| 单词 | crawling |
| 例句 | Mamie, the girl who worked there asked, when all these guys came crawling into the restaurant. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z With man’s instinct to capture anything running, flying, swimming or crawling, they gave chase, throwing their ragged caps at it in advance of their coming. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z After my grandmother died, I felt like crawling into the coffin with her. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The body of a flight attendant lay in the bushes about ten feet away, her arms reaching forward as if she had tried to escape by crawling into the jungle. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z As he rolled out of his bed I was crawling into mine, pulling the covers over my sandy clothes only seconds before he opened the door to check on me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Lyra felt her skin crawling, and all the tiny hairs on her arms standing on end, though she couldn’t have said why. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He was shoved from behind, and dropped to the floor coughing and spitting, crawling on all fours. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Olanna changed what was left of her British pounds and bought petrol from a man who led her into a dank outhouse with creamy-fat maggots crawling all over the floor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Bridget let her eyes fall, like there was something incredibly interesting crawling around there in the grass. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z A few feet more, and I was on my knees, crawling in circles. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z One day she wore a denim miniskirt with green stockings, and crawling up one leg was a parade of enamel ladybug and butterfly pins. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I spent the hours gazing at the types of victims, all black, crawling in by the scores. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It drew together and shrank and blackened, crawling on four short taloned legs upon the sand. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z There’s something crawling through my mind like a black insect, causing me to doubt. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A fly that had been crawling along Wilbur’s trough had flown up and blundered into the lower part of Charlotte’s web and was tangled in the sticky threads. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z My brother and sister are curled up next to me—Hermelinda on the end and Manuelito wedged in the middle—and the fleas and bedbugs and lice are crawling wherever they please. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For some rime, while I am crawling about, she has rocking-chair work. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And anyway...one or two bugs crawling in—maybe. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Audrey blushed and glanced at the trampled grass under her feet like she was considering digging a deep hole and crawling into it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z It was so nasty crawling around underneath that dumpster picking up tomatoes, ketchup packets,dipping-sauce containers, and half-eaten baked potatoes and chicken tenders, but it was so much fun. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z After we had done the running, crawling, and crouching many times, we were allowed to have some bread and custard. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z There was a brown spider, as large as a strawberry, crawling right beside him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z A sick feeling buries itself real deep inside me, like a thousand roaches crawling all over me, worse than what we got in our kitchen. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Bailey and Poppet take a more leisurely route, choosing platforms to climb at random, crawling up bits of white netting and maneuvering carefully through narrow passages. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I ignored him, scrambling on my hands and knees, crawling toward the other door. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Since he had so little strength in these latter days the child at times had gone back to crawling as he used to in his babyhood. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The arm was crawling up his leg, rip-ping at wool and flesh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He identifies them for me with a pointed finger: Lakshmi; Shakti, the mother goddess, in the form of Parvati; and Krishna, this time as a playful baby crawling on all fours. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Belorussia was still crawling with Nazi forces, who would clearly resort to the dirtiest and deadliest of attacks, and that’s where the invigorated Red Army concentrated their efforts now. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z There were about a hundred of them in each crate, each about six inches long, crawling over one another, bumping blindly into the sides of the boxes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The Misty Mountains were crawling like anthills: orcs were issuing out of a thousand holes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Thousands of space vehicles of every make and model were crawling through the starry blackness around me, everything from single-seater craft to giant moon-sized freighters. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I can see all the birds flying in the air and the creatures crawling on the ground. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Or wheeling, or hopping, or scooting, or crawling. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z She thought she could feel their eyes, like bugs crawling on her skin under her clothes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He got up on hands and knees, and began slowly crawling up the beach, away from the water's edge. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I thought of crawling in between the bed sheets and trying to sleep, but that appealed to me about as much as stuffing a dirty, scrawled-over letter into a fresh, clean envelope. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Backup will arrive any moment from Reyhanli. This place will be crawling with soldiers.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Then the mad dash home, with tears biting my cheeks, my skin crawling, my stomach in shambles, heading straight for Mom. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Then Roz made a fire and watched as cold creatures began crawling out from the shadows. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z As he did so, he looked at Mo as uneasily as if he feared a word from him might turn him into a frog or one of the beetles still crawling around among the coins. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Among the terriers he stalked imperiously, and Toots and Ysabel he utterly ignored, for he was king,—king over all creeping, crawling, flying things of Judge Miller’s place, humans included. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z Too rancid and gristly even for the crows, it was crawling with maggots. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I stopped to examine one of the trees closely and saw ants crawling along the intricate ridges in its bark. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They were stinging his face and his hands and his neck and his nose, they were crawling up his pants’ legs and stinging and crawling down the back of his neck and stinging. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘When we’ve warmed up a bit, perhaps we shall be able to stand again, and walk. But in any case we had better start by crawling.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z When she gets her bank statement, Mom won’t suspect it’s me who stole from her; Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania and thus must be crawling with big-city criminals. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I knew the floor was no good, I’da bet all sorts of bugs and roaches were crawling around. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The firewater in Percy’s stomach started crawling up his throat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As you proceed from one level to the next, the tunnels take on gradually more complex geometric shapes, and the number of enemies and obstacles crawling up toward you multiplies drastically. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I liked driving with Mom or Dad in the tiny, private space of our car, and the bus felt wide and open and crawling with other people’s lives. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The place was crawling with soldiers and FBI agents. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When I move my fingers, they wriggle and I momentarily envision them detaching and crawling away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They were crawling on their bellies back toward us when Mom came out on the back porch and peered into the darkness. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The whole house is crawling with fleas, and it’s getting worse each day. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He’d seen other people’s wounds turn nasty, sick with rot and gangrene; seen their stumps crawling with maggots where they’d gone bad after having an amputation. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z "And the worms are crawling in and out of the dead man's skull, in and out of his ear holes, his nose holes, his mouth holes, in and out of all his holes." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z A sort of high, hysterical squeal came from Sir Meliagrance, who could be seen crawling towards the King’s box and making violent gestures. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It's the real ones that come crawling at me through the night. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about putting my piece on safety before crawling in. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But poison things and ugly things and cruel things kept crawling through her mind. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z But why did he need salt beef, hard cheese, and bread crawling with worms when he had wine to nourish him? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Behind the glass, all sorts of lizards and snakes were crawling and slithering over bits of wood and stone. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Carl picked at a callus on his thumb and Billy Buck watched a spider crawling up the wall. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The black crawling shape was now three-quarters of the way down, and perhaps fifty feet or less above the cliff’s foot. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Her hands were scratched from crawling over debris in the Hema. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Hundreds of avatars milled around like ants crawling around the inside of a giant balloon. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The flies around the pile, crawling over the bodies, into and out of the wound, buzzed in delight. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt like a thousand ants were crawling up her back. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The river wind moved through the high branches, and she could see the Wheel Tower to her right, ivy crawling up its side. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We started crawling away from under the chopper. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind him, Werfel heard the secret policeman crawling for the door. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The object of the game is to shoot the enemies crawling up out of the tunnel toward you while dodging their fire and avoiding other obstacles. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She pressed against her locker as much as she could without actually crawling inside and read the message. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Instead of crawling under the table, she just laughs and keeps eating. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Our old teacher brought paper doilies to school in her many efforts at appeasement, and her windows were always crawling with paper vegetation. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It lay in halves, but the two parts seemed to be crawling toward each other. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A thing was crawling out of the forest. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Still only half awake, I began crawling upon my hands and knees from under the table, but the darkness was all around me, and I couldn’t see where I was going. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lying dead on the floor with cats crawling all over her.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Good thing, too, since the streets were crawling with tanks. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z As we rushed the cow, that ponderous beast — uneasy still in spite of its four-legged stance — fled; and we gave up our race for aimless crawling and darting. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The little man had done his work well and, except for some ominous crawling noises just below the crest of the mountain, everything was again silent. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z With his knees still sore from crawling under the cabin, he hesitated a long time before he knelt on the frozen earth. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Got to crawling around on her bosom, I reckon, because she commenced screaming and hitting her chest, and the car went clean out of control! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z No shadow came crawling through moonlight seeking the rent through which it might clamber back into its own domain. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z It was a whole bunch of people made into one big crawling beast. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z From the time we leave the rest stop and make it to Harrisburg, capital of Pennsylvania and crawling with criminals, I practice smiling in the face of fear. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z His baby clambers over his sleeping mother to join in, crawling right over Otto’s face to get closer to me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He had spent three days sitting inside the bole of an artificial oak tree, three nights crawling on his belly through the heather, hiding microphones in gorse bushes, burying wires in the soft grey sand. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He suspected it would be important to win High-Tech’s respect, and he would succeed only by showing nothing of the fear that was crawling all over him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The arm on that same side was big as a log and crawling with white worms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A gust of wind drove Nailer to his knees and sent him crawling, his shoulder a bright blossom of pain. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I imagined her teething, crawling, crying, fussing, and just misbehaving herself. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z When she spied the manticore crawling across the shield of their leader, a stab of hate shot through her.. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I was little when Granddad died, but I used to love crawling into bed with Nan for morning tea. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The flower beds had shriveled up and were crawling with the fattest, slimiest slugs I'd ever seen. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Once I stand in front of the lords and ladies of Faerie and declare my intent to go against Balekin, there’s no going back, no crawling under the coverlets in my bed, no running away. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z After it had been there for about a week, I went to saw myself a slab at dinnertime and found it crawling with little white worms. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Jewel thieves, or second-story men as they are sometimes called, are good at climbing up fire escapes and crawling through partially open windows,” added Agent Tillman. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z A cold, crawling chill crept over my body. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They scrambled between the massive blue legs and flattened themselves in the mud, crawling as close as they could to his loincloth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z As a part of our preparation for war we were supposed to practice crawling under wires and climbing over wooden obstacles. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It made her think of rot—of old garbage left out in the sun, buzzing with flies, crawling with rats. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z “The yards are crawling with fools,” she warned them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Not with the fire department, which would know right away it was arson and dismiss it as another case of pyromania in a neighborhood crawling with firebugs. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z While human evolution was crawling at its usual snail’s pace, the human imagination was building astounding networks of mass cooperation, unlike any other ever seen on earth. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z What if Zero was still alive, desperately crawling across the dirt searching for water? Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Were our ranks not swelled every day by men crawling through the reeds, families arrived in boats, and victorious runaways bleeding in their shirts, we had been decimated. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Being queen would be the opposite of crawling back to the Doctorita pregnant and begging for my job back. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her brothers and sisters were waking up and crawling to one another frantically. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He could not believe what was happening, even though he had been singing the same old song for years about how the country was crawling with Marxists. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I swiveled around, half expected to find flames crawling up the walls. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But in the weeks and months that followed, she witnessed many moths chewing through fuzzy cocoons, crawling out, and pumping up their wings. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The gasping pools were choked with ash and crawling muds, sickly white and grey, as if the mountains had vomited the filth of their entrails upon the lands about. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Later on, in government, I feel like there are tiny bugs crawling all over my body. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She stared at the fire, at the hearthstones, at the candlestick holding the black leather book open, the words crawling like worms across the page. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It is nothing but an awful spasm of fear, a simple animal fear of poking out my head and crawling on farther. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's been a long time since we practiced," she said, crawling toward me until our noses touched. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And although he’s holding it together for his niece and nephew, I don’t think he’s all that far from crawling into that bed with her and letting the end come. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Penny crawling on the floor and chasing Butterscotch. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The roots of the ceiling begin to worm, lengthening like vines and crawling across the underside of the hill. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At first Axel thinks it might be where the stick landed, or that something is crawling on the tree’s brown trunk, but that’s not it at all. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The minute I stood up on the riverbank I got covered with them again, positively crawling. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Darlene’s my chill spot: a place to share the lyrics in my head, the words crawling through my bones, the latest gossip running through Grafton Hill. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Once, crawling under the nets, Wolf lashed out with his foot, missing Alex’s face by an inch. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She picked up an enterprising snail that was crawling out of the open basket. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Each man stared at his hands on the table; you could have heard a mosquito crawling across the green baize. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some are on the hills to the south, digging holes. I think they know we have them surrounded. Our men are all around. Some are trying to get in closer by crawling in the grass.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z From my crawling days, Grandfather had taught me all the tricks of the American and the British armies, and quite a few from the French. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At that time in Germany, all crawling things were called “worms” and all flying things “birds.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z At that height, the cars were like little beetles crawling along the streets, and people walking on the pavements looked no larger than tiny grains of soot. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to feel anything but a cold, crawling sense of calm that was overtaking him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z When you are hungry, really hungry, even mush crawling with maggots tastes good. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “We put stickum paper over cracks in the cave, to catch crawling bugs,” Johnson said to me. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The bee was on his arm, crawling up and down. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Some fall crawling in the dirt of Forrestville, Tennessee, in the dark, impossibly young and alone, for no good reason at all. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It was way too cold to play outside, so the little kids were crawling up the walls. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z It felt as if I was crawling, even through the easy beginning. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It was crawling along one of the broken branches on the ground. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z A yellow-and-black burying beetle, crawling across the white fur of his belly, stopped, waved its short, curved antennae and then moved on again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “You think you’re free, don’t you? A few drinks and you think you’re a man! I could crook my little finger and and you’d come back slobbering, crawling on your knees.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But I couldn't stomach crawling back into that cramped, smelly rat's nest. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Spider works fine,” she said, crawling onto his shorts and on top of his shirt to his shoulder. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Sam saw that he could not go much further in this fashion, crawling, stooping, now picking a doubtful way very slowly, now hurrying at a stumbling run. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I got down on my hands and knees and started crawling toward her. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z And if the furniture prevented him from earning out his senseless crawling about all over the place, then there was no harm in that, but rather a great benefit. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Just like the ties and the motto and the tree and the ivy crawling up the brick front of the admin building. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Others were crawling forward on their hands and knees, murmuring under their breaths. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Corpses lined the benches below, grey-brown flesh sloughing off their bones as they raised their cups to toast, worms crawling in and out of the holes that were their eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Amazing,” I said, “the streets are crawling with cops and you break into my house. Amazing. New York’s Finest.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z It was unimaginable that she would ever bend her knees and come crawling along a dusty floor to anybody’s altar, weeping for forgiveness. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z "Like I said, we can't—" "So what are you planning to do with him? Keep him con-fined indefinitely, without justification, while you go crawling through black holes in cyberspace?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z I remember crawling up a set of stairs bathed in sunlight. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z We watched sick men crawling upon the ground, holding out their hands in supplication to Redcoats who scurried past; begging to be lifted and carried. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Behind my eyelids, I imagine little Manuelito crawling under the bed and discovering my box of old clothes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A furry white coat was draped over her stout body and she was crawling around, keeping her mama company in the kitchen. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Clara woke a little before it, having had an apocalyptic nightmare of exploded horses, cows hurled into the sea, people crawling under stones, and gaping caverns in the earth into which whole houses were falling. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The sea bottom was rich with crawling and swimming and growing things. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z At every motion, I could feel the incisions chafe and the crawling of pus. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z If only I had not lost my revolver crawling about, I would shoot him. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Moments later, Ellsberg and a few soldiers were crawling on knees and elbows through shallow water, holding their guns above their heads. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Without hesitation, I shove the raw crawling baby shrimp into my mouth, shells and all. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At last they came to the end of the black mere, and they crossed it, perilously, crawling or hopping from one treacherous island tussock to another. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Me coming home each day, kicking off my shoes, us making dinner together, then crawling into bed, with me tiptoeing out when midnight approaches. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “The farther it is from me, the less likely it’ll get me, if something comes crawling out.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He heard a groan, looked over to see the man he’d knocked out crawling to his hands and knees. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I slowed, crawling over thick branches that arched through the air like tentacles before diving into the fertile soil and becoming roots. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The first thing he saw was Pipkin, plastered with mud, crawling to the bank a few feet away. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She crawled toward Mini, but it was like crawling over ice. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z As I was crawling blindly my face rammed into one of the concrete slabs propping one of the table’s legs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Robert said, wrinkling his chin and sending his caterpillars crawling toward each other. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But since she determined we were elegant ladies, too big to get our dresses dirty crawling around on the floor, we had to find a better spot. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Blood has seeped through the heavy bandages, which are crawling with flies. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A blur of sunlight was crawling across his hair. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I hesitate, sure there are fleas or bedbugs crawling around in the wool and woven reeds. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He clambered in his black robes, his fat legs crawling over logs and books, up onto the pyre. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Now, wasn’t that better than crawling all the way home?” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z At last, their feet touched bottom, and they were half swimming, half crawling to shore. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Which was shocking, Ma and Pap said, since I hadn’t even started crawling proper. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The police came up from the capital, The woods were crawling with coppers, But Don Jose was invisible, Even to the noisy choppers. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The cab is crawling through afternoon traffic, I'm three feet away from two other people, and I can't talk to either of them. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The two of us went back to the main path and started crawling on either side of it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z They come crawling in like the sad thoughts that sneak in when I wonder why Appa disappeared. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “And so will all his brothers and sisters. I dare say the place’ll be crawling. Why don’t you ask them to dig us a burrow or two, Hazel?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so anxious I was starting to feel it in my gut and crawling up and down my skin. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z They were flown deep into the jungle and set down in an area known to be crawling with VC. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “Then I suggest our mixed assortment of artificial crawling and flying bugs of all types including—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z A basket of mossy bread in the center of the table was crawling with brown mice. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Gollum, crawling on the ground like a frightened animal, was already vanishing into the gloom. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Finn squinted at the exposed comb, a few bees buzzing and crawling on it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z So he did ... on hands and knees, crawling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was aware of other figures crawling into the room, knees scraping across the floor. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Scrambling and crawling and pushing, twisting away anytime someone tried to latch on to his limbs or clothes, he moved forward, barreling through the crowd of people. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He barked at me till he got distracted by a big terrapin crawling on the creek bank. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z On all sides the cliffs were alive with this evil collection of crawling, looming, creeping, lurching shapes. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “She got tangled in her harness and fell on it, broke some of its legs. Then it came after me, got on me, crawling all over.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When she set the naked baby down by the side of the pile in order to get out of her own dress, the child immediately began crawling toward the midden on its own. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It streamed down his face and neck like jungle flies with crawling feet. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z When Bridge unlocked her apartment door and flung it open, the first thing she saw was Jamie, crawling down the hallway toward the kitchen. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “And yes, I suppose there are a great many flies and beetles and crawling things—but they didn’t bite or sting, did they? You aren’t afraid of a fly, are you, George?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Five minutes after crawling into bed, I get a text from Courtney: R U OK? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Tell them the room was crawling with cooties, or a ghost used to live there. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The bugs were all over me, eating my skin, starting at my ankles and crawling up under my pajamas till they would end up only God knows where. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z What he remembers most clearly about crawling through the fence was that Park’s body smelled like it was burning. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The next morning she woke stiff and sore and aching, with ants crawling on her arms and legs and face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Stars of pain filled his eyes, and there was his mother, crawling toward them, her eye swollen shut, and she stopped, her face just inches from his. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The men killed a few, but they could not be missed from the crawling horde. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “And just so you know, I saw an ant crawling up the side of this seat. That’s why I almost kicked it.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Even the idea of being this near someone should have set his skin crawling. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The book of matches had skidded further, near the mast, and he found them only when he’d wasted moments crawling under the table to its other side. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Before long she was crawling all over the place, following her father into the fields, trailing me as I went about my work, and very soon she began to walk. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z After several turnings, the ceiling went lower still, too low for crawling. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z On the first of June, airplanes flyover the city, extremely high, crawling through the stratus clouds. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He could feel the flies buzzing and crawling around his legs and feet, and he was afraid that the men searching would hear them and find him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “Do you want a murderer crawling back to stir up revolution?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Fat black ants were crawling all over the palm fronds, and she squealed and looked helplessly at him when one crawled onto her arm. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was simply that I knew how different it was, from a lifetime of crawling around the surface of this planet. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z With oth-ers, she could almost feel their eyes crawling under her leathers; she didn’t know what they were thinking, and that scared her even more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z By this time his father had stolen into Matt’s room, crawling on all fours. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to escape her by crawling farther under the shelf and trying to reassume the position. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He picked it up by the hair and took it with him, crawling on all fours. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I jump over the chickens and scurry up the ladder, pushing aside the loose planks and crawling through the little door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Armed with a shotgun, a soldier provides cover for a buddy crawling to safety after their tank was hit by armor-piercing grenades, 1969. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I’m in Alabama, under the shade of a magnolia with red ants crawling up my trouser legs and the buzz of gnats swarming my head. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The place was soon crawling with woodland creatures curious to hear more about the garden project. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I can feel blood crawling across my face and bruises showing up along my ribs, my legs, and my stomach. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z South of the bridge, Michigan Avenue is a busy street, crawling with people, but here it is bare. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Our compound is crawling with fish, all right. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I can already feel the silence like a wall, barbed wire crawling up my legs to trap me where I stand. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z The clinging, overpowering conviction of death spread steadily with the continuing rainfall, soaking mordantly into each man’s ailing countenance like the corrosive blot of some crawling disease. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z You did not see, but that Black Rider stopped just here and was actually crawling towards us when the song began. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z One was very pleasant; crawling out of our pressure suits and stowing them away in bags. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z After the moving van arrived and two men crammed our Bybanks furniture into our bird-house, my father and I inched into the living room, crawling over sofas and chairs and tables and boxes, boxes, boxes. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z So Hazel lowered her eyes and took another step back, her skin crawling and her heart buzzing with fright. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Her mother’s silhouette—still crawling just ahead of her—was growing fainter, harder to discern amid the smoke and bits of tent falling in around them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The image of Zero crawling across the hot dry dirt remained in his head. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The bag was half filled with large shiny blackbeetles, crawling over each other in their efforts to get out of the bag. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z “But not a cave. I don’t want to go crawling around in any caves.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Jessie felt like crawling under the bed and never coming out. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z And in the pearl he saw Juana with her beaten face crawling home through the night. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “About a boy and a girl, living next door—and something about crawling among rafters. I remember the girl had a dirty face.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The Polish girl was crawling behind with the baby. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She wore the pads at her knees for crawling and climbing, but there was another reason, too—namely, the tiny steel blades hidden in each of them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There was a bus crawling out of the bus station, a strange bus. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z His partner was farther away, right on the edge of the door, crawling to get in before it closed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Gabriel was growing rapidly, now crawling and giggling across the room and pulling himself up to stand. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Then we drop water onto them out of our water glasses, and the paper caterpillars expand and look as if they’re crawling. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The door shuts, and all of us—except for Ray and Leda, who are crawling over the couch—stare at each other. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z With what strength he had he hewed at the crawling arm near the wrist, and the hand broke off; but at the same moment the sword splintered up to the hilt. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He didn't have leafy trees to hide behind, but he began to feel safe, anyway, crawling through his and Jen’s backyards. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z And so Gollum found them hours later, when he returned, crawling and creeping down the path out of the gloom ahead. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He was cramped and miserable, having nothing to do but stare at the winter-lands crawling by and the grey water on either side of him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It seemed to happen in slow motion; events were just crawling. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Either it was dead, or it was undergoing the change that he’d read about in a library book but could hardly believe was true—the change from a crawling thing to a flying thing. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He lay the key on the nightstand, then frowned and picked up the stylized iron wheel and put it back around his neck before snuffing the lamp and crawling into bed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “That’d be a bit hard with all the Columbian Guards crawling around, wouldn’t you agree?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I wondered if it was the same snail, crawling out, being thrown back in, and then crawling out again. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I paced the room, feeling like ants were crawling around inside my shirt. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z There is nowhere to sit that doesn’t seem crawling with plants. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The bird could have reached South Georgia in a matter of hours, if it chose, while the men in the James Caird were crawling like a beetle over the surface of the ocean. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z But the only thing I know for sure is that there’s no way I’m crawling back, groveling, to ask for a measly ride. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “Don’t talk to me, you degenerate. Go play with your little friends. I am certain that the Quarter is crawling with them.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After hammering out a pile of jagged iron fragments, I slipped while crawling out and threw back my left hand to catch myself. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z By the time midafternoon arrived, Thomas was ready to collapse from exhaustion—all that bending over and crawling around on your knees in the dirt was the pits. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z To starboard of Allard's Lady Mary a were the three galleys that Stannis had seized from the unfortunate Lord Sunglass, Piety, Prayer, and Devotion, their decks crawling with archers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You’re sitting watching TV,” he continued, “and suddenly you discover a wasp crawling on your wrist.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z A crawling sensation tickles across my skin as I stand. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Tally realized she was wearing her baggy black expedition outfit, muddy from crawling up ropes and through gardens, from falling among the vines. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But he feels abnormal, as if he were crawling out of his skin, if he isn’t high. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “The fort is crawling with Romans,” Percy warned. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I read and Amil sketched little beetles crawling out of their holes, and then we heard Papa’s heavy step on the stone walk. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He worked his way through the sick men, sometimes crawling on his hands and knees. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I was the only civilian on the street, and I sometimes had to bypass checkpoints by either crawling in gutters or crouching behind houses. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It had a thick frame carved with winged beings crawling and clamoring all over each other. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The Tribune warned that “the hawks, buzzards, vultures, and other unclean beasts, creeping, crawling, and flying, of New York are reaching out to get control of the fair.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There had been terrible cold, then more crawling. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Looking up the slope of the southern face of Kostor, on which we had been infinitesimally crawling all day, I saw a queer rock-formation a quarter mile or so above the road, a castle-like outcropping. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He was crawling to the other ledge, over the snow, on his hands and knees, when he heard the man yell, “There he is!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Before long, though, there was no light left, and they were crawling upwards in total darkness, and Malcolm found himself beginning to get badly frightened. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He gets right up into Frank’s face, front paws lifted off the ground and crawling into his lap. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Cardan’s clothes are disarranged, from crawling under tables or being captured and tied, and his infamous tail is showing under the white lawn of his shirt. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “No, I think I have everything. I shall be very comfortable here. You have made the room so charming,”—this last a final crawling sop to win her approval. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, I saw him crawling and crouching behind and among houses. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But then the image of Grandpop crawling around in the grass and leaves, slapping his hands against the ground, trying to get to Ernie, came back. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Hardly a full day had elapsed since Holly had come crawling in delirium to the foot of Watership Down. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He dare not resort to new taxes, not with the Seven Kingdoms crawling with rebellion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The theater was hollow, empty, like a tomb with phantoms crawling gray and black on the vast screen. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Presently out of the darkness Gollum came crawling on all fours, like an erring dog called to heel. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Taylor’s instincts, honed during countless pageants when the one who claimed to be sweet was the one to put Nair in your shampoo, came crawling up her spine and into her cortex. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I feel like there are bugs crawling over me and I keep fidgeting to fight them off—tiny little anxious bugs that are trying to eat me alive. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Mommy,” she said, in that willful, winsome, half-whine of hers, triumphantly smiling at having caught her parents in an intimate pose, “the spiders are still crawling all around.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z That gets me crawling out from under the boat as fast as I can. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z And it must be noted that the surrounding country where they were located was stark desert and not exactly crawling with wildlife. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z At school, Twig’s always crawling around under desks, pretending to be a secret agent spy or something weird like that, but when her mother’s around, Twig turns into one of those embarrassed sitcom-type twelve-year-olds. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The sky seemed to retreat far above, and she had the strange sensation that she was shrinking, that soon she might be no larger than an ant crawling over the ground. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They fell to their hands and knees and continued crawling on all fours. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Seemed like the place was crawling with them, . » sir. “And you guys laid down a pretty good line of fire?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew the crispy sensation of tsetse flies crawling in my hair. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “A good joke. Where was I? Secondary hallucinations, yes. Women come to me with snakes crawling from their ears. When I cure them, the snakes vanish.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Mayumi is crawling on the floor and scratching her fingers at the air. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But the most hateful sight of all, was the lice crawling on their clothes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Even in the evening, the sidewalk outside is crawling with people. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The border is now empty of people and traffic, but crawling with Turkish guards in gas masks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The two waited all day in the Rusty Ruins, patches of sunlight crawling across the floor through the crumbling roof, like slow searchlights marking the hours. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He started crawling back out of his hole. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Two days later, Roosevelt and Cherrie woke up not a second too soon to find their tent crawling with thousands of termites. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z All the newly formed monsters were crawling and hobbling in the same direction—toward a bank of black fog that swallowed the horizon like a storm front. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z After that he remembered the tide and crawling up the rocky shore. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t send my friend into danger,” Pond said, crawling next to him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Damp seeped through his gloves as he clutched at roots and rocks, crawling toward the light. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z No matter what it was, whether it was the obstacle course or crawling under barbed wire while real bullets were fired over us, we Navajos were just about the best. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look,” I giggled, crawling out of the hole, “I’m bleeding to death.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The feeling snuck up on me slowly, crawling back up through the crowded, tired portions of my brain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The spiders blanketed the walls, crawling over one another, spreading across the floor and gradually surrounding her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Flannery would take me away from here and deposit me into her fictitious world crawling with self-righteous saints and larger-than-life misfits. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z And me and those guys, we were like cockroaches, crawling over each other at all hours of the day. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “It’s not me,” he said again, his voice low, almost crawling against the floor of the room. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z A creature half the size of a man, with leathery wings and hooked claws, was crawling over the side of the basket toward Lee Scoresby. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I made a quick sketch of the construction, all these tiny people up there crawling around the girders like ants on a big tree. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Not even a caterpillar crawling in a nook. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I watch the black liquid crawling up the steps. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z According to local legend, the woods were crawling with snakes, raccoons, and wild boars. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He can now see that it is, indeed, his own journal, open to a page with a card pasted onto it, printed with winged creatures crawling over a spoked wheel. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Perhaps I am crawling parallel to the lines, and that might go on forever. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead he tried to interest himself in a beetle crawling along the stone reindeer’s back, but the beetle just wasn’t interesting enough to block out Hagrid’s next words. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Howard had already spent three years combing the Southwest for ancient bones, crawling into rattlesnake caves and taking a pickax to rock faces. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The first night I kept going, running when I could, crawling against every surface that offered a shadow. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He had a little black mustache and thick dark eyebrows that met over his eyes, almost like there was a caterpillar crawling over his brow. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Then crawling to Frodo’s feet he grovelled before him, whispering hoarsely: a shudder ran over him, as if the words shook his very bones with fear. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She picked up her billfold, but they all got down on their hands and knees, crawling around to pick up little brass tubes of lipstick and her mirror and powder puff. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “The creator of Tempest, Dave Theurer, originally got the idea for the game from a nightmare he had about monsters crawling up out of a hole in the ground and chasing after him.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He could look out his bedroom window and imagine the blue and gray armies crawling across the land. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven bit her lip as she stared at her phone screen, nerves crawling like a billion bugs all over her skin. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z By that time it must have been crawling with Eyes up there, and everywhere else close to the border. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z As I went about my business, I heard it crawling away. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The men were becoming very attached to their dogs, making straw mattresses for the dogloos, saving special treats for their favorites, and even crawling into the dogloos on occasion to share the dogs’ warmth. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He built barns, crawling around in the rafters and pounding nails. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When the batter was completed it writhed and panted as though animals were squirming and crawling inside it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be even funnier to see Algernon escape from his cage, and to see all these people scattering and crawling around on their hands and knees trying to retrieve a small, white, scurrying genius. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z What if the ants were crawling on her right now? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Her arms and legs were so tired that she felt like an old crab crawling on rocks. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z When he asked what should such fellows as he do crawling between earth and heaven, he was encouraged with loud cries of “Hear, hear!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z My skin is crawling, like I can feel the B. cepacia looking for a way to slip inside and eat away at me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “You were hardly the angel. Your place was crawling with all those skinny girls. You didn’t want strings, remember?” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The soldier leaned forward to take a look around the edge of the door; then he started crawling into the large room. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He seems happy crawling around in it, the fabric dragging behind him. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z On he toiled, up and up, turning this way and that to lessen the slope, often stumbling forward, and at the last crawling like a snail with a heavy burden on its back. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Simpson was crawling back, and I saw him grab Johnson and turn him around. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Fyrian had cried, crawling out of her pocket and hovering in front of her face. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z After a few minutes we all started crawling down into it, without even saying we were. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The floors were beveled concrete, the shower stalls wood planks and plastic curtains crawling with black mold. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Uncle Carlos spoke up as he tried to keep my twin cousins Benny and Brad from crawling all over him while he pushed the double stroller carrying his other set of twins, Brittany and Brianna. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z When I come to, crawling out from between the boxes of chalk and pencils, it’s dinnertime again. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Poppet asks once they have reached their car, a marmalade cat crawling onto her lap. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Later, she stood back-to-bapk with Qarl, listening to the grunts and curses all around them, to brave men crawling through the shadows weeping for their mothers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He sat up and began to retreat, crawling on hands and knees to the far end of the cave to get away from us, and so we kept singing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Now that I’m a teenager, he has this idea that every boy in the neighborhood will be crawling through the windows to find me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The lobster sat there for a moment, then started crawling along the tile. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He was plenty scared now, with nine venomous snakes crawling around his feet. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They found her on the carpet, crawling toward her dragon eggs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z No one drops toys in the fish tank, no one cares if the cellar door is open or closed, and no one shrieks unless there’s a huge, hairy spider crawling up her arm. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z My knee is still bleeding, while I’m crawling around looking for the key. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z She looks right through me, the way passersby usually do, as if I'm no bigger than the beetle crawling in a crack in the sidewalk. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She watched the cars crawling up Chicken Street, threading through the horde of hawkers and pedestrians, honking at children and donkeys who wouldn’t move. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “In case any spiders try crawling into your ears while you’re asleep,” she said, closing her eyes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z So for diversion he acquired the habit of crawling back and forth across the walls and ceiling. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s got a better shot than we do any night of the week. This place is crawling with eligible widows.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I think of crawling across the grass, my knees dirty, the savor of the fruit in my mouth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The grey stubbly man and the one with the axe lay unmoving, but Osha was on her knees, crawling toward her fallen spear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z After crawling into their room, Alaska looked around for a moment, then walked to the bookshelf. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The sole exceptions would have been Mexico and Peru, where the Maya and the ancestors of the Inka were crawling toward the foothills of Civilization. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They crawled the few feet from stone to stone, and crawling, they all looked the same. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She guessed there would be light, but a crawling sensation across her neck warned her it would be a mistake to open her eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Maybe so, but right then Joe felt like a lint-headed fool, crazier than she and just as wild as he slipped into mud, tripped over black roots, scuffed through patches of dirt crawling with termites. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the afternoon suddenly we heard him call, and saw him crawling about in No Man’s Land. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Jamie was always low on steps after track practice; he was usually starving, his knees were killing him from crawling, and no one else was home yet. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I tell him about crawling across the train in the night with a knife in my teeth and murder on my mind. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z And the past few weeks, Annabeth had dreamed of spiders almost every night—crawling over her, suffocating her, wrapping her in webs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And not only here but in other inlets nearby are very large lobster pounds crawling with those dark- shelled Maine lobsters from the dark water which are the best lobsters in the world. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined the fleas and ticks crawling from the dog onto him, and it made him itchy. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z He knew he would lose last night’s dinner if he saw little white worms crawling out of...anywhere. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She felt the same kind of nausea she had once felt when she saw a swarm of fat white maggots crawling over the putrid carcass of a rat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s hard to focus on the remaining trees with all the destruction around them, harder still to squint into the dusk crawling in over the field. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Even when I could no longer see, I could still smell death crawling over my skin. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z What had been little more than stacks of rough stone moments before is now set and carved into ornate arches and pathways, covered in crawling vines and speckled with bright, tiny lanterns. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But at darkest midnight when all was silent in the house two great snakes came crawling into the nursery. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They rose above for several thousand feet, looking like giant caterpillars crawling out of the ground. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Why should I thank you? You drag me up into the ceiling, through a heating vent, crawling through spider webs in the dark, across all these hard boards saying, ‘Don’t put your knee there! The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z There was no way, short of crawling through the mud on our bellies, that we could approach the Wallace house unseen. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Pendor dragon tore free and flew low and lamely to the island, where it hid, crawling into some well or cavern in the ruined town. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z And pretty soon the entire tank of lobsters was crawling across the tile floor of the Meijer supermarket. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He was a stout man with a manticore on his shield, and ornate scrollwork crawling across his steel breastplate. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then he glanced down at his forefinger, crawling with flies, and popped it in his mouth and sucked the buzzing insects off. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He sat still and his words seemed to come crawling up the sunlight, over the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Why does Scoob feel like there are bugs crawling all over him now? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z There are no people in the front room of the tattoo parlor, but the Pit is crawling with people, most of them drunk. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Finally, after it felt like we’d been crawling along the highway for months, the Columbus skyline appeared on the horizon, glittering like Oz at the end of the yellow brick road. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Hundreds of men were crawling with him, scraping their bodies with his on the stones. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z His flesh crawling, Ranofer hastily turned his back, pulling away from the Ancient. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The pain was like a crawling worm in his head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z About ten million roaches running all over everything—you see them crawling around now. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z To find the snails crawling along the rocks, these tiny wet beings straining calcium from the water and spinning it into polished dreams on their backs—it is enough. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “If I didn’t think these might be crawling with disease, I would kiss them and then you.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Four hundred children crawling along the edge of a razor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He looked again to the left, saw the bleak silence, felt a crawling uneasiness. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The snow drifts into our zombie mouths crawling with grease and curses and tobacco flakes and cavities and boyfriend/girlfriend juice, the stain of lies. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Bran glimpsed blind eyes crawling with maggots, a wide mouth full of yellowed teeth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She wanted to die, but she did not want snakes crawling all over her first! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of them are in the car, crawling up the window, jumping, crawling up again. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z After a rain the driveway was crawling with worms, and Joe crushed every one of them under his heels. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The plump one said, “You know there’s food piled in São Tomé crawling with cockroaches because there’s no way to bring it in.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z This reminds me of my dad crawling around the living room on all fours, pretending to be the puppy I begged for. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z A thin line of brown ants was crawling across his big toe, and he was trying not to giggle. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “You’re sitting watching TV and suddenly you discover a wasp crawling on your wrist.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The social worker looks exhausted, as if she wouldn’t mind crawling into one of the open beds. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But now I can’t see Mama on the porch or the ants crawling up my legs. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Spy novels, as I and the military know but my brother does not, are crawling with spies who pretend to be harmless butterfly fanciers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The darkness slows my footsteps until I’m practically crawling. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Joe’s old Franklin labored and coughed and wheezed, crawling up the long, steep ascent to Blewett Pass, high in the Cascade Mountains. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I stared at Sahil, feeling goose bumps crawling on my skin. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I saw myself talking, but I didn’t feel the words crawling up through my throat. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It was barely light outside, too dim even to read the clock on my desk without crawling to the end of the bed to look. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She’d say, “The entire band on the inside was black and I’m sure it was crawling with ringworm, lice and tetters!” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Fear is always a little bit crawling down my back. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z At first I thought he meant me, but then I saw the spiders were leaving the jar, crawling over the thick edge and down toward the earth to safety. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “Since our friends aren’t here to push us,” said Bigwig, “we may as well make sure the place isn’t crawling with stoats and owls before we go out.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The damaged chalk phantom had collapsed to the ground in a muddled heap and was crawling forward like an injured dog. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Scratched his arms like maybe the water bears were crawling in the crevices of his dry skin and he didn't know because he couldn't see them. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z It was a repulsively girly thought, though, and I wasn’t sure what dark corner of my mind it had come crawling out of. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Aru faced the demon, ignoring the goose bumps crawling down her spine. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I ran to the hollow tree and got my gun, then doubled back along my own trail and moved north, crawling through thick brush and saplings. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Our part of District 12, nicknamed the Seam, is usually crawling with coal miners heading out to the morning shift at this hour. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z While we were in the middle of the clearing, they signaled for us to lie flat, and as soon as we hit the ground, they motioned for us to continue crawling. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It’s awful to be alone with him, knowing he’s seen me in my underwear and crawling around on the ground, but I am too angry for embarrassment. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Did he go crawling around like this—look, Joey—like this? Did he wrinkle up his nose like this? Did he have a big old long tail?” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Link was crawling, and his face was taken up by it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The guard jerked his head toward a body rotting on the floor beside the door, its flesh green and crawling with maggots. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I pretended I wasn’t even there, that the hair on the back of my neck wasn’t crawling. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I keep telling myself this while I’m trying to get egg yolk out of my hair, while I’m crawling around on the floor picking up spoons and upturned bowls. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Trauma had a way of crawling back to you. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Can’t say I’d want a snake crawling across me, but I don’t have to run screaming to Dad every time I see a garden snake now. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z They managed to detach an inflatable lifeboat before their ship sank, and were crawling into it when the Germans returned. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He felt a strange sensation, like hundreds of tiny ants crawling up his arm. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment he thought he could see a black speck crawling up the farthest ridge. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z She pictured her friend as a toddler in a wet diaper, crawling across dirty bedclothes while her mother lay beneath them, high and neglectful. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He was so beaten and broken and cold that this crawling through the wet sand in the whistling, sea-thundering dark was the hardest thing he had ever had to do. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He was crawling uphill now, as though the tunnel were leading straight toward the very center of the gigantic fruit. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z All night I felt bugs crawling over my face. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The streets in the Abnegation sector, now crawling with Dauntless soldiers. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Cameramen from the Universal Newsreel Company were crawling all over the town, creating a short-subject film of the horse’s life. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As for Ralph — by the time Callie was crawling and making nests for herself in the laundry basket, her father had moved on to writing up his results. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt like worms and toads and slimy things crawling out of my chest, but it also felt good, as if this awful side of me had surfaced, at last. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he started crawling back to his position. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When I walked into the heat of the day, even the lizards knew better than to be crawling around. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Campbell Junior was crawling from her to me and back from me to her, but Aunt Loma didn’t even notice him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The creaking wooden sailing ships were crawling with rats. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z It also smelled musty, like old papers, old books, old newspapers with pale brown edges and little bugs crawling everywhere. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z His skin was crawling, felt like it was changing color, from brown to yellow. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z The Jeep was crawling slowly along now as we drove into town. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Presumably he is a woodworm, not an earthworm, and Locke’s furniture was crawling with them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z From my vantage point at the laundry room window, I could see a thin stream of electric vehicles crawling along the cracked asphalt, carrying goods and workers into the city. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I could get around with my legs off—either by crawling or lifting myself up on my arms and swinging the rest of my body underneath me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z My skin feels as though ants are crawling under it. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The beeping echoes through the house, and I hear Charlie crawling under the table and moving between the chairs. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z He flinched; someone was crawling in the loft below him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The streams were crawling with tourists by then, except for very high up where the bank underbrush was so thick you could hardly get to the water. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He spent hours crawling over the statue, which took up most of the lower deck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He was always meeting one of them—crawling naked on a floor or engaged in a game of marbles or even on a dark street with his arms around a girl. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Leathery patches of skin hung off his face, among patches of raw red flesh seeping with pus and crawling with flies. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Then, crawling on hands and knees, they snaked it up the chute to the promenade deck. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z You could make out the profile of the Coral Queen, but the crew looked like june bugs crawling around the deck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Vines crawling all along the walls, and plants with crazy-colored leaves, some the size of paper plates. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The ship was on its side, so crawling through its passages was a bit like being in the ducts, an unexpected familiarity to something that should have been so different. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He sat up near Faithful Ursywck, but she could feel his eyes crawling over her as she went about her duties. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A man appeared, crawling snakelike in the direction of the cauldrons. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I had an odd sensation, as if a little creature was crawling up my spine. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Some had hit the water and sunk up to their throats in mud, and others looked like they were crawling, caught in bizarre motion. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z A wild crimson blot was crawling upward rapidly along his shirt front like an enormous sea monster rising to devour him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I peered in and saw a handful of spiders crawling about. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She could see their feet through the crawling crowd. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z And then, there it was, the deadly, dangerous thing crawling out of my mouth. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Water dropped from the roof and the cave was cold without a fire, but here I stayed for six suns, until my leg was well, crawling out only once to fetch water from the spring. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone knows the ship could sink, unable to hold the piles of bodies that keep crawling on like raging ants from a disrupted nest. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He dreamed the ants crawling all over his hummingbird feeder and clogging it with their bodies were a special kind of Milagro piranha ant. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were fed tough bread crawling with weevils—only enough to keep them alive—and had to ration fresh water carefully since they never knew when they might have it next. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Several protesters had fallen to the ground, and two came crawling toward me, scrambling to get out of the way. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z She ran a hand across her stubbly scalp where her hair had burned away, and felt more ants on her head, and one crawling down the back of her neck. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then, out of the shadows, a hooded figure came crawling across the ground like some stalking beast. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z From such a height they must look like black beetles crawling over a table. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Our old teacher brought paper doilies to school in her many efforts at appeasement, and her windows were always crawling with paper vegetation. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He began to scratch himself as if his shirt were crawling with fleas, which, Jemmy thought, it probably was. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z She started to get up, planning to buy some to take back to Mrs. Viboon, when she saw a brown five-legged spider crawling on the display. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She even began to feel, after a while, as if there was something crawling over her skin. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Men were crawling from the river, men burned and bleeding, coughing up water, staggering, most dying. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A Green girl on her stomach, crawling toward me, her eyes open, her mouth gulping at the air. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z That meant that I was crawling his profile for data, too. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Andrew shows me the ants crawling across the table. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z His closeness sent shivers crawling up my spine. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Another explosion came and the earth vibrated, and one of the naked children crawling after crickets giggled. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z "You know, from Easy Rider. Everyone hip stays here. Jane Fonda. Jimmy Page. Bob Dylan. The place is crawling with famous people. Why do you think we're here?" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z From the ranks of the crawling babies came little squeals of excitement, gurgles and twitterings of pleasure. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z In the grassless section in front of the house, a baby is crawling on top of a dog with black matted fur, and a boy of about six is poking a stick in the dirt. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Before she could comfort him, he changed into his wildcat shape and sprang down on the creature, batting it back from the edge of the roof, where it was crawling swiftly to escape. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z There was this tunnel that these two kids kept crawling through over and over and they never seemed to get tired, which made me think of Augustus Waters and the existentially fraught free throws. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z But Finn couldn’t resist watching a tiny crawling thing slither out of Joe’s hand and down his pant leg. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z It took all Nathan’s nerve and many deep breaths to calm his instincts to squish the spider that was crawling up his leg. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Scrawny kitten, belly swollen with worms, crawling with fleas. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Other men were crawling from their shelters, yawning and stretching. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Frank is fiddling with his cigarette in his recliner during a commercial break, which is enough for me to start across the main room—crawling so there’s no chance he’ll notice me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Alhaji and I gave the three other boys a few minutes to take their positions before we started crawling even closer to the village to initiate the attack. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Roz and Brightbill followed a trail through the fog and over to a beach that was crawling with fluffy goslings and proud parents. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They paused long enough to let me jump into the front seat while Velia made room for me by quickly crawling into the back with Delia and Pita. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Slept more than 24 hours, flat out, which is just as well because that was the day when the farm was simply crawling with German soldiers. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The girl lay still now, but his skin was crawling. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z All through “The Star Spangled Banner,” Larisa watched the bee crawling over my flowers. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When her body falls to the ground I turn to harvest a large man crawling toward me, his mouth opening and closing without making a sound, his clothing that of a field worker. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Or if they climbed on, supposing the fire was all out, and they had to watch Piggy crawling nearer and the ship sinking under the horizon? Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The whole area was crawling with giant scorpions. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Right then, my skin was too busy crawling and my fingers too busy itching to organize to answer. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes Maisie would wake her up, crawling into the top bunk. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Down below among the roots there was the sound of creatures crawling and snuffling. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It comes from peig, a crawling, wicked Indo-European word meaning evil and hostile, the sure makings of a curse. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My skin buzzed, like it was crawling with microscopic organisms that had been accumulating steadily since my last shower weeks ago. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “We have an emergency generator,” panted the man, crawling out of the potato dirt and onion skins. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I dream that the nurses are in the room with me, crawling up, up the walls, to listen at the ceiling. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Everything around was still dripping, and the air was as wet as a sodden sponge, full of the smells of dank vegetation, of rot, of earth crawling with worms. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “And then”—my mother began to tear up—“she said that all she could do anymore was think about Oslo and Gabriel up there as babies, crawling around on a solid white floor together.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z She felt his eyes crawling all over her. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She knew he would be crawling under the cabin, so she made him put on last year’s worn-out overalls and a ragged jacket of his father’s that came down to his knees. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Linda draped an arm around her daughter, softly shook her head: “But they won’t hurt you, honey. They don’t bite—” The house was literally crawling with daddy longlegs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t imagine what kind of work required crawling on all fours, although I remembered Mami scrubbing the floor that way, so that it seemed she was talking about housework. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It got so bad that when the concerts were over, he took to crawling into the matchbox and pushing up a piece of Kleenex to block the entrance. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Shin’s success in crawling through an electric fence designed to kill seems to have been a function of luck. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I feel like going home, crawling into bed, and binge-watchingNetflix on my phone for three straight weeks. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Tally looked up at the ancient, serpentine shape of the roller coaster, the vines crawling up its framework. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He glanced back apprehensively, half expecting to find the limp white things crawling after him in sightless pursuit or snaking up through the treetops in a writhing and ungovernable mutative mass. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I pull on a robe to try to calm the gooseflesh crawling over my body. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He had even sent men crawling through the sewers, yet somehow Robert still eluded him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They don’t care if people are dying in the bed.They don’t care if people are legless, lunatic or crawling on the floor. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I’m aware of tile changing to concrete, of crawling through a tight, stinking pipe onto a ledge about a foot wide. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Something was crawling up the back of his neck. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Unable to speak, I raise my hands and give the signal, my skin crawling as word passes down the battlefield from soldier to soldier. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Once more they started, crawling from hollow to hollow, flitting behind such cover as they could find, but moving always in a slant towards the foothills of the northern range. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When I turned to apologize, I was face-to-face with the prince, who was crawling about with the rest of us! Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s one of her crawling on the floor in front of a mirror that would be perfect. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They were displayed on sand in a huge square bin, walled by plastic sides high enough to prevent them from crawling over and out into Manhattan. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He pressed his hand against the wall and felt the same sensation of crawling ants. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The dripping branch was shaken above my head and drops of water wet my face and scalp, some of it rolling down my neck and wetting my back, like insects crawling. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Gollum had just begun to sneak off on his own, and he was crawling away on all fours through the fern. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Felix didn’t seem to mind having the filthy mutt crawling over him. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Dreadful as the Dead Marshes had been, and the arid moors of the Noman-lands, more loathsome far was the country that the crawling day now slowly unveiled to his shrinking eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z In three months you'll be crawling back to us on your knees, pregnant, begging for us to take you in. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mud oozes between my toes, and I visualize a million leeches crawling up my legs and digging their suckers into my skin. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z But I feel scared, like bugs are crawling up and down my skin. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The next thing she knew she was crawling, scrambling uphill on all fours like a dog as the good folks of King’s Landing made way for her, laughing and jeering and applauding her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then they’d move outward, sweeping the farm, crawling up trees and into the barn attic. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Some can be reached only by crawling on hands and knees, and the path is so intricate that one would soon be lost without an expert guide. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was hot and the sweat was crawling down his head like little black ants. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z My stomach felt like something alive was crawling in it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood up for a moment, tense and menacing; and then he collapsed, falling forward on to all fours and crawling up the bank of the pit. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He had been warned that the town was crawling with soldiers, so he jumped from the train as it slowed to enter Musan station and headed southwest on foot. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z A dark water was before him, and he was crawling on the ground, this way and that, doubtful of the way. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Something kept crawling over her body, flickering its antennae as it puzzled over the addition to its home. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z So even as the police officer told us these unimaginable, world-breaking things, I was still crawling around in the wrongness of what I’d just done. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z There are no flowers or blooming vines crawling up the buildings, no benches where students can relax. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The asura was crawling, turning her head from side to side, scanning the room. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z When he blocked the image of a spider crawling on him, her tiny feet actually tickled a little. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z After Oscar died, I was so depressed that I thought about crawling into a hole and disappearing forever. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z He thought he could see her impulses crawling like ants and could read them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We could also see that the entire area was crawling with Sixers, and more seemed to be arriving every second. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Instinctively, she tried to shove her secret snack cake wrappers under the imaginary mattress, only to feel a caterpillar crawling across her hand, startling her awake. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It was only a matter of time before our entire mud hut was crawling with them. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Black workers going home on foot ran helter-skelter down streets and alleys, ducking into doorways, jumping walls, crawling into cellars, the stampede of footsteps behind them. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her hard breathing had heated up the inside of the mask, her forehead sweating, the adhesive crawling as it tried to stay attached. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z And suddenly he was not Bran, the broken boy crawling through the snow, suddenly he was Hodor hallway down the hill, with the wight raking at his eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z This seems the easiest solution until, stopped in his tracks, he remembers that he has no phone and that turning around and crawling back through Ada Taylor’s window is out of the question. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z They were crawling with fleas and covered in scars and cuts and scrapes from being kept in a tiny gerbil cage. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z It was a pigsty, with roaches crawling over the bunched-up sheets and garbage on the floor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The singer's hand came crawling out from beneath the dead animal, scrabbling in the dirt like a spider with five legs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Huh. It would be cool to just shed something and swim away,” he says, crawling on all fours and then picking up the crab. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “I could see your hat with my eyes closed! Besides, if it weren’t for me, you’d be crawling on top of the commander right now!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The stone was held in place by a black metal clasp, by something that looked like claws, with something else crawling around it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z And when I miraculously appeared, sleepy-eyed, crawling from underneath my bed, she wept and laughed, biting the back of her hand to make sure it was true. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He has no chance, Jon thought when he watched Stonesnake vanish over a snow-covered ridge, a tiny black bug crawling across a rippling expanse of white. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They were everywhere, hanging from the mango tree and crawling under our charpoys so that we were afraid to sleep. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He was already walking like his sisters he was already crawling on the ground. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He bumped his head, hard, while crawling out. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A bad feeling was crawling its way across her skin, making her feel sick. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Sometime in the distant past, a line of ancestral creatures must have developed this structure and found it worked, just as generations of long-ago crawling things in Mary’s world had developed the central spine. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Scorpions, perhaps; a jealous person had sent them to his uncle’s hut once, and his uncle woke up every day for weeks to find angry black scorpions crawling near his newborn twin sons. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He began crawling about on hands and knees with great agility. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Faerie might be beautiful, but its beauty is like a golden stag’s carcass, crawling with maggots beneath his hide, ready to burst. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z |
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