He closed his eyes and began to hum the melody of the Change song. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Her face is puffy, white, like an unbaked biscuit, with yellowish circles under the closed eyes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and shook her head. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped through the entrance and pulled the door carefully closed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ben’s final screams were cut off when the walls closed with a terrible boom. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Even this very short journey had turned Ron whiter still, and once they had settled him on the mattress he closed his eyes again and did not speak for a while. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The circle of women closed in, eager for news. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned down and placed his hand solemnly on Matty’s forehead above the closed eyes. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Cathy’s bedroom door is still closed, but I can feel her quiet rage radiating through it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking over my shoulder to see Mr. Henderson wiping the latch with spirits before he closed the door. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Most of the stores on the street had “For Rent” signs in the windows, and others were closed for the day. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She tried talking tough to me, but I just went to my room and closed the door. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Wiping the snot and tears away, he closed his eyes and sucked in a deep breath, let it out. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But I'm not in any position to complain, so I smile with my lips closed and say that the flamingo footgear is terrific. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I looked at the closed door of the bathroom where Dorothy had disappeared. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then I closed the bathroom door and slid the little locking bolt shut. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Weasley was slumped in a kitchen chair with his glasses off and his eyes closed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

School had been closed a while, for the break and because the nuns feared violence. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled his lips together, closed his eyes, and I watched the first teardrop fall down the side of his cheek. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remarked on this to the man once he had finished with the radiator and closed the bonnet. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I should’ve kept my fat mouth closed,” he said, kneeling in the dust next to Matt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes, and very softly, she put her lips on mine. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and made my wish. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And she never really closed it all the way, her mouth. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I stroked the bonobo’s belly, and for a few moments he half closed his eyes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

A terrible brightness shone in Adam’s eyes and he closed them and kept them closed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we get home to the trailer, Lenny is closed off in his bedroom instead of at work, and Frank says something about him being sick. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It found it, and my eyes closed with pleasure at hearing it: sweet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Going,” I said, and then closed my eyes and pretended sleep. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian let his eyes fall closed and hoped they would think he was unconscious. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Every post office in Baltimore was closed for the holiday except the main branch downtown. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Lina went over to the closed door in the right- hand wall. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His quizzical blue eyes dwelt on her brown arms so deliberately that she closed hei fists to hide the calluses on her palms. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Pax closed his eyes against the low-glancing sunlight and did not respond. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

When he got to the inn it was closed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed by Harlem Coffee with their long line of bleary-eyed customers, A to Z Deli, which was just opening up, then the library, still closed for another few hours. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

At last I closed the mouth of the cave with stones. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guy immediately smiled and waved in response, but as the doors closed, they heard him say, “Wait, what’d he say?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

With his eyes closed he seemed more threatening than with them open. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The team made it to the doorway on the right, which, of course, was closed. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Park kicked the door closed and fell back on it, pulling her even tighter. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He smelled the scent of it and closed his eyes tightly. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

As my fingers closed around the leather edge, he took my wrist with his other hand and leaned in closer. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I closed the door behind me and headed for next cottage. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and leaned against the wall of the cottage. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam closed the door behind her and looked around. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Instead I closed my eyes and hoped that sleep would at least let me forget my hunger for a few hours. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

And he felt himself growing cold now, and the depth of his coldness was not a surprise, and he closed his hand around Milholland’s notes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Then she reached in and closed her fingers around the picture. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Just then a parakeet squawked, making my brother jump, and he closed the box, tucked it under his arm, and carried it downstairs to Desdemona. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Princesse asked, her eyes closed against the glare of the sun as it bounced off the glass of clear white rum in Catherine’s hand. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The service was held at nearby Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, since our church was closed for repairs. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him go, from the window overlooking the street, following his familiar shape as he stepped outside and closed the door behind him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be good to be back,” I murmur, letting my eyes drift closed. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, and there it was. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Happy they kept the lid closed on her coffin, because she had long ago stopped looking like herself. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I shook my arm free, but her fingers closed around a handful of my jacket. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The boys went into the room and closed the door behind them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The school is closed for winter break, so we had to work at one of our houses. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Somehow I find the strength to move my feet, and when I’m alone in my room with the door closed and my thoughts drowned out with music, I open the letter. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When he closed his eyes he saw moving asphalt and his boots swinging in and out of view. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was small enough that you wouldn’t notice it if you weren’t looking for it, but Sefia knew it so well she could see it even when she closed her eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She entered and picked up the undergarment and put the stocking back in the drawer and closed it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

While school was closed, I had continued doing interviews about girls’ right to education, and my father and I attended rallies and events to spread our message as far and wide as we could. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Government offices in Washington and other cities, as well as many stores, closed for the day. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She closed and opened both her eyes together. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and let his voice caress me, let myself imagine him as a child, before his shoulders grew square, chasing aku outside, over soil softened by new rains. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then I closed my eyes and let the storm carry me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Work like hell all day every day, send them your money and get a little piece of paper back, Your account closed at 20.62. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace closed her eyes, praying that it was a dream, that she could go back in time and wake up in her bed a year ago and have everything go back to normal. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He went to his sleeping room early, and from behind the closed door he could hear his parents and sister laughing as they gave Gabriel his evening bath. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he took me in his arms, I closed my eyes as he kissed my forehead. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And when I closed my eyes I was happy ’cause I could still feel the hypnotic vibrations going through my body. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Looking at the man, with his crippled foot and greasy ragged tunic tied closed with woven palm fronds, it wasn’t hard to believe he was close to starvation. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes for a moment and he could see her again, Mary, it may be for years, it may be forever, and Hancock’s face in tears, may God strike me dead. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment the two of them were out of sight, Chubs and I both lurched forward, pushing through the circle of kids that closed around Liam. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

I closed my eyes on the train, trying not to see the death all around me, but I knew it was there. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the fall came, and the garden didn’t need them so much anymore, she taught him how to make pierogi, to fill the purses of dough with potato and onion and pinch them closed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then finally they closed and the fatigue made him sleep. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I think I only blinked, but my eyes are closed for hours. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He took another, eyes closed, his mouth tight, and at last exhaled. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something told me I should hurry up and make a wish before the magical moment passed me by, so I closed my eyes and thought about the one thing I truly wanted—Papá. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Frankie had to wait until he had the kitchen to himself and the door closed. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But until then, Monday needed to hurry up and get here before the wolves closed in. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The swords opened and closed, scissoring madly, metal zinging along metal. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Dear Mavor, My brother Danny Chipped his tooth On the cracked sidewalk, His fault really Because he was on His skateboard With his eyes closed And his fat mouth open. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lying on the floor all around me are Dauntless soldiers with their eyes closed. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh, she had thought again as Pearl’s eyes fluttered closed once more, and she was certain that no one could ever love this child as she did. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I walk back in the bedroom though, Miss Celia’s not in bed and the bathroom door’s closed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

On a gray, low day at the end of February, they closed the door to the parsonage for the last time. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She closed her door and stood looking around, trying to form her simple procedure. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The office was closed this time of night, but she tipped the desk clerk to open it for her. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Albert ran his fingers through Madge’s fur and closed his eyes. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

To the left of the great arch they found a stone door: it was half closed, but swung back easily to a gentle thrust. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Volta closed his eyes, and his words came out in a horrible squeal. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I stalked off to my room and closed the door. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Sun and Sand Bar is closed and I go by slow, stare at how dead a neon sign seems when it’s turned off. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And step by wounded step, Runt closed the distance until he flopped down by the riverbank and stretched his neck out to lap at the cool water. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They see that joy and luck do not mean the same to their daughters, that to these closed American-born minds “joy luck” is not a word, it does not exist. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They closed in on the man, who never seemed to be aware that he was being stalked. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t care less about Florence Nightingale,” said Isabelle as Raymie pushed her wheelchair down a long hallway lined with closed doors. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He looked out into the hallway and then closed the door with us still inside. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door was closed, and I could hear my father working at his typewriter inside. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She heard footsteps on the stairs, the sound of the hatch scraping, and she closed her eyes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The black-faced man opened and closed his mouth in a kind of chewing action. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I waited in front of the lighted drugstore, which was closed down for the night. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sahil closed the crooked door behind us and blinked in the dim light. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I closed the latch on the door of the trap and hurried inside the house, calling for Bertha. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and held his hands slightly raised, then dropped them and opened his eyes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The windows were all closed, but sun streamed in, heating up the room to a slow simmer and bringing forth the ripe stink of underwashed gentlemen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the door is closed and she turns to face me, my guess is she can see my shock, because she blanches. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Meggie held her breath as his lips closed around the burning matchstick. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

The door to the spiral staircase that led back into the castle was closed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The hot, soggy air hit my nose, and I scrunched my eyes closed at the sting of the horrible smell. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My eyes were covered and closed: eddying darkness seemed to swim round me, and reflection came in as black and confused a flow. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Cari thought back to all the times she had seen Naomi holding her own braid, eyes closed. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In 529, Christians closed the school of Athens— the last link to the academies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

My mouth opened, closed, and opened again like a fish pulled from the pond and thrown on the bank. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

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

Her eyes closed up tightly, and her swollen lips clamped shut. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole scene quivered vague and mysterious in the green light, then the door closed and the sound muted down. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind it, at its broad stern, foam burst; then the river closed around the interruption and resumed its own form again, as if the boat had never been there. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Harry and the two Dumbledores entered the room, and Mrs. Cole closed the door on them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Salvador got up, took Lupita by the elbow, steered her into the bedroom on the right, and closed the door. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Soon, his e-mails bounced back, undeliverable; she had closed the account. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When it was closed, it was the same size and shape as the alethiometer. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I closed the book and put it on the shelf and turned around. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The paws closed over the ears so that he would not have to listen to more. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Morgun was deaf. These bony growths closed his ear canals when he was an infant.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She was standing halfway down the line, her face paper white and her eyes fully closed. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Staring into each other’s eyes was another way of keeping them closed, or off the details at hand, anyway. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I stumbled quickly to my desk, slammed my laptop closed, and sat down so hard my desk chair rolled into my bed. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

After Mama left, I stared at the closed door, at the smooth surface, and thought about the doors in Nsukka and their peeling blue paint. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

They looked around one day and found themselves closed in. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a fine, peaceful morning, not a sound from the tannery, which for one blessed day in the week closed down completely. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped on them, feeling the cushion, and closed his eyes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“He wanted something from Gregorovitch,” Harry said, eyes still closed tight. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When I made it home I closed and double locked my door and pulled the curtains. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes, miserable and homesick: he did not want to become one of the ghouls. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Chantal is as still as a rock on her bed, and the window is closed. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Francie stepped back to stand with Mama while they closed the lid. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed the book and blew out the lantern, but I lay there wondering if maybe the quiet feeling inside me just might be the start of something good. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I almost closed my eyes, but I didn’t. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Next to that is the coat room, which contains a barely functioning microwave oven and a refrigerator that won’t stay closed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nudged it closed so that it was just ajar now. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath—two—three, then said, “But I’ll live, as long as you don’t scare the hell out of me again.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

That door would be closed, and the office would be empty. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes tightly and tried to remember what Voldemort had looked like, but it was impossible. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Naturally his paw would be much larger when closed than it was when he reached in. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amah’s eyes were closed, her arms outstretched as if reaching. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I lie in bed thinking about those days when the streets smelled like smoke and ash, when the stores where we’d just bought candy were closed and all boarded up. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Kino looked down at his closed hand and the knuckles were scabbed over and tight where he had struck the gate. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that particular flat-building and all the neighboring buildings, creaky shutters were closed and tied with petticoat strings to the window bars. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and placed her right hand to her forehead. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

As he leaned his head back against the chair and closed his eyes, a thought popped into his head: Life is a fog. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

But when I held out my 15p he just did this sly grin and closed my fingers round my coins so it looked like he'd taken them. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Sula fled down the steps, and shot through the greenness and the baking sun back to Nel and the dark closed place in the water. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes, bracing for the spirit to dive into her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I turned her back out to pasture, closed the barn door, put the top on my can and walked back to the store, through for the day. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes to make my point. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I do,” I answered, and the door closed behind me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The moment the space suit was closed, her faceplate fogged up. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ran with it to the TV room, closed the blinds, locked the door, and watched the movie. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

At Płaszów we briefly reunited with my sister, whose factory had also been closed. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes, wanting it to be over, but nothing happened. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She stood up and pressed the door closed with her back. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes in pain and weariness. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s late, I know, but we had to wait until the cafeteria closed.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The old man’s head was very old though and with his eyes closed there was no life in his face. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A closed door could not be opened and nothing could be reached that was on a table. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Nan closed her eyes, took a slow bite of peach, and got a far-off look. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and watched the blackness under my eyelids. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Door number four, down on the end, is closed except for an inch. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Colette closed her eyes briefly, then snapped them open again. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of the way Elizabeth closed her eyes and breathed in a long sigh when the tahari was handed out. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I was so upset when Carlos closed the old Hideout, just like when we had to leave my old house and move to this building. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I stared at the closed door with the anger mounting inside me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The shell was partly open, for the overhang protected this ancient oyster, and in the lip-like muscle Kino saw a ghostly gleam, and then the shell closed down. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slide down my muffs, press my ear against my closed door. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

In the remaining free minutes, hopeful students often took turns tugging at the door, which remained stubbornly closed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and imagined Mama and Papa were with us. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I walked toward the closed door, wincing every time a board creaked under my feet. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then she could speak no more; the bark closed over her face. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Talking wrong, he might as well have been a barbarian invader; the town gates were closed. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winnie closed her eyes to shut out the silent pulsing of the lightning. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyddie nodded gratefully and closed her eyes and turned her back against the candlelight. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

Dell bit down on the inside of his left cheek and held his mouth closed until he could detect the taste of blood. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

All the classroom doors were closed, so they went outside. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milkman closed his eyes, helpless to pull away before the completion of the dream. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The vegetation closed in as I neared the river, making it impossible to avoid clomping through bushes and thickets. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bronwyn waved to us from below and then pulled closed the circular door at the bottom of the well. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In one heartbeat, I'm pressing my back against the closed door and wondering if I've just made another mistake. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A man in a bright yellow-and-purple striped shirt hurried in and closed the door behind him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She set her note on the plank table and quietly closed the door. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Trepid ushered Florida and Dallas into their office and closed the door. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I caught a glimpse of the small, white wafer, the risen Christ, and then I closed my eyes and felt the host placed on my tongue. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He closed up his grade book, folded his hands and looked at her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She left the bedroom and closed the door behind her. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Shadow ran through the airport, but the doors were already closed when he got to the gate. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Joseph coughed and closed the door behind him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

The woman wiped her tear and closed her eyes as if she could not bear to see land around her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

As I walked down the road, I kept pretending I was going to the library; but it was Sunday, and I knew the library was closed. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I opened my eyes and pulled back Deza kept hers closed and smiled. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

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

When I closed my eyes I saw my parents. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry closed his eyes, thinking of all he had seen and heard. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I scratched him quick behind his ears and was zipping the duffel back closed when the waitress came up behind me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then I went to the library, closed myself in, hunted out The Princess Bride. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I closed and relocked the drawer, then carefully returned the keys to their hiding place. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she closed the door to the gray room the outside light was cut off and only the reading lamp threw its cone on the table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The great gates were closed and barred, as he had anticipated. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

The four guards went inside and closed the door. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Rowan closed his eyes, wishing he could close his mind as well and hide from his own thoughts. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She put her head against the backpack Ares had given us, and closed her eyes. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Hungry Joe had paused in his attack to shoot pictures through the closed door. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Lily closed her eyes and leaned back, absently fishing for a cigarette again until she remembered the pack was empty. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Alex closed his eyes as his dad planted a long kiss on the top of his head. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She heard him climb the ladder, and the hatch closed with a loud bang. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The door closed behind me, and, sooner than should be possible, he was sitting next to me, starting the car. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and rubbed his temples, willing his father’s voice to go away, willing the wretched memories to go away. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were closed, and she pressed her beaded tadidnn pouch against her chest. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I waited until he went back into the house and the door closed behind him; then I started to walk back, but for some reason, did not want to quite yet. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Simon grabs my hand and lifts it, and suddenly, I'm stretching both arms skyward, smiling with my eyes closed. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and imagined Mama here with me, leaning over my face and giving me a good-night kiss. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and turned his head away, sensing that they were white and he was black, that they were the captors and he the captive. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his left eye to aim, which made his lip curl up on one side. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She’d keep her eyes closed and her left hand would start moving like it came alive and was acting on its own. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Now he regretted it bitterly as darkness closed in. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Sloan unwrapped it and immediately tore off a bite, chewing hard, and closed his eyes, holding the jerky in both hands near his mouth, like a squirrel with the last of the winter nuts. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I wish I could pull the shutters closed, blocking out this moment from the prying eyes of Panem. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then she smiled faintly and let her head sink to his shoulder with her eyes closed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Bohannon stepped inside and smoothed her hair as Dill closed the door behind her. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I zip my bagful of vials and sample containers closed and walk toward the shuttle. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Outside, the rain came down in slants, hitting the closed windows with a furious rhythm. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her face turned slowly to me, though her eyes remained closed. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I think I made some sort of noise in the back of my throat, and I vaguely remember my fingers, curled tightly closed, resting on his chest. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he closed the window in his room, Evan could hear the gurgle of the gutters choking on the downpour. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I stared at the gun for a moment, then I closed the lid and pushed the box back under the bed. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She slanted her short self in the direction of Aunt Florentine’s face and stared intently into her closed eyes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the next day, January 19, the fist of the Antarctic closed around the ship: Endurance was surrounded by ice pack, with no open water in sight. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Her throat closed tight and her knees shook. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Mama closed the gap between them and took Koffi's hand in hers. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s a nice place to visit, but, you know . . .” He tugged on the door, making sure it wouldn’t swing closed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I pull my mouth away, push his jaw closed, and wait. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

James Garfield closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I geared myself up for some conversation, mainly to practice talking to a real teenage boy, but he closed his eyes almost as soon as I slid into the seat next to him. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

And he could see, though his eyes were closed. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then the transmitter snapped off and the absolute darkness closed around him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I closed both hands around the lamp and the fuzzy cord and gripped them tight. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Naomi closed her eyes and let happiness roll through her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Next was sorting files in a dusty accountant’s office that closed down within weeks of my arrival. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

No sooner had Morris closed the door than Margaret said, “Lets eat.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trying not to think about it, Thomas closed his eyes for a moment and concentrated on remaining still and quiet. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was twisted and her eyes were half closed. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Quinn gives me the room number and when I find Erin her eyes are closed. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed the car door, flicked a signal with his hand to Iran, and then swept up into the night sky. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

My heart skipped a beat as the classroom door closed behind me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

No. The crows report this: the road is closed. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I did so, and as soon as the door was closed the woman threw off her veil the better to select what she wanted. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

As far as I can tell, the second stage of initiation involves sitting in a dark hallway with the other initiates, wondering what’s going to happen behind a closed door. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In a cold, closed voice I’ve never heard before, he says, “I am sorry. I am too busy. I was wrong. It is too distracting to have someone here so much.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

You see where the stock exchange closed on Tuesday night. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Thomas opened his mouth, then closed it without saying anything. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

His mother closed her eyes and lowered her head and mumbled, “Lord, we thank Thee for the food You done placed before us for the nourishment of our bodies. Amen.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

He shoved both hands deep into his pockets, pulling his jacket closed against the misty night. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Patrick then took me out of the room and closed the door. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jule paid her fare, and the doors of the bus closed. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When I got to the hospital, he was in a bed in the emergency room, his eyes closed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I realized what I was doing a full minute after Liam had closed his eyes and leaned into my touch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“They’re scarce as hen’s teeth. Remember to tie a yellow cloth to the front railing. This coffeehouse is officially closed.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and allowed the leather to suck him into sleep. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The driver slid the glass partition closed and drove on in silence. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

After the funeral, though, the case will be closed, and everything will have a more official feel to it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

All his attendants withdrew and closed the gate behind them. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The door closed with a thud, leaving us alone amid the sound reverberating off the concrete walls. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

She closed the door and pushed the bolt forward. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Chester was still sitting by the closed kitchen door in a state of shock. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

He shone the torch at the door; it was closed with a padlock. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her hands are shaking as she refastens her purse, and when it’s closed, she faces me and says, “No, excuse me for raising such a self-absorbed daughter.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

At those times I would lie on the floor in the dark, with the curtains drawn and the door closed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I was waiting for midnight. I closed the bathroom door too hard.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The first step was to restore confidence, so I asked him, speaking pretty loud so that he would hear me through his closed ears:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They went past rooms with doors that were closed and doors that were flung wide. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

At every shot he had closed his eyes tight and put his hands over his ears. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He closed his right eye, then opened it, and then pressed a finger against his cut. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Amari took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and this time it was her turn to spit. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra closed her eyes for a second and immediately heard her mother screaming again. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then she closed her eyes and several things happened at once: Harry’s scar prickled painfully; the Horcrux twitched so that the front of his sweater actually moved; the dark, fetid room dissolved momentarily. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Bigger dropped the paper, stretched out upon the cot and closed his eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then returning quickly to his long habit of secrecy, he closed his hand about the precious Phial which he still bore. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“You’re by nature much more closed off to the energies than I am.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I walked into my room, closed the door, and lay down on my bed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red China after World War II closed its doors to the Western white world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, he’s back there in his home office,” she said, indicating the closed door down the upper hall. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

If I closed my right eye, that is all I saw. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squeezed my eyes closed to stop myself from imagining it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure if she’d closed it once or even taken a breath the entire time Mr. Griswold and Jack had been talking. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When they were a floor up from Lockhart’s office, they turned into an empty classroom and closed the door quietly behind them. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

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

The helmet closed off the mind for contemplation of these essential realities. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She backed against the barn doors and held them closed. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

A closed wagon came by, its wheels rimmed with iron, something I’d never seen before and marveled at. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Finding no more keyholes, she closed the dollhouse and fastened the clasps. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and focused his entire attention on the song. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Thalia kept her eyes closed the whole way. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

Now, with his forehead resting on the papers and his eyes closed; the King was trying not to realize. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she closed her fingers as if she were making a pair of shadow geese bite, the string twisted together catching the little hairs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, but I knew sleep would not be coming, not when I could still hear the angry wind. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I stared at the sign as if trying to change it from closed to open. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Theresa’s lashes caught at the corners of her lids; and as she closed her door and began to undress, something about removing her layers and hanging them up proved too much to bear. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in the office chair and closed my eyes, trying to get some of the smoke sting out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bedroom door stays closed, and by two o’clock I can’t think of anything else to do except clean their bedroom. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She stuck her thumb back in her mouth and closed her eyes. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach clenched at the sight of them, but when I opened and closed my hands I could tell they were just painfully skinned, not seriously injured. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I went into my room then and closed the door, not wanting to hear Ty'ree crying, not wanting to hear anything. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Diffidently Ranofer raised the latch, opened the gate just wide enough for them both to squeeze through, and closed it carefully behind them. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Roy’s fingertips squeaked across the linoleum as he was pulled backward, and again the door closed on his shouts for help. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she finally closed the door and turned around. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Carved from the base of the Wall and closed with heavy wooden doors, the ice cells ranged from small to smaller. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Meetings were opened and closed with prayer and the singing of freedom songs—often hymns and spirituals. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and felt her question join mine. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly, I closed the door behind him and nodded towards the office. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

With her eyes almost closed she could see Theodora only as a mass of color sitting on the floor. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting here in the morning, eyes closed and the hot sun orange on mv eyelids, I could be anywhere. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not the rain, which hammered down even harder than when Barry had closed his eyes. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

The end was closed with a little piece of potato, the way you plug the spout of a kerosene can. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Veiny tree roots closed around it protectively, as if saving it from the destruction their brothers and sisters had faced. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She simply opened the door, went in, and closed it behind her. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then I closed my eyes—nothing says you have to look at your destiny—and stepped out of the way. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She closed her notebook, sending June’s face into the dark. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He closed the door and continued walking down the hallway. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Next it was announced that all the camps would be closed within the coming twelve months and that internees now had the right to return to their former homes. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and tried to calm the sea, but I couldn’t concentrate. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He admits that if his church was any kind of shop or restaurant, it would have closed down years ago. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Fm beginning to see something,” he said with his eyes closed, “yes. Something very important.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Prisons would have to be closed across America, an event that would likely inspire panic in rural communities that have become dependent on prisons for jobs and economic growth. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

We slipped in and closed the door, slowly turning the knob to make sure it didn't click and wake up Jazz. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be some kind of design on the flat, closed end. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I squeeze my eyes closed till I see stars. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She said it just as we came around the last stand of trees and stepped into the empty parking lot of the shuttered up farm stand, closed for the season. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bast closed his eyes and drew a deep breath, obviously trying to calm himself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Bigger’s fingers closed over a slender wad of paper; he knew at once that it was money and that he would give it back. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like I hadn’t existed while the door was closed, and now I’d magically come back to life. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he closed his hand into a fist it sharpened, as if a knife were stabbing up his arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Since they were, I sprinted into the courts and kicked the wire gate closed behind me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes for a second, told myself to get a grip. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He pushed the door closed behind him with his foot. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Grandfather closed his hand slowly, and then opened it again. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But images flash against my closed eyes—the Director’s leering red face, a drop of my blood falling to the floor, David’s smile, the Mess, the crackle of the fence as Soheil clutches it, Jake. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They were relaxed, friendly people, always willing to chat, unlike the Americans in our neighborhood, who seemed more closed off. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The sight of a closed trap excites me to this day. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or that time we went to Maine for a weekend and the Catholic Church there was closed from flooding. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There were voices up ahead, coming from behind a set of closed doors. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I leaned back against him, desperate for any support I could find, and closed my eyes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Worried that Lola’s crying could be heard downstairs, Briony got to her feet again and pushed the bedroom door closed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Rashid closed his eyes, tilted his head, and frowned as Diana placed a hand on Z’s shoulder to keep him from shouting again. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Matt closed the door and found the flashlight he kept by the entrance. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel closed the door and hopped into the back. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Earlier, Kaede’s mind had been a closed box; that was not unexpected for an ordinary human, but no ordinary human should be able to resist the wine. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The hatch door was halfway closed and Alec leaned out and over, trying to pull the rope up, his face almost purple from yelling. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He prided himself on keeping his heart silent, immobile, closed tight. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

In response, the British governor of Massachusetts closed down the legislature, and Gage ordered more troops from England. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was trying to struggle back to his feet when the dragon’s teeth closed hard around his forearm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes to the bloodletting, but that did not stop the torment. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She had insisted to her father that the curtains not be entirely closed. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and let my mind fall open, like a book. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and took deep gulps of air, trying to breathe in the place. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I can't see her face but I think her eyes are closed. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He had to get that hatch closed before people tried to climb aboard. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes in relief and heard that singing voice in Navajo again. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Goddard closed his fingers around it, and ever so gently, ever so inconspicuously, brought the edge of the dagger just an inch from Esme’s neck. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The moment the door closed behind her, the misty rain grew more intense. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

With his eyes closed and his mind open he lay on die rock through the night, lay and hated and wished for it to end and thought the word Clouddvwn, Clouddown through that awful night. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t breathe fast enough, not as the door inside her mind opened and closed, and the images that Celaena had made herself forget flashed before her eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She went into the lean-to, the gray room, and closed the door and sat in the darkness, listening to the pain creep back into her fingers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she pulls the door closed a bit. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Yes, ma’am,” said Mary Poppins quietly; and smiling to the Twins, Mrs. Banks went out and closed the door. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Uncle Andrew immediately rolled over with closed eyes and began breathing peacefully. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

When the sun finally rose I stayed on the floor, eyes closed, breathing slow, deep breaths, while my parents ransacked my mini fridge and discussed me in hushed tones. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I realized that my eyes were closed and opened them. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

That night, Dad came into my room and closed the door behind him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They silently closed in on the front riser as Mr. Donnelly continued to read the names. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered a bald gentleman dressed in linen and with his collar closed by a gold button, who had nothing to do with the king of hearts. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I stared down the hallway at the closed door and counted the rings. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I yank the strings and pull the fabric closed over my face. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Bowen Marsh’s mouth opened and closed though no words came out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But she did not even wait to see if Ash had obeyed; instead she went back inside, closed the door, and, a moment later, slid the bolt in place. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The penguins all loved to climb the stairs that led up to the kitchen, and never knew when to stop unless they found the kitchen door closed. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Images formed and dissolved before his closed eyes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I closed my mouth, because I wasn’t sure what I was going to say. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

The door closed behind him, the room was once more totally dark, and the two girls could breathe freely again. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

She closed the door behind her and leapt upward two steps at a time. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once the plane door closed and the wheels lifted off the ground, we pulled blankets up to our chins and fell soundly asleep. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He went to work at one in the afternoon and Mack would keep his door closed, not even come out of his room, until after his father had left. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped back and closed the gate, making sure the latch caught securely. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And then there was the gentle whisper of the city...Victor closed his eyes and sighed for a second before opening them wide with a jolt. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Joaquin shifted in his seat, opened his mouth, closed it, and opened it again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He took a breath and closed his book. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and in my mind I could see the funnel-like entrance of the hole, and the sharp slanting points of the nails. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shutters are closed tight, to keep the dark out. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I closed my gaping mouth and said "Aye," and he strode off to deal with some other crisis. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She turned her face to the ceiling, closed her eyes. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and buried my head in my arms, trying to block out the whooping cheers. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she gets to one, a light flicks on so bright I can see it with my eyes closed—and there’s a whirring noise. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

When they came back to the study after dinner, his father closed the door—something he hardly ever did—and reached for a volume in the glassed case behind his desk. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He made his decking fast to close-set ribs before he closed the side with longer planking, then cut a mast pole, and a proper yard, and shaped a steering oar to hold her steady. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened and closed her mouth, then turned toward her bus line. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

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

Finally understanding, Pinmei closed her eyes, the memories of all she had lost and gained weaving around her in a glorious, invisible tapestry. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She opened the oven door, poked a fork in the ham and watched the clear juices run down its side, and then closed it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought the bank closed on Saturday afternoons,” Ms. McMillan said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her breath came heavy again, like invisible hands were squeezing her lungs closed from the inside. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

With each insect, he closed his eyes and imagined a baby sparrow reaching upward with an opened beak. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And why was the journal closed on the seat next to me? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

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

Beyond the shelter along the street below were stores—all closed now: newsstands, coffee shops, stationery shops, but no houses. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pup was a tiny ball of grey-black fur, its eyes still closed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“They closed the furrier’s and reassigned all the workers inside the camp. Your uncle was made leader of a group breaking rocks. When Goeth demanded to know how much work had been done...” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I closed my eyes I could still feel him against my lips. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She had ended a relationship in which she was not unhappy, closed a blog she enjoyed, and now she was chasing something she could not articulate clearly, even to herself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes for a moment, feeling rather dizzy. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She came outside and closed the door behind her, allowing the footman to help her into the carriage. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the same, she hurried and her heart was beating fast when she pulled the clumsy wooden door closed behind her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But usually there was nothing at all, and Commons closed at seven, and I was left my long walk home in the snow and dark. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay, really,” I said one last time, and with a reluctant smile, Dad closed the door. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Beckendorf closed eyes tight and brought his hand up to his watch. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I lay down on it, my eyes closed, listening to the sounds around me: matches lighting, glass jars tinkling together, liquid falling into glasses. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I look back down at Tori, and her eyes are closed, her body still. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Kothlu came first, his right hand outstretched and tightly closed, as though over some precious jewel. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was midafternoon and the heat closed in on us unmercifully. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the mood, like the evening ocean fog now clouding the street lamps, closed round her. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day we closed the dance hall. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She closed the door behind her and leaned against it. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Personally,” he sighed, his eyes still closed, “I think marriage is a very important thing to do, and you’re missing a hell of a lot if you don’t try it.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they were gone, slipping away between the branches, which closed behind them as if they’d never been. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

“I don't need—” she started to say, but the window closed before she finished. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

When Dany had closed the city’s fighting pits, the value of pit shares had plummeted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Samuel leaned over the basket and put his finger against the small palm of one of the twins and the fingers closed and held on. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

Thomas watched as Alby unbuttoned the collar, then wrapped it around Ben’s neck; Ben finally looked up just as the loop of leather snapped closed with a loud pop. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and crossed my fingers. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“It sounded outside,” the boy said as he pulled the door closed after him. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drank two glasses of water and filled the glass again and carried it back to Faye’s room and closed the door. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes opened, closed, opened again, pale and opaque. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She closed the Bible and crossed her forearms on its faded cover. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man talked of seeing his wife pinched by children who he could not scold nor wave away with his stick, but must suffer them to torment her as she stood, eyes closed, twitching. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Everything was closed—everything but one small service station. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed it just as Miss Peregrine was reaching the landing. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He opened one eye, saw the brilliant colors of the quilt and closed his eye quickly. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn quickly on the stairs, aware that I’m in a basement with the door closed again, with a guy again, and music so loud. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The school was closed, the students sent home. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I wiped everything else dry on my apron and closed my backpack, bringing my water bottle back with me into the kitchen. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and breathed evenly, but she could tell I wasn’t asleep. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she takes hold of the stone and pulls the hearth closed. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She rested her cheek on the log and closed her eyes out of sheer exhaustion. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petey closed the book and slipped it back into the drawer. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

My throat closed as she stood over me, leaning so far down we could have bumped foreheads. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He closed his mouth and gritted his teeth; the peculiar paralyzing numbness was leaving. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Richard Parker’s tongue, the size and colour of a rubber hot- water bottle, retreated and his mouth closed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes like tight stars so that I wouldn’t, but I did. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flamenco dancing had no practical application in the closed society prevailing in the capital back then, but Nicolas ran a discreet announcement in the paper offering his services as a teacher of that fiery art. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wore elaborate headdresses, their languid, elongated eyes closed, their bare chests draped with carved chains and amulets. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The doors hissed closed and the train lurched forward. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“I know I saw you a few hours ago but I already miss you. I want to see your face. I want to feel your arms around me,” I said, and closed my eyes. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I smile with closed lips, just like she does. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Poor Linda lifted her face and with closed eyes ecstatically contemplated the bright remembered image. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meat market closed for the duration of this drought, no rain and still no rain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smacked his lips a couple times and closed his eyes halfway, making me think he was still asleep. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But we just stood there motionless, as if everything had closed in around us. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The man had his head tipped back, his eyes closed. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I found them, and my fingers closed upon a book as well, whose slim covers told of poetry. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I washed my hands there, and made supplication to the gods who own Olympos, all the gods— but they, for answer, only closed my eyes under slow drops of sleep. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jean would carefully remove the lid in a room with all its doors and windows closed so that the first breath of air did not turn it to dust. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she closed her eyes and went on sucking vigorously. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

This must have been one of the schools that was closed down then, for lack of children. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The casket is closed during the visitation; so if you don’t want to see your dead one laid out in the open casket, just come to the visitation and not the viewing. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, they feed me much better since you arrived,” the stonecutter said as the dungeon door slammed closed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, but the light still intruded, so I added a pillow over the top half of my face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Tipping the strange box on its side, she studied the gold clasps that held it closed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She’s standing by the closed door with her arms folded across her chest. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The door closed behind her without a sound. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I placed the penny back in the box and closed it. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” she said, and closed her mouth with a snap and stalked towards the doorway. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The moths tested the terrace doors first, but found most of them closed, and far too well made for any cracks that might admit them, so they flew down the chimneys instead. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He closed the letter by drawing a map and giving detailed direc-tions for finding the trailer on Bullhead City’s Baseline Road. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joey stared hard at Dallas and then closed his eyes and stopped breathing. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

With my fingertip in the air and one eye closed, I traced the line of the rooftops. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

With a shriek he closed his eyes and thrust his huge growing hands under the covers. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes slowly and then opened them again. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

With Burden Hill on the other end, the result is that the valley is completely closed in. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

His eyes were closed, his fingers wrapped around Mama’s hand, stroking her knuckles with his thumb. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Wide windows, some even called picture windows, destroyed any sense of being closed in; the bedrooms and beds were spacious and the storage space unbelievable. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truck sped up and the window rolled closed, and I crawled back up into my seat. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Behind their closed doors, employees stood on guard with rifles and pistols. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

That path was now closed to me forever. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The door was closed, but there was a small window on it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Lying in it with his arms crossed and his eyes closed was a satyr. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, they closed it, and they arrested the owner, I think.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be silly,” said Mama quietly, still leaning back with her eyes closed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

As Harry’s fingers closed around the Snitch, its tired wings fluttered and were still. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When he looked up, the old monk had his eyes closed and his lips shut in a straight line. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Bran closed his eyes and slipped free of his skin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung sat on the stool where Lotus had sat and he put his head in his hands and closed his eyes and his breath came and went in great gasps. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were closed and her mouth was pulled back in a grimace that wasn’t pain, but something close to it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

My eyes are closed, and my dark brown hair is wet and rusty with blood. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They say he was in Azerbaijan when the war began, and the borders were closed. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I didn't want him to hang up, but he did, and my hands were shaking and I was facing the closed door. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I kept shooting impatient glances at the closed boardroom door. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She kept her eyes closed and let the warm alcohol creep through her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He moved his catapult again, closed his hand around Tyrion’s alabaster dragon, removed it from the board. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She closed the stove door with a bang, and approaching, assisted in removing Edna’s dripping mackintosh. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Each time she closed her eyes, her head filled with forebodings and fantasies of the morrow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was heavier than she imagined a door could be, and pulling it closed was like trying to close a door against a high wind. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Sansa closed the shutters and turned sharply away from the window. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes again and tried not to cry. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The twins stirred beside me, but they kept their heads bowed and their eyes closed in prayer. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She kept her hand closed on a long vicious pin in her coat pocket. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The guy who borrowed your pencil," the voice said through the closed door. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and bit her lip and sent the fear away. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Invoking his name was like turning a golden key to open doors that might otherwise have remained closed to me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Felicia, her eyes closed tight, cautiously patted the floor until she touched the peeled grapes her sister had left for her there, and screamed to holy hell. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped, closed his eyes for a second, fought off the darkness that tried to consume him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Crawford shooed me out the door and closed it behind me. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and loosened my grip on the string. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as she closed the stairway door behind her, she heard sounds. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Then Dr. Noguera closed the window with the pretext that there was too much sun, and explained to him in simple terms that it was a patriotic duty to assassinate Conservatives. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Holding the iron bowl in her hand, Taisin walked to the northernmost edge of the circle and closed her eyes, standing still. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She remembered that as she mounted the stairs with John’s heavy weight in her arms, and as she entered the door, she heard music, which became perceptibly fainter as Florence closed the door behind her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and shook his head, like he was embarrassed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

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

My hand closed over his exposed forearm, and I yanked it, forcing him to look down at me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Neither of us can say anything to our dad, so we’ve decided to keep our mouths closed. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I closed the book and helped Mr. Ram turn his walker to face the right way to go through the doors. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Then the mist closed behind me and I couldn’t see the path anymore, and I began to wonder if I’d ever find my way out. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He was lying in the bed with his eyes closed, but when he heard me, he opened them and said, sounding very tired: “Is he gone?” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She prayed hard with her eyes fiercely closed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

By July 1921, the justice of the peace had closed his inquiries, stating that Anna Brown’s death had come at “the hands of parties unknown”—the same finding as delivered in the Whitehorn inquest. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But Alby was already drifting off, nodding slightly as his eyes closed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rivers now closed his book, approached the table, and, as he took a seat, fixed his blue pictorial-looking eyes full on me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He’d only just stepped between them when a hand closed over his mouth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

If I kept my eyes closed and lay perfectly still, that is. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then she said good-bye, stepped inside, and closed the door. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He wrote it down, closed his notebook, and switched off his tape recorder. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

A little soft laugh floated down to her, and she ran, breathless, up the stairs and stopped at the top, looking to right and left along the hallway at the closed doors. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He closed with a vague promise to renew the old partnership. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

And even five minutes before the game, in the dugout, he bent down, pretending to tie his shoe, and closed one eye and prayed: “Please let me win this ball game.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that longing in my heart, I closed my eyes and actually fell asleep right there on the school bench. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I closed the lid with a satisfying whump and did up the latches and straps. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She sat back and closed her eyes and remembered what it had felt like, flying down the block on her skates, doing her Chaplin moves. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

When the guard closed the door, Cole walked over to the bed and hung the at.oow over the bed frame where each hour and minute it could remind him of the island. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We tried to catch them with our tongues, and then Ryan's tongue found its way into my mouth, and I closed my eyes as the flakes landed on my cheeks. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Before she even closed the front door, she kicked her shoes across the living room floor. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Her parents had always argued behind closed doors, whatever battle they had smoothed over by the time the sun rose next morning. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore closed the casket and placed the goblet carefully on top of it, where it would be clearly visible to everyone in the Hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Will closed his eyes at once and went to sleep. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hid in the down under for days and days and kept the door closed, which is why I missed the funeral and the Fair Gwen going away. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was the last one out, and right before the doors closed, the yelling started. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Otto on my back, I stepped out of the door and let it click closed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

"The bomb's ready, and the breaker's jammed closed," she said. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the closed double lip of his jaws all of his eight rows of teeth were slanted inwards. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The portrait swung closed behind Harry, but not before he had heard Dean make an angry retort... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

After ignoring the students for two hours, the manager closed Woolworth’s, citing a telephoned bomb threat. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and closed my eyes for another try at enchantment. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She kissed him on the forehead and he closed his eyes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped out onto the porch and closed the door behind me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He took one hand out of his pocket, opened it, looked at the handful of pound coins, shook his head, closed his hand around the coins once more. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Here he is,” she said and closed the door behind Adam. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she closed her eyes and fell into a restless sleep. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

When Mother blinks, she keeps her eyes closed a second too long. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I looked down at Rufus to see that he had stopped trembling and closed his eyes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and prayed that someone would find him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A burst of sparks splattered as it impacted the metal, then the gate was closed, with the soldiers stuck on the other side. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I tipped my head back and closed my eyes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And he closed his eyes and bowed his head. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The house seemed very large, seen from here, with all its windows shuttered and blank, like closed eyes. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“I’d be careful, if I were you,” I say as we near the closed door. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The shadows of bars lay across the tiny patch of light; instead of brightening the cell, the wan rays made it appear only more grim and closed in. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

With my eyes closed, a lot of the distractions disappeared. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Keeping his hand closed tightly on the wand in his jacket pocket, Harry moved toward the nearest grave. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His hand closed around the handle of his knife and he walked up the hill. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

But her eyes had remained closed and her breathing was irregular. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But Ophie always liked the way the pastor’s deep bass rumble voice read the Scripture, and the way his wife always closed her eyes as her husband read. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She tried to scream “Mama” but her throat closed over and only air came out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this time he not only stepped in front of her—he closed in. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was a worn, old, yellow face and his eyes were closed and I could see a knife welt around his upturned neck as his throat threw out the song. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We crammed our suitcases into the small space and I slid the gate closed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He went into his study and closed the door. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

His cheek was laid open with claw marks and one eye was completely closed with a swelling bruise, but it was Tool nonetheless. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the wall to the right of the statue, above a closed metal door, were two electronic signboards. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There would be a closed meeting between Kwang and the church leaders for the first hour, and then they would all speak before a gathering outside. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But how could city people eat if the market closed? Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he closed the door and followed them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though ravens came and went every day, Lord Tywin himself spent most of his days behind closed doors with his war council. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Soon after, she was gone, and the bonobo and I were closed into her office as the rest of the sanctuary went dark. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

I went back into the hallway and closed the door behind me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The windows of the cab were tightly closed and opaque with streaming rain. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I closed my eyes for a moment and tried to feel her. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Behind her slanted sunglasses her useless eyes were closed, but she could see the music as it left her violin and lifted into the afternoon like smoke. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Draw for hours behind his closed door, coming out only when he needs to eat. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I closed the journal, turned off the lamp, and looked at my brother to make sure I hadn’t stirred him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

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

Little chance there was of anything democratic being allowed by Cluny the Scourge, who lay on the bed with his eye closed, ignoring the whispered bickering and backbiting around him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The tube was open at one end and closed at the other. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

When I told her everything I’d been able to gather, she walked out to the balcony and closed the door behind her. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“The rodeo arena is all closed down, so I thought we could set up a soccer goal out there and practice.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A freeze-out just meant that the staff closed and locked the doors to the building and nobody could come in or go out until the director said so. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

We sat on the bed until the space between us eventually closed. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

In June the schools were closed for good. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He splashed it against his face, closed his eyes, and jerked his head back when the ammonia capsule was placed by his nostril. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Wash pulled the front door closed behind him, he kept the knob turned so the lock wouldn’t click too loudly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her adoptive father was schizophrenic and for a time lived at Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry, a sprawling mental institution that was later closed by court order because it inhumanely “warehoused” its patients. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Tristran ripped a lace from his jerkin and closed the wax around it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Put your hands together tight like a closed book. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The two of them went into Dad’s bedroom and closed the door. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

This was the only place on the block besides the fruit store which was not closed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

She closed her eyes briefly, and beneath the scent of growing things was the faintest perfume of jasmine. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must be swinging, loose, behind the closed door. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She was locked in Life on the Slave Ship after the museum had closed, ever between ports and waiting for the wind while hundreds of kidnapped souls screamed belowdecks. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Quickly, we closed the gate so they couldn’t see us. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I fell asleep as soon as I had closed my diary.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

That night at bedtime, Mom knocked on my bedroom door, because it was closed. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The front door was closed almost before he was out of it. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his bloodshot eyes and slobbered incoherently for a moment. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pastor Weeks closed his Bible, and the funeral was over. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman turned toward us, and fear closed around my heart. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Quickly he closed the doors and snapped the lock through the hasp. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This he said to please her and it pleased her, although she did not speak again, but lay back and closed her eyes, smiling a little. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Our teacher, Mr. Siegfried, turned to see what was going on, and Stephanie, having properly scared every one of the guilty five to death, smiled, closed the door, and took her seat. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She completed the post and closed her computer. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He slid the wall panel closed and gave his leg a shake. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her mom opened her mouth to argue but then closed it and nodded. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mini’s fingers closed tighter over the compact mirror. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was something not quite right about the shop being closed. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

"Please, Sister," I say, "tell us what happened behind Abbot Hubert's closed door." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and let myself die. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mo had closed the shutters that morning so the sun wouldn't make it too hot. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He had closed his eyes and taken his brain away. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and said a silent prayer and hoped for a miracle. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the rock tumbled down the hill, Cole closed his eyes. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were closed tightly and her forehead was covered with beads of sweat despite the cold weather. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slept and tears came from under his closed lids and they were warmer than the flesh they fell on. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined her closed eyes and her dreaming smile swirling in the white calcium. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her lids are half closed, exposing the whites of her eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She whispered at him, her eyes still closed but her lips tightened in a thin line, “It takes a mighty brave man to run over turtles.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A squeak from the front of the house told me the screen door had opened and closed. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Ned screamed, and Joey tensed and closed his eyes like it physically hurt him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He closed the window, lowered the shade, turned off the flashlight. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

At the urging of Father Nicanor, he arranged for the transfer of Catarino's store to a back street and he closed down several scandalous establishments that prospered in the center of town. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He sighed again, restlessly, and closed his eyes and tried to relax. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Harry hurried over to the door leading to the spiral staircase, but his hand had only just closed upon the iron ring of the door when he heard running footsteps on the other side. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Wes closed his eyes and leaned his head against the black, plastic seat. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Arm lay on the sofa with his eyes closed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The mother accepted this and closed her eyes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s do beautiful quiet faces with little closed mouths.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I closed the door but the insufferable stench persisted. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, with Clara’s help, the teacher managed to drag the child into the building and closed the door of the school behind her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can stitch me closed the way I am.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And when Patrick started to get upset, Brad just closed his locker and walked away. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I told him that she closed up shop at five and would be here soon. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” he says, when it finally stops, and his voice is stretched thin, and his eyes are still closed. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The young man put on his robe, closed the lapels tight, and jammed his towel into his pocket, He picked up the slimy wet, cumbersome float and put it under his arm. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Her fingers flew over her keyboard as windows opened and closed on her screen. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he’s got the door closed, I turn to him and laugh. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Lots of people had their curtains closed, but not everybody. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

His hand had closed in midair upon something Harry could not see. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When the clouds closed in a moment later, cutting off my view, he was within sixty feet of the tents, maybe closer. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

A team of men in white uniforms perhaps, and the school closed for several days. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie closed the book, stroked the binding, and looked at it from all sides. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

As soon as her bedroom door closed, we retreated to my room. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I let my head drop, closed my eyes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put her head in her shoulder feathers and closed her eyes. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

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

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

And so he swept down on Stoney Sept, closed off the town, and began a search. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Hair sparkling, skin gleaming, uniform drenched with rain, Kwasi takes one last look at Sonia, then disappears behind the closed doors. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I rush out of the pantry, hurling the door closed behind me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He rolls it across his fingers, holds it between thumb and forefinger and touches it to Carmine’s nose, then clasps it in his closed fist. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was trying to fill a coffee cup, but once he got the tap open he couldn’t get it closed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I headed to my bedroom to start homework and tried to ignore the shiver that ran down my back when I passed three closed doors. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely with the target, which stands alone as an object, unlike the long box at the top, particularly when its hinged door is closed. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like I said, the stores in Cold Sassy closed every Wednesday around noon, but always before, he went back to work anyway. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be struggling to sit still, itchy in his skin, so after only a few pages, Jinny closed the book and said, “Let’s make it an early night, shall we?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His eyes are closed like he’s seen this all before. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mo closed his book, leaving his finger between the pages. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her mother’s eyes fell closed for a moment. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He had moved his young family to Durham in 1927, when C.P. was only a few months old, from a small town nearby when the mill there had closed. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Governor closed his fingers over the light in his hand and touched the glass orb. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Min closed his eyes and drew in a long, long breath. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes, feeling his thumbs trace the line of her lips. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was far, far more homesick for you two, she wrote on the palm of it, and Meggie closed her fingers over the words as if to hold them fast. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I could hear his voice, low and gentle, behind the closed door. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my mouth, closed it, then opened it again, and the words came out slowly. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Everything is going to be okay,” said Mr. Tushman, walking over to the door, which was closed. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Rishi was pretty sure his mouth had fallen open, so he concentrated on forcing it closed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Both of them now closed in on me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carried the pearl still in his hand, tightly closed in his palm, and it was warm and smooth against his skin. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and swung wildly, and Angel, laughing, belted the side of his headguard. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nudged an unopened box of Sal Hepatica a little with the trowel of her extended fingers to align it with the other sempervirents in its row, and then closed the cabinet door. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Instead, behind closed doors, a face-saving deal had quickly been struck. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The door was closed and the curtains drawn. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I pushed the button for floor eight, and the door closed. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, Easter Monday, the office was going to be closed, which meant we wouldn’t be able to move around until Tuesday morning. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Feeling vomit rise up in my throat, I turned to Lucas to see that he had his eyes closed and his hands clasped together. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Og flew back into the DJ booth, which closed up around him like a transparent cocoon. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Harry rose up out of the Pensieve, and moments later he lay on the carpeted floor in exactly the same room: Snape might just have closed the door. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When he’s done, he flips the notebook closed and looks at me. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I took a step into the room and closed the door softly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Take my hand!” shouted a terrible voice from behind one of the closed doors. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

That’s why I had closed it—so the squirrels wouldn’t tumble inside. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The other two groups of Grievers had closed in and stopped just a few dozen feet from the Gladers, also waiting, watching. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

After Phoebe admitted that yes, it was the Winterbottom residence, she said, “Excuse me a moment, please,” and she closed the door. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He sat back, closed his eyes, and let the bus carry him south. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mary Hartwell Catherwood wrote, “What shall we do when this Wonderland is closed?—when it disappears—when the enchantment comes to an end?” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And he wondered how he could see so many colors with his eyes closed. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

R.C. picked up his pocketknife, wiped the blade on his pants leg, folded it closed, and shoved it into his pocket “Let’s get out of here, Hiram. I’m done fishin’.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

When the teacher turned away, Hanako closed her book in defiance, slipped off the straw sandals that Baachan had made her, and looked under her desk and wiggled her toes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

“I’m coming, I’m coming,” Benny said as the door to the library closed behind him. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The widow was in bed, thin and pale, with her eyes closed, and he feared the worst. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and said, “I am ready, dollies.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

He looked around for the source of the light and saw a sliver of silver-white shining brightly from within a black cabinet behind him, whose door had not been closed properly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Ekon closed his eyes and covered his ears, desperate to block out the words. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She eased the door open, peered down the empty stairway, and then closed it. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In Dubai, once, my mom helped a poor lady and she gave us frog to eat, and I had to chew it with my eyes closed. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Inside, the cover was down on the piano, and the hymn-book was closed. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

City Hall kept the Savoy closed for a long time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the soldier turned and went back up the steps and opened the door to the outside world and some small light leaked in before he closed the door behind him. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was aware of Percy standing over him, swinging his sword and yelling in defiance as the ghosts closed in. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We usually keep them closed, but with the sea so flat we aren't worried about waves splashing through. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The latch clicked closed, but I did not hear her footsteps moving away. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes for a moment or two and listened to the rush of the sea. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I am not one to press my company upon those who do not value it. If Dumbledore chooses to ignore the warnings the cards show —” Her bony hand closed suddenly around Harry’s wrist. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

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

They drove off in their squad car, and all down the block, drapes fell back to rest, half-opened shades closed like eyes that saw no evil. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I shuddered and, breaking into a trot, closed the gap between myself and the stranger's horse. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The real troubles in life happen when those hidden doors stay closed for too long. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I drew in a jagged breath, breaking the stillness, he closed his eyes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As we walked north across the multihued stones toward the driftwood seawall, the clouds finally closed ranks across the sky, causing the sea to darken and the temperature to drop. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The door to the office was closed, but I could see someone’s shape behind the frosted glass. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I could see that his eyes, too, were starting to swell closed. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad closed the door quietly behind him and I sat alone in my room, thinking about what he had said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now Grandma stepped onto the porch and closed the screen door behind her. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The door opened and closed behind me, but I didn’t turn around. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I leaned my head against the window and closed my eyes. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I stepped inside, and the guards closed the door behind me, leaving us alone. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Bob and Percy closed ranks with her, standing back to back. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A magnificent spray of white carnations, red roses, lavender, and baby’s breath blanketed the length of Great-great-aunt Florentine’s closed casket. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Victor called after them, but Prosper had already closed the door after him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes, and in a few minutes he went to sleep. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

His left hand closed, stubby fingers locking into a fist; Stannis had hacked the ends off at the last joint, all but the thumb. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When she arrived, he was in his bedroom with the door closed. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He felt the pain and closed his eyes before the blood could ooze into his vision. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Newspapers were censored and some were closed down, for security reasons they said. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She curled herself into a ball, but as she closed her eyes, memories assaulted her, so she sat back up, leaning against the rough wooden wall. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and continued to chew. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad stepped into the kitchen and slid the door closed. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

June closed the book and hugged it to her chest. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

Dora usually closed the Bear Flag for a week when it happened. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was worried she’d be scared when the Henrietta in the book has to live all on her own, but she just closed her eyes quietly and listened. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Caroline leaned back in the water and closed her eyes. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

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 want to say something, anything, but by the time the courage rises to my throat, Imani is in the passenger seat of Dray’s car and the door is closed. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I closed the cover and fingered one of the rounded corners, feathered and frayed from overuse. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Women had been kept in purdah, schools and bridges had been blown up, businesses had closed, and the people of Swat had lived with constant fear. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, it was even more curious because he could still see it when his eyes were closed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

On the platform, she closed her eyes and put out her hands. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He followed her inside and pulled the gate closed behind them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just as his fingers closed around the handle someone grabbed a handful of his hair and yanked. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They closed the door and stood across the table from me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Albert Einstein, a hero of mine, once wrote, “Our situation is the following. We are standing in front of a closed box which we cannot open.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lyddie squeezed her eyes closed and tried to picture her mother’s face. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maria struggled to keep her sticky eyes open; they closed, fluttered groggily open, closed again, the little hand still embedded warmly between her thighs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jaden opened his file, flipped through it for a few seconds and then closed it back up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I began to sew it closed, using tiny stitches so the seam wouldn’t be obvious. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The door to the west wing was closed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was open, her eyes closed, her sallow face smeared with dirt. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nhamo closed her eyes and flung the beads into the lake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

His head was back on the headrest, his eyes were closed. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think your friend being sick is going to get you some leeway. But the tsar closed off this road for a reason. For safety.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju closed her medical book and stared ahead at nothing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When it was my turn to sing alone, I closed my eyes and took a deep breath as if I were preparing to jump into the deepest end of a swimming pool. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Life that crawled, life that slunk and crept and never closed its eyes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sefia closed the lid and clicked the clasps back into place. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes as it flew out of his hand. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood at the starboard rail and closed his eyes, sensing the currents beneath them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Story was focused on one area, like the first residential schools: where they were, what happened there, when they closed. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

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 small pull-down door that connected the built-in buffet in the dining room to the kitchen counter had not been closed all the way. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Hassler was a fine butcher for bones but a bad butcher for chopped meat because he ground it behind closed doors and God knows what you got. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, and I expected Diego to have disappeared by the time I opened them again. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know whose stomach was carrying on more about needing food, mine or hers, and since we’d started walking, I’d realized it was Sunday, when the stores were closed up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys closed at eighty cents and gave him an I.O.U. which he probably still has. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark sat down on the floor again and closed his eyes. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When the door had closed behind her, Ron let out a long, low whistle. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I like the moon when it’s a thin crescent and looks like a cartoon drawing of a closed eye, as if the sky were winking. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Everyone agreed that it was a very fair sentence, and the judge continued: “There will also be a small additional penalty of six million years in prison. Case closed,” he pronounced, rapping his gavel again. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and released the bracelet. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

My throat closed and tears welled up in my eyes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She was shaping her cigarette ash on the side of the fresh ashtray the waiter had brought, her mouth not quite closed. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Grandma closed all her windows because the dust from the road never settled. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then with one last sigh, and a feeble thump of his tail, his friendly gray eyes closed forever. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went into his study and closed the door tightly. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess. The Army-Navy store will be closed, wherever it is.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

In sorrow he sank to the ground and closed his eyes. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Coldhands closed his eyes, but Bran did not think he slept. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I closed my file on Morrow and checked my e-mail. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Abby is leaning back against the cushions with her eyes closed and a smile on her lips. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I never slept in the bottom bed because it made me feel like frozen food—all closed in and boxed away in the dark. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The demon girl closed the book when I finished explaining the paragraphs, and she leaned forward, her body following the line of books. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faith, having managed to tune in a station, already knew the highway was closed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I just closed my eyes, kept my arms stretched along the back of the couch. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Liam hopped on the counter and started playing with a Zippo lighter, flipping it open and spinning it in his hand so it closed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and held up one hand, asking Gabe to wait. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Corry’s eyes were half closed and she looked more inquisitive than ever. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Fadi stood in a daze as the sliding doors closed behind him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

There were the long rows of bare trees, the big hotels and the closed villas. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The ogress had already closed half the distance to the bush. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Her home, which at one time was open to the greats in the worlds of art, business, and politics, is now closed to all but her staff, her advisors, and a few close friends. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A door had been closed, but another had been opened. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The clerk had only taken her as far as the door, so she stood just inside as he closed it behind her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

And as soon as the door closed, it was gone. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The massive gate set into the ring wall was already being lowered closed, and it struck the stones with an ominous series of clanks and groans. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and pictured the flax field come fall. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

One by one, she chewed through the assortment, and she closed her eyes and breathed in deeply as she tasted all of the flavors and textures. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The old woman looked toward the closed door of the bedroom and touched the brooch at her neck. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Where are you going to put it?” she asked him dreamily, her eyes closed. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

On five different occasions, she and her husband, Jim, the former principal of Ector High School before it closed, had taken students to Europe to let them see other cultures, other lands. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly closed it and began to shove it into my backpack, but I knew it was already too late. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The house had been closed up since early this morning when we left for the funeral. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and let that thought roll over me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Her body was tense: her eyes were closed and her claws dug into the floor. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and tried to feel his eyes on my body, seeing me as no one else ever had. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you put me in the main hallway and all the doors were closed, I don’t think I could tell you which door led to which room. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Bloody he—” Newt started before stopping himself; he closed his eyes for a second and took a deep breath. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She laughed and closed her eyes as she remembered the evening. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The boy flinched a little, closed his eyes again. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But as they closed the door another old pickup and then another turned off the highway and parked next to Eloy Quintana’s vehicle. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and thought of the black men in Shalimar, Roanoke, Petersburg, Newport News, Danville, in the Blood Bank, on Darling Street, in the pool halls, the barbershops. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo slipped the firewood into the pouch and pulled it closed with a tie of bronze thread. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He moved behind the desk and quickly closed it with narrowed eyes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He met with meditation teachers, and closed his eyes and narrowed his thoughts until his world shrunk down to a single breath, in and out, in and out. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes, trying to feel what it meant to be assured that dying did not just mean dead. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The man closed the door, and the room was suddenly very small. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked down at the picture, then closed my eyes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were cloudy and half closed, his cheeks damp. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

But at the same time he was a closed book. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and slept, and presently they woke her and setoff. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He took a handful of wet earth and pressed it down over the flames, and Lee struggled to lie down in the little tent and closed his eyes. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind her closed eyelids, she had imagined the skin of her tummy brown instead of blue, decorated with the old woman's exquisite flourishes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

With that I hurried on, and it was not until I had all but reached the kitchen doors that the darkness falling again in the corridor told me Miss Kenton had closed her parlour door. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes closed; he slumped in his chair. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Renfield watched them go; when the door was closed he said, with considerable dignity and sweetness:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He closed the book and placed it beside him and said, “January 10.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Finally, I go to the back of the house, look at that closed door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“But come on,” he said, “how do you tape a snake’s mouth closed?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 closed the door leading into the bedrooms and turned up the gas. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk up the steps and through the door that Marcus just closed behind him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, I heard Trevor’s storm door creak open and closed. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He sprang back, tripped over a root, and the battle closed on top. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were still closed, his breathing heavy. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It then closed the courthouse doors to claims of racial bias. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He closed the trunk, got into the car, and drove slowly back toward town. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Which can only mean we’re headed for the always closed door at the end of the hall on the right. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

This mechanism opened or closed shutters on a box containing the pipes, thus allowing organ sounds to get progressively louder or softer. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He closed the log, blew out the candle and lay back on the hard plywood with a lifejacket for a pillow. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes, rubbing her hand over her face as she remembered the vision of Kaede leaving the shore. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and kissed his fingertips to the sky. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But at nine, then ten, then eleven the bedroom door’s still closed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

With my eyes still closed, I cross the room I know better than my own and drop down into the old La-Z-Boy that belonged to my dad. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But this only made Moon Orchid groan louder, and tears seeped out between her closed eyelids. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Main Street was empty except for a few dogs sniffing at closed entrances and the sleepy activity around the San Francisco Chop House. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he was out. the gates closed behind him of their own accord. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

"No, listen," Zero insisted, then he closed his eyes as his face twisted with pain. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The Dark Lord has forbidden me to speak of it,” Narcissa continued, her eyes still closed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Black obsidian walls reflected the dim silver glow leaking out of a closed clamshell-like container atop a pedestal. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Hanako spooned some soup up, but she secretly kept her nostrils closed so she couldn’t taste it too well. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and tried to imagine myself alone in the room, like Mrs. Hidalgo had suggested. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The doors were closed to them at the big downtown law firms. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

His father had looked up as he closed the book, and he had smiled. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes for just a second. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes, which made the darkness darker, and she rested her head on the rolled-up sweater, and she went to sleep. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Mac kept his eyes closed, trying to hold onto the image, trying to make it come true. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Harry, who couldn’t believe his ears, opened his mouth to speak, couldn’t think of anything to say, and closed it again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He just nodded some more and then closed up the file and put it in a drawer with the others, next to a shiny lockbox—the kind people use to store money. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But then the gallery closed and I was here at home all the time, bored and restless. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she saw her mother’s face in the trolley car when Mama sat with her head back and her eyes closed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Padre de Jesus was in the passenger seat, another man was driving, a third jumped out from the back, unlocked the courtyard gates, and closed them after the truck pulled in. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced at me as he closed the passenger door. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He closed his book with a bang, leaped to his feet, seized his wand of lignum vitae, and rushed at Arthur as if he were trying to shoo away a stray chicken. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They closed down your bar,” I hear from behind me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Zooey yanked open the door of the medicine cabinet, stared inside, then took down a nail file and closed the door. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I noticed Tanu standing there staring at me, I suddenly realized I was talking too much, and I closed my mouth. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lay on his side and put his head on his arm and closed his eyes because that was all he could do now, all he could think of being able to do. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and pondered my next move. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they did, I’d be stuck on Frobozz with no way to leave, while the entire Sixer army closed in on me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The day after the Durham protests began, 150 well-disciplined students in Charlotte closed down eight lunch counters. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She flashed her teeth at him, then closed her mouth as several courtiers strode past, servants in tow. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The windows are closed tight, but I can still hear the noises of the city, which are so different from the ones I hear in Bartlett—sirens, yelling, music, garbage trucks rattling up and down. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

At seven-thirty, Nancy closed her books and kissed her children good-bye. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I see something,” one of the black shirts said, and Nicole, too, closed her eyes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baxter followed me out to the porch, handing over the keys as she closed the door. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

At last the footsteps went away and the door closed. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Alakazam!—and her face went blank, her mouth closed, her arms went slack, and she backed out of the room, stunned, as if she were blowing away like a small brown leaf, thin, brittle, lifeless. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doors that had been closed were permanently impassable. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Even though our bedroom door is closed, there are all sorts of unfamiliar sounds. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The stranger pushed me out the front door and closed it behind him. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Castro closed his eyes tightly and dug his fingertips into his temples. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

As soon as the door closed, Mrs. Baker put her hands on her hips and looked at me thoughtfully. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She closed them tightly and opened them again. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

Then she sat up straight and closed her eyes. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

As soon as he was out of sight, I closed the door. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But my throat is closed and the ice has gone into my lungs and laughing hurts too much. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you seriously expect me to believe you? Delivering school supplies after the schools are closed?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked Calista first thing, as soon as Mom closed the door behind her. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Diana closed her eyes, and, feeling the scream build in her throat, she let go. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

My hand frees itself from the wire and has just closed on the feathers of an arrow when the metal cylinder smashes into the side of my head. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a noise, like a door being tucked closed. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The light still glowed from beneath the closed bathroom door when I stepped back into her room. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He closed his jacket, hunched his hands into his pockets, and set off to the spot on the shore where he hadn’t jumped on that very day he had met Mrs. Cobb. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It was odd though the way the man had been looking out and directly he saw me he whipped back into the room and the shutters were closed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Grand Elder closed his eyes and calmed his ragged breathing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

When she caught my eye, she looked at me and deliberately closed her eyes. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Already drowsy, Doha nodded as his eyes closed. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

There was no eye, not even a closed one. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Summer wore on and the brickyard closed; again I was out of work. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sally opened her mouth, then closed it again. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

After slipping inside the tiny hiding space, I closed myself in, welcoming the darkness as the only safe companion to my despair. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Billy didn’t say anything, but nestled very politely, closed his eyes. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes for a moment and breathed in the smell of the forest, and perhaps because her eyes were closed, she heard the approaching footsteps more clearly. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes, but that only made it worse. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Only in drink was there some break, some floodlight, and when that closed, there was oblivion. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was light in Elinor’s bedroom, even though the shutters were closed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

At the other side, Father turned his face into the side of Mama’s head and closed his eyes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Even in the fading twilight, I could see window curtains being pulled slightly open, and then, as Papa walked by, they were abruptly closed again. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“All right, all right, all right,” Zooey said, with his eyes still closed. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and thought about Mentor, about his knowledge, about what it would feel like to be Mentor. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They closed their eyes, and she reached for both her voice and the revolution cry they knew and loved so well, hoping he could feel how strongly she was there for him. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

After a few moments the sheriff closed his eyes and laced his fingers together. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tobias locks the door and draws the curtains closed, and everyone sits on their cots. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She knelt down near it and put her free hand on the stag’s great head, touching it with a gentle hand, and closed her eyes and whispered something that Ash could not hear. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked both surprised and embarrassed as she pulled her robe closed and tightened the belt. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And then, reluctantly, she closed her eyes again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Sticky began, then closed his mouth and shook his head. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

As the door closed, the Gallivespian went back into the shadows and listened. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She stepped off the train and he followed her, and when the doors closed they stood frozen on the platform for a moment. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He closed a notebook that was open on his desk and said, “It’s too long a story.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hold my coat closed tight to keep my hands from shaking, even though it isn’t that cold, and walk at a leisurely pace toward Tatarska 3. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I spread and closed my fingers ten times and said, “Nope. Look. Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, one hundred.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Then she placed the note in her locker and snapped the door closed. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At the end of the hall is a closed door. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The girl’s eyes were closed, hands clasped behind her back. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Because Hampden was so far north, and because the buildings were old and expensive to heat, the school was closed during January and February. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She closed her book, put it back on the shelf together again with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she opened it they could see the back stairs beyond, and Mrs. Dudley turned and closed the door behind her before she started up. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as she closed the door she heard voices and instinctively touched her loose hair. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he worked from the chair, not rising, and every now and then he rested his head in his hands and closed his eyes and blanked the brain, and so rested. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set the cub down outside the fence and then quickly closed and locked the gate again. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What an extraordinary child,” said Miss Spink to herself as she closed the door. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

It was true, the hall rep confirmed the news, and they all sighed, contemplating this sudden unwanted break, and returned to their rooms to pack; the hostel would be closed the next day. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“What you mumbling about in there, boy?” his mother asked through the closed door. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nel went to the funeral parlor, but was so shocked by the closed coffin she stayed only a few minutes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Josie closed her own door, then went to her husband and kissed his head. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Even with the closed door between them, Candice could hear Tori’s laugh, loud and clear. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He drank the rest, and closed his eyes. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Briony was certain her eyes would be closed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The warden’s library is a big dark room with heavy red drapes drawn closed and floor-to-ceiling books—the kind of official volumes with thick indexes Natalie likes. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I snapped the latches closed and rushed out of the room, the curtains blowing, flapping over the loaf of fresh bread still sitting on my desk. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Well”—Genie turned around to make sure the front door was closed—“there are, uh, no new discoveries,” he said cryptically. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When she closed her eyes the quality of the dark did not change, and for a moment she stopped breathing, afraid that she could not tell if her eyes were open or shut. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and wished that the earth would swallow her up. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Your eyes are almost entirely closed, and your lips are pulled into a smile. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

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

He listened, his lids closed, blue, his head tucked down in quiet bliss. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He closed the store and moved to Indiana. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

She closed the door on all of it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I say my name three times into my closed hand. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Life was closing in around her like the bushes had closed in around the rickshaw. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

While the machinery was being moved by train, Emalia closed and we, along with all the other Jewish workers, were sent back to Płaszów to await our turn to join Schindler. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I took a grocery bag and went to my room, where I closed the door. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Once the door to the girls’ dormitories had closed behind her he rounded on Ron. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She heard the door whooshing closed behind her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

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

They closed the door behind them with exaggerated, perhaps even satirical, care, and at the moment they released the handle Emily picked up her spoon and the company followed her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He moved his head from side to side and went quickly into the other room to make sure that the door to the hall was closed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And now we can’t go to the observatory, since it’s still closed because of the damage caused by Hurricane Irma. But making our own app—together—sounds prodigious.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She then laid him on the back seat of the car, changed his diaper, and kissed him gently on his forehead as he closed his eyes and fell asleep. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Across town, Mac came in and closed the front door behind him. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

So I just lay there and lay there and lay there and I had barely closed my eyes when the doorbell rang this morning. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and concentrated on breathing. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The lift doors closed and the four of them trundled downward once more. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I think we’re going to make some really good progress in this room,” Michael said with a grin, and Grace sat back in her seat and closed her eyes. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes only to be awakened. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed the back door and got up front. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Reverend Hunt was the first person I opened my heart to after it was closed up tight when my mum died. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

We go back inside, and Mrs. Finch is lying on the couch, eyes closed, while Decca sits nearby arranging pieces of paper across the floor. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Keeney closed his eyes and pinched the top of his nose. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and buried his face in the bed of feathers and waited for the shot. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I stared at him with awe as he gulped his beer from a tin bucket, as he ate long and heavily, sighed, belched, closed his eyes to nod on a stuffed belly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

You lean against the schoolyard fence alone with your eyes closed as if no one was watching, as if no one could see you standing there, Sally. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened and closed my right hand, which was still sore from the fall. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

When he had closed it up, he had inserted three hairs into the zip, trapping them in the metal teeth. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He closed the books and stacked them carefully on top of each other before turning to Jam and holding her by the shoulders. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Only when they got inside and closed the door did he tell her that his real name was Robert Oppenheimer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them, the great iron doors closed with a resounding clang. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then he closed his eyes; and exhaling sharply, a hand to his chest, he fell back in his chair as if he’d been shot. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The ; gelding plunged down the bank as the ragged men closed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We closed the door behind us when the western sky was shot through with the last pewter and gold rays of the day. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the time Joseph milked with his eyes closed and the side of his face against Rosie, like she was a pillow. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He blew on it to dry the ink, then closed the book and folded his glasses. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, imagining that I was there in my living room. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Sara snaps her book closed, but not before I see a swirling garden created in black ink, one red flower in the center. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

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

I covered him up, went on outside, and closed the door behind me. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cupped her face with her hands and closed her eyes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Toby? What—” she looked behind her and closed the door a little. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Also on the stage is a stage set, not yet dismantled, for a play which has just closed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, hoping he would drop it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She put a spare hand over her heart and closed her eyes for emphasis. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But Koffi's eyes were still closed, and he didn’t like it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Ranofer dropped to the ground, staggered with relief and treacherously numbed toes, flung himself out the gate and closed it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and concentrated, willing the children back to their homes in dark corners and under the moonless sky. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When I go to the bathroom, I will keep my eyes closed. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I closed Mrs. Hauser’s door and pushed the elevator call button. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

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

Several minutes passed between his undoing of one button and the next, his eyes closed all the while, his head still on her shoulder, as the bus hurtled down the empty, dark highway. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was staring at my shoulder with his eyes squinted almost to the closed position. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandfather explodes into the kitchen, shouting, “They closed my email account!” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I stared in the mirror, closed my eyes, and stared again. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The airports stayed closed and occasionally the electricity would sputter and go off. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner grabbed the man by his tie and was ready to smack his stupid face with an open right hand, but another hand, one of some great strength, closed about his wrist. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The trail of seashells arcs past the toilet and down a flight to the closed fifth-floor door she knows by now is his. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

When he had seen to the weather, Billy cleared each nostril by holding its mate closed with his forefinger and blowing fiercely. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night we were at the mall and most of the shops were closed, but the cinema was still showing movies so the building was still open. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The governess had red hah and some mysterious wound from which she derived a lot of prestige by showing it to all the women of the castle, behind closed doors. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I closed my eyes to take a break from the sun, I realized I was already thirsty again. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They closed the door behind them, leaving Gilly cold and alone. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then, as quickly as it was opened up, the tear in the world closed. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Billy closed the window and hid the sticky spoon. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judging by Professor Sprout’s scowl, she did mind, but Lockhart said, “That’s the ticket,” and closed the greenhouse door in her face. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are closed and she has one hand over her heart. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The crush of men closed in on him. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“They’ve known each other a year,” said Ron, who looked oddly groggy and was staring at the closed door. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But the effect was only due to a momentary lifting of the fog, and after a minute it closed in again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I closed my eyes and ignored him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

While my eyes were closed, the mountains’ dusky lavender had drifted over the desert. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

And when Fyrian persisted, Glerk pretended to take a nap in the calla lily bog and kept his eyes closed until he actually slept. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

Quietly, he emerged from the stairway and closed the door behind him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her head drooped and she closed her eyes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

On the shore was a canoe rental operation that was closed for the season, but I left a stack of golden drachmas on the counter and a note saying IOU two canoes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I returned my file to the drawer, closed it, and locked the cabinet. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The two boats churned toward the railroad bridge with Washington in the lead, but by the time they passed beneath the steel expanse, California had closed the gap to a matter of inches. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes, as if enjoying the moment. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

After we’ve locked the lobby doors and have closed the register, I head to the kitchen to gather up some trash. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She was soft and warm against my side as she laid her head on my chest and closed her eyes. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I saw again their large eyes, guileless, not yet aware that doors into wonderlands of security, opportunity and hope were closed to them. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before her eyes closed, she realized she could hear his heartbeat beneath her ear, as quick as her own. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

When the door had closed behind him, Ned turned back to his wife. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain walked away, stopped, looked back, saw the eyes already closed, turned his back for the last time, moved off into the gathering dark. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She speaks with her eyes closed, like she can’t stand to look at him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes, waiting, and felt the hands again; then he felt the warmth again, the sunshine again, coming from the sky of this other consciousness that was so new to him. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Then you closed the door and the transporter took me back to Brooklyn.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I punched at the closed door and laughed some more. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He had to get to the door fast, before the driver closed it and the bus began to roll. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spread her arms wide and threw back her head and closed her eyes and gave every impression of thoroughly enjoying herself. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Before I could try again, Grigori’s hands closed around my throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But when I closed them, it wasn't sleep that came to me but Charlie. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel slightly ill, as if I’m in a closed car on a hot muggy day with an older woman wearing too much face powder. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the instant she had disappeared he pulled me, suddenly and forcibly, into the dining-room and closed the door. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

When he saw me in the doorway, he closed his eyes and went limp and quiet but for a pitiful sobbing deep in his throat. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

They passed by a set of closed doors. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The room seemed unnaturally bright for so early in the morning, despite the curtains being closed, and within only a few minutes, the headache had crept back in, claws out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A few weeks ago my parents were arguing in their bedroom with the door closed. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

As Arion closed the distance, the glacier loomed so large, Hazel got vertigo just trying to take it all in. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She closed the cupboard with a soft click. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Case in point…” Vic pulled something out of the pocket of her skirt and held it out, her fist closed around it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Behind closed lids, he reimagined the entire scene outside the Night Zoo’s walls. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, trying not to hear. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She closed the book and put it away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra closed her eyes almost all the way, letting her lashes meet across, her view. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and went to work sorting through the darkened memories bubbling up behind her eyes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Figures in tricornes walked through the streets, gathering by carriages with curtains closed, and the smell of the docks hung over the squares. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The offices were closed when they arrived, but they banged on the door and asked a janitor to let them in. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Butler closed his visor, hefting a vicious mace. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She slammed the case closed and ran for the door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jerome Paisley closed his eyes as he swung. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I dug around, then pulled my hand up and held my closed fist out for Joey. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I meant to say when I closed my door.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and took in a deep breath. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I quick closed the jar and shoved it back just as a door opened and light flooded from above. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Celia thinks Isobel means to embrace her, but instead she only nods before leaving, sliding the door closed behind her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And he rolled over, closed his eyes, and began to snore once again. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Her closed mouth twitched as if she was about to hear something that would satisfy her. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you understand? No toys in the fish tank! Chew with your mouth closed! Don’t open or close doors at other people’s houses!” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twins lay next to each other on the bed, their eyes closed. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Birdie closed the space between them, pulling his hands out of his pocket and holding them in hers. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He put his hands over it and closed his eyes. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I looked back at the closed door of the master bedroom. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I am alone in a dark hallway full of closed doors. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Tayo closed his eyes and leaned back against the bottom of the tree; he flexed his feet out in front of him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I always have to fight the urge to put Markie in a cardboard box in back of the furnace in the basement, securely closed with duct tape. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he closed the door in her face. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

After the theater had closed, he could pass along Constantinople Street to see whether his mother had come home. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes now and pretended she was asleep. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, not caring what would happen next. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

That August, as Benton stepped into his dormitory at the University of Atlanta, he breathed deeply, closed his eyes, and fell backward onto his new bed. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

When he opened his mouth to curse them all, black water filled his lungs, and the dark closed in around him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and rested my head against his chest. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I heard the snap of his powerful jaws as they closed on the throat. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Claudia selected where they would hide during that dangerous time immediately after the museum was closed to the public and before all the guards and helpers left. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He adjusted the wick and closed the lens, and a clear beam fell out on the grass ahead and all the way to the little jetty, where La Belle Sauvage was tied up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They'd come frightened and helpless, and her brother had taken them in when most lords would have closed their gates. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Milkman closed his eyes and then opened them. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes as drizzle fell again. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Night noises closed in all around them, crickets and a gentle breeze, leaves bumping into each other on their branches. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"Keep that closed, Your Grace; your sweet person is precious to us all." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For one week in June and the last week in August, Mr. Smith, the pool’s black caretaker, closed the Leeds pool for cleaning, maintenance, and repairs. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

By the following week, the side of the house is closed up all the way. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I tiptoe down the hall, onto the back porch, easing the squeaky screen door closed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He presses his hand to my cheek, and I turn my face into it, keeping my eyes closed. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He locked himself to the driver’s seat, put the key in his pocket, and closed his eyes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Nothing could have been more magical than to have found her at last, and have her solely to ourselves in the closed world of a moving car. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my fist over the bottle and ran down the large tree-lined promenade. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The front door swishes open and slams closed. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are squeezed closed, and this way I can almost like her. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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 nuns closed themselves up in their convent for their yearly mortifications in honor of the crucifixion of their bridegroom and Lord, Jesus Christ. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They get filed away into a memory cabinet marked “closed.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She closed the makeup drawer and turned to face me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I said looking around the empty room, eyeing the closed doors, trying to think of some way to persuade him to let me in. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And with that, Mrs. Landry stood up and went to her room and closed the door. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The young men who go to prison rather than college face a lifetime of closed doors, discrimination, and ostracism. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The chinks on the window slats changed color, from russet to an intensely dark blue that deepened into impenetrable darkness, until it didn’t matter if my eyes were open or closed. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The door is tightly closed despite the commotion, a light shining out from under it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My mother closed her eyes when she asked that. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I step into the back of the truck as quietly as I can and crouch low as I pull the door closed behind me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She put the letter in the account book and closed the cover. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He has closed the account most accurately, and to-day begun a new record. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The dark wooden front door looked as forbidding as a tightly closed mouth, and Meggie involuntarily reached for Mo's hand as they approached it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The tall grass rustled over her head and hid her from sight, and the Meadows closed silently around her and took her in. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

What if she closed the door in my face? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

As if attempting to smooth any ruffled feathers, he closed the letter with the reassuring words “I’ve been putting a lot of thought on the uranium matter.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want Vonetta or Fern to stop singing, so I closed my eyes. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He closed the door behind them just as she flung herself to her knees and threw up in the gutter. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe the prophecy all came down to my keeping this jar closed or opening it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He pushed the door closed with his knee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was coastal flooding, which meant that the low lying highways and many side roads and ramps would be closed. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The garage door was mostly closed, propped open with a baseball bat. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My hand closed around the little figurine that had cost her life. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and leaned my head back against the cold metal of the mailbox. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

They turned to a closed set of double doors. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Before Ben could protest or pull back, Bull had hit him beneath the eye with a closed fist. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I stepped through the front door of Grampa’s house, I closed my eyes and took a deep breath through my nose, and memories came flooding back. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s not closed or anything,” Matthew shouted from below. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mud closed around the stick for a moment, then shrank away, leaving a small gap. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He closed the door, waited for a moment for the click that said that Johnnie Mae had locked it, and started down the stairs. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shoved the tyke to the side and pulled the heavy wooden door closed. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the drawer in the bedroom closed, and Daddy came into the hall. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was lifted from the ground along with three other rats, and the net closed around us. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the OASIS, I closed all the windows on my display and set my account’s security level to maximum. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Monsieur Tabard paused for a moment, glanced toward the closed bedroom door, and then continued. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I kept my ear pressed to his chest, my eyes closed. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Now that you know how to shoot with your eyes closed.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When she closed her eyes she could see the eerie grace of the riders as if they were circling her bed at night. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to dream about exploring the world, but now each time I closed my eyes, I was haunted by numbers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was no way to get to the living room except through the study, and I walked around behind my desk, opened the door, stepped inside, and closed it quietly behind me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

For a while it seemed that with the high schools closed, there’d be no football too. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It appeared that he had two rooms, a sitting-room and another, the door to which was closed; he slept on a pallet, clearly, in the sitting-room, next to his spinet. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He kept his head low, and his eyes closed for protection against the pine needles and sharp branches. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

And she pushed Ash out of the room and closed the door. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annoyed at her physical condition, she closed her eyes and removed the crutches from under her arms to relieve the unaccustomed pressure. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It closed with the ominous observation that German scientists might have already started working on such a project. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

There was more information about courses and records in grammar school and extracurricular activities but Obie closed the notebook as if he were lowering a coffin lid. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The world closed its doors, and six million Jews were slaughtered. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

Now as that fear overcame her again she closed her eyes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Bigger that no sooner had he closed his eyes than he was wide awake again, suddenly and violently, as though someone had grabbed his shoulders and had shaken him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even Dustfinger’s face had always been closed to him, as uncommunicative as a barred door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Little by little the window closed, and the factory disappeared. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Dadi nodded and closed her eyes for so long, I thought she had fallen asleep. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When the downtown nightclubs had closed, most of these Harlem places crawled with white people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the tournament—and the countless cups of coffee I drank to get through it—I closed my computer, cleaned out my cubicle, and went back to the apartment to pack. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed the door very carefully behind them and found the garden brilliantly lit by the clearest full moon there’d been for months. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

As the thing reached her, Coraline put out her hand and closed it around the thing’s remaining button eye, and she tugged as hard as she knew how. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

A butler’s pantry where the door closed softly behind them. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

With his eyes still closed, he felt again for the doorframe with his toes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He closed it again and gestured toward the other, smaller drawers. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited until he closed the door and backed away, mopping sweat off his forehead with the sleeve of his shirt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“By order of the fire department, this door must remain closed at all times.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

How many hours had passed since he had closed his eyes, hoping she would come. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He lay on his back, keeping his eyes tightly closed, and thinking about why Hooper might have disappeared for the rest of that day. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were closed, but the little girl, because of the shadows, her own distance, and her imagination, thought she saw a supplicating and humiliated expression on her sister’s face. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The French girl closed her eyes and rested, taking advantage of the shift in attention away from her. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I sat in one of the creaky folding chairs and rested my head against the wall with my eyes closed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

I slid into the seat behind Mong’s cousin and closed the door. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Since my eyes were closed, I landed awkwardly, banging my hip against the stone top of a worktable. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As the door closed on them, the woman whispered bitterly, “Goyem!” and spat after them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Initially, we found no place to stay in Ghetto A. Door after door closed in advance of our arrival. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

At least the smell’s not as bad with the lid closed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Savo lay very still in his bed, his eye closed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The students, however, remained seated quietly but resolutely on the lunch-counter stools until the store closed. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet touching the side of the stone tower and her hands grasping the rope, Violet closed her eyes and began to climb. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Cole closed his eyes while Rosey cleaned and bandaged his open wounds. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Tyson closed his eyes and began to speak in a horrible, raspy woman’s voice. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

Joseph closed his eyes for a moment to steady himself. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

The door closed behind them, and they stood in darkness. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and slowly opened them again, now grinning. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Sierra rolled her eyes, then closed them to check on her mami. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

After a moment, I lay back against the pillow and closed my eyes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were rows of empty deck chairs and a bar closed off with a chain curtain. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, he closed his eyes and I went over to rinse my washcloth. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

The gate to the street was closed, too, and the latch too high for Ruth to reach. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pointed her outside and closed the door behind her. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And he left me here with the door closed. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s a different bank. The one that gave them the mortgage when the other one closed,” he says. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She closed the medicine cabinet over the sink, then shut the bathroom door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped into the bathroom and closed the door behind him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath, closed my eyes, and tried to relax. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She saw a light in the kitchen, but the door and wooden shutters were closed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he closed it slowly and dismissed the class. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

Several miles of side trails have been closed, and others are deteriorating. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I flopped onto my bed and closed my eyes, imagining the world inside our castle. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The two of them stared at the clock, and then they put away all the toys, including the little mouse, and closed the booth. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He closed the box and put it away. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled me into an empty room and closed the door. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Lesser waves dragged at him, trying to tug him back down the sand in their outgoing rush, and the mist parted and closed above him, and later a sleety rain beat on him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The case was embarrassingly closed, it having become clear that the Soviets, stunned at the probable loss of “their” title, were searching for an alibi, one that would sully Bobby’s achievement. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Clarissa had asked me if I wanted the door open or closed, and I told her open. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Miss Thomas sat on a stool, closed her eyes and ducked her head up and down, up and down. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Without slowing I held my breath, closed my eyes, and jumped over the fog, not wanting to let the horrible corrosive stuff touch my legs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He popped the top and drank the bitter beverage, swallowing with his eyes closed. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

And I closed my eyes and clutched my phone to my chest and felt the room spin around me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

As night came to the Catskill Mountains, she pulled one foot into her breast feathers and closed her eyes. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes to save my energy. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He pushed me in and closed the door behind us. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“She told me I should stop playing with boys because I’m almost señorita, and that I should keep my legs closed when I sit.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

As soon as I pulled the board back, darkness closed about me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Aided as was customary by Aureliano Segundo, they broke the seals, opened the cover, took out the protective sawdust, and found inside a long lead chest closed by copper bolts. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The only steady business left downtown was the one-room brick post office, but it was closed when I got there. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She always kept her rattan shades closed, but since she’d left, her mom or somebody had pulled them up, so I could see a little snippet of blue wall and white ceiling. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He waited for her cry or scream and looked apprehensively at the closed door. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sleep tight,” I said through the closed door. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Now that the gates of hell are closed,” Hemme said in his normal, rougher tones. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When she saw me, she put an envelope in it to mark her place and closed the cover. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And with a vicious yank, he closed the door. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He held out a closed hand and dropped something into Adrienne’s hand. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

In effect, the government of Pennsylvania had closed its doors as tightly as any of Philadelphia’s shopkeepers had. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Then he leaned back, closed his eyes, and considered the entire affair. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dizzy from it, I half closed my eyes and let Emma pull me along while with my free hand I reached into my pocket to touch the cold glass of my phone. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

As Gatsby closed the door of "the Merton College Library" I could have sworn I heard the owl-eyed man break into ghostly laughter. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

So Bogert asked the question now, while she sat aside, eyes and mind half closed. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He lifted her and brought her into the room and closed the door sofdy. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

W hen the old house had closed its bleary eyes and settled into sleep, Ammu, wearing one of Chacko’s old shirts over a long white petticoat, walked out onto the front verandah. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s leaning back in her chair with her eyes closed, just breathing. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The neighbors peek out the window through closed curtains and keep to themselves. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I swear I see the flash of the thunder flicker through my closed eyelids. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

On the exposed rocks out of water, the barnacles bubble behind their closed doors and the limpets dry out. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“But with you”—Cady closed her eyes—“for some reason it’s a little harder.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Burnham closed, “We are all well and satisfied with the amount and variety of work our good fortune has given us to do.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I slipped into the room and quietly closed the door behind me, making my way toward the lockers. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He returned, his eyes half closed even as he spoke, leaning on a carved crutch that curved under his arm like a smooth cradle. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He lay on his back with his eyes closed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eumaios crossed the court and went straight forward into the megaron among the suitors; but death and darkness in that instant closed the eyes of Argos, who had seen his master, Odysseus, after twenty years. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Six eyes watched me, and I closed mine as tight as I could and took my first-ever swallow of beer. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

If I closed my eyes, I could almost pretend it was a normal weekend at the Angel house, with Malcolm and Maud off at work, putting in overtime. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

He turned when he heard his name, but the doors of the bus closed behind him. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They walk past the windows of closed shops displaying watches, luggage, trench coats. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Of course the sheets weren’t on the furniture when Granny had lain in state in there, but even then, because of her being dead and all, the blinds were closed and the draperies drawn. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Officer Reardon closed his little notebook and tucked it in his pocket. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Ghosts are not always those who pass through closed doors,” said Mary Rommely. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Not in his room. His door is closed." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The newchild was on his stomach, his arms relaxed beside his head, his eyes closed, and his breathing regular and undisturbed. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes until the sensation faded. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She placed both hands on a rice bag, her eyes closed. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Over in the drain pipe Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat were listening too—Harry with his eyes closed like Papa Bellini. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just help me, will you? Help me keep her eyelids down. Why won’t they stay closed?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and prayed the bullets wouldn’t find me, trembling as prisoners were hit and fell dead to the ground all around me. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once we reach the top of the stairs, and Daddy leans against the railing with his eyes closed to catch his breath, I have to ask: “Dad, when’s the last time you were up here?” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps he means it’s closed because of the work. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Finally, she hung the bag from the showerhead and closed the curtain, desperately hoping that this wouldn’t be the moment Scott discovered personal hygiene. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The world began to spin and tilt, and Celaena closed her eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He stares at her closed eyes and perfectly still upper body. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

With a snap, the man in the shadows closed the door behind them. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and tried to reimagine this spacious room with the alien furniture, but he couldn’t. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, I put back the letter and vouchers the way they were, lick the envelope, and seal it closed. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I closed the cover before striking, but the cardboard of the matches kept bending on me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and saw him at the other end of the scratchy long­distance line, saw him with his lips slightly parted, head tilted to one side. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and inhaled slowly through my nose, aware that I was gritting my teeth. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The post office is already closed so I brought it over to show to Aibileen and Minny one last time before I mail it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I closed the opening with stones, and since I was tired, lay down and slept all that day. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the book I’ll be able to type with my eyes closed. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He took a healthy swallow of wine and closed his eyes for an instant, leaning his head back against the patch of nitre on the wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She follows the men out, pulling the door closed behind her. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Then the seven outlined heads in the front pews drooped and the vicar removed his tortoiseshell glasses, lifted his chin and with eyes closed addressed the heavenly powers in his weary, sorrowful singsong. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He lay in the casket with his eyes closed. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Initially, when the level crossing had just closed, the air was full of the impatient sound of idling engines. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth opened and closed, but he didn’t say anything. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and pictured our meeting. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They still grossed Genie out, but every day he got more used to it by shaking the flies into his hand with one eye closed and pretending they were seeds. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s after hours. The bank’s closed. Besides there’s no hurry. Registration’s a week off yet.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone watched Alice as she closed her eyes and became incredibly still. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I had twenty-three more pages of Footlights for Jean to read and it was the good part, but I knew the book was going to remain closed on my nightstand. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She closed her lips and ran her tongue hard over her upper front teeth, then took another look. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes and lifted her left hand to her grandmother, palm out. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

If she closed her eyes, she could almost smell the pungent fish stew. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

A door had closed, and she was inside a camper on the truck. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Sloan closed his eyes and began, very softly, to snore. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

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

My mother’s right eye opened for a second, then closed again. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Daisy looked back at me and smiled with her mouth closed. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He makes his mind tough, closed against insult, closed against meanness. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The office closed for lunch and later reopened, and we were still sitting there. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrapped my arms tightly around my dog and hugged him and closed my eyes. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The gray smoke hung low and seemed to thicken as I walked with my head down and eyes closed, trying to avoid the fumes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door closed above her and the table rumbled back into place. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and concentrated on the waves lapping against the hull, the ocean currents, the winds all around me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m hoping his eyes are actually closed because the word hoisting and my polyester work dress do not belong in the same sentence. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

Abbot Mortimer closed his eyes for a moment before carrying on with his final instructions. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Susie gave me a soft smile with her blue lips closed. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I closed the door behind me and stopped. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes as dust from above showered down on top of him, and he winced as something scraped his skin. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and took in a big snort of air. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

With the start of the Cultural Revolution all the stamp shops were closed down, because stamp collecting was considered bourgeois. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes, trying to forget the twisted angles of his bloodstained teeth. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Eyes closed, head drooping on my chin, my mind flashes with pictures. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She pointed her spoon toward the end of the hall, where the tall wooden doors had been closed and barred. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

Bast closed his mouth and for a moment looked as if he was about to try and offer some explanation, then his shoulders slumped. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He settled his head on his forepaws and closed his eyes. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

The doors are closed with a loud and final clank. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The whites-only swimming pool in Leeds remained open during those long, hot days when most neighboring cities had closed their public pools. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The van swerves and turns through narrow streets, green bills flying out the back every time its back doors swing open and closed. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We each took a side and closed our eyes. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes to keep from throwing up, and even then I could taste it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

My dad closed the door and told me to go get ready for school. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When C.P. arrived, Murray took him into his bedroom and closed the door. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a closed and grandly intolerant brotherhood. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand closed around the rung of a ladder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He closed the bag and began to linseed the handful he had spilled on the magazine. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He closed the door, noticed there was a key in the lock, and turned it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"No secret. You just always been so closed into yourself, Alfred." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eyes closed, Gran swayed from side to side, mouthing along with the song. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Nino Carlitos is lying on the pink llama bedspread, his head propped on fluffy pillows, watching me with colorless eyes, the lids half closed. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then ... then ... we hear this heavy, thick sound, like an explosion in a closed room, and Andy and B. J. is knocked off the hood. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the Great Depression, which began in late 1929, businesses across the United States closed down, putting millions of people out of work. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Who’s there?” he said, his eyes still closed, his voice barely working. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

And then I just laid my head back on my bag and closed my eyes. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Daddy opened his mouth, then closed it again. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he felt a persistent, nagging worry in the back of his mind, and as he leaned forward into the sunlight, he closed his eyes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then Kino’s fist closed over the pearl and his emotion broke over him. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Levys drove past the factory, which, open or closed, looked equally moribund from the street. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at both of them, then closed his eyes and quietly said, “I bear witness that there is no god but Allah.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Before the door closed, Ma’s eyes had locked on mine. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mom watches him carefully for a while, her eyes half closed and the same partial smile stapled to her face as a disguise. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Adah closed her eyes and thought for a second and then quoted the whole thing out: ‘“The King of Kings aroused the anger of Antiochus against the rascal. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were flowers of unimaginable colors, their closed blossoms like polished shells. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Moss stared at the closed door for a few seconds. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The motels and the gas pumps are often empty or closed: gas is rationed, so people don’t travel much unless they have to. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His face was bruised and battered, and one eye was closed, and as they saw when they got closer, his hands were tied behind him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His future closed about him as he went Fifteen days to Dover was the time assigned to any felon who had taken sanctuary. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

My eyes drift closed, but I force them open. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They entered the doctor’s office and brought out my mother; she lay with closed eyes, her body swathed in white. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was these thoughts of him that made her slow as she passed the library door which, unusually, was closed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He heaved the duffel into the room, closed the door, and walked over to me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The Summer Session closed, officially came to an end. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I closed my eyes and imagined old Senora Cardoza, our eighth-grade teacher, being questioned by one of the new government officials. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Angel had forgotten their presence, and was moving, eyes closed, to the sweet rhythm of the song. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We closed our eyes when listening to the descriptions of the twelve delicious dishes representing the twelve apostles. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The blinds fell closed again and I saw a small leather-bound notebook rise from a table and crack open in midair. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

A placard in the window of the Salton Sea Realty and Development Company declares closed/cerrado. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She simply nodded and closed the door quickly behind the little form. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

His eyes were closed, and his hands, which I’d never seen without his machete, were clasped on his chest with a rosary wrapped around them so that the large cross covered his fingers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When she closed her eyes, it was the green smudge she saw, heading toward her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He lay back in the red dust on the old mattress and closed his eyes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He closed the screen door after him and went out into the cool blue morning. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa closed his eyes tightly, a couple of tears squeezing out anyway. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The old man and the girl argued some more, and finally she closed her book and ran off. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

She bends over and looks at my knees and breathes in through her closed teeth. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Lucy’s eyes closed; and Van Helsing, who had been watching closely, took Arthur’s arm, and drew him away. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

There was a great thud: a hatch being closed on top of them, and then they were alone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

"A girl keeps her Ups closed, no one hears, and friends may talk in secret. Yes?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Celaena would have thanked her again, but another wave of cramping took over and she leaned forward as the door closed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The shaman’s eyes were closed, and beads of sweat stood out on his forehead as he rocked gently back and forth. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Her eyes flutter closed, and impatiently, I eye Serra’s docks, still a half mile away and crowded with sailors, soldiers, horses, and wagons. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The young soldier closed two of his jacket buttons and touched his thin mustache as if to straighten it, an imitation of the gesture Jonathan had seen the old soldier make many times. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He held out a closed fist, and she reached out to receive the clover. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Rose sniffles and whispers finally, “So I closed the phone and we got on the plane. I ... I never made the call.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Along the way to the presentation, each student ran into a man slumped in an alley, head down, eyes closed, coughing and groaning. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I was frightened but Mother said I would be safe, so I went up to my room and closed the door. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rex paid them no attention; he bounded past like they were standing still and quickly closed the gap on Jordan, nipping at his heels and chasing him out of the park and down the block. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He read the plant name, and then opened and closed his mouth like he wasn’t sure what to say. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My hands numb, I press it closed behind me, and shake them to regain feeling. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

I remember staring at the door as it closed, wondering when or if I would ever see my father and brother again. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Close-up of the cash register ringing open and closed; of Milton’s hands counting money; of Lefty putting on his hat and leaving unnoticed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I lay back in my bed and closed my eyes. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I closed the Scoreboard and took a long look around my stronghold, wondering if it was for the last time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Tally opened her mouth, closed it, then managed to answer. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I could likely have pulled the door closed before his sword point reached me, but I did not. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

My jaw felt stiff, so I opened and closed my mouth like I was chewing on Silly Putty or cheap bodega candy. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

My mother looks at the page, then folds it closed. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same week, North and South closed their doors. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The ghouls and ghosts closed in - two hundred of them facing Jason in anticipation, as if he might lead them in the national anthem. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He closed his mouth but repeated his brother’s words in his head. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Because of the blue laws in the town the show closed for the Sabbath. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The young voice, frustrated, would end up saying, ‘Never mind’—the subject was closed. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eyes closed, elbows on his knees, Pop wheezes. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I picked back up with my whistling, closed my eyes, and could see nothing but my brother’s face. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

If he closed his eyes, he could still see his mother standing there, washing dishes...when she had been well enough to do something that normal. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

After Dad left the room, Mom closed the fridge and looked at me sitting at the table. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lee Chong was closed but he saw who was at the door and opened it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and drew in a deep breath. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I closed the curtains and pulled the blankets up to my chin, but it took me a long time to stop shaking. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Realizing there was no way out of it, he swallowed hard, closed his eyes for a second, then turned and pointed to a house behind us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Aurora, with her eyes still closed, pinches her face together tight. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Scurrying to the other end she found that it, too, was closed. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to speak, but his throat had closed up. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His fingers dug in the leather bag and closed around the root beer can. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how long I sit there, my head down and my eyes closed, before the door opens again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“It gets cold so quickly here.”Turner nodded, listening to her as she closed the door on the town and disappeared into the house. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I pinched the bag closed and placed it back in the drawer, and that’s when I noticed the label: iris germanica. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and inhaled, and we kissed like we did that other day in the sawmill, and neither of us would let go. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was flat on his back, eyes closed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Your heart bays to the double crescent moons of closed lashes on her cheeks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zalmai lay around the house, eyes dulled and half closed, or in his father’s lap, limp as a rag. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then the ship dived quickly and the ice closed over her with a rush. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Every time she closed her eyes, she saw ghosts. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be mad at me,” I said, and I reached over Grandma and opened and closed the door’s lock a couple of times. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Go over there and walk down the broken white line with your eyes closed, and we’ll see what happens.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and thought of Rosa: her perfect face, her milky skin, her mermaid hair, her honeyed eyes that caused such havoc, her hands clasping the mother- of-pearl rosary, her nuptial flower crown. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had known all along that the registration office would be closed. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Miss Harris got up from her desk and closed the door. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I'm trying to find a girl who vanished from a closed house. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I could almost see the widow cleaning it behind closed doors, her big, meaty hands moving with as much care over the hard metal surfaces as they would over the planes of a corpse. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“You’re twenty-two years old, Amir! A grown man! You...” he opened his mouth, closed it, opened it again, reconsidered. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Miles closed the door behind us and checked the other keypad inside the door, then motioned to another nearby door that must’ve led to the garage. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes again and fought the nausea with all my strength, clamping my lips together. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Nearby was what looked like a ticket office, but it was closed. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I closed the book and longed for Robinson Crusoe, still stranded in the study where Colonel Hawkins was asleep. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes tight for a second and waited for the feeling to pass, but it wouldn't. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

On either side of us the dark brush of the bosque closed in. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian winced and closed his eyes so that he would not have to look at his brother John. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

While his mother ironed in one room, Sax led Hall to another and closed the door. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dill’s father quickly opened and closed both hands, one finger at a time, making the serpents on his forearms ripple and writhe. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She stops searching through her pocketbook and folds it closed, embarrassed. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Grandma pressed at her eyes, then came back to the table and closed the book. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Werner Gluck, who had never seen a naked woman before, closed the door. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “But nothing. Line’s closed. These here folks are the last ones.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The parents' habit was to call us on Friday or Saturday nights around ten right before the switchboard closed. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He closed the notebook and clutched it to his chest as he collapsed on Javier’s bed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and threw his arm over his face to keep the light from overexposing his thoughts. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel him twisting the point, flushing it into her throat, and she almost closed her eyes again, but then she remembered. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The pulse turned into a pound and Moss closed his eyes, then pressed into them with the thumb and middle finger of his right hand. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I tiptoed down the entrance hall and closed the door, flipping the lock with a click. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he closed the door, I caught my skirt, and there was a loud ripping sound. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and saw, in my own darkness, the letter someone had laid on my chest. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

They came quickly in and closed the door behind them, the former saying, as they moved along the hall:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

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

Sitting back, she placed the green feather between the pages and closed the book. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She zipped her bag closed when James appeared next to her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He had his eyes closed now, and he was actually shaking. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Restaurants turned off their lights, closed their doors. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He blinked at me and closed his book. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I was eight, nine, and ten, I slept in my bedroom closet with the door closed. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then he must have caught sight of me because he drew back abruptly, and a figure behind him put up an arm and closed the shutters. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and sat still for her. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Later, lying on the couch at his home in Raleigh with music blaring from the stereo, he replayed the events of that evening across the screen of his closed eyes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan closed his eyes and tried desperately to make some sense of the words. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He simply closed his hands over the tether to create friction. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though Mandela and Tambo had closed its doors and settled its remaining accounts, I continued to do whatever legal work I could. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I closed my eyes and covered my face with my hands. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Book of Three lay closed on the table. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Koffi’s eyes were still closed, a small smile on her bps, but his had caught something over her shoulder a few feet away from them—movement. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Almost against my will, I closed my fingers around the handle of the knife still concealed in my bag. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I now closed Morton school, taking care that the parting should not be barren on my side. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mouths opened and closed all across its painted form. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I closed on the hellhound, which was now pushing the satyrs back toward the woods. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

At the far end it was closed by a gate of thick-set iron bars. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped, and a shadow came over his face, and he closed his eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

From behind the closed door of the next room she could hear the sound of voices, and she decided to go inside. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

Merely rational thought—forgive me for preaching, but I must, I must!—merely rational thought leaves the mind incurably crippled in a closed and ossified system, it can only extrapolate from the past. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

His fists were closed tight and his mouth was contorted with an angry sneer. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her hair smelled of smoke, and if he closed his eyes, he could almost imagine they were at the campfire at Camp Half-Blood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Tell him to heel,” Conner shouted as he closed my front door. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Gasps and shrieks of pleasure were coming from behind one of the closed doors, giggles and whispers from another. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was surprised when she spoke, her eyes still closed. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I closed the closet door, and that’s when I noticed the trombone resting against the wall. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

School’s now closed; everyone must go home a month too soon. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She let her head tilt sideways, closed her eyes, and shook her massive trunk, letting the laughter fall like a wash of red leaves all around us. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 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

Grandmother closed her eyes and this time really dozed off. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace closed her eyes briefly against the stab of pain, and Joaquin reached over and put his hand on her arm as Maya nuzzled her chin against her shoulder. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was agony to blink, agony to keep them closed, agony to leave them open. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes, swinging her hips slowly, and then the shadows burst into life, reaching out from the corners of the room with long, pulsing claws and screaming faces. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She laughs and we hang up, and after I’ve closed Fiona’s phone, I stare at it and try to sort through what I’m feeling. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

In the morning the boy lay listening to his mother as she opened and closed the stove door. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner, I closed my door and sat on my bed with your notes spread out in front of me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I moved quickly, trying to reach the car door before it closed. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and felt the magic as if he were turning into the winged lion himself. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He cabled Luther Rice, “...Burnham nor anyone else has any right to dictate whether we shall have a closed or open fence, any more than from an artistic standpoint.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

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

We don’t have school on Monday because of Veterans Day, and the Pet Hut is closed. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They closed ranks before they continued cautiously toward Edward’s family, exhibiting the natural respect of a troop of predators as it encounters a larger, unfamiliar group of its own kind. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Father looked at each of us again, then closed the door. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Good luck in Pittsburgh,” I said after he closed my door. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I think she kept her eyes closed the whole way there. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Closing the gate on her oldest fears as she had closed the gate of her own fenced yard, she discovered the wings she’d always wished she had. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind my closed lids, I see floors collapsing. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

His finger marks the last page read and on his face are the wonder and will to understand after the book is closed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and was silent for a while. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The door is closed, and the lock, which is a board that lies across two brackets, is tilted and is almost out at one end. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coraline closed the old wooden door, turned out the light, and went to bed. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

That night when Papa came home from doing his man’s business about the farm, Mama took him to her room and closed the door. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slipped into the driver’s seat, pulled closed her door. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When a woman approached, the older men tipped their hats; the younger ones opened and closed their thighs. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A chapter having been read through twice, the books were closed and the girls examined. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I tried to say hello, but my throat had closed off, and I made a sort of squeaking sound instead. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He raised his left hand and I closed my eyes and tried to mash myself down into the dirt. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He heard Dilsey lead her away up the hall, and then a door closed. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes narrowed slightly and he turned his head back away from me and closed them again. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who would it be?” said Montag, leaning back against the closed door in the dark. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Use all doors except those in the rear car of the train. The rear car is closed. All aboard!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes like I always did. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my door halfway and sat down on the bed. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem to have affected Alaska, though, who was 1. in our room after dark with the door closed, and 2. smoking a cigarette as she sat on the mostly foam couch. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The country is all closed up, just like this place called Berlin, where an iron curtain has come down that keeps people from going in or getting out. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She disappeared back into the arts center, and didn’t even pull the door closed behind her. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She looked away and closed her eyes as if praying. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

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

Once we got to Brother's Barbershop and Pet Store, there was a blue and white sign on the door, sorry we're closed. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Once she’s out, I push the car door closed and turn to lead her up to the house, but she stops me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But when she peeked into the parlor, her mother was sitting alone at the seance table, her eyes closed, as if in a trance. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When she got back to her room, she closed the door. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Harry just caught sight of a pair of bright brown eyes staring at him before it closed with a snap. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She lay her head down upon it and closed her eyes. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dry mouth almost stuck closed with the chocolate and caramel, but I didn’t stop until the bar was gone. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and tried to ignore his closeness, the way his crotch was, like, two inches from my right arm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z