The only problem was that I would be in full view of the soldiers sitting on the couch. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Axel takes his iPad to the corner of the couch, lets Ray curl up next to him in the now-quiet house. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Soon he was resting quietly on the couch and said he felt a little better. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes a seat on the leather couch. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She climbed back up on the couch and concentrated on staying put. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

When I got back to the living room, I sat next to Grandma on the couch. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I slouch down deeper into his living room couch. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Sipping a beer and sitting on the couch, he uses the Doorman as a footstool. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Her mother’s flight out had been cancelled, and they’d spent the whole day inside, snuggled together on the couch. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The door unlocks with a click, and I throw myself onto an empty couch, my head swimming as I slam my eyes shut, pretending to sleep. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My mom, looking seriously skeptical and fed up, pushed herself off the couch and started for the kitchen. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Father sank down onto the couch, resting his elbows on his knees and rubbing his forehead. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

As the old man ended his story they reached the simple hut where he lived and there Aeneas spent the night on a couch of leaves with a bear’s skin to cover him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drew sat by himself on a brown leather couch under a framed vintage travel poster of Tahiti. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She lay on the couch, holding them back not wanting to tell Johnny until the work was finished. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel the couch shift as she stands. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Downtown, Montgomery Ward installed a new Customer’s Parlor, where excursive fair visitors could loiter on soft couches while browsing the company’s five-hundred-page catalog. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Poppy sat Liyana down on the hotel room couch, which they were growing quite familiar with. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Wriggling and grunting loudly, the delighted Hen Wen had begun to climb onto the couch. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

There were medical textbooks opened to various pages and spread out across my little writing desk, the couch, the floor, and anywhere she could find free space. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Finally at liberty, I pushed myself out from under the couch, took my bundle, and rose. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The couches and chairs look perfect, like nobody’s ever sat in them. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sits on the edge of the couch, leaning forward, her eyes blinking at the screen. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t how it works, Jinny,” said Ben, surveying the ragged cushions and the destroyed couch. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We sat down on the living room couch. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hollis was seated on the couch, a pile of papers in her lap. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I always have to have my feet up high on the couch. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She flopped down on the couch and I went into the kitchen to soak my hand in a pot of cold water. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Clearly, from her look, there were not many things in the world she disliked more than a couch, a good eiderdown couch, that had been made up for sleeping purposes. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The backs of my legs were already sweaty from sitting on the plastic covering the couch. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was Trip who tipped her backward onto the couch, knocking his book to the floor, who put his hands on, then under, her shirt. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I guess while he was gone, he got a call from a friend who said he could have his couch. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Henry asked, sitting back down on the couch. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amil and I lay on the couch, and I read him the scorpion section in the encyclopedia. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then one afternoon, when I was eleven, he came home, sat down on the couch, and stared blankly into space. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Behind them, Luke heard Petey come into the living room, followed by the thud of Jack-Jack being pushed off the couch. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The waiting area is straight ahead, with vending machines and a peach-colored couch between folding chairs. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Even Gomo and Uncle Tim have only one big room, a dining table at one end and the couch at the other. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Grandpa smacked his lips and shifted on the couch. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Sits with one eye on the men on the couch, one ear on Byrd in the kitchen. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Last summer, Aru’s mother had curled up on the couch, exhausted from another trip overseas. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

From inside the truck, two men appear, carrying a couch between them. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t dare move from my position on the couch, so they wouldn’t know I was right on the other side of the window from them. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It sounded to him like an insult couched in good English, which, of course, made it a double-insult—the insult itself, and the fact that Chacko thought he wouldn’t understand it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erlan sat on the couch with Erik and Karim, who answered questions about what it was like to be a triplet, and how they liked living in New York City, all sorts of things. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I let him smell the couch where I sleep and crawl under the front steps to sniff out the mole lives under there, follow him all over creation when he takes out after a rabbit. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I order my dinner at 3:10 and eat it on the white couch. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was draped on the couch, not just sitting, and wore a sweatshirt and his boxer shorts. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He nodded at the couch behind him, then went back to paring the stalks of fresh cilantro from the colander next to him. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He was surprised people didn't realize that a decent chaise longue was much easier to move, yet still as comfortable as a couch. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Winn-Dixie had already decided that he liked the couch a lot. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

A spiral stairway wound around the exterior, mounting to the summit where an inner sanctuary contained an elaborately adorned couch and gold table. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

While Hatsue and her sisters sat on the couch, Hisao brought chairs from the kitchen for the FBI men—the larger one followed him everywhere. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Number nine was he liked to sit on couches and sleep in beds. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were magazines arranged in a fan on the coffee table in front of the couch. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick at a thread on the couch. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But I sat myself down on that saggy couch and bust a gut. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A Vermont-marble coffee table, rectangular and quite long, stood parallel and very close to the couch. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Take her to Welch,” she said, nodding toward Emily Sue, who sat on the couch with a big, pleased smile on her face. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He lies on the couch in the dark, in his clothes, his body covered by his jacket, preferring that to the stripped mattress in the bedroom. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Evan sat on a recliner by himself, while Adam sat on the couch next to me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

W.E. ducked his head behind the cover of the couch arm. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was still fretting when he got home and found Izzy reading on the couch. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I changed into a t-shirt and sweatpants and went downstairs so I could sit on the couch and watch television for the rest of the afternoon. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It took effort—my head was thick and pounding, my body stiff and sore—but I pushed the comforter onto the floor, swung my legs off the couch and sat up. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Oh honey, don’t be scared,” Cecilia said, leaving the comfort of the couch to slide down on the floor between Pita and me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I followed Grandma into our house, and she motioned for me to take a seat on the living room couch. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Jazz met him at the couch, gave him a hug as usual, and handed him his plate. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

We were sitting there on the couch together, and he pushed himself up to go but then fell back down onto the couch and sneaked a kiss onto my cheek. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I pointed to the stereo at her end of the couch. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

On either side of the path were cushioned couches, and all around were potted plants: artfully trimmed orange trees, flowering camellias, white roses twining up lattices along the glass walls. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We'll eat our Christmas dinner in there at the table, sit on the couches, and look at the tree. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He tousled his daughter’s hair and sat on the couch. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Grote turns her face to the back of the couch. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Ma was hot and made me clean the couch. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Jail,” said Poppy soberly, settling himself on the couch with a large glass of water and tipping his head back, “is an experience I don’t ever want to have again.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I took the jacket into the living room and laid it lightly across the arm of the couch, a big burgundy thing my mother used to call “the spaceship” when I was kid. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She hardly ever sat still, and I knew seeing me on the couch every afternoon was making her crazy. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

On the screen, Deborah sat on a couch with her mother’s Bible open in her lap, her hair brown instead of gray, her eyes bright, with no circles beneath them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It's the richest place I've ever been in, with thick, deep carpets and a velvet couch and chairs. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He casually extends her the finger over his shoulder and retreats into his room, slumping down onto the couch by the door with the magazine. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Oh, shut it," Iggy says, and he makes Loretta sit down on the busted couch, where she kind of leans over and waves at me, wink wink. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Mama got home from work that night, I gave her the letter and sat beside her on the couch while she read it. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Tyson went around the couches and gave everyone a big hug—even Octavian, who didn’t look happy about it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Everything was dead quiet, except the faint whirring sound of Romey snoring on the couch in the den. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Hassan nodded, and sat down on the sectional couch with her. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The couch was softer than the one he slept on in the trailer, which was more springs than cushion at this point. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

At the house, Rasheed covered her with a quilt when she lay on the couch, but there was a stiff, perfunctory air about this gesture. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I can trust you, right?” she asked, still slouched in the corner of the couch. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was one couch, and one fat chair covered in fuzzy striped material, and one big table, only Mrs. Murdo’s table wasn’t wobbly like theirs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Franny now lay sleeping on her left side, facing into the back of the couch and the wall, her chin just grazing one of the several toss pillows all around her. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I jumped off the couch, causing Mother to spill tea all over her dress. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yusuf doesn’t take his eyes off the television or move from the best spot on the worn couch in their basement. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It comes from the pile of beer cans on the floor by the couch, and it comes from him, too. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

All that’s left when we’re done is a black couch, coffee table, two side tables, a folding table and chairs, plus a couple of lamps. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I end my days exhausted, slumped against the couches with my teammates, my mind crowded with new information as Asher reviews with us what the next day will be. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t yet started sewing the couch cover, but I’d cut out the pieces, some still fastened to the cushions. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I perch on one of the couches, watching people come and go. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was buried deep in the couch cushions, lying in a position that wasn’t uncomfortable at all, until I woke up. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The cookies and milk have filled me up, and the fleece blanket is warm, and the couch is comfy. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lincoln enters Stanton’s office unannounced, plops down on the couch, and casually mentions that he’s going to the theater that night. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Miss Brantley,” said Miss Peregrine to Bronwyn, “go and make up the fainting couch for Miss Avocet and then fetch a bottle of coca wine and another flask of brandy.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She longed to get home and have a long, cold shower, put her hair up in a satin bonnet, and lie down on her couch with her laptop. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Ah,” Zooey said, and came closer to the couch, apparently looking for trouble. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The noise immediately startled him, in spite of the fact that he was already almost asleep, and he scurried back again under the couch. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Derek was watching television on the couch and I sat on the other end. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I flipped through the channels for a while, then sat back against the couch and watched music videos. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Brightly colored couches—all red, gold, and white—and thick white rugs dot the living room space. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Object and Rex Reese were sitting together on a white wicker couch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My gaze pauses on a cluster of four boys reading on the couches. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sonny had passed out on the couch, and Hollis' date was slumped over the mop sink. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I share popcorn with Grammy on the couch and watch the Game Show Network. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Especially if I could get her on her mama’s couch. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The meadow was full of foxtail and whisk and couch and many other kinds of grass Tendai didn’t recognize. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone gets here around six, and we end up packed onto the scraggly basement couch eating pizza and watching reruns of The Soup. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She remembers her mother lying on the couch chain-smoking with the shades drawn before she left for her job at the Mini-Mart. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A hidden voice responds from the other side of the couch. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

And she tossed the book next to me on the couch and went back to the kitchen. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

On that version the busty Miss Scarlet lounged on a fainting couch like a panther in a red dress, smoking a cigarette from a long black holder. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He lit Daisy's cigarette from a trembling match, and sat down with her on a couch far across the room where there was no light save what the gleaming floor bounced in from the hall. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I settled on the couch, and for the first time since we got to Hope Springs, I didn’t have that “wearing someone else’s gym socks” feeling. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I took my seat at the writing desk after moving all the books to the couch where she sat. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Having climbed the ladder to the crew compartment, he slid into the pilot's couch and booted the system. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lie back on the couch and look up at Sir Ott. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Him on one side of the couch, me on the other. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was so dark that you could sink into the couch and disappear into the movie. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He pulled a gift bag from behind the couch. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Afterward, we ordered some Chinese food and spent the night, Aunt Tracy in the guest room, Carl on the couch, and me on a funky futon thing his grandfather had. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Levy had stretched Miss Trixie across his favorite couch, the yellow nylon one, and was rubbing skin cream into the old woman’s face. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad is very tall, and very thin, and very bald, and he has long thin fingers, which he taps against an arm of a floral-print couch. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Asher’s arm is draped over the back of the couch, his hand idly touching Hammie’s shoulder, and she doesn’t move away. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I scoot to the end of the couch and dig some more. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Cornbread stares emptily back at him from inside a huge crate next to Alex’s couch. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Luke grabbed his shoes and the heavy-duty garbage bags he’d kept stashed behind the couch, and checked on the boys one last time before he quietly stepped outside onto the walkway of their apartment. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

At last she slid it inside one of the rips in a couch cushion for safekeeping. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was sitting on the couch, twisted to look at me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t say no to a fainting couch. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He sat down on his couch and his head settled between his shoulders and his body weaved a little in his rage. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fingers claw the back of the couch. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then she gave Psyche a crust of bread and bade her sleep on the ground while she herself went off to her soft, fragrant couch. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor had pushed his head forward just to the edge of the couch and was observing her. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jamie slumps down next to me on the couch and shakes his head like he knows I have the better teammate. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’d been lying on the couch watching a fish tank in the corner, its one golden prisoner swimming in lazy circles. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Mom was half asleep on the couch, but she perked up when she saw me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“He won’t say anything,” she replied from her position on the couch. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He makes a grunt that means “go ahead,” and I flop down in the ratty old chair by the ratty old couch and stare at the screen. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I bounced around the house, trying not to wake Jeffrey, who had dozed off on the living-room couch. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she remembered the heat and sat down guiltily on the couch just as a freshly laundered nurse leading a little girl came into the room. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He felt underneath the couch and came up with a book, which he started to read. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The white walls were now painted beige, and instead of the big comfy sofa, stiff chairs sat alongside a cement-looking couch balancing on tiny wooden legs. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The first thing I see when I wake, still on the couch in the hotel room, are the birds flying over her collarbone. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for chatting last night,” he says, eyes tracking me all the way to the couch. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat with my back against the couch as she sat above me, comb in hand, towel on my shoulders. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the couch next to him. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A few dozen people had collected in the living room, sitting on couches and folding chairs that had been brought in for the occasion, while others sat cross-legged on the floor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She pointed under the couch where I was sitting. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The men’s chairs were far enough away from the women’s couches that the two parties had to lean forward, their elbows on their knees. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She was sort of sagging into the couch and the remote in her hand wasn’t quite as pert. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I’m still looking down, but Mom’s hand has moved from her own grip to the pillow between us on the couch, like she’s reaching for me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Or curl up next to Dad on the TV couch and forget about everything wet and cold. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And there I was, on the Cramps’ couch, so soft and so scared I’d have made a blob of whipped cream look tough, and Teds towering over me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Her dad was sitting on the couch, cradling his mug of steaming coffee, a thick book opened before him. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

There was always glass, or paper, or, I don't know...a dirty couch. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When I get to Charlie, I scoot her over on the couch and climb under the blanket with her. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I focused on the scuffed tips of my boots propped up higher than my head as they rested on the arm at the other end of the couch. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Undertaker did a handsome job and Tea Cake slept royally on his white silken couch among the roses she had bought. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I started to push myself off the couch, but Fang, already two steps up, pointed a finger at me and told me to stay where I was. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Hold up, you made that for this li’l girl?” some guy on the couch asks. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking of Lily Parker, who used to lie down on the lobby couches and rest her head in my lap, looking up and saying, “You have the most perfect chin.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

After school, I'm on the couch reading a book for homework when the doorbell rings. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mom walks in around eight, perching beside me on the arm of the couch. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She kicks off her flats and tucks her feet up onto the couch. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She pulled off her hiking boots, sat on the couch, and snuggled up to her dad, putting her head on his shoulder. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But as nice as he was being, acting all impressed, it still wasn’t enough to shift him off the TV couch and see it with his own eyes. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I guess that’s how we worked our way into full-time-stoner status, how we ended up where we were at that moment, sitting in Fang’s basement, smoking up on his refugee couch. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But probably it was only that carpets and couches and curtains just didn’t make the right atmosphere for a game about hidden splendors and giant mysteries, in a land of mud and sand. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I’d still rather be watching TV on the couch than going to Sunday school, I don’t dread my Arabic class anymore—thanks to my uncles patient lessons. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

But he picks up his beer and goes back to the TV couch. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then, like we always do after she does my hair, we passed out on the couch. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She’s sitting on the couch, knitting a blanket, so I get inside my closet and close the door. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My fingers graze the arm of the couch, and like a shot, she sets the laptop aside and is there with me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She turned away, pushing her head into the foam of the couch. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“My parents are still unpacking. But you can sit down on the couch if you want.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She settled beside me on the couch and rested the shoebox on her knees. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Instead of couches, there are two rowboats stuffed with pillows and a cushion. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Since my father’s death, my mother had made the tattered brown leather couch in the living room her bed. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Late the next morning I was sitting on our couch and setting up the new phone I had just got. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He just lies on the couch and don’t say nothing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Each room was furnished in gold and crimson, her bedroom also decorated with a giant tapestry along one wall, with couches and deep-cushioned chairs scattered in a tasteful manner. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They played basketball and baseball outside and football video games in the house—sitting on the floor or couch, with controllers in their hands. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her eyes closed as she melted back into the couch, humming along with the soothing tune. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Esperanza stood up then, swayed a bit, and used the edge of the couch to keep herself steady. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Though he tried not to, Richard, sitting over on the couch, fell asleep too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gilly grabbed the back of the striped pajamas with both hands and half dragged, half supported the faltering frame toward the couch. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

After a time the servant returned, asked Siddhartha to follow him, conducted him silently into a pavilion, where Kamala lay on a couch, and left him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Stink in here," I said, walking behind the couch. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I sat against the edge of the couch and balanced my tea on my kneecap, but Dad reached out and pulled me closer. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“They wanted Jose,” Jimmy Ortega groaned from the living room couch. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was asleep on the couch right now. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Doctors and nurses administered first aid for cuts and bruises and the effects of tear gas as marchers lay moaning and weeping on couches, chairs and the floor. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Knight of Flowers saluted the king, rode to the far end of the list, and couched his lance, ready. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As Emily, James, and Matthew seated themselves in Mr. Griswold’s office, Jack perched on the arm of the couch and launched into an explanation. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But this summer Audrey and I started sitting on this couch, and I now realized that it didn’t fit three comfortably. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I delete J. Marc’s message because I’m not selling the couch Dad will need again for his weekend naps. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She holds her hand out to me, and I join her on the couch. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I leaned against the back of the couch to steady myself. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The response to this, over at the couch, was a distinctly ominous silence. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Lady Aurelia was reclining on a couch on the balcony of her bedroom. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

So I talked but then I fell asleep on the couch anyway—rite in the middle. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She sat behind the wheel of the car exactly the same way she sat on the couch, staring straight ahead, grim-faced. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

My camera bag banged on my hip as I walked past Oso, who was curled up on the couch—sleeping on sentry duty. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He leaned so far that his butt was up off the couch. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Beside that was a dark couch covered with rows of books. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He led her over to the couch, sat her down facing him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Next, father and son were escorted to the basement, and there Mr. Clutter was made to tape Kenyon and tie him to the playroom couch. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

What theripy is is that I got to lay down on a couch and Dr. Strauss sits in a chair near me and I talk about anything that comes into my head. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And get the hell off of my couch!” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Together, Chi-Boy and I carried her to the main room and set her on the couch, still teary, but silent again. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She slept on a couch in the room, waking often to renew the fire, to feed, lift, or wait upon the patient creature who seldom asked for anything, and ‘tried not to be a trouble’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason is already there when I arrive, his wheelchair parked next to my usual spot on the couch. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diego tosses his backpack on the couch, points at me and goes in the kitchen to make his own pieces of bread. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

With a cup of coffee in one hand and an unlit cigarette in the other, Mom sat beside me on the couch. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I'm sitting on the couch next to an empty lasagna tin and two root beer bottles, but I'm a million miles away. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uhmma picks up the bag by the couch and takes out a white square. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She leaned down and pulled a sheaf of papers out from under the couch. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Grammy’s laughter over a big win calls me downstairs, and I plop down on the couch next to her and rest my cheek against her pillowy arm. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

My mom was curled into a ball on the couch. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boy hears Asher first, pauses the game, pops his earphones off, and turns around on the couch to look at his captain. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We sat across from each other, she in a recliner and me on the couch, which I’m pretty sure she’d slept on for weeks. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Mom sits down on the waiting room couch. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grover and I crashed on the leather couches in Geryon’s living room, which was a lot more comfortable than a bedroll in the maze; but it didn’t make my nightmares any better. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She made a face at the cat hair on the couch and raised her eyebrows at those canning jars in my room. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Her father was lying on the couch, reading a magazine, with a glass of wine on the coffee table, and there was saxophone music playing on the stereo. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She tried to stand, but I took her hand and pulled her back onto the couch. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“When I saw the stuff on the couch, I figured that was your bed.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She slept on the couch and the next morning wouldn’t talk to us all through breakfast. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost feel her get up from the couch. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When I got to my room, I found Takumi sitting on the couch, reading my biography of Tolstoy “Uh, hi,” I said. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

But as soon as Coach reached down to clean up the first-aid kit, he bolted out of the bathroom—past Coach’s wife, sitting on the couch with a mug of something—and out the door. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There’s a black leather couch in the center with a giant flat-screen TV along the wall. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Inside she placed her couch, cougar skins, an Axminister carpet, rocking chairs, and assorted other artifacts of domestic life. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Tyson stopped by their couch and wrung his meaty hands. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He dropped the remote onto the couch between us and asked, “Do you know if it hurt or whatever?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He believed that Javier enjoyed him on his couch, in his arms, and in his life. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They're snapping at each other as they move forward and back a few times, trying for the right angle to fit this couch through the entrance. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Junior,” she said and pulled me onto the couch with her. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looked over as if I was intruding on her, so I retreated to the den to sit on the couch and think. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Mom slides back onto the couch, leaning forward to really nail that uncomfortable eye contact with Ben. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He puts in the tape and I curl up next to him on the couch with my milk, which is really delicious with the honey and spices, and lose myself in the Fiftieth Hunger Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

We sit on her couch while Mae calls her son back and puts the phone on speaker. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Back at my spot on the couch, I ask Mom if I can borrow the little makeup mirror from her purse. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went into the living room, where on the couch, the imprint of Dad’s body was like a fossil, permanent and remarkably accurate. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to,” I say, playing with a loose thread on the yellow sheet covering the couch. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I'd told Ms. Taggart my whole story, start to finish, with my eyes closed, while lying on the couch in her office. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had hardly turned around before Gregor had already dragged himself out from the couch, stretched out, and let his body expand. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Joey crowded up next to them on the couch and heard Grandma Sands yell, “This is costing y’all a fortune, Daniel, let me talk to my baby again.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I just went back in the living room and turned off this little lamp next to the couch, and then I got in bed with just my shorts on. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

My mom digging under the couch cushions for quarters. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I didn't have siblings and my dad never had friends over to hang out on the couch and talk back to the television set. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He races around the couch and I dart in the kitchen, scoop the steak knife off the table he’s just used to butter his bread. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was way too short for me, the couch, but I really could've slept standing up without batting an eyelash. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I throw a couch pillow at him, make him lose a round of artillery or something. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Lill’s foot was hurting, and she was crying on the couch. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sadness flashes across her face and then she pats the couch next to her. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“What are you going to call the company?” she asked me when I finished pitching the idea and was seated next to her on the couch in her living room. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I sat on the floor in the living room while Jazz sat behind me on the couch. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They are squeezed together at the little table by the soft couch. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

From her spot on the wrecked couch, Jinny found herself searching for another hiding place. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

For a while, I sit next to Lily on the couch. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I filled it with juice, relaxed on the couch, and drank it. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I’m up and off the couch, striding across the room to my parents, throwing my arms around them. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The covers on the couch were neatly folded when I passed by this morning, which is normal for a Friday. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He joins me on the couch, as does his ape-man smell. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She falls asleep on the couch as the latest soap washes over the screen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I ignore her earlier warning and switch seats to join her on the couch. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

So we go downstairs and sit on the sleek blue couch she got to replace Gram’s old lumpy one. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then faster than Scoob can register the movement, his body is leaving the couch and he’s wrapped in Dad’s arms. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I glanced back into the house to make sure no one was listening, but Mom had gone to the store with Charlie, and Dad had fallen asleep reading a National Geographic on the couch. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. Huffer had Mrs. Droogie laid out on the couch in the living room, where she had died while watching TV after dinner. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I nod and sit down on the couch. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Like most advice on style that is couched as a commandment rather than an explanation, the flat directive to avoid negations is almost useless. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She entered the house and immediately spotted Edward sitting on the living-room couch. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Or, rather, Owen, our mother, and I sit down—Owen and me on the couch, our mother in a nearby chair. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The cushions felt lumpier on the ground than they’d been on the couch, and they kept sliding apart beneath her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Our car had plush leather couches, a dining table, and wide picture windows. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He bent down and looked under the couch. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Celeste jumped up, glanced at herself in the mirror hanging over the couch, and did a double take. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I look around my white room at my white couch and shelves, my white walls, all of it safe and familiar and unchanging. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mom set two fruit and cheese plates on our coffee table for guests who were on the couch folding letters and licking envelopes. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

"When I came out here this morning, Dad was knocked out on the couch. So I made him a plate." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And maybe it does for a moment; you’re back in your house, on the couch, next to your mom, and then your brain says, Well, but wait. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I peer up at her from the couch. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

There were rugs and couches and decorative pillows. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I leaned my head against the couch, watching my sister, wishing I could make her happier. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Radar had one of those sectional couches, and everyone was crowded onto it. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Once when he was asleep they crept upon his couch and licked his ears. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom beams up at him from the couch. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The cereal would turn the milk different colors, and I’d sit on the couch with the humongous bowl on my lap, watching cartoons. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then he has the audacity, the audacity, to pull my legs off the couch and make me sit up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t hate you, Zuri,” Darius says as he walks into the room with a lined trash bin and places it in front of the couch. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I ain’t got no room—I sleep right here on this couch every night—and I’m fourteen almost. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned to look at the book on the couch. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

We were all done making up the couch then. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“So,” Audrey said, moving to perch on a low table in front of the couch, “what kind of boyfriend do you want?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

One day his head popped over the back of the couch and he said, “Come on! I got something to show you!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The force of the blow knocks me sideways on the couch, the coolness of the yellow sheet pressing against my face. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The same turquoise couch shaped in a semicircle of nubby tweed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” she said, then made her way to the couch and plopped down on it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t know where they moved the couches, but I do know they did a lot of heavy lifting to set this up for me, and that I should be more appreciative than I am. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He navigated the dark, silent mobile home, hoping not to disturb Uncle Jet, who was sleeping on the couch in the living room until the hogan was cleaned. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When they sat on the couch Momma and Dad quit talking like nobody was around and got real careful about what they said. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room is dimly lit—a single lamp, in the corner by the couch, washing the deep blues of the walls neutral. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When I come through the door Quang-ha, who is on the couch as usual, sees the container in my hands and says: "Did you bring home food?" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t want a painting like that hanging over my couch. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She scrambled over to the couch, dropping her bag on the floor and curling up next to him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the night I woke up on the couch. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I feel weird going upstairs with all of them down here, so I sit on the couch and lightly click my tongue until Riot comes out of hiding. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I walk closer to Jamie, who pushes his body forward suddenly so he's leaning away from the couch. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He slid off the end of the couch and followed the sound into the den. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He also discussed in detail the pertinent aspects of our therapy sessions—especially my changing attitudes toward free association on the couch. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I just parked myself on the sheet-covered couch, smack in the center of the room, and surfed between bad music and bad sitcoms and bad movies and bad commercials and bad war. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Ethel would watch them from the couch or a window, and if one of them stopped working before she told them to, she’d beat them all bloody. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Coffees and brandies are poured and the guests settle on various couches and armchairs around the crackling fireplace. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He grabbed his tin of weed, settled himself on the couch and started rolling. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I could hear Blanca laugh a little and get up from the couch. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The laugh, the hoot, shot out of her mouth like a geyser, and then the Object was falling back on the couch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He leans way back into the corner of the couch, shuffling the toe of one foot against the other, and I never noticed it before, but he’s actually kind of adorable. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Next came the living room with its tattered, overstuffed green velvet chair and matching couch. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up from the couch and went to see what her brother and father were doing. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Pulling away from Dadi, I put my feet up on the couch and reached for the remote. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The couch is cold brown leather, so I wrap myself up in a fleece blanket before I sit down and punch the remote. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides being on the television screen, Clyde Livingston was also sitting on the couch next to Stanley. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Adjusting the violet dupatta on her gold and pink salwar kameez, Mamma settled against the couch. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As much time as Byron started spending on the couch I thought I was going to have to make room for a bed for him in the World-Famous Watson Pet Hospital. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw me on the couch and asked what was wrong. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I follow her into the living room and she sits on the couch. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She sprang from the couch, embracing her unrecognized son. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

There were green couches, definitely antiques, and in one corner there was even a piano, a baby grand. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The two went to a couch where paramedics were busy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

After another exhilarating day at the panopticon I collapsed onto the couch. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Elves spread for them a pavilion among the trees near the fountain, and in it they laid soft couches; then speaking words of peace with fair elvish voices they left them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He takes a seat on the couch, the sound of the plastic covering echoing through the hallway. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He fell on the couch, hopping and stumbling, almost landing on Mary Anne, who joined the frenzied stampede of siblings for the stairs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I spot Janae in a corner of the couch with her sandals off, her feet curled under her, and looking way too comfortable. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I’d just been going behind the couch for a little while every day. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aech himself was sprawled on one of the chat room’s three couches, which were arrayed in a U-shape in front of the TV. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Aunt Pooh slides her Jordans off and throws her legs across the couch. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When I sit on the couch, I can't help running my fingers over the fabric repeatedly. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I could jump off couches, and jump up and down stairs and crawl around the backyard. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, Mom puts on a record, and she and Richard dance for a while in the living room while I sit on the couch and grin, just watching them. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I turn down food but accept a glass of water that I take tiny sips of as we wait on a couch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I got some spare blankets out of the hall closet and bedded down on the living-room couch for the night. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We also bought a couch and two matching chairs, two big beds, a chiforobe with a mirror, and two folding cots. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn't accuse people of things when you don't have any proof,” Mom says from the couch. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They lay in silence, strapped to their couches and ready for launch. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it was my turn to be quiet, and I shuffled over to the couch and sat down. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We carried the stuffed chair and the couch to the front porch to let them air as best we could. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stretch out on the couch and wait for my father to come home so that he can advise me, but I fall asleep somewhere around three. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole time the police were there, I sat with my mother on the couch. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Frank takes a seat on one end of the couch, crosses his right foot over his left knee; George sits at the other end, crosses a left leg over his right. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I settled down on the couch in front of the television with the radio blasting loud from the hallway. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leather couches and big flat-screen TVs hanging from the walls next to art in fancy frames, which seemed weird because he didn’t seem like the TV type, or the art type. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They followed me through the laundry room that was also a mudroom for all our coats and boots, and then into the family room, where they returned to their still-warm spots on our couch. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I hear Hina chuckling to herself as I bolt off the couch and run into the guest room. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He staggered dizzily to his office couch and lay face down, his forehead against the cool black leather. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mother was sitting on the couch, and Betty Jean had brought in sweet tea and oatmeal muffins. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No couch potatoes in the family,” I once said to Farmer’s mother. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

"Back by eleven," Mom says from the couch. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He now placed one of them between the cushions on the couch. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I went into the living room and sat down on the couch. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

There are some wooden fish hanging on the wall and a poster of a Portugal map over the couch. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It was a sumptuous interior, what with the royal tapestries—Uriah was there, still in the article of bisection—and the couch strewn deep with furs, and the flashing candles. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Granny tore a bit more of the covering off the couch and yanked out another puff of stuffing. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the cover was a picture of a man lying on a couch, knees crossed, one foot dangling in the air and smoking a cigarette which made a big smoke ring over his head. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hurried to the living room and curled up on the couch, drawing my blanket tightly around me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Ivy let herself imagine they were at home, sitting on the worn brown leather couch in their living room, and there was no such thing as tornados and lost notebooks. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I dusted the bookshelves and the TV and the space underneath the couch. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Taran blinked and tried to lift himself from the low, narrow couch. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

When we got home, all the couches and sofas in the living room were full; some people were perched on the side tables. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Wes reluctantly got up from the red plaid couch and turned off the television, but the truth was that he liked going over to his grandmother’s house. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

We're both comfortable, just sitting here on the couch, not touching, but close. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back upstairs, we tuck in on opposite ends of the couch with our phones, Abby texting her cousins while I text Simon. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

There are afternoons on the couch watching old Satyajit Ray movies, stuffing our faces with samosas. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I push aside two fuzzy white throw pillows and sink onto the couch. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

After dinner, all of us crowd onto the couch to watch Mom’s favorite episode of Doctor Who—the one where the hero of Nottingham, Robin Hood, is a real historical person. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When they got upstairs, Granny was kneeling on the floor gathering up the white tufts of stuffing and jamming them back into the hole she’d made in the couch. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sagging piles of rotted wood and fabric had rebuilt themselves into fainting couches and armchairs, and sunlight streamed through high windows once so grimy I’d thought they were blacked out. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Of course, Gregor immediately concealed himself under the couch, but he had to wait until the noon meal before his sister returned, and she seemed much less calm than usual. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two hours later I was still on the couch when my mom and Faizah came home. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She lived for months on her parents' couch. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But at this moment, Mia simply sat down beside her on the nubbly gray couch, where they laid photograph after photograph across the coffee table. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At some point, we both got really sleepy, but nobody wanted to break the spell that encircled our little couch amid the rainbow-colored animals and crayon boxes. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You talk like that," Josh said, dragging himself off the couch. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I left to scope out the living room, where I found Sean lying on the couch, snoring. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I just went to the couch in the family room where the TV is. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Today’s parental dispute has left Mom sitting on the couch, blank-faced, hopped up on Xanax and watching the news while defiantly downing a full gallon of water. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It means she’ll see me on the couch tonight, tossing and turning and sweating as Mom brings me warm milk. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He speed-walks past the river, past the alley, past Pop Pop chunk on the couch, past Daddy’s dungeon door, and into the safety of his room. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Abby pulls back from the kiss, sinking into the couch cushions. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Other times, I wish he was home on the couch, watching the game, shaking seeds in his hand. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We're downstairs on the couch in the living room, and she keeps reaching over to push my hair up off my forehead. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The basement itself was “gargantuan,” Volpe says, with enough room for a couch and a settee to make up a little waiting room, almost like one of the department stores. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Lou Volpe’s classroom, far from the main entrance, is furnished with old couches and living room chairs, donated stuff that otherwise might have gone to Goodwill or landfills. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He continued jumping on and off the couch as though it were a piece of gym equipment until the session was over. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She had no idea the torment that ravaged me inside, even though I was stretched out, quiet and still, on the living-room couch, Tilly on the floor beside me. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Judith and Rose chatted, but Julie’s eyes wandered around the room and she saw for the first time a gas cooking stove, a couch, framed pictures on the wall, and curtains of cotton print. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now there was the Camaro up on blocks and an old couch pushed against the wall. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

So the Colonel and I sat on the pull-out couch in the living room, playing video games and talking about school. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Nobody had ever sat on those pale blue couches with corn-dust-covered jeans. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

They sat together on the couch and talked about all the other stuff he’d always wanted to do with his life, like start his business where he helps people make their houses look old. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They came out of the kitchen and sat on the couch. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thirty-year-old white guy, sitting on a couch, stared back at her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He’d spent most of the last month with Zooey or couch surfing at various friends’ houses, but now that he was back home, he seemed hell-bent on making up for lost time. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

From the couch I hear the return of the giggling. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I’ve got a nice couch to sit on—which, thanks to Lenny, is perfectly centered in the room—cheese puffs to eat, and a great game to watch. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He stalked into the living room, where he flopped on the couch and clicked on the TV. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

We sit in the dark on the couch, sipping our beers. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He settles onto the floor to tune it, his back against the side of the couch. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Brooke walked in and threw her bags down on the couch. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My heart seizes, and my eyes go to my phone, still lying on the couch. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I got there, Mama was curled up on the couch with her nose buried in How Stella Got Her Groove Back. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She rolled to the other side of the couch. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She gave up this life “As one who wraps the draperies of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She leaps off the couch and stomps into the kitchen. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Most of the girls sat on the couches or in chairs, but one first year stood in front of all of them, holding a banana. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hang up and snuggle into my couch nest with the remote. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped his backpack on the floor and flopped down on the couch with a big dramatic sigh. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then she led him to sit down on a couch in the room he’d first entered. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“At the art museum. A photo of you on a couch holding a baby.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Donna sits down next to Dray on a long narrow couch. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She added them to the line and then came back and made me sit on the couch while she knelt in front of me and inspected my feet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The VooDoo Lounge early in the morning was little more than a concrete expanse of roof dotted with red and black couches. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I popped my head up over the back of the couch. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Radar nodded toward the living room, where the tables on either side of the couch held three sets of unnested black Santa nesting dolls. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He looked up, made a bad face, and left in a hurry, leaving one of his books behind on the couch. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I'm sitting on the couch wearing nothing but a blue fleece blanket, and no one is coming home for dinner. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Levy propped up Miss Trixie on the yellow nylon couch. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We must get to the couches. Please hurry." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This year, you were asleep on the couch before the ball dropped. In New York City. Which happened at nine o’clock in our time zone.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The boys crouched behind the couch until they had gone. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was leaning against the back of the couch with his eyes closed. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She slept on the couch, and left early the next day, on the first bus back to the village. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We take plates to the den, and the three of us sit on the couch, slathering our pancakes in jelly and butter. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He nodded and went to the couch to lie down on top of the knitted blanket that she had thrown across it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He takes it out and practically has a temper tantrum on the couch. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

While the men were saying their goodbyes at the door, Sandi stayed on the couch sitting on her hands. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She smiled to show she was telling the truth this time, then took his hand and led him to the overstuffed orange couch in the corner, under a row of hanging ferns. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Under the left couch bunk he found a deflated rubber dinghy and a plastic paddle, but there was no other survival gear, no flares or signaling devices, on the boat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she gets off the couch and goes out through the entry way, and I hear the front door open and shut. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

After a restless night of helpless-animal dreams, I woke up and went downstairs to find Dad crying on the couch. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I search the couch for the card and see her name again, third on the list. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

All Toby said was, “I get the couch.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I feel so sick that I have to sit down on a couch, despite the exposed springs and stuffing. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped off the couch and got close to the window so that I could see clearly who was in the car. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You think I don’t know why you been hanging out behind the couch?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Opposite the couch was a television set in a dark, heavy console. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jazz jumped up and stood on the couch, play-swinging her arms at me all wild for my face. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I went to sit by him on the couch, my mind thrilling as the memory from the carnival slipped back in. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Byron got the message and jerked up off the couch and walked over to the TV and punched the “Off” knob. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benji sat on the couch with his computer open on his lap, amazingly calm. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner, we sat in the living room, with Mom and Grandma and me on the couch. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I grab the note from Mrs. Walton and go to Pop Pop, passed out on the couch. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. B ushered me inside and cleared a space for me on the couch. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“There’s always somebody on a couch, unless it’s an allergy ad and they’re in a field—” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Guys, just sit on the couch,” I said. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Lissa slumped on the couch and propped her feet on the coffee table, further disturbing the order of the checkerboard. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

And he gets a comfortable blanket for Axel on the couch. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She’d managed to get up from the floor and was standing next to the couch, holding the bag of marshmallows. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

There’s probably a black couch and a wide window and some Picassos. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mom practically flies off the couch and grabs my arm. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I turn around to see her curled up on the couch, her laptop, a mug of tea, and a bunch of papers spread over her lap. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

When Emily walked in the front room of their apartment, she was kind of surprised to see Matthew sprawled on the couch, waiting for her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

X-Ray and Armpit led Stanley over to a couch. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He pushes off the couch and goes to his room. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Dr. Meescham went into the kitchen, and Flora turned and looked at the couch. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Uhmma sighs and sits down on the couch, absent-mindedly tucking in the corners of the yellow sheet that covers the cushions. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

We made several laps around the kitchen island and ended up in the living room, where we collapsed on the couch, laughing so hard that tears streamed from my eyes. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

All the tables, chairs, couches, beanbags, gaming rockers, and floor pillows are pushed to the sides. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I crawled onto the couch downstairs about nine o’clock but I couldn’t sleep. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the bottle, and my dad slumped back down in the couch cushions. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He’s slouched all crooked on the couch, one leg bent up, the sax splayed across him. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fell back into the couch, my eyes focused on the TV and a kitten Fig swatting at a jingling ball. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Momma kept her hand on Byron’s neck and pushed him down on the couch and stood right in front of him. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nora and I sit for a while on our opposite ends of the couch, and I stare into the lights of the tree. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Then they went home and sat on the couch and put on Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Erin plops onto the couch and takes the remote control from Pop’s hand, because he’s passed-out drunk again with my grandmother’s rosary beads wrapped tightly around his left fist like brass knuckles. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quang-ha puts everything in a different place, setting the couch and the chairs on an angle. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The two of them are sitting on the living room couch. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so tired when I get home that I lie down on the couch in the living room and I doze off. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When she sleeps on my couch, I think about all that. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He held the bottle over the back of the couch. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

By eight o’clock I was sitting on the couch with my head hanging forward, drool dripping onto my T-shirt, sound asleep. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

The visitors sat on a couch and chairs, and the general settled behind his desk. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her cheekbones sink in like old couch cushions. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Diego left me in the living room, and I sat on the couch. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When he left, however, she walked over to the couch and sat down, crossing her ankles, resting her hands in her lap, and staring out patiently in black and white across the years. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Next Ivy knew, she was curled up all by herself on the couch, blinking sleep from her eyes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At first I thought they were playing to an empty room, but then I noticed the top of a shaggy blond head, lolling against the back of the lone couch that faced the set. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I leaned on the ottoman next to the couch for support as I got up. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The next morning, after my parents left for work, I poked my head into the living room, where Grandma was reading a book on the couch. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I sit down too, and she feels the couch move. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled out from behind the couch and let Byron pour out my cereal and milk. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sonny, Curtis, and I made room on the couch for three other people. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He grabs Henry by his loosened collar, pushes a little, and says, “Get on the couch.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And as they lifted him to the pyre he lay down on it as one who at a banquet table lies down upon his couch. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large square coffee table sits just in front of the couches. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at me with worry in his eyes before sitting down on the other side of the couch. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I walk over to the couch and wonder if Uhmma can smell the lie in the flowers. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Here there was no TV, not even a couch. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He moved me toward the living room and sat me down on the couch. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She laughs some more and leans back on the couch. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He hears, distantly, the sound of June swearing under her breath and getting up from the couch, walking off to a far corner of the room. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Nick, I think we’d better talk a little more about this,” said his mom, sitting back down on the couch. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Commander," said Beck, putting on a headset as he slid into his acceleration couch, "I know you don't want to hear this, but Watn— . . . Mark's dead." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And we would sit on that plastic-covered couch and watch the show about the kid who lived inside a barrel.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

We had a cousin who would sit on the couch, drink a beer, and take her teeth out, making them go chomp! chomp! and causing us to run from the room. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked up our cracked sidewalk and in the front door to find Dadi sitting there in her white cotton sari on the couch, with her hands on Oso’s cheeks. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne lay on the couch, her hair in pin curls. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another impediment to me getting anywhere near a comfortable high was Dwight Slater, the skank parked beside me on the couch. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Sean lay on the couch barely awake, his hands covering his ears. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She led us to a room and directed us to sit on a couch covered in plastic. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know exactly how big his boat is, but it could probably hold, like, five couches.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“The pigeon,” she says, flopping down on the couch near him. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Harpoons hung on the wall, and under the window was a long couch of furs. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we walked into the living room, where one side of the couch was occupied. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

When I’m finally inside the apartment, I curl up on the couch and rest my arm on Ollie’s back. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She strolled around the tiny living room, studying photos of old people on the table beside the couch, peeking into Bertha’s yarn basket, peering into the kitchen. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She gets up from the couch to make room for me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Maya and Lauren had sat next to each other on the couch in the hospital lobby and nodded. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And I’m getting up and falling against the couch and getting up the rest of the way. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then I stalked outside, letting the screen door slam behind me and trying not to think about Bertha sitting there on the couch looking like she’d been stabbed in the heart. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Byron even started sleeping on the couch at night. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rise up from the couch to get away from any potential telepathy—when the yelling reaches us. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

As we open doors and peer under couches I explain about the synesthesia and the doctors. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She sat down quickly on the couch and hugged herself to keep from shaking. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He and Ear dragged their comrade to a couch outside the Starlight Room. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Here, I can sit on the leather couches for as long as I want and watch all the movies in the world as if I’m at the cinema. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As we approach the usual gray leather exchange couch, I notice two other people standing beside my dad. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Lily fixed the cushions on the couch, wiping away some chip crumbs, and told him to sit down. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We settled into the den, me on the couch, Laura one cushion to my right, her husband across the way in a fine-looking chair—brass tacks, burgundy leather, matching footstool. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Why?” she asked, coming over to sit by his feet on the couch. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Daddy and her carefully stepped over one of my small towers and slid down onto our living room couch. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I inched closer and closer, the whole time keeping my focus trained on the men lounging on the couch. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He uncrossed his legs, edged forward on the couch, and clamped her knees between his. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything has a secondhand look—the faded blue floral curtains, the crooked cover on the couch. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Petey pulled a photo album from a shelf above the couch. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I laugh, sinking down into the warm couch, the whirlwind of last night still making my heart float miles above the hospital. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then I would go into the living room and sleep on my cot next to the couch. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then I sat on the couch and closed my eyes. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He couched his offer in prose that made it seem as if he were proposing the purchase not to benefit himself but solely to free the grieving Mrs. Holton from the burden of work. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When they’re finally asleep—thankfully Frank’s angry news program works even better than a story tonight—I carry them one at a time from the couch into their bed. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Good old Amos,” my dad says, sitting up on his couch. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

We watched the movie with several inches of couch between us. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She sinks down on the couch and tugs off her boots. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I comply and take a seat on the couch but still don’t look at her. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Four wealthier teenagers from Nuevo Laredo are sitting on couches in the living room, smoking crack they have just bought. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I reach under the couch and pull out a bottle of water that I typically have reserved for samples. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Unlike Mamani, she was mostly sedentary and spent the bulk of her time on the couch. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Colin sat down on the couch beside his dad and his small hands flipped through the big pages as he read it quickly, pausing only to ask whether “lookin'” was the same as “looking.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She held my hand and we went over to the couch and we watched all of The Life of Birds until I fell asleep, my head on her shoulder, her arm around me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

So they slept through the night, Odysseus blissfully, on a couch soft and warm as he had not known since he left Calypso’s isle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s lying back on his new houndstooth couch, watching me pace. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shook hands stiffly with both of Nick’s parents before sitting down on the chair to the left of the couch. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I headed back to my room, my dad was still on the couch, staring at the gray ghosts moving across the screen. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

His feet ached, he was tired, and he would have loved to be sitting next to Ida on the couch. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

From the doorway, the living room looks almost normal, even though the couch is kind of patchy and faded, and the wallpaper is from the nineties. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

By the time we get to the couch in the family room, I'm cured. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got this one typed up as Miss Volker stretched out on the couch and took a restorative nap. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She sinks back onto the couch and sets her phone on the coffee table. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He got up from the couch and found his mother about to dial another number on her phone. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I told her I wasn’t hungry, and I lay down on the couch. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Zoey’s waiting for me in the living room on the couch, just like I knew she would be. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to get you some tea,” she announced, rising from the couch, letting him go. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Papi asks as he gets up from the couch to examine my face and kiss me on the forehead. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She saw an oily handprint on the kitchen wall and a wadded handkerchief on the couch in the living room. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

O’Dell got up and did a little jig and then fell back on the couch and put his feet up in the air and made like he was riding a bicycle. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The house smelled like musty old couches and unfinished wood. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Grandma Rose reaches up her hand, and I haul her up off the couch. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We make our way from the bed to the couch, and by noon, we’re dressed and jacked up on Froot Loops. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, I sat in my East Wing office with my entire staff, all of us crammed into the room on couches and desk chairs that had been pulled in from other rooms. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I felt Drew sit up straight on the couch. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Marcus whirled, sat on one of the couches, and folded his arms. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She avoids my stare, swings her legs over the side of the couch, and reaches for a half-eaten bag of chips. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When he sat on the couch next to Ms. Perez, he held it out to her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Beside me on the couch, Jason’s elderly neighbor is going on about his problem with chipmunks in his cellar. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad shrugs himself around on the couch, so he’s staring at a different part of the ceiling. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Trey sits on the arm of the couch. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He dropped on the edge of the couch, hands between his knees. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mom, Sam, Ford, and I sit on the couch watching TV together. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was just the three of them—Park, his mom, and Eleanor—sitting on the couch, watching Wheel of Fortune. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But he doesn't answer me, and we reach a wide-open room filled with L-shaped couches and giant pillows. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Amá is crying on the couch with three cardboard boxes in front of her when I get home. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My younger brother, Garrett, who’s been sitting on the couch waiting for normal TV to return, makes the appropriate face, which just makes Uncle Basil laugh. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I returned home later that day, she was sitting on the couch in the living room, a red-stained napkin stuck in one of her nostrils and my grandmother’s arms wrapped around her shoulders. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I lay on the couch on the breezeway and shut my eyes. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Alfred helped Aunt Pearl open the couch and put the girls to sleep. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look around at the couches, the rugs, and the beanbag chairs. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She wore a green silk dress that made her seem as if she belonged on that green velvet couch with that green-and-gold wallpaper. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The person would lie down on the couch while the Praise Singer created a poem about him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then they ransacked the house, ripped open the upholstery on the couch and chairs, and drove off in the new Chevrolet. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was curled up next to her on the couch, because Dad was working late, so he couldn’t get mad about ice cream in the living room. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen, you can sleep on the couch. It’s comfortable and much better than sleeping in your car. Okay?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We both sat down on the couch, but Marcus couldn’t sit still, clearly excited for me to see whatever was inside. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He got up from the couch and walked over to where we were sitting. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“You always got a couch to crash on here in Roxbury, OK?” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abby came over and sat on the couch while I quickly organized our supplies into piles. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She loved the way her feet sank into the carpet, the bowls of salty soy nuts, the way their cat snuggled with them on the couch. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was staring at the group huddled on the couch, confused. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She nod her head and plop down on the couch. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I took the newspaper, settled back on the couch, and found the article. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She pulled her feet onto the foam couch, tucking them behind a cushion, and scooted up to put her head in my lap. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

If he wouldn’t get off the couch when the boat sank, he ain’t gonna move his butt over a few traps. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jazz pulled the comb from my hair and leaned back on the couch. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Under the couch there are toys that I don't ever remember playing with. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I sat on a couch and looked out at the nearly two dozen family members who were staring at me as Armelia spoke. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then I ’member sitting on Doc’s couch, feeling I’d carried the weight of the whole world on my shoulders. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Instead she leads us to a large meeting room with tables, couches, and chairs arranged in strict squares. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

We had lunch on Howard’s front porch, sitting on the couch eating Vienna sausages and cold pork and beans off of paper plates on our laps. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The car inched away from the leg of the couch. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

A couch had been reconstructed as a chair. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The couch in the living room was off-limits and only for Mr. and Mrs. Lassiter’s rare client meetings at home, and the couch in the den was way uncomfortable. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Colonel sat on the couch judging whether the poster was level and fielding my endless questions about Alaska. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was sitting behind the couch, in the midst of the clutter. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s only after I lie back down on the couch that night that I realize what all I’ve done. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one hand, he picked at one of the last remaining pieces of blue vinyl on our foam couch. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, if Sam was sleeping on the couch, that would leave the living-room floor for me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Until long after midnight a changing crowd lapped up against the front of the garage while George Wilson rocked himself back and forth on the couch inside. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She unpacked the kids and they fell asleep, on couches and floors, in minutes. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

After grabbing the carrot, Paganini dragged it back under the couch and devoured his prize. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

As he transformed his bed back into a couch, his mom’s cell chimed. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He's just sitting on the couch with Quang-ha and neither of them appears to be doing much. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I have no idea how it got on the couch. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She wordlessly strapped into her couch, her face a frozen mask. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carlos blurted this out like a dude squatting behind a couch waiting to yell surprise to an unsuspecting birthday boy. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There’s a pool table and foosball table, as well as several couches and, tellingly, boxes of Kleenex. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Utah ugly, Christian ugly, ugliness couched in dog whistles and toothy white smiles. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

George would come home after school to find Scott on the couch, watching wrestling and ignoring his homework. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I stare into what looks like a normal living room with couches, chairs, and a fireplace. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

With the Doorman in tow, I retire to the lounge room and slump gracefully onto the couch. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Afterwards, they walked to the Goodwill, and Eleanor found a stack of old Analog magazines and settled in on the least-disgusting couch in the furniture section. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Jazz moaned and rolled over on the couch, burying her head in a cushion. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I wanted to draw my thighs, each the size of a couch, on his carpet. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“So,” I say, slouching down in the chair adjacent to the couch and clasping my hands over my midsection like I’ve got ALL the chill in the world. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Can’t see the rest of him because the big soft couch is swallowing up the whole middle of him. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She is ushered to a couch on the other side of the box, next to Clara Harris, who begins stroking her hand. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

They placed him, weak and bleeding, on a couch. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I sit on the couch, and he pulls up a chair. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The living room was centered on two huge leather couches. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The living room was decorated in shades of orange and brown, and the plaid pattern of the curtains matched the couch upholstery. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nana wasn’t on the couch, and it looked abandoned without her sitting on it, reading while she watched the twenty-four-hour Bunker live feed. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mom led the way and indicated that the Mansfields should take the couch in front of the hors d'oeuvres on the coffee table. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A laugh bursts from my mouth, half joy and half nerves, and he carries me across the room, dropping me unceremoniously on the couch. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I do,” I tell him, as I sink deeply into the adjacent couch, letting the moment become intentionally awkward. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When he finally lets go of me, he says, “Have a seat on the couch.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Genie kept his eyes on his mother as she went over to the couch, bent down, and kissed Grandpop on the cheek. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The TV is on to some afternoon rerun of an anime show, and I’m just sitting on the couch where Khalid used to sit, staring and blinking and thinking. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

In the center, taking up most of the room, are two worn leather couches and four sling chairs. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

When she was finally asleep, I put her down on the couch and went back to the dining room. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two cardboard boxes of stuff are stacked by the kitchen, two mattresses lie on the ground by the window, and an ancient TV and old, mustard-yellow couch take up the rest of the space. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before he could say a word, Luke said, “And I know. You get the couch.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They were the postal workers and the struggling bookkeepers and the men lying on their couches at home without any job at all. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The Eagle walked up toward the couch, and I felt the Colonel start to rise, but I held his shoulders down firmly, because if the Eagle smelled the Colonel’s breath we were done for sure. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I put my controller down and leaned back on our foam couch and was asleep. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When they finished, Toby sat on the couch both shocked and ecstatic. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“That couch cost me twenty-five bucks! Do you have twenty-five bucks? No. Because you’re nothing but a lazy moocher!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She pulls her legs up to lotus position on the couch and doubles over with laughter. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

One day when Liyana returned from school by public bus, a lady she’d never seen before was sitting in their living room on the low couch. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was well decorated with sweet pictures on the wall, leather seats with gold upholstery tacks, and brightly colored pillows scattered among the couches and chairs. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I thought sitting on one of those red velvety couches chock-full of fringy pillows was probably akin to suffocating. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Gomo holds all the baby things in her hands and sits down on the yellow blanket that covers the couch. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

To clear his head so he could go back to the apartment, take Annie in his arms, and fall with her into the couch, laughing as quietly as they could. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She insists I lay on my back for three years crying for Leah to stay close and play with me, until finally one day without prelude I rolled off the couch and limped after her. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What the—” But Celeste just continued to drag them into the living room, where she pulled them both down onto the couch. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I hauled myself off the couch and padded behind my mother into the kitchen. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“But Granny, you’re ruining the couch. What will we sit on?” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When he lets go, I follow Mundín to a place on the couch beside Papito’s recliner, my hand on my chest as if I could reach in and steady my heart inside my ribs. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Instead, I grab the cushions from the couch, toss them around the floor, pull out drawers and scatter clothes in heaps, jump on her favorite polka-dot dress. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My voice cracked, and I slumped down onto the couch with my face in my hands. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I helped him bring it over to the couch. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

We sprinted in the back door, and were on the couch in front of Trigonometry and Tears when she came in. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I settled into the old couch and figured this show would at least be entertaining, because as far as I was concerned, it was the furthest thing from reality. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And when I asked her about it, she started crying, right there on the couch. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lily is still on the couch, which is weird, since she and Mom usually go to Pilates together. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He walked out to the porch, glanced up and down the empty street, came inside, and wound up right back where he started, on the couch. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Levy went to the kitchen for a couple of sodas and sat on the couch next to Wes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, Barack came home to our place on Euclid Avenue and often flopped on the couch, reeking of the cigarettes he still smoked when he was out of my sight. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When finally nothing felt very funny, I let my head drop back onto the couch, between my outstretched arms. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

On the wall behind the couch were two thumpingly grim African masks. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The couches and chairs were mostly of the sort you would expect to see while visiting a historical site. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The two women sat down on the couch, and Moss’s mind flashed back to that afternoon. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She thanked them for coming, then took a seat next to Dad on the couch. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

By this time the cabbage and bacon were done, and the old man pushed two rickety couches up to the table and bade his guests recline and eat. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lydia kicked off her boots, flopped onto the couch on the other side of her dad, and tucked her feet up under his leg. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He put his hand on the arm of the couch, as if his legs were going to give out. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I handed her one and she slipped down from the window ledge to the couch. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Malik scoots to the end of the couch. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When they got inside, Finn walked her into the front room and lowered her to the couch. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the school library that day, I joined a circle of twenty-two Harper students—all African American, mostly juniors and seniors—who were seated in chairs and on couches, dressed in khakis and collared shirts. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

That in those homely sayings was couched the collective wisdom of generations. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I turned to Cap and snarled, “Keep your split ends off my side of the couch!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She walked over to the couch and picked up a plastic soda bottle. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The room is dimly lit, and plush red leather couches line most of the perimeter. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was lying facedown on the couch, his feet so far over the edge they were in the bathroom. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wheeled back and gestured to the couch nestled between bookcases. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He was ranting at the TV and Bobby Gene and I were playing Battleship behind the couch. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

So I have him sit on one of the couches, and I ask him what he wants me to tell him about himself, after his memories disappear like smoke. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He made himself a sandwich and watched a Young Ones marathon on MTV, then fell asleep on the couch. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

They were curled up on the couch, she reading a novel, he watching sports. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I take my own boots off and tuck into the opposite corner of the couch. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Oh. shut up,” Mrs. Levy shouted at her and pressed her back to the couch, where she promptly dozed off. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls are yellow, to match the sunshine, and there are couches bigger than my bed. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After they left, I lay on Francis’s couch, smoking his cigarettes and drinking his Scotch, and watched “Jeopardy.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I whisper to Ollie, who tilts his head at me from where he’s lying on the couch. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“She’s sitting on the couch in the sunroom right now. She does that a lot. Mostly, that’s what she does. She doesn’t really do anything else. She just sits there.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The young people sat or lay on couches, like grown-ups, and talked. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I can sleep on the couch,” I say quickly. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Apá works all day, then sits on the couch with a bottle of beer, like usual. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

One day I came home from school to find Quisqueya sitting next to my mom on our couch with her legs crossed. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

We move backward and the back of my legs bump into the couch. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

When we walk through the front door, he’s there, sitting with his elbows on his knees on the living room couch. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My little brother, Kia, was sitting on the couch, eating graham crackers and watching cartoons, and I desperately tried to act normal around him. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

In the house, he took off his coat, threw it on the couch. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The three of us sat on a clammy, black vinyl couch and drank our coffee. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She rose from the couch, laughing, and swallowed him up in a hug. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I sat trembling on the couch, his prized possession. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I remember falling forward, and a warm hand on my arm, dragging me inside and pushing me onto a couch, and pounding, pounding dance music and a glass being thrust into my hand. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Dunning’s paper, which declared nuclear testing to be “mandatory to the defense of our country,” was couched in the sober language of an academic treatise. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I lean back into the couch, relieved to be just with Jude. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He plops down on the couch next to me and looks around. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

My pop’s wheelchair is parked next to the couch and thankfully Pop looks relatively sober. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad are bloating on the couch. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

When we’re done with the world’s longest conversation on the blue wildebeest, he pats the couch and I sit down next to him. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Their house was very big and very stylish, full of squashy couches and beautiful throw pillows, silk curtains lining every window. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting on a sleek gray couch right next to the meeting table, his elbows perched on his knees. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She might have altered her position on the couch, if she meant to go on looking at him, but that would have disturbed Bloomberg, in her lap, who appeared to be asleep. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

When his vomiting subsided, Dalgard helped him to his feet, took him indoors, and made him lie down on a couch. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The building was a fine one; the lobby was chrome and glass, with ashtray stands and plastic couches arranged in semicircles. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mind’s Eye devices allow them to visit their friends, work, and relax from the comfort of their couches. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then I curl up on the couch and sleep until Thomas calls. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When he turned back, Toby was stretching out on the couch. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Jazz slid her hand between the couch cushions and pulled out a crumpled piece of paper and held it up in the air so I could grab it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Then I went to Dr. Roland’s office, where I lay reading on the couch with my jacket thrown over me until the sun came up, and I turned off the lamp and went to sleep. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

At a signal from the master of revels, the combatants couched their lances and put their spurs to their mounts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When I went back inside, there was Abbey sniffling on the couch in the living room. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Some are finished, or haven’t started, and sit on their couches watching football or the parade. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I slid my feet across the floor, like a forward moonwalk, past the couch and television and down the hall into my room. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

When I wasn't bleeding, and when Mirren and Johnny were snorkeling or wrangling the littles, or when everyone lay on couches watching movies on the Clairmont flat-screen, Gat and I hid away. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Tess’s house wasn’t much different from their house back in Brooklyn, except for the furniture—the couches and chairs were covered in thick plastic. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Pop Pop’s good leg is propped up on the couch, while his World War II one dangles off the edge. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There was a color television set and a couch that could be converted into a bed. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a seat on a lime-and-purple upholstered couch and struggle to get a grip on my lungs. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Pita slid off the couch and scooted over to me on the floor. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The toy bounced across the carpet and rolled under the couch. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Will and Annabelle sit on a leather couch that could fit eight people. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Steve sat at one end of the couch and immediately lit a joint. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He was lying on the couch, a drink on the table beside him, talking to his grandmother on the telephone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She sat down on one of the couches to wait. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I thought you might sleep downstairs on the couch. People usually try to make their guests comfortable.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the couch and to another chair by the coffee table. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Though I was all the way at the opposite end of the couch, I shifted down even further. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

This time we found an old couple, sitting on the couch. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem to have affected Alaska, though, who was 1. in our room after dark with the door closed, and 2. smoking a cigarette as she sat on the mostly foam couch. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Abigail stood up and pulled her granddaughter away from the couch. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Not the lethargy of lying on the couch or the dull monotony of drifting off in math class. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The little boy tried to lift the legs, but the couch was too heavy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The other bodies in the room were little more than bags of flesh and bones, dumped across broken chairs and couches. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He sat down beside me on the couch, nodded hello to my dad in the recliner beside him, and stared at the TV. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Grandma asked from behind the Outrageous Detective Stories magazine she was reading on the couch. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

We were sitting on the couch outside Nilekani’s office, waiting for the TV crew to set up its cameras. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I'm just going to sit in the acceleration couch and hope for the best. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from one couch and one lounge chair, both a mix of steel and black leather, the room seemed empty. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Neck, back, legs, fingers, popping and snapping, reminding me of why I should never fell asleep on the couch. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I just closed my eyes, kept my arms stretched along the back of the couch. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“And please don’t throw up on this couch and give Darius a reason to hate me more.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Simon slides off the couch and settles in next to Nick on the floor. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Nana and I spend the rest of the morning on the couch watching the Travel Channel. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mom must have picked Nana up from the home early, and they sat on the couch together. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I gave her a smile and settled back into the couch, getting comfortable as the little blue pills started pillowing my thoughts. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He gets up from the couch and goes into the kitchen. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I sit down on the couch, ready to turn on the television, when I notice a strange odor in the air. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“No, no,” Sahil said, hopping up from the couch and going over to her. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Moody shrugged off his flannel shirt and tossed it onto the couch. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was another coal stove, a bed, a pullout couch where Mom and Dad could sleep, and a chest of drawers painted fire-engine red. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever he thought of Susan, he remembered long walks in the park, cozy cuddle time on the couch, and a bowl that was always filled with kibble. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Mom moves over, pats the space on the couch between her and Malia, and I sit down. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Or when Malia and I eat bowls of cereal on the couch while watching cartoons. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He sits on the couch beside Garrett, wearing a collared shirt under a sweater, and he's so freaking adorable that it almost hurts to look at him. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Sorenson was snoring on the couch, using a curtain for a blanket. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Well, to make my point as briefly as possible, 1 had learned the hard way that the lecture circuit is something like show business: the casting couch and that routine. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one was sleeping on the old couch in the middle. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The instant, however, that Franny was out of sight, she turned her attention to the couch. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

But when my dad gets a beer from the Frigidaire and goes back to the TV couch, all he says is, “Be careful. I couldn’t stand it if you drowned yourself.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Howard and I sat on the couch on the porch and he told me about his plan to catch Wishbone. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Later, lying on the couch at his home in Raleigh with music blaring from the stereo, he replayed the events of that evening across the screen of his closed eyes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to stop,” he says, his fingers clutching the armrest of the couch, his knuckles turning white. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She stepped back into the lounge barefoot to find a woman in her fifties sitting on the couch. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A second later, I glimpse others on the couch, too, from some of the other teams. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He thought back to that long-ago day behind the couch of his mother’s house—the fear, the flames, the sweet, silent peace of a final sleep—and then he thought of Angel. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door shuts, and all of us—except for Ray and Leda, who are crawling over the couch—stare at each other. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He draws deep on the joint and sinks lower into the couch. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I saw a student sitting on a light brown couch, reading. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Mama and I walk past his chair and sit side by side on the couch. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

My couch had no thorns in it that night; my solitary room no fears. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

How he used to hide behind the couch when they played fort with their Nerf guns. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Their house was total chaos, babies screaming all the time, diapers everywhere, dirty burp cloths thrown over the backs of couches and chairs. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was lifted out of the dark cell of my own mind, to become part of someone else—just as I had experienced it that day on the couch in therapy. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The couch, a relic that Kenyon had rescued and mended and that Nancy had slip-covered and piled with mottoed pillows, was a blood- splashed ruin; like the mattress box, it would have to be burned. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to tackle a whole couch cover and still wanted to work on my craft room. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Bridge stepped out of her damp shoes, got a banana from the kitchen counter, walked to the couch, and dangled it in front of his face. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Whenever he got close to finding the jar, his dad would put on this Mexican mask a neighbor bought him and he would throw Mateo onto the couch for an epic fight. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Black dots popped across my vision, and before I passed out, I dropped to the couch and sat there catching my breath. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There’s no real furniture in our place except an itchy tweed couch and an old black-and-white TV. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There was a strange sort of stillness from Mamma’s side of the couch, which Dimple tried, and failed, to decipher. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He’s knocked over his stack of self-help books, and they lie like shallow steps between the couch and the radiator. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

And that first visit, Alicia sits on a chair in the living room, and I sit on the couch with her mom, and she stays there with us the whole time. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only a matter of time, I figured, before she'd want to cure me, and I liked the idea that using a couch was part of the cure. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

There was a big enough space between the couch and the wall for me to squeeze in back there and just sit in a little ball. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph had risen from the couch, and three days later, a divine gift. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she sighed and walked into the living room, falling onto the couch. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There are tables, chairs, couches, land-sliding with months, maybe years of mail, all unopened, falling to the floor in piles. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I put down the dish I’ve been washing and walk behind the couch to lean over right between their heads. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting on the couch, writing a list in Daddy’s notebook. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Are we dating?” she asked afterward, as they lay together on the couch in Tim Michaels’s rec room. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As he sat with Harim on the couch in my living room, I asked if I could visit their home. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He tucked himself in the corner of the couch and gave me a worried look. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Wes looked down at the man on the couch and clenched his fist, almost as if he was going to follow Tony’s advice, but then his fingers eased, and he simply let off a smirk. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He leaned back on the couch and covered his eyes with his arm, trying to imagine himself giving a report on all this boring stuff. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The couch, the table, the rug, and the chairs went too. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

June sighed and relaxed back into the couch. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

My mom sat on the couch in the den and patted the cushion. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Like, you already know the American rule that when you walk into someone’s house, you don’t go, “Nice couch,” and then climb all over the couch with your shoes on. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When Abel walked in that night, he sat down on the couch and saw that I’d been crying. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There was no couch, just a few metal folding chairs and a barber’s chair anchored to the linoleum floor, its cushions covered entirely with duct tape. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The crew experienced weightlessness for several seconds, then were pressed back into their couches as the next stage began. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she went over to the couch and woke him up and started berating him for nearly burning the house down. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I would hear the truck beeping next door and I would remain on my white couch in my white room reading my brand-new books. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She made me sit down beside her on the couch so that she could look at it closer. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She's tinned toward me on the couch, and I'm looking into her face, and it's hard to believe eyes this pretty don't work. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on the couch, knees up to my chest, the smell of blood and guts filling the air. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Willard and I sat together on a leather couch. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

There were people sitting on couches, people standing up, people staring out the windows or waiting for the elevator. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She sits on the couch next to me and moves my legs into her lap. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She gestured at the spot next to her on the couch. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She took me into the living room, put the radio on, and sat with me while I lay across the couch. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He saw the conversation going on and come in and parked himself on the couch. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Well-worn couches and comfy chairs filled the room on the right, where some kids were watching television. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The next morning, all I wanted to do was stretch out fiat on the couch, watch a few hours of the Hearth & Home Network, and then get back to my craft room. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The lamp on Dr. Roland’s desk cast a warm, buttery circle of light and, after turning the radio on low to the classical station in Boston, I settled on the couch with my French grammar. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He thought of his bed, of the familiarity of their couch and the scratched coffee table, and he wanted to be nowhere else. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At Smoky Inn, I sleep on a tiny couch pull-out that creaks every time I move, and definitely every time Charlie jumps on it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I grab a remote that’s neatly placed on the glass coffee table and throw myself on a couch that squeaks beneath my bum. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Later, in the living room, Gil settled into the couch with his oxygen tubes in his nose. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She patted a space between them on the couch. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a couch upholstered with flowers that shaded from lavender to rose like the feathers on a dove’s wings. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss bolted off the couch, but then stood there, staring at her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She headed straight for the living room and started talking to Fang, who was sitting on the couch looking all staggered by the home invasion. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Watney was shoved back into his couch so hard he couldn't even grunt. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came back into the room and sat on the armrest of the couch. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She completed an accident-free somersault, then rolled over to lie on her stomach, searching for her bunny, who had taken refuge under the couch. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The woman whips around and leaps off the couch. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

About nine-thirty I sneaked out of bed, went to the tool house, and took a hatchet out I put it under the couch. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lidia drops the phone on the couch, punching the cushions, scaring Penny. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Roshan tries to reassure me one night as we pile against one another on the couches. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I settle back onto the couch and start sketching—and instantly, my body calms. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The couch crackled as I tried to get comfortable. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then he plops down on the couch and starts drawing pageant gowns like mad. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I jumped up from the couch, which must have startled Joe, because he dropped the rabbit ear antenna he was fiddling with. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Odom came out and told them to stop, and then she sat on the couch and told me not to worry. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Fish was sitting on the couch in the dark with his head down. He looked totally hurt. Trying to joke him out of his mood, I said, ‘What’s wrong with you?' Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went on into the living room, where Styx was laid out on the couch with a bunch of pillows under him, looking perky as all get-out. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The lounge at Rosie’s restaurant was filled with overstuffed chairs, couches, and shag carpet, all in dust-covered browns, oranges, and yellows. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“On the couch in the living room. She actually prefers it.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

When Uhmma has enough money saved, she will look for a new couch. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Roza was locked out all night, and she was forced to camp out on the lumpy lounge couches, a poem by Wislawa Szymborska beating in her head: Four a.m., no one feels fine. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Words were engraved along the pen’s shiny barrel, and Mrs. Granger had to slide down to the end of the couch and turn on her reading lamp. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad asked, openly annoyed that I was on the couch with the remote control before noon on a weekday. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I sit on the couch outside her office and watch YouTube videos on my phone. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

My dad on the couch and the summer ahead of me like a big blue train I’m chasing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I lie down on the couch to watch TV, but my eyes close and I’m out. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned back against the couch and loosened his tie. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Luckily, I’m passing a Restoration Hardware, and Mom says rich families on the other side of Jankburg buy couches from there, so I’m probably safe for a few blocks, at least. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When confronted, my mother claimed she was planning on repainting and, while she was at it, having the couch recovered as well. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Moss pulled his feet up to sit cross-legged on the couch now that his mother’s seat was empty, turning his face away from the television. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then there was the question of what to do with Milton Frantig, who was still lying on the couch at the monkey house under orders from Dalgard not to move. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gus pushed himself upright and scooted down to the edge of the couch. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Half reclined on a couch appeared Mr. Rochester, his foot supported by the cushion; he was looking at Adèle and the dog: the fire shone full on his face. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The wife kept the kids in front of the TV all day while she vacantly dozed across the couch. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I realize Ford snuck out and is hiding behind the couch, watching. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I’m on the floor, leaning into the front of the couch, winding the cords of my new earbuds around my fingers. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I finally found her in the den, on the couch, feet curled under her, watching TV. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Still, Ralph considered his rise from the couch a separate miracle, his own. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bumped into the couch and sagged into it. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on the couch and she sits on a floor pillow in front of me while the news is on the TV. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He stretched out his right hand and gave me five as I dropped onto the couch opposite him. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed two large black garbage bags, full and twist- tied, behind the couch. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Honey,” Dad says, looking up from the movie we’d been watching with him on the couch, “don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

"Wine for the King's Hand," he told the girl, gesturing Ned to a couch. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mom sits back down on the couch and hooks her arm around me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I let go of the couch and raced after him. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I sat on the edge of the small couch, my guitar at my feet. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As if the angry Romans, burning couches, and exploding buildings weren’t confusing enough, hundreds of purple ghosts drifted through the forum, passing straight through the demigods’ bodies and wailing incoherently. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I sit down next to her on the couch. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Carrie is sitting on a leather couch with a red cup in her hand. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Wart took up his position in the circle round the monster’s lair, and knelt down on one knee in the snow, with the handle of his spear couched on the ground, ready for emergencies. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whatever,” he mumbles as he gets back on the couch. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes in disbelief, leaning back against the couch. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

But when I get home, Dad is passed out on the couch with a whole new load of empty beer cans. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The pullout couch in the den is permanently pulled out, and our antique bookshelves have been emptied and turned into an open dresser. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I sink onto the living room couch and shut my eyes—but I swear I’m being watched. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Looking like he belonged in our house, he sat right next to Mamá on the couch, their hands almost touching as they answered questions about our disappearance and return. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We can add a colorful throw blanket to the couch. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Carla sits next to me on the couch, and I hold out my hand for the blood pressure cuff. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted her off me and put her on the couch with a pillow under her head. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we enter the living room twenty minutes later, Mama and Mrs. Shainmark are sitting on a beige corduroy couch. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The Ellsbergs furnished their new living room with a white couch and wicker chairs with colorful cushions. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Some have families eagerly awaiting them—families who are willing to let their newly released relative sleep on the couch, floor, or extra bed indefinitely. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Soon they were so beyond control that they collapsed onto two couches, shrieking and hiccupping and holding their noses. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

They bedded down on the couch and the floor. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He put Francie back on the couch, got the carbolic acid and swabbed the spot with the strong raw stuff. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat on the couch, looking at the box of postcards, wondering what to do with them. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It reminded Aru of the way a cat oozes down from a couch, curious to investigate. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Pop Pop stuffs my pageant paperwork underneath the couch cushion. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When Lydia got home, her dad and mom were lounging on the couch, watching TV. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In the morning she woke early to nurse Pearl on the couch in the living room and Pauline came in. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He walked to the couch and pulled something out of a small paper bag. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Come hang with us,” Dad calls from the couch, while Mom offers Ben some water. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

When she got upstairs to her apartment, Cynthia dropped her bag on the couch and beelined to her grandfather's room. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I hold my hand over my face and stay lying on the couch. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Not like we can do anything about it anyway, Vera. If it’s that bad, sleep on the couch,” he says. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

While couching their views in the honeyed language of Southern progressivism, the men who ruled Durham were as opposed to integration as their less cultured counterparts throughout the state. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He lies on the couch, recovering from the traumatic trip through Mexico. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

That alone would have normally startled him, but when Lily moved behind him he nearly jumped off the couch. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Luke shook his head and sat down on the couch because his knees were feeling a little shaky. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Candice stretched out on the couch with her eyes glued to her dad’s old iPod touch and her feet tucked underneath a frayed throw pillow. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I am so tired of this couch,” he said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Not here on the couch, Charlie,” she said, struggling to her feet. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tables with their feet upside-down and rows and rows of refrigerators with round corners and couches that spin dust in the air when you punch them and a hundred T.V.’s that don’t work probably. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Had I not been able to get this bill passed,” he joked to reporters, “I would be sleeping on the couch.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He just makes me lay down on a couch and talk. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He held her to him and pushed forward, pushing Eleanor backwards— stumbling around the coffee table to the couch. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He sat at one end of the red and blue plaid couch, and she sat across from him on an ottoman, her knees close together and her notebook on her lap. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I think about Sir Ott, hanging over the couch at home, and how much I would like to be there right now, kicking back with some America’s Funniest Home Videos. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The rental office tells him not to worry, that they will send someone by to remove the couch and the bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

So Luke stood up, trying to cross his legs as he did—hoping that situation would calm down a bit before he got back to the couch. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Turtle was slumped on the couch, scornful of dumb grown-up parties. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

After spending the first year and a half of my legal career sleeping on Steve Bright's living room couch in Atlanta, it was time to find an apartment of my own. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Billy wraps his arms around my leg as Mrs. Henkle pushes herself up from the couch. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

We're gathering up blankets from last night and setting them on the coffee table, folding the bed back in until it's only a couch again. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We had returned a couple of hours ago, and collapsed onto the couch next to each other. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It’s that warm spot on the couch when my favorite show is on TV. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When he saw Francie lying on the couch, he bawled louder. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am sitting on the couch, Phyllis. I am waiting for my daughter!” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I’m 100 percent certain it’s because Abby came in late and squeezed in between her and Nick on the couch. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

There was plenty of dust behind the couch. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I skip eating breakfast, as Mom fell asleep on the couch. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Illyrio was reclining on a padded couch, gobbling hot peppers and pearl onions from a wooden bowl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Abby spends half the night trying to talk me out of sleeping on the couch. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

After his bath I got his pajamas for him and made up the couch for him to sleep on. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mommy was sitting on the living room couch while all this was happening, her feet resting on the coffee table. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the preceding weeks he’d sat, tucked away, next to the couch in the living room, listening while Habib and Uncle Amin called their relatives and friends in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

They got the TV in a totally different spot, and their couch doesn’t look as comfy as ours. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I push myself up off the couch and wind my way through the dark to the window. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The debris was everywhere and bizarre—tires, refrigerators, tricycles, couches, a straw hat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The crew rocked in their couches as the craft shook violently. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on the couch and watched ball games with my father. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They lay stretched out on couches all round the hall. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The living room had a pistachio green leather couch. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She grabs her mic from the cushion and slides off the couch. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Miss Chen,” he says, pushing himself off the couch in one graceful move. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Grace Windsor Wexler was supervising the fitting of her daughter's wedding dress from the beige velvet couch. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already clumps of couch grass are beginning to thrust up. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned on the back of the couch, looking over her shoulder. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sandi and Mrs. Fanning found themselves in a pretty little parlor with a couch and lamps and a stack of perfumed towels. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Sets of couches and low tables were carted into the forum until it resembled a furniture showroom. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The kids asleep, Kathy sat on the couch in her brother Andy’s house and stared at the candle in front of her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Muhammad sets up his laptop so that we’re sitting on the couch with the window behind us, the rest of the apartment strategically hidden from view. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She ate some of her carrots and poked others between the couch cushions. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped off my slacks, which was much easier than pulling off jeans, and laid them on the other arm of the couch. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ma moved over to the living room couch and sat down in front of the television screen. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Bodies flying over the couch back, into the dining room table. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Without knowing it, he was mirroring the smirk his mother had left his father with when she saw him on the couch years earlier. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

His request of Bobby was couched in cordial, nonpleading terms, but Bobby heartlessly never answered him, and Lombardy stepped in to do the job. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Some days I wish I could just sit on the couch and watch Mind Your Language or Skype with friends. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He considers finding a couch to sleep on, but what if these demons from hell break out of their cages and murder each other during the night when he’s supposed to be watching them? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

How I came in from me and Diego’s room and saw my moms sitting on the couch in the living room, perfectly still. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Big Ma would love Uncle Darnell even when he was rattling around like a ghost on her couch. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Tom and Miss Baker sat at either end of the long couch and she read aloud to him from the "Saturday Evening Post"--the words, murmurous and uninflected, running together in a soothing tune. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Ben looks like he wants to melt into the couch. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He was very right when he said I was too smart to believe magic powers lived behind a couch. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s better unsaid. _ each to each * Tomorrow is the day After I’ve walked in, I retire to the lounge room and sit there, completely exhausted, on the couch. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“No way!” he says, slamming the back of the couch. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

As Obama spoke, compassionate and cadenced, American flags fluttering behind him, Blaine shifted, sighed, leaned back on the couch. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I kick my shoes off, and we get comfy on the couch. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

"I bet the reason a couch is called a couch is because of the ouch part," she said to herself. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He had sat between Lauren and Maya on their living room couch while Maya explained everything in a monotone that didn’t even sound like her own voice. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then I sneak out of there and tiptoe back to the living room couch. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nan was sitting on the couch when we walked in. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I sat next to him on the couch. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My bed is the couch in the living room, so when Dad comes in to fix his breakfast, I pull on my jeans and go out to sit across from him in the kitchen. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Axel doesn’t wait another second; he leaves the ottoman for Frank’s warm spot on the couch, lets Ray jump right back up into his lap. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Hina raises an eyebrow at me and gives me a warm smile and settles into the couch. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Then he puts water in the kettle and takes out the tin of tea leaves for making chai, instead of going back to the couch. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“It was for counterrevolutionary activity,” he snapped impatiently; I learned afterwards that my answer had not been satisfactory, had not been couched in the acceptable phrases of bitter, anti- Trotsky denunciation. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fell onto the nearest couch and listened as the words “STORY IN DEVELOPMENT” scrolled across the screen in Spanish and an ominous tune began to play in the background. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He slept alone on the couch in the living room, oblivious to the blaring basketball game on the television, or the fact that his son had just walked in the house. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When the song ended, Marcus and I both collapsed on the couch with big, identical smiles, and I felt grateful and happy and full. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They were sitting on the couch in the living room, and they had been laughing about something, but they stopped abruptly when I walked in. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

How many times had Toby spent the night on their couch? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He took off his coat, threw it on a chair, flung himself on the couch. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She had gone to sleep upon a dreaming couch, in one of the hidden alcoves where special candles conjured visions of things loved and lost. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And his neck is stiff from sleeping on what has to be Texas’s most uncomfortable couch. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I wanted so badly to lie down next to her on the couch, to wrap my arms around her and sleep. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

At home right now, Raymie’s mother was probably sitting on the couch, staring into space. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Just out of holoscreen range were a sink full of dirty dishes, a muddle of food containers and a sagging couch. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I peeked through the upper part of the couch cushion. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Sit with us, Nats,” he said, so I moved over to the couch and sat right between them. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This is the right answer, because Dell seems relieved as he drops down onto the couch. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I dropped my backpack on the couch and headed straight for the kitchen. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He took a left and crawled toward the living room couch. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She humphed and hemmed and slurped her coffee without answering, but as soon as I’d gotten my book again and was settled down on the couch and reading, she said, “It’s onto four o’clock.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scanned the room and noted the sparse furnishings—a three-person couch, a small coffee table, side table, and lamp. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Besides, the other package was sitting next to her on the couch, waiting impatiently with its red bow. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Hasina’s suggestion, the two of them had emptied the bottle of aspirin in the gutter, hidden the kitchen knives and the sharp kebab skewers beneath the rug under the couch. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Across from Laleh’s room was a sunroom—though it was dark now—with a huge window covered in Venetian blinds and a well-loved beige couch in front. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She said I could have a seat on the couch if I wanted to, but I told her I didn’t believe in leather, so I stood. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once I got back in the house, Jazz was sitting right where I'd left her, sunken deep into the couch. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Hammie and Asher are on the living room couches, engrossed in a quiet debate about how best to mess up the Cloud Knights’ defense. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Wikki offers a soda to Asher, too, then pops its belly shut and rolls off to where a boy is sitting on the couches. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Locke’s bedroom is messy—books and clothes scattered on divans and low couches. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I sat frozen on the reeling couch, watching her move and breathe beside me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The couches face a television, so wide that it almost covers the entire wall. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I remain where I am on my couch. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We have the new Hideout now, but what makes it great isn’t that it’s bigger and can fit a couch. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I chill out with Sir Ott on the couch and watch some America’s Funniest Home Videos instead. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I take the couch for the night to give myself some quiet. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was it—I could fake a stomachache and be back on the couch in no time. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Dulled by wine and lethargy, my reflexes were sluggish, but I scrambled off the couch and stumbled into the kitchen. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the couch near his chair. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shelves of books, the hardwood floor, the throw rug, the couch. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama, who was still in the pink, heavily sequined wrapper she had worn to church, sat next to Aunty Ifeoma on a couch. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A man sat on the couch leaning precariously to the side, his right elbow supporting his body and his head nearly flat against his shoulder. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And be careful with tune and turn: I think I’ll tune in to my favorite TV show and turn into a couch potato. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a word, we stand up from the couch. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

There were end tables with lamps and ashtrays on them by the couch. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In their own apartment they made a bed for Marshall on the couch and he went right off to sleep as if nothing had happened, with his arm around Security. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One of us has to be the uncool, mature one,” she said, dropping her knitting into the bag next to the couch. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Nixon sat alone on a couch, sipping coffee, taking notes on a yellow legal pad on his lap. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Dawn was slow in coming, and even when it did, the sun shining bright through the blinds, the rickety radiator couldn’t keep us warm, so the Colonel and I sat wordlessly on the couch. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

As I reached the bottom of the alcove, I saw my mother half lying down, half sitting up on the couch, staring at me with wide eyes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He leaned over their couches and checked out their food. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She looks so small, bunched up on the couch like that. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I looked up in the middle of a Led Zeppelin drum solo, and my dad was sitting on the beat-up old couch about 8 feet in front of my bass drum. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls me over to the couch so all four of us are sitting together. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I’m finally convinced he’s gone, I lie awake on the couch for another hour. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“All right,” Henry said, settling into the couch with a sigh. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even some of President Obama’s most ardent supporters in Hollywood and New York’s creative corridors would not be able to read it without stumbling over language that is couched in politics, if not outright hypocrisy. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Nora scoots closer to me on the couch and lowers her voice. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I mean about the second time, when you were sleeping on the couch. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m off the couch and opening the apartment door before Nana gets up. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Quietly, he stands up and looks back at the couch. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was papered in green and gold and had a small, ornate couch inside. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He rose, lifted his wooden chair, and moved it over beside the couch where he had napped that afternoon. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then I slipped down out of the couch and into Columbia’s tunnel, removing the docking probe as I went. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy jumps out of the recliner and gives me a big hug while his mother watches from the couch. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Make sure the baby does not roll off the couch. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

All of my family sat real close together on the couch under a blanket. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I join Lola on the couch and spread a blanket across our laps. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I sat on the couch and stared through the window at the white sky, the empty parking lot, the faded asphalt, while Celia brewed a pot of coffee. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She rolled off the couch and Spider-Man-crawled across the floor in one last bid to get her mother’s attention. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She scoots over on the couch and puts way too much space between us. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

There they unloaded the truck and made a pyramid of Nancy’s pillows, the bedclothes, the mattresses, the playroom couch; Stoecklein sprinkled it with kerosene and struck a match. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She loves those things, and every night when we're eating dinner, she sits on our couch in the living room and watches one while opening mail and clipping coupons. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Dr. Philobosian smelled like an old couch, of hair oil and spilled soup, of unscheduled naps. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Someone threw a brick through our front window. It landed on the couch. From the damage to the living room, there must have been a couple of sticks of dynamite too.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They really did stink," said the woman sitting on the couch on the other side of Clyde. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

On account of his foot, Dad was pretty much living on the couch. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

They fell asleep well before the movie ended, but Luke let them lie on the couch until the credits rolled. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She read Dreams from My Father in a day and a half, sitting up on the couch, Nina Simone playing on Blaine’s iPod speaker. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Baba’s cricket match is still going, but he’s sleeping on the couch with his cup of chai still balanced on his stomach. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

In the living room a couch, a fireplace, and a coffee table with the latest issues of Good Housekeeping on it. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My best friend, Zoey, is in the back, on one of the green-and-black bungee chairs with her feet up on the armrest of the denim couch. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Mom, Dad, Grandma, please sit down on the couch.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Oh yeah, and my dad is passed out on the TV couch, which makes it perfect. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And then he’s off the couch and lunging for me, and he catches me by the arm and wham, slams me into the wall. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I must have slept through Dad’s going off to work the next morning, ’cause when I wake, Becky’s standing beside the couch eating a piece of honey toast and breathing on my face. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she arrived home, her dad was sitting on the couch, looking at a photo album. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And Jackson and Tommy pulled Mong over to the couch and sat him down and stood in front of him so he couldn’t go anywhere. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She handed me a glass and plopped down on the couch next to me, looking surprised. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I get home, Apá is on the couch, soaking his feet in his tub. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As I return to the couch, I study the room. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Daisy and Jordan lay upon an enormous couch, like silver idols, weighing down their own white dresses against the singing breeze of the fans. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I’m arching off the couch to get closer to him than I already am. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I prop my feet on the back of the couch, inches from my brother’s head. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I heard Sapo sit down on the couch and turn the TV on. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Even the girl sitting on the couch next to him—with her perfect side braid and about five layers of lip gloss—gets lost to the blur that surrounds him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The man on the couch looked up at Mary and asked, “Who’s this?” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Sitting next to her on our couch, I studied her lips, searching for burns. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I'm on the couch, and he's in the chair alongside me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He had slept fitfully on the couch until finally, nudged awake by the household noises, he yawned and opened his eyes. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I didn't really think she would notice that I cut my shoes in half, because she was usually so beat when she got home she never noticed anything but the couch. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When he made his way downstairs, he found Hollis wearing a hot pink muumuu, passed out on the couch with papers strewn across her chest and the floor. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Mom plunked next to me on the couch. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

We were sitting on the couch and Winn-Dixie was sitting between us. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I watch from the couch as Mama walks inside and then instantly has Charlie in her arms and a smile on her face. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

In her flat, he sat on the couch while she sat on her armchair, as far from him as possible. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He sat up on the couch where he’d slept and moved his leg with two hands, landing his boot on a pillow on the floor. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She tried to put her arm around Maya, too, but Maya moved down on the couch so that there was space between them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They have little crease marks from the couch. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

When Jenna had watched movies with us, the three of us would sit on the floor with our backs against the couch, Audrey in the middle holding a bowl of popcorn on her lap. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I sink into the couch, feeling suddenly exhausted. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Rezaei sat slumped on the couch, looking like she had just strode inside from a battlefield, leaving behind a trail of corpses in true Klingon fashion. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Ya, Mayor! To your room!” my mom said, leaping up from the couch and pointing. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It was kind of strange, because whatever it was that was behind the couch seemed to work best on dogs. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley poked his finger through a hole in the vinyl couch and pulled out some of the stuffing. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She limps over to the couch where Marisol, the twins, and I are huddled together, eating from our plates. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Dad and I sat together for quite some time on the couch. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mother and Papa Will sat on the couch looking straight ahead at the picture in silence. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She tried to turn and face him, but instead fell off the couch, laughing as she lay there. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Lovey asked while I took a seat on the brown couch in the living room. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Byron grabbed my arm before I could crawl behind the couch. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we got back to Phoebe’s house, her mother was lying on the couch, dabbing at her eyes with a tissue. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He’d turned off all the lights in the living room and hidden behind the couch. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“I found it lying on a curb in my neighborhood a couple years ago,” he said of the couch as he worked on setting up my PlayStation 2 on top of his footlocker. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He sits down beside me on the couch, facing me, eyes on me the whole time, crossing his legs. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I walk over to the couch and sit down. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

While he goes into the gym to find Muhammad, I sit on the couch in the reception room. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and sank into the couch, waiting for Mother Lois to get dressed for a party we were to attend to honor the Little Rock Nine. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls sat on the living room couch. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was so big the seats were two couches on wheels. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I sit in corners, at tables, on dirty couches, and on the front steps, getting lost in the pages of books. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They slept in our spare room, all three of them, even though we offered the youngest the pullout couch in the front room. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Flora sat down on the couch and immediately started to slide off it. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Jamie makes me a bed on the couch, but I'm not tired, so we sit together and watch a movie. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mom asks, moving to sit on the couch next to me. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But as we spoke, I caught his eyes drifting again and again to Sohrab sleeping on the couch. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Before Ifemelu left, they sat on the couch and drank malt and watched the latest celebrity news on E!. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When I finally drag my tired butt into the house, it’s four in the morning and my dad ain’t on the TV couch, he’s sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And with that, Lenny and the plate are out the door, and I’m left sitting on the couch. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Pop Pop hobbles to the television and turns it off so he can return to the couch and watch the real show. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In homes, they sat breathlessly on their couches, their eyes glued to the story playing out. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five overstuffed stockings lean up against the couch cushions, too heavy for the mantel. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He limped to the couch and sat in the vacant space. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I come back inside and sit on the couch while Dad goes into the kitchen. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He patted Stanley on the shoulder as he rose from the couch. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She bounces off the couch and over to the orange-and-blue FC Cincinnati mini soccer ball against the wall in the corner and starts juggling it with her feet. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I dismantled the pillow fort enough to make the couch sit-able again. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Mom’s eye settled on an Egyptian couch we’d bought at a flea market. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he vaults from the couch to block my path, disturbing the cushions and sending throw pillows to the floor. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Kathy, though, was right there with the girls each time, and this time all of them draped over each other on the couch, misting up at the same parts they always did. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Lying on the couch, hoping the cushions would swallow me up? Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Bill rose from the couch and went into the living room, snapping on the television before sitting down. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He plunked it down at the side of the couch. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"I liked you better on the couch," I said. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I did the dining room and was soaking the living room couches when I realized I should have started at the end of the house farthest from the mudroom door. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He sits with Maxine on the fainting couch, leafing through a coffee table book she’d helped to edit on eighteenth-century French wallpapers, one side of the book resting on each of their knees. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to sleep here, but it’s better than sharing the couch with Mr. Grote. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I sit on the rug in front of the couch, staring at the television. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“And he helped her home. I remember him putting her down on the couch and pulling the afghan over her.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Bring that old bag here? Are you nuts? I don’t want a reminder of Levy Pants snoring in my den. She'll wet all over your couch. You can play with her by long distance.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The couch where we’d take turns napping since it’s more comfortable than our beds. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In another corner, there’s a lime-green couch, and I know immediately this is a place where friends come to crash, this is their home away from home. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

That crazy homeless man, the one who used to sleep on the broken-down couch— he also missed the lot being a dump. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know which parent was having seizures when they bought that couch. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

For instance: Mrs. Sample, the mender, had to sleep on her couch because her entire bedroom, almost up to the ceiling, was crammed with clothes to be mended. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on the couch next to Gomo and kick out my feet. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I padded down the stairs and saw my mother waiting for me, still seated on the couch. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When I wake him up on the TV couch and tell him the Mary Rose is high and dry, he looks at me like he don’t understand. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Almost as good as mine," she says, and slips onto the couch. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I walked through Arnold’s front door and a lady in a suit and too much red lipstick jumped up from the couch. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she left, I lay on the couch with the TV off and my eyes closed, and I listened for Sal’s basketball. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Nick sits very, very close to Abby on the couch, and I honestly think I can feel the waves of panic radiating off of Leah. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the arm of the couch, she was so distracted that soon it was six o’clock and she hadn’t started dinner. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Mom is sitting on the couch painting her nails bright red with a gossip magazine propped against her knees. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There are sophomores draped over the couches, legs over hands over laps. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

They turned down the television, went upstairs and changed out of their good, dark clothes, then crashed beside me on the couch. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Stuffing leaked from a fresh rip in the couch, a multitude of empty beer cans poked from underneath its ratty fringe and there looked to be a hash pipe resting precariously on one arm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We watch some random shows on Bravo with Bieber stretched between us on the couch. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

TJ and I run to the door, help him take his coat off, and get him to the couch. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Later, I camped out as always on the couch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Apa sits cross-legged on the living room floor, his back against the couch. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The phone was in the living room and I got on the couch and picked up the receiver. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

That’s where he lives ever since the funeral, lying like a sack of nothing on the TV couch. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

We go back inside, and Mrs. Finch is lying on the couch, eyes closed, while Decca sits nearby arranging pieces of paper across the floor. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He sat on the couch and had started peeling off his shoes when Jimmy stopped him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Her shoulders lean just slightly toward the back of the couch. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Seated on the couch, I could turn to smile at the person next to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We walked through the front part of the office where there is a big soft couch and two beanbag chairs. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“People call you Mexico?” some black dude called out from behind the couch. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Making a sort of squinched, twisted face, Nancy flopped back onto the couch in the living room area. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I plopped myself on the couch to watch television. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When he finally got back we were all sitting on the couch watching the worst cartoon ever made, Clutch Cargo. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

So after Mrs. V gets Penny set up with her dollhouse at the foot of the couch, we add even more words and phrases. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was to this couch that Rosa was carrying him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The couch has two personalities: “Melinda inhaling pepperoni and mushroom” and “No one ever eats in the family room, no ma’am.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was basically planning to sit my parents down on the couch at some point and get it over with in one go. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Layla is sprawled out on another leather couch, and she looks a hot mess too. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe she wanted the couch all to herself and her guy. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She brought us orange Jell-O in coffee mugs and let Cotton jump on the couch. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Kathy collapsed on the couch and tried not to think of anything. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Approach the table,” said he; and I wheeled it to his couch. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She moved away from the window and slumped on the couch, putting her bare feet up on the coffee table. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Annabelle can see her, with her lovely auburn hair and her smile, sitting in her warm office with the leather couch and soft pillows and Kleenex box. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Alaska walked in on the first day back from Christmas break and sat beside the Colonel on the couch. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Inside, I sit on the waiting room couch, watching out the window. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went in and sank down on the old couch, and Daddy smiled at her. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her father sat down on the couch, then frowned. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was way early when I got there, so I just sat down on one of those leather couches right near the clock in the lobby and watched the girls. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The couch is especially crowded for some reason. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She sat back down on the couch and leaned forward, her attention on Moss and his friends. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sandy finds a harmonica under the couch, and he begins to play a whole mess of noise while I bang on the pan, and we’ve got our own band going. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Candice pulled at the fraying threads of one of the couch cushions. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The place is cozier than I expected: the lobby is full of comfy-looking couches, some of which have elderly people sitting on them knitting or reading. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I am waiting on the couch when Joon comes home around dinnertime. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He sat there on the couch listening to me, not saying a word. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She stood from the couch and held out her hand. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

His father sprawled on the couch in the flickering glow of the TV. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Sorry I’m late, guys,” she sighed, kicking off her heels and tossing her suit jacket onto the couch. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I was pushed back in my couch with an acceleration of one half G, but it felt more like 3 Gs to my sensitized body. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waste the days of my suspension on the couch. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Two men sat on a couch watching wrestling on television. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She sat, pale and obviously stalling, on the couch edge, looking up at her mother. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Annie bolted upright on the couch and told everyone to be quiet. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They found Cleopatra’s lifeless body, dressed in her royal robes, stretched on a golden couch. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“No, man, I just—” Their house god Vitellius shimmered into existence, standing half embedded in Frank’s couch. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I pick up Hector out of his seat and plop down on the couch with him like all I want to do is hold him and watch TV with Frank. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The dog climbed up over the arm and dropped onto the couch. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

But she rose from the couch and stood tall, her posture as stiff and correct as ever. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I plopped back down on the couch and turned the volume up on the TV. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We’re led into this boxy room with one L-shaped couch, a TV, and two microphones. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I sit on the couch staring at the TV, but not really watching, while Ma gives Becky her bath. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother sank back down on the couch. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the couch across from her. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I followed her into the den, where she sat on the couch and started rummaging through one of the many bags on the floor. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I just wanted us to be talking and joking comfortably, like we were on the couch together back home, but some tension underlay everything. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Two red couches face off over a low table. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She sparked up a minute later, took a quick toke, then shuffled along the couch and held the joint to my lips. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

One night I have to run to ransack the couch cushions for my ringing phone and pick up without checking first to see who it is. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

There are only eight or nine people here besides us, packed onto the couch and around the kitchen table. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Candice entered the house to find her father sitting on the couch. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Calculus makes this relatively straightforward, but Newton deliberately avoided using calculus in his published proofs, realizing that his peers would not accept the calculations unless they were couched in familiar language. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I catch her eyeing our sandwiches, and then she slides off the couch to make one for herself. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

That means just a few more minutes before we can leave this room and I can settle onto the couch like a boss to watch the game. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

And her legs were spread over the sides of the couch. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then he draws closer, pins me against the couch, and kisses me harder. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” he said, sitting down on the couch and picking up the remote. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I can’t say when exactly he got here, but I found him yesterday morning on the couch in the Teen Sunday School room.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

She leaned back on the arm of the couch and crossed one leg over the other. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“The couch doesn’t fold out, and it’s pretty lumpy.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Every surface in the house probably has lice on it, the couch and chairs and Mrs. Grote. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She let me crash on her couch when I needed to, although it was hard for me to sleep there because of all her cats. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Joon spots me on the couch and heads for his room. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Chico was coming in from his night job to sleep on our couch. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I chose a place on the couch, next to the coffee table. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sprawled beside my mother, his arms spread out across the back of the couch as if he were about to embrace everything that was his. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He settled on file couch as one by one all Lyra’s clothes came off, to her resentment and shame; but she still had file presence of mind to conceal it and act dull-witted and compliant. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly there were people sleeping in sleeping bags all over the floor; some of them were squeezed onto the pullout couch. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

For the past two years, she’d slept on the couch listening, waiting, protecting. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I nod and point to the coffee table in between the couches, where I put out some supplies. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Odysseus moved aside, yielding his couch, but from across the room Telemakhos checked him: “Friend, sit down; we’ll find another chair in our own hut. Here is the man to make one!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slumped down on the couch, shaking her head, eyes closed now. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

On the couch, The coat President Lincoln was wearing the night he was assassinated. the distraught Mary Lincoln is being comforted by Clara Harris. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was only Rocket standing and stretching on the basement couch, but Emma jumped. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I can feel her shift on the couch, her ankles crossed. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

After dinner a few days later, Mom and Dad were cuddled together on the couch, watching some documentary. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

If I was there, she wouldn’t care one little bit if I went to school or stayed on the couch watching TV and eating cookies for lunch. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

In the room they entered there was a couch and a table and two chairs and a filing cabinet, and a glass cupboard with medicines and bandages, and a wash basin. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you want to build a huge interstellar spaceship, load it full of videogames, junk food, and comfy couches, and then get the hell out of here?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Wes sat on the couch in the middle of the room. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Home is Dad on the TV couch and a boat with no engine and a rich kid laughing while he cuts my traps. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Afterwards, she slid off me, slid onto the couch and curled into a ball. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I was lying in the right-hand couch, with Buzz in the center and Neil over on the left side. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next to the front door was a ratty-looking couch covered with a bedspread. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A couch cover wasn’t an easy thing to whip up, but sometimes the glamorganizing way of life wasn’t for the faint of heart. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

One, on the couch: June, tying and untying and retying the laces on her Keds, for lack of anything else to do with her hands. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A tawny cat sat upon a couch, gazing at me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Late in the morning, the radiators died, and my dad did what he always did—kick them and curse—until he gave up and plopped down on the couch. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Alex slides down from the couch to sit on the floor with her. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The house is beginning to clear out a little, so I give up and find a spot on the couch. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When Lucas crawled onto the floor and fell asleep, I simply let my body fall over onto the now-empty couch and followed his lead, until I was woken up for my turn with the police. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He jumps onto the couch, which is covered with a white sheet, like he’s a prince and that is his throne. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

But the extensive dampness made Gregor sick and he lay supine, embittered and immobile on the couch. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down the creek and past our little house, where my dad is passed out on the TV couch. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

A patched couch sat in front of the stove. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We had a cousin who would sit on the couch, drink a beer, and take her teeth out, making them go chomp! chomp! and causing us to run from the room. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Darling,” Mrs. Levy began, but Miss Trixie had fallen asleep on her side, her creamed face smearing the couch. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t in pain, smooshed into the cushions of the couch like that. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I carried it across the living room and dropped it on the couch. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s got a bulletproof titanium case of crafting supplies open on the couch next to her and is serenely embroidering flowers onto a napkin. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He went to answer it while I settled into the couch with the bowl of popcorn. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Jule was still awake, watching TV on the living room couch. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He totes me into the main salon and puts me on a couch. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He stared over at Franny’s prostrate, face-down position on the couch, and heard, probably for the first time, the only partly stifled sounds of anguish coming from her. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Apa throws me on the couch and stands in front of me heaving, his nostrils flared, eyes thin with anger. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Mamou pushed herself off the couch to give me a good night hug. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Worse yet, he brought an air bed, meaning he didn’t plan on taking the couch. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Inside, Maria Teresa was sitting on the couch, unplaiting and plaiting her hair, her face puffy from crying. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad’s on the couch, drinking coffee with the news on mute. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She inched a few steps closer and sat on the arm of the chair next to the couch. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The two of them sat down on the couch while I took the La-Z-Boy, wondering to myself whether Cletus wasn’t just some alien pretending to be a human life. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jamie let his head drop against the back of the couch and closed his eyes. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I slow to a stop in front of the green couches. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

That night, Baba was lying on the couch, a wool blanket cover­ing him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She died alone of a massive heart attack, while sitting on the couch, watching one of her shows. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Quang-ha is on the couch watching a TV show about a guy who drives around the country in a convertible eating bacon cheeseburgers. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I occupied myself with memorizing the room; the striped pattern of the couches, tan, peach, cream, dull gold, and tan again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Toby sat on the floor, at the far end of the couch, not saying much after the initial outburst. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Velvet armchairs and puffy couches are scattered around small tables. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She got her into the flat and onto the couch in the kitchen. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But its silly for me to go to his office and lay down on the couch to talk because I rite it down in the progress reports anyway and he could read it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Felix was over I thought By would force me to watch more cartoons but he didn’t, he let me crawl back behind the couch. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lets his head fall back against the couch and closes his eyes. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My mom leaves the couch and takes maybe ten short steps into the kitchen and opens two small doors that I thought were cabinets. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Then here,” said the first, “upon the couch?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Then he slouches down into the couch and unmutes the movie. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When I walked into the living room, Mom was sitting on the couch, talking to Dad, her knitting bag next to her. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

When she quiets down, she slumps onto the couch in the TV room and puts her face in her hands, breathing hard. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was in the living room, my feet tucked under the lip of the couch, firing through a set of fifty crunches when I heard Ma’s actual sleepy voice drift up and over the room. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I take my pot of noodles over to the couch and eat on autopilot while we watch more footage. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I opened my eyes, I was on a red-flowered couch and three faces were looking down at me. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“It makes no sense,” said Jessie, pacing back and forth between the couch and the picture window. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I’m snuggled under a thick blanket on the couch and have been reading for so long that I don’t notice it’s getting dark outside until Baba switches on the lamp. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Granger went across the living room and sat on the couch. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bayonet and the Mameluke sword lay on the floor by the couch. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on the far side of the couch from Benji. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear her crooning a country church song called "Long Black Train" as I slump onto the couch in defeat. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Elbowing the grandmothers out of my way, I leap off the couch and block my parents' escape. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I looked at Dad, sitting back on the couch next to Mom. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He went over to Slider’s to help him move a couch.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Laila rolled to her side on the couch now and tried to remember something: At one point, when they were on the floor, Tariq had lowered his forehead on hers. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Juanita pushed herself off the couch and stood looking out the window at the darkness outside. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She takes one look at the lineup on the couch and bursts out laughing. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Gilly took one of the pillows off the couch and used it to wipe every trace of dust off the piano bench before sitting down on it. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Occasionally I fell asleep in it after school, curled up on the couch. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

How wild would it be if we go in and his dad is on the couch, waiting for him? They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Fifteen minutes later, I'm slumped on the couch in the living room, my feet up on the coffee table. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

There’s only one bedroom, so Mom sleeps on the living room couch. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He puts one bag by the couch and then takes the other bag to Uhmma. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She wore her earphones in bed, on the couch, in the bathtub. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At the hotel in Jerusalem, Liyana sat on the lumpy couch staring at her blue passport. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She turns to our chapter, and I arrange my colored pencils on the couch next to me. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting on the couch surrounded by books and papers. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they always said it when they weren’t over a block and a half from a grocery store, usually in a room with lights and cushions on a couch and running water. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’m reading on my white couch when Carla comes in the next morning. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Howard jumped up from the couch and Mrs. Odom came running in from the kitchen and I said, “I’m staying here! I’m not going back to Raleigh!” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It took hours of side-stepping each other, of drinking tea and putting on music and checking e-mail, of Curt lying faceup on the couch, still and silent, before he asked, “Who is he?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I plop down on the couch before I go to my room and start my homework. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I helped her up the stairs and got her onto the couch. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Wishbone jumped on the couch next to him and flopped over on his side, panting. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Every picture on the fireplace mantel was facedown on the ground, as were the line of school portraits my mom had placed on the table behind the couch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I sit down on the couches with Hammie, trying to avoid Ren’s stare—but even then, I can feel his smugness directed at me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We pass the living room, and I catch a glimpse of Mrs. Shainmark lying on the couch. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She pointed at Ida Nee, who was stretched out on a plaid couch. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

But not with arms stretched out like airplane wings, nor shot forward like Superman in a horizontal dive, but floating, cruising, in the relaxed position of a man lying on a couch reading a newspaper. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk to the couch and settle into the corner farthest away from him. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They sat side by side on her couch. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My gaze wanders to the corner of the suite, searching for the mattresses lying on the floor, Keira’s figure huddled under a blanket on the couch. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She flopped down onto the couch with a thick book and a legal pad. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I sat on the couch for a while as Augustus searched for his keys. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The walls were bare and there was no canopy over the small hard couch. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Artemis, my sister is lying drugged on that couch. She was almost killed. So explain yourself now!” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I wander over to the couch and start to tuck in the corners of the yellow blanket. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It began gently, nudging us back into our couches, and then began to build uncomfortably. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaped over to the couch and snuggled in close to her. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Joey climbed off Momma’s lap and Byron’s eyes got bigger and bigger but his traitor hands kept him pinned to the couch. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother had made her way around the couch and was shooing Sacred. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Back upstairs, Mom is in the living room dragging the couch away from the wall. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I watched her sideways, barely raising my head from the back of the couch. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Norma jumps off the couch and grabs the history test she had brought home so eagerly just a few minutes earlier. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She lies down on a psychiatrist couch, squeezing tears out about this shame. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I became conscious of my own posture and sat up a little on the couch. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

When I get into the living room, Malia’s already there on the couch, next to Mom. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She’s taken to laying on the couch while my stories are on, interrupting the whole time. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Crisp gray couches and metallic triangular coffee tables? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I’m on my couch, still mired in Lord of the Flies. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When they all left, Jazz took her seat on the couch and turned the TV back on. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She sits on the couch, closing her eyes for a rest, and I join her. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

To the left and right, various formal-looking sitting rooms full of straight-backed chairs and all manner of couches. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next to Ronny, a girl named Donna was balled up in a lump on one end of the couch. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

At home I got through the bad episodes by lying on the couch and drinking water brought from my parents, turning the electric blanket on to get warm and sweating it out. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

A titter of audience appreciation came from the couch. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Ray’s collar jingles; his quick bark wakes Axel from his spot on the couch. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In the living room, I can barely keep from skipping past Mom reading the newspaper on the couch. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You got two hours, Layla,” I say as she curls herself up on the couch and closes her eyes. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My parents are sitting together on the couch trying to decide if they should be worried about Beth’s new hobby. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The contacts detect my lingering look, and the real world around us—the office, the couches, the walls—darkens and disappears. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A big, overstuffed, almost impossible to move couch. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I go back to the couch, and I pull the blue fleece blanket around me, and I turn on Nick at Nite. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved from the couch to his bed. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched Javier’s tall and lanky body from the couch, mesmerized by the way he moved. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She went back in the kitchen, and Park walked over to the couch. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I helped him with some homework and then read on the couch for school while he played a video game. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When Emily walked in the front room of their apartment, she was kind of surprised to see Matthew sprawled on the couch, waiting for her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Dill hurried to the couch and moved his guitar. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I scribbled some notes and then I took Jane Eyre and stretched out on the couch. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I jump off the couch and run to the front door. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

We still have the old couch, but there is a new blue sheet covering the cigarette burns. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I plop down on the couch and it’s mere seconds before Riot is curling into a circle in my lap. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Front porches were full of living room furniture, old couches and armchairs, people playing checkers, arguing, waving fingers, and breaking into laughter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As Emily, James, and Matthew seated themselves in Mr. Griswold’s office, Jack perched on the arm of the couch and launched into an explanation. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Apa picks up the Korean newspaper and sits down on the couch. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He glanced over when I came in and motioned me toward the couch. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Thought so. Now get your shoes off my couch.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She perched on the couch of the Big House’s living room. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He cast himself down upon his couch and fell at once into a long sleep. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Absentmindedly, I began picking at the cracks in the couch’s leather, digging my fingers into the foamy whiteness. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Get out,” I yelled, pulling her off the couch. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flipped the tape and pressed Play, and waited for Robert Smith to start singing before she climbed up onto her dad's brown leather couch. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Except he ain’t on a tuna boat, he’s on the TV couch. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Smiley, startled to see the kids, hastily stuffed an empty cellophane cookie bag behind the couch cushion before flashing them a guilty smile. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She thought about what it would be like to sit next to June on the couch and watch a movie on the old TV. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We three arrange ourselves on the couch beside her, waiting, puzzled. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You can pay for it,” he told Helen, from the couch where he lay all day. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

One time, he was real drunk, and like, half passed-out on the couch. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I hung up my jacket and went to the couch, but I didn’t sit down. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

In the days that followed, we got rid of the couch and armchairs my parents had bought together. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

At the end are two big windows and a collection of couches. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Just as I was about to move toward the couch, I heard the guide say, “Time to head back.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And besides, she hadn’t wanted Ms. Morales to know about the key and its secret hiding place in the couch leg. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I try to pose the quandary to Carlyle but, not knowing where his true loyalty lies, I must couch my question so it doesn’t give him reason for suspicion. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“What about me? I want to go to the playground,” Malia whines from her spot on the couch. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When we go in to watch the recap of the opening ceremonies, I wedge myself in between Cinna and Haymitch on the couch because I don’t want to be next to Peeta. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Those Sundays after church, instead of sitting on the couch with our parents, Maribel and I started hanging out in the kitchen by ourselves. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t even a couch, just a folding chair and an air mattress in the living room. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Over the arm of the couch, I caught a glimpse of his face staring back at me through the dark beyond the window—where just a few minutes earlier I had been crouching. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

After the movie, we sit on the couch, sipping cups of creamy spiced chai. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He got them both Cokes and looked at the couch to see if it looked illicit. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I glance at my sister, curled up on the couch, sweating and reading, sweating and reading. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Elodin got up from the couch and began to pace the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She stood, cleared her throat to cover the little whimper she made whenever she got off the couch, and said, “I’ll let you visit with Jubilee while I go freshen up for dinner.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Through the bedroom is a gray sitting room she treats as a closet, her shoes and handbags and clothes scattered across the floor, piled on a fainting couch, spilling over the backs of chairs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Annie was sitting on the couch and had obviously been crying. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I can tell when it starts—she dances while lying there on the couch. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When she sees the expression on my face as I’m sitting on the couch next to Dad, she frowns. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He brought his bags from the hotel and declared he would sleep on the couch in the den until things were settled. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The couch cushion left lines in my cheek. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I sat down next to her on the couch. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It stood, in profile, wide open, in all its black, Steinway enormity, opposite the couch, its bench almost directly across from Franny. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I leaned forward on the couch and ripped the seam along the back of the jacket. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He makes pancakes, eggs, and bacon, and then he sits between me and Malia on the couch as we watch cartoons. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I entered the living room she was sitting on the couch wrapped up in a large knitted afghan. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He slid down in the soft couch, so different from anything in his own house. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

October 11—When I came into my apartment this morning, I found Alice there, asleep on the couch. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nick’s mom and dad sat on the couch, and Nick sat on the rocking chair that faced Mrs. Chatham across the low coffee table. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lowers herself onto the couch, buries her face in her hands. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Vaguely, I realize that I’ve slid down along the length of the couch, my head now on the armrest, and Hideo’s body is heavy against mine, pushing me down. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t eat anything and am stuck on the couch in front of the TV for the rest of the evening. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Moss sat down on the couch, running his hand over it, remembering the last time he’d been over, the feel of Javier’s hands on his body. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The palm divides the kitchen from the living room, which has a sleek black couch and a small Japanese maple in the corner. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He jokes that he feels like he is on a psychiatrist’s couch. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He pulled her along by the hand back to the atrium, now in twilight, and sat her down on the couch. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Toby lay down on the couch, trying to go to sleep. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I can't believe this is the same girl who used to make clubhouses out of our couch cushions.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I rubbed my hand over the couch cushion. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

But tonight she fixed a strong one, then lay down on the living-room couch, a picture album propped against her knees. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was seated in front of him and the two detectives sat on a little couch by the window. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Most sat on chairs and couches; a few found spots on the carpet. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She went back and dusted the picture over the couch, which was of fancily dressed white people in another century having an elaborate picnic in a woods. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I settle on a pair of gray sweatpants because it will be a cozy TV night on the couch. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

On a snowy Thanksgiving Day in 1943, after a large meal together at a local Manhattan restaurant, Bentley and Golos returned to her apartment, where he fell asleep on the couch—and never woke up. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The apartment door was cracked open and his mom was on the couch, sitting on the lap of a man wearing a sleeveless camouflage T-shirt. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Like always, she chose the uncomfortable cane-back chair to make sure Henry could not end up next to her on the couch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I take it one step further and now only registered Deckers can connect with me so I don’t have to deal with anyone looking to buy a couch or pot. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Baba stops as he walks by where I’m curled up on the couch with a fuzzy blanket and peeks over my shoulder. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I slept over at her house that night, on the short couch in her bedroom. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He staggered inside and collapsed on the fraying couch. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I step away from the window of my hotel room and go back to sit on the couch. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I sat in Jazz's spot on the couch, and Black moved over to create some space between us. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Connor, was this you? Did you mess up the couch? You’re old enough to clean after yourself, young man. Put them back.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

From the couch Brenda, too, was complaining, but the only sound that really entered his head was that of May Belle whimpering. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I wrap my arms around his neck and lean back on the couch, pulling him down with me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A month ago, Pearl would have backed out quickly and left him alone, but any other girl, she was sure, would have told Trip to move over, plopped down on the couch beside him. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Soon she could do little more than go along with him for company and lie on the gay couch no longer used for love-making. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just down the street from Bubeh’s, but the schoolwork was hard and I struggled my entire junior year, sleeping on Bubeh’s couch and wrestling with algebra every night. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel’s mom led her to the couch and sat down next to her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

That night, we camped out behind a pawn shop that had a pair of old chairs and a ripped-up couch lying in its alley. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Pop Pop lies on the couch, wheezing whiskey-scented breaths in and out. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She invited me in and I sat alone on the couch in their living room while she went upstairs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were in the basement and June sat on the couch while I stood on the fireplace like it was a stage. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Vaguely he remembered that he had to call Dorothy about something, but his body was fastened to the couch. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the couch, a body, but right away I knew it wasn’t Fang. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When I reach the bottom of the stairs, I see Brandon’s head pop up from the other side of the couch. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Come with me. Come to New York. You can sleep on my couch. We’ll find you a job. I’ll hassle you about the Bible and give you guilt trips to make you feel at home.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She sank into the couch, shaking her head no no no. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was on her hands and knees, back arched high, on a bright blue mat on the basement floor, while Ifemelu lay on the couch, eating a chocolate bar and watching her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We glanced at each other, debating, because kids in Big Trouble don’t normally hang out on the couch, but we sat, because he was right. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He drove it straight into the leg of a couch, where it stopped. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Flora slid off the couch and walked over to the painting and stared at it more closely. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Tootie was on the couch with a package of frozen peas on her head. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I awoke from a heavy, dreamless sleep to find myself lying on Francis’s couch in an uncomfortable position, and the morning sun streaming through the bank of windows at the rear. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I collapse onto the couch with a Coke, feeling edgy and restless. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

For as long as I can remember, she’s always watched her shows in here because Lucy was almost always on the couch in the living room. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And then she noticed that there was a picture hanging on the wall opposite the couch. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Mom waits on the same couch on the opposite week. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The couple sitting beside us on the couch, the girl was drunk and laughing and bumping into me every so often. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I set the phone back on the table and slumped onto the couch. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

But Mom and Dad were staring at me, waiting for me to open the gift, so I sat down on the couch and unwrapped it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

On a large red leather couch Dad lounges. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Redemption arranged himself on the couch and took a couple of deep breaths to prepare. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I say salaams to Nuah and good-bye to Tats and lie on the couch with my eyes wide open. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Once I’m inside the apartment, I fall over onto the couch and bury my head in the pillows. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Had she scraped herself, wriggling under the couch? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

At that moment Fang looked like he could barely slide off the couch let alone come up with some convoluted lie to amuse a friend. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“You were sitting on a couch in a nice apartment. And Pearl was on your lap. The photographer was—” She turned to Moody. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She ran into the living room and hugged her parents, almost causing her mom to spill wine on the couch. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I grab her elbow and guide her into her own sitting room, where we sit on her faded floral couch. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then he took her by the hand and led her over to the couch and gave his seat up so that she could sit down. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And now I’m slumped on the couch, staring at nothing. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I settled back on the couch and ran my hand over Fig’s rising belly. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

A small couch had been squeezed in between two walls, and a miniature refrigerator sat on the floor across from it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

When I get there, Frank is in his usual spot, but now Lenny is also there, sitting on the couch surrounded by classifieds with the phone cradled between his shoulder and his ear. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

"Count me out," his wife said from the couch where she'd finally given in to exhaustion. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

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

As I sit on this couch with them, knowing how much my parents care about me, and still care about each other—this is home. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Lorena laughs and throws a couch pillow at my face as I walk back to the living room. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She’d spend the evening perched on the edge of the couch, ready to make a quick getaway. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The front rooms and hallway of the house were full of furniture, chairs and desks stacked on tables and couches. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Gilly led the way into the living room and backed up to the couch, sticking a hand out toward the brown chair. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes after supper, they’d go into the teachers’ rest room where there was a chintz-covered couch and lie there for a while with their arms about each other. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He led the way into what everybody called the greenroom: a small cinder-block cubbyhole with a couch, a table, a couple of chairs, and a private bathroom. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Gerald scrambled down from the table and ran to his hiding place behind the couch. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat on the couch after the show, my pencil still poised over a blank page, and stared straight ahead. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Right before breakfast, Jaden brought me into the TV room and introduced me to all the posers sitting around on the couches watching a rap video. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

His parents were on the couch with their backs to him, and his twin brothers were in recliners on either side. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Chris took off his jacket and tossed it on the couch. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After I lose, we go to the couch and watch our favorite movie, Young Frankenstein. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her dad was wearing his bathrobe, sitting on the couch, eating a big bowl of popcorn and watching TV. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

His voice broke and he sank down on the couch. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be back,” I say, getting up from my spot on the couch, which Scruggs, a friend who was relegated to the floor, immediately claims, slinking up in one fluid motion. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He lifted the arm, stopped the turntable, and sat down on the couch again. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to know if it was under the couch or high up in the closet where I couldn’t reach yet. He didn’t say that ‘love is within’ or ‘love is all around you.’ They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Dakota reclined glumly on his couch, mixing sugar into his drink and chugging it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I nod and slide her plate off the counter, so she can bring it with her to the couch. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then Blanca, placing her hands in the small of her back, slowly sat down on the couch. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t trouble yourself,” he says from the couch. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mom sat on the couch, with Yvonne clinging to her arm. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Man, ain’t nobody trying to be poetic,” I informed him, taking a seat on the arm of the couch. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It ain’t an easy thing, but I got to forget about Dad on the TV couch and concentrate on my own stuff. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I came downstairs this morning, Mom and Dad were already sitting on the couch, all dressed and waiting for me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He flopped onto the couch, tipping his head back and closing his eyes. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m about to toss my backpack and my coat onto the couch, but Jay snaps from wherever she is, “Hang that coat up and put that backpack in your room!” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

There’s a leather couch in his room, right in front of the flat-screen TV and video game systems. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I glanced back at Dad, sitting on the couch watching soap operas with Laleh. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Trey gives an evil laugh and throws his legs across the couch. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The cohorts mingled freely with the Amazons, jumping from couch to couch as they pleased, and for once the soldiers of the Fifth were welcome everywhere. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

My heart was beating so fast as I sat on the couch, nervous, and scared for my life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He stopped short when he saw Ashish sprawled on the couch, mantislike legs splayed out so he took up every inch of space on the love seat. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Oftentimes I find him asleep on the couch in the living room, his form under a quilt like the exposed root of an old tree. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Leaving him at home one afternoon, she taped his cardiologist’s business card to the couch where he was sitting. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I took a seat on an empty couch that seemed to have been reserved for me and Minnie sat down beside me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I led her to a threadbare couch, ignoring and ignored by the other patients. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The couch faces a gas fireplace, a light blue flame burning. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

After they finished cleaning up in the kitchen, Trotter went into the living room and stretched out on the couch. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

There were soft pillows on large couches and walls filled with books and a rug cut in a thick rose pattern, and iced tea in the hand, sweating, and cool on the thirsty tongue. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The half-moon shone through the window behind the couch, on which Uncle Jet was squirming and shifting in sleep. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They choose a couch near the back of the room, sitting next to each other. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She sits down on the couch and asks, “For what?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I love coming here. All the seats are secondhand couches and chairs. You can bring food from the restaurant in there too,” she says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s because I have my boots off and my feet are curled up under me on the couch, and his arm is around my whole body. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In the living room, Mama and Papi are laid out on the couch watching TV. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The campers dined Roman style, sitting on couches around low tables. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Moss shuddered and remembered: the feeling of Javier lying on his chest, on the couch, in his arms, a body somehow cooler than his own. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They slept on every couch in every house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And here at the couch, it should be mentioned, the sun, for all its ungraciousness to the rest of the room, was behaving beautifully. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

My dad leaves me sitting on the couch without another word, his bedroom door shutting down the hall. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He took a seat on the couch and massaged his jaw. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Ella perched at his shoulder on top of the couch and nibbled furiously on cinnamon rolls. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Scared isn’t a good excuse!” she shouted into the couch. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He traded the iron bed for a studio couch. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I remember squeezing beneath a couch and hoping and praying that my dad would just come and get me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He sat back down on the arm of the couch. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was also doing this on the day that Agent Perry sat across from us on the couch to talk about the investigation. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

And I was pretty much back to normal by the time they got me onto the couch in the great room. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed to a bunch of people who were clustered around a redheaded boy and a girl in braids who sat on the couch across from each other, sketch pads poised on their laps. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Remembering the promise to his wife, he asked Mary to sit on a couch in a room away from the copy machine. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The sheriff heeded the voice and looked at the room—flowered chintz, lace curtains, white drawn-work table cover, cushions on the couch covered with a bright and impudent print. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s fine,” she says, “but this time, you’re going to make the basement presentable, or else you’ll be ringing in the New Year on the couch, smack dab in between your dad and me.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

At home, my mom is sunk deep into the couch with a bottle of cheap champagne just like she is every year. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Since he’d been known to sleep on Trotter’s couch with his eyes wide open, there was no way under heaven to tell if he were wide awake or dead asleep. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

A muffled voice comes from underneath a blanket on the couch. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mom patted the space on the couch next to her, closed the computer, and turned off the television. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Chico lay on the couch, watching television with the kids, but every once in a while I noticed his eyes fixed on me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They sat on the couch, trying to stay connected. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Right between the end of the couch and the corner of the desk. Couple of feet on either side, OK?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I'm sitting on the couch watching a dumb romantic comedy with my parents. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

On the couch, she tried to calmly explain that Daddy had had an accident and had gone to heaven. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I heard Wishbone barking last night,” Howard said one day while we sat on the old couch on his front porch eating Popsicles. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

So we sat around like any other night—Nancy and I on the couch, and Mr. Clutter in his chair, that stuffed rocker. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaylee is sitting cross-legged on the couch, texting her friends, and I’m sweating bullets. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He turned to see Zero, standing behind the couch. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She dropped down on the couch next to them. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He asked me to take a seat on a couch. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, I guess one of you can stay in Jubilee’s craft room. And that couch folds out,” Nan said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

When I can’t look at the photos any longer, I go back to the couch and sift through Metias’s journals again. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“What’s the matter?” he asked as he laid her possessions out on the couch. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Nora is tucked into her corner of the couch reading Macbeth. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z