Alex was a little too close to me in age for that. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

If she closes her eyes, the world goes away. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In the bush you always park your car close to your tent so that you can leap into it if there is an emergency. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I closed down the browser window with his calendar in it, there was his email account, logged in, laid bare. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed it behind me, and stood there, rather self-conscious, my hands hanging by my sides. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She used to run a small art gallery in Witney, but it closed down in April last year. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ollie lurches back, holding his palms up to stop me from coming closer. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They’re having a big sale before they close the old doors and open under new management. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if he was very tired, he would close his eyes and go to sleep under the doll’s blanket. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Cal was as close to his own soul as it is possible to get. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Over and over, he planted his crutches and swung through, closing that distance. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The preacher paced and shouted at the front of the tent, coming close to the revival crowd then veering back behind the plywood podium. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Think you can tell ’em apart with your eyes closed?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled at Lyra’s hand, and as the dragonfly rider darted close to his head, urging them to hurry, he led her at a crouching run down the path and away from the cave. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

At the laundry Moon Orchid hovered so close that there was barely room between her and the hot presses. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, in my bed, when I closed my eyes, bee hum ran through my body. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was close and her breath was in my ear. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It’s been there awhile, biding its time and growing closer with each revolution. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

That night Mrs. Ames sat in the kitchen with the door closed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Two or three were missing, and not a single one approached anything close to the color white. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I closed my ears and went away quickly to my hotel. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and wish I could stay here forever. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were splashes on the roots of a tree, as though the poor creature had been thrashing around in pain close by. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Nhamo closed her eyes, seeing the three angry women inside the hut. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May all the doors you face in life swing open and never smack you in the butt as they close!” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as we close the door Katherine sighs and her shoulders slump. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Dallas opened his mouth, closed it, opened it again. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

It's a shot I could make with my eyes closed—except that the legionnaires are hauling the harness back up the cliff face and into the tower. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“All right,” the driver called out, climbing aboard and closing the door. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Your view of the planet improves as you come closer and more and more fine detail stands out. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bag was too full to close completely by the time everything was in, but I tied it shut with its own rope drawstring, and tied the drawstring around my arm. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The roar remains, the buzzing of a thousand bees, very close. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Agena was below me on my left, and a loop of my umbilical line was awfully close to it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A chilly crosswind came up and I shivered, pulling my little jacket closer over my dress. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Night was falling quickly, but no one wanted to risk another close call like the one they’d had that morning. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Daddy’s band was booked for the closing entertainment. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

For six months Tom Smith had been holding Seabiscuit in his closed fist. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, our wiry wherryman, spurred on by the promise of more money, slowly closed the gap between Nick's boat and ours. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stick close to the Mercury Homes, avoiding the searchlights. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Her eyes closed as though she was dreaming of a far other place. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I closed up the knife and slid it back in my pocket. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was so good to be there and know that Mama was alive and close by. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, it isn’t even close to ending there. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She trembled and closed her eyes as he marked her. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The intolerable brightness faded, and slowly the torn edges of the world closed together. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

When I step closer, I notice she doesn’t look away from me now. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It felt good to close her eyes and float, knowing she could rest as long as she liked. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I inched a little closer, trying to pretend I wasn’t listening. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I have never passed an unshaded window without looking in, have never closed my ears to a conversation that was none of my business. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike George, Axel doesn’t need to get up close to the nest to know what’s happening. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“That’s a good bowl, Robert. Now try to release the bowl closer to the ground, so it rolls out of your hand smoother.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The metal of the arches turned fluid and flowed closed, as they had not done since Skathis’s time, cutting Minya off from the bulk of her army. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She moved closer and put her lips to his ear. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Wait,” I say, before she can close the door on me. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Dicey lay back and closed her eyes resolutely. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lupin crossed to the door and closed it behind Harry. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But all I wanted was to lie down flat and close my eyes. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“So that would seem too,” the man in black said, edging just a half-step closer to the hunchback’s long knife. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

So matters stood when the tenth year of Odysseus’ wanderings neared its close. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I closed the door, Madam started in again, begging him to take her with him, or at least to let her know where he was going. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear the river close by, hidden in the obscurity of the forest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We glowered at each other, close enough now I could feel the heat radiating from his body. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She leaned in closer, as if someone might be hiding nearby, listening to our every word. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

That night on the rug, I laughed as I told the other boys about my close call with Buffo. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He came about and let the Frog sail closer, came up into the wind and stopped about thirty yards away, rising and settling on the waves and swells. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and immediately he must have slept, for when he looked up again the small barred window was black and a bright light burned in the hall. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

His cold fingers wrap around my hot ones, and his face is close to mine. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

So I closed the curtain around me again and waited. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The British let some few Jews in, and then closed their doors. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

At the machine, she puts her face super close to the glass. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Then she moved to one of the carts and pushed it closer to the window so Sophia and Claire could see. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There were close to fifty in the common room by his rough count. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I live close to Peninsula Park. Looks like we’ll be bus buddies.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He had sold the liquor license and closed the bar. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The closest thing I had to Rain was Hugh Winkleman—hardly a replacement, but at least he was willing to help. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He threw himself down in front of the fireplace and closed his eyes. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were not as active as the small yellow flies that sometimes flew away from the lamp and too close to my eyes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had Ethan by the arm, and he leaned in close to whisper something in his ear. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then I closed my eyes and did some more maths puzzles so I didn’t think about where I was going. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Today, Hermione moved her cauldron around the table so that she was close to Ernie, and ignored both Harry and Ron. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She closed with, I love you both so much... always and always. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The Maya, packed by the millions into land poorly suited to intensive farming, were dangerously close to surpassing the capacity of their ecosystems. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

With my eyes closed, I watch bright movies of me flying—one of my favorite movies. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She was so tired she felt...threadbare, like the soles of old slippers, but she didn’t dare close her eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

John walks home after the school's closing frustrated and distraught. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Salim had snapped one of the Eye, but lopped the top part off, because he was too close. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sidecar rose like a cork, unsteerable but at least still airborne: He had but a split second’s relief, however, as more curses streaked past him: The three Death Eaters were closing in. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But as the parade drew closer, he looked down. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he thought, What happens if I move closer? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then she closes her door again, leaving me to my fate. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He wove in and out, around people and bins of rice, each step taking them closer to the unused areas of the city. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

To her, each shot seemed to impel him forward, the reverse of her desire; and for him, the closer he got to her, the more she shot him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go out and close the door,” she told the Finn. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s in his usual spot on the recliner in a corner of the room where he can be away from it all but still keep a close eye. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As he let his shirt fall, as he watched Dimple’s eyes rove over his chest and stomach, with her small hands following haltingly close after, Rishi wondered if he should be hesitating more. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But when I get close enough Mom’s hands just take me and pull me in, and she’s a lot stronger than I thought she would be. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Now that she was closer to the open doorway, she liked it even less. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Its wingbeats stirred a storm of grit, and the crowd had to close its eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The river and the road have straightened out as the valley gets steeper and closer on both sides. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Downstream, the pool was closed by the second bridge, of which Kehaar had spoken. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He snuffed delicately at my hand, keeping close watch with one large, intelligent eye. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Pressing my face closer to the window, I’m not sure where we’re going. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

We roll around, grunting, so close I can feel his breath on my face. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes but can only picture my family’s empty pods. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even when he flies off the handle, at least he’s fighting for something close to his heart. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to close my eyes and let myself sleep. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Flies hovered over the carcasses, landing in the creases of their closed eyes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

At some point, I realized I was in unfamiliar waters, closer to the continent than the islands. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was closed, but I could still feel the thread of stories inside. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

That night at supper, Lucas said he wanted to go to the library before it closed to see the puffins. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The hatch door was almost closed now, a five-foot gap at most, moving painfully slowly. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

How to explain that I wanted to keep the secret close? Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When Gram saw them, they had butterfly wings and hats and tunics made with bits of thread and spare buttons they had managed to pluck from unsuspecting humans who wandered too close to the forest. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The water had risen up to the ceiling of the tunnel, so even assuming he could swim in temperatures that must be close to freezing, he would be unable to breathe. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, you can’t see it from way over there. You have to get close.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She steps closer, hugs a clipboard to her chest. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He quickly pushed the retract button and the door squealed, then started closing again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Surely he’ll say the things he’s always told me, like how music makes him feel closer to God and that my talent is a gift from Allah. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He had reached that age when he was loath to close his eyes, for fear that he might never open them again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She often thought of the grave that waited at the end of it, and if she closed her eyes she could remember the smell of the earth there. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got close enough, I gave a half wave and said, “Hi.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The current gently pushed the lifeboat closer to the illusion. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When a knock came, Mariam knew to go upstairs to her room and close the door. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Florida closed her eyes, rolled the wood around in her hands, and then she opened her eyes quickly and stared down at the wood. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Not this much snow. And it’s even deeper in the mountains. The passes are all closed. No one is going anywhere.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then, holding the doorknob so that there is no telltale click, you slip out and close the door behind you. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Every time I got it close to the raft, it beat about with such frenzy that I was cowed into letting out some line. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The door to the front parlor was closed. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“My momma used to say, ‘Keep your friends close, girl, but keep your enemies closer,’ ” said Shelly. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She could not find a way out of the trap she had set for herself, and she was closer to despair than she had been since her mother died. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Velia woke up right away, but Pita stretched out on the nest and groaned with her eyes still closed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He ran closer to the fence as Ricky splattered through puddles left by a recent thunderstorm. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

After Ruth came back, a moving van followed close behind; we had to make room for some of her stuff. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Shunk must know he can’t read, but even though we have a remedial reading teacher, it’s too close to graduation to help the kid. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He refused to let go, instead hauling me closer so he could snarl his next words in my face. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Why else would we close up our shop and take a boat and climb this abominable hill, all on the coldest, wettest day ever known since creation?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands are always touching me, stroking my hair, my neck, my cheek, my shoulder; when they creep lower and his body moves closer, I duck away, find an excuse to leave. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Police decked out in riot gear closed all restaurants and patrolled downtown streets. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

To my amazement, he actually tried to open the shower cell door as I held it closed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

George closed his eyes, praying this was all a dream. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Old Nan stood with her soft toothless mouth opening and closing soundlessly, and Farlen threw himself at Theon, snarling like one of his hounds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her bluish face creased with a pressure closing in, the near proximity of the other-than-life that crowds down around the edges of living. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sighed and set the lure in my hand so I could get a closer look. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Flower petals and leaves were littered across her naked body, and her eyes were closed in the gentlest way. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A powerful boat with a navy-blue-and-ocher hull had surged up close, crowding them on the starboard side. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I toss aside my weapons and race down the strip closest to her body. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later, fireworks brought the Games to a booming close. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

If there were footsteps on the long flight of stairs, or a door closed suddenly, they jumped up, trembling, nostrils distended, eyes wide open. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the door closes behind the annoyed fisherman, I turn to Ronan. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But I was Cap’s friend—as much as it was possible to get close to someone like him. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I pull closer to him, pressing my body against his, and lift my head to kiss him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hear the latch on the root cellar door thump and close my journal. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” I whispered to the moon before I closed my eyes and cried for Mamá as I faced my guilt. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“He isn’t gaining on us. He’s just getting closer, that’s all.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the prison yard, I held the Madonna tightly against my chest, so close that I could smell my mother’s scent on the statue. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

One minute she’d be barking at him for a dozen pull-ups, or shooting her fingers at his face, warning him not to get too close. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

"It's not that I don't like sharing with you, Starry, but now I can close the door. It's a feast to be alone in there and write and read without anyone coming in." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Archimedes’ proof by triangles was as close as you could come to the idea of limits—and calculus—without actually discovering them. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Blue metal closed over it and was welded tightly by the tiny atomic flare. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The problem with retelling the story was that it made me relive it, and I didn’t want to remember the feeling of coming close to having my ribs crushed. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She saw the movement before she came close enough to see what was happening. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear thumping, and I close my eyes as I remember one of the obstacles in my fear landscape, the fists pounding against my windows and the sightless men trying to kidnap me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a map of Manifest, or at least Manifest as it was back in 1918. See here, that Matenopoulos Meat closed down forever ago.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I lived to be almost one hundred years old,” she went on slowly, close to tears now. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Park laid his face in her hair and closed his eyes. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

When the coyote came close, she flew away but landed close by. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was drawing closer, and the children could see a few details. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He moved uncomfortably close and began to whisper. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want Otis rising to join this fight, but as Ephialtes closed the last few feet, Percy had to switch focus. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to close my hands around his throat. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

So she grabbed my hands and I grabbed hers and we wrestled a little standing up and then we got all close. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I cuddled Dinah close and listened to the sound of Jay’s soft snores for a long, long time before I finally fell asleep. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She leaned back a little and closed her eyes trying to see the insides of the icehouse. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We are very close to the other tents so he speaks softly, but with cold meanness. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

A woman in the beauty parlor waved to me and I shot up real close to the window. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Knot went to see to his duties, leaving Nailer to lie back in his bunk, waiting as Dauntless closed on its prey. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I lay on the pillow and closed my right eye. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

A light was on in a window above the shop, and the shadow of a figure passed across the closed curtains. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When I get to the Duchess’s room the door is closed, and I knock. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I must be close to death if I’m seeing things. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They crawled along, coming close to some clumps of underbrush, made a short detour, and suddenly Blanca saw it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth, but closed it without speaking. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She took a step closer to the bed and looked down at the notebook. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She scoots next to me on the bed and holds me close. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I moved closer to her, confused by the jealousy bubbling in my chest. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He gets up and closes his hand around the glass. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Jack could see faces behind closed curtains, watching. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He closes his eyes, grounds himself with his fingertips on the cool surface of his desk, the feathery little edges of papers there. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She was suddenly aware of how close they were. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There were those of the gods who felt that they should have let the giant get even closer to finishing the wall before Thor killed him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

She knew Mr. Remora lived close enough to complain about the Fillmore, and 1717 was the closest possibility. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The dorms are closed for the monthlong semester break, but my adviser helped me arrange to stay here. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and squeeze tight my grip on the memory of my Baba Haji, smiling, reaching to squeeze my face in his bloody hands. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When it was closer she saw the light was coming from a flashlight being carried in the mouth of a large black Scottie dog, its muzzle gray with age. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The hall was dim, lighted only by the small nightlight over the stairs, and all the doors were closed. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Keeping low, he headed for the closest cover—a scrub oak skirted with new suckers at its base, just a few full-bounds away. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then she realized that trees were creeping closer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Still, in an effort to avoid suspicion, the White Sox made it close, and in the end lost the series five games to four. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Then he walked into the bedroom and closed the door. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

This made him uncomfortable enough that finally, before he came to the many-eyed cluster of shops closest to his house, he stopped by the reservoir to put the top back up. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two squires from the stormlands stabbed a man-at-arms to death in a quarrel over who would sit closest to the fire. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He waited patiently and continued his work with Rameel, with whom he became closer as the weeks moved on. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

You usually listened to Leper’s quiet talking with half a mind, but this theory of his brought me to close attention. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m getting close to the end,” he said. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She looked far less excited when she closed the compact. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Some of the closer tents are splattered with mud, but none are burned despite the charred ground surrounding them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He closes his eyes and clasps his fingers over the marks left by his spectacles at the sides of his nose. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was close enough to hear her say, “There’s magic in this room with you here, Mr. Terupt. Magic.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

She used to say it like she was opening a door for him to walk through, not closing one in his face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Her mouth went dry as Father Olufemi, now frowning, moved closer to both her and the bookcase. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It’s a bright light, coming close, growing large. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I backed out of the room and closed the door. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“He said, ‘Were close.’Then he hit his head on rocks.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The door that the old man closed behind him was of polished horn, through which the daylight shone dimly, and on its inner face was carved the Thousand-Leaved Tree. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Come closer then. I will tell you what must be done.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

With her eyes closed, she could only guess how he managed it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The room was dim from the closed curtains and the cloud of smoke surrounding Mr. Diamants chair, cluttered with all the little items from our packing. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“No, thanks,” I said, and looked up to see night quickly closing in. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Because the string was still around my neck, when she leaned in to look at the key, her face came incredibly close to my face. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes slowly, then opened them; she was trying desperately to take hold of herself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Thyon grabbed up the book, flipping it closed to study the title and cover. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Trepid was sure that Z was gone, he closed the door of the shack and paced inside, back and forth across its tiny interior. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She needed them close to her, and she dreaded the morning, when they would leave her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she hesitated, I added, “It’s one of the only things that make me feel closer to Gran.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

At first I watched from afar, through my binoculars, and never tried to get close. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was close to the front when she noticed that the powder being scooped into bags and bowls was not yellow but white. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, for there is some subtle magnetism in the gaze that nudges the lambent spirit in those viewed and draws attention to those who watch concealed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It's closed, but I can see the handle to open it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Because I’m trying to get closer to you, Tyler. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Jacob's mouth is full of it, and his nostrils are closed. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They could just close in, if they wanted to, and tramp her under. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for coming to find me,” I said, closing my eyes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her eyes close before I can answer her. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Nothing more was said about Dresden that night, and Billy closed his eyes, traveled in time to a May afternoon, two days after the end of the Second World War in Europe. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paddled closer, and the dogs went wild, their desperate sounds coming from within. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The quarters were so close and the speed so high that the jockey had to cut sharply in and out to avoid running up into the hind legs of horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They aren’t even close, and it looks like they barely hang out. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Snow would start falling in a matter of days, bringing them closer to Yulemas—and the final duel, still two months away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

So she snuggled under the blanket, wrapped her body close to her mother’s, and held her tightly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’d lied to Wesley; I didn’t have anything close to the gear you needed to climb a mountain like Rainier. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She remained modestly close to Iofur and said nothing, lowering her eyes whenever a bear looked at her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He is in one of the other rooms, and the door is closed—not a good sign. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There, so close that she could feel Pearl’s warm, milky breath on her cheek, she had marveled at this little creature. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I researched teenagers, which was interesting because I was close to becoming one. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Not that he has told me a great deal, he has become closer than ever these last few years. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’m surprised when he closes his eyes, fingers Grandmom’s rosary beads, and starts to mouth words. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t no one dare fight this close to the school so me and Cooter ran over to see what the commotion was. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He leans a little closer over the seat. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The Huntsmen, believing they could take their prey unawares, drew closer. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The closer they came to the Wood, the more angry the people became. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose they might have talked to their closest friends in private. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man from Bat Lady’s house was across the street now, but I was closing the gap pretty quickly. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

They killed everyone who had been close enough to hear even a part of the song. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He glances at me sideways, eyes half closed. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But I can imagine your feeling close to him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Tristran closed his fingers about the snowdrop, concealing it from view, and he took a couple of steps backwards. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, thank God,” she whispered before she lay back down and closed her eyes again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Dutchy reaches down and hoists him on his shoulders, and as I get close I hear him say, “Put your arms out, little man, and I’ll spin you.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She was free—or as close to it as she could come. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“And the demons are close behind,” said the worried Humbug, still shaky from his ordeal. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She closed the dispensary door and looked around the outer office. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to get close, but Emilia thrust her back. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she rolled over, her back to Gladys, and closed her eyes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Getting as close as he could to the side of the cave, he turned his rear to the fire. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s all so close to truth, and so glib—her aircraft identification is rather good, considering what a fuss she makes about it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

But then he took a closer look at my face and said, “Perhaps you should come with us.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Teluman nods to where my cloak has fallen open, revealing the Commandant’s K. Hastily, I pull the garment closed. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A cold chill, colder than the air of the room, closed about his shoulders like a shawl whose strands were woven of ice. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I feel my fingers close around the stump that now completes his arm and hold fast. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In my room, I sink onto the bed and close my eyes. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And sunset closed the day with a quick wink. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

When I learned that the case had been closed and no one had been charged for the deaths of my four friends, I immediately thought about their parents. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He leers at Katherine for a moment before he leans in close to me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“We were looking for food,” Ruby says, “my family and I. But I wandered off and got lost and went too close to the village.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

In a matter of strides, he closed the gap between them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Artemis was the closest thing Butler had to a friend, and Butler was the closest Artemis had to a father, albeit one who obeyed orders. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Firing a warning shot into the air, the policemen pushed the man into their police car, not wanting the angry crowd to close in, and drove him quickly to the police station. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

This night needed one of her stormy pictures, like the one she was so close to showing Layla just a couple of weeks ago. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Cora closed her eyes, but a vision of the boy lying in bed, his head bandaged and the big man with the beard standing over him, forestalled her slumber. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The truth is, our parents kept us close to home so we would have minimum exposure to the signs and to white people. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Pippin saw him go to Merry, who was lying close by, and kick him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He slows at the edge of the water and I get close and land a good swing on his rear, thwak! The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes against the blur of clouds and treetops. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Silvertongue had leaned his head back against the tree trunk and closed his eyes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Baba motions us closer as if we’re strangers needing a formal introduction. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Chief Taylor leaned in close and whispered, “Heard you jumped my boy when he wasn’t looking.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, and the doors were all closed by the time she found the room number that was marked on her slip of paper. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Squeezed him as it strained to come fully closed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“It was really just an ordinary silk handkerchief—you could see when you got up close,” said the woman in the beach chair beside Mrs. Carpenter’s. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Dimple studied him closer while he talked to Isabelle, but couldn’t see it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He leans over my shoulder and pulls down some lever and the stars rush even closer and he’s right, I am losing my mind, but not because of the stars this time. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I would have closed my eyes against it if I could have, but there was no escaping it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw her huddled under the awning of a building that was closed. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“There’s a lamp on the table,” Jackson says, his voice close to my ear. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I just closed my eyes and sank into the mattress. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

They closed up their suits and lumbered across the staging area to a large air-lock door. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some neighbors had simply closed their doors, while others had given them as much as they could manage. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“The gods and the dead are closest to the earth this day—they can hear every nasty comment you make!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Papa explained that the flowers would close and form hard green bulbs which, in turn, would open to become cotton bolls. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, Warren, do you want to get closer to the stage?” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She could hear echoing noises coming closer—the stomping boots, the bangs as the soldiers forced open doors not opened quickly enough, the shouted questions. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“That’s splendid. You rarely find any one any good this close to the front. This is close to the front, isn’t it?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And it seems he can never make headway into understanding which theory is closer to the truth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He pointed at the closest squares of land. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he held up a finger and moved it close to Grandpop’s face. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He lifted the sword screaming, and moved on, closer, closer, but it was all coming apart; the whole world was dying. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fold myself in close to Ollie's body, making sure there's more than enough space for the soldiers to pass. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She daubed some of the steaming liquid into the split, then closed up the wood, easing it together from the root to the tip. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was just about to close it when I spotted the corner of an envelope under the desk organizer. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He stopped so close that Nico could see the bloodshot veins in his pale watery eyes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His scarred nose and hot breath were too close to my face. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She’s a couple of years younger than me, but we were very close. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“After a couple weeks at my place this summer? Your closest friend? Not even possible. I should have asked you to leave after the first weekend.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I walk out the door to find Finch lying on the front lawn, eyes closed, black boots crossed at the ankle. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He ran over close to my pole and started digging at the ice. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A whisper of rain was beginning through a sunny sky, distant black clouds not close enough to throw the valley into darkness. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Soon, under an hour, there were thirty or forty small fish in the enclosure and Brian made a gate by weaving small willows together into a fine mesh and closed them in. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she did not dial; she felt too listless and ill to want anything: a burden which closed off the future and any possibilities which it might once have contained. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

At last he woke and saw dimly the dark earth close by his cheek. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He gulped as the beam illuminated something shiny and black in the water, but upon closer scrutiny he saw that it wasn’t an alligator. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Jethro’s surprise he felt his brother’s large rough hand close over his own with a heavy pressure, as if somehow the owner of that hand felt a desperate need to clutch at something. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched Hill move downfield and her heart leapt, so close were they, just ten yards away! Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it felt wrong to call the week of Kennedy’s death and I heard on the news most offices were closed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, what if they close our school down and fire all the teachers or something?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I also wanted to please the other ladies, particularly Cristiana, for she was close to my age and I wished for a friend. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

My hand closed around it and held it close to my eyes so I could see it: a twenty-dollar bill. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"OK,” he said, "listen carefully. We’re going to have to tack out a ways, then we can reach over to St. Mikes. Tacking means we zigzag, going as close to the wind as possible.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the office, the old broad’s face was pressed in close to Frank’s. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Mama closed her eyes and touched the tip of her tongue to her top lip—she always did that before she said something important. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

At night, she always makes sure she closes her mouth tightly and pulls her blanket up above her head, hoping to leave no openings for the bugs to crawl in. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shuffled to the bedroom I shared with Stick and closed the door. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He might have had trouble seeing items close up. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

That was as close to a hug as I had ever given him. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Just prattle about something unimportant until I calm down,” he clarified, closing his eyes and pinching the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ash closed the door behind them and went back into the kitchen, rubbing her hands over her face. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes, lean my head back against the car seat, and wait for the bullets to get me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He aimed it at the lady and walked closer until he was just a few feet away. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He hover-bounced in the harness a few times, laughing, before being deposited softly on the ground, close enough to Tally that she could hear nervous hiccups breaking up his giggles. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then I heard the door swing on its hinges—not open, but closed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

On Monday they went to the bank and closed her account, and opened another somewhere else, just to be sure. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, he closed the Talmud from which he and Danny had been studying. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He thought there were always eyes, close against the curtains, looking out at him. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally my hands were so sore I could hardly close them over the oars. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He sprang from the cabin-window as he said this, upon the ice raft which lay close to the vessel. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was done, he would close his eyes and begin to snore softly and Dany would lie beside him, her body bruised and sore, hurting too much for sleep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dimple walked closer to him, and Rishi felt his heart speed up merely at the proximity of her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“But on his return, in search for his mother, the fire snake’s blind eyes could not see her, and he flew too close and too fast.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I read the signpost as I came closer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as the table was clear and the dishes were clean, I headed straight to my room and closed the door. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ignore its irritable quacking as you close the cupboard door. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“They were closer to the fence,” I say. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

As they closed to either side, the blue knight reined hard, smashing one man full in the face with his splintered shield while his black destrier lashed out with a steel-shod hoof at the other. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But those sleepovers were maybe the best times we ever had—safe and close. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Even though it was very late, he heard voices coming from his uncle’s office, so he worked his broom and dustpan closer to the door. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s barely hall past eight and already the day is close, the air heavy with moisture. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could hear the warriors pushing up close behind him. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I hold him as close and careful as I carry Becky when she’s asleep, and I start off up the far hill into the woods, carrying my dog. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas folded his arms, closed his eyes, took a deep breath. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Better you keep your mouth closed for the duration of your time with us, I think. Maybe you’ll learn something.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The sounds of the onrushing Grievers grew closer, but he had to see. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It’s a place where the river is deep close to shore so it will be easy to moor our ships to trees. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Kit backed through the door and closed it softly. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She closed the book and smoothed the quilt on her bed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But as soon as his hand closed on the money his face broke into a grin. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

With that, he removed the hand from my head, curled it against him, and closed his eyes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I do know that I couldn’t get close to Old Jim if I had anything that even remotely resembled a stick for the rest of that summer. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Keep me posted on any additions to the bumper art gallery,” Lindsey said, close to my ear, as Ruth took a couple of Shastas from the cooler and slammed down the hatch. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I brought the brush close to my face and stared at it, my mother’s hair, a genuine part of her body. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I like hanging out with Abuela. It’s just nice to feel close to people, you know?” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When I got close enough, she stepped back. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Scipio steered the boat close to the shore. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the final five feet of a tennis ball’s flight toward a player, the ball is far too close and moving much too fast to be seen. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

A formal style that is appropriate for the inscription on a genocide memorial will differ from a casual style that is appropriate for an email to a close friend. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

That train seemed so close I could smell the soot and steam. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Next,” the nurse said, and closed her eyes behind her rat-filters. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever he was out of the cage, we closed the garage door, the only opening large enough for him to fly out. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was East New Orleans, or the Lower Ninth, with its one-story houses so close to the levees, that were in the gravest danger. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He thought of his friend, who had been so close to his rehabilitation goals, and he stood up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Catherine leaned close to me and whispered in my ear: "Neither of them can stand the person they're married to." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I sit with my back to the door and Daddy’s notebook in my hand, and it makes me feel close to him, like if I need anything, I’ll get it in the notebook. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Then he flicked the cigarette he was smoking into the yard, closed the front door, loped over to the car, and told Mom to move aside—-he was driving. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Remora closed the front door and flipped the dead bolt. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

As Kit gathered her heavy skirts about her and clambered down the swaying rope ladder, the men in the longboat good-naturedly shoved their bundles closer to make room for her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He is closer to his mother than ever. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Harry saw Draco’s face up close now, right beside his father’s. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Her whole body is taut and closed off. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Yet he came closer, he believed, to the Old Testament account of creation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She smiled at Adam and he closed his eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

One is to provide the reader with hints about prosody, thus bringing writing a bit closer to speech. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Because they were a bit closer to the water? Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The ride slowed, and our bodies began to separate, but that only made me hold Jesse closer. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ali had started to close the door. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Then she saw that on one branch, close to the ground, the thorns had been scraped off, and about a half-inch of it—just big enough for a handhold—was worn smooth. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

What had I been expecting, behind that closed door, the first time? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The officer had closed the back door when Nathan finally reached the police car. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard people say grief brings you closer, but the griefs he and I carry are so different. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It touched me that she wanted to be close. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

A big swamp rabbit came running down the riverbank as if all hell was close to his heels. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before darkness fell on the night of September 15, the reverend and his deacons closed the front doors of the wonderful old Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He patted the beak several times and the hippogriff closed its eyes lazily, as though enjoying it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I pressed my back against the closed door, trying to put space between me, the man, and the machine. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She thought they would go on being friendly cousins, maybe close friends, for years. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kvothe closed the window’s shutters while Chronicler removed his shirt; there were bandages stripping the backs of his arms from where he had been wounded by the scrael three nights ago. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I would dearly like to hear more about Elves; the dark seems to press round so close.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Seeing each other on grainy Google Hangouts is not the same as being face-to-face, close enough to smile together. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He starts just any place, closing his eyes and letting his finger run down the page till it stops wherever it feels like it. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

But his eyes had the look of a jaw trap about to close. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He takes my hand and tugs me closer, until we’re both horizontal. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

We have to hold hands and sit closer together than we normally would. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Florent was his first thought, but helm- less ran a close second. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The sudden zhum! of an orb motor closed in on them from the starboard side. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad I’m here with you,” he said, coming closer. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I keep my eyes closed, but when the Augur misses a step and nearly falls, they fly open of their own accord. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The commander stops in front of my chair, then leans down close to my face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I got fired, didn’t you hear? That’s a painful subject, you shouldn’t have brought it up, good night, next time learn a little manners,” and he closed the hut door. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I tiptoed closer to the cracked-open door until I had a view of the room’s occupants. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

These new layered sound effects, built on plainsong tunes, were edging very close to what today we would call ‘harmony’ - that is, the existence and exploitation of simultaneous clusters of notes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

But there would be time, for this tragedy was bound to bring them closer. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She was said to keep sixteen, and anyone who had ever been as close as her front door would have sworn by the smell that there were at least that many and more. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to pull him close, hold him, tell him the world had been unkind to him, not the other way around. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I get his hand next, I keep him close and I don’t want to let go. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He could just make out the silhouette of a person, coming closer. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“She’s—not—no—” I can’t seem to make my mouth work, so I just close it and look at him in mute appeal. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I feel Lolo’s arms close around me, but I don’t have any energy left to fight or squirm. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She nudged the page of the New York Times closer under Jamie’s nose and resumed her pose. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to lean close to hear him because his voice is so small and whispery. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

As the craft flew overhead, it telemetered a torrent of data to the closest tracking station, everything from its speed and altitude to its fuel level and the astronaut’s heart rate. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Then they are also inside and the doors are closed and the van moves on. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The running boy was way ahead of him, but Roy figured he could stay close enough to keep him in sight. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a personal level, my relations with Chief Buthelezi were close and respectful, and I hoped to capitalize on that. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was beginning to be daylight we were quite close to the shore. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

You didn’t want to hang around her too close, or she’d give you a job. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

By twenty-seven, I am making them with my eyes closed. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Here there were concentrations of shrimp and bait fish and sometimes schools of squid in the deepest holes and these rose close to the surface at night where all the wandering fish fed on them. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew we were standing too close again. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She was on close terms with her washing machine and ironing board. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he turned to me, he placed his hands on my shoulders, not an embrace, but close. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went a little ways down, closer to the water where I could see better, and wrote and wrote and wrote. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Even the bravest of your forebears kept his Kingsguard close about him in times of peril.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He pulled his chair close and laid his dry palm gently against her cheek. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

More acute was her complaint that the family wasn’t close anymore, like some others she knew. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wild-eyed zebra zigzagged too close to a crouching lion, who swiped, missed, and darted away, his belly close to the ground. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I think and think then close my eyes again. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He nods and my right hand closes around a familiar object. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers closed on what he wanted, and he produced the key to the chain around his waist. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She inched forward on her stomach and elbows until she was close to the mother. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and breathed deeply, walked to the middle of the room, and began my monologue. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Nicole adjusted her sunglasses so they were closer to her eyes. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Most of the time they were camouflaged, like the closed eyes of green lizards in green trees. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I panic and bend down, making sure his visor is closed. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Most of my life has been spent keeping information close, turning it over and over in my mind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It’s open, which is odd because I thought I closed it. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

So close to that star, on the other side of far. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The children had erected an amateur tent over their heads, out of the plaids, and under this they were lying close together, telling a story. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I got closer, I realized the glow was a ghost. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She looked down again and slowly closed her hand around the pipes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There isn’t much that’s different about the way they sit at the kitchen table, or the way they look up at me as I walk inside and close the door. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

One night, when a blast hit especially close to our home, I went to my father’s side. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

This was the first time he’d been this close to so much water. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

August lifts a piece of toast with flourish, smiling broadly with closed lips. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I was flying much too close to your building in any case, and I survived the crash without a scratch, now didn’t I?” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She knew he was close, but she never saw him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Having his close friend Chester Arthur as vice president wasn't enough for Conkling. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to close my eyes, but I couldn’t take them off the fan that was twirling over my head. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Out of the floating material that was left over, two microscopic grains floated close enough together to be joined by electrostatic forces. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Jilly, with her fat tummy showing between her shorts and her top, and Deidre, with her ratted hair and pink lipstick, moved closer. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

You know something good is coming, and even though it’s not even close yet, still, just knowing it’s coming is enough to make you snort and nicker. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, finally, it was over, and Granddaddy and I retired to the library and closed the door. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Then he held it close to his eyes and examined it carefully. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Now, lying in the ditch with Billy and the scouts after having been shot at, Weary made Billy take a very close look at his trench knife. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stone door closed behind them, cutting off the sound of the waterfall and leaving a deep silence. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“In the dark,” she said, and closed the door behind her. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tiger was curled into a tight ball, very close to Angel. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and watch the colors fade away. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

But it had closed down due to a lack of funds. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The few who came seemed as closed and secretive as the freezing grayness of the weather, bent on some narrow business of their own. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

So many refused to buy nonunion clothing that Marx & Haas had to close one factory. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

The courthouse was going to be closed, he added. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the minute Dr. Vifias closed the door of his consulting room, he was a different man, intent, serious, down to business. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sunny follows, sending me an encouraging look over her shoulder, and the door swings closed behind them. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ms. Kline closed her eyes and thought for a minute. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

When the squad took aim, the rage had materialized into a viscous and bitter substance that put his tongue to sleep and made him close his eyes. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Was it getting so that Mama could look right into her mind even with her eyes closed? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk to the cluster of chairs closest to the windows in the control room and bring up the footage from different cameras throughout the city, one by one, searching for my parents. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

As he clutched his forehead and closed his eyes, a voice screamed inside his head. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

That was close bn three hundred years ago, when the Seven Kingdoms were kingdoms, and not mere provinces of a greater realm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The children kept dashing up the road to the training ground to get a closer look, until their mothers saw them and dragged them back home again. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he closed the trunk door on Gabriel for the second time, Cabot noticed the picture on his shirt. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He was curled up on his side, and when I went close, I saw that he was sweating in the heat. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

But before long, it is time for Le Cirque des Rêves to close, at least for the time being. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Today the puppy was left at home, whimpering behind the closed door as they walked away. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

But when I close my eyes and try to talk to God, I hear nothing. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was close enough now that I was sure he could see I'd been crying. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He began to flex his hand, opening and closing the fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The twins turn away from the front gates and pass by the tunnel grates closest to the barracks, instead heading for one of the training buildings. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was dead, and yet so close to life that Ophie could talk as if he were there with her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Barricades closing the block between Simpson and Roosevelt. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Lannister line parted to let him through, and closed behind him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was nodding his head, his jaw tightening and his eyes closed on the tears. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing I knew, his face was close to mine. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I clutched the baby tight and closed my eyes. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He bends on one knee and lifts something for her to view up close—my dollhouse. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She bent down so that her ear was close to his whiskery mouth. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I lean my head back against the wall and close my eyes. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes almost at once against the pain. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You will see more interesting things the closer your sample is to the green river plants growing here.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She told him about her dreams: the earth swallowing Camp Jupiter, Octavian closing in on Camp Half-Blood and the hunter with the glowing eyes who had shot Reyna in the gut. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Seven naked little pink creatures lay all wound up together with closed eyes and ears standing up and long whiskers sticking out and little pointed noses and tiny strings of tails. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

But anyhow' it was alive; it crept about within his closed hand, not biting him: as with most small spiders, its mandibles could not puncture human skin. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Jim Moore, the last principal of Ector High School before it was closed down as a means of achieving desegregation, felt the same way. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mouse leaned in close, and Despereaux smelled celery again, green and alive. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I huddle closer to him; he wraps his arms around me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The woman goes into the truck through a door in the back and closes the panel of the serving window. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We eased closer and took up a spot with our shoes in soft black soil and our backs against the bark of a tree. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, as I get closer, I see that the plank itself is cracked. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I stepped up to him, closing the gap, and at last he knelt down and took me in his arms. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She closed the file in front of her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the houses made of rock and stone, they are like childrens of the mountain sprinkled all around, close by. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Both of the direwolves were licking wounds now, and would bear close watching. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Somebody had moved close behind them among the dark bookshelves. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The trick is at the other end, where the closing quotation marks go. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But seriously, I couldn’t get anywhere close to being that honest. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She moved a step closer to reassure him, and Roger came to stand with her, anxious. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

There was something about those closed doors and shuttered windows that struck coldly at me, used as I was to open fields and the sky and the unfettered sight of the sun. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad did lots more as Mom got closer to her due date. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The awnings over the closed stores were raised and the buildings had a bare look in the bright sun. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The town itself had a weather-beaten look to it, with closed stores, rusted-out cars, and worn apartment complexes lining the road, but it was still beautiful. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her blue eyes fill with a mix between Are you crazy? and something very close to care. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He had stood beside the man as he got into the car, had opened and closed the door for him, and was unable to remember anything about him. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

As he explained,“In the day-time I was uneasy. In the night I had little rest. I sometimes never closed my eye-lids for grief.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

After a while Gandalf got up, closed the shutters outside the window, and drew the curtains. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and wince, thinking about the return to Jankburg, and I sink to the bottom, below the layer of bubbles Aunt Heidi put in. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

This close to the outside world, the access ducts were a graveyard for all sorts of lost creatures. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

So the next afternoon when it was hot and close, Turner climbed the steps to Mrs. Cobb’s house with the sea breeze at his heels, urging him to play. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He closed the mews door and walked to the pigeon cote to refresh the pigeons’ water. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes, wishing I were an eagle. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and he could see fields of snow, miles and miles of Wyoming snow, and white mountains in the distance, all clean and incredibly still, and no man anywhere and no motion. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My throat felt like it was closing up. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Babulya’s garden grew close to the house and had a good, solid fence around it to keep the goats out. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

George slapped him in the face again and again, and still Lennie held on to the closed fist. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my ears to whatever Father was saying. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I wondered if America really got into the war, if they would close down the major leagues. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Aileen had kicked it open with so much force, it hit the brick wall, bounced back, and tagged her shoulder as it closed. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s eight-thirty here. That means it’s already early Saturday morning in London. Summerhill offices are closed until nine A.M. Monday, Greenwich Mean Time.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the Earth were moved only a little closer to the Sun, the temperature would increase slightly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had enough of what they needed, and the mine was closed, but the barbed-wire fences and the guards remained until August 1945. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The tiny space on the map between the twin fists and Hacienda Dorada told us we were close, but I knew better. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And then I close my eyes as my own towel drops and the song comes to an end. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In the car, I studied the map, leaned back in the seat, and closed my eyes. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Bronwyn replied, trying to seem casual while holding her coat closed over a wriggling lump. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He unceremoniously showed us out of his house at u P.M., and closed the gate behind him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little girl, who was only seven at the time, had learned to read from her uncle’s storybooks and been closer to him than any other member of the family because of her prophesying powers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped into it and it closed around her, sealing shut just as tiny smears of yellow touched the sky. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and fall to my knees on my front lawn. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The little spy closed the resonator and gathered his equipment together. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Out of the roughly five hundred settlers Captain Smith said were in James Town when he left, by spring only sixty settlers remained, all of them close to death. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I close the door behind me and wonder how I can possibly think I'll get away with this. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He closed the notebook and put it back in his pocket. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I suppose the closest in meaning would be “confused” and “dark fog.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell meant that the museum was closing in five minutes. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rabiya wants everything to be nice for this family, or at least closer to what she has. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Close in, close in till some of the more hungry or daring perched on the carcass. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

His hair was long down the middle and shaved close on the sides. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Chester’s heart hurt him and he closed his eyes. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew they were close, but she had no idea whether it would take two days or two weeks to arrive at Fort Mose. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t look behind me, but I knew the ship was close. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Headlights cut through the night, tangling in the trees closest to the yard, as several cars pulled into the grass, the rowdy sounds of men echoing through the still night. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And then she closed her eyes and he sold it. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their eyes closed gently as if they had gone quietly to sleep; they stood very still. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what that means except that it’s probably why, now that our American school has officially closed, Sam and Mundín and I go over to the Mancinis’ house for our lessons. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I lean into his touch, pushing away the awfulness of the climb, trying not to stand too close to the edge. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I lean closer and draw away the curtain. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He faked and crept closer, and just as he was about to take the shot, I sprang at him and took him out. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He hated going to the free courts, since it took two buses to get to the closest one, and then he’d have to wait sometimes for more than an hour to get a game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She kissed Daddy good night more fervently than ever before and went upstairs, closing the door after her. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jet cursed, grabbed the door, and slowly closed it as if he didn’t want the hinges to creak. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean . . . I . . .” But Mr. Garnett had reached over and closed the door. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Very close. We are...so proud of you.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I had never seen an actual world globe this big up close and personal, much less had one of my own. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I pushed the drink a little closer to his face, in case he hadn’t seen it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He closed his mouth, opened it, and closed it again. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I shushed Marcus and pressed my ear to the closed door even though the dentist kept waving me back. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

They seemed to have been closed in here for hours, for ever. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He kept his army Bible close, and read it every day. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It's closed to the public and media, so secrecy is assured. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Teacher Li was closing her notebook when she remembered a note that was in it. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was close to the window where the three of them were standing, he stopped and made a slow graceful bow. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dadi grabbed my arm and yanked me closer to the tub. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

While I liked Ashley a lot—while I cared about her and enjoyed my time with her—I would never let her or any girl get too close. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The Director pauses and inches closer to me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

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

Alice appeared beside him and saw the men, who were now close enough to reach out and take hold of the canoe. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She’d sit in the prow, close her eyes, leave it all behind her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Fezzik could tell that because they were creeping very close to him now and all of a sudden yelling their lungs out and making crazy faces. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Those close to the throne are seldom truly close to anyone else. A mortal girl would have even fewer allies.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I walked so close to her I felt heat vapor trailing off her skin. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped through the doorway, and before she could close it behind her, Wes heard another voice coming from outside. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I will personally, by myself . . .” It was so close now that I thought I could hear the sweat on Byton’s finger getting turned into steam and going Pssss! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slowly sank to the floor, hugged my knees to my chest, and closed my eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

In 1949, after centuries of inaccessibility, Nepal opened its borders to the outside world, and a year later the new Communist regime in China closed Tibet to foreigners. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, he would be close by for a while. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing all black—leggings, boots, beanie, and her big puffy coat, which rustled as she moved closer to me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I leaned over to take hold of the wheel, closer to Bob Presto than I wanted to be, while he struggled with the caps and shook out pills. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

With enemy soldiers patrolling the streets, Doha’s mother kept him close to home. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Do I close these doors again, even as I’m so close to being who I am? Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

On another, he showed the planets in relation to their distances from the sun, with Mercury the closest and Neptune the farthest away—almost in the kitchen. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who was I, after all, but some comic Queequeg, holding close to my breast a reliquary containing the white powder of a dead European civilization? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took her place on the stage, closed her eyes, and began to sing, “with one part of my mind waiting apprehensively for the voice of doom upstairs.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

She was trying to hover him as he closed his teeth in the flesh of her forearm. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

With all those other students seated close enough to watch what was going on, my attackers would want it to appear that I made the first move, forcing them to retaliate. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is how it feels as her eyelids close. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes, letting the truth sink in. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Ana and Javier keep flowers in every room of their house, so I take a closer look at a corner of vases. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Kaede was crowded so close to her that Taisin could feel the other girl’s muscles as tense as a drawn bowstring. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and fell asleep instantly. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

No organization came close to Langley in terms of the quality and range of wind tunnel research data and analysis. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s hard to grow up,” Rashida said, holding her rag doll close. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

As Christmas drew closer, the more anxious and excited I became. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

That and the pity I had for him made me feel close to Florence. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is encrusted with mussels and barnacles growing a foot above the waterline, coming almost close enough to touch the scarecrow’s work boots. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And I closed the opening so that he would not follow me, for if the Aleuts had brought their dogs, he would surely smell them out. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit down on the edge of his bed and close my eyes and hold out my hands. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was around them, exploding around them, the lightning cracking around the shelter, so close it seemed to Brian that it came from inside him. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the Gustanos and the guards—and the portable spotlight the guards carried—were getting closer and closer. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’m yelling before I even close the front door behind me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

My curiosity got the best of me and I moved closer to read the name. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Those elevator doors open and close about a million times a day. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just close enough to join the dancing, and close enough to watch. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then she shook Omer’s hand, putting her face very close to his to stare at him. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her slim, perfect eyebrows came a fraction of an inch closer together, and her hand floated from my shoulder. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Kelvin and A’Leia, on the steps, their heads close together, stuffing themselves with cake. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It seemed like I had barely closed my eyes when Mama woke me up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Meggie’s eyes closed, she saw Elinor walking around among the trolls and fairies, looking happier than she had ever seen her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“The library closes late tonight and I’d rather get the research over with.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Hearing Emma’s story made me feel closer to her, and less alone in my own confusion. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

As I'm licking the last of the chili off my fingers, I hear a door close somewhere in the house and, moments later, footsteps rushing toward our room. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

At one point I closed my eyes so I could just feel everything. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He twisted his hand around her braid until her head was tipped back and she was close to him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The noise virtually disappeared, the slamming stopped, and the Frog surfed down the long swells and waves so fast she sometimes showed close to ten knots on the speed indicator. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prosper closed his eyes so that the others wouldn't see his tears. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the streets began to fill, though, an older boy walking in the opposite direction came quite close, looked right at her, and then peered over her shoulder to catch a glimpse of someone else. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

I do close my eyes, wishing it would block their view of me as well. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and think about that pamphlet. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Jules kept staring at the note cards and blinking, as if they might magically disappear while her eyes were closed. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Satisfied, he bade us to lean in closer. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We all must be cognizant of the close proximity of this Facility to NYC which is home to a major part of our population ...” Blah blah blah. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I move in closer on silent feet, then peek through the shelves. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was close with both his son and Princess Nehemia; would appointing her somehow be a risk? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I tilted my head and paid close attention. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“But Fizz teaches at the mosque and it’s not done yet,” Mom says, coming closer to me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He had felt odd when she had passed the old stone lions and the door had closed behind her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

They were too close to the road, he said, but had made good time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

This occasionally led to hard words when someone was caught wandering a little too close to our wagon while my father and mother were working. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’s so close, and the room light so bright, even I can see the tiny blood vessels spiderwebbing over his pale irises. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Jonafren, I love your tie!” he said to a fae who was filing something close by. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

But all I had to do was close my eyes to see a whole world pass before me, to dream of another life. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That it was, sure. And I watched you close while Lord Cheldthorpe taught you to swim. You out there a-wiggling your little twig arms.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Wild-eyed and dishevelled, he seemed to shrink back from the light, and closed the door behind us. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom tries to help, but he just keeps the hat close and doesn’t talk. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Dany followed close on her silver, staring at the strangeness about her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I started walking toward their bedroom, but Dad stopped me before I could get any closer. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We sat cross-legged on the floor in our room and held hands and closed our eyes while she chanted, “Mind meld, mind meld, mind meld.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was a slow song and Javi and Max were dancing close, caught in the soft cone of blue light from above. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘I won’t have time to explain this, all right? Stay strong. Stay close.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Jake closed his eyes and popped the pellet into his mouth. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

"It doesn't seem like you need any work done. May I take a closer look?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

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

At first just a deep humming with her mouth closed, then a larger, warmer sound. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rubio is over two hundred meters to the east measuring the atmosphere, and Feathers is way too close to the jungle’s edge, holding a rock up to the sun. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I will need these words later, when I have to regurgitate them for exams, so I attempt to write them in my notebook, bending my head down close to the paper in order to see. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He must have told her about the tunnel, because when I went by it this morning, the legionnaires were bricking it closed.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He hunched over close to the mute and his voice dropped to a drunken whisper. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We must be close to Daedalus’s workshop,” she said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“White wine,” Mama said again, closing her eyes to better savor the taste. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had you and your cousins close to my heart. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I hate that this is the closest I’ll get to flying again. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“My father is dead,” Charles said, and he walked into the house and closed the door. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, close enough. It was really Tess I wanted to keep safe with my dust bomb, you know." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The small creature nestled closer, and Neel choked out the words: “Please, Baba, please.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, son, this looks pretty close to how it was,” I said. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They watched him weave unsteadily through the salt bush down to the river willows and tamarics, growing along the river, all the while clutching his brown shopping bag close to his chest. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But when we drew close, it was never him. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby doubled back closer to me for protection. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hold it close to my eyes to see more clearly. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He figured it was close to five o’clock—twenty after, he guessed. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had never felt such heat before, an air that closed down over her and made it hard to breathe. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bolt into the house I lived in for the past year, slam the door closed, and lean back against it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When we’re safely inside, door closed, no parents around, I tell him, “That was kinda brilliant.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was narrow, with old brick buildings crowding in close on both sides. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The men watched it come closer and closer, breathing a sigh of relief when it veered away and passed them to the east. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

They wanted to play Resurrection at my house, but I had to tell them no, because I was closer than I’d ever been before. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The warriors on the road were closing in from either direction. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The theatrics of their holding each other close, disengaging and then holding each other close again, made her eyes fill, to her mild surprise, with tears. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Me, too, if I hadn’t had to close my eyes every few seconds. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I lay my head down on my scrunched-up knees and close my eyes, even though I loathe the darkness. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

When I got the bucket and gourd back she said, “Come close and keep your voice down. What you doing here? You work in this stable?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She kissed Hazel’s forehead and held her close. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

An old lady in the row behind him had her eyes closed while she counted her rosary, her lips moving silently as her trembling fingers pushed through the beads. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Frank’s closest in the frame, zoomed in and blurry, with his hat lifted enough to see his thick eyebrows and squinting eyes. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I sit at one of the empty tables close to the window and open the book. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Physical discomfort helped close down Briony’s mental horizons. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how you got to be called Big Time. Penny and Big Time aren’t even close. I don’t like nicknames anyway.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite our disagreements, Hilly is still one of my closest friends. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A flicker of movement behind him, and another missile whistled so close to me that it nicked my ear. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I see a shape move closer to the rear window of the police car. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

April put her arms down stiffly along her sides and with her eyes closed she tilted her Egyptian face upward raptly. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took that baby in my arms and hugged her close. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she did what startled Ugwu: she got up laughing and went over to Master and pressed his lips close together. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Butterscotch trotted behind—never in the way, just close by me all the time. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He closed that one, turned through ninety degrees, and opened another. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he pockets the power-up and turns away, I edge my way closer without drawing the attention of the security bots. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had never seen them up close and she was sure they would not recognize her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her wings to her body and pulled her tail feathers together one upon the other. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It's all the more reason for parents to keep a close watch on their children. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Now, closer up, it penetrates her entire body. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It could have been my mind playing tricks, but his face suddenly appeared much closer to mine. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I punched her on the side of the head, fist closed, like men do. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the first days of the new year of 1945 turned into weeks, and we sat there waiting on Pavavu, I began to believe that we were close to the end. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I bit down on my tongue and closed my eyes and tried not to scream as they pulled out the splints along with the tissue that had grown over them. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The harpy was watching, the ghosts behind were crowding close. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I had had them closed for so long that the sunlight coming through the windows blinded me. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

Singleton was feeling a light buzz, the thrill of closing in on some truth, something that had been elusive. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Any more demands?” he asked, still close enough for her lips to graze his if she dared. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

John closed the door behind him and stood in the narrow church aisle, hearing behind him the voices of children playing, and ruder voices, the voices of their elders, cursing and crying in the streets. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I step back, not wanting to be so close to her that I can see the ring of lighter brown around her pupils. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They saw the little falcon coming toward them, the enormous eagle so close behind it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Ida closed the door again and went back to her chair. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

This hinted—more than hinted—at closer relationships between animals than their external appearances might suggest. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

A verbal promise behind closed doors, even a statement written on paper—these could easily evaporate after the war. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And then her eyes closed again and her fingers curled as though they held small breasts. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My parents knew I had a pen pal in Zimbabwe, but they did not know how close we had become. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The house gets dark, the doors close, and then just the night sounds come from outside. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her tent flap and took out her pot. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby himself had given the Church more than $60,000 from his Icelandic winnings, and ultimately his tithe would be close to $100,000. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t any street light close and I couldn’t see her face much. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the evacuees slid the door closed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She managed to move her heavy, cold legs closer to her body so she could sit up. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Her wildness seems to have been exacerbated by the death of her brother, Ben, to whom she was very close. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hmmm…” Wash closed his eyes tight as if racking his brain. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In some cases, maybe this led to officer and inmate being too close. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A special police intelligence squad saw Malcolm X greeted by two close friends, Edward Bradley and Allen Jamal, who drove him to the Statler-Hilton Hotel where Malcolm X checked into Room 1129. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls my gift closer and digs inside the bag for the card. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’s coiling up some wire from the school display monitor and sees my smile, frozen, when I see him so close to Tats. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

After all their days of traveling, Minli couldn’t believe they were so close. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She sways awkwardly from side to side with her eyes closed. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She’d never been this close to a boy her own age before. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then she swung the mirror door closed, and left Coraline in darkness. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

They stayed on the road until night, when they drew close to the house like moths drawn towards the light. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all the close calls, she was in the same place she had been in for months: becalmed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The night table that ordinarily stood alongside the bed had been moved close enough to it so that Franny could reach it without quite standing up. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

When she closed the door behind her afternoon guests, and let the quiet smile die from her lips, she began the preparation of food her husband found impossible to eat. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t keep it from my closest friends. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Paul came close to us in the dark. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Hawkers, girls much younger than I, defied the school gate men, edging closer and closer to the cars to offer peeled oranges and bananas and groundnuts, their moth-eaten blouses slipping off their shoulders. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then, Malcolm starts laughing so hard and for so long, she has to close her eyes and wait it out. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The front detachments were now close to our camp, and still more troops kept issuing from the camp of the Indians. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls me closer to his side, and I rest my head on his shoulder, taking deep breaths of the cool air. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Lying on her back with eyes closed, Desdemona could detect the telltale oniony aroma of a Hungarian woman on her right, and the raw-meat smell of an Armenian on her left. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes closed for more than a few seconds. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She had sensed the truth of it long ago, Dany thought as she took a step closer to the conflagration, but the brazier had not been hot enough. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth lay on her top bunk, her stuffed penguin held close to her chest. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

People call New York "the city that never sleeps," but I think it must close its eyes at some point. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Newt asked, stepping closer with a look of concern creasing his forehead. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The moment that door was closed, he was truly, truly inside one’s home. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Sean closed the double doors, moved around to the side of the truck. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Moss released Bits’s hand and draped his arm around their shoulder, pulling Bits in closer to him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes, hoping the plane isn’t going to skid off into the ocean. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I whispered, keeping my bowl of protection powder close to my chest. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The close similarity of the measles virus to the rinderpest virus suggests that the latter transferred from cattle to humans and then evolved into the measles virus by changing its properties to adapt to us. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

To my mind, being in the upstairs meant we were closer to God, and our prayers got there first. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scooted closer to Ivy and pulled Ivy into her arms. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As long as Homo erectus did not undergo further genetic alterations, its stone tools remained roughly the same—for close to 2 million years! Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blue eyes wavered, closed slowly, then opened. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I poled the boat in close before he heard us and looked up. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He soon discovered that what the doctors in Swat told my father was incorrect—the bullet had, in fact, gone very close to my brain. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My mom brings me a bottle of water that she buys from the newsstand close to our gate. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Bronwyn acted as den mother, rounding us up every time one of us strayed to get a closer look at a stall of brightly colored pinwheels or steaming boiled candy. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

When I close my eyes, the chopper slices and throbs in my skull. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and pretend it’s Violet who surrounds me instead, and then I open my eyes and push myself down, one arm out like Superman. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The woman looked at him and cuddled Lyra closer, rocking her back and forth. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He looked up at her face and saw that her eyes were closed. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

His friends paid close attention as Leo explained. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She would bend her head down close to his face to give some explanation or ask him a question, her black hair falling across her shoulders. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Yet the very next night, Hauptmann’s manner will be frighteningly closed; he invites no questions and supervises Werner’s work in silence. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The players attacked their lines as though afraid that, if they did not keep their words in close order, the audience might throw comments of their own into the breach. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could almost close my palm around the entire ration. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was taboo because it exposed the inherent contradictions of the Virginia position, which was much closer to the position of the Deep South than Madison wished to acknowledge, even to himself. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He moved fast, too quickly for me to do anything but close my eyes again. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I know we weren’t that close, but now that she’s gone, I feel like I’m missing an organ. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

With the close scrutiny that football players’ grades received because of the no-pass, no-play rule, he had always passed his courses. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing I’d see before closing my eyes would be the cheap statue of Mary aglow next to my bed. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And what the test is measuring isn’t analytical intelligence but something profoundly different—something much closer to creativity. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“You all must listen to everything I tell you now. Tonight we will sleep at Kazi’s, so it looks like we’re not here. The riots are getting closer.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When his wife and child moved closer, he put the knife back in his pocket, letting his fingers slide across his son’s tightly coiled curls. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Old Dan was standing perfectly still, with eyes closed and head hanging down. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miig and I were out collecting water from our tarp traps when we found the first sign that we were getting close. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t find any other food in the house, so she examined her work, thought it looked sufficiently pretty, and closed each box. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I heard my mother go out and close the door. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I reckon if we trap ’em in a net or something, Will can cut through and close up and that’s it, we’ll be free.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Schiaparelli had reported during a close approach of Mars to Earth an intricate network of single and double straight lines crisscrossing the bright areas of the planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I replied, “I’ll tell you all about it. He doesn’t think it’s wrong, but he says that here, where we’re in such close quarters, it could lead to conflicts.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

‘Can I? Good! But he’s close, isn’t he? Not changed at all.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

For the first time in close to forty years, the country's prison population did not increase in 2011. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then I got close enough to see what it was. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The bombs drew closer until their reports were followed by lower, more ominous sounds—the dull thud of walls collapsing. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The Mansfields weren't close family friends—they were convenient family friends. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

We veer close to the water again and I call out, “Wait.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Go out of the room and close the door. Go and write your report.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lying there I listen carefully to the sounds that wrap round me like a shawl—the laughings, the cryings, the songs, the prayers of the many voices of the people bunched so close. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He figured that as close to a quart. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A live oyster, a good one, when it hits the culling board has a tightly closed shell. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brought one hand up to stroke his jaw, his chin, his chest and, without even thinking about it, moved even closer to him. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A square bungalow, paint peeling, faded green shutters closed against the afternoon sunshine. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not even a year between them and so close, you could hardly tell where one ended and the other started. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

As if it had disturbed her, Pearl yawned and stretched and Mia had cuddled her closer, stroked her hair, pressed her lips to that unbelievably soft cheek. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I open my eyes again, Len is the only one with his still closed. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He kept his face there, closed his eyes, and took four or five deep breaths like he was trying to get the smell of her deep into him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“There’s an entrance—a tunnel that will lead us toward Nico. I can sense it close by. I’m not sure where.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure she was saying it right, but that was as close an approximation as she could come up with. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They have moved me here to die, he thought as he gave up the struggle and closed his eyes once more. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the morning the boy lay listening to his mother as she opened and closed the stove door. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a closer look but was distracted by the sound of clinking glass as people gathered around the model. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

By that time, Charlie refused to take them down because it was already closer to next Christmas than it was from last. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The tiercel appeared in the mist, flew close to her, then dove earthward at a steep angle. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Be liberal in your giving, realizing that the future generation must inherit great things, that they might know how close we lived to God. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I eyed the incline, and how the path narrowed as it got closer to the top. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It took them more than four hours to free the four men who had been trapped in debris, including John Barry, who had come close to dying of suffocation before the rescuers arrived. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

She flipped it open to check a text and then flipped it closed, slipped it back in her pocket. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The closest I got to Kraków nightlife was when I delivered love notes between a man at a cabaret and a woman who lived in the apartment next door to ours. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I see Anastasia bite down on a huge smile as she closes the front door. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The left one is wide open, but the door to the room on the right is almost closed. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He checked the compass and saw that he was sailing just south of west—close to 250 degrees—and he mentally noted the direction. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a noise, like a door being tucked closed. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Once the car doors were closed, he said, “Everyone is always watching me. It’s exhausting.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Joaquin shifted in his seat, opened his mouth, closed it, and opened it again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They werent going to be here that long and he wasnt going to be opening and closing the hatch any more than they had to. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Dimple felt something cold close around her heart. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Once or twice, in fact, I had to close my eyes, but it didn’t help much. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I left our apartment to go searching for the lock, I became a little lighter, because I was getting closer to Dad. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I feel my eyes narrow, and my voice is close to a growl when I speak. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But when she held a sick child close in her arms and the rocker moved just enough to squeak a little, she would hum. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Water now reached the kitchen through a hose with a nozzle that opened and closed with a simple twist. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Like something I could cup my hand over—if I got myself close to an aurochs. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Malcolm waited on the path for the people to come closer. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Overwhelmed, Luke closed his eyes, then opened them again for fear of missing something. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I closed them, and could hear her quickly walking away. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It parked close by, doors opened and shut, and soon five emaciated children and a nun in a blue-and-white habit joined them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Polly had never been so close to a woman who was about to have a baby, and she was more than a little frightened. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But get too close and it hurt too much. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Minli gasped, and she was able to reach it just before it closed completely. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

So on opening night no one that was remotely close to me was even there. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

We listened as the screams and crashes grew closer. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight I will hold him close, as if in a slow dance. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He knew this was some real embarrassing stuff so he closed the bathroom door and sat on the tub and waited for me to stop, but I couldn’t. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she thought he was getting too close, she didn’t say. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The two oaks grew close together; there was a gap of only a few inches between the trunks at eye level, an ideal place to see but not be seen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

At my mother’s grave, I knelt and leaned my forehead against the wet ground, my eyes open, as close to her bones as I could get. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He looked torn between shoving her off the bed and pulling her close, and then he got up abruptly and left the room. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

You could go into a cupboard, close the door tight and not move a muscle, you just knew Miss Emily’s footsteps would stop outside and her voice would say: “All right. Out you come.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now we were one report closer to mine. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But Willow, with her eyes closed in the backseat, saw nothing. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes real tight-like and picture the spread her mom’s made: chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, and buttered corn, all with a side of love. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I stand in a quiet spot and close my eyes. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Polls closed on the East Coast and results began pouring in. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It made her chest feel lighter, the thought of avoiding that whole ugly conversation, but doubt whispered through her like smoke seeping under a closed door. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I have several women friends, not very close ones. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she heard him come into the house and close the kitchen door, she realized she had been gripping the windowsill with white fingers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and promise the door that I will not talk or hum or make weird mouth noises and I turn the knob. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carmen sat really close to me, and a couple of times our hands touched, which made me eat my sandwich really, really fast. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The first is basic human greed and its close cousin, envy. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a brief and joyful instant, she brought us closer together and made us enjoy each other’s company. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I would have asked who wanted me: I would have demanded if Mrs. Reed was there; but Bessie was already gone, and had closed the nursery-door upon me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Thomas took a closer look at the collapsed boy and realized just how bad things were. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I’d seen my world close up, but never from a distance. It’s like the paintings.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When his face was too close, mine was usually being stuffed into a locker. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

But I just couldn’t tell her the whole truth about the ticket and Mr. Spizz and his threat to have Dad’s runway closed down. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Daddy sits me down and pulls up the other chair close. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I went to the door, which was closed, knocked on it, was told to come in. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heart thudding, she listened for noises outside; she could hear Elinor's energetic footsteps and then the sound of the library door closing for the second time. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They started up the steps, and the closer they got, the more Needles stepped back. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Cautiously she looked at the upholstery, the overhead lights, the open door to the pilot’s cabin—then she closed her eyes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few hours ago he wouldn’t have thought it was possible to sleep when your life was in grave danger, but he’d actually fallen asleep, cradling Gulliver close to him. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But if he got much closer, he would see her—and then she’d have to act. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And I’ve never wet my pants, and I never will, but I swear to you, I come really, really close. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I set my bowl down and got closer to Bailey. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his bloodshot eyes and slobbered incoherently for a moment. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and leaned his head back, chewing slowly. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

For her part, Winnie, now that the running was over, began to comprehend what was happening, and with the comprehension her throat closed and her mouth went dry as paper. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father shook his head, closed the book all the way. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nero raised his head, blinked at me, and then cuddled closer to Georgie as if he, too, disapproved of my plans. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then he is close enough to run to—the three of us climbing him like a tree until he laughs out loud. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I thought mom would object—three whole weeks!—but the closer our trip got, the more excited for us she seemed. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Since the bone-tar was pouring down the grate, there was a gap close to the wall clear of flame or fog. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and absorbed the blond waxy smell of his hair before she stood him at arm's length. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That may be as close as she gets,” I whisper back. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He took another step closer, flexing the whip in his hand. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But every time my eyes closed, I saw the phantom brakeman with hamburger meat for a face, swinging a ghostly lantern through tree branches like skeletons. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Despite Carla’s reassurances that I’m not getting sick, I find myself paying too close attention to my body and how it feels. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I move closer and sink onto a plastic chair, a little disappointed there’s no explosion, but mostly amazed that you can mix together simple, innocent kitchen ingredients and come up with a frothing volcano. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she’d stand there, eyes closed, a frown on her face like she was trying to puzzle out the answer. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

To him, he couldn’t have landed any closer to his original dream, because now, as a power plant manager, he gets to create electricity out of thin air—literally—using natural gas. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I stopped picking at my Danish and leaned in close. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Grandma closed all her windows because the dust from the road never settled. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes again remembering the way I had been hurt—remembering the pain. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’d get it all figured out close and choose my time right. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The fog closed in briefly, and when it thinned the caribou was poised above Amaroq, his cleaver-like hoofs aimed at his head. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aurelia hugged her and sat close to her with her arm around her shoulders. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Every time she closed her eyes, she imagined St. Helens exploding, and then a flaming wind sweeping down the mountain. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I hurried to the bathroom, closed the door, found a comfortable position on the edge of the bathtub, and placed the envelope on my knees. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I was close enough that I could reach out and punch dude right in his pretty-boy face. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I had tried to draw it, but nothing I did ever came close. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some doors remain closed, and others flash their themed interiors. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Grandma leaned her head out the window and put her mouth incredibly close to the walkie-talkie, which made her voice sound fuzzy. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been up for close to three days and had taken so much speed that I could practically see the individual atoms pitching in to make up every folding chair. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He tries to step closer, but Jake positions himself between us. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I back out, close the door, slip the padlock through the loop, and snap it closed. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The great door was open behind the columns, and lingering beside it was the man: a sour-faced individual in rough clothes, whose mastiff dæmon stood close by, watching without moving. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

As we get closer to the Old City, we talk even less. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I followed close behind him into a hallway, hoping that he would not change his mind. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We dig a trench in a large triangle around our tents and plant our posts so close together an arrow cannot get through. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Smith stepped back and quietly closed the door. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Throw your head back, close off your wind pipe, and just let the beer flow down your throat. Don’t gulp, and goddammit, don’t try to breathe.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed the bathroom door, and as I did, I caught another glimpse of Crenshaw. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As soon as the door was closed, Annie turned up her music and spun the tires until they were back on the road. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If there is enough matter, then it has a closed shape, curved like a sphere in our three-dimensional analogy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Figure a sneak like Tyler will take the easy way, and hit the traps closest to home. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes drift closed, but I force them open. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sucked having only one teacher I felt close enough to talk to like this. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cox’s farm was several miles further southwest, and from there they would be close to the Potomac River. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he closed the door behind him, I started to argue. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she groaned, deep in her chest, her mouth still closed. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Honeycomb, though big enough for everybody, was not so airy as the great burrow and on this June evening it seemed somewhat close. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wanted to keep a close eye on my boys. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He holds out the stone again and goes to the extent of putting it in my palm and closing my hand to hold it firmly He holds my hand in both of his. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

At first the woman clutched her baby closer, but as Taisin waited calmly, she slowly relaxed and allowed Taisin to pull back the blanket. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The dining car was closed to coloreds anyway, except, of course, for the waiters and the cooks back in the kitchen. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes fixed straight down on the floor until she left and I heard the door close behind her. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As the fire dwindled, the two girls huddled even closer together. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He filled the capsule with the powder and closed it, and then around the first capsule he fitted a second capsule and closed it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scoop her close and try to push it a little. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Omakayas was well aware that she shouldn’t stay so close to these cubs, but after all, they seemed deserted. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

They were glad to be close to fire, sleeping on soft grassy earth, under leafy sky, and best of all, near water. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He's watching me the way someone would watch an injured cat—not wanting to leave it alone but scared to get too close too quickly. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Although some of his closest colleagues realized the value of his quick, penetrating mind and frequently sought his advice, he was often not appreciated, and most people thought he talked too much. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

They came on tip-toe, closing the door behind them, and stood at the foot of the bed, looking on. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Roy traded seats on the school bus to be closer to the front door. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, if she’d keep this enemy close, by George’s logic, she’d start to appreciate all that snakes do in her garden. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Bridge walked to the end of the line, realizing as she got closer that Sherm was standing there with his phone, scrolling with a thumb. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and turn so she can grab the towel from my hands. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I got closer, the smell of tobacco in the air grew denser. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When the children had studied Morse code until dots and dashes swam in their heads even with their eyes closed, Rhonda called them inside. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Frank close the door very quietly. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in Juvenile Hall’s gray sweatshirt and khaki pants, his hair cropped close. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A picture of my parents floats into my head the moment I close my eyes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Speeding after the other planes in the air, Raisa managed to chase close behind one of the men’s La-5s, a successful attack position, even though she wasn’t going to shoot at him. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It hurt so much to move, but each foot forward brought me closer to relief. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But only when he found himself close to home did he remember his promise of a rose for his eldest child. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Bailey rushes to the end of the porch with Lorena close on his heels. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He chuckled, using the closest tree to help him stand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

If he really wants to focus on God, he can do so closer to home. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Still, some instinct told her Festus was her best chance, if only she could figure out how to convince her captors to let her get close enough... The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It made me feel weird; that they were looking so close, but it made me feel good, too, because I could tell they were liking what they saw. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

One of them gets a hold of his hand and pulls him closer, biting down on his arm like it’s a drumstick. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The hen had moved close enough for Seth to stroke her feathers with one finger. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Don’t get too close, though, or they will leave the site, especially during the building and the brooding. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes: brass candlesticks; the blue-and-gold blanket; my grandmother's china with the tiny red flowers. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

All of my family sat real close together on the couch under a blanket. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The windows were closed and yet a disagreeable smell had moved into the room. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Other than Ma, I’ve never seen Pop stand so close to someone. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

She had a special “old folks” seat close to the altar and strolled up the center aisle to take her place. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“No. I tried to peep along the corridor, but Sister Benedicta had the door firmly closed.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Without deciding to, I close my car door. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They dont touch one another, no matter how knotted up they once were, no matter how close they lay once to the bones. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just other workers, mostly women with fachalinas folded on their heads to keep off the sun, some with babies strapped to their backs, all bent over, faces close to the earth. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some will set up camp close to their first homes. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Often, as he struggled to get through central and northern Mexico, Enrique came close to getting caught and deported. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I just closed my eyes as his lips pressed against mine, a little rough but warm, and I kissed back. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It isn’t just the case that the closer someone is to a Connector, the more powerful or the wealthier or the more opportunities he or she gets. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Restaurants close their doors and food carts disappear into side streets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls me close, his hand cupping my hip bone. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Slowly the great peach began losing height, and the buildings and streets down below began coming closer and closer. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I...when I say we weren’t close...I mean, I think he liked me....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There are little buttons everywhere and I push a few and realize I can make everything look even closer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Jackson, Mississippi, is the closest place to heaven there is,” he say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She bent lower to get a closer look. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He gets closer and lifts his sunglasses, as if trying to get a better look, as if I’m some chunk of beef on clearance he’s evaluating. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We crammed our suitcases into the small space and I slid the gate closed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I crept closer to the edge of the porch. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His black hair was buzzed close to his head, his face smooth and youthful like Deborah’s except for his brow, which was creased from decades of scowling. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She was pretty positive he wouldn’t be in favor of people going close to the mountain. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

She moved on and found herself getting closer to a herd of those grazing creatures she had seen the previous evening, whose movement had puzzled her without her knowing why. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She closes her eyes and does not open them. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Performers emerge from sleepers closer to the back of the train and of obviously better quality. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I find that he has never demanded the death sentence in his closing speeches to the jury. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

From here on out, I'd order my students to open and close the door and let that remind me that I was in charge. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Thomas closed his eyes, started searching the darkness of his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and take inventory of my body. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he wasn’t any closer to understanding the mystery of him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My phone buzzed, letting me know they were close. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and pinched the bridge of her nose as if her head ached. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“This is it! Let’s get closer,” Seven whispered, and they crept over to the alley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Wait,” I say when he’s closed the door behind her. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He stood there a moment before he could close it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Where are you going to put it?” she asked him dreamily, her eyes closed. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dimple closed the book and sat back to look at Rishi, smiling slightly. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As soon as I was inside, Drew closed the door casually, as if there were nothing to be worried about. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The lamp was smoking; the black smoke going close up inside the chimney. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Indeed, by now, Singleton and Rindlisbacher, emboldened by discovery, were nowhere near close to giving up. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

For three days, stores, restaurants, businesses, and schools are closed. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, the ceiling felt too low, the walls too close. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and pretend to sleep. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then came blasts from somewhere closer—on this side of the river. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was somewhere very close to sleep when a voice spoke in his head, a pretty, feminine voice that sounded as if it came from a fairy goddess trapped in his skull. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“If you have, you might want to take a closer look at your friends. Maybe make sure they’re not all in on it, all laughing at you behind your back.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I moved closer and when I got right next to him I could see boogers running out of his nose and tears running down his cheeks. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hugs me again and whispers close to my ear, "I made this happen, you know. I got you back here. And now you've proven I was right all along." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Although the old man never confronted me about it, there was one occasion when he came close to forcing the whole thing out into the open. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think when we eventually broke up for the night, we felt as close as we’d ever done. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad came outside, clicking the garage door closed. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if I reversed the process, and closed my left eye, all I could see was machinery—a huge pile of it, rocket and gantry and cables and pipes all jumbled together in confusion. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And of course she’d pick this one time to look at it close. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was quiet as the owner drew close and solemnly shook the man’s hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Inside the treehouse, two girls stood facing each other, so close their noses were tip to tip. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, after searching for so long, we were close to being able to fix the damage I’d caused. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Ambrose pulls a key from a pocket inside his heavy coat and leads Ma over to the guardhouse that’s closest to our bench. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Joaquin asked her, crossing his arms over his chest as he leaned closer to look at one of the baby pictures, an infant Lauren propped up in toddler Maya’s lap. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He never did fall, though he came pretty close when he leaned over to yell at me to turn the water off. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He began walking faster, as if he couldn’t wait to see his creation at close quarters. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She went straight to the opossum hollow, where she proceeded to scold Flash as she snuggled him close. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Holly reached around me to close the window. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The funny thing was, her face was closer to being pretty than any of the rest. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Anyway, it was the closest we ever got to necking. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

His hands were spread upon his knees, and his eyes were closed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He slid closer to her and their hands brushed, once, then again. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I saw for the first time the horizons of life, how they are always too close. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Close enough, I supposed, so that God would definitely know we were there, but not so close that we appeared to be hogging too much of the Holy Spirit. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Right about then I thought the whole thing was going to come to a quick close because I saw two cops coming over. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they reached the other side, the front door closed with a sharp snap. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The man picked it up for a closer look. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I lunge toward her, pinning her shoulder to the wall, and lean closer to her face. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When she came inside she went across to open the window, which she always found closed; today she was halfway across the room before she heard Theodora’s door slam back, and Theodora’s smothered “Eleanor!” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Once there, she closed the door and turned to me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

These men could grab her without even taking a step—that was how close they were. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then I pull the curtain closed between our beds. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Professor Thomas’s eyes widened and she pushed a box of tissues from the corner of her desk closer to me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

All of us kept a reserve supply, because some days—Sundays and holidays—the market would be closed, and we were never quite sure when this would happen. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Fina scooches in next to me on the squeaky blue seat, and we huddle close so she can whisper her plan. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I had the feeling I was getting farther from the key I needed instead of closer. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked forward to going to synagogue services with my maternal grandparents, with whom I was especially close. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He followed her almost on tiptoes, stumbling from drunkenness, and he went into the nuptial bedroom just as she opened the robe and closed it again in fright. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He took one look at the great fish as he watched the shark close in. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turns away, partially closing her apartment door. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

There are an infinite number of rationals, and between any two numbers you choose, no matter how close together, there are still an infinite number of rationals. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Although Mesopotamia had the wheel in about 4000 B.C., nearby Egypt did not use the wheel until two thousand years later, despite being in close contact. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was closer than it had been when he tied it, so the water was higher. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The next time I go in, I have to pay closer attention. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The men stepped inside and the door closed again as if it had never existed. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

His main entrance was so close to one of the busiest exposition gates that some visitors thought his show was the world’s fair, and were said to have gone home happy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Without fail, the people started to inch closer, surrounding Mark and Alec. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

‘Are you angry with me, Gandalf?’ he said, as their guide went out and closed the door. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She fled to his breast and he cradled her close and stood to face the children, and Lyra thought for a crazy second that his dæmon had appeared at last. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three-legged fox took a few steps closer. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Lydia grabbed his arm and pulled him close to her. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Woolf angled him inward, keeping him close to War Admiral, letting him look at his rival. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leans over our table and turns the sign in the window so that it says closed on the outside. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A woman held her phone close to his face as she said: "Can you tell us your name? Are you a student? What are you studying at Bakersfield College?" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“They learn to live with it, I guess. When the wind’s up like this, they gotta stay inside, keep the windows closed.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

De Wet then quashed the indictment and gaveled the session to a close. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went straight to my room and closed the door. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Both smiled with their mouths closed, squinting into the wind, Mrs. Sen’s red sari leaping like flames under her coat. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Instinctively the clasp on his wife’s hand grew closer, till his knuckles looked white. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

"Max, we're going to be close to your parents' hotel soon," I begin. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he could scarcely see D’Ath, who was close at his heels. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The dead man was sitting by the side of the trail, leaning against a coconut tree with his eyes closed as if he was sleeping. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Butterscotch doesn’t like fruit, but she stays close by, just in case somebody drops a piece of bacon. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

One arm was hanging almost to the floor, and with the other arm, she was holding her baton close to her chest. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Come close and I’ll show you,” Lolo says from the head of the table. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The dark-haired man said, “Pretty close to a hundred dollars.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You know we ain’t supposed to eat anything this close to dinner.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Grandpop put his face close to the frying pan and sniffed. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Keep in touch,” he said, pulling the door closed behind him. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

That spot gave it the ability to sense light from dark—an advantage, since darkness could indicate that a predator was close enough to block out light. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan tried not to think of all the eyes watching him as he walked to the fireplace, closer to Pond, who hocked up a thick clump of mucus. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was louder than the night before, and closer, a deep, wolfish howl. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

When Jimmy tried to close the door, Luke blocked it with his foot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It takes about fifteen minutes to walk there from my school, and I stay until Mama picks me up, usually when it’s closing. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The light was very dim, but when he peered down close and looked at the child’s face, he knew beyond any doubt that this was the Lyra he loved. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There was only one way to get close enough. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was a chilly night, and Billy came indoors after a while, closed the French doors. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doors on the next landing were closed, and he tiptoed so he wouldn’t wake anyone up. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But he was so close to the dark ice. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

She had died three years ago in December, and every year, as December got closer, Holly started knitting. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, my parents were always supportive, but I think they would have preferred to be supportive from a closer distance,” Mom said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The young man ruffles the big bucket head, holds the old dog close to his breast. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Armpit was lying there, his eyes closed, only half listening, when he suddenly heard her sing: These shoes, these jewels, this dress, A perfect picture of success. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Some kissed her on both cheeks and others held her tight for a few seconds, but she seemed not to recognize even those she numbered among her closest friends. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holly’s fingers closed around the object that had been digging into her ankle. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I hear his voice in my mind and close my eyes, pretending he's beside me, allowing myself to be reassured by his steady presence. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Coraline closed the old wooden door, turned out the light, and went to bed. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

All of Jurassic Park could be directly below me, and I’d never get close—not without dynamite. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“What an excellent chance I had, if I wished, to kill the president on Inauguration Day! I was on the stand, as close to him nearly as I am to you.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Longstreet shook his head to clear the sound, closed his eyes, saw Barksdale go streaming to his death against a flaming fence in the brilliant afternoon, hair blazing out behind him like white fire. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They oughta call it John Glenn instead of John Wayne,” Dalton once said—because taking off from there was the closest most people would ever get to blasting off into space. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

His eyes started to close, but he forced them open. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She surreptitiously moved so that her inner arm brushed against her breast and closed her eyes at the needles of delicious pain. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The animal came closer to the bars and studied him curiously. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped into the room and closed the door behind him, preparing to dodge the next blunt object hurled his way. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

‘You have such a crowd every night I can’t get up close enough to hear.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Thomas closed his eyes and rested his head against the wall. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“They close the wall at night,” the fish said, “so if you are in the city at night, you have to stay until morning.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Kaufman is closer to Dallas, but it ain’t all that big, at least back then. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he was sure, Balthamos hauled the body out of the stream and laid it carefully on the grass, folding the priest’s hands over his breast and closing his eyes. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The rockets have stopped, but the Khmer Rouge soldiers are getting closer. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the tray was loaded so heavily I could scarce lift it, Madam preceded me down the hall and waited by the closed door to the library. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy closed the door of the hut and went back to the chief’s messenger. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I snap my arms back together, closing the crack, shutting them all out. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We're getting close to the bouncer, who has a large tattoo on his bald head, so Tiny just mumbles, "Yes you do. Just hit me hard." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

The chair closest to the door has an emptiness to it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Man, you had me worried there for a while. I’m not sure that was the brightest thing ever to run so close to a raging inferno.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and bring it up to my forehead. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baxter leaned a little closer to Mrs. Trenton and lowered her voice. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I edge closer and now I know that it’s not Teddy lying there. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A chapter of his life comes to a close, Atticus tears down the old house and builds a new one in a new section of town. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

When we got home, I hurried down to the basement, closing the door behind me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were closed and she was smiling as if to say, It’s everything I’d hoped it would be, here in heaven! Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t even hear the door close behind them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got unsteadily to his feet, taking in deep, desperate breaths of the close air. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

My heart had done a little leap, because in a single stroke, with that little laugh of agreement, it felt as though Tommy and I had come close together again after all the years. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Rochambeau finishes writing it, underlines it, and then wanders over close to my table. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

My mother closed her eyes when she asked that. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

If I take the lungs, I will outlive him by close to a decade. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

At that time, it was close—I’d say about a mile away. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked flat from a distance, but up close it was made of folds and ridges that got harder to navigate the farther they walked. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When I wasn’t at the foundation, I would go to the gym close to our house and work out. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

As Alex rounded second base, Rex passed the center fielder and was closing fast. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then Pearl hopped back into the car and closed the door. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then I close my eyes and try to will the air back into my lungs. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Farid jumped and pressed close to the wall of the house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Here, let me hold on to your elbow. That way we can walk closer to your speed instead of mine. You can be my eyes for a few blocks, okay?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The colors he uses are flatter, more primary than the ones I usually see, but they’re still pretty close. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

All were silent and frightened and one or two were close to the stupefaction of terror. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Mama had said to me that time is like a movie—something you watch real close wanting to catch every line, every action, every moment. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

My father lowered his hand and closed his fingers gently over the top of Lucien’s head. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crawled to her right, as close to the bowl as she could get without showing herself, and tore open the package. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But he went anyway, closing the door behind him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He took a step closer, his voice lowering. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

On the little porch, he makes no attempt to knock and the door is closed but not latched. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She closed the door and was gone just like that. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Dunbar swallowed and bent his intense face very close to Yossarian’s, the muscles in his bronze, rocklike jaw bunching up into quivering knots. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Nobody close to Stalin dared to give this adequate attention. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I'm on the first turn of the last lap, no one even close to me. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Jule took out the makeup box, closed her bag, and went to the sink. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When they finished singing, Jack Rabbit Jones took off his shades, walked over to the long, polished oak coffin where Cool Papa Byrd’s body rested, and placed the shades over Cool Papa Byrd’s closed eyes. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I opened the picture book I’d purchased for the class so I could take a closer look. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mother pads around the kitchen, closes a window, runs some water. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When the Astrea was close enough to speak the ships, Captain Prince hailed them. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly I sit up and push my back against the wall, drawing my legs close to my body. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

My heart races as I check out everything up close. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As he got closer, he recognized the man as someone who will be called Milton Frantig. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was seventy when I was taken, which meant she’d be inching closer to eighty. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I had always felt close to Andrew, and if I had to lose two of my brothers I was glad Andrew was not one of them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

James Otis was on his feet, his head close against the rafters that cut down into the attic, making it the shape of a tent. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now, in that gallery, the woman was too close, much closer than we’d ever really wanted. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closes the door and says he wants to talk to us about Charlie. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Washington chose Major Benjamin Tallmadge, who had been a close friend of Nathan Hale and, like him, had taught school in Connecticut. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still—the closer she got to “Sarsaparilla” the more her heart carried on like the entire percussion section of a marching band doing “The Stars and Stripes Forever.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She is quiet, laying the fedora in the top of a full box and closing it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He stopped just in front of her, just a little too close, and then leaned in and kissed her cheek. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

This, for me, began a habit that has sustained me for life, keeping a close and high-spirited council of girlfriends—a safe harbor of female wisdom. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Like nothing else. And when you got too big to hold in our arms, we’d pull you close, sing right into your ear, until, well, you just didn’t need the song anymore.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I crept as close as I dared, but there was no way to sneak past them. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had spent the previous eight weeks confined to his room close to twenty-four hours a day and had been denied mental health services despite his repeated requests. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A canal to bring a branch of the creek closer to the Smoke; new patterns for the sheep wool their sweaters were made from; a new latrine. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In my room, I close the door and feel my legs give out as I slump onto the floor. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I looked up at our popcorn ceiling, closed my eyes, and took in a quivery breath. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Once again, let us consider the story of Achilles and the tortoise, which is an infinite sum of steps that get closer and closer to zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The idea grew as he worked that day and in the early evening he closed down the station and drove over to the area the man had indicated. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

None of them, of course, had ever been so close to perfection, and the great majority adored her instantly. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Henry closes his eyes and exhales through his nose. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The day of the Singing was a holiday for the entire city; all the stores and other businesses were closed. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe not close. The wind on the dam, the desert all around us . . . the scent can probably carry for miles. But it’s coming from several directions. I don’t like that.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

From where I sit, it appears that he recalls the places he was, but has somehow concocted an alternate version of events, one that fits closer to his life. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

As I walked down the hill to the boathouse, I heard a noise, like a door closing, and froze, midstep. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Quincy close her eyes and tears leak out. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If I kept my eyes closed and lay perfectly still, that is. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland rocked stubbornly, his gray shawl drawn close around his shoulders. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I edged closer to explain myself, but before I could even say a word, he wordlessly swung the gate open. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Milligan closed it behind him and went away without a word. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Ahhh. Closer come can we, closer come?” said the roach, delicately sweeping the space in front of it with a leg. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Footsteps climbed the stairs, and in another moment the door of the bedroom opened and closed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His voice grew closer and then farther away. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Under J. T.’s protection he watched the gang members up close, at work and at home. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes trying to imagine a trickling stream. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

His slanted almond-shaped eyes, sunk deep within their pinkish rims, were closed; one large triangular ear caught the firelight, flushing the inside a delicate pink, so that it appeared almost translucent. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding him tight against my chest, I push the door closed with my hip and hurry back to bed. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The girl keeps up, never falling behind but never getting too close neither. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I laid my head on top of my desk and closed my eyes. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now, as the Asian festivities were apparently drawing to a close, a national pictorial magazine decided to do a “sensitive” and “searching” feature on Milagro’s “anguish.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up close it's covered in tiny waves, and makes a sound like the tide. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He walks toward me, his hand sliding on my flat chest around to my back, pulling me close to him in a tight grip. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment he was tempted to throw them wide open, then he sighed and closed the gap. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then several of the others broke off their conversation and faced us, as the applause muffled down behind the closing door. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adams foresaw a very close electoral vote, perhaps even a tie with Jefferson, which would then throw the election into the House of Representatives. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I could have dragged that story out for a mile at least, could have spoken in a low voice so I’d have to stay close to her ear. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Whenever the riots broke out, all our neighbors would wisely hole up behind closed doors. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My fingertips inch closer to the knife handle. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The light was so harsh her eyes were nearly closed shut. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes, take a deep breath, and Miss Americafy myself. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The fire got closer, crackling and spitting and roaring. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"You can tell them apart if you listen close." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We sat in the same room with white folks, able to observe them close up. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She holds it super close, the same way I do with Daddy’s. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“We just don’t have the money for travel right now,” she repeated, eyes still closed. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Shrugging, she added, “I mean, not crazy crazy. We do both live pretty close to each other, and our parents are part of the Indian community in NorCal, which isn’t that huge...” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Unsatisfactory though your friend’s session has been, we are nonetheless close—very, very close.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fog had closed and thickened all over the village, greying the light, blurring the world till a man could hardly see his own hands before him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Muffled barks, whines, and howls rushed into the room as the door closed behind her. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She closed the window and gave me a sad little smile and the bus pulled out. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His hands fall to my waist, and he pulls me in closer. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He sighed again, restlessly, and closed his eyes and tried to relax. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I step closer to him until our bodies touch. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In the same way, you can take a spaceship and accelerate it, getting it closer and closer to the speed of light. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Charlie keeps moving in and the horse edges closer to its gate. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I had been walking the mule out to the barn and slowed my walk so as to be close enough to see and hear but not look to be nosy. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She climbed aboard her mother’s back and laid her cheek against her mother’s neck and closed her eyes tight. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

As they got closer, Dimple saw that Kevin’s booth was dedicated to comics and manga. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They stumbled on, keeping close together so that no one would get lost. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We slathered every surface of his bedroom window with the rest of the Vaseline, hoping it would make it hard to open the window after we closed it shut on our way out. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The Hari-Krishna people are chanting something closer to English than it sounds. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The portrait wall Grace had seen when they’d first entered the house was more striking up close, and she found herself walking more slowly as she looked at the photos. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He knelt down even with the candles, so close he could feel their heat on his face. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I close my hand around the cash, and it disappears, ready to be carried away. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was extremely curious to see a world leader like Smuts from up close. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The war was coming quickly to a close. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad comes in through the kitchen and sits down next to me, pretty close. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

As he closed the door behind him, she mouthed silently to me: Don’t tell. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“You’ve been? What was it like?” she asks eagerly, pulling the laptop closer. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Mustafa closes his eyes and rests his head against the wall for a second. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

His door was never closed to his children. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The best anyone thought Smith could hope for was for Seabiscuit to somehow stay reasonably close to War Admiral in the early stages of the race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment we heard the bedroom door close, and Miss Love came up the hall. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Shrapnel was embedded over his right eye, and the doctors couldn't remove it because the fragments were too close to his brain. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He leaned in close, stretching on tiptoe like he was looking up Mr. Griswold’s nose. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

At seven-thirty, Nancy closed her books and kissed her children good-bye. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, when a fighter jet accidentally passed too close to a U-2, the spy plane broke up amid the turbulence, and its pilot was instantly killed. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Gulls screech and hover overhead as I jog closer to see if he’s one of the people gathered at the far end. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A viral wakefulness that’s so contagious, it would wake the dead if you got close enough. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He wants to be closer to his brother. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They’d all gathered on the quarterdeck to discuss strategy as they got closer to Epirus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, her house was the one place where he was allowed to close his door. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes on the weekends there would be what might be called excessive traffic, but I confined my driving to the weekdays and it did not get thick until I was close to Southern California. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Nearby a door opened and closed, leaving me as tense as ever. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The singing is soft and close and tearful. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

By the time his two-year-old season drew to a close, he was showing signs of burnout. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her now so close, he felt more shaken, sadder, more guilty, much older. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Sam closed down the waterwheel early and carried wood to his stone oven to make a fire. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But the skiff keeps drifting closer and closer and when I can almost reach out and touch it I let go the keg and kick like mad and pull myself into the boat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Some Deckers sing along and I’m sure if they were allowed to have lighters in here, they’d whip them out; some are crying, others are smiling with closed eyes, hopefully lost in good memories. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes to spare us both the embarrassment, then opened them again, terrified of the darkness. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Popped out of his stupor by relief that his mother was no longer an evil pinching stranger, Otto leaped and put his arms around my neck, pulling close and staring intensely back at Bouain. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

With the whirlpool barely a yard wide and closing, I drop the doubloon, close my fingers around the puzzle piece, and thrust my fist upward, offering completion to the distant sky. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Looking closer, I ran my fingers over the black iron letters sitting along the top of the gate. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and said a silent prayer and hoped for a miracle. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before Werner closes the shutter, a single airplane comes through the dusk. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then he let readers relive the mass flight from the city, see the closed shops and empty streets, and meet suffering fever victims and those who bravely stayed to help them. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

And be careful of what you say, even to your closest friends! The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The door of the phone booth had been pulled closed, and the three of us were crammed inside on the floor. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

Somehow I marshaled the concentration to lift an arm and pull him close. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I licked my lips and closed my eyes. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Splashing through the water that already lay an inch or two deep on the pavement, she called out when she was close enough: “Can I help? What do you want?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

This seems the most appropriate closing scene in our attempted recovery of “The Duel” as a famous and eminently visual story. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Gurgi was willing to give up his life for us; I can do no less for him. Above all, we must not lose heart so close' to the end of our journey.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

She moved closer to him and she spoke soothingly. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not even the Sapa Inca’s guards were allowed to look upon him from such a close distance. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

That day, May 21, Mollie had risen close to dawn, a habit ingrained from when her father used to pray every morning to the sun. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Already burdened with nearly two million Afghan refugees, Pakistan had closed its borders to Afghans in January of that year. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel and the angel were close in discussion with the engineers, and men were clambering down from the craft itself, one carrying a clipboard, another a length of cable. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He’s in his bedroom with the door closed now. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

When she woke up, it was as close to daylight as it was ever going to get. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She flopped back down and closed her eyes as if it was of little importance to her. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And when leaning wasn’t enough, she moved closer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’m so close to him that I can feel it beating against my own chest. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As a teenager she’d had plenty of friends, some of them boys—but none as close as the friendship between her daughter and Moody seemed to be. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s the perfect place for you and me. I’m close to a goshawk’s nest, and you’re next to a mighty waterfall.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They fluttered closed and his fingers softly released my wrist. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Uriah takes the soldier’s gun and starts shooting at the Dauntless closest to us. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He finished the stew and almost immediately felt his eyes closing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Ranee notices her granddaughter tucking loose curls behind her ears, fingering her earrings, leaning a bit closer with every story. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They asked that I close my eyes and open my hands. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

There were, he realized as he got closer, different sounds, which occurred in sequence. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Mother pulls me close and pats my head. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

With every careful step, Kaede was aware that death was coming closer, and she began to wonder if the buck knew it, too. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes to the light and his mind to what he had just heard, and fell into a deep dark hole of sleep. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

At first I think it’s Olly’s family again, but the sound is too close. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A little chill came over me, and I stepped closer to the light and warmth of Emma’s flame. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then a flat, wet clod of dead leaves shot clean through the gap and landed clear of the hedge, close to Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and placed her right hand to her forehead. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She walked close to Gatsby, touching his coat with her hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“He might have a broken rib or two, but there’s not much to do about that. Just keep a close eye on him.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He put his hands over it and closed his eyes. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to say something to let her know how good it felt to have her standing close to him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nora’s face softens, but she doesn’t move closer yet, giving him space. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They would not be rushed, as they were at Surratt’s tavern, which was much too close to Washington and possible pursuers. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A line of arched windows ran along the south wall, but they had been closed off with heavy draperies. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The leaves rustled as it slithered toward them, closing the distance as its massive gray ears flapped eerily in the wind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Christ,” he shouted, stepping into the block and standing a little too close to the bell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the door closes on a thing he could see that I couldn’t. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Closer, closer, and then right past us on the way toward the office. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The room was stuffy with the window closed but I was too tired to get up and open it. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes, digging into the furthest reaches of her brain to figure out what would be the perfect addition to her cake. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He leaned over to look closer, and a black cat leapt out and darted up the stairs. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, sir,” I said as he started to close the door. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and waited for the familiar feel of The Giver’s hands on his back. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her year started with the Fourth of July because it was the first holiday that came along after school closed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leave the plank, close the shed, and grab my backpack before walking down to the stop; the bus comes right as I arrive, opening its doors like an invitation. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Nobody is standing in front of it, so I walk forward to get a closer look. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He quickly stepped into my room and roughly closed the door behind him. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The closest two were circling a hemlock bough near the bank, probably judging the safety of returning to the meal he had interrupted. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She hugged me in her gentle, knowing way, but it didn’t make me feel close to her. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Taker, very close to her, body to body. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Now they were passing close to him, their backs coming into his range of vision. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when it's too late at night and the pool is closed and I can't stop my thoughts, it's Hannah who can steady me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Griswold wheeled himself closer and smiled, his bushy mustache lifting up at the edges. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We heard an electric hum behind us as the jet’s staircase retracted and the hatch closed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I watched the shore come close, then swing away, then come closer again. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Who said anything about killing?” growled Basta as he closed the cell door behind him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But the entrance security guard is not doing a good job surveying me discreetly, and I’m afraid he'll start tracking me tracking Farooq, so I grab a book and move into the closest aisle. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Sounds good,” I answered, and then closed my eyes again and listened to the music. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

They had to leave room to build my nose, but the eye surgeon made sure the sockets were as close to where they should be as possible. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

They want us jammed close, constricted, no way to sweep around their flanks . . . and with that boom behind us. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She completed the post and closed her computer. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

To still the bells that rang so loudly in his dreams whenever he closed his eyes to sleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

More than once, Ivy had to come to a full stop to avoid getting too close. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I stepped closer to the doors, and I could hear Erik saying, “Did you see his hair? Did you see the side of his head? He got Mohawked, man!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some analytical part of my mind warned me that I was dangerously close to snapping from the stress. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Earl handles me significantly more gently once he’s closed the door. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I head toward him, increasing my pace as I draw closer. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They resemble flocks of butterflies opening and closing their wings. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel chewed on her lip and took a few steps closer to the shack, which was now dark and wet with melting snow. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

All the doors off the corridor were closed. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, he got all serious, and those beautiful hazel eyes came closer &r closer. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was confused but kept her mouth closed, thank heavens. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and wondered how far these drip-drops of water had fallen just to wind up on my face. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She could feel his smile even with her eyes closed, and it sickened her, but she propped up the corners of her mouth and forced herself to look at him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I crawl into my cell and close my eyes. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

During one stop, he used the time to have a closer look at the road. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At first I thought they were shouting to me, but on peering closer I could see that they had their backs to me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It all started one day while I was hoeing com down in our field close to the river. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and began to hum the melody of the Change song. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I said nothing, just watched her walk through the door and close it behind her. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He is standing so close that I can almost smell him and I’m overpowered by the need to touch him. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He comes in from the kitchen and sits at my side, comfortably close. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t feel my body any more. I’m numb. I have the feeling that Charlie is close by. My eyes are open—I’m sure of that—are they?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Father Amadi walked over to me, standing so close that I if I puffed out my belly, it would touch his body. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

His cheeks grew fuller, his eyes closer; his nose hooked, a scar appeared on his right cheek where no scar had been before. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was closed and dark, of course, but there was someone moving about inside. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I must have pushed the two boles apart as I stepped up into the place where they joined, and then when I stupidly let go again they closed on my foot like a trap. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lazlo had been daily in his company ever since, and was no closer to knowing what any of it meant. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was preparing to close the Pen and Pencil Club once Prohibition took effect. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He and another bigger boy I hadn’t yet met whose bunk was close to mine, had to help me get back to the dormitory because I could not walk without falling. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The shop is too busy. We can’t close up or turn away customers. Besides, the Ogilvie girls are snobs. Why would they invite us, except to make fun of our dresses? I’m staying here.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and became as immobile as stone, a carving under my hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Their university escort was sitting, eyes closed, listening to her Discman, waiting for the boys to board so she could go home. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth but then close it again. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She pointed at the necks of the cows closest to her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don't let myself think about how close I am to freedom, or how close I came to death. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He glanced at me as he closed the passenger door. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When we sat in the waiting area, she held me close to her. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

But on the tenth day, Wolf did come close to finishing him altogether. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He turned and saw Helvi’s anxious, questioning face close to his own, and beyond that her mother’s. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed close enough to the road that I wouldn’t get lost, but far enough into the forest so that Red wouldn’t see me if he drove by. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was staring at Yusef, who was standing too close to me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Our fingers came closer with each swing of the helicopter. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He covered himself and then closed his eyes. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I laugh, giddy with hysteria as the ground comes closer and closer. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“The front door was closed. So were all the other doors. We checked.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Although separated in age by almost four decades, the two players became relatively close and remained so for years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His laughter before the hand-slip and the water closing quickly over the place. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The detour to Pipestone wound through a cool, dark forest and if you closed your eyes and smelled the air, you could smell Bybanks, Kentucky. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He gave the chain another jerk and the bear moved closer to him. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shift of Ruby’s knees was a kind of blue poetry, and when you’re that close to someone, you don’t see their movements so much as you feel the compression of air between you. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I closed my fingers and squeezed, pretending like somehow if I squeezed hard enough, I could hold on to her forever. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He bent close, and I shifted to the side so that he rested against the tree, not me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The people themselves, closer now, had begun to notice, too, and were pointing and holding one another’s arms for reassurance. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Maria strode down the hall, but she slowed the closer they got to the cries. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up close she smelled like oranges and boat varnish. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Coyotito looked up for a moment and closed his eyes and slept again. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

One eyelid struggled to open, then fell closed. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s close to four in the morning now, and I’m no longer afraid. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Tayo reached down for the slop jar and pulled it closer. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The voices were coming closer, but it was difficult to make them out, for the ground muffled them as if they came from another world. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He come home to find Shiloh there, he just stands off to one side, listening to what Doc Murphy said about him; he don’t get close enough for Shiloh to take a lick. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she left the village and began climbing the hill to her house, the fog crept closer. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The house had been closed up since early this morning when we left for the funeral. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In that freshwater lake, fish with long whiskers swam down deep and close to the mud. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Behind them the curtain closes.The spiders return to their killing ways. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the door clicked shut, Chucha opened one eye, then closed it. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My feet carried me to school, which was closed, of course. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He took a step closer and peered at the man’s face. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The doors were solid bronze, closed with a heavy iron bar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The man in the red vest who worked in the Jumping Frog Lounge came out, yawned, and remarked that he might as well close for the night. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew was nowhere to be seen, no doubt standing as close to the stage as he could manage. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He shivered and held his arms close, as if winter had come suddenly. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes remembering the big man, hearing again his advice to Nigel on how to defy the whites. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The closer I got, the more I could smell the sodden ashes and burnt dreams. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Malcolm saw the two nuns flinch as they saw what was happening; then they pulled the shutter closed and the light vanished. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

As the years passed, the need of talking intimately with a woman who was close to him became an obsession. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was staring past me, her eyes squinting almost closed. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I lean back in my chair and close my eyes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He closes the fridge door, twists the cap off his beer and drinks. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Only my eyes moved, slowly opening and closing. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

You held Marapachi close to your chest and stroked her wooden head. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mona took a step closer to her, and Taisin had the impression that the old woman could see right into her mind. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The snow falls softly through the trees, closing up the foxes’ dens, burying the tracks of sleeping deer. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never been so close to the sky. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The bird started in fear as he approached it, hopping awkwardly as he came closer and letting out cries of sharp distress. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He did not move from his place beside the wall; he watched Peggy walk back up the stairs and close the door behind her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then Dumbledore’s face, which was still blurred and misted, came closer. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mola nodded seriously and moved closer to stand by the side of the bed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Would the church promote peace by closing the school? Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Your father's dead," she says, and closes the door. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“As train get closer, we must wave and shout. They will see us.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Two spools of thread, one white chess bishop, and six parts of a jigsaw puzzle...A teaspoon and a closed box of safety matches...A radish, two pennies, a nickel, and a golf ball. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I chase after him, and when I get close, I whisper, “Keep running Jaim- ito, all the way to the goal.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Make an appointment with her; then we’ll be that much closer to coming up with your treatment plan and getting you out of here as soon as possible. We will try for Thursday.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

We could only see about twenty yards in any direction—far enough to tell when we might be passing a woodlot or a house if it was close to the road, but that’s all. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cuffs are removed and a door slams closed behind me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She rubbed her lips together and opened and closed them like a goldfish. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She pushed down the flush of pride at his compliment, closed her eyes, and then opened them halfway. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Her eyes fight to stay open, and when closed, fold so smoothly and neatly in the corners, like creases in paper. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Chiron closed his eyes as if he were saying a prayer. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

This close to his birthday, he wasn’t likely to mess up too badly, he figured. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a much closer noise, like mallets in the sand. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

A TV blaring the Weather Channel in the common room went unwatched; the doors were mostly closed; the few people seated in the common room looked confused or blank or—worst of all—scared. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The last thing he remembered was closing his eyes in his truck and pulling his hat down over his face. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Those rooms were still empty, and sometimes, when I listened close, I thought I could hear Yiddish in the hallway. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She decided against closing the French windows, and sat down at one end of the Chesterfield. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then, without another word, Breuer went up the stairs to the hospital and closed the door so quietly they could not tell when it was finally shut. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was also wrong when she thought I’d understand that nonsense about doors closing and opening all by themselves. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Lizzie, for instance, had been hiding out at East River for close to two years, having narrowly escaped capture by PSFs who had pulled her parents’ car over in Maryland. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The handful of spies in Berlin were the closest to America's communist adversary—and none of them spoke Russian. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I think of Cordelia examining the growing pouches under her eyes, the skin, up close, loosened and crinkled like elbows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was sounding a bell, and the louder the bell rang the closer he was to finding me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spread her wings, soared out of the red maple, and landed with a thud close to him. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

In the corridor outside the room that was now Lyra’s, there was a group of nuns, all of whom Malcolm knew well, and they were crowding nervously around the door, which was closed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then it will be morning, and one step closer to when the favorite will be named. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m close with ail the guys on the team. It’s hard not to be. But I guess I’d have to say Patrick Thomas.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Legs churning, arms pumping, yet he hardly seemed to be getting closer. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“No words in any language can pin down exactly how life and death function. The closest we can come is by explaining samsara. Are you familiar with the concept?” asked Wish. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The men fired again and again, and, when the animals got to close quarters, lashed out with their sticks and their heavy boots. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Mark turned a corner and lurched down the alley that led back to the Shack, sticking close to the building on his right for a partial shield. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In the comer store, the butcher closes out his register. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes, and images from the Warden's cabin floated inside his head: her red fingernails, Mr. Sir writhing on the floor, her flowered makeup kit. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Kazi took us to the market and told us to stay close. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It made no sense, was just a sound of fear, of disbelief that something that large could have come so close to him without his knowing. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chou looks at me now with her brows wrinkling close together, as if trying to figure out my thoughts. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Penny slaps at the glass whenever a fish comes close. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Red China after World War II closed its doors to the Western white world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went into his study and closed the door tightly. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Angry voices got closer and closer, and suddenly the latch to my cell shook until it finally unhinged and the door swung open. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The US Congress was close to enacting a law that would prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Vinnie slammed his sketch pad closed and proceeded to disappear into the darkened rooms of the house with a girl from the audience. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The dart went right over its head, and it came even closer. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Fab what?” he asks, easing closer to me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It is the closest thing to a dream house they will ever have. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“The Evergreens Cemetery in Brooklyn. It’s close to the neighborhood where my mom grew up.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’m going to take you with me, closed up tight in this diary and in the little pouch with the dirt and your jewelry. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I could close my eyes and let it happen the same way I was going to sit back and let the world end. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and thought about waves, rushing water, the Mississippi River. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There was a cast-iron frying pan awfully close to her hand and we now knew just how “forcefully” she could argue. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I step through the door, Elsie rushes over and pokes her head into the hallway, looking back and forth before closing the door behind me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She looked around, but all she could see were wide eyes and hopeless faces, pale faces, dark faces, old faces, young faces, all the dead cramming and crowding, close and silent and sorrowful. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ll ride the bike down closer to your house. Then you can all get a turn.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

With the trunk’s lid closed, her head didn’t hurt anymore. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Still, there is a sliver of hope now that I am close to the information I need. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Your lips getting closer…and closer…and…I wake up. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Galileo, for example, liked to keep as close to geometry as he could. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I do need to figure out what I’m going to do, because I’m certainly closing in on the end of what’s an acceptable amount of time for a gap year. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was sitting under the graffiti sign and his eyebrows were close together. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, close to Hull Street, his mother was buried in an unmarked grave. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's just starting to hit me how close I came to sabotaging our mission. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We shuffle closer and closer to the plane. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He saw the engineer Bernd close the cellar door and sit on the stairs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Next came my socks, then my pants, and then I crouched beside the fire, so close it hurt. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I press a few more buttons on the binocs till I find the ones that take me in closer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone I pass stares at me from a distance and then, as we grow closer, looks down at their feet and mumbles buenas tardes, senorita in heavily accented Spanish. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trying not to think about how weird it is to get a haircut from your teacher in the bathroom at school, I close my eyes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Up close I saw what I had not seen from the car: The man had a scar on his right cheek, as though he had been hit in the face with a sledge. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifts me into his arms, and I rest my head against his chest and close my eyes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Daddy hands the plates to me and closes the door. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I found him a place closer to my tomatoes but hidden by somebody's com, so the cops wouldn't see him sacked out. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have to be quiet because Eugene is there with his eyes closed and we don’t want him to be waking up and looking out the window for Oliver. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I say, ducking back into the room and closing the door. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She read to them, talked to them, played with them, hugged and kissed them constantly, and kept them close at all times. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Half friends, really, we were never that close. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the far end of the corridor was a closed door. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He had leaned back and was staring at the sky, his eyes closed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That day in the storeroom, when he asked how his mother had looked before he was born, was the closest he’d ever come to mentioning the picture. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I fell to me knees and I prayed like fury. When I opened me eyes, it was gone. No rope, no dead man, and the trapdoor was closed.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The General closed his eyes, and his face became as still and remote as a stone carving in a museum. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she kicked the oil drum to free it from the ice, rolled it close to him, and erected her tent against it. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Em closed her eyes and leaned her head back against the wall. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and slowly opened them again, now grinning. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I’d read about volcanoes in my geography book and I was excited at the prospect of being so close to a real one. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy pushed on his side furiously and the crack closed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Staying in a garage when we owned our own house wasn’t ideal, but Orange Grove was close to my school and my mom’s work so it had its benefits. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes, and radiate body heat. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She did, and by the end of October, just before cold weather set in, she was on her way to West Virginia, which was close anyway, according to her geography book. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t seen her mom in months—not since Zeus had closed the gates of Olympus and forbidden all communication with demigods. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They slide onto a cushioned bench with a high back and sides, the door on one side clicking closed as Poppet settles in between Bailey and Widget. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I quietly closed the door and dashed to the file cabinet and pulled open the drawer. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Emily felt its squat presence now as she closed the front door on the search parties and turned to cross the hallway. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He disappeared down the spiral staircase and they heard the front door open and close. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She was at least fifty years old, but she dressed stylishly and wore makeup, so she looked closer to thirty. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he saw sky at all, it was only through the holes in the sides of the crate; everything else was dark and close, smelling of blood and waste. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

However, as they got closer, he heard the quiet roar of rushing water. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The salesman, who was close to Hale, admitted that he had no proof of the debt and that he had simply desired his commission. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They were so close to each other, I was afraid to shoot in case I hit her instead. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Every business in Garden Heights gotta close by nine. And nobody can be in the streets after ten. Lights out, like in prison.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

That night they camped on a small eyot close to the western bank. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A door closed behind them; Thomas turned to see Alby and Newt heading over from the Homestead. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He bowed and left the compartment, closing the door after him. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

As your approximations of the tangent lines get better and better, the points on the curve you use to create the approximations get closer together. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A piece of black plastic that is close to the dryer vent appears to be waving at me like a black flag. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he went for some coffee and forgot to close it,” Jerome tried. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I give up on the sketch, close my eyes, lean back in my desk chair. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Only one hand remains, it waves cheerfully before pulling the lid closed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

If it is Union cavalry, there will be infantry close behind it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the imagining might have worked if Virgil’s ears had been closed instead of his eyes, but because they were open and alert, they picked up a distant sound in the darkness. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The front door to the laboratory was open, but many others remained closed, like Anne Wythe Hall, a dormitory for single white women working at Langley. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

So I went back closer to the door. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He closed his paint bucket and returned it to the supply truck. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The Bull knew how to close distances faster than a speeding bullet. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The whole line shifted left, moving to join with Pettigrew’s flank, to close the gap. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave a cry of delight and moved closer. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Doors and windows are closed against the coolness of night. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was closing the distance between myself and the lounging pair too quickly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When the sounds had faded, Kaz signaled to her, and they slipped back out the door, closing it as silently as possible behind them, and continued their ascent. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Brienne closed her thick callused fingers around the hilt of her sword. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Lanes one through three, on the other hand, came in so close to the southern shore of the lake that they were almost entirely protected through much of the course. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Since this was the end of Virgil and Gulliver, he hugged his backpack close to him and decided to take a nap. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He steps closer, murmuring, “I’m just trying to say thanks, Jerome. You helped me out a lot. Good friends share. You can bring it back tomorrow.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Dicey hurried to open the windows, one over the back yard, and two to the piney woods that closed around the house. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, if you’ve ever gotten a surprise package, you can imagine how puzzled and excited Milo was; and if you’ve never gotten one, pay close attention, because someday you might. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sits so close that their shoulders and legs are touching. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I could feel the cuts on my chest closing up. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

As they moved closer, more men in dark uniforms got out of the cars and truck cabs. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he got mad, he would bang his head against the wall or the table—whatever was close by and bangable. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Especially at night without any lights. Even in the daytime, we’ll be too low in the water. We’ll have to chase any ship we see and hope we get close enough that it spots us.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lay her head down upon it and closed her eyes. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She extended her hands past him and found that they were close to the broad, flat stone where the twins often fished. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I try to twist free, but hands close on my arms, my neck. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes, and opened them again. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A glance up the stairway showed the door at the top still closed but unsealed, exactly as it had been at noon. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I like to hug some memories close so I can pull them out when I need them, like the blanket I used to drag around when I was a kid. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

As he gained momentum and height, he closed his eyes and breathed in the crisp cold air. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She sat up a bit and, with one hand, closed the lapels of her dressing gown. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Through the window, Fruitless Mountain stood like a shadow, but Minli closed her eyes and imagined the house shimmering with gold and the mountain jade green with trees, and smiled. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped smartly over the threshold and closed the front door behind him.“It is a long time since my last visit,” said Dumbledore, peering down his crooked nose at Uncle Vernon. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then lightly she passed them and closing the door she turned her back to it, with her white arms spread out across it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t close my eyes without seeing it—that tentacle- mouth horror in the woods. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He closes his eyes, wills the disaster of the day away, and tries to forget. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She spoke slowly, and her voice was like a chain that pulled you gently closer. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But I’m not sure if knowing about feelings and experiences is the same thing as being close. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Tree and Zheegwon had filed into a single room and their door was closed, locking them in together. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

At the last second before collision, just as he got a close look at the metal and hair and slime, Thomas planted his left foot and dove to the right. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She looks at me for a moment, and then she scoots closer. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, conservationists argue for keeping this unpopulous region as close to nature as possible. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Only a sliver of sunlight cracked through the closed drapes, making the room feel dreary. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Luba Luft and I had been close, very close friends for almost two years. What did you think of her? Did you like her?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and suck hard, savoring the cool flavor. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

On the floor sat the great Paqo, his eyes closed, a peaceful smile upon his lips. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He stepped closer to the wall and lay a hand on it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At this point, so close to leaving, what did I have to lose by asking one question? The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They're closing in on me, I think, remembering my school photograph on the television screen. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Alex nips at Henry’s throat and palms at his hips and sinks into the white-out bliss of being that impossibly close to him, of getting to share his body. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be here with my chariot,” Dad said as he closed the door behind him. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I moved so close to her window, I could feel the coolness of the glass on my lips. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Cristiana slipped out, closing the door, and I stood by, waiting. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Most churches had steeples that appeared to be solid from the street, but a closer inspection would reveal a wooden framework covered with cleverly painted copper or tin. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

As they ran, tall trees closed in around them and arched gracefully toward the sky. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

With his big back shiny with sweat, he swings the machete low and cuts the cane close to the ground. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Casa Marina Hotel was closed, and most of the other businesses were boarded up. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth and I ain't very close—uneasy acquaintances at best—so imagine my shock to discover that Miss Anderson really did go harder on me than the others. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I looked back at the closed door of the master bedroom. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He moves his hand closer to me, but I don’t move my leg. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The sea was closer, only five leagues north, but Asha could not see it Too many hills stood in the way. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z