| 单词 | cough |
| 例句 | I can feel that cough stirring in me solar plexus an’ workin’ its way up through me entrails till the next thing it takes off the top o’ me head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z A spritz or two even got in his mouth, sending Gregory gagging and coughing. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z You were shivering and coughing, but you started stringing beads while we sang out, “Bead necklaces, pretty bead necklaces!” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The wine was sweet and sticky, a little like cough syrup, but they drank it anyway because they had to if they wanted to get drunk. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Now that they stopped again, Ralph had time while he coughed to remember how silly they were. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She had died a coughing, spitting, aching, phlegmy death. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I open my mouth but the words won’t come, just more coughing. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept hacking into a large checkered handkerchief, and every cough was like a convulsion. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z And in the sixth month, she began to cough up blood. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z My throat tightens and I cough to relieve the pressure. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z A quick, short cough, and then adds, “I’m sorry, Barb. But it was fun.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I swallowed hard and almost coughed, catching it at the last minute so that my eyes teared over. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z When Elizabeth looks up and sees who she’s been surrounded by, she coughs, draws her hand up to her throat as if she’s shielding herself from some kind of attack. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I coughed loudly to let the Colonel know the coast was clear. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Grandfather coughed, and I handed him my tea. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s made up of intricate cartoon drawings, each one instructing people on the proper way to hand wash or the correct way to cough in public. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The doctor visited often because of a cough Matt had developed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After a moment came a snorting noise, then a cough, and then Mr. Benedict said, “Ah. Was I very long gone?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He coughed all the time and the boy watched him spitting blood. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I stand up, taking a deep breath and automatically coughing as the cold, harsh winter air shocks my lungs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He coughed a great deal and kept telling me it was his cold. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He fought again to free himself from the hungry depths and came up coughing and sputtering. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z After Zeitoun and Nasser prayed, they and the rest of the prisoners spent the morning shielding their eyes and mouths with their shirts, coughing through the poison. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Tally sat back, shaking her head, coughing once more. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “There’s nothing wrong. He broke off coughing again. I stared in horror, first at Grandfather, then at the doctor. “You must help him,” I cried. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Father Drozdov’s coughing was the only sound in the village square. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Everyone started coughing and choking, trying to get some clean air. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It was the kind of cough intended to attract attention, and the gods turned to see who had coughed. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Her coughing got better, less chesty and less whistling, but her appetite disappeared. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was awful, listening to Grandpa cough and hack and moan. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I coughed in surprise as the wind forced a leaf straight into my mouth, causing me to choke and splutter. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Grandpa had a bad spell of coughing then. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He coughed and sneezed so often that he carried a handkerchief in one paw at all times. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Every once in a while Minerva broke into a fit of coughing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He coughed so loudly that Violet could not be certain he had heard her. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He coughs all day and I see blood on his sleeve when he wipes his mouth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Joseph coughed again and wiped the sweaty hair from his eyes. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Suddenly he coughed, the cough of a phlegmy old man—and got to his feet. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Not cravenly coughing up facts and figures for the Gestapo. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I stroll back to 315, coughing when I get there, the mucus thick in my lungs and throat, my chest aching from my excursion. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She is skinny and pale and often has a cough. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Slopper ran around the table and pulled the sheet off the second one, getting tangled pretty good in voluminous folds and coughing from dust. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Ah, Jaysus, he says, and he has a coughing fit which brings up all kinds of stuff from his insides and has him hanging over the bucket. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “B. cepacia thrives best in saliva or phlegm. A cough can travel six feet. A sneeze can travel up to two hundred miles per hour, so don’t let one fly in mixed company.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Pop squeezes me so hard I think I might start gasping, coughing. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z It was damp, though, and she developed a cough, and her lower back began to bother her. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It is too wet in there, and people cough. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He coughed another patch of blood into the handkerchief. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A stick snapped and he stifled a cough. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z My gun was ready if I heard a mosquito cough. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The sounds of Papá’s coughing, the rattle of his aspirin bottle, and the rolling of Mamá’s twelve-inch lead pipe as she pressed dough to make tortillas were absent. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Heleen got to her feet, whimpering and coughing as onlookers moved to help her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The wind blows smoke toward us and it makes me cough. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z DeVante coughs into his fist like he wants to laugh too. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z But then I saw it: the white smoke puffed out of the front of the car and crept in through the vents on the dashboard, penetrating my lungs and causing me to cough uncontrollably. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It hit him like a fireball and he gave a wheezy cough. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Soon afterwards, one of the old men woke up and coughed a lot. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z He coughs and brings up ropes of green and yellow stuff. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The motor beside Father coughed into life, turned over, and caught. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman shook her head and coughed again. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At first you just have a tickle in your throat, and then you have a headache, and then maybe you’re coughing a little. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He waved a paw at her, but it was another minute or two before he could stand upright and breathe without coughing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Bloom rose and wandered dazedly around the room touching things, avoiding Linda’s chair, stopping once to cough. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Remembering his mother’s last illness, when she had coughed and coughed until his father left before dawn to get the dibia while the junior wife, Chioke, rubbed her back, frightened him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He straightens and looks at me like I just coughed up a quahog. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z All human drugs work on bonobos, so whenever his wheezing kept him awake at night I gave him precious cough syrup I bought from the US embassy commissary. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The second head, which was black as pitch, coughed up earth. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Z looked up at the colorful wires snaking down from the ceiling and coughed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He scrubbed his hands over his face, wet coughs still rattling his chest. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The strangest thing was that, except for a minor cough, I felt fine. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t cough all the time but still acts sick. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z As I coughed and sputtered in agony in the now-calm water, I saw one of the boys floating before me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z A pregnant young woman sat up and held her chest and began to cough, unending chesty coughing that was painful to hear. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z His laugh turned into a raspy wheeze, and he stopped hauling on his rope to hunch over and cough. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He paid attention to the way I coughed, laughed, scratched my head, spoke; in sum, all the external manifestations of what he called my gender identity. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Once, he knew, her mother would have leaned down to tend the little girl at the sound of such a cough. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The man seated to her right coughed loudly into his napkin. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she thought about the previous spring, when Pearl had gotten a cough so bad Mia had finally taken her to the hospital, where they learned it had turned into pneumonia. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A laugh bubbles out of my throat and turns into a coughing fit. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Dad coughed as if something had gone down the wrong way. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I pretend to cough, and jostle my elbow so she wakes up. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I coughed up mouthfuls of soot for days. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The man coughed, and continued without answering her, “When they made us lie down, I remembered what I had heard.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I scream until my voice gives way to coughs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Chubs dragged me on my back, choking and coughing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I tugged on my cap and forced a cough. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z "Look, bruises. And I think I have a cough." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He coughed and choked as if the very air of the slave ship would infect him with illness. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z That was how Johnny’s mother had died—burned up by fever, coughing herself to death. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember waking up one morning having more trouble breathing than usual, and then I couldn’t stop coughing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “I’m fine,” I say, coughing and pounding my chest. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It started with a few coughs and body aches. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Tiny sputters and coughs a bit and then croaks, "My throat. So raw." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z She knew perfectly well that she had what was called consumption, would have known even if she was not reminded by a hard, exhausting cough. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She drove slowly and stepped on the brake when Baby started to cough. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When I heard Hari cough, I knew he must be awake. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z She said, “I guess. That is, if my mother is still—” She coughed. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z In the audience someone coughs, and the crowd is so quiet that it echoes like a gunshot. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I do old. My guts ache, and my back hurts, and I cough my chest apart every morning.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It coughs and rumbles and spits out two old women in front of the grocery store. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z She coughed, then said in a deeper voice, “Here?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z When he stopped, he looked older than a few moments before, like he was aging with each coughing fit. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z His coughing became so bad that a Varanasi doctor was called. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z My companion coughed and cursed the court officials and the judge who had sentenced him. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Wouldn't you know that as soon as I got a claim staked and a place built, the doc here would tell me this cough was going to kill me. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Mrs. Johnson took in a deep breath and started coughing like she’d swallowed a fly. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Caroline burst into a giggle and then tried to cover it up with fake coughing. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She coughs at night and I get up for her, feeding her spoonfuls of cough syrup, bringing her drinks of water. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I felt the sharp chill of the fog around my lower legs and there was fire all around me as I ran, coughing and drawing in more bad air. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The 2nd juror rises, goes to the coat hooks and takes a package of cough drops from his jacket pocket. 12TH juror: I’m sorry. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The car coughed a couple of times before it started. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z For once I was looking forward to the doctor holding my balls and telling me to cough, which I still don’t understand why they do. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She let Desdemona worry about the diaper rashes and whooping coughs, the earaches and nosebleeds. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Most of us came struggling back up to the surface, coughing and choking and clawing at the water. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stop that coughing. Go lay down in the back and rest up till the old man comes.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I held it to her head, and the coughing finally stopped. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, he said, you’re bound to have the cough when you live in Limerick because this is the capital city of the weak chest and the weak chest leads to the consumption. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She coughed as she ran, eyes watering and stinging until she was half-blind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Isabella laughs but then starts coughing so hard, I’m ready to catch one of her lungs. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z All had similar symptoms: nausea, vomiting, chills, fever, extreme fatigue, and coughing. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The guy coughed and spat, his eyes bulging. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He looked around her tidy farm, listened to her ragged, wet cough, and moved in. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He coughed a few times, then lay down on the floor and died. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z His shirt is covered in soot, and he coughs and heaves. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z A boy, I think from District 9, reaches the pack at the same time I do and for a brief time we grapple for it and then he coughs, splattering my face with blood. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I coughed once or twice, then asked, in a trembling voice, “Why are you getting fat?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z II His cold was getting worse and worse, and each cough caused a vague pain in his lungs that lingered on for moments after the cough had seared his throat and chest. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Lady Seymour grabbed two of the sacks; the coins within clinked together as she rose to her feet, coughing. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It was then, as he stood with his back to the room, that he heard a soft cough behind him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She rubbed her eyes, tried to take a deep breath but coughed instead, and then started toward the second floor. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z We turned away and pretended we were having coughing fits. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Then I remember the cigarette in my hand and bring it to my lips, only to suck in and immediately cough it out. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I lay on the sidewalk coughing, swallowing blood and feeling all the different hurts in my body. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He coughs and a bloody dribble runs down his chin. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “I suppose I must catch it like a cough,” said Biddy, quietly; and went on with her sewing. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z They watch her bleary-eyed from behind their square black glasses, signaling to each other with coughs and claps. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But the Bay Area’s smog stung his eyes, the traffic noise gave him headaches, and the pollen made him cough. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He begins to cough, and when he removes the handkerchief from his mouth, it’s redder. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He rises and coughs to clear his throat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Trying hard not to cough again—it hurt so bad—and looking right at her, he asked Miss Mattie Lou for some water. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He enjoyed sleeping in a bed with me, and his lingering cough finally cleared up. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Taro coughs loudly and stabs his fork in another piece of pink steak. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He gulped air, and when he coughed, he tasted soot. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I cough, trying to spit out the dirt that fills my mouth. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Panicking, Cole stifled a cough—he didn’t dare cough. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Prosper's allowance hadn't lasted long, and after the second night Bo had already started coughing so badly that Prosper had taken him by the hand to go and find a policeman. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Elizabeth Cady listened to her older brother's barking cough echo down the upstairs hallway. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z They cough and whisper and snore, call out and turn and sigh. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z She started to say something else, but the effort launched her into a coughing fit. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Chipo, too, was gasping and coughing, while anxious women held her shoulders and murmured encouragement. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z His cough was prophetic of an early death. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He barked a wet cough and spat in a soiled handkerchief. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He coughed once or twice, weakly, as if he didn’t have the heart for it, and then lay too still. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The Englishman looked out of the window and coughed. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the coughing roar of a charging bear. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I gasp and cough and claw at the back of my head. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Mr. Poe opened his mouth to say something, but erupted into a brief fit of coughing. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He cackled, then almost choked in a spasm of coughing. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z In the night he woke in the cold dark coughing and he coughed till his chest was raw. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He coughed and spit, his neck burning from the rope, then tried to sit up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He was bruised, but nothing was broken; he had taken a little water, but apparently had coughed it out. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z The chauffeur coughed gently and slowed the car down. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Twelve feet away Bloom was hunched over, coughing a little, hawking up phlegm, gasping, trying to calm down so that he wouldn’t be sick. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they could hear it coughing and whining on its single belabored engine. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He was ramping up and down in his cage, coughing, and blowing his nose, and spluttering with rage. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z As we made our way back down the drive, I heard a distinct cough. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Island County coroner coughed twice, dryly, and circumnavigated his examination table. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The engine coughed, and Leo tilted sideways, slicing through the air. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Tayo coughed and tried to clear the tightness from his throat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Since Kalinda is still wet from her swim by the docks, she starts sneezing and coughing. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A little girl two pods away coughs too and gags up her own gelatinous lung slug. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He wasn’t allowed near the youngest orphans, since his lingering cough had returned full force. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The gatherers shuffle their feet, cough into their hands, avert their eyes, and walk off in the opposite direction. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Before Beatriz can even crack back, Miss New Jersey lets out a loud cough and swings open the doors of the pool hall. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Joe spent much of his second year in the hospital, coughing up blood in an isolation chamber. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He coughed and took from his pocket one of the squares of paper to hold over his mouth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Her heart raced as she gulped in air and coughed from the dust and smoke. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It coughs and wheezes like it’s gone asthmatic. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I was struck by the different, distinctive coughs—bass, baritone, and tenor. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “So Dusty agreed to cough up the ten grand,” Dad went on, “and he promised never, ever again to flush into the basin.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The Captain yanked the starter cord two or three times and the motor finally coughed and then hummed. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He paused to cough, then put on his hat. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She coughs red onto the floor, and I throw myself toward her, somehow knowing that if I don’t get to her soon, the light will leave her eyes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I cough and spit, tears running down my face. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, yes! When it’s going to get too ugly! Only you mustn’t say anything. We need a signal. I know! You will give a little cough—like this!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I scrabble back from him, coughing and spluttering, but he stays there, sinking a little, not moving. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Irene coughed and spit for a good thirty seconds, always dramatic. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z He can cough as much as he wants now! Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Someone coughs while I’m putting the essay back into my folder. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Almost at once a thin trickle of smoke rose up and made him cough. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z After a little while, however, he began to cough, vomited some water and sat up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, I wouldn’t say I’ve forgotten—you know, nothing is ever truly forgotten, you said so yourself, sir, ha ha—” He coughed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Everyone on the row of streetcar seats was turned directly toward the judge, who coughed, leafed through his file, and turned toward me, fanning himself. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z A drip from the rag makes it to my mouth and I gag and spit and cough some more. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I cover my mouth with my napkin and cough and cough like some tubercular old uncle. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He put down his heavy suitcase, dried off his glasses, and coughed. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z At last the coastguard’s voice gave out—he bent over the pommel, coughing into his fist—and the leader answered. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of getting mad or nervous, they hear other things: the rustling of programs, fabric sliding against seats, polite coughing. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “After Mama’s coughing subsided, she said, ‘Timothy, when I’m gone, you will take care of Love, won’t you?’ Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I force a cough, but it morphs into a choke halfway through. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z But picturing a spurt of wine-red blood and wondering if the ice pick would make him cough didn’t help. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z We were on our way to visit Perilee, who was recovering from a bad cough. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Right. Got it. Like who decided to make cough syrup taste like fake bubble gum? Disgusting on both counts.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z He had to concentrate to stifle the cough and at the same time he was trying to listen. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The cold cut into his lungs, and he began coughing. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He coughed and cleared his throat again and looked up at the clerk. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Caught in a spasm of coughing, she made light of it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The Wildcat coughed a little before she started growling and rumbling. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Even then, I can’t come near standing up and I must pass out again cuz Manchee’s licking my face and I’m having to open my eyes and cough in my breath all over again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Twice during the night, coughing uncontrollably, I had to flee outside for air. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He wobbled away on his bicycle, the cigarette dangling from his mouth, the cough racking his body. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When Khouy gets sick, coughing up blood, we are forced to fend for ourselves. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning as I passed the sizzling stove I thought I heard Tillie cough and spit. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the way to the presentation, each student ran into a man slumped in an alley, head down, eyes closed, coughing and groaning. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s see. The cough syrup is eighteen cents, and the medicine is thirty-two cents. That comes to fifty cents.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Across the aisle from Rahel a woman with chapped cheeks and a mustache coughed up phlegm and wrapped it in twists of newspaper that she tore off the pile of Sunday papers on her lap. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Whooping cough could be “just a little bit bothersome,” he admitted. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “If a mestizo is coughing, he has a cold. If a longo is coughing, he has tuberculosis.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A teacher had coughed quietly on the other side, and said, “Dear, you’re free of boogers. Trust me. I can see quite clearly.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At this the King trembled very much, opened and shut his visor several times, coughed, wove his reins into a knot, exclaimed, “I beg your pardon?” and showed signs of cantering away. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Just then, the Gran broke into a coughing fit, sending the Uncle into a panic. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Sally is cough syrup; she tastes bad, but my mother insists she’s good for me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I forced a cough out of my throat; I hoped I would not stutter. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She took a deep breath to speak, which set her off into a terrible, heavy-sounding coughing fit. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z She opened the book, and Harry saw that the symbol they were investigating headed the top of the page as she gave a little cough, and began to read. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She coughed out a bit of flour dust. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Both physically and emotionally worked up, often Elijah Muhammad would begin coughing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He stuck the cigarette in the corner of his mouth, lit it, coughed again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The shivering makes me cough, everything makes me cough, and I spit out handfuls of green goo from my lungs, but then I hold my breath and plunge in my head again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z His cough moves through the air back into our room where the light is almost blue, the white winter sun painting it. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z He coughed again and took a deep breath. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She had begun coughing, a dry, painful cough through the night that kept both Betsy and Amelia awake, though not Lyddie. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He coughed again, swallowed some air, and coughed harder. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Every once in a while he would cough or spit between his shoes. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The coughing stopped, and Morrie dropped back into the foam pillows and sucked in air. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I coughed again and set my voice into as impersonal a tone as I could manage. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He was shoved from behind, and dropped to the floor coughing and spitting, crawling on all fours. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Clohessy tries to sing with us, gone, alas, like our youth too soon, but it brings on the cough. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He’d heard a man coughing too hard a few cells down. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The cough was near constant, stiff and phlegmy like a sack of bricks slamming against my insides. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The black guy falling to the floor, clutching his own neck and coughing and choking to get back his breath. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Come to think of it, Jojo had been coughing quite a bit at night. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Miss Anderson wheezes as she coughs, a handkerchief pressed to her lips. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I get a cough sometimes, and it’s terrible straight out front.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Auntie Aggie came in and pushed Momma to the side, lifting me up and thumping me on the back as I coughed up the water I'd swallowed. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Ma coughs softly, but I need to tell this story on my own. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z He began to say something, but his words broke into a rasping cough. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Most of the time the tickle refused to go away, so I had to drink milk with honey, sugar or cough drops. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I was afraid he was about to go off into another one of his coughing fits. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He paused, puffed on his cigarette, and struggled with a cough. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She coughed as she started a fire; the wood smoke stung. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They walked, coughing, until just before dawn, when they spotted a road sign with Indio and the number 25 beside it. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z His mother coughed wetly and then spat something to the floor. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, and then he nodded at Hugh, who wilted to the floor in spasms of coughing, right on cue. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z There's a discreet cough from next to the door. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Twists again, and the radio coughs out a few garbled words of a Swiss broadcast. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I cough out the words, choking on my disgust. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z His eyes flicked open and he started to cough. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Not with this cough. Milk would stop up my lungs.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, a large dump of dirt hit me in the face, exploding into many smaller pieces that filled my eyes and nose, making me cough and sputter. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She gave a little, ladylike cough as she swallowed—he could not be sure whether this cough was genuine or in mockery of him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He coughed, and it took him a long time to get his breath again. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Mrs. Krajewska and her SS nephew will not think that cough is mine. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “I’m okay, buddy,” I try to say and get some of it out despite the coughing, even tho it ain’t true. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z You better— And suddenly he bowls over, a look of horror on his face, and starts coughing while clutching his chest, only no sound comes. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z A chair squeaked and someone coughed, but other than that the classroom was silent. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She puts her stethoscope by my back and has me take deep breaths, cough, the whole deal. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z She coughs on the cover before dropping the book onto my desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I rubbed my nose and faked another cough. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I watched as the rig coughed and sputtered to life. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time Nailer looked up from his coughing, the clipper ships were gone. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z A surge of joy lifted Tree-ear’s heart into his throat, so that he had to cough politely before speaking again. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She paused to cough, leaned down and coughed, and when the spell was over her cheeks were flushed and she was exhausted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He coughed and then elaborately refilled and lit his pipe. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Fang coughed up a lungful of smoke and shook his head, staring at the empty shelf in disgust. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z A scratchy feeling rises in my throat like I’m coughing up sandpaper. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Malachy says, Why are you all black? and Uncle Pa Keating laughs and coughs so hard he has to ease himself with a cigarette. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They snorted, spewing droplets of coffee, coughing out smoke. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They heard him coughing into his handkerchief and then the front door creaked shut as he left the house. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I sobbed and coughed, and she wrapped her arms around me. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I fake a cough and point at my throat. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is English pronunciation that is crazy. Take three words: rough, cough, and dough. Excepting for their first letter, they are all spelled alike. But how are they pronounced?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Curtain coughed and wiped his pale, moist brow. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Just then the number 25 bus screeches to a halt in front of the bodega, coughing out a thick puff of black smoke before the doors open. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He took a long swig, coughed, wiped his mouth on the sleeve of his uni- form, and glared at Crow with narrowed, watery eyes. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Dragonwings lurched forward, bumped, stopped, and lurched forward again, like some great lumbering beast coughing to itself as it got up out of bed. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He had grown fatter, his varicose ulcer had subsided, leaving only a brown stain on the skin above his ankle, his fits of coughing in the early morning had stopped. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The judge had hoped to take the "heiress" by surprise, but Grace gained time by coughing. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly her emaciated body was racked with a cough. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice got raspy and she used her little, growing cough as an excuse not to finish her thought. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I cough as I do and even with the bandages it hurts so I have to wait till I stop. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z And he couldn't run more than a few steps without coughing, which meant the fights usually ended badly. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Poor engine hates it—coughing and spluttering the whole way—suppose I’m lucky I didn’t asphyxiate in the exhaust. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A roomer down the hall began a patient, continuing cough against the quiet night. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His cough gets worse; he is pale and very thin, even though he has a tremendous appetite and eats like a wolf, Jo thinks. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He pressed upon her through the coat until she spewed frothy brine onto the sand, and coughed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Even though on windy nights, puffs of smoke blew back down the chimney, making them cough, yet she still liked the cold months when the fire was lit. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Ji-yong saw my face, and just as Grandma coughed, he amended softly, “Well, a few, anyway. To practice.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The other cohorts started coughing, trying not to laugh. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I left him,” I say and keep saying, snot-filled and coughing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z All Roosevelt could do was stay in bed, propped up on pillows, feeling like he was being strangled as he coughed, wheezed, and gasped for breath. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z She gave what might have been a laugh, then coughed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z When I don’t respond, Ma coughs lightly and asks, “You coming, boy?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I ran blindly back into the building, coughing and choking, my lungs and eyes on fire. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I couldn’t conceal my coughing, could hardly even breathe. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He woke that night with the dull carbon light of the crossing moon beyond the murk making the shapes of the trees almost visible and he turned away coughing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z An agent that could travel in a cough? The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Cas started coughing from the smoke, and he went back to the most important thing on the agenda. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They gave the medicine to sick children and parents and took it themselves when fevers and coughs grew worse. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He put the handkerchief in front of his mouth and coughed into it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Sandy stood, took a long swig from his flask, coughed, then spoke in a hoarse voice. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The fever raged despite all the sponging, and Grandpa couldn’t sleep for coughing and talking. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Evidence seems to prove that this is a germ disease spread principally by human contact, chiefly through coughing, sneezing, or spitting. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He stood outside the curtains and coughed, and Adina stuck her head out. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Her coughing was very bad at night, so loud and disturbing that Cyrus had at last to put her in another room or he would have got no sleep. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I mumbled to my plate, then started to cough as if real, sensible words would have come out of my mouth but for the coughing. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Angelo’s taking some cough medicine,” Santa said as she returned to the parlor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My lungs begin to burn and I start coughing, oxygen hissing out of my cannula as I struggle for air. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I stood, coughing from the cloud of gunpowder smoke that was rolling across the banks. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Camel coughs wetly, the effort wracking his body. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z A second later, she thrust it away from her again, coughing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z At the beginning of winter most of us came down with a bad cough that shook our ribs and rattled our heads, which responded by leaking thick mucus into our scarves and onto our sleeves. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z They hold it near her until her coughing subsides. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I was preparing to move away, to let my mother and sister say goodbye, when he coughed—a brittle, rasping hack that sounded like crepe paper being crinkled. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z J.T. was coughing, but we’d both stepped away from Digger, who brought the cigarette down quickly and pulled his incriminating hand behind his back. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z She coughed hard and blew her nose and spit out mouthfuls. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Hannah began to sigh, caught herself, and turned it into a cough. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She smothers me in a cloud of chemicals that makes me cough, and the next time I touch my hair it's so stiff it feels like plastic. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I . . . have . . . to . . .” Each word was a croaking cough. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She coughed so hard, it made Percy’s chest hurt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But the persistent coughing all night and wheezing all day finally led Mother to take me to a white doctor’s office, where there were many white patients but only a very few of us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She clapped me on the shoulder so hard I coughed. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky choked on smoke and ash, and the people did, too, spending their days coughing and itching, their eyes turned forever toward the ground. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z By the time we reached Salt Lake City, all seven of us had whooping cough. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z A Legionnaire jerked the propeller and the motor coughed twice, then roared. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, he has a cough. He’s taking herbs for it.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Her eyes widened as she caught Fadi standing at the corner, and she started to cough. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z He thought of Pond, fully healed, no longer dry heaving or coughing. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z My elbows collapsed and I fell flat on my back, coughing out air, the TV sounding as if it was right beside me. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Mark coughed when he tried to pull in a deep breath. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Like the way I used to cough when I was in third grade and wanted Mom to come and pick me up from school. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The silence grew thick, and time seemed to stop within the church, but no one dared to cough or shift position, so as not to attract Father Restrepo’s attention. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But in spite of the cough syrup, you weren’t any better the next morning. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Her breasts wobble as she coughs, like sunflowers in a breeze. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z On and on she coughed, her feeble body shaking as I tried to hold on to her. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, Kitty, you may cough as much as you choose,” said Mr. Bennet; and, as he spoke, he left the room, fatigued with the raptures of his wife. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Henry coughs, and Alex is turning to look at him again when the door opens and Cash’s giant silhouette reappears. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I take slow steps back to the house as Bad Leg sings this song while laughing and coughing and starting the song over again. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He jabbed me in the back and I coughed up the water. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then Peewee started coughing from the cigarette, and the medic gave him some water. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z After a phrase or two, I’d cough up a warm, silvery sound. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I have been very worried in case that nasty cough of yours comes back.' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He was old, and the whites of his eyes seemed to grow more yellow every week, and he coughed like something was ready to rattle loose inside of him. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I cough and try to clear my parched throat. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z White water floods the deck, then drains away, leaving behind crewmen coughing for air. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The heat of the room helped to bake out the fever in Lady Seymour’s blood and ease her cough. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Florence, who smoked the cigarette in the circus, had a hard cough. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The person, whoever it was, gave a small cough, evidently as a prelude to speaking. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He would have said more, but just then he broke into a fit of coughing. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you ...” Luke coughed and his lips glistened red. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Z was leaning over Tad, who was coughing and clutching his bloody stomach. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z But then I'd apparently broken out of the hospital in a rabid rampage, and every student with a cough or runny nose was now a suspected plague carrier and being rushed to the doctor. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She was knocking sheets of water high in the bright sun, charging with her fur up and her long teeth bared, filling the canyon with that awful coughing roar. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I coughed and kicked, treading water with one arm while trying to keep the kid’s face above the surface. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The baby sounded like all those new sick babies at the Home, it was coughing like it was a half-dead little animal. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Once he had a cough, and his breathing sounded slow and heavy. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The vehicle moved away in a plume of dust that made him cough. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Jensine stubbed out a cigarette and laughed at my naïveté, which caused her a small coughing attack. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “He can see beyond,” he said, and coughed. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Passengers sprint for the exits, shrieking and coughing. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Every morning for these six years the old man had waited for his son to bring in hot water to ease him of his morning coughing. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Despereaux, gasping and coughing and blinking at the bright light, could have wept with joy at his rescue. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Daddy makes a sound something between coughing and laughing. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z A moment later he heard his sister cough. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The sawdust went up his nose, and he doubled over, coughing and retching. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I coughed, and each push of air brought afresh ache out of my back and legs. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z As the flood of venom rolled toward the goddess, the fumes began to make her cough. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And cough medicine to cure sickness, and shoes ... she hadn’t had new ones for almost two years. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z With just a cough, with just a single touch, I could ruin her entire life. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He had been perfectly healthy until that morning, when he woke with a fever and croupy cough. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I was playing in a large high school auditorium that echoed with phlegmy coughs and the squeaky rubber knobs of chair legs sliding across freshly waxed wooden floors. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z After while he seemed to sleep, but in no time was coughing again and talking. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He had rheumatic fever, chicken pox, pneumonia three or four more times, started coughing blood when he was six, was anemic, drowsy all the time, constantly sniffling, weak and miserable, and—everybody thought— dying. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she made a sharp coughing noise, and her cubs obediently dashed off into the woods. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As in: The doctor sees me Googling the symptoms — coughing, sweating, vomiting, nosebleeds — and he says, You know we cant be sure what causes a myocardial infarction. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z He backs away and coughs, the sound wet and phlegmy. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Joe gave a reproachful cough, as much as to say, “Well, I told you so.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z She lay awake most of the night listening to Rachel cough, the sound rasping and sawing through her own body. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z They left him coughing and sobbing in the kitchen and went into the front room to show Francie the costumes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was writhing and twitching and coughing out blood, and the other soldiers were looking around to left and right for whoever had fired it, but the archer was nowhere to be seen. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He coughs, trying to hide the little quiver of fear in his voice. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I coughed out water as oxygen rushed into my lungs to replace it. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He huffed and chuffed, emitting a yipping cough, and it took me a second to realize he was laughing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I coughed reflexively and sucked down another lungful of the burning air just as I entered the wall of flame. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And in the night, when my coughing was dry and tough, feet padded into the room, hands repinned the flannel, readjusted the quilt, and rested a moment on my forehead. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He coughed and his mother patted him on the back. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Before Tamika could say another word, I covered my mouth and burst into a coughing attack. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He went into a long coughing fit, then spit a wad of blood into the dirt. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I must be standing there a long time because he runs out of things to say and the woman starts coughing delicately into her hand. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Her objective at first was not to educate me especially for first grade, but to slow me down during the day and to keep me from coughing all night. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z In the rainy season dirty water runs everywhere, and people cough and spit because they must. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy shook his head, coughed, then vomited again. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Even Lady Tan da and her daughters looked pretty in matching gowns of turquoise silk and vair, and Lord Gyles was coughing into a square of scarlet silk trimmed with golden lace. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Unlike Sally’s strong cough syrup, Nora was a weak fruit punch. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He diagnosed me with whooping cough and instructed Grandmother and Mother to take all the rugs off the floor and draperies off the windows at our house. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My forehead pressed into the hollow of Dad’s shoulder, his shirt smells sickly sweet, like cheriy cough syrup from the pharmacy, but I don’t care. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, yeah. It's like I always said: you just can't—” Somkit coughed again, this time so hard they had to stop walking. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I started down, too, but Cloke coughed in a significant manner and I turned around. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He doubled over in a fit of coughing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Seven and Chris cough and cover their noses with their shirts. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He began to cough and mutter and I realized that he was either drunk or sick. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I gave a small cough and said: it is hardly for me to pronounce upon qualities I may or may not possess. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The house was dark, but smoke coughed from one of the center chimneys, grayer than the gray sky. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The man choked and coughed as soon as he inhaled it, coming back to consciousness with reddened eyes. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The silence on Marcus’s end of the line worried me that he’d hung up, but he coughed, and the phlegmy noise was a relief. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Every morning the old man’s cough was the first sound to be heard. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z His joints are swollen and twisted in painful angles, and he's got a hacking cough that proves he spent years in the mines. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He laughed and coughed, trying to regain composure, as if he had outdone himself. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z We made an elaborate show of coughing when they lit up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And then there was a cough from the bedroom. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “She’s been using it for a couple of weeks. Sometimes at night she coughs and she doesn’t use it and I think she’ll die right then in the sleeping bag.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I cough, my lungs rattling like rocks falling down a hill. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z A dry coughing noise made them all turn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I try to suck in as much air as I possibly can, coughing desperately as I flip open a keypad, my hands shaking too much to type in the numbers. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z At first it just made a scratchy sound and the smell made him cough and remember how he’d got that brown place in the palm of his hand. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her jaw was pulled down and I saw her tongue was swollen and she was coughing to try to make it fall out. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark hears the boat before he sees it, a coughing, choked sound of engines that have seen better days. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Seized again by coughing, I fell to the ground where the smoke was not so heavy. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z In church, the library, the mines, a few coughs that turned into a wheeze. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “And I know what Doctor Neal says, that it’s some kind of last strength, some nonsense ab—” She coughs and her thin body arches over like a shell. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He said, “I thought you had a cold. I don’t hear any coughing or sneezing.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried to speak but could only cough. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The only sound is of someone coughing far off. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z When, on a day after a trip to collect coal, I cough once, loudly, through bronchial tubes already packed tight with phlegm, my mother frowns. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The engine coughed and sputtered at first, but then, in a sudden roar of effort, turned over. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He didn’t seem to have coughed on me intentionally; he was just heedless. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Losing all your beauty and coughing a good deal?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Between heaves, interrupted by coughing spells, Frantig apologized for leaving the building while wearing a jump suit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Grace Wexler mimicked, then she dropped her head into her crossed arms on the table and fell asleep to the sound of the lawyer's throat-clearing coughs. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Emily started to write and then faked a small coughing attack. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He blesses me again, asks me to pray for him, and I’m happy trotting through the rainy streets of Limerick knowing Theresa is in heaven with the cough gone. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But then she coughed, water coming out of her mouth as her body rushed downstream. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I throw in a sniffle and a couple fake coughs. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Something must’ve sounded funny, because Day laughs once before bursting into a coughing fit. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Their horses kicked it up when they rode into the courtyard, and it floated into Kaede’s nose and throat and made her cough. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When he turns around at the slam of the door, he coughs out a startled cloud of smoke. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She tried to answer, but wound up coughing savagely instead, and he forced her face down in the dirt before she could manage another breath. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z When I had coughed up a portion of the river, I sat up and looked about. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I keep moving to the stairwell, coughing and clutching at my side, the pain from the surgery making my head spin. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Then he coughed, and yelped with pain from the broke ribs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “I curse you. Three times, I curse you. As you’ve murdered me, may your hands always be stained with blood. May death be your only companion. May you—” He breaks off abruptly, coughing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Gay followed her gaze, then covered her mouth as if she was going to cough. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I don’t eat any dinner or dessert, and I cough so much during the news my dad tells me to take some cough medicine. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Keav s face flashes before my eyes as I gasp for air, only to cough at the stench of death that floods into my nostrils. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He got over the sniffles, but the cough persisted. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I’d come with you, but I have a cough, and Herbalist said I shouldn’t run around too much. I promised to go right home,” Ramon said. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He coughed and said, “I’m going to get ready for school.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z But there was no miracle that we could see, only Hari suffering a new attack of coughing. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Slopper’s and Minerva’s snoring filled the hallway with familiarity and every now and then I heard a cough or a sneeze that reminded me we were all still together. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He coughed and stepped back, his eyes blazing as though fire had leaped into them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z No one person or group acted as dispensers or guardians; none saw to it that a drink was saved for the man who coughed, though he was now in a high fever. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Lac put his sleeve to his nose and coughed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She bats John's hand away when a bout of her chronic coughing hits her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He sampled the cigar again, this time managing to hold the smoke in for a moment longer before starting to cough. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A wave of pain washes over me, and I cough. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry for”—the Beiderman coughed, then paused and waved one hand—“every thing.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He clung to the hull’s edge, coughing and spitting water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I hear their coughs, their raspy voices calling to one another. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And so if I don’t find Viola and Aaron soon I’ll starve to death if this coughing don’t kill me first. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Ahem!” coughed Aunt Carrol softly, with a look at Aunt March. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z My senses told me that Tillie had coughed and spat into that pot, but my heart told me that no human being could possibly be so filthy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He got that cough in France in the war when he swallowed the gas. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When it finally burst in a loud, sizzling explosion, Gerald jumped back behind the sofa, coughing and wheezing from the heat and smoke. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I can hear Daddy coughing in his bed, a cough like he’ll never catch his breath. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I get my balance again, gasping and coughing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Their hacking coughs and complete lack of output suggested that, for certain writers, smoking was obviously not enough. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He coughs and stands shakily, then looks down at Tristas’s body with dawning shock. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Everyone waited, and no one moved, no one coughed, no one even took a deep breath. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z ‘They maybe is looking a bit propsposterous to you,’ the BFG said, ‘but you must believe me when I say they is very extra-usual ears indeed. They is not to be coughed at.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “How long have you been coughing like that?” she demanded. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He coughed and a spasm overtook his body. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He kept coughing until someone came up with the bright idea of giving him codeine. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He does that himself about a minute later when he starts to cough and before I can say anything, the room is swarming with nurses and Dr. Spivak is telling me I have to leave. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The officer paused for a brief coughing spell. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I coughed to show that they’d heard a cough, not a laugh. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He caught his breath and coughed and the coughing hurt him badly. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Bass blew out a cloud of smoke which made me cough. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I coughed and Doc laid me on the ground. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Her voice was raspy, and the coughing started again. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I stand up straight and cough in surprise. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “It was—an experiment. I didn’t like it. They made me cough.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I snort and try to cover it up with a cough. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It started with a hacking cough and the sniffles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He coughs, presses his already-shut eyes together tight, and rolls over. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z By middle of the week, Grandpa was coughing and running a little fever. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Angel, coughing and dizzy, struggled to sit up as the smoke began to come in through the open door. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll give you a cough syrup, but she needs antibiotics and I’m afraid we’ve run out,” he said, staring at her again, in that odd way that locked his eyes with hers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The wind shifted again, but Nailer kept coughing. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I cough up more gunk, which makes my head spin, which makes me cough more. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Before she could answer, there was a cough from the backseat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Constance coughed and spluttered upon a candied chestnut. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I start to jump into the pool, but Mother is standing again, coughing, hair matted to her face, eyes narrowing at me. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Then back she went to face the crowded hall, tremendous bow in hand, and on her shoulder hung the quiver spiked with coughing death. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It started with a headache and a fever, then became a cough. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I pretend not to notice his approach, so busy am I with my gagging and coughing. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I gulp, then cover it up with a cough. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He coughed again, briefly this time, and stood up. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Between the bubbly drink and her enthusiastic pounding, Luke started coughing. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z He coughed mean and violent, and spit something thick into an old handkerchief he had tucked in his shirt pocket. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Just in conversation, Mr. Muhammad would suddenly begin coughing, and the coughing tempo would increase until it racked his slight body. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I was crouched and still upon the floor; not moving except to heave my breaths, which gargled in the mess I had coughed into the mask. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He was coughing and smearing the paint about his eyes with the back of his hand as he tried to see through the increasing smoke. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I take a deep breath, coughing, my side aching where the skin infection was. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She muttered something and went back to the stove, coughed, spat into a bubbling pot. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He coughed a little and put the handkerchief to his mouth. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Her coughing fit had stopped abruptly, although the Uncle was still fussing over her and oblivious to her suspicious recovery. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The back of the throat and the lining of the windpipe may also slough off, and the dead tissue slides down the windpipe into the lungs or is coughed up with sputum. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After a nasty fit of coughing, Pond lifted his head. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He looked at me with consternation as my coughing subsided to spluttering and then, finally, to painful wrenching hiccups. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The flavors are sour blue or cough syrup. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Dad coughed and choked on his mouthful of pork chop. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Twice Sass gave him water, and still he could not stop coughing. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z As the train coughed, lurched, and began to pull away, boys hanging from the windows shouted farewells: “Good-bye, Mom!” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Mae Mobley coughs again and it sounds bad, like a dog barking, and I start for the hall, but Miss Hilly say, “Aibileen, you stay where you are, Elizabeth can take care of her kids.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Well, do yourself a favor and don’t start a family till you find it,” he said, coughing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z A cold, cruel cough of a laugh, because I don’t have any friends in school. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes Alys sent her alone to tend a simple cough or fever or rash. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He coughed, and pain ripped at his chest. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Seven was regaining a bit of strength now and began to cough. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Caputo stood with his back to our massive fireplace and coughed into his fist. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z She leaned over the bed to retch more, trying to cough something up, but nothing came out. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He hated using his hands, and he hated bending down, which was always liable to start him coughing. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Well,” Mr. Chris said, and gave a queer little cough, “to tell you the truth, Marly, this country is overrun with foxes the past few years.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Seven began to cough—her insides were too hot. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Leo struggled to his feet, coughing like an asthmatic. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Since he’d first gotten sick at Princeton in early July, Hume had never really stopped coughing and dragging around. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Chocolate was one of his favorites, right after cough drops. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Alyce, coughing and sputtering, traded jobs with the man who was lathering their backs. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I coughed and sputtered, and then she made me swish what was left in the glass. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “This isn’t—” Whatever she was going to say gets buried in a batch of coughing. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I coughed again, and backpedaled, the Eagle and I tangoing our way toward his living room. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z At least her feet were on the ground and she was coughing now. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z And then came the cough, a hacking, wheezing cough like nothing Carmen had ever heard. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z He kept coughing and complaining about the rainy weather. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack, who had said nothing, began to choke and cough, and a gust of wind set all three spluttering. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Someone in the back of the room did that thing where you pretend to cough but you’re really saying a word loud enough for everyone to hear. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Uncle coughed politely, and when he saw him, Father jumped to his feet and began to brush some of the dirt from his shirt. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Jojo, whose cough had finally faded, leaned over and picked out another book from the pile. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I stifle another cough and a horror feeling spreads out from my gut into the rest of me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Rumors of an army are a powerful thing,” I say, not chewing my dried meat well enough before I swallow and coughing up a little bit of it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Surely the cough was less wracking than it had been. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z His grandmother makes a noise that may be a laugh or a cough or a combination of the two. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Diana coughed and put her hands over her head as she raced toward the door. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I’m coughing violently, throwing up the water I still feel burning me up on the inside. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I hop in the little boat and after a lot of wobbling and coughing, I stand up in it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Eli Whitney had run his father into the ground, the old man coughing soot on his deathbed, and kept Ridgeway on the hunt. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He took a drink of the dark rum and coughed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Despite the filter mask, he started coughing as powder leaked in around the poorly sealed edges. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Raspin began to cough and looked as though he may expire right there. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He woke coughing and rose and took a drink of water and dragged more wood onto the fire, whole logs of it that sent up a great cascade of sparks. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z A soldier, probably a leader or sergeant, gave what sounded like three deep chest coughs, and at each cough the soldiers moved. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Often, when his mother was sick with the coughing, he wished that he, and not Anulika, would cook. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It made her cough, but she didn’t mind. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z The next day, September 19, almost two weeks after coming to Elberon, Garfield had an intense chill and a coughing spell, followed by profuse perspiration. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Ron gave a loud false cough, which sounded oddly like “Lockhart!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There was a moment of perfect quiet, then the mercenary made a deep, wet, coughing sound and vomited up a foul fluid, thick as pitch and black as ink. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The machine jolted into gullies, lurched and coughed; Amarante bounced out of his seat, clinging for dear life; fence posts splintered. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The Susan Maries engine wheezed twice below the floorboards, then coughed, rattled, and fired up when Carl backed down the choke. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Old Dan had voiced his challenge to the devil cat There was a low cough and a deep growl from the lion. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He had lost twenty-six pounds over the previous few months and had a chronic cough accompanied by chest pain. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I mean, I really do think that love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But except for some blistered hands, stinging eyes, and lingering coughs, no one was badly hurt. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Almost at once he woke, and coughed and spluttered. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Phlegm caught in her throat, and the assassin coughed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She had wanted to cough as soon as it occurred to her that she mustn’t, and she passed a long hour trying to swallow away the tickle that perversely constricted her throat. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Diana lowered herself back to the ground and took a deep breath to calm herself but coughed instead. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z After a minute or two, she was startled by a hesitant cough beside her. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The helmsman coughed and tried to spit sideways, but nothing came out. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Hugh put a hand to his throat as if it hurt him and coughed, and a bee shot out of his mouth. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She blows her nose loudly and pops another smelly green cough drop. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I cough now because of those seventeen years of breathing dust. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I never call the first day, and all the coughing that the AffloVest makes me do would make him nervous. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Around the time that I’m deciding it’s too late, that Peeta’s dead, moved on, unreachable forever, he gives a small cough and Finnick sits back. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Grandma coughed and I looked at her, but she was staring into the distance. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He wiped his eyes, teary from the coughing fit, and lingered for a few seconds on the narrow outer ledge of the subway car. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The rattle in my lungs and the pain in my back make me cough more but I grit my teeth and get thru it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Otto had had a raspy cough ever since we’d been forced to sleep on the wet ground, and I wasn’t about to let her subject him to that again. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The sight of herself trying to do something bluesy, something hep, fumbling the knife, too late anyway...She laughed till she coughed and Alice had to make them both a cup of settling tea. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z If Dante didn’t cough, then I wasn’t going to cough. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z He was running a high fever, and coughing. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Somkit shook his head, trying to catch his breath between coughs. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He was coughing and spitting and he gasped. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Finally he said, “Yes, Mother”—choke ... cough—“come in.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The room is quiet except for a few coughs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes we have the excitement on the sofa but there are other days she has the cough and you can see the weakness on her. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I coughed, and tea dribbled down my chin. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I woke coughing with everything in flames around me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Half of it shines and rolls on up to the sky like a sail and there’s a chimney that curves up and out, folding down to a point, smoke coughing from its end. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “He’s got him a bad cough, that boy. Well, maybe he’ll feel a little better after he reads that thing Ignatius give me to give him. Ignatius says it’s inspirational literature.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then you should stay behind,” I say to the air, riding thru a cough while I send pictures of Noise to my dog to tell him what he needs to do. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The old man cackled and coughed and hacked up a glob of phlegm that he spit into the sand too near my feet for comfort “Must’ve been some party.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Dimple pulled away, coughing, and let go of the camera so it bounced back down against his firm chest. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z One morning she woke up coughing, eyes watering, feeling sick, hot, utterly miserable. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She coughed, and the force of the cough toppled her over. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “The only other thing they coughed up was that if we hit Raleigh we’d gone too far south. And we had to beg for even that,” Liam confessed. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Charley got a coughing fit and I couldn’t take time to pat him on the back. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He is coughing more than when they lived together in Paris. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A chair squeaked and someone coughed, but other than that the classroom was silent. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Mostly. Around the coughing. You don’t want to go on a date with him, too, do you?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z And then she was coughing, choking, leaning out over the water with Archer’s arms around her, his wounds bleeding through his bandages as he tried to hold her back. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I coughed, my mouth still pickled with the taste of salt water. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He stays in bed for the whole day waking only to cough and cough and cough. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z In fact, Esmé had to come around and pound him on the back, as if treating him for a coughing spell. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Alex raced into the apartment and hugged his sister hard—until she began coughing. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I made my snort sound like a cough. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The whooping cough was the first thing that compelled me to venture into a bigger world where there were more white people. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His cough became a terrible thin whistle as he strained to suck in air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Hermione emerged, coughing, out of the smoke, clutching the telescope and sporting a brilliantly purple black eye. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He started to speak again, then coughed in my face. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A wracking cough pulls my attention away from my perusal of the Indian man. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I remember Cora, earlier in the spring, staggering around even though she had the flu, holding on to the door frames when she thought no one was looking, being careful not to cough. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Her breathing devolves into trains of oceanic coughs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z After a few minutes, when the coughs grew fewer, he smiled at me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I sit up and cough a whole bunch of mucus into my bedpan. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I didn’t say anything else and he coughed and adjusted his glasses and said he was tired and frustrated and just wanted his money or an exchange so he could get on home. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He said he had seen his mother and sister running for the stream, coughing up blood. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Well, I just hope it ain’t tuberculosis. The nights have been chilly this year, and it wouldn’t take much for a cough to become something more if you’d been out in the cold.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Mr. Bass coughed, and wiped the corner of his mouth. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Halfway there he heard the sound he dreaded, the hollow rasping cough of a horse. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He coughs a deep cough and regurgitates something into the bag. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, the coughing stopped, and he croaked out a question. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z After the sharp autumn air outside there would be a hot, stale odor in the house that made him cough. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I found him in my mother’s hut, lying on his back on the floor, in the midst of what seemed like an endless fit of coughing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of all, he hated how sometimes it would get blocked up, for no reason, and he would start to cough like he was choking, like he couldn’t breathe. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He was coughing and it got worse and it woke the child. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Every few seconds, someone coughed or whispered or flicked on a flashlight. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Charles coughed, his eyes fixed on a point across the room, and began rather mechanically to tell the story of the apartment key and the car in the ditch and the olives and the Bisquick. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z To our stunned surprise, Maha coughed and then cried. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Then, without warning, I pretend to dry heave, then burst into a fit of coughs. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Gradually, painfully, the flames seemed to expire in Tally’s chest, the cough dying a quiet death inside her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She gagged and coughed, struggling to breathe through her molasses-clogged nose and mouth. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z The man coughed; then a little more life sprang into his voice. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z And some days she was “poorly” He noted her cries, her coughs, the strength of her pulse, and how well she slept. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She always overreacted to every loud cough or gasp of breath, keeping me out of school or forcing me to cancel plans to go to doctor’s appointments or to the hospital for no reason. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Anton coughed, then sniffled and wiped a hand across his nose. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Afraid of the world,” Ruth croaks, before coughing loudly into her mittened hand. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Mr. Poe opened his mouth as if to say something, but began to cough instead. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I think about turning it down, but I've never had wine, except the homemade stuff my mother uses for coughs, and when will I get a chance to try it again? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Every time I coughed, the pain from my tom thoracic cartilage felt like someone was jabbing a knife beneath my ribs, and brought tears to my eyes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I go to help him and see he cough blood. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He pressed it and the engine coughed into life. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He sat back in a reclining desk chair with a lit cigarette between his fingers, scratching his face and coughing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Suit yourself,” he manages to choke out before he starts to cough. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z You were coughing in concert with the buzzing hordes of mosquitoes, and we were all slapping and scratching at our skin. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Still, Slopper’s nose ran constantly and Miig had a cough that rattled around in his throat when he tried to hide it. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z What air I do get catches in my throat and I start to cough. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z That couldn’t have felt good, but he struggled to his feet, gasping and coughing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Words, at least several of them strung together, made her cough. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Then he swung a flywheel round and round, and with a bit of luck, after a lot of coughing and spluttering, the thing would finally get going. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Then all at once, Tweedie gave a great cough and a splutter and he sat up very fast and began clawing at his face with his hands. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z But finally the water cleared from Derek’s throat and the coughing stopped, though his breathing was still ragged. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z They are strip-searched and asked to “squat and cough”—an exercise to determine if they are harboring any contraband items in certain cavities of their bodies. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z So much pepper is being ground at the moment that we sneeze and cough with every breath we take. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She bark out that scary cough again and I get the baby aspirin and the cough syrup. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “And yet nothing’s happening,” Z said, kneeling down next to Kaitlin, who had started to cough. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z A greasy creature coughed globs of slime into the air. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z "Like this?" asked Caleb, and he pushed a wave at Sarah, making her cough and laugh. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z Right before we got into the cardboard jungle we passed the white people with the coughing baby at their own little fire. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Curzon was stronger and told me not to fret, for he was not coughing up blood and his bowels were in fine working order. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And Wang Lung asked his son how his children did, and he answered they had the hundred days’ cough, but it was a slight thing now that the weather was warm. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I did not want to stutter, so I started to cough and then ran out and into the toilet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Let’s keep it there. 11TH JUROR: Facts may be colored by the personalities of the people who present them. 2ND JUROR: Anybody want a cough drop? 10TH JUROR: I’ll take one. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z When I open the door, I feel like coughing. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z The bus hisses and coughs as we move out into traffic, but it does not jolt and lurch like The Beast. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z She takes a bite, then spits it out and coughs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Day laughs, but again it makes him cough. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She coughs a couple of times as I start to reply to Darius’s last text. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Or if they weren’t actually feeling sick yet, it was clear to them that with everyone coughing, sneezing, and wheezing all around them, it was only a matter of time. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Caputo was still pacing and coughing, giving us the evil eye and warning us that if we crossed into the no-go zone of the penthouse suite, he would have us removed from the apartment. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z She coughed to clear her throat as she quickly looked both ways at an approaching crossroads before driving right through the red light. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Leafie’s laugh rolled out with the cigarette smoke and turned to a cough. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Emerging from his goblet, coughing, sopping wet but still grinning, he saw something calculated to raise his spirits even higher: Draco Malfoy being dragged by the ear toward them by Argus Filch. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I wasn’t coughing as much as I had been the first couple of days. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Cressen had thought him another corpse, but when Jommy grabbed his ankles to drag him off to the burial wagon, die boy coughed water and sat up. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She smelled the invaders’ deadly black smoke, and it made her cough. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Between coughing fits, he pleaded with Leslie Groves to authorize a delay of the test. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z My father coughed a little and wiped his lips with the handkerchief. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The shuddering increased, and with a terrible coughing, clunking noise, the car began to slow. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z His eyebrows shot up with each cough like someone was poking him in the ribs. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Baby has been coughing for some days now,” Olanna said loudly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And when we saw the Boy turned out of doors to sleep in the Stable, coughing prodigiously from a Chill he had caughten, his Head bowed as he went... The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Benny started to choke, his chest heaving up and down with his coughing. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z At first, all that came out was a hoarse croak, and then he was choking, coughing, hacking the gritty gray dust out of his throat and lungs. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Its gorge started working, back and forth, back and forth, like a cat trying to cough up a hairball. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I exploded into the world’s worst coughing fit as the stuff burned a hole in my gullet. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He knelt in the dry leaves and ash with the blanket wrapped about his shoulders and after a while the coughing began to subside. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Malcolm, the acting head counsellor for Athena, coughed into his fist. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Silence falls, and someone is coughing softly beneath the floor. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Choking out a cough, Mark sought more places for his hands and feet, dropped another yard or so. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z When he managed to get up, coughing and covered in dust, the entrance to the tunnel was gone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My brother, who is usually oblivious to everything, coughs and wheezes, as if he is choking on something. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “A’ight, I say it a lot. I may not have been one hundred percent right on all of this—” Momma coughs, but there’s a “Ha” hidden in it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Soon Annie had a bad cough in addition to her lethargy. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I coughed loudly and played it to the fullest. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z A racking cough burst from his lungs, throwing a spray of blood. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The girl’s still got her head down, coughing to herself. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Moss pushed himself up from the curb and coughed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The next moment he was doubled up by a violent coughing fit which nearly always attacked him soon after waking up. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Gollum coughed and retched; but the hobbits breathed deep, and suddenly Sam laughed, for heart’s ease not for jest. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z This knowledge provoked another fit of coughing in Sarah Ruth, and she hunched over again. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z The engine shuddered, coughed once, then went silent. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The shrew stood beside him and gave a short, nervous cough. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She loved that girl with every ache in her back; she loved her with every hacking cough; she loved her with every rheumatic sigh; she loved her with every crack in her joints. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It burned Harry’s mouth and throat as it went down, making him cough and splutter. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z There was a sort of strangled gasp, a geyser of water, and then a bout of choking coughs. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z As I stood staring at them, one coughed, a deep rattling sound. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I sit, staring out the window and coughing up more and more mucus as the vest does its job to clear my airways. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z A sense of dread trickled down Percy’s throat like cough syrup. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Tally forced herself to cough again, wondering if she dared lie. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “And this is Anthony Foster,” Beckany says, and when I turn to thank her, she slams the door shut and the lights waver and somebody coughs from behind the desk. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z They drew her father’s blood and gave him a noxious-smelling tea to drink, and she could hear him coughing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He called her name again, but that started him coughing, and he couldn’t speak. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Rebecca also grunted and coughed a lot, even though she didn’t have a cold or anything. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He laughed hard enough to cough, then ended the message with, “Bring me some real food next time you come, okay? Love you, knucklehead.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Hear his evening greetings and the coughing that follows them. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “I think I heard your Papá cough. He might be awake now,” Mamá said. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z And I think someone is coughing beneath the floorboards. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Trunks slide across tiles and a little dog yaps and a conductor’s whistle blows and some kind of big machinery coughs to a start and then dies. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I coughed, and coughed again, like in my sleep, and then snorted and turned over. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Too much and I choke and cough, and we have to start all over. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The spy’s eyes bulge out, and he coughs up more blood onto the floor. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It created a cacophony of hacking coughs, bronchial rattles, asthmatic wheezes, consumptive croaks. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They coughed and spluttered as they sat up drowsy and confused. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “The trial,” I start to say, looking over at Barb and holding up my hand to pause the conversation as I cough up a wad of mucus. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z My grandfather coughs again and the earth waits for what and who it will get in return. how to listen #3 Middle of the night my grandfather is coughing me upright. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z In a minute she’s snoring even if he’s still coughing and laughing about the days of his youth when he danced with Angela Sheehan light as a feather in the Wembley Hall. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z His voice trailed off into a coughing fit. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He placed the stethoscope on her chest and murmured ndo as she coughed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Kitty has no discretion in her coughs,” said her father; “she times them ill.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z A tiny change in its genetic code, and it might turn into a cough and take out the human race. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But except for the quiet snuffling of the children, a man’s persistent hacking cough, and Rachel’s labored breathing, no one made a sound. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She laughed with no joy, like a cough racked with sickness. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I developed a cough, and my cheeks burned the back of my hand. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z No allergies, no cough, no head injury—nothing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I take a hit, and it makes me cough so hard my eyes water. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I squinted and coughed and covered my face. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “He was one of us, one of the leftovers. But he became hers and then one winter he died from cough.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z That makes me cough out a single guffaw. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He was coughing so much he had to stop and lean on an outcropping, wheezing. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z My rib cage screams as each cough pulls more and more air from my lungs, my eyes starting to water. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The baby commenced coughing again and the woman took the gourd away. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She laughed, not much more than a hacking cough. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The next morning, I had a fever, cough and fine red spots all over my body. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Before he saw me, I watched him as he pulled out a red bandanna, now gray, and coughed into it and then spat into a pile of gob next to the bathhouse. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Becky laughed, and the laugh caught in her throat and bubbled into a cough. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack caught it and had fever, chills, and a terrible cough. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Gay’s father—he liked it when I called him “Grampy”— coughed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when a coughing fit was particularly bad, she squeezed Edward so tight that he was afraid he would crack in two. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Because he was the only Negro doctor for two hundred miles, Tony’s father delivered babies, gave tonics and cough medicine for head colds, and patched up scratches, cuts, and burns. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Surrounded by cough medicine and cold sore ointment, he started playing a “gig,” meaning three numbers at once. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Mohamed was coughing until the veins on his throat were visible. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z There was a cough, a noise like a railway engine starting and then an explosion that shook the earth again. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I could see how it was a whole lot harder when things were real and you had to worry ’bout shotguns and chains and coughing little babies and crying folks without no clothes. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z My back hits the floor so hard it knocks the air out of my chest and I start coughing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Lily nearly broke character, coughing out a laugh. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Lyddie kept the knowledge of the night cough tight inside herself, but the fear grew like a tumor. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It was nothing short of a miracle that I managed to take several hits without coughing. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I know he was his usual self when I got up there, but I didn’t imagine the coughing, and teetering. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He was with Miss Mattie Lou—coughing and mumbling disconnected sentences picked out of the air from this or that time in their life. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I cough and sweat and tremble but I’m not letting go of the oar. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Smoke billowed into the room, and she coughed again. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Tobias and Uriah storm in as if to fight a battle—Uriah coughing, probably from the poison—but the battle is done. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Chaol coughed, suddenly very interested in the berries in the hedges. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I just don’t think it’s a good idea to tell her, Arturo. She was coughing pretty bad the other day.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She had taught me to read in order to help cure my whooping cough and asthma. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Such things do occur, undoubtedly.”—She was stopped by a cough. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The principal coughed, clearing his throat, then said, “I mean which language do they speak more?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Rolling my eyes, I toss my phone onto my bed, coughing a wad of mucus into the bedpan I’m holding. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She had a persistent cough and frequent attacks of fever. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When Werner stops coughing and pushes the debris off his chest, he finds Volkheimer staring up at a single sheared hole of purple light. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The shelling, like burst after burst of horribly loud, vile coughing, did not stop. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He was breathing hard and, with a good deal of coughing and hawing, he began to tell me about something he wanted me to have a look at in his office. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His face, and especially his left temple, was misshapen, swollen, and lacerated; his...mouth was a coagulated pool of dark blood; he coughed up more than liter of blood in his agonal moments. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “You must see the doctor about that cough,” Amelia said. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z One day while walking, a stench attacks my nose and I begin to cough. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She doesn't know anything, just that he hasn't been in school, which could mean he has a cough, or it could mean he's gone into hiding, or it could mean he's dead. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He tried to answer her, but his throat made a coughing, gagging sound. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z We went into a humid cell overcrowded with sick, coughing men. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He raises skeptical eyebrows and starts to say something, but a coughing fit overtakes him until he’s hunched over and thumping his heart with his fist. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z As soon as we get settled, though, all the giggling stops, and Isabella has a coughing fit. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “I used to be a candy striper in a pulmonary ward. That cough does not sound good.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Surely, so high above the world, she would be able to breathe without coughing. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z With the choke out, the engine whines, gives a little cough and dies. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z There was no shifting, no clearing of throats, no coughing, and no restlessness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, as I talked, he began to cough, and I stopped and watched helplessly as his thin frame bent and shook. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I walked down the line, choking and coughing like everyone else, and finally, there he was. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Jasper Jr. was coughing so hard from the cigar that he was useless, so Bull threw him over his shoulder and ran through the smoke and sparks toward an open deck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He opened it, took a swig, winced, half coughed, and sat down on the couch with the milk between his legs. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He has another coughing fit and we have to stand and watch him hang over the bucket again and bring up the bad stuff from his insides. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Then we were lodged within gray, the smoke thick around us, and we coughed and slapped at our eyes, scarcely able to perceive our own limbs; with the heat of the flames all about us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I gasp, swallowing water as well as air, and cough, and gasp again, and hands close around my arms, and I hear her voice. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The mother, who was still incapable of breathing properly, began to cough numbly with her hand held up over her mouth and a manic expression in her eyes. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z “Aaron,” I say, my heart thundering, my breath catching and turning into meatier and meatier coughs. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Too much and we’ll get to coughing and our eyes will be stinging.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was very faint, and every few minutes he had to stop to cough and clear his throat. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Six months after he had buried the hen, Aureliano Segundo woke up at midnight with an attack of coughing and the feeling that he was being strangled within by the claws of a crab. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The rest of his body was still bruised and sore, and his ribs still kept him breathing shallowly and struggling not to cough, but even with that, he was much less miserable. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She makes a single noise: a cough, as though she has something stuck in her throat. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Pong tucked one arm around Somkit, who was coughing continuously now, and pulled him down the walkway. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z And so in my cave, coughing from the smoke and clenching feet on fire with chilblains, I ground my teeth on my own absurdity. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t stop coughing, and my throat felt as though I would never speak again. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He coughed and held his fist to his chest. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Come to think of it, I don't even much like to be around coughing. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I was also suffering from a bad cough that I could not seem to shake, and I often felt too weak to exercise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Hard coughs agitated the old man; he spat into a handkerchief. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Have you ever seen him cough without covering his mouth? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Dad kicked in more of the wall and pulled Brian out coughing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z By the time they entered their building, they were coughing so hard they had to sit for a few minutes before they could move. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Also, in between coughing fits, she took to sucking on one or the other of Edward’s ears. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z The voice is hoarse and accompanied by a rasping cough. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “That’s it, Homer,” Mr. Dubonnet chided him, “cough your lungs out. You might be the mine superintendent, but you’ve got the common miner’s disease.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And my cough had worsened considerably after a second night in the smoke-filled lodge. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She would never forget the rattle of the rain on the jailhouse roof, or the smell of wet wood, or the darkness that had saved them all; or how difficult it was not to cough. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I was coughing and hacking, trying to bring air into my lungs, but I grabbed the gun and stuffed it into the waistband of my pajamas. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Her hand grabs her chest as she coughs out blood. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He woke coughing and walked out so as not to wake the child. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z His footsteps and his cough disappeared into the night. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Henry coughs, scrubs a hand through his hair. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And then, in a dry, hacking cough of a noise, he began to laugh. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Excepting, of course, for his remark about how none of them seem to age save for the Murray twins, which was followed by an awkward silence broken only by the sound of Mr. Barris coughing. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He coughed loudly and sprayed drops of spittle on the page. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad came upstairs every evening and settled himself into a sofa in the Chapel, where he would cough and watch TV or read the Old Testament. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Her mother had been teaching her to decipher the symbols, before the fevers, the awful hacking and coughing and the blood-spattered handkerchiefs, the way her mother wasted away to almost nothing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The engine rumbled and coughed and smelled like burning oil, but it actually worked. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Then, in the evening, Max would whistle or cough, sneeze or sing, letting me know there were no police, and I would pass him food through the weak place in the fence. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z All night, we smelled their cigarettes in the yard and heard muffled coughs and sneezes. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought,” he said, but had to cough before he spoke again. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z She stopped to cough, then cleared her throat and said in a still husky voice, “How could I manage? You’re the plague of my life—my—my guardian angel.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z An hour or so later I heard Tillie clear her throat with a grunt, saw her cough, and spit into the boiling soup. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I cough, and throw it away from me, deeper into the lobby. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z My eyes begin to water, and I cough uncontrollably. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The motor gives one short cough, then roars back to life. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He moves as if underwater, coughs hard and long into a handkerchief, calls out for Hope when he needs the chair moved, sees me watching, and shakes his head. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I reacted instinctively, coughing violently, trying to vomit out the seawater, but each gasp just dragged more in. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I had taken her to Harlem Hospital and they said it wasn't serious, but she was still coughing. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z The eerie stillness was broken by muffled coughing as Zafoona covered her mouth with a handkerchief. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Much of the time he slept, which was a mercy, for he coughed less in his sleep. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z In the distance a bulldozer coughed into life, then roared down on a battered Ford Taurus, its metal claw smashing through the window to scoop up the vehicle and carry it away. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He was coughing a great deal, she told me, and was exhausted from the sulfa he was taking. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Within seconds, two suited men breeze past me, lift him by the arms and haul him, still coughing, toward town. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He wanted to scream at the doctor then, but the words choked him and he coughed up his own tears and tasted their salt in his mouth. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He had a big gourd full of stuff that looked like water; only it wasn’t water, but something with a bad smell that burnt your mouth and made you cough. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z When he turns on the engine, it sounds like a giant with a bad cough. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I told him, “To the drugstore on Eighty-fourth to get some cough drops.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He coughed loudly, his fingers tapping the steering wheel. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z People brought her their sick piglets and their lame horses, their coughing children and fretful babies. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Miles made a weird coughing sound, like he was holding back a laugh. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Hugh coughed, and bees tumbled out of his mouth to form a question mark that shivered in the air. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He tried to cover a loud guffaw with louder coughing. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit bolt upright, coughing, my eyes filling with tears as a blinding pain shoots across my chest and all over my body. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z His fever lingered on, his cough worsened, and climbing stairs was difficult, but in Rush’s mind his treatment had produced yet another cure. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z For one horrible instant I thought that Francis was going to laugh aloud but somehow he managed to turn it into a theatrical battery of coughs, hiding his face behind his hand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He tried to look like any common migratory killer but his heart was hammering and he knew he was going to start coughing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He coughed—a long, scratchy cough—and he pushed a tissue to his mouth and spit weakly into it. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Otto would run up to me proudly, coughing his cough and rasping his laugh, all to scamper back up the tree with his friends and start the game all over again. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Two years ago, when the coughing sickness was raging through the city again, her father had died. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She turned away, but not before I saw she was coughing up awful stuff. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She coughed suddenly in the back of her throat, and then she opened her mouth. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z His voice got louder with each word and he began to cough. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Tanner’s still coughing, like moms do when they get punched in the stomach. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z When the cough passes he falls back on the pillow. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Kelvin’s coughing so hard, tears stream from his eyes. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z She coughed again, this time much harder than before. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A cow groaned, something coughed, a sheep bell clinked once as the animal changed position. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I begin to cough a little, but Coach keeps talking. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Fern coughed, and he brushed his hands against his pants and said by way of apology and explanation, “Model-airplane glue.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The bathroom was filled with thick smoke that burned our eyes and made us cough. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He coughs some stuff out of his throat. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I do not cough for my own amusement,” replied Kitty fretfully. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Rufus had fits of coughing now and then, and that seemed to be agonizing to him because of his ribs. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Those who stood the best chance of contracting TB, which was usually spread by the infected person coughing or sneezing, lived in crowded peasant huts, urban slums, shantytowns, prisons, or homeless shelters. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I was spitting and coughing and breathing in uneven choking gasps. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z People shifted, coughed, did not take their eyes off him, but still seemed not to respond. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We’ve forbidden Margot to cough at night, even though she has a bad cold, and are giving her large doses of codeine. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z His aunt hit him, and he choked back his wail with a sniveling cough. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He spits out a handkerchief onto the floor—stuffed there, I assume, to keep him quiet—and then he coughs and coughs like he might never breathe again, still on his belly. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A choky, coughing sound came from the woman and I couldn’t help but look. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He coughed and reached for the small bell that lay on the chair. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We didn't talk about the blood on the handkerchiefs or the coughs that ricocheted from the back of my house. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Go down to the State Street Library. They have a whole room full of Southern writers. Faulkner, Eudora Welty—” Aibileen gives me a dry cough. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She landed on his shoulder, coughing and terrified, nosing around his neck. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Ron gave a slight cough, which might have been hiding a snigger. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z After the last cough, she lifts her hands, her hair flying as she directs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He gulped it down and coughed and gulped some more and half began a smile. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Poe took off his top hat, which had made his head look large and square in the fog, and stood for a moment, coughing loudly into a white handkerchief. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The cough I’d been cultivating over the past few days was more insistent now. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I thought Dad might be under an oxygen tent or lying in a bed coughing up blood into a white handkerchief, but after a minute, he came hurrying down the hall. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Bo had unwrapped the cough drop and was sniffing it suspiciously. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Gum Baby, now hanging on from below, coughed and glared at me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Then I hear the sound of coughing, and Dad is no longer leaning against the car, now he’s moving toward the hose, and laughing. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Here and there a rasping cough of someone with tuberculosis issued from a shack. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Curzon was seized by a fit of coughing so violent I feared his ribs would crack. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Their tearing coughs kept everyone awake at night. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he began to cough, a deep, rasping cough that shook his frail body terribly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Someone pushed a vial of ammonia to his nose and, coughing, he came around. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She made that same cackling sound—somewhere between a laugh and a racking cough. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She was blonde and pasty white, and she had lived in London, which was in England, quite some time ago, judging from her clothes, and she coughed. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Dr. Calvin coughed and there was a sudden impossible flurry of directionless energy. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “You did really good, Dad,” I told him as a spasm of deep, oily coughs racked his body. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z By chance, he was having one of his coughing spells at the moment and thereby missed the lethal unveiling. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “He coughed out water and started breathing air, but it forced all his flesh and blood to his upper body. That’s why his chest is so thick and his legs are so skinny.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There was silence, apart from panting and coughing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Several young girls, including two who lived in my yard, ran confusedly about the street, coughing and choking from all the tear gas. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z My legs slow down as I go into a coughing fit, before finally catching my breath. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z It was only a cough—a dry little cough but it had the effect of stopping him in full cry He stared at Mr. Justice Wargrave and the latter coughed again. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He could hear his stepmother coughing in her room. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But my words came out as a wheeze, a cough. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Reverend Crump asked for a last glass of water so he could take his “anti-panic pill” and Liyana stifled a laugh, pretending it was a cough. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z If I heard the coughing grunt of a leopard, I just prayed and pulled the blanket over my head! My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He coughed again and his whole body constricted with the effort. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z And if that’s not enough, doors to speakeasies stand ajar and in that cool dark place a clarinet coughs and clears its throat waiting for the woman to decide on the key. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I coughed, and Gum Baby shifted on my shoulder, but neither of us tried to argue with her. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z And the aged lord, without a word, shambled silently away, his old velvet shoes flapping and off at his heels, coughing as he went. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I try to say his name to calm him but all I do is cough and a sharp pain soars thru my back. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Then suddenly, explosively, he coughed, ejecting the wad of grass. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The night turned raw, and Claire began to shake and cough. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Just like that, he lets him go, straightens, picks Roamer up, and drops him onto the bank, where he lies coughing up water. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The day before he posted the gun photo, he’d posted a photo of himself with a bottle of cognac and a bottle of cough syrup. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I cough into the crook of my arm. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She stopped to cough up what sounded like a large, wet worm from her throat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z This big coughing machine is going to carry me away. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It was followed by a hitched series of coughs that eased back into the haunted fit of giggling. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He coughed, clenched his jaw against the agony in his leg, and limped forward, trying to see Diana and Z in the haze. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I shout her name, and she coughs again, this time more blood. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Pong was pretty sure it was a trying-to-get-out-of-work cough, but he rolled his eyes and grumbled. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Inside the building, folks must be coughing, choking from smoke. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z I’d had coughing spells and asthma for years, and had been taken to the black doctor at church before. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There he attracted his employer's attention with a polite cough, then whispered in the tatter's ear: 'I'm very sorry, sir, but there appears to be a tiger in the dining room. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She was anxious last night because she didn’t think I’d coughed up enough facts to count as a proper little Judas yesterday. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Except for measles and whooping cough, we obeyed orders. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m happy no one’s here to see me, because I’m sputtering and splashing and coughing up water. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My fingernails scrape at the dried blood the boy from District 9 coughed into my face. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z We watched one crawl to the graves and begin to eat the dirt, coughing and gagging all the while. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Mrs. Walton takes my things from me, forces out an uncomfortable cough, and says she’ll meet me outside. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In between gags and coughs, I sucked air in hard. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He starts coughing—hard—and everyone panics, rushing to get him water, tissues. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z From Lice Peeking’s throat came a sound that was either a chuckle or a cough. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z In the clouds and the swirls and the shimmers and the lights and the ache and the buzz and the shaking and the coughing, I’m thinking. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I saw Mother cough into her hand and discreetly try to wipe off her lipstick. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I cough and splutter, and I am swallowed by darkness. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Let her go,” I try to shout but it just makes me cough some more. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Once they’ve digested their kill, they cough up dense hairballs, which they pick clean of edibles before rolling in them. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She coughed, trying to free her throat and lungs for breath. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He tried to cough, only to realize he had been holding his breath. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Hermione had come again, as she had come when the snake attacked....Yet it did not sound like her, not with those deep coughs, not judging by the weight of the footsteps.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z "Regurgitate, you big moron!" and he gives me another thump and I cough up this yucky mess, but I'm still laughing so hard my nose is running. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Koffi scoffed before she could stop herself, then tried to disguise it as a cough. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Radio listeners hear them coughing and gasping as they are overcome by the invaders’ poisonous black smoke. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “Were it yesterday afternoon?” said Joe, after coughing behind his hand, as if he had had time to catch the whooping-cough since he came. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z When his coughing spell was over and he saw his daughter stretched out supine on the moonlit ground, Dufarge put two and two together. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I cough out the awful water and try to swim. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z She coughed, then moaned—a prolonged rasping sound; but she did not wake up. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Often in these cases you might find some cough medicine missing, or some attempt to open a restricted-drugs case. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z The colonel coughed and coughed, and then he said to Billy, “You one of my boys?” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A cough was something Olanna could exercise control over, an air raid was not. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And I heard her answer me with the coughs and cries and whispers of the crowd: Here, Patria Mercedes, I’m here, all around you. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After arranging for his chauffeur to return me to the Phoenix airport, Mr. Muhammad quickly bade me good-bye and rushed from the room coughing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z His chain smoking gave him a chronic cough, causing army doctors to declare him “permanently incapacitated for active service.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Half the football players were coughing from the polluted air. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Besides, I was afraid that if I answered him back, Hari would start coughing or throw something. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Tanisha elbows me in the ribs so hard, I let out a hefty cough. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Wa—” he began, but then he erupted into a coughing jag that sent the food he couldn’t swallow into Alec’s face. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Her cough is nearly gone, and she is growing quite fat with Mrs. Phinney’s cooking. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She covered her fece, eyes watering, and tried to cough up the finger of flame that had crawled down her throat. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Then he dropped the superior expression altogether and coughed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A cough choked off the rest of her words. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She gives one last cough and shoots me an arsenic-laced glare. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The man from my bunk died three days later, coughing up blood. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I watch as he shivers, coughing, his body swaying as he starts to collapse. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He covered his eyes and coughed as the dust of ages poured down upon his head. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She coughed and sputtered, struggling to stay afloat. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “I remember ovens. I had one”—she coughed—“once. I was a human being once.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Ekon made a sound like a cross between a cough and a hiccup. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He coughs as what feels like the flames of hell run down his esophagus through his chest and into his stomach. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There was a dry cough from a corner of the hall. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He looked at the pilot, and the plane, and down at himself— dirty and ragged, burned and lean and tough—and he coughed to clear his throat. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z A coughing fit overtook me and I felt faint. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I take shallow breaths, coughing all the way, my body weighing ninety million pounds, and I push my way out the other side of the bramble. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Tally collapsed on the ground and coughed, her lungs finally protesting against the smoke and dust particles she had inhaled. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Late at night, when the only noises were snores and coughs and the mournful whistle-wailings of Santa Fe trains rumbling through the darkened town, he honed the wire against the cell’s concrete floor. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z This time the schnapps burned hard all across the roof of my mouth, the back of my throat, and I coughed some of it out, embarrassed. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z I didn’t realize I was squeezing myself closer to Miles until he coughed and tilted his chin up to avoid my head. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z There was a rustle and a slight, deprecating cough from the direction of the woods. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z After the drink, as he wiped his mouth with his soiled shirt-sleeve, I heard him say, amid a rasping cough, as I was walking away: “This water sure smells funny. But it’s crisp and refreshing.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt a tug of endearment and coughed to cover it up. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Some idiot coughs to cover the “drug dealer” he says as I pass. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z We glared at each other for a minute, until Art coughed. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The smoke made her eyes water and her throat burn, but she was determined not to cough. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Then, two weeks later, I caught him coughing a wad of bloodstained phlegm into the toilet. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I coughed, scanned the windows on either side of the table. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z George unhinged his jaw and coughed up a little plastic bottle filled with chewable vitamins. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A violent coughing fit gripped Rahim Khan and rocked his gaunt body back and forth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “You need more than that?” he said, coughing again. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z By Friday it hurt him to breathe and it like to killed him when he coughed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Poe took Count Olaf’s arm and, after a brief eruption of coughs, announced in a harsh voice, “I hereby arrest you in the name of the law.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He coughed a long time, and I lay still and watched him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Betsy’s laugh turned abruptly into a cough that shook the whole bed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The most important conclusion of the most important biochemical paper of the decade was buried, like a polite cough, under a mound of dense text. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Poe’s eyes widened in surprise, and his coughs echoed in the dark room before he spoke. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Though I could not hear his jokes, I heard the king roar with laughter and cough until his face grew purple and he began to choke. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I went into the drugstore to look for some cough medicine. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, I managed to kick away from the van and raised my face up into rainfall again, blurry eyed, knotted in painful cramps, and coughing so hard, I thought I’d puke. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Her voice gets a little louder with each sentence, and it makes her cough more. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Seriously, I could be grown with kids of my own and Grandma would be one cough away from death, telling Jay, “Remember that time you couldn’t find my grandbaby and called me for help?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Miss Love said he coughed and groaned a lot, but was eating well. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She would cough through the playing to remind them of the potential of the moment, and shake her head at the frailty of human flesh. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He knew she wasn’t sleeping well ever since they’d heard from Professor Sahib, but at least she was coughing less. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Emily started to write and then faked a small coughing attack. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Baby has a cough, and they did not have any at the hospital.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She coughed as she said his name, choking up. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Men were crawling from the river, men burned and bleeding, coughing up water, staggering, most dying. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I’m shaking from the cold still and it’s all I can do to stand but I breathe and cough and shake and look at him. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He choked out a cough, composed himself, then was laughing all over again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He didn’t want her to get breathless and succumb to a fit of coughing. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I promised myself right then that I would never ask a school nurse for another cough drop. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z There were a few polite coughs from the shadowy darkness behind him. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to cough and swallow a couple of times to keep himself from throwing up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He coughed twice and something dark and thick started leaking out of his mouth and nose. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Her coughs slowed down, but my heart sped up. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “It was not the vandals. She died of the coughing. Let me show you where she is lying.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z My eyes started to tear up, and I coughed as the vapors got into my nose and lungs. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Papa thumped my back while Mama rubbed my shoulders and said, “O zugo. Stop coughing.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Percy sprawled at her feet, coughing and spitting mud. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Instead, I give a little cough and hold out the cup of tea. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When you wake up coughing you walk out along the road or somewhere but I can still hear you coughing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z We ended up spending half our money on repellent and cough syrup. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z In a day or two he was coughing and said he thought it was a relapse of lung disease from war deprivation. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Then an owl hooted softly, a field mouse screamed, a rabbit thumped, a dog-fox barked his deep, single lion’s cough, and a bat twittered above their heads. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She coughed and rose, straightening her filthy dress. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I slept very little that night, kept awake by my longing for my home and by Hari’s coughing in the next room. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Slogging to the edge of the road with his back to the child where he stood bent with his hands on his knees, coughing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z You could hear every shift in the seats in that church, every cough, every sniffle. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He replied negligently, therefore, “Tea? No—no—it makes his cough worse.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Poe opened his mouth to speak, but had to cough into a handkerchief before he could begin. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I look around me, coughing away, the world spotty and wavy. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He descended into a gryke in the stone and there he crouched coughing and he coughed for a long time. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Bep is better, though she still has a cough, and Mr. Kleiman will have to stay home for a long time. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z But when she tried to stand, she found she couldn’t, and lay back again, coughing and dizzy. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I put my hands on my knees to catch my breath and cough. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The water monster coughed hoarsely, like there was phlegm at the back of his throat. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It left me and all the other children trembling, coughing, and crying for warmth, our noses red. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Is a deep, hard cough worse than what had been. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few minutes it coughed and bucked and stopped again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The man screamed, coughing up clotted black specks of metal and blood. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Uncle Andrew, coughing and spluttering, picked himself up. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He helped Mole, who was dripping and coughing, up the slope and into the hemlock. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Loyal subjects and friends,” continued Azaz, his voice echoing in the almost empty room, “once again on this gala occasion we have—” “Pardon me,” coughed Milo as politely as possible, “but everyone has gone.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z The old man’s cough rose querulously out of the dusky dawn and he said to her, “Take to my father first a bowl of hot water for his lungs.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He coughed and adjusted the pillow behind his back. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I lift my head up, choking and gasping and coughing more. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Poe opened his mouth to speak, but had to cough a few times before he began. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I beat the cough out of my system, the best I can, at least, before pushing the man aside with more strength than I’d have bet I had. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I wonder if the next fit of coughing is staged so that I can have time to absorb his words. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z My voice catches and I pretend to cough. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z People coughed, getting it out of their systems. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I cough, the last of my oxygen leaving my body, my head pounding, and the water fills my lungs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z When that boy bent over, coughing, Jule turned and hit the first one in the face with the heel of her hand. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Nergal laughed, then erupted into a chest-racking coughing fit, bending over double in agony until it passed. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z There was a cough in his throat that never left. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He said if Malachy or I showed the slightest sign of a cough or the faintest rattle in the throat we were to be brought to him no matter what time of day or night. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z His father looks on from the hallway, coughing a little, the sound indicative of something chronic. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “He’s got a bad cough, an upset stomach, and a fever.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z An awful gurgling cackle accompanied by an eruption of foamy blood when the coughing begins. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z How could she believe that I’m in the sixth day of a severe cold, when I have not coughed or sneezed even one time? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She coughed, and we all three turned to regard her: Orleanna Price, former baker of our bread. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She coughed continuously as we went about our chores. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone coughed, and then one by one the men went back to work. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Seems like when the children was young they got the fever or if it was a rainy winter, they got the cough. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I suggested Nintendo World, which was apparently too close to arcade games for someone—cough, cough. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I heard Chubs’s tongue cluck as he opened his mouth to say something, but there was a sharp cough from the driver’s seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In the courtyard, the bonfire sputters and sparks in a sudden cloud of black smoke, causing those patrons closest to it to jump back, coughing. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Once a cow coughed as he was peering up its backside, with entertaining results. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But, of course, all that came out was a weak cough. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I choked and coughed and thought I was going to die. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe’s old Franklin labored and coughed and wheezed, crawling up the long, steep ascent to Blewett Pass, high in the Cascade Mountains. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Beeping and coughing and moaning noises came from everywhere. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z And the dust made him cough and retch; in his turning the center of the whole earth shifted, making of space a sheer void and a mockery of order, and balance, and time. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z We all lie on the bank, dripping wet and coughing. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He was coughing again and the boy was shivering, the two of them side by side under the sheet of plastic, pushing the grocery cart through the snow. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I start coughing because I’m laughing so hard. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z And he coughed and sobbed in the dusty space before the altar, lying on his face. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She took another swig from the bottle and wiped her lips on her arm before passing it on to Moon Girl, who drank and coughed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I walked on, stopping now and then to cough or rest my legs. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to keep breathing thru the coughs, forehead on the ground, dribbling spit and barf everywhere. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Neither man—or rather neither he nor Garland—spoke for a time, and then Garland cleared his throat, coughed nervously. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He heard his wife cough, water run in the girls’ bathroom, a toilet flush, and Matthew yell something at Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She gives a little cough, but it’s not enough to disguise the waver in her voice. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z A coughing fit gripped Rahim Khan and went on for a long time. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The rest, with faces contorted from the strain of trying to listen, saw distant men gesturing wildly into the sound-killing miasma of whispers, coughs and creaking shoe leather. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It sent her coughing, so she turned back upright and treaded water for a second, wiping the splash from her eyes with one quick hand. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z So as I deliberately extended my hand I fought down laughter with a cough. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She coughs, her face wincing in pain from the effort. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I cough a little and smile to myself. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z George knew that coughing was the adult equivalent of groaning. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z I push with hands on the ground, coughing as I come up, spitting up handfuls of gunk from my lungs. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z But between the seventeenth and eighteenth radio transmissions, without a warning, die engine coughed, roared violently for a second and died. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Ron hastily turned his laugh into a hacking cough. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I have coughing attacks every five to fifteen minutes that last about five minutes each. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Any minute she would start to cough, her little body wracked, the bed shaking. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Hazel accidentally gave herself the Heimlich maneuver with the pommel of her sword and curled on the deck, moaning and coughing up the taste of katobleps poison. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She woke only to cough, a miserable gut-wrenching cough, as if she was trying to turn herself inside out. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She tossed the rum down her throat and coughed, and her eyes watered and she wiped her tears away with the back of her hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z One day, while we were returning from a particularly trying picnic, the engine balked, coughed, spat, and stopped. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z There was still a smell of gasoline in the church, such an acrid smell that it made Meggie cough. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z When they charge, tigers put out throaty, coughing roars. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Father coughed and offered the earl a brandy. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Ma Charles coughed or rolled her eyes or made a sound that was as good as teeth sucking. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z While I tried to devour my tears, a fit of coughing seized Helen; it did not, however, wake the nurse; when it was over, she lay some minutes exhausted; then she whispered— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z When that happens the outboard makes a funny sound, like an old cat trying to cough up a fur ball. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He gave her a squeeze so quick and tight that it made her cough, and then it made her laugh. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And his allegedly repaired car coughed and floundered, as it had been doing for months prior to overhaul. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Running or doing anything active could make him collapse into a fit of coughing. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Nailer fought the urge to splutter and cough. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The old man coughed a few times as he entered. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “You do?” their dad said once they could hear themselves over Lauren’s coughing. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I remember the awful sights in the hospital: the gas patients who in day-long suffocation cough up their burnt lungs in clots. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Bentley gave a laugh that he turned into a cough, then stood up and shook out the shirt and pants. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to die,” she said, coughing as she scooted backwards again. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She sped off, the door slamming shut soon after as I was left coughing in the cloud of dust thrown up by her tires. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z We sure appreciate the money you been sending but with her cough getting worse I may need a little something extra to get her to the doctor if you have it to spare. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The woman coughs and drags herself into the circle of light, inch by inch. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Frankie asked as he stepped over a broken two-by-four, coughed, and peered down the hallway. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I barely get the words out because I’m still coughing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Like standing mean mouthed over Vonetta and Fern until they swallow a tablespoon each of hard pine cough syrup. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Her baby coughed again and she kissed it on the forehead then kissed me on mine. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z In the quiet of the cell I was planning my strategy for the next day, when I heard a cough from a nearby cell. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I twisted the key and the pistons coughed, then stopped, but she instantly filled the silence. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The cough that had disappeared when he was first with Jo has come back. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Courtney “coughs,” but I can tell he’s really laughing into his hand. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I woke coughing so hard I near brought up my supper. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped as a man nearby broke into a fit of coughing. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A soggy beauty whose sash identified her as Miss Ohio stumbled out of the surf and sank to her knees, coughing up water and bile. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Rowan grabbed the man’s heavy, multilayered robe, tugging it over his head, and both he and Tyger helped the High Blade up to the surface, where he gasped, coughed, and sputtered. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z "The girl. Daenerys. Only a child, you were right . . . that's why, the girl . . . the gods sent the boar . . . sent to punish me . . ." The king coughed, bringing up blood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Yes. You may hear me cough soon,” he said. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Methuselah coughed and cleaned his spectacles on his habit. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Last time he had coughed and shivered so badly that he hadn’t been able to drive the rickshaw for weeks. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the quiet kid sits up, coughing for air. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Instead I coughed, trying to get the smoke choking me to come out. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She coughs and splutters as settlement men grab the boat to clamber on. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I lay for a second, breathing heavy, coughing but keeping my eyes peeled. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I wanted to cough, but I was afraid they would hear me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no answer and George Weston coughed and was suddenly extremely interested in an aimlessly drifting cloud. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Tad coughed and choked out, “There are two of us down here on the second floor.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He gave a coughing or husky noise in his chest, like a young lion making its roar. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Except the laugh would turn into a cough. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Voices rose and fell in a nearby room, and from another direction someone coughed. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to hurt his feelings though, so I pretended to cough a couple of times and covered my face. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t stop coughing and had to go home, apologizing. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The old man coughed, rolled his head slightly, opened and closed his eyes, and coughed again. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking a deep breath, I suppress a cough, while my dad tries to make some small talk. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z As the days passed, the cough grew worse until Howard arrived one day and found Smith barely able to stand. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “She would have coughed up the water anyway, sooner or later.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z This remark set him to coughing so long and hard, I thought he might vomit, but he didn’t. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She laughed until she started to cough, and then Bryce laid Edward down and took Sarah Ruth in his lap and rocked her and rubbed her back. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z “Call Dr. Hayes and let him know you’re coughing,” she said, her fingertips on his shoulder. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He could see some of the animals coughing and sneezing, as if they had the flu. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Jeanine glares at him, and his laughter effortlessly transforms into a coughing fit. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere close by, another person was panting and coughing and staggering around. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Joseph coughed and closed the door behind him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z My father began to cough again, the deep, dry, racking cough that shook his frail body and frightened me terribly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Front lawns cough up the shovels and mittens that were gobbled by snowdrifts in January. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Joseph put his hat back on and tried not to cough. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Okay, okay, he responds, and soon he goes into a coughing fit. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z All this walking and stumbling and coughing and dying and it’s really, really them, by God it’s really them. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He coughed again, choking as the smoke thickened in the cellar. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Luke might have stood by the door forever, in awe, but someone coughed in another room. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z She found another match and tried again, coughing. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The orange-stained sky was waiting as I broke into the night, coughing up water and poisoned air. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “You saw our—” I cough and sip some milk, dousing the flames in my lungs. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He spat, and a fit of coughing shook him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Otto was particularly under the weather that day, so I left him in the care of Mama Marie-France, knocked out by cough syrup, snoring under a tree. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He coughed again, and I moved back and waited, always braced for something serious. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At night when he woke coughing he’d sit up with his hand pushed over his head against the blackness. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The front of Kevin’s shirt was covered in blood, and he was coughing and staring straight up into the sky. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “My mother is ever so thankful for the remedy she gave us. My brother’s cough has all but gone now.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The coughing had continued unabated, and each hack felt like a stiff kick between the ribs. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She coughed, rolling over, and Kaede helped her up onto her hands and knees, her body convulsing as she spit the water out of her lungs. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Her head broke the water, and she sucked in a loud, desperate breath that caught a few water droplets and sent her coughing and choking. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Kelton coughs, rubs the back of his head, and blinks a few times, still woozy. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “How comfortable I am! That last fit of coughing has tired me a little; I feel as if I could sleep: but don’t leave me, Jane; I like to have you near me.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The thick, greasy smoke from the blubber stove turned his face black and regularly sent him bursting outside coughing and choking, but he remained cheerful. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Martin Bundini just left him standing there and went off with his arm over John’s shoulder. He was so mad he started to cough, and that made him even madder.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Elisabeth gulps down her tea and starts to cough, then apologizes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” she said, “I went to Abuela’s house and watched TV with her, but she was coughing a lot, so I just let her rest. Then I went with my dad to the store.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “It had to come to this,” she murmured, muffling a cough. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The guards started coughing; The manticore shot spines in our direction, but they ricocheted off my lion’s coat. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The germs attack the lining of the air passages, nose, throat, and bronchial tubes, which results in a deep cough and sore throat. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z And he couldn’t seem to catch his breath at first, or stop coughing. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They coughed and complained about the bitter taste before they ran one by one into the restroom and threw up the nastiness in their stomachs. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He took in a dribble and then coughed. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Poe was scarcely at home, because he was very busy attending to the Baudelaire affairs, and when he was home he was often coughing so much he could barely have a conversation. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I looked at him and suddenly realized that he hadn’t coughed once since he had come to take me from the hospital. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Okay. Thank you,” I say, stopping to cough, “thank you for seeing me today, and I just want to warn you that I haven’t memorized these wonderful scenes yet.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But one false move, one cough, one sneeze, one nose-blow, one little sound of any sort and it won't be just one witch that gets you. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z His crying broke into a cough, and Ivy propped him on her shoulder and patted his back. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A white curtain separates me from the other people who lie here, groaning sometimes, coughing. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the water dribbling off my face got into my mouth and I coughed. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When I finally came to my senses, I sat up, coughed at length, and breathed in slow. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I make sure no one is watching—especially Ollie Mae—then unwrap the candy and put it in my mouth fast, holding my hand up to my face and faking a cough. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z After that, all Matt had to do was cough and Celia or Maria would fall into a satisfying panic. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I painstakingly formed the alphabet just as Grandma had taught me to do in order to distract me from my asthma cough. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He coughed and screamed at the same time, the look of terror on his face mirroring what she felt. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Moments later, the boy began breathing on his own—breathing and coughing and choking and throwing up and crying for his mother. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He leaned his forehead on his arms crossed upon the bar handle of the cart and coughed. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z For several seconds he coughed into a handkerchief while everyone waited for him to speak. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z All she did was complain, first about her cold, not being able to get cough drops and the agony of having to blow her nose all the time. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “You’re ruining your lungs with that thing” was the first remark out of her mouth besides a cough from a misdirected puff from my cigarette. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He doubled over and coughed, but before he fell to his knees, I caught him and pressed him to the wall again. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z How Hazelle had said he could have a bit in a cup of tea to soothe his cough, but he wouldn’t feel right unless the others had some, too. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z We wandered on and found some orégano, and we gathered plenty because this was not only a cure for coughs and fever but a spice my mother used for beans and meat. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z By ten that morning, everyone was coughing, but no one left his place. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The truck rocks as they climb into the cab, then the engine coughs into life. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He turned to face Derek and coughed and said it again, loud and clear. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z We thought he had tuberculosis because he was skinny as a rail and often coughed blood. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Then she doubles over and coughs again, harder this time, into her fist. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Francis’s coat whipped out behind him in theatrical billows; he kept glancing furtively around to see if his inquisitor was anywhere nearby and from time to time he emitted a faint, self-pitying cough. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Marco’s back slams against the ground as though he has been roughly pushed, leaving him coughing both from the impact and the cloud of black ash surrounding him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z My chest heaves suddenly, and I begin to cough, water pouring out of my mouth. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Not coughing smoke but smoke from a woman’s smooth-voiced singing, with piano, bass, and drums. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The next winter we both had whooping cough. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If the Witch was in the Bog, it would cough her out, the way a dying man coughs out his life. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He coughed, which turned into a long-drawn-out gargle, ending with another glob into a crushed tissue. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I took a deep breath and pretended I was ’bout to cough. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He broke out into a spastic fit of coughing almost as soon as the joint passed his lips. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z She caught some water with her first breath and coughed violently as she collapsed to the ground. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The words caught in his throat, and he began to cough and choke. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “There’s two packages of colored paper, he told me. And some cough medicine. And there’s three pairs of girls’ shoes.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Dad burst into laughter that ended in another fit of coughing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Struthers replaced his pince-nez in one convulsive movement and gave vent to a soft cough of discomfiture. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Around me, people cough and spit in the blue dawn. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He laughed and began coughing harshly into the mic, digging into his back pocket for a handkerchief to spit in. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I stand, world spinning and shining, my body barely my own, my lungs coughing up bits of themselves, my head thumping, my legs shaking, my blood boiling, but I stand. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Had people been coughing the virus into the air ... it would have been a different story. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Poe coughed several times into his handkerchief before continuing. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z The Wart heard the spar-hawk on his left giving several nervous coughs at this, but the peregrine paid no attention. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The laughter caught in his throat and made him cough. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It helps, but as soon as the bread splits open it coughs out another cloud. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z She coughed and gasped for air, trying to tell them to get off her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I whisper to my dog, stifling a cough. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Pong blinked again, trying to remember that day: Somkit’s weird coughing and his funny raised eyebrows. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Sticky coughed and mumbled something about needing to use the bathroom. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Then he does an awkward half cough to clear his pot-smoky throat and says, “I assume that sucked?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The old man’s cough grew better and he sat in the sun by the southern wall of the house, always half-asleep and warm and content. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The vehicle began to cough and sputter, shaking under our feet, as its engine found itself miraculously revived after a long sleep. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I did not realize a prisoner was close by, but more than that, there was something about this cough, something that struck me as curiously familiar. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya shut her eyes against the heat, coughing with every inhalation. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z As Violet spoke, Mr. Poe reached into his pocket for his handkerchief and, covering his mouth, coughed many, many times into it. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “Now maybe she can get rid of that cough. Those can be nasty in the wintertime.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The girl crawls away from me and we lay there a second, just breathing and coughing, trying to stop being dazed. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She breathed twice more, gave a little cough, breathed once again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z When the coughing subsided, Grandpa started to drift away again, but she called him back. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The more I yelled for help, the more I inhaled smoke and the more I coughed. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time Mr. van D. coughed loudly, Mrs. van D. and I nearly had a nervous fit. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Whether patients believed that TB came from sorcery or germs spread by coughing didn’t seem to matter nearly as much as their material circumstances. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Then he coughs hard and closes his eyes, his breath struggling to get into and out of his body. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z He coughed and spluttered, but his eyelids fluttered open. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The children remembered Mr. Poe because he always had a cold and was constantly excusing himself from the table to have a fit of coughing in the next room. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Cars careened off roads and into ditches, where their occupants clutched cloths to their faces, struggled to breathe, gagged, and coughed up dirt. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He took a handkerchief from his pocket and held it to his lips and coughed a long time. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z There was color now in my father’s face, and his cough had disappeared. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He tried to cover it with a cough. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He had to stop, leaning over and coughing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z It coughs and suffocates as my own hatred for myself becomes overwhelming. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Don’t keep coughing so, Kitty, for heaven’s sake! Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Next to the huts and tents, women prepare food, blowing and stoking the fires, coughing as the smoke finds their faces. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I waited half a minute while the man doubled over with a deep chest cough. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She coughed into her hand, then coughed again. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He coughed quietly, gingerly, and dabbed the pads slowly at his lips with a distaste that had become automatic. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As you and Muthu arranged the pieces of tire in our shelter, you doubled over with a coughing fit. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z A few moments later Papa came out coughing and clenching in his arms something wrapped in a blanket. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The smoke and pall of incense made Matt break into a coughing fit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Cas opened her eyes and closed them again as she coughed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He cleared his throat and then coughed violently, choking on his own spit. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He stopped once, coughed, and then kept going. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z After mopping its brow with a filthy handkerchief, the angel lit a cigarette by clicking together two nails on its left paw, inhaled deeply, and immediately had a long drawn-out coughing jag. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When I open the door, Thomas coughs nervously at the surprised look on my face and pretends to smile. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. He had a fever all day. Thought it was the flu, but then he started coughing uncontrollably, and he just—he just collapsed in the living room.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My father would cough loudly to alert the other adults to be silent so that I could start. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The doctor at Saint Ignatius Hospital said that the spell had come on when she refused to let herself cough even once. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Papa coughed a little and turned away from us, gazing out the window, but he kept speaking. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z His veins had swelled with the effort of the cough, and the varicose ulcer had started itching. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Then he rolls over on his side, coughing, but that’s fine. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In two days when they came out upon a road he set the bag down and sat bent over with his arms crossed at his chest and coughed till he could cough no more. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I need to cough, but if I do, it’ll hurt more. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z She coughed a couple of times, closed her eyes, and fell asleep. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I began to cough, and came out of the memories. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The words caught in his throat, and he coughed. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She watched the domovoi shoving the goats into a messy herd while Babulya stood nearby with her shawl clutched around her shoulders and Kin sitting at her feet, coughing. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z In the instant, almost of the blow being struck, the white man emitted something like a soft cough; his flashlight fell into the snow, a fast flick of vanishing light. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He coughed till he could taste the blood and he said her name aloud. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Early the next morning, when the light was gray and uncertain, Sarah Ruth was sitting up in bed, coughing, and the father came home. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Every time she tried, she coughed and lost it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Bruising, hoarseness, the sore larynx, this strange little cough — not to be worried about. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Topping the list was pneumonia, which was suspected with every minor cough. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z When I get to Modern Social Thought, Bill Corso is there, and he’s coughing a lot. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Sonny, don’t you tell me what’s worth while—true love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. Everybody knows that.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I spat and coughed, desperate to expel the scent of sea brine clogging my lungs. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She coughed harder as she rolled onto her right side so she could see if there was a way out in that direction. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z At least Baby was not coughing so much now; at least Baby was eating. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I’m sweating and coughing and woozy but I’m making my hands keep on spinning. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z "Get out of the way before I cough all over you!" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The house was still except for the faint, gasping cough of his old father, whose room was opposite to his own across the middle room. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She’s wearing makeup, and I cough in surprise at how different she looks. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He suddenly began coughing, and rapidly grew worse and worse until I rose from my seat and went to him, alarmed, but he waved me away, gasping that he would be all right. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z As long as Theresa Carmody is in heaven not coughing I don’t go to confession anymore. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Howard found him there, nursing a frightening cough. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After my science report, kids started coughing “Medusa” into their hands every time I passed in the hallway. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He nearly cried aloud with joy, but subdued the cry into a cough. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z They try to drag themselves backward, unable to breathe, coughing and choking and gasping. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z His eyes were unnatural bright, his breathing short and fast and difficult, and what he coughed up was tinged with bright red blood. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I coughed and spit, and the spittle was all red with blood. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Amarante suddenly hollered, but then he started to cough so dramatically he couldn’t continue his flamboyant oration. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His lung infection worsened, and he coughed up pus and mucous in fits that exhausted him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “No, I don’t know,” I repeated after getting through the cough. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He laughed at his own comments, then coughed even harder. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Recently, she had picked up a bad cough along with the smoking. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had begun to cough while eating, and chewing was a chore. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the stairs, he started to cough, a racking, deep, wet hack. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z No rattling had filled its mud-brick walls; instead, it had been filled with the sounds of people coughing, and spewing, and moaning in pain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z But when she had to let her breath out at last, she began to cough desperately and Gitl pounded her on the back. “. . . lie down” was all she heard. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He starts hacking and coughing and gagging, like he drank gasoline. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He coughed deep in his chest and the smell of stale liquor washed over me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It hit him like a great wave of rotting matter: rank, malignant, bringing tears to his eyes and making him cough. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z A dry cough sounds in the doorway, and Amit backs away immediately. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z After two weeks in Switzerland, he developed a hacking cough and a persistent fever. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Bit by bit they coughed up their broken lungs. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am almost completely sure that you are as healthy as a horse, Crow, but I won’t lie to you. Leprosy is spread by coughing. Sneezing. Touch. Even tears.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Then she makes this funny noise, a cross between a cough and a throat-clearing. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The redbeard had to cough so violently that his face actually turned redder than his nose. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z When I leaned in, I heard his wheezing breath and his weak coughing, and he smacked his lips softly before he swallowed. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I—” Joey blinked, coughed, swallowed, cleared his throat, shifted his feet, and twitched. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nkem, her cough is getting better and her appetite will come back.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z No, this cough was a present from the Germans. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I drop to the ground and throw up all over everywhere and take in a huge gasping breath that makes me cough in a way like I’m never gonna stop. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “I hadda take him to the vet’s this morning to get a vitamin shot. I don’t want that poor bird coughing all over my furniture.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He drew deeply, coughed intensely—it was then that I first truly noticed he had a viciously fluid-sounding persistent cough—and gestured to Gretchen. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I coughed delicately, pulling on a piece of my hair. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Dimple blushed and coughed to hide her embarrassment at having had such a gooey, stupid thought. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z "The legs, I could tell . . . the clothes fit, but the muscles in his legs . . . poor lad . . ." He coughed, and blood came up from inside him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He spat, coughed, and then fell flat on the floor, his hand still clutching the phone. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He waded ashore shivering and coughing and wrapped himself in a blanket and sat in the warm sand in front of the fire with the boxes beside him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He let out something that was vaguely like a chuckle, but it soon transformed into a hacking cough. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The old man coughed and reached into his pocket. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Dad was about to say more, when he started to cough and grabbed his chest. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Ivy gulped and then coughed, using the time to get her stomach to behave. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z His stories unfolded slowly and were often punctuated by a great wheezing cough, which would force him to stop for minutes at a time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But then I stop and listen to Mother coughing downstairs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She coughed a lot, and she was very thin, almost emaciated; but she still took pride in her appearance. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z When Cole breathed again, he noticed that his breaths had cooled as if he were sucking on a menthol cough drop. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The chief coughed into his left shoulder, then reached into a coat pocket and pulled out a white piece of paper folded in fourths. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The worst part of it was not being allowed to cough or make a sound, and knowing that if I did, I was as good as dead. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I coughed again and looked over at Idiptu, giving a helpless shrug. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He fought off a cough, focused on swallowing without wasting a drop. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The woman spoke softly, softer than the colonel coughed, and none of the men in the ward ever heard her voice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The only people I saw looked homeless, curled up in doorways or coughing from the darkness of alleys. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His voice wavers but he covers it with a short cough before turning away. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Healey, this sounds like the kinda cough that isn’t going away real soon unless you get some doctoring and the right medicine.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Old Lord stood there coughing and staring, a dirty grey satin robe wrapped about him, from which hung an edge of bedraggled fur. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z When Florida surfaced, she was already far downstream of the boulder, spluttering and coughing. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He coughed again, and Frankie put his hand on Z’s back as Z struggled to sit up. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I cough and drag myself to my feet. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z And the first time I had washed a body, I had vomited in the alley behind the tahara house until I was coughing up strings of burning bile. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z That’s when they heard the alerting little cough from the back of the car. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dressing rather shakily, Kit was compelled to ask Mercy’s assistance with the buttons down her back, and was shocked when her older cousin suddenly bent double in a violent fit of coughing. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Doge banged him on the back as Harry coughed, looking at Auntie Muriel through streaming eyes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I found I was wringing both of my hands, swallowing to keep the tickle in my throat from erupting into another coughing fit. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Kluck clears her throat, and I almost offer her a cough drop. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Doctor Copeland coughed and spat into one of the squares of paper which he kept beneath his pillow. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The next-door neighbor’s cat coughed up a hairball one day and the hair was not the cat’s. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I coughed violently, and nearly fell into the red-hot brazier in front of me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Thinking back, Omakayas could even remember him, sitting by the fire as close as he could without scorching, a tired-looking man, thin and scraggly braids, coughing and feeble. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She spit out, coughing, floundering, the entire world heaving with the rush of the river. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She coughed as a bit of dust wafted up from it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I could smell his deodorant—something medicinal, like cough syrup mixed with pine needles—and then I couldn’t remember if I had put on my own deodorant after showering. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I cough again, ignoring the pain in my back, the pain in my head, and when he’s done and ready to go, I wobble just a little but on we go again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I think I may have fallen to the ground, but I don’t really remember because I was coughing so hard. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The dry sticks of the wall smoked gently, forcing Septimus to suppress a cough, and then they caught fire, and Septimus smiled. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Tyler’s palms were sweaty when we held hands, and he wore so much Axe body spray, I would go into coughing fits every time we hugged. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z But, in truth, the monster managed only the merest tiny little cough of smoke before turning over on its side and giving up the ghost. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z The houses were consumed; the bricks of houses still standing were blackened; the air so thick with soot that we now all coughed and gagged at every step. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z My stomach growls loudly in reply, and I cough in an attempt to hide the sound. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The little girl sat up in her bed and immediately started to cough. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z The smoke flew down my throat and a bunch of coughing came back up. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Seconds passed before he sat up, coughing through the haze of smoke and debris that filled the air. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z A coughing fit took down the top team in the country. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Keep me up half the night coughing not that I’m complaining God has blessed me with the strength to carry on in good times and bad. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z He coughed and looked for somewhere to spit, for the odor was in his mouth, coating his teeth and tongue. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z All I have to do is cough up everything I can remember about the British War Effort. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He sounded tired, and he coughed a good deal. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Tally coughed twice, the last bit of pepper leaving her lungs. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Aunt Ivy had always said onions were the best thing for drawing out the bad vapors of a cough. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She could hardly take a breath without a wracking cough shaking her whole body. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I ran, choking and coughing as I plunged. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Because of the terrorists, I’ve lost it. Can’t hold a job. Even when my cough is better, closed spaces, blue skies...make me anxious.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z The man made a scoffing sound, then had a short bout of racking coughs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He mopped sweat and soot from his face and was about to speak when a ferocious coughing wracked his person. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I had a wet, trembling, half-drowned, heaving and coughing three-year-old adult Bengal tiger in my lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Noah laughs into his hand and then tries to pass it off as a cough. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The coughing was the saddest sound that Edward had ever heard, sadder even than the mournful call of the whippoorwill. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the rope around his neck is jerked hard, and Jacob’s staggering around and coughing, grabbing his throat. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Though it was summer and the leaves heavy on the trees, people went about the streets coughing as if it were the catarrh season. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The coughing begins soon after and my lungs begin to feel as if they are actually being cooked. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Wearing a floppy yellow hat and yellow duck-footed sleepers, Penny wandered into the kitchen, coughing and sneezing. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The old woman took a few sips and, though she sputtered and coughed, most of the purplish liquid disappeared down her throat. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z |
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