With so many crises competing for Roosevelt’s attention, the Uranium Committee continued to just crawl along. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a souvenir from a spiritual retreat she and Papa had attended; the words GOD is love crawled over her sagging breasts. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

On his roof, Zeitoun crawled into his tent, trying not to wake Nasser. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The beast crawled out of the lake, and when it reached the shore, it panted and gasped, exhausted. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

This is the fear that made fish crawl out onto dry land and evolve lungs, the fear that teaches us to run, the fear that makes us bury our dead. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

When she was done, she crawled away, sat against the wall, with her legs splayed before her. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I tried to kick it off but couldn’t, so I crawled beneath it, my hands and knees pressing into the ceiling of the van, which was upside down. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He watches me a moment, then crawls back in his box, good as ever. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The panting ogress crawled and then scooted forward on her belly, wheezing and choking. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They were not in the least satisfied by his explanation that he had crawled away quickly under the tables after he had fallen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Leeches crawled over my limbs to help me push through, and I had to eat pastille cakes and skin-color pastes to quiet my stomach. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Fumbling with the zipper, he crawled from the tent and sprinted through the cold rain. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It crawls over me and buries itself through the pores in my skin. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I lay still a moment Finally, I crawled to where Stew Cat had his victim. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled to a tree and pulled himself upright. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It crawls like a maggot into my head and gets stuck, unwelcome lyrics and music playing on a loop. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Because now she was pretty certain that “bandits” had, at one time or another, “crawled in” to this building back when it was a bank. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The rabbit fetched up against the grating, drifted a little way along it, found the bottom and crawled out of the turbid water. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I crawled out of bed to silence. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

After they ate their cold supper, several of the dogs curled up together, huddling against their packs, and Taisin and Kaede helped Con crawl into the tent. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

After putting my wet hair in a towel turban, I crawl into bed. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His daughter, Sumaiya, crawls into his lap as soon as he sits down and plays with his beard. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I crawled into the store tree to get the smoked venison and some cattail tubers. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I looked up, my heart crawled into my throat. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He crawled back from the ledge and wrapped his arms tightly around his knees. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we finished we crawled back into bed and belched and joked and curled up and slept it off. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voyageurs watched from a distance as the baby crawled in a circle, whimpering and pitiful. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

When he reached the tent, he crawled in; he has not come out again. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Last night I had a bad dream, though. Someone was chasing me in a dark alley. I crawled into Maman’s bed and we cried ourselves to sleep.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

When I was a baby, I’d crawl under my bed and snuggle into a comer to sleep. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

We learned that Tad Schmitt found a bright blue vein of gas still burning when he was clearing rubble from what used to be the school’s crawl space. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Without his injuries, he could easily have crawled up and knocked the nest down. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She crawls to her feet and, because she has no choice, she follows Fabian outside. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

My nerves remained tense even after I had had a hot shower and crawled into bed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully I crawled through the brush and stopped just above the mouth of the cave and listened. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a curious kitten, she crawled out from under the chinaberry tree and came over to join us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Cole crawled stiffly to his feet, numb from lack of sleep. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby crawled under the cabinet, searched in total darkness for the small hole, and finally felt one foot slip down. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jamie grabbed it, tucked it under one arm, and crawled to the refrigerator, where he took out the milk. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Behind her, a newly emerged brood of tiny snout-nosed butterflies crawled out from under the spiny hackberry bushes and began to creep upon her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Almost wholly unexcavated since its discovery, the Calakmul we came to lay swathed in dry, scrubby vegetation that crawled like a swarm of thorns up its two huge pyramids. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We wouldn’t have bothered her if she’d decided to crawl up and dig a nest. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I sink into a crouch and crawl toward one of the trees so that the trunk will hide me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled a little higher, dragging his useless legs behind him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She patted Kapu, crawled off in the fog, and stood up when she thought she was safely out of sight. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that meant that for all the times she’d shrugged off one of those slurs, some little tentacle of them still crawled its way toward her heart. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

His enigmatic beauty seemed better suited for dim Gothic chambers and the silence of ruined castles, aristocracy that had cracked around the edges, clothed itself in ivy, and crawled back into the wilderness. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She woke immediately, crawled to the door of the lodge, and then, as Deydey walked toward the silent cabin with the tiniest thread of smoke coming from the chimney, Omakayas saw him stagger. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

With great effort, he rolled over, raised himself to his knees, and crawled to the water hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

His words crawled under her skin, settling deep into the crevices of her bones. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

At last they told us it was time to sleep, and I crawled up into a single bed with five other men. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the boy, looking under the cabin with the lantern, had caused Sounder to crawl out the other side and die in the brown stalk land. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wait, peering at the two stories of darkness below, gathering up the nerve to crawl across. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end, I wanted to crawl into Chip’s minifridge and sleep for a thousand years, but Chip seemed immune to both fatigue and heatstroke. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He crawled away to the right, seeking for a path round the mere. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Byron grabbed my arm before I could crawl behind the couch. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it crawled through downtown, the float looked something like an enormous green reptile with a sleek cedar spine and eight wavering spruce quills. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It’s like fighting, except what we’re fighting for is to crawl inside each other’s skin. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Luckily, the bucket tipped and spilled and she crawled out through the bucket hole, smelling horribly. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Lavender died there were 17 men in the platoon, and whoever drew the number 17 would strip off his gear and crawl in headfirst with a flashlight and Lieutenant Cross’s .45-caliber pistol. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to crawl to the telephone but couldn’t raise herself off the floor. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Big Tony left the window slightly open. Can you crawl through, Scruffy? Stay with Tater until we open the bathroom door from the other side?” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She’s the one who would crawl into my bed and hold me when I cried out for Mom in the middle of the night. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She seemed almost insubstantial, and yet she emitted a force that made you want to crawl toward her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He threw himself on the ground and crawled away. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Frodo crawled to the edge of the road and watched the rider, until he dwindled into the distance. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I crawled under the fence and stood facing them. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew what Chandra said was true, but I also knew that I could not crawl about like a beaten dog. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently miffed by all the jostling, Small Bob crawled onto Bob’s head and began making a nest in the Titan’s silver hair. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The store was empty except for a small bag of rice in the corner; weevils crawled all over it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know what she was looking for, exactly—some available shelter she could crawl into, some Hobbit inn that took energy bars as payment. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then the cat stalked from the closet and crawled under the bed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Brian rose to his hands and knees, stiff and with great slowness, and crawled across the floor of the shelter to where Derek lay. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had three more braces to attach, and nobody else was skinny enough to fit in the crawl space. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s all too heavy to move, but I might be able to shift this beam to the side and keep it there long enough for you to crawl through. Wanna try it?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

An opening big enough for people to crawl through to reach the slide. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

With only my precious thermos bottle, my legacy from Mr. Luftig, and my blanket, I crawled onto a narrow wood shelf and lay down. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Merry crawled on all fours like a dazed beast, and such a horror was on him that he was blind and sick. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I felt the skin on the back of my neck begin to crawl, and I almost cried out. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Soon after, the pupa ecloses, or splits open, and the adult crawls out. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We’ve linked arms and crawled one at a time through a Hula-Hoop, without breaking arms. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

On his hands and knees, Will crawled around another corner. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, he crawls back under the fence, dragging his loot and grinning. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to crawl under the table and sit on the other side because I felt that is where I really belonged. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The way she says it makes my skin crawl. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Being so small, he was able to crawl up behind the Dragon without being seen. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled, dragged myself, weakly leapfrogged to the tree. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They found it behind a coffin on the bottom shelf—a simple crawl space. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

As his sister put away the stick, pail, and masks, Neel crawled wearily onto his mat. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

After he had worn himself out and gone to bed, I crawled under my covers and stared into the black. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The feeling of her skin against mine makes my flesh crawl. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Medic Andrew J. Brown, pistol drawn for protection, crawls through the jungle to treat an injured paratrooper despite sniper fire and a live grenade lying nearby, 1965. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The cow relieved of a great weight was landing on the fill with Janie before Tea Cake stroked in and crawled weakly upon the fill again. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Struck dumb by Beck’s miraculous resurrection, an exhausted Hutchison crawled outside to answer the call. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

One by one we crept to that open end of the steel box, some on hands and knees, and jumped or crawled down onto the ground. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I called her Mama and crawled up on her lap when I had to cry. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He and others crawl along the top of the train to a nearby car. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She turns and begins to crawl, the full can of water in her left: hand. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She’d slowed down to a crawl and her eyes were darting from one side of the street to the other. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“If they know how to crawl, they’re in the right position.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He took a swig of his beer and said: “You’s a scaredy-cat, Mexico. I let spiders crawl all on my hands and arms.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Farther south he could hear someone idling, the sound of net unraveling from a drum, a boat under way at a crawl. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I used to crawl into bed and drift off to sleep, no problem. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I rub her feathery head one more time and crawl back into my cell. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then, the three girls and Cymbeline stripped down to their underclothes and crawled into the single bed, each making room for the next as they huddled close. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Reassured that this isn’t complete madness, I crawl through the space. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He crawled around the television, putting on his brown horn-rimmed glasses to read tags, then taking them off to see what was written on the back of the cabinet. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Our alligators tried to make a quick crawl up the steep slope of the terrace so they could set up a fire line. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something waking in me, something rolling over, lifting its head and beginning to crawl up and out of me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We climbed the hill to the barn, crawled between the fence wires, and crossed the field. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Rabbits and field mice and all other small hunted that feel safer in the concealing light crept and hopped and crawled and froze to resemble stones or small bushes when ear or nose suspected danger. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, a parade of spiders crawled out of the maw and stood on top of the pile. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They curtained the windows and crawled over me, trying to enter my mouth and ears even as they stung me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Something made him get on all fours and crawl to the girls’ bedroom. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I’m cold where I was hot before, and I’d really like to put my clothes back on and go crawl into my closet, please and thank you. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He kicked out his legs to restore circulation of his blood, then crawled to the other side of the roof. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled to the end of the bed, near the block tower, and closed my eyes, longing to be engulfed in the magic protection of its walls. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then Peeta struggles to his knees and crawls down the slope. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They cry out, “Mother May I?” and the mothers crawl forward on hands and knees, trying to eat the dirt from their babies’ fresh graves. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The littlun Percival had early crawled into a shelter and stayed there for two days, talking, singing, and crying, till they thought him batty and were faintly amused. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“It’s down,” I told him as I crawled to my feet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I climbed up to my bed and looked around for the cookie, to make sure I didn’t smash it as I crawled in, but it was gone. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I dropped to my knees and crawled noiselessly through the underbrush until I was close enough to see and hear. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Isaac crawled down inside, and Thomas finally gave in. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Florida spread out her sleeping bag and crawled inside. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to have already crawled through my escape hatch into whatever world lay beyond. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And we crawled through the crypt so the Germans would not see us through the windows, because they were looking for us still. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The children crawled over the shelves and into the potato and onion bins, twanging all the time in their sharp voices like cigar-box guitars. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled back, because it’s dangerous to drive and talk at the same time, especially on the highway, which is what we were on. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Across the courtyard, Raizel stood next to her mother, studying a rugelach as though concerned it might crawl off her plate. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Once he had crawled up there and stood on the bridge, looking down at the shelter, and then around at the street where it crossed the tracks; he could even see downtown. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He can remember all the times he and Manny waited for it to rise before pulling inside, and his stomach crawls up into his throat. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As I lay stretched out, my pups crawled all over me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heads are the little nets the lobsters crawl through to get into the trap. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I fell to the floor and crawled under the bed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She loved tickling him, building tunnels with cushions and pillows for him to crawl through, watching him fall asleep in her arms with one of his hands always clutching her ear. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mark’s eyes adjusted to the darkness and he pulled himself up and crawled to the wall, propping himself against it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There was something about those boys that made her skin crawl. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

First we ran around the building for a few minutes, and then we began to learn how to crawl in the bushes nearby. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Time crawled through the cells of my brain. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled forward, making my way down a gentle slope until my hand touched water again. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Inky words unhooked themselves from the page and crawled around the floor like bugs before making their way back again, chattering all the while. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She has slid off me and sits on the floor with her legs still on the sofa, trying to crawl away. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sweet Man, the youngest, crawled along the living room floor, sucking on a fat dill pickle. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Anytime he had a chance, he’d try to get close to me or crawl into bed with me and molest me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled in the tent after her and was immediately struck by how empty it was. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Smiling, I crawl through the hole and stand. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The eyes moved and the lips talked and the ears wiggled as the frantic fly crawled over the little perches. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“In the morning when he crawls out of his tent he sits on a rock and combs until the beard shines like a cormorant’s wing,” Ramo said. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she crawled along a beam till she was directly over the next pen. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

She was the littlest baby in the village and still couldn’t quite figure out how to crawl. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Spiders crawl on my face and leap across to her arms. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

As he crawled across the tablecloth, he remembered the words of the prisoner in the dungeon, his regret that he did not look back at his daughter as he left her. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Only after I had crawled in and out several times would he follow me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

So they set up a perimeter, ate chow, then crawled under their ponchos and tried to settle in for the night. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Too many gut cherries ...” He crawled out of the shelter and found where he’d messed the sand. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Shin crawled through the electric fence, there was a well-established human smuggling network with tentacles that reached deep inside North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

When it was done, the men took their sodden sleeping bags and crawled into their new hut. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Marcus crawled across the grass until his face was so close to mine that I could smell his rancid breath. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The twins crawled out from behind their rock with a length of rope, Miig watching their six with his revolver behind them. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He rode back and forth along the line, watched Devin’s men digging in, heard bullets clip leaves above him as snipers crawled closer. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew through what fires the soul must crawl, and with what weeping one passed over. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He heard Garvey still snoring loudly as he crawled out into the brisk air. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He gestures with his pistol, the business end pointed right at me, and I crawl the rest of the way in, the door closing behind me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They had all vacated the car long before I was free from the dog and able to open my door and crawl out. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He crawled over to Aunt Queen on the floor, tears streaming down his face, and tried to breathe into her tight and silent lips. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And from there the wounded scarlet dragon had crawled over Charlestown Common, crossed into safety at Charlestown Neck, and were covered by the Somerset's guns. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frigg spoke to trees, to beasts, and to birds and to all things that creep and fly and crawl, and each creature promised that its kind would never hurt Balder. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I was doubled up in bed and had to crawl out of the bed to get to where Peewee was sleeping. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a bite of a drumstick and then used a paper towel to squash a roach that had crawled out hoping to get at some of her dinner. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The ceilings had no crawl space, and the air vents were too small to accommodate her. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I get there, Finch makes me crawl up the fire escape and climb in the window so I don’t run into his mom or sisters. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I rolled off the woodpile and crawled toward the door with the fish head guards. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m going on to Base Camp today with the rest of you. Even if I have to bloody crawl.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Nodding, Candice crawled out of bed and followed her mom down the hallway. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

On his hands and knees he crawled through the hole in the wall. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Annabeth managed to cut the strand and crawl away, but the little spiders were closing around her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dympna crawled out of her forward seat and Scottie crawled into it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Ralph crawled until he found the ledge of the entry in his grasp. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Back in my barracks, I crawl, weeping, under the worn blanket and soak my thin pillow with tears. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In the corner, the spidery arms of another small press crawl over a stack of leaflets printed in Hebrew. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Miguel finished that thought: “When the Dandy Bandits tried to crawl into the bank!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I climbed the rock and crawled across it until I could look over the rim. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

As much as I wanted to lower my bed and crawl into it, I had a cow to milk. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Second hardest thing is to crawl in the Jeep with Dad afterward. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally crawled back to where her friend lay and snuggled up next to her, trying to forget the damage that had been done to Shay’s mind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She crawled into a crack and disappeared, still talking in her upbeat voice. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He examined the fanlight: even if it were completely broken in, he was too large to crawl through to reach the holophone. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She swam until she felt clean, and crawled out shivering. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We crawled around in the vast hollow pieces and the legs and the head. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I wanted to crawl under my bed with my old stuffed bunny. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

My skin didn’t just crawl; it felt like it was going to leap off my body, turn to liquid, and seep into the floorboards. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Moss covers their shoulders and crawls up their bark cheeks. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She looked down at herself, thinking a snake or a poisonous spider had crawled over her legS- “Nothin,” the woman said. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hobbled into my mother’s room and crawled up on the bed beside her. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Her two ugly sisters hopped on top of the seats on either side of her and crawled toward me like huge nasty lizards. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Others jump inside hoppers full of sand or grain, but only if they can find cars that are full enough that they will be able to crawl out. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Dad crawled to the darkest corner of the attic. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

The thought that this one had been in my bag all this time—the entire time—made my skin crawl. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The relish in his voice made Harry’s flesh crawl. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

After that he crawled to the back of the boat and collapsed. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled out to the edge of the ledge on his stomach and peered out. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He would swim the crawl stroke, up and down and all around the lily pad, while Harriet watched, admiring his ability as a swimmer. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He’d crawl through the damp tunnel each morning with a pick, filling buckets for his family and neighbors so they could keep their houses warm and stoves burning. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He felt Spider crawl underneath his shirt at the base of his neck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Arm ducked and crawled along the cement on his hands and knees. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She lifts up the blanket and crawls under the bed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And then there was a pitter-patter of feet, and Stephanie crawled into bed and they sort of slept the rest of the night under the robe that smelled like Daddy. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to give you your memory back,” Poppet says, watching Chandresh as the kitten attempts to crawl onto his lap. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I spend ten minutes recovering and then crawl forth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I crawl over to the opening and stand, basking in the glow of the moonlight. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I collapse in the midst of the disaster I have created in the garage, and garbled noises crawl up my throat. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Perhaps—the thought crawled over me like a cold sweat—perhaps even my preliminary, accidental discovery had been engineered. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Guerra gladly crawled into the back of Grout’s truck, dubbed “the cage.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She pulled it off and crawled naked into the closet. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a eave near the house, the opening so small that Tally had to crawl inside on her belly, David showed her the cache of gear his parents had tended for twenty years. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I try to crawl away from him, but he pins me, shoving the filthy apple back into my face. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When she tried to crawl off, the earth moved beneath her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sand clung to his skin, and as he dried little black sand ants began to crawl over him. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had simply crawled into the hole at the bottom, climbed up the hollow of the tree, and worked his way out on the limb. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marks in the dirt show that their quarry has crawled under it. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

My bed is still unmade from yesterday morning, and I desperately wish I could crawl into it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Annabeth yelped and tried to crawl away, but the giant janitor wasn’t interested in her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The young wolf followed, and, laughing joyously, Miyax crawled after them both. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still amused, but earlier, when he and Guitar had sat handcuffed on a wooden bench, his neck skin had crawled with fear. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a basement under the main part of the Fitzgibbons’ house, but the big kitchen had been added later and stood on a foundation of concrete blocks, with only a crawl space beneath. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It started by saying that “anything that creeps, crawls, swims, or flies is a possible source of food.” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hurt his head and shoulders on nails sticking down from above as he crawled. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled into bed and pulled the covers over my head. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We crawled up the riverbank and found ourselves in a forest of sycamore and maple trees. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He crawled down into the maintenance compartment, threading through the gears. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The silence, the gleaming white tiles, the creepy smile on Hygeia’s face ... it all made him want to crawl out of his skin. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The slow surf crawled and seethed in the dark and he thought about his life but there was no life to think about and after a while he walked back. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The second lizard crawled across Zero's fingers and halfway up his arm. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She crawls in, forcing me to move over so she can join me. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I see Kat move and I crawl across. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard you talking,” she said as she crawled under her blanket. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Time seemed to crawl, as if all the action around me was happening in slow motion. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The Otter sloop-of-war is hove to and careened in the channel while it undergoes repair; men crawl upon its belly, scraping at barnacles and repairing the work of the worm. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

To follow, you must crawl after them on all fours, or even wriggle along on your tummy. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jemmy crawled up the embankment for a look. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The mats and mattresses arranged in the classrooms crawled with vicious bedbugs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, with every change a struggle, I crawled to the end. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He raised himself and crawled out of the water, grunting with die pain of movement. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It smells like something crawled up his behind and died,” said Mary Anne. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam heard him and crawled with an effort to the edge. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Slowly, we dragged the ammo cans closer to Bobby Jorgenson’s bunker, and this, plus the moon, gave a sense of approaching peril, the slow belly-down crawl of evil. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of watching to see if any are around, I crawl back into my sleeping bag, zipping it all the way closed with me inside. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t pretty. That’s all I know. Best if you crawl back under your rock, hunker down, and wait this out.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He scoots himself around and crawls up onto the Up of the seat and looks over the edge. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I crawled around in the muddy snow and wet garbage, searching for the silver penny with fingers so numb with cold they would barely work. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I crawled through the snow toward the pink of Emilia’s hat and draped my body over hers. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I knew I should be drunk with gratitude that I, an ignorant girl who’d crawled out of a scrap heap, should be allowed to study there, but I couldn’t summon the fervor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My aunt crawled along beside her, somehow still conscious despite the loss of blood. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Eh! You have crawled out of your pile of dung! You have come to witness the superior power of Jesus!” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Babies crawled on the floor with the mice. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The steppes, the flat grassland of southeastern Europe, crawled with rats and mice. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Ben and Radar have crawled underneath the minivan. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

They inspected underneath stunted bushes, turned over chunks of rock, crawled beneath huge slabs, always watching keenly for the telltale single winding track of the adder. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The rain had let up, so he rolled his clothes into a bundle and crawled outside the tent to dress. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It sickened me to watch him crawl across the filthy cement on his hands and knees, soiling his palms and trouser legs. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mathew Carey took up the story: “Of these, one crawled out on the commons, where he died....Two died in the circus.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Rasheed took him to the shop, let him crawl around under his crowded workbench, play with old rubber soles and spare scraps of leather. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The street car crawled through the snow; Drexel Boulevard was the next stop. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Someone behind Matt muttered,“The old vampire. So he managed to crawl out of the coffin again.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Madame Manec would help him home, he’d crawl into the darkest corner of his bed and belt pillows around his ears. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He crawled over to me and started grabbing at the pack. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Words crawled back to my head: canyon, morning, Laika, dirt, birthday, and why is everything on fire? 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I crawl into my dad’s side of the bed, which smells faintly of his cologne, and drift into a light sleep. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Kino crawled quietly close to her and he put his lips near to her cheek. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled out from behind the trunk and felt my way across the black room, banging painfully against racks of weapons and corners of trunks. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Before she crawled into the bunker, she looked up and saw the gliding bomber jets, hawklike, flying startlingly low, with balls of gray smoke around them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We crawled along at not more than five miles an hour. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one they crawled from beneath the pine boughs and stood up. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maggots again, but larger, full grown, they now crawled across his grief and his repentance. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But others crawled on six legs, or rolled on wheels, or slid up and down the sides of buildings. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He crawled to another chimney and waited; it was so cold that he had a wild wish to merge into the icy bricks of the chimney and have it all over. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of remaining and playing, he swam with steady strokes under Simon and crawled out of the other side of the pool to lie there, sleek and streaming like a seal. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

My skin starts to crawl before she even opens her mouth. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The robot and the gosling watched it crawl across the ocean until it finally disappeared to the south. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Serenity crawls in next, and immediately points at the computer. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled in bed, with only a few hours before I’d have to get up and catch the school bus. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

John adjusts Eden on his shoulder, then kneels down and crawls into the space. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He found an empty cargo crate on one of the piers, laid Sefia inside, and crawled in after her, pulling the crate closed behind him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Something better than “crawl through a slot that’s barely wide enough for your wrist.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I sneaked around the side of the house and crawled into a thicket of bushes growing wild by the wall. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I crawled rapidly around the floor, picking up the coins, trying to avoid the coppers and to get greenbacks and the gold. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished, he pushed in his pad and sleeping bag and crawled in after. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The march continued, slowing to a stagger, then a crawl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At night, she always makes sure she closes her mouth tightly and pulls her blanket up above her head, hoping to leave no openings for the bugs to crawl in. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that they shoved Marshall through the hole in the fence and crawled in after him. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

His paralysis is so bad I’m not sure he could crawl out even if he wanted to, but he’s so terrified of being caught that he doesn’t try. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Turner crawled away from the ledges and stood up unsteadily, as if the blast had loosened the granite beneath him and it was swaying with the quarrelsome waves. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

We see the Redcoats crawl on the Mudflats at Low Tide. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We were all connected, and the more of them there were, the more I wanted to crawl under a table and cry. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Each night, piles of cousins packed into the crawl space above a little wooden kitchen house just a few feet from the home-house. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Sefia opened it and crawled inside, closing the door behind her, shutting herself into a room barely bigger than a travel trunk. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Great engines crawled across the field; and in the midst was a huge ram, great as a forest-tree a hundred feet in length, swinging on mighty chains. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Of course I talk, you booboo brain. Hey, elephant ears! What cesspool did you crawl out of? Can you beat time with those?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had forced his way through holes in walls, crawled through cellars, and ducked down behind the parapets of balconies that were no longer used. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Blackness crawled in from the edges of my vision. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Her silence was so complete, her gentleness so apparent, that the residents would crawl from their nests of thistledown and dandelion fluff to join her. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I wanted to crawl on my knees back to the honey house and ball up in the bed. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dark hours after midnight on October 17, 1941, along with many other eastbound trains carrying soldiers and refugees, the train carrying Marina Raskova’s aviation volunteers crawled away from Moscow. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Joon and I try to crawl free, but the Blob catches our legs and pulls us back. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Hermione crawled out from underneath the bench, shaking bits of glass ashtray out of her hair and trembling all over. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Nina had never seen a creature like the one that crawled into view from the tunnel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It seeps into my heart and crawls through my blood. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Four of them side by side held him up easily when he used his arms to hold them together and crawled on top of them. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“If they do, we can crawl into the paper cabinet.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You can crawl. It’s high enough for that....” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Come to think of it, sometimes she didn’t even ask; she’d just raise the corner of the blanket, and he’d crawl in. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They crawled along, peering in vents as they went. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Oksi pressed up against Frightful and crawled deeper into her feathers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It looks like a dead person just crawled out, leaving his bloody winding sheet behind. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

There he crawled under a bush and lay panting and trembling. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I crawled inside, I felt like a caterpillar in a cocoon. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

People yelled and sang and pounded their fists on the sides of the van as the vehicle crawled out of the courthouse exit. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sang about the wolves, her house, and the little feather flower on her table; and when she had no more to say, she crawled to her door and looked out. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede crawled into the one the Huntsman told her was hers, and she slept as soon as she lay down on the fur-covered pallet. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

For two days, Shin managed to crawl around in his cell and to eat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He crawled to the edge of the Cliff once more, stuck his head over again to get a better look now that dawn was in full force. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

From the time he’d grown up big enough to get out of the cabin, he’d made a practice of trying to catch and keep every living thing that ran, flew, jumped, or crawled. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They scampered to the back wall of the barn and tried to kick out a board so they could crawl out. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled back into the brambles and laid himself by Frodo’s side, and putting away all fear he cast himself into a deep untroubled sleep. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We had barely crawled out of the potato cellar when the Polish girl began to cry. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Nathan crawled out of his window and hugged the water monster, who backed away. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He was the only one small enough to crawl through the grate. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him they crawled along the street, and he wanted to run, to urge them to run, and, of course, dared not. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

After wiggling around a hit, he slipped down, crawled under the table, and started grunting like a pig. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

A second lizard crawled up over the side of the suitcase and stopped less than an inch away from Zero's little finger. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Before I can figure out which question to answer first, another scraping sound comes from the crawl space. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

No medics show up, though, and as I’m too far gone to care, I crawl up onto the mattress, expecting to bleed to death. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We proceeded to crawl up and down the rows, slicing a hole in the black hose next to each tree. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We crawl into the tent and take our clothes off inside our sleeping bags, the flashlight making a circle on the canvas, a light ring enclosing a darker one, like a target. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Having crawled through a bramble bush for the prickly poppy, I was feeling a bit prickly myself just then. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“There is just enough space for one man at a time to crawl through,” he said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m doing a salsa crawl, starting with Chevys. Because I’m broke. Like, I have no idea where I’m going to sleep tonight.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

His legs failed him so he crawled toward the road, fumbling in his jacket pocket for his phone. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

For a small man, he had been cursed with a danger-ously big mouth, he reflected as he crawled back to his comer of what the Arryns laughably called their dungeon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In the honey house, August waited till I crawled under the sheets, then bent over and kissed my forehead. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled down between the gondola and the shelter of the high freight-car behind. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The two women in the laundromat stay so close to the machines they look like they might crawl into them. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then she crawled into her cozy home in the hope that sleep would soothe her hunger. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Computer: “You snake crawl for thirty yards. A trickle of water runs down your body. You reach a mound of small rocks blocking the passageway.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

On the further edge of this broad hill-back they stayed their march and crawled for hiding underneath a tangled knot of thorns. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I crawled under the covers and kicked out of my jeans and socks and then watched the comforter dance as beneath it, Augustus removed first his jeans and then his leg. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Zed, without a word or so much as a glance in our direction, crawled to his truck, backed out of the driveway and headed down the street. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smoke began to crawl along the floor, rolling, heaving, seizing everything in its path. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I just sat, surrounded by abandoned lunches, staring at the cup of Jell-O and letting terror crawl through me until my arms and legs felt like they would be frozen to the table forever. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Censorship kept Call from revealing very much about where he was or what was going on, but in what he didn’t say there was enough to make my flesh crawl. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Me, I no sleep on the ground. Centipedes crawl up my nose and make nest.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of August he was swimming length after length in an easy crawl, diving from the high board, ripening to a deep brown from the sun and the water. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

"But how shall I tell them not to follow me any­ more?" she asked Tornait as she crawled back into her tent. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one has so far mixed together the gases and waters of the primitive Earth and at the end of the experiment had something crawl out of the test tube. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crawled in and out of windows, hopped over walls, and felt her way through dark cellars, quiet as a shadow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It made me queasy, pretending to be civil with a person so beneath human decency that he could crawl under a pregnant ant. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

But we were kids who had learned to crawl together, and no history, ethnicity, society, or religion was going to change that either. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jinx barely had time to stuff his wad of money into his overalls and crawl inside before the front door opened. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

A bug crawled over his leg, and he put some mashed potatoes on his knee in the bug’s path, but the bug turned and went the other way. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he crawled over the lip of the jar and emerged from his glass cocoon. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

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

While during the day Gregor, out of consideration for his parents, did not want to show himself by the window, he couldn't crawl around very much on the few square metres of the floor. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

We crawled along for a mile or two, Grandpa having the time of his life. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They left the pike and took a narrow road through the country and came at last upon a bridge and a dry creek and they crawled down the bank and huddled underneath. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

As one, he and Pima crawled across the wreckage to the broken body. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They crawled into tunnels and walked point and advanced under fire. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally crawled up the boulders and into the cave, scrambling back into the darkness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I leave the buckets and crawl back down. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I missed you, too,” I say as I crawl into the backseat. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Penny crawled across the cabin floor on her hands and knees, wrapped her arms around the sow’s head, and murmured reassurance to her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He scampered over to the crate, crawled between the slats, and pulled straw up over him so he was hidden from sight. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

With much of the old rot out, I could crawl in the tree and sit cross-legged. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted up my mosquito net and crawled into my bed next to me. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Slowly I crawled on, stopping to listen, to glance back, to measure the distance between me and the spring. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he crawls, his diaper cleans the floor, picking up bits of dust and hair and pulling it along like a little mop. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You could crawl through the slot and escape.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

That night the sky cleared, and at dawn she crawled out of her skins. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stormed through the night; in the morning when I crawled out of the shelter I shared with Doug, more than a foot of fresh snow blanketed the glacier. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled into the kitchen with great trepidation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Felix and Freebie crawled into the back of the Range Rover. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was under the pew behind us so I crawled under ours, over the kneeling bench, and stretched to get the shoe. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I crawl over to her and start to dig beside her, the dirt beneath the grass dry as dust in my fingers. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I put her in there myself. And when I found her trying to crawl out, I put her back.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I choke, and she uses .the opportunity to throw me off, to crawl toward the gun. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled onto the sand on all fours, invisible creatures skittering away as I collapsed onto what felt like a pile of leaves. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled over every spot under the cabin, but Sounder’s body was not there. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was a toddler, I’d crawl all over the bed, demanding her attention. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I crawl across the second platform and kneel beside an opening in the bars. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

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

We took turns stirring this witches’ brew as darkness crawled across the yard. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, the path was so narrow and crooked that their pace had dropped to a crawl. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The final approach to the treasure chamber,” said Mr. Lyons, “is a very tight squeeze. You will need to crawl.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Her soul must have crawled with horror, for how can you fly in something that does not exist? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The glowing green numbers of my alarm clock crawled toward seven o'clock, by which time I couldn't take it anymore. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

My leg hurt so much by the time I had reached the house that it was hard for me to crawl under the fence and move aside the heavy rock. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

My skin crawled at the thought of putting on my dirty clothes again. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Satisfied there were no unusual sounds above me, I crawled on my stomach along the length of the ditch, which led outside the stadium, on Twelfth Avenue. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it’s wrong to put shoes on those little feet, then I will continue to do wrong as long as I have hands and feet to crawl to Colliers.” Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

“And you up there? I come from a mining town. Since when do miners condemn other miners to that kind of death, and then stand by to kill whoever manages to crawl from the rubble?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The boy—a stocky, sharp-eyed, talkative towhead of about twelve—was exuberantly grateful, but the old man, whose face was seamed and yellow, feebly crawled into the back seat and slumped there silently. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crawled into a forest like the big, unlucky mammals they were. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She jimmied her window open and crawled inside. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He crawled on for several more yards, and then suddenly—bang—the top of his head bumped into something extremely hard blocking his way. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed in Rocinante, crawled under the table, and went to sleep. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, whining, he turned and crawled back to solid ground, tail between his legs, and commenced begging me to come back, too. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Still half asleep, I crawled through Troll Holes past the library and into the office, then pulled open the back door and got into the minivan. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The crow crawled out of the girl’s hood. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I showered until the hot water was gone, then I crawled in bed and did not sleep. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Gollum, it seemed, had crawled off along the ledge into the darkness beyond, when the gates of Minas Morgul opened, leaving the hobbits where they lay. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I crawl indoors and up to my bedroom on hands of cracked ice, trailing shards of my frozen body behind me. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Rupa crawled forward as far as she could, leaning across her brothers back. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

For some time the companions crawled and groped upon the ground. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I crawled between the mattress and the padded bedstead and let the mattress fall across me like a tombstone. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The top of a nodding snowball had snagged her sun- bonnet, but Miz Eubanks herself was down among the roots, beginning to crawl out from under the bushes that had broken her fall. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It crawled out from under the veranda on its belly and crept carefully up to me to take the bit of food I had saved from my meal. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m about to crawl up to my top bunk and turn on the Black Panther soundtrack when our doorbell rings. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“This way, small brother,” she said as she crawled onto the pages of the book. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I felt the doll crawl into my soaking-wet hood, and not a moment too soon. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Slowly, breathing softly through his mouth, he crawled toward the rocks shut away by greenery grown ruthless in sun and air. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back broken, the bloody man still tried to crawl toward the inn’s door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I crawl toward him and tense as I reach out to him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I tried to crawl to safety in the bushes, but from out of nowhere there was someone standing on top of me with a gun. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He had just crawled in a hollow tree and had gone to bed for the day when I came to the meadow. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you afraid of? You think I’m gonna crawl out that little window or something?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I crawled in and held my folding chair in front of me, closing the opening, and praying all the while that the Lord not test me with the loss of my child. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer crawled out of the breakers and stood. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dussel stayed upstairs to smoke a cigarette, and we crawled back into bed. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I was startled by a slugger who appeared from the darkness and approached me at a crawl. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When night fell, he got loose and crawled to the water. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan sat up and crawled to the edge of the water. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I kept looking at the clock, waiting and waiting for the big hand to crawl up and meet the little hand at Twelve. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A brown spiraled shell crawled out from underneath. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

James grabbed his backpack and crawled out of the teepee. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

If I looked at him any longer, I was going to start crying, so I pushed myself up and crawled over him to dig my school uniform out of the mess on the floor. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Now he looks like he wants to crawl through the screen. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Cars crawled along the roads like ants in a line. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, reminding myself to breathe, I crawled outside and descended the ladder. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He began to crawl forward on knees and elbows. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then they crawled into the backseat of his car. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if it’d be noticeable if I crawled under my chair right now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Axel can’t put together these clues without seeing, so he crawls out from under the table. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo crawled out into the corridor and quietly made her way down to the living room. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You take most kids,” he said, “if they know the answer, why, they hold up their hands, and if they don’t know they just crawl under the desk. Know what we’re going to do?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I could crawl in and curl up between a bowl and a plate. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I got some clothes from a penny sale, cut them up, and rubbed them with dirt like I crawled out of a grave. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

My mouth tasted like a skunk had crawled into my throat and died. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When I was little, sometimes I’d crawl in bed with Jackie and she would sing right in my ear so I couldn’t hear the mean words they hurled at each other. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He climbed the tree, stepped carefully across the plank to the house on the right, and crawled through the window. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

A scream crawls its way from my throat and explodes loudly. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled feetfirst through the opening and disappeared from sight. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Feeling prickles of fear running over my skin, I crawl into her stone home and sit down. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sure he’d come at us again, but instead, he crawled into their bedroom and passed out for the night. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He’d crawl out, renew his LED paint, and then come back when he could see what was what. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to run and his leg rebroke under him and he crawled up the ragged slope to the roadbed where it was happening. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled through it, and before he had time to glance up and see where he was, he heard a voice saying, “Look who’s here!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

On her elbows, she tries to crawl to the door but pants in frustration after a few yards. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The time crawled by like a tortoise with arthritis, but finally the kitchen clock said 5:17. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once they had been six, five whimpering blind in the snow beside their dead mother, sucking cool milk from her hard dead nipples whilst he crawled off alone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Drunk, smiling, she crawled beneath the furs and took him in her mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her quick steps slowed to a crawl as she neared the table. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He crawled over to it and fumbled with the receiver. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two hobbits trussed their small packs, put them on ready for flight, and then crawled deeper into the fern. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When I'm sure that no one is patrolling the street, I dart through the shadows toward the house and crawl to a broken board that leads under the porch. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Then I crawled through the window after him, because the thought of Frankie being out of sight made me sick to my stomach. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We crawl below the porches at numbers fourteen and eighteen Crispin Drive. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Why did you stay in the hedge and leave him to crawl about in the open?” he asked. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every afternoon in the summer we’d crawl into my tree house to read arm-loads of books filled with great quests and dangerous adventures. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“You aren’t going to crawl back in your hole, are you?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had crawled off to lick his wounds. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Had something crawled under the floor and died? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He shuddered and something cold crawled over his skin. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, well, well, look who finally crawled out of the sewers! It’s the dog eater!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Tidbit collapsed by the stream and then crawled into the water to cool off. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I patted the bag, safe from discovery, and crawled out from under the house. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She massaged it, trying to push out some of the numbness that had crawled in, trying to process that she’d just shoved a part of her body into—what?—another world. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When the bottle was empty, she crawled to the gutter and refilled it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The sun had passed over the trees once or perhaps twice since she had crawled to her present bed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I acted excited but later, after dinner, crawled into my parents’ bed, claiming I was too tired to go. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Nathan got on his hands and knees and began to crawl on the floor, careful not to breathe loudly. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The tight little crawl space under the floorboards suddenly felt like a coffin, like I was already dead and buried. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He climbs out of the crawl space and kicks the jugs in frustration. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We started to crawl across the clearing at the signal of the first group that had made it across. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Nathan crawled into his window, and before he took off the bow guard, he grabbed a gummy bear and held it up to the ceiling. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She crawled toward Mini, but it was like crawling over ice. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jasmin crawls down a steep flight of stairs to a tiny bodega below. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

And that made Chet’s skin crawl, considering he was the one who did both of those things. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I crawl across my mattress and heave a sigh. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She thought that the dark might let her crawl close and free Gendry, but the guards kindled torches off the cookfire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He crawled to the boots on all fours, sat, tried them on. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally crawled out into the big part of the cave, every muscle stiff, every rock she’d slept on imprinted on her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

As the mighty battle came to its climax, Gerald crawled up on a chair and stood on the kitchen table, waving his arms triumphantly. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he rose the next morning, he forced himself to crawl from the warm sleeping bag and pull on his stiff cold clothes. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He inched closer and opened his arms; I crawled in and rested my head on his shoulder. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The staircase comes sharply into view and Axel crawls toward it on hands and knees. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

For several years he floated from one crisis to another until the overdose death of a close friend motivated him to crawl his way back to sobriety. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Others crawled with armed men who eyed them with suspicion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

With the storm over, the first watch crawled into the bows to try to catch some sleep. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Badly wounded and shocked, the survivors on the roadway tried to crawl back to the safety of the ditch, only to be buried beneath rubble which thundered down on them. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Jule left the bathroom, crawled across the floor, and crouched beneath the window to look out. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He began to crawl slowly under the midday sun that illuminated the village one last time before we brought darkness to it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I dropped off the windowsill like I’d been shoved, crawled across the floorboards, and switched off the main light. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his belly, his chin resting on his hands, looking at Barbarossa as if he were some strange animal who had just crawled out of the canal and crept into Ida's house. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I opened the back door and crawled in. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I watch it crawl down the street for the longest time till I get the sense to alert somebody. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I put my sketch pad on the rug and crawled to the window. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She covered her fece, eyes watering, and tried to cough up the finger of flame that had crawled down her throat. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I crawled up on my bed and stroked the hungry Frightful. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the chemical penetrated the soil the poisoned beetle grubs crawled out on the surface of the ground, where they remained for some time before they died, attractive to insect-eating birds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

As I finally crawl into my tree, I wonder what she took with her. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled into bed without brushing my teeth, expecting to toss and turn all night. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he slammed the door and crawled into bed. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He moved stiffly from being so cold, but his joints didn’t ache as they had when he crawled from the tent early that morning. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We watched one crawl to the graves and begin to eat the dirt, coughing and gagging all the while. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I crawled out of the blankets and opened the side door. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flies crawled upon it, and here and there the sharp points of gravel pressed up through the flesh. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had crawled under another bunk and huddled, too frightened to cry. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re almost at the toll booths and the traffic comes to a crawl. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He fell forward then clawed and crawled out of the holy water of the river onto the bank in front of me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father’s long jacket caught under his knees as he crawled and jerked his face down into the dust. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he crawled across the floor and stuffed his belongings back into his pack. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He watched the ants crawl across the mangoes, and he knew where they paused to sniff the sugar inside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Before the gale ended that afternoon, the men had had to crawl onto the deck three times to get rid of the boat’s shell of ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

That night, I crawl into bed, stare at the lucky penny, and think about all the things that make me lucky. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I crawled back to the cave and began to pack the things I owned. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a second I thought about drawing Riptide and facing her, but my heart crawled into my throat. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I crawled along, doubled back, and passed her before rolling underneath a van. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Celestine asks, slowing the car to a crawl, as the hawkers start to wave and call out to us. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The canopy of trees, vines, deadfall, and undergrowth formed a wall of dark green vegetation that would have been hard to crawl through. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Cora crawled to it, stooping beneath the rafters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He strung the tent and Joyce crawled in first. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The beach was crowded for a Saturday, and their pace slowed to a crawl as they got closer to the arts center. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

All I want is to crawl back into bed and wake up again, to find out that all of it was just a bad dream. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Ahead, the light turns red, and Morgan crawls to a stop. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Miyax clapped, and tossing her head like a pup, crawled in a happy circle. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again Rupa crawled forward and pushed the stick deep into the cave, offering the milky vest to the baby. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not such a crazy amount, as he had, which he felt brought on the sickness in the night—but just enough to stave off the hunger a bit He crawled into the shelter. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Matt’s dog, Moonie, crawled up and he put his arms around me too. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

When I crawled into bed sometimes I would lie there and try to remember what had happened. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then I crawled out, pushed on through the willows and onto the bank. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He crawled up on Old Dan’s head, trying to force him under. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went very slowly, for I had to crawl on my hands and knees, carrying the food tied to my back, and dragging the weapons. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Catherine returned to where I sat, but the whole thing made me want to crawl under a table and disappear. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

From there he had crawled some distance farther and slept under a scrub oak tree. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had finally crawled out from under the covers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

With Park siphoning off current and funneling it to the ground, the level of voltage that Shin was exposed to as he crawled over his friend’s back was probably not close to being lethal. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He marveled at the slowness of their speech; words seemed to crawl from their mouths and drop like stones to the floor. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan got to his hands and knees and crawled to the edge of the ice sheet. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Before she reached the supermarket she cut across a fence into some wasteland and along an old drive, then crawled under a hedge. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

When he grinned, it was enough to make my skin crawl. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The boy didn’t speak, but he crawled slowly out of the hammock, barely rocking it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Shay started to crawl, the board bouncing along behind her like a littlie’s balloon. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I crawl through bloodstained leaves to the eaves of the forest, and there peak out. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otto struggled down from my arms and crawled to the pile of old straw on the far side. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I got down on my knees and crawled to one of the binocular machines. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Alec got on his hands and knees and crawled out from around the tree, keeping under the line of shrubs and bushes. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A lizard crawled out of his pocket and down his leg. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Right, queen,” Jesse mumbled and crawled out of the low entrance of the castle stronghold. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Periodically, I suit up, crawl into the airlock with as much junk as I can fit, and dump it outside. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You heard what Mother said. And it’s just silly, that’s all. Mice make a mess all over everything and spoil people’s books and get in the flour bin and crawl in people’s clothes.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, strictly for safety’s sake, I crawled back to the lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We dropped to our knees and crawled over to them. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Kate crawled to the edge of the hole, pushed aside some tendrils and shone her flashlight down into the darkness. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully, the men crawl down and reach for him. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She crawled under the planks, covering her nose with her hand. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When we were little, I could crawl into his bed if I was scared. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The brush of invisible fingers crawled up the back of my neck. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The girl tries to crawl inside my jacket as the noise from the bedroom reaches us from inside. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I hear things. At night. They crawl along the pillows and into my ears.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

After slipping back into his room and sitting the gift on the bedside table, I lift the covers to crawl into bed next to him. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Soldiers crawled over the city walls like ants with torches, and crowded the hoardings that had sprouted from the ramparts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Ants begin to crawl out of the blisters on my hands and I can't shake them free. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A wave of frantic, frustrated frogs, big ones, little ones, brown ones, green ones, men frogs and women frogs, a wave of them broke over the bank, crawled, leaped, scrambled. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because when fear begins to crawl, it just keeps coming. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ocean is made of salt water, and I wonder for a moment if it’s possible that we were actually born of the sea and crawled ourselves onto these islands. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mouth moved, once, twice, three times, before something resembling a word crawled out of it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Just then the flap on the front of the lodge was opened, a gust of steam poured out and up like a giant’s breath, and men started to crawl out. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He crawled out of his bed, tiptoed across the room, and kneeled down on mine. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

No one could stand upright and pass through it; the only way to go through that passageway was to crawl. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wished he could just quit and crawl out. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled over to Pond and held his neck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Kino crawled into the largest one and lay down and knew that he could not be seen from the outside. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wriggled out of the crawl space and went back into his cabin. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was noon before the first of us crawled out of our quarters. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nights were long, and sometimes Bod would apologize and crawl to bed exhausted before midnight. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

When the air fell still, with just a few voices calling orders in the distance, I hiked up my skirts and crawled out through the window. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the boards are back in place, Mrs. Bessermann slides under that bed, while Siunek crawls beneath the new one I bought off a junk cart five days ago. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I kind of want to go home and crawl into bed with my iPod. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The road was just wide enough for two carts to pass abreast, so whenever a wagon headed west passed one going east, both had to slow to a crawl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I can focus on the sound instead of whatever thoughts would crawl into my head in silence. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Another pair of legs, wearing brown men's shoes, appears in the space Mina has just crawled out of. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We knew immediately who they were, and our flesh crawled. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He roared and shook to be free, to crawl away, to escape into the ruins of the night. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she was jerking for real because something crawled across her feet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I put my clothes to dry at the fire, crawled into bed, and fell into a dreamless sleep. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Just looking at it made my skin crawl, but I hadn’t come halfway around the world just to run away screaming at the sight of a scary house. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Three hours later, when I crawled into my sleeping bag, the doctors were still gingerly thawing Beck’s frozen limbs in a pot of lukewarm water, working by the glow of their headlamps. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the bottoms of my jeans were still damp from the snow, I accepted her terms and conditions and crawled under the covers. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Spider crawled onto the handle of his backpack and they kept going. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As March continued, the weather turned to rain and then to snow, and the men crawled into their damp sleeping bags in complete, wretched misery. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Without waiting to ask, I crawl in the Jeep beside Shiloh, and Dad don’t say no. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lorraine had dropped her sunglasses, so I crawled the short distance over to them and back to Mr. Pignati’s side. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

But just then the car slowed again, this time to a rumbling crawl. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Neither did he look up when I crawled out from under the shelter to get as far away from him as I could. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crawl space was tight, with a slanted ceiling covered with tiny saw-toothed stalactites. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

When she crawled out of bed, long moments later, she was alone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It wipes out the sensibilities, I merely crawl still farther under the coffin, it shall protect me, though Death himself lies in it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember what happened to my best friend, Bugs, when a cockroach crawled in his ear one night at the Home. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He crawled around Alec and slowly peeked over the chair to take a look. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Panting, trembling, I crawl out and wrap my arm around a lamppost for an anchor, although the ground’s perfectly flat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He crawls under a barbed-wire fence, then under a double strand of smooth wire. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He pushes in the door and climbs the stairs to Italy just as Alphie crawls out from under the bed covered with marmalade and dirt. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He roasted the langosta over the fire, and later we crawled into the hut to spend our first night on the silent island. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so while Mig held the knife pointed in the direction of the princess, the Pea sat and let the rat crawl over her back, doing her buttons up for her, one by one. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I crawl into the cupboard, draw up my knees, I’ll choke on it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up exactly when infants are supposed to, rolled over right on schedule, and crawled on cue. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Dizzy and very tired Sam, and Frodo following him, crawled up the last step, and sat down rubbing their legs and knees. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“The ladybird thing only works because all ladybirds crawl to the top of the stem and then fly.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer crawled over his father and stumbled to the door. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Panda-Laney ate the other two carrots with less enthusiasm, then crawled back to her mom’s heels and looked up. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When I was done, I gathered the worry dolls and crawled under the ugly flower print comforter. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Then he peeled back the comforter and crawled into Miranda’s bed with the almanac. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I watched a ladybug crawl along the edge of the sink. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In a panic he crawled out from under the punt and raced silently down the street after Gebu, who walked stolidly ahead. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Instead I crawl onto the futon, under the duvet, with a cup of coffee and the Toronto phone book, and start looking up names. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But fresh words that somehow crawl through my scalp until I feel I may be mad. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Two more little spiders crawled out and waved. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I knelt down and crawled under my table, pretending to pickup supplies, just in time to hide the first tears that sneaked down my cheeks. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I thought she was going to crawl out of her skin by the time the last car pulled forward into the night. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When I got home, I crawled into bed and wept like a baby. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the caterpillars continued to crawl toward each other and upward on Robert de Sorbonne’s forehead. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

In the dark and middle of the night, I stumbled into Ma’s bedroom and crawled into her bed next to her. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

From inside the snake, the swallowed girl had managed to crawl up. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Josef has crawled out of bed to see what is happening. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I kept trying to crawl away from the blows, but I didn’t have the strength or the coordination to get far. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the tumblers clicked, it popped open; Lefty crawled on top of Desdemona and the two of them hardly even moved; the ocean swells did the work for them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

All around us, people are shaking their legs crazily as if trying to get rid of animals that have crawled up their pant legs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped to my hands and knees and crawled forward alongside the humming body of the plane. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A hobo could crawl up her steps and faint from hunger and she wouldn’t give him a dime. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Small flames stirred at the trunk of a tree and crawled away through leaves and brushwood, dividing and increasing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

When dinner was over and bedtime crawled in, Jam lay in her sheets waiting for her parents to fall asleep, properly asleep, before she could risk going back into the studio without waking them up. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The Secretary knelt down and began to crawl under the throne. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She crawled faster now, like some horrible scuttling mutant spider. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then turning her maimed head away, she rolled aside and began to crawl, claw by claw, towards the opening in the dark cliff behind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I want to put it on and crawl under the white knobbly blanket and white sheets in one of those high-off-the-ground beds and sleep. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Armed with garbage bags we proceeded grimly through the house, emptying shelves and cabinets and crawl spaces, discovering geometries of dust beneath objects unmoved for years. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I crawled through the grass to the edge of the cliff and peered out. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Tiny Tim, on a shelf nearby, heard me and crawled out of his newspaper nest, so I let him sniff my finger, then I gave him a few sunflower seeds. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He had been looking at Yawar, but now he turned his head in my direction, and I felt little bumps crawl on the back of my neck. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

This giant was smaller than a lot of monsters he had faced, but something about him made Percy’s skin crawl. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to crawl under the nearest car. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother had said, “Sounder will crawl to the darkest, farthest part of the cabin.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I gave up and crawled into my hemlock tent, hungry, cold, and miserable. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The investigation crawled forward without attracting much attention. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Full of elation and confidence, all his terrors forgotten, Hazel crawled over to Pipkin and together they slipped into the undergrowth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Garrett, who had insisted he was okay sleeping in his room, had, at some point, surrendered all macho pretense and crawled in with me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“They keep the lights off, and they crawl on the floor, away from the doors and windows. I don’t know how much food they got. Might be they’ll starve before the Feds give up.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We crawled into the back, stowing away beneath a tarpaulin. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He starts clapping; Bridget looks around for a hole to crawl in. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Lady Constance had crawled atop the piano for safety. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I knows you is, so I brung a special bracelet for you; crawl on over here and get it, girl.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Or I’m roaming the streets, or the Annex is on fire, or they come in the middle of the night to take us away and I crawl under my bed in desperation. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Vainly they crawled and clambered about the walls of the coomb, seeking to escape. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Before I could rejoice, thinking you were on the mend, you clutched at your stomach, crawled a few feet away, retched, and threw up. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I must have twisted it, and instead of being able to run away I tried to crawl, but by then another old farmer was on me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled over more bones, small ones that came from cats and bits of birds. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Holding a lamp, he stood aside as Min crawled in. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Then he crawled into the sleeping bag his mother had sewn for him and slipped into unconsciousness. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawl across the bed to get to the window and pull the curtains to the side. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Other babies crawled and played nonchalantly, as if they were accustomed to the shrieking boy in the crib. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Roused by the activity, Otto crawled out from under my shirt, hopped to the ground, and approached the other bonobo. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lobster crawls along the bottom eating what it can find. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Gollum crawled along close to the brink for a little way, snuffling and suspicious. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Gathering a blanket around her shoulders, Alice crawled to the fire and put another log on the ashy heap, stirring it until she found a few red embers, and put the saucepan on to heat. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He got down on his hands and knees and crawled to the edge of the table. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped out of my nightshirt, put some clothes on, then crawled out my window and dropped on the ground. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He crawled stiffly to his feet and picked his way back along the shoreline toward camp. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I dart forward and crawl beneath the barbed wire. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She managed to crawl to a window and get a passerby’s attention. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Come Sunday morning, Mrs. was dressed and ready for church, with a pinned-on hat, a shiny black purse, and black gloves that crawled past her wrists. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The docks crawl with laughing drunks and sailors stinking of sweat and salt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Spider said and then crawled back into the ceiling. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Two more days crawled by; then, on May 13, their judgment came. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden I caught sight of Snout sniffing at the spot where I’d crawled through. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to flatten herself to the floor and crawl away. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The bed dipped as I crawled across it, wrapping my arms around his chest from behind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We crawled underneath a barbed wire fence to get a closer look at them as they passed by several times a day. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled up in the buggy box with my dogs and hung my feet out Grandma came over and asked me about warm clothes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are more in the drawers but I just crawl between the covers of my bed in my underclothes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is usually reported that the youngster crawls on all fours, makes those sounds learned from his foster parents, and perhaps even thinks like a wolf. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

His flesh crawled; in that hot, dim little room of worn things, he was chilled. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were both grinning so big, a raccoon could have crawled up in their mouths and settled down inside. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrap myself in a towel and crawl onto the chair, draping the sleeping bag around me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I crawl into my cell and close my eyes. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then Archer crawled into the hammock and took her in his arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Surely I would have heard pounding steps or at least one “Home free!” but when I opened the door and crawled out, I couldn’t see any signs of the game. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gasped, trying to fill his lungs, then got to his knees and crawled toward the bridge. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t, so I said good-bye, and crawled in. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crawled to the opposite side of the nook, in the corner of her latest cage. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to crawl in between those black lines of print the way you crawl through a fence, and go to sleep under that beautiful big green fig tree. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It seemed that some of the Men had ridden in close, slipped off their horses, crawled to the edge of the camp and killed several Orcs, and then had faded away again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I carefully climb back down the ladder and crawl into bed with Malia. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The ground at his feet split open and skeletons crawled forth—dead Romans with missing hands and caved-in skulls, cracked ribs, and jaws unhinged. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Food makes me sleepy again, and I just about crawl up the stairs. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It makes my skin crawl, makes me feel like I'm not myself anymore. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When he crawled away from the flaming wreckage, I imagine he looked more like a corpse than a living man. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So I went back down on my hands and knees, and I crawled around in the dark woods looking for the letter and the sandwiches. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then he fell again and crawled forward, trailing the wire through the grass with the broken peg snickering behind it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dogs would crawl from their baskets, yawn and stretch themselves, wander out on to the terrace and blink at the first struggles of the pale sun coming through the mist. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

If I were hungry, I would happily hunt anything that runs or crawls or flies, even relatives, and tear them down with my teeth. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something about the new arrival that made his skin crawl. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It tugged the floating carton toward the ocean, which, at high tide, had crawled across the beach and was making the far side of Atlantic Avenue foamy with surf. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They crawl along the floor like golden and white snakes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

We crawled inside the man-trip and sat side by side, facing forward. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Orange and purple shadows crept over the land as the sun went down that night, and Miyax crawled into her sleeping skin noting that the days were growing shorter. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He left the knight to sort that out and crawled up the ladder to the cabin roof. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He lay on the grass and let the baby crawl over him, yank his beard, and put a foot in his eye without the slightest protest. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding a hand over my mouth to muffle my frantic breathing, I gaped at the trunk as though the awful contents might crawl from it. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled over desiccated rat bodies and their nests. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Your great-uncle—?” Now Marie-Laure wonders what memories crawl over the woman across from her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Because I took such interest in my studies and in that good goal of becoming a teacher, time no longer crawled by like a snail trying to get to the top of a big stone. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a minute it hurts even more as the bandage material, the human cell whatever the hell she talked about, crawls into the wounds and makes a bind. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“He just crawled up under the house and died,” she said. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the west, silver headlights crawled slowly across the spidery steel arch of the new Aurora Bridge. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There was word that the pestilence crawled towards the city from the north shore, and that soon, in the alleys, we should be dying of it. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They turned up slope and half crawled, half climbed into the thicker cover of the trees. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He ate them quickly, five, six, seven tears, then climbed out of the pond, crawled onto a smooth rock and began to speak. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crew staggered like dead men, utterly beaten from their labors, trying to pitch tents so they could crawl in to sleep. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

A terror of drowning swept over him, and he tried to crawl away from the trough. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crawled out the other end and shook her head. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It made my spine crawl as I wrote it down and it makes me shiver again to read the words I just wrote. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The music crawls through my bones, seeps real deep into my skin. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He ceased to crawl and sat up, pushing back his hood so he could see around him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She listened to rodents crawl through the weeds. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then she bolted awake and gagged again, and after a few dry heaves, she finally crawled forward, away from the mess, and curled into a ball. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I crawl onto my favorite beanbag chair and grab the fleece blanket that somebody left in a basket on the bottom of the bookshelf. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Leaf shadows and sunlight dappled the backs of her hands as she crawled after James into the teepee. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

James grabbed his backpack and crawled out of the teepee. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He crawled deeper into the black gauzy web where he could rest in the silence, where his coming and going through this world was no more than a star falling across the night sky. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then I discovered the greatest selling appeal of all—one that crawls through nearly all American life. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Humming the catchy chorus of “Ten Tap Tim,” I crawled through to the other end of the hedge. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Before the daylong dusk ended and true night came again they had crawled and stumbled to its very feet. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Right now I was too tired to think anymore so I closed my suitcase, put the proper knots back in the twine, crawled under the Christmas tree and wrapped myself in the blanket. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Shay crawled into the window, laughing, as Tally gathered her into a hug, warm and joyful and solid. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They were such weird songs it took me a while to realize they followed the tunes of Christian hymns, “Onward Christian Soldiers” and “What a Friend I Have in Jesus,” which made my skin crawl. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra Russell was set to crawl out next. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I lie down on the bed and crawl under the duvet. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark got off one more shot before he began to crawl backward up the stairs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Terror clawed at her throat, even as she fought for calm and crawled toward the exit. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The first night of our new life, Georgie and I had crawled through the open kitchen window of our house and crept to our parents’ bedroom. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I crawled into bed, pushing him against the wall. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I wish I could crawl back into my room and pull the covers over my head. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I could tell how long they had been dead by the stink and by the bugs that crawled over them. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas wiggled his arms and legs to scoot away from Teresa, then crawled a few more feet to throw up, emptying his stomach. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The first week of winter break seemed to crawl by. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Other parts we have to crawl at an excruciatingly slow pace, because of rocks bulldozed into five-foot berms, intentionally formed into a maze designed to direct the flow of water. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Barrel boys don’t have parents. We’re born in the harbor and crawl out of the canals.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When we passed the cherubs, Ricky slowed to a crawl and peered doubtfully down my grandfather’s block. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And then she pointed to the bra rack, and a part of me wanted to crawl under the discarded piles of kids’ pajamas and die. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I wait for a minute or two and then crawl across the floor. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They crawled into the bed beside each other, still wearing all their clothes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

With eight other Mexicans he did not know, he crawled through a sewer tunnel that started in Tijuana and ended on the other side of the border, in what Mexicans call El Norte. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The silk ripples out behind her in waves, and jewels crawl in a pattern up her arms like snakes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He crawled back in, under the ledge, and sat. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can walk on my knees, or crawl on them, I mean,” I hear myself say. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Nearly two million ethnic Koreans now live in China’s three northeast provinces, with the highest concentration in Jilin, which Shin entered when he crawled across the frozen river. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A drop of sweat crawls down my neck. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It’s Byrd, awake, like before when she’d ask, “Want to crawl in?” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I kept my church hat on a shelf in a hatbox, and every Sunday when I’d pick it up to take my hat out, roaches would crawl out. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lost, we crawled under a sweep of pine boughs, and I curled myself around my sister, who was so much smaller. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Sunny crawled over to his glasses, picked them up, and brought them to him. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

When simple plants colonized the land and the first creatures crawled gasping from the sea, the Appalachians were there to greet them. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mark’s insides turned over with a surge of nausea; he crawled on his hands and knees until he finally found a bathroom. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They crawl under obstacles, do push-ups, scale ropes suspended from the ceiling—one hundred children passing sleek and interchangeable in their white uniforms like livestock before the eyes of the examiners. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Still handcuffed, Cole crawled awkwardly over the bow onto the slippery rocks. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He crawled into his bunk, clutching that thought like a child with a doll. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I came from México, but there’s a lot of people here who, when they hear that, they think I crawled out of hell. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Alex tried to crawl back to the living room, but it was miles away. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He lurched to the window and crawled through it. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At home, I ignore the half-done poster on my desk and crawl into bed without even changing. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I spend it alone on the roof, hoping that Erin will crawl through my bedroom window and snuggle up to me, like she did so many times before. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crawled under the fence and pulled her belongings through. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every night when we crawled back through the hole to the ghetto, she ran for the courtyard. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

This endless stream of humanity clogging the small field road—did they suddenly crawl out of a hole? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I pushed my way up and out of the crawl space. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I crawl in between the sheets like a five-year-old and let her tuck me in. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then, as if waking from a deep sleep, he slapped my father with such force that he fell down and then crawled back to his place on all fours. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, all he knew this morning when he crawled out of bed was that he could not stand another day of Union victory celebrations. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Joey crawled up on the backseat and looked at the back window. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the main entrance bottlenecked, people crawled over the windowsills. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But once the day was truly over, when the curfew bell had rung and all lay still as stone, I crawled from my hiding place. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Shaking and unable to stand, he crawled back to his sleeping platform. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan quietly crawled through the corridor and into what he knew to be the last hall. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He went on among the creepers until he reached the great mat that was woven by the open space and crawled inside. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The old dog Fred had protected that fateful night crawled out from underneath the dumpster. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The hall was dim, so I decided it was safer to crawl to the living room to eavesdrop. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I gestured to Mo, mimicking a crawl close to the rock face. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The sun traveled farther westward; sage and cholla shadows shifted slightly; some ants crawled up their pant legs “1 guess we might as well begin,” Snuffy said, slowly unbending his aching limbs, arising. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Screams hushed to whimpers and the trembling guests crawled out from under tables and peered out of closets. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to, more or less, crawl into the barrel, headfirst. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Dad looked at me as if I had just crawled out from under a stump. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He waited until she crawled to the opening. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In order not to lose himself in such thoughts, Gregor preferred to set himself moving and crawled up and down in his room. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

She placed her feet onto the wall and crawled the rest of the way to the top of the ceiling. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And Sunny crawled around solemnly biting each of Edgar and Albert’s shoes, leaving small teeth marks in each one so she would not be forgotten. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Asha crawled out from under her sleeping furs and pushed her way out of the tent, knocking aside the wall of snow that had sealed them in during the night. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Before she can change her mind, she crawls over to her sleeping laptop, propped open on her bed, and taps the keyboard to nudge it awake. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Where monsters crawled out of their dark places and were found dead in northern villages, or were somehow reborn in the soft little bodies of human babies. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His head scrambled, Colin crawled to the Archduke's obelisk, the only geographical location in the world that wasn't currently spinning. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

A snake crawled out from under the house. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

That same night, while the curfew was in force, he had crawled to the big house on the corner and knocked at Blanca’s window. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized this once we climbed into the presidential limo and began our slow crawl to the White House, leading the inaugural parade. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They’re in my hair, on my skin, crystalized wings fluttering all over me, trying to crawl across my eyes and into my ears and even up my nose. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Rather than crab-walking, I let go of the last of my dignity and just crawled on my hands and knees toward the gauzy light coming from the mouth of the tunnel. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t quite stand up, but I could crawl in and kneel or squat comfortably. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I still feel numb and confused when I walk back to the dormitory later and crawl back into bed. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A sickly feeling crawls way down to the soles of my feet. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It kept its beady black eyes on me, clamping its pincers as it crawled onto my shoe. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I crawl in after him, and the two of us are crammed in his honeycomb side by side. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he crawled in under the decking,” suggested Abel. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had written that when he crawled as a baby his head was so heavy he kept dropping it on the floor. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this point he had nothing to do but wait, and overwhelmed with self-reproach and worry, he began to creep and crawl over everything: walls, furniture, and ceiling,. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to slap her face, to make her crawl, and then to hold her in my arms and kiss her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I crawl over, into the milk, and hold her. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Before I crawled into bed, I heard the muffled footsteps of the hoot-owl miners trudging through the deepening snow. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Then prove it. You get down on your hands and knees and crawl before your flag.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Five yards from where I fell, I crawl through a tangle of plants into a pond. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When I crawl to the lip of the horn and hang over the edge, I feel Peeta's hands grip me for support. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I crawled from under the table, bringing the carpet and the table down upon my head in my haste. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Dandy crawled up beside me, whimpered briefly, and laid his head on my feet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A spider of anxiety crawled up the back of my neck. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sam Malloy crawled out of the boiler and sat on his wood block and looked at the lightening east. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Terror did not engulf me wholly, but crawled along my mind like a tedious paralysis. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plath crawled into my lap and licked my chin. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Harry went next; he crawled forward, headfirst, and slid down an earthy slope to the bottom of a very low tunnel. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Nina crawled over the rocks and knelt beside them, “Let me help before you crack his sternum. Does he have a pulse?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He went down to the beach and crawled under an overturned rowboat and peeked out at the little waves. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just want to crawl into a hole and die.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I crawled back to the other room, positioning myself on the floor so I could see the back door. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Grandpa ran at me and tried to grab my leg, but I crawled out of reach. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel put her backpack down and crawled in, and the bed embraced her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Tossing her head in wolf happiness, she crawled out of her tent on all fours and nudged him under the chin. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A murmuring crawls to the window now, followed by a voice. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He crawled back out from under the boat. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Joe crawled up front and peered around the edge of a tire. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shivering, she wrapped her blanket tighter around herself and crawled over to the hearth to stir the coals. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She and Sasha had to crawl into the back of the plummeting plane and clamber out through the lower hatch, too. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The other kids stared, and their eyes on me made my skin crawl, but then Mr. Harding called on someone else and the itchy feeling was gone. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it crawled completely out of the green and onto the khaki and lost itself among dozens and dozens of other worms that were wriggling or just lolling about between the sea and the sky. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The lice crawled through my hair and my clothes as I finally drifted off to sleep. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

If too many people were logged in at the same time, the simulation would slow to a crawl and avatars would freeze in midstride as the system struggled to keep up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It looks at me, then it crawls back in. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He climbed up the ladder, which was taller than any of us, while Cory and I crawled into the garden. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He crawled out from under his blanket and eagerly followed his teacher, winding his way through the crowd of Gladers who slept on the lawn, their snores the only sign they weren’t dead. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She asked Papa to seal the base of the tent by piling extra dirt, about six inches high, all around it outside so that animals, especially snakes, could not crawl underneath during the night. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He crawl under that grocery bag a clothes Miss Hilly give me, been setting there for months. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Percy wanted him to be at least conscious enough to crawl out of the way when the fighting started. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

On the black earth on which the ice plants bloomed, hundreds of black stink bugs crawled. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roza cracked the rear door and crawled inside, burying herself in tarps and cleats and empty shopping bags. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He laughs and tries to crawl away, even as she claws at his ankle and wallops another pillow at his head. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He crawled, reaching out to the pointed heel of one sitting lady, and mimed the word Help. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Gerald crawled under the table then, flicking the lighter over and over again to light the way for G.I. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if the adults walking past him did not all crawl, once. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly he collected his map case and his three flak suits and crawled back to the main compartment. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I wish there wasn’t this hole at the top. Any old rat thing could crawl inside.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

We crawl out of the tent and find Abram lying there, an arrow in his side. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The girl crawled on all fours until she found her stick, then sprang back to her feet, bruised and dirty. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It had sloped up so high onto Mr. Newton’s house that when Turner got there the next morning, Mr. Newton had crawled out the second-story window and was shoveling off the roof of his porch. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“They can crawl back out. I like to watch. They work so hard.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She crawled over to face him and held his hand tightly. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Looking down at the black, empty doorways, Tally’s skin crawled with the thought of descending to peer into one. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The blueprints covered the floor like a carpet and Donovan crawled over the face of them following Powell’s erratic pencil. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

A bug crawled down the middle of his back. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I turn around and crawl into bed, staring at the black ceiling, hoping that tonight Khalid will come to visit me in my dreams. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I crawl through Voxy’s honeycomb cell and hold my breath as I slip the rolled baseball card into the tiny hole. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We marched down salt stairs, we crawled along salt floors, we passed stalagmites formed from salt water dripping off the ceiling. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Out from the water a long sinuous tentacle had crawled; it was pale-green and luminous and wet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

On my belly I crawled, pulling myself along, to the edge of the dust ring. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The eyelids and mouth are covered with small white eggs, some already hatching to become maggots, which crawl and disappear into the skin. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was in the bunker, while playing with the damp soil that crawled with crickets and ants, that the child had told Ugwu his name. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The rest were screaming in agony, praying, or trying to crawl off. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Lennie crawled slowly and cautiously around the fire until he was close to George. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

His Self had crawled into this priesthood, into this arrogance, into this intellectuality. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he touched it to the edge a bright red seam crawled up the side, then licked suddenly over the whole thing; the words were illumined for a moment before they curled and darkened. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The three of them carefully crawled forward to peer over the top of the platform. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then his fingers crawled up along his trembling leg to his holstered pistol, very quietly, and stroked and tapped the leather sheath. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bed was smoothly made he waited until Alice had left the room before he slipped off his trousers and crawled inside. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She crawled through my window behind me and sat on the ledge. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In his dream, Dallas crawled out from under the tree and went to the edge of the stream, where a spectacular silver bird hopped along the bank. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

With my last shreds of consciousness, I scour the ground for my scims and crawl out of the darkness. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The humorless TSA guy lets them get into the slow-moving crawl to the metal detector, which has issues with his facial rings. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Once on the landing, I again crawl along under the sill until I’m at the same vantage point as last night, then rise just enough to see into the studio...He’s still there. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Some crying crawls to the doorway where I stand. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The few who had survived crawled out to cry at her feet. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

So too did the tiny insects that crawled upon them: the beetles and wasps, the bees that floated from blossom to blossom. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Besides, my skin crawled at the thought of spending the rest of the night staring at Yakov’s empty bed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The opening under the fence had caved in and I had to pull the rocks away before we could crawl through. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others squatted down to watch the ones that had lost wings crawl on the ground, to follow them as they held on to one another and moved like a black string, a mobile necklace. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She stops cleaning for a moment, and watches the crawl of secondary stories at the bottom of the screen. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When we get to the hidden passageway, he crawls in with only a single inscrutable glance back at me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Airplanes crawl across the sky, it seems to Werner, incredibly slowly. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I crawl now, through the mud, dragging myself toward the scent. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

David crawled inside, his feet disappearing into the darkness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The two low work-tables faced one another; between them crawled the conveyor with its load of separate parts; forty-seven blonde heads were confronted by forty-seven brown ones. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It then crawled, or went crouching, back into the gloom beyond the lamps. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

That they had only two minutes to get to the crawl space under the house and that Miss Trotter wouldn’t go without Mama and Papa so JimmyTrotter had to get the photograph from the mantel. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

After a while Neeley came in, crawled under his cot and pulled out a ragged catcher’s mitt. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You snagged on that nail again. Cant you never crawl through here without snagging on that nail.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neeley prepared to crawl under the table if the snakes became active. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red buses and beetle-black taxis crawled through traffic on narrow streets. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There was only one thing Haley was certain of: They hadn’t crawled in through a book return slot. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

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

I thought they’d crawled away and found the sea and lived happily ever after. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

After four days crawled by, talk started up ’bout sending someone to that village in Michigan to see if there was a problem. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

When Felix was over I thought By would force me to watch more cartoons but he didn’t, he let me crawl back behind the couch. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the help of her one-log raft, Florida had made her way to the bank and crawled up its muddy side. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Time slowed to an agonizing crawl; he felt as if the next day might never come. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

His seventeen-year-old face had grown lines; they zigzagged across his forehead, and inside each line a dark tension had crawled in. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

At Mrs. V’s house I learned to scoot and then to crawl. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The Celestial bronze O-ring slipped out of Leo’s pliers and slid into the depths of the crawl space. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Right after Momma and Dad went to bed and I crawled back there he’d come out with his pillow and blanket. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every leaf, every flower, every small creature that crawled or flew was beautiful. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bedbugs and kwalikwata crawled; women would untie their wrappers to reveal an ugly rash of reddened bites around their waists, like hives steeped in blood. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then they tossed me onto the floor and forced me to try to crawl to the button. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Slowly the Astrea crawled forward, stopped again, and began to swing sideways. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the same world of peoples there are other peoples who have to crawl in the dirt scrounging for a measly piece of garbage to eat. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

She scoots away and crawls to her knees, then stands. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A car slowed to a crawl near the curb. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

You must let them ooze and crawl of their own will onto a knife blade and then lift them gently into your bottle of sea water. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding on to the elm, he drew himself across the roof, then crawled down the trunk and onto Parker Head Road. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Black bugs, like ants, but bigger and blacker, crawled over it in a frenzy. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He crawled toward me, the sword noisily scraping on the cave’s rock floor. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shrugged my hand off her shoulder and crawled as far down the log as she could to get away from me. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahmed opens up the car door and says we should get going, so I quickly crawl into the backseat of the car before I start to seriously cry. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I crawled into bed with Little Arliss that night, feeling pretty satisfied with myself. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crawled in waves from her closet and waited in the shadows. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Tried to crawl inside himself, another thing he wished he could really do. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

They crawled back through the tunnel, none of them talking, and Harry wondered whether Ron and Hermione could still hear Voldemort ringing in their heads, as he could. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In fact, I must have crawled right over her on my way here. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Or by the time Gregor crawled across the few feet of stone that separated them, would he again be mumbling about fish and abandoning Gregor to the darkness? Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he crawls into a burrow beneath the roots, and disappears. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He slipped from his chair and crawled around to the head of the table. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after the landing he was able to crawl free of the aircraft, only to see that Masha and Galya were still trapped in the front cockpit of the burning Pe-2. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

How long she had bled, and sweated, and cried, no language on earth could tell—how long she had crawled through darkness she would never, never know. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When he could no longer see Joe Cassini’s car for the rain, Sam crawled out from under the bush and ran to the bowed arch. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Grumbling, Cole crawled stiffly from his warm sleeping bag. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The smell of stale grease and onions crawled over him, seeping from the walls, from the bed itself. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In one room, a beautiful woman sprawled naked on the floor while four little men crawled over her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Many victims tear off clothing, fling away their gloves, or crawl out of their sleeping bags. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

My feet punched down and the bottom was closer now and I crawled and kicked toward the sand. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The thought of getting into clean clothes with dirty skin made her flesh crawl. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Their parents crawled out of tin-and-tar-paper shacks and into the stench of sewage and rotting seaweed from the mudflats to the west. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Within the great circle of light, men crawl over the crumpled form of a collapsed school. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She tells me the poor wee dog was hit by a car and he crawled all the way from the middle of the street before he died.Wanted to come home, the poor wee creature. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, I crawled into bed with my shoes on and everything. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The people, thousands of them, crept forward, their limbs stretching, elongating as they limped and crawled and skittered like insects. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The effort made him dizzy, so afterward he crawled back onto the bench, curled up, and shut his eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My feet slow to a crawl and then I stand there, staring at him, suddenly thinking of Doña Rosa and how she died by herself. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Slowly, slowly he began to crawl aside; but the Black Captain, in doubt and malice intent upon the woman before him, heeded him no more than a worm in the mud. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I fetch a dixie and wood from the hut and we crawl into a small deserted lean-to which we use for such purposes. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truck crawled steadily and slowly but backward up Carmel Hill. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawl across the floor of my bedroom, the wood boards under my rug creaking ever so slightly. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And once, when no doorman was handy, he had to crawl into a yesterday’s paper and roll himself up in the second section till danger was past. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I felt the knot again as it crawled up in my throat. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watch the creatures crawl over each other. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“We only have like forty minutes to figure out how Loblolly and the Dandy Bandits crawled into the bank back in 1968!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She moved her belt around so Needle would not be in her way, and began to crawl. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A tremendous KABOOM! roared out of the crawl space, followed by a cannon blast of dust and debris. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Without hesitation, Shin crawled over his friend’s body, using it as a kind of insulating pad. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I still haven’t gotten over my fear of planes and shooting, and I crawl into Father’s bed nearly every night for comfort. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The skin on my neck crawled as I leaned forward into the damp dirt, hands pressed tightly against my ears, shoulders tensed to take the hit. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Fox reported that soon after he crawled into their tent Thursday evening, “Scott conked out and slept really hard for about two hours.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Through the freezing, foot-deep water sloshing around at the ship’s bottom, they crawled to the front of the ferry. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

All morning Etienne crawls along the attic floor with cables and pliers and tools her fingers do not understand, weaving himself into the center of what she imagines as an intricate electronic net. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I clomped toward the front of the room, the plaster cast on my leg banging on the wooden floor as I crawled. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

First thing in the morning, when the doors reopened, she needed to search through the Dewey decimal rooms to find a clue that would tell her exactly how and where the bandits had crawled in. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I crawled back into bed and pulled the sheet over my head. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I can still crawl in to Peeta through a small opening, but it's undetectable from the out� side. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I crawl up into the corner of the back seat. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

One of the rats woke Cora with its teeth and when she settled herself, she crawled across the dirt of the platform in her search. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And then I crawled into his unmade bed, wrapping myself in his comforter like a cocoon, surrounding myself with his smell. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I felt around, then crawled from beneath the shelter to look toward the sound. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a left and crawled toward the living room couch. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Nina crawled on hands and knees, seeking some kind of shelter. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Luckily, it was empty, and Señor Fidencio did not stop at all but crawled slowly through. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She set down the teapot and climbed into the crawl space with us. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I figured it was my mom who’d offered him a lift, knowing there was no way his own mother would crawl out of her boozy swamp just to take her son to some kid’s funeral. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Between moves they tip their heads back, swirl blood-colored brandy in glass globes and watch it crawl down the curved glass in liquid veins. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tan-and-black Wildcat crawled up to the curb, its growl low and tame. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I reached for the glass and bottle, and carefully, on my knees, with bent head, crawled to the farthest wall Cobwebs touched my face with the softness of moths. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Instead, the moment I stepped through the doors, my skin crawled with an anxious foreboding. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Corporal Gadafi would hold his fist up, and when he brought it down, we fell into the bushes and crawled quickly, without producing much sound, until we reached a designated tree. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I crawled through the shallow water and up the beach. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bareheaded and barefooted, my brother and I, along with nameless and countless other black children, used to stand and watch the men crawl in, out, over, and under the huge black metal engines. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She inched the car along at a crawl now, ignoring the annoyed honks of the cars behind her. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They have been kept for years in pill boxes, and yet on subjecting them to moisture, have crawled about appearing as well as ever. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Simon turned away from the open space and crawled through the creepers till he was in the dusk of the forest. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I slipped out of bed and onto the rug, and quietly, on my hands and knees, crawled over to see who it was. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Chubs’s blood was still warm on my skin, cooling every second, and it made me want to crawl out of it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Prosper undressed again and crawled underneath the blanket, next to Bo. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the tiny spiders crawled into the mouth of the hole, disappearing into its darkness. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And sometimes he crawled in the excelsior crate and slept. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the food was gone, it would lick its whiskers and crawl back under the veranda. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It wanted to crawl up my throat and drop out of my mouth, onto the meat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And ants crawled around; they had built high sandy mountains everywhere in the sage. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, after talking to Lorena on the phone for nearly two hours, I unlock Olga’s door and crawl into her bed. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

At home, I liked to see how fast I could crawl up and sit on my brothers’ shoulders while they were standing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He crawls frantically under a church pew, trying to work out how he can fight her. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I kneel down and crawl under the desk. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled along the gully in the direction that seemed the muddiest. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Chain of Fools” played on the radio, and I crawled around the side of the car to crank it up. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She crawled into her mother’s breast feathers and sat quietly. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I could crawl around okay without them on and I was more comfortable. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Within minutes of the official start time, we were running hall sprints, doing frog jumps and bear crawls until sweat was pouring from every inch of our bodies. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I crawled out of the room through a forest of legs. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

They crawled along, coming close to some clumps of underbrush, made a short detour, and suddenly Blanca saw it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the thrower scooped up money, and someone shouted, “Take it and crawl, you water dog, you, the best I know.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl crawls into the wardrobe and climbs a ladder and comes back down clutching a dented tin can. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The sexton paid no further attention to him, but crawled off down the path for another body, or for anything else that needed to be scavenged. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ripped it off and crawled along the listing deck until die water was only neck deep. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A bunch of countrified folks yelling and screaming, waving flags and chewing tobacco, forcing confused kids to crawl through mud, preparing them to get killed in a war? The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Mama! Mama!” she say, trying to crawl up in Miss Leefolt’s lap. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Adam crawled quiedy into the water, being very careful to make no splash. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Another spider, about the size of a golfball, crawled into the moonlight. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It crawled out from its den and stood on top of the mountain. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we began to see the thatched roofs, we crawled until we were closer to the village, to be able to look at what was going on. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

A trail of blood was left on the mud where the creature crawled. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Got it. Now explain that bit about ‘crawl spaces.’” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Then he got down off the sofa and ambled across the room and crawled into his hammock. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

As we ate the moi-moi and drank the Ribena, I watched a small car crawl around the base of the hill. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dell would wake up hours later and if he had the energy, make his way through the maze of his possessions to his bedroom, where he would crawl into a sleeping bag. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Lucinda looks as scared as “the little baby” who sometimes crawls into bed with her at night. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Aunt Consuelo held the flashlight so they could see to crawl into the rear of the truck. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Kaede crawled down a few feet, but she could not see him. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He’d gotten out of it in the night and crawled in headfirst and then twisted the opening around his feet. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

My mother sits on the side of the bed and Prim crawls right up next to me and they hold me, making quiet soothing sounds, until I am mostly cried out. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled under his bed and dragged out a dusty crate filled with green army men. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

First room the lobster crawls into is called the “kitchen.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Just like before, I crawl through Voxy’s sleep cell, poking the rolled baseball card into the hole so the door slides shut behind me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then I just crawled in the bed with her, and now that makes two of us that don’t feel like getting up ever again. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When John and Barbara crawled along the floor and each took hold of one of his shoes and gurgled, he just pushed them roughly away. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I crawled away from the street, away from the light, deeper into the shadows, dragging them with me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

For a long and panicked minute, she crawls among the leaves at the foot of the bench until her fingers find her cane. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As it crawled up the steep incline, a young man jumped out and ran alongside, carrying a wood block, ready to throw it behind the back tire if the lorry were to roll back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I slid down in my seat when Jake slowed the Corvette to a crawl and rolled down his window. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I am not for those in mud that crawl. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The tunnel looked big enough for a good-sized animal to crawl through. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Later, Cora crawled back up the steps, perching just beneath the door, and listened. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I think of the centipedes that used to crawl over my bed last summer, and think we are like them, with so many legs. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I rubbed a hand up and down him, and he crawled inside my damp sweatshirt, shivering against my clammy belly. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Warily I crawled out and stood myself at the opposite end of the table. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder if I crawled over there and kissed her feet if she’d pet me on the head?” he mused. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She set the book down, crawled over to him, and climbed in his lap. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Fear crawls up my throat, and I almost can’t say the last words. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She crawled over the remaining pile, getting a few dozen splinters in her free hand. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We lift off his heavy limbs, crawl free. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It pushes down deep and slowly crawls to my gut, where it settles for good. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He could not tell until they got closer, for they crawled on their hands and knees as they bent over the stones. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled into the tent and was soon fast asleep. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I crawled through the opening and landed in a heap on the floor two meters below. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I picked up the other shovel, and a copperhead snake crawled out from underneath it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost one p.m. by the time they parked, and Maya groaned as they crawled out of the car. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His lips crawled over the square holes of the harmonica like fat, puckered caterpillars. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The human tracks went off toward the mountain where the man must have crawled. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I whispered a prayer of thanks, then went back inside, turned out the lights, and crawled into bed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then, careful of her bad ankle, she got down on hands and knees and crawled inside. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

On the way home, when it was dark, Bill used to crawl up into a swivel seat right behind Dad. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometime later Stanley saw a tarantula crawl across the dirt, not too far from his hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He would sometimes crawl up under an undermined bank or into an old muskrat den. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel crawled through the nettles, dragging his injured leg. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I crawled into my sleeping bag, Lumpy hopped up next to me and nuzzled a wet nose against my cheek. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was engulfed in the water and slowly crawled into obscurity, a beast either skulking or stalking. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She unlaced her gown and crawled into her bed, but she did not sleep. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My scalp crawled, and I felt suddenly like a civilian who had seen something that maybe civilians should not see. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he crawls real good, better than he can walk. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She crawled to her right, as close to the bowl as she could get without showing herself, and tore open the package. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

His posture was erect; he did not crouch or squirm or crawl. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

So they open their jaws wide, they sit up, they jump through paper-covered hoops, they crawl through tubes, they walk backwards, they roll over. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled out of the hut and began to call for Stew. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their voices crawled up her spine and wound around her neck. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

When I don't see anything else, I lower my head and crawl under the porch. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He crawled back to his house a few hours later, thinking that he didn't mind at all anymore, having to hide. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Small Bob the kitten crawled into his coveralls. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Determined, I get on my hands and knees, and crawl through the brown forest of legs up to the front. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first she whimpered and started to crawl away, but when I didn't move, she paused to stare at me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Its cool, horrible presence crawled under her skin along her left arm. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

When he advanced, he crawled close to the ground and with trembling limbs, like a newborn cub. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she put the table cloth down again, Bill crawled forward and licked her hand. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crouches before the door to the front office to make himself as small as possible and crawls on his hands and knees to the steel cabinet, takes out the bread and starts to leave. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was with the sun’s westward crawl that Mariam’s anxiety really ratcheted up. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

A few big family dwellings with multiple wings, others just big enough to crawl into, and everything in between. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Arm uncoiled the rope from the storeroom and crawled out again into the howling wind. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I scrape away the maggots When they crawl across the cheese. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

They crawled out and stood in the shadows beside the warehouse. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Want to crawl in?” she’d say, and he didn’t have to reply. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

At daybreak, Salvador found a large concrete culvert, part of a drainage system, for them to crawl into. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Breathing heavily, Caleb crawls to the side of the net and drops over the edge, hitting the platform hard. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Yes, if I go very slowly, I can crawl. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The hole in the wall was big enough for someone to crawl through. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

We both crawl through the hole into the attic, and he resets the boards. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The hen buried her head into her feathers the way a turtle crawls into a shell. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She wants to be home, crawl into bed, put the evening behind her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Silent in the moonlight, it was like some patient prehistoric creature that had crawled down from the mountains: dumb, lonely, biding its time, untroubled by the articles of playground equipment which surrounded it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ever since she had seen the lizard crawl out of the golden coins in Capricorn's church she couldn't help thinking about it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Seed Collector then crawled under a nearby shadow. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Invisible bugs crawl over my skin, I have a rash on my chest, I can’t get comfortable. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to crawl under the bed but was only able to partially protect her head. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He crawled into the tunnel and disappeared from sight, completely covered with straw. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

All night, I “do the flippity-floppity,” as Mama used to say when I’d crawl into her and Daddy’s bed as a little kid and squirm in my sleep. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The blizzard continued for two days, and no one dared crawl from the protection of his sleeping bag or blanket. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Her hand dipped into her pocket, where her fingers crawled around for something. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I take my shoes off in someone’s house, I remember the time in kindergarten, a roach crawled out of my sneaker. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She blows out the sneakandle, and we both crawl into bed as fast as possible. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I nodded and trudged around to the side of the house to crawl in through the bathroom window. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then I would want to crawl into a hole and disappear. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hobbits crawled away back into the gully; but they did not find much shelter there. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Howling, barking, whimpering, he finally tried to crawl, but quit when one hind leg slipped through the crossties. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Higher up, I crawled along a branch and peered out of the green bell. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

A few spiders crawled in around the edges of the doorway. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I found a hiding place in some bushes and crawled inside and huddled there for what felt like hours. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My mother crawled into bed with me and snuggled close and said, “Let’s build a raft and float away down a river.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

My flesh crawled, remembering the ironic, almost humorous twist he’d put on the last words—oh, God, I thought, my God, how could I have listened to him? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden explosion, and flames crawled across the sky. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Painfully, she forced herself to roll over and crawl to the lake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful caught one of several wet rats that had retreated to the church and crawled up to the bell tower. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I crawled to the solitary tree in a vigorous way. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I crawl out and try to wipe the slime off my eyelids and lips, but my hands and shirt are just as slimy. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I crawled through the broken glass and stood, unsteadily. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I think maybe it is my fault that they forget so quick and so it is my fault that there are peoples who have to crawl in the dirt. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Tears crawled down from his swollen left eye and he placed a palm on it as he followed her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

To reach them, the men had to crawl on hands and knees over the stone ballast, then wriggle forward on their stomachs over the crates of stores. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Everyone agrees. You should go crawl into a hole and never come out.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I crawl off his lap and stand up straight. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Pomp asked him of the sea’s lore, and he told us tales of sea-waifs in cradles of kelp, and the glowing corposants that crawl ship’s spars when guilty men keep crimes embosomed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

After the cotton is set, Captain Keelson crawls out from under the boat and dusts himself off. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

A chill crawled up her back as a house appeared above her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She crawls along the center beam, from which the narrow planks of flooring emanate, toward the stone bulk of the chimney at the far end. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

From under her clothes a small black snake, which had bitten Kamala, crawled away. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first one I saw fell from a branch and crawled across my bare arm before flopping off and disappearing into the rotten palm leaves. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I’m nervous or sad I also fall prey to the awful itch from filaires, tiny parasites that crawl into your pores and cause a flare-up every so often. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every few minutes, I crawled under the cherry tree for shade and another cool drink of water. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly, I part the prickly brushes, get on all fours, and crawl through. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We crawled through the green thicket and sat by the edge of the pond. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We let Alphie crawl around in fields to look at cows and sheep and we laugh when the cows nuzzle him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

After four days, I only had to show up with my bucket, and the worms, drawn by my footsteps and the promise of water, crawled to the surface. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She saw a gray lizard crawl out of a crack in the ground. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Ruth crawled under the table to pick up the peas that had rolled there. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to crawl into a hole and die, but I make myself smile, and everyone claps. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I got my pants dirty for nothing? I crawled across the floor like a baby for nothing? I’m so stupid! I can’t believe they’re letting me go on.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d bet a thousand dollars that there were roaches on the floor of this shed, just waiting to crawl in someone’s ear. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Taking turns, the men crawled on hands and knees over the iced deck, hacking away with an ax. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Through the canopy of shaking orange light and through the smell of burning pitch black horses, whitened with lather and dragging a heavy ruby coach, slowly crawled to the safety of the gates. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the barbed wire was loose—because Max had made it loose—giving just enough space to crawl beneath. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was no power in the arm and it took him four tries to pull and crawl his way up onto the bunk. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, I leaned the axe against the wardrobe door and crawled back under the bed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or I could crawl behind a trash can. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The docker stopped his watch and crawled back down. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Raising my head, I quickly get up from the dirt and crawl on my hands and knees behind a tree. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a faint hum and rattle the moving racks crawled imperceptibly through the weeks and the recapitulated aeons to where, in the Decanting Room, the newly-unbottled babes uttered their first yell of horror and amazement. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted the moon back where it belonged and pessimistic scientists to crawl under rocks. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It wants to crawl up in a corner and act as if none of this ever happened. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But it was a war, and he had his orders, so they’d set up a perimeter and crawled under their ponchos and tried to settle in for the night. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone could easily crawl out the hole and jump down into the street below. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Insects crawled over the glass like skaters on ice. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He would crawl into the oven-tunnel and push his work to the farthest end—yet another precaution against curious eyes. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Ranofer selected one of the small punts made of bundles of papyrus reeds bound together, and crawled under it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

But in the jungle he had not been able to endure the flies that had crawled over Rocky; they had enraged him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, he crawled back in an effort to make up. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled deeper into the tamaric bushes and pulled his knees up to his belly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon’s claws were in her furs, holding tight After a minute she opened her eyes and crawled up away from the edge. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

For quite a while Cannery Row crawled with frogs—was overrun with frogs. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nate crawled along his uncle’s vegetable garden, tugging up weeds and flicking away fat green worms. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

If there had been an open hole in the earth I would have crawled into it willingly. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

That same windbreak allowed the black brothers to crawl within a few feet of them, creeping along on their bellies until they were looking down on the men they must kill. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then two young boys crawled into the light, on hands and knees atop the bone pile. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Before Kyle could say another word, a black SUV crawled to a stop behind him. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

When Grant was a baby, his mother’s friends were shocked to see that Hannah Grant allowed her son to crawl between their horses’ feet! Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I crawl closer until I get to a photograph taped to the top of the duct. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I crawled to the mouth of the cave and looked out. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He scrubbed until sweat crawled down the sides of his face, until his arm ached. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My skin crawls, and suddenly what was just a smooth hip-hop song now sounds like heavy conga drums—a downbeat rhythm, like for the Petwo Iwas, the fiery spirits signaling danger ahead. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She looks sternly at us, and I want to crawl under the floor. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And she crawled through the little door into the tunnel; and that dark place among the rafters which had seemed so exciting and adventurous a few hours ago, seemed quite tame and homely now. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Every breath felt like I had rusty fishhooks for lungs, but I crawled toward my brother. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

His hot skin crawled under the cold drops. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I crouched down and crawled with Halinka, speaking to her in Polish. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I crawl into the cave, secure my glasses, and curl up next to Peeta. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

We crawl away as well as we can in our haste. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He let his garments fall to the floor, then crawled onto the bed and gently pushed her legs apart and kissed her between the thighs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

First to crawl onto the land were the beings of thought, First Woman and First Man. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He crawled to me and caught hold of one of my legs. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flashlight moves again as someone crawls out of a hole in the wall and stands up. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Carmine soon wants to crawl off the seat, and I am so busy trying to distract him from escaping that I barely notice as the other kids come on board and the car fills. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Trying to crawl out of a book return slot? Chya. Like that was going to work.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I shuffled forward until the crawl space came to a dead end. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Jack slowed down to a crawl at each of these, blowing the bus horn and then easing us around. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I huffed toward the relative security of the serac’s crest with all the haste I could muster, but since I wasn’t acclimatized my fastest pace was no better than a crawl. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

As Neel crawled around the tree trunks and through the bushes, Rupa followed his movements with the flashlight. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then the Doctor got down on his hands and knees and crawled cautiously all over, feeling here and there, until at last he found the car. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I crawled over my mat, past Amil, who had fallen back asleep, and I kneeled next to Papa. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She crawled to the stern and pulled on the rope. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘One more crawl, and then you can lie still.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I crawled under the tarp and was almost settled in when I felt Dri’s hand on my ankle. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The judge nodded, barely noticing the boy's departure as he crawled behind the chicken to catch more eggs. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Even when I was gravely ill, I would crawl to school, and the teachers would send me back home. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nina’s skin crawled, but she made herself lean into him slightly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They sear and singe images on her retinas: furious screams, wails of sorrow, the slow, mournful crawl of cars. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

For a small sum, we had been allowed to watch from afar as hundreds of workers crawled ant-like over the lumber skeletons. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It had been three days since he had crawled through the electric fence, and he was still only about fifteen miles from Camp 14. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I crawled through the tunnel of ice that leads to my tree now, the wind beating at my back. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat beside him and tried to wake him, but all he did was sleepily crawl into my lap, producing occasional citrus burps. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

No shape of cloud could be seen, unless it were far away westward, where the furthest groping fingers of the great gloom still crawled onwards and a little light leaked through them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Soon, Nathan had to go to his hands and knees and crawl on the cold, rugged stones. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I crawl onto the floor and fall on my stomach, blinking fast. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

There were gullies full of shrubs, and Lina and Doon crawled among the leaves and prickly branches, but found no openings. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He watched them stumble and crawl up the loose clay of the steep riverbank. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were darkly shadowed, traces of green veins crawled just underneath her pale skin, and Olanna wondered if she was sick. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He got up and crawled to the opening and peered down. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Once, I crawled over to the edge to touch the warm water and felt Timothy right behind me. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled under the covers and closed my eyes. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I ease my way through a crack in the fence, push aside the loose board, and crawl underneath the porch. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

No way could I crawl out of its path. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The whatever-it-was crawled out from between the ties and into the sun, where it crouched on its haunches and leered at us with an unbalanced smile, as if imagining how our brains might taste. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He dared not stand up, or crawl back towards the light under the door, now, because of what there might be in the shed, rats, or moths, or a bat in the ceiling. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Jam crawled under the table and curled up on a blanket that had been left there. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

"You should have retired, Ishtar," says Nergal as he crawls over a mound of pale corpses sniffing for juicy morsels. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He jabbed his thumb at Magister Spurge and grunted, “Why hasn’t this pale night-worm crawled back to the hole he came from?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Tally rose from her crouch onto hands and knees, and crawled a bit ahead. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Let’s crawl around and act exciting and pull the trigger. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the Neolithic Revolution the rate of change slowed almost to a crawl. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I remember the way Day had crawled under the floorboards. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He could not see far ahead as he crawled, for the fur of his hood came forward over his eyes. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the ground, it crawls to its next tree at the rate of 250 metres an hour, when motivated, which is 440 times slower than a motivated cheetah. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They look like creatines who have crawled out of burrows to soak up some sunlight. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaf shadows and sunlight dappled the backs of her hands as she crawled after James into the teepee. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I’d pinned Otto’s arm under me as I fell, and I sensed from somewhere remote as he pulled his arm away and crawled onto my chest, staring worriedly into my eyes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled to its base through the mud and rain and placed my hand against its rough body once more. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

‘You should see this kid try to crawl into bed with me at night.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“The important thing. Don’t crawl up in the end of the bull’s horn.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she swallows her pills, they seem to crawl down her throat. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Seed Collector squirmed as Spider crawled by it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She tried to crawl into the narrow crowded closet to nail it down but her voluminous nightgown got her tangled up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doha went to his room, crawled into his blankets, and closed his eyes. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The train crawls along; it judders past warehouses and water towers, bridges and sheds, past modest Victorian houses, their backs turned squarely to the track. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I groaned as the heavy ache in my limbs crawled into my spine, seizing my lungs in an icy grip. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It looked scary, but I thought of all the other boys I had seen crawl into it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On those nights Mam crawls back into bed and Dad sings the sad songs about Ireland. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The soldier took off his cap and crawled in, pulling his gun after him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I sit down in his pen with him, and he crawls all over me, licking my face. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawl through that Troll Hole into a room lined with clothing racks, the stainless-steel poles still bolted into walls wine- stained with water damage. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when a meadhall burned, the survivors would go to another meadhall and, stretching out their hands, would crawl unarmed up the strangers’ hill and would beg to be taken in. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

We packed it up with the pan and mugs, pulled on our hooded overcoats and our mittens, and crawled out into the open air. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two more people appeared where the man had been, but Mark could tell the strip of window was too small for a person to crawl through. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I crawled into the front seat and raised a corner of the towel so no one but me could see what was under it. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Ess settled down and came to watch as Jinny pulled a frame from the hive, ignoring the bees that crawled and buzzed and settled on her skin, tickling. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In their absence, it was painfully quiet, and the creeping thoughts that had waited in the back of her cell seemed to crawl forth to meet her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Mark stopped and dropped to his knees a few feet away, then crawled forward to peek over the edge. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I crawled faster, following Candy on all fours. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was difficult with the chains on, but she managed to crawl, painfully and slowly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The being who appeared was so massive, radiating such pure malevolence, that Percy wanted to crawl away and hide. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I lie still with my eyes open, waiting for the best moment to crawl up to the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mina quickly drops to her knees and tucks her head out of the crawl space. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then I see the red streaks starting to crawl up his leg. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Kreacher needed water, he crawled to the island’s edge and he drank from the black lake...and hands, dead hands, came out of the water and dragged Kreacher under the surface....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The words loom nearer still and crawl into my ear. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Because flying was still very risky and extremely expensive, we took a troop ship filled with soldiers and sailors, which fairly crawled across the water. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was examining the fence and the way the wire was buried underground so animals could not crawl or dig under it, when from the corner of his eye he saw something move. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Laney crawled around the floor, traversing a path that made sense only to her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I crawled under the barb wire, stepped around a wet cow splat, and headed for the Snodgrass barn. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Just ahead, a line of black Volkswagens crawls up the main driveway. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

His wings always worked, just like his eyes always worked and his paws always worked, and he was always able to walk or crawl or peel the skin off ripe guja fruits and climb trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Gerald heard a loud whoosh and then he turned in terror to see the whole window covered with harsh red flames that crawled and licked and jumped along the windowsill. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at Frodo, he shut his eyes and crawled away without a sound. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She crawled out of the tent, ignoring Shae’s protests as she climbed over her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Meggie sat up, fought for breath, and crawled over to Mo on all fours. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A bug crawled on the back of my hand. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt her tiny legs crawl out from his jeans and then her body moving up on top of his jeans to his shoulder and then into the backpack. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But when they think they have located him and crawl across, the next time they hear the voice it seems to come from somewhere else altogether. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to crawl over Brian and sit in the middle because he and Lori had already staked out the window seats. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I drank for a long time and filled my basket and then, feeling better, crawled toward the mouth of the cave. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled under the covers and lay there in silence. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He watched in horror as a human skeleton crawled out of the ground. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But for some reason—some protective thought—they had crawled back into the lean-to when the mosquitoes first came. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Obediently, he crawled out, letting the guard hold his elbow to escort him inside past the locked doors. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

On the green Sound, stagnant in the heat, one small sail crawled slowly toward the fresher sea. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

We crawled with the guns on our backs, in our hands, and ran around the building with them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When the lights stop flashing, he crawls to the window and looks out. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Snakes around here crawl the ground at night. Now who’s softheaded?” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crawled away from Cain, her blood and saliva pooling onto the ground. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And the four crawled out of the ditch without drawing any more fire. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at last, to keep himself awake, he crawled from the hiding-place and looked out. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

"You know that tunnel that you crawl through, between the slide and the swinging bridge? That's where I slept." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Our descent slows to a crawl, but the shuttle jerks from side to side in the wind gusts. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He crawls back into the office and grabs the cat by the tail. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to crawl into a hole and hide, and I could tell the enemy army felt the same way. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I open the window and crawl out, land on my feet, and make it across the jungle of grass and wildflowers to the tent. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

You could see Father’s skin crawl when he heard the name of his archenemy, the chief. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Furious with Ryan for not managing to save him from this indignity, he crawled into the thumb, where he thought mean thoughts about everyone in Room 5. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I crawl out my window onto the porch roof and wrap myself in all my blankets. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Margo crawled into the backseat and came back with a purse. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

By the time we shower and crawl into bed, I have ice in my lungs from my short, quick inhales that refuse to calm down. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Alma kissed me on the mouth, backed up, looked let down, and then crawled out of the backseat. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

They had worn the scratchy I’ve Been Bad shirts, shoveled manure, crawled across acres of fields pulling weeds. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

A soaking bumblebee crawled over a thistle bloom, vibrated its wings for a few seconds and then flew away down the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled inside and pressed my back against the tiny door to keep anyone from entering. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Daisy Mae got off the bed and crawled up in my lap. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cold crawls up my body like an army of ice spiders. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A fat bee crawled across the top of the dresser, and adroitly Biff caught it in his hand and put it out the open window. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

GDs in green suits walk across the wings and crawl under the noses, checking the planes before takeoff. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

As carefully as she can, Marie-Laure crawls to the piano bench and eases herself up. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She practically crawled between the covers to live with the characters. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The men pitched their tents on the wet snow and crawled into their sleeping bags. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Some “nippers” crawled into crannies to chip away the coal. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Green buds could be seen on the vines that crawled up the walls, and tiny white-and-yellow flowers blossomed near the ceiling. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He crawls to the end of the bed and looks at the model. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He crawled along the wall that was now a floor and hefted the door open. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Witches crawl into skins of dead animals, but they can do nothing but play around with objects and bodies. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I crawl into the dark, stale-smelling crevice, and pull the board back into place behind me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Annabeth and I had to climb the old-fashioned way, holding down the barbed wire for each other as we crawled over the top. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He waited for me to crawl into the bed before switching off the light. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crawled out of the map, and I feared they would bite me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled behind a big rock near the young bull. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hair crawls all over his head, culminating in a black wiry beard uncoiling in every direction at once. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

That morning Marie-Laure crawls beneath the counter of the key pound and lies on her stomach and sets all ten fingertips in a line on a page. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The touch of his hand would have thrilled her once; now it made her flesh crawl. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ferries crawled away from Colman Dock on water as flat and dull as old pewter. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Directly underneath, a circular opening shimmered into existence, like a sewer pipe, just big enough to crawl through. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He crawled to her on his belly and lay with his head in her lap while she petted and soothed him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She crawls to an edge inside herself, longs to be insensate, a slab of brick. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man beneath me had crawled back after roll call, and hadn’t moved since. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled across the floor of the apartment, and when I threw open the door, the smoke was so thick I had to shut it again. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then I'd crawl back to my room and call up Jane and have her come over and bandage up my guts. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But Tom got into a book, crawled and groveled between the covers, tunneled like a mole among the thoughts, and came up with the book all over his face and hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It managed to crawl a few yards before something shot out of the nearest cave, so fast that Percy could only register a dark green reptilian head. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Eventually I crawled out and escaped into the woods.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t exactly imagine Mrs. Ackermann permitting her daughter to crawl out the window in the middle of the night. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Edwin crawled under a large spruce tree and stripped off his clothes. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I crawled in, lay down, and felt alone and secret and very excited. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crawled into the room and walked over to the little iron bed. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little later, I crawl into bed and jump right back out. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Spiders hatch and crawl out of my belly button, hairy little tar beads with ballerina feet. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The instant I crawled outside, a messages waiting indicator began to flash on my display. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He crawled down under the bed for something. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I went crawl' ing around on my hands and knees, searching for it. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he’d fallen down and was hint I began to crawl along the beach and ran head on into a clump of low hanging brush. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A trail of blood twisted back through damp leaves where he had crawled. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mark breaks free, crawls away, checks to see that Trina is okay. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Héctor found a boy to chase him around a tree, and Alicia crawled to a sand puddle where she and other toddlers smeared one another with the fine red dirt. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

That would teach it not to crawl so close. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It crawled up to my shoulder, adjusted its grip, then pulled harder. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We walk toward the emergency stairwell, and I crawl beneath the first flight so that we are hidden by the staircase. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He scootched up, wincing a bit when he bent his stiff leg, and crawled to where the hatchet lay. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strange gray dust was trapped in his salt-and-pepper beard, and a thin white film had crawled over his open brown eyes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And after I crawled into my bed and got settled under the sheet it wasn’t easy to fall asleep. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When they had beds, they usually slept two or more on a twin mattress, lying head to foot, forced to crawl across a sea of sleeping bodies to reach their beds. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then the third line could be “I crawled in.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

A small girl watched to be sure they didn’t crawl away. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Ma releases me from her grasp, Geak crawls over and seats herself between us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gods, moreover, made queer signs appear: cowhides began to crawl, and beef, both raw and roasted, lowed like kine upon the spits. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I crawl round once again in a wide curve. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The strafing had started—pellets raining down from above—as Odenigbo held the zinc sheet open while they all crawled down into the bunker. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her skin crawled at the thought of Håkon drowning, and she shook her head harder. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

We crawled carefully under the wire and fed the horse the apples. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knelt gingerly and found, as she said, that there was room to crawl. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Our house is small, and I have six brothers and a sister, all younger than I. Things got a little crowded, as the mole explained when he crawled out of the anthill.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He crawls around in the back seat sticking his hand down between the seat cushions for change. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I hear him crawl to the front of his cell. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Four of them clung to her hair, opening and closing their wings in long, luxurious strokes, while the rest of them crawled delicately along her arms. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I can crawl under the tables to the steps and go up them to the ledge near Madoc’s strategy room. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I felt so blue and miserable I wanted to crawl into a plastic cover and die. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry watched her out of sight, then crawled under his bed, wrenched up the loose floorboard, and pulled out a large chunk of birthday cake. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The conductor slowed the train to a crawl, waved, and gently dropped a large brown bag in front of us as he went by. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I crawl onto the shelf and settle my head on the pillow. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’d crawled under a car before to change my mom’s oil, and this wasn’t too different. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He began to crawl, like an animal, out of the crate and toward the words, which fluttered before him like delicate shadows. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Daddy’s been teaching me football since I could crawl. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the road, he could not climb the bank and had to limp along the verge until he could crawl under a gate. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Night had come, but being too tired to leave the sandspit, I crawled to a higher place where I would be safe from the tide, and again went to sleep. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to keep my vision in focus, especially since my eye is doing its nervous crawl. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I nudge Kat, it is better to crawl out and lie on top than to stay where the gas collects most. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nita crawled up the pile of crates, reaching down as he handed up more boxes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

We were so impressed with what we’d built as we crawled through the doorway and settled ourselves inside. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He waits by the door until I crawl back into my pod before leaving. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He took off his jacket and sneakers, and crawled under the covers. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I untangle myself out of Chris’s arms and crawl to the foot of the bed. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She felt a flush of outrage crawl up her cheeks. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then she crawled backward out of the lean-to. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

After unloading us on the beach, our alligators were supposed to crawl inland another fifty yards to form a line of fire protecting the men who came after us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered hearing a story about a boa constrictor that had crawled through the plumbing and popped out of a bathtub drain in a New York City apartment. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I powered it on, and a spider crawled across the middle of the screen. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

After months of everything going too fast, time slows to an agonizing crawl. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I fought the sucking mud and crawled out like some prehistoric creature from an ancient lagoon just as Mami and my sisters and brothers came running. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the undisciplined groups the babies crawled into gutters and the older girls each acted as if she were alone, a daughter among slaves. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the sensors are all attached, you put on long white cotton underwear and then crawl into your pressure suit, which is not an easy thing to do. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lately, it seems all he wants to do is sleep. He does his chores—I see to that—but then he just wants to crawl under his blanket. Can I ask you something?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The shadow bent to the ground, and then began to crawl towards him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He rubbed handfuls of dirt on his shoes; then he crawled to the river edge. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

We crawled down to the surf and slid into the cold water on our bellies. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Hours later when Miyax crawled into her sleeping skin the wolves were so near that she could hear the pups scratching the snow as they made their beds. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Malia’s dressed for bed, she crawls into the bottom bunk. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

All three of us crawled into bed, one beside the other, listening to the sound of a harmonica in the distance. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I have been so deep asleep I thought never to crawl back up. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled forward through the tent flap and stood up, blinking, swaying, one hand against the bole of a tree. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion got down on his hands and knees and began to crawl about the deck, gathering up pieces. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

So I crawl away to the farthest corner and stay there, my eyes glued on him, my hand grasping the knife—ready, if he stirs, to spring at him again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

An ideal night for a momma turtle to crawl up and lay her eggs, I thought. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The sight of it made my skin crawl. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Rats still crawled through gaping holes in floorboards. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She screams again and crawls away from Molly. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I crawl back there, but I don't sleep at first. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The car crawls back along Private Road the way I came, and that’s when I see the bend in the road that I didn’t take, a kind of fork. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

All he could think of, as he headed back in, was what his father used to say about people lost in narrow, deadend specialties — that they had crawled into the tip of a bull’s horn. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thin line of tears crawled down her cheeks as though it had been a struggle for them to get out of her eyes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Finch hunches over the dash and slows down to a crawl. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There was an opening at the bottom that he could crawl through. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

‘I feel nearly done in. Don’t think I could crawl away far, even if I was free.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The truck, driven by Mr. Arable, crawled slowly back to the pigpen. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Teeth chattering, he crawled out from under the dock. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Shivering, I crawled over to Chou and grabbed her wet hand and lay on my back, staring at the ceiling. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We then crawled closer to the village to get to the path. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I lift the window so the squirrel has enough room to crawl inside. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was a good place for sea elephants because they could crawl halfway up the cliff if the day was stormy. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another year crawled slowly by, and then the great day came. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out crawled something glistening black, about the size of my hand. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

As the sounds of the chase grew fainter, Jemmy crawled out of the hollow root. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

I drop my bike on the ground, and we crawl through an opening in the chain-link fence. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Forty men from Company E crawled on their stomachs up the rocky slope that was almost vertical at the top, avoiding any trails for fear they were mined. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to crawl under my wobbly desk in ninth-grade English and stay hidden there forever. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Not too far to crawl back to them swiftly if the trees turned out to be full of spirits idling the night away. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pull into Seaward at our usual turtle crawl, but thankfully in one piece. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

If they set their two smallest sails, they could crawl up into the wind, away from the shore. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Hour after hour crawled by, and the waters clawed at the Astrea, trying to drive her back. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say anything as I crawled to the rear seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

From what Bailey can see, the space between layers varies from room enough to walk straight through to barely enough to crawl. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He crawled backwards on all fours to the door, rose, bowed, and went out. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

A ladder leads to the sleeping loft, and I climb up, crawl in. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

And the pebbles began to jostle and scuttle and crawl away like bugs. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Before the children could crawl, the friend was named by the emperor to an important post in the Capital. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

They crawled the few feet from stone to stone, and crawling, they all looked the same. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We crawled over knolls usually submerged by the Bay. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The little girl got onto her knees and crawled over to Jinny. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But now as I crawled under the fence I did not feel the same. for I had no other name for him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was grave dark and quiet except for the things that crawled in the night. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained when we were smaller that when things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I move one limb at a time and crawl on all fours to the front of the truck. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then she crawled out of the doorway and ran down the alley to the street. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He turned around and crawled back into the maw. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Salvador crawled over to the side of the truck bed and opened the snap fasteners. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

That night she crawled into her bed with a fiill stomach for the first time since she was taken, and slept through the black watches of the night undisturbed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Our only apparent option was to pitch our tents—if we could in this wind—crawl in, and hope for the best. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

On the sixth floor of Number 4 rue Vauborel, Marie-Laure crawls beneath her bed and clamps the stone and little model house to her chest. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I crawl into bed, pull my quilt over my head, and try to slow the pounding of my heart. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She wanted to scream at her, shake her, ignore her forever, crawl into her lap and cry. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Tayo watched a red flame crawl out from under the white coals; he reached down for a piece of juniper and tossed it in. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of them comes after me, either, when I crawl into the tent and zip it shut. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

And the carvings...Gregor had seen cherubs and gargoyles on buildings before, but the walls of Regalia crawled with life. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I just want to go home and crawl into my bed and never see anyone again. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later, fifty nylon bags filled with gold coins, jewelry, rare gems, and precious artifacts had been shuttled out of the chamber through the crawl space. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

But their pain bounced off the walls and crawled under my skin, where it settled like prickly bristles. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Leo’s laugh crawled back down his throat to die. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then another baby spider crawled to the top of the fence, stood on its head, made a balloon, and sailed away. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Maybe the baby version of Baba crawled across that rug. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead of flying through the wood, they would be condemned to crawl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I crawl through a foot of water back to the last pedestal, putting it between the snake and me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Roz watched him toss and turn until he finally crawled up into her arms, and she rocked him to sleep, just like the old days. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her fingers crawl down the facade, find the recess in the front door. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then gradually I realize that to crawl in the right direction is a matter of life or death. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a place to go in and out, I dug a hole under the fence just wide and deep enough to crawl through. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls run and crawl to the door, their faces black from smoke and their eyes white with terror. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey swam out, away from land, in a slow crawl. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was awakened every dawn for prayer by the distant cry of azan, after which she crawled back into bed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Shoot,” he said, as he crawled away from me to resume his position. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Some crawled away from me, using their elbows to pull themselves along. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Computer: “You crawl for one hundred yards. The passage narrows.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Prosper looked across at Mosca who had crawled so deep into his blanket that only his short, frizzy hair could be seen, “OK, Riccio knows about it anyway.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

A huge form crawled out from within the gearing system, hoisted itself out. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Cut myself," I said briefly, and crawled into the back seat after my suitcase. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe she’s badly wounded, and she crawled away to die.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Virginia crawls to me, grabs the handkerchief, and pulls it away. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I stayed by the door while she crawled to the back wall. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I want to crawl into bed for days. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She crawled inside the crate, gagging as she riffled through the bits of straw on the floor and felt the walls for signs of safes or hidden compartments. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She crawled into her desk and began to fiddle with the backpack she’d left there the day before, while people whispered around her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Naomi peered under the truck in case Edgar had crawled under it, as she sometimes did, for the warmth of the engine. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I crawl in and give out a whoop. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worms of fire crawl down its black sides, seen when wind clears off the roil and seethe of ash-cloud and smoke-cloud and white steam. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I got down on my knees and crawled back to her. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I got my breath back, I crawled along the railroad embankment to the road and sat down to wait for Mom and Dad to come back. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he crawled into the boat, he gave the starter rope a sharp pull and the engine roared to life. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“I will take zee line to zee other side of zee crawl space. You two—tie zee treasure bags to zee rope and I will pull zem into zee far chamber with me.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Mentally, though, it was the cautious crawl of the plotter. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“And Ell bet they crawled in, right?” said Haley. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Turned, the babies at once fell silent, then began to crawl towards those clusters of sleek colours, those shapes so gay and brilliant on the white pages. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

An hour later, Morrie crawled out through the window with a list of what the protesters wanted. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some lie still while others crawl on their elbows trying to reach safety. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Garvey flew back to Minneapolis,” he said as he crawled into his skiff to leave. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Ray reaches the picnic table first, practically crawls on top of Frank, slipping right in between where Byrd and Frank sit side by side. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I can’t hear to watch the news any longer, so I go back upstairs and crawl under my duvet. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stick shot me a look that made me want to crawl under the bed. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He must’ve been finally done with his exercise routine, because he crawled into bed. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I shut off the kerosene lamp and crawl over to my horse blanket. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was not easy to crawl down the cargo net so loaded, but Ishmael had been able to practice on maneuvers and had taught himself to relax. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They crawl up my left leg and up my right leg. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

On the cliffs themselves, men suspended on ropes crawled and swung from one spot to another like so many black spiders. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I scramble to my feet as Moreau does his best to crawl away from Dylan. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He lurched and opened his mouth; I thought he was going to throw up again, but he fired off a wet burp that made my skin crawl. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I crawled back to the gorge, fed Frightful rabbit bites, and slipped back to the edge of the meadow to check a box trap I had set the day before. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And one day something crawls out of the water onto land. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

After one especially robust night of drinking with Will, I stumbled home, crawled up the sidewalk, stabbed my key in the front door, let myself in, and power barfed all over the living room. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She crawled to the far corner of the bed, pulling the quilt under her chin. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I tossed on the sheets, wishing I could crawl into bed with her and smell her skin. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tiny lizard, about the size of his palm, crawled out from beneath the sands. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As the traffic slowed to a crawl, he put in a cassette to pass the time. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The yellow headlights and red taillights of the trucks and heavy equipment moved in and out of shadows as they crawled around the uneven terrain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He raised his eyes with difficulty to the dark slopes of Mount Doom towering above him, and then pitifully he began to crawl forward on his hands. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Instead of starting a fire in the pit, Cole crawled into his sleeping bag and went to sleep early. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

They crawled on their stalk legs around the curved perimeters of the glass as if the world had shrunk to that jar. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Panting heavily, his jaw bruised and his leg bleeding, the agent crawled toward the beauty queen and smeared her mouth with the Mind’s Flower fruit, torn from a neighboring plant. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

When my mom makes a scene in public, it makes my skin crawl. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Holding the driver’s license she crawled into bed and fell into a sleep full of dreams of cobalt blue. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The twilight deepened as great vapours rose in the East and crawled above them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

You’ll crawl into bed one night and find your sheets filled with centipedes and mud. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley felt a lizard crawl in and out of his pocket. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I could feel my tongue slowly begin to throb as the heat of the peppers crawled over it like an army of tiny fire ants. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Then they crawled out of the cave, and James walked him back to his new home with Aunt Pearl and her three little daughters. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt him crawl over the back of my hand and start up my wrist. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not understand that either, so he shoved her legs apart, crawled between them, and took her once more. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The lobsters still crawled over one another in their desperate search for escape. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I put the cups on the table, lay Mrs. Diamants old coat over Max, and crawl into bed with Helena. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When at last she saw him on the horizon she got down on all fours and crawled to her lookout. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of viewing, the discoverer of alpha rays crawled from the hutch and declared, “I know an alpha when I see one.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Nailer’s skin crawled as he fully understood the work Reynolds had given him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy wanted to crawl into her lap, but her lap was pretty full with Ivy’s baby brother right now, just like it always was. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, when the boy could only crawl, they grew bored of the sport and put an arrow through his back. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At home in Duk Payuel, I had learned how to swim on my back, but I had never learned the crawl very well. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chamberlin was too tired to fight his way across just then, so he crawled up onto one of the bridge’s arched railings. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

So her soul crawled out from its hiding place. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Because they had to crawl into the tents like dogs, the troops called them “dog tents.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

The torn book bag in which he had enjoyed such comfortable naps was gone, but he found a fresh bag, gnawed a hole in the brown paper, and crawled into the soft, ready-chewed stuffing. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

As the sun climbed high I turned the canoe over and crawled under it and went to sleep in the shade. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn't strange to see him pretending to crawl up the lockers, or for him to perform tactical movements like barrel rolls in the middle of the hallway. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The shirts drag across her face as she crawls through. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then, on the way out to the other world, one dies of thirst and exhaustion, but the other crawls on, discarding most of the treasure he has grown too weak to carry. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I stand there feeling sorry for myself, Mango peeks out from his hiding place, looks around, then tentatively crawls out and winds himself around my legs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Just looking at her made my skin crawl. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’ll come around and maybe he won’t, but in the meantime there’s lobster out there just waiting to crawl into my traps. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But it was late now: time to crawl back to his comfortable niche in the wall and go to sleep. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pitcher, overturned on a table, lay in a puddle of some thick liquid through which insects crawled. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They like to crawl away where nobody can find them dead, especially dogs. He didn’t want to be shot down like a dog in the road. Some creatures are like people.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crawled across the rocky surface and crouched next to him. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A ladybug had crawled up and sat on the Holy Mother’s cheek, making the most perfect beauty mark on her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the bug crawled up both of them and, by standing on Milo’s head, just managed to hook his cane on the root of an old gnarled tree. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

However, I saw the iron wagon axle iced against a tree, and crawled to it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would go home and feed her, then crawl into my tree room, light a little fire on my hearth, and Frightful and I would begin the winter evening. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crawled toward the edge of the terrace and lay over it, her chest against the metal, and peered over the edge. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then what he does, he throws down the crutch and he gets down on his hands and knees and crawls back to his house. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Near the end of his speech, Shin described how he had crawled over Park’s smoldering body. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“The path down to the double rock pillar chamber is simple. When you reach the four forks in the paths and crawl spaces and have to make a choice, remember: right, right, left, left.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled back onto the bed, not caring whether she heard it swish. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I’m about to crawl into my cell when a body with long black hair sits up inside my hexagon. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Patiently adjusting his stride to her clumsy crawl he brought her home to the pack, perhaps against Jello’s will—she would never know. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t feel sorry for me, okay? Not ever. It makes my skin crawl.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

"Worms have crawled up your hose and eaten your wits." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We make our way back through the empty room and the shelved room and crawl through the last Troll Hole. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He pulled his legs out of the lake and crawled on his hands and knees until he was away from the wet- soft shore and near a small stand of brush of some kind. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could crawl into the center of one and understand everything. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what else to do, he crawled away under the tables to the dark corner by Strider, who sat unmoved, giving no sign of his thoughts. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the evening of the following day Miyax hastily put on her clothes and crawled up the frost heave. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ford crawls into my lap and hugs me. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He said she crawled into his bed at night. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He steadied the skiff so everyone could crawl ashore. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

To think of any of it made my skin crawl. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

On hands and knees, they crawled along the gibbet, beneath the swaying dead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As the “hunters,” totally unnerved and terrified, tried to flee, he sprang after them and soon two more were dragged down, though they still tried desperately to crawl away. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Kingshaw crawled on his hands and knees back over the concrete and the mucky straw, on to the sacks. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

We crawled from the tree line and brushed the leaves off our arms. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He chuckled and mumbled to himself in Portuguese as he crawled under the tarp. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eurytion crawled in next to him with his spiked club and pulled his cowboy hat over his eyes like he was going to take a nap. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He crawled to a place where he could pull down a narrow tree. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t feel good, Miss Faye. I want to crawl into my bed and not do no playing tonight.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the black snake crawl and glide until it became a thin silk thread in the distance and disappeared. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

On my hands and knees, heedless of my dress, heedless of the way the sheath of my sword drags against the packed-earth floor, heedless of the pain in my hand, I crawl. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He dragged her up over the edge, and slowly they crawled onto more solid ground. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then it was time to crawl aboard our Gemini, feet first, with people shoving us down far enough in our seats so that our heads would clear the hatches. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flames crawled up the walls and ceiling, casting off billowing black smoke and the whip of sparks. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

If Dolores knew, she would crawl up in her blanket of affectations and die circumspectly. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A loud rustling nearby made Richard tense until a redheaded lizard crawled out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He did not want to strap it to his back too early, then have to stand around with its weight burdening him until his turn came to crawl down the cargo net. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The burning snakes twisted horribly and some crawled burning across the floor of the grotto to illuminate its darker recesses. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I pull, steady myself, crawl to the roof edge, then lie on my belly, grabbing the end of the trunk. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He went back up the stairs, crawled along the second-floor hallway to avoid the windows, then climbed the stairs to the attic. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sarai ate five plums, then crawled around on the floor until she had gathered up all the rest of them and shoved them into the pockets of her robe. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was staring at Barbarossa's ginger beard as if he expected something to crawl out of it at any moment. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Crazy girl,” he muttered as he crawled to the other side of the hut. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z