrot, to see how he was doing. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We checked a few times, but we all had our pants on, so they must have belonged to the lady who left just before we came in. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Pardon me, but how many books may I check out at one time?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They shrugged and waved us both in and checked the ball inbounds. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“In orbit around Uranus,” I tell him, which makes everyone laugh, and it starts a whole round of rude puns that all sound Cirque-ish, because I’ve already checked out again. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“This young lady nursed you back to health, Percy. Annabeth, my dear, why don’t you go check on Percy’s bunk? We’ll be putting him in cabin eleven for now.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I need to check on something,” she said vaguely, then looked away from me and put a lot of attention into smoothing out her skirt. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Gregor went to the packs of food to check out the supplies. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Can they check around our house in...for...in case—?” My mother raises a trembling hand to her mouth. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The woman at the front desk checks me in and hands me a name tag. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If my dad came home late he would never check on me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He'd been sitting across the street checking out who was going in and how long they stayed. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Dad and I made plans to check out Laurie’s Planet of Sound and some other nearby record stores the next morning, so I knew I shouldn’t stay up too late. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Terupt was on the other side of the room checking in with a different group. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He touches the copper railing, running a single finger across it as if checking for dust. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh! Guess what? There’s a new bubble tea place opening today. They’re giving out free samples. Let’s go check them out!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Thousands of women have been sentenced to lengthy terms in prison for writing bad checks or for minor property crimes that trigger mandatory minimum sentences. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The two sides talked inconclusively, each warily checking out the other, for a few hours. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Thanks to Mr. Kasigi’s checks, I was in a position to lend a hand. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I stood in line to get my check. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Talk about paranoid . Ron glanced nervously over his shoulder to check that Moody was definitely out of earshot and went on. “No wonder they were glad to get shot of him at the Ministry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Everyone on the bus began filing off with their identity cards in hand, so the empty bus could be checked for weapons or stowaways. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

No one came to check on us, but Hafa didn’t come back today. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Did we check out everything properly this time?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We were setting the traps, I said. Not checking them.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we reached the cave mouth, Mo turned around to check on me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

That night when I’m sittin’ out on the porch with Ma and Dad, Shiloh in my lap, I check it out. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

His pistol was loaded, but he checked to make sure, nervously thumbing the hammer back and in a few times. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Various Sidley partners wrote checks and helped introduce me to key donors. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They then checked the a-helix by visual inspection with Max’s X-ray diagrams. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I dug for my jeans and, after finding them, checked the pockets. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Besides, Russia’s epidemic was ravaging its prisons, and prisoners were part of PIH’s special constituency—just check with Matthew 25 if you had any doubts. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Now he wished he had not checked it under the bus, for he wanted a drink right then. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jake checked to make sure nothing was missing from his bedroom. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Mama had mashed up rice to feed him, but when Hanako had gone in to check, he hadn’t eaten anything at all. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He checked the address against a piece of paper, collected his things — umbrella and suitcase—and paid the driver. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then I decide to go next door to check with Mae, to see if she’s okay with me hanging them up. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

One of the movies he had sneak-watched once was a movie about killer birds, and now he was regretting ever checking it out. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Ron looked carefully up the table to check that the rest of the family were all busy talking, then he said very quietly to Harry, “So — have you heard from Sirius lately?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I just want to check on one thing,” she said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Hanging Out at Coby's While he gets the grub you check to see if Dad has been blowing up your phone with come home texts. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

On the stern quarterdeck, Leo rushed around like a madman, checking his gauges and wrestling levers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She leaves my bedroom door open, and I check my phone for notifications again, even though it’s been less than a minute. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I drove directly to the grocery store and cashed a check for three hundred dollars, which was half of my savings. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Her hands shook as she first pressed a flat palm to his chest to feel for a pulse, then held up his wrist to check again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It hunts home huns, checks class conflicts, promotes pure patriotism. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Ready, Diddy?” asked Aunt Petunia, fussily checking the clasp of her handbag so as to avoid looking at Harry altogether. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weasley was stirring the contents of a large pot on the stove, while Mr. Weasley was sitting at the table, checking a sheaf of large parchment tickets. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was unlikely Papi kept any money there, but it needed to be checked out. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

When he returned to the hotel, he checked out immediately. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Bull turned and checked over his shoulder, his eyes moving up and down the street. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

On retrieving the bowl after the day’s work, he unwrapped the cloth as he always did, to check on the bowl’s contents. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I look at the bag but resist the urge to check it out. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Pocketing my phone, I peer around the corner to check that the nurses’ station is still empty before sliding off the elevator. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He didn’t pick Toby up or reach down to check for the pulse. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Once, when I checked, it had pulled itself over to the saucer and, with what seemed to be the last bit of strength it had, was licking one of the pieces of banana. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

We checked in at the front desk and went to his room. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“They were on their way to lure the Nightbeast to town as well. Just check their satchels—they are filled with jelly bean fish!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I grabbed Otto’s arm and whirled him to my front, holding him in the air and checking for wounds. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a bubble of fear and it grew as I checked Lily. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I struggled out of bed, checked the bathroom, looked in the narrow hallway outside the room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"All he needs to do is notice one. And he's sure to check out a bright green ribbon if he sees one outside." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He checked the battered old watch that had once been Fabian Prewett’s. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I agreed, and took off my shirt, stood on a scale, and she checked my tongue, used a flashlight to look into my eyes ... A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Bunny waved his hand magnanimously and turned over the check, rummaging in a pocket as he studied it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“And last I checked,” she went on, “you’re not a baby. Or...” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“But be sure to check the pants and the sweater, too. I wouldn’t put it past them to use more than one.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then they checked all the cages, dimmed the lights, locked the doors and went home, leaving us alone in the still laboratory. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He asks for the check and she says: "You're gonna have to wait for the rest of your order, Big Boy. It's not up yet." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She circled the Bolls’ melon patch as if checking to be sure we hadn’t done any damage. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mamie Johnson’s cousin cooks for that school. They called to tell her where she has to check in tomorrow morning to get past the soldiers.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As one of the leaders, Lucy Burns, called roll to check on the other women, Whittaker warned her to shut up, but Burns didn’t listen. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, you know how we were both supposed to be at the concert with Stan, right? So maybe tonight he was looking down, checking out the Peppers, and he just kind of...” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A man in a plaid suit and a checked cap called to his friends, “Come on, boys, let’s tear that thing down.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Baba stays close to his patient, adjusting the drip, checking his temperature. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I left my bicycle in the mangroves and checked out the place on foot. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

But before putting them on I checked to see if my comrades had been issued trousers as well. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked absentmindedly, doing a belated perimeter check. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

"Just a little side project. Something I wanted to check up on." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The check cannot be cashed without the signatures of both partners. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I check for crocs, tho it’s really too small a place, and refill the water bottles. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I take one look to check the Drinker yard. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It was two days later before the skies cleared and Nat could check their position and set his course once more for Sumatra. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The last I checked, I had the lead.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“He's got a spot on his right lung. I want them to check it out.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Escape may be checked by water and land, but the air and the sky are free, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I check all aspects of their work and try to gauge how they are conducting themselves with other staff members. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Harry, but I had to check,” said Lupin tersely. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She had one coin in her old purse, it was a fifty-cent piece which she laid on the check. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t check her email, afraid that there will be something there that she wouldn’t want me to see. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She went back into the kitchen and I checked the clock. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

She put her hand on my arm, and I thought of us as clashing prints, like orange paisley satin and red checked gingham. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Hasn’t even tried to check on me, but I’ll be just fine. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I check my phone for more texts from her, but there’s nothing. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m not one of those fishermen that changes lures and checks their bait every five minutes. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m afraid to look his way to check. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She arranged the milk bottles around the well’s edge, picked up the fish, then checked on the bread in its bowl at the other end of the cellar. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

There are Memories of Keira and me celebrating our first night in the little studio we’d rented, and of me holding out my first check after my first successful bounty hunt. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel stood by the fire sipping the last of the coffee and watching darkly as Thorold opened the case of the projecting lantern and uncapped the lens before checking the oil tank. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He was still involved with the legal system and was always under the threat of being institutionalized again if somebody bothered to check on him. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He checks himself out in the hallway mirror. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

By then it had been checked out with Rosy’s precise measurements. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Someone’s grandmother who blew her monthly Social Security check on crack. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Scanning the field to check for guards, I shove the seeds in my mouth as fast as I can. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That cat you asked me to check up on? Doctor Wick?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Youths get “positive checks” for complying with the rules, but also for using the interpersonal skills necessary to do well on the outside—skills like asking for help or talking through a conflict. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He checked to make sure there was nothing living in it, then climbed down into a hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Before they reached the edge Bigwig, who was ahead of Silver, checked and crouched staring. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I checked my pockets and made sure I had everything. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The boat checked on the catches and bounced in the rough water rather than slicing efficiently through it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They attached me to machines to check my breathing and my heart rate. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

"I check if you have tickets, and if not, I throw you off the train." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He would be across the river now, Jonas realized, checking the time. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Then check if we can use my property as bail,” Zeitoun said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to come back and check on my tree,” he was saying. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Miss New Mexico checked to make sure her bra straps weren’t showing. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He checked inside the trailer and saw that nothing had been disturbed from the night before. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He checked his BlackBerry obsessively, day after day, and by the tenth day he realized she would not write back. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But these marvels did not check his fury; he struck again and again until the great oak crashed to the ground. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the checks came, Ty'ree usually used them to pay rent and buy food. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I froze like a deer in headlights when they neared—this was what I got for not doing a good perimeter check. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He checked that the knife was strapped to his belt, and Lyra put on her little rucksack with the alethiometer and the letters from Will’s father. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I checked out the other things in my suitcase and they seemed OK. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

That evening, before going to bed, I checked on my pennies again. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Like he was checking to see if I was all right. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He still peered to each side, however, checking for alligators. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He and Lina started fighting and he said he was going to check more cars.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

But we had to get up whenever a Kapo came in to check if, by chance, somebody had a new pair of shoes. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It still wasn’t light yet, but Harold said, “It’s getting late and this would be a good day to check on fences before we move the cows to another pasture this week.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, they aren’t exactly keeping it a secret. Hickock’s written checks from one side of town to the other. Using his own name.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I should check my phone, he thought, then remembered how pointless that was. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mom laughs, “I had to give you more than your dad. And I promise, the check won’t bounce. We actually have money in our account. You can check the math.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I think this: All of us need to check every mound of grass and make sure none of those is Calvin. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Vogel checked the position and orientation of Hermes against the projected path. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I checked my father’s watch for the time, held it tight for comfort. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He’d begged off, but he wanted at least to tell someone about the strike and the extra fat check he had coming. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not the only snoop. I did some checking, and I found out a few things about you, too.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The process after the "your background check is up to snuff" letter can still take years. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then I went down in the elevator and checked out. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Finally he stood up and turned in a full circle, looking up at the sun, then checking his compass. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He decided to visit the Invalid’s Room first, to check up on Kuda. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

With the women strapped to tilt tables with their heads angled down at 65 degrees, a cardiologist checked their heart functions as an electrocardiogram recorded information every five minutes. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

And they weren’t discussing trivialities—bad checks or stolen automobiles. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, in the mail, Dicey received a check from the Police Department of Peewauket, for fifty-seven dollars. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last summer my mom and I spruced up the old cupboards with a coat of high-gloss white and threw down some chunky black and white checked linoleum. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She read the books on Obinze’s list but also, randomly, pulled out book after book, reading a chapter before deciding which she would speed-read in the library and which she would check out. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then she added, “Please bring it with you. We can check on it then.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s comfort for both of them in the grooming, the checking over, the safe return. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The driver checks me in the rearview mirror and I hold up my hands so he can see. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we left there we ate a couple dogs each on a bench in the middle of the boardwalk, checking out all the weirdos walking past and the tourists pointing at ’em behind their backs. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Driven to the Bristol Hotel, Malcolm X checked in, and the adjoining suite was taken by members of the police force who would keep him under steady guard for the next three days in Chicago. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s leading one of the songs as they go, and I watch as she checks over her shoulder and sees me. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I checked the cell phone after every class, and finally, just before social studies, I felt a buzz. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kick off my shoes and head into my room to check on Malia. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I knew that all the mail was checked and read by the Cuban censors, but how much longer would it take? The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then I looked up, checked the line of big rocks between the sand and his blue beach house. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The walk signal came on, and after checking both ways twice, Calista let us cross. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Several times Oppenheimer stuck his head into the room to check on the progress, like an anxious husband whose wife was in labor. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My bad, I must’ve missed the memo that you grown. Last time I checked, you were sixteen years old, Brianna. Six. Teen!” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She checks that we have clean water from the water truck. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Of course a struggling animal would attract predators—she had been foolish to put off checking the snares. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A seaman in a blue coat bent to check a row of barrels, and as he straightened up, even before he turned or before she consciously recognized him, Kit began to run. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

To check this estimate, Mann and Fields turned to astronomical tables. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

From time to time she opened them and checked on Oksi. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Officer Delinko returned to the gate and checked the padlock, which was secure. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been on his table even before he had checked into the hospital. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell her that as long as she could keep her somewhat problematic attitude in check during a job interview, I didn't think she'd have a problem finding long-term employment. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The proofreader ran her finger from edit mark to edit mark across the manuscript pages and then checked the other stack to make sure all the edits had been made in the almost-a-book version. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I know I should go check on the twins, but I walk around the cruiser instead. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

If I get home early, my father will notice when he checks the house log at the end of the day, and I’ll have to explain what happened. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I had already checked five different times that my passport was in the front pocket of the Kellner & Newton Messenger Bag. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Franklin checked with Washington’s counterintelligence expert John Jay, but Jay did not know anything about Bonvouloir. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when I check my email, there’s a message from her. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Nor was he satisfied when his coin was refunded, but insisted on checking out immediately. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

After I petted Buckminster for a few seconds, to show him I loved him, I checked the phone messages. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I just keep moving, pausing only to check for pursuers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Next they sent a check to the company who had been shipping the fresh fish all the way from the coast. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Filch was standing at the oak front doors as usual, checking off the names of people who had permission to go into Hogsmeade. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m taking a check to my maid... Constantine. I forgot to pay her.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And then he rushes away, muttering something about checking on the announcements. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When I got home, the first thing I did was check Macy’s room. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Years later she remembered sitting in the chair, sobbing and checking on herself over and over again, thinking, “But I’m still here. I’m still here.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Booth checks to make sure that nothing clutters the passage. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Bridge listened to the audience get quiet, probably checking their programs, before she remembered that she was supposed to be sprinting toward the lights. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Can you show me how to access the othernet? I want to be able to check social media.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I check the numbers against the sheet in my hand. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

On a recent trip to Louisiana for her family reunion she watched every nickel and checked her balance at the automated teller machine several times a day. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

As the girl walked ahead of him he checked to see, and he was right. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I'd put on my red hunting cap when I was in the cab, just for the hell of it, but I took it off before I checked in. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The senora is up already, wearing her blue checked apron. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I check under the bed and in the closet, and then we move downstairs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

But just to make sure, he went downstairs to the front door, checked the lock and found everything closed. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Baba puts Amin down gently and checks how he is—peering into his eyes, taking his pulse. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Mim suggested I come and check on you. I don’t know. She was worried you’d run off or something. Hey, I wouldn’t have wanted to be out in that storm today.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I shall cite only the region of Greece as an example: the Romans kept the Achaeans and the Aetolians in check; they put down the Kingdom of Macedon; Antiochus was driven out. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You check with me tomorrow evening; we’ll have some idea then. I can keep him here for a day or two, Ray. Then, if he makes it, you can take him on home.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most recently, he served several years in prison for trying to buy jewelry at Macy’s with a stolen check, and filed several lawsuits while incarcerated. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Gay could morph into a Mrs. Moss as soon as nobody was checking on us, and I had glimpsed how furious Phil could become during the episode in the Washington subway. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Kelton’s father is out in the garage making masculine metallic noises, and Kelton seems to be everywhere at once, like a watchdog obsessively checking that everything in his world is secure. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

At the gate the park guard checked me out. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

People who lived in Murphy Homes felt like prisoners, kept in check by roving bands of gun-strapped kids and a nightmare army of drug fiends. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She took the bottle, read the label, moved her glasses down her nose and checked me out. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He checks the water level in the birdbath. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I’m just checking, Silas. The last thing I want is to show up at her house after working all day and find you’re not there.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The boy took one look back to the bakery as if checking that the coast was clear, then, his attention back on the pig, he threw a loaf of bread in my direction. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The family and the tenants went all the way to the river, checking everywhere along the way, and found not a single ant, not even one to use as a sample. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to check on the Hunters, then get some more sleep before nightfall. You should crash too.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The rest of that week at school, I kept looking over my shoulder, checking which boys were behind me. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes later, Mr. Nagahachi tells the captain he’ll buy the whole fish for sixteen dollars a pound, cash or certified check. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She headed for the exit, stopping briefly to check if the coast was clear. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Dad and I sat all the way through the ending credits—that was part of the tradition too—and then Dad went upstairs to check on Mom. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She waited until she received a check for several hundred dollars from the company that was leasing the drilling rights. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He checked his watch, then pushed his glasses up again. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“You need to have your emotional immune system checked out.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He checked the other papers from that year but found no other mention of the colony. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Baba leans over the boy, checking how he is. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Heading for the vacant lot to check out the new kid. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a limp, checked seersucker nightgown with puffed sleeves and yellow turmeric stains. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She unclasps the long silver chain that hangs around her neck, checking the time on the pocket watch that hangs from it before she holds it up in front of Poppet’s eyes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I check the calendar hanging in the kitchen to confirm it, because it felt like so much longer. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

At the end of September, Farmer planned a quick trip to Haiti to check on things. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Festus could navigate, check the radar, make a blueberry smoothie and spew white-hot jets of fire at invaders - simultaneously - without even blowing a circuit. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He saw that his mother had stood, that she had one hand against her face, another clenched into the checks of her apron. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He sounds as if he’s barely keeping his temper in check. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Chrissie paused and looked at each of us, maybe for dramatic effect, maybe to check us for signs of recognition. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boss had to make out a check for nearly four hundred dollars—the balance due on the involuntarily canceled account. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Calista asked if she could check the stock when she was here, and she said she thought there might be something wrong with the newest shipment of coffee sleeves.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Each day a party went out to check on the well-being of the mighty trees, and to harvest any fallen seedpods. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"I have to go check on something," I tell her. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Everyone looked up, even Father, although he pretended he was only checking the time. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But before that he decided to check out the far side of the ridge and that was where he got lucky. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, all right,” said Harry, lowering his wand, “but I had to check, didn’t I?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I came in to check on you. You seemed very quiet at dinner tonight. Something going on?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Since the whipping, I only see him when he comes to the house for my mother to check how he’s healing. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She wouldn’t leave your side,” he says, ignoring me and checking different places for my breath. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

There was no evidence that any worker checked on me during the five months I was there, even though they were already investigating Mr. Potts for molestation. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I decide to keep checking until a new message appears. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And when you write a check, the number you put in the little box gets subtracted from what you have. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She would sometimes call just to check in on me, and on occasion she would invite me over when Ms. Parks came to town. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I tried to check the pulse of those who remained in the boat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She clicked her tongue and checked their boarding cards, then she led him back up to the front of the plane, and pointed him to the empty seat in first class. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The black officer checks Daddy while his partner glances around at all of the onlookers. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Harry kept checking Ron’s watch, having finally discarded his own, but Ron’s was moving so slowly he could have sworn it had stopped working too. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, it also didn’t occur to me that my mom might completely spaz and send my dad home to check on me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remembering that, holding the check, all I could do was sit on the edge of the couch feeling my head getting heavy at the top. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I know it was in my clothes, and so I want you to take all this stuff and check it closely. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"One night a week, remember? Just let me check up on them one night a week." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Do the checks come from the Natural History Museum?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Apparently, she had checked herself into the hospital because she’d been feeling nauseous. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I get out my phone and check my email. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Only the Lord would know what was gonna happen, though I expect he had bigger things to check on and probably just let the trains run by themselves. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then more staring, more clock checking, more drumming. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He chanced a sudden glance to check if Jess was nearby. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He said to Pa, “I heard there are two of them. I’m going to check south.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Made me check myself for a broken tooth. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

If the person whose box they checked also checked their box, both daters would be notified of the other’s e-mail address within twenty-four hours. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Before the storm, she and her husband, who was eighty, had checked into a hotel downtown, knowing that there they would be among other residents and guests. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Annie and I checked our bags and took off our shoes to pass through the security line. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I ducked into her room to check out her happy wagon. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I stripped down and he checked me from top to bottom. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Erin took her phone from her pocket and checked it like we didn’t exist. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Nathan got carsick while reading the first book of the trilogy that he had checked out. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She stops to check out the photos of me and Quinton that Mama has all over the front room. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“It provided for my family. My mother was widowed at forty-six. Every month, I was able to send her a good check.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I could collect a monthly check for the rest of my life or take a one-time cash payment. I took the cash payment. You never know about tomorrow.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, we were escorted down the hall by a nervous little functionary, who kept checking his watch and motioning for us to hurry along. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To check whether she’s staring, I test her with a long gaze to the left of the bleachers, where Dad and his wife Linda are barbecuing. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She had never bothered to check on him—not once—since he was injured. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I’ll check the men’s room downstairs. Go see if he’s by the water.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

T. Ray would check the bus station, so Rosaleen and I would have to hitchhike. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most famous gun-control law is the Brady Act, passed in 1993, which requires a criminal check and a waiting period before a person can purchase a handgun. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Usually his father stopped to scratch the goats’ heads and check their pen for water. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Miller had said something about me being adopted, yet adoption had trapped Mandy in the Moss family, where she could be punished as much as they wanted without anyone checking. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Then he asked, “Do you take a check?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The flame of a giant sun had given way to the soft blackness of space but external variations mean little in the business of checking the workings of experimental robots. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“I checked him myself. He’s fine. Trust me.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The stewardess is checking out Ma's sari and the red teep on her forehead. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I scooted closer and the seam in the waterfall opened even farther, so I could peek through and check the ground ahead. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He saw a few guards around the station, but they were not checking IDs, and they made no effort to keep traders away from freight trains. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

With Dad in the hospital, Elliot in 4F has been checking in on me, bringing me dinner, especially since our stove has been busted for the past week after I tried making Dads empanadas. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was an odd feeling and perhaps accounts for why I delayed my departure so long, wandering around the house many times over, checking one last time that all was in order. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

As he wrote out the check he apologized on behalf of Mrs. Sen. He said she was resting, though when Eliot had gone to the bathroom he’d heard her crying. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

After checking all their equipment, they were ready to leave earth orbit for the first time in history, and again the Saturn V put them on a perfect path for the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thirty minutes later, she called home to check. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Shoot, I could see that the girl wasn’t the type to—” Miss Thomas said, “James, why don’t you go up and check on Herman.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

My monthly checks will grow like the wheat I hope to plant soon. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was still in bed when she heard Rasheed in the bathroom, washing up, when he came into her room to check on her before he went to his shop. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Yes, your freedom. So, I highly suggest, Miss Sardothien, that you get your arrogance in check before you end up back in the mines.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Glanced at Cady with her elbows on the floury countertop, and then checked his watch again. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I saw your picture. It was in the paper and...I wanted to check on you and make sure...” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The one has plenty of money, the other twenty bucks, so Mom cuts Lance a check from the empty account? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

There was a harsh sound from Matthew, checked in response to his wife’s pleading eyes. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Homer opened his notebook and checked his boss’s figures. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I checked my avatar’s stats and saw that I’d been awarded several hundred thousand experience points for clearing the gate, enough to raise my avatar from tenth level up to twentieth in one shot. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When he finally came back out, he seemed to be very tired, and he started writing the check. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was nothing she could not do, he said, check the stars, even, and the moon. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Boys? Do you mind if I come down to check the thermostat?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when he did that, I wondered if he wasn’t just sitting around his office, checking his watch, until Mom went to bed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As Shady handed him a glass of water, the man looked at it as if he might check to see if the water was up to code. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was reminded of a local jest: “Know what they say about you, Herb? Say, ‘Since haircuts went to a dollar-fifty, Herb writes the barber a check.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sooner I create Nyla’s defoliant to rid the planet of the dangerous plants, the sooner she’ll send us back to check its effectiveness, and the sooner we can escape. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

If I was concerned about their safety or whereabouts, I could always check in with the agents, but I tried not to. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And then I hear her perform her usual pitiful check, to make sure the line is free. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I checked my tie in the rearview mirror. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “Yes, sir, that’s right,” and then a doctor came in to check me over. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the page there were no figures—only small checks and crosses. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

After checking his heart rate, temperature, and weight, she announced, “Dr. Spires will be with y’all shortly.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I knelt down and took out ten flares and unscrewed the caps and lined them up in front of me and then checked my wristwatch. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So check it out, Sapito tells me you go to college. That true?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Violet called this morning while you were asleep. She was so worried about you. She said she will check on you after school.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He meant that we shall have an open mind, and not let a little bit of truth check the rush of a big truth, like a small rock does a railway truck. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

All day he has restrained himself from checking on it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, too bad. I get free tickets all the time. Let me know if you ever want to check them out.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’ve been checking out some movie trailers because I want to know more and saw one for this documentary called How to Survive a Plague, but I’m not sure I’m ready for it. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I just knew he was watching me check myself out. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Add which had not been carefully mowed, the string became wound round thistles or tufts of gram, thus checking the hawk and doing damage to its training. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped whittling and checked the blade against his thumb. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll go to one of those check advance places on my lunch break.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He said good-bye and left, checking both ways down the corridor before departing. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in his life, Kyle Keeley wanted to check out a library book more than anything in the world. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

My perimeter check wouldn’t do any good in here. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

After many whackings and mumblings, he circles round me, clicking the still-hungry scissors in the air, pulling, poking, checking his work. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

My father was running right and left, exhausted, consoling friends, checking with the Jewish Council just in case the order had been rescinded. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You sure? Last time I checked, Rose Park was King territory.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Number twelve was visible to them, for they had been told of its existence by Dumbledore, its Secret-Keeper, and they rushed toward it, checking every few yards that they were not being followed or observed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

That evening Ashoke goes home to the apartment, checks for the letter. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lee Scoresby knew he’d see nothing from the sky, so he had to content himself with checking his equipment, though it was all in meticulous order. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I went over to the open suitcase and checked again to see if I’d packed everything. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I asked him to check me carefully and tell me anything I did wrong. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He makes a collection of the boat funnels from the lake freighters, checking them through binoculars. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

If I was running late, Prim even got in the habit of going to the Meadow to check if the fence was charged, to spare my mother worry. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure you don’t want to go back and check?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I began my descent I was extremely anxious, but my concern had little to do with the weather: a check of the gauge on my oxygen tank had revealed that it was almost empty. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to check my schedule. They’re streaming Columbo reruns on the Sleuth channel this month.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

As he gorges on sugar, Mom picks over his treats, checking for anything that’s open or “out of the question.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It looks like they’re checking for tears before making an offer. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We’d discounted theories one, two and eight by checking them out. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Someone does. I won’t be flying it again, will I? Not after tomorrow. It’s the only thing I can do, check the oil, clean the bugs.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

As she gazed from all the corpses to the bloody man she raised her head to cry over his triumph, but felt his grip upon her, checking her. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went back to the desk and fixed the check. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I’m checked out by Friday, I’m thinking about going down to the protest. If I go, you should come.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Though it may have been tempting to commit a felony and covertly check the box that read "American citizen" on the application, my parents knew those financial aid peeps meant serious business. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Luke sat up, checking his arms to make sure she hadn’t broken anything. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He looked over our shoulders to glance at the completed lab, and then stared more intently to check the answers. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I pulled the Daniels into the boys’ room, and checked the stalls for possible eavesdroppers. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Ammu checked them for deformities before she closed her eyes and slept. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I checked to make sure my door was closed. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The full list comprises some four hundred and thirty- seven items, I believe, and can be viewed in Mr. Filch’s office, if anybody would like to check it.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Give me my check. I’m owed for my last shift.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

If the Russian secret police knew what I was about to do..., she thought, checking the hallway to see if she had been followed. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His dad took the bottle from Nailer’s hand and checked the level of the liquor. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He checked over the body for evidence of a second wound but couldn't find any. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Armpit checked the mail when he got home from school. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

So Butler hunkered down, propped Juliet against a tapestry behind a suit of armor, and checked his safety catch. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

And when I stand to fill up my water bottle and pop a lozenge and check that my audition music hasn’t wrinkled, I break into tears too. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

One by one, Rashid checked to make sure nobody was in the bathroom stalls. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She stands up to check it out in a nearby mirror. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

First of all, they had to check for violations of the nation’s Neutrality Acts. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He checks in early lots of times when I’m here, but he keeps his distance, usually. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa is probably in Worley now, checking out all four of its streets so he can give her the lowdown of the place in excruciating detail. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When they were gone she went upstairs to check her baby. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then, to his utter astonishment, the lion, still on its hind legs, checked itself suddenly, turned head over heels, picked itself up, and rushed away. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Mother or Daddy would come by with the notary to check their driver’s license. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I just watched her for a little bit while she scratched up all the dirt with her toes and put her eyeball right down near the ground to check and see if anything wiggled. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“You tell him 1 called, tell him I’ll check in at Dona Luz before I head south, he can leave a message for me there if he gets home. Otherwise we’ll talk in the morning.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the food gets squared away, I check on my dad. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She takes off her pants, and he checks them for money. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Except for sitting around the house, checking on his land, and doing business at the courthouse, the only thing Grampa did that wasn’t just regular living was his work on the White Citizens’ Council. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I glance at the desk clerk, the same one who was here when we checked in. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And just as I hoped, the Firebus is parked where it usually is, so Mama didn’t bother to check for grown-ups. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I make to-do lists and check them off, trying to keep myself busy, swallowing my grief and pain so my parents don’t get consumed by theirs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She opened it and took the check out and sat holding it in her hand. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The check was made out to my father, who thought it was a mistake. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She’d flip back to check something, then forward again, then back. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Do kindly make the check out to the fackson League Chapter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"Right, and because it's hard for me to check books out of the library right now." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we came home to our bigger new apartment, we found a gift—a blender—from my best friend, and a check from The Atlantic waiting for us. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

After checking their security in the cart, the birthing attendant had ridden off toward the Nurturing Center to deliver them there. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ve even checked airports in nearby cities. There are no flights out of the area until this evening. I have plenty of seats on our seven o’clock flight if you’d like me to book you.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Two nurses, the one assigned to me and Nurse Ramirez, come over to my bed and check all my monitors. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If his foot wasn’t in the air when she checked on him, she’d whip his back with a belt. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Please, can I check? You can come with me.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He smiled a lot, the kind of smile that went right up into his eyes, and maybe for this reason alone I agreed to follow them over to the cave to check out the festivities. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, I just want to be sure. Maybe Charles Fort’s warping my brain, but stories about teleportation and people vanishing into thin air...we should check.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “People read these big, fat ones as much as the little ones. They been checked out a lot.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aru had checked the stone elephant’s mouth every hour, but there hadn’t been any news from Hanuman yet. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"It is not only legal, Mr. McSouthers," Judge Ford replied, signing her name to the check and handing it to the doorman, "it is a shrewd way to keep everyone playing the game." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There should be some things for the babies too. I need to check on a few other people, but I’ll be back soon.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When we checked at seven o’clock, our doors were still shut tight, thank goodness! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

All checking in to see how I’m feeling. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh! Pardon me, but you know how brothas get down. And none of y’all were checking for dudes from Hope Gardens.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the hedgehog could not check the cellars; Brother Edmund and Friar Hugo had the only two keys. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I take one deep breath as I check the to-go bag supply underneath the register. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She barely spoke a word when I went inside to check on her. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Tally checked the charge; more than half remained thanks to her slow speed and the bright sun now overhead. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Rock cuts my hair pretty fast, and when he hands me the mirror to check it out, my mouth drops open. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“But a traveler’s check is perfectly safe,” I said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Thanks," said Jelly, "but I got a girl friend lives around the corner and I promised to do her a favor tonight. She goes to cook and baker's school and I'm gonna check her homework." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex checked that the quad was out of sight, then looped the rope over his shoulder and shoved the flashlight into his belt. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

We first went to check on Myers to make sure he had arrived safely and was in a stable state of mind before the hearing began. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I checked my suspect list: “jealous classmates” was too unfocused a target to dig into without a lot more information. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

While he struggled to get upright, Diana checked the urge to kick him and instead felt her side pocket for her phone. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He was always checking the time so he could show off his gold pocket watch. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

"Perfect," the principal says after checking my answers. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Why hasn’t she checked in with me this week? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking away I turn once to check if Dad’s watching me go. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She checked out Dad’s bare toes, but she stayed away from Mom, who was trying to soak the spot out of the rug with paper towels and that spray stuff she uses in the kitchen. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

For the next two days, Charlie gets busy checking maps of Puerto Rico and bus routes. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I run my hand over my head to make sure it’s even, but I don’t need to check, not really. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She’d said she just wanted to check in with me, but then she’d immediately pushed the candy dish my way, so I knew there was a heavy topic on the agenda. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“An open mic at Busboys and Poets...it’s a bookstore that’s really close to here, if you want to check it out.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I wrote out the checks,” he said, mostly to himself. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I shine the light on every inch of floor in every single room; I check every closet; I even look in the attic and basement. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, Mohammad checks names off his list, and I help him to load trays with bowls of vegetable stew and bring them to the table. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to thank those of you who have made me feel comfortable or checked in on me.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I already did. They came to check out the house last week.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

To feed my passion for reading, I checked out books at such a rate that the principal said to me, “Are you planning to read every single book in this library?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Otto weeks ago, I’d feel an almost constant need to check on my mother and confirm that she was still there. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But Stick checked himself, visibly tucked in his temper in favor of something else. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

What would she do when the check came? The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mama made the sign of the cross and checked her lipstick in the hall mirror. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Instinct says don’t move, but everything else says check on Khalil. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Like, chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick chick, check me out! Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I slipped out of Daddy’s arms and checked all of Dismay’s usual sleeping places, just to make sure he hadn’t found his way home somehow and gone to sleep not wanting to disturb us. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled the door closed, wincing at the noise, hoping no one had heard it, that no one would check. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They didn’t even check on us or anything. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, I checked on my goldfish, Ethan, but to my dismay, he was floating on his side in his small mixing bowl. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Z had already checked the records for February and March of the year Dallas and Florida were born. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He checked with his watch, counting the seconds. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

You win some, you lose some, said Mitchell Sanders, and sometimes you settle for a rain check. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t sit here any longer. I’m going to check out what happened,” he finally says. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ll check on the first floor, and Emma can try the basement. She needs to go back down there to throw away the kitty litter she scooped, anyway.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t hurry, we’re going to be late,” he said nonchalantly, taking out his pocket watch to check the time. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I get up one last time to check my email. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Artemis checked his nails patiently, waiting for her to finish. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

They always swim over to check out the newest arrival and try to eat it. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Came smiling, inspecting, encouraging, conversing in whispers, speechmaking into the wide-open ears of our black and yellow faces—and each leaving a sizeable check as he departed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the broader problem, which we shall look at now, is the fact that our chemical attack is weakening the defenses inherent in the environment itself, defenses designed to keep the various species in check. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Hinkston said, “But we checked every mile of the way. Our chronometers said so many miles. We went past the Moon and out into space, and here we are. I’m positive we’re on Mars.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We can go check the pet store," Noodles said. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have any money, but I still had one last check. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The next morning over eggs and bacon, I ask Dad if I should skip school to check on Erin. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

No hand had checked their progress, and they had gone native now, rearing to monster height without a bloom, black and ugly as the nameless parasites that grew beside them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We checked the eye shadows and lipsticks, swiping the back of our hands with samples of apricot ice and pink blush. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Jack goes inside alone to get us checked in, and returns to the car with an abnormally serious look on his face. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She tells me that the week before she went blind, she checked a book out of the library called Welcome to the Monkey House. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, young Master, shouldn’t we check on your mother?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

As the players left the Miramar Hotel to go home to their respective countries or states, Bobby simply refused to check out. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her rule is that we just have to check in with her every half hour or so. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

How he checks the fastenings, but not her breath. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad entered the blockhouse, and I directed him to the firing panel after checking the connections. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“All right,” I replied, swirling the cold soup in the bowl, checking for poison. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I go on his computer and check my email, making sure to write myself some notes about the last few days, so I can remember them. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

They were just hanging out but when Karen started setting up her drawing pad they came over to check us out. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The PTA mom at the door table smiled up at me, checked off my name, and gave me a red paper heart with my name on it from the shoe box marked 6-3. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“It was checking. It wanted to know—Wick wanted to know—if I can shadowshape.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They must have run a second check through the area. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Then a sergeant came by and asked me to do a psych referral on a new inmate on V-gallery and paused to check his notepad for the cell number. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a train on it and we crouched behind it to check for any bulls. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a clear view so the teacher can check they’ve run all the way. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She checked everything—my arms and legs, my back, my face, my scalp, even my tongue. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“He’s got all the idealism of the sixties with none of the reality checks. He’s not a criminal, he’s the exact opposite—totally innocent in every sense of the word.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She sees me notice her checking her watch and grins sheepishly. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

More out of habit than anything, Harry made his usual detour along the seventh-floor corridor, checking the Marauder’s Map as he went. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Payment recipients can use the money in their account for online purchases or payments, can receive the payment from PayPal by check, or can have PayPal directly deposit the money into a checking account. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“So here’s our tailwind. The checks range from five dollars to two hundred and fifty, and our new grand total is four thousand seven hundred and sixty-five!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

With a vague sense of foreboding, Mrs. McCullough checked the clock. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“There’s a list of all the local art events inside. There’s a student gallery coming up if you want to check it out.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ophie had been hoping the opportunity to check the attic for clues would present itself, but the next week turned out to be the busiest she’d spent in the manor so far. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Windy shrugs and checks out her own manicure. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And certainly after he checked his backpack to make sure he had his homework. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The kapo did his checks to make sure everyone was in their bunks. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I kept checking my watch, uncertain if I wanted its sluggish hands to move faster or just stay still forever. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then called me up to the rostrum to receive a check from Mr. Wilde, a senior manager at Simba Quix. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba takes up his own luggage, ties the blankets over the empty water barrel, checks that nothing is left. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, and that’s not the worst part. Here, check this out,” she said, pointing. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Bertie presented the check on behalf of the Drones Club, to be used in behalf of the feebleminded. in to/into. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In came Mr Wormwood in a loud check suit and a yellow tie. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I had Miss Winthrop check our files. Of the police officers who live in our district, twenty-three signed CROSS’S petition. Only six signed STOP’S. But if we all went to talk to the Daltons together...” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He checks his rage and dances for them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull her hair back and check her forehead. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She regularly checked its status on the Book Scavenger website, but you never knew if someone might have scavenged it but not logged the find. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Absolutely. As a matter of fact, we’ll use this test as a learning tool to study for the real competition. But anyone is free to see the test and check their responses.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Every time a different doctor or nurse came into my room to change my blanket or check my eyesight, I handed them the notebook and pointed to the questions about my father. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then we checked the newspaper for supermarket specials and made out lists for each of the stores, depending on which one had the best buy in a particular item. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Moss admitted they had received more than $265,000 in tax- free subsidies, plus Social Security checks for some of the children they had adopted. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Guy’s built like a bear, but he stood there, with his hands on his hips, thumbs forward, kicking at the edge of the Dumpster like he was checking a tire for air. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t like to check things, I like to jam it all under the airplane seat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I check the spot at the fence, just in case, but there’s nothing under the rock. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, I edge myself close to the back door, check the knob to make sure it’s unlocked. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

So I find ways to keep her in check. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Butternut was on it in a second, happily licking it while I checked the email—which turned out to be spam. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I crouch down to check under every bench and picnic table, and circle each tree. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I checked to make sure he was still safely inside East Shoal, then pulled the notebook out. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

‘Stop repeating everything I say! Let’s check out those scooter lessons.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought briefly of checking myself into a hospital, but I'd seen what those wards looked like and I’ve always hated having a roommate. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Not necessary, but up to you,” said the goblin, checking his clipboard. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Then Renee looked at the make-believe camera as if she was checking the photo—guess it was an invisible digital—and teased, “Yikes, not your best face.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Reynie’s eyes swiveled to the Executives, who, having been disappointed in Kate’s shoes, were now asking her to show her empty hands, then checking for stickiness under the edge of the table. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her social security check barely covered her living expenses, let alone classes and books. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I checked my cache of wild onions to see if I had enough to make onion soup, and set aside some large firm groundnuts for mashed potatoes. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the community center, Mr. Ram and I check in at the front desk with the guy who runs program registration. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Her eyes study my face, moving up and down, then side to side like she’s checking the distance between my ears. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Harry checked his face in the cracked mirror. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Nothing,” I say, checking to make sure the man hasn’t reappeared. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He arranged the clementines in a perfect line in front of him, then checked his phone. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Arthur, followed by a Luke looking very much amused, returned from checking the other bedrooms on the floor and nodded briskly at the doctor. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I put the tweed cap on and check myself in the mirror one more time. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He looked at his watch to check the time. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed frustrated, anxious, as if he wanted to explode into action and was only just being held in check. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The car stops and before the driver unlocks the doors he leans over and checks me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lounged against the wall and checked my fingernails. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I think they were fake teeth, but I wasn’t about to get closer to check.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

To check the ungoverned spell and drive off the shadow from Ged, Nemmerle had spent all his power, and with it his bodily strength was gone. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I check my mom’s phone and sign in to my email to see if maybe my dad has responded. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She gets the red folder, finds the page, and puts the check next to my name. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

My mother felt as if she were peering into Li T’ieh-kuai’s magic gourd to check the fate of an impish mortal. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened her letter first and took the check out. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the early days I thought that Mary Miller was just a well-mannered woman who checked on our progress. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Usually they sat on the sidelines, chatted, and checked their reflections in the river and stuff, but when they heard we were fighting the Hunters, they were raring to go. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Let’s hope this curbs the threats from our neighborhood vandal. I’m going to check with the chief. I’m sure he’ll want police detail to stick with your family at least another day.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Thinking on that big fish so hard, I almost forget to check the compass. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

For the kill shot, I posted it and Crew Chrissie with a blinking red alert on the Brandywine Hollows HS community page, which the teachers and administrators checked all the time. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

This time I watched his fingers, on each number, and checked the numbers that came up in the window. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I checked her breathing over and over for a long time until she woke up, agitated. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Having completed his science schedule for the day, he checked his watch. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ever been to this job? Seen a paycheck or even a check stub?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

And we sailed to the next float, checked it for the mark that meant it was one of ours, and repeated the process. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

This was so very aggravating—the more especially as I found myself making no way against his surly obtuseness—that I said, disregarding Herbert’s efforts to check me,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I check the cross street and point to the hot-pink sign that blinks the hideaway. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And she went over to the pony pen to check on War Chief’s hay and water. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to check on Alex and make sure she was okay. I heard about what happened at school.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

His travel involves something called systems checks, which sounds kind of tedious to me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Only ten more minutes. I’m going to check you all in at the gate.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sticky reached for his spectacles, checked himself, and thrust his hands into his pockets to still them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Miig was crouched down in the middle of our huddle, checking the ground for fresh prints. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Barack and I checked into the University of Chicago hospital, bringing both Maya—who’d flown in from Hawaii to be there the week I was due—and my mom for support. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“We happened to be over this way and wanted to check on y’all,” he says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I crumple up the rest of the napkin: no one, surely, will bother to smooth it out, to check if any is missing. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I checked my phone, but there were no texts from her. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Merry turned towards him to say something and gave a start, and checked an exclamation. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“The automatic mop must be running out of soap. I’ll check it.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Until someone taps me on the shoulder and tells me to check the bathroom downstairs. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They finished checking out, and the boy handed Sergio one of the Kit Kats. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

We walked into the call room, to have our equipment checked prior to the start of the bronze medal match. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“You want me to check out a book?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

My mind wandered; I kept checking the clock, desperate to escape. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lloyd: If everyone gets two dollars, you gonna get about two million dollars for your aid checks! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, you want to check the attic? Mom thinks my grandma might have some old books up there. I’m sure we could find something you haven’t read yet.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It's flattering, and not at all creepy, the way it can be from other men when they check me out. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She looked at the check and then folded it and put it in her apron pocket. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Billy was the responsible one, finding the houses, checking them off. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to play video games. I want to check out the discard pile.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“I mean exactly how it works. That the amount of the check is deducted from the balance in the account? And that the money can run out?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Everyone checking to see what everyone else has. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

"I'm sure it's Windkloppel, Judge, I checked all my spellings three times over." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run my tongue over my own teeth and check my faja. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go check on the girls. We’ll be off the ground in a jiffy. We’ll do some flyovers and see what we see.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Leo checked his compass and GPS, and a grin spread across his face. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

At Oh How Cute, a children’s boutique, the owner, Kira Alexander, checks out shoppers’ fingernails. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

But Mom’s obsessively checking the time on her phone, like he might bust in at any moment. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Hence the need to spot- check the reading holes?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Each time they refused me, they implied clearly that I had probably come by these checks dishonestly and they wanted nothing to do with them or me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up ahead, policemen on horses clip-clopped across the bridge, eyeing every car that passed, checking the terrain below. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She had never been on her own in terms of moving, checking out neighborhoods, buying houses, driving cars. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She checked her watch and announced that supper was ready. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s check out Caesars Palace,” I tell Mackenzie. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He then checked Galileo’s measurements and decided they were wrong. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Adnan checked his rearview mirror as they sped down the rural route, trying to put as much distance as possible between themselves and the prison. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“There was plenty of time to check it twice.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

After checking the branches to see if there were any birds hiding, he turned and saw a man aiming a double-barreled shotgun at him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

His fingers moved over me as if he were checking for broken bones. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Next he has me bend my knee, and he checks all around it, especially in back. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I rigged up my special effects, checked out the terrain, measured distances, collected the ordnance and equipment we’d need. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though she checked “yes” to all the symptoms on the card the doctor gave her, she refused to accept the diagnosis of panic attacks because panic attacks happened only to Americans. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

On an expedition to Greenland in 1930, he set out alone, on his fiftieth birthday, to check out a supply drop. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And then, in the eighth or ninth classroom I checked, I saw her. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Doc Kelly just shook his head and laughed as he checked for infection. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

No, but that’s actually progress if I’m not checking it every five minutes. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“This laptop was in the pool house. Ashley used it to check her e-mail. I was able to get into her account.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I think Miss Esther’s real reason for the visit was to check out Wynn.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t need to check my face to see if I’m serious. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He encouraged us all to go and check out the local artists’ work. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

All through dinner I twist in my seat, checking the clock to make sure I do not miss the hour of magic numbers. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I swipe the green check mark to answer the call. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I could see the cabin but turned off to check on the barn first. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The technicians were making the final adjustments, checking their meters and gauges. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe it's imprudent to check them with the others so close. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When she got expert enough not to need checking, the Pennsylvania papers were added. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was with her when she checked in this morning.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But the books Seven had really wanted had already been checked out. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“We’ll do X-rays, a diagnostic profile, test his urine and blood for sugar levels, and check his thyroid,” Dr. Spires continued. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

As she started walking away, she added, “Go ahead and get started on these boxes. I’ll check on you in a bit.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Simone, please, you have to pick up the check,” the photographer pleaded. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Tobias checks his watch, and then holds his arm out to me to show me the time. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I checked the knots that held the rope to the lifeboat and to the raft. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

After my daddy said a prayer, she draped two more of the checked feed sacks over his body and then, hesitating only a moment, covered his face. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The woman checked the address on the door. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

While Ms. Sitton and Mrs. Thornton check us into the hotel room, all the girls use their cell phones to take selfies and post them on the Internet. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I’m certain that when they check the ladies’ room and the men’s room, they peek under the door and check only to see if there are feet. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad frowned as he twisted around to check his back seat. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I checked all the connections and made sure there wasn't any dust on them, but they still just aren't 100 percent. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex checked their closet next, rifling through his father’s pants pockets. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

They check to make sure they don’t put two kids together who have a preexisting beef—they don’t want fights. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Let me check my computer. If the painting is on loan, I can tell you.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It took him quite a fumbling time to get her luggage checks, to lose them in his pockets, to find them and pick up the wrong pieces. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Still,” said Jinny, “can you check in with me next time? Before you teach her something like that?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He hated to leave Boston to check up on his units because this would leave Catherine alone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Won’t be able to check on the office today,” he said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“We did some checking on your landlord. This so-called Jimmy Zizmo. He’s got a police record.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was best, Dad had said, to use fairly common names when going with a fake ID, something people wouldn’t really remember or, if they checked, they’d be overwhelmed with information. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I finally noticed that they were always there: waking me up, tucking me in, ready to listen, checking whether I needed anything. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Then the nurse gives us both a smile, wishes me a speedy recovery, and goes on his way to check on his other patients. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I went to the bank and deposited the check and the money order and the other ten, and stopped at the telegraph office. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guard crosses to the 12TH juror and checks his name. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He checks the bathrooms, the buffet, the quiet corners of the ballroom, but he’s nowhere. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And: “If you’ve got the ear of God, tell Him to send me a check for the drapes.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Ringworm?” he asked, turning my body around to check my back. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

In addition to calculating lean body mass, the testing situation also checked for claustrophobia since space capsules were quite small. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

He and Geyer checked with other hotels to find out who had run the Circle House, and learned from its former clerk that the registration records were in the possession of a downtown attorney. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I walked over to the doorway and checked the sky; still clear, but for how long? Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

They probably still had agents lurking here in the stacks, checking to make sure I was dead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The performers make last-minute adjustments to their costumes, and the animal handlers give their charges one last check. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And he was in front of everyone, so he wrote her a check, which she deposited into her college fund. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He and Detective Richards checked hotel after hotel but found no further reference to the children. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He made plans for the following day: he would venture farther toward downtown, he would revisit the I-10 overpass, he would check on the state of their office and warehouse over on Dublin Street. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I often manned the church library, checking out books to members, stamping the due dates on the cards inside, and making sure the borrowed books were returned on time. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Shouldn’t someone go check the fuse box or something?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It didn’t help that the last time she’d checked the Book Scavenger forums, rumors were swirling that Mr. Griswold wasn’t doing well. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s gone. I went back to check. Someone else must’ve taken it. Probably for the best. Too Much Information, as you lot say.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Just tell them I was checking out the baggage stock.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Whenever she said that, I struggled to keep my imagination in check. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

His client was using two mirrors to look at it, like a guy checking the neckline at a hair salon. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

When we came to the next traffic light, the driver eased off the gas a bit to look around and check the road. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Muhammad and I are at the breakfast nook checking e-mails and eating cereal when both our phones make a simultaneous beeping sound. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He dug and loaded, his excitement kept in check by the rhythm of the work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

His temper would not remain in check much longer: He stood up and walked around, trying to work some of it off. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Constantine died, Skeeter. I sent her a check, for her birthday. To the address I found for her daughter, but Lulabelle... sent it back. With a copy of the obituary.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I check the screen, and she looks beautiful as always. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The next day I take the test and then check my answers with the key. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d check in with him daily, ask him if anything had happened, if anyone had said anything to him, but he refused to talk about it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I choose a blue-and-gray checked cotton, a delicate green print, and a pink paisley. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Before every class, Felix checked the app to see if the funds were available. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had to look at my phone to check who I was talking to.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She and her family had just returned from the Amazonian city of Manaus and had been checked and cleared by Brazilian doctors before departure. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then came the critical part . . . checking the dirt. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron glanced toward the door into the hall to check that Mrs. Weasley was not returning yet, then leaned in closer to Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Evans suggests that he believed what the "shooter" told him about someone else checking out the store. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went from patient to patient, checking their condition and feeding weak broth to those who had the strength to swallow. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the bottom of the check, in the little space for the notes, Miss Celia’s written the words in pretty cursive handwriting: For Two-Slice Hilly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

To check my temperature, she spread her hand on my forehead. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I open up her website, the one she ran with her sister, and check the date of the last post, which hasn’t changed since the last time I looked. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I had no time to check the others, watching the muscle twitch on Miig’s jaw, observing the silent curl of Chi-Boy’s spine. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Finally, as he walked back to his taxi, moving across the wide parking lot in the midday sun, he checked his watch. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

If the person on duty wants to check my face against the picture on my lab school ID, things could get messy. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Inspector Gary checked into Geyer’s old hotel, the Spencer House. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I rushed over to check on him, but then I heard Grover’s voice: “Percy!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She was shaking out the onesies they got from the school and checking their sizes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Having learned from Julie, he checked the hall closet and found a shopping cart waiting for him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

After dinner they watch television, as Moushumi writes out thank-you cards to all their parents’ friends, for the checks they had needed twenty different slips to deposit. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She regularly checked its status on the Book Scavenger website, but you never knew if someone might have scavenged it but not logged the find. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“We can pay off the checks. Once we’re in Mexico, once we get started down there, we’ll make money. Lots of it.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo checked the hallways several times, but there was always someone around. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Before starting my homework, I changed into a pair of dry sweats, pulled my damp hair up into a ponytail, and checked my e-mail for the first time. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“So, you know Luke Teague,” the first deputy said, checking his notebook. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Would Nat go over the whole book—if he had time—his next voyage—and check it for errors? Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wonders what time it is, but she cannot find a clock to check. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She saw him give their parents a quick thumbs-up, and then he checked his pedometer. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The rise of his body blocked most of the room, so I had to peek slowly over him to check the surroundings. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I tilt the twin taps on the water dispenser and check my watch. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“Takes all the mystery out of food service. When will my waiter appear? When will I get the check?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“So be careful to check your sleeping bags before you get into them,” said Mrs. Sidman. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

People excitedly rush the vehicles, trying to see if he is inside one of them, checking all the back windows. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he checks his own cup, sniffing it, then taking a sip. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. There’s nothing the matter. Garrett sent a robot to us. Well, we sent one back. Unless he checks closely, he won’t notice the switch.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Howard thought we should check the path where we had seen him yesterday. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But since the sister had told him they’d be sending a schedule for phone calls to the convent, Alex had checked the mailbox daily, always finding it empty. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He put the map back in the briefcase and checked on Derek. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ever time Miss Leefolt go out shopping or in the yard or even to the bathroom, I check her bedside table where she put the book. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I checked out the Hudsons, who were younger and more like what I had in mind. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Any day now, Marian Librarian. I thought you were the one that wanted to check out.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t taken me boots off to check, but I think I may have a bit of frostbite. ...” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, we finally got away from Norton and Dennis, but it was too late to go over to the Pigman’s—mainly because Lorraine had to get home to check in with her mother. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

But a week later, when they went to check on the cattle, they didn’t find them around the windmill where they had unloaded them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I agree to check the parks where he and his friends like to hang out, and the bike trail that runs parallel to the freeway. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I nod, he says, “I’m going to check the height now,” and puts his thumbs on the crest points of my hip bones. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Small Bob came over to check it out. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And I swear she starts full-blown checking me out. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He extinguishes the last of the lights before ascending several flights to check on Chandresh. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I checked out a book from the library, Dracula, by Bram Stoker. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he would close his eyes, so I kept checking the pebble. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Cabot could see the white stick sitting on the edge of the counter, a bold blue check in its center. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He sticks another spoonful of fro-yo in his mouth and checks it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And I needed her to read it, and I still don’t know if she has because I’m afraid to check and see. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I shoved my board in the battered umbrella stand inside and checked out the dude behind the counter. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Eventually, she curled up with Mother’s jar at her side, but now and then she lifted her head to check that Zimbabwe was still there. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks ready to bolt at any moment and keeps looking behind us, as though checking how far we’ve come from the school. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I stay where I am as two soldiers check me for weapons. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Now I step into the café, soak in the warmth, and check my phone again. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They would crouch in their foil-lined blind in complete silence, Butler repeatedly checking his equipment, while Artemis stared unblinking through the eye of the scope. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Mom holds the check out to me—I’m just as stunned. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“But this old woman kept checking in on me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I decided to check first before insisting Pedrito dig him back up. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After checking on Trampita to make sure he was still asleep, I quietly walked over to the row nearest the car and picked cotton for the first time. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Claudia told him that she fully expected to check out at 4:30. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I checked out the fat volume from the school library in the hopes it would help give our team an advantage in Mrs. Barton’s social studies project. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Desdemona checked her reflection in the window and fixed her hat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She presses her hand against his forehead to check for fever. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

What I should do, they said, was check online every few hours and join if someone dropped. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Tia came back over to check on me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Pax checked for his boy constantly because the father was still here and because he sensed that his home was not far away, but only full-grown humans appeared. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m gonna check on Ray and see if he’s got anything on the receiver,” she said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He checked one sword with his stick and whirled away from a second. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I check the current time: 1:44 a.m. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After Henrietta checked into the hospital, a nurse drew blood and labeled the vial colored, then stored it in case Henrietta needed transfusions later. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I rub my eyes sleepily as I check my phone, squinting at the screen. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The soldier ran his finger along the edge of the metal table, as if checking for dust. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Brother Leon had stopped checking the totals on a daily basis, almost as if he anticipated the bad news the figures contained and wanted to avoid finding out about it definitely. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ilse comes by at some point and checks Helena’s eye and then pulls back the covers to press on my belly. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Right,” Brother Leon answered, making the check against the name. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The injured man tried to thank them, but a nurse told them to move so she could take the man’s vital signs and check his wounds. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The examiner checked her identification and assigned her computer No. 12. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The ship’s doctor checked each one of them carefully, applying salves to their many wounds and giving medicine to those who appeared to be sickly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three times weekly she took an aerobics class, checking her watch throughout to be sure her heart rate had exceeded one hundred and twenty beats per minute. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We checked the schedule and my bus was going to be two hours late. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Patchett tosses me a stern look as he steadies Michael and checks his pupils with a penlight. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“That staircase leads to a bottleneck. You think the guards won’t check under that mask before they let you through?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then Kat went round checking I’d put everything the right way round. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leon Longbridge, they learned, had already checked the cave and found nothing. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I typed “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” like Mom taught me, to check that they hadn’t messed up the keys, and then a little bit of !&$?! for emphasis. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Jan was staring at Bigger; Britten and Mr. Dalton were watching Jan. Jan made a move toward Bigger, but Britten’s arm checked him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He has to make a point of going to his studio, of resetting the tape on his answering machine, paying his rent check and his bills. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing had happened to Geography: The Story of the World, which was good because Mr. Barber checked on my book every time he passed down the aisle drinking his huge cup of coffee. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At night, I'd walk through the deserted school buildings, checking doors and windows. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

After dinner, she checks my work from the afternoon while I try to finish my Gatsby reading for the next day. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I check the picture on the LCD display. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She checked that the blackout blinds were down and then lit a candle, not wanting to put on the lights and wake her friend. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I watch the parrot checking in with the crew members one at a time, landing on their shoulders, or perching atop their heads for a few moments before flying off to the next. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

One important natural check is a limit on the amount oT~suitable habitat for each species. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

We checked, and he came up all over me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He fed the mare a handful of parched corn and lifted her unshod hooves to check for damage from the sharp lava rock. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Given the rule that no one under twenty-one is allowed to drink beer, which of those people’s IDs do we have to check to make sure the law is being observed? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he finally chose the Carcachita, he checked it thoroughly before driving it out of the car lot. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some of our neighbors checked in, like Mrs. Pearl and Ms. Jones. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“First we checked all the instruments and radio equipment,” recalled Tibbets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Worbs opens his Book of Mormon and continues reading, leaving the boys to check through the warehouse every few hours. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t I have the checks made over to you, Nellie? You better at this than I am.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday afternoon, in London. I went to the hospital. You can check.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made my way to the kitchen to check if Daddy was in there having his coffee. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The guard at the entrance merely stopped them and told them to check their cases and book bags. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt certain the police would circle the block and check on me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Howard followed up the press conference by publishing a signed statement that Woolf had not been told to check Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I head to the mirrors to check my hair and salwar. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I make sure the food is put away, Helena checks the house for mistakes, and my people have disappeared in less than a minute. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

First night after dinner, Jacob Little showed me how to bring the cows into the barn, or, if the weather was good, to leave them be but check on the fences. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She immediately instructed his sister, Joan, to send the entire amount of her monthly Social Security check to Bobby to assist him with his rent. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Twice that week the hall monitors made her do the fingertip test, checking the length of her skirt. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This part wasn’t a lie: that Via was checking out her new school today. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

America's nuclear gambit had kept Stalin in check, but the crisis in Berlin underscored the need to anticipate the USSR's next move. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They checked on the speckled cattle once a week to see if they had left the canyons around the springs; but the cattle seemed content to stay there, at least for the winter. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped into the room and checked out the snack table. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you check it out for me.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He checked out the window; they weren’t even halfway home yet. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Their participants don’t just date and then check the yes or no box. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m starting now to check every figure in every table that’s published. Just to see how many errors are in them.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I said, “I was wondering if we could get into the main office and check a student’s file.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

As I check the progress of her book, Marguerite in turn checks the progress of my infant faith. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I realize that I forgot to check our weather station at home today. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Nancy happened to glance at the sergeant, checking his suit instinctively, and she saw that he had a tear across his hip. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did, however, still hand Alma a check nearly every week, trusting that she would use it for food or rent. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

When the sun was directly overhead and everyone was ready to have lunch, Alfonso emerged from his big white hacienda with its red tile roof and sauntered by, checking on the progress. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I check through my backpack for any homework I can get a jump on so I can avoid going into the land of ultimate paella. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I had pulled into the parking lot of our local pharmacy to run an errand, and checked my skin in the rearview mirror like I often did before getting out of the car. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Singly and in pairs, boys who had tried out for the team walked up to check the list for their names. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, that's going to be one of your jobs. These here gauges have to be checked every fifteen minutes. You ought to be able to do that." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the gate, people came to help us with our bags and check us in at the Welcome Center. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

These had to be checked to make sure no one was trying to smuggle out American weapons, or drop off spies, or lay mines in American waters. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

At the end of the lesson, I realized that I couldn’t tell my mom that I had made this deal with Mr. Stoll, so I just ripped up the check she had given me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tapping my foot impatiently, I check the status of my car, squinting when I see movement on the other side of the doors. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Zak always seemed like the weaker twin, but at least he tried to check the Snake. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When he said that, Peewee opened his pants and told him to check out his crotch. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she returns to check yet again on that $7 polo, she finds a stain on it. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He checked out the Rocky the Clown poster that hung on my wall. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

But when I checked my index cards, I saw that I hadn’t brought the cards on which I’d written my memory. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He checked behind me and said, “I want to finish our conversation, because I want you to know what’s going to happen.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to the phone to check the messages, and listened to them one after another. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But not now. Let him sleep. I have to go back to the clinic and check on my patients.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

With a forefinger he attempted to check the erratic movement of his bad eye, but to no avail; it continued. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He pushed himself slowly toward the door, still groping awkwardly with his feelers, which he now learned to value for the first time, to check what was happening there. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erin glanced up at her rearview mirror as if to check that Stephanie was still in the car. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I carefully put the cookbooks back on the shelf and checked the time on my phone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And I might be wrong, but I think she checked to see if both keys were hanging on the wall. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He carried them over to a table, then set to work, searching them by the narrow beam of his wand, occasionally checking his watch. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then we checked the latest issues of Ingenue and Mademoiselle and Seventeen and decided we’d get box-pleated skirts in tartan plaid—green—for the first day of school. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

There were about a million messages from people who had been at the concert, wishing us well and checking on Jeffrey’s health status. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy said, just as cheery, “Good idea! Isabella, would you check to see if we have pancake mix?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while he checks to see if my headache is any better. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He checked my backside for a sacral tail. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Dad comes in and checks on me, and although he pretends to be upbeat, he’s irked. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

After that, Kyril Montana swiveled his head slightly, checking out the immediate terrain to see what cover it offered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the few days we had spent outfitting the Beaver—checking the ropes, repairing sails, sealing the deck— he treated me like Billy Budd. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She walked toward me and stroked my hair as if checking to make sure I was real. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

On welcoming me aboard he told me that I was first to work in the bookkeeping section, sorting and filing checks according to some intricate accounting system. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wally Schirra’s crew on Apollo 7 had checked out the command module. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guard would come in and make a quick check of his station. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a hard habit to break, I guess, all that checking. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t even checked into his room yet; he was so nervous he was going to miss her, he’d run to his car to get the gift and then run back here to find her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I think I lost this months check from the college. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I put my head down to his chest to check his breathing. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Bloom brushed the poisonous fog away from his face, went over to check the ax blade . . . and promptly cut his thumb. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So after the rest of the family was asleep, I would tiptoe outside and check the lock. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Among them, the four tired men had “checked out” some seven hundred tips and rumors. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The check rein had been abandoned long ago. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dunwing leaned back, trying to dig her claws in somewhere to check the inexorable slide. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He filled out a check, to me, for fifteen hundred dollars. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It is these government checks, or subsidies, that keep corn and soybean prices low. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When I don’t spot anything, I check behind the dumpster. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I was one of the first ones to school; I hadn’t even checked the clock in my hurry to get outside. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“The person I’m speaking to doesn’t know anything about Puerto Rico, but he’s sure there’s someone there who’s heard something, so he’s checking.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I check LostConnections.com, where there’s still no response from Brian, then grab Oscar’s leather jacket, my sketchpad, and head down the hill. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Papi opens the door to the apartment to check in on us. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Cliff was in his seventies and still minding the tobacco barn behind the farmhouse his father had built decades earlier, checking the furnaces several times a day to make sure they stayed at 120 degrees. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I went back to the condo while they all went down to the beach to check on a nest. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had this crazy urge to scoop him up in my arms and charge through the doors—to check out Rex Walls-style one last time. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We look at earwax, or snot, or dirt from our toes, checking first to see that there’s no one around: we know without asking that such things would not be approved of. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only about two-thirds of the little boxes on his sheets of paper had been checked. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“I left your check on the hall table, Mrs. Snell. Thank you.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

July’s mother comes in to check on her. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He tugged at the thin metal railing of her verandah, as though to check how durable it was, how safe, and she liked that he did that. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“So don’t make any sudden moves. Let her check you out.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

She also checked her over and found that she was perfectly healthy, not injured and not sick, and that she would never nurse the twins. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They drove out there, checked the chlorine shed, toured the perimeter, then trooped into a little shack that had been set up with four cots. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of them checked the list quickly, then returned to the locker room to pack their belongings, and vanish in the night to be alone with their private desolation. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a fine kind of pain,” the captain reassures me, when he comes to check on my condition. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I think you might need to check the bed. And your hair.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I am telling you that escape or checking out is a common response to emotional trauma and anxiety, like the kind Sparrow experiences in social situations, like school.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“We just don’t cash checks,” she said and turned away. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I checked the Talmudic cross-references for parallel texts and memorized whatever differences I found. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had not even taken the most basic of steps to test the construction: filling the tank with water to check for leaks. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“I bet she’s checking her phone every hour in case you text!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Five minutes without checking a text message is like the end of the world.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He stopped by the bathroom to check his look in a mirror. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I checked my suitcase, thinking of the dead man knifed up against the kolkhoz office. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Secure the tent flaps open and check every one,” the captain commanded. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Entering the sparkling city of Budapest, Fischer checked into one of the most romantic and elegant hotels in the city, the Gellért, right on the Danube, and had lunch on the terrace. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

All the other kids check their phones, but June is different. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Nat checked his nautical almanac closely, hunting for the first night the moon promised to be in a good position for a lunar. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad called regularly from pay phones to check up on us, and once or twice a month, we’d all get together at Lori’s. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I found a motel made of cinder blocks and checked in. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I check to see whether Ma’s holding her cane before I take a few steps toward the dining room. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Go downstairs and check the sidewalk under the nest. See if there are any sticks down there.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Alex left Julie in the apartment and went up to check out the four vacant apartments for which he had keys. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I checked the other side of the gallery. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach told me, no matter what, I couldn't check out. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I check the pictures other people have tagged Hudson in. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Adam blanches at this sudden reality check and Brooke raises her eyebrows in a stern rebuke. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She checks my backpack, adjusts my foot straps, and gives me a big hug. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Some day this oil will go and there will be no more fat checks every few months from the Great White Father,” a chief of the Osage said in 1928. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine. I didn’t mean to interrupt anything. I saw your car, and Starr wasn’t at school today, so I wanted to check on her.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“When I checked that one table of Maskelyne’s, I worked every figure three times, just to be sure I was right!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run up the stairs to check, but the door still opens. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Definitely with Buddha. Come on, check this out.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He knows this, too, because he signs my monthly check, and then I deposit it into my separate checking account. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please take a seat, Mr. Fischer, until we can check this out.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I check Dray’s messages and scroll up really fast. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As gracious as when he presented the check for refurbishing the Daughters of the Immaculate Heart library. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I checked out of the Y and boarded the bus for Conyers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He let me sleep near him, covered me with his winter coat, and kept checking on me all night. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

But as soon as the data were checked he would drop by Griffith’s rooms to set him straight. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He pulled the pistol from his pocket, checked its load. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I check the house for belongings, shut the door to the attic, and set the photograph upright beside the sugar tin. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

On the night in question he’d checked the Islanders engine oil and quickly greased the net drum’s reel drive before putting out for Ship Channel Bank in the hour just before dusk. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to check online. Maybe there’s a clinic in Providence.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He checked out the stitches, checked out the face, asked about the head, gave me a couple of pills I recognized as Tylenol for the pain. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I get out and check the whole car—check the doors, hood, bumpers, lights, front grille and trunk to make sure I didn’t get into an accident without noticing. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. Chris had to check on them, he said, before they could be sent into town to the restaurant man who canned them with a pressure cooker. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to check out another dealership first.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

A check of 461 samples of such products in i960 showed that a third contained residues, a situation which the Food and Drug Administration characterized as “far from encouraging.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Take the candle and check the stairwell. Maybe Bri got home last night after the electricity went off and spent the night in the stairwell.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Each crew spent twenty-four hours on standby, making periodic checks, clearing the debris, doing whatever was necessary to keep the water moving into camp. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here you go, old top,” said Bunny, producing the check. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, you’ll be seeing me in a month, to check up on how the medication is treating you.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It’s my job to check the mail every day. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

We took the rifle and went out to check, snowshoes on the deep snow, soft shuffle and silence. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I try to take my mind off it all by checking what the others are up to. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

With his gun drawn, the policeman searched the area thoroughly; he checked the roof of the trailer and underneath it, too. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shoulder checked me hard enough to make me stumble backward and almost lose my footing. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

This morning, when I left for school, I stopped to check Mouse House. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“A twisted experiment where he wants to check how well we can teach ourselves.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I remember now. He said he still needed to check some figures. And...He said he was going to write about Dust as well. That’s it.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “August went out to the Satterfield farm to check on some hives. She said I should help you in here. What do you want me to do?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, he was there. Such a cool dude. I think Grandma talked to him about checking your mouth out. Just to make sure everything was okay.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I kept turning the cards around, checking the backs to see if there was anything there I was supposed to catch. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The combination of this business, her father’s checks, and assistance from the Canadian government gave them more than enough to live on. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The recruiter paused to rearrange the pamphlets and check the damage the wind had done to the posters. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t check the time because I don’t want anything to shatter my survivor spirit. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I want to check my email on Hugo’s phone, but Austin isn’t letting me out of his sight. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Look, until Sticky comes back, I think we need to keep to our plan. Let’s go check out the loading area.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He checked the branch, the knot in the painter, the tree. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When my eyes opened, I spotted the card Thomas had sent, along with a ten-dollar check to help out with Fig. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then, on impulse, I decided to check my e-mail. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

An inmate who was known to read a lot could check out more than the permitted maximum number of books. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We close kin and she come out to my house ever other weekend to check on me. She told me what it is you doing.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Perhaps because he could no longer tolerate his downtrodden life, living off his mother’s checks and receiving just an occasional trickle of cash from here or there, Bobby wanted to get back to the game...desperately. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She checked her pockets and scrunched up her face. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

A fat red-faced man in check breeches and gaiters, who looked like a publican, was stroking her nose and feeding her with sugar. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He stepped into the shadows of an alley and checked his gun. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I have too many questions to ask only one, but I shake the ball three times and check for an answer. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

"I want to check the throughput reactance first." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burnham said no, but he did leave, to check on Root’s wife, who was in a neighboring room. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I go to the kitchen to check on what else he saw from my pics folder. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

So it was important to check the fences regularly, just in case there were breaks or any loose wire. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

He went back inside to check on this. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

When the dryer is empty, he shoves his pile to one side of the table, grabs something—a pair of pants—and checks the pockets. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He looked inside her mouth and checked her teeth. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Me too,” Dad agrees as we line up to check in. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Once they had checked in with us, we pointed them to their visitor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the check written but not yet signed, he swiveled back in his desk chair and seemed to ponder. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally heard the word, I kept checking for the predicted snow, but it never came. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Before even checking with me first, Mom had said, “Yes, of course, whatever we can do to help!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I need to cash a traveler’s check,” I said, smiling. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The police checked the identification of anyone attempting to go near the Palace of Justice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told Shadow he had already been checked in by his friend, and gave him his rectangular plastic room key. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

When her mother checked the baby, her fever had broken. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He walked the length of the grandstand, checking for spies. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

First they discovered bird droppings in their detector and checked for other possible malfunctions, but soon ruled these out. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sandy and Max, the same police officers who’d rescued the kittens just last week, climbed out of their patrol car to check me out. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Once inside Columbia, the three of us had some last- minute checks to make while Guenter and crew were departing, and then it was time for us to go. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been in Paris for several weeks when, one afternoon, returning from a French lesson, I stopped at a café to check my email. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“You want to go by the community center and check the results?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I went in close, checking that he was still busy behind the screen first. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Before she left, she went into the house to check on her grandmother. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The Mark of Athena...She resisted the urge to check her pocket, but she could feel the silver coin growing wanner—the cursed gift from her mother. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I want to check to see if whoever wrote that poem responded to my message. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He checked himself and turned to the others. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roent paced around the wagons like a restless animal, checking everything again and again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“No, but you can check them quickly,” her mom replied. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

No one pays attention except for Trapper, the Permian trainer, who starts shouting at him from the sidelines, “Gut check, baby! Gut check!” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I act like I’m dusting, but what I really be doing is checking to see if that First Presbyterian Bible bookmark’s moved any deeper in the pages. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"The first step, one must check the bristles for the correct alignment." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Miss Thomas said, “You know, I don’t like the way Loudean’s been sounding, I think I’m gonna go check the air in the trunk.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I got to get down to One-Two-Five Street and check out some beepers.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I only got as far as step 1.1 checked Pathfinder's connections and the negative lead was no longer attached. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We got nothing on you. Just checking up. Will you come along?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In creating such checks on authority, the league was just the most formal expression of a region-wide tradition. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They checked me, probed, checked again and again, Father scanning my symptoms into the Netbook several times a day, someone relaying back treatment. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

A noise in the kitchen startles me from my reading and I check the clock. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I check them again to make sure there are no cracks in the glass. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She closes the door behind her and presses her nose to the glass to check once more if anyone's spotted her. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The Turk checks our straps, slaps me on the back. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He checked his watch one last time and bent forward to speak into the microphone. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Owner thought he heard a soft sniffle escape from the vent, but when he shot his eyes up to check, there was nothing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He checked to make sure there were still four bodies. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

All the while, farmers had to check and recheck water levels and make sure the water didn’t get too hot in the summer sun. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He thought about asking Mr. Stine if he’d gone down to the basement to check the heaters in the wood shop, but then he snuck a look at his watch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just as Maurice was poking his head back inside to check out the noise, the zebra leaped over him and into the street. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

We stop talking and eat everything, and I mean everything, including the cut-up oranges that come with the check. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I continued to check the mail every single day for weeks. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

With my hands I checked the knots and lashings incessantly, trying to read them the way a blind man would read Braille. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She finally finds my name, and places a red check mark next to it. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“We sent her to check on the kidnapped orphans. Nice work with the mosasaurus!” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“So when do we get to check out this Lemoncello Library?” said a boy with the kind of tough edge New Yorkers always have in movies. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

On the day I was leaving, I had checked out of my rooming house and left all my gear on the boat. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Big Joe canceled his insurance and sure enough, two weeks later, he was telling everybody that the check came just like he thought it would. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feverishly, he checked his work against his father’s drawings. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He periodically checked their accuracy by taking a kind of astronomical reading called an occultation. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I called her two more times before leaving, just to check. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Although the vet had said it could take up to ten weekly visits to get his blood sugar in check, I was optimistic. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Annabeth ran to the nearest newspaper box and checked the date on the Miami Herald. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I rested my hand on Fig’s left side, just behind his front leg, checking for an abnormal heart rhythm. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Molly pushes the button on the tiny digital tape recorder she signed out from the school library and checks to see that it’s working. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Two weeks after we arrived, Ava Willis, a local caseworker, came to check on us. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“For the head check. I will pat you down over the scarf,” the woman answered. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He flipped the pancakes, then looked at the metal spatula to check his eyebrows in the reflection. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

That was the only thing else that could happen, especially holding it up until I had already had the check entered on the pass book. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach stepped close to check the damage, his eyes slowly betraying the confidence he normally showed, no matter the situation. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Once it was gone, he was glad to be rid of it, for he had been troubled from the start by the danger of instituting the plan without first checking it out with Colonel Korn. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

My heart races as I check out everything up close. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I scoop her up and check her for injuries. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Good. Well, you can always check back with me, if you need to.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He checked the place cards on the tables and saw that he was, as usual, seated next to El Patron. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turning, Jemmy spied a tall boy wearing a checked cap. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up a snack cake, turned it over to check the expiration date. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Look,” he said, checking the text again, then the clock on his phone. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She checked her watch and said, “Gotta get the first load going!” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Thus it did not seem prudent to cash my checks, which were still sent to Copenhagen at the beginning of each month. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

O'BRIEN Mr. Harmon, did you discuss with anyone that you would act as a lookout or that you would check out the store? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told my parents to take me to Montgomery to get my eyes checked. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He seemed mildly content as he checked his phone and traded a few words with the old man ringing him up at the cash register. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before commending himself to his destiny, however, the astronaut implored the engineers to execute one more check: a review of the orbital trajectory that had been generated by the IBM 7090 computer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m checking in because I miss hearing from you,” he says. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She checked around the rovers and the bedroom for a message. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will check on the others’ progress and be back.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Milton had been jetting around during the two weeks, checking on his Hercules franchises, but on the Friday preceding the appointment he flew back to New York. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’d like to say we left the stuff alone, but there was too much cool junk not to check out some of it. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He checked the name on a piece of paper. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I checked my email an hour later, I learned that we had plenty of swing-set suitors to choose from. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Your loving daughter, Lydia Worthen She checked her spelling in Oliver. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

A dude knows when he’s being checked out. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Fetching water would give me a chance to check on Curzon every day. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took out a pocket watch, checked the time, and sighed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then our doctor came to check him over. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You still owe me twenty minutes,” Coach said, checking his watch. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The libraries were afraid their books would get stolen, so none of the books could be checked out. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew the veterans’ disability checks came out around the first of the month. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

With a lurch in his stomach, Pong saw a trio of police at the building's entrance, surveying the crowd and checking bags and satchels as people wandered inside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I tell myself this each morning after checking the news for Chinese earthquakes. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

By Sunday the urge to check my e-mail is acute. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He checked Frightful and flew off to hunt. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

They could also mean that potentially harmful organisms, formerly held in check, could escape from their natural controls and rise to pest status. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

On my way to breakfast, the sun popped out, filling the world with encouraging brightness, and I stepped outside to check out the air. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“My media fast lasted fifteen minutes before I forgot that I was fasting and checked my phone.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

As she put on her shoes she checked for her man’s knife and matches. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I’d tell him about my missing letters and demand he open up the mailbox so I could check for a false bottom. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We check the blood levels of certain enzymes periodically in order to make sure that the liver is handling the strain adequately. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We checked our gear and watched television in the afternoon. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I check the clock in the hall and sigh. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I check the spot at the fence every day in August. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

After checking on Trampita, Mama and Papa spread a green army blanket on the ground behind the Carcachita where we all sat to eat. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We can keep visiting the Pet Hut to enter any new paperwork—and to check on Pi. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then let us check that we know the rules of what modern grammarians call “possessive determiners” and “possessive pronouns” - none of which requires an apostrophe. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

The State also presents Mr. Evans's testimony that he "understood" that Steve was to check out the drugstore to see if it was clear. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

I checked everywhere: under the chairs, around the lectern I’d stood behind while delivering my eulogy, under the treat table, on the bulletin board packed with Sunday school kids’ drawings of God’s love. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She plays with the tips of her hair like she’s checking them for split ends. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I checked in on him. Dead drunk. But I built up his fire and left him some bread,” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he rounded the corner back into the entrance hall, he checked his watch. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

No, he wanted to check on the fairy. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He pulled the brim down over my eyes and then stepped back to check me out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He puts the glasses back on my face and I check out the photo. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I looked him over three times before doing a quick perimeter check. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“If you know who checked out all the books, why don’t you tell the police and have the guy arrested?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He thought it made us look friendly and less suspicious, but in doing so it left us open for a customs check by any military and police patrol boat. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

A thorough check of the stove and its environs revealed nothing. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to move, but she couldn’t, not even to check on Redemption, not even to turn her head away from the vengeance Pet had unleashed on Hibiscus’s face. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Lee had been over to the left, through Gettysburg, to inspect Ewell’s position, but he had not been to the right to check on Longstreet. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told him that friends had been calling her, checking in to see where she and Zeitoun were, if they were safe. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She went back to the sukkah for one last check on it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Neeley thought he was checking up on the way he worked. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How is Trampita?” she asked, going straight to the car to check on him. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Still bent, Turner shuffled back to the kitchen, checking once more to see if Mrs. Cobb was asleep—or dead. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

That was somewhat noteworthy; many in the crowd had laptops open, including a guy just in front of Dr. Atchley who had four windows open, checking email, the news, and a shopping site. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He checked the injury himself, sticking his little finger into the opening to feel if the bullet was near the surface. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Still, Comstock would routinely come to see White, sharing helpful tidbits of information and checking on the progress of the investigation. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Slowly I emerge from the open doorway, checking up and down the empty road. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

You could be there to have your eyes checked, to meet your insurance agent, to have your taxes done. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Kaitlin was lying across two chemistry tables that had been pushed together, and a boy Cas didn’t know was quietly talking to her while checking her pulse. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

While he spoke, the old soldier kept checking his gun, making sure it was ready. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Check whether you yourself are singing correctly and check that the students are singing correctly as well. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Indeed, it now looked as if the Poppers would never see that check, since they could not get the penguins out of jail long enough to put on their act at the Royal Theater. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I check myself in the mirror on my closet and then head for the door, but I stop because along the bottom frame of my bulletin board is a new row of stickers. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

But he knew that by now Kathy would have checked the value of the policy. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

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

“Try to stay calm, Annabel. I’ll be back in two minutes to lead you out there. I just want to check that my music is ready onstage. Now please line up by section, okay?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, Mrs. Gilner, since you’re here, your son has checked himself in due to suicidal ideation and acute depression, you understand?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I check the house phone’s voicemail, but the school hasn’t called. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Let’s just say I did an experiment with some pictures to ‘check.’ Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Look at the time,” Mrs. Weasley said suddenly, checking her wristwatch. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I check the box under my bed, which is where I’ve kept your notes these past few months. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I just kept picturing Thomas using the app and checking off American history, video games, and basketball. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

"We must also check your levels. The doctor will be in soon." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He is holding a stack of dress shirts, some with stripes, some with checks, and some that are solid colors. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I told my brain to be quiet and checked my phone. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

All night long, mechanics refueled the planes and checked the oil and water levels as quickly as possible. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

While outlining his schemes for future financial betterment, he signed the check and pushed it across his desk. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finn went first to the fridge to get a couple of apples, then to the barn to check on the mare. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He pulled his phone to check a text, said: “But it’s true, man. You’ll see.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

And when you checked into the game your pop would check in too. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Just Black and I went to Tulsa to check him out. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I check my front pocket for the hundredth time this morning. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They decided to check on Nasser’s house along the way, so they went up Fontainebleau to Napoleon. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I kept going to the kitchen, checking the oven clock. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll get to that in a minute. First I want to check the fit.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The ref knelt next to Bruiser, counting to nine and checking to make sure he was breathing. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept checking around for Håkon’s red head peeking out at them, but she never saw it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The best thing about being eighth grade president was definitely the checks Mr. Kasigi had given me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The scowly waitress comes by and leaves the check face down on the table. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Then a woman doctor who acted like his boss came in to check me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

We board an elevator, and Plutarch checks his notes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He quickly takes the check and pays for everything with cash. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My dad didn’t really talk to me except to walk up and check to see if I had a fever, which I didn’t, because it was a software problem. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I checked my new breakers, and sure enough, all three had tripped. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was one more place he hadn’t checked—the temple’s library. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She holds her wrist up to check the time, I guess, but there’s no watch there. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I slip out from under his arm and sit up to check my phone. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Please shut up,” Luke said, checking the kitchen again. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But, instead, he checked around the side of the church, found a door with a bell, and rang it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

‘They will ask you. There’s no time to lose. I’ve got to check this thing out myself.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jay used most of her check to cover the rent, and we ate sandwiches until her next payday. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She stopped checking her mail and rarely left the house except to work her shifts driving a school bus for disabled children. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Because of the way the stalls are constructed, I can’t check on him until we stop and unload the other horses. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I’d essentially be proofreading—checking for errors and making suggestions about work that had already been done on behalf of “our team.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm checked the canoe over from end to end, taking his time, letting his hands rest on it for longer than he needed to; it calmed his unease. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Excited and anxious, I pull out my phone, checking the time. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Dunstan touched it to the iron nail on the cottage door, checking for faerie gold, then he bowed low to the gentleman and walked off into the rain. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We want to check out the cards in the bowl.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Grandma did her best to keep her eyes on Ernie and Genie both, checking Genie in her rearview and glancing over to the passenger seat, occasionally patting Ernie on the knee. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We took the elevator upstairs and checked out our room. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I would have finished the poem if I hadn’t heard Ty call room check. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“This library is like a good book. You just gotta check it out!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The teller did not even have to check any charts or use a calculator. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Dad always made four sandwiches, checked to make sure no one could see him, then handed two of them to Luke in the stairwell. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

And it was all because he had to go check the stuff in the bus station, all because he was stuck with the stuff now for two hours every afternoon. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After your fingerprints are submitted, the FBI conducts a thorough background check. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The spots above my eyebrows, which were the size of pinpricks last time I checked, have now grown into real spots. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Can’t help but think it: God checked out a long time ago. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Werner Pfennig sits on a folding chair in front of a workbench, checks his battery level, and puts on headphones. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

After a period of time, usually less than thirty seconds, Squire would order the power turned off while he checked for a pulse. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I checked the weapons, counted the ammunition, made the required phone call to the watch commander to say that everything was okay. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They checked the sign on the edge of the parking lot. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I checked the talent every dozen steps or so to reassure myself that my numb hand was still gripping it tightly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I checked his bedroom one more time, and then I went out and closed the door, left the house and walked to the church, taking the Bible with me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Carefully, he took a crumpled check from his pocket. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I checked to make sure they were still sleeping; then I examined the next page. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I just want to check out Gui as an artist. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Richard’s mother, Jasmine, was already four and a half months pregnant when her grandmother took her to the doctor to get checked. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Maria had hoped to remain in Surinam long enough to confirm all her discoveries, to repeat them and check her data as she had always done in Europe. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"Ghost? Boy, what are you doing calling me at"—he paused, I guess to check the time—"at twelve twenty-two? Ain't you in school?" Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I stop for a second just outside, checking the direction and distance of the patrols. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

After everything had been checked and the money had been paid, Stuart climbed in, started the engine, and drove out onto the highway. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He kept asking me to check with the government about how his flag would be delivered and urging me to get a commitment in writing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Ms. Campbell dipped into her bag and pulled out a check. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

This enabled the ecosystem to develop checks and balances that prevent lions and sharks from wreaking too much havoc. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glancing surreptitiously at the back pocket of one of them, I found the card was still in it, and that the last person to check it out was an F. Lockett, back in 1929. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as it does, I type in the Web address, not even bothering to check my e-mail first. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He had all of these clips that he had checked round by round, and he was taking it all with him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She continues checking out my books while she tells the person on the phone about how to rent a movie from the library online. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

After the librarian faded to a flicker, Akimi said, “By the way, Kyle, before we leave, you need to check out that room I slept in last night.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The exactness of the number startled me, as he hadn’t checked the ledger in the storeroom. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He tried making little pen marks here and there on things he gave her, as tracers, but then couldn’t bring himself to check for them in the stores. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was checking for people stealing chickens. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

"No, but I was wondering. I've been going along taking them so much for granted that I thought I'd better check so that I can keep their support." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was on one of our archaic computers, checking to see if BJ’s online had an item we had sold out of in the store, a forty-dollar piece of junk chiminea. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He turned and headed up the stairs—just like that, as if he’d checked Hazel off his “to do” list and had already forgotten her. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When he had the answer, he checked it over to be sure it was right. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a sudden meeting, and one in which rapture was kept well in check by pain. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

At last check, she was wearing a size one and a half, and she just has to get down to a size one. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“George’s schedule says we’ve got an hour before we reset the city,” Amar says, checking his watch too, to make sure. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I dashed off a quick “Where are you?” then exchanged my books and checked my phone again. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Other times, Grampa and I went out to check his fields. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Did you check your dress?” she asked Caroline. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She whispered to Mrs. Hoffman, who checked her chart, looked toward me, and said, “Paul Fisher, go with this young lady, please.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma and I checked ourselves in the mirror. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

A security man checked us over with a hand-held machine, like a giant bubble-blowing holder. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened it and checked on the cash and five kilos of hash I had taken as a tip. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“When girls get to be a certain age, Callie, they have to go get checked.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I check my watch to make sure it’s been an hour before pushing open the door. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Scoob flips the book to check out the back, then shoves it into his pocket without a word. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

She checked the base of each tree for mushrooms. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When the meal was left in scraps and ruins, Miles checked his watch and straightened up. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She had to get ready for the party and check on Grandpa Lázaro, but all she could think about was Papa Acevedo’s teardrop. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I almost wondered they did not check their songs and whispers to catch the suspended revelation; but they would have had to wait many minutes—so long was the silence protracted. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He is going to check, and he is going to know I lied. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this zone, infrared sensors checked for movement, with strands of taut wire and electromagnetic green wire providing redundant protection. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A police official convinced them to send representatives inside the school to check. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did I start checking out those code books on my own? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He knew that his power, this night, on this dark enchanted ground, was greater than it had ever been, filling him till he trembled with the sense of strength barely kept in check. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had no staff and few responsibilities—just touring around the province and checking the court record books. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

After we finished our business in the privy each morning, I took her to check our mystery garden. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Kushal checked the cub carefully from head to tail, one of the rangers radioed a message while the other sat in front of the computer. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I checked my closet, just in case there was a giant invisible possum or gopher or something lurking there. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She pulled her cell halfway out her pocket to check the time, shoved it back in and said: “What’d you do, anyways?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Seconds ticked by, the yard buzzing as everyone checked out each other’s hairstyles, cuts, fresh sneakers, jewelry, and book bags—accessories were the only way to set yourself apart. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She repeatedly circles back to check under the blanket, touching the feet, the hands. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, sarcasm is my job,” Maya said, tossing her bag over her shoulder as Grace slammed her door shut and checked to make sure that the car was locked. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He was unremarkable enough to me at that point that I never even bothered to check further about what he was keeplocked for. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Resisting the urge to take a look, Harry walked on by, thinking that Justin might be using his free time to catch up on some work, and deciding to check the library first. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

First things first after jumping from a train: you needed to check and make sure you still had what you jumped with. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Please understand me, General. Millions of people take public transport every day. No harm comes to them. I know you’re worried, and I’m certainly checking all the buses, but isn’t it too soon to panic?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Curtis sits on the arm of the chair and checks me out. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Peewee let go my hand and I knew he was checking out his piece. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the check came, they each paid four dollars. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

"Take the wheel," Hamilton ordered, "and head for the Buck Island beach. I'm going to check the hull." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Again and again he came to her room, checking, making certain that she was attentive to her job and would be meticulous in the work. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Janice was already up at the cash register paying the check. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scorpius, we’ve checked you for hexes and curses—there were none we can see—so I’m asking if there’s anything I can do — to restore you to what you were . Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Without a word, he began cleaning his gun, opening it up and removing the bullets, checking the cylinder. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later Dad came to check on me too. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

For that spring, while the crocuses bloomed, while the headmistress checked on the daffodil bulbs in the flower beds, Calliope, too, felt something budding. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, a senior officer instructed us to do a Fire and Safety Report—a daily form for which you count and check the readiness of an area’s fire extinguishers, fire- alarm pulls, emergency lights, etc. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want him to know that I’m checking him out, and I want Darius to know too. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“You should be more careful,” said Fink as he checked out the robot’s new scrapes and dents. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what to do, I checked my arms and legs. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I checked. One thing. A drawing of you and him on some weird animal. Nothing else. Not even a toothbrush.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit ran up on the heels of a group of horses and was forced to check sharply, then ran hopelessly wide again on the final turn. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Could you check with your bosses and let me know if they’ll agree to that?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He climbed the bank through the cane to check the road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Howard wrote out a check to Mills, then gave his new horse to Marcela. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes! Just one. I guess so adults can check it out, too. That means the only copy in the whole building is right over there.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“We just wanted your opinion so we could check out some options.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She was about to cross the room to check when the old man’s nostrils flared and he let out a colossal snore. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He checked his father again, who stared at him without expression. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Peeta’s awake already, sitting on the side of the bed, looking bewildered as a trio of doctors reassure him, flash lights in his eyes, check his pulse. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I crouch, my back supported by the wall, to check what Gale managed to rescue in my hunting bag. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They rebuilt instruments, checked circuits, wiggled wires, dusted plugs. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He would sniff it, or try to get near it to check it out. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She hand the check to her but Miss Hilly all wrinkled up, thinking. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Joseph,” he said, “your father’s right: every month, a check comes from the state. I want you to see where it goes.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Just the high school always has kids selling stuff for fund-raising. I’m happy to just write a check, I told them, but you know, people like their stuff.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Chubs had the laptop at his side, checking every few minutes for a message from his parents, or rechecking the address he had found for Jack’s dad. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Let me get the check,” he said, and his voice was so depressed I thought he was really going to cry. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

They hit the drum tentatively at first, checking for tone and pitch. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Her hand went to her denim jacket, like she was checking for something in the inside pocket. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Just like he knows me well enough that I would check his Instagram anyway since his profile isn’t private like mine. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I check the rest of our political contributions. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elinor gave him her darkest look and, without another word, went around to the back of her car to check inside the trunk. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I check in at the Comfort Inn in the firm expectation that this will be only for a night or two, before something, somewhere, opens up to me. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned to check whether my mother had seen, but she was staring straight ahead. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Out of habit he checked his engine gauges and took a reading from his compass. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He leans in and checks her pulse by pressing two fingers to the inside of her wrist. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I checked the curtain hems, the chair upholstery, inside the phone—everywhere. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I gave the envelope filled with checks and cash to Ms. Sandnes for safekeeping before I went to change into play clothes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Kaila rips the guest check off the pad and hands it back to the barista by the espresso machine. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“No, definitely not the last time I checked.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

If I knew I would be here talking about it at one hundred and one, I would have taken the monthly check. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

You checked your watch every few steps and walked over to the slide, looking all around, but never up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He checked the water on its way to his lips, and seemed to listen: he drank, and put the glass down. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ve gone over these results time and again. I had my colleagues check to be absolutely certain. You’re not sick, Ms. Whittier.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The twins checked a moment, then walked on. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Recently, she took a second job as a visiting nurse, checking in on elderly patients on the South Side during the day. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

In a panic, I patted all around my waistline, even checking to see if it had slid down inside my pants. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Casey typed up the application, wrote a check for the application fee, and sent it back to them. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Then she went through the routine of checking my vitals. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I went to the library and checked out a book because I was getting scared. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I checked and double-checked the plants I harvested with my father's pictures. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Soon I was digging through piles of clothes and toys, checking all the nooks, crannies, and zippered compartments of Mama’s luggage. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

With four other kids to think about, there wasn’t going to be a blank check from my parents for my college tuition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s taking forever,” groused a man, checking his watch. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I think you should have your blood pressure checked because you got a lot of stress and your nose bleeds. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He checked on Gulliver, who regarded him with shaking whiskers. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I checked my rearview mirror to pull onto the highway, then reached up and shoved the mirror downward so it reflected Shawn’s face, blank and bloodied. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Or had been when the letter was written—she checked the date—three weeks earlier. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Getting hooked up with volunteering here. My mom came with me that first day, just to check it out, and now she’s here every afternoon. She comes to laugh.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Rhiannon breaks hers neatly in half, checks out the slip of paper, and frowns. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

"And I spilled a lot. You can check my hole." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She asked me if I had checked the lock. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I’ll come up and check on you guys later. Just text me if you need anything in the meantime.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I ride the elevator downstairs, and check to make sure nobody is in the hallway or the storage closet before I slip inside. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Once again, Liam insisted on going in alone to check it out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Only after Dad had climbed up and checked the tree house out did he consider allowing me to sleep there one night. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t stay on me, just looked at me for a moment to see if I was checking him out. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Miranda whined to the girls about how Gibbler dragged her around in the back of his Packard whenever he went to check out a strike or stare down an unproductive tool pusher. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Change the oil and check the differential. Fill it up and then get some sleep.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“She wanted me to check up on you. She wanted to make sure that you were okay.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Later this afternoon, I know that the band will do a sound check. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Elise tripped on the way out of the house holding Aaron, but he was bundled up pretty tight. Could you check on him, though?” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This evening, officials will come around and check to see if this is the case. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I just popped back through to check on things.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

When Cole looked up again to check the tide level in the bay, he blinked in disbelief. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Behind Doctor Nolan I could see the body of a woman wearing a rumpled black-and-white checked robe and flung out on a cot as if dropped from a great height. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It felt to me as though the Klan could come by day, and they would check each house for secrets or for behavior that might offend them. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There’s no way I’ll have time to shower now, so I might as well check if Adam responded to my e-mail about the acupuncture. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I knew that was her way of checking to see if I was mad at her. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Ky Ebright and his boys arrived in Seattle late on the afternoon of Tuesday, April 14, and checked into the Edmond Meany Hotel. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I earned a little better weekly pay check working at the Gar Wood factory in Detroit, where big garbage truck bodies were made. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d casually mentioned having to go to the library to check Snowflake, which led to the conversation we were having. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Our papers and passes were checked as we entered the harbor, as we approached the ship, and then again near the gangway. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The next time I checked my watch it was 1530 hours, and we were still standing in the sun. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without taking her pulse or touching her, the nurse asks Keav a few brief questions about her symptoms and hurries away, saying she will return later to check on her and bring some medicine. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s check out the rest of the place,” I tell her before she starts asking more questions. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Finally, my mother has checked my diary and has read exactly what I planted for her to read. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes on the road, because if he checked the mirror, he might see something. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

It feels clinical and wrong, checking little boxes about his relationship, especially when half are asking things he hasn’t even discussed with Henry yet. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z