I'm going to load it up for the long trip and drive in circles. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fine slivers of green and white circles cover the cutting board. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

They took the trail they had worn along the fence and followed it east; he watched to be sure none of them circled back, but the old direction was persistent even in the half-grown calves. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It all revolves around Michael, who is standing at the center circle, clipboard in hand, shouting at Caroline. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He and most of my teammates circled above me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The fire had burned down long since and there was no light but those strips and slants of dimness creeping across the circle, sketching out a face, a hand, a moveless back. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Five carried rifles, but the last held a long pair of tongs with tips that formed a large black circle at the end. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As they make their way to the terminal, Dalton notes all the cars circling, like it’s a huge game of musical chairs, with no chairs left. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When they were done, they rolled up the rugs and returned to sit in the circle. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel stopped in the middle of the room and turned in a circle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He turned full circle in the water, the silence pressing harder than ever against his eardrums. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Ray moves for the steps, ready to circle back around the nest, ready to join Axel on any adventure he would like. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was crying and walking in circles as if he’d lost his direction. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

He saw the lake, saw where they had circled it with her, showing where they would be, how...how located it looked. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Monday night we’re back at Joe’s house, printing up names on his computer and drawing red circles around them and red slashes through them. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Racing around in circles with library carts? Restocking shelves? Are these children applying for part-time jobs? Because they’re all far too young to be legally employed.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then she circled her neck with the thumbs and forefingers of both hands and looked at me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bessie swam in a circle and butted her head against the side of the dam. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The young princelings of Lothian got off their donkeys as if in a trance, and joined the circle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were numbered circles running down the left side, one to six. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Closing the circle between her and the nurse. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Ah,” I screamed, running in circles trying to escape it. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A dirty red carpet, with huge gum-stained circles as big as cherries covered the floor. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

We circled and sang a school yard rhyme: When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They stood not far from the Citadel-gate, in the sixth circle, nigh to its southward wall, and about them was a garden and a greensward with trees, the only such place in the City. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Having made a full circle of the zoo, they were back at the pen of the American bison. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kids shout ooooh as they run at us and close in a circle all around. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He was splashing around, turning in circles, out of breath with excitement. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Just then, Ms. Tannenbaum, who has been circling the room, stops by our group. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Their numb families mourned in silence, with pots of stew and nourishing foods heaped into their kitchens, while the comforting arms of neighbors circled around them to ease their bereavement. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed the way he took a bowl from the table and circled it carefully with his long fingers. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After Sunday with my family, I was ready to get in my T-38 jet and fly down to the Cape, climb on board Gemini 10, and spend three days circling the earth. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned against the door, one moment looking at the dance circle, the next closely watching my brothers. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Children and women followed, carrying the largest baskets their arms were able to circle. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Maurice pretended to be the pig and ran squealing into the center, and the hunters, circling still, pretended to beat him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Oliver’s door has a pretty spring wreath on it, with branches forming a circle and small white flowers and leaves on the bottom half. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The beach before them was empty except for a few bums sleeping in little huddled circles. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She filled a line on the paper with falling- down circles. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That worked fine until the instructor ordered us to rotate to the next partner in the circle. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the darkness, she could hear the twining sound again, getting louder and louder, as if something were circling the round room. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“I had status—you know what I mean ?—and I used to travel in the best circles.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But I could only see what it now was, and it looked like a town whose future was not going to circle back to its past. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He opened the door but she moved out from the circle of his arm. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

We make a circle around him and we all run off. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eyes, circled by this sad and beautiful darkness, were so sorrowful, lonely, gentle and nobly tragic, that they killed all other emotion except love. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What do you do when you sit in the circle of trees?" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Jupiter was a shimmering yellow circle with brown horizontal streaks. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Running little circles and looking for something to pick up in his mouth. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Khanum Rezaei found her way to the center of the circle, where she danced with her headscarf in hand, flicking and flailing it around to the beat. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The circle of light with my shadow was changing shape, lengthening while footsteps backed away down the sidewalk. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was thin like her son, with a long face and the same dark circles under her eyes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They backed off and circled each other cautiously. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lu walked in circles with his hands on his head, trying to catch his breath, panting, wheezing out, "Who won? Who won, Coach?" Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She motioned me to shush my mouth and hold my hands out so she could circle the embroidery thread around them to straighten it out. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We waded through Queen Anne’s lace and thick-stalked purple flowers, into dragonflies and the smell of Carolina jasmine so thick I could almost see it circling in the air like golden smoke. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sped up into the cloud where Chup was cutting arcs and circles. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He had a prickling feeling that his father was still out there, watching for him; that the old man knew just where he was, and was circling in for a kill. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And farther down the page another line was highlighted and also circled. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Now all three Witchlings were on fire and running in circles, trying—and failing at—spells to put the fire out. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I turn in a circle, my arms extended at my sides, revolving slowly so as not to set the world spinning. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Simon said she went left, but left could mean the picnic tables, or back through the trees, or she could have circled back behind the aviary. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

There were many birds about the cliffs and the rock-chimneys, and all day high in the air flocks of birds had been circling, black against the pale sky. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Wary, he stalked about her in a circle, sniffing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then he took off with ponderous flight and circled and lowered, circled and lowered until the others danced in joy and hunger at his approach. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I circle the furniture, letting my fingers drift over its plush cushions. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Before I climb into bed, I circle the date on my calendar when Melissa will be home. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy slowed down too, her breathing heavy as she watched all the arms circling around waists and shoulders. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And I did, I could feel my heart getting warm, I could feel the flame in my chest as we danced in a circle. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I thought about the “buddies” that circled my orbit back in college. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not all of it at once. I can’t work out whether it’s a triangle, a circle, or a square.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her black hair was twisted up in a haphazard knot and the dark circles under her eyes were more pronounced tonight. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She was thin and pale, with circles under her eyes. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a city—Kent—circled in the west of the state, not too far from the Mexico border. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

She calls me from the circle of forty girls. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Sorrows spun in a slow circle, faces concealed beneath their drooping hoods, their glowing robes swaying slightly in the breeze. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It made him look thinner and the whiteness made the dark circles under his eyes stand out even more. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Esteban had come down from the windowsill and was sitting with us in the circle. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

How it was circling when I grabbed hold of the keg. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

By counting the dorsal fins, we figured out there were six grown-up dolphins and one baby—and they were having a blast, zipping in frothy circles, tossing mullets high in the air. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Each of those circles had been on Immie’s fragile fingers at one point or another. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He led her slowly up the narrow stairs to the kitchen door, his hand circling her waist and the tips of his fingers feeling the soft swelling of her breasts. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They hovered above the house in circles, wheeling and crying, flapping their spread wings. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Riker let out a gasp and then he was gone, and Stella gulped once and then swooped a circle through the clouds before diving back down. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I scan the circle of tributes, looking for Peeta, but he must be blocked from my view by the Cornucopia. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

As we continued to circle the bay above the Golden Gate Bridge, I felt like I was being teased for the simple act of wanting. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Self-conscious but also aware of the warning in Edwin’s tone, Cole stood and began circling the fire. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He exited the store and circled around back, taking a shortcut to get back to the apartment complex. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She watches as two gulls circle a pier, rotating a wheel of air. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the buses have left and there are only a few cars in the pick-up circle. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Three more jaegers joined the first, circled close together as if over a target, then dropped out of sight below the horizon. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fires now raged unchecked in the first circle of the City, and the garrison upon the outer wall was already in many places cut off from retreat. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They formed a circle around the tree and began to shake it violendy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lazlo knew it was a dream, and he knew it wasn’t a dream, and the two knowings chased circles in his mind, dizzying him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“See the circle on the gate? There’s a red giraffe in it.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I ran back along the train tracks, circling, trying to find an end to the fence, but every street that led into the ghetto had been blocked. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I see Sergio trying to urge María to join him in the circle. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“But you may stand up, and form a circle.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, though highlighted already, the words “angels have corrupted” were also circled in black ink. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

We rotate in circles so that everyone has two and a half seconds to say their names. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The number 70 is circled beside my name with a C—. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I saw us quite clearly, as there were no longer any frogs to plop in the water and break the mirror with circles and ripples. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A group of guys started an "astral projection" circle, where they would sit around a card table and concentrate on breaking down all their molecules into subatomic material and drifting through the fences. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I did a complete circle around one of the rock spires and freaked out a couple of climbers. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A chain-link fence circled the lot, hung with “No Trespassing” signs every five feet. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the little man under the arms, hoisted him up in the air, and spun him around in a circle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Without a compass a man will steer himself in a circle, nine times out of ten. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I don't know how Mom doesn't see it, especially since she's been talking about my big round circle face for as long as I can remember. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After being forced back by the fire earlier, he went north and circled all the way around it until he located his sister-in-law’s house on Des Plaines Street. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I feel his finger move in small circles. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And now I answered, "Painful and empty," as I saw a glittering butterfly circle three times around my blood-red parts, up there beneath the bridge's high arch. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, smaller circles within this circle are also possible. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The problem for Kepler was that circles, eccentrics and epicycles were geometrical constructions; there was no evidence that any such gearing existed in the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Beyond the circle of folding chairs was a beach littered with broken blue-glass bottles. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She would’ve been a freshman when I was a senior. I definitely don’t think we were in the same circles.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He had a double-barreled shotgun in his hand and was turning in a half circle and pointing it toward us all. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Most of the hotel courtyard was taken up by circles of old men or women sitting on cinder blocks. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

With a sharp cry, a bird circled above us. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

When we reach the center of the circle, the soldiers force me to stand while they bind my shackled hands and feet to the chains. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

In some manner a big moth got into the room and circled the hanging kerosene lamp. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has returned to the tired man who greeted us, a circle of calm of his own making. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

For me, it’s the idea that she’s been considering us through her day, circling the notion of an act, picturing something while I’ve been away sorting through Kwang’s papers, filing, adding figures. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned in a circle, steaming and slowly disintegrating until there was nothing left but an old, stained bathrobe and a pair of bunny slippers. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It probably entered a contingency mode and started circling the lander, trying to communicate. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buzzing, they went walking, then circled back for another liter, which went down easier than the first. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

It would take some ridiculous odds to bring us full circle like that. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He circled once and then headed in the direction of the wasi. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She saw her parents in the circle of light created by the streetlamp, dead in the grass with the blood pooling black beneath them. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Now draw a smaller circle within that circle.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The band made its traditional circle around the stadium, not even remotely rattled by the tireless efforts of the Nimitz fans to drown it out with their continued rosaries. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys would circle up like they were getting ready to watch a gladiator fight. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

On the tube are gold circles crossed with seven red lines each—“joy” ideographs in abstract. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when Abdulrahman first witnessed the sardines circling in the black he could not believe the sight, the beauty of the undulating silver orb below the white and gold lantern light. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

A flock of pigeons startled and took off, swooping over their heads in a wide circle before landing back in the same spot again. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Still lying on the floor, Candice ran her fingers along the thin, battered aluminum bracelet circling her wrist. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ten glass booths are arranged in a circle on this floor, five for us, five for the Demons. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

People within the circle sit at low desks, typing furiously on still more screens, these ones facing out instead of in. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

This seemed to me a mystery quite on a par with that of the yin-yang circle, but it did not last. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The leg of the top remains in the same place, but the apex makes circles which get bigger and bigger toward the end. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the float they shared, the two crews passed each other silently, with eyes averted, only taking the occasional sidelong glance, like dogs circling before a fight. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Use scissors to cut the circles out and then cut them in half to make semicircles for the scales. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

In Elizebeth’s social circles, most married women did stay at home. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

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

She gathers the girls together and instructs us to sit in a circle. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then dozens more of them appeared, piling out of their wagons to range around us in a wide circle, many holding knives of their own. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

We spread the raincoat on the ground and sat cross-legged in a circle around it. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The truth is that, if Kepler had been determined to find a system of circles that would fit, he could have done so, as he later recognized. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I usually hate the days I'm trapped in the laundromat with my mother, but right now I would give anything to be staring at laundry spinning in circles. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Like the stone dust that the wind blew, thoughts kept circling in her head. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then she started giving out directions as she circled around George, shooting away. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

All around the dancing circle, men and women — no, these were fairies in their unearthly splendor — lay on cushions, crystal goblets in hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madame Bee was still cackling and spinning around in circles, or whatever it was asuras did whenever they were gloating. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’d never entertained her at his house before, and he had his servants and slaves running around in circles, getting ready for the visit. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You guys ever drummed in the circle before?” she said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He clucked with his tongue and the pony started to walk in a big circle, held in by the long rope. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some children’s singing games have their roots in circle dances, while others reflect social traditions of courtship and marriage, friendship, overcoming childhood fears, or just expressing the fun and merriment of childhood. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The reason I know all of this is that we had to say our names, going around the circle, and what we do. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I awkwardly circle the candles with my hands and repeat the prayers after him, I'm aware of the transcendence of it, the bubble of unseen light that surrounds us. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In the winner’s circle, the police cordon gave way and the reporters and fans pressed in again, wedging Seabiscuit and his handlers into the corner. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word whished back and forth across the circle like a shuttle in a race. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You must block me; don’t let me enter your circle.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

That the moment their circle was sealed, it was back to pranks and cruel jokes. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Chaises and high-backed chairs and claw-footed sofas circle the game tables, which spill over with candles, desserts, and pastel-colored gambling chips. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

We would arrange rocks in a circle to make a hut. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat seemed to go in a circle which made the wharf get further away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the boys traveled for days only to realize that they had gone in a huge circle. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The brightness made my eyes watery so that I could barely see the circle cut in the wood floor. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The boy poked holes in the sand with his fingers until he had a circle of them. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

As he does, kids are holding their arms over their heads to make a big circle. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

They suffered the rebukes of their circle and in midnight whispers characterized their offspring as the union of an African goddess and a pale mortal. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The road they walked along came up to a traffic circle. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put her index fìnger to her lips, gave everyone a meaningful glance, quietly circled the old man, and kissed him from behind on top of his head. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Kelli circled us, her eyes going from me to the sword. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s beautiful. Why do you frame them in a circle like this? Why not use the whole page?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Like your social circle, I wanted to say, but didn’t. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Down in the winner’s circle, Crosby could smell disaster. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above them in the sour red skies, things were circling on huge black wings. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The ring is gone, but there is a bright red circle burned into his skin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Lucy, what’s the circumference of a circle with a radius of 8 yards?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The bullet wound itself is just a round, red circle in Lynn’s skin, but surrounding it is what looks like a bruise. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She walks a small circle in the center of the ring, flicking the whips in combinations of signals. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I gather the pillow around my ears to block out Al’s crying, and fall asleep with a circle of moisture pressed to my cheek. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe the only reason I notice the little white circle now is because I’ve been staring at my lap ever since I sat down in the front pew. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The ship began to circle the kelp bed and I thought surely that it was going to return to the shore. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Richardson had a miserable time trying to pull him to a stop and turn him back toward the winner’s circle, where Howard, Smith, and Bing Crosby awaited him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept reading the words but not understanding them, then circling back, reading the same paragraph over and over again. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Cora dragged herself into the circle, checking the Randall brothers’ reactions on every turn like everyone else. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She was eyeing the dance floor, and I tensed up a bit because I thought she might be contemplating reentering her circle of friends below, and I think we both knew I wouldn’t fit in. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Inside that circle, equally red and in Grandma’s handwriting, were the letters BTSFOASTG! The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then the prince stood and turned to the hunting party that had circled around them and said, “Let us all celebrate our success today!” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes my brain spin in a thousand rapid circles. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Goblins made wide circles to avoid brushing against the elf. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

According to Aristotle, the universe is divided between a supralunary zone, where nothing changes and movement is always in circles, and a sublunary zone. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

As he held up the staff to see what lay before him, he caught a dull gleam at the farthest edge of the circle of werelight: a wall of rain-wet wood. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan gripped the black circle with his sweaty palm and then reached to turn the keys. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She was considered the most elegant, discreet, and charming lady of their social circle and no one would have dreamt that the distinguished couple never spoke. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of us hiked in circles around him as he motored steadily up the road. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And the big, circling nets dropped over them and the Terrible Things carried them away. Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the Royal Hunt arrived with their purses full of gold, she watched them circle the Square and then fling out sparkling coins to the cheering revelers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, they thought we were a part of some grand circle of thieves, but we were innocent. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Two of the Cossacks broke free of the circle and ran to the center, drawing their swords. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, rather than Pythagoras’s triangle, there was a circle, or a cycle, at work: form begat information, and then information begat form. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

This looked like the Indians circling the wagons again, but this time it was Byron who had to be the white people! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I passed by their apartments and saw them sitting together in a circle, hunched over their work, speaking a language I didn’t understand, I felt a sharp pang. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The pilot was circling, waiting to see if the weather might suddenly clear so he could land. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I kept reading them, a simple and safe white family framed in a circle, like looking into their lives through a telescope or binoculars from the other side of the street. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When fish make a commotion feeding on the surface, birds will circle over and dive. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even with the long hair, the big dark circles under his eyes were evident, and I saw how his hand shook as he unlocked the door. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She winks at me and starts circling again. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Soon Smith was bumping the horse up in class, and he kept finding the winner’s circle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He adjusted his top hat and looked out the window; his hands moved in circles to explain better, but no words came out. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Mademoiselle,” said one, in the dry and oft-repeated jest, “to see you depart from our circle is to see the sun cast oil' its planets and roam. What shall we, massy bodies, do, left bereft?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Let me,” he says, his hand circling the lens. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She wrote Dashiell Hammett in her notebook and circled it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They are quiet and peaceful till the owner sets them in a circle. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once in the woods I circled to the left as I ran to reach a spot from which I could watch. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The wall had not been built in a simple circle, but was in fact serpentine. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I had circled back to where I had started from. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Above Jon Wood’s house, she located the tall silo and circled it. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The antelopes did not leap gracefully as I imagined they would; they wheeled like spooked horses around the inside of the circle, then suddenly veered out as if by accident or blindness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The well-off indigenas may be valued in some ways, but they keep to their own circles. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joey pointed to a circle of kids near the sideline. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. A. H— storms through the front hall, somehow avoiding tripping over Poppet and Widget, who are sprawled on the floor teaching Bootes and Pavo how to turn circles on their hind legs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Gran,” she repeated, making a circle with her hand and holding it to her chest in the sign for respect. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

An eccentric, which involved a perfect circle around an unmarked point in featureless space, seemed to him an impossibility. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

While chomping on an apple, I looked down at the snail and drew a large circle around and around until I made the circuit five times with my pen. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

When a rowdy crowd circled Henry Kissinger’s apartment, he moved into the White House basement to get some sleep. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

More ruins lay beyond it—an old well, and some circles in the grass that marked the sites where hovels had once stood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He ran a little distance into the trees, then circled back. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She asked Con to stand just outside the perimeter, and she placed Shae, Pol, and Kaede at three places along the interior of the circle. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The old man opened his eyes wide at us and turned in a circle, surrounded. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people of Turner Station just watched me, smiling and shaking their heads like, What’s that young white girl doing driving around in circles? The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

To the northeast two hawks circled endlessly in the clear sky. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew how the story would be tossed about in their immediate circle of friends. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Eight kids, sprinting from the fire circle or the outdoor kitchen, emerging from their cabins, racing for the bell and the tall boy ringing it by the water’s edge. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

A helicopter, its blades swooshing the air, sits in the middle of a big red circle. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were some who looked like human women, but had skin the color of moss and lips like bark; they moved with a lissome grace, treading circles in their cages. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A circle had formed around Benji and his parents, like on the playground when kids find a dead bird. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dark circles are fading away, and his smile, the real one, reaches his eyes once more. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

When her eyes started to sting, she twirled in a circle, and the skirt ballooned out below. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Sloppy Ann, our hog, started running in circles, squealing and granting. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light threw a circle on the reading table and only diffused dimly through the gray room. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Arion raced out of nowhere, circling the mob so quickly he created a sandstorm, showering the nymphs in white lime, spraying their eyes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Every few minutes I hear a chorus of laughter from them as someone is eliminated and has to sit in the center of the circle. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Inside, he circled the three cars on display, casually examining the tags which listed the specifications and equipment, as well as the price, of each vehicle. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The great beast sniffed at the air a moment before circling a spot in the dirt and settling there. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Once, I remember, we went ice skating late at night, tracing loops and circles under yellow floodlights. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then more lines appeared, one by one, tremulous arcs and circles sweeping through the darkness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It had been floating about for almost thirty years in the circle of theoretically inclined geneticists intrigued by gene duplication. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

They stealthily circled the entire building, finding no doors unlocked. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

There’s no shade on the light, just a bare bulb overhead, which makes my face look pallid and ill, with circles under the eyes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

On one wall he made a scale drawing of the major planets, ranging from little Mercury, represented by a circle about as big as a marble, to Jupiter, as big as a basketball. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s an ugly circle and there’s nothing you can do about it. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Balloons by the dozen were rising, circling, and drifting away through the door, sailing off on the gentle wind. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

They stopped a mile from the first spot and formed a tight circle. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, turning in a slow circle as if he wanted every person to see his face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Tap, tap, tap, again; a hop step and the shoes and pants circled me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He circled the air, cursing all the while. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Those who found this last story less than credible nonetheless recognized the usefulness of keeping the strange girl outside the circle of respectability. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Annie pointed down to the base of one of the walls, and there, beneath a big red word that spelled out someday, in interlocking letters, was a painting of two overlapping black circles. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I spin a slow circle on the tile, taking it all in. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second floor windows glowed with candlelight shadowed by the shapes of the officers circling around the map. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There a stringy-haired man sat cross-legged on the ground playing a flute made out of a drainpipe, and five or six Believers circled him, clapping and singing. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The birds circled over Edward’s head, laughing at him. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Cadaverous black circles ringed his eyes like a raccoon, and his overalls—the same ones he’d worn in pictures I’d seen—were streaked with clay and dirt. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

In some sense, things had come full circle. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

When Frank turned, he saw all three monsters circling in the grass, breathing fire and turning the hillside brown with their poisonous touch. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He picked up a long stick and drew a circle in the mud, a line trailing down from it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Lee moved five dried lima beans in patterns on the table—a line, an angle, a circle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The serpent circled above us, blocking any way up to the surface. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then it wiggled in the water and swam in circles, a joyful fire twirling in the water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

"Where did Thresh go? I mean, what's on the far side of the circle?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

So in 1649, when Queen Christina of Sweden invited him to join the circle of intellectuals that she was gathering in Stockholm, Descartes leaped at the chance. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

No longer deafened by the bombs, I finally notice something circling and buzzing over my head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came to, he was lying on the sidewalk in a circle of concerned bystanders, his head and face aching. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Like he’s just now realizing how outnumbered he is in this circle. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I count thirty-five female faces in the smiling circle around me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I decided to circle the island to find them. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she reached across Tristran's sleeping form to touch the silver chain which circled the woman's wrist and ankle and led off into the bushes and beyond. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Preschoolers climbed on the life-size sculpture of a circle of children playing ring-around-the-rosey. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He saw three men drawing circles in the dirt and jumping in and out of them, like kids playing a game. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But not even a quiver of apprehension rippled from the circles of death up along the descending lines, which were being steadily fed through little holes in the adobe walls around the vigas. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here we were, holding hands under the table, drawing little circles into each other’s palms. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure I’m paired with a freshman who will likely run circles around me. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

He was turning in a slow circle, suddenly wary, his sword in hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Hand-clapping songs, circle games and dances in which narrative movements are used were performed and elaborated on generation after generation by children and youngsters. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Around the fire a circle of girls danced, and some of the girls were human like herself, except when she looked at their faces, they looked mad. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he got to the tent, he found Mr. Pendanski and the other boys sitting in a circle on the ground. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I walk back and stand in the kitchen, turning a big circle while the woman watches me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine in the outer circle,” I tell him. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Henry, without the slightest pause, had gone down the list and circled all fives. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some of the circles are close to Bartlett, some are far away. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her stomach felt like a dog making its bed—turning around in circles and then flopping onto its side. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

For a moment the dark circles seemed to vanish, and his body relaxed. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Down the road, past the looming cedar trees that looked as if they might once have circled a cemetery, the chicken did a mixed fly-flap-and-skid routine. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stiffen in the circle of her arms. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

This African patriot had helped found the organization in 1912, and casting my vote near his grave site brought history full circle, for the mission he began eighty-two years before was about to be achieved. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began circling around and around the car in distress. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at Annabeth and drew a circle in the air with his finger. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Groups of vets stood in clusters or sat in circles on the grass, talking quietly. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I took Gus’s hand, stroking circles around the space between his thumb and forefinger. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

There are darkened circles in the yellow fabric under her arms like she’s a construction worker. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He walked out of the circle of light but returned soon leading a horse hitched to a spring wagon. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We circle the block that Jason lives on twice. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I think she has treed him. Let’s give her time to circle the tree to make sure he’s there.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jumping in front of the frozen TV picture, he waves the remote in circles, like it’s a magic wand. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its light shone across the floor and illuminated the circle of the door to the chamber, maybe a dozen feet away. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

What if Calvin circled wider for that chase? The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He began to be aware of it when it rose up suddenly, circled overhead, and then dived, to land not very far away from him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Styx walked himself in a little circle, shaking his head. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the midst of the Elmuthaleth, sky had met ground in an unbroken circle, flat and featureless, as far as the eye could see. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The marble floor was patterned with squares and circles like a Roman tic-tac-toe game. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He wears a dark jacket and a tie with colored circles on it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It’s like whatever is circling around in my head bugging me just flies out in the wind and gets left behind on the track. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

According to the auction description, the tablet was a flat circle of polished black stone, and it had one very simple power. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He would get the fire going and the plane would see the smoke and circles, circle once, then again, and waggle its wings. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned slowly, gazing at the circle of his interrogators. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The rest of Cliff’s friends circled around me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I end up circling the racks in the lingerie area, probably looking like a little lost turtle. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Without thought I circled back around and stopped my bike at the familiar old oak tree at the end of my block, its far-reaching limbs casting much-appreciated shade. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Finn slowly turned in a circle, taking in the immensity of his task. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He raced in circles around the tractor, a habit he had picked up years ago when my father would plow or mow and sometimes flush quail or partridge hidden in the field. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I pictured myself zooming up a long, striped ramp, soaring through a circle of flames. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Presently one flitted up from some roofless ruin of the town like a vast black bat, thin-winged and spiny-backed, and circling into the north wind came flying towards Ged. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pause while the animals, left alone, stood or turned in circles uneasily. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It would be pretty fun to shoot balls through the circles. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I circled a few loops around my waist and made sure I had enough slack to reach him and then tied a knot at the very end. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But deep inside, I knew I was hooked, and I was secretly jealous of those from my drug circle who got themselves together and pulled out. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes were red and swollen with dark circles under them, and I was still wearing my clothes from the day before. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

On the next circle the fish’s back was out but he was a little too far from the boat. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s squinting around at us, the circle of red women. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

In search of compatriots, they used to trail their fingers, at the start of each new semester, through the columns of the university directory, circling surnames familiar to their part of the world. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He began by making a slow circle around the bird, studying her from every angle. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She returns a minute later with a gaunt, hollow man with big circles under his eyes and a nose that looks like it’s been broken in about three places. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

They held the women in a circle while they tried to catch the children who had scattered in all directions when they saw the police coming. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Finn and the mare stood in the circle of hives, listening to the deep hum of the bees, feeling that hum in their skin. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Still reading, she grabs my face between her hands, grinding my cheeks in circles while calling out, “...much consideration, you have been accepted as one of two teen finalists from the state of Rhode Island...!’ Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, hooray! He’s going to play for us!” they cried, and immediately the whole company sat themselves down in a circle around the Old Green Musician—and the concert began. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Another flock of pigeons was flying around in a circle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The candle makes a little circle of light. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

They ran up and sat in a circle around the map. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you extend the circle of protection to the grave?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

All day long, the mule would walk in a circle to move the gears. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down on the hilltop, the dim shape was beginning to move into the circle of our firelight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She traced the dips of the mattress with her fingertip, circling the buttons in each dimple. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Garrett shook Mr. Baker off and paced in a tight circle. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The theater troupe was talking and cackling, drinking again and again from their wine cups and paying no attention to the Baudelaire orphans as they circled the table serving everyone dinner. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

It forms a cold circle on my skin. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He circled my face with his hands—so gently. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The soldier circled us, tense, his rifle aimed and his finger on its trigger. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But as they leave the circle, the rest of the group rises and bows in their direction. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But this bustling group of aunts and uncles swirled in circles as Sitti, their grandmother, threw her strong arms around each one of them in succession, squeezing so tightly that Liyana lost her breath. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A fading yellow bruise circled her right wrist like a bracelet. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she entered the circle they looked at her and smiled, and then someone next to her fingered the cloak she was wearing and spoke to another in a musical language she didn’t understand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They formed a circle, swayIng their hips and flipping their wrists and taking tiny steps in intricate patterns on the floor. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The class gathered in a circle to get a better look at the animal, who seemed delighted with the attention he was getting. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The two leaped and twirled around each other in fervent circles, every so often drawing close to exchange blows, like two hawks locked in a fatal spiral of courtship. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He hopped wildly around his master in a circle that almost brought head and tail together. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laura and Mary were allowed to take Ma’s thimble and make pretty patterns of circles in the frost on the glass. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine ten or twelve orange chairs arranged in a circle, with the happy women from the flyer sitting at opposite ends. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Go to the roller rink the next town over and skate in circles with the elementary school kids. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We have examined the universe in space and seen that we live on a mote of dust circling a humdrum star in the remotest corner of an obscure galaxy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the Great Artiste circled back over Hiroshima. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Our circles widen even more, and I think it is a good way to live. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He circled us, soaring on two pairs of wings that shimmered with the colors of the rainbow. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Giant eagles circled Jason, screeching urgently, as if looking for orders. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Children joined them, circling the women like birds. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I circled around the table, laying down flatware. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hurriedly, she circled the table, reached under it, rolled Florah away from the damp cardboard, lifted them up, and underneath, on the earthen floor, she found her little black book. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fanning out, the riders make a circle around the house and barn. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

She took the cloak out of my hands and stepped close to me, spreading it over my shoulders, her arms circling me in something very near to an embrace. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Alex and Nunu whirled themselves dizzy, then staggered off, teetering in wobbly circles until they both fell over laughing as the dog ran back and forth between them, like he wanted back in the game. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She has circles beneath her eyes, and her hair, spilling from its braid, looks as though it has not been combed for days. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The glare of the television lights immediately bore down on them, making the bags and circles around their eyes even more noticeable. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once June knows, their circle of “knowing” is up to a tight seven. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Oasis Circle is a clearing, a nearly perfect circle of green ground cover and trees rising at least sixty feet, protecting it. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She was plump, blonde, blue-eyed, with big braids of hair circling her head. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a dark circle at the base of his skull. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“The circle is meant to keep out harmful magic, not—not wolves.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He circled around and around, muttering that we were disgusting pigs. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She knew that she was pale, and still shaken, with dark circles under her eyes, but the sun was warm and the leaves moved gently overhead, and Luke beside her lay lazily against the step. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I cup my hands under the faucet and watch as the water pools out and circles the drain. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The rest of the seats fill quickly, save for two: the one to his immediate left and another across the circle. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I begin to fill in the little circles with my number two pencil, and the world goes away. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The rest of them circled around him to block the wind. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath, stared at the circle in the floor, then began to talk slowly, shaping the story with my hands as the words gave it form. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Roy and Beatrice watched in delight as it banked lower and lower, finishing with a radical dive toward the burrow at the center of the circle. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if they’d twirl in circles, arm in arm, with Lovey catching a boy’s eyes for a second on every revolution and Cora following suit. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

All day long I knuckle walk circles around my cage. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

The Executives circled her more warily now, looking for the right moment to renew their attack. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he took the circle and looked at it like it was a nasty thing on his shoe. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I looked under the mule again and there they were, wings still a-buzzing and each one of ’em spinning in circles on the ground, raising up two little clouds of dust. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Pa’- to’ch was standing high and clear; months and years had no relation to the colors of gray slate and yellow sandstone circling it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I circled the wreck twice before I spied Dad’s hunched silhouette on a hillock in the distance. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He says nothing but keeps drinking as I drive past Edgar Street and head west, circling to the back end of town. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Going over the same thoughts over and over. When my thoughts race against each other in a circle.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He also thought that to feel secure and wanted in the family circle, a baby should be brought up at the side of its parents. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked through our circle of sitting boys and gave us our first lesson. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruby pokes her trunk between the bars and makes a circle in the air. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

It was refreshing for Olanna to be with somebody who was far removed from the circle of friends she had shared with Odenigbo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dismay ran a circle around the wailing ball that was Peach, then ran back down the hill and into the grove. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We circle around the ghetto fence to a new place, near a small basement window. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My hands on her waist steer her in circles. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt circled around the end of one of the buildings and rode down into a depression that must have been used for waste. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did this several times, moving in a circle around the now largely extinguished fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A gull had been circling us for hours. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the speed increases, they swing in ever widening circles, lengthening as they gain momentum. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We do nothing but slowly circle in search of an empty space. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Samoset had walked unaccompanied and unarmed into the circle of rude huts in which the British were living on March 17, 1621. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

From the circle of lords and warriors around them there arose a sound of breathless and excited, but obviously cheerful, conversation. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Joseph poked his head into the dining room, where Albert was running in circles, chasing Frankie’s little white stray. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Luma extended her arm and her players formed a circle around her and stacked their hands on hers. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

If you're using a chromatic circle to transpose the names of all the chords in a piece, just make sure that you move each chord name by the same amount and in the same direction. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

We sat in a circle on the library floor. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Weasley’s car was standing, empty, in the middle of a circle of thick trees under a roof of dense branches, its headlights ablaze. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Frightful hesitated, circled, and then did something she had never done before. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

A group of friends and neighbors stood around my dad and grampa, and when they saw the Remingtons approaching, they closed ranks, blocking them from the circle of mourners. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He handed his cigarette to the guy next to him, made a circle with the thumb and index finger of one hand. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He indicated a large circle with it, pointing at himself with his unsticky paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I had a dream,” she said, and she felt confused, lightheaded; the glamour of the circle still clung to her and she looked around desperately, trying to find any trace of it in the distance. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Shoot, that was weak,” he hooted, jogging a circle around me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

They circled overhead a half-dozen times in arcs that took in the entire breadth of the docks, then settled on the swells to seaward. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the string came to life, and rode back and forth and around in a circle. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around Mars’s feet, the ground boiled in a circle of flame. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

If I hadn’t been a part of that little circle, I’d never have believed it was possible. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I was no older than five, sitting out on the front steps of my home on Woodbrook Avenue, watching two shirtless boys circle each other close and buck shoulders. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Emily opened the book and saw that James had circled consecutive letter corrections in order to spell out the words fort, wild, and home. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When I force my eyes open, I make out a half-dozen hooded figures in a circle around me, all with loaded bows pointed at my heart. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Walking the full length of the track, Woolf found that it circled the entire oval, a few feet from the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced up at the dragon, now high in the air, surrounded by rings of storm clouds like the circles of an archery target. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It stopped just inside the circle of firelight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I drove in circles looking for Speed’s Grocery, children stopped playing in the streets to stare and wave. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They came swimming out of the west, but as they saw the canoe they turned around in a great circle and began to follow me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just watch the shamblers turning the entire mess in a circle, my brain trying to make sense of it all. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

After Chaol gave Fleetfoot a friendly rub on the head, the dog trotted back beneath the table, circled twice, and curled up. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We’re all pressed up against each other and swirling around in a circle. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I inhale and brace myself, exhale and fire, and the bullet goes right where I meant to put it: in the red circle, in the center of the target. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Their footsteps receded, leaving the circle of sandbags empty and silent in the crisp and windless moonlight. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Sherlock’s whole body is wagging as he dances in a circle by the front door. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But something was bothering April, too—she was tired, had dark circles under her eyes. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A pink headband with a knit flower circles her head. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Their fears began to circle the abandoned car, then to pile into it, tense new passengers with theories in their laps. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday evenings twice a month she attended a meeting of her book circle, five other women who enjoyed discussing Benito Cereno, Flowers of Evil, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Jane Eyre. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He had circled her threeeyed Martian and written No doodling on homework, please. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The warm, but frozen circle of man, woman, and three small children around the stove jumped to their feet. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

By day the banished sun circles the earth like a grieving mother with a lamp. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I look down, the world disappearing beyond the circle of my lap. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She walks a circle around the Grand Gallery, navigating between squeaking floorboards; she hears feet tramp up and down museum staircases, a toddler squeal, the groan of a weary grandmother lowering herself onto a bench. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Thank you!” she said, fingering the twine circling it. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He remembered the warriors circling them in the jungle, jeering and whooping. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The Wart felt a man on either side of him take his hand, as they stood in a circle, and then he noticed that the stridulation of the grasshoppers had begun again. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This path is stupid, it goes in spirals, perhaps in circles, but whichever way it goes, I will follow it He was aware of a great happiness mounting within him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited till Spot circled past the cabin again, then took my gun and followed her, keeping a safe distance behind. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I look out the window and start counting the planes circling O'Hare Airport. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he spotted her, circling above a stretch of parkland that ran for several blocks between rows of old stone buildings. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Our circle broke up and the game began. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poked a hole beside the line of the river, under the circle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A shadow crossed the ground in front of him, and Tall Andras looked up and waved his arm at the crows that circled the field. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The stars were circling the peaks of the mountains, dipping into the cane fields belonging to the sugar mill. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She got aboard and circled upward a thousand feet. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Most guys, no matter what age, get excited about curves and circles, but not me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The circle closed up again with a running murmur of expostulation; it was a minute before I could see anything at all. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I made a wide circle around the house, afraid now of the front windows. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

They circled the entire house, Mutto rapping on every window and door he could reach. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Frightful circled wider, looking down on fields and farms beyond town. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She was a sight to behold there on the floor, scrubbing away, with her flyaway hair sticking out and dark bruise-colored circles under her eyes from all her worrying about us catching the kamikaze disease. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take all the time you want, boy. Ain’t going nowhere but in circles.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Pocock circled the shell slowly in his own boat, talking softly to each boy in turn, leaning ever so slightly toward the long cedar shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The small gold circle falls into my palm, nice and easy, followed by the coils of chain, and I fist it up, fast. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would form a net, a circle; Spender knew that. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember you two from the dock,” he said, tracing two interconnected circles on the tabletop, his finger leading into one and out of the other, over and over. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I imagined her getting down from that car and skipping in circles. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“You will be pleased to find the wine around the back of the stairway, circling to the left.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Near the toys and books, little kids circle Milez and do his dance. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

One who passed in and came at length out of the echoing tunnel, beheld a plain, a great circle, somewhat hollowed like a vast shallow bowl: a mile it measured from rim to rim. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Gradually he circled faster, pretending to run with the pack in pursuit of a wounded moose. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I point to a circle on the underside. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He laughs again, and when he does, the walls break apart with a crack and fall away, leaving us in a circle of light. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Snarling, using the weight of his body as a tool, he rode the circling and stumbling beast. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced down to where her hands were tugging at the edges of her shorts, moving so fast and frantic that I almost didn’t see the angry red marks that circled her wrists. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He took his glasses off and grabbed Baby’s little hands and began to dance around in circles with her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He ran pell-mell, snorting like a playground bully till he was one of the last of his kind left inside the circle. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe my eyes: horses going in a circle. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The sticks fell and the mouth of the new circle crunched and screamed. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

No making that silly okay! circle shape with my fingers. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Lampposts shed uneven silver circles of light whose edges faded to gray. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The room is so small that he’s basically just walking around the table in a circle. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His mind swirled like a dust devil, conflicting memories chasing each other in circles. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He circled the car then stopped, crouching low, bringing his head level with the passenger seat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When I got there, kids were gathered in a circle: big kids—Addison’s friends—on one side, and little kids—the kids Addison bullied—on the other. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patting the ground, circling first to the left and then to the right, she lay down and pulled her knees up to her chin. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was yelling now, pacing a small half circle around the catatonic group. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But a few minutes later, the light was out, and his outspread hand was in her pajamas, circling. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with feedback in hand, I revise each chapter twice more before circling back and giving the entire book at least two complete passes of polishing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Move from circle to circle, socializing with everyone like they all know each other? Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They found weapons, snowshoes, Norwegian currency, radio transmitters, and a map with Vemork circled in blue ink. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also tried to place his granddaughter under surveillance, for he thought that since she moved in a circle of Communists, at any moment someone might mistreat her because of her relationship with him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was a best seller, at least in art history circles.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She turning in wobbly circles trying to see it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Chas looked around the circle of our dirty and tired teammates, and he bullet passed the ball to me and said, “Winger.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It provided a chance for Forever Witchlings to close their circles by completing an impossible task. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

My nail circles the little spintria symbol, and I wonder how Du Barry and the Beauty Minister quantify the price of beauty. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The Apache grabbed him, and they started pushing at each other, in a staggering circle on the dance floor. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The young men formed a circle and stacked their hands one on top of the other. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The tradition had carried on to the Caribbean—the Haitians would march in wild circles with the coffin so that the spirit wouldn’t be able to find its way back home to bother everybody. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Coach turns full circle, studying the gym as if he’s remembering. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Slowly, they gather around us, forming a half circle pocked by empty spaces where living men should stand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She spins in a circle and it flares out around her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But before you could say doodly-squat, my arms had circled her and she had flung her arms around my neck, and I could feel her wet cheek against mine. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I circled completely around our new house, but I couldn’t see the source of the fire. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, please do,” she said, bringing another chair into the circle and placing it immediately to her left. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Stop that water,” I said to the circle at large. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Lines of heads circled the block looking for their next hit. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Harry stared up at the circle of lamplight above him, thinking... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

No house could be seen, although a circle of trees was visible beyond the tops of the corn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He circled the spot of the flashlight; the floor was carpeted with black dirt and he saw two bricks lying in corners. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I raise my arms and start circling the bases. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

This civilized space felt so small, a dry circle shrinking on the floor. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It's time to think bigger, to escalate the pamphlet campaign, to enlarge his circle so that more Germans learn the truth. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her head was half bent to watch her shoes stir the circling leaves. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was turning in circles, eyes darting around the garden, apparently perplexed and amazed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Some kids stood in a little circle out back, beatboxing and freestyling, inventing brand-new ways of putting one another down and sending up wild cheers when a dig found its mark. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Instead, they drag him almost in a circle, to a door underneath the stairs. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Another voice said, “I told you they circled back to the park. Come on!” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Where the circles intersect is what they have in common. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He circled the mat as fast as he could until Toby burst through the doors, looking annoyed. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She backed away again, but there was nowhere to go to— she was in the center of a circle. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He believed they were circling now, for it seemed to him that this was the third time he had seen that double-humped rock in the distance. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like I just walked in a big circle. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Blue was hovering about on the periphery of the circle—a faint smile of anticipation softening his face. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

A circle, or you might have called it a corral, like Manzanar itself, with no exit save via three narrow gates. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I could move, my head started to whirl in a circle. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I missed my studies with Dr. Trefusis inveterately; for reading, once begun, quickly becomes home and circle and court and family; and indeed, without narrative, I felt exiled from my own country. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Daddy, I am not a circle. I am a boy.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

But as we circled to receive our share of providence, the fat flanks of the magnificent beasts we’d stalked on the hill shrank to parched sinew, the gristle of drought-starved carcasses. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Friends? Oh, yes," I said, "we're all good friends. Buddies from way back. But I don't suppose we get around in the same circles." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull my glass closer and turn the spoon inside it in slow circles, softening whatever remains at the bottom. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

And we made it abundantly clear that if any of us squealed to members outside of our inner circle, it would be a friendship ender. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

"I saw guys in baseball caps circling the house," Howard recalled. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

What was wrong with them, couldn’t they seel Inside the tent the shapes were dancing, circling the brazier and the bloody bath, dark against the sandsilk, and some did not look human. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But although Galileo was now highly regarded professionally and moved in influential circles, he was constantly worried about money. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

As I scrubbed, my mind ran in circles, like a dog chasing its tail. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poppy talked fast and heartily so that before they knew it, they were sitting in a circle with the Bedouins. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Wab snorted and walked in a small circle, shaking her head. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

History had come full circle, and the main action of the Cold War returned to where it had begun: to Germany, and to Berlin. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The arguments and teasing circled him, growing louder and louder. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it is a tribute to the origin of the word “circus,” deriving from the Greek kirkos meaning circle, or ring. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I could see Aunty Em’s dark reflection in the orange glass; her headdress was gone, revealing her face as a shimmering pale circle. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he had shaken a circle of snow in a pile around the tree, the storm had passed. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sentries were deployed in concentric circles around Barn 43, even, reportedly, perching in trees. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The circle in the diagram, divided into its little sections, reminded him of something. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He pushed them into circles and rows like unstrung beads; he scooped them into his hand and shook them like dice. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Standing while Mr. Jones walks in a circle around me, his head nodding, occasionally grunting, then humming. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The phone number was circled in black marker. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then he thought he remembered hearing that certain prey circled when it was being stalked. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the fluorescent light, the circles under his eyes look like bruises. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I bought myself a new pair of hiking boots and did the full three-mile circle every day. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

When they reached the wide, raised path that circled the whole outer rim of the island, Headmaster stopped to catch his breath. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He then circled around us, his boots coming closer with each turn. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was one simple word, spoken softly, but at once every woman in the circle obeyed, getting to their feet. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

We sat in a circle in the shade and listened to Miss Rhonda tell us how much fun we were going to have. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

All my pouting was gone at the thought of getting to eat those perfect little circles, and Jay’s stomach rumbled. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she would break his neck, bringing everything full circle and wrapping up their doomed twin apprenticeship with a nice red bow. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The bullies would pick me up, spin me in circles, put their finger down on my skull, and say, “I want to go there.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I find the envelope with Prism's logo in the corner—three circles positioned like they're part of a bigger triangle. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He tapped his pen on each in turn, underlining now and again, circling a phrase here and there. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

As I tried to clear a circle on the window with my hand so I could see better, I noticed that my breath was still white, even then, indoors. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Before they left, Minli and the dragon circled over the Village of the Moon Rain. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

They watched a vulture turn lazy circles in the distance, floating on updrafts, gliding. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When I regained some sensibility and my vision started to come back, the circle diminished and I started to look around. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But at some point you begin to see that you both come with open hands to this kind of practice, this mutual circling of speech. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They circled slowly, hemming him in; bars of light forming a prison, a wall between him and the rest of the world; bars weaving a shifting wall of light into which he dared not go. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And sure enough, moments later, Ms. Albright gathers everyone in a circle on the stage. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

People are gathered here in a loose circle, but they remain silent, their faces hidden in shadows. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They are floridly willing to stand in a circle around him all night, with their zap guns drawn. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a black circle, maybe an inch in diameter—the kind of thing you’d never notice in a forest unless you knew to look for it. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Where does Coach think you are this time?” he asked as he ran his fingertips across the bracelet circling her wrist. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He circled the mound and stared at a faded blue rag partially uncovered, quivering in the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

We’re seated in a circle on the stage, and she is putting on an unexpected show for the drama club. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Sweating, panting, and covered in dust, they formed a circle around her at midfield. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He struck in a humming circle behind him and Ralph only just parried the blow. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I felt my mom’s arm circle my shoulders and pull me close as I gazed up at the cloudless blue sky. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He sat on the ground, drawing circles in the sand, trying to prove a theorem. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

After a few months of eating nearly nothing, it takes every bit of strength I can muster to do the little arm circles. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walks in a circle until her breath regulates, because she knows what will happen to her muscles if she doesn’t. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He walked lazily over to stand next to Harry, so that the eyes of the whole circle were upon the two of them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then I would make a circle with my index finger and my thumb, and push the bottle through the circle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He did not want to tangle with humans and was trying to keep his distance, but the shrinking circle gave him no chance to flee. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would have been beautiful except for the big dark circles under her eyes. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the hullbeast reached for my friends, as fetterlings stormed after me and brand flies circled the silver gem lights like vultures, the drums pounded harder and harder, and I stopped running. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

To the south, a red-tailed hawk circled—suddenly it dove toward a prairie dog settlement, but came up empty-handed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the philosophers were right and the habitable earth was a sphere floating on the surface of a larger globe of water, then a map should show the habitable earth as a circle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They didn’t know an aneurysm had ruptured in the network of blood vessels at the bottom of her brain called the circle of Willis. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He thrust the point down at the top of the circle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Loomis backed the tractor all the way out of the barn, shifted into forward and drove it in a small circle in the barn lot. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The shadows rose up in the dimming light and began dancing their soft circles around the arc of the living. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Both his affability and his harshness compelled others as they did me; and he hath been admitted into a great variety of circles of friendship and amity that remain generally closed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The creatures circled the train like vultures, delighting the tourists. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He went out in the yard and walked around in circles. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She repeatedly circles back to check under the blanket, touching the feet, the hands. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

And where the circle of thrones had once surrounded them, now something else did: five gigantic statues. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The surface seemed smooth and uncut, but the insides cracked in circles that went round and around. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Figuring that I would be jumped from the backside, I moved in a small slow circle to keep watching all sides of the corral. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You hold your fingers and wrist stiff. All the movement comes from your arm. You begin by rotating the flesh on your arm so that your pen will form slanting circles.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pigeon flew in through the open hay door and circled and flew out again. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The circles went round and round, all the skirts going one way and all the boots going the other way, and hands clasping and parting high up in the air. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made markings only in the center, surrounded by a circle of hands touching fingers. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

We were going at last and I took a last longing look as the bus shot around the highway which circled the school. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The circle of men disperses, muttering disappointment; they were promised a fight. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the stern talking-tos she’d gotten at the orphanage, all the wagging fingers and tight faces...they circled back around her like a whirlwind of shame. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Nhamo labored for several days, but one morning the lonely-sickness struck her with such force, her spirit felt like it was being circled by hyenas. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s being said in underground circles that the German Jews who immigrated to Holland before: the war and have now been sent to Poland shouldn’t be allowed to return here. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She had brilliant gold hair braided into a circle at her crown, with wisps catching on the cowl and poking wildly out of the plait. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Ten more seconds of guarded circling and Cervantes would blow the whistle. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Red circled behind Bull, coming at his back carefully. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The puppy leapt over a concrete curb and onto the driveway circling the building. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I was running the thought in circles in my head when I noticed the crowd quieting. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Bud gave a tremendous jolt, then began to buck, throwing his body in tight circles. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Day lets out a scream of agony, then goes down amid a circle of soldiers. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She looked like she had an evil hangover and there were black circles under her eyes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They strode in slow circles around her, breathing in and out like the summer breeze. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The gwythaints made no attempt to attack the companions, but circled once again, then drove skyward. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Laughing, the boy in the middle tried to break out of the circle while the other children pushed him back. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Having eaten, the dog came back to the plate, licked it, and then slowly began circling the yard, sniffing as he went, still keeping away from the man. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The creatures of the Stone circled a while croaking, and one by one beat back ponderously inland over the moors. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the puppy circled my wheelchair around and around, like she was trying to figure it out. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Andeg returned that evening to sit just outside the circle of the outdoor cooking fire. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The dragger stamps the ground in frustration and, in an apparent fit of temper, turns and shoves the circling, deranged one over. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mom rubbed her hand in circles on my back to try to comfort me while, above my sobbing, I could hear my dad ordering room service. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Before she could answer, the Huntsman called to him in a sharp tone of voice, and the young one looked briefly petulant before he withdrew, going back to the edge of the circle of riders. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We crawl into the tent and take our clothes off inside our sleeping bags, the flashlight making a circle on the canvas, a light ring enclosing a darker one, like a target. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The four of them stood in a circle, passing the notebook back and forth as they each took a turn conversing. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Quickly, she swooped into the circle and gave the old man a wet, open-mouthed kiss in his ear. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

We circle for a few minutes, until the driver gives up and lets us off at Macy’s. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The other tributes are gathered in a tense circle. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the circle threw her a wave or a smile, and she started swaying to the music, slow and easy. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The room seems to be spinning in slow, lopsided circles, and I wonder if I might black out. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And his throne had been pushed out of the circle. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They did a few circles overhead, then got their bearings and began stinging every adult in sight. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He circled her, gently pulling her shoulders back and nodding for her to move her feet. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They continued until they got within a hundred yards or so—the singing was crystal clear and the shadows from the flames circled and flashed in the canopy of branches above them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Above me, a circle the size of a manhole is cut into the lowest level. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The three eagles still circled overhead, but they made no attempt to land on the ship, probably because Festus the figurehead blew fire whenever they got close. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We stood in a great circle singing at the top of our voices. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She let out a huge toothy yawn that would’ve scared a T. rex, then turned in a circle and flopped down so hard the ground shook. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Samantha stopped barking, almost with perfect timing, then made a few circles before lying back down in the hot sun. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But Hermione raised her wand, moved it in a circle through the air, and a wreath of Christmas roses blossomed before them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s the blush on her cheeks or the mascara that’s making little raccoon circles under her eyes? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He banged it purposefully at little circles of green lichen scattered on the stone’s surface. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

They had those same white circles painted all over the floor, for games and stuff. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Hank whips out a soft tape measure and circles the end of my stump. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Chariots circled it, locked in combat with the creature in the cloud. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was the circle Edwin had spoken of. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I waved it in circles a while, thinking what I could tell next. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The circle of engines around the fire had been broken, but Williams managed to organize the twelve available engines into three groups. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She coaxed her father out of his bitter moods, upheld her timorous and anxious mother, gently restrained her rebellious sister and had reached to draw an uncertain alien into the circle. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The wind had pushed the fire past his circle, a wind that was blowing directly toward the heart of the city. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, the people around the circle held the feather and spoke. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A young man shifts so that his small circle becomes a large one with the group next to him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Three dogs circled around the sheep, barking, keeping the animals in order. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took ten minutes for Chip to find his stuff, and an hour more for us to make four trips back and forth across the dorm circle’ between the TV room and Room 43. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Zu gave us an apologetic shrug before tugging Hina away, back to the circle of younger kids who were engrossed in some kind of card game. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Do you sometimes feel like a circle missing a piece?” his dad wondered. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

A circle of hazy light spilled out into the night, showing bits of horses and faces and guns and the trampled snow. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fina turns in a circle and points at an oak tree behind us. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Stella swooped a long, joyous circle, hooting her thanks and excitement, and then took off into the cloud-strewn skies. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Across her knees lay an ancient shield—a battered circle of wood and bronze, painted with the likeness of Akhlys herself holding a shield, so the image seemed to go on forever, smaller and smaller. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of circles and arrows. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The boy traces a circle in the dirt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

When Sierra lifted her teary face from Mama Carmen’s shoulder, she saw that the spirits had circled closer. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

To be a castaway is to be a point perpetually at the centre of a circle. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We stood around in a circle, kicking at the slack. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He ate his breakfast meticulously, spitting the tiny bones into the fire circle once he had chewed the meat from them. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

At first there was nothing interesting to see, as Venus was a full circle in his telescope; it was evidently on the far side of the sun. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

‘Well, it’s not a laurel wreath,’ Frank said, ‘but it’s a new kind of victory circle: the gag of duct tape.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Each night at the fire circle, she was so tired she could barely keep her eyes open long enough to read a story. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The moment the Gran’s wand flourished three times in the air, the ceremony would be over, and if Seven’s circle didn’t close, they would remain Witchlings forever. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It does one circle of the living room, then goes right back to the same closed window. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Since I had no money riding, I was in the back of the circle, just watching. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not think what the circles might mean. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

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

When they finished, Cole hollered for Garvey to come from the cabin and take a look at the nearly perfect circle that now completed the totem. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Lower and lower the dragon flew, in great spiraling circles, honing in, it seemed, upon one of the smaller lakes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Alba spent two days walking around the house in circles in a state of sheer despair, going through the books in Jaime’s tunnel and on her own shelves and destroying anything that might be compromising. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cheat,” he said, and finally the game finished loading and I half listened as I drove a stock car in circles around a silent track in Talladega. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When the dance ended, the Daughters stood panting in a half circle before Our Lady of Chains, and what they did next took my breath away. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Vigils were grouped as usual in a circle around Archie and the kid receiving the assignment. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth hung open in a perfect circle. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For good measure I added Pi = 3.14 and I drew a large circle, which I then sliced in two with a diameter, to evoke that basic lesson of geometry. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A circle formed around Needles as he dropped to the floor and brought it back up again. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He moves his thumb in a slow circle over the back of my hand. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Guess who’s been asked to cover for Sarah as study circle lead while you guys are gone to Chicago?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

In gymnastics circles, it is known simply as “the ranch.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

After circling the lot in frustration, he lined up in front of the only available spot he could find. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Use the chromatic circle to find the direction and number of half steps to get from your key to the other key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of destroyed fetterlings lay in mounds around him, like a fort made of defeated enemies, and yet several hundred more live ones circled him. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I watched English spin circles around Tooms, moving so quickly he could have been on skates on ice. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I yelled as we began to slide around the wide circle of the trunk. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A group of Amity girls in yellow and red sit in a circle on the cafeteria floor, playing some kind of hand-slapping game involving a rhyming song. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Notice that, just as with the key signatures, you add sharps or subtract flats as you go clockwise around the circle, and add flats or subtract sharps as you go counterclockwise. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She went into a series of zooming circles and performed a few acrobatic turns for her companion’s benefit. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But Basel and Muhammad, wanting to help me, followed so close to the wheels that he stopped and turned around, the headlights circling the inside walls of the kitchen. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He flicked his wrist and the string circle swayed, missing the moon entirely. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He spun on his heel, center of a bewildered circle of boys. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He puts both hands behind his head and moves his hips in a circle. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Players gather at center circle for the coin toss. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The puppy wandered to a corner of the room, sniffed, made a circle of himself, collapsed, and fell asleep. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The other two empousai circled Percy, their mouths slavering, ready for another taste. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Two blimps linger over the Beauty Minister's head, chasing each other in a perfect circle. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Missed entirely by the buckshot, it flew over the reaching arms of the crowd and into the sky, circled the field several times and was gone. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

When I dropped my legs back down, I saw the misshapen black circle decorating the sleeping bag below my navel, its melted edge already cooled and curled. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When the final pranama was done, the two of them stood back-to-back within the circle of gods. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We stood in a circle, linked together like an unbreakable necklace. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Like ripples around a stone dropped into still water, the circles of silence spread out from the newsstand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tugged the at.oow tightly around his shoulders and circled the fire to keep away from the drifting smoke. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She wears two earrings in each ear, one a golden circle and one a diamond stud. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He held it there, letting its chill circle his head. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that was missing were the dark circles under her eyes and a steaming cup of coffee, except that she was too young for either. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The men that have been hanging about and joshing each other form themselves in a circle. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog chased his tail, spinning in circles, ignoring them completely. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

There were circles of charcoal, tire tracks off side roads and, since the men came back from the war, broken bottle glass all over the reservation. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wiped a circle on the fogged-up mirror and shaved with one of the hotel’s old-fashioned razors, the type that opened and you slid the blade in. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls me close, squeezing, and I melt into his shoulder, letting his arms circle me like a warm, tight blanket. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Hitler jumped out to the middle of the circle and started killing it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

His skin grew clammy as his lips tried to form them, and yet again he watched Koffi's circling thumb. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The dogs circled the courtyard, keeping their distance from the Athena Parthenos, which radiated hostility towards everything Roman. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

All I know is that when I threw myself to the ground and into the circle of his arms I was small again: no baggage, no years in the bush, no murder. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The police opened a narrow avenue into the winner’s circle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for his hands and a circle of his face, his body was gray all over with ancient, ingrained dirt. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

If this was not enough, they wore clip-on earbobs of various colored rhinestones and circles of rouge on their brown cheeks. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prince Cardan watched me all night, a shark restlessly circling, waiting for the right moment to bite. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I turn to the last page of the paper, where a big fat A is circled in red with the line: Entirely compelling argument, Mr. Ralph! I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Though I can hypnotize the mafia and raise the dead at will, I seem incapable of erasing the circles beneath my eyes. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Not replace you and Jenna, but just have, you know, a bigger circle of friends.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The trees wave their branches in the breeze, and a huge gray bird circles, calling out his objection to our presence. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Leo closed the top of the sphere and studied its concentric circles—similar to the ones on the workshop door. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He ran up the hill, circling around to get the advantage of the slope between him and his opponent. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Growling and snarling, they formed a half-moon circle around him. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fiery circle had moved up in the sky now, and the air was so warm that they took off their coats. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“White circles represent pure German blood. Circles with black indicate the proportion of foreign blood. Notice group two, number five.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was in the center of a circle of every single one of the celestial mounts. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the end of the act, the illusionist takes a bow with a pivoting turn, acknowledging the entire circle as the audience applauds. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A red gold fox poked its shining snout out from his breastplate through a circle of lapis lazuli flowers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He makes a wide circle with his arms. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

True, you ha\\ been inside the circle of her arms, tasted her mouth, felt the warmth of her, and that is something I have never had. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then he stood still, close to the trunk of the nearest tree, as a truck came around the circle and swept its lights over him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk in circles staring up at that ceiling and bump into a woman with books. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I shrugged, wondering if it was crass to say this in their circles. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was reading about King Arthur and liked how he had a round table which made everyone feel equal when they sat in a circle. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A serious, short-haired dog-about- town with a curling tail sauntered into the alley, making his stations, but he smelled Cal and took a wide circle around him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

All around her, the other kids stood in a circle now, grinning. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I know about Russ’s past, Finley. I’m in the inner circle, so to speak.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blackbirds swarmed above the junipers; their noise increased with the dawn light and they fluttered and circled their roosting places restlessly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The blood dripped onto the front of her white undershirt, making small blots that sank into the cloth, leaving uneven circles. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It is a circle with a flame inside it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Already I'm drawing circles on the glass, humming myself someplace far away from here. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The servants sat cross-legged in a circle on the floor. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

What looked like new knowledge was, consequently, simply old knowledge which had been mislaid, and history was assumed to go round in circles. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Rohin exclaimed triumphantly, and began running in larger and larger circles. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Two perfect circles color each of her cheeks and her too-bright lipstick is smeared across her front tooth. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Dismay was back, circling all three of us, panting and nervous. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In thin black pen, the song title “Walt Whitman’s Niece” had been circled. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

One depended instead on a pair of tasseled wall lights shaded by a quarter circle of fake parchment. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He held on tight to Prosper's hand so he wouldn't lose his big brother in the crowd as they circled the Basilica. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The tent fell inwards and flung a wide circle of light over the mountain-top. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I heard Jumper snort and the clatter of his hoofs as he went galloping in a wide circle to come up behind the cabin. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others circled and circled, eyeing the lasso, looking for a weakness. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But my grief for her was like a circle. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was to have more than 10,000 magnets arranged in a loop 54 miles around, about the size of the beltway highway that circles Washington, D.C. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Even in a dark room, with the windows closed and the curtains drawn, the shadows descend, circling like buzzards over a reeking lunch. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The trike spun a wild circle beneath them, dust billowing in all directions. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She had dark circles around her eyes, a mix of runny makeup and no sleep. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Isn’t that why parents agonize over the right neighborhood, the right school, the right circle of friends? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I put a hand against her cold cheek, rubbing a circle over the skin with my thumb. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Soaring, tipping, circling at the top of the thermal was Drum. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Caught in the circle, Ash found herself whirled around the bonfire by strangers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hastily, she cut the remaining half of her caribou skin into four strips and a circle. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m laughing as the beagle makes circles around me. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her coffee is sweetened with condensed milk, her hair pulled back into a braid, her dark fingers circling her cup. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The workers stepped around in circles for a few seconds as if they had found themselves unexpectedly in an unfamiliar place. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is clearly as spent as the woman, the circles under his eyes and the lines of his forehead speaking of days of no sleep. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Ms. Albright joins the circle onstage and calls us to order. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He’d go right back to fill the gap he’d left in the half circle his mates had formed at the front of the cave. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are more like puzzles and games than those awful bubble tests we do, where I just fill in circles without even reading the questions. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

One by one they .opened the bird cages, and the sky filled with parakeets, canaries, lovebirds, and finches, which flew around in circles, blinded by their sudden freedom, and finally took off in every direction. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what the old lady thought, but she started yelling, and suddenly white visors and curious faces circled in on us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The rest of us stood in a ragged circle around the baby buffalo. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within two weeks Smith had Grog and Pollard back in the winner’s circle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within the great circle of light, men crawl over the crumpled form of a collapsed school. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He spread his arms wide and rotated in a circle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

After I use the bathroom for the billionth time, I finally find Lorena in the back porch, surrounded by a circle of cretins who are way too old to be at a high school party. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ben spun around in a circle pretending to dance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A telkhine shrieked and ran in circles with a burning arrow impaled in his forehead. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sumac was circling in a tight arc, as if he was guarding against any possible dangers that might threaten me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“You can indulge in any number of pleasant vices with a freemartin and run no risks of having your eyes put out by your son’s mistress. ‘The wheel has come full circle; I am here.’ Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it was, I circled the toilet, studying it like a Klingon Warrior sizing up his enemy. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Dicey had watched him learn to turn around in a circle, patiently practicing, tumbling over his own feet, falling in a heap, sitting down in surprise. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I seem to remember that at eleven my brood were howlers and screamers and runners in circles. These seem like grown men.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of placing Earth at the center of the universe filled with epicycle-filled clockworks, Copernicus imagined that the sun was at the center instead, and the planets moved in simple circles. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

After a pause, she threw her arm back and spun in a circle with the blade in hand. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But he was probably circling somewhere, destroying villages and hoarding gold in his mountain lair. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It was, in crow circles, a sign of great affection. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Children kick their feet rapidly in the middle of the circle touching soles with the others. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Few folk looked in their direction, pretending that the noise came from the throats of the crows circling overhead. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It slipped, dogs first, straight into the cold ash at the edge of the fire circle. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Captain Newport says our route will be like a big circle, following the winds and currents. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I looked at the flyer, which had Abuela’s face right in the middle of it with smaller photos of the rest of my family circled around her. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was then that they discovered that Boromir, who at first had been sitting silent on the outside of the circle, was no longer there. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had a stomach so big that his thin black belt reminded me of the equator circling the globe. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We passed the ball in a big circle. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Giant eagles circled the battlefield, doing aerial combat with two snake-haired ladies in green Bargain Mart vests—Stheno and Euryale. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He looks tired—he has dark circles under his eyes, and his short hair sticks out at random, like he’s been pulling it all night. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment, the watch begins to rotate slowly, turning in circles on the surface of the table, trailing its chain behind in a spiral. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and rolled his head in a circle twice, then stopped with his head bent backward for a moment before raising it again. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The forty or so girls crowded into the small room looked almost like a sewing circle, so many of the girls were doing mending or needlework. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sophia takes us to a dead-end street with five houses splayed around a circle. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made circles, and curlicues, and squiggledy things, and these hardened at once and were candy. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made a quick drop, slanting down on his back-swept wings, and then circled again. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My social circle is, in reality, not a circle. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And finally, the jealousy turned to full-blown murder stomping about my guts when I saw them dance, hand in hand, around the circle. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Louisa was a born inciter, and danced circles around her brother. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I might not be the world’s best artist, but I can draw better than the stick figures and line drawings on Jason’s other cards, all perfect circles and ruler- straight lines. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slammed the refrigerator door shut and ran to her as she ran to me, and we hugged each other and did a little foot-stomping dance, laughing, as we circled the kitchen table. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when I look at my wings and understand—the light grayish brown, the white underbelly, the soaring in circles. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her mom was walking around the house in nervous circles, offering Richie lemonade and sandwiches and aspirin. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Just as we were about to, Hugh burst through a thicket of bushes into our makeshift camp, bees circling his head in an agitated cloud. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Beneath thick plastic glasses, his eyes were swollen, bloodshot, and surrounded by deep dark circles. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He circled the outcrop, climbing closer to the mill than he liked, to come at her from above. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We inched up closer to the circle of dancers waiting, but not too close. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I saw the conversation steering into a circle. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He got to his feet and circled the desk, walking away from me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the meal, the villagers started playing drums, and we all joined hands and danced in circles under the moonlight. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Take a cone and cut it up; you get circles, ellipses, parabolas, and hyperbolas, depending on how you slice it. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I take her hand and trace circles on her palm. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Hitler would do his thing while the guys circled around him, shouting him on. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And then there’s just me, sitting in the dirt on a mighty hill being circled by a poor old donkey and a tired camel. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was too loyal to anything connected with himself—his roommate, his dormitory, his class, his school, outward in vastly expanded circles of loyalty until I couldn’t imagine who would be excluded. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

We slow the double circles down to a certain speed so Rachel who has just jumped in can practice shaking it. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mouth of the well was a perfect circle above him. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They got me just as I stepped into the streetlight’s yellow circle. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He saw night-gaunts high in the red sky, hanging back, circling. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I did some basic acceleration and deceleration, turned in increasingly tight circles, and even did a power-stop. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Threatening him, jostling him around in the circle. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Ridgeway fell in with a circle of slave catchers, gorillas stuffed into black suits with ridiculous derbies. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The conversation between the captain and the doctor went in circles. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I pushed myself up and shook water from my face like a wet dog and glared at the circle around me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

What bothered her, she realized as she covertly watched those girls, was that she would never have that circle of friendship. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A face with pronounced eyebrows, round eyes, a straight little line for its nose, and a circle for its mouth. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Behind me, a large circle of customers are cheering on a Skiz fight. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

They swim toward me, surrounding me, and circling all around me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then he clicked on the white space and drew a pink circle. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

His body was slick with sweat as he circled Rivera, watching the telephone-pole legs shuffle and turn the squat body. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cast is in the first circle around Tiny, everyone—guy and girl—dressed like White Sox. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Investigators later surmised that the Avianca pilots must have assumed that ATC was jumping them to the head of the queue, in front of the dozens of other planes circling Kennedy. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Then I go all along the circle with the hammer and chisel. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Nancy and C. J., along with Dan Dalgard, circled around to the back of the building, put on rubber gloves and paper surgical masks, and went into Room H to look at the sick monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone sat in the circle, praying and praying, and the prayers were strong. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Just looking at the world helpless, in circles, the world going by. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra moved slightly so that she could see the screen, where a brilliant white circle had begun to glow. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then he strode confidently across the room, into the other red circle, and out the far door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

All those early Old World wheels are of a peculiar design: a solid wooden circle constructed of three planks fastened together, rather than a rim with spokes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The circle for what she had to do: Learn what the book was for. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It just wobbled around in a circle like a drunk person. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d set a bowl of kum-kum powder dissolved in water on a silver tray, and she circled it around his face and shoulders. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

At that moment I hopped off the fence and ran as fast as I could along the warning track until I was well past the propeller, then I circled around to the passenger side. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

I do that, then circle the entire ghetto, walking toward the gate like I’m coming from the other direction, from the Minerwa building. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

High overhead, aflame in the early-morning sunshine, a vulture quietly circled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A red butterfly circled her and flew close to her ear. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I pace the perimeter, circling all six apartments at least twelve times with my hands on my head, squashing the top of my Belle-bun. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The date, tomorrow, the first Saturday in June, is circled in red on Axel’s Delaware Valley Raptor Sanctuary calendar. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Swinging the putter, he made a slow circle of the room, forcing the girls away into a corner. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They saw a circle of standing stones that Illyrio claimed had been raised by giants, and later a deep lake. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We pulled around some rolling desk chairs and sat in an approximate circle. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

A minute after the snow goose had appeared, the last of the children left the temple, and the only sound was the rush of air in the branches of the circling witches above. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Cloak of Invisibility,” he finished, enclosing both line and circle in a triangle, to make the symbol that so intrigued Hermione. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Shawn circled the lot, then parked near the main entrance. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Embedded in the ground is a license plate, one that suddenly looks familiar, and circling this is a small garden where someone has planted flowers. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I leave the dormitory and the maps with their red circles, though I’m not sure where else to go. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They pranced and whirled in circles around the stage. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I made a circle with my arms as big as a twenty-gallon keg. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wince, then shake my head and stop talking, letting my hands wheel in circles as if they can convey my meaning. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Wrapped tightly in his blanket, with light flooding down on him from the chandelier, Finny lay isolated at the center of a tight circle of faces. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Marcus calls my name, I will walk to the center of the three circles. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A group of men sit in a circle on the floor and immediately start a game of poker. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Leo spun his Wii controller in a circle, and the sails lowered themselves. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Heavy bands of bronze circled their waists, and from these belts hung the black thongs of whips. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Tidbit paddled furiously as the alligators circled him. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my class walks into the library Michael’s class is already sitting in a circle on the floor crisscross-applesauce. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a sinking heart, I circled the full lot looking for a space, while also searching for the silver Volvo that was clearly not there. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

With the bases facing outside, there had been no trouble fitting them: they had simply circled around the central backbone, like a spiral rosette. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then Blackjack took off, circling twice around the monument before disappearing into the clouds. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He rowed and rowed and kept going around in a circle and never did get out to sea. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Lancelot, and all the other angry men, went circling round Camelot in a bitter atmosphere of knots and competition and bating hawks. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They circle over the Beauty Minister like tanager birds looking for their nest. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was about to remove the prettiest girl from their party circle. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Then they all sat down in a circle on the floor. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ceilings of some of the rooms in Montclair bore charred, black circles, in mute testimony to his intrepidity as an exploder. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked into the classrooms and spun in a circle, checking everything. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The sky was a deep blue, and high above them a hunting hawk circled. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Several mortals have found favor in her circle, but since I have no real skill with a lute or declaiming, I have no chance of being one of them. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I learned that in math class once, but—” “It’s used to measure circles,” Leo said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ivy circles me and watches over my shoulder. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

As Hilly tells us the story of Yule May, she makes a big circle with her finger to indicate a huge stone, the unimaginable worth of the “ruby.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The dripping from the blades, as they lifted, sent rows of overlapping circles spreading silently behind them. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

With shrieks and gibberings, the gang—too loosely organized to be called a troop—circled, saw their new opponent, and fled in confusion. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood opposite Seven in the circle of Witchlings, scowling, her hair tucked behind her ears and her hat sitting haphazardly on her head. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Every time we saw buzzards circling overhead, Dad would say that he recognized Buster among them and that he was coming back to thank us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They took it personally when someone who could obviously run circles around the rest of the class completely refused to play the game. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The partners let go, and circle in opposite directions until the words “lose your partner in the ocean.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

A circle inscribed with four lines, as familiar to her now as the shape of her own face. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

May walking into the trees with the little circle of light bobbing in front of her, then swallowed up by the dark. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I circle the room, checking on my other tables. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

At five o’clock the three of us sat down in a circle around a pizza, but no one was hungry. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to see from the dark circles, the haunted eyes—she needs me to be okay. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The dog-bats dropped, one by one, from the ceiling and began to circle the room, coming close to her but never touching her. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The falcons came in from behind me and circled the stream. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, big waves rolled in, and the small rubber boat was tossed around and around in a circle. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Merridew sat down on a trunk and looked round the circle. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He stepped on the sidewalk, circled behind my parked car, and came up behind me while the other officer continued to point the gun at me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Before she had time to scold and fuss, Vonetta, Fern, and I were on her, circling her, squeezing her and feeling her squeeze us. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The Chancellor made a little wave in my direction and I took the chance to seat myself in the chair that stood at the edge of the circle of light. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“If your father died, they gave you a peach pit and put you in a circle of all the men. The man you gave the pit to would be your new daddy.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has a bucket and is washing the slurs from his window, smearing the yellow paint into huge wet circles. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jinx and Finn were standing in the clearing surrounded by a circle of trees and bushes, cutting them off from the town, from Shady’s place, from help. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

My last view of her was sitting in the shotgun seat of the Prius, her arms crossed, watching as Blackjack circled higher and higher, carrying Beckendorf and me into the sky. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, we would go to the wishing circle, and I’d always hold her hand. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She made a sign in the air—a circle—and she folded her hands together and touched them to her forehead, her mouth, her heart. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He took another step aside, like a dancer circling around his partner. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She started a border of small circles that would go all the way around the big stone rectangle. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit may have been a public and media darling in the West, but in the prestigious eastern racing circles he still wasn’t taken seriously. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of Mrs. Anderson’s circle, who recognized Bessie as her girl, sometimes even smiled. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He fixes the teacher with those intense, unnerving, Pentecostal eyes, which so often have dark circles under them lately. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

They were circled together near the gate of their enclosure, heads facing out to protect themselves from wolves and bears. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman and her three small daughters circled us protectively. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I circle all the capitals that start with B: Boise, Baton Rouge, Bismarck, and of course Boston. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She said, “I think were circling the bull’s-eye.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the trailer came into view, a car was parked sideways in the turnabout that circled their front lawn. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Guzzo leaned on my back, but I was looking across the circle at English and Shannon. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Inside the circle of men, the women in long dresses and ropes of beads had joined arms and were dancing around one older woman who was wearing a regular cotton dress. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The grooms could circle the barn and come around again, and there he’d be, exactly as he was before. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

First I ran in circles around her room. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

One child stands in the middle of a circle of partners who walk in a circle in promenade position. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He pulled her head tighter on every pass, wrapping the strap around his forearm, shrinking the circle until it was so small, the pounding hooves stood still. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I sit on the edge of the chair, and he sits behind the desk of Matthew’s supervisor, turning a half-empty coffee cup in circles on the metal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Writing out each problem, going through the steps, circling his answers—it was a satisfying system check. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The boat turned, lifted in the flood, and spun in circles around the whirlpool. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

At this point, I think he’s actually grateful to have a bar mitzvah to distract him from the fact that his dream of Dino-land is circling the drain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Bloomberg just then stood up in her lap and, more like a dog than a cat, began to circle around to find a sleeping position he liked better. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The horses continue circling, with the white horses passing the black horses and then the black horses passing the white horses, with the end result always being alternating colors. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He kicked toward the surface and emerged, panting, to see enormous ripples emanating in circles from the places where Ron and Hermione had fallen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

My fingers danced; intricate and quick they spun something gossamer and tremulous into the circle of light our fire had made. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It took a torturously long time to circle the cabin. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Beau was curled up within the circle of light. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It turned, and when it turned, the whole circle turned inside, and the images that showed through the little holes changed: rainbows into stars, blimps into planes, flowers into dragonflies. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He turned sideways to us, dropped on one knee and made his fists go in a circle, like a squirrel on a treadmill. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was standing with his feet in the bright circle of sunlight below the center of the log ceiling open for smoke. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The circle of satyrs broke and charged the food. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

One of them finally stepped into the circle, grabbed a dancer by the arm, pushed her down to the ground, and mounted her right there, as a stallion mounts a mare. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Now she’s circling around the kitchen table, brushing a crumb here, straightening an already straight chair. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I turn in a circle, staring around at the fortune of librex cast in a magical haze. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Supposedly, Archimedes’s last words had been: Don’t disturb my circles. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When we get back to camp, Peeta’s sitting in a circle with the soldiers from 13, who are armed but talking openly with him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I turned to leave, but the boys rushed around me in a circle, blocking the way. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I waited until the Amagqirha had made a full circle around the gathered ancestors. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They were seen wandering in circles, dazed and half blind, before dying in convulsions. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But he was that big and at the end of this circle he came to the surface only thirty yards away and the man saw his tail out of water. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We circle the perimeter of the projects five times. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He’d race around her in a circle, finally flopping to the ground in exhaustion. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I asked Osh about it, he shrugged and talked in circles, as if I’d asked why women don’t have beards. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The two physicists received less hospitable treatment when they circled back to the AEC to see David Lilienthal, its chairman. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

This was mighty puzzling, but the only thing I could figure was I must’ve done a lot a running ’round in circles, which would probably be why Pa caught me so easy. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

A circle, a swoop and a hop with spread-out wings. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

In this game, all children sit closely in a circle, each with a small rock in front of them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

As she watched, the circle sank very slowly down, until it was hidden, except for a gleam of brightness, behind the leaves. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She looks healthy enough, although dark circles have appeared under her eyes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Matthew continued reading the inscription aloud as Emily circled the monument, examining it more closely. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And this sailor, tall, dark and crowlike, marked his ship's papers with a circle that night and was on deck at dawn when the ship sailed out of the harbor in the morning mist. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

A circle of half-burned candles in blackened glasses filled a corner. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

If I go to a new school, my circle of friends will break. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Made of intricate bands of metal, within the round border of the amulet lay two overlapping circles, one on top of the other. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Just before she reaches the circle of supplies that have been littered around the pyramid, she stops, searches the ground, and carefully places her feet on a spot. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His is the wildest circle, although he has always been perfectly composed and sober when speaking with me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A gentle slap on the side of my head, a secret pinch, girls circling around me singing, Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar and pointing, as though the song is true, at me. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Many birds were circling about it, but no sign of other living things could be seen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He blew a smoke ring, the blue-gray circle rising up boiling within its own jetting form, hovering for an instant then disintegrating into a weaving strand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, she went over to the crib that her youngest child had recently outgrown and there, symbolically, clasped her hands again, leaving enough of an open circle for a small neck. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

We were caught in a vicious circle of unpleasantness and sorrow. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Ahead was a lone streetlight, casting a yellow circle of light onto the cracked sidewalk. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon held it firmly down with a needle-filled paw and looked up at the darkening sky, where the black wing flaps of the cormorant were circling higher as she cast around for the other. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Upright, he saw what the larger group of vultures was circling: the corpse of a deer. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His eyes were brown and set deep in his bearded face, and there were dark circles under the lower lids. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd is swelling, not just with factionless wearing black armbands with empty white circles on them, but with people from every former faction, their arms bare. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then, keeping its distance, the lion circled the wary unicorn, its golden eyes at all times fixed upon the sharp horn that was always turned toward it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The way the green glowing circles make his own eyes feel heavy and make his other worries feel light. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There’s something I didn’t expect in the room—instruments on all the seats around the circle—and people run for the ones they want. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

His stomach felt a sort of queasy rumble as he stood with his sisters and Reverend Hughes, and watched as the entire church circled around them, clasped hands, and began to pray. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I’d been lying on the couch watching a fish tank in the corner, its one golden prisoner swimming in lazy circles. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And in the middle of the circle of children, like the object of some arcane ritual, there hovered a bomb, its downward-facing tip seemingly balanced on Adam’s outstretched finger. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The only exception to the cul-de-sac rule was if we asked to leave the circle to go to our friend Becca’s house, which was a few doors down. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

With most girls, you kind of work opposite them, circling, side-stepping, leading. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Accompanying game for “I Have Lost my Closet Key”: Children sit in a circle. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

His nose was squat and red, and he had lumpy white, bunched-up eyelids circling his small gray eyes like haloes of bacon fat. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Once this was settled, we sat down and mentally went through our circle of acquaintances, trying to come up with a single person who would blend in well with our extended family. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Red and blue stripes, and purple circles with numbers in them. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

As a raven he flew with the murder, circling the hill at sunset, watching for ' foes, feeling the icy touch of the air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They follow the Doberman’s lead as it circles the car. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She loved the friendliness of it and the small-town feel of it, the way she knew everyone out at the country club or at the store, the way the gossip made an easy circle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the orbs came in and started to circle around her. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of their inner circle, the clutch of kids at the top of the social scene. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Along with doctors, nurses, and medics, Kelley would sit in a big circle out in the sand, get stoned, and swap stories. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Pax circled to be sure although there was no question: he felt the pull of his home strongly from only one direction. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He noted the tiny silver necklace of skulls that circled her neck, her charm bracelet of heads and hands that jangled, like tiny bells, when she moved. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Usually, on the night after a Changing, the kids wouldn’t have gathered at the fire circle after dinner, but Jinny hadn’t left in the boat, so everyone was a little unsure of what to do. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It flew in and circled the room in a malicious way. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Her first surge of relief soon died away, and her thoughts, numbed by the sheer terror of pursuit, began to stir again in hopeless circles. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He puts his hands in his pockets and walks in a small circle. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Various cities had been circled with lines drawn between them to indicate my parents’ travels, and the place of their birth, Calcutta, was signified by a small silver star. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

We formed a circle about the first arrivals, some fifty men or so, who were unloading bricks from the bullock carts. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Juanita asked, leaning into our intimate circle from the other side of the campfire. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I went quietly, circling around the mouth of the cave and came up to it from the side. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her phone buzzes and spins in a circle on the table. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I look to Lara, then Dylan, then their circle of friends. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

One hero screamed and waved his arms as he ran in circles, the horsehair plume on his helmet blazing like a fiery Mohawk. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Augustus was staring at me, his blue eyes closer to me than they’d ever been, and behind him, a crowd of people three deep had sort of circled around us. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The cold relentless circling of the intestate earth. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Triangles and circles were easy to measure, but slightly more irregular curves like the parabola were beyond the ken of the Greek mathematicians of the day. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Helena runs from room to room, slamming the doors, climbing the ladder, turning circles with her arms outstretched in the kitchen. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We are, all four of us, blood relatives, and we speak a kind of esoteric, family language, a sort of semantic geometry in which the shortest distance between any two points is a fullish circle. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

His face was drained of color, except for the dark circles under his eyes. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The more I think about it, it seems to me that they’re probably circling, like two wrestlers. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Dismay was turning in circles, trying to figure out what was going on. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

His voice ringing down Hall Street, circling round the roads of Nicholtown and maybe out into the big, wide world . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I sprint toward the edge of the circle, where there is a table. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I half circled the Licks till I had the breeze moving across them toward me and took cover under a wild grapevine that hung low out of the top of a gnarled oak. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crow wiggled away from the girl’s grasp and soared upward, circling over her head. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I circled the meadow and went over to the gorge. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the crowd swelled around the circle, any remaining sense of individual responsibility fell away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Some of it was residue from the circle of protection she had woven, but some of it was darker, more malevolent. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the room, by the opposite door, was another red circle. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Set between the high front towers was a vast circle of stone and multicolored glass. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed the button over her seat so a sharp circle of light fell onto her lap. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

One man, sitting in the inner circle of chairs, remains in his seat as they leave. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Rather than go back to Pagoda Pizza to eat, I circle the parking lot and find a darkened spot between floodlights. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

They painted circles and dots on her head and cheeks—white for Obatala, reds and yellows and blues for the other gods—and crowned her with the sacred stones. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a circle around both of them it said, “Buster Brown.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to show me this circle thingy or not?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly Antonapoulos made a slow circle in the air with his plump forefinger. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

About eight or nine boys and girls were standing in a circle. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The small circle continued to lower, going down, down toward the water, and the string in Yishan’s hand stretched longer and longer. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The man lowered the rifle from his shoulder and waited, looking from Serafina to the other witches, and up to their dæmons too, who circled in the skies above. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A circle is all I could teach him to carve.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

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

I am pondering this sad fact when I realize the blackness of sleep is circling my head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She was breathing hard, and deep circles of red burned high on her bright cheeks; in all my life I had never seen anyone so maddeningly beautiful as she was at that moment. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Blackbirds circled overhead, dipped into the grass somewhere. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t have to look over my shoulder to know that we are nearing the edge of the circle’s border; a few more steps and I will lose this. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, like now, he felt like an intruder in his new circle, of people who believed that the latest schools, the latest curriculums, would ensure the wholeness of their children. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As Greeks, we had our own Easter, which was usually observed anywhere from two to four weeks after what was known in our circle as "the American version." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I watched his right arm as he did, with its six shiny, hairless, cigarette end-size circles. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We formed a circle around the coach at midfield. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got to the target, they circled it twice in their small plane, heavy with the weight of the bombs hanging beneath its fabric wings. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It was quiet for a minute, and we were just driving in circles, and then finally I said, “We could probably get his address off the Internet. Radar has a log-in to the school directory.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

A tablet might contain, say, two hash marks, a box, a circle with a cross in the middle, an asterisk-like shape, and an arrangement of three triangles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I think it would still have been kinda weird if we didn’t do the restorative justice circle,” TC said. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Full well the busy whisper circling round Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It rained so that I couldn’t see across the dorm circle, so that the lake swelled up and lapped against the Adirondack swing, swallowing half of the fake beach. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

In 1961, Yuri Gagarin made one circle around the earth in 89 minutes. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A flock of ravens circled in a dark sky. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“The Art and Artifacts Room is on the other side of the circle.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Goldberg’s decision might have puzzled some people in show business circles, where it is a time-honored tradition to change Jewish names. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

A thick cuff of white string bracelets circled his left wrist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s a good thing you opened that circle, Jezebel,” Susie said. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He turned one of her hands palm up and, with his thumb, drew little circles where the lines formed a star. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I circled to the left because, like I said, the house tilted and if it suddenly collapsed, I didn’t want it to fall on me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Ma’s actually smiling, and her cane is safely hooked over the back of one of the chairs that circle the table. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

They climbed into the crater and entered the circle of columns. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

His right hand described the circle of the hills, the sloping fields and the mountains, and ended at his hat again. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the light of sunset is orange, creeping across the floor and illuminating my face from below, I have never looked paler; the circles under my eyes have never been more pronounced. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Two circles drifted into his sight, and he focused his eyes, bringing the circles together. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Very good! And by month’s end, you will know it all! Go ahead and read out loud for me each one you know and circle the ones you don’t.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You’re holding him again but you cannot get line. But soon he has to circle.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just be sure to dispose of it in a recycling bin. Because enough plastic is thrown away each year to circle the Earth four times.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

A circle had gathered at a respectful distance. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tycho had commended Mars to Kepler because its apparent motion seemed most anomalous, most difficult to reconcile with an orbit made of circles. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crown of finger bones circled his greasy black hair. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She was spinning in crazy circles only because she was trying to survive, and movement was always her modus operandi when things got tough. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned and left the warmth of the circle, jogging down the corridor and retreating into the dark corner of our camp. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But the circles were much shorter now and from the way the line slanted he could tell the fish had risen steadily while he swam. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We circled around so that we could come up from the woods side rather than the roadside. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until at last there was a commotion about the edges of the circle of which we were the inner ring. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the knights circling it, the dais is like a terrible stage, where all the players are doomed to run through their roles to the same bloody end. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He fancied himself quite a medicine man and wore at his throat a circle of bear claws. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

By the time we had circled the swamp, they were bawling treed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pastor visited them regularly, but the circle thought private visits were nice too. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up and carried Toby to the place where the cockpit had sat, now an oval of exposed dirt circled by overgrown grass and leaves. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Luna cried, running in circles on the stones, each of her footprints erupting in green plants and lurid flowers. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I cut out little circles to look like bullet holes and everything.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her thin brown arms were stacked with gold bracelets, a small red circle was painted on her forehead, and the edges of her feet were tinted with a decorative red dye. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then he sat them in a circle and told them stories, and afterward they all sang until they were hoarse. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like, if you want to see the common characteristics between mammals, reptiles, and fish, for instance, you draw a Venn diagram and list all the attributes of each one inside a circle. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They circled the fire at a distance, the boy holding on to his hand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Speaking of my mother, she wanted me to invite you to church on Easter. There’ll be supper after and a sewing circle. For the Red Cross.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

To me, however, the inner circle of PIH seemed like a club, or even a family, which was deeply opposed to the concept of insiders and outsiders. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

As I circle the island, searching for signs of bonobos, my heart races with a sense of all that’s past and all that’s happening now. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Gray and deep and ringed with the circles of sleepless nights. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“You know why dogs run around in circles? Because it’s too hard to run in squares.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Tee rubbed soothing circles on her girlfriend’s back, but Izzy swatted her away. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

As loud voices approached the dock and a plane droned overhead circling to land, Cole watched the white patch of hair. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

There it is, circling inside the wall of white fog. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Wayne has imported the tradition of this “love-you circle,” as they call it, back from his summer drama camp. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

His brother circled round him, then tore out his throat while the horse kicked feebly and rolled his eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mist swirled there and she could see hawks circling. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The airport was congested and they circled the city for nearly an hour before landing. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He covered his head and ears and circled around and around in a small spot, but he was only making himself dizzy. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Stenciled on the side was a stylish logo, a red circle around yellow letters: PT. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I turned in a circle with my arms up, indicating the entire cavern. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I know it’s kind of stupid to think that someone who’s teasing you by going around in circles is going to help you out but I said anyway, “How?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pull suddenly lessened and I was sure that he was gone, but the next instant I saw the string cutting the water in a wide circle. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

His heels click and clack as he circles us, his gaze like a strong beam of light. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A funny thing happens, where Sheryl begins walking around the flatbed, and soon we’re all following her like some kooky dance circle. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The snow had melted around the Maserati in a perfect circle, which explained why I was now standing on green grass and my shoes were wet. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Okay! Here’s the plan: We’ll drop behind this hill to be out of sight of the gym, then circle around those smaller hills and sneak up from the back.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The food was already being passed around, and the boys hurried to claim a share while Eric introduced us as we each entered the driftwood circle. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Back in the family circle, I remarked to myself how like a cyclopean eye was the belly of the red-hot stove. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far below him, Ben saw the revolving light of a police car spinning in a slow, malevolent circle. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius cried, noticing that a circle of interested shoppers was beginning to form. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the tip of the blade into Gus’s shirt and then made an arc with his arm, as though cutting a circle. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then they seemed like the kind of stories passed around an Amish quilt circle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now that I knew we were safe from the effects of the blast, I began circling so that we could view the results,” said Tibbets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was quietly gazing up at the night sky and the circling helicopter. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Misha rushed the table and scooped the boy into his arms, spinning him in a circle as the boy squealed with delight. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I’d see the colorful tent top of the merry-go-round, where white children happily sat on horses and traveled in a huge musical circle. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

So anyway, then my mom made him cry about his dad or whatever and the kid stopped drawing circles and presumably lived happily ever after. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Eventually the guy caught the girl and they fake-wrestled around a sec, cracking up, and then went back to the circle around the fire and sat down. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I threw up what little I’d swallowed, and children around me jumped and receded into a tittery circle of faces with milky mustaches. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He took a few sidesteps, like one wrestler circling another, except that he was thirty feet away; the maneuver was ridiculous. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined him still standing in our yard, frozen under the deluge, baptizing an endless circle of children, who would slip away and return with new faces requiring his blessing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I step out of the ring and start shoving my way out of the circle. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Together, we could hitch a ride in someone's limo and form our own little dance circle. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

At twilight she circled the parapet once or twice, but she never left the rooftop. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He walked Seabiscuit through the masses of shouting fans to the winner’s circle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another voice said, “I told you they circled back to the park. Come on!” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We pull into the driveway, which circles a filthy, nonfunctioning fountain with a stone merry-go-round at its center. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Boots was in the center of the big round chamber, rocking from foot to foot as she turned calmly in a circle. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She broke free to dance in a small circle, and her joyous cries came out as throaty, high-pitched whispers. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The sole light came from a helicopter circling downtown, looking tiny and powerless in the distance. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He circled the house for several hours, whistling private calls, until the proximity of dawn forced him to go home. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She threw up in the pebbles and the dirt along the shoulder while I held her hair and rubbed slow circles on her back. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

There were black circles under his eyes and his uniform was torn in about six places. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl walked ahead of the man and soon they came to the circle of huts under the trees. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It was a circle they drew around the two of them like a canopy. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

While it may have been unthinkable for most to extend their social circles to include black colleagues, within the circumscribed atmosphere of the office, they were cordial, even friendly. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It circled the town once and touched down, and they ran for it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big white guy stepped backward, out of the circle, holding his hands up like he was under arrest. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Unexpectedly, he was on his feet, bounding away, instantly out of sight, only to appear beneath the same tree as before, having circled the meadow in half a second. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They pointed at me and laughed, making cuckoo circles with their fingers. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Occasionally Sherm circled something on his diagram, or wrote a question to himself. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Only cops roamed the streets, if not on foot, then patrolling in squad cars, slowly driving up and down the avenues, from First to Fifth, from 125th to 96th, circling Spanish Harlem like sharks. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Ralph took the conch from him and looked round the circle of boys. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Apparently my audacity to break apartheid laws in sports had made me notorious in white tennis circles. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when they all played the same note together she would draw a circle around them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Biker Lady is doing her bar circles with her whistle, and she stops once to grind with the two of us. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He began to move it in a curving line, sketching the beginnings of a circle, then a half moon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“If we’re staying, we should put some protective enchantments around the place,” she replied, and raising her wand, she began to walk in a wide circle around Harry and Ron, murmuring incantations as she went. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then he straightened himself and began another circle. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crowd of other fishermen and spectators circled around them, and I knew from the handshakes and back slapping that Sookie had caught the shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He describes his eight bombers circling the machines, getting closer and closer, ready to attack. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

My moonstone badge warps from a circle into an oval, Department of Supernatural Investigations engraved above the image of an evenly weighted balance. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

And Dawes was in all likelihood a man with a normal social circle, which means that — like most of us — once he left his hometown he probably wouldn’t have known whose door to knock on. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nok had followed the clues she’d picked up from the young woman at the chicken stand, circling closer and closer to Pong's whereabouts. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

A clock in the schoolroom struck nine; Miss Miller left her circle, and standing in the middle of the room, cried— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

After a while we came to a wide clearing circling a pond. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At another practice, the Under Fifteens had gathered in a circle at midfield to stretch, when they heard noises in the woods—snapping twigs and the crushing of dry leaves. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

All the soon-to-be-formed covens were assembling into circles around the square, waiting for the Gran to seal their fates. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Inside was a watch very like the one Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had given Ron for his seventeenth; it was gold, with stars circling around the face instead of hands. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Our symbol has become a name in a circle with a line slashed through it. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, when I flip through her old planner for the second time, I find a folded receipt with some numbers and letters circled. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Cordell circled the boy, sizing him up like he was an animal, or a cut of meat. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The background music came from a tape deck near the circle of candles, but the high voice was Mary Anne’s. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drew a picture of each customer; then he drew circles and lines of various sizes to represent the amount of money owed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a path made of the long leaves that circled all the way down to the base of this plant, where there was a beach. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I’m turning in circles, my eyes darting around the store, trying to remember what I’m forgetting. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Fiona took a drink and leaned into the circle, so she could skip over Fred and me, to pass the wine to Bridget. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

That was another thing: most of the kids here were either Green or Blue, with a small tight-knit group of Yellows that didn’t really socialize outside of their own circle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The missive was duly placed in the hands of Alexander Sachs, a Russian-born economist with a scientific background and, more to the point, access to the White House inner circle as an advisor to FDR. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Surely, when she had first sat down, the silver circle was just above the highest branch of the tall plant. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This afternoon, I used his mortar and pestle to grind coriander seeds, first crushing them as hard as I could, then twisting the pestle in circles to flatten them and make them into a powder. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The Mining Station was a black circle on the map, and the light dotted lines that were tunnels stretched out about it in spiderweb fashion. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Seaplanes circle and dive, skimming across Lake Union’s blue surface. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Debris was spread out in a wide circle. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I stand there, completely naked, as the three circle me, wielding tweezers to remove any last bits of hair. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her brothers awaited her like tall gods in the court, circling to lead the mules away and carry the laundered things inside. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment the two of them were out of sight, Chubs and I both lurched forward, pushing through the circle of kids that closed around Liam. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They spun in circles in their cages or cowered in the corners. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of leaving me on my own in a corner somewhere, Mrs. Shannon pulled me into the circle of teachers who are involved in the inclusion program. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When the last of them was out of the trucks, the soldiers made a great circle around them. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if it sounded like the district attorney’s office was circling Reggie, that was far from the case. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He made his way around the circle, occasionally lifting a front leg to scratch his nose. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of spinning in circles in front of all my idiot cousins makes me want to run away from home and join the circus. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He circled the Top of the Pontch, where he had once taken me to lunch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

October 27 had a mental red circle around it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hawk drew a circle with its shadow, but he saw no hint within of buried beasts. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He did not circle about topics, searching for the right phrase, or double back to restate a previous sentence. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

She remembers the night the lightning hit the royal palm, how the birds circled in confusion before scattering north. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes fell to a circle in the floor right in front of the throne. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He cut the holes in shapes of windows, and little stars, and crescent moons, and circles. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know how protection circles work, Jay. I watched you all. My question is,” she said, squinting at her brother, “will it help if Deputy Collins shows up here? Or are you expecting some haints?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The hawks circled lazily in a bright, blue sky, the jackrabbits crouched in the shade of the creosotes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both carried slight builds, with heads shaped more like ovals than circles. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It circles around me like a colorful tornado. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

There are circles under her eyes that match mine, which is weird. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was on watch this morning when a Coast Guard turboprop passed low overhead and circled around and dipped low over us again. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The three American tourists were coming their way; no more circling or sneaking. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He’d no idea what direction they might have taken and his fear was that they might circle and return to the house. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Communal learning lends itself to performing in a circle, and indeed most game songs are performed in a circle. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

You are at the centre of one circle, while above you two opposing circles spin about. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turned in a circle three times, clutching that acorn tight and making my wish. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The edge of the world, waiting just beyond the circle of the sun. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I’d forgotten he couldn’t make his own way back to the circle. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Everything was going along just fine until Mama caught me cutting out the circles of tin with her scissors. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Talis and Fox retreated to the outer circles with Beefy in tow, giving Seven an encouraging smile and snapping pictures as they joined the other parents. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Soon the nurses are joined by a bleary-eyed doctor, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, which are ringed by deep circles. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ares flew in tighter and tighter circles as they ascended. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well then, I think the answer is that a circle has no beginning.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

This was a modern room with a curving steel desk near the center, carefully positioned halogen lights, and a spiral staircase leading down from a perfect circle cut in the ceiling about fifteen feet high. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The circle for what she had to do: Learn what the book was for. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

Once the fire broke through the circle of engines, it pushed out fists of flame that ate up clapboard siding, shingled roofs, fences, trees, outhouses, and chicken coops. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was to run the course Finny had laid out, four times around an oval walk which circled the Headmaster’s home, a large rambling, doubtfully Colonial white mansion. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved the picture up and down, right and left, then around in circles. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Nali, his grandma, rushed out of her mobile home, which sat in the middle of a wide, dry valley, waving her arms in large circles at him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They knocked each other into the moving mudslide that was now swirling in a circle around them. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We held hands because it seemed the right thing to do, circled around as the ground became mud and the rain fell harder, cascading down our faces, into our mouths. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She left as if headed toward Protection Point, then circled through the woods to the South Beach trail and followed the path to the cedar tree. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

They all stood in a half circle, facing the ocean. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

What if they were simply going in circles? Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Marsden’s head appeared in the circle of heads above them. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It leaves a circle of light on the target, marking the impact site. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

With harsh and fearsome shrieking, the gwythaints circled around the cauldron, blotting out the sun with their black wings. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

In my view, explaining science in terms of common sense is simply to go round in a circle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Eye upended the glass, and the ten flies zapped out to circle in the center of the room. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The voyageurs watched from a distance as the baby crawled in a circle, whimpering and pitiful. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The guy was holding a slip of paper and turning around in circles. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

She looped a piece of thread, knotted into a circle between her index fingers and thumbs, and ran the double strand across her forehead. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once we got around the circle, Patrick always asked if anyone wanted to share. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Ms. McQueen had us move our tables in a circle, and Audrey smiled at me as we pushed our desks next to each other. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Bark and howl and run around in circles,” her stepbrother said. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the shadow, the circle, begins to eclipse inward. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Some camps were orderly, with the tents arrayed around a fire pit in concentric circles, weapons and armor stacked around die inner ring, horse lines outside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When Jimmy opened the door, though, the nasty black circle shadowing his right eye surprised him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She whimpered and turned in circles, looking up at me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Flocks of birds, flying at great speed, were wheeling and circling, and traversing all the land as if they were searching for something; and they were steadily drawing nearer. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We’d drive to the different mailboxes in the circle as if we were checking the mail. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Carrying torches and wearing black hooded robes, they circled the fire singing hymns to the dead between sips of whiskey. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Three small pirates held hands, shrieking in circles until they fell down. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, a snowman, a big snowman!” shout Dennis and Lily, the two of them jumping round and round in circles. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Carlos stood alone inside the circle in the dirt, looking at the can and glancing at us once in a while. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was afraid she might be walking in circles. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Once McCorkle’s bus arrived, we circled around the facility to the “sally port,” or vehicle gate. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood within the circle and asked my question. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The enormous ball got smaller and smaller until, finally, it was only a glowing circle on the black silk of the night. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the ritual: the circle of women coming together to celebrate being alive—and being a woman, which is a magic all its own. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A half-sole footprint with circles—two holes in the center like a pair of eyes. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the last circle are five metal bowls so large they could hold my entire body, if I curled up. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was a perfect, glowing circle in the still black water, and the reflection of the thousands of fish above twinkled around it exactly like stars. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The Warden had dark circles under her eyes from lack of sleep, and lines across her forehead and face which seemed exaggerated in the stark morning light. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He will start circling soon and then I must work on him. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The color still hadn’t seeped back into his face, save for the halo of dark circles around his eyes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The dark circles under his eyes gather in puffy tucks when he squints at the words. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I let myself imagine it—taking classes like Politicized Geography and Nineteenth-Century British Women in Literature in small classrooms, everyone seated in a circle. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Twelve oblong petals around a filled-in circle against the daisy-white paint, and daisies, white daisies, and I could hear her saying, What do you see, Pudge? Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

And then it circled back a minute later. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

A few red maple leaves danced circles on the cobblestones. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The roar in the street died; the siren stopped; but the circling columns of yellow continued to whirl. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He used to work for the county road department and for kicks he had painted big orange and white circles with reflective paint all over War Chief’s hair. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Donne would have learnt from Hill about the possibility of life on other planets, and of planets circling other stars; he would also have learnt that these strange ideas derived from Giordano Bruno. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I trembled as the circle tightened around me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He flew in circles, lower and lower, brushing the top branches of trees until he heard voices. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It distracted people from my large nose and the signature Persian dark circles under my eyes. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

We sit in a circle around him, his hands moving slow through the air, his voice calmer and quieter than it was before he went away. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes and saw a circle of white faces, but he was outside of them, behind his curtain, his wall, looking on. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Looking around the circle, from one system to the next, I saw that the computers seemed to be arranged roughly by year of origin. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The poet prepared the dancing circles well, intoxicating them with visions of flight and release. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She ran up towards the house, she stumbled and got to her feet and then just sort of wandered round the garden in circles. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The long road climbed the hills, and the car climbed with it, and we circled in the heights like a bird in the air. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As far as Kepler was concerned, elliptical orbits were merely an ad hoc hypothesis, and a rather repugnant one at that, because ellipses were clearly less perfect than circles. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my finger in one of the circles. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was Cambridge, and I circled all around in the Harvard University campus. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked around at the hooded faces, and though there was no wind, a rustling seemed to run around the circle, as though it had shivered. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

No one can really be sure of anything else unless they are within his inner circle. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Same as a hunter lost in the woods will walk in circles, if he don’t have a star to guide him, or know that moss mostly grows on the north side of trees. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Join hands and make a giant, spinning circle where people show off their footwork. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I learned to move my fingers, hands, feet, head, and entire body in circles. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its top was crowned with a circle of weathered stones, a ringfort of the First Men that had stood desolate and abandoned for hundreds of years. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The snow has stopped and it’s a clear, cold night; the gas lamps cast circles of light. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

In the sky above them, Reyna circled on her pegasus, Scipio, ready to play referee. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She yelled out, turning wildly around in circles looking for him. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But this one, The Family Circus, was just one picture, in a circle. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

With all of us sitting in a circle waiting for her, Ma nervously walks around the hut outside to make sure no one can hear us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Didn’t it go just around in a circle, like a ball on a string? Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Arnold looked out over the audience, sitting in a circle of light, and the audience went wild. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Different Holy Beings were at the edges of the circle. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Indifferent to our worries, MacDuff followed his nose into the weeds, roaming in circles around us, happy to be outside smelling wonderful smells. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Now his exhausted brain slipped into its accustomed circles: the withered paths, like those of the donkey in the treadmill, round which he had plodded many thousand times in vain. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to delegate authority to a small circle of trusted manhunters, including Lieutenant Lafayette Baker, newly arrived from New York. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the stain were shaped like a circle, or like a square or a triangle, it would be easy to figure out; just take a ruler and measure its radius or its height and base. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

My heart nearly burst out of my chest as I spotted Evan waiting for me by the bus circle. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Yes,” said Voldemort, a grin curling his lipless mouth as the eyes of the circle flashed in Harry’s direction. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A circle of men was watching him; Longstreet could see the grins, flash of a dark bottle going round. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I feel as if I’ve somehow been initiated into the victors’ circle. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

"A little bird told me. It's been circling all morning; I knew something was up." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Trainer Conway stood on the sideline and watched his horse from afar as he circled around the course, legging up for the stout mile-and-three-sixteenths distance of the match. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie moved now to stand in the circle of her mama’s arms, knowing that whatever came next would be bad but necessary. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Dismay circled the car and panted, willing everybody in the car to come out. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Farther on the fishwives were crying the day’s catch, and a boy was beating time on a drum as a shabby old bear danced in a circle for a ring of river runners. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was the size of a fat cigar and had little levers in different colors circling its top, like a crown. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The piles were outside his five-foot circle, but he could see he was going to run out of room. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

As she and Master danced outside, circled by clapping friends, he thought, They belong to me. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He gingerly eased himself up, exhaling a slew of Spanish curses as he got to a full standing position, then swiveled his hips in a creaky circle, stomping forward arthritically. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I was ready to run a circle around the entire world. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ten circles to the left, ten circles to the righty, all make the blade sharp and mighty. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we would go around the circle offering prayers. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s like watching two bobcats circle each other.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Tonight, she’s sitting on her living room floor in a glowing circle of screens like some kind of Capitol Hill séance. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I looked at the lemonade bottle as I spoke, tracing the circle of the opening with my pinkie finger. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’m evening out the colors in the gummy bear circle, so it’s balanced. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The dog one was the hardest to read, given the amount of text squeezed onto the tiny circle. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He said all my greatness is going to come out of that small space, and that what I do in that circle will affect how far I go outside of it. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Instead, she pointed at Sam, off swimming by himself in a circle. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

For some reason it made me think about that drum circle we did at Venice beach. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“And she takes our children. One every year. We have to leave the youngest baby in the circle of sycamores and never look back. If we don’t, the Witch will destroy us all.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Just put your arm on the desk, Jean,” she said, “and try some circles.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He circles the bath mat until he finds the perfect spot to curl up in. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The six young men, four of whom were budding lawyers, saw themselves as merely a circle of like-minded friends. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

There were dark circles under his bloodshot eyes, his skin an almost grayish color. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

When they were half-way across the circle they would run the last part, flapping their wings. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the silhouettes of tents came into view, they left the covered pathway to make a wide circle around the camp. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

We fly in fast circles around the top of the dome, while a crowd of upturned faces cheers us on. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They circled round each other, trading blow for blow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After the introductions, we sat in a circle so that the different facilitators could tell us about themselves. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The peephole was a collection of circles getting smaller and smaller, converging on a dark round circle in the middle. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But then I notice the deep circles beneath my mom’s eyes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Their model of the universe involved the "celestial spheres" creating a kind of harmony as they moved in circles dictated by the same arithmetical relationships as musical harmonies. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

In fact, Galileo had discovered moons circling Jupiter, not planets circling a distant star. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He laughs and picks me up, swinging me in a circle. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A cold wind had risen, swirling the leaves in great circles above their heads. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

A half-sound of jeering ran round the circle and Simon shrank from it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I walked up to the top deck where I could see the whole circle of water around me. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, the six knights and the two children crouched in a circle at the edge of Lord Bertulf’s wood. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Around her, the theater crowd guffawed and cackled as three microraptors that had been adorned with flowers and fruits cavorted in ridiculous circles across the stage. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It was a kid’s painting with blobs of green paint for leaves and the sun a yellow circle with lines coming out. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the teachers were in the dorm circle knocking on doors, but I didn’t see Dr. Hyde. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Rose walked over from her tent, having grabbed a sweater and returned to the circle, sitting between me and Wab. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He sat down next to the old men, dropping seeds until the birds circled him. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She drew soft circles into my palm with her fingertips. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The darkness hung about our tiny circle of lamplight as heavy and palpable as a curtain. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes on the arm of the desk, tracing circles into it with his thumb and pointer finger. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Tyrion lopped off the head of his spear, then his hand, then his arm, trotting around him in a circle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She had gotten so thin and had these dark circles under her eyes.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quentin hefted it while the machinists who built it circled around. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before I can explain, she pulls a necklace out from under her shirt, a golden circle dangling at its end. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

But the figures kept spinning around in circles, round after round. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

In Galileo’s circle, too, all that counted was discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was riding Howard’s colt Exhibit, circling the field in a weekday sprint race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the hallway, saw a group of kids dancing in a circle. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They circled each other, with much crouching and thrusting, and the swordsman got in several swipes that just missed his opponent. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Cars and trucks whirled around it, circling a church that stood at its center. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coldness cut sharp circles around my calves. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet flew in a quickening circle, her hair flowing in an arc behind her as she leaned her head back and reached to Mama Killa with open arms. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The chicken’s headless body ran in blind circles until the blood surge slowed and the body pulled up dead—right before us. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I’ve already decided on the pattern: a Double Wedding Ring, a series of interlocking circles made up of small rectangles of fabric. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Let’s all make a big circle, please. Mentees, please stand next to your mentors.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Duchess circled overhead, then dove over the pigeon cote, sending the birds into panic. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She is short, thin, and blond, with dark circles under her eyes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she closed her eyes she could see the eerie grace of the riders as if they were circling her bed at night. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lily is all trees and dirt sliced into circles by curved roads. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Standing beside the frock-coated men, Turner shivered with the sea breeze that had come up to him and circled his feet. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The last one props itself on its forelegs and drags itself round in a circle like a merry-go-round; squatting, it drags round in circles on its stiffened forelegs, apparently its back is broken. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We allowed ourselves to become a part of the big circle. That’s why we saw the Spirit Bear.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Once I felt the coast was clear, I began, first drawing the connected Ks and finishing with a wide circle around them, my custom style. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe he would have a faint shadow of stubble on his jaw, waiting for a morning shave, or maybe the circles under his eyes would wash out in the low light. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel took out the last slide but left the lantern on, and in the dramatic glare of the circle of light he bent to lever open the box. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Laika ran around in circles, excited and amused by whatever game she thought I must have been playing. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I watch Ruby plod around the ring in endless circles, going nowhere. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

We walk under the colossal trees, circling the whole park. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Khouy walks in a circle, swinging his arms very quickly from side to side. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scythe Volta felt lucky to be in Goddard’s inner circle. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The circle around me would be much smaller, but what does that matter, as long as they’re sincere? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

"Mark, old chap! You produce carbon dioxide! It's all part of the majestic circle of nature!" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sits for the rest of the night in that circle of light from the streetlamp, soaking her nightgown in thickening blood. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then, circling the clearing, I stepped on something fleshy, and jerked away. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our clubhouse was a tiny clearing inside the circle of bushes behind the gazebo in the community garden. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The question flew in desperate circles around his head. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The light from the circle of burning brand flickered across the blades of their knives. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I used to sit in my closet and pry open the paint can and stare into the shiny pink circle and was mesmerized for hours. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

To distance the thought he made himself count the two or three soldiers in the circle he reckoned bigger or stronger than himself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I imagined the scene inside the gym—circles of kids, hopping up and down to the beat. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Shouts of welcome greeted the newcomers, and the circle shifted to make room for them. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty-one hours on the surface of the Moon for two astronauts in the lunar lander, while the service module circled the heavenly body in a parking orbit. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I turned toward the cabin, the wood burning lower now but still too high for me to get close enough to rub away the other circle. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Z circled the cabin, glancing in the windows. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The lamp hanging by its chain from the ceiling cast a yellow circle and lighted Alice and her mending basket on the table in front of her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse answered the question from within the circle. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Apparently, Ambrose, firstborn son of the wealthy and influential Baron Jakis, had been busy as a bee in the social circles of Imre. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All evening, reporters circled around Howard, asking if he’d be willing to match his horse against Riddle’s colt. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had to circle some distance west before they found a gap large enough to admit the horses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I tugged on my hair with both hands, turned in a full circle to make sure there were no cameras on the houses or the lampposts, and set off down the sidewalk. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t be long before the large circle rested flat on the valley floor, facing the sky and waiting for something to land on it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

All those endless letters, those sticks and circles and zigzags, filling up books and magazines, billboards and candy wrappers. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Donatelli circled slowly around him, his hand on his square chin, as if he were inspecting a slab of meat in a butcher store. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, at the window, he flourished his stick with Shaw’s precise, calligraphic dips and circles. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

You’ll see the circle stretch out into an ellipse that gets longer and longer as you increase the tilt. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I spent hours talking with them in a big circle, munching popcorn and trading our thoughts about college applications, body image, and boys. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When it found the red-furred form of the fox, motionless but giving off no odor of decay, it circled lower to investigate. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The mercenary let go of Kvothe and laid both hands on the arm that circled his neck, trying to twist away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She has an empty circle tattooed on one of her fingers like a wedding band. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The shiver ran once more around the circle of listening Death Eaters. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Gulls circled, dove down, then flew up again. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

My siblings stood in a loose half circle around the room, facing the four intruding adults: three large, unfamiliar men, plus a woman I’d seen before, from the welfare office. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of that, more people are now joining the circle of onlookers because everyone's a little curious about what's happening. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In the moonlight Neel was able to push through the bushes and find the thin trail that circled the water. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The first blow had paralyzed its hind quarters, so then the circle could close in and beat and beat. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Ma cried, and she wailed and wailed, the sound of her cries circling the house like a spirit and settling on all the corridors and beds where we lay, weeping in silence. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven and his friends circle around them and cheer them on. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

This was it: Once the spell was cast and Seven’s circle closed, they’d be bound for life. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

When the child picked up the bomb and it detonated, Herbert ran across the street and found himself in a circle of grieving neighbors. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We all sat in a circle right in the middle of the cross, where the two boards would have met, where the heart of jesus would have been. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He sets her in his wheeled desk chair and pants as he whirls her in circles until she cannot laugh anymore for the pain of it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The water began to circle around them and froth as if heated. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Radar tapped his notebook, where he’d circled a note: Shoulder okay? Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Betty Bright pulled her arm back and stepped out of the circle. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started the “You’re OK, Jeffy” chant, and a nurse scrubbed the circle of skin over the port with yellowish-orange stuff. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had dark circles under his eyes, like he hadn’t gotten enough sleep. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Okay, the drone circles back in less than ten minutes. Use it, but hurry.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But Broughton-Smith had slipped out of their circle, in the darkness, and run away down the stone stairs. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Children played marbles in circles drawn in dust. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Most of the paper airplanes drifted in looping circles, spiraling down the three stories under the dome in one or two minutes. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The cat turned in a circle on the blanket and closed his eyes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment he heard the sounds of Penny hurrying after him, down a sandy slope to a circle of ragged tents. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I let myself stray and think about how we’d be the perfect couple for each other, but I always circled back. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Deep black circles were beneath his eyes, his hair was unkempt. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Small cochas, perfect circles cut into the stone base of the city, held pools of still water that reflected the sky above. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

A bat winged in from the darkness and circled the tallow candle. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having seen nothing there, he turned slowly in a full circle, inspecting all of the valley that he could see. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She refocused her eyes and saw vultures circling above the foothills. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A mile out, they would arrange the boats in a circle on the black sea, drop their nets, and, holding their lanterns over the water, they would approximate the moon. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

We walked slowly as we talked, making long circles in the main aisle. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He made a circle with his thumb and finger. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He hops onto it himself, riding in a few circles to make sure everything functions like it’s supposed to. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When she came to the farmhouse where the woman lived, she approached it cautiously, circling around it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the midst of the confusion, I saw carloads of white people circling the church and then driving off with screeching tires. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In summer I sometimes come outside at night with my torch and my planisphere, which is two circles of plastic with a pin through the middle. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Patterson led him to the machinery inside the circle of horses and pointed out the various parts. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sansa was allowed ter go riding too, but only in the bailey, and it got boring going round in a circle all day. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Ignatius!” his mother cried, circling his oily head in a clumsy pink woolen embrace that crushed his nose. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I make a traffic circle the eye and bring down boulevards to lead to the mouth, and Ebony giggles above me, taps her cane. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Now, he walks around faster and faster in a circle and his arms are like propellers about to carry him off like a helicopter. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chet released from his trumpet the opening, lifting, barbaric call of a bullfight, and the circle of boys broke wildly over Brinker. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

New beekeepers are told that the way to find the elusive queen is by first locating her circle of attendants. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his hands up and turned in a blind circle. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wearing blouses and broadcloth skirts and handwoven belts, they formed a slower-moving, dignified circle around the male dancers, keeping their torsos and heads straight as they bobbed up and down with each step. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In the middle of my circle, I made a tight spiral pattern that spread into a wide band to join the circle’s edge. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then she found herself shooting upward again, completing the circle, so that the sky wheeled above her, then over and downward again, more crowd parting in front. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Cool fingers circled Finn’s wrist and lifted his hand to the table in front of him, to the plate on top of it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

A dozen more warriors poured out, making a circle around us, the brass tips of their spears bristling. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Those ghosts, frightening though they were, were nothing compared to what circled Taisin now. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Other smaller forms darted through the clouds, circling the monster. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It takes thirty minutes to go a full circle. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually branch scampered eagerly back and forth, leading the way, then circling back. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mine was simple: a “KK” with a circle around it, standing for Kid Kupid, an alter ego I assumed to advertise my largely imaginary prowess with the young ladies. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I wear no makeup; in Hong Kong my mascara had melted into dark circles and everything else had felt like layers of grease. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined Nipper was circling overhead, trying to spot him. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

August motioned us to stand around the table in a circle. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Whenever we came across the creek, Vonetta wheeled JimmyTrotter’s bicycle out of the barn and rode it in circles around the barn and house while Fern chased after her. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Her thoughts went in the same circle again and again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We all stood back to make a wide half circle around that end of the table. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max and I are left standing inside a circle of eager people, and even Helena sits to watch, shoulders hunched in anticipation. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Hensleigh was not the only one in their circle captivated by spirits and ghosts. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A favorite activity of the kids was to form a group in a circle and scream: “Two, four, six, eight, we ain’t gonna integrate.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I pace fast circles around the elevator on the ride down to the youth dormitories. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Thorn said as the three witches gathered in their circle to complete the ceremony. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

On my calendar, I circled the date of the first day of school and began a countdown. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They walked west across the long mesa where the old ones had piled stones in circles, high above the flat sandstone mesa top far above the canyons and springs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was her approval of him that let him into their circle, which is horrible right there—the “let” and “allow” by superior people. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He extends his hands and they all make a circle around my bed. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

There they stood, stooping in a circle round the little dancing and blowing flames. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Myrcella came running after her brother, and the dwarf picked her up by the waist and spun her in a circle, squealing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Late in the afternoon of a day when the sun was like a circle of fire in the sky, Sassur came home early from school. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

A week later, on October 15, Richard Nixon sat in the White House watching football on television while thousands of protestors circled the building. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Dark circles rimmed my eyes, something everyone noticed except me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The woman swirls one finger in the air in a circle motion. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Smaller and smaller the circle ungrew, with all the former life of a broad grassy plain trapped inside. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But they have the circles under their eyes and the white skin, like you do.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Not enough to show, only enough to take the edge off the circles under my sleepless eyes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Instead of circling right around and coming down on the airstrip, he tried to land among the trees on the far side of the Ruaha River. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I scraped all the leftovers into the trash and focused on doing the dishes, scrubbing each plate in clockwise circles. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

For so many years he had wanted to be in that circle of protective love. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I walked into the circle and sat down next to Isaac, two seats away from the boy. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The circle broke up, and Sidney Goldberg walked to the plate, carrying a bat. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The classy fellow and his death bride spun wild circles from one wall to the next. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He could picture the mother owls and father owls, helplessly flying in circles while their babies were being smothered under tons of dirt. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched Fern move her crayon in small black circles. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those outside Oppie’s charmed circle found it all rather bewildering— even Enrico Fermi, who should have recognized the behavior, since he was the object of similar veneration by his own students. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The grass roofs of the houses extended out from the walls to be supported by a circle of poles. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A Gypsy woman in a flowing robe swept into the campfire circle. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

There was no such book, no such publisher, no such circle of learned men, but the notion stuck anyway. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

June and Taryn were facing each other and giggling, but then June grabbed Ivy’s arm and pulled her closer and soon the three of them were moving in a little circle. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Those things belonged to the world above, where time ran in its iron circles, day to night to day to night to day. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Voldemort did not speak, but prowled in a circle, and Harry knew that he kept him temporarily mesmerized and at bay, held back by the faintest possibility that Harry might indeed know a final secret.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I think, in reality, I raised my finger to my lips and said, “Shhhhh,” so she wouldn’t say anything else as we spiraled into the center of that wish circle. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He picked up one of the high- backed wooden chairs, lifted it with both hands, spun in a circle, and flung it hard at the window. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He spun in circles and lost his sense of direction. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t even know how many times Dylan and I circle the pit. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

By the time Jinny reached Loo, the others had formed a circle around him. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

David runs in a tight circle, flailing his arms, his mouth wide in another ear-piercing howl. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except one, outside the circle, that was tarnished and rusty. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I slowly arrange the remaining halal gummy bears in a circle on the roof in front of me, to contain myself, to bring myself down to earth. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Wick was spinning in a slow circle, arms outstretched. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He thought until he realized that he was thinking in circles. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared intensely at the shiny circle of oil in the middle of my broth. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

"All right, then," he said, circling something on his notes. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A ripple spread outward in subsiding circles, breaking both the reflections and the transparency. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ziggy sniffs it a whole lot, paws at the ground a bit, and turns around in a few circles. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

They circled in the sky until the V pointed south, and then the geese began their long migration. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He circled her nipples with his thumbs, pinched them between thumb and forefinger, then began to pull at her, very lightly at first, then more insistently, until her nipples stiffened and began to ache. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Black Susan ran out and hid in the barn, but Jack leaped in circles through the snow, barking as though he would never stop. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stewart reached for the reins, but Booth, an experienced rider, spurred and pulled the horse in a tight circle away from Stewart. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lucas was there to catch her and make her stop turning in circles. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Grunting, they pushed us in a wide circle. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Felicia designed great circles of overlapping shells on the sand, as if someone on the moon, or farther still, might read their significance. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals and crops seem to move in circles like some sort of complicated dance. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She began to roll the sock doughnut up the length of her ponytail, folding her hair into it as she went, until all Bridge could see was a big circle of dark glossy hair. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

But Taisin couldn’t sleep anymore; her thoughts circled endlessly around Mona’s strange words, the awful vision, and the black mark. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The team listened somberly, then gathered in a circle. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Coldhands was hacking and cutting at the circle of dead men that surrounded him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Hugh paced the length of the cage, an agitated bee circling his head. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Bending over, croaking like a bullfrog that had been caught by a water moccasin, he started going around in a circle. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them were large cards displaying all twelve months and on those she noticed circles drawn around dates. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper couldn’t see what was happening inside the ruins - just the heads of twenty or thirty giants standing in a circle, mumbling and swaying, maybe doing the evil monster version of‘Kumbayah’. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He circled it and came back to me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

On the days they’ve come during visiting hour, the three of them retreated to a corner of the Vista Lounge and talked in hushed tones, letting no one in their little circle of three. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I taught my dogs to circle for a good hundred yards to be sure he was still in the tree before bawling. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moments later they flew over the Dancing Trout, and over Milagro, and they circled over it all again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I draw adults standing in circles, talking and gesturing with their hands. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he had come full circle he lifted the cap by the stem; it loosened effortlessly, and Mr. Pirzada leaned over the pumpkin for a moment to inspect and inhale its contents. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Peering out, she could see the shadow of the parent gull, circling. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Second, dig a perfect circle hole all the way down to the wooden ceiling here on the inside of the root cellar. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The team made their way around the balcony circling the Dewey decimal doors. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

My eyes saw it but my mind spun in disbelieving circles. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Some others joined in, and soon the circle was filled with dancers. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The guardian of the realm raced about in happy puppy circles, too young as yet to comprehend the danger that surrounded them all. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

They both looked too brittle; she didn’t like it, the way fatigue was ringing their eyes in dark circles. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Had anyone paid real attention to her subject—and not the styling of her hair—he might have noticed that she was circling a monumental conceptual advance, albeit with deliberate caginess. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing up here in the third circle alone?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They took Bill and me by the arms and put us in the circle. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

In his confusion, Jonathan turned a half circle, only to see three Hessian soldiers charging in his direction. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

At school, I’m too shy to fight my way into the inner circle of Sam’s fans. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I circle through the living room again, sniffing the air, wondering at the strange odor that does not belong in this house. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I walk to the group and stop behind them, standing on my toes to see inside of the circle. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She sets the jeans gently down under the shirt and begins to walk in a slow circle around the outfit, chanting and holding her hands up in the air. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

This time, however, the aircraft did not circle back. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

These elements naturally arrange themselves in concentric circles around a common centre: earth surrounded by water, water surrounded by air, and air surrounded by fire. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The plane made another tight circle, coming bade almost directly over me. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found it on the third day, in an overgrown meadow beside the tennis court, behind a clump of trees—a low brick circle almost hidden in the high grass. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

But I think about the circles kid sometimes, because I can sort of understand him. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

But the satellite stayed in orbit for more than five months after that—a lonely and most certainly dead dog circling and circling overhead while the earth traveled about 240 million miles through space. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Problems about triangles, rectangles, and circles didn’t make any sense, no matter how much he squinted at or angled the page. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

And as if the universe heard me, as if, for one moment, all the feet in the world leapt and landed in time with the song, another body squeezed into our tight circle. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She could twirl in a circle with her arms out to feel dizzy. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Although Frederick Griffith’s experiment was the most definitive demonstration that the gene was a chemical, other scientists were also circling the idea. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

A lot of circles, for all the buttons she stole. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Percy stared across the circle at Nico, trying to decide if he was joking. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

On the words “turn the glasses over,” the partner on the outside of the circle turns under the inside partner’s arms, thus changing direction. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The drawing twirled a circle in the pavement, bowed to Sierra and placed one gloved hand at her feet, then danced off. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The wooden bleachers that circled the floor were full of family, friends, and supporters of the crop of graduates, who had yet to enter the room. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As the space around me diminishes, the piles of “treasure” are ripped away, becoming debris spinning in the contracting circle of water. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

They faced each other one more time, circling in the familiar battle dance while Cervantes circled them in the other direction, like a satellite, completely missing what was really going on between them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Both nights, I lay there, watching the eyes of the shifting wolves glow like live mesquite coals in the firelight, and listening to the weak moaning bawl of old Spot still traveling in a circle. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas slowly turned in a circle, fought the fear as he took it all in. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was barking and ran circles around them until they were all tangled in the chain. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Chubs didn’t look convinced, but we didn’t have the time—and I certainly did not have the energy—to be running circles around the truth for the next hour. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The tercel circles the tree and grows calmer as we descend. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I left the reading room and the circle of faces. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lamp on Dr. Roland’s desk cast a warm, buttery circle of light and, after turning the radio on low to the classical station in Boston, I settled on the couch with my French grammar. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I remember sweat-drenched men dancing the traditional attan in a circle, bouncing, spinning faster and faster with the feverish tempo of the tabla, until all but a few dropped out of the ring with exhaustion. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some fifteen feet away from the child, her dog—a young dachshund, wearing a green leather collar and leash—was sniffing to find her, scurrying in frantic circles, his leash dragging behind him. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

It had seeds and petals baked into it in a pattern of overlapping circles—a light meal, maybe, but she must have spent hours on it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“At my old circus we always got up when it was still dark and then we had breakfast and we walked in a circle. And then they chained my feet up, and that really hurt.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Just the white skin, the circled eyes I’d grown so used to. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The grim silence circled the room like an eager tiger. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z