| 单词 | deserted |
| 例句 | Cluny might even forget that he panicked and deserted at the Abbey. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In spite of everything, I wasn’t altogether happy in 1942; I often felt I’d been deserted, but because I was on the go all day long, I didn’t think about it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She assumed that Betty and her helpers were still eating dessert in the kitchen and would not know that the dining room was deserted. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She walked the perimeter of the deserted house at least three dozen times until her ankles ached. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z My first-ever kiss, and it takes place in the middle of a freaking thunderstorm, in a deserted cabin. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Now those specks in the distance, almost too small to be seen, were coming inexorably toward them to attempt to dismantle their world, and what tatters remained of Sarai’s belief deserted her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Great stretches of the long grass, once the teeming jungle of summer, were almost deserted, with only a hurrying beetle or a torpid spider left out of all the myriads of August. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But as I stood there on the high rock looking down at the deserted harbor and the empty sea, I began to think of Tutok. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The band shell was deserted, and the woman in pedal pushers quietly reeled in her line, and Dr. Mason’s sprinkler went round and round. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was nearly five o’clock, and the construction site looked deserted. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After school the playgrounds were quickly deserted, and if you had to stay after school it was eerie and lonely to walk alone through the deserted streets. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The track that came out of the city and rusted across the land, through forests and woods, deserted now, by the river. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The place was deserted, too; I saw just one small fishing boat rocking like a lazy walrus off the shore. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z This army moved to attack several Miami tribe villages but found them deserted. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z I found myself in a strange deserted city—an old city, like London—underpopulated by war or disease. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In silence the two boys lifted the heavy stake and carried it between them out into the deserted street, in which the rosy light was graying into dusk. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The international court determined that the children and teenagers of the Third Reich had been betrayed, deserted, and sacrificed by a party and a regime that had used them to attain power. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Taverns were closing for lack of customers, and the street markets remained deserted. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z On the river floated a deserted canoe in which spirogyra had grown. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He’d never stepped foot in any place that public, even if it was deserted. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z I cried aloud, stunned by the thought that he had deserted me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Joseph and Eliza agreed that I couldn’t live alone, not with the deserted streets as dangerous as the crowded sickrooms. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The place was as silent as a tomb and appeared to be deserted. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His only daughter, Violet, drowned on the eve of her wedding, and two years later his troubled wife deserted their home. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Her house looked so dark and deserted as she drove up to it that it seemed curiously strange to her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Clearly, the place had been deserted for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of years. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Pa lies and tells the chief that he was only a shopkeeper in Phnom Penh, that he found the jewelry in the deserted houses during the evacuation. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This afternoon the town had been deserted except for the loafers who stood around the filling station and the street comers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven hours and two buses later I finished my final leg of the journey just outside a village that looked as if it had been deserted for a century. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Only one thing cast a shadow on a cliff in such a deserted place. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d brought lightweight Polartec jackets with their supplies, so they bundled up against the cold rain and walked for a few blocks through the mostly deserted streets. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Aunt Maggie’s husband, the “uncle” who had fled from Arkansas in the dead of night, had deserted her; and now she was casting about for a living. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I step into a wide, deserted hall that appears to have no other doors on it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” said the red-haired girl, in the garden of the deserted casino. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “We immediately turned into one of the dark deserted side streets,” Gold recalled. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z My room looked out on a deserted section of the freeway and the new long-term parking garage for the airport. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z During the day, it was filled with colored tents and vendors of all sorts, but at night the barges were flat deserted spaces strewn with bits of trash and rotting fruit rinds. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Some of the ships they passed appeared deserted, their gangplanks drawn up. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They got off the cable car, and James led Emily and Matthew through a nearly deserted outdoor mall, then a palm-tree-lined plaza. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The streets were deserted under the persistent rain and the houses locked up with no trace of life inside. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z One afternoon, while we were searching for food in a deserted village, a crow fell out of the sky. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z One afternoon when the track was deserted, Smith snuck him out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But the sidewalk below my building is deserted, the windows across the street rows of dead eyes, dark with curtains and dresses and rugs. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Nassau Street was fair deserted all the way up to the Commons. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The place seemed deserted, though she didn’t understand why. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And anyway, he couldn't stay here all night in an empty shelter by the deserted platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z But he had soldiered on the job and the place was deserted. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I swim to get away from Josh Raymond, and my cheating father, and Violet’s involved parents who are also her friends, and my sad, deserted mother, and my bones. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They got off the cable car, and James led Emily and Matthew through a nearly deserted outdoor mall, then a palm-tree-lined plaza. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Finally she heard a satisfying click, and the window swung open on a deserted office, its walls covered in maps marked with trade routes and chalkboards listing share prices and the names of ships. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The Great Hall was deserted now; the candles had burned low, giving the jagged smiles of the pumpkins an eerie, flickering quality. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Walking here in the daytime is bad enough, but at night, ghosts of the dead haunt these deserted streets. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z False friends, treacherous servants, men who had professed undying love, even her own blood ... all of them had deserted her in her hour of need. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Ran back to the all but deserted bazaar. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The bright moon revealed a field of empty tables and stalls, deserted by its trader swarms. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The edge of the town was deserted, but as he made his way toward the river, the noise of shouting, of screams, and of the crackle of rifle fire got louder. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The main street was quiet and hot, almost deserted. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The pool area and the backyard of that house were always deserted, so Adria and I thought our new game was harmless. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The wandering boy found a deserted barn a ways off the road. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He looked around at the deserted alleyway and shivered. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The third floor corridor seemed to be deserted. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Now his house was deserted and his garden withered away, and few people remembered anything good about Narciso. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “He must be determined to hide what really happened if Dumbledore couldn’t get it out of him,” she said in a low voice, as they stood in the deserted, snowy courtyard at break. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The cluster of low hills appeared to be uninhabited apart from one small cottage, which seemed deserted. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Not one mouth uttered a sound as the realization came home that their own country had deserted them, that Smyrna now had no government, that there was nothing between them and the advancing Turks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When he reached his destination he found it deserted. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The deserted stoplight creaked as it swung, and that little lonesome moan of a sound broke open whatever was already cracked inside me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z And every evening a few more deserted, stealing off into the dusk. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z If their mothers had only waited until the next morning to drive back over that deserted mountain road, they might still be alive to scold their own daughters about the dangers of driving at night. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Our club decides to execute the actual makeover during Thanksgiving break, when the school is deserted. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When we got to the honey house, it was deserted except for Rosaleen, who was gathering up her clothes so she could move up to May’s room. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The feeding stations in the backyards were deserted. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Finally, the brakes squeaked in protest and the taxi came to a lurching halt alongside a row of deserted warehouses. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Jaime parked his car in the deserted square without noticing the soldiers who were motioning him not to stop. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She was proud and could be hard enough but she was as true as steel and would never have deserted a companion, whether she liked him or not. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Johnny, from sheer high spirits, jumped the now deserted breastwork the British had thrown up so hastily the night before. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “My Oriental calm seems to have deserted me,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Even greater was the thought of the deserted island I would return to, of living there alone and forgotten. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The market square inside the Gate of the Gods, which in normal times would have been thronged with farmers selling vegetables, was near deserted when Tyrion crossed it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She started up the hill, following the deserted path as it wound among the wind-tossed trees. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Magpies drifted from cottonwoods across the deserted road, and bluebirds and swallows flitted in and out of abandoned adobe farmhouses. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The mission is a ghost town now, and the agricultural station also nearly deserted. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This was probably a lament for the young son of Apollo and Psamathe—Linus, who was deserted by his mother, brought up by shepherds, and before he was full-grown torn to pieces by dogs. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry swallowed; his voice seemed to have deserted him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “This place is nice and peaceful and deserted. Now let’s go back.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But Snape had gotten to his feet and strode to the small window, peered through the curtains at the deserted street, then closed them again with a jerk. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Promptly after greeting them in Paris, however, Swann deserted them in favor of a master class with the cellist Pablo Casals. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Harry could think of many reasons not to obey the summons, and yet his suspicions about her identity were growing stronger every moment that they stood facing each other in the deserted street. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Everything in East Hampden was dark and deserted, even the Boulder Tap; the only light for miles around seemed to be the light shimmering around the pay phone in front. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She would trust her own instincts, which she now knew to be right, and develop a shell so hard that nothing could pierce it, not even being deserted by Salvador. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Ducking down, they joined the Hufflepuffs going the other way, slipped down a deserted side corridor, and hurried off toward the girls’ bathroom. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z They’d spent long days slogging through the snow, freezing nights in whatever rudimentary shelter they could assemble or in the deserted huts of whaling camps when they were lucky enough to come across them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The streets were deserted and so quiet you could almost hear the dew fall. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The road out front looked strangely deserted except for a few kids in raggedy jackets and two disoriented goats. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He was even less talkative than usual, but finally, as we walked down a deserted alley, he said, "Be sure you complete your work today. We've lost our lodgings." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z All the willpower he’d used to work his way free deserted him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z So deserted and peaceful that I almost turn around and go back to the car. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Also, his ties were too wide, and they were all painted with strange and lonely pictures of deserted beaches, haunted-looking forests, or UFOs. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z The place was quiet, nearly deserted but for some last- minute shoppers—almost all middle-aged women—scrambling for an odd or end to complete Thanksgiving dinner. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The air of invincibility has deserted me, and I’m suddenly aware that I have to do this surrounded by nothing but my own human frailty. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z It’s nearly midday and the streets are deserted. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Capricorn's men had set fire to the house soon after taking over the deserted village. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The compound was deserted and she peered through the locked gate for a while. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The bell hadn’t rung yet, and so the hallways were almost deserted. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Yeah...Could be...It must be deserted. There’s no lights at all.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Peralta was nineteen when he boarded a smoky bus that carried him through the deserted hills of Guerrero and kept going until it reached the edge of Mexico. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Van Helsing and I tried to make inquiry at the back of the house; but the mews was deserted and no one had seen him depart. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I think from there I can climb directly through and be in the part of the castle most likely to be deserted—and the part with access to secret tunnels. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Over the coming months, they deserted in droves. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They would not carry me down that steep path through the woods to the grey cove and the deserted cottage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z We had not been to the park in ages, and the three of us raced around the nearly deserted paths having a wonderful time. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The room was deserted, but a door to their right stood open, leading to a shadowy hallway. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z We kept walking until I saw a deserted two-lane road through the trees. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It had moved stiffly, that first time, with a reluctant rusty yelp and they peeked through into the hidden and deserted yard. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z They had arrived on what appeared to be a deserted stretch of misty moor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z This time the hallway is deserted, an expanse of dark blue carpeting and white wooden doors. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The houses had a snow-beaten look, and many were crushed and deserted, driven to earth by the winters. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It was mostly deserted, but a few persistent salesmen waited for customers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Except for the taverns, the street was deserted when I arrived at the Butler Hotel. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In Texas, dead blackbirds, dickcissels, and meadowlarks were found at the nests, and many nests were deserted. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z It looked deserted, containing no sense of light of life. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Away from the gates and the stables, the great castle was largely deserted. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They skulked in an empty chamber off the entrance hall, listening, until they were sure it was deserted. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The apartment was empty, the walled garden deserted except for birds. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z All this calamity surrounded Helmuth, but he stayed in the city and made daily door-to-door visits, cautiously walking deserted streets and abandoned alleyways “with a trembling heart.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The gray, predawn light showed her the whole of the corridor, completely deserted. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I was recently asked by an acquaintance when he ran across me alone after midnight in a coffeehouse that was already almost deserted. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z On the morning of the sixth day since Shinae had deserted them, there was a loud knocking on their front gate. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Little Willy’s sled flew by the schoolhouse on the outskirts of town, and then by the old deserted barn. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They tore into a deserted classroom to their left just in time. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Afterward, they walked together, silent, around to the tip of the island and into the deserted house that had been Lizzie’s home. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z There was the occasional barn and once a row of little houses but they looked deserted and we didn’t want to risk finding out for sure. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The lot was empty, and the surrounding area appeared deserted. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “It is not my fault that your man deserted you, Edna.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I whispered to him that the village had been full of gunmen a few days ago, even though it now looked deserted. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The convoy had parked on a deserted beach. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She and the man spoke together quietly as my friends and I nervously surveyed the deserted courtyard. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The instincts of self-preservation, of self- defense, of pride, had all deserted us. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon they came to deserted streets flanked by old factories and continued on until the She Elephant led them into a dark alley. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z On this bitterly cold night the streets of Warsaw were almost as deserted as those of the ghetto, but the blue camel hotel was always bright and warm. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z A few of the old mansions remained, but they were deserted and decaying; some were completely imprisoned in vines. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She had been by herself in the deserted village—and when Aunt Chipo locked her into a hut for being bad—and when she went off to cook private meals. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then most of the adults started to gather around the cleared tables and I went over to the deserted horseshoe pits to see what was so all-fired important about throwing horseshoes. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She turned sharply on her heel and started to make her way toward the deserted highway. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “I felt God had deserted me and I couldn’t figure out why because I’d been such a good kid.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z They watched from the window as the small figure followed by his dog crossed the deserted plaza and disappeared into the night. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If she returned to the deserted village, the creature would only follow her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My tuition was a full six talents, which put me in an interesting situation The long road to Imre was mostly deserted. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The station was tucked in a deserted area, surrounded by dark woods. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Shielding myself behind some deserted stalls and tables, I made my way closer to the palace. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The house looked deserted, dark and silent, even the honey-colored stone had the feeling of something abandoned. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Urgh!” said Ron as they left the bathroom for the dark, deserted corridor outside. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The dock smells like sardines and it’s pretty deserted—unless you count the birds, which I don’t because it makes me think about Natalie. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Hurley, “Ocean Camp presented a forlorn appearance, resembling a deserted Alaskan mining village that had been ransacked by bandits.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z By sunset the beach was pretty much deserted, and the riot officers who were left behind were firing warning shots at anyone who dared to come close to the ruined machines. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It was early afternoon and the grounds and buildings were deserted, since everyone was at sports. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Now there were rumors: a terrible defeat, someone had blundered, two hundred thousand Rebs, the Eleventh Corps had deserted. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Two bridges spanned it—one was well lit with traffic rumbling across it; the other was dark and deserted. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He hopped off his bicycle and, shielding the shoe box with both arms, began to jog across the deserted greens and fairways. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But then he heard the sound of two jars breaking against the brick walls of the deserted cotton warehouse beside the general store. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I glanced in at the serem-trees leaning white above the dark pool, the paths of pink brick lying deserted in the serene gray light of afternoon. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z In time, the reader would look up and see the deserted streets, hear some nearby cry for help. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The lighthearted ironies she might have deployed among her friends deserted her in his presence, and she heard her own voice become thin when she attempted some docile contradiction. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z No sound was to be heard; the place seemed deserted and Psyche drew near, awestruck at the sight of such splendor. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Dismounting at Rael’s, he bought some cigarettes and a tin of snuff, then crossed to the Frontier Bar, which was almost deserted, very quiet, and dark. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning the marulas were all gone and the little island was deserted. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Those warehouses across the way look deserted anyway. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Already it wore that drab deserted air of a vanished evening and the dawn of a tired day. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But no, she wasn’t in the deserted village. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “This was a deserted corridor till you came butting in!” said Ginny. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And then the deep and empty silence of the deserted house. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The lands ahead were empty of all save birds and beasts, unfriendly places deserted by all the races of the world. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A funny prickling on the back of his neck had made Harry feel he was being watched, but the street appeared to be deserted, and no lights shone from any of the large square houses. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The town square, almost deserted this late, looked very different at night. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They were not far from Robin’s home, but he had no wish to see it empty and deserted. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z The first rays of morning lit up the still deserted streets of Dundalk, Maryland, where Mary’s new home was located, as the cops mounted up to leave her ransacked space. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z One morning, she sat up from the bed of grass in the boat and found the river deserted. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Other people are going out to their offices or classrooms; we stay behind, Cinderella-like, in their usually deserted homes. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Terrified, I deserted the pap ’n vleis and fled to Mother. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When she knocked at Mademoiselle Reisz’s door one afternoon there was no response; so unlocking the door, as usual, she entered and found the apartment deserted, as she had expected. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course they were wrong, Inej considered as she crossed the bridge over the black waters of the Beurskanal to the deserted main square that fronted the Exchange. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Here there were no sounds, the station completely deserted at night. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The streets—now swamps of muck and mud—were all but deserted save for a few laggards. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Every view was magical, whether it was a deserted, lamplit street comer or the neon hubbub of Royal Street. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “She had hardly finished laying. Most females would have deserted this nest and found another site. She had plenty of time to lay again.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The second view of the deserted town, barely illuminated by the yellowish bulbs of the street lights, did not awaken in Aureliano any more curiosity than the first. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z "On September first we moved into Sunset Towers. Two months later, on Halloween, smoke was seen rising from the chimney of the deserted Westing house." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, they drove their little wagon carefully and slowly down the deserted path that night. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he climbed up to a railroad track that seemed deserted and kept walking. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The other keeps, long deserted, were lonely, haunted places, where cold winds whistled through black windows and the spirits of the dead manned the parapets. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The men Lord Tywin sent to seek after him had traced his course as far as Volantis, where half his crew had deserted him and he had bought slaves to replace them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Our tire man, too, deserted us, leaving us to clean our costumes and hold our split seams together as best we might. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z They passed a crofter's cottage, deserted and overgown, and skirted a flooded quarry where the still water had a sheen as grey as steel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Littlefinger led him into a tower, down a stair, across a small sunken courtyard, and along a deserted corridor where empty suits of armor stood sentinel along the walls. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The journey through the dark and deserted castle corridors wasn’t enjoyable. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The island seemed deserted; the snowy ground was scrubbed clean by the wind. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The parking lot and locker room were deserted. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was three days before I could catch fish and when I went there again the pool was deserted. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The deserted shopping centers with broken storefronts were disturbing enough before we cut into the first neighborhood of little brown and gray and white houses. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I’m still wearing my post-Phil conversation smile as I film the park before I head back to the deserted food court. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z If it had not been for the vein of light around the edges of the drawn shades he would have passed on, thinking the house deserted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I stepped into a deserted corridor clogged with too many smells. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was held in the deserted Headmaster’s house, and Mr. Patch-Withers’ wife trembled at every cup tinkle. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Now their work was done, and the place was deserted, with not a soul in sight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When the distant cheers had faded to silence and the yard was empty at last, Winterfell seemed deserted and dead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They set off across the deserted moor, unable to make out much through the mist. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z There were few people outside, and the torchlit path leading past the marquees was almost deserted. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z For a few blocks, none of them did anything but run, pell-mell, straight down the middle of the deserted street. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Colin was sitting in one of the highest seats, his camera raised, taking picture after picture, the sound strangely magnified in the deserted stadium. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Brinker for example had begun a long, decisive sequence of withdrawals from school activity ever since the morning I deserted his enlistment plan. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems deserted, free of parasitic man, but this is not entirely so. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z At last the horse came to a deserted field. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Routed from their positions in total disarray, tens of thousands of South Vietnamese soldiers deserted. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The bus station, normally bustling with the chaos of brightly colored buses and hundreds of travelers, was deserted, and weeds were growing up through cracks in the paving. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z For the rest of her life, pilot Yevgeniya Zhigulenko never forgot finding a small boy with a haunted, thin face and huge green eyes alone in a deserted village. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It looked deserted: trees and bushes grew thick in the property behind her house, and long grass and weeds filled the front yard. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Outside, crossing the lawn, on his way to work, he tried not to see how completely dark and deserted Clarisse McClellan's house was... Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Commons was deserted except for a couple of haggard old janitors and the red-wigged lady who sat at the switchboard and knitted all weekend, paying no attention to the incoming calls. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The beach is deserted, and it’s so cold, I have to clench my jaw to stop my teeth chattering. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z If so we are now off in the North Sea, and only God can guide us in the fog, which seems to move with us; and God seems to have deserted us. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The rooms were deserted, the curtains drawn, the furniture covered in white sheets so that each shadowy chamber they passed looked like some kind of forgotten seascape cluttered with icebergs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Very few people are about, just enough to make it seem more deserted than it is. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z For a second that contained an eternity, Harry stared into Cedric’s face, at his open gray eyes, blank and expressionless as the windows of a deserted house, at his half-open mouth, which looked slightly surprised. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was the silence from the speakers that unnerved me, more than the deserted roads or the empty shells of repossessed houses. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Rubbing her hand, her pursuer followed again, keeping her distance now, as they moved deeper into the deserted labyrinth of brick houses. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And if you’ve spent quite a bit of time on a deserted island eating coconut and grubs, rum will get you drunk rather quickly and thoroughly. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I’ve deserted you for an entire month, but so little has happened that I can’t find a newsworthy item to relate every single day. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They were not going into any deserted house. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The streets are deserted, except for speeding military vehicles. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The streets are almost deserted, which would not be so unusual at this time of day if people were at the mines, kids at school. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z On March 22, 1621, an official Native American delegation walked through what is now southern New England to negotiate with a group of foreigners who had taken over a recently deserted Indian settlement. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Even the city streets far below are deserted after the celebration last night. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z We watched as large groups were herded off the barge and simply left standing on the deserted shore as we pulled away. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z An hour ago, when Stanton had left the Seward home, the street was deserted. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They arrive and take up residence in the deserted homes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not at all. He was almost genteel as highwaymen go. I had him pegged as a low-ranking officer before he deserted.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The amphitheater is completely deserted, so it’s almost peaceful. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I hadn't heard that word since childhood and immediately recalled a mismatched pair of Japanese schoolboys standing alone in a deserted school yard. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The campgrounds were mostly deserted, shimmering in the August heat. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “It’s been over a week,” Harry said, looking at Hedwig’s deserted perch. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Harry glanced hopelessly at Dumbledore’s deserted frame, which hung directly behind the headmaster’s chair, then turned his back on it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z At dawn a taxi is called to ferry them through deserted Cambridge streets, up Massachusetts Avenue and past Harvard Yard, to Mount Auburn Hospital. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When Helen and Theresa went down to Pete’s office to complain, they found it deserted, and his desk tipped over. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z That explains why the streets are almost deserted. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I tuned in to the creek’s gurgle, imagining a pristine river on a deserted island, its shore lined with orchids and gardenias, with birds warbling sweet melodies. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z To my overwhelming surprise the living room was deserted. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Yet, for some reason, that most basic human ability deserted those officers that night. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It was virtually deserted this early in the evening. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Jones said that to cross the river they needed a dark night, smooth water, and deserted riverbanks. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z This, not my fear of setting off alone into a deserted town, should have been my first concern. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then, with a great shock, they saw that they were looking, not into a deserted attic, but into a furnished room. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Hazel hated that, it meant casting about in his mind for an answer and casting about in Hazel’s mind was like wandering alone in a deserted museum. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They trudged up the dark, deserted lane, following the freshly made carriage tracks. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “You’re on a deserted island. You can have five books. Which do you choose? I never thought I’d actually have to.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z His plan was to leave a single Greek behind in the deserted camp, primed with a tale calculated to make the Trojans draw the horse into the city—and without investigating it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The man had gone to the Wallace place, which had been deserted for twenty years since the death of old Captain Wallace six months after his wife. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though it was only mid-afternoon, zone 20 was draped in shadow, and deserted. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The lighthouse was only a quarter of an hour’s flight from the Charing-T Tower; but the hills of Malpais were hardly more deserted than this Surrey heath. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I was standing on a deserted street in some little beach town. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The skies above them were silent and deserted. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “It feels too deserted; I think I want to go now.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z It had become his custom, each time he was deserted, to buy a gallon of wine, to stretch out on the comfortably hard bunk and get drunk. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z How long the city had been deserted she could not know, but the white walls, so beautiful from afar, were cracked and crumbling when seen up close. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z What if we’d been set up—sent to this deserted part of the city to be ambushed out of view? Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The unshoveled parking lot was deserted except for one snow-covered car and a couple truck cabs. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Despite the mess and bother, I’m glad it hasn’t deserted me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Though they looked at them curiously, Kaisa paid no attention, and took Ash through a swinging wooden door into a deserted antechamber. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z At the deserted riverbank, she knelt on the ground in the full sun and cupped the cold water in her hands, drinking deeply. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I drive through a menacing area filled with deserted warehouses—Dickey, be gone!—until the tent comes looming up out of the dusk. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet by turning his head on his pillow he could see Ron’s deserted bunk. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The wind, the empty sky, the deserted earth—Miyax had felt the bleakness of being left behind once before. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They arrived in the evening and spent the night going through the great deserted halls and the silent offices with mops and pails and brooms. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z For a few minutes the scene was deserted. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Were we more subtly differentiated we must long since have gone mad, have deserted, or have fallen. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It was deserted in summer because it had little shade. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At the base of the devil tree, exposing its roots, was a deserted animal burrow. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The front of the school was deserted but along the curb United States marshals were spaced, not in uniform but wearing armbands to identify them. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He spoke casually, almost pleasantly, his voice clear in the deserted street. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys’ rooms were deserted, drawers opened, rifled through. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Robb continues: The fields of Flanders were deserted for much of the year. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The bat landed on a deserted stairway and nodded his head upward. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z There was no compass to be found outside and the house looked deserted. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He would have personally punted me out of the van, preferably at a high speed, in the middle of a deserted highway. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The playground was deserted apart from themselves and, though the girls did not know it, Snape. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I laughed, and my laughter seemed freakishly loud as it echoed across the deserted river. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The men had deserted their camp, but there were plenty of signs of their passage: upturned earth, broken twigs, crushed leaves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z That seemed odd, since the place was deserted. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At dusk, we came upon a deserted cottage of crumbling stones, which looked like a hermit’s dwelling. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Rusting car hulks cast the only shadows across deserted yellow yards; in many places barbed wire had snapped between fence posts and now curled frozenly toward the sky. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They left the highway, sped through a deserted Holcomb, and crossed the Santa Fe tracks. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes open and I strain to catch a glimpse of someone in my family, but the yard remains deserted. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He made his way back to his farm along deserted roads. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Silvertongue gave him the backpack and looked around, but the square was now so deserted and quiet it was as if they were the only people left in Capricorn's village. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She climbed a hill at the edge of the deserted village. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At night, I'd walk through the deserted school buildings, checking doors and windows. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He learned how to make it go faster, then faster, and the streetcar screamed along with us through the deserted city. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It all looked overgrown and deserted to me. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The town square is deserted and quiet as I cross it to face the rows of huts. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On March 17, 1865, Booth and his henchmen planned, like highway robbers, to ambush Lincoln’s carriage at gunpoint on a deserted road as he rode home to the Executive Mansion. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The streets were deserted and the doors were barred. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Was there any word from her?” prodded Yossarian, who had been brooding incessantly about the girl, wondering how much she was suffering, and feeling almost lonely and deserted without her ferocious and unappeasable attacks. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z With a quick glance to make sure the bridge, path, and shore were still deserted, he switched the light on again and angled it against the bank. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Deep in the pine woods, along a deserted logging road, the boy and dog came to a small open space where there had once been a log ramp. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Small communities of shacks—by comparison the houses in the Seam are upscale—spring up here and there, but they’re all deserted. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And he went out foraging in the deserted places, and lo, an angel of the Lord came down, and brightness was all around him, and the angel said, “Be not afraid.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I fetch a dixie and wood from the hut and we crawl into a small deserted lean-to which we use for such purposes. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Here on Long Wharf, merchants’ counting houses were closed and shuttered, sail lofts deserted, the riggers and porters stood idle. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She went into the kitchen, but it was deserted. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The street was deserted except for a couple of parked cars. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He went back to the Owenses’ tomb, but found it also deserted: neither his father nor Mistress Owens was anywhere to be seen. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He and Dumbledore were now standing in what appeared to be a deserted village square, in the center of which stood an old war memorial and a few benches. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Granny, an indomitable matriarch, had single-handedly raised all of her children after her husband had deserted her for another woman. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I went slowly to the ghetto and stood in the shadow of a doorway, watching our deserted section of fence for a long time before approaching it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Soon, his own forces deserted him and he was ousted in a coup in early March. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The deserted sidewalk rose steeply and continuously for several blocks. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The girls were in the midst of a jump-rope fad, so the parallel bars were pretty much deserted. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z When the lawyer deserted the East Coast after that divorce he was a stunned human being, a twenty-nine-year-old man on the block and ready to give up. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They flew a long time down deserted passages. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Not only did the building seem on the verge of collapse, it appeared completely deserted. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z We have walked a kilometer away from the road before our path leads us to a deserted village. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On one side of the deserted wharf were warehouses, on the other were ships. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I've never been alone in the city this late, and it's deserted. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Then I took the deserted side steps down to the street two at a time, without meeting another soul. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z One night Alba was astonished to find the streets in the center of the city dark and almost deserted. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have done nothing,” my friends whimpered as they deserted me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They move southward in the breeding season and at such times a wounded one is only too likely to find itself deserted. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We would each have the same dream: Papa walking in a deserted field while the two of us were running after him. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Leon wondered why the birds had not deserted. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He saw a squad of blue troopers, his own men, riding down into deserted streets. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I feel a little uneasy. I mean that road is so—deserted.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for the children, the sidewalk in front of the three-story brownstone at the end of the block was deserted. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The last time someone deserted, the courtyard was covered in frost. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The car stops in front of a large brick building that looks deserted. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was entirely deserted and silent, except that when she listened carefully she could hear a faint humming in the distance, as if something were running—another motor? Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z On the north comer there was a tavern, deserted, the door open into a black interior. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have been very late, because all the corridors were deserted. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He hurried down through the deserted corridors; the whole school was outside, either already seated in the stadium or heading down toward it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z As Cleopatra sailed on the Cydnus, Mark Antony’s audience deserted him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It was a deserted spot that Hamlet and I favored for our meetings. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Everything felt kind of peaceful and sad and deserted. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z But with the gate out of operation, the courtyard battlements were as deserted as the rest of the building. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z At the back of the great iron-and-glass hall was the entrance to another part of the museum, and because it was nearly deserted, she went through and looked around. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After a time, a thread of blood began to trickle over the lip of the drain into the trampled, deserted ditch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The hallway was practically deserted—all except for Dari, that is, who was sitting by the lockers. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The darkest stretch was Thunder Beach, peaceful and deserted under a yellow moon. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The school library, crammed with Clock Watchers the last time they were there, was utterly deserted. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But when nothing happened, he looked up and saw again how truly deserted the Casin was, and the sight brought home to him the high stakes they were playing for. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She knows I have deserted her, and she is angry. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We proceeded along the street, marching warily to avoid the assaults of guile unmoved by the fear of bombardment; the shops and warehouses to either side of us were evidently deserted. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Yet it seemed strangely deserted to Catelyn as she passed through it, its pale stone halls echoing and empty. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But then, Cain seemed convinced that I'd meet the same fate if I deserted. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The land on the Opium side of the border was deserted. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed entirely deserted, but there might be a few Specials in hiding, waiting for stragglers to reappear. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z We believed its paths to be deserted, for the king was absent on a journey. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Reaching the stall from which the sound was emanating, he saw that it was deserted. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Even by day Capricorn's village appeared curiously deserted, and not just because of the many empty houses, which looked even more dismal in the sunlight. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Beyond the castle lay the market square, its wooden stalls deserted now. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The roads were deserted except for an occasional hunting party in red hats and yellow jackets, and sometimes with a deer or an elk draped over the hood of the car. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn't want him to wake up and think he'd been deserted. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The streets looked deserted, but I knew they were not as deserted as they appeared. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Her temples were neglected; her altars foul with cold ashes; her favorite towns deserted and falling in ruins. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was easy to unfurl the linoleum in deserted alleys and parking lots. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The campus seemed deserted—everyone was at the party, I supposed—and the green lawn, the gaudy tulips, were hushed and expectant beneath the overcast sky. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But Knockturn Alley, the side street devoted to the Dark Arts, looked completely deserted. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I stood in the deserted street until I could no longer hear the sound of the motor, only the hiss of the powdery snow that the wind kicked up in little eddies on the ground. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was in the library in August that the seeds were planted that grew into the Egypt Game in September in the Professor’s deserted yard. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Nhamo dug around the deserted gardens until she had found several sweet potatoes to roast. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This seemed like the end of the world, to be deserted by Charlotte’s children. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Even the butterflies deserted the open space where the obscene thing grinned and dripped. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I’d only just escaped the classroom, and I was darting down a deserted corridor when he found me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It’s the kind of downtown that becomes absolutely deserted at night and on the weekends, except for a few nightclubs half-filled with the desperate and the desperately lame. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The back alley wasn’t as deserted as it had been the day before. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Impossible!—when I told you how she, on the contrary, deserted me: the idea of my insolvency cooled, or rather extinguished, her flame in a moment.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I stared into the broken windows of a deserted stone building across the street. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z On New Year’s Eve the parlor was deserted, for the two younger girls played dressing maids and the two elder were absorbed in the all-important business of ‘getting ready for the party’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the halls, even the largest, seemed deserted. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Boarded-up churches, deserted houses...the whole city was one huge invitation to play hide-and-seek. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Even though the place was deserted, the aftermath of that final period of calisthenics lingered, the stink of boy sweat; armpits and feet. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were no doubt idle and deserted children who generally swarm in great cities, nurtured on vice and daring, said Mackay, and ready for anything. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They explained to the neighbors that they were raising money for Tommy Segovia and his mom, Zelda, to come home because Tommy’s new stepfather had deserted his family in New York. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z At the next comer he spun off into a deserted section of barracks. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z When Harry, Ron, and Hermione left the hospital wing at noon the next day, it was to find an almost deserted castle. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “He is a miserable, sneaking wretch who deserted us as soon as we were attacked.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z There would be nothing inside to tempt any thieves; Ento had been deserted as if it were the host of a plague. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was a Friday night, but the weather was so bad the Brasserie was nearly deserted. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The harbor was nearly deserted; the plague had caused shipping in and out of Kerch to grind to a halt. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Everyday we walk with the crowd, occasionally stopping in deserted villages to rummage for food. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The bar of the Leaky Cauldron was nearly deserted. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Soon the vlei looked as deserted as a valley on the moon. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In fact, grandchildren, when we finally took that island and began exploring the deserted Japanese positions, we Marines found something that made us feel especially angry. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The platform was deserted, and a gentle rain drifted onto the tracks. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The place was deserted, except for yellowhammers and a few mice pattering about in the sun. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Captain Campbell, sir. The campground appears deserted. The rebels left behind their tents and bedrolls.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z But the house was not deserted, and the best parlour seemed to be in use, for there were white curtains fluttering in its window, and the window was open and gay with flowers. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z In the little cafe Chez Pierrot, next door to the tobacconist’s, the waiter was sweeping up the sawdust in the deserted restaurant inside. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Suddenly a grasshopper crackling across the deserted plaza area made all three men and Nick’s mom jump as high as if they had just been bitten by a rattlesnake. ^ knock on the door. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The streets were deserted, except for an occasional old man or woman doddering about. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He led her down a deserted hall, unlocking the door with his circular key. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The street was deserted, but inside the café there were half a dozen customers drinking beer or Santa Lucia wine or whiskey. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Sitting down on one of the bleacher seats, Archie found a sudden and unexpected peace in the deserted gymnasium. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He said he had deserted the army for self-imposed incarceration in “a giant, demented prison.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The thought of exploring these buildings doesn’t strike me as particularly scary, though, since the whole town seems deserted. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Finally I came upon a nearly deserted shop where, despite being tongue-tied at first, I succeeded in pawning a cup that belonged to my father. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The blacksmith’s shop, the mill, the church, the stores, so busy and alive in daylight, were hunched, deserted now, dark piles and shapes without a purpose or a meaning. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He wandered often about the four main business blocks that were brightly lighted and then through the black, deserted alleys behind. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The chamber, Taran saw, indeed seemed deserted, of inhabitants, at least, for the room was even more heaped up and disorderly than Dallben’s. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z It all looked as deserted as if the Flood had newly receded and left this one cold building in its wake. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z But at this moment the heart of town, such as it was, was deserted. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s virtually deserted, with just a few random people who seem to meander aimlessly. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I remember the deep silence of the deserted street around me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He walked past the Doge's Palace, which was already illuminated by its pink lamps, and then stomped through the twilight across the deserted St. Mark's Square. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z They all climbed the stone steps into the deserted entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The noise of traffic was all around them, but the park itself was peaceful and deserted. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The crematorium had the same rotten, rundown air of a railway station, except that it was deserted. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Emily, James, and Matthew stood in the dark and deserted Portsmouth Square. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Not wanting to be discovered hanging around in another corridor, they went straight into the deserted staffroom. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He walked for a while down the muddy stretch of deserted road that led to the house before he turned back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Settled back in the slow, smoothly rolling fiacre we moved up the Avenue de l'Opéra, passed the locked doors of the shops, their windows lighted, the Avenue broad and shiny and almost deserted. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Sarai imagined it empty, all those mazy lanes and mussed-up beds deserted, and she felt, for a staggering moment, as though she were drowning in that emptiness. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Once at the top I found myself in a long, deserted hallway. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The characters loitered in deserted rooms, no one talking, everything silent for whole minutes except the hiss of the projector and rain pounding on the roof. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The rain pelted down even harder on to the pavement, and when they finally reached Barbarossa’s shop, the alley was practically deserted. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z At that vague hour between dark and dawn, the sunroof of the Amazon was deserted. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The room was deserted, save for the owl, and the security klaxons were no longer wailing. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Then the pictures of towels on benches, deserted cars, and lost jackets. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Then, feeling very anxious, they made their way to their prisoner's apartment to feed his deserted tortoise. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Fuchs stopped the car at a deserted spot. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “The plaza’s empty...so’s the rock garden...the shoreline and the bridge are harder to see, but as far as I can tell they seem deserted.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Several times work stopped altogether, for what reasons I do not know, while Kenny and Selvam strode about the deserted site in exasperation, dark as thunder, unapproachable. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when she was in the deserted village at dusk, the wind awoke as day shifted into night. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re all stranded on a deserted island, afraid to signal for help from passing ships in the distance, because they could belong to their enemies. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The place was deserted—no people, no animals—and the only confirmed kill was an old man who lay face-up near a pigpen at the center of the village. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But instead the depot is all but deserted; only two figures sit on one of the benches on the platform, a man and a woman in black coats. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “You just did, Dad. Remember that you made me memorize the guard orders? I’ve always had trouble remembering them. But I never had trouble remembering the most important one. You deserted your post.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When they emerged in the enormous courtyard, they found the college almost deserted. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z We felt our way up the winding stairs of the dark tower until we emerged onto a deserted parapet overlooking the field and the river below. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The house felt deserted, with all its dark and empty rooms. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z When he poked his head out of the closet, he saw that the hallway was deserted. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon the five cars pass through the deserted sections where houses have been abandoned or where families hide. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The officer stood alone at the foot of the dock, surveying the deserted town as more boats splashed toward the landing spot. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind hurled the sand ship keening over the dead sea bottom, over long-buried crystals, past upended pillars, past deserted docks of marble and brass, past dead white chess cities, past purple foothills, into distance. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He got up, dressed in the pale dawn light, left the dormitory without waking Ron, and went back down to the deserted common room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Deep in the water, I’m deserted by all. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Marti scanned for surveillance confidently; the street running along the railroad tracks seemed deserted. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Then by heart, she walked the long mile by the deserted farmland lot with the funny sign. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Tonight would be the true test; without the pickup truck parked near the trailer, the place would appear deserted and inviting. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When they arrived at the arena, it looked deserted: no concert or game or circus happening today. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know if it was the smoke from the campfire that calmed me, or the sudden reappearance of Zu, who had come back from scouting a nearby campsite, making sure it was deserted. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They went aboard the Astrea, and found her deserted of all but a watchman. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It was deserted except for a large owl sitting on a golden perch. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The crowd of sheltering refugees was gone now; the station nearly deserted. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The common room was deserted, and, judging by the fact that it smelled quite normal, Hermione had not needed to set off any Dungbombs to ensure that he and Sirius got privacy. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Jason peered both ways down the deserted road. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Many of the miners’ houses there are deserted or falling into decay. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z There doesn’t even appear to be anyone there, as though the whole place is deserted. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He had deserted his sister, leaving her to do the kind of work he despised. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z It is a time of great peace, a deserted time, a little era of rest. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Sierra wasn’t used to seeing any part of the city so deserted. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z All I could think of was how they had deserted Viftas and his men. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Another boy grew so anxious about his family that he deserted, hopping a train for home. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The corridors outside were deserted and the only sound was the distant phoenix song. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He paused for a second and then added defiantly, “I deserted, you know; I up and left ol’ Abe’s Army of the United States.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was afraid of dying alone, afraid of being deserted by the person he had depended on for so long. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I saw only that she was a very young girl, frail beyond most, deserted by her husband and doing her best to feed herself and her children. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z It was deserted back there, and cooler, too, and she stood under the draft of an air vent and tried to catch her breath. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The place was deserted and as quiet as a tomb. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We hurried through the deserted streets and headed north along the river, Raji always a bit ahead of me and looking back to be sure I was following. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Though the stretch I was in seemed deserted, I could hear fishermen calling out to one another farther along downstream. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He wondered if there were still deserted islands in the world, like the one on which Robinson Crusoe had been shipwrecked. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The elevator ceased rising; its doors slid back, and there, spread out ahead of them, deserted except for empty parked vehicles, lay the police station’s roof field. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Streets were so quiet that the city seemed almost deserted. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The lot and the street were still deserted. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The outer blocks had long been deserted, filling up with tumbleweeds and sand. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She never again wanted to feel as utterly deserted as she had this night. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The church was dark, the parking lot deserted. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They turned out of the gates into the twilit, deserted lane to Hogsmeade. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The highway stretched deserted through the swamp forests. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes glanced nervously over the deserted, dusty street. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Omakayas was well aware that she shouldn’t stay so close to these cubs, but after all, they seemed deserted. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z One by one, all of my friends have deserted me and fled to the dark side. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z At no time was the border deserted, and at no time was it possible for Matt to run the remaining few hundred yards to freedom. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I was standing on a deserted road in the rain. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He allowed himself to be swept up the marble staircase with them, but at the top he hurried off along a deserted corridor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Beyond Boston, she pulled off into a side road, and then off that into a deserted lane. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They landed the Kurosawa next to an instance of the white house that was still deserted. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z From there, he took the subway to Queens and found his way to a deserted area near a cemetery. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The flagstones of the deserted entrance hall were stained with blood. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Some Americans, the same kind I thought would have deserted at Valley Forge or surrendered after Pearl Harbor, said we might just as well give up on space. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They found the island deserted, maybe because the seas were too choppy for the tourist boats. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The place was deserted but for two cars, and I couldn’t see any people. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The road was deserted, as if there were no other human beings in the world. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Now it was nearly twelve bells, and the Exchange was deserted but for the guards who patrolled the perimeter and the rooftop. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Two of the days it sat still from noon till dark, as if deserted, then began its run again at night. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Every day, whenever I could, I took the back stairs down to the deserted washroom and shut myself up for at least half an hour. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z On the road, I find myself crowded among thousands of people walking amid deserted towns and villages. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z From time to time, a vagrant or a wino would wander through the front door, assuming the house was deserted. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And they stood, each as though waiting for the other to say something of the greatest importance, on the deserted corner. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I crouched behind the cubicle and watched Assef and the other two sprinting by, laughing as they hurried down the deserted lane. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z "He's only three, he doesn't understand what's happening. He thinks everyone has deserted him, so he follows me around all day, clutching my leg and crying. I don't know what to do with him." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I take the back way around the fence, circling in a zigzag pattern through the alleys and behind buildings, until I reach the recessed doorway of the deserted shop. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The office was deserted; everyone had gone home. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a strange feeling to walk through the village—a truly deserted village now—past Capricorn’s smoke-blackened house and the half-charred church porch. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Stay; he is himself zoöphagous, and in his wild ravings outside the chapel door of the deserted house he always spoke of “master.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z There was no warning; one moment the road was deserted, dappled with moonlight, the next, half a dozen shadowy figures stood before us. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Emily, James, and Matthew stood in the dark and deserted Portsmouth Square. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The streets of King's Landing were dark and deserted. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We went out on some deserted farm road in the upper valley. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z It was nearly dark and the street was deserted, no cars or people, and Linda wore a pink dress and shiny black shoes. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning, immediately after we had passed a deserted village, we started hearing something like the roar of big engines, the rolling of metal drums on a tar road, a thunder exploding, roll after roll. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z With most of the slaves working the mines, and only a few toiling inside the ramshackle refining sheds, the giant yard was almost deserted. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was strange to be out in the city with the streets so utterly deserted. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He was somewhere in a long deserted room, not unlike Great Hall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z On January 16, McCandless left the stubby metal boat on a hummock of dune grass southeast of El Golfo de Santa Clara and started walking north up the deserted beach. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Though it was past supper, the attic was deserted. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was easy, once out of the party, to pull his Invisibility Cloak out of his pocket and throw it over himself, for the corridor was quite deserted. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The place had been completely destroyed and was deserted. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z These, too, were silent, deserted by all living things. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The halls were empty and the lotus garden deserted, except for ibises meditating on the existence of frogs. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He had hoped to find the machine room deserted, but the place was packed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A second glance told her that the front entrance of the three-story Mexican hotel was deserted. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Several dark alleys twisted off from the main street, leading to deserted storefronts. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When they reached the station, Harry led the way through a maze of pipes and deserted rooms and back halls down to the level where the trains were. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The path; the brush; the rocks; the gate; and beyond the gate, sun-white, a small deserted clearing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z After Mr. Costa left, the school was a silent, deserted place. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z There would be more people around once I got off this deserted street. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The taxi descended when they got to Mufakose, and, under the She Elephant’s directions, settled down on a deserted parking lot. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The streets were mostly silent and deserted that morning, but every now and then we’d pass a woman wearing curlers or a group of men in T-shirts with motor-oil decals, loitering in a doorway. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “But this island is deserted. We’ve been here for weeks. I swear, there’s nobody here.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Harry ignored him and made his solitary way up the marble staircase, through the deserted corridors, and back to Gryffindor Tower. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The salon was deserted, except for Steven and Emilia, who were standing alone and forgotten at the altar. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And that’s exactly what it was—parked at the side of the road, painted bright red, and looking quite deserted. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Far below them, down by the bridge gate, the loading area was completely deserted. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The cafe was deserted at this hour, with the chairs on the tables. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He began walking again down the hot, deserted street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Or could the lack of a pinch be more accurately attributed to the fact that the off-duty cops simply pocketed Devine’s dough, parked in a deserted place, and logged eight hours of shut-eye every night? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only eight o’clock, but the whole place seemed to be deserted. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z When he straightened up, he saw that he was in a nearly deserted playground. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He’d read a story in one of the old books in the attic about a bunch of kids finding a deserted pirate ship, and then a skeleton in one of the rooms. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The square was deserted, save for a lirkmunk who chittered in annoyance at the smell and ran for the safety of a nearby thicket. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Stairways did not tend to remain deserted for long, especially during a siege. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The man’s pallor ... his rudeness . . . his coming upon Tree-ear in such a deserted place. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It was as yet deserted, except for a couple of large bins; the first Ministry workers did not usually appear here until at least eight o’clock. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z As Harry squelched along the deserted corridor he came across somebody who looked just as preoccupied as he was. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The first time that they were alone on the deserted fields behind the garage he pulled her mercilessly into an animal state that left her exhausted. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They made their way - down a deserted colonnade. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The area was strangely deserted—as if the mortals could sense it wasn’t safe. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Phrases jumped out at him: hasn’t been seen in public since November. . . house appears deserted. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The cemetery was deserted and the dark crooning of the wind bowed the heavy cypress trees. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The passage was navigable only during high tide, and was never less than treacherous, but his smuggler's skills had not deserted him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Soon after arriving in the deserted village Capricorn had had gratings fitted over the narrow niches where long-dead priests slept in their stone tombs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I felt that the courage, the resiliency and the unswerving, fanatical will to survive, to dream of a bright future, to accomplish, to conquer, of early years had deserted me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was what she did in the deserted village back home. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As the days passed, the fear grew, and even streets in the heart of Rome became almost deserted at night. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The square, which was usually very busy, was almost deserted when the three children entered it. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She ordered a cheese sandwich and a glass of pale ale and sat outside on the terrace, which wasn’t crowded by any means but wasn't deserted either. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z A dust devil twirled eastward from the sage across the flat deserted fields, catching tumbleweeds, bouncing them along and letting them go, weaving among the crumbled houses and rusty car hulks—a truly desolate scene. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After riding half the night on the deserted road south from Surrattsville, Booth and David Herold neared their destination—an isolated farmhouse a few miles north of a village called Bryantown. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z More unsettling than the wreckage was the fact that the workshop was deserted. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z With the town so deserted, Doha was sharply aware of how much they were sticking out. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z It was deserted; only two cars were in front of the drugstore. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z So the foolish little brat waited until your dormitory was deserted and stole it back. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I searched high and low until my breath grew labored, but I found the castle strangely deserted. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Yes,” Harry said, gripping his wand very tightly, and moving into the middle of the deserted classroom. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Another car roared down the street, and the street was suddenly deserted, but the Negroes appeared again shortly. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was deserted—the French didn’t see an Indian village for two hundred miles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z |
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