The spear crashed into the base of the claws. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A weight dropped, crashed downward, then pounded aside at the last moment under the synchronized thump of a sudden force beam. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

A few more hops and she crashed into the undergrowth. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When real death came it was an outrage, a denial of the immortality he deeply felt, and the one crack in his wall caused the whole structure to crash. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I'm helpless as the first hunter crashes through the trees, spear lifted, poised to throw. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When she left, I lay on the empty cot while rain crashed on the tin roof. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the way the waves crashed against the cliffs and tossed spray into the air was not safe. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell Arthur you and Samantha might crash here too, but you have to do me a favor. Pick up a cake that says...” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

In the straw of the box, his wife would brace the children against the tooth-shattering, tongue-biting crash of the runners against stone and ground. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The answer came at once: “A day’s journey away, carried there by the balloon after your crash; but hurrying this way.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

My heart crashes to the floor, like my trombone slide. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I clutch at the wall, the room spinning as a rapid response team pushes a crash cart past me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Shot and dart fell thick; siege-towers crashed or blazed suddenly like torches. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She nearly crashes into the bust of Abraham Lincoln in her rush to Ellen’s desk. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was a snap as though a catch had been turned back, and a crash of breaking glass. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

John Henry bellowed in pain, too, and his hammer crashed to the ground like a tree falling. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They turned down the television, went upstairs and changed out of their good, dark clothes, then crashed beside me on the couch. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As the sea crashed around him and the deck rose and fell beneath his feet, he had seen Dagon s Feast and Red Tide slammed together so violently that both exploded into splinters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I twist out from under Blackie’s knee and am halfway to my feet before something crashes into the back of my head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There was a tinkle and a crash as the pieces of Mary Ann’s head hit the floor. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

In midair, he had grabbed me by the shirt, and Annabeth by the arm, and was trying to pull us out of a crash landing, but Annabeth and I had all the momentum. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She heard them crash on the stone of the terrace. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The world went round and round as the cask rolled downward, then stopped with a crash that made him want to scream. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I wonder if she ever thinks about my dad dying in a car crash on the freeway. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Even as I spoke, there was a great crash from the front of the house: the door being broken in. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the American held its first national meeting in November, Anthony crashed the gathering. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Who puts a dining table on the beach where innocent demigods can crash into it? Who does that?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Libby told me that in real life, if the bottle fell off and crashed to the floor, tradition dictated that the village children didn’t get Hanukkah presents for, like, three years or something awful. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They had come together at the ford of the Trident while the battle crashed around them, Robert with his warhammer and his great antlered helm, the Targaryen prince armored all in black. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Once the electric undercarriage failed, and she had to earn her keep by taking her turn at the hand pump so they didn’t have to crash land. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Then he fell into the water with a crash that sent spray over the old man and over all of the skiff. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something that makes my heart leap, then crash to the pit of my stomach. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a heavy crash and the lean-to shivers. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plane returned at so low a level she could see the men in the cockpit, their coat collars pulled up around their necks, their crash helmets and goggles gleaming. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Veturius’s voice is convincingly slurred, and there’s a loud crash followed by a curse and burst of laughter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The plane, which was flying along in otherwise unremarkable fashion, literally fell out of the clear blue sky and crashed to the ground. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Then even as he thought these things the first assault crashed into them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

There was a crash behind them and Uncle Vernon came skidding into the room. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And I was only wishing to myself, Please let the keys be in the truck; please remember how Cade Hernandez taught you to drive; please do not crash; please get the hell out of here. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He swung the paddle, and the glass fell inward with a crash that might have sounded loud in normal circumstances but that he could hardly hear for the noise of the water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

A weight dropped, crashed downward, then pounded aside at the last moment under the synchronized thump of a sudden force beam. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

His grip immediately went slack, and I crashed to the ground, sobbing as I was finally able to breathe again. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The General died the next week, in a military plane crash. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

For the first year or so, I crashed on sofas and rented different flats in the area with the other immigrants who had come to the city with no money. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

While I was sitting on the porch steps, R.C. crashed through the back bushes. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Giant waves rolled across the water’s surface and crashed onto rocky beaches. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in slow motion, the bird leaned back and crashed to the dirt of the alley behind Mitchell’s. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Singleton said he had records for eleven texts between Reggie and Briana prior to the crash and for thirteen texts afterward. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

That's why I still have the dolly raised over my head, ready to crash it through the police car window, when I hear a voice boom down the street. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I crashed into the seat in front of me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wave of weariness crashed over me at the thought of serving Madam again, of allowing her to see her mark upon my face every day. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struggled to his feet, red-faced and gasping, and crashed to the floor in eye-bulging agony. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night at about twelve o’clock there was a loud crash in the yard, and the animals rushed out of their stalls. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Feel two bodies crash to the floor, and hear a woman’s voice wail in pain. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The Specials sometimes tried to crash the party, setting traps for the New Smokies, but someone always gave a warning, and no hovercar could ever catch a board among winding streets and rubble. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I lower myself inside and crash to the floor. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We don’t need stoplights, either, but in some places they dangle precariously over the road like they might crash down any minute. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The guy crashed into an abandoned pile of trash bags, and before he could get back up, Sargon was on him, jaws wide.... City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

That Sunday, Jean Louise and the congregation were in all innocence clearing their throats to drag it accordingly when out of a cloudless sky Mrs. Clyde Haskins crashed down on the organ. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Had Reggie not had his complete focus on the road, had he been lost for a millisecond, we’d certainly have crashed. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She shrieked as she crashed into the broken tile and boards, pulling the desk she’d been trying to move with her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In the aftermath of the Kennedy crash, the management of Avianca airlines held a postmortem. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Realizing that she hadn’t done so yet, Tally adjusted her crash bracelets to call them in. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

On the ground I see drag marks where the girl musta pulled the bodies out of the crash and brought them here. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The crash shook the whole floor, the whole apartment. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

There were metal guards over the headlights and tail- lights, and four large spotlights attached to the crash bar. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

With Ambrose Spike trailing in her wake, Constance crashed through the woods. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was nevertheless extremely dangerous flying, at the limit of the aircraft’s range, and one of the Italian machines had crashed on the glacier. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder what the crash will be like when it comes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

In an overwhelming number of crashes, the plane is behind schedule, so the pilots are hurrying. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The crash was drowned out by the thunderous blast outside. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fought my way to my feet before the cane crashed downward again. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remembering the crash he had a moment of fear, a breath-tightening litde rip of terror, but it passed and he was quickly caught up in die beauty of the scenery. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas half stood as he watched the Glader crash down into his chair, tipping it over backward, cracking it in two pieces. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Even the chaos outside now sounds muffled, covered by calling seagulls and the crash of the virtual ocean. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The now-heavy crate crashed on Clock Watcher heads and shattered, knocking them into a splintery pile. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

If you burn through your fuel, you will also crash. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

His screams were answered by a thunderous roar as the huge black she-bear crashed through the bushes and rushed to the cub. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Utah, as elsewhere, teen drivers caused a disproportionate number of crashes. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

My foot catches on the last step and I crash onto the floor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But with the financial crash, his father’s business—-exporting scrap steel to Asia—had all but evaporated. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Hermione!” shouted Harry and Ron; the breakfast tray slid to the floor with a crash. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The girls jerked left, then right, simulating the plane crash in dance. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I am still unbelievably sore—not from the crash but from holding the dratted plane in level flight all during that final hour. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Just at this moment Stuart heard a splintering crash, saw the bow of the Lillian plow through his rigging, and felt the whole ship tremble from stem to stern with the force of the collision. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were closed for twenty minutes or so, and she was not quite asleep, when suddenly, from very close by, there came a resounding crash that shook the ground. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When they collided, the sound was like the crash of two massive falling boulders. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

On a foggy night in England in February 1941, twenty-two British bomber aircraft crashed after returning from a combat mission. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The loud crash vibrated from the parking lot and echoed through Main Street. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Beggar! Thief! Ragtag!” they shouted as the boy crashed right into Alyce and sent them both sprawling to the ground. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glance to Thomas the Tank Engine reflected in my mirror, his eyes closed, braced for a crash that’ll never happen. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look toward the woods, watch all the trees crash down. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

From the north, the enemy army crashed into the Party Ponies, and our lines broke. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

At that moment I heard a crash and the kitchen door swung open, and there was a demon girl about my age lying on her stomach. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The last time I swang in this swing, I almost crashed into a barn swallow,” he yelled. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“He’s going to crash here for a while.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Boats and oversize yachts crashed into each other with noises that sounded like cannons and gunfire. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The fetus had evidently crashed and bled out inside the mother’s womb. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crouching low, like a bobcat ready to spring, he grabbed Grandpa’s right knee, turned quick, and jerked him off the counter just as his partner raised a chair high and crashed it over Grandpa’s head. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“This was no accident. Two planes hit the Twin Towers and another crashed into the Pentagon.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

When the airplane is about to crash or blow up, the pilot can fire the rocket, which blasts him—still strapped in his chair—free of the airplane. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the sunrise warming her and the crash of the sea rumbling below, it was the best meal she’d had for ages. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Davos never saw the battle joined, but he heard it; a great rending crash as two galleys came together. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The picture of a body after a head-on car crash. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had stopped going to soccer practice after the day I crashed and burned in the star drill. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The guy stops so suddenly in front of room 113 that I crash into his back. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

But when the door crashed open behind him, the man who stepped through was no one Bran knew. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They sat there for a few minutes, resting, watching the waves crash against the rocks below. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Lunar-orbit insertion was the process of slowing down enough to be captured by the moon’s gravity, but not slow enough to crash into it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw again the jagged white flash of lightning and heard again the crash of the huge tree that almost ended his life. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I gagged, and the glass fell out of my hand, spilled over my uniform, and crashed to the tile floor where it broke into large chunks that gleamed in the pebbly milk. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Keys depressed, cymbals crashed, pipes blew compressed air into clarinets and oboes. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

That night there was the sound of uproarious singing, which was followed by what sounded like a violent quarrel and ended at about eleven o’clock with a tremendous crash of glass. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The board wouldn’t let her crash into anything solid, but it didn’t get too concerned about twigs. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The wall of molasses crashed into the firehouse, knocking it completely off its foundation. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The spike of the past hour or so began to plummet into a crash, adrenaline abandoning her body. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I turned into the dirt path and crashed into the Ford, making the bumper curl up and shattering the window in back. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It crashes down through the lower branches, snagging temporarily on a few but then twisting free until it smashes with a thud on the ground. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My fingers find the handle to my door and I crash through, everything blurring as tears stream down my face. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They say that the victim has “crashed and bled ^ out.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Iron clanged on iron, teeth crashed on teeth, breath roared harshly, feet thundered on the hard-packed ground. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

There were crashes and explosions that no one could explain. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” he gasped, surfacing fast to be spilled back into reality like someone beached by the crash of a wave. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“And that was your car, because it had the scratches on the side where you and Emma crashed your bikes into it...” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Did they know they were going to crash? Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The knob crashes into a bookshelf as I stride into the room, plunking down the tray with enough force to make the cups dance. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Their wood had been consumed, and their stones had crashed down, had tumbled against one another until they locked at last in low and graceful curves. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone tripped over Ralph and Piggy's corner became a complication of snarls and crashes and flying limbs. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

There was a thunderous crash quickly followed by a scream, and moments later Bronwyn joined us behind the wall, flushed and panting. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He knocked off a line of dolls, and they crashed to the floor. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Just when it seemed that a crash was inevitable, he twisted his quad and swerved off the path, up into the grass. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

In the first Volley, Mares spun, Legs broken, Skulls crushed, & the rest charged the far Wall of the Paddock & leaped it or crashed through it & coursed up the Hillside away from us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It crashes against the wall, spilling its contents across the floor. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A car sped by and crashed into a nearby tree. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It crashed through and the Greeks were in the palace before the Trojans could leave the roof. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor agreed to come, but, before leaving, alerted the Gestapo of the crash. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s an old barn. Chi-Boy, come with me to check it out first. We can crash there. They’ll be no fire tonight, so walls would be good.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He looked around very quickly and, an instant later, crashed back down to earth again. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Books fell down with a thump and boxes crashed around him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The free wing crashed into his face with the force of a club, but he hung on. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slates flew off and shattered themselves with desultory crashes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Polyphemus threw another boulder, and this time I watched helplessly as it sailed over my head and crashed through the hull of the Queen Anne’s Revenge. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I crashed out the door, ducked under her flailing, twig-sized arms, and took off running. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He felt cloth, struck at it with his knife and missed, and struck again and felt his knife go through cloth, and then his head crashed with lightning and exploded with pain. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, her parents had died in a plane crash. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a crash and a yelp as he hits the floor. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There was a crash like the falling parts of a dream fashioned out of warped glass, mirrors, and crystal prisms. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he could crash at Grace’s or Maya’s house, just for a night or two until he knew where he was going. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Matt crashed into a rendition of the “Turkish March” by Mozart, playing loud enough to make a servant drop a tray in the hallway outside. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I was so up yesterday, but I’ve definitely crashed back to earth today.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The dagger hit—bang!—and the pile of shields tumbled to the floor—crash! Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

We kept going as a hundred tons of marble crashed down behind us. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He lowered his shoulder at the fullback and crashed into him. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered a shoulder, let out a Marine-style roar, and crashed out of the trailer, snapping the door off its hinges. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words boomed and crashed in my head, a thunderstorm of a command, and I froze. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But after the oil crash and the onset of the energy crisis, large cities had been flooded with refugees from surrounding suburban and rural areas, resulting in a massive urban housing shortage. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Three years later the rabbi married once again, and in 1929, two days before the stock market crash, Danny was born in the Brooklyn Memorial Hospital. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Pinmei felt relief flood through her, the waves of gratitude carrying her in reckless abandon, as they crashed through the open door. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Behind us the ocean hummed and sometimes crashed onto itself with a slapping sound like if a long line of people all hit their knees at the same time. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I raised my arm too late and the frame crashed into me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The waves crashed against his bare feet and the wind blew his hair into his eyes. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Wearing a black-and-white crash helmet and the official race T-shirt, Levi Jr. sailed across the line at a relatively blazing seventeen miles per hour. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

We saw the yellow Cadillac at the end of the block trying to make a left-hand turn, but our alley is too skinny and the car crashed into a lamppost. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, what you’ve seen is a draft version,” Dr. Strayer answered, referring to the paper showing a sixfold increase in crash risk. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“So are the odds of survival if we do crash,” Uriah mutters, but he’s grinning. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, you took quite the hit when we crashed.You’re lucky to be alive. Lucky to have a guardian angel like me to save your hide.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She let me crash on her couch when I needed to, although it was hard for me to sleep there because of all her cats. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly there came a loud crash from somewhere in the house above me, and I startled so badly that all the pictures slipped from my hands. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He described an enemy plane downed by a Harrier, cartwheeling right over his head till it crashed into the sea. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I got up and went to the can, and when I came back and crashed on the floor they were already interviewing this one family. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He vaulted over the dog, crashed through a cherry hedge, and then disappeared from view. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The steady ticking of a watch in a quiet room crashed like torture against his unshielded brain. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He crashed into it with both feet at about thirty miles per hour. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Håkon let his tail drop, and the water spider collapsed back into the river with a dull crash. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He heard the screams of frightened horses and the crash of metal on metal. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They could hear footsteps and crashes; the men were pushing over chairs inside the tent as they searched. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They crashed head-on, reeled away, and trotted off. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the stock market crashed and the United States tumbled into the Great Depression, she was sent to Houston to help with a court case. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But the weight of the crash bracelets and knapsack pulled her down fast, and panic welled up in her pounding chest She thrashed in the water, climbing up toward the flickering lights of the surface. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Liberacorpus!” yelled Harry, and with a crash he and Griphook landed on the surface of the swelling treasure, and the sword flew out of Harry’s hand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He nearly crashed into a light pole that appeared a foot in front of him. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The rocket bombs crashed oftener than ever, and sometimes in the far distance there were enormous explosions which no one could explain and about which there were wild rumors. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then a woman shouted, “They’ve crashed, Ted! Crashed in the garden!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“The records show that you went up in Me Watt’s plane to collect some flight time. You didn’t come down in a parachute, so you must have been killed in the crash.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Blind boars of wind crashed through the nervy woods. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Millions of tons of rock and ice and volcanic debris crashed down the mountain. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

In those days before the crash, Abuelito and Abuelita had had a nice house, but they still took their baths in a galvanized tin tub. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

So there they are, three classic preconditions of a plane crash, the same three that set the stage for Avianca 052: a minor technical malfunction; bad weather; and a tired pilot. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He crashed his car into a milk truck and broke both arms, his right leg, and four ribs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a horrific crash in the parlor as the hooks that held up the heavy draperies flew off the wall and landed on the floor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something in the stairwell above snapped and cracked, and a flaming board crashed down the stairs. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A shower of bottles and glasses splashing whiskey crashed against the balcony. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe that crash knocked some sense into you.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been shaken about so much that her head had crashed into the gunwale, but she was already moving, and there was no blood. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They crashed down into the thing, the incinerator. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without their support, the sky burst apart, and the Starry River crashed down, flooding the entire earth. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But a heavy weight crashed into him and knocked him flat again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I shoved it through and waited for the jaws to crash shut. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The flatcars rolled down the deck, snapped the ropes holding them in place, crashed into the water, and vanished. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found myself sitting on a sandy white beach, watching the sunset while waves crashed in front of me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And a bit later she said: “He said no, he was not, at the time of the crash.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It’s crash and clatter and it usually adds up to one big mash of sound and thought and picture and half the time it’s impossible to make any sense of it at all. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Campers and Hunters were crashed out on sofas, washing up in the bathrooms, ripping silk draperies to bandage their wounds, and helping themselves to snacks and sodas from the minibars. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Thomas crashed to the ground; he felt a grave marker dig into his back before it snapped in two, burning a deep scratch along his flesh. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

This story—grandparents killed in a Jeep crash, and sisters not speaking to each other—she should be bawling. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

A great crash resounded deep within the hill. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Tad kicked something that went flying into the wall with an echoing crash as he ran toward the stairs. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then she crashed through the snowball bushes, still clutching the screen. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They conduct the genome, thereby playing out its music—activating the viola at the fourteenth minute, a crash of cymbals during the arpeggio, a roll of drums at the crescendo. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

As it crashed, they shouted even louder and swarmed over the thing. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about moving back to the United States, that drive down to San Diego, the crash of the car. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

There was a loud crash as a new section of the tent imploded, another long, agonized scream. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The quick darkness in the carriage cars when they shot through a tunnel made them wonder if maybe there was a wall ahead to crash into or a cliff hanging over nothing. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

One year a girl at school was killed in a car crash shordy after Ash Wednesday. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice I nudged foot-sized rocks over the side and watched with faint horror as they crashed and tumbled to improbably remote resting places. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Still others had fallen against nearby trees, or crashed to the ground, popping up root systems. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

To save his own life, he had rolled out of bed during the attack and crashed to the floor, hoping to escape Powell’s reach in the dark room. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost two thousand five hundred miles away in Brisbane, my chance to be a school hero had crashed and burned as well. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

There was one metallic crash of thunder and the air chilled suddenly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t dive, couldn’t let a wave crash over my head, couldn’t be taught to swim. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The plane crashed on through the bushes and banged into another tree. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The front was, as I had once seen it in a dream, but a shell-like wall, very high and very fragile-looking, perforated with paneless windows: no roof, no battlements, no chimneys—all had crashed in. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I imagined that the news of Mommy’s marriage crashed through the Jewish community like an earthquake. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A loud bomb of a wave crashes into the shore below as if to confirm this. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“No,” I admitted, grimacing as the coach careened around a corner so sharply, I expected us to crash. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It crashed down with a thump just as something large banged against it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The two of us in the car, laughing, the radio on, the sudden jar of the crash, the snap of the head, the blood, the sirens. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, a gust topples a glass or caravel, and there’s a loud crash. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lightning danced at its edges like horses at a mad gallop, then the sky turned ink black and the storm crashed over us. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Going to have another go anyway, try a shallower descent. Still have quite a lot of fuel, don’t really want to crash and go up in flames.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

A ceiling tile crashed next to her as she rushed past the desks with her backpack clutched against her chest. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Bryce crashes his Matchbox car box into a display of Valentine’s Day decorations, and they all go flying. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The way the tires squealed just before the crash came was like the warning signal for White Noise. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was a winter of strong winds and rain and wild seas that crashed against the cliffs, so I would not have gone out much even if Rontu had been there. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crash as they met resounded in the still air and echoed back from the palace wall. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Waves crashed as the robots grappled for the weapon. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“And Amos was like, bam, he rammed right into the leader. They both crashed to the ground, like in a real fight! It was pretty awesome. Amos’s lip was bleeding and everything.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I knock again and again, and finally I hear a shuffling, a crash as something is dropped, a goddammit, and the door opens. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There was a crash outside as a heavy wooden object hit the deck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I immediately embarked on a crash program to sharpen my tennis skills and get in shape, physically and mentally. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the far corner of the room, something crashed: her bag had slipped off the chair onto the floor and when she looked back, she was alone in the room. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It didn’t make sense that the little puffs of smoke made the guards crash into each other and mutter “Why am I doing this?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It tilted, and the bus lurched upward so fast I fell back and crashed against something soft. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Arion crashed through the main doors into the plaza and scattered a bunch of guys in business suits. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Will darted forward suddenly, just as he’d done to the man in his house, and with the same effect: his antagonist tumbled backward unexpectedly, falling over Lyra to crash onto the lead. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched a few tears crash onto the gray linoleum floor. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“The only one I remember is just like the one after the crash happened, like he just texted me. That’s all I remember about it.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It rose, flared, roared, crashed, and crumbled in on itself almost before anyone noticed it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Squealing hysterically, he grappled clear of the sleeping bag, crashed blindly into the wall and bounced onto the floor, almost fainted, and started to cry. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crashed to the floor, shattering and sending bits of white china under the tables. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The body crashed down near her long American car, the planes receded and disappeared into the distance, and they all lay still for long minutes, until Harrison got up and said, “I am getting bag.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Addison had crashed in flames, the trout no longer ringed the pool, and a cloud covered the sun and put a chill in the air. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dashed to the crash site and used axes to chop a hole in the floor of the cockpit of the upside-down plane. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Lost in desperate speculation, Harry turned a corner, but he had taken only a few steps down the new corridor when the window to his left broke open with a deafening, shattering crash. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He’d salvaged boats that crashed in the treacherous Keys, and claimed the cargo—silver, furniture, silk, you name it. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The overhead lights had gone out and come back on and flickered again, and now they were on only dimly, like emergency lights leading out of a burning building or a crashed airplane. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“How could a car crash kill Lily an’ James Potter? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But in mid- November, during a visit to his home in Kazakhstan, a bus he was riding in crashed. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her wave of invective had crashed over him and still he sat there. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

There was a crash, and the car exploded, and my mother’s friend said she thinks at least one of the boys was killed, maybe more. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afraid, I ran out of my room, just in time to crash into my father, who would later only be known as “that man.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh cheeze! Well, now I really hope they catch him before he crashes it,” I said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I stop where the water crashes onto the sand, foaming up around my toes, trying to suck me back out again. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He lifted it up high over his head and brought it down with a loud, splintering crash. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Driven forward by the crash, it was jammed into the backs of the seats and caught on something. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a tremendous crash! a section of barn floor collapsed into the cellar. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I turned to the ocean and watched the waves crash. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Teddy finishes off his drum solo with a crash of cymbals. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Waves crash against the pilings and spray us as we walk along. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I step back, and crash into the wall behind me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But though he was quick, he had hardly got his hands on the place when there was another crash over by the wastebasket. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Shortly after receiving your card which I had looked at only hurriedly, someone brought in a paper with the headline about the plane crash.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. Patterson explained how his father and three hundred other quarrymen went on strike days before the stock market crash in 1929, never to return to work in the pits again. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Some tips of branches snapped past me and then I crashed into the water. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The onslaught of Mordor broke like a wave on the beleaguered hills, voices roaring like a tide amid the wreck and crash of arms. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Jon blocked a savage cut at his head, the shock of impact running up his arm as the swords crashed together. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was expected to crash somewhere in the southern hemisphere. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I crashed into the campsite, startling the twins, who had finished tying up Travis and were guarding him with the handgun. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Isa pushed the hair off her shoulder and put her violin up, clenched her eyes shut, and crashed her bow onto the strings. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Jules dove next to him, and even though it felt silly, I crashed down alongside them. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They both watch, confused, and before they can say anything, I press down on the lip and the plate flips and crashes to the floor. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

In 52 percent of crashes, the pilot at the time of the accident has been awake for twelve hours or more, meaning that he is tired and not thinking sharply. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Mom shrieks and suddenly she knocks the spinner from Charlies hand, and it crashes across the kitchen floor. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I heard my grandmother say that he’s keeping his head up but pretty soon he’s going to crash and bum. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head crashed into the chin of his captor, who swore in pain; the other robber reached out and slapped Tree-ear’s face viciously. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Mitigation explains one of the great anomalies of plane crashes. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Then at last it began to be mixed with another sound, a vague, disastrous noise which sounded first like the roar of a distant train, and then like the crash of a falling tree. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

From below there came a roaring, rushing sound, like the crash of surf on a stony beach, but he knew it was the wind tearing through the leaves on the trees. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had happened when the car the two of them had been flying to Hogwarts had crashed into a tree on the school grounds. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

There was a big article in the newspaper about the plane crash and Buddy Holly. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He died in a car crash earlier this year,” I explained. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The plane crash became a touchstone in Elizebeth’s life, a marker she came back to again and again. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He brought his gauntleted hands down, and Anya prepared herself for the walls of water to crash down on her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She would leave right now, she was about to leave—but then Paolo saw her and ran at her, top speed, like a little boy, stopping short before he crashed. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Tad stumbled back, tripped over a broken tile, and crashed into an open locker. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

On the television set, a sports car crashed into a truck, shot off a cliff, and burst into flames. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

A jar of peanut butter had crashed to the floor; someone had gotten a running start, jumped into it, and skied a brown, onefooted track to the stove. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he was on his way down, heading for his biggest crash ever. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A few guys crashed with them, and we ended up with not much more than forty or so kids, so—I mean there could have been more—it wasn’t bad for a cocktail party. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I would get word of her death—the ferry had sunk with her and my mother aboard, or more often the taxi had crashed and her lovely body had been consumed in the flames. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put her head on his shoulder and crashed. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A trash can whistled past them and crashed into a wall with a shockingly loud sound. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid there’s been an attack....Planes crashed into the Pentagon this morning, and well, my brother called to tell us he was okay.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

With no knapsack and her heavy crash bracelets missing, Tally felt practically naked. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He crashed into the lockers and tried to hold himself up, but his legs jellified and down he went. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He saw also what had made the crash: a costly porcelain vase which had been standing on the window-sill lay on the floor broken into about thirty pieces. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Gaily stumbled backward and crashed into the desk by the window. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Some of the men were morbidly convinced that a killer whale would crash upward through their dwindling floe, tossing them all into the water and picking them off one by one. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“A plane crash, then,” Alex said, thinking of the people pointing to the sky. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Her phone’s not as lucky, and crashes against the pavement. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Below that, there were other layers, where her reaction to the plane crash was far more complicated. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

This, he supposed, was the crash, though he couldn’t imagine where all the green light came from. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The thought crashes over him like an unexpected wave, but quickly he reminds himself that he is the one sitting beside her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is tempting to think of this as some kind of giant continent-sized car crash, but of course it happened with imperceptible slowness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

They ran straight past us and crashed into their southern allies. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He let the dipper crash back into the water jar and started for the small washing trays at the front of the courtyard, darting a glance toward the wiremaker's bench as he passed. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It crashed into a tree, the sound like a train driving through a house. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t react in time to catch him before he crashed into a bush. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the culvert where Enrique hides, trains clang and crash as they add and subtract cars, forming trains that are nearly a mile long. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

But humans being what they are, and I being human, I turned off the highway on a shaley road and headed in among the buttes, but with a shyness as though I crashed a party. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tito himself was lucky: the bullet had crashed into his chin and ripped through his jaw. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Her legs and arms went out the windows, shattering the glass, and her head crashed through the roof, while people yelled and screamed all around her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But historically, crashes have been far more likely to happen when the captain is in the “flying seat.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Only one boy managed to remain airborne for more than a few seconds, and he was so surprised he promptly crashed into one of the goalposts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"Mitch is right. The crash-lander is high-risk. It could miss Mars, it could reenter wrong and burn up, it could crash too hard and destroy the food . . . We estimate a thirty percent chance of success." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, because how does someone who drove as safe as Momly, someone who didn't even listen to music in her car, get in a crash? Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Lunch was the worst. All the conversations crashed together.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Outside the windows, a steady roar was interrupted by sharp sirens or the insistent crash and clang of garbage cans, the whining motors of cars, and the faint sound of babies crying. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

To his horror, he saw Ryan reach into the pocket of his parka and pull out a crushed crash helmet and a little red motorcycle broken in two. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“So that’s settled. Everybody else—let’s get to the ruins. Time to crash Gaea’s party.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I stare at her, wishing the ceiling fan would fly from its post, crash down on us both. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The kinds of errors that cause plane crashes are invariably errors of teamwork and communication. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Miles nearly crashed into the lobster tank when I stopped in front of it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

All three of them crashed in front of the television when they got home, and watched a sitcom about a family with twelve kids. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

It crashed on top of a school, but luckily there were no children inside. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t be a student of the Avianca crash and not feel that way. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I moved to help her, but before I could offer, the pot slipped from her hands and crashed to the concrete floor. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

My hands flew to my face, everything crashed inside. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He arched his back and crashed among the leaves with his legs. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Without warning he swung his left hand, forming it into a fist as it came around and crashed into Thomas’s ear. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Lightning crashes overhead, followed by claps of thunder that vibrate through the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The brain’s sentence parser starts to thrash when faced with the successive leaves at the beginning, and it crashes altogether when it gets to the pile of alones at the end. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He hasn’t been behind the wheel since the crash. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They came out upon a small open place where a giant spruce had crashed to the ground and left a hollow where the roots had been, filled now with drifted dry leaves and spruce needles. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Left and right, up and down, the hammer fell on fetterlings with the crash of metal on metal. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“You jerks think you can crash my birthday party?” he shouted. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A few seconds later, I heard the bike’s bell, followed by a loud crash and my brother’s cry. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But others had come crowding round, drawn by the woman's scream and the crash of the rabbit hutch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Magdalys did as she was told, holding the edge of the packet against the mouth of the barrel so she wouldn’t spill any while the brachy crashed along through the streets. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I hear a groan and see the tree crash to the ground. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I leapt up the hall, crashed into the table. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Above the roar and crash of battle, no one heard him but Matthos. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The plane crashed into a hangar and exploded. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The wind howled as it never had before and a tree fell right on top of the roof of our house and crashed into my room, narrowly missing me. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It fell to the floor with a crash. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Stars exploded in his vision as they collided, then crashed to the ground, bodies smacking against the stone floor. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There was the clatter of boots on the stair treads, then boots on the marble steps outside, and then the crash of the front door slamming. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could imagine, for example, a key instrument failure in Chryse just after an unfortunate crash landing in Cydonia. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

One swing crashed into a group of three, sending them flying back into the crowd, and the return blow crushed two more. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A loud crash rings out from our house. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

As I turned to walk back into the restaurant, I nearly crashed into Carmen, who had appeared out of nowhere. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She wanted it to crash through Ketterdam’s pleasure houses, lifting roofs and tearing doors off their hinges. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then came the cold whistle of a mortar in the air and the crash as it landed and the boom as it exploded. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The keystone of the arch crashed almost on their heels, and the wall above crumbled, and fell in ruin. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The word crashes through the garden like a bolt of lightning. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Now Ernest launched a crash program to convert it into a gigantic mass spectrograph containing several calutrons, each with multiple ion sources and collectors. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Actually, only four were left, because when that first crate crashed against the rocks, the robot inside shattered to pieces. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I hear a crackling and a crash—the cannonball hitting a tree. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I crash on the stretcher with my hoodie draped dejectedly over my head, but there are way too many thoughts in my brain. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The crash was followed by a noise like stones falling from the sky, or guns firing. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just having a place to crash at night is a bigger deal than most people realize. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Winds that would make the lander crash were probably strong enough to lift dust off the surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know our crash was scary, but seriously, we can’t walk everywhere from now on, you know.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Grover tried to corral them away from the monster just as the other cord on the spaceship snapped and the exhibit crashed to the floor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Across the street young men were calling out to her: “Baby, you got so many curves you make a car crash!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Grappling hooks were flung out, iron rams crashed through wooden hulls, boarders swarmed, flights of arrows whispered through each other in the drifting smoke, and men died . . . but so far, none of his. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One hundred thousand feet of lumber crashed to the floor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I try swimming for the top again, but another wave crashes down on me. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When they finally arrived, they seemed to crash into the house, for the front door clattered to the floor like a fallen tree. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It crashes down on the ball, bulleting it over the net. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was a crash, as though the earth had split asunder; the water turned to foam, and Taran felt himself dashed against an unyielding wall. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I heard another crash, this one from the kitchen. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The cries of the cliff-ghasts and the crash of the waves grew fainter as they climbed, and presently the only sound was the ceaseless crying of seabirds. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It plummeted straight down from my open hands and landed with a crash, shards of ceramic bursting apart and skittering across the floor. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Nettles and sorrel crashed down under his plunging feet, as he went. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He finally settled back in the relative safety of the United States and dies in a car crash driving me to a basketball game. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I’d heard of people surviving car crashes that way, getting thrown thirty or forty feet away from an accident. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

That it won’t do me any good if they get into a crash, and I have to agree. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he spread his wings, flapped hard, and took off—but after flying four feet he stopped with a snap and crashed to the ground again, shedding a flurry of black feathers and squawking loudly. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

A wave rose and crashed on a nearby island. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“The burning plane crashed while the searchlights continued to hold it in their lights.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They picked a lake in the middle of the wilderness, perhaps a hundred miles east of the lake Brian had crashed into the first time. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

It crashed into the pile of bricks he had just been carrying. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If he held the gun improperly, he would end up moving in the wrong direction, or would turn around and around and crash into the ropes. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Beale nodded solemnly — “No, of course you didn’t” — and gave Maniac a huge wink, which made Amanda screech louder, until something crashed in the kitchen. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Singleton had gotten the crash time slightly wrong—it was more likely between 6:47 and 6:48—but he made his point. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He lay back and fell silent, listening to radio caller Clem McCarthy tell his audience about the crash of Fair Knightess. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind me, Helene screams, and I hear the crash of two bodies hitting the ground. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Jay leans, whispers in my ear, “Not sure anyone survives a plane crash.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She told him about the plane crash and all they’d done to survive. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

In the 1982 Air Florida crash outside Washington, DC, the first officer tried three times to tell the captain that the plane had a dangerous amount of ice on its wings. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

There was a loud crash and water splashed everywhere. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A shape sailed over his head and crashed against a tree trunk. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

And then the rail slipped and I crashed to the floor and got the wind knocked out of me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He came down with a crash, and the bones shifted and let him fall through. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They also verify his blood alcohol level, which is still above the legal limit two hours after the crash. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nope. No party. No boyfriend. But some geeks over on Lancaster Road invited me to their all-night Monopoly party. Wanna go and crash it with me?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

For a moment there was no sound except the scratching of Henry’s pen and the distant crash of dish racks in the kitchen. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But these marvels did not check his fury; he struck again and again until the great oak crashed to the ground. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You hit a bird going five hundred knots and it’s like being hit with a bowling ball. Do you remember when Rip Tuscum was killed in a plane crash about five years ago?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the familiar sound of a mug clinking against the water jar, then a tinkling crash of broken pottery. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

His phone had disappeared somewhere in the crash. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been thinking about that book about the boys who crash on the island,” Mary Lou said to Adina one afternoon as they rested on their elbows taking bites from the same papaya. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The crash, however, appeared to have awoken Ron and Hermione to Harry’s presence. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There’s a moment where the headlamps illuminate the ice and water below, like a swimming pool, but then the hood crashes through and, with a shower of sparks, everything goes dark. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The lamp crashes to the floor into a million little pieces, so tiny that parts have become powder. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

That night, he had been woken by the sound of something on the floor beneath him falling with a crash. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

As soon as he found his voice he said, “Blown up? You told me they died in a car crash!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

His use of her childhood name crashed on her ears. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“You have to let me crash here sometime.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“There, there,” said Slughorn, waving his wand so that the huge pile of earth rose up and then fell, with a muffled sort of crash, onto the dead spider, forming a smooth mound. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“You’re all welcome to crash with me. But I don’t think I can make it to Columbus, Vancouver, and Japan in the next thirty-six hours.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Thoughts of the girl crashed around his mind, made him remember the connection he felt. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Assume you really are interested in making an investment of some sort, and assume further that the question is being posed to you before the stock crash of October 19,1987. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spun on his heel and almost barreled into Tad, who stumbled back, tripped over an iron bar, and slammed into an open locker with a crash. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Plane crashes are much more likely to be the result of an accumulation of minor difficulties and seemingly trivial malfunctions. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“They died in a car crash, you nasty little liar, and left you to be a burden on their decent, hardworking relatives!” screamed Aunt Marge, swelling with fury. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The draccus crashed into the trunk, and though it didn’t snap, it fractured with a sound like a crack of lightning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a fact, he said, that there was a six-times increase in the risk of a crash. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She saw the rider she’d just pistol-whipped fly off to the side and crash into a building wall, then slump beneath it and lie still. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She tells Vivian about living in the trailer on Indian Island, the car crash that killed her father, her mother’s struggle with drugs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the crash bracelets pulled her upward, and she felt the solid surface of the hoverboard coming up from under her feet. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

With a grinding, splintering, tearing crash, Swordfish split the rotted hulk asunder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I reach for it, but before I can pick it up the music crashes to a halt. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But in the next decade, the stock market crashed in 1929 and America suffered through the Great Depression. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

With a crash something black bears down on us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hydrogen in the tri-energy BMW, registered to Matthew Fox, exploded on impact, leaving investigators little evidence to piece together events from the evening of the crash. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Just hit the border at high speed and crash through and keep on running. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wave the size of a skyscraper crashed over the forward deck, washing the front crossbows and half the port railing out to sea. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In another corner, there’s a lime-green couch, and I know immediately this is a place where friends come to crash, this is their home away from home. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Come on. I’ve been wanting to show you this since we met Since you told me you crashed a pretty party—and pulled a fire alarm!” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In a waking nightmare I saw a tree crash down on the truck and crush her like a bug. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The German bombers get caught up in their cables at night and crash.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He paused, and something crashed to the floor nearby. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Harry flew through the air, then crashed to the floor, unable to see as debris rained upon him, his arms over his head. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

That would cause me to start turning sideways, and I might turn all the way around before I got to the Agena, and crash into it with my back. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve got a problem,” he said before giving a full status on the plane crash and the surviving girls. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The plane had crashed and sunk in the lake and he had somehow pulled free. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the tall doors opened with a crash, and a freezing gale blew down the hall, and Robb came walking out of the night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

On the way, we stirred up a herd of deer that crashed away through the underbrush and disappeared in two seconds flat. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Fatima crashed onto the sidewalk, the skin on her knees scraping off into stinging red strips. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He snuck in an uppercut with the nub of his stick and Number Four crashed to his knees. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It made Finn a little sad that every answer made the crash sound less and less interesting. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A rushing and a tumbling, a whirl of darkness and a crash of images... The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I hear a crash and a boom coming from upstairs. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was followed by another series of crashes as, one after another, all the kettles in the kitchen were knocked down from the ceiling and destroyed. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Bursts of rain and thunder crash into the ocean and create large waves that threaten to swallow our boat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the last exchange between Avianca and the control tower, just minutes before the crash. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Tyrell, you know it was just a bump, not a crash!” she said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the bus screeched to a halt, and people crashed into each other. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the sperm whale...it crashed boats into toothpicks. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t have to be the crash site. Maybe the river will be enough.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Boiling waves crashed into the narrow channel, their whitecaps glowing in the darkness, their hungry roars reaching her ears. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He cursed and stumbled backward, and we both crashed to the ground. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

When a marked police car joined the pursuit, Antonio dropped the gun just before the car crashed into some trees. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her plane crashed this morning and everyone from New York to Mississippi to Seattle is in mourning, singing her songs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

More than thirty British bombers were lost and crashed in fog after a single mission in December 1943, an event known as “Black Thursday.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She managed to glide to earth and made a crash landing on a hillside, where local people greeted her armed with pitchforks, sticks, and rifles—they’d thought her falling plane might be a German fighter. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In his dream, Hugo was walking by himself outside the train station when he heard a loud crash and looked up. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“If they crash into our boat and put a hole in it, we are all dead!” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My back and shoulders throb from bricks and chunks of plaster that beat me as they crashed down. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The glass dome shattered, and the water crashed in. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Honestly, I crash rehearsal so often, I think people forget I’m not in the play. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Another set of footsteps crashed down the path toward me, and I almost hid behind a tree, until I recognized the outline—it was Bax. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The milk bottle slipped from my hand and crashed to the floor. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I clutch the phone tightly to my ear as another crash explodes the air. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

But you shouted and you knocked those mixers off the shelf and there was a big crash. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Together the rats crashed into a prickly bush, kicking, biting and pummeling each other. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He slammed the door open loud enough that even the aunties sleeping in the kitchen had heard the crash. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The Questing Beast recoiled with the tears springing to its eyes, and the portcullis crashed between them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only found myself suddenly airborne, and then we crashed onto the sofa, knocking it into the wall. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Like two giants they crashed against each other. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

In about fifteen minutes the crash trucks from the airfield arrived to fight the fire. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The tuba sailed over our heads and crashed through the window. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The crash and roar of the water has been muted to a mumble at this distance, the waves are so far below. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was a crash—someone must have fallen over the toppled chair or table. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrell raced to the front of the class and cried out, “Someone crashed into our bus!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Nancy Jaax and Tony Johnson inspected the monkeys, moving from cage to cage, until they found the two monkeys that had crashed and bled out. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is undaunted, and our weapons crash together in a starburst of sparks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

As soon as she spoke, a deep rumble of thunder shook the forest beyond us, and then crashed westward toward town. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I yell into his bewildered face as my leg crashes into his chest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mommy’s contradictions crashed and slammed against one another like bumper cars at Coney Island. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran toward the gate, only to whirl and run back again as he heard the upstairs door crash back against the wall and Gebu’s staggering footsteps sound in the passage. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It took less than a day for the cause of the crash to be determined: “fuel exhaustion.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It crashes into the sea off Parame, and its American pilot wades ashore to be taken prisoner. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But instantly there came a crash of actual thunder and a flash of lightning. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Odin,” whispered Wednesday, and the crash of the breakers on the beach of skulls was not loud enough to drown that whisper. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He turned down the passageway to their little parlor and sent the door swinging open with a crash. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I dashed down the steps and had just cleared the pen when suddenly a small deer crashed out of the underbrush and into our backyard. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Witnessing my predicament, Faith said it would be okay if I crashed with her, provided I kept my clothes on. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And crashed into a fat guy with a ponytail who was holding a bulging briefcase. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Windows exploded, beams crashed, and trees split, their crowns ablaze like torches in the hand of a cruel giant. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about our car crash and wondered if the driver of the SUV was drunk or texting or speeding. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I saw the blue sky and green leaves through a window, went toward it, and simply crashed through the wall to get through. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He sprang to his feet, then froze at the sound of a muffled crash upstairs, followed by a stream of oaths. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He raced for the door, reaching it in time to see his favorite young maple tree crash to the ground. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Racing down the hall, Tad slipped on the wet tile and almost crashed to the floor. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Outside, the now-empty first stage fell away, eventually to crash on some unknown area of the planet below. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we were alive, me and Emmett would crash into each other. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Another wave of guilt crashes into me, but it doesn’t knock me over. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

A crash sounded from the back of the house. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

During her whole existence as a Marine wife she had prepared her psyche for the possibility of a crash. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bend over to retrieve the tacks, but he does, too, and our heads crash. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At these words there was a cry and part of the inner end of the chamber fell in with a crash. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The wave of attackers crashed into the rows of singers, jumping on them with animalistic cries of battle. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When it finally crashed to the ground, her heart sank. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did the folks inside the buildings know a plane had crashed? Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was careful not to use scary military terms such as virus amplification, lethal chain of transmission, crash and bleed, or major pucker factor. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not just one person, because the crashes were coming from all sides. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But behind us the attack crashes ever nearer. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thermos crashed to the cement with a loud, explosive clang. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Harry asked, remembering how effective these had been on the night he had crashed in Tonks’s parents’ garden. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She crashed here with her ma and pa. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Full of outlet mail-clad drones who smell like survivors of an Axe body spray tanker truck crash with a school bus,” Dill said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She rubbed her shoulders, which ached from being caught by the crash bracelets, and wondered how for you had to fall before the bracelets would rip your arms out of their sockets. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He staggered and laughed as I crashed into him. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Another stela crashed to the floor and shattered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He lunges for me and lifts his palms in one quick movement, cackling triumphantly as he crashes into me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Boots leaped away in fright, shaking his ears against the loud echo of the crash. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Chester and I were unable to continue our conversation because a deafening crash commanded our attention. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered how long he could ride the wave of that feeling before it crashed again onshore. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

My heart plummets into my stomach with a crash. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The room was in an uproar when a bat veered through the doorway and crashed onto the table, silencing everyone. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

At this speed and without crash bracelets, anything that knocked Tally off the board would kill her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Petey come by, seent the pouch, bent o’er to pick it up, and the rock come swinging out at him and, ’stead of catching him in the butt, it crashed into his left knee. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I roll four times and crash into the wall on the other side of the street. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The bar slipped and its upper end crashed against his forehead. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Several fairies crashed to the church floor, wings snarled in the goopy substance. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Long story short: I was with my parents and sister when our car crashed into the Hudson River and I had to watch them die. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A glass crashed to the floor, a chair was overturned. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first two times I crash to the ground, I manage to make it back on my feet, but the third time, I cannot get my leg to cooperate. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a crash and the sound of breaking glass. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Howling through Tijuana, the wall of water crashed into the racetrack, hurling houses, barns, and bridges along with it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd parts, and Cecil crashes against the striped skirt of his platform. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The river exploded, and a wall of water crashed over Piper. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Icy conditions and speed may have caused the crash. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As the office manager went to his desk to get the mail, there was a crash in the rear of the office. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tonya finally realized what was going on, and when she got herself out of her own cabin, her head cleared enough that she managed to release her friends from the crashed plane. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The dull thud of the gas-shells mingles with the crashes of the light explosives. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much too vigorously; for he came down, bang, into a tray full of mugs, and slipped, and rolled off the table with a crash, clatter, and bump! The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“So you want us to crash the Fall Fiesta talent show?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

A spark flashed blue- white as steel met steel with a rending crash, and Brienne sprang to her feet, the body of the dead king thrust rudely aside. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I spun a dozen feet through the air and crashed into a tree trunk. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly there is a crash in the drawing-room, and an iron stove hurtles through the wall past us and on, a yard from us out through the wall behind. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I leaned forward to see more clearly, and then was startled by a crash in the shrubbery behind me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lucky Girl was glad enough to have a place to crash that she had barely complained about the snakes and roaches and pigeon nests that they shared space with. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then, blinded by snow or cloud or fog, or with your wings heavy with ice, you can fly steadily into a mountainside and crash. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She made her entrance the day after my parents’ car crashed through a guard rail on the skinny road that climbed the ravine over Quake Lake. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

When he crashed against it, the gate shuddered and the snake clanked and slithered and held. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay. Well, does her crazy parents—’cause they gotta be crazy to name her Love—know you coming to crash their table?” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Harry was standing stock-still as waves of shock crashed over him, wave after wave, obliterating everything except the information that had been kept from him for so long... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

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

And then, with a thundering crash, it hit the ground. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Finally, it crashed down, and the draperies floated down to rest placidly by the windows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ever since the arrest, I sometimes feel life is going to crash. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Besides, there was this sick trickle of curiosity pumping through me, the same stuff that has everyone rubbernecking at a crash site or devouring the details of the latest, greatest murder. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I hear the crash of water against rocks. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Fang and his bag crashed in the back of Faith's red Sunbird, parked a couple slushy football fields from the Palace. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

An avalanche of rage like he’d never known before crashed through him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The Franklin stove went over with a crash. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this was the day I hit her with the details: he was killed in a car crash and he’d been out of town and I hadn’t gotten to say goodbye. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

You swerved to avoid a squirrel and almost crashed into the brick wall in front of Tony’s Pizza. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Echoes persisted of the 1986 crash, when the area had become a scavenger hunt for repossessed Lear jets, Mercedeses, mobile homes, oil rigs, ranches, and two-bedroom houses with walls so thin they seemed translucent. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not, as the Dursleys had pretended for ten years, a souvenir of the car crash that had killed Harry’s parents, because Lily and James Potter had not died in a car crash. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Hazel felt a wave rise up inside of her and crash. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He repeatedly crashed through the gate, delaying the start for nearly nine minutes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he rushed, he heard a sickening crash and a thud. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“No, sir,” I answered truthfully, fearing that the ceiling would crash down upon my head. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I forget I’m about to crash until this dark hole appears and starts sucking everything into it, and then I’m into the nothingness, a painless mini-death. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

There was an earsplitting crash, and the air was filled with blinding dust. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

We crashed against the rooftop in a tangle of limbs. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Remember last year’s homecoming?” he asked, putting his hand under her arm as she slipped and almost crashed into a locker. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“What the—!” I drop the broom and act shocked, which isn’t hard because the crash was very loud and sent my heart racing. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while there was the low howl again out in the shrubbery, and shortly after there was a crash at the window, and a lot of broken glass was hurled on the floor. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

As if on cue, a sheet of ice silently calved off the side of the glacier and crashed into the sea, spraying water and frozen shrapnel several stories high. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

That instant I saw a black shape startle, turn, and crash into the brush. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her crash bracelets caught for a moment, holding her up above the waves, but then the wind caught the hoverboard, much lighter without her on it, and spun it away like a leaf. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was just a few weeks before the car crash. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Dogs crash into the water, splashing as they chase after sticks. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lawrence had expected that the Rad Lab, like other scientific institutions, would be placed on a crash diet after the war as the torrent of military funding dried up. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The monster stomped around the interior of the house, crushing every piece of furniture it could find with satisfying crashes and crunches. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Colin heard the crash of another box, but he didn't want to turn around. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Two people can be in the same car crash, he says, and describe it very differently. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The band was always getting letters from Japanese teenagers begging them to come play, and offering up their homes as crash pads. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shoved the half-felled tree hard, and it crashed to the ground. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But the trash bag slips from his other hand and the bottles spill out and one crashes right at his feet. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The man counted to three and then they both lifted—it was heavy but they were able to get it up and swing it against the wall, where it crashed with a boom. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And then the sound of the wind, and the snapping of seared weed stalks as he crashed through them, and the rough shouts of the war-sick men as they returned to the trenches. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He crashed into the edge of the balcony, slamming his head against the stone and dropping to the floor. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was probably ruined in the crash, he thought. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crashed through a curtain at the side of the stage and kept going, into more darkness. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It builds like a tidal wave and crashes over me, through me, ripping the inside of my throat raw. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The dog-driver held the axe poised in his hand, and as Buck shot past him the axe crashed down upon mad Dolly’s head. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you crash into an opponent, who ever’s lance is higher on the screen wins the joust. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

What if there was something about the pilots’ being Colombian that led to that crash? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I guess I’m just about the best pilot around now when it comes to ditching or making crash landings. It would be good practice for you.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Thomas jumped as a terrible crash sounded right outside their door, accompanied by screams and the splintering of wood, like some iron-jawed monster was eating the entire stairwell. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Consider some activity which results in a certain number of deaths per year; say, automobile driving: one American in 5,300 dies each year due to a car crash. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silence was shattered as the bedroom door flew open with a wall-shaking crash. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a wishing star turns out to be just a lump of rock that crashes into a planet and kills all the dinosaurs. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The crash had started on Wall Street, but it quickly brought down communities from coast to coast. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“After my folks split, I stole my old man’s car. Red-hot Camaro. I was drinking whiskey and beer and crashed the vintage piece into a bank.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Ron went speeding in the direction that Harry was pointing, crashed into the ceiling, and nearly fell off his broom. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She and David had switched off their crash bracelets—they didn’t want the boards following them over the wire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The canopy ripped and he fell behind the bar with a crash of bottles and glasses. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It lost its way in the fog and crash- landed, killing several of the crew. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think most of the kids in the class were waiting to see what Cade Hernandez was going to do to get Lucky Lindy to crash and burn. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Everywhere we turned, the Rocky Mountains seemed to be staring at me, like a tidal wave about to crash into the city. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she heard a tremendous crash from the corner of the yard. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Whether the human race can actually maintain a population of five billion or more without a crash with a hot virus remains an open question. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a wind the waves roll in with the crash of oceans. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The people who first got to the crash scene were young Austrian ski instructors from the famous ski resort below. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them, adults were shouting, and there was a rumble and crash as another part of the building fell in. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

There was a small plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grip had slipped and I’d begun to slide when the spike finally ripped from me and fell away, smashing into the trailer with a tremendous crash. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His hands jumped with the recoil, but he saw the red mist, a spray of blood in the air; a body tumbled off the ramp and crashed into a group of three people below. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The smut that was really science fell with a crash into the boys’ eye-avoiding silence. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the people I knew died of suicide and motorcycle crashes and other forms of violence. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Masonry crashes into the streets; the city falls to pieces; still this one house does not fall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There came the sound of struggle and a crash. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Lunch? Where do you eat it? Can I crash your party?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

In the centers of civilization war means no more than a continuous shortage of consumption goods, and the occasional crash of a rocket bomb which may cause a few scores of deaths. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We put Angela into the car, a junker that must have been getting into annual crashes since the 1970s. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The man staggered and the soldier slapped him again and again and again and he crashed to the ground and the key slipped out of his hand. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

On April 13, they nearly crashed another canoe when two paddles splintered against the rocks while battling the rapids. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Instead of a satisfying crash, the bar thumped against the glass. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I knew that the tip of my tail had been cut off and that I was about to crash on to the floor and everyone in the kitchen would be after me. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

When Billy finally got home to Ilium after the airplane crash, he was quiet for a while. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my foot finds no support, I begin to slip, the plaster leg is no help, and with a crash I lie on the floor. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eleven men survived the collision but some were burned badly from the fuel fire that took place after the crash. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Big Pinch covered his head and crashed into Mama’s lap. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It must have survived the crash because the plane’s main body was still intact. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

A foot crashed into my stomach, another into my back. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And then suddenly, there was a crash and a splatter; and almost instantly the entice classroom smelled like long John Silver and his crew were yo-ho-hoing over bottles of rum. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It killed monkeys like flies, they were dripping virus from every pore, yet no human being had crashed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moving as fast as he could, Thomas crashed through the heavy foliage, thin branches slapping at his face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

With a thunderous crash, hollow and boulder hit the ground together. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

There were parts of Terryl’s journey the decade prior to the crash that showed how haunted she remained by her youth. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Studio, darling!” she yelled back, and they heard Aloe’s feet crash up the stairs. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

One of the guys from Buffalo crashed into me, then got locked up in my pads. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Two fuel-loaded planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third slammed into the Pentagon near Washington, DC, and the fourth crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

They worried that something would derail him, crash his fast-moving train. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Figures were jumping from the machine, spraying white foam at the ground as they crashed through the burning flowers and into the river. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I stand up, ready to crash down through the brush. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When John died in a helicopter crash during the Vietnam War, Marti returned to the United States in a state of stunned disbelief. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We watched a wave crash onto the rocks, dragging part of the shark out with it. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

This disaster with Stef was too much of a crash course. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madam reigned over her end of the table with the occasional flutter of her fan, the wave of hair above her brow threatening to crash at any moment. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Terrorists had crashed planes into two skyscrapers in New York and at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

There came another lightning flash, and a second later the thunder crashed. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

More crashes and screams rose up from below. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We got to the hospital and me and Mom were on a up but when we saw Grandma it was a big- time crash. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The bike twisted in midair, then crashed down. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

If the roof crashes on your head, no need to cry over this bad luck. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally followed at what she guessed was a safe distance, hoping her tricked-up board was still reluctant to crash into the darkness-cloaked rocks and tree branches. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The next morning, more news about the crash came in. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Not nightmares so much as reliving dreams of the crash and his time in the woods. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

His fist crashes right against the bridge of my nose. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It broke with a satisfying crash of glass, and instantly the monkey shadow leaped from the chair back as the adults gasped. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crashed into his back and wrapped her arms around his neck. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted to pull off my shirt and throw it away, but at that moment there was a bang in the sky, and a mighty crash was heard. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came to see the only survivor from the bus crash, and when he learned that Mrs. Cadaver had been sitting next to my mother, they started talking about her. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

A splintering crash rang across the Blackwater as a stone the size of a horse landed square amidships on one of the galleys. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A wave crashed over, pouring down over them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

But on that day, those two just crashed together in me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

His emotions crash against mine, roiling into one, and he is undone in this moment, the reserved, distant, proper version of him stripped away to reveal the part that is unthinking and savage. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a crash and a yell, followed by the shocked screams of agonized rats. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t fallen off, I hadn’t gotten my legs caught in the wheel or the chain, and I hadn’t crashed into the side of the house. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

As Burger approached the water, he could hear Dasch's voice over the crash of the waves. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

It’s not entirely clear why she left, though it may have been related to Lera’s crash. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

A heavy metal crash barrier stood across the old road and a new highway curved off down a hillside away from the town. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Later, in the crash investigation, it was determined that if he had seized control of the plane in that moment, there would have been enough time to pull up the nose and clear Nimitz Hill. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The kids at school Monday would probably whisper around him and treat him with respect—the way they’d all treated Billy Joe Weems last year after his father had been killed in a car crash. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He tipped the table so that all the beers and the dish of shrimps went over in a crash. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Like telling a boy who saw his father die in a car crash that the man he missed so much was still alive. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Eight days after the crash, a pilot named Mikhail Sakharov in a civilian aviation service seaplane finally spotted the downed Rodina. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But the sun would be up soon, so I knew I could crash there in my hideout without worrying that I would freeze to death. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The dense crashes of Sigurd’s enormous boots in the field grew closer behind her, getting louder, and she pumped her arms and legs faster. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Sort of like saying, I crashed my Lamborghini, and waiting for people to say, Oh, you poor baby! The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Memories of the crash came sweeping back into his mind. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

And then a gigantic wave crashed over the rocks and engulfed the entire gravesite. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He soared along the cliff and landed with a crash on a ledge about a hundred feet away. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Other scientists thought that static electricity would cause whatever dust there was to cling to the windows of the spacecraft, blocking the astronauts’ view and causing them to crash on landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not him, just the crash of a burning crate. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Just as it was about to crash into her, Luxa leaped in the air. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A gigantic wave had crashed in to the streets—a swirling, raging monster moving faster than a train. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Mark knew his brain was still jumbled up from being hit during the crash, but surely the old man didn’t want to hike all that way before going back to the settlement. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But without warning, the horse stumbled and crashed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I wouldn’t want to crash Willy’s time with his friends.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The wet dog skidded around a chair and knocked it over with a crash. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Too far to the left and he would crash into the side of the building, but too far the other way and he would fall. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He supposed he was still in some kind of shock from the crash and there was still the pain, the dizziness, the strange feeling. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he hit the ground a knee crashed down on his chest and Sammy’s eye focused on the point of a butcher knife a half inch away from his eyeball. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy set the tray on the table with a tremendous crash. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A hiss, a crash, and I gallop off with the plate clamped against my chest with both hands. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom shook me awake and sent me up to bed, where I crashed onto the pillow, still dressed, pockets full of bills. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

My cap flies off in one direction and the wig in another, and I crash to the ground, landing on my glove, shoulder, and side. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

But somehow he managed to keep his grip, even though the crash of the tires hitting the ground punched out all his breath. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

If I can be like Kimberly, so beautiful and strong, maybe it won't hurt so bad if all that happens at the end of the fall is that I crash into the earth. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Thor is a good nine feet away from it when its head crashes to the ground, but that is not far enough. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Finally, one enormous wave flew into the sky and crashed down again—the water scattering like shattered pieces of stone. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She staggered backward and crashed against the wall. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

On June 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese troops crashed through the gates of the presidential palace in Saigon and raised their flag above the city, Lyndon Johnson lay in a Texas cemetery. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Billy crashed into Weary’s shoulder, and Weary cried out sobbingly. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m on my way back home when I nearly crash at a roundabout. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I spit out as Finnick and I crash into the greenery. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They threw the closet out, General. That was that crash we heard when we thought they were coming in to kill us.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I leave my feet and dive, and with my glove fully extended, I catch the ball in the webbing and hold on as I hit the ground and crash into the base of the fence. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The realization crashed over him: He felt ashamed of himself as the tears stung his eyes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

More pain when she’d crashed forward to her knees, almost smashing her face into one of the desks. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Just then, he loses his balance on the edge of the bed and slips, knocking a plate of heart-shaped Linzer cookies off the table with a crash. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“When our plane crashed here, and we had to bury the dead and deal with really bad wounds and Miss New Mexico got that tray stuck in her head —” “Hi!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It’s late—9 P.M.—so we can’t really see the blue of the water, just the whitecaps of the waves as they crash against the beach. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean, besides the fact that my plane crashed on a hostile island, we haven’t eaten in days, you want me to chug a bug, and you keep calling me New Hampshire?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The disappointment felt like a bucket of ice water to the face as all my hopes crashed to the floor. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“This way. There’s a natural vein of iron underground. You can feel it in your crash bracelets.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There’s another crash of thunder, and Rollie and Lillie pull me in the direction of our building. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I crashed on the floor at the end of one of the stacks and was just sitting there, balled up inside my hoodie, when Ms. Banks, the librarian, tripped over me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In 1951, one of the school’s decrepit school buses crashed, killing five students. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

A month in the Slammer while the doctors hovered over you in space suits drawing samples of your blood, just waiting for you to crash. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This led to the formation of a microwave committee with Loomis as chairman and Lawrence as a member, and in turn to the NDRC’s subsequent decision to establish a crash program at MIT. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

With the goal of turning lady math teachers into crack junior engineers, the laboratory sponsored a crash course in engineering physics for new computers, an advanced version of the class offered at Hampton Institute. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He salutes the commander and shouts, At noon today the Communists crashed their tanks through the gates of the presidential palace and planted on the roof a flag with one huge star. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Seawater cascaded through the holes as a wave crashed across the hull, soaking strewn cargo boxes and jumbled equipment. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

"It'd be nice to see something other than the rover crash site on the news tonight." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally pulled off one crash bracelet and rubbed her wrist. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

After the crash, his father lost his job at a pulp mill and moved to Olympia in search of work. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The debris surged against Miss Whitlaw s fence and toppled it over with a creak and a groan and a crash. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A whirl of shadow crashed into Blue Eyes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I think she’s going to crash headfirst, but she plonks herself onto the dirt and slides down on her backside in a cloud of dust and a scattering of pebbles. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Away on the left the crash and clamour of the battle on the Rock rose loud again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He was scrambling back onto the chest of drawers when Uncle Vernon hammered on the unlocked door — and it crashed open. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The two of them almost crashed into each other directly under the Berg, and Mark immediately leaned in to try to protect both of them with his shield. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They crashed the front door and grabbed at a woman, though she was not running, she was not trying to escape. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was hunger in those sounds as they crashed over the roof-tops and chimneys; but under it, low and distinct, he heard voices of fear: curses of men and cries of children. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The doors of the Great Hall opened with a crash. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We flew down the hill, but couldn’t keep the bike stable, and we crashed. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Rain slashed down in wind-driven sheets that stung his face, and lightning crashed ominously nearby. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Can’t think what else there is to tell about the crash. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

This was before Billy had his head broken in an airplane crash, by the way—before he became so vocal about flying saucers and traveling in time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we made a mistake and pointed in the opposite direction, we would crash into the moon instead of returning to earth. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tool had convinced the gang who ran the place to let them crash in one of the rooms above. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I gave her a peck on the cheek and headed for the crash zone. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes fly open and crash into the darkening blue of his. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Assuming we didn’t crash en route, the flight would trim some three weeks from the span of Hombein’s trek. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Girls,” she says, holding her hand to her throat, “girls! I need to tell you something. The stock market crashed today. It’s in free fall. And many lives are . ..” She stops to catch her breath. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Certain people are supposed to be the ones who burn up in fiery crashes or drown in the rapids of a river in the middle of the night. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. It’s a pretty serious trick. Anyway, I wore this mask and crashed a party. They almost caught me, so I grabbed a bungee jacket.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Pa grabs one double-chocolate-chip cookie and Arthur watches him take a bite with this wide-eyed look, like my dad just took Arthur’s car for a joyride and crashed it. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

There was a moment's petrified silence and then a resounding crash! And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

She rolled through the rapids, crashed into one rock and then desperately clambered onto another. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Another crash of gunfire came, followed by another. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Waves crashed against it, swamping it for a moment before surging away, leaving it bold and grimly reaching upward. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Before long the whole thing collapsed with a tremendous crash and the startled Humbug leaped to his feet just in time to see the castle drifting slowly off into space. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s followed by a crash of lightning and more thunder. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He ducked, and the heavy bar crashed harmlessly into the hood of the Chevy. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a second crash and another policeman crumpled up. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The waves here didn’t crash on the shore with a steady sound like muted thunder the way they did in Provincetown. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had seen the building just after the plane had crashed. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The second factor was Teller’s inability to get along with anyone who doubted either the need for a crash H-bomb program or the likelihood of its eventual success. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

With that face bashed in from the car crash, his disguise could be simple: a baggy uniform, a chipped front tooth, broken eyeglasses.” The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was awakened by a terrible crash. I came as fast as I could....” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Horse and rider crashed to the ground in a tangle on top of the singer. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And in a pair of soundless puffs, they hit the ground behind Speedy in crashes that sent the oxalic acid flying like dust. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The chandelier crashed to the floor in an explosion of crystal and chains, falling on top of Hermione and the goblin, who still clutched the sword of Gryffindor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Enjoy yourself,” she said as he took a step back and almost crashed into the table. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Singleton thought: He was texting when the crash happened. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

There’s a crash of dissonant piano notes from across the room, and Garrett’s eyes skate past us. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I crash into the trees, repeatedly swiping away the blood that's pouring into my eye, fleeing like the wild, wounded creature I am. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The telescreen—perhaps to celebrate the victory, perhaps to drown the memory of the lost chocolate—crashed into “Oceania, ’tis for thee.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Marcos accepted their bouquets and joked that they might as well hold on to them and wait for him to crash, so they could take them directly to his funeral. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo yelled out, and to his horror he dropped the mechanical man, which landed 011 the ground with an awful ringing crash. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Reality crashes back in like a heavy ocean wave. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She wanted to throw a book at the noise—kick over the stepladder—crash a chair through the window—at the very least scream out her frustration. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

But Snowmane wild with terror stood up on high, fighting with the air, and then with a great scream he crashed upon his side: a black dart had pierced him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

A brand fly zoomed at my face, but just before it landed, a glob of sap splattered on its wings and it crashed in a tailspin. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

We had crashed into it with our Banger unmanned spacecraft and even soft-landed a Surveyor spacecraft loaded with instruments. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now, I think I would give most anything to hear my father’s talk again, the crash and bang and stop of his language, always hurtling by. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he tried to speak it came out in a scream, and his first flight ended when he crashed into a wall and ended back inside his own broken body. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her body slammed into his shoulders and they both crashed to the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Struggling against his weight, reeling backward, I knocked the fishbowl from its pedestal and it crashed to the floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But then crash! a huge tree fell right in front of them. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

A long way below, the waves threw up tall plumes of spray as they crashed against the rock. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After a few announcements and some safety video about what to do if the plane crashes into the ocean, the pilot asks the crew to get ready for takeoff. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

They would have had to destroy the plane anyway, to make it look like a crash rather than a planned landing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel like I’m going to fall, or trip, or crash and burn. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe we were making such a tremendous noise as we crashed through the underbrush that even the oldest, slowest hedgehog was able to keep far ahead of us. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glass cracked and crashed to the floor, but I barely noticed. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She blabbed hysterically about Billy and the airplane crash, and then she put her car in gear and crossed the median divider, leaving her exhaust system behind. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door was hit with such force that it swung clean off its hinges and with a deafening crash landed flat on the floor. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Charity fell, with a resounding crash, onto the table below, which trembled and creaked. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A player even crashed into the seats, and Felix got elbowed in the head. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped at a loud crash behind me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The knight crashed into the weep-ing woman, rocking her on her plinth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And that crash over the telephone, had that been the beginning, or had Jack simply dropped his eye? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could hear the crash of the surf below. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He crashed down the stairs, three at a time, landing in a crumpled heap on the landing below. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He’d lived with the Dursleys almost ten years, ten miserable years, as long as he could remember, ever since he’d been a baby and his parents had died in that car crash. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Charles,” she said, “Charles,” and she jumped up from her chair and started to the door; but no one had locked it behind us, and before she got there it flew open with a crash. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We listened as the screams and crashes grew closer. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He could hear the crash of iron axeheads on oaken shields over the terrified trumpeting of a maimed horse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Victor crashed down on top of Gino, right at the penalty line. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark kicked the toy train Luke had crashed. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

It crashes forward with white water before it pools and calms down and becomes a river again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Seven prayed that a dragon would crash through the ceiling and take her away. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The fireball crashes into the ground at my side, but not before it skids across my right calf. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

How can somebody popular have so many people glad to see her crash? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Someone grabbed Mark’s foot and heaved it up into the air, and he crashed to the floor, the back of his head smacking down hard. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She turned too steeply as she was climbing, and instead of lifting off into the sky, her plane crashed a little way beyond the airfield, killing Lera. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I heard a cat shriek in the back alley, followed by the crash and rattle of a trash can falling over. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The crash must have been the day before. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The engine of Polina’s Po-2 overheated on the longer flight, and she and her pilot were now going to have to make a crash landing, only a week before the end of the war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He’s afraid something might happen to me one day—like the car crash that took our parents. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Startled by the crash of the heavy wooden bolt behind me, I whirled around. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Not even the inevitable end to my ride—when I crashed to the pavement, gashing my forehead—dampened my spirits or my enthusiasm. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Two orderlies hold my arms fast, but I break loose with one of them and try to crash into the surgeon’s spectacles just as he notices and springs back. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The domovoi scrunched his face but obeyed, vanishing as another section of floor crashed in. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

We were like three separate spheres jittering through space, not touching, not talking, for fear of knocking our little red capsule off course, having it crash, ignite, burst into flame. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He heard the engines puffing and snorting by the roundhouse and the crash of freight cars being assembled. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The pain is a wave that rises higher and higher but never crashes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The sound of it crashed against the screaming and overwhelmed it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The Horned King turned with her, and as they crashed through the underbrush and past the first rows of trees, the antlered giant drew closer until both steeds galloped side by side. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

From inside the tent I hear the crash of broken dishes and then Marlena screams. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Hot waves of panic crashed through her each time she remembered, afresh, the chaos of the morning and the choice that she had made. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw heard Hooper move forward abruptly, and then the sudden noise of the deer, as it crashed away through the bracken. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I heard the first crash as I was filling the glass, and ran back to Charlie’s room. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Ah! My mind was wandering. I love the way swallows turn just before they’re about to crash into the ground. No, lad. You wouldn’t be able to survive. It’s better if you go to Aztlan.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stampede of fetterlings crashed against the base of the palace, and then the time for words was over. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He walked up the driveway to a red Cadillac and crashed the wood into the front windshield. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Pain radiates out and crashes into the nerves behind my eyes. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

By midmoming they could see lightning flickering to the west, followed by the distant crash of thunder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As if her words signaled the next stage in the assault, the giant stone double doors to the chamber shuddered as something crashed against them. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The corpse teetered on its chair and then, like a sack of eggs, it slid to one side and crashed to the floor. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Endurance rolled over onto the port side, and everything that wasn’t nailed down slid, slithered, and crashed against the bulwark. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

At that moment, there was a crash of breaking china from inside Hagrid’s cabin. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Just before the metal crashed back into Jimmy’s head, ending it, his father ducked. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

For the first time since the crash his mind started to work, his brain triggered and he began thinking. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fezzik reached the door at the bottom and threw it open and slammed it, with Inigo just managing to slip inside before the door crashed shut. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion stepped back an instant before the door opened with a crash. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It was lucky that his plane crashed into a building site,” Mrs. Jones went on. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He didn't even make a sound, or anything we could hear over the crash of his body through the bramble. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sucking in wind and making a sound like a train getting derailed, his eyes positively apoplectic, his chest rioting with pain, Bud Gleason crashed out another mucus-splattering sneeze. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But everybody got out of the way seconds before all those heavy bags crashed to the pavement. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The water crashed as it came together, and a moment later, Sigurd’s remaining axe crashed against Dobrynya’s sword. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But I’m good at it now, and it’s nice not to have my mom in the passenger seat, scared out of her mind that I’m about to crash. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

When it all ended with the stock market crash in 1929, Harlem had a world reputation as America’s Casbah. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just the night before, four B-29S had crashed attempting to take off. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both were still sitting in those hard plastic chairs when there was a big crash. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Mary Lou, I’ve just survived a plane crash, and now I’m stuck on a hostile island with no food and no way off. Trust me, you’re not going to make me feel any worse.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t get far. You were too drunk to back out of the driveway. You ended up in the neighbor’s yard. You crashed into a telephone pole. Luckily, no one was hurt.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Lucas’s brother, well on his way to becoming the alcoholic that his father had been, burned to death in a car crash three years after that. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

There was a crash behind the shack, followed by laughter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The cabinet, table, and chairs splintered to pieces as they crashed to the concrete courtyard. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it crashed open, and the troops charged in. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had her crash helmet under her arm. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still dizzy and sick with fear, but she and Jason crashed through the woods. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Painter gave Kelly a quick, intense crash course in his new job. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Out in the ocean, waves crashed over broken fists of treacherous- looking black rock. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Marina had seriously injured her legs during her wilderness adventure after the Rodina crashed, and it took her several months to recover. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And then, finally—crash—he hit something that stopped him cold. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen times Jeyne and Sansa cried out in unison as riders crashed together, lances exploding into splinters while the commons screamed for their favorites. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’m walking a tightrope, careful with my words, hoping my friends and classmates and teachers and coworkers won’t discover my secret, because if they do, I will fall and crash. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Waves broke and crashed implacably on the night beach. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Crash — crash — crash — door after door flew open along the corridor and people flooded out. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

With nothing to hold it up, the staircase began to bend under the weight of the children crowding on it, and then it swung down and fell with a huge crash. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to remember how Peris had acted when she’d crashed the Garbo Mansion party. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When he learned that the press was reporting on the crash without giving the crewmen’s names, Phil ran out of a meeting to get word to his family that he hadn’t been on the plane. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Wait till I show Jon—" Behind her the great wooden doors of the Small Hall flew open with a resounding crash. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At night, Estha would stand on his bed with his sheet wrapped around him and say “ lEt tu, Brute?—Then fall, Caesar!’ ” and crash into bed without bending his knees, like a stabbed corpse. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to his worn, continuously revised spreadsheet, he and Eric had two weeks left to find work and get their first paychecks before this new life in Chicago crashed like some cheap computer. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, silly. Mermaids have sparkle bras like in MermaidTopia. That comes with accessories. I used to come with accessories. Before we crashed.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Livening up the action of the Lonesome Highway: two roadside memorials, with plastic flowers and photos of a dead woman and a dead man, killed in automobile crashes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“No, Ash, we would never do that. But every time you get a letter, you go on a little high, then you crash, like too much sugar at a birthday party.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Finnick crashes into the clearing to find me wiping my arrow clean with some moss. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Doctors warn that young people are gaining too much weight from eating sugary snacks; parents learn that kids who drink too many sweet sodas can cycle between manic sugar“highs” and grinding sugar “crashes.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I guess. Even with crash bracelets, our arms would probably yank out of their sockets after a fall like that. We’d need parachutes.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“It has the same kind of terrain as the lake you crashed into, and roughly the same altitude and kind of forest.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Already a dozen galleys had crashed into it, and the current was pushing others against them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Or how hard it was to want to be the hero, even when you wanted nothing more than to crash and burn and break free. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I stop and look back at the girl but her face is just the same, just the same as ever, and is it cuz she crashed and her parents died? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

"It was parked and somebody crashed into it. They didn't leave a note." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was flying to visit my father and the plane crashed and sank in a lake. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tad raced around the corner and almost crashed right into Rashid, who was standing as still as a rock. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Once, Twig tried to crash some poor kid’s birthday bowling party by saying we were Russian orphans. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The cane crashed across his shoulder and head, again and again. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He tackled the Sphinx midair and they crashed sideways into a pile of bones. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

With a sharp gasp he fell backward down the stairs and crashed his head brutally against the hall table. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There must have been a crash as the front door burst open. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

For the second time in what seemed to be a very long life, I was woken up by the crash and yell of confrontation just outside my tent. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“All those tools flying around when the car crashed, and he didn’t get hurt?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The atmosphere is so thin that if Viking had landed at a high elevation there would not have been enough atmosphere to brake the descent adequately: it would have crashed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As their horses pulled apart, they crashed to the ground with bone-jarring force. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

This time, Shomari nearly crashed to the floor before catching himself. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He crashed into the giant as a full-grown grizzly, a thousand pounds of pure force. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The uproar of hoofbeats filled my ears, deafening, like the crash of waves against a steamship’s hull. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t hear about the stock market crash that triggered the Great Depression until six months after it happened. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crashed down, seeing nothing but a blur of green, his breath blown, completely spent, leaving him without the strength to move at all. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

But on the beam, I suddenly went crooked on a double back-handspring layout series, and I crashed sideways to the floor. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They turned to escape in the other direction, but crash! a massive limb hit the ground just feet from where they stood. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was a passenger, too, who they suspected could be Keith, but, well, the crash had been intense. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then there was a crash behind him, and the deck tilted so suddenly that he almost lost his feet and went pitching over the side. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The TV tottered for a moment, then plunged with a crash to the floor. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden crash as the door of the cabin broke in. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The ball sails into the net, but before I can throw my arms up, I see Papi and Manny crash like two Mack trucks. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It only needed a shark to bite the rope, or a knot to be­come undone, or a large wave to crash upon me, and I would be lost. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was more than forty years before a crashed plane and a body were found that were believed to be hers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

His eye was round and bright and afraid, and his beak was open a little bit, probably because he was trying to suck in some air before he crashed into the water. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“We borrowed it one night to take a ride, that’s all, but Georgie crashed into a tree and wrecked it. We were scared to bring it back, so we hid it down in the woods.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He rose and walked out and stood barefoot in the sand and watched the pale surf appear all down the shore and roll and crash and darken again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The car now swooped almost to the ground; he had to jerk the wheel toward him to avoid a crash. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The empty bottle fell from his fingers and crashed onto the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The whole room began to tilt over and all the furniture went sliding across the floor, and crashed against the far wall. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He is the son of a famous professional hunter named Iain MacDonald, who was killed at the controls of a light plane that crashed on the African plains in 1967, when Robin was thirteen. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in the library, confirmation of the worst, at which point, the whole fantasy crashed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I thought about telling him I hadn’t come looking for anything, that it was a total fluke I’d crashed right in front of New Life in Christ. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I try to stop the disappointment that crashes down around me, but I must not do a very good job, because my father gives me a smile and helps me to my feet. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They had both died in another accident, this one a plane crash, a few weeks after he had been born. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When he opened them again it was evening and some of the sharp pain had abated—there were many dull aches—and the crash came back to him folly. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he’s gone again, Mom’s mood will crash and David, me, and Justin will be handling everything she can’t. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I dip my fountain pen into a pot of ink, and a Wessex helicopter crashes into a glacier on South Georgia. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He knows the cost of a human life lost in an airplane crash, a car accident, a mining disaster. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Did hiv crash into the human race as a result of the monkey trade? The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pack of mongrels nearby licked crashed cans of pilchard. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bull heard the man scream and a splash as the man’s arm sank into the toilet as he crashed down. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voices of a hundred men and women singing and shouting crashed over me like waves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Aidan Lynch was being supported by Moran and Connolly; the second crash seemed to have dazed him and his eyes looked strangely unfocused. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She’d found reasons to hope and always ended up feeling worse when the disappointment crashed down on her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It’s then that Oscar’s last name crashes into my consciousness. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Then the car unstuck and crashed to the ground with a groan of metal as its roof pancaked under its weight. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

This was the second day after the crash. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snap of wood and crash of breaking glass grew louder. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

We threw ourselves against it; with a crash it burst open, and we almost fell headlong into the room. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her desktop computer had crashed right before they moved, but Candice’s mom wanted to wait until the fall before buying her a new one. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And there is one sure thing about the fall of gods: they do not fall a little; they crash and shatter or sink deeply into green muck. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the autos flew right into the building and crashed through the back wall, leaving a gaping hole. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

She made a quick stride and pulled the doors open and the bright sun crashed inside. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He loses his balance and crashes into an ugly urn filled with fake flowers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

There was a metallic crash of rings, bracelets, and cuff links as some of the guests pressed together in a comer. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d make it spin through the air, make it crash into Fang’s miserable face, screaming at him to “Look, just look at yourself.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The loud crash brought him out of his reverie; hurrying from the scene lest Filch turn up, he dashed down the marble staircase and along the passageway below. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Good practice in case you ever have to ditch or make a crash landing. Tee-hee-hee.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It isn’t until he crashes into the nest that he knows where in the field he’s run. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They landed in a tangled crash and then Two Step popped up with a huge smile on his face. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Somehow, despite feeling like the moon had just crashed into the ocean and been swallowed, I managed to give the reporters what they wanted. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Frank made it to his friends as a wave of Cyclopes crashed into them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they act kind of erratic, which scares me a little, like the time they were convinced we should crash a party even though the host threatened to kill Juanga over his ex-boyfriend last year. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A torrent of panic and plans crashes through my mind. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There’s a muffled crash as the lamp is thrown right into the side of the car. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He and his wife died in an airplane crash in 1965. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

A huge slab of rock, red in the torchlight, slid down out of the ceiling with a resounding crash that almost made her cry out. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Boss leaned over to grab the sodden bag and heaved it—and Holness—out of the freezing water and onto the ice, just as the two edges of the floe crashed back together. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“He’s lost three and he’s only been in the Marine Corps four years. One of his crashes happened when he punched out on takeoff.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amid the alarmed cries of the guests, the tree swayed drunkenly, first this way, then that, before toppling over with a mighty crash. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t ask him at any time. I asked him, when the crash happened, were you on the phone? He said no.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Not much to it.We crashed and I dragged your butt out here. Then I sat here and watched you roll around like you were having a bad dream. Memories again?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There was a thud and a small crash from inside. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

As we passed a Dumpster, a crash sounded from the darkness behind it. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Again and again the great rams swung and crashed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Alfred sidestepped and snapped a left jab into the charging forehead, then another, pop-pop, but the head came on and crashed into his mouth, hurling him against the ropes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was down in the main cabin opening a couple of cold beers for a mid-morning toast when a crash and a sudden pitch to starboard had me panicked. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But the tracker, springing behind a stone, put an arrow in his eye as he ran up, and he fell with a crash. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

When I made it to her place, I crashed. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My foot crashed through Robert’s screen with the force of a wrecking ball, he claims. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Why is it you never mentioned any of this before the airplane crash?” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she looked at me, looked at me for so long I worried we’d crash into something. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Something bad happened...I left it in neutral, and somebody crashed into the back of it while it was parked. Some damage to the rear, and the front is wrecked. They didn't leave a note." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Salt water spilled everywhere, and the great stone font crashed to the floor in pieces. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

We shall march onwards, Even if everything crashes down in pieces; For today the nation hears us, And tomorrow the whole world! All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Anyway, to ensure I don't crash again, I'll— Seriously ... no women in like, years. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You heard me. No landing system. We'll need guidance for in-flight course adjustments. But once it gets to Mars, it's going to crash." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must have been moved when the plane crashed and it might be jammed down under something else. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She died in a car crash,” said Shadow. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The regents’ breath was taken away by Lawrence’s audacious request for funds at a time when the stock market crash still weighed on the university endowment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I think that was part of why we crashed. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

There was a crash of bushes, a tumbling figure. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe he knew it, and maybe that’s why he decided to crash into the glass a little harder than normal that day. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when the crash was bad, his father could sleep for two days. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She dodged my first strike and rolled into the brass section, knocking over a row of trombones with a mighty crash. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

If he touches me, if I feel his skin and remember how gentle and soft his lips are on mine, I’ll crash into his arms and never reemerge. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Even if it didn’t crash, the gods of the air would probably swat it out of the sky for coming near the Empire State Building. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

About a hundred feet out, waves crashed against submerged rocks that created a breakwater. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The sea flared with light every time one ship crashed into another, and the impact sounded like a crack of thunder. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the commander was not prepared to risk a computer crash in the middle of an alert, and so doused his cigar in the coffee cup of a passing gremlin. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The only sounds she could hear were the distant cries of the cliff-ghasts, high above, and the crash of waves on rocks, some way off. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I was in the middle of doing that when suddenly my shoulder popped out and I crashed onto my head. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Some crashed into its side, sounding like firecrackers going off. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

September 12, 1959: Luna 2 is launched and crashes into the moon on purpose. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it wasn’t the plane crash that killed her. Maybe she actually saw herself in that dress.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The second vase—he had not heard the crash. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The other crew took off, flew two miles, and crashed, killing the pilot and navigator. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even so, by the time they reached the King's Gate, he could hear a booming crash of wood on wood that told him the battering ram had been brought into play. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a white crash helmet and aiming a camera down at the water. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I would’ve broken my back if I hadn’t crashed into the soft sand of a dune. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And then another fell, farther off; she saw the massive thing descend, and watched it crash into the buttress-like root of the nearest trunk and roll away. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ve just heard some good news!”—referring to a plane crash at Orly Field in Paris in which thirty-odd white Americans, mostly from Atlanta, Georgia, had been killed instantly. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started the washer and we walked out of the laundry room and crashed on the couch in front of the TV. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered up the sherry botdes and hurled them through a window; they crashed and broke on the walk. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A count of five later, the lights flickered on, and the crash bracelets steadied her as the board reactivated, rising smoothly up under her feet with reassuring solidness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The door crashed open, and Ishtar gazed around, stunned. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

There were further crashes from the parsonage as another wall fell. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

It looked surprisingly like the balloon that had crashed into their apartment wall only one week ago. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They contested its claim for a 2005 crash of a helicopter into a government- owned warehouse in Pyongyang. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He raced below and for the second time that night crashed into Prince’s cabin without knocking. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the rattling crash of a metal door closing. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Tally clenched her fists, waiting for the crash bracelets to kick in and haul her up by her wrists. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

On a shelf in one of the laboratories is the cockpit voice and data recorder—the so-called black box—from the devastating Valujet crash in Florida in 1996, in which 110 people were killed. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Everything was broken when we crashed,” Viola says. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

At first, all I could think about was the Arctic Tern, heading down into the water, about to crash, his neck yanked back because he knows he’s going to smack into it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I ram my body into it once more and it crashes down onto the ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I persuaded Peeves to crash it right over Filch’s office,” said Nick eagerly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Don’t I have enough to worry about without worring about being killed in an airplane crash too?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The emotions crash inside me like a carriage accident happening over and over again. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

That was when Mom and Dad’s lives suddenly crashed down different paths. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Instantly, a white sheet of wind jetted out of the thermos and propelled us sideways, turning our downward plummet into a forty-five-degree crash landing. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every sudden noise—the crack of a falling limb, the crash of a bolting deer—makes you spin in alarm and stifle a plea for mercy. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

When her daughter told her about the car crash, Terryl didn’t think about it in professional terms. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The National Transportation Safety Board, the US agency responsible for investigating plane crashes, is headquartered in a squat, seventies-era office building on the banks of the Potomac River in Washington, DC. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I yell, running right up to the horse’s head and sending a crash of Noise right at it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The idea was that if your plane ran out of ammunition, you could still destroy an enemy plane if you crashed into it on purpose. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

We had a surprisingly laid-back dinner before I crashed in my room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She heard the steel crash through the old wood, and again, again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Under enemy fire, it crashed at the same time as Katya landed, and she and her horrified aircrew watched it burn. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

There was suddenly a crash and a clatter of crockery which could only have meant that the tray the maid was carrying had fallen out of her hands. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She raised it high in the air and brought it down with a crash right on the top of the wretched Bruce Bogtrotter's head and pieces flew all over the platform. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The Empire State Building has been the location of dozens of movies, the reception site of foreign dignitaries, and even had a World War Two bomber crash into the seventy-ninth floor in 1945.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The guiding principle was that a crash program to build the Super bomb required a Los Alamos of its own, and that place should be Livermore. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When I got to the lunch table, I dropped my messenger bag on the seat with a crash and rested my forehead on my hands. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

We had been there awhile when a wave that must have reached halfway up the palms crashed against us. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A musket cut down one of Sybil’s carpenters—he held a baby in his arms and they both crashed to the ground. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Rachael said, “Our present crash program and overall planning call for us to obtain an additional owl which can mate with Scrappy.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

They hurt, but my left knee is worse—I feel it crash against the handlebars when I fly over them, and then land on something sharp and painful. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“In Hatchet, the kid survives a plane crash in the wilderness. At least that’s what Leo says. I haven’t started it yet.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She crashed into Mom and grabbed her by the face, kissed her on both cheeks, left-right-left, and then wrapped her in a hug strong enough to buckle a starship’s hull. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Roofs crashed, people screamed, as Lefty put his lips to his sister’s ear. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’d sat shotgun because I thought it bettered our chances of surviving a head-on car crash if both of my parents weren’t in the front. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Actually, four. One hit the Pentagon. One crashed in Pennsylvania.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The doors of the Great Hall were charred and smoldering, and inside the rafters had given way and the whole roof had crashed down onto the floor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Whenever she got a chance to crash, she slept like a coma patient. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A chair flew overhead and crashed against the space above Shawna’s locker. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Singleton: “The cell phone records indicate, through the investigation, that Reggie was text messaging at the time of the crash.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Most people in Bakersfield went to the Hammer when they crashed their car or lost electricity in a heat wave and had all of their ice cream melt. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The bombing, the fiery plane crashes, the faces of the wounded who no longer exist. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When a virus is trying, so to speak, to crash into the human species, the warning sign may be a . spattering of breaks at different times and places. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days after the crash, my neck froze. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She was coming so fast that she had the brush popping and breaking as she crashed through and over it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he shoves her so violently she crashes back onto the overturned platters and food. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

All of it—the hand, the arm, the vulnerability, the urge to kiss the saving man—it crashes like an avalanche. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It crashed into his cheek and slid over onto his nose, and Turner knew that Willis’s face would probably be all blood in a second or two. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It flips and crashes into the street, setting off a series of explosions as its cargo goes off. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He crashed through heedless, breathless, icicles flying to pieces before him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The crash of scraping metal was followed immediately by a volley of Spanish hurled at me from all directions. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least she was wearing crash bracelets again. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The tiles on the roof gave way and crashed around her with a deafening roar. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, he kick-started a craze for extravagant, Hallowe’en-style music, full of dark, deep, crashingly loud chords and abrasive strings. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The big question was: What happens when a speeding neutron crashes into a uranium atom? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They described the roar of rocks sliding down hills and everyone running out of their houses reciting the Holy Quran, the screams as roofs crashed down and the howls of buffalo and goats. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Some more joined in and dishes and tables began to crash. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“But take me along and you get Winnie in the bargain. Otherwise ...” The dresser pirouetted on one wooden leg, then tipped and crashed onto its side. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She got seven months out with her ma and her pa on the little ship that crashed. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Singleton went back and looked at the crash report. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The wreck of a crashed drug plane sits not far from the airport in Trinidad, the biggest town in the province. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It came untethered and crashed around with reckless abandon—burning, shattering, consuming. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The pain was starting to go away, like a humongous wave that crashes with a lot of noise and spray but then slowly fizzles away into nothing. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the door of the bar crashed open and two giant figures came hurtling out. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A million—no, a trillion—golf balls wouldn’t have crashed the real towers.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I shouted when my eyes fell upon the camouflaged men who jumped from the green truck that had crashed onto our property. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t crashed in a safe, comfortable bed since... well, he couldn’t even remember. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When I knocked, there was a crash inside. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Ralph threw his leg over his motorcycle, adjusted the rubber band that held his crash helmet in place, and grasped his tail so that it would not become tangled in his spokes. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The road was crowded with carriages pulled by wildeyed horses that crashed into each other as everyone fought to escape. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the Hogwarts Express crashed tomorrow, and George and I died, how would you feel to know that the last thing we ever heard from you was an unfounded accusation?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It comes close to hitting Widget as it crashes to the ground, splintering into pieces. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Håkon grabbed Ivan and pulled him away from the shifting stones, clearing the rubble just before the top of the pile crashed down. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

His tie is unknotted and his hair is dampened and mussed and he has a gauze patch taped above his left temple where his head glanced the ceiling of his sedan when it crashed. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My plate shoots across the table and crashes to the floor. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

With a cyclone roar, the big tree crashed to the ground, and then silence settled over the bottoms. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

These must have been fierce winds, he thought, to tear up places like this—as they had the path he had found with the plane when he crashed. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, besides, they assumed that Powers died in the crash—taking with him the only evidence of the U-2 flight's real mission. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The way I know is one of my visitors, Mateo Nuflez, had just begun listening to the Sacred Rosary on his little radio when he heard the terrible crash. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both mice crashed against the wall, and for a few moments they lay stunned. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Taylor lit it with a book of matches that had survived the crash. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and, falling to the ground, destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath, forcing down the dense groups with which every stick was loaded. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He tried to hop around an orange he’d seen on the ground, but he stumbled and crashed into a group of Japanese tourists. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

From time to time, anger at Dumbledore crashed over him again, powerful as the waves slamming themselves against the cliff beneath the cottage, anger that Dumbledore had not explained before he died. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The challenger crashes to the ground, hitting her head on the cement floor, where she lies in a daze. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I said Shawn had crashed his bike, that he had a hole in his head. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But the door is already swinging shut behind her, and I hear the crash of scim striking scim, followed by the crunch of bone beneath fist. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There came another crash, and another, and Will felt the sofa move as Sir Charles got up. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bus wailed, spun a full circle on the wet asphalt, and crashed into the trees. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Poles crashed down and calabashes shattered as she struggled to construct walls. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, the thorns hurt, but having crashed through the brambles and trampled a few petunias, he had a five-second jump on his oldest brother, Mike. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I stood staring at Judy’s door, which was adorned with photographs of automobile crashes, lurid headlines cut from the Weekly World News, and a nude Barbie doll hanging from the doorknob by a noose. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Falling over and finishing last in a running race and bashing my way out of buildings after space stations crashed on them were all well and good. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

After hitting send, I crashed on my bed and snuggled into Fig as he slept. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Grace can see them a little, but her crashes are tentative, she looks to Cordelia for confirmation. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Comes and goes, you know. The crash was two years ago, man! I thought I’d be better by now, but my physical therapist said that’s not how all bodies work.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was pitted with crevices, so when the waves crashed against the wall, the water spewed out of these holes like white gulleys. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back home in Washington, news of the terrible crash was spreading. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The Old Me would have screamed from the crash. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

They started on the job but stopped when someone crashed a donkey cart into the bottom of the house. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph’s heart rumbled like a Peking Opera drum; it was the crescendo before — crash of the cymbals! — a hero appeared. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The towering forms of the young hunters crashed to the ground, each pierced by the spear of the other, each slaying and being slain by the only creature he loved. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chairs and musical instruments crashed to the floor. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The splitting sound, the thunderous impact, the splintering and bits of branches showering him, all had happened when the huge tree crashed to earth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I stumble around and crash straight into Hamza, huddled behind me. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then came a crash of glass and the glug of spilled liquid. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And then Harry heard a scream and a crash. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Most of the fatal crashes involving just one car, like a guy driving into a tree, happened at night. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And then at last over the miles between there came a rumble, rising to a deafening crash and roar; the earth shook, the plain heaved and cracked, and Orodruin reeled. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He had seen his sisters in the dream, Maya and Grace standing on the edge of the ocean, calling for him as the waves crashed harder onto the sand. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Billy, knowing the plane was going to crash pretty soon, closed his eyes, traveled in time back to 1944. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dari,” I said, “you can wait down by the crash site if you want.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This time, a man’s voice hollered in answer, and Magdalys heard the crash and tumble of a body falling onto the cobblestones. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The glacier trembles perpetually, snaps and crashes, jitters under our feet. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

This time he jumped from the chair and scrambled as far from the bed as possible, knocking over the lamp on the table; it landed with the crash of broken glass. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then he lost the view and crashed on top of Alec. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Someone seized him and dragged him inside, and he heard the door crash shut behind him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was as if the trees couldn’t wait to fall over, as if their sole purpose in the universal scheme of things was to grow big enough to topple with a really good, splintering crash. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Inside of me my world crashed and my body felt heavy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and crashed out of the clearing. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The rain was lashing the valley, and thunder and lightning crashed across the mountains. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

Strangely, though, he moved gracefully through the undergrowth, silent and sure while the rest of them crashed along like elephants. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I learned my lesson after losing Sorcerer Squad years ago after the old family laptop crashed. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Half the time he doesn't know whether he's using his CIA crash course in Spanish or his prep school Latin or his college French. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Finally, he crashed against the largest column of the gate just as it collapsed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He just ran straight for the fence and crashed us both into it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shrieked, jumped off her floor mark, and crashed into the ocean. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Will waited till the man was framed in the open doorway, and then exploded up out of the dark and crashed into the intruder’s belly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On it, Elizebeth had noted the time her flight was leaving Chicago—hours earlier than the plane that had crashed. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Suddenly something crashed against the fence in front of the boy’s face. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that his father had died in a car crash in Kenya and that he'd made a trip there to try to understand more about the man. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, the next moment my feet slipped out from under me, and I crashed into water. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Carter Prep goon guarding him crashed into me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Frankie yelled as the air conditioner crashed back to the ground. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And how their lights, unceasing, crashed on and off above him, and how he was a stranger there. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

By the time “OK” had passed Ryan’s lips, Ralph was wheeling out his motorcycle with his crash helmet dangling from the handlebars. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

A glass crashed to the floor, a chair was overturned. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crashed forward, then turned his head to look up at them. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There,” said Czernobog, taking one of Shadow’s men with a crash, slamming the black piece down. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The commander at the airfield where this happened, dealing with three crashed planes in a snowstorm, didn’t send anyone out to check Zhenya’s aircraft until the next morning. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

That night I dreamed of flying and plane crashes and Judy stealing my lollipop. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They never drove to the crash site, or directly past it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Two boys laugh when one car bangs into another, spinning out of control until it crashes against the wall. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know the park, and suddenly I crashed into something that threw me backwards. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I would just have to crash on Saturday. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speakers vibrate thunderechoes when the truck crashes into the ground. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The icy waves of the Laptev Sea crashed against the barge as it was moored to the shore. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

In his spare time, Louie crashed society weddings, worked as a movie extra, and harassed his housemates with practical jokes, replacing their deviled ham with cat food and milk with milk of magnesia. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“No,” Theodora said, and they heard the crash against the door across the hall. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I slide the door open with a crash. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Ben had his guitar and for a while he played and we just listened as the fire sparked and the waves crashed and subsided. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Puddles send water up my legs as my feet crash into the middle of them. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I could see the front door and watched the usual lobby druggies who crashed out across the furniture all day hop up and slink out the front door. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

When we arrived at the park, everyone crashed, rolling onto the track like cars whose tires had just blown out. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Just behind them a large branch fell from an old overhanging tree with a crash into the path. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had turned toward his mother, whom the crash of the razor had startled and alarmed but not really frightened. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Terrorists crashed two planes into the Twin Towers. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Icicles crash down from the eaves of roofs, and we pick them up and lick them like Popsicles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because he believed himself right, and he kept on believing himself right—after the first car crash, after the second, after the bin, the fire, the pallet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He nearly crashes into Zahra’s back as she skids to a stop in front of a door. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The hansom crashed into the lamp-post and shattered into several pieces. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

There was a crash on the door, followed by crash after crash. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Occasionally I’d step on something that clattered, and once I stumbled into a crate that crashed into the night. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

In a typical crash, for example, the weather is poor— not terrible, necessarily, but bad enough that the pilot feels a little bit more stressed than usual. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Mariam remembered him telling her that on the screen a human face looked as big as a house, that when a car crashed up there you felt the metal twisting in your bones. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It would go back and then crash against us again. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Time and again he turns into a corner too quickly and crashes into a barrier. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

From time to time there came the crash of glass, shots; fire trucks in distant streets. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crash headfirst into the bricks and crumble to dust in the water. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

With a crash the cart landed upright in the road. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They met head on, with a loud crash of horns and a jar so solid that it seemed like I could feel it clear up there on the fence. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wave smothered the boat and sucked me down into darkness and backward in time to Woodhull Road, three years earlier, the car crash under the elevated train. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A minute after the crash another nurse ran in. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

A window at ground level, obviously opening on a cellar, was being wrenched apart with a crash of glass and a screech of tearing wood. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I shoved him so hard his head snapped back and he crashed face-first into the dirt. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

On the fourth blow, his opponent crashed to the floor of the pit, adding to the dried bloodstains of his predecessors. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Like Masha, most of the aviators of the 587th Regiment didn’t find out about Marina’s death until January 9, five days after the crash. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I had my head sandwiched between the mattress and my pillow, something I got used to doing whenever they were going at it, when my mom crashed into my bedroom. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Listen, you—” said Viola as I crashed out the back door and came to a screeching halt. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t think any of us had the courage to crash a party by delivering a dead man to it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

My punishment is seeing Holly’s face, when she rushes into the kitchen to see what the crash was, completely polarized with fear. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her own parents died in a plane crash when she was five, and she was raised by an uncle who didn’t care much about her. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

At this point, about 4.5 billion years ago, an object the size of Mars crashed into Earth, blowing out enough material to form a companion sphere, the Moon. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Benny’s stocks had taken a real header during the last crash. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Janie saw the look on his face and leaped forward as he crashed forward in her arms. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Pow!” we shout at the same time and then crash to the ground. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Before I could determine what it was, I heard a crash that shook the entire house. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

But when the waves crash in, he runs away. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Something fell and crashed inside the house, then the shutter closed quickly. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In and out of cloud the three planes flew, with the two pilots of the 586th teaming up after every pass, until they saw that their prey had crashed. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Then he tripped over a branch and came down with a crash. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

My mind kept wandering back to the halls of C Average Middle School—the crash of locker doors, the babble of excited conversation. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The investigators turned their attention to before the crash. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But you showed me the photos you took at the site, so I know she has crashed an airplane by now. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

In an instant, sheets of water crash on the tin roofs of the clubhouse and flood across lawns and cement. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Face level with the handlebars, Harry could see nothing but distant lights growing nearer and nearer: He was going to crash and there was nothing he could do about it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Not at the guy who crashed into our bus. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Mark lost his balance and crashed into a wall, bounced off, then tripped over Alec, who was sprawled on the floor. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

This was almost the first sound Johnny had heard since the tea party started— except only the crash of axes into sea chests, the squeak of hoists, and a few grunted orders. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They heard the sound of a key turning and bolts sliding back, and as thunder crashed overhead, the door opened to show a distinguished-looking man holding a lamp. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It went by like a little flying saucer, then crashed in the dirt. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a great boulder, cast from the outer wall above, crashed down upon the stair, and hurled them back into the Deep. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne crashed off the kitchen table, her glasses shattering on the floor, but she came back across the room, running blindly, going into battle against a blurred enemy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only a few Gee Bee’s were built, and they must have been very tricky to fly; eventually they all crashed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that we’re about to take off I can think only of what might happen if we crash. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The day after the crash site was located by the rescue team, Marina managed to make her way to the Rodina. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“I crashed into my cousin with my football helmet and knocked her all the way out into the snow.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to me that I could suddenly blink into nothingness like a crashed computer with not even two years used up on my shelf life. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I heard Bunny scream; this was followed by a crash, as if of books being swept from desk to floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I threw my right leg about her legs and gave her a shove, tripping her; we crashed to the floor. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, hearing a crash from her chamber, I entered to find her in a frenzy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Major Sanderson turned red with indignation again and crashed both fists down upon his thighs. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They crashed around him, slamming the boat this way and that and soaking them to the skin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Or was he crashed out on the floor again?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

But the moment I step beyond the diamond bracelet, a loud boom echoes through the room as something crashes into the other side of the big red door. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Right at the Balrog’s feet it broke, and the stone upon which it stood crashed into the gulf, while the rest remained, poised, quivering like a tongue of rock thrust out into emptiness. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Dad and I follow the camera crew into the warehouse...and it’s almost as if we’ve crashed into an invisible barrier. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Airborne for a moment, Otto stretched, grabbing at a frozen brick that had been dislodged then restuck in time when the Time Suck crashed through the wall. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A week after the financial crash, wild dogs began to appear daily on the farm. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“After the crash, I was so scared. I found this place. It was really weird. There were all these jars of Lady ’Stache Off.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The carpenters, after the first and second crashes, had crossed themselves in stupefaction, and when the third crash resounded they fell backward from the building onto the chips of wood. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lounge chairs sailed past them and crashed over the side. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“An aeronaut. He brought us here and then we crashed. Here you are, here’s the alethiometer. It’s all in good order.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He crashed into a hill of groundsel bushes and wedged his way into their dense center. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I crash through the burning void toward the waters of heaven. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

For one teetering second, while the crashes and booms of the battle filled the air, Harry hesitated. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He stretched, his leg ever so slightly and accidentally knocked over one of the whiskey bottles with a crash. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

One of the cars lost control and crashed into a tree, metalwork crumpling against wood. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He flew twenty feet before thudding to an undignified crash. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you can hear shouts and the crash of glass from within, and see a man being ejected by two wrestler-sized waiters, his nose bleeding, his arms flailing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A loud crash exploded all around them, like thunder times a thousand. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He watched as it crashed back down the slope. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She landed and whirled, charging back to where the creature had crashed through the door and now sought to shake itself free of the pile of wood. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The sound faded and was replaced by other voices. “.. . press conference about the crash of Corporation Flight A-617 carrying those missing Miss Teen Dream contestants, Bob . “Quiet!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The grandmother explained quietly without her having to ask that it was the room of Chadwell, Courtney’s older brother, a pilot who had one day crashed into the steaming jungles of Vietnam. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Part of a desk crashed to the ground twenty yards away, on fire, as more and more flaming debris fell from above. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

We're almost there when there’s an enormous crash and something massive bursts through the wall. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The notion came to him that they were holding him to blame for the mid-air crash and the death of Nately. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

His words crashed among the lords bannermen like a great stone from a catapult. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“But that ship you crashed in,” I say, “that’s way too tiny to be a settler ship.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Chuck’s jubilation visibly crashed to the ground as his eyes sank down toward the floor. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He leaned his whole weight into it and almost crashed to the floor as more wire came free. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The detective who later informed my modier of the accident, when asked about the condition of Milton’s body, said only, “It was consistent with a crash of a vehicle going at seventy-plus miles an hour.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The apartment door crashed open, and Baba barged in, wild-eyed and waving the fire extinguisher, with Mama beside him. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A drunk driver and a person on a phone were equally likely to crash, whereas “we’re seeing the risk factor for accidents when someone is texting exceeds the level when people are legally drunk.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, there came a crash that was so loud they all felt it in their bones. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

For instance, eating in a car might be more likely to cause a crash than not eating. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A bus crash, a feeble hand reaching for help…. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There was a great crash of thunder almost overhead, and a tearing noise, as though the sky had been ripped open. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

There was a crash as the second monster knocked down the parsonage’s front wall. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The roar of the bombers has hardly faded when an artillery shell whistles over the house and makes a dull crash as it explodes not far away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Ow!” she yelped as she caught her foot on something buried under the rubble, and crashed into the broken tiles and tables in front of her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Slow means less chance of stepping on some rotting board and tumbling to her death; fast means maybe making it to the other side before the whole thing crashes down. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I lose my grip, scrape myself against the wall, and crash to the ground. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Bull Number One crashed into her shield, and the phalanx broke. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was a crash and a flash of flame and smoke. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He was not going to feel sorry for her because her parents died in a car crash. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

How many crashes nationally were caused by cell phones was not yet clear, but the emerging evidence was alarming. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It landed with a loud crash on the last bench, smashing it and shaking the whole lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nighttime waves crash mightier and louder than daytime ones. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The plane crashed on the way, killing my uncle and seven passengers. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

All through the night the fires crackled, and once there was a great roar and a crash that made the earth jump under his feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“You, Luster!” she shouted, but he had already hurled the wood into the box with a thunderous crash. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A loud, metal crash like a garbage can getting knocked over. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A car has crashed into a corner of the gatehouse and torn the gate off its hinges. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They stood, panting in the dim light, jumping when something else crashed from the corn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“In the car crash when your parents died,” she had said. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Then gone when his cab crashed into that big old bread truck. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a fist like a boulder crashed against the side of the boy’s head, sending him sprawling. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Crash crash tumble crash! . .. through a thicket of weeds and bushes ... A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The sudden, quick crash of a fox bounding through the brush was as loud as the slam of a great wooden door. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let go and collapsed in the dirt, and the iron, now free, and being chewed violently by the blades, launched into the air then crashed down next to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The bergs, with their deep bottoms caught in opposing currents, crashed in zigzagging paths through the ice as far as the men could see. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He charged at the wall of force, but his chariot crashed against it and overturned. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I cringed, but instead of a terrible crash, there was just a dull splintering of wood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Without her crash bracelets to pull it back, the board would drift along the straight line of the railroad until it reached the break, where it would drop to the ground. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Because you crashed out pretty hard in the corner over there.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

And the men in the cabin had four or five horrified seconds of knowledge before the zeppelin crashed and burst into flames. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some nights he’d want us to crash with him at his converted garage flat in Orange Grove, which we did. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

His short flight across the junkyard ended with a bone-shattering crash as the crane deposited the car on the iron shelves of the crusher. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“If you read car accident reports, it’s very common for crash reports to read: ‘I was driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The next minute under a second explosion part of the wood rises slowly in the air, three or four trees sail up and then crash to pieces. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wave crashed over it and swept it out to sea. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They crash and bang and make themselves at home, mostly because there’s no competition. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then we heard more: doors slamming, a cry from Hua-hua, crash after crash of dishes breaking overhead, and the indistinct voices of the Red Guards. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the way, it crashed through the reception antenna array. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I preferred to crash in the laundry room anyway. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And here beyond the tree line, the waves crash and roar. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Singleton: “I’m asking if cell phone records show the crash happened at that time—” Phill: “Objection. No foundation. Don’t answer this question.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ridgeway apologized once again and took his leave and soon his gang crashed to the county road toward their next mission. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In the moment before the crash, I mourned the loss of such a beautiful thing. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hungry, weak, in pain, he starts to crash into melancholy. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A snow bear crashed through the brush, huge and skeletal, half its head sloughed away to reveal the skull beneath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

No, he would have commanded—and the plane wouldn’t have crashed. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I crashed into their line and started hacking with Riptide. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

While my parents were being given a crash course in gonadogenesis, I—still officially Calliope—was doing some homework myself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He began to tick off the typical crash preconditions. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The crash of the shells bursts in my ears. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go behind the telescope, peer into the eyepiece, and all the stars crash down on my head. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Teen basketball star killed in fiery crash Nov. 8—Robert Washington, age 17, captain of the Hazelwood High School basketball team, was killed last night in a fiery automobile accident on 1-75. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wave crashed down on her, but her hands caught the edge and held, and then she was clambering up and out of the hold. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They had seen family members crash and bleed out, but whether their illnesses were caused by Marburg or some other virus—who could tell? The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two tiny figures made their way through the center of it: Magister Brangwain Spurge and the goblin archivist Werfel, fleeing from the crashed sphere. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Papers flutter to the ground, not the crash that Axel had hoped for. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It landed with a crash and started thwacking about with such thunder that I was afraid it would demolish the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The archway of the gate above which he had stood a moment before crumbled and crashed in smoke and dust. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Just then, there was a small metallic crash from upstairs, and they both looked towards the attic. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They ran until they could run no farther, till a river of green was a river of blue, blue water that crashed and swept them in a wild torrent. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

All the emotions I’ve held in check over the past twenty-four hours crash over me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Bad trouble, Brother; they trying to —" Then the harsh sound of breaking glass, distant, brittle and fine, followed by a crash, and the line went dead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ducked and it crashed against the hearth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scene whirled, the darkness became complete; Harry felt himself falling and, with a crash, he landed spread-eagled on his four-poster in the Gryffindor dormitory, Riddle’s diary lying open on his stomach. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Like kingpins, one steel tier lammed into another, then they all crashed to the floor with a sound as of the roof falling. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blade flashed in the sunlight as it began to move faster and faster in a shining arc until it crashed into the sign. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two of the hives crashed off their bases and fell into the road, one of them striking Mac Pettus on the leg. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crash is over and I am alive, he thought. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So we know they had at least two before we crashed one of them.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The crash site was cordoned off for 2 days as they took photographs from every possible angle, including the air, and sifted through the wreckage. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Carol tries a crash once or twice but is scoffed at: “That wasn’t a crash!” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

If a meteor crashed into the ocean and caused a tsunami, I don’t think either of us would even notice. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The first crate rode to shore on a tumbling, rumbling wave and then crashed against the rocks with such force that the whole thing burst apart. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Tagoe would ride on the back pegs all the time, trusting me to not crash into any cars and send him flipping off. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It crashes onto its side, sending china, glass, and food flying. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was not until he had blundered and crashed along his way for some time, wildly upbraiding himself, that he calmed down with the realization that he was well and truly lost. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It crashed against the rocks, and robot parts flew everywhere. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The minute I walk inside, reality crashes down around me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It crashed down again and this time the silver teeth ripped across her eyes and her blood splattered the dirt. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He crashed not far from where Lili and the boy were standing, his blood immediately soaking the landing spot. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Mr. P didn’t want me dead, but I don’t think he would have minded if I’d been the only survivor of a plane that crashed into the Pacific Ocean. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The chopper crashed in the sea, and Mills drowned. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

One of the soldiers stumbled in the rising dust, and the box crashed to the ground. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time since the crash he was not thinking of himself, or his own life. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she would smack my knuckles so hard that my hands crashed into the keys, causing an ugly dissonant chord to detonate in the middle of the piece. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I am back to nothing he thought, trying to find things in the dark—back to where I was when I crashed. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

After an agony of silence, the crash of pottery was heard on the rocks far below. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

In October of 1944 he tried to crash his plane into the aircraft carrier Franklin. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

To his astonishment and terror, and lasting delight, Sam saw a vast shape crash out of the trees and come careering down the slope. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They talked excitedly, telling •Ladybird everything that had happened to them since the crash, about how they, Miss Teen Dreams, had risen above and survived. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then she let out a scream that seemed to lift her right up into the air and she dropped the plate with a crash and a splash on to the floor. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

A hundred meters away, Tally saw the hoverboards cruising across the compound, called by her crash bracelets. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She had been rocking a little, each crash against the door pushing her a little backward, and now she was still because the noise was fading. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Teddy crashed into the two of them, knocking them to the floor. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

They were rescued on the ground by Soviet soldiers who’d seen the plane crash. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I jump when a loud crash reverberates out from an open door. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It crashes against the wall behind it, revealing a makeshift room lit by kerosene lamp. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Faster and faster he went until he came to rest with a jarring crash on the Gondwannan landing dock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

If a train crashes, people will line up to give blood. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruby trips on a stool as she crashes into the room. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

After the crash Father no longer came home for lunch. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Colonel Korn, I want to talk to you about the crash this morning. It was a terrible thing to happen, terrible!” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Jars clink and crash in the kitchen as they’re knocked from pantry shelves, or fall from overloaded arms. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But as it is, I feel like the sky will light on fire any second now, and all the stars will crash into one another and burn away to ash. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

That is, they had crashed and bled out. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flapped, shot ahead, and crashed into the ancient hemlock. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

At this moment there was a tremendous crash. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Miraculously, a gust of wind blew him to one side—-just enough to miss the highway and crash into a clump of bushes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A log fell with a crash, sending up sparks. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The front door swung open with a crash. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crashed into the pillows, asleep before he hit them. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Regaining her balance, Tally realized she wasn’t wearing crash bracelets. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A falling tree bough crashed through the kitchen window. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It also exposed her to dangers, as the near-miss plane crash reminded her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Eventually the horse drops to its knees and crashes forward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I hear occasional crashes from the tree line, but each time it’s a lizard plopping into the water or a bird taking flight. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

A weight dropped, crashed downward, then pounded aside at the last moment under the synchronized thump of a sudden force beam. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

And I can see the spot on the sidewalk where I would crash into concrete, into dark. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And unless I knew who I was with, I never allowed myself to get caught in any crash of people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His left leg was permanently damaged from an accident eleven years before, when a trolley crashed into his horse-drawn carriage. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

It fell out of its stand with a crash. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He often snuck in after bedtime to crash on our floor, especially now that it was full-on winter. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She ignored the surge and crash of bitter emotions that awoke with the name. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The angler fish’s large abdomen crashed against the ice, and surprisingly, the ice did not crack. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He stood with his lips bunched, watching until the rock crashed to a stop at the bottom. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

There was a cry from the arena floor, and I jumped back as the centaur crashed to the dirt beside me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was a final moment of resistance, as if something were caught in the door, and then, with a crash, the wooden door banged closed. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Leo’s brain was still kind of muddled from the crash landing. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He crashed into the woman and the two were suddenly locked in an embrace. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

All the way Rowan silently hoped the helicopter would crash—but realized what a pointless exercise that would be. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The Avianca accident so perfectly illustrates the characteristics of the “modern” plane crash that it is studied in flight schools. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It flailed awkwardly and crashed to the sidewalk, hellhound and serpent twisting and thrashing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone has an Aunt Matilda who had a vivid dream of a fiery car crash the night before Uncle Mortimer wrapped his Ford around a utility pole. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the field they crashed through a stand of dead cane and out into the road and crossed into the woods on the far side. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The force of the crash sent his feet through the windshield, pinning him inside the automobile. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scooped Laney up and crashed down the stairs, the destroyed breakfast left abandoned outside the Beiderman’s door. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

One of his other jobs is developing enlarged pictures of my crash—he brought some of the prints to show us. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He knew it was going to crash, but he didn’t want to make a fool of himself by saying so. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A booming crash sounded behind him, followed by the rolling, cracking, whirring of the Griever. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The door disappeared from behind my hand and the music crashed into me and I lifted my head and it’s then that I think I sort of collapsed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

If you give them sugar, they get excited and then crash. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The seventh, where Ashoke was sitting, capsized as well, flung by the speed of the crash farther into the field. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She's the percussionist and gets to crash the cymbals and play the thundery kettle drums, which sounds an ace laugh. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She landed, unloaded her plane, and took off for home—but fainted from blood loss and crashed just as she was about to touch the ground again. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He heard a cracking sound as the sky crashed to earth with a violent impact that shook the ground. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It was like a hoverboard course made solid, complete with tight, banked turns, sharp climbs followed by long drops, even loops that took Tally upside down, her crash bracelets activating to keep her on board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“The plane crash. The Miss Teen Dream beauty queens on the other side of the island?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

When the tanks crashed through the hedgerows and over the ditches, the boys sprang out, blasting at the vulnerable undersides of the tanks. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He bounded past Lyra almost in a blur and crashed into the Tartars, scattering soldiers, daemons, rifles to all sides. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

A sudden weight smote him and he crashed forward, tearing the backs of his hands that still clasped his master’s. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Mom, my plane crashed on this island and we had no food and people died and —” “Don’t you worry, baby. We’ll get you fixed up in no time.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Over time, reinsurance companies got wise to frequent and costly claims for train crashes and ferry sinkings that were all but impossible to investigate. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He staggered backward, slamming his hands over his mouth, then crashed to the ground. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then in a dazzling moment the black form of the spy-fly hurtled out of the tin and crashed hard into the monkey’s face. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The crash of wood on wood brought two men to the battlements; Black Balaq’s archers took down both of them before they could rub the sleep out of their eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She feared that the wind might upend her and she would crash to earth and break into a million small splinters. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She also kept postcards and letters from the trip, as well as newspaper clippings about the plane crash. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Listen. Let me know if you change your mind about needing a loan. Or a place to crash. OK?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Or maybe they cut it down before it crashed in on itself. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then just as we could see no farther in the clouds and I imagined we were about to crash into a mountain, we emerged from the bad weather into a gloriously clear sky. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shove him backward, but he grabs my lapels and so we crash into the vanity together. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Grace started to stand up, shoving her chair back so hard that it crashed into the table behind them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

After the French stock market crashed when he was thirty-four, he floundered. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

On this particular evening, Naomi was six; her father was dead; she and Estella still lived in the back bedroom of the nice house Abuelito and Abuelita owned before the stock market crash. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The air corps did its best to teach men how to survive a crash. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mama Ya-Ya’s Evening in Paris perfume crashes to the floor, shattering. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Another crash of thunder echoed down from the mountain peaks, louder than before. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the floor between here and the door was cracked or had crashed down into the classroom below. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The man rose off his feet, described a small arc, and crashed through the packing case in among the frogs. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole top of an oak tree crashed down, grazing the cottage where we watched. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water crashed against the foot of the island. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

But then I saw my one and only chance for a plane ride crash and burn. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were kind of like mermaids, and their song lured seamen to crash their ships into the rocks. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

Anyway, Skylab would crash into the school, we’d all be in the bathroom and the crash would—conveniently—collapse the entrance and we would be trapped. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

And then it crashed to the ground, a colossal, churning wave. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

It was a miracle that he hadn’t crashed right into it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The endless crash of wave on rock was the only sound that ever penetrated the massive seaward walls of Storm's End, and that but faintly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She struck the mill-house roof with a crash, spread out her wings, and lay still. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I managed to crash my way through the burning debris of the tent. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Are you both ready for a crash course in digging for treasure?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mark crashed on top of him but was already righting himself, getting his feet underneath him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

No one has seen John since he was released late last night, four or five hours after the crash. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only one ocean-going craft, the far-famed Argo, made it, sailing from Aieta; but she, too, would have crashed on the big rocks if Hera had not pulled her through, for love of Ieson, her captain. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy on the bike dodged away and crashed into the curb, jumping over the bike and landing on his feet, grinning. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They crashed into them, sending bodies flying and tumbling all over each other. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He lost his footing, slipped, and crashed to the floor. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

After all, if God had allowed us to survive the crash, surely He would not allow crocodiles to eat us! My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere between the television saying "I thought you died in the car crash" and "I love you too much to let you marry him," I heard a key being pushed into the deadbolt. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

There was a crash from below, and a shout. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Then there was another boom!, accompanied by a flash that momentarily lit up the sky, and I realized I was hearing the crash of thunder. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The wind blew and the waves crashed against the shore so that we could not go out on the rocks. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she reached her house, she crashed past Babulya and Mama, and slammed the door to the sleeping room shut. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Seemed like he stood there forever before he crashed to his knees and fell over. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep an eye on la niña,” she’d tell Lolo, her voice fading in the crash of waves as we went into the deep. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A tugboat made its way down the river, causing the water to crash into the rocks along the shorelines. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He tells us that there’s more trouble for El Li'der, that a busload of people seeking asylum crashed the gates of the Peruvian embassy early this morning. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It crashed over rocks and through narrow channels, catapulted up into moonlit sprays, split apart, rejoined, and dropped down into boiling cauldrons at the bottom of steep falls. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The chanting dies off for a second, but then there's a loud crash. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He crashed onto his back and slid down through the floor and into a black plastic tunnel, which corkscrewed beneath him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

For seconds he did not know where he was, only that the crash was still happening and he was going to die, and he screamed until his breath was gone. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely that meant there was every chance it could crash into Australia, I thought. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I sometimes wonder if any of these amazing things would have happened if I hadn’t crashed at the 2013 Secret Classic. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Liuzzo’s car swerved off the highway and crashed into a ditch. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watch in silence as the tree crashes piece by piece to the damp ground. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

A wave crashed in, took him by surprise, but he barely tried to dodge it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Throughout the night, waves crashed over the James Caird and quickly turned to ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It looks like a giant meteor crashed through the roof, obliterating stone into dust. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Alec slowly pulled his body up and up, back through the window, then crashed to the floor. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I was still astride the top rail when the struggling bulls crashed through the fence, splintering the posts and rails, and toppling me to the ground almost under them. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I trip over a body and crash to the ground. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Whitworth begins to vomit on the grass, which stinks in the heat and has been torn to bits by cleats and the crash of helmets and the endless screams of the fans. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the sound of Brer Fox’s name, the memory of him fighting beside me—and losing—crashed my senses and I had to take a deep breath. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I think this: I had great luck to crash my sled through the Drinkers’ cellar window. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The bell rang at Brookshire Boys Academy, and an ocean of testosteronies crashed into the hallway, green ties swinging like polyester tails coming from their throats. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“The scientific data says there is a sixfold increase in crash risk.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I found the nearest bedroom and crashed on the canopied bed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then I crash through Grandma’s kitchen to the sink. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Three! and crashed the log on to the great pile. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Lombard's leaping body stayed poised in midspring then crashed heavily to the ground. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

When I was finished, Dad clicked his teeth and said, “You crashed into a manatee?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I felt them crash down one by one. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A stone man crashed down into the boat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Outside there was a shout, and a man fell out of the sky, to land with a sickening crash not five yards from the entrance to the cave. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was a thump and a crash from the high wall beside the alley. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

There’s a reason it starts with me on a merry-go-round and ends with a spinning car crash. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

They tumble until they look like they’re going to crash into the ground—and then suddenly pull up, so that they’re skimming right above the glacier. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Who we are cannot be separated from where we’re from—and when we ignore that fact, planes crash. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It crashed into the monster, knocking it over in a tangle of legs and ropy appendages. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

We all jump when something crashes against the side of the house. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

A file cabinet crashed into the desks, sending them flying toward her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

With images of that childhood car crash blinding me, I drove my feet into and through the back of the driver’s seat. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I crash into morning with a sore neck and an empty stomach. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Waves crashed against the hull as angry voices came from above deck—Percy shouting, Coach Hedge yelling at the lake. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

That night we sat around the fire and talked while the wind blew and the waves crashed against the shore. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a lightning flash, and at almost the same time a crash of thunder. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I returned day before yesterday,” he answered, while he leaned his arm on the keys, bringing forth a crash of discordant sound. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she was still sorting out what she thought about the plane crash. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A loud crash from inside revealed that the trick had worked—and the litany of swearwords following it let them know Gaily was none too happy about it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Some inner certainty had crashed down inside him; it was exactly as he had felt after Ron left. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Something huge shattered and the roar of engines filled his ears; there was a loud crash, followed by an explosion. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I flew past Dad crashed on the living room sofa watching TV and burst through my bedroom door with an impatient, “Sir Fig Newton.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mama’s flower arrangements tumbled into the mourners or crashed to the floor as people tried to get out of the way of the moving casket. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Right in the spot where the bird had crashed By had dug a little grave, and on top of the grave there were two Popsicle sticks tied together in a cross. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slammed her up against the crate, and pain crashed through her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“That was a nasty crash you just had. What happened, anyway? Something go wrong with the bike? Arthur Weasley overstretch himself again, him and his Muggle contraptions?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Each man was assigned to a crash station, which in Louie’s case was by the waist window behind the right wing. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I flinched as the boulder bounced near us with a floor-rattling crash. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Curious students from other classes had now gathered around the two entrances to the room, drawn by the crash and clatter. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When their Pe-2 was again hit by enemy gunfire in battle on September 2, 1943, Sasha found she couldn’t control the plane to glide to earth for a crash landing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It could crash at any moment, for one thing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I let out a yell and crash right into Matthew. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

A twin-engine plane crashed in the umber folds of the Adirondacks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother, with the baby in her arms, just made it into the yard before the house crashed in, showering sparks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Olive had made arrangements, on pain of not going up, for the plane to try to fly as far as the sugar factory before it crashed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rocks came bouncing down horn the castle to crash among them, and arrows and spears as well, but the angle was steep and the missiles seemed to do httle damage. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“My Aunt Heidi’s address is listed in Mom’s book in the kitchen. I can crash at her place, maybe. Definitely.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The crash of all of this hurt and all this wondering pulls Axel from outside his house back inside, where Byrd sits on the floor, in a puddle of water and debris. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Soon the boys were back near Atlanta, a world away from where they’d grown up, and now without their mother and three sisters, who had died in the crash. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Beyond the first one another set of flukes rose, waved, then crashed down and was followed immediately by two more whales that raised their front halves out of the water and fell over. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tackled him with all my might, knocking him aside just as the Hydra lunged and the tree crashed on top of two of its heads. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was not going to feel sorry for her because her parents died in a car crash. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And they are sending their children to $400-an-hour math tutors, summer camps at French chateaus, and crash courses on managing money. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Sixteen people were killed in the crash—including an air force commander and his chief navigator. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“We heard she crashed your rickshaw. Why in the world was she driving it, anyway?” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Water spattered all over the floor as Ilya crashed through the low wall of the balcony, a club stretched out in front of him as he soared through the air. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The two healthy monkeys developed red eyes and bloody noses, and they crashed and bled out. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My head crashed into the side of a car, causing a dent. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I crashed into the water, swimming out to where he lay on his back. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

A second later she heard a crash and the sound of splintering wood. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Tune had come, time that he measured but didn’t care about; time had come into his life and moved out and left him different In measured time forty-seven days had passed since the crash. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s one thing to be strong when you have to be, but now I feel like I’ve crashed to the ground after running a marathon. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He tried to move away but I crashed into him, my momentum knocking him to the floor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Happy possibilities were still racing each other through Ranofer’s mind when he heard the gate crash open and Gebu’s heavy footsteps start across the courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Then he laughed and laughed, wild and hysterical, as thunder boomed and timbers moaned and waves crashed all around him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Right away I knew what had happened: I’d crashed into a sleeping manatee. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

One the size of an ox crashed down between Black Betha and Wraith, rocking both ships and soaking every man on deck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Burr, who did not know about the pledge, did know that a projectile from Hamilton’s gun had whizzed past him and crashed into the tree to his rear. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The crash bracelets lifted her up until she could grab on to it, her fingers clinging to its knobbly surface as she gasped for air. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There’s an enormous crash, and I spin to find that the side of the closest animal den has slammed shut. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Shadow jabbed at Sweeney, forcing him back into a table; empty glasses and ashtrays crashed to the floor. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I pray like crazy that she doesn’t crash us into something. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He crashed through the roof of Georgiou's, shattering all the windows as it buckled under the impact. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“The controls are right next to it. I’ll be getting this baby started up.We’11 crash it through the ground above us if we have to!” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The table had shuddered as pieces of ceiling crashed on top of it, but it was still standing. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The ion particles would fall out of phase, they said, or would crash into the walls of the accelerating chamber, or would collide with stray air molecules in their way. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

If its orbit wasn’t corrected, it was going to crash to Earth. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Huge surpluses of wheat, corn, milk, pork, and beef produced in the Midwest had caused the price of farm commodities to crash. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The bucket crashes to the floor, splattering chopped entrails everywhere. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Seventeen minutes later, the second plane crashed into the South Tower. Don’t look at this part,” warns Ben. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It falls down. And your crash bracelets don’t work either.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mom told me stories about when she was a kid, back before her parents died in the plane crash. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The street twisted and straightened again, and then I crashed into Emma, who’d been walking in front of me but had come to a sudden stop. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

War Admiral crashed through the gate several times before settling down to break with the field. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several seconds of silence followed, then there was a crash, accompanied by screams of pain and shock from the rats packed into the ditch below. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Nailer normally blessed the peace his father’s drug crashes brought. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Backward she sprang as the huge shape crashed to ruin, vast wings outspread, crumpled on the earth; and with its fall the shadow passed away. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“And then you got on my shoulders, but you didn’t notice the door and you banged your head and we both crashed to the floor!” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He heard car crashes at least once a week, but this sound was worse - Celestial bronze crumpling, wood splintering, stallions screaming and a goddess wailing in two distinct voices, both of them very surprised. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had known two cars were going to crash on that corner, I would’ve run back to the party and called the cops immediately. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Elizebeth gave her new recruits a “crash course” in code breaking, all while carrying on with her usual workload. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The dreams he’d had all had to do . fc . with sirens and crashes and emergencies he was somehow involved in but helpless to prevent. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He tumbled through the air and crashed into the arms of a stone grizzly bear with a painful “Ummphh!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The boat crashed onto the rocks and overturned, throwing the giant into the sea. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It took the full force of the crash. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that point I had pushed him with all my might and he had crashed sideways on to the flagstones. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

If she did cry out, it was not because she had crashed into the wall but because she had dropped a stitch. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Red crashed through the underbrush, his boots much better suited for tramping through the weeds than my saddle shoes. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My failure crashes back in, hitting me in a hot wave. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

If I let my guard down long enough to deal with the Greek fire, Annabeth would get sliced and we’d crash anyway. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The trees were torn from their roots as it crashed through the forest. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But this time Luke stepped to the side at the last moment, and Jen's dad crashed uselessly into the far wall. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I crashed into the trees surrounding the sanctuary. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

In 1929, even before the stock market crash, a national newspaper story reported, “In five years, if the oil map continues to shift, the tribe may have to go back to work.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The dumpster rocked as the pair crashed against it. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But as we reach the top of another wooded hill and the moons are directly overhead, I finally hear the Noise of men, clear as a crash. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was as if giant iron gates had crashed shut and bolted themselves. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

At which point the boy crashed to earth and the others screamed. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

His heartbeat slowed—still racing and ready for takeoff, but no longer desperate to crash through his chest. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

As I nodded my head to the beat, I started wondering what had gone through Richie Valens’s head before the plane crashed into the unforgiving ground. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

We discovered this a few months after we moved in, when Lori’s foot crashed through the spongy wood floor in the living room. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

With a yelp like a wounded dog, he put his hands over his ears so he would not hear the crash. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

She fretted about inflation, and the stock market crash of 1974 made her “shake and despair.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I stumbled back against the wall and crashed painfully into a rack of weapons. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou was jolted back to her predicament — the plane crash, the survivors, the need for rescue. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

There was a loud thud, but not a real crash. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

My shoulder crashes into the wall and I get up to my knees. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Can a thing like me even be pushed to an edge, or will I simply crash in a puff of smoke? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

There was a thunderous crash overhead, a ceiling giving way or a piece of the roof collapsing. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crashed the man’s head with a policeman’s billy enough to leave him just this side of death. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He steps out of its path easily and it crashes instead into the sunset of stained glass. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Truth and mysteries crash into each other in Axel’s mind. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Jon cut his left leg from under him, and he fell with a curse and a crash. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A lamp crashed to the floor throwing the room into semi-darkness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z