“Then come down to the dock,” he said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

When Jennifer comes down with dry hair and sloppy eyeliner, I’m on the first cup of coffee of the day. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I came down and did the same, hitching to Big Creek, just making it in time for the first class. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Little came down later and found them there, she gave a shrill scream which brought everybody on the run. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I come down from the ceiling for a second only to see if she’s seriously about to put on some old-lady jams. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of winter most of us came down with a bad cough that shook our ribs and rattled our heads, which responded by leaking thick mucus into our scarves and onto our sleeves. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And when we began to actually build the aeroplane, they made a point of coming down with an already fixed cold supper and helping us. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly men with flashlights came down off the train, and more came out of some buildings over the tracks. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He retched, and then began to vomit, all over the sacks, the sick coming down his nose and choking him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“No one else scheduled down here until harvest season when the grain comes down the Mississippi.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But only on trial he stays. At the first sign of the cricketer friends, or if we come down with peculiar diseases—out he goes!” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we finally come down a “secret” staircase, I linger over family pictures in the hallway. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t really come down to her,” he said. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

So it was with extremely mixed emotions that she read a letter from Mr. Henri Martin describing the illness of her grandmother, and suggesting she come down right away. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Almost the moment my mom left, Otto and I came down with amoebas. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

No one would come down here before ten o’clock in the morning, maybe. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sisi came into the room, smelling of food and spices, to tell Mama that the Igwe had arrived, that Papa wanted us all to come down and greet him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, I hear Sneaky’s footsteps coming down the hall, and a loud “SNEAKY!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The lean elderly man with snow-white hair, wearing Sunday clothes, came down the steps. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Iorek came down slowly to where Will was struggling up, and said, “Answer me truthfully.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s right. One of the servants from the house told me Mrs. de Winter hasn’t come down from her room all the evening.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We spent this day coming down from the basaltic spur that we spent yesterday climbing. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The plant was in Long Island, and I crossed a bridge in the fog to get there and came down in a stream of workers. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been riding my bike for about an hour when I saw my father coming down the street. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The evening came on cold and misty, and well before twilight a fog came down thick. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the snow was coming down so heavily that Theon could not see more than three feet ahead of him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And I fully intend on coming down and seeing you play a match this season too, he said. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Not known is whether his arrival was due to chance or if Massasoit had asked him to come down because he had picked up a few English phrases by trading with the British. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A figure in blue overalls was coming down the pavement, not ten meters away. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Hazel,” said Speedwell suddenly, “there’s a rabbit coming down from the warren. Look!” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll come down after I get me some more beauty rest.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He said, “The branches come down like a tent and their tips touch the ground.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had to have come down, floated on downstream. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The fancy dress dance last night, and I coming down to the head of the stairs in Rebecca’s dress. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s showtime, old friend. If that sphere doesn’t come down like you promised, this is going to be pretty embarrassing.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And when Mother and Daddy came down, they’d stand by the door and stare and say, “Well, would you look at who’s up and around so early? We thought we smelled something good.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“My name is Sticky Washington. I’m just wondering if this is the right place. The yellow lady told me to come down the hall and sit with someone named Reynard.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You wanted to come down here to rescue a cat. Well, look at this! It needs rescuing!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He come down from Chicago to visit family for a spell.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Six hundred miles from Hook Mountain, she came down on a utility pole on Cape Hatteras. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He came down wrong, gashed himself badly, and wound up out of training. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pilot flared the plane out so that when it came down to the lake it seemed to be barely moving. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I carved a massive cake of beeswax into bits and rolled them in my hands until they softened— no long task, for a burning heat came down from Helios, lord of high noon. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was there in the hand-washed and ironed clothes on the cane-seat chair, in the warm slippers left outside my door, in the wood already burning in the stove when I came down for breakfast. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

After ten minutes I get the knack of tossing the pan so that the pancakes which are done on one side sail up, turn in the air and are caught again as they come down. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tommy, who was in the stream coming down, had stopped dead on the stairs with a big open smile that immediately irritated me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A gong had been rung while they were upstairs, and they came down to eat the noon meal at the Long Table of the refectory, along with a hundred or more boys and young men. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, the chinchillas came down with a disease peculiar to rats, and they were all dead within two weeks. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They trudge up the attic stairs, poke around, and then track dark dust onto the hall carpet when they come down again. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came down the court, broke near the foul line, dipped his knees and came up without ever leaving the ground. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She came down onto him with terrific force and skidded to a stop. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon my uncle will be finished packing and will come down to join him on his guitar. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Other men were coming down the path, their work done. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was like our family had come down with a horrible, incurable disease or something. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The flimsy partition that Southside had built for us years earlier came down. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I saw, as we approached, that she was watching my grandfather as he came down the path from the camp to the edge of the lake. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

‘Three files up. And stay there, or you’ll know it, when I come down the line!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Alexander Van Ness had concluded, “I guess it comes down to a feeling, doesn’t it? If I feel uncertain, if I feel that I doubt, that’s all that matters, right?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Helmholtz Watson was writing when the message came down. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he stopped swishing and fell asleep they came down and I blew them away and finally covered my face with my hands and slept too. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

No art, bone tool, or anything else has come down to us from early Homo sapiens except for their skeletal remains, plus those crude stone tools. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I'd look at the laundry hamper or beer cooler, thinking that if it came down to it, Mister Mancini could hide just about anywhere. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

If it came down quickly—bang!—the gun would go off. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are playing West Charleston High School and they think they’re coming down here to trounce the hicks. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A shutter seemed to have come down over her face. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mass of men was coming down the road, unarmed, unspiked, no rifles visible: prisoners. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And when we have the fair, and those lunatics come down from Chicago and up from Saint Louis. If you ask me, it’s the city types that bring the crime with them.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“This wasn’t here when I came down,” he said to Aunt Daisy. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

The voices are coming down the hall, and it's the deep voice again. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited for the shower to turn on and then came down the back stairs and out the kitchen door. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

One day a short time before her delivery date, Clara came down from her Brahmanic refuge without warning and began to speak again. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They rode now at an easy pace and dark came down upon the plains about them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“It comes down to the quality of the vanilla. I don’t like my crème brûlée adulterated, because then you can’t taste through to the quality of the ingredients.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

A few weeks later George and Florah came down with a mysterious illness, which left them emaciated and lethargic, their stomachs so distended that I thought they would burst. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The odor of dead meat came down on the wind, drifting through the trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luster was coming down the drive behind them, carrying the umbrella. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it was always going to come down to me rowing the last few miles. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I would have the help of some friends, but when it came down to it, I would have to solve the omnivore’s dilemma myself. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The remoteness was coming down again, the soft protective folds between himself and the world. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the day on May 11, his friends and teammates incessantly begged him to make an effort to come down under his own power. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish my parents felt that way. They hate all my doodling, too. But I can come down here and draw, and nobody cares.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I suspect,” says Siraj, “that the talent show will come down to three or four top contenders.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The whole season—nine months of preparation—came down to just two major races. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Max comes down when he can, though he stays far away, and he tells me this is worse than Schillinger and Henek. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I thought you might like to come down to the church so we could talk about what’s happened.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Celia would be coming down the hall with one of those short little skirts she wears, looking tan and sweet and with those fine legs of hers strutting like she owned the world. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Testament comes down to us mainly from the Greek translations made in the Alexandrian Library. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fern was five when we had come down for the funerals. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She slipped and fell, smacked her face on a branch coming down. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When I come down for breakfast, I marvel at the spread of food on the table. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It is May now and the rain is coming down. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Father came down the road and took Miss Whitlaws other arm. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The study doors are those that face one as one comes down the great staircase. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘Today we have proved that Salim couldn’t have stayed in his capsule after it came down and he couldn’t have come out hiding under somebody’s else’s clothes.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were playing soccer in the courtyard while I waited for my mom and sister to come down. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I saw a trickle of blood coming down from where Erik's ring had struck him beneath the ear. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure if that was better than having the rat-chewed stuff come down on my head. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

About half an hour later, Mama came down and asked Papa, “Can we take Isatu?” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

There weren’t what Valentine called “dignitaries” among them tonight—in fancy clothes, with Yankee accents—although some guests from the county had come down the road. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Two days later he came down to the boat with me to look it over, and make sure it was seaworthy. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

We listen to their steps in the corridor before they’re drowned by the sound of the rain outside, still coming down hard. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The streets are full of strong boys. The day you take on an apprentice without a fee will be the day the Wall comes down. Who paid for him?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The top could come down, of course, and it was something to see. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The motorcade came down Mack Avenue and when they passed Hurlbut, Tessie looked out the limousine window to see the old house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Dad came down for a few minutes and sat with us while he ate pizza, and then went back upstairs. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Cardamon Kings, Coffee Counts and Rubber Barons—old boarding-school buddies—came down from their lonely, far-flung estates and sipped chilled beer at the Sailing Club. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some time after noon, Kote came down the stairs to find him crushing walnuts on the bar with a heavy leather-bound book. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All that day they plodded along, until the cold and early evening came down. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As we head for the back of the property, we hear hurried footsteps coming down the walk toward us. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I came down with the ball, spun, and dribbled back toward our hoop. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, very soon afterwards, the rain had come down with such ferocity that for a moment all the guests seemed to stop eating just to stare out of the windows. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It all came down to who you ate lunch with. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Over and over the word, wanting all his clouds to come down, but in die morning he was still there. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then one afternoon, I was coming down her corridor to see her and heard someone in the shower room opposite her door. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

By nightfall snow was coming down so heavily that the moon rose behind a white curtain, unseen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden hiss and roar as the rain came down. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

We’d all seen plenty of Tommy’s tantrums by then, so we came down off our stools and spread ourselves around the room. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair had come down from its French knot and stuck all over her face, and her good blouse was smeared with black ash. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Word of what had happened moved slowly down the column, but it was a long while before word came down to Chamberlain. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ice slammed over him and pointed at him as he came down. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mam tells us there was a terrible flood, that the rain came down the lane and poured in under our door. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She smiled, a smile as beautiful as the yellow day, and came down the steps, leaving her broom against a post. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

"This came for you," Mom says, handing me an envelope as soon I come down for breakfast on Thursday. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The blows of the knuckles coming down again and again on my breastbone were unbearable, but Horse knew no pity, and there was no pity on the faces of the others. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very gently I stroked the jet black ones that came down from her eyes. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, the wind that howled in her ears and that changed the course of her life affected her own young body: she came down with an inner-ear infection combined with a disease called paratyphoid. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The orderly came down between the beds and stopped. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

There was a clattering in the cupboard, and Pippo stumbled out in a jacket that came down to his ankles and a hat so large that it had slipped right over his eyes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I jumped about a foot straight up in the air and came down running. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And he went out foraging in the deserted places, and lo, an angel of the Lord came down, and brightness was all around him, and the angel said, “Be not afraid.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘This cousin of yours - he went up the Eye and never came down, you say?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His discharge. It came down with his other papers.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I strike, coming down on her like an executioner. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Later that day the dad came down and paid the money. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When Uncle Arthur came down to retrieve more chairs, he caught Oliver examining the food. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I was hoping that I really could give her a lesson next time I came down with Jeffrey. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank had accused him of caring more for machines than people, but if it came down to saving old spheres or his friends, there was no choice. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“If you’re going to drop everything to dress Benjamin, I’d better come down and get breakfast. You know as well as I do how Jason acts when it’s late.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A whistling came down the hallway, and Richard rounded the corner, spinning his hat in his hands as he walked. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I heard yer Noise yesterday morning coming down the river but it was feverish and sleeping. I been waiting here ever since. I was worried something was really wrong.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

When the lifeboat had been swung out the captain came down from the bridge. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded over at a lady from Moscow who had run away from her husband and who never came down to the courtyard, but watched from a window three stories up. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I can’t see how we could come down here, not now, anyway. I’m in the middle of a semester, and Mom’s got that job at Oxford Elementary.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was pouring, rain coming down in sheets, a gale blowing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Janna, open the door. The girls want to come down to watch a movie. Why is this locked?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Because she was thirteen, everybody supposed her nature was coming down, but it was hard to put up with her sulking and irritation. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Charon was inclined to refuse Aeneas and his guide when they came down to the boat. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer came down the stairs to the flooded main floor, shaking his head, followed by the half-men. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen put her arm around me, and I saw tears coming down her face, too. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were scheduled to come down in an empty part of the South Pacific, where the aircraft carrier Hornet was waiting for us. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not pretend I had not heard him, and no one would understand any excuse for my not coming down to hear his report. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her sword scabbard came down almost to her ankle. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t get enough height to pull off the full rotation in the air, and I came down short, pitching forward onto my knees and almost face-planting into the floor. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It poured every day, the rain coming down in long, dreary sheets that made Luke feel worse as he watched from the attic vents. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“No. I went upstairs around two. But there was a new stack of books on the librarian’s desk when I came down.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Quintus came down the stairs, holding his sword at his side. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They hear footsteps coming down the stairs, and then his father enters the living room, along with a uniformed man holding a clipboard. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sleeves come down to my fingertips, and I roll them up too. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When they called me to come down and ride the red palanquin, I was sitting at a small dressing table by an open window. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This whole thing is about to come down.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Eleanor,” Dr. Montague called, “turn around very carefully and come slowly down the steps. Move very, very slowly, Eleanor. Hold on to the railing all the time. Now turn and come down.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

And as the swallow racked its brain, it heard a voice coming down the trail. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

‘But I guess he knows we came down it. We had better be going on.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

All I need to do now is get Nora to come down to the basement for the big reveal. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He mopes around the house, resdess, pretending to be coming down with a cold. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the whip came down again, my right hand flashed forward out of reflex and seized the whip midswing. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A dark engine was coming down the track, backing toward them. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain came down hard and fast, stinging his face like a million bees. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy flipped the nickel up, and it came down and rolled along the floor. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Ophelia just came down from your mama’s room, and I was just wondering if she was wanting for anything before I got to putting together the luncheon.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Even though she’s said things, even though she’s implied there’s more than one, it all comes down to her next sentence. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

They walk together hard in the road and then stop so fast the dust comes down on their shoes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was all Mr. Griswold’s Poe choice came down to: a popular author for Halloween season. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then his tears came down again, like a wall between him and his father. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t go back to the stables until Evy had come down, given him a bit of apple or some sugar, stroked his nose and called him a good boy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doubted she had any cash on her, but when she got to the hotel she could probably call somebody to come down and pay the driver. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

In practice, the game seemed to come down to mostly shoving, hitting, and falling into the water, along with a lot of loud arguments about whether or not someone had said "Mayhaps." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I can carry his meals up, and he can come down and see the tree and everything a little while. We can help him up and down, Marly and me.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘He went up ages ago. Ted and I tracked his pod. But when it came down - he wasn’t on it.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water changed to vapor and rose, became rain and came down again, became spring, brook and river, changed anew, flowed anew. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then: “Which room did you put her into? Was it dry? Is she up? Go and ask if she wants anything; and when she will come down.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The news came down to the prisoners that after lunch they would be allowed to go outside. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

When we come back down from the north it’s like coming down from a mountain. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Hmm, ah yes, here it is. ‘Late in November, Year of the Small Sweet Chestnut, from a frozen sparrowhawk come down from the far north...’—peculiar chap, spoke with a strange accent. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He opened his own mouth and let their shriek come down and out between his bared teeth. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

They never so much as came down with a cold. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We began coming down, but it wasn’t easy: stepping around the bodies, turning away from the stench, from the reality of the death around us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the air began to cool, the rabbits woke and first one and then another came down the runs that led from the smaller burrows. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The list of the chief writers through whom the myths have come down to us is not long. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The discipline wand, in the hand of the Childcare worker, whistled as it came down across Asher’s hands. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

She swung once, hard, coming down on Brooke’s forehead with a horrid crack. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was smiling as I came down from the apparatus, confident that I’d delivered. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Every time her foot comes down, I think of the meal she’s taking away from me, from Ford. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The woods are awfully dark now, and the rain is really coming down and it’s still thundering. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He had decided to live forever or die in the attempt, and his only mission each time he went up was to come down alive. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then he was lifted and hurled by Coach Murphy toward the infield lights, his spikes silvered with false light, and Ben came down laughing and jubilant to Coach Murphy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small man in black flannel comes down the staircase apologizing in German; he says he is the assistant director. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A lieutenant came down the road, pointing back toward die smoke, yelling wildly that someone was hurt. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I came down the sidewalk, the sky was clearing and two trucks were blocking the road in front of my building, furniture piled in the backs like a house had been turned upside down. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the background the tents were coming down, the wagons were hitching, but some of the men of the Regiment had come out to watch and listen. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The last time we went into battle without Lady Melisandre was the Blackwater, when Lord Renly’s shade came down upon us and drove half our host into the bay.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Joe was surprised to find her all ready when he came down—and how pleased! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

When she came down, carrying fat, sleepy Campbell Junior, her mass of red hair was combed, pinned up, and draped with what she called “my genteel black veil.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She knew that the big house, the house of pride where the white folks lived, would come down: it was written in the Word of God. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

And they voted to replace the bell rope, seeing how it was so frayed it would certainly come down by springtime. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

A girl a few years younger than me, petite, fine-featured, comes down the stairs carrying an armful of linens. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The rain came down in sheets, still dark and acidic. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He said up the steps, “Why don’t you come down and we’ll order pizza from that new delivery place and pig out?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The snow is coming down in fluffy flakes. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Then why”—he comes down the steps to face me properly— “then why did you say—” “I kept that card I got in the mail, Marv.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When he didn’t tell, she said, “Fine. Maybe I’ll just have to come down to the school so I can see for myself.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I assayed to try my own hand at botis mots, saying to her in the morning, “You are — you are come down to the breakfast room as the — some dew on the flowers. Falling.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some of the children from the flats upstairs came down and stood watching us. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair would come down and drift between her glasses and her eyes, and the glasses would fall off her wet nose and spin and swing at the end of their black ribbon. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t we see the post when we came down?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The rain is coming down, and the clouds are an unfurling carpet of gloom. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

On the balcony of the boathouse next door, Al Ulbrickson saw the Husky Clipper coming down the outside lane alongside the British boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And the sound of something—or someone—coming down the branches. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trail comes down to the riverbank just upstream from a narrow gorge, through which the Teklanika surges in a boil of white water. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow it seemed important to start with the woods coming down, so it turned into a very long story. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

A long-drawn wail came down the wind, like the cry of some evil and lonely creature. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A black wagon was coming down the path. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

His mom and his dog came down the stairs right behind him. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

But then there were footsteps coming down the path toward them, and another woman appeared, carrying an armful of kindling. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the biting cold of the ice cells, the crowded cellar was so hot that Jon felt suffocated from the moment he came down the steps. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I throw rocks at her window but she doesn’t come down. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Keep ’em, and maybe I can give you lessons when I come down.Would that be cool? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m wearing a flowered nightgown that comes down below my knees. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

At night in this waterless air the stars come down just out of reach of your fingers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later in the afternoon, as evening came down, he went to the lake and washed the sticky berry juice from his face and hands, then went back to prepare for the night. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like half the plans that came down from regiment, this one was canceled. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand came down to rest on top of her head. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The valley in which the;, had come down was in the heart of the mountains; snowy heights, one of them looking rose-red in the reflections of the sunset, towered above them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Often many stand side by side, and breathe the wind that comes down from the moors and the forest. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brush hairline with hand, then come down the face and trace the space where hopefully, one day, a mustache and beard will be. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The thin lieutenant came down the length of the custom house, holding our passports. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Not only was the wind dead around me but dead for hundreds of miles to the north as well, for there were no swells, no motion whatsoever in the water coming down from the north. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Sparks came down and he leaned forward as fast as he could and blew. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I come down to earth when Rani tries to buy us a ticket. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Concentrate on making those clouds—the ones over there, in the west—making them bigger and darker. Think gray skies and driving winds coming down from the arctic. Think snow.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I was tired and frazzled, like I was coming down off a sugar high. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The curtain had barely come down before the men from the Sociological Department approached. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The man came down from the stage and handed out copies of the student code of conduct. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“I thought maybe you were waiting for me to come down and start the fire.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it came down to more food or heat, the cold weather made Jay choose heat—we’re supposed to get snow flurries next week. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” he said, “it’s only five minutes past six, but I felt good and I thought I’d come down and get a little exercise.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

But when it came down to it, the guardians made it more or less impossible for any of us actually to do much without breaking rules. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sit in the kitchen, avoiding the dust mop of the woman, waiting for Cordelia to come down to play. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His hand came down on the top of the furnace. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tent was coming down about his head; he stepped outside to avoid the collapse. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven miles of ocean about to come down on my head and a doomsday demon just a few feet away: Why not just leap into its mouth right now? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Please comrade, I have a daughter—” His hand came down hard across Ma’s face. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said the apple seller, “the next time his lordship comes down here hunkering for an apple, I’ll be sure and ask him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Miss Love came down to our house to tell the family about Grandpa’s baby, and I drove her home. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He came down the tree slowly, his fat falling in a roll over his shoulders. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a morning of brilliant sunshine and we’d all just come down to the courtyard after a lesson in the main house, when I remembered something I’d left in the classroom. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came down from the mountains with their hands up, and the generals gunned them down, every one. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now it will all come down to how well you do at Winter Conclave. And I have faith that you will shine in your final test.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The verdict came down on Friday, August 19: As his family looked on, the court found Francis Gary Powers guilty of "criminal acts" against the Soviet people and sentenced him to ten years in prison. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had kept begging Buddy to show me some really interesting hospital sights, so one Friday I cut all my classes and came down for a long weekend and he gave me the works. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

What if it came down on the crowd or on us? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to come down and watch. Bet a lot of people would.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then some other stuff started coming down the line. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, not coming down from my corner of the sky. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He saw the quail come down to eat with the chickens when he threw out the grain. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the windows in Cuddledown are open when I come down after lunch. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The last real thing that had happened to him was being called inside when the woods were coming down. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Catherine Barkley coming down the hall, and stood up. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The tears started coming down my mother's cheeks, and she started trembling like a child on the first day of the flu. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

In one place a pillar was missing between two arches and the bit that came down to where the top of the pillar ought to have been hung there with nothing to support it. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He came down to pick it up round four in the afternoon. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A man, obviously awakened from sleep, came down the hall in his undershirt, buttoning on trousers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Winter is going to have to come down here and pick it up himself.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My dad says fog is just a cloud that comes down to eye-level. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

We came down out of the mountains and through an oak forest, and there were white cattle grazing in the forest. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

They were designed for winter wear, when treacherous drafts came down chimneys and insidious currents of deadly cold found their way through keyholes. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, his dad came down and dragged Gus back upstairs, and in the entryway, beneath an Encouragement telling me that Friends Are Forever, I knelt to kiss him good night. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

At such times the ridge came down, and the continental shelf, so to speak, stretched out, and the algae along the shore became so slack that I tended to catch my feet in it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet came down, then flew into the air again as she hit the ground. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The woman hastened to the king’s side, taking his arm, and with faltering steps the old man came down from the dais and paced softly through the hall. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"Alfred's my guest. I invited him to come down." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of feet was coming down the staircase. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I felt hot all of a sudden inside my puffy jacket, like I was coming down with a fever. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I stammered as he came down the stairs. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I had charge of serving breakfast; in the late afternoons I carted trays of food to patrons in the hotel who did not want to come down to eat. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go and bathe and come down for dinner,” he said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not because my sisters try to console me and even Janae comes down to the ground with me and hugs me tight. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He turned around to grin shyly at Gilly and then, as though carrying the crown of England, came down Mr. Randolph’s walk, the sidewalk, and into Trotter’s gate. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I cross scims with the soldiers coming down from the top of the tower while she battles those heading up from the base. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Anyway, he told himself, edging under a shopfront as the morning rain came down like tears, he had not failed. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

My mother was coming down the hall as I left Grandpa’s room to hurry back to the Saturday night customers at the store. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A finger comes down, knocks over the king. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the flaps of his hat came down along both sides of his face, encircling it, then tied below, making his cheeks plump. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The lion stood his ground until he saw so many men coming down, warriors in red clothes. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was scared to ask him how much longer we had before Harmonee came down. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

For a moment I thought she might stand up and leave, but Dad’s hand came down to rest on top of hers, settling her like an anchor. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Sonny,” Jake said, “you boys come down and join me on the roof of the Club House tonight. Got a surprise for you.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But she sat on in that trial chair until the lawyer told her she could come down. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Helen the beautiful came down from her fragrant chamber attended by her women, one carrying her chair, another a soft carpet for her feet, and a third her silver workbasket filled with violet wool. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I just came down-" The hangman's horror clung round him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I remember that one year during the war, my dad was away in the Navy, and the trees were coming down after Christmas. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The rest of my sisters are good, but deep in my heart, I know it will come down to her and me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I listen to the stream trickling toward the river, which will take its water to the ocean, where someday it will turn into clouds and come down again as rain. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I can’t help but shiver a little bit every time I come down here. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

On his way up the steps he encountered Bud Gleason, decked out in a madras sport coat and bow tie, coming down and Onofre tipped his cowboy hat good day with his invisible arm. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Patterson slowly came down the steps into the dark cabin for the second time. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

A swirl of sparks rose to meet the snowflakes coming down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“And we saw the town here, and came down, but there was no one here. At least there were things to eat and beds to sleep in. We didn’t know what to do next.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not even when I swore I could hear Bobby Gene’s huffy breathing coming down the road after me. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She wanted to see herself in one of those little skirts that just come down over their butt and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“And Jesus said, ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled,”’ he says, coming down the aisle. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He came down hard, his arm hitting the wooden floor first, then his head. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all stood still and looked at Baby Wilson coming down the steps of her house across the street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Finally, late in the evening, they came down, their faces still grave. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She arrived at four and had hardly let herself down from her van when she saw the front door swing open and Mr. Singh come down the path to the curb. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Needed to find a place to sit. The field hockey girls took over the living room, so I thought I’d come down here,” I lied. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Now imagine one coming down to fly right next to you to show you the next spectacular thing that’s going to come into your life.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The next thing Digory knew was that there was a soft green light coming down on him from above, and darkness below. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I turned my head to make some lazy reply, but it was stopped in my throat by the sight of a dark-clothed figure coming down the road. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then I saw he was signaling me to come down a path that had opened in the middle of the weaving skiers. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I heard myself yelling as his weight came down on my leg. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I come down from upstairs, they always call me to dance to the drums. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

That weekend, I was told by the commanding officer to be prepared to see General Willemse, who was coming down from Pretoria. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came down with dysentery and ended up in a grubby hospital in Port-au-Prince, on a floor that lacked a toilet. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

If not for the alertness in his ocean-blue eyes, he would resemble, more than anything, a scarecrow that had come down from its stake. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But as their second anniversary approached, the balancing act that plays out every day of their lives came down to the more immediate questions of getting by. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

As the hours crept by, the drizzle intensified, and by three in the morning, a steady rain was coming down. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dad also came down the steps, decked out in a suit and tie. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He came down with a nasty gash a millimeter above his right eye. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stimela” is not a political song, but in the context, it became one, for the implication was that the train contained guerrillas coming down to fight the South African army. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But Buddy, I don't know how to zigzag yet. All those people coming down from the top know how to zigzag." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never seen it come down like that. I hope there was nothing you were dying to do at school today.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Rain is coming down and plucking me on the head. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Up in my room the rain was coming down heavily outside on the balcony, and the wind blew it against the glass doors. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I came down here just now, to talk to them all, and I found — oh come on, Harry, I want to show you!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He hasn’t come down from his office on the third floor of the house since he returned from D.C., now a few days. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I come down, I shall do my best to kill you.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nervous that someone might come down the road, I kept scanning the horizon ahead and behind. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“They came down from outer space with ray guns, but I fooled them by wearing a wig and laughing in a foreign accent, and I escaped.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Does this need to come down some?” he asks. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She came down on a tor above the Hudson River and perched in an isolated ash tree. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The nigguhs up at the school come down to chase me off and that made me mad. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the dinner bell, she does not come down. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

His Son Jesus came down t’ earth ’n’ put on human flesh ’n’ lived ’n’ died t’ show us the way. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He came down dribbling the pill between his legs like it was supposed to impress me. i knew as long as it was going between his legs he wasn’t going anywhere with it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

And the moths came down and fluttered about the pool as the daylight mixed into the darkness. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she lost the first coin she banged on the machine with her fists and kept opening the receiver to be sure that nothing had come down. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you come down and still the wind and waves? Oh, Jesus, you told the storm on Galilee, ‘Peace, be still,’ and it obeyed your word. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he heard Pollard’s deep voice coming down the shed row, he would poke his head over the half door to greet him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right! He was not to come down till he saw us. Can you see his signal?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Some people claimed that he was a holy man who had come down from the mountains to save the city in its darkest hour. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I very quickly shut the window, and oblige when she tells me that today is not a computer day, and that I am to come down for breakfast. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“That light,” said the Chaplain, “is it going up or coming down?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I kept telling myself Dad was right, that they knew how to look after themselves and each other, but in the spring, Mom called me to say Dad had come down with tuberculosis. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then her father came down in his long underdrawers and, with quiet but intense profanity, told the fellow what he could go and do to himself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the people running Cleveland don't usually come down here, unless they take a wrong turn on the freeway. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had gone away ordinary and come back miraculous, like the ancient magicians who came down from the mountains. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only a middle- aged woman, pink-cheeked and bareheaded, coming down the hill toward me, in jeans and a heavy white pullover, with a dog on a green leash, a terrier. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing I did when I came down here was look to see if there was a response. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He came down the hall and scooped her up himself. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Stuart ran for the yardstick and slid down, like a fireman coming down a pole in a firehouse. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” said Papa, coming down the stairs with a slight swagger. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

These three days since we came down from the pass have been much hard work for no gain, but Ai is no longer downcast, nor overhopeful; and he has more patience with me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I got a cup of tea at the Aërated Bread Company and came down to Purfleet by the next train. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry because I should have stayed up there with you guys. I wasted so much time being indecisive and coming down here. I should have been part of the team.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She appeared not to notice them: Her hair had come down and there was a gash on her cheek. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

An old usherette came down the aisle and tried to grab the cutlass from him, but Ignatius wrestled with her, and she slid to the carpet. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I came down, I saw my dogs had given up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the first great drops of rain came down. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When it came down to it, I felt vulnerable when he was away. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Shut up! Matsika will roast everyone in the Cow’s Guts until he gets what he wants. Then he ’11 come down here with a hundred bulldozers'?' The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“How long before he might come down out of here?” the agent asked. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But then you didn’t come down. You went up hours ago!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

"My good man, how can we come down to be attacked?" The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen—” I said, “I’m writing this book about Dresden. I’d like some help remembering stuff. I wonder if I could come down and see you, and we could drink and talk and remember.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jane and Michael and Mary Poppins spread the crumbs in a circle on the ground, and presently, one by one at first, and then in twos and threes, the birds came down from St. Paul’s. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

That was the year that the cold war ended, the year the Berlin Wall came down. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You only like coming down here for the food!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

‘He went up the Eye and didn’t come down.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the helmets were too big and came down almost over the ears of the men who wore them. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

‘That I have known since first we came down from the Emyn Muil. For the will is not behind us but before us.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I guess the difference is that dampness comes down but dankness rises up out of rot and fermentation. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Presently a whole squad of the ruffians came down the road. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday afternoon,” she said, “early. They came running down the big arroyo which comes down from the high canyon.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She left her earrings on the dresser and padded barefoot to the bed wearing just a pink rayon chemise that came down to her hips. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She hears a whack, then startled by the cries of her girlfriends, she looks up and sees a glowing moon coming down into her upraised hands. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now for a Rangers fan, it’s enough just to try to beat the Yankees, but we don’t need nobody coming down and putting themselves in the record book with us. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel was just going to ask Holly to begin when Speedwell came down the eastern run. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A body of people came down the platform, some of them Negroes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you coming down with the same thing your mother had?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Professor McGonagall was coming down the marble staircase with her arms full of books. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“If they do, I’m sure they all come down with pneumonia. Now let’s see: What’ll we have for supper?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your brother. Remember that Halloween when we were around seven or eight and those big-city kids came down to the corn maze dressed like skeletons?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I hear someone walking around upstairs and I assume it’s Hazelle, but a few minutes later Peeta comes down and tosses a cardboard box of empty liquor bottles on the table with finality. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I just didn’t want to believe that rulership of the Empire could come down to something so brutal. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A really cold Coke with ice coming down the sides. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was just after Lyra had been taken, just after Will had come down from the mountaintop, just after the witch had killed his father. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And many indeed saw them and the light that shone about them as they came down from the walls and went hand in hand to the Houses of Healing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The man comes down the ladder and makes a note on his clipboard. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When Zlata came down to meet us, all of us surrounded her as if she was a celebrity. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“But,” 1 said, “in the old days the Austrians were always whipped in the quadrilateral around Verona. They let them come down onto the plain and whipped them there.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

My stomach sinks when I hear sirens coming down the block. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But scouts warned me of the orc-host coming down out of the East Wall three nights ago, and among them they reported that some bore the white badges of Saruman. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“She lives in a cave, up on those cliffs. If we get too close, her snaky heads will come down and start plucking sailors off the ship.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“My dear Xan,” Glerk said, feeling a rumble deep in his chest, which he hoped sounded imposing and dramatic, and not like someone who was simply coming down with a cold. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Be silent, you little baggage, or I’ll spike you on this dagger, and your king too, if he dares to come down.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

His fists came down toward Luke's head—a double overhead blow that would’ve knocked a hole in titanium—but the bear twins intercepted. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hear our parents coming down the stairs, and suddenly I’m not in the mood for a group meal. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then we heard what was definitely Madame’s voice coming down the stairs, saying: “Yes, you’re quite right. Quite right.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’d better come down from there before you get hurt!” shouted Horace. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Word came down to Dora that it was all right to open up the Bear Flag. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a tricky time for Neil and Buzz, to make sure they came down at exactly the right spot on the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men were already running to the end of the bridge to come down and claim the man whose dead hands dug into the soft, wet sand in front of me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, as the rain came down and the sky turned black, they still could find no trace of Prosper. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The soft moonlight came down through the treetops and made patches of light and shade on the road ahead. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Gora, who was fifty-nine at the time, came down with a fever at Bellevue, so the angiogram had to be canceled. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

When are they going to come down and bring peace to our land? First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he said thoughtfully, “1 came down here because I got a problem.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, shortly after I turned eleven, I was the only one on the islands to come down with influenza. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Bunny came down late the next morning, puff-eyed and sullen, while Francis and the twins and I were eating our breakfasts. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She went to school late so she could see him come down the stairs on his way to work. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He clambered up into the back of the wagon and came down with a wide bucket and a nearly empty burlap sack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That was what I came down to Red Witch Bridge to feel anyway, but I’d never expected any help from Miles. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

And he called to her, and she came down, and they walked on the grass or sat under a green tree together, now in silence, now in speech. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

So there I am with my books, busting over to Mtisha’s house feeling like my love had come down over me like butter coming down over popcorn. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then a huge golden moon came down from the heavens and settled on the surface of the calm waters. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the positive effects of the wall coming down were immediately apparent, the cause of the wall’s fall was not so clear. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I held him a long time, wondering why the aircraft had not come down when the pilots saw the smoke. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘We came down over the last ridge into Nan Curunír, after night had fallen,’ Merry continued. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I gulp when I spy two police cars coming down the cross street. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Frith went out of the room after that, and I glanced quickly at the paper before Maxim came down. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Several jeeps came down the road toward him at one point, headlights blazing, and he ducked well back into the trees until they had passed. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Two bloated women, one of them with her hair coming down, had got hold of the same saucepan and were trying to tear it out of one another’s hands. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Capsule goes up, capsule comes down, its path defined by a big parabola, its landing place the Atlantic Ocean. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The fireplace was in the corner of the room; the flames blazed up, snapping the kindling and sucking at the wind that came down the chimney. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But there could be no secrets from Fin; she had been roused by Sister Nara herself, bearing a candle and urging her to come down to the dock. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He came down for coffee in the mornings, in an old bathrobe of Francis’s, and sat in the kitchen windowsill looking moodily over the lawn as if he were waiting for someone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I want you to see if you can find Levant. Find Levant and tell him to come down here. Tell him to bring a couple kerosene lanterns. Tell him I need him right away.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He told Dad that the whole family would need to come down to the courthouse the next morning and see the magistrate. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Those who came down it did so carefully, treading their way like novice ice-skaters—the only light was whatever passed through the windows of offices and from there through the translucent glass panels of doors. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I can see it in her body, how her shoulders come down, how her hand moves toward Dray’s hand. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The command came down from the Tattered Prince through his captains and his seijeants: strike the tents, load the mules, saddle the horses, we march for Yunkai at the break of day. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They advanced towards me, some from one end, some from the other, and some came down the middle between the rows of empty chairs. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe it all comes down to me and this body. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m feeling restless, reckless, like flying up at night and never coming down.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Dinner is ready. Everybody come down to the dining room.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was play-acting, and putting on the accent “Tell us the story,” about the black arm which came down the chimney.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lexie, who had been coming down the hall with the latest Cosmo and a Diet Coke in hand, had stopped outside the doorway, just out of view, and watched her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“White flakes. They come down every winter. You’ve seen them before.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

With a last effort, she pumped her wings and flew straight ahead and came down on a palo santo tree on Es- pariola Island. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But any resolve she might have had about the matter disappeared as soon as they were back in Concord and their father’s word came down. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

For many of us, the curtain has just come down on childhood. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then, another car came down the street. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I had not come down for Maxim’s sake, for Beatrice’s sake, for the sake of Manderley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At first, I thought I might be coming down with a summer cold. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I can tell that Janae is looking for something interesting to say, as if she didn’t just come down from upstate after meeting new people and having new experiences and learning new things. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He calls down, Bring the table, the chair, I’m coming down, and we have to clear off the table and pull it to the wall. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Last night when I came down from the attic, I noticed, the moment I entered the room, that the lovely vase of carnations had fallen over. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Lord, how they rocked in their bed of sin, and how she cried and shivered; Lord, how her love came down! Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Partially because they were stuck, and partially because Candice came down with a huge case of indigestion. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I have no further questions for you, Mr. Gillanders. I thank you, however, for coming down here this morning. It’s snowing hard outside.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some kids would snicker when they saw me coming down the hall. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Two huge hands came down and picked him up, gently. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He came down the Rue de France and found himself at the Sporting Club. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Their guard came down center court and I went after him when he got a foot from the mid-court line. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He could think of nothing better, and feared the silence that might come down, and the awkwardness that would be a prelude to her telling him that it had been nice to meet up again. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Knowing I could reach out and touch him—if he ever came down from the roof. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A lot of people were coming down the street. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A wise one,” he replied mysteriously, “one who can see who is coming down the path to our village.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most cars didn’t come down this road at night because of the bridge. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Even Esteban, who was sitting in the window seat watching the sleet come down. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I told Speedwell no one was to come down.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up her skirts and came down the path to the gate. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have come down here to march for equal rights,” she said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She gives it everything she's got, and I swear it feels like her words come down heavy and hard, beating on us just as bad as a leather strap. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I live on Avenue B, Dylan lives on Avenue D. Our origin story comes down to our last names, Alejo and Boggs. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I felt his fingers’ light touch run along the crown of my head, feather-soft as they came down to cup my cheek. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But about this, at least, Mr. Curtain had told the truth—the helmet wouldn’t come down. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Upstairs I met the nurse coming down the hall. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The traveler, the curtain nearest the front, comes down right in the middle of where Volpe figured they should stage the play. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

‘I see a white stream that comes down from the snows,’ he said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I know exactly where those are. I stored them in the cupboard above the fridge. Why don’t you girls come down, and we’ll make some? I have fresh strawberries and blueberries you can use.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Betsy Read came down to the tavern a lot, and we talked over a lot of plans—escape plans and all that kind of thing. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that his mother wouldn’t have taken the day off from the button factory where she worked to come down, but because it seemed true, that he was wasting his time. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other kids and I could still come down here when we want to hang out without our parents around. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I stood up when Dad came down the stairs. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Whatever way he howls you know what’s coming down the street long before you get to see it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It all resolves when the curtain comes down. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The massive staff sergeant Frank Volkheimer comes down the narrow wooden stairs and ducks his head beneath the beams. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But when you came down to it, nothing really frightened him, not storms, not tall ladders, not even the scrael. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But if he comes to the top of the ridge, he is sure to come down here, because he will see the green leaves. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When we didn’t come, they began gradually to come down to us. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen to me. I can't. I don’t have a car. I came down here in a taxicab.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had been a recluse and almost never came down. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“One day, a wise Martian come down to Earth to teach us people a thing or two,” I say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

You point it toward some fairly broad region of the sky, and it records how much energy, in a particular radio frequency, is coming down to Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You never came down the ride,” Windy says. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

His forehead came down to rest against my shoulder, and I wrapped both arms around him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When we ran out to the car, the rain was coming down in sheets, and the wind was blowing so hard that umbrellas were useless. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I don’t want to talk to Sandra, I want to talk to you. I wanna come down in your boat and talk to you.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Your grandmother said you and your sisters were coming down. It was all she talked about for weeks.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Ranofer could hear him moving about in his room at the top of the stairs, but he did not come down. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t sure what you’d do if it came down to this.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was a horse coming down the ridge: great black horse with blood all over the chest, blood streaming through bubbly holes, blood on the saddle, dying eyes, smoke-gray at the muzzle: Garnett’s horse. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it comes down to it, though, Mr. Neely asked us to find something that intrigued us and study it with all our hearts. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The morning after that I watched at the window, glass blurred by a drizzling rain, and when I saw the guarded lines of men coming down the street, I ran out to meet Max. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

By now, the rain was coming down really hard. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I was so proud of being her granddaughter and sure that some of her magic must have come down to me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You look like me when I first came down here. I’ll give you every answer I know. But we should probably head back upstairs so my dad doesn’t wonder where we are.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I can see the rain coming down out over the ocean—a curtain of water. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

His foot came down on something that clanged and he saw that he was standing on a metal trapdoor. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Bod had been coming down here every few days for several months: Alonso Jones had been all over the world, and he took great pleasure in telling Bod stories of his travels. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Dad comes down and drags the bag upstairs to Italy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Along the way, sharecropping families came down to the road to wave and offer food. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the woman’s husband saw his wife coming down the path, followed by a lion, he let out a great shout. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“The room isn’t built to block that level of sound, and the whole house shook. They’re going to come down.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I go one day and stand at the top of the hill on our side of the ravine, watching the bridge come down. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Early on the morning of March 2, race day, groom Harry Bradshaw came down the shed row, poured a helping of oats into Seabiscuit’s bucket, then stepped out from under the shed row roof. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snow was coming down harder now, and Hazel’s mother leaned forward in her seat as she drove, as if to will the car through it all. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I once asked Madrina how she knows so much about the strangers who come down to the basement for her love consultations. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I heard my father coming down the stairs. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In search of her missing cups, spoons, and mixing things, Mom came down, looked over my laboratory, sighed, and went down to the Big Store to buy replacements. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I came down to the road far beyond his range of vision—I could not even see the store. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He came down when we were finishing supper, and Mom jumped up from the table and brought over the plate she’d been keeping warm in the oven. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The king came down from the rise of trodden snow, and the two bears faced each other several yards apart. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

When we came down off the mountain with our rocket, all the observers were gone, but Buck and the football team were back. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And all of a sudden it starts to come down cats and dogs. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he stood there with the receiver to his ear waiting Dilsey came down the stairs. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A music came down the river as it drew nearer; and suddenly they perceived that it was a ship, wrought and carved with elven-skill in the likeness of a bird. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When I come down again, she asks me where I’ve been. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Then you come down here and take a walk with me.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Down in that kipple-infested old apt, watching Buster Friendly on her TV set and quaking with fear every time she imagines someone coming down the hall. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Once a voice came down from a high window: “Orphan pie!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

We all stayed together coming down the home stretch of the first lap. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He put it away as she came down, and escorted her silently to the side entrance, watching through the glass door as she drove away. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we came down from the trees, we evolved an upright posture; our hands were free; we possessed excellent binocular vision—we had acquired many of the preconditions for making tools. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of the roads had been plowed yet, but enough buses had come down Lee Avenue that it was packed hard and slick. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He jumped out of the car and started down the driveway, trying to jog away the same feeling of anxiety he’d felt every time he’d come down this road. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Gogol speaks to the couple about their plans, promises to come down and have a look at their place before he leaves. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll leave Aly with you. Send her if you get jumpy. That storm comes down on us, and everyone better be back on board—and our cargo too.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The rain came down in bullets, but it didn’t quench the flames. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

What Killer Man’s life mostly comes down to, I figure, is waiting. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We did,” Guillermo says, coming down the stairs with a broom and dustpan. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

In the evening the soldiers of the new regiment came down and stood around playing the juke box and drinking Coca-Cola and sizing up the girls for the time when they would be paid. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Somebody come down the East End like you did, all by hisself, a fishbelly, get all up in my face” — he rippled a stick along the deer-pen fence — “I knew scared wasn’t it.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had a citywide emergency on our hands, as there is no greater affliction for the southern mind than people up north coming down to fix our way of life. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Besides, I thought it was supposed to come down in flakes — you know, each one unique and all that. These just look like the ends of Q-tips.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was still complaining and I was still sunk in despair when Camilla came down. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As I came down on the mat on my final tumbling pass, I think I was the happiest athlete in Rio. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Rubbing my ears in an attempt to stop them from ringing, I lurched over to the back porch and waited expectantly for one of my parents to come down off it and kill me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was chittering and now that all eyes were upon it, began coming down the tree. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house was so near the woods that she could hear the ring of the axes, hear the crash as a great tree came down. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chapter Eleven heard the seriousness in Milton’s voice and agreed to start coming down on weekends and staying in his old bedroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“How about,” Jesse began, “you coming down and taking a look at ’um, and if they suit you, you could take ’um along home when you go tell Momma where I am?” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

They were brown leather boots, well worn, with fringe coming down in the back. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The rain came down as though once more in Heaven the Lord had been persuaded of the good uses of a flood. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Evidently he had just heard his ship was in and had come down from his mansion on Beacon Hill in a hurry. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tessie had come down to clear her head and have her coffee and already the day was getting out of hand. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He came down the steps a moment later from his third-floor room. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment I can’t quite see right because of the snow, which is now coming down in earnest. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It made a single last leap into the air, coming down at Montag from a good three feet over his head, its spidered legs reaching, the procaine needle snapping out its single angry tooth. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started walking, glancing over my shoulder every few seconds to see if perhaps another car was coming down the road behind me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

If I would buy him a double-tapered line he would pay me when I came down. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then we heard their boots stomping on the stairs below and coming down from the roof above, and moments later they burst in with their guns, shouting. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

There was no railing, and I wondered how Mr. Ray would be able to keep coming down here, to this secret lair, when he was older, especially since he was already limping. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Next day, early in the morning, they came down again to the borders of the Road. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When he came down again, he stood for a moment in the hall, listening. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Now, sitting alone in a red wingback chair, waiting for Vivian to come down, Molly takes out Anne of Green Gables. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She never actually came down the road with me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mom went upstairs to investigate, then came down and explained that Erma was hitting the floor with a broom handle to signal that we were making too much noise. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

"I'd never seen him before. He came down in the private car." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Would you believe it, Lizzy, that when he went to town last November, he really loved me, and nothing but a persuasion of my being indifferent would have prevented his coming down again!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

There was some scattered clapping, and Mr. Big Bucks Ballard came down off his chair, walked over, and shook our hands. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The real trouble was coming down the aisle. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Dad pulled open the hatch in the ceiling and a blast of hot air came down. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Today, Melanie had been sent up to get Mrs. Hall’s granddaughter to come down and have lunch with the Rosses. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, I was called up in front of the school again over something I’d done, but this time when the stick came down, I didn’t yell, I didn’t make a sound. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then one day in September she came down with a jug to buy beer. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the moving people came down out of their houses, other people rushed in. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I asked Brothers as we come down the court. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally came down from my tree I went to Little Miss Ethel Waters first. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She never needs to watch both of us anymore, but sometimes she comes down to watch Jazz if I'm hanging out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The fair boy allowed his feet to come down and sat on the steamy earth. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The sun sank and the evening came down, but it was a long time before I bothered to light the lamp. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I sleep very lightly. I am used to waking at a sound. I am sure if she had come down from the berth above I would have awakened.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why don’t you come down now and talk it over? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The walls of apartheid were coming down just as American hip-hop was blowing up, and hip-hop made it cool to be from the hood. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I finally said, ‘ You all should come down and visit sometime.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rostelli came down court, dribbling slowly with his right hand, barking out plays to his teammates. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would have to come down near the edge of a lake and try to slow the plane as much as possible just before he hit the water. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can use both sides, and if it comes down to it, I can re-use them by scratching out the old question. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard a motorboat coming down the canal so he sank down in the boat and waited for it to pass. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their fate comes down to one simple word: “Charge!” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the shadows carefully, checking up and down the wood-hauling road that came down the broken shale ridge and intersected the Acoma road. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The smells that came down from the higher ground might tell him something. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

AT MIDNIGHT, I was awake and staring at the ceiling — images from the trial were still rattling around in my head — when I heard steps coming down the hallway. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when the bed came down with them twice in three months. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A few of the girls had come down their staircase, pulling on dressing gowns and yawning. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“You can come down here with me,” I said, scooting over so I wasn’t claiming the whole bed. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and started to open the envelope again, but then I heard Mom come down the stairs. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I think something inside my heart broke when he didn’t come down for us when we last visited. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I can come down here when I need a break from my parents fighting, or when I miss having my own room. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Sheets of rain come down, making the ground slippery. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The tracks came down out of the country on a banked rise and ran through the woods. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Harry spent a lot of time over the next few days dodging M 1 out of sight whenever he saw Gilderoy Lockhart coming down a corridor. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Voices came down to me in anguish, calling my name for the last time. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Has Miss Dalton come down yet?” she asked over her shoulder as she went up the steps. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But don’t you think the snow is beautiful? Isn’t it beautiful coming down?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Miles of rope crisscrossed the space, running up towards the ceiling, turning on pulleys, and coming down the walls, where weights and other mechanisms held the rigging in place. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I said come down this minute for if I have to climb these stairs I’ll warm your behind and you’ll rue the day. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The inside of the school looked like a maze of stucco walls, each hall exactly like the one she had just come down, or turned around in and walked back the other way. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He would have to come down in a lake. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I screamed and cried my head off and would not come down for anything. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Francie looked at his well-polished black shoes and noticed how the cuffless trousers came down in the back over the heel, and what a nice break they made across his instep. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flung my legs back and came down from the handstand fast enough for it to look like it had all been planned that way. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Once every month, a big white van would come down that long road and you’d feel the excitement all through the house and grounds. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Hideout door opens and closes again, and two sets of footsteps come down the stairs. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And then a woman in a fox fur came down the aisle and reached over the seats and drew down the window on Uri’s hands. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

A voice cut right between them, reminding them why they’d come down the hill in the first place. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But whatever it was, no one wanted those tiles to come down with whatever was bulging them out. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

There was something he wanted to say; then the shutter had come down. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Papa had always come down stairs that way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Max telephoned upstairs that I was here, Sir Lawrence came down from his office, let me say a few words, and then retired for a private conversation with Max. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to come down off the feeling of being in that room. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I got to know some of the international competitors better, I’d hug them when they came down from the mat or high-five them and say something like, “You did great!” or “Awesome job!” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Christy wore a pious look, as if God Himself had just come down from heaven to sit on her desk. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He waved, and when it seemed like they weren’t moving or coming down, he shouted back up: “It’s all good. We’ll just wait for you here.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“They came down from the skies,” went the myth—or the history, if indeed it was all true. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, old Nimbus got his way, and the rain came down around me and Mrs. V. It rained so hard, I couldn’t see past the porch. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The brother would grab the pew back, falling, trying to come down quiet. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sticky fetched a chair, and soon Constance and Kate had come down to join them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We agreed that we’d come down next Saturday to get started, once Rose had talked to her gran. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I did, eventually, and woke to the landing gear coming down. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they came down on something soft that went “Oof!” and tried to bite them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even the blacks of the Free African Society—the only ones actually doing anything in an organized, citywide way—were coming down with the disease. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Will,” she said, “I’m so glad we came down here together...” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Darkness came down quickly, as they plodded slowly downhill and up again, until at last they saw lights twinkling some distance ahead. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lucy came with me, and we went early to our old seat, whilst the cortège of boats went up the river to the Viaduct and came down again. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, you look like a little monkey. Since you’re up there, grab a coconut for Mother, but come down before you hurt yourself.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the skater broke the world’s record he was going to come down and sleep right in the window without taking off his skates. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to jump for the pill and when I came down Ice was in my face and going for the pill. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Swanks came down out of ships and were put on water shuttles to make their transfer upriver or to the rail lines inland. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, just as she was going to drink it, they heard somebody coming down the steps. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now and then a person or two would come down one of the many stairs that led from the street and dart through the station. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there are fireflies this summer, they do not come down the rue Vauborel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Ahead I saw some troops coming down the road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And Linda herself: she sprinted among them with her head turned, always looking up, trying to keep track of the rocks coming down. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a long block and I had come down into a building that faced not the street but the avenue. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex followed Radar’s eyes: it was Calvin, one of Jordan’s goons, coming down the aisle. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Hibiscus came down the stairs in sweats and a hoodie, his sneakers silent against the concrete. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And now the softer roar of musketry began opening up behind him; the popping wave of an infantry volley came down from above, from the other side of the hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Fazio, the owner of the laundromat, has just come down the street. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He could hear the squirrels cluttering and rustling above him, safe among their leaves, but they knew better than to come down to where his brother and he were prowling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Are you coming down with something? You look flushed.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“And I to see Miss Marsch, but no, you haf a party,” and the Professor paused as the sound of voices and the tap of dancing feet came down to them. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

An emotional wall that had been around him came down. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When he sailed away she made a detour and came down to the river again and drove along parallel with him, the car in low gear. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came down off the shower ledge and came in the room. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was nearly dark outside now, and the rain was still coming down, pattering against the windows and blurring the lights of the cars in the street outside. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She come down a flight of stairs to me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

He brings one arm up, fist clenched, as the stick comes down on it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a breeze coming down the hollow. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could be lame and say that I hate my whole body, but what it all comes down to is my thighs. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“My old trusty refractor. Just came in the mail today. This is what I used to do when I was your age, boys. I’d almost forgotten about it until I came down to your range.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Father says his father was a giant of a man — somehow his size came down to me. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

From that day forward I sat pretending to read by the window, watching for Mami to come down the street when she was supposed to. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He lifted the flap of the sheet to watch it come down. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I hear the window on the car coming down behind me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head and the tears come down her face. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The first sunny day, when Nat came down to breakfast, he still had not thought of anything to do about his good-luck spell. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Lyra came down, clean and wet, they left to look for some clothes for her. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came down like frickin’ spring rains, and we were dancing in it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

More LSTs were coming down the Slot between the islands to Bougainville bringing troops, ammo, and fuel. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I think they have people coming down all the time—regular tours through the home as a kind of public relations thing. But why?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could see boots and the little tunnel of the pistol coming down the sidewalk. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When we reached the Throgs Neck Bridge, Doug Swieteck started “One Thousand Bottles of Beer on the Wall,” until Mrs. Baker came down the bus aisle and didn’t need to say anything. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

That box inside his chest had come down and crumbled away, and he could feel his heart beating between his lungs—a hot, fluttering thing. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I wanted the angel to come down and show us how Uncle Billy’s life had meaning. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Come down, you come down right now, and then they just spit. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Richard, who was finishing a PhD in chemistry, had come down from Oregon with Kami and their children. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We came down to the breakfast table armed with our plan. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Afternoon turns into another evening and it’s when we’re coming down a steep hillside that I fall. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Soon they heard Moody’s distinctive clunking footsteps coming down the corridor, and he entered the room, looking as strange and frightening as ever. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Aunt Spiker immediately tripped over Aunt Sponge and came down on top of her. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

His friends would come down from London, and he would make contact with country neighbours, he would consolidate his position in the area. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

What it comes down to for me is I have a hard enough time keeping control over my brain without something else getting in the way. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In the deepening dusk they came down into the valley. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The sweatshirt comes down to the middle of my thighs. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

As we talked and sang Great-great-aunt Florentine to heaven, a little bit of heaven opened up and came down to us. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The cubicle wall comes down to only a foot above the floor, and back through the gap a noiseless arm is retreating, the hand clutching my wallet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only when I came down to another sea in Seattle did I reassume the naval cap. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama was sitting on the park bench across from our house when I came down the street with Mr. Lasher firmly holding my hand. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

After Martin parks the shiny Porsche in the garage of their building, his father sometimes comes down and the two of them look it over. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“If that sparrow causes you any trouble, don’t hesitate to kick her off into thin air. She’ll come down as fast as the brick she’s tied to!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

On the morning of the funeral, Morrie’s relatives came down the steps of his tenement building on the poor Lower East Side of Manhattan. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it came down to it, I didn’t much like the idea of getting in under Kat’s dressing gown. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now every morning, Mac would rise early to put on a pot of coffee, and Bobby would come down in his clean white shirt, his tie loosened and sleeves unbuttoned. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The proverb has come down to us from medieval times. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

The poster was coming down because the school board banned one of her books. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

And now in the night the smell of sage came down from the hills. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Shortly after Bull Connor lost his job as commissioner of public safety, the Jim Crow signs came down in my city. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I hate school, it’s just that when it comes down to it, I learn more just hanging out at home anyway. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But at the end of the day, they usually came down on the side of the poor black community. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, that’s the other reason I came down, to thank you for taking care of me—” “Well, I wouldn’t have,” Mariam snapped. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It all came down to the progress of the war with Japan. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voice came from behind him and Alex twisted around to see a man coming down the last of the stairs. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Vinny’s father had been there that afternoon, seen you, and demanded that you all come down. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He knew the game was getting away and that was why the coach put me in, and he was still going to come down lame. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at the two of them, Joseph wondered for a moment if Leo had ever come down here to go mudlarking, his red hair shining in the sun. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She waited until I finally came down, taking the strap to me so bad that I couldn’t sit for a week. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I saw him coming down on top of me and I realized what would happen. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Is this why you left Lady Dustin and your fat pig wife? So you could come down here and tell me to be quiet?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His son Willy, Jr., often played touch football with us, coming down with the other boys from Mudhole to scrimmage with us on the broad concrete between the church and the Club House. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped chasing them and came down to rest on a spruce tree on the banks of the Schoharie Reservoir. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Quickly, then, Penelope the Wise, tall in her beauty as Artemis or pale-gold Aphrodite, appeared from her high chamber and came down to throw her arms around her son. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very slowly he came down, pausing at each rung before he ventured another step. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if the bullets came down on their heads? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Etienne comes down the seven ladder rungs and squeezes through the back of the wardrobe and takes her hands in his. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But what it really comes down to is that they always have my back. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

After that, if the rain was still coming down, I used myself as a container. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom looked frazzled when she came down the hall. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“If Mother is any sicker than she was when she came down to dinner, all right,” I says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bad weather slowed them down, and as it began to get dark, Marina’s group had to make the decision to come down to earth on a soggy airfield in the middle of nowhere. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Before she could go out on deck, the outer door opened and Ma Costa came down, swathed in an old tweed coat on which the damp had settled like a thousand tiny pearls. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I just shouted for his parents and they came down, and I went upstairs while they cleaned him up. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Instead of shutting herself up in her room all afternoon, she began to come down when Mia arrived and linger in the kitchen while she cooked—much to her siblings’ amusement. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

More men came down then, more than ten, until we filled the whole ground. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Quickly! Bite through that string, the one he’s coming down on!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Before long they came to the borders of the Entwash, and there they met the other trail of which Éomer had spoken, coming down from the East out of the Wold. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go, Mom,” Grace says, coming down the stairs with the sweatshirt draped over her shoulder. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Mayor Lindsay came down the aisle, shaking hands with everyone who could reach him and smiling like this was a parade or something. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Helen also found a mangy fur stole that looked like it was made out of four hundred Angora alley cats so, needless to say, she was quite the sight coming down the stairs. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes that came down to a lone clerk eyeballing your face and making a snap decision. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Suddenly neither kid could see the other, because a broom came down like a straw curtain between their faces, and a voice said, “/’// take it.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they cleared the crowd, a sudden gust came down the wide Capitol steps, catching Scythe Curie’s long silver hair and blowing it back like a bridal train, making her look almost mystical. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He really wouldn’t mind if she did wake up, and came down and took care of him. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then when you come down, you fall into a depression once you realize where you’ve been.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And that he loved us enough to come down to Stamps to visit? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he came down the steps, he heard two more reports. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Some animals, like the sloth, rarely come down from the canopy to the ground. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

They came down the road and crossed the bridge. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“But then, three months ago, my parents came down with smallpox.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even Time has to end. The real measure of when others will get involved comes down to whether or not you succeed. The gods will accept the outcome either way.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A tongue of lightning came down so close it blinded her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as they’re gone, Max comes down the ladder with a slip of paper. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You kidding? Nobody wanted to come down here.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t been there when I brought Charles home, and she looked like she’d just got out of bed herself: tousle-haired, no lipstick, wearing a gray wool sweater that came down past her wrists. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“No, ma’am,” Francis said, wiping at the burned spot and scrambling to hide the cigarette butt as she came down the steps. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Each princess, when she came down to bathe in the palace lake, would slip her rings for safekeeping on the tail of her attendant cat. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shortly after sunrise we come down the steep road into Livingstonville, a small town of no more than forty houses and stores cozied at the confluence of the Cats- kill and Lake creeks. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gravel goes into the gizzard and grinds the food as it comes down, since the pigeon has no teeth in its mouth to chew with. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

At last the steps came down to the cellar door, and a key rattled in the lock. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Whoopee!’ he cried, when he came down to earth again. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The policeman asked my mom to come down and identify the body. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice, rough but still sweet, came down the hall. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“She came down this big, long staircase, singing. When she finished, the place went wild. She stopped the show. So she just went right back up the staircase and sang the song over again.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember when we came down here together?” he asks into my neck. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

She came down on a fence post and watched for food. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I turned back and saw that Luis was coming down, too. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is five miles to the vuvv launch site where the shuttle is coming down. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The next day I held my breath coming down the stairs to breakfast. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A figure Briony had not noticed was coming down the center of the drive and showed no intention of standing to one side. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Johnny, riding Sandy and leading Nan, came down Frog Lane, skirting the Common. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How did you know to come down to the jail tonight? Was it Sammy?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holly had already come down the hill on the previous day to see Hazel and tell again the story of his escape from Efrafa. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The circular staircase we’d come down was gone, too, replaced by an escalator. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He's not back to normal, but it's come down a few degrees. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Cars rarely come down this way,” I said. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, however, all the rejected players and a number of people who had come down to watch after a lengthy breakfast had joined the crowd by now, so that it was larger than ever. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Gerald leaped into the room, jumped between Angel and Jordan, and the blow came down on him instead. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In less than ten days, the Texan drove everybody in the ward back to duty—everybody but the C.I.D. man, who had caught cold from the fighter captain and come down with pneumonia. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

At a landing I almost bumped into someone coming down. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just before the Hema came down, luckily. I looked for you and your mother, but it was dark, I couldn’t find either of you...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Coffee is even more interesting, for when the hot black fluid has ceased, a squirt of milk comes down and an envelope of sugar drops beside the cup. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She began to come down grinning and proud. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Abolitionists and sympathizers who came down to Georgia and Florida were run off, flogged and abused by mobs, tarred and feathered. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Doug,” he said, “you got the arc just right on that one. And it doesn’t matter how many times it spins around, as long as it comes down flat like that.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then she heard the growl of a truck engine coming down the road, and sat up. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then they came down from the ladders and the procession started down the hill again, Miss Fannie shouldering the ladders, Miss Annie jangling her empty pail of glue. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

They’d come down to shepherd us through customs and speak French to the men in uniforms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came down to a super close game at the end. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

His parents took him to the hospital, where the doctors examined him and concluded that he had come down with malaria. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One lifts a dagger high above her heart, but before it comes down, I whip my scim around and through his neck. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I threw the ball down, but I didn’t come down. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I saw a carriage coming down the street and signalled to the driver. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

If they came down the drive they would see him running through the trees with the boy. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard to converse like this. Why don’t you come down from there? You’re new to town, right? I can show you around. Be my pleasure.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even with the rain coming down on me now there’s more of it than seems possible. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

My teachers used to come down on me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And in the midst of his flood of pleasure a sorrow came down on him and a sense of loss, of dreadful loss. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

So you get out feeling like an astronaut coming down from space, a little lighter than you were. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time the man fell more heavily, and his right hand with the knife in it came down on the lead at Will’s feet. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is always someone else coming down a school hallway. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It came down in a great blizzard about a week after the troops had started to build the encampment. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right. So it was here the seraphim came down—or more like there, in the city.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"Look," said Mike, "when do you go down to Spain? Would you mind if we came down with you?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He waved and blew kisses to the audience as the curtain came down again, and then his face once again filled with anger. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I am come down to see your third strata,” he said, tottering and wincing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s Nora or one of the other kids, trying to come down here. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You must come down with Jenny and play with ’em a little sometimes, Jeth. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

While staying in a posh London hotel and attending the theater in the English king’s own box, the royal couple and most of the rest of their party came down with measles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Two days after we found out about Father, Betsy Read came down to the tavern. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, how does a person look when his walls are coming down? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Charles Kingshaw came down the staircase and heard her voice, stopped. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The sun has dipped behind the hills, the twilight coming down, and the streets are clearing. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Everything is black and wet and dripping except for where snow has come down through holes in the roof. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

So he found himself, unintentionally, in the first row and had a fine sight of the party that was coming down the street. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

At this moment a rabbit with a white scar across his throat came down the run. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The only time they come down here is to visit one of their friends. It could take weeks to run into them by chance. We don’t have that kind of time.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Agent Jones was coming down from the Mind’s Flower now. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“We’re blocked in. It wasn’t the ceiling coming down fifty feet away that knocked us over. It was our own ceiling. The shock’s tumbled it!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

At that moment the great black shape of Anborn loomed up behind him and came down on him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

As Roy’s butt landed in the dirt, a hood came down over his face and his arms were jerked behind his back. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is, fully half of the people who came down with it ended up dying, and quickly. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he came down with a hard thud, “But how do we get back, Mike?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Rest? And pay another twenty dollars for another day? Get up out that bed. I called up Claude. He’s coming down here and pay your bill.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

William pushed Jacob again, and they came down off the bridge into the muddy road on the south bank. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

More often than not, it comes down to a lack of concentration on one person’s part. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At the beginning of June, we all come down with lice, every last one of us, even Nettie, who has barely four hairs on her head. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The president came down and spoke to us. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at last he came down from the loft, yawning and rosy, rubbing his curls, just as Mae was piling the plates with flapjacks. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while I could see Ty'ree coming down the block. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He scrambled and dashed through the bracken and made it to the path as the carriage came down the track. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Cohn came down, finally, and we all went out to the car. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

At his complete cluelessness that somehow it all comes down to how many points you can score in a tournament. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I gulped down my hot chocolate and dashed up the steps past Jim coming down. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The worst time was when Mack’s father called the cops because he wouldn’t come down from the roof. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go and tell her to come down to breakfast.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it comes down to it, there’s nothing “normal” about our new environment, and I wonder if life will ever be the same. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When it came down to it, though, I don’t recall our taking many practical steps towards defending Miss Geraldine; our activities always revolved around gathering more and more evidence concerning the plot itself. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pushing and shoving would start even before the wailing of the wives came down from the almond trees. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I’ll let you know. But I can come down here again next week, maybe.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rings my buzzer twice in a rhythm, like zing...ZING, so I know it's him and I come down. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then my cousins from Rhode Island came down with Auntie Janet for a few days. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Behind him, coming down the trail, was a white-haired woman. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you look at her,” Donna says, coming down a couple of steps. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I got the fire blazing just as the rain started to come down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had not told my friends about this envelope, but I planned to give it to them if I came down with a headache. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard a man and a girl talking together merrily as they came down the street past him towards the town square, and all at once he turned, for he knew the man’s voice. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You just watch. She’ll find some reason to come down here before long.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can wait, girl. They don’t have to come down this minute. I’ll let you know.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He thinks it came down to the personal whim of the teacher, who was consistently unreadable. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Every year at around this time the monks came down from their mountainside temple to collect their tithe of rice. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The conversation was getting to be stupid and I knew it was going to get worse, because Mr. Lynch was coming down the street. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Traveling through the diseased city, venturing into stifling alleyways, blacks began coming down with the fever. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

After a night at 26,000 feet without supplemental oxygen, I was even weaker and more exhausted than I had been the previous evening after coming down from the summit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

At least once a fortnight a corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet of canvas and enough colored lights to make a Christmas tree of Gatsby's enormous garden. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I went on like that, feeling sorry for myself, till I saw a car coming down the road. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I told him about our progress, he flattered me by promising to come down to Cape Coalwood and have a look for himself. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The first shells came down in the trees beyond them. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thought I’d come down and heat up some warm milk and pie. That’s what your gram always did for me when I was a kid.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She came down with only a yellow smudge. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

One of them came down and ate with the cows. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A minute later, she heard the bathroom door open, steps coming down the hall, and then Jamie’s door, closing quietly. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

But when the great paws came down, they fell gently onto the man’s unprotected shoulders, and he didn’t fall backward, he stood his ground, and...and. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I shook until the snow came down in a perfect fury of a storm. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coraline went over to the window and watched the rain come down. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The first lazy flakes were coming down one November day when Marly walked to school. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She kind of sighed and I know her love was coming down. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Those beds you lay on that come down over the top of you and roast you, and you come out looking like rotisserie chicken. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“She’s got heavy crew. If she disappears to come down and work on it, people will notice.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The red-dot officers were coming down the stairs with two inmates in handcuffs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After bailing him out a few times, Deborah started leaving him in jail to teach him a lesson, saying, “You just stay there till your bail come down to where you can afford it.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“They knew them cells was already growin when I come down there after she died,” Day said, shaking his head. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I saw her lips working and then tears came down her plump cheeks. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mark never thought he’d hear those words—a boat coming down one of the most famous streets in the world, where cars are supposed to drive. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Olmsted had come down from Boston the night before in order to join them. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And after my floor routine, when I came down off the stage, she came over and high-fived me, still smiling. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A pretty people, golden-skinned, light-eyed, they seemed wary, as if somebody not so kind had come down the road ahead of us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The darkness comes down and the lights come on along Clas- son Avenue. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The doorbell had gone, and footsteps came down the stairs to answer it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up one Saturday morning to see a shallow flood coming down the road past the mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was like that when I first came down the Hill. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big press’s lid comes down on a hinge like a steam iron. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told me about his direct line to God and said I should think seriously, very seriously, about coming down to the church for a chat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I let Dustfinger sleep on the sofa, and came down the next morning to find him still searching the bookshelves. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mom went upstairs and came down with the Christmas nightie and the matching slippers and stuffed them all into the Warm Morning and set them ablaze. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A monk was coming down the dormitory stairs, and God forgive me, I shoved him to one side. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

And I thought I actually did feel pretty good, relieved that Mrs. Singer hadn’t coincidentally caused me to come down with a fit of projectile vomiting or something. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I hadn't noticed before, but now I saw that the rain was coming down hard and steady. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Joey’s voice came down from the high monkey bar: “Rats don’t cry.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In August 1967 a missionary’s two-year-old daughter came down with measles in a village on the Toototobi River in Brazil, near the border with Venezuela. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Nokomis and Mama were holding each other and laughing so hard tears came down their cheeks. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Now imagine that a giant hand comes down and squashes the book flat. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She came to her window then, and when I asked her to come down, she did. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not mad anymore. Don’t you be mad either. Please come down.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then Mom and Mrs. Van Dorn come down the back stairs with the blanket, and we all follow Dad back to the front parlor, me still lugging the oscilloscope. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurses who were sitting at the rail motioned for me to come down where they were. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

A shot bird, instead of falling onto the soccer field, made it to the picnic area before it came down. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was an ambitious and humorless Lieutenant Scheisskopf, who confronted his responsibilities soberly and smiled only when some rival officer at the Santa Ana Army Air Force Base came down with a lingering disease. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I put a very high price on the house. I was going to come down during negotiations. Mr. Trask accepted the first price. It put me in a fix.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid, however,” Count Olaf said, “that it is legally binding. Tomorrow, Mr. Poe, I shall come down to the bank and withdraw the complete Baudelaire fortune.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

John's hand comes down and grabs my arm. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

One day a bottle came down, like a meteor. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

An unusual number of husbands, fathers, and friends had come down to stay over Sunday, and they were being suitably entertained by their families, with the material help of Madame Lebrun. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so he had fled from Victoria Pappas to come down the street and find Lucille Kafkalis, just as disappointingly, failing to live up to page 22 . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They were just coming down the stairs when Mollie was discovered to be missing. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“I can help get him off; you have to come down here.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Miss Glory thought I might be coming down with something and told me to go on home, that Momma would give me some herb tea, and she’d explain to her mistress. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had no time to ask her, for at that moment several sailors, with cloths tied around their faces, came down, unchained the feet of the women, and led them up out of the hold. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the word came down that Roy and Dale didn’t have time to do two shows after all, so they were cutting ours. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

When it came down to it, however, the FBI needed a conviction. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But did the wind come down from the north or out of the west on the North Slope of Alaska? Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some adults were excited too, but to be certain the whole young population had come down with graduation epidemic. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within the hour two men came down the road almost at a lope. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Now it all comes down to what you look like. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And then the rain comes down hard, slapping sheets of it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard some one coming down the hallway. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She yelled up the stairs, “June, come down here. I found a note from May.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Descheeny came down to the hunters who pretended to be adjusting the harnesses and tightening the cinches. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever her reasons, whether she is fat, or can’t climb the stairs, or is afraid of English, she won’t come down. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun exploded the sky, just blew it up with the setting color, and that color came down into the water of the lake, lit the trees. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then his father came down to the city because he was dying, and Ishmael forgot about women. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And even though it’s so quiet, even twenty feet away, I know the sound of air moving aside as a fist comes down, again and again. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But then I’d looked up and she was there, coming down the street towards me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you fight me yourself? If you’ve got Dads favor, come down here and prove it!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Outside, the rain seemed to let up a bit, then came down harder. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“So, we’ve got the intro singing number, the evening gown, talent, bathing suit, interview, followed by a final dance number, and then the crowning. It all comes down to the dance number,” Shanti said. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The rainy season had gotten heavier and the whole village was coming down with the kakakaka. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a bit of this, Mrs. Corcoran went up to the bedroom, and came down again with a look on her face that was terrible to see. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

More and more copper came down in his hands. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sound made by their wings came down distinctly, diminishing as they went away southward. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, very very slowly, hand over hand, he began to come down the string. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Chicago might as well be a million miles away from Flint and Miss Hill might as well be a squashed, crunched-up mess in a washing machine when it came down to helping me now. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

By this time, I could hear Mama coming down the path, telling Jay’s head a mess about what she was gonna do if this was some kinda joke. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They had burst through the shadow, and the sunlight came down in a white-hot wash and poured liquidly about them. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

His father, earliest bird in the house, was coming down the stairs. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

All the other boarders came down except him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘We saw two capsules empty out before his came down and several after. I timed how long he was up with my watch. There is only a small margin of error possible.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sees the car coming down South Shore Drive. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Lizards and little monkeys live their whole lives up above without coming down to the ground. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The babysitter, who had come down with them to ease the transition, crowded into the apartment as well. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

In the darkness that his arm made he could see ice picks coming down faster than raindrops had when he tried as a little boy to catch them with his tongue. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we were walking out the door excited about our excursion, Cecile called out, “I'm not coming down to no police station if you’re out there stealing. Y'all have to spend the night in jail.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that, more than anything else, is what this all comes down to. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“The records show that you went up in Me Watt’s plane to collect some flight time. You didn’t come down in a parachute, so you must have been killed in the crash.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

So there were only three experienced warriors who could fight a lion, plus the one elder who had come down with me. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen, what goes up must come down, eh?” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instantly Strawberry turned into a side run and called, “Kingcup? Are you coming down to the great burrow?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee cautioned Longstreet to keep his distance so that if a shot came down it would not get both of them at once. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole Gross family came down with it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Lizzie slowly, “as far as the rock coming down on your face, I’m not the fool who threw it up.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Already he is feeling the whip coming down like judgment on his bared back. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ve answered your question. You now know far more than you did when you came down here.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“In the old days, people liked them because when they came down to eat the entrails of animals used in sacrifice, it meant the gods were happy.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She stares at me and puts her hand to her heart, as if she can still feel that dagger coming down. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The snow came down with hard gusts, socking the sides of the pickup and blotting out the windshield. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

She was looking for the end of a loaf of bread when she heard footsteps come down the stairs and saw a light coming closer to the kitchen door. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t remembered to count noses when he came down the gangplank, and didn’t notice, until the gangplank was pulled in, that Dan was missing. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She realized that he’d come down in order to bring it to her, and thanked him, and he nodded again and stood bade, away horn her and the hut and away from the bear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You saw Mrs. de Winter come down to the cottage, and presently you saw Mr. de Winter too. He went into the cottage after her. What happened then? Go on. What happened?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Biddy,” said I, “I made a remark respecting my coming down here often, to see Joe, which you received with a marked silence. Have the goodness, Biddy, to tell me why.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then she ran up into the attic and did not come down. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Boys, next time I come down here, I’m going to make sure my insurance is paid up.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The three union boys and I stood in the swirling waters coming down the road and looked at one another. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Call the kids and tell them to come down to the bridge right away. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is finally doing something about the peregrines.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Roy didn’t actually see the golf ball until it came down six feet in front of him. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one had lived here in all the time she'd been coming down to Weep, so there was no reason to send moths here. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“God HIMself came down from HEAven and he saved me.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

A death-barge came down the river to the capital, since rivers were the highways of the day, and it was moored beneath the palace wall. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Various doctors came down infrequently, pulling a small white partition around the bed to offer my grandmother some limited privacy. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s dead,” said a gaunt old woman, coming down the steps. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

On my way out I wonder why Aunt Aggie is coming down the lane. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He went up on his own at 11.32, 24 May, and was due to come down at 12.02 the same day. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far back in the woods there was still fog in the trees, caught in the branches like fragments of white summer, and Lee remembered: Bow down Thy Heavens, 0 Lord, and come down. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, it was more like a run to the car, because the rain was coming down hard. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Then we came down to the sea, and it was done.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please, tell me about my sibling. Why wasn’t he himself able to come down?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

‘Nay, I will not come down,’ he said. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The smell of fruity perfume and food came down on me as she approached the table. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Fay wants to come down and visit the lab, but I’ve told her not to. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He began to turn himself around cautiously, preparing to come down. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Genie changed into his basketball shorts as the rain continued to come down hard. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Angels come down from above, he says, and not up from kitchens like ours which are lakes from October till April. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

‘It’s a long drop, but it’s safe to come down. Maybe ... uh, you have a rope you could fasten so we can get back up?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mostly people wanted guns to go after the wolves that sometimes came down into the pastures after lambs, and for general protection. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sandi remembered when the famous Doctor Fanning and his wife had come down to instruct the country's leading doctors on new procedures for heart surgery. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I’d crossed the wooden walkway over the creek with Pa when we last came down for the Trotter funerals. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

When I came down from my hunk after roll call, I could see his lips trembling; he was murmuring something. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how clever Scholar uprisings have been, in the end it comes down to steel against steel, and in that battle, the Martials always win. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Panicking, he heard footsteps coming down the corridor outside — stuffing the shrieking book back on the shelf, he ran for it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The dragon came down between the Domishmen and the door with a roar that would have sent a hundred lions running. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It really, really, really wasn’t a shot even as it came down through the net. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only instead of sounding like rain splashing anytime it wanted to, the Thug had it sounding like it was coming down in a steady, bouncing way. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You flew. Up, up, up. And then you started coming down. But I didn’t see—after that. I closed my eyes.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Of course they wanted me to come down to the station; they could have brought those documents and pictures with them. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

They show the bulldozers coming down the pike in flatbed trucks. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

‘Because it was right after you gave us that ticket. Salim went up the London Eye. But he never came down again.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the sow came down for its next pass, I threw with all my strength. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then she looked up at the empty beam and called, “Bones, come down!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And he had a very white skin; oh, he was most unusual! He was dressed in a strange uniform and he came down out of the sky and spoke pleasantly to me.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain was coming down—not heavily, but enough to keep Zeitoun inside much of the day. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Frightful thrust out her feet and came down not far from him. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Leave that lady and home you go. Opposite the gent with a do-si-do. Jump right up and never come down. Now swing that calico round and round.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Soon there was a line of soldiers coming down. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The front legs of his chair came down with a bang, and he subsided into chuckles. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Otherwise he might have to pass it to Cecilia in company, watched perhaps by her mother who had been rather cool toward him since he came down. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She hiked her bag up onto her shoulder as she came down the rest of the steps. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It also meant the whole Library Olympics came down to the Hometown Heroes versus the Midwest. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

When I come down for breakfast, Boomer is the only one who doesn’t stare at me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She kept trying to block out the memory of boots coming down on her friend’s body. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Catholics have a reputation for severity, for judgment that comes down heavily. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Goodness me,” the little bird cried, “I didn’t know you had skates hidden in your shirt. Toss those heavy skates away quickly or we will both come down in the ocean and perish.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

That night, my Sister would not come down to supper. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Wilson's drumstick came down in a mound of cranberry sauce. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked her to come down to the police station, and gave her careful instructions for getting there on the bus. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama didn’t come down to dinner at all after Papa told her Grandpa and Miss Love had run off to Jefferson together. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Late in the summer of 1952,just two weeks before Claudette was to begin her freshman year at Booker T. Washington High School, her sister Delphine came down with a fever Sunday just before church. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if they float up to heaven, but as he tugs at my pants, the doorknob rattles and Fizz’s mom’s voice comes down. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I guess she was, but I’ve got the only friend I need right here. Relocation Rule Number One: When it comes down to it, it’s just the two of us. Me and my Jubilee.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The command comes down from Major Byrd that we are to rest after supper but with our bedrolls and rucksacks in preparation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

People at the bottom of the rope were shouting up to me, “Okay, Simone, you're good, come down now. No, seriously, come down here!” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Tom drove slowly until we were beyond the bend--then his foot came down hard and the coupé raced along through the night. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

One, a thick, burly monster of a tree with warts, came down with a high, thin wail that sounded exactly like a baby crying. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

And then we hear a car coming down the drive. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it came down for the third time, he looked up and noticed its beak, opening in a screech. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Jolly Jack, he was called before Redbeard came down upon the north; Sleepy Jack, forever after. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Outside it was still snowing, but the temperature had come up, and the flakes that were coming down were the kind that really wanted to be rain but couldn’t quite get there. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The cheers continue, and the crop comes down again. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He hid the muddy rags in the trash and scrambled back to his place on the stairs just in time to meet Mother coming down. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once he came down to the library while Francis and I were playing cards, but he refused our invitation to join in and poked listlessly through the shelves, finally meandering upstairs without choosing a book. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Under these same stars the people had come down from White House in the north. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The top of her head throbbed, ready for these tall buildings to come down on her as she rode by. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They left the cart in the woods and crossed a railroad track and came down a steep bank through dead black ivy. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

It’s almost as though I catch the sound of her dress sweeping the stairs as she comes down to dinner.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Well, not only did the food improve, but the grocery bills came down one-third the first month Kate took over. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you like to come down to my club on Saturday, maybe meet one of the coaches and be assessed for disabled bowling?” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The soles of his boots hit brown grass behind the Palmer Events Center like he’s coming down from a much greater altitude than the back seat of a limo. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mam calls from the bottom of the stairs, Frank, come down and have lemonade and a bun. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And even as Pippin stood at the Great Gate of the City and saw the Prince of Dol Amroth ride in with his banners, the King of Rohan came down out of the hills. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You’re the one who put the sign up! What was I supposed to do? Spend twenty minutes throwing out the garbage? He’d come down here looking for me.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I’d say the site is about a half-kilometer total size. The trees were coming down pretty fast. There must be a big group or large equipment or both to be moving at that pace.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The ball went off the backboard in the net and I pushed Ice off as we came down. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

As I come down a slope, I see a green car parked in the tall grass near a beaver dam. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The walls of the cell fell away, the sky came down, I saw the big yellow bird.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, like Ma had said, he asked if me and Rose would like to come down to his store and build versions of our Lego cities for the front windows of Tuttle’s Toy Emporium. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The rain was now coming down so thick and fast that it was as though buckets of ice- cold water were being emptied repeatedly over their heads. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Tell Scout I came down with a sudden case of the chicken pox. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want it to come down to you and me.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

To hear them tell it, they were right there when Moses came down off the mountain. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I got off the bus and walked the half mile to school, and right when I was about to climb up the steps of the auditorium, Sahil was coming down. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“This lion,” she said, “he is a false God—a false idol! You remember what happened when Moses came down from the mountain after he got the tablets...” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Candace's voice and sweet breath came down on me like summer heat. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“They said it would help his kids in case they come down with cancer. He had five kids, what was he going to do?” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He came down screaming and splashed into the bay. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I said, “Wait a year. When they top a hundred birds, I’ll come down and hunt with you.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Patterson came down from his porch and walked across the street to the driveway. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The gun was coming down in front of his chest area, and that’s when I did my first shots. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

As the king comes down the gangplank the light breaks through a last time, and his white figure and the great arch stand out a moment vivid and splendid against the storm-darkened south. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The water seemed to push me into the air and I catapulted over him, slashing as I came down. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mother came down in her dressing gown, over which she’d thrown her prize cashmere shawl, which reeked of camphor. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The saddest story was the one about the scout who came down from the Toledo Mud Hens. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small section of wall looked skewed, almost like it had come down and been rebuilt. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He refused to come down and be in the play. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he tripped over a branch and came down with a crash. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Never mind my real father who begged me to come down to Memphis ’cause he need somebody to pass on that big ole house to. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The cars would be all right with their good metal-to-metal brakes and anyway, coming down, they would not be loaded. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Most information about her work comes down to us from her daughter, Ann. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I’m coming down to you,’ shouted Sam, though how he hoped to help in that way he could not have said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

There was a sound of quick footsteps coming down stairs. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We have marvels still before us,” he said, and they came down from the stairway and followed him, walking gingerly, testing the floors as they moved. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She came down off the porch and Larry got a big hug, all right. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told them about my lessons and said Dad would come down whenever he could. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“You think you come down here and be bad? That what you think?” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stars popped in the night sky like distant firecrackers, and beyond them the great streak of the Milky Way came down out of heaven and draped a swathe into the ocean beyond. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“You ain’t finna come down here to North Hill, sit your stank city butts at our bar, and not have a Special.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I think you’d better come down to the pigpen,” he said. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Jack would laugh if he knew, but she’s been in the system long enough to understand that it all comes down to documentation. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She pounded the same muscle with all her strength until the tears came down her face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When clouds piled up in the late afternoon, she came down on a key off the shore of Belize, caught food, rested, and went on. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But with millions of puzzle pieces being tossed up into the air, it really did stand to reason that the occasional one would come down in the right place. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The crowd parts as if a god is coming down among us. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care about the dress. It’s not that at all. It’s what has happened, what I did. I can’t come down now, Beatrice, I can’t.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Ninety percent oX the people who come down with Ebola Zaire died of it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a lot of smoke coming down the hall. Once we get Kaitlin free, we’re going to have to find a way down to the first floor and out of here—fast.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was hard to see it come down. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The pipe came down the corner post and into a concrete tank. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

A glimpse of a shining yellow shell of a school bus coming down a dirt road. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The type who only comes down here to get her hair done, because everyone in the city knows if you want black hair done right, you come to Mollie's Manes. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

‘I’m just warning you he’d better not be there when I come down tomorrow.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It all came down to this: a single man, a single vote, a single question. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I could feel his hand coming down across my cheek, whip-fast, leather tough. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I feel like there's a wall coming down, and I don't know why, and I don't know what's going to happen. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I had come down amid a mass of sweating bodies, had landed on a sneaker instead of the floor. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

What it comes down to is attitude and knowledge. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They are keeping themselves busy till I come down. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been living in Scotland for ten years. There, I sounded like everyone else, and then I came down here, and now I stick out like a sore thumb.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He played in Seattle last night but he’s always so full of adrenaline after a gig, and driving helps him to come down. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

People started coming toward the boats, coming down the paths, through the meadows, for on each side of the river there were rice fields and slaves working in them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was this blight that had come down over the people she loved? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He thinks he might grab Henry and run if it comes down to that. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been asleep sitting up all day. The whole top of my head kept coming down over my eyes.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You did a wrong thing when you came to our land! You should have stayed in your own world and waited to die before you came down to disturb us!” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Competing with a wailing baby at the back of the room, I tried to evoke that hot summer of 1935, when the cousins came down from the north. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

That was the last night my sister came down for supper. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I slept, Mom. But I think I’m coming down with a cold.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Message from Ewell: his troops were on the move, would be coming down into Gettysburg from the north. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Moss came down in her house robe. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Mr. Stephanides. But you can understand that Mr. Ford can’t have workers maintaining such associations. You don’t need to come down to the plant on Monday.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He looked back to see his friend at the bottom of the stairs, weapon raised to shoot whoever dared try to come down first. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There were footsteps coming down the passageway outside. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

What it came down to, stupidly, was a sense of shame. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was parted on the right and came down to her shoulders, accentuating the mole by her lips. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the court decision came down, of course I felt joy for my people and pride for what I had done, but my day-to-day problems overwhelmed me. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

When school was out in Oxford, Mom came down to live with me and Grampa, and Dad announced that he was almost done with graduate school. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

It is bad enough when the cane lands on fresh skin, but when it comes down on bruised and wounded flesh, the agony is unbelievable. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can come down for this interview,” I told Walter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Would Baba and his companions come down to the creek? Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Big fat sloppy drops, little misty ones and the kind that sting when they come down. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s sleeping and his temperature has come down.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s coming down hard,” she said to him now, lifting her eyes to the courtroom windows. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

This is my first time coming down here at night, and it’s giving me goose bumps. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He could see them in their leather flight jackets, their dark mantles, having just come down from doing things that smaller, punier men could never do, doing things that only gods could do. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember going up, but I don’t remember coming down.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s an interesting thing that you’ve come down to check on your granddaddy,” he said. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the walls, tents and pavilions were coming down. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After today, however, if you want to see the eaglet, please come down. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He turned as Eliza came down the steps carrying filthy sheets. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Howard and Smith came down to the docks to see the horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve gone up to visit them two or three times, but they refuse to come down to the Keys. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I came down to get you to sign a warrant. I want to search Kabuo Miyamoto’s boat, maybe his house, too—I’m not sure yet. ” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

This produced a sound very much like that of a hammer coming down upon a finger—a sort of dull donk—and Sticky fell to the floor, clutching his foot. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Two steps came down from the cockpit to the cabin floor. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, Mr. Bykovski came down the stairs into the living room, yawning and stretching his suspenders over his shoulders. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once I caught sight of Sahil coming down the hallway and leaped into the janitor’s closet. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She slammed hard into dry sandy dirt, coming down on arms that hadn’t been braced hard enough for connection with solid earth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The week before Thanksgiving, Mr. Randolph came down with the flu. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

By the time we’ve taken just three steps, the rain has started to come down like God pulled the plug on his bathtub. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Any luck?” asked Constance, who had finally come down the corridor and was standing there, conspicuously unhelpful, as Kate gathered her things. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"You want me to come down there and mind the place until Doris gets home, because you want to run around all times of the night." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Sierra saw a cement walking path ahead, aimed for it, and came down running. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Tell this man how he is to come down.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pull over to the side of the road, leaving the car, and walk through the abandoned entrance, puzzling at the barrier that must have been put in place after the gate came down. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ever since Sarai told him about the silk sleighs’ vulnerability, he’d been thinking about it, wondering what he would do if—when—it came down to it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Her heel came down on something sharp, a stone or piece of broken crockery. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She spends about seven or eight minutes up there and then pokes her little head around to make sure I don’t see her come down again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was so enchanted, he almost didn’t hear the servant coming down the hall, but fortunately, he woke up soon enough to scuttle behind the potted plants. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Canadian Indians came down each year to join them at working for the hakujin. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

"We have to follow this road along the ridge, cross these hills, go through the woods on the far hills, and come down to the Irati valley," I pointed out to Bill. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mama’s high heels clicked against the floor tiles as she came down the stairs. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Ten million fireflies blinking on and off around my head, as if all the distant stars had come down to Earth just to say hello. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The next morning I started sneezing and came down with a terrible cold. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She came down here looking for me,” George said. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded and said, I get it, Dad, because what if next time he didn’t come down again? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But on the fifth try, I manage to swing the latch up at exactly the right angle, so that when it comes down again, it clicks into place with a heavy noise. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The knife came down to a spot on Sammy’s cheek and opened a slight cut that ran down to Sammy’s chin. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came down like a child thrown up by a father. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned and saw Mom coming down the stairs from the second-floor office. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed overnight, and when I came down in the morning, I found my parents at the kitchen table. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The traffic had increased to the point that Tag had to come down and direct it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

If die plane had come down a little to the left it would have hit the rocks and never made the lake. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa’s tales were often about the Buddhist gods and their dragons coming down to Earth to fight evil and protect people. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Helms truck came down our street on Mondays. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I lift myself up on my toes, and his face comes down at the same time. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s coming down,” said Lord Asriel, “but it isn’t light It’s Dust.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She had Ms. Brenda, from upstairs, come down and babysit us both every night, making sure Jazz was all changed and fed, and burped and put to sleep. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Before coming down here, she was a realtor up in Modesto, the same town where Uncle Basil had his almond farm. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I say do as the hour demands and go ashore before black night comes down. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she’d calculated, they were coming down right in the middle of the wire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He heard Jessie stop at the top of the stairs, but she didn't come down. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Just then, someone else comes down the stairs, a man in a baseball helmet holding a vacuum cleaner. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

So when she saw her three sisters coming down the path that afternoon, she felt pure dread. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Last time Ishtar came down here, Erishkigal had her hung from a pair of bronze hooks. Goddess or not, that had to hurt." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

‘It’s fine to see you up and yourself again, sir! Gandalf asked me to come and see if you were ready to come down, and I thought he was joking.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“When I was asked to come down here I was asked to march with the other women of our state, and I intend to do so or not take part in the parade at all.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The wheels come down, and we hit the tarmac with a ta-da! bang and a long glide. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

She did not see her come down on a sycamore tree near the Margaretville Bridge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But the shoes we saw coming down were not the glistening boots of an SS officer. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever we come down here I feel like we’re characters from Little House on the Prairie. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The top of my head hits his nose with a crunch and he falls backward, me coming down right on top of him. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She was not in the garden and I had to wait in the office of the hospital until she came down. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

You should have heard the clapping as the curtain came down on dead Helen Burns. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He’d come down with a fever and they lay in the woods like fugitives. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

There was a cold wind coming down the valley. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He said he was in Chicago and wanted to come down and talk with me about something.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The foot came down about two inches behind me and I was knocked into the air. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Frightful might have remained with them had not a flock of pintail ducks come down on the shore below. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The next fifteen minutes seemed like the longest minutes ever as she waited for James to come down. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The next fifteen minutes seemed like the longest minutes ever as she waited for James to come down. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And when he came down to the beach, the tide was up and the gulls were circling, and the New Meadows flowed so high and strong that there was almost no beach to stand on. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He heard the guard coming down the hallway, picking up the breakfast trays. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I turn toward the closet and listen for sounds coming down the hallway. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Word came down that Lola, sedated by the doctor, was at last asleep, and the news provided temporary relief. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Just then one of the men came down the steps with an armful of articles, and I saw the old woman reach up, yelling, "Take your hands off my Bible!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was coming down head first, as if it was smelling its way. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

During radio calls from Hall at 5:36, and again at 5:57, Cotter implored his mate to leave Hansen and come down alone. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

At first too stunned to move, he recovered in time to shout into the phone, “Send all available rescue vehicles and personnel immediately—there’s a wave of molasses coming down Commercial Street!” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“A couple of the kids from the class came down and spoke up for you.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The baton started to come down, but then he swooped it to the side. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I talk,” said Turner, “but not usually to people who hide out and scare someone so that a rock comes down on his face.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

As folks came down and sat at the table, I learned their names by listening. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand came down on my arm and formed a vise. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Weariness came down on him, and he went to his bed where Liza had been for two hours. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The law was all around me, but it had never come down on me, Trevor, specifically. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Brew came down the line and checked everybody. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they began coming down in the field back there, where the Division was. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The table was set for breakfast when they came down. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her stomach was full of knots as she waited for Isa to come down. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She was waiting for the ceiling to come down. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if she were one of the boss men who came down to watch the work and paid out cash bonus for good salvage. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

While he was looking at the corpses, a live ant came down the pathway carrying a third one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn around and coming down the walk toward me is Jackson Keats. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

"No. I told him we were all coming down together. Michael and all." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The sound of the ax coming down was sharp and clear. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

We wait in silence for several minutes until I hear footsteps come down the hall again. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Two taxis were coming down the steep street. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

"When we was coming down I looked through one of them windows. I saw the other part of the plane. There were flames coming out of it." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He drank in gulps, then let it come down over his face. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The next bus started to come down Lee Avenue. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“My nature don’t come down for no stock exchange.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I take my time with each braid even though Chantal has come down and is ready to leave. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t seen me coming down the hallway, so I pressed my back to the wall and crept closer, positioning myself around the corner. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He turns the lock on the door and says for God’s sake will someone come down and watch the window and bring Hirsch. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Although nobody other than whites could buy guns at white-owned stores, people would come down from the North and bring arms to some of our men. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Back in the fall, when you were first getting to know her, you saw her coming down the block with Marco Saks, talking. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Thomas was touched—he bet that if it really came down to it, Chuck would go out there if he were asked to. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Lord, she thought, there must be something in the water— Alexandra’s voice cut through her ruminations: “Jean Louise, did you come down on the train Like That?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I saw her coming down the middle of Main Street, all alone. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

For say to Denethor that in this hour the King of the Mark himself will come down to the land of Gondor, though maybe he will not ride back. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you come down here with Safer to walk the dogs?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I was coming down the side and their forward was on me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I saw his face under the hat, upturned mustaches and blood coming down his cheek. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And then he was looking up, turning, following the flight of the ball, which finally came down to earth in deep left center field and bounced once to the fence. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems like nobody comes down here, except for Carlos sometimes. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then it rose, and circled, and came down again, this time not quite landing, but flapping about his head, beating its wings and making a sound like flat leather pieces being slapped together. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

If the mother and her children had not come down the path on this day, the pinched tree branches would have grown larger and the fat-bodied spider would have lived. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kabuo left his radio on; he wanted to hear about it if a freighter came down the strait and put in a call to the lighthouse. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

After they come down with the disease, their immune system trains itself, so to speak, to fight off the virus, and they never catch it again, no matter how often they are exposed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Many of the people in Africa who came down with Ebola had handled Ebola-infected cadavers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched her launch herself into the air, do a double twist, and come down running, a big grin on her black muzzle. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Noelle, in the same clothes I saw her in yesterday—dark Capri pants and a white wife-beater—comes down the hall. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

A wind was coming down the gorge and they pulled the corners of the tarp about them and pushed the cart out onto the bridge. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Are you the reason Mama gets to come down here?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

For a month, Reyes says, other migrants from the train stayed on the mountain, afraid to come down. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Above the din was heard the hysterical voice of an officer ordering them to surrender and come down single file with their hands on their heads. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kat told her in a quiet voice, not like her normal voice, all about the strange man, the free ticket, tracking the pod and waiting for Salim to come down, and how he hadn’t. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt like everything was coming down all around her, and she didn’t know how to fix any of it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then, coming down from the hills there will be a prince riding, bright in green and silver with a hundred bowmen riding behind him, pennants stirring, horses tossing, jewels flashing... The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was Saturday afternoon and April, Melanie and Marshall had just come down to get Elizabeth to join the boys in Egypt for a previously scheduled rendezvous. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I see a lot of new faces out there tonight. It’s great that you all came down. Looks like my boys are doing a good job spreading the word.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The owner wanted a dollar and a half and didn’t come down to eighty cents for three days. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

These were wooded and there were clouds coming down from them. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He should have been back by eight-thirty, but he was so engrossed in the book that he forgot the time and was just coming down the stairs when his father entered the room. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The chopper came down and we handed up Lieutenant Carroll. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We came down and Nick threw up a trey that fell. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The sun climbed through the sky, reached its zenith, began to come down. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then he heard: "We'd like you to come down to Jamison. You could be part of the search." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

His father said, “Why don’t you just come down and die like a man? It would be so much easier for both of us.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He back-flipped in the air and came down on a water tupelo tree about three miles from Frightful. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then, coming down into the street, I thought I saw one. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d obsessed over it too: what I needed to do to set myself up for tomorrow, next year, and whatever the hell came down the road after that. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

For Pelops’ winning the chariot race I have preferred Apollodorus, of the first or second century A.D., who gives the fullest account that has come down to us. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eric’s hand came down and then went up again less certainly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Francie heard that the principal often came down to Mr. Jenson’s furnace room to sit and talk for a few moments while he smoked a pipeful of tobacco. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack's arm came down; the heaving circle cheered and made pig-dying noises. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He heard the sound of feet on the spiral staircase, saw the leather shoes coming down before he saw the man who wore them. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m just excited to come down here to hang out with you all. But I’ll bring some of my favorite books, too. Maybe we can start a library.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I apologize for offending your aesthetic sensibilities. Maybe I should’ve put makeup on before coming down to breakfast.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The feeling escalates when the man comes down the road and walks up the porch steps. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We are in a crater, the English are coming down obliquely, they are turning our flank and working in behind us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he would come down this side of the aisle for the remaining seven. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the first Saturday in October, my father refused to come down to the visiting room. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The rain came down with the fury and impatience of a two-year-old having a tantrum. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The night came down around them, and there were stars. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept looking around him, as if someone would come down the road and discover what he was doing. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came down the hall, jiggling the change in his pocket. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

That was Carter’s new choice for a home site if it came down to a coin toss. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the wind blew hard, smoke came down the chimney, into the room, in puffs, so that the walls were smoke-darkened. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he saw me he stopped, and waited until I came down into the hall. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And the twilight came down over the court and shut him into it alone. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I started coming down here about a month ago. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I cannot come down now as I am tied up in some very important business and cannot get mixed up in this thing now. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

His face was obscured almost entirely by a huge beard and mustache, and a domed helmet with a point on top came down to his eyebrows. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It is said he even expected the monkeys to come down from the trees to how to him. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“But you are calling. Anyhow. Do you want me to come down there to San Francisco?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He must have been listening to them as they came down the road, the dogs and the horses, and seen the lanterns since it was dark now. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red and green and silver flares, all colors, and the rain came down in Technicolor. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watched the parachute come down slowly, and the plane streak away. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were relieved from duty at the fire and had come down for a swim. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The sky opened and poured down on him and he rode on: it will be rain tonight: let it come down. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Then why is he coming down just here?’ asked Sam. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I poke my head through the bars and shout, “My feet are too big. Do you still want me to come down?” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Bars came down on both tunnel exits, behind us and in front. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When that chandelier came down from the ceiling, my throat went dry. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I came down here for some gummi bears and I got lost.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Pri, Aunt Jo, and her friends all cheer and clap when I come down the stairs in borrowed high heels that make my legs wobble, and Donna takes a few pictures of me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Why does he keep going up ?” “He’s probably afraid to come down,” Sergeant Knight answered, without moving his solemn gaze from McWatt’s solitary climbing airplane. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Already I could see the women and children coming down the steps. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was snowing and my mom was still there, and when the ball came down in Times Square, I ran outside, barefoot in the snow, and I yelled “HAPPY NEW YEAR!” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

This time, when we got to Malone, my dad came down immediately and hugged me so hard, I thought my shoulder bones would crack. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He comes down my aisle and squeezes my nose, going, “Honk, honk,” because for some reason it’s hilarious to him. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It came down to two lines of thinking. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I went up anyway, though, and brought the bag in the checkroom and checked it, and then I came down again. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The man’s brows come down below his cap. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

That was why I had come down last night in my blue dress and had not stayed hidden in my room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I call this really friendly of you—bless my soul, I do! To come up to me since I couldn’t come down to you—eh?” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

All they needed was to see Matt’s long spare shape coming down the street and by the time he got to the porch they were ready for him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I raised Riptide, but before I could even defend myself, Thalia yelled, and a blast of lightning came down from the sky, hit her spear like a lightning rod, and slammed into my chest. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“But it took me a couple of hours to come down the mountain to you. Thought you were an animal at first. Then the sun hit your mask.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“They came down from the skies, but do you know where they came to? They came here.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We were watching the road while they shifted some of the explosive—she has a wooden bird whistle for warning the people below if she sees headlamps coming down the hill. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

But four days later he called and asked me if I could come down to Nairobi for an interview. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lady Isobel came down from her bedroom dressed in black, a veil covering her face, and announced that the funeral would take place the next day in the church at noon. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a spacecraft came down there, it would be in great trouble, sinking down out of sight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I come down from the ceiling long enough to meet her eyes. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even after I got dressed and put them on, I wasn't too worried because my jeans came down long enough to cover the raggedy top and make them look regular. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The two others have come down the hill and are watching, safely in the middle of the bridge. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“When it comes down to it—to answer your question—here’s what you should do about being unhappy: you should get married and have some children.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Tell him you came down and waited, but no one showed up. You can do that, can’t you?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then I came down on that horn until he appeared, shirtless and furious in the doorway. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he drank again, allowing, unconsciously, or nearly, his face to fall into the lines of innocence and power which his experience with women had told him made their love come down. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

On a cold day, he’d have Mr. Morton or Miss Bernstone come down to his furnace room for a hot cup of coffee before they went on to the next school. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henrietta came down from the henhouse and looked hard at the crate. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She had been there a long time when she heard whistiing coming down the road. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

They came down at a hand gallop, through the rank or broke it, reformed, and came again. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The metal bar came down across our laps and locked with a loud clank—although there was still a considerable amount of space between our bodies and the bar. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Dragons don’t usually come down to the earth much. Are you lost?” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He saw all this before the shades came down. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was walking around, inspecting myself in the various mirrors, when June came down with her cello and began to play. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That, or he was going to force me onto the cot himself and hold me there until the machine came down and locked over me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Matthias spoke, “I kept my promise to you, Cluny. I came down. Hush now, Friar Hugo. It’s all over now. Wipe your eyes.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There’s a policeman coming down a side street, turning my way around the corner. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mam looks at Dad as if he just came down from heaven and Dad says, That’s what we did in Antrim long before there were doctors riding their horses. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She would have slept beside the water if she dared, but there were animals who came down to the stream to drink at night. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You want to come down on the field?” asked Horace Clarke, which we didn’t need to answer, because we were already climbing over the railing. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The rain came down hard, then tapered off as I started to make supper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They were the only lights anywhere, except in the house—no other cars had come down all day. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wondered how the army that was up there would come down. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The children were all coming down with colds. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I flew over to the mall near her house through the rain, which was coming down outside in this really hard way. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kissed him over and over, realized there were tears coming down her face and wiped them away, kissed him again. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

When I told him Astelle was alive and well, for a while nothing but an occasional muffled loudspeaker announcement came down the hollow line holding us together. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Because there we were with no car, fifteen-month-old Bryce who was coming down with an ear infection, and Aurora about to be born—and two more teeth started throbbing. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

When I came down for dinner, she offered to take over my training. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

God help us if they come down here….” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The airplane came down so low that I could sec those men were laughing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so bored I wished the telephone would ring with Miss Volker calling to tell me Mr. Spizz had dropped over dead and I had to come down and write one last obituary. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“What it comes down to,” the priest put out with cool rage, “is whether Piscine wants real religion—or myths from a cartoon strip.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

That God would come down and give Apa a spanking, I tell her. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The Italians had Harlem when the Jews came down the gangplanks—and then the Italians left. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The black knight and his horse revolved rapidly toward their sinister side, left the ground together in a handsome parabola, and came down again with a dash. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came down the steps at last the tanned skin was drawn unusually tight on his face, and his eyes were bright and tired. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Grandma comes down with the hot apple crisp. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I just have to write the truck off as a short-term loss leader, because when it comes down to it, I’m no longer in a position to negotiate. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I sat in Amélie’s favorite café for an hour waiting for an old man whose name I don’t know to tell me, “L’ange descend en dix minutes-” Ten minutes till the angel comes down. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The rain was still coming down, but only in large individual drops visibly and firmly thrown down one by one onto the ground. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

The article I read on my phone said the animals were coming down into Washington Heights and Harlem from Westchester, just north of New York City. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I waited all day and at dusk the pack came down to the spring. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hand flapped and Mum’s mouth went round like an O. ‘He defied the law of gravity, Mum. He went up but he didn’t come down. Which means Newton got it wrong. Hrumm.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s coming down! The branch is going to break!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Oliver opened the basement door just as Mama came down the stairs with a big box in her arms. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“You have just come down?” said Mr. Drummle, edging me a little away with his shoulder. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He comes down Jonagold Path dragging the two buckets on the road. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Soon we came down the block of restaurants and souvenir stores. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They came down, and here and there a shock and a scream, but the masses of men lay in rows in the grass, and in the distance a band was playing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘If you wish to speak to us, come down! Bring out your king! We are the fighting Uruk-hai. We will fetch him from his hole, if he does not come. Bring out your skulking king!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It felt like everything was coming down on me and I just wanted to shut everything out. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

James and Richard come down the ladder, talking the whole way. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

On my final floor exercise at Worlds, I’d felt a sharp pain every time I came down from a tumbling sequence. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

His mother came down in a hired auto, in a fur suit like an arctic explorer’s, and saw him off in a twenty-five mile wind and a steady drove of ice floes like dirty sheep. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo had almost forgotten why they’d come down here in the first place. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Flux and the beast came down right behind him, fast, handling the hill with great agility; the beast could’ve licked Otto’s back tire. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When I heard her coming down the hall, I jumped out ahead of her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thank goodness Joe hadn’t come down, so she could cry all she needed to. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

His lips formed the words as he let it come down with a grunt which was a blending of a curse, a prayer and a groan. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It came down hard and cold, and Genie wanted to go in, but Grandpop wasn’t budging. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The chap circled overhead for three quarters of an hour and tried to come down half a dozen times before finally bottling out. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The Ax comes down on my shoulder and jostles me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He would have let them come down and whipped them around Verona. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe the prophecy all came down to my keeping this jar closed or opening it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

No one had lived in it for at least five years, not since a series of haunt- ings had made its inhabitants come down with ghost fear that shattered their brains for studying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited until after my brother came down and ate the rest of the pancakes and then went off somewhere, probably with whoever he could find who had a police record. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He could hear footsteps coming down the spiral staircase behind him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The snowmelt that came down from the mountains of the north had filled its tributaries and now it was at its highest and swiftest. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

When we got back to the dock, Mom came down in the cabin and said have you got over being a smart mouth? and I said no. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Now what do you say you go up two steps, then come down two steps?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Capricorn rose from his chair, tightened the belt of his dressing gown, and came down the steps. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Sekani comes down next to me, then Momma on top of us, and she wraps her arms around us. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Years of preparation and anticipation would come down to one day for individual events. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“In his room. He did not come down for dinner.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rae continues with the lesson, trying to prod us to share our opinions, but an unexpected blanket has come down on us. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It’s strange to think that no other kid will get to come down to this room anymore, but I like knowing that I got to leave my stamp on it. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

His pet hen, a White Leghorn, clucked with excitement every time the swatter came down. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She surged forward, her arm coming down again and again, twisting and turning, loving the smooth ache within her shoulder as the blade slammed against his. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Several players in the tournament had come down with the flu—including Bobby’s teacher, Jack Collins—and had to forfeit games. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet the lid came down one night and she had to claw her way out.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

My mom has told me she would love me no matter what, but when it comes down to it, will she, or will she be like some of my friends and leave? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Kind of go slipping as I run round the porch and come down the short slope. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing to be afraid of. I want you to come down the hill and help me to find a farm I’ve heard about. We’re just going to have a look round it.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door opened and the men came down the steps, talking in low, excited tones. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But hey, today was our last Open Mike Friday, so it was time for our stuff to come down. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A car came down the road from the Welch direction and turned right, toward town central. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

That night I went to sleep listening to Rattling Brook and when I came down to breakfast the next morning, Mrs. Jordan told me that my mother was in the hospital. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe you can come down to Florida and help? Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

That night, when my father reached up to feel it, a handful of plaster came down on his face. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

If your spacecraft comes down in the desert, about all you can do is find a shady place and wait to be rescued. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cannonball came down, smashing a house just a few yards from where Nate stood. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The sword came down and sliced back and forth, up and down, whisk! whisk! whish! The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My uncle who had painted the pony claimed he had seen a UFO come down over that very same hill before the drive-in was built. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But I still hadn’t let him come down to our apartment to inspect it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Kehaar’ll fly you up to the moon, Hlao-roo,” said Bluebell, “and you can come down on Bigwig’s head like a birch branch in the frost. But there’s time to go to sleep first.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Must be what she was coming down to attend to in the first place. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I came down to earth with a thump. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, from high up on the top of the cloud, the faraway voice came down to them once again, this time very loud and clear. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The cows raised their heads and watched the boys come down to the meadow. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the late afternoon, Zeitoun again heard footsteps coming down the hallway. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The rain came down slowly at first, in great, flat drops on to the leaves. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Two burly sailors come down the ladder and stand on either side of him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

That’s why we could hang tough when we hung together, and why when things broke down and one brother or sister showed wrong we came down so hard. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She’d come down the strait plotting soundings as she went, but the pilot would not put his faith in this, and at 0126 hours that morning, in heavy fog, had radioed the lighthouse for assistance. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you feel well enough to come down,” I says to Mother. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told her child welfare might come down on us again if she wasn’t working. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Stood incredibly still in the open field with the artillery coming down like hail, great bloody hail. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mom told my mom once. They were in our kitchen, and I was coming down the hall. They didn’t know I could hear them.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She flew several hundred feet before coming down. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

They sat on the porch swing and ate bowls of homemade ice cream in the evenings while waiting for her to come down for dinner. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She's coming down now, stepping surely, right hand on the railing, her face a flurry of emotions. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembers from the time he came down the hill too fast on his Rollerblades, lost control, and smacked his forehead right on the L0. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

It’s a big, spacey kind of building with windows high up, and daylight coming down in beams, and the clean smell of wood shavings in the air. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

His hair was a hippie’s and came down past his shoulders. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ella comes down the stairs, bundled in her housecoat and slippers. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Mum’s then, Aunt Gloria’s lips turned up but at the same time a tear came down her cheek. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

But don’t worry, even though I wanted to live out my dream, I didn’t expect you to know every single line and tell me to stop playing with the trees and come down. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Lapham came down to start breakfast, she always began by getting him up. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“From? I wasn’t running from anything. I was running to this room. Old Yellow Suit told me to come down here and wait with you two, so here I am. My name’s Kate Wetherall.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Souls came down from the stage then and, two by two, stood on either side of her wheelchair, so the commissioner had to come down off the stage to give them their trophy. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

But all of this about the walls coming down? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“That’s a little too much. You know my situation. I don’t have anything. Please try and come down.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t think either of us took a breath until we were sure no one was coming down the alley to investigate. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He spoke unctuously, as though he had no idea why she really came down; but all three of us knew he knew and that we knew he knew. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when he had climbed a hundred feet to the next bench, he came down again. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The experienced ones knew to come down early before a storm. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

For five or six strokes, the bows of the two boats contested for the lead, back and forth like the heads of racehorses coming down the stretch. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I swayed and dipped, and in an instant, the walls around me started coming down. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And then an angel comes down and shows him what life would be if he had never been bom. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

They came down to a large flat field surrounded by hills. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

My parked car was facing in the proper direction; the police car had come down the street in the wrong direction. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When Kimbro came down the floor and watched I glanced up silently and continued stirring. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hay came down like a mountain slope to the other end of the barn, and there was a level place as yet unfilled with the new crop. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The following day the travelers came down from the hills to find themselves on the banks of a river running north and south. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Godric’s forebears had been pirate kings until the Starks came down on them with fire and sword. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He came down the steps, and stopped at the bottom. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

And I guess it was my unlucky day, because inside, the same bald-headed dude who’d been working the last time I’d come down to the Shack was propped behind the counter. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The latest one, come down from Ohio, had spent the better part of a month in Jake’s room before she got the ax. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Now the index fingers of both hands press the buttons, and—ka- lump—the press comes down. But one finger on a button will release it—ssssss—the steam lets loose. Sssst—the water squirts.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fork came down and stabbed the table. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Daddy, why don’t you and Mom come down here and live again? We can all stay together and help Grampa get along with things. I bet Gramma would like that.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The trophies came down one after the other, and Isaac stomped on them and screamed while Augustus and I stood a few feet away, bearing witness to the madness. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

James and Sammy came down later with some worms they had dug. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He threw the torch high in the air where the fireball had just been blazing, caught it as it came down, lit more, juggled with three, four, five torches. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“All right, rat, you win. But how do I know you’ll keep your word? First let the friar go, then I promise on my honor as a warrior that I’ll come down.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When he returned, he looked around carefully for servants coming down the hall.The minute he opened Maria’s door, Furball yelped and scurried under a sofa. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I may be coming down with something,” I told Max. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I go up the steps and pass a couple coming down the steps and say hi, and they half-smile. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

As I turned the corner into Thirteenth Avenue, I saw, coming down the street, a group of about six tsotsis chasing two men. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of circling right around and coming down on the airstrip, he tried to land among the trees on the far side of the Ruaha River. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Taken by surprise—for I was sure I hadn’t been told I belonged there—I made no protest but came down the steps. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

What it comes down to is this: It’s up to me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

A vision in pink and lace came down the steps from the gym floor and sat down beside me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know if I managed it or not, but in case I did, I come down here to let the sheriff know.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Did not mean to? You are covered in soot! You have come down the chimney! And now you are looking through Mr. Weed’s papers? This is not a pantry. You are not stupid, child.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“You know that. This comes down to you and Luke. And there’s only one way you can beat Luke.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He lifted up his hands and caught the food that came down to him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

And it all happened just as their father was coming down for breakfast, followed by Uncle Iman. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He would come down on the side of the law, wherever that happened to fall. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even her husband, when he came down the Saturday following Robert’s departure, expressed regret that he had gone. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

It drops big brown fronds everywhere, and my mom says it needs to come down. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“Come now, my dear,” she said, patting my hand, “try and make the effort. Put on this charming blue. Think of Maxim. You must come down for his sake.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Have the people of this generation come down to hunting mice? They aren’t very strong, the new people, but I hardly thought mice would be game for them.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she saw Sierra and Robbie coming down the dune, she offered the saddest, most genuine smile Sierra had ever seen on her mom. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“And so,” Fflewddur concluded with a carefree shrug, “that was our part. Rather easy, when you come down to it; I had no fear of things going badly, not for an instant.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“That was a C.I.D. man with a fractured nose. He came down here from the hospital on official business. He’s conducting an investigation.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When Harriet comes down she looks around to see who rang the bell. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

All that night it rained and all the next morning: warm, gray, coming down soft and steady as a dream. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The next day was Sunday, and the rain was coming down harder than ever. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure what’s wrong. I tried to reach you last night, but the bones came down so hard, I could hardly breathe. It was like being squeezed under a rock.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The broom came down on my back, once, twice, but it didn’t matter. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the strikes had reached a fever pitch, Katz must have come down here—to what? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The uniform and cap were too big for me, so big that my cap came down over my eyes. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the ax comes down, I will die the way Grandfather would want me to: proudly, like a Veturius. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I came down to the library to get a book,” she said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The rain really started coming down as the bus skidded out of the gravel parking lot. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Etienne comes down grumbling, one shoe on, and the whole kitchen goes quiet while Madame Manec fixes his tea and sets it on a tray and Etienne carries it back upstairs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When Faye came down from Sacramento and opened her house there was a flurry of animosity from the two incumbents. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Those intense gray eyes size me up as he comes down to meet us. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A guard would go to the head of the stairs every so often to see what it was like outside, then he would come down and whisper to the other guards. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother never came down for the change. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

After the stewed pineapple Grace wants me to come down into the cellar with her to play school. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I can see her again, she’s left her can behind and is coming down the stairs, looking this way and that in the roaring noise of the train. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Marina’s plane came down near Saratov, painfully close to the familiar airfield at Engels, just out of reach and invisible in the storm. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Madam came down the stairs, one hand on the railing, the other holding a sheet of paper, half-covered with writing. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm took up the paddle with shaking hands and moved the canoe swiftly towards the left-hand bank, where a smooth lawn came down to a little landing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The problem is when you get a big mass of water coming down off the hills, it’s held up by the riverbed not being deep enough, and it spreads out instead.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And then black despair came down on him, and Sam bowed to the ground, and drew his grey hood over his head, and night came into his heart, and he knew no more. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And his arms grew longer and came down in front of him till his hands were resting on the ground: only they weren't hands, now, they were hoofs. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I yanked the laces out of both, so the floppy tongues fell forward like drawbridges coming down out of beat-up, leather, no-named fortresses. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Gebu came down the stairs again almost immediately, carrying a packet of bread loaves which he had evidently bought on his way home, for they smelled deliciously of new-baked crust. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“But suppose an atomic bomb was really coming down, right on top of Camillo Junior High?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then in 1790, soon after assuming the presidency, he came down with influenza, then raging in New York, and nearly died from pulmonary complications. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mr. Polite said, “Only five? You sure you done your counting right, boy? Much as y’all runged that bell, I’s expecting to come down here and see that half of Tennessee done got away.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He had been preparing for a traditional legal career until he came down to work with us one summer and became fascinated by the issues that death penalty cases presented. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My pretend daddy read it and said, “Uh-uh-uh, well, you got to give them credit, you wouldn’t expect that they’d have the nerve to come down here and tell the truth.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Everybody was busting to tell Mack about Kitty sitting in Duke’s place every day waiting for him to come down. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if her freedom came down to a vote...She smiled at Lord Urizen, who looked away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I heard wind coming down the tunnel, as if the exit were close. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then she looked at me and said, “Your nose is bleeding. The next time you come down I’ll fix it for you. It’s easy—I have all the right tools.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“They were questioning students when Constance and I came down the hill,” Kate said. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The LZ was supposed to be secure, but I could see a few muzzle blasts coming from the thick green carpet below me as we came down. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day I saw Ty coming down the street and he crossed over to the other side so he wouldn’t have to talk to me. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were coming down all over the place now, the kites, and I was still flying. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Every time we come down here, there’s something new,” Royal said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As the sun set he came down to the wharves again, and even there in the broad red light and wind of the day’s end, sea and land alike to him seemed dim and silent. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mr Hooper and I shouted and shouted for you to come down and you didn't take any notice, you deliberately ignored us. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

There was a clang behind him as bars came down. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He stared at the words on the rock and then a fat tear came down his cheek and he quickly turned so I couldn’t see. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I ask if this is their business and they somehow understand and gesture for me to come down and take a look. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The realtor called up her manager at home and asked him to come down to the office. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The list could go on, but it always came down to the forces of light against the forces of darkness, with no room for anything in between. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Because if that’s true, it’s terribly kind of you to come down to my level just for the fun of a little bargain.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On May 17, after resting for just two days at Base Camp after coming down from Everest, Anatoli Boukreev climbed alone to the summit of Lhotse. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Could a curse come down so many ages? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Dallas, Florida, could you please come down here?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

As I’m walking into the language arts wing, this football guy I hardly recognize almost runs directly into me coming down the stairs. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she came down to eat with them, sometimes she didn’t. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I saw you come down the wall. You came off the train.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

A great hawk came down with loud-beating wings and lighted on his wrist. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I came down here to be alone. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When he did come down out of his room, he was silent and stiff. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I had come down because I did not want people at the ball to think I had quarrelled with Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, God, I thought, this is like two people in a play, in a moment the curtain will come down, we shall bow to the audience, and go off to our dressing-rooms. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody comes down on their family tree from just those three, because God made a big flood and drowneded out the sinners. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leg came down at an oblique angle and snapped. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Martha hadn’t forgotten how we neglected her when she finally came down with the measles. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see the pathetic hairs on his upper lip, not even made darker by the rain coming down. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

When she comes down to get her bag, she flips up her niqab and gives me a grim smile. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It came down below her waist, when she was first married. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

From high above, I see black-and-white me coming down the hall with my bag. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Much too vigorously; for he came down, bang, into a tray full of mugs, and slipped, and rolled off the table with a crash, clatter, and bump! The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We just came down here to talk. We fell asleep. Accidentally. That’s it.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A big plow came down Forest Avenue, scooping snow right into the front of it and throwing it out the top through this pipe contraption. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He took the ball out and threw up a quick jumper that rimmed the hoop and came down to one side. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He crossed the solea and came down among the parishioners. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“One’s enough,” said Woundwort, “as long as they can come down it. We can bring them in and start getting that end wall down.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain came down steadily, cold from the mountaintops, and had no intention of moving on. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The old Hun would come down through the Trentino and cut the railway at Vicenza and then where would the Italians be? A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He looked at the mouse, pushed it gently aside and came down the run. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she did not speak, and she did not come down. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The whole family came down to London Docks to see me off on the boat. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, in response to Ignatius’ cries, she came down to the car and threw the second load of tablets onto Ignatius’ lap. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Days could sometimes go by without us seeing a vehicle coming down that narrow road, and the ones that did were usually vans or lorries bringing supplies, gardeners or workmen. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she came down from the doctor’s office she stopped for a moment at Bell’s candy store and bought a two-pound box of mixed chocolates. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Life came down to one thing only now—keeping her feet moving on the road that led to Indio. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It was around eight in the evening, I was coming down the main staircase, and heard a burst of laughter rising up the stairwell from the ground floor. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I apologize for the interruption, Professor Milne. Master Jervis, will you please come down to the office with me?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Make her come down so we can go back to bed. Arthur, make her come down at once.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nana saw me coming down the stairs, dropped her knitting, and rushed out of the car. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And I came down, and took you away, and kissed you. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quick heels coming down the stairs, and his mother, large, soft, and gentle-looking, quivered at the entrance. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was whistling as he came down the stairs and he seemed very cheerful. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

And I know that I am going to feel even worse when the shade comes down over Albert’s face. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Occasionally stories familiar to us through literature and art have come down to us only in his pages. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you’re coming down with a flu. You don’t look so good.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sam came down and when she saw me, she turned to Bob. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He came down with their guard all over him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

As the day wore on, I told myself your fever was coming down, that the medicines were allowing you to sleep more deeply, that you’d be better when you woke. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Luke found out what Mother meant a few days later when he came down for breakfast. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

But I had to come down with whatchamacallit so that I wouldn’t have to team up with Katie for the working-with-a-partner project in social studies this semester. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just want to tell all those people who’ve been sending me threatening letters that if they ever come down here, the same thing’s gonna happen to them that happened to Emmett Till.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Adam swarmed on him as he came down the narrow stairs into the lobby. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sophia, come down here. I have someone I want you to meet.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It’s like a curtain comes down and hides my memories. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

And when the curtain came down and I could be free, I didn’t wait for the audience’s breath to fill my sails after all. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was early evening of the next day before Chronicler came down the stairs to the common room of the Waystone Inn. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then the SS man comes down the ladder again, fast, brushing off his jacket and shaking his head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then one day she came down to the store with a sign she had made. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Trip came down and hit Glen on a backdoor play and we were up by one. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“And you came down here to defend me with a piece of wood.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Instead, she saw Kaisa coming down the path slowly, as if she were looking for something. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bitter wind came down off the mountains and through the barbed wire and hurled the desert sand in their faces. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Now, you have to inform your parents about where you are, because when Dr. Mahmoud comes down, he’s going to need them to sign for you.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I win when it comes down to luck, but I haven’t been very lucky lately. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When the word comes down that a gang is after you it’s scary, and one of the reasons I wanted to leave the area. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She can come down to Jackson with me if she wants, but I ain’t tellin’ her what to do or not to do. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He saw the flaming blue thrusters of a Berg and its metal underbelly coming down from the sky above. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But when it comes down to it, there’s some more rosy and some more thorny. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When Martin went upstairs to help the girl it was not in the same way her father had gone upstairs, but both men came down transformed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Someone was coming down the ladder, holding something. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t come down here to court you, get your approval.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although her parachute had tangled in a fir tree as it came down, she had managed to cut herself free and made it to the ground. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t see much of it, since the wet flakes were coming down hard again. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Whoever wields it has to hack away at my head, coming down over and over, but not always right in the same place. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Well, wasn't there a wall between him and Mildred, when you came down to it? Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z