There was a patrol car at the end of the block, moving in the opposite direction, the sound of the engine fading away. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Many other symbols may appear on, above, or below the staff, giving directions for how to play the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The dark-haired girl looked in my direction and smiled. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The older one raised her head and tilted it in my direction, though she didn’t meet my eye. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fig lazily raised his head, aiming his barely opened eyes in my direction. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Malcolm thought that was the better option too, so he paddled the canoe as fast as he could in that direction. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In the other direction, where we thought the action would be, there were mountains shrouded in haze. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are people walking in all directions around us, but most certainly not a million of them. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For the first few moments I felt lost, not sure about directions, groping for my helmet and weapon. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the entryway, I watch as the cars start up, their different lights aimed in all directions, like searchlights going crazy. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

James and Matthew looked to Emily, waiting for her direction, but she was stumped. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In every direction the blunt, accustomed, holy fingers were spreading little tablecloths, or holding up books, or blessing each other thoroughly, or soaking each other with Holy Water, or reverently displaying God to the people. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when you can imagine we’re at home, then take the road into the city, asking directions to the palace of Alldnoos. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her dark hair stuck up in every direction. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The small children came running from all directions, with oyster shells, or pieces of shingle, to scoop up the mush. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting at a table preparing for the Talmud session, when I saw him pass me and nod his head in the direction of the door. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Was it not at the brothers’ direction that Maniac Magee performed these deeds? Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waited outside the basement door, pretending to use the pay phone until there was no one in either direction. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

You become compressed in the direction of motion, your mass increases, and time, as you experience it, slows down, a breathtaking consequence of traveling close to the speed of light called time dilation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each warrior rode in a different direction, then turned and went in another direction. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Still holding the laser tube in his direction, she crossed the room, picked up the vidphone, dialed the operator. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The trip will re-create Lincoln’s journey from Illinois to the White House four years earlier—though in the opposite direction. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

There were sudden gullies, too, where you knew streams would flow when the snow melted, and in every direction were fringes of brown and green. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced in the direction of the waiting Special. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

At that point, he turned in my direction, pointed his finger at me, and went on attacking me without my ever really understanding why. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The food court goes completely silent and nearly everyone turns to look in my direction. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The German press, under the careful direction of the minister of propaganda, had made much of the upcoming fight. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There were dozens of other players wearing them as well, and together they blended into the dry heat of the practice held like lingering cattle waiting to be herded in this or that direction. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wipe my face with the back of my hand and turn in the direction of the sound. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The sailor, Alfred, crept slowly in my direction. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“How can we be sure Cole has found a new direction?” the Keeper asked. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Cars jet quickly in both directions and I wait for the road to clear. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

"Do you think she thought you were a plant, working for the soldiers? Or maybe that she wasn't sure which direction you were telling her to run in?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It is quite possible that she did not believe in any other tendencies in humans, for while she was preternaturally alert in some directions she was completely blind in others. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He thrust his chin in the direction of the people. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Progress in any direction began to look impossible. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Alfhercht let his hand drop and sighed, then pointed in the direction he had been heading. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

But the predominant direction of spread was from north to south. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tom points his chin in my direction and mutters to Phil, who turns his head and waves. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

There's the sound of another door opening and closing, somewhere down the opposite end of the hall, in the direction of both our rooms. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She must have set out in this direction. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Still hoping to find it, I tried walking in different directions. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crept down the hill and circled the camp as close as he dared, scenting from all directions. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The poppies, now blue in the long shadows of the hills, stretched away in all directions. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the ball was in the air, B-Cubed took off in my direction. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“But did you? Did you ever get pulled in so many directions you weren’t sure which one was real?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, nothing snagged me, and I floated out slowly in the right direction. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stretched out to the horizon in every direction. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the direction of our guard we carried and stacked sawn boards from the mill to a huge shed where lumber was stored through the winter. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

While I shook my head to dispel the direction my thoughts had taken, I thought of something else. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lyra consulted the alethiometer to begin with, but warily, and learned that they should travel in the direction of the distant mountains they could see across the great bay. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed the harder I chased after a subject, the faster I ran in the wrong direction. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The Phlegethon flowed in the same direction until about halfway across the plain, where it met another river of black water—maybe the Cocytus? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We walk by Ruth’s house first, but she’s not in her yard today, so we start in the other direction, heading for Gloria’s place. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I flipped the match safe’s lid up and down, but stopped once the nearby passengers began glancing suspiciously in my direction. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I lowered my arms to look again, Martin’s head had turned in my direction, one cataract eye wheeling crazily before fixing, it seemed, on me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Pieces of glass scattered in a thousand directions. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She held it up to the Nightingale, whose eyes scanned across the page in the proper direction. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Tess waits for a moment when no one is paying attention to her, then glances up quickly in my direction. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

With nothing better to do, Billy shuffled in their direction. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the little faces turned in her direction. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

After AP English Comp, he walks with her to her locker, even though his is in the other direction. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My face breaks into a huge smile and I start walking in Peeta’s direction. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

As long as she kept busy, she didn’t have to think about the significance of her new direction. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The strong winds would blow in from the sea and catch the rain, so that you never knew from what direction it would hit. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one direction lay home and everything I knew, unmysterious and ordinary and safe. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

My parents and I were growing in different directions. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

In the months that followed, Ash listened a bit anxiously whenever her parents’ conversation began to turn in that direction, but she never heard them bring it up again. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abby stood and gave her a quick hug before gently pushing her back in the direction of the house. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Then he ran along the shore, kicking shells in all directions. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the meeting I asked for directions to the administration building and rushed to see my counselor, Mr. Kinkade. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then, with a nasty glance in Elinor's direction, he beckoned her over. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Before Ash had a chance to hide there was a shout in the distance and the woman glanced in the direction of the sound. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After one more look in both directions, he walked off along the waterfront out of sight. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It toppled in one direction and I toppled in the other. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Atop the mill house, Oksi turned her head almost all .the way around in one direction and then the other. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I point in the direction of the west. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Vanderbeeker kids gave each other uneasy glances before backing up in the direction of the stairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In winter, I could hear every word, depending on the direction the wind blew. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The ridge runs perpendicular to the direction I was going. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even as I said it, I knew what I was saying and I switched away and started off in another direction. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lemons and oranges rolled away in all directions. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Before we could yell at them, they both ran off in the other direction, and disappeared around a corner. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

When she hits her release right, the discus soars, but once in a while she gets turned around and sends it off in the wrong direction. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

And Maya watched as all three of their shadows turned at the same time, heading in one direction. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She feigned to reach for the pen, but instead swung her bound hands in the other direction, slamming them into Xenocrates’s gut. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

A breathless messenger came running from headquarters, where Commander Tamara Kazarinova was giving radio directions to her pilots from the ground. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But if you ask for it by name, anyone in the neighborhood will point you in the right direction. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Anything living that could abandon its home, some of our neighbors included, had migrated westward, in the direction from which we heard drums every night. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My friends and I move in different directions. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Jam growled and reached an arm out of her covers, grabbing a pillow and throwing it as hard as she could in its direction. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Then, with a shake of his powerful head, he launched into a gallop and led his four-legged band in the opposite direction. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We get on the line headed in the direction of J.L.’s and go straight to the back of the car. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In one direction, I could see the large rock we liked to sit on, and in the other, the rolling Arkansas hills. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked behind him, in the direction of the local track. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Muffliato,” she whispered, waving her wand in the direction of the stairs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Even after walking a few steps in every direction, I couldn’t get it back. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

For weeks after, he said nothing to me, except the gruff hellos which were given without ever looking in my direction. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doorman points us in the right direction. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He lifts his chin in the direction of Coop and Rae’s station. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I jerked a thumb in the direction of Chubs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t exactly sure of the way, but he knew the general direction. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

When the cows wander far enough to sniff the odor of lion urine, they know a killer is nearby and run in the opposite direction—right toward the waiting lions. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, if Wall's over there, I suppose that Paris must be sort of in the same sort of direction, mustn't it." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was not so much clouding up as thickening, somehow, from every direction at once, the blank blue gone to haze. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We shoot small waves good-bye in Hope and Jason and Mya and Camila’s direction, before following her out. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Under Arthur’s direction the ladder-like structures became a scaffolding—four small towers standing one near each corner of the block. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then, Patrick got dressed and walked around the house to go into the party from a different direction than his bedroom. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I make a show of walking calmly in the other direction, but when the next bell rings, I take off down the hall and up the stairs like I’m on fire. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She gave me a dirty look and pretended to spit in my direction. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had never seen so many white people, all hurriedly dragging their bags and running in different directions. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

At first the nesting killdeer screeched and whistled in alarm, flying frantically in all directions and repeatedly dive-bombing the mad sheepherder dressed in rags, who paid them no mind. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I see what Keegan is getting at—humans have innate impulses toward violence, yet today we try to deny it—but the momentum of his presentation pushes in the other direction. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The girl slid the pretty white sandals off and tossed them with her feet in Delia’s direction. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Pax would stay beside the road and ignore all temptations, including the strong urge he felt to head south, the direction his instinct told him would lead him back to his home. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

One direction, I knew, would be for the camp work detail. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Frantically, I scanned the road in both directions. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Then he looked at Lu before continuing in my direction. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The nearly two hundred sixth graders poured into the library, and the teachers shouted out directions: “Blue group sits here.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The cars take off one at a time, each heading in the same direction down the same road. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In every direction the trees were red and yellow. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I smile at him and lift my hand to wave him over, but he sits down next to Zeke without even glancing in my direction, so I let my hand drop. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“There,” I say quietly, nodding in the newcomers’ direction. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Clods of dirt flew in all directions, some of them raining on the hut. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fit another bullet to my slingshot and point it in the Girl's direction. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Then I put in the grid—a grid laid out by a hyperactive designer, with blocks going in all different directions. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I launched myself in the direction of the door, fumbling around until I found it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But after a week the stream of refugees from that direction ceased and news dried up. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The girl looked around and slowly walked in our direction. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A kind of ripple crossed the Great Hall as a few heads turned in Harry’s direction before flicking back to face Dumbledore. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She nodded in the direction of the mountain, Tse-pi’na, the woman veiled in clouds. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Leave him," I said, pushing her in the other direction. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

We made only four miles today, still in the wrong direction. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pointed my avatar in that direction and began to run. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As I entered the apartment, I heard a strange, strangled noise coming from the direction of Maud’s study. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

I pointed in the direction of the voice. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A moment later, with no warning at all, she turned around and careened back down the beach in the direction of camp. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In between, he gave directions to the hospital. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Two feet in any direction from the headlights was black night. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last stood there watching her, his slack mouth hanging open, before he turned to run too, but in the opposite direction, away from the others. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

This is the direction in which we feel time passes, the direction in which we remember the past but not the future. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I swoop down from the isles and fly in their direction. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He slid a suspicious eye in my direction, and for half a heartbeat I was afraid he knew exactly what had just happened. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He ordered his men to prepare food and water for a journey and then he set off with his daughter in the direction indicated by the witch doctor. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

By standing close to any of them, the streets in all four directions were visible. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody was naked or anything, but they were headed in that direction. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I stand there awkwardly, empty-handed, as George grabs my stuff and leads me in the direction of the jet. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

From the direction of the hallway comes a voice—“Gerald?”—and he freezes, just for a second, before slithering off me like a lizard, fumbling with his buttons, pulling himself off the floor. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Bearing down swiftly, dust pluming around them, the horses pounded in her direction. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A man pumping gas glanced in their direction. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When the dickering was done, the knight slung his weapons, shield, and saddlebag over his shoulder and asked for directions to the nearest smithy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He creates his navigational charts, searching for meaning and direction to guide us to the trench and back again. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Tonight, like an inferno burning outward in all directions from a single ignition point, the news that Lincoln had been shot spread from Ford’s in an ever-widening circle. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

You never knew when it was coming, and you never knew in what direction they were going. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Before starting back up, he took one last look around in all directions. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

On my way down I managed to throw the ball in the general direction of the other boys. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“ENOUGH!” bellowed Harry, who had seen Ginny glowering in Ron’s direction and, remembering her reputation as an accomplished caster of the Bat-Bogey Hex, soared over to intervene before things got out of hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She looked to the entryway Jabir had indicated, braced herself, and started in that direction. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They walked slowly and quietly, aware that sounds travel in both directions. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I gave him a kiss and started exploring in the other direction. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

A Grievers pulsating, bulbous body had squirmed halfway through the destroyed window, metallic arms with pincers snapping and clawing in all directions. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I thought Andrew was at home but Narciso set off down the street, in the direction of the river. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s lying on the rock, looking at the orange paradise above instead of in his direction. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Even before she began undressing, she always had her underwear laid out on the bed in the right direction, right for getting into as quickly as possible. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally had no idea in which direction the river lay. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He had his horse saddled, and galloped off in the direction of the town. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle, the Leader sat complacently, laying eggs, attending to the broadcasts, issuing directions or commanding executions, surrounded by a sea of adulation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lights moved in all directions, but they couldn’t find him. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under his direction more than 10,000 colonies of the red ant have been established in about 90 test areas in the German Federal Republic. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh no — hang on —” A bag of sweets had spilled out of Fred’s pocket and the contents were now rolling in every direction — big, fat toffees in brightly colored wrappers. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Matthew leaped to the front door and swung it open, then turned back to kick a pile of books in Barry and Clyde’s direction. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Herbie followed these directions, cleaned about a quarter pound of dead ants from the hummingbird feeder, and poured in a fresh sugarwater solution. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At about ten o’clock that evening, we saw before us, glinting in the distance, a maze of lights that seemed to stretch in all directions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the lighthouse’s rusted base were a dozen stone steps leading to an open door, where Golan stood with his pistol aimed squarely in our direction. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The old lady turned her head in my direction. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The impact must’ve jarred something loose in my brain, because suddenly the directions came rushing back to me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The man picked up the purple mittens and pointed in the direction of the register. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The tunnel seemed the same in both directions. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We move closer to the direction of the guards and the drones, but keep some distance between us and the Midway so we can’t be seen. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

More tiny bundles of white floated down from the direction of the city. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The two convoys were going in opposite directions, and Bors was alone. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he gave her one last squeeze and shoved a heavy package into my hands and before I had a chance to see what it was he was running back in the direction we came. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a clear day you can see for twenty-five miles in all directions because you are in the largest observation wheel ever built. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was thrown into the crushing river of bodies, all headed in the same direction—the direction of the smoke. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The direction of the nation was one matter; the future of the farm, another. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

All I could remember was falling smoothly into a dark space with no feeling of dimension or direction. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed up his Harry Potter glasses and lifted his tray in my direction. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

All this attention shoved unwanted pressure in my direction. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Overall, her performance was much better, and she seems headed again in the right direction. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I tried to roll away from the direction of the light, but hands wrapped round my limbs like mummy bands, and I couldn't move. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps,” his father concedes, glancing briefly in Gogol’s direction. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why lucky?” she says, tilting her head, tilting the whole world so everything flows in her direction. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They compared the speed of light in the direction of the earth’s motion with that at right angles to the earth’s motion. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes me by surprise because we both hit the corner together, from opposite directions. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

One of the cops swivels his head in our direction as if I'd called him by name. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But these last two months, I feel like we’re being pulled in different directions, and I’m the only one who seems to notice. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Just as he had decided to wait no longer, but to collect everyone and go immediately, Kehaar came flying from the direction of the cutting. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buckley led Bigger to a window through which he looked and saw the streets below crowded with masses of people in all directions. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hair crawls all over his head, culminating in a black wiry beard uncoiling in every direction at once. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I heard twigs breaking and footsteps getting closer from the direction of the swimming hole. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A little distance away she glimpsed Goodwife Cruff, surrounded by a close huddle of whispering women, all darting venomous glances in Kit’s direction. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

From where I stood, I could be fifty feet or two miles from the Appalachian Trail, in any direction. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The process included more people than if teams had traveled in either direction. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds, Maddie, doggedly coping with her own private hell of rational or irrational fear, did not even notice Queenie’s change of direction as she headed toward the cry for help. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

For that reason, if the signs are not pretty strong in a particular direction, it must be some dark stranger, some wanderer from the outside world where such things happen. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Sir stood next to him with his gun drawn and pointed in the same direction. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Wagons loaded with dirt were coming by in the other direction, and I nodded to each driver since these were men that I was going to be working with. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m heading down the back hall to first period when I spot Pam running in the opposite direction. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He cast not a glance in their direction. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Still, Penelope convinced herself that the havoc trended in one direction slightly more so than in the other. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

For an observer approaching the boy, the stones seem to be going faster than for an observer who is running away; the velocity of the stones seems to depend on your direction and speed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It is not difficult to locate his destination, as several townspeople are walking in the same direction, and once they pass out of town and into the fields, the circus cannot be missed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It had a shiny black case, and on the back, a gold spider stretched all eight legs in the cardinal directions. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mews had a circular central hub with eight wings radiating in each direction so it looked like a compass rose. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

No matter where I am in the city, I always know exactly which direction my old group foster home sits. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Grimacing, I lean the pool cue against the wall, and bolt for the stairwell as Will books it in the opposite direction, back to our floor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

We needed now to be resolute, to keep our feet pointed in the direction of progress. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We bolted that direction, but the doors opened with a pleasant ding, and three more warriors stepped out. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Soon, however, another patch appears and he has to go in the other direction. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In the middle of my musing she turned to look in my direction and caught me staring at her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They were black and bushy looking, and the ones on her left eye were higher up and sloped in a different direction. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try sticking my arm into the water to paddle back, but I don’t even know which direction to try and go in. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The engines rose to a deafening, agonized, ululating bellow each time McWatt changed direction. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Bigger was gazing in the direction of the buildings; but he did not see them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, it was pretty easy once you pointed me in the right direction.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

No matter what the direction, whether for good or for bad, the vitality was everywhere. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched them head off in another direction and considered finding a new position with his men. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The older grades have gathered on this side of the gym for picture day and the door’s loud squeak has made everyone turn in our direction to stare. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There were small waves inside the big waves, and the surface reminded me of an elephant’s wrinkled skin with lines in all directions. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Under Ralph's direction, they picked a careful way along the palm terrace, rather than dare the hot sand down by the water. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A tiny dot was moving in his direction. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Tiny shards of twigs were flung in every direction and the stump split in two. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But other aspects of her job continued to be dangerous, and sometimes the peril came from an unexpected direction. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She waved a hand in the general direction of the Chick-fil-A and the mall beyond it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I scooped up the camera and sprinted in the other direction. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Even adults slightly tilt their guess about where a person will look for a hidden object in the direction of where they themselves know the object to be. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you open your own business? I’ll advance you the money,” I said, fascinated at the idea of broadening my commercial interests in that direction. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowds gathered ten deep for one hundred feet in each direction, a few spectators reaching through the slats of the fence to stroke Seabiscuit’s chest as Smith cinched the girth on Woolf’s kangaroo-leather saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You know, five minutes' walk in that direction"—he pointed south—"brings you into the country. And tomorrow is our idle day." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It is the wrong direction, but she goes down and the front door is open and she can see the back of him. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I followed their directions down a long, winding dirt road full of impossible turns through a heavily wooded area. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She was holding up a small dog treat so Fred would look in her direction. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Larger groups raise suspicion, but small cohorts like ours are constantly moving across the continent in a thousand directions. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was quite a distance from where he last remembered having it—and in the opposite direction from where the vandal had fled. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Principal Epstein and Daniel go in one direction, and Axel goes in another. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Three of the Grievers swarmed on him at once, their long pincers and claspers and needles flying in from all directions. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

‘I have been so taken up with the thoughts of leaving Bag End, and of saying farewell, that I have never even considered the direction,’ said Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She looked around for some direction, some guidance, some place. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But just as they were staggering to their feet, the elevator changed directions and swerved violently round a corner. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

And outside the walls, for half a mile around in every direction, the air was scented with the heavy rich smell of melting chocolate! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I glared in their direction, but I couldn’t figure, out who’d spoken. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“When he sees us, he’ll charge. Wait until the last second, then jump out of the way— direcdy sideways. He can’t change directions very well once he’s charging. Do you understand?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The queen is the most powerful and can travel in a straight line in any direction. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Emilia was inconsolable, turning in all directions to find the German. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Dozens of other tunnels led off in different directions, each echoing with ghostly voices. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I went out to my waist feeling with my hands in all directions. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you see anyone going away from you down the corridor in the other direction?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

We lapse into silence again, then walk away from each other at the same time, Caleb returning to his cot and me walking down the hallway, following Caleb’s directions. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I went in the other direction, toward Sixth Avenue, past the policeman. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because the boys were middle-schoolers still, and unfamiliar with the maze-like hallways of Fry High beyond the gym, they relied on handy direction arrows mounted on the walls of each intersection. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Finally I found the good sense to ask an old farmer to point me in the right direction. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He flew up Salt Lane in the opposite direction from the waterfront. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s so tempting, I actually take a few steps in that direction, but Tom blocks my path. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the ocean of his blood, stretching in all directions, grainy and mysterious, faintly glowing with green. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she simply chose a direction, picking her way around tree roots and snowdrifts, until finally she came to a small clearing where the snow had not fallen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look back at the wall of fog extending in a straight line as far as I can see in either direction. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They must have seen us as well, because all of a sudden, they started firing in our direction. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On and on they all went, one right after the other, all five descending in the same direction. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They do what is called glancing, which is the same word for bumping off something and carrying on in almost the same direction, e.g., when a snooker ball glances off another snooker ball. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He banged Billy against a tree, then pulled him away from it, flung him in the direction he was supposed to take under his own power. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were pieces of cement and splinters of wood flying in every direction, and the air was electric with the flash of gun muzzles and the sparks from the bullets. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Since all other Niger-Congo speakers, as well as the Bantu, are blacks, we couldn’t have inferred who migrated in which direction just from the evidence of physical anthropology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They simply tried to go in a direction opposite to the road to Riohacha so that they would not leave any trace or meet any people they knew. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was then that he heard a boat not far off, the sound of a foghorn blown deliberately, and he turned his ear in its direction. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He turned in the direction of the low voice that’d clapped across the clearing like thunder. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She wears those pale white eyes around her neck so she can look in every direction and ward off the attack. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tells the others, “We’re going to keep him going in the same direction he was going. From the top down.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Just then, a whole squadron of medical people ran by the open room door, carrying all sorts of equipment and shouting directions at each other. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who still had legs were scrambling in all directions, running for their lives. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I stood there on east beach, Stew Cat by my feet, looking in the direction of the sounds. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned back and caught a glimpse of the towering creature taking a slow, ungainly step in her direction. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

My family ran in all directions, my grandmother and mother holding on to each other and jumping into a ditch. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so I only bowed in the direction of my friend and scudded on toward New Orleans, for I wanted to catch a show of the Cheerleaders. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed it in the opposite direction and gave it a trail of lettuce leaves to follow. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still cursing, Gully tore off in the opposite direction. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And she had trouble with directions like me and couldn’t find the way back here again. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This very night—come darkness—the men would move, but in what direction? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I left Uriah’s side last night, I wandered the compound without any sense of direction. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Minli remade her compass with her rabbit rice bowl and followed the needle’s pointed direction. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, this hippo floated off in the opposite direction. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk down the hall in the other direction and watch as students zip by. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Then he pointed in the direction of the group he had just left, at a little man who looked like a fattened-up weasel. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Full of fresh determination, he urged his broom through the turbulent air, staring in every direction for the Snitch, avoiding a Bludger, ducking beneath Diggory, who was streaking in the opposite direction.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

When they stopped to eat the bread and tamales Auntie had packed for them, they could hear a low rumble of thunder in the distance, from the direction of Tse-pi’na, Mount Taylor. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Luke waved his hand in her direction, hoping to make eye contact. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Grace saw Maya’s head spin in Joaquin’s direction almost as fast as her own. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The crowd below was applauding appreciatively; Harry could see thousands and thousands of Omniocular lenses flashing and winking in their direction. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The sheriff licked the wooden ice cream stick clean, flipped it in the general direction of the wastebasket, and selected another Eskimo Pie. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Messengers fanned out in all directions shouting about the Seward assassination just as the news spread from Ford’s of the president’s assassination. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helen eyed him surreptitiously as she nodded in Old Chao’s direction. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And there are no rules about not letting people through from this direction. Only from the village." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was like he understood humans objectively and could see your entire life stretching out in both directions including whether you were going to make a detour to the bakery and which one and when. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or else he would simply run in the opposite direction, dodging down corridors, go into other rooms and hide, putting Hooper off the scent, waiting. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

As the night wore on and the moon got higher, we were backed up foot by foot until we were only a block from the Empire State Building in any direction. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Obviously, that is no more than an average long-term trend, with innumerable shifts in either direction: 1,000 amalgamations for 999 reversals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Like a pendulum it swung away from his face—down, down, down, then up, up, up—and then leisurely switched direction. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Your instincts and muscle memory’ll tell you the right distance and direction.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever a pigeon gets too close, I swing my foot in its direction and send it flapping away. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Lina said, “No, she wandered away before the lights went out. She got away from me. She may have come this direction.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We could hear noises from all directions—people shouting, cows running—but we couldn’t see a thing. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three hundred men had charged, under Hancock’s direction; only forty had come back. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The usual direction of the wind was north to south, off the glacier. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately, I spotted all three Baker sisters sitting at a round table with several other girls, working on lanyards under the direction of a community center worker. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

From the direction of the sea come whistles and booms; flak is going up. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Luma called again, raising her arm in the air and pointing in the direction of the apartment complexes north of the field. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I turned a little in his direction and was looking at him when the director started talking to me about him. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Other people pass by without even glancing in their direction. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Anyone in a tall building in Omaha or Des Moines, say, who chanced to look in the right direction would see a bewildering veil of turmoil followed by instantaneous oblivion. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He pretended to pass it in my direction and then he took off, right to the basket. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Heather and her friend— Deirdre Somebody—were ambling in our direction. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I did the same but went in the other direction. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pointed in the wrong direction, trapped outside their own history and unable to retrace their steps because their footprints had been swept away. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, Hoover created a pristine origin story, a founding mythology in which the bureau, under his direction, had emerged from lawlessness and overcome the last wild American frontier. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Occasionally I pause to make sure the trucks are still going in the direction I think they are. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Below the Morelos Dam the river turns into a maze of irrigation canals, marshland, and dead-end channels, among which McCandless repeatedly lost his way: Canals break off in a multitude of directions. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gale the weasel squeaked in alarm, but Hazel imagined a new tunnel leading off to the left—a tunnel even more dangerous, going the wrong direction. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Today’s my birthday,” I said, hoping to send his thoughts in a new direction. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Locke says, glancing in the direction of the manor. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They could only hope to steer it in the right direction. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Newsies sketch pictures of us, and black gossip post-balloons shift in and out of the crowd, their tails whipping in all directions, trying to catch a scandalous word here or there. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I turn in the other direction, and an older woman catches my gaze and holds it. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was born in the poorest quarters of the city, because of the harsh winter, the malnutrition, and the dirty water, and it joined forces with the unemployment and spread in every direction. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought cheered him, and he scanned the horizon for any sign of her, but found nothing but the blue air and the sharp rock in every direction he looked. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

All my sense of time and direction was scattered by the wind. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s a small park, just off the highway. I can give you directions.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then 1 saw her clasp her hands to her chest, and she said in a wondrous voice, “See, it’s because we were watching the wrong direction.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed different groups of people hurrying in different directions. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Whether it was the right direction or not he had no idea. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Nyles took pictures and then offered pipe tobacco to the four directions. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“God bless America,” he would say to the air, nodding in my direction. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They were scrambling in all directions except ours, like they were madly searching for something. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I tried to go to sleep, but my brain was going in a trillion bad directions, wondering what would happen when the sun came up. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Down seemed to be the only direction allowed in Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t realized I’d raised my voice until a couple of Viviana’s friends glanced in our direction, but I didn’t care. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She sure gave good directions if she was planning on getting it herself. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It pushed in all directions, and the edge of his car door dug straight into the side of the neighboring van. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Just point me in the right direction. I don’t want to take anybody’s time.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

With that, he tore off his cloak and threw it in the air, pulled the rings from his fingers and tossed them in every direction. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

M. Bouc gave directions to the restaurant attendant, and presently the lady with the yellowish-grey bun of hair and the long mild sheep-like face was ushered in. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

A huge ocean stretched for miles in every direction. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I pointed up to the evening star, and she leaned closer to follow the direction of my finger. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Feathers waves her hand in my direction from across the room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

His music was, however, mostly enjoyed by audiences in his own lifetime, and perhaps most significantly it exerted a huge influence on the debate over music’s future direction. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Acres of coffee trees stretched in all directions. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have him take us the opposite direction from the funeral, staying well clear, and we arrive at a house on a corner. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Over her shoulder, Harry could see the Slytherin team jeering and pointing in his direction. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

His eyes were small and dark and stared in opposite directions. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Frankie yelled, and bolted down the hall in the direction that Z had gone. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

At that point, I felt an importunate tap, almost a punch, on my upper arm, from Charles’ direction. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure the whole class had passed us by that time; I saw them all running back from the turnaround in the opposite direction. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was no ground to see; there were only people in every direction. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

With his right hand he shook a torch whose rays spread out in all directions lighting the depths of the waters and penetrating into the bowels of the earth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The sun is just beginning to set, and there are more people out than usual at this time of day, all walking in the same direction. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mama looks in Baba’s direction, but she doesn’t wait for an answer. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

"That's our direction, judging by what the Raven said," he thought, "so I'll just make sure of it, so as not to waste any time when the others turn up." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Once again I stopped men on the street and asked directions to the French Market or to some church, and once again each gave me courteous replies. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You need someone to probe you in that direction. It won’t just happen automatically.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were caught in a sudden rush of foaming surf that raced off it in every direction, thrown hard onto a surface of metal grates. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

This whole back-of-the-truck concept was new to me, but it seemed like a good direction to go. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when, without taking her eyes off him, said clerk tugs the sleeve of a different clerk, whispers something to him, and then he looks in Scoob and G’ma’s direction. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

It was more a feat of boredom last spring as we all got ready to go off in separate directions for a break from school. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Back and forth from the shopping center to Sunset Towers, again and again and again and . . . hey, this is a new direction. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Desperately Naima tried to turn the rickshaw, but she couldn’t seem to change directions. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and nodded in the direction of two white-coated attendants who stood at the rear door. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mark’s instinct is to turn and run in the opposite direction, but he’s ashamed of himself when Trina opens her mouth and shows how brave she is. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I press the three middle fingers of my left hand against my lips and hold them out in her direction. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You’re quite right. There is a direction I’d be especially glad to see you taking. And provided we could agree, I might even be able to find you some extra money from another source altogether.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he turned to look in my direction, I could see nothing of his face, only darkness under the cowl of his hood, only shadow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You say you need a navigator. You need my permission. I say you need neither. It is time to choose a direction. A wind that blows aimlessly is of no use to anyone.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He seemed to spot someone at the edge of the crowd and gave a shy wave in that direction. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Ulape dropped her basket of shellfish and set out for the village, arriving there so out of breath that she could only point in the direction of the shore. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Needless to say, quite a few eyes were turned in my direction. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So, without directions of any sort, the Baudelaire children set off for the city’s banking district in hopes of finding Mr. Poe. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

To escape his gaze I turned my eyes in the direction of the rest of the people in the hall. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe not close. The wind on the dam, the desert all around us . . . the scent can probably carry for miles. But it’s coming from several directions. I don’t like that.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

We were flying now, going up the droptube, and I was waiting for her directions. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a lingering look in their direction, Briony moved toward the French windows. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She pulls on my arm and drags me in the other direction. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As I stepped through the entrance, I glanced up—or in the direction that was currently “up” to me at the moment—and took a long look around. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

From the direction of the flashlights came a sudden cry of pain—it was Constance’s voice—followed by a thudding sound, as of someone falling to the floor. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The thing’s cold yellow eyes find us in the elevator and it spits a whirling ball of fire in our direction. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The camera around my neck feels like a cinder block as I turn in every direction. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He staggers off, wandering back in the direction of the bonfire courtyard. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Nico turns to me with his mouth twisting in all kinds of directions, and I stifle a laugh. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I need to do as I was told,” I said and set off in the direction of Peregrine’s cottage. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

They landed us in the opposite direction than they normally use. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The grin on his face tilted, his teeth appeared, a squitchy sound came from his throat, the two closed fists snapped in opposite directions. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t actually know what was in that direction; I had always assumed more woods. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"I wanted to be sure I was headed in the right direction first." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

As the wind changed direction I moved Rocinante to keep her always to leeward of our big oaks. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they moved in opposite directions, like two ships sailing to different ports. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She waves back, recording in his direction long after the helicopter has taken off. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then she took off in the opposite direction. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She throws a murderous glance my direction and goes back for my walker. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Patria’s chatty friend had made no mention of being headed in our direction. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, ahead of her, in the direction of the place where she had entered the bush, she heard a rustle, a faint scraping noise. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He fired up the moldy butt and sucked on it for a solid minute without even glancing in my direction. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was no more unnerving than usual to feel the press of their eyes coming from every direction. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “I think we need some extra light coming from this direction. That will throw this part here into relief, and the flash will show it better.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The ground was flat, and not much brush had grown back yet, so I could see for a ways in every direction. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

We kept walking in the direction that the sky was glowing with a orangeish light. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

This is consistent with the observations of the microwave background radiation, which show that it has almost exactly the same intensity in any direction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me check the directions,” he said, reaching in his pocket to take out a little booklet. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

More important to me at the time, the back of the book had an aerial map of the Wayne area and, on this particular copy, handwritten notes with clear directions to the train station. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The place was like a gigantic rabbit warren, with passages leading this way and that in every direction. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Without saying a word, the guard put a notepad in front of me, and I thanked him by nodding and smiling in his direction. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the wake of the reapers’ scythes the black land showed again through the stubble, no longer moist and rich but bone-hard, desiccated, and beginning to crack in all directions under the burning sun. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

To be honest, I’ve been completely avoiding looking in his direction since that weirdness at the bookstore. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I pointed in the direction I had come from. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He stood for a moment, still looking in Teddy’s direction, then walked away, out of sight. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

If vervets hear a baby vervet’s cry of distress, they will look immediately not in the direction of the baby, but at its mother — they know instantly whose baby it is. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Breathless, and with his yellow hair pointing in all directions, the bard flung himself from the steed and ran to Adaon. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She did not let her glance fall in his direction again. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Then she accompanied Miss Goodacre, who sang “Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes” in what I considered to be a completely indifferent voice, all the while emoting heavily in Harry’s direction. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He let the mare run far behind them, confident of their direction. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The path they stood on was about six feet wide and ran parallel to the river for farther than Doon could see in both directions. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She run off back in the direction they come from. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Before I have time to think about what she said, I suddenly become aware of hundreds of eyes turning in my direction. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Weeks were lost in bringing him to Elsinore, for the messenger who had been dispatched found him not in Wittenberg but traveling in the direction of Italy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Go to sleep, Jonas,” said Mother without even looking in the direction of my brothers room. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

His red hair sticks up in all directions. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Next he must plan his trip in time and space, choose a direction and a destination. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the crest of the mountain, the only direction he could comprehend was down. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She waves her little arms at me, the wind whipping her hair in all directions. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister and I looked at each other for two seconds, then turned and walked in opposite directions. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And I said, “Where do I get a ticket for the train from?” because if you are lost and you need directions you can ask a policeman. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I know the direction I want to take.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

No matter how many times I ask why we are under arrest, no one says anything or even looks in my direction. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

For a long time she walked without noticing the direction. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She curved both arms above her head and her feet slid slowly in opposite directions on the yellow waxed floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She rolls her shoulders; first one, and then the other, so her breasts move in opposite directions. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She began to paddle against the current, but the movement was so slight she couldn’t keep track of the direction. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His music was causing lines of bugs to leave the strawberry patch in every direction, like refugees fleeing a fire. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She turned away from me and walked fast in the direction of the barn. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Making a decision isn’t about knowing every potential consequence. It’s about knowing what you want and choosing a path that takes you in that direction.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Starts walking in the direction he thinks will lead him out of Blake’s megamansion neighborhood. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was so unique people would give directions using me as a landmark. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Then the prisoners would stand up tall, straighten their backs, and turn their heads in the direction of the women’s cells, and Andres would smile. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood rigid, looking in Valley’s direction intently. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

When we are all back on the boat, the pirates offer directions to the Thai refugee camp. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two centaurs charged at each other full-force and knocked heads, then went staggering off in different directions with crazy grins on their faces. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed with his thumb in the direction of the front yard. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Taylor shouts and points in their direction, and suddenly he and Mama get flanked by what have to be bodyguards. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My goal was to avoid walking in the direction from where I had come. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We were quiet except for my occasional directions. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

As we shall see, Aborigines in the climatically most favorable areas of Australia were evolving in a direction that might have eventuated in food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He refilled her water canteen, pointed her in the direction of the path, and told her again to be careful, eyes full of brotherliness. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Iofur threw him off, and then the two bears were at each other again, throwing up fountains of snow that sprayed in all directions and sometimes made it hard to see who had the advantage. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I trust their sense of direction because their instincts are sharper than mine. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He looked back at me, his face twisted in rage, and then he turned the camera in my direction. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

During the night I had drifted south of the place I wished to go, so I changed my direction and paddled along the path made by the rising sun. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The first Maddy is surprised at the direction of her thoughts. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Arrangements under the direction of Bernard’s Funeral Home.’” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I hoped whatever thoughts he was immersed in were leading him in the right direction. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A few calculations later, the Princeton physicists realized that this light had to be in the microwave region of the spectrum, and had to be coming from all directions. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

At last the cold of the car roused him; he switched on the ignition key and a moment later headed in the direction of downtown San Francisco. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He indicates the head table on the dais where a few dignitanes and their wives nod in my direction. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled at Autumn when she looked in his direction; other than that, he said nothing. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Leaving your clandestine hookup directions to a Parisian cheese shop. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I hear someone approaching, and I aim flashlight and gun in the same direction. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I got out of the water, thanked the man, and was on my way, heading in the direction he had pointed that led toward the sea. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Galanter looked at Billy, who had turned his head in our direction, and I saw Mr. Galanter notice immediately that he was blind. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The reason I thought of myself as lying on my back was that the main instrument panel was in front of me, and I had long accustomed myself to think of that direction as “up. ” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ocean buildings were dirty and crumbling and leaning in different directions. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then Loma shook both fists in the direction of the store. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

"My friend," I say, pointing my thumb in Max's direction. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He crosses the street, whistling, and walks in the other direction. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Printer and publisher Mathew Carey watched sadly as “almost every hour in the day, carts, waggons, coaches, and chairs, were to be seen transporting families & furniture to the country in every direction.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Thiazi in eagle form could not stop himself, could not slow his flight, could not change direction. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

What the patients lacked was the valet silently pushing them in the right direction, adding that little emotional extra—the prickling of the palms—to make sure they did the right thing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Staying in the darkest shadows, under the bushes when we could, we sped away from Nimh, not knowing or caring at first what direction we were going. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Soaring back toward the escarpment, she scanned twenty miles in all directions for the one mountain where the one gigantic tree grew. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She sat up and stared in the direction of the door. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Bill startles awake, loosing a thick stream of tobacco juice in my direction. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Jinny cast her glance in every direction and couldn’t find him. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

At once, without speaking again to Kehaar, he took a few hops in Chervil’s direction and began biting busily at a patch of clover. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a way, it reminded her of Lake Michigan when they lived in Chicago, with a city view in one direction and a tranquil spread of water in the other. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of faces stare at me and phones point in my direction. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Soon Silver and Nails trotted off in the direction of the kill. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just told Froggy to walk down the hall and if he saw Maurice to call out my name and point in some direction away from where I was sneaking out of a side door. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I stood near the firepit and set my feet in the direction of his voice. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

We’ve been split apart in all directions, time and time again. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stooped before one of the cabinets and ran her fingers over the blue-tinted papers, glancing in Cora’s direction every so often. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Slowly, noiselessly, I turn myself in that direction. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks were scratched and bleeding, her lips were swollen, her clothes were torn, her hair stuck out in all directions, and on top of this she was streaked with mud. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

So I drove to a completely different mall two miles in the opposite direction from the mall that was presently on fire. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He checked the needle in the bowl one more time and pointed Ares in the right direction. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was pointed the wrong direction, but it was unmistakable. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They were coming from the direction of the trading post. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Huxley stopped in a few times while they were there, to take breaks from his bulldogging and to get more direction and advice from Charles. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

That meant that, instead of pointing steadily in one direction, it was free to wander off its heading. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly it was shooting off in a different direction, not flapping, and I looked around, and Henrietta was glaring at it too. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

In order to make eye contact with someone standing where Mr. LeDue stood, Mrs. Olinski had to stretch her neck in two directions—up and to the side—and open her eyes wide. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

In my mind’s eye, I saw Clancy and me alone in the same room, him on one knee, offering a rose in my direction. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He gave me directions for getting out of town, some of the few accurate ones I got on the whole trip. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I showed her to a nicety where I had seen her walking on the casks, that first old day, and she said, with a cold and careless look in that direction, “Did I?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Without saying another word, the three of them walked in that direction. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“That be fine. If there’s no Memphis train tonight, I can just get going in the right direction.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because it moves a lot when tilted in one direction but not when tilted in the other. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Turning, he saw the worst possible person to catch him swimming after school: Headmaster, shaking a fist in their direction. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The cop gave his lines right and Francie picked up her cues happily and the stage directions were the smiles between the spoken lines. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he left, in the direction of the hospital. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a strange thing, the way your feet can turn and lead you in a different direction than expected. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s not complicated,” she says testily when I ask for directions. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mariel didn’t respond, only half turning to barely smile in our direction. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

They bathed in a curve of the Susquehanna and then wandered in a southerly direction, keeping to fields, woods, stream beds, and little-used paths, headed, they thought, for Virginia, where Macon believed they had people. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The track stretched off in two directions, but it was easy enough to tell which one to take. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But there does not seem to be any need for all those other galaxies, nor for the universe to be so uniform and similar in every direction on the large scale. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Agenas have a system for keeping themselves pointed in one direction. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed John by the shoulders, surprised to find I stood taller than him, shouted the directions, then shoved him on his way. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped, turned, and began to run in the opposite direction only to hear a thunderous, “Crispin! Stop!” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She waved her arm in the direction of more meat-eaters and then she was gone. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, we know our protective charms hold, then, don’t we? They shouldn’t be able to get within a hundred yards of the place in any direction.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She turned her head in its direction, and a wave of relief flooded through her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Sandi turned to see the maître d' heading in their direction with a tall, dressed-up woman, and behind her, a towering, preoccupied-looking man. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He always wore a least one fancy earring, and it glittered and spun at his jaw when he abruptly halted or changed direction in his walking. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Deafening roars and bone-rattling growls come at me from all directions. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

At the pool, firesnakes shot away from me in all directions, bristling, hissing, mysteriously wrought up. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tiptoed in her direction, not sure what to say or do. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

From the opposite direction Vervain, Chervil and Groundsel were approaching. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bin stood a little taller than Ruth, and was as long in both directions as it was tall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she could ask what he meant, she was diverted by the sight of Nat Eaton swinging along the deck in their direction. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Genie gawked, trying to look in every direction at once. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But he simply ran blindly up the hill, stared wildly around him at the broken landscape, and, not seeing the tiger immediately, ran off in the wrong direction. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

My arms and legs bend and stretch in strange directions, and give me no support when I try to stand, no assistance when I try to fight. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I look up to the faces of the adults who are all looking in the same direction. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not a promising sign to see him moving in the direction of more weirdness. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The point sailed over him and Jason flicked his hand, summoning a gust of wind that changed the spear’s direction. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

If the boar charged, you had to drop on one knee and present your boar-spear in his direction. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, they threw money in every direction but his. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In a way, she was relieved to let somebody else give directions and make decisions. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She headed in the direction of the shop, leaving him staring after her. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

My best friend’s voice just kept repeating that phrase, and I gripped my skull as panic and confusion and helplessness pulled me in seventeen different directions. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Folks was yelling one after the ’nother, wagons and horses’ hoofs was making sharp clacking sounds on the bricks that covered up the road, hammering and banging was coming from each direction. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He's been around all the while, but I have been looking in another direction. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She joins me for a while, then moves off in a different direction. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Alsole, my landlord, has emerged from his apartment and is stalking toward me, his frown resembling a fish’s, his thin orange hair sticking out in every direction. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He lunged at the Owner, sending the squirrels chittering in all directions. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Though it goes against Ma’s warnings, Chou and I cannot separate ourselves so we head off in the same direction. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We might be drenched and lost and heading for the worst rapids you ever saw, but at least we’re going in the right direction, don’t you think, Tiller?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius gave the driver the clipboard and a variety of instructions upon speed, direction, and shifting. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

That evening I wrote in my diary: A girl smiled at me today, another gave me directions, still another boy whispered the page I should turn to in our textbook. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A ripple of excited apprehension ran round the Retiring Room as, under Lord Asriel’s direction, two or three of the younger Scholars carried the wooden box to the front of the room. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mary was impressed by the discipline of the sailors: they tacked so swiftly, the sails moving together like a flock of starlings, all changing direction simultaneously. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Today we turn in the opposite direction from Soul Scrolls, to where there’s an open park of sorts, with a large old building on it; ornate late Victorian, with stained glass. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edward Cullen was leaning against the front door of the Volvo, three cars down from me, and staring intently in my direction. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Kaz glanced back in the direction of the boathouse, where a room full of men simply waited to die. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t interested in slotting myself into a passive role, waiting for Barack’s team to give me direction. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Everywhere looked the same, they might have taken any direction. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I draw a black heart exploding in every direction, and inside is a girl made entirely of light. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She said he could ride two blocks away, but by the time it was dark, he had explored six blocks in each direction. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The youngsters jostled and splashed and peeped with excitement, and gradually they paddled in the direction of their parents. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Given all this, it is perhaps understandable that Alexander dreamed instead of going in the other direction—that is, of building a thousand ships and invading Carthage and Italy. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

The cubicles were small, only five feet in any direction, with doors that sealed like a freezer’s to prevent contaminated air from getting inside. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Brian turns and walks away in the direction of the register. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

When I got off at the edge of the Los Angeles yard, I heard tell that I wanted a train to Arizona to keep me in the right direction to Texas. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I repeat the directions to her, part of me not believing she’s really coming. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In the direction of the constellation Sagittarius, at the very center of our galaxy, sits a supermassive black hole that weighs as much as two-and-a-half million suns. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Harley saw Tayo, and he tried to guide the burro to the tree, but it ignored the direction its head was aimed and walked sideways to the water trough and stopped. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He heard a groan from the direction of Alec’s cot, and the thoughts floated away, pushed to the back of his mind to torment him later. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Over the centuries it had grown slowly in all directions, engulfing smaller buildings and courtyards as it spread. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t see even a few feet in any direction, and— with no engines—had no way to keep the plane in the air for long. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “If you will mount up, General, I would like to ride over in that direction—” he gestured eastward—“some little way.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The few times I’d wished I could walk in one direction for as long as I wanted, the threat of those rattlesnakes deterred me. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in the backseat, slouching in my seat, and peeked to see if the soldiers were looking in my direction. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I guess that moves the finger of blame even more in my direction. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He and Oscar are peering in the direction I’m looking. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

A passerby stopped and required directions of him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Probably by the river,” Marina said, motioning vaguely in the direction of the water. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The guards started coughing; The manticore shot spines in our direction, but they ricocheted off my lion’s coat. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He jerked his head in the direction of the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He stood and looked in all directions and could see no land, nor plane, nor other boat, no indication that there was another human on the planet. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

School hallways are a challenge—too many people going too many directions, like a crowded intersection. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Change of direction confused Aron, but that was the only thing that confused him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Who? That guy?” he asks, pointing in his direction. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, I’d have to ask for directions, and someone was sure to remember that later. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He remembered her coming out of the woods, saying that she’d given a mama grizzly bear directions. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The answer is that distant matter would be rotating with respect to directions that little tops or gyroscopes point in. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The four directions of the llano met in me, and the white sun shone on my soul. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it became more subtle, minor disturbances :— a broken branch, a ring of flattened leaves — that I had to piece together to find a direction. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t much open space— maybe two strides in any direction. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then she started giving out directions as she circled around George, shooting away. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Now, surveying his handiwork, the crowded bleachers, the frantic comings and goings as the raffle tickets were bought and sold and the directions scrawled on the tickets, Archie exulted quietly. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He extended the trembling knife in Homer’s direction. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He said something to one of his ever-present group of bootlickers and they moved off through the crowd in a different direction to claim a table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She stares wistfully in the direction of the graveyard as the church bells ring, five minutes late, like usual. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The sun was directly in my eyes, so I put my hand up and under my baseball cap, like a salute, and I squinted in Declaration’s direction. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He could feel the cogs and wheels in his head spinning in different directions. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The soldiers turned in the other direction and soon the track was a path again and was leaving the stream. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It's easy enough to find directions on a map, but I had very little knowledge of directions when I was smack in the middle of somewhere. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

When the school bell rings for the day, I get out of there as fast as I can and begin the hour-long walk down the road, in the opposite direction of my neighborhood. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

When he was sure that no one was looking in his direction he gave the set the finger. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Three others would be sent in three different directions. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

One in front of me is spacing out in my direction, but then he lifts his head and starts down the hallway again, away from me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My head was spinning at the rapid change in direction our conversation had taken. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I saw him stand up and look in the direction of the can thrower, though I knew he couldn’t see anything in the dark. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Nan chose a spot on the ceiling, and Momma gazed off in the direction of the kitchen. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Anderson’s anger, efficiently transmitted through his sonorous, full-toned voice, had shifted from general displeasure with all of us to a focused rage pointed in my direction. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The path had been running parallel to it—logically it still would be—and at least that way she’d still be going in the direction the raven had told her to. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Someday I’m go’n farm this land,” I bragged, gesturing in every direction. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The first principle was that charged particles moving in a perpendicular direction through a magnetic field follow a curved path. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Something about the river had made Daisy and me quiet, almost unaware of each other, and we wandered in different directions. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

There’s a guy in the studio with him pointing a camera in Hype’s direction. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A man appeared, crawling snakelike in the direction of the cauldrons. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Use the chromatic circle to find the direction and number of half steps to get from your key to the other key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Isaac and I keep walking in the same direction. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

He looks like a guy lost people might ask for directions from because he seems friendly. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He hadn't been chasing me at all but only going in the same direction. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper brought out her new horn of plenty and, on Percy’s direction, willed it to spew Diet Coke, which came out with the strength of a fire hose, dousing the enemy deck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I've lost my bearings what with all the wandering around I did yesterday evening, but I try and head back in the general direction of the stream. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She starts by looking in his direction, but Dussel pretends not to notice. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And I became paralyzed, too scared to move in any direction. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to hurry back by the way they had come and start searching in the other direction. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Catching on, Koffi followed his example, keeping her gaze straight ahead as, slowly, she inched in that direction. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It may be, though, that the pushing was tried in the wrong direction. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

By means of a number of outflow valves, Soulzeren could control thrust in different directions—forward, backward, side to side. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As if he heard me thinking about him, he turns in my direction, all silhouette in the firelight, a perfect painting, so good it makes my fingers flit at my side. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Scuttling off down the road in the wrong direction, he had kept on going in a state of funk. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

IN 1946, a number of critical events occurred that shaped my political development and the direction of the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Frankie, remember that story you told me,” I said quickly, swinging my head in his direction. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was a place where he could settle down and raise any number of families and the burrow could increase in all directions. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do this by pointing in several different directions and leaving them looking confused. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And yet her eyes were open, and she was blinking alertly in our direction. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Next year’s goal, Antarctica, is in the opposite direction. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes, but I can still see that face, hovering, disapproving, trying to push me in a direction I refuse to go. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And he came out of a compartment and almost collided with you? In which direction was he going?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, we looked up and saw everything coming down and we scattered—seven wagons in seven directions. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Then it started twisting in the other direction. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

When he was young—before the government maize and tobacco estates arrived and cleared most of our trees—the forests were so dense a traveler could lose his sense of time and direction in them. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Natalie turned side to side, facing first one direction, then another. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Look at the sign for Pisces. It’s two fish swimming in opposite directions. Do you know why?” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Following the curator’s directions, we retraced our steps until we came to a grim-looking statue carved from black stone, a memorial called the Waiting Woman dedicated to islanders lost at sea. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She guided the conversation in a different direction. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Luke stared at the bedroom, fighting a million different impulses, each of which pulled him in a different direction. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We’d been walking in silence, side by side, heading in no particular direction. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I try to get my bearings as I stare at the cross section of the map blinking with pods in every direction. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The boys landed in dense, thorny scrub and when they finally managed to free themselves they hesitated, not sure in which direction to go. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled at the leash in Anthony's direction and I had to really hold on tight. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, they were normal, a pair of feet walking in a single direction; other times, one foot turned the wrong way, or seemed to walk over the same piece of earth more than once. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

If the island floated and moved, might it not move in the right direction? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

However they planned their water, that is how and in what directions the state would grow. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I staggered and tripped my way over the uneven ground, took out Izio’s shoes from beneath the coat and threw them in two directions. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The Beauty Minister heads in the opposite direction with her entourage. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Only way I can get anywhere is to walk in the opposite direction.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She kept spinning and getting hauled in the wrong direction. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The winds changed direction, and the currents altered their flow, and a new world floated out to meet him. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Worsley had only one compass left, and he lighted a match to check that they were still headed in the right direction: the island itself was lost in the darkness. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I nodded in the direction of the scattered pigs that were meandering through the trees. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” he said, when no help came from either direction. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Descending from above, and charging from all directions, fairies swarmed Bahumat. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I jut my chin in the direction of her desk. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Hardly taller than I, she was much wider—not stout, but wide, which is the direction gnomes grow after they reach adulthood. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes in the story the survivor dies after leaving directions with his rescuers, or again he is nursed back to strength. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed the stairs, and I walked in the direction of the football field. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He jabbed a finger in the direction of the box he’d built. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And the men agreed or told them to change direction or to come back. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tucked the bar back in her backpack and started to sneak in the opposite direction. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

On the good side, I'm on the right path and have not been so disoriented by the head injury as to lose my sense of direction. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He can line up all the children who share many characteristics—all the circuit boards that have their switches flipped the same direction—and then pinpoint the single characteristic they don’t share. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

When we leave the restaurant, Dad and I start walking home in the wrong direction, and we don’t even realize it until we’re in front of Sixth Sense Driving School on the corner. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The Professor closed the door again, and, after looking at the direction, opened it and read aloud. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Papa pointed as well, but in the opposite direction. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They will be gaining men from all directions. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We cross the bridge, head in the direction a the colored hospital, where the bus make its turn. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I looked there were cars going in every direction. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Looking up, we are startled to see a Youn soldier walking in our direction. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I just looked for you at your house; your mother said you rode off in this direction. I need to talk to you." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The new ant put down the cadaver vaguely and began dragging the other two in various directions. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

By pointing the gun in the right direction, and by squeezing the correct trigger, I could cause the nitrogen gas to exert a force that would move my body either forward or backward. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The largest of these holes were rimmed with ridges of broken rock, and broad fissures ran out from them in all directions. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Turning her head in Granny’s direction, she shouted, “Granny! Get a rope quickly!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

University was supposed to be the thing that gave him direction, but instead he’d wandered down a different path. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Dad didn’t like the direction the conversation was going so he called the landlord for the hundredth time. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waved a hand in the direction of Roscuro and the match went out. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I promised that I would always tell Rashidi in which direction I was going, so that he would know where to look for me if I failed to turn up in the evening. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

They looked in her direction when she entered, and one said to her, “The servants’ entrance is to the left of the courtyard; you’ve come in the wrong way.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others looked in the direction that Merry pointed out, but they could see little but mists over the damp and deep-cut valley; and beyond it the southern half of the Forest faded from view. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

His thoughts had careened in several directions and he could not get control of them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In this direction, if you happened to be broad-minded, you might have been amused to see the saucy Alisoun who cried “Tee-Hee!” after she had been given the unusual kiss which Chaucer tells about. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan watched the wind suddenly change direction and circle above a five-fingered footprint that was as large as a pizza box. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I stagger backward but still manage to send my readied arrow in the general direction of my assailant. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The two winds were pushing them in different directions, but the petrels were using them to meet in the center of the picture. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They set off in a new direction, along the ridge above the coast to the north. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A few nights back we heard loud cries coming from their direction. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I'm not tired of him. I’m just going in a different direction than the one he planned for me. Just for now. It's just for now.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

We spent the next fifteen minutes looking for Chas around the gas station, even walking both directions away from it along the road, but we couldn’t find any trace of him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She felt a growing sense of panic as she looked in all directions for her mother. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

South: the direction was lodged deep in their bones. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And the pig, hearing a familiar call from the corner of the lot, had come grunting from his sanctuary and gone in the direction of the call. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waved idly in my direction and crouched down to sit cross-legged on the edge of the roof as casually as if we were meeting for a drink in a pub. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And when they went to the nearest house to ask directions home, the Gypsy Ghosts would lure them inside with gold rings and then boil them alive and bottle them. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the words “turn the glasses over,” the partner on the outside of the circle turns under the inside partner’s arms, thus changing direction. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

After twenty meters, she turned around and walked the opposite direction. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had not looked in his direction yet, but in no time at all they would. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She shot a glance at Robin, who lifted concerned eyebrows in their direction. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Well, not much more than an old wagon path, to be honest, but it was heading in the right direction and would be easy walking even at night. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

"It's better than having to stop and ask for directions at every town," he admits. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

About the size of a playing card, the panel had four arrows etched into it, pointing in different directions and painted different colors. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Several meters behind us, one of the Green Police has turned around, starting in our direction. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was on my cellphone the whole time, desperately calling people, trying to figure out where I was, trying to get directions. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I turn and run in the opposite direction until I’m back at the center of the rear of the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She simply went in the direction that made her fear the sharpest. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Scragg moved with skill and economy, issuing quiet confident directions to the others. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She answered and then glanced in his direction, smiling. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The street was even more crowded with people, all going in the direction he was coming from. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Boy, give her another ten and then we’ll start off in her direction.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

In order to observe a primordial black hole one would have to detect several gamma ray quanta coming from the same direction within a reasonable space of time, such as a week. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we came to it, Arturo stopped and stroked his mustache, glancing in both directions. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Voices erupted from every direction, and it took Newt half a minute to calm everyone down. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“That would be a step in the right direction,” says Beetee. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get past them on the pavement, so I went into the street and was almost hit by a car coming in the opposite direction, which I hadn’t even seen. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They scrambled into the cockpits, took off, and scattered in every direction in the air—turning the Po-2s into difficult targets. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Just taking some milk to the house,” he replied, changing direction a bit. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Groups of the infected were approaching from all directions. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I looked away just in time to catch Amy rolling her eyes in my direction. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wolves outside the radius of Taisin’s power lifted their heads, looking in her direction. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His head shifted in her direction, and Celaena flashed him a grin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Though I am tired, those two words bring me running in the direction of the pot. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, I followed my feed’s directions to her house. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nelida Grau yells from the third row, and in an instant the spectators are on their feet, arguing in every direction. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three pairs of rolling, mad eyes; three noses, twitching and quivering in their direction; three drooling mouths, saliva hanging in slippery ropes from yellowish fangs. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Okay, but you eat first,” Lola says, shoving the milk and dessert in my direction. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

A breeze picked up and when Mr. Underhill crossed the street, walking in our direction, I thought for sure he’d pluck one of us for that new grave marker. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

This time, there was a car coming in the other direction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

His great shock of bright yellow hair burst out in all directions, like a ragged sun. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

There was no sound from her direction and he waited the whole night. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the white kids from the Flats, dishonor students, got bused in from the other direction. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Yet at that moment in the sunrise, it was all so beautiful, everything, from all directions, evenly, perfectly, balancing day with night, summer months with winter. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stared; and then a different group of riders came charging up the road from the other direction. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large green dot could be seen moving in their direction. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

As we walked, we were joined by more rats; at that time of day they converged on the marketplace from all directions. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Miss Chen,” one of the ushers calls to me, holding his hand out in my direction and waving. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lanning set his lips and raised his eyebrows in the direction of Dr. Susan Calvin who lifted her eyes from her precisely folded hands for the first time. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

There were sounds of splashings down the river in the direction Lennie had taken. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Driven by instinct and fright, Yossel and I ran, splitting off in different directions, barely escaping the shots. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

It was dark before we found out the right direction. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

James headed back in the direction of the Ferry Building. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I was looking for clues that might lead me in a direction. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pickup Truck had his rifle in one hand and the collar of Zu’s shirt in the other, and he was tugging both in the direction of the truck. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get a word out of him except the most minimal directions—“up there,” “that way”—in a voice I could hardly hear. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Byron changed directions and started going around the other way, and I acted like my other foot was nailed to the porch and started following him sideways that way. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fleets set their courses by maps and written sailing directions prepared by previous expeditions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s another train. Were coming up on a train going in the opposite direction. It’s stopped.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Finally, each one stops to toss a plate in every direction. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It sparks wildly, streaks of electricity whipping out from it in every direction. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Once they heard a helicopter flying in the direction of the train wreck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The tunnel dead-ended to one side, and in the other direction disappeared into blackness. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Now the soldier was looking in his direction. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He told her it was out beyond the bus station, and he took the time to be sure she understood his directions, even though there was a line of people behind her waiting to pay. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each of us looked out and off into different directions, taking in all that we could. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the moonlight the sand, in every direction and as far as they could see, gleamed as if it were smooth water or a great silver tray. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry I could not stop Claudius, for he came from the direction of the deer park.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Two men walked past, in the opposite direction, carrying a blackened corpse. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The man opened his eyes—obviously he had not been asleep at all—smiled at the boys, and jerked his thumb in a direction which pointed further up the glade. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m also thinking about Ursa Major, and how, if you let her, the Big Mama Bear in the sky will always point you in the right direction. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I yank my hand away and head in the opposite direction. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There was a dark window behind his seat—one of those windows that you can see through from only one direction. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I stare in his direction and can’t believe he asked James to sit with us. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The roots snaked out in his direction, trying to follow. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was not the path that Reggie had once idealized, but it was a clear direction and one he was undertaking with typical, quiet resolve. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was infecting every corner, spreading in all directions, resonating from wall to wall. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go oft' in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Chubs storm away behind me, heading back in the direction of our cabin. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She pointed back in my direction, and the driver bobbed his head some more, like Yes, ma’am. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The colored balls spun out in all directions. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to tell how high, or in which direction it was flying; but the sound was there for a minute or so, and then it was gone. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I kicked off the other shoe and threw it in the opposite direction. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Which, once she picks a final direction, she returns to the pocket, then licks her index finger and puts it just above her head. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

And then he turned and headed in the direction of the building, running. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Once I have generated a silhouette of warmth, I dare not move, for there is a cold place one-half inch in any direction. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next moment he and his four men were in the store-shed with whips in their hands, lashing out in all directions.This was more than the hungry animals could bear. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

It’s about changing direction,’ she says, ‘balancing on two feet or one, being focused, scooping up your token, no matter what.’ Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

After a moment Blount also glanced now and then in the same direction. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But lately, the sister was not casting her mirthless smile in the direction of the probationers, nor speaking to them in the subdued voice that gave them such terrors. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They could overtake flying fish if they were just behind them and lunging from the water at the same time and in the same direction. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once made, no step could ever be retraced; once headed in a direction, the path would never bend nor the pace increase nor slow. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Students ran in every direction, some carrying or dragging injured friends. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Tears flew in every direction—not because I was sad, but because I was outraged that nobody was ever going to see through the woman’s manipulations. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As he passed, faces turned in his direction, and a great deal of whispering broke out in his wake. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, someone tosses coins in my direction. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

What he did see while his head was lowered was a long black barge slipping under the bridge in the direction of Furnes in Belgium. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the direction that Skardebek flew, the sheer wall of the mountain in front of them was marked by a ribbon of cool silver. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Usually we said “see you later” and took off in our own directions. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It isn’t a dense forest in that direction, spots of trees that dot along the creek, ferns and brush. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And about that time hurricane Donna was reported tromping her way out of the Caribbean in our direction. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they walked they began to overtake other boys heading in the same direction. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If ahead is what you can call a place that twists and turns in each direction. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Something about the direction of the vein,” Jinx answered. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I could not help it that whenever he aimed his mouth in my direction, my body was already moving away. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

As Harry entered the Great Hall, heads turned in the direction of the Firebolt, and there was a good deal of excited muttering. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I felt a tug from a different direction—from the string that bound me to my body. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The direction of time in which a computer remembers the past is the same as that in which disorder increases. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is the only light in the dark world. Beyond Ember, the darkness goes on forever in all directions.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of directions, he handed me a cup that he pulled out of his pouch. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, ever so slowly, Father began to bank in that direction. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a teenager, I spent summer nights coasting around on my bicycle with friends, often well past midnight, miles in every direction. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The noise seemed to be coming from the direction of the barn. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He collapsed, but his pack mate turned in Kaede’s direction and growled. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Shards of glass flew in every direction and Aunt Marge sputtered and blinked, her great ruddy face dripping. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Our spectral host lifted his hands from the dock, thus giving himself over to the directions and exhortations of the tide; and with that, he was swept away into the darkness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

This whole situation was shooting off in bizarre directions. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Francesca paused to address the cats, who were yanking her in opposite directions. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Someone laughed, but most of those who had stayed behind were looking uneasily in the direction of the village. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

At the same time, it strongly suggested that the backbones of the two chains must run in opposite directions. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Aron shuddered and surrendered his hand in the direction of the girl with the hidden face. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

First of all, I wasn’t sure which direction to go. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Ben’s footsteps drum away in the direction of his shelf full of librex. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The old dog limped towards it; but before he ate he looked up in the direction of the hillside where he had left his two companions. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg could see no more than a few feet in any direction through the tall plants. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

No one was quite sure in which direction the inn lay. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then I almost ran down the stairs to the street and began to walk very rapidly, with no direction at all, through a maze of strange, underprivileged-looking streets. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Craggy rocks and black volcanic sand stretched inland about a hundred yards to the base of a high stone wall, which marched off in either direction as far as we could see. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Hate you! I was angry perhaps at first, but my anger soon began to take a proper direction.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Lyra checked the alethiometer: Keep going, it said; this is the right direction. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But while Jones slept peacefully, John Wilkes Booth and David Herold were rowing in the wrong direction! Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When McCandless ventured beyond the bus in early May, his pictures show that he headed north, downstream along the Sushana, the opposite direction of the cabins. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a rustle and a slight, deprecating cough from the direction of the woods. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Except for the engine noise and Naomi’s shouted directions, there was utter silence. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Boys stop and ask the corpse directions; someone dresses him in a cartridge belt and helmet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Voices rose and fell in a nearby room, and from another direction someone coughed. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t too much longer before an old guy came from the other direction. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Men bolted from their tents in sheer terror and did not know in which direction to turn. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I went all the way to the beginning of the reef without finding it Then I reversed my course, and walked in the other direction. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see him nod in our direction and then they follow him over to greet us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he and Jason drove for half an hour in the direction of Washington and picked up Jaime at her gym. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He notices the same thing when anyone else tries to speak in his direction. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I, however, watched my chance, while Covey was looking in an opposite direction, and started for St. Michael’s. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

The ants who had filled their crops to the brim were walking back to the inner fortress, to be replaced by a procession of empty ants who were coming from the same direction. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shift in direction forces Libby to lean into me; a frustratedAdam slams his console against his lap. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And the sound of his voice gets my brain spinning in a different direction: Daddy blew his knee out stealing home during a tournament game when he played baseball in college. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

We might have gotten a little loud, because one of the dressed-up ushers came over and pointed his flashlight in our direction during the trailers. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He glances nervously in the direction of the perimeter gate behind the trees. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She dodged one set of slashing fangs and tumbled under another, weaving through the dragons heads as she ran in our direction, gagging from the monsters horrible breath. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I rotate my wrists so that my cleats move in all different directions and sway my arms like I did for Zoey and Grace when I got out of the car. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly, without a word or a look in my direction, the two of them sat down at their respective desks and went to work. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

That was the wisdom: We knew we did not lay down the direction of the street, but despite that, we could—and must—fashion the way of our walk. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The bank did not extend far in either direction. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blind man smiled in the boy’s direction. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Stretching in every direction were huge fields of sugarcane. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A map and some kind of direction finding will be vital for our escape. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

At least he thought it was the direction of Camp Green Lake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I'll want to move perpendicular to the storm's movement, and in whatever direction has less storm. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s alone in the row of seats behind me, with the directions and the minivan’s owner’s manual spread out next to him. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Uriah and I jog to catch up to the members, along with the other initiates, who barely look in my direction. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

How could it be, in the real world, that a knife moved an inch in the wrong direction could — presto — transform everything? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point in his Account he spoke about the Free African Society offering to procure nurses for the sick under the direction of Jones, Allen, and Gray. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He stood at the end of an aisle, paralyzed, not knowing which direction to turn. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He looked in every direction but saw only darkness; he felt along the walls again, searching for a way out. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I can almost feel Max’s ears stretching out in our direction. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Without looking in the storyteller’s direction, he began to gently, methodically, wash his bottles. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It was the men. They were so stupid ...” “You needn’t tell me. I know that brother of mine. He was sitting up on top laughing, not giving a word of direction.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I thank her for the directions and Mr. Lee for the pen. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Henry throws a quick glance in my direction, and says, “Fine,” then tosses the keys to me instead of handing them to Kelton. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The gun clattered to the ground, and I heard Liam take two running steps in my direction, but somehow I was faster. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The corridor stretched in both directions to infinity, strewn with cardboard boxes and trash and monkey biscuits. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sky is white, the distant horizon gray and sparking with faint lightning—not just ahead, but in all directions. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I had to think for a moment about the location of the highway, which direction the E-Z Rest faced, but Cade was right: He was walled off in East Berlin. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The professor smiles a little and inclines his head in the direction of the mayor and the man sitting next to him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

With a meaningful look in my direction, Raizel gathered her things, rose to her feet, and left the room. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Stanley could no longer see the Mary Lou, but headed in what he thought was the right direction. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I looked in the direction of the barn, but when Papa cleared his throat I turned in my seat. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The magician stood up as straight as a pillar, stretched out his arms in both directions, looked at the ceiling and said the first few words of the Nunc Dimittis. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought in all directions and always a leash snapped me back.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello,” she said, linking her arm through mine and leading me back in the direction from which I’d just come. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

At last he stopped to roll a cigarette, and then the mute nodded his head in the direction of the clock, smiled in that hidden way of his, and got up from the table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

One hint is in an ancient book of sailors’ directions, the Periplus of the Erythrean Sea, written by an anonymous merchant living in Egypt around A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She even liked the curves more than usual, when they made her lean in Omer’s direction. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She went back to typing, and Jus’s mind went in a different direction. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She walked on, consulting the compass when she needed to, always heading the direction it pointed. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The boys crisscrossed between streets and avenues until they found another train station with trains running in all directions. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I push off to reverse my direction and fall back into a crouch. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

You can see a bit of Red Gate, too, and the other direction, across to Windemere, then out to the bay. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

To give directions to the driver in the car slowing beside you, to be polite to the father of the kids you babysat, to be friendly and fun at the party? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then the clown straightened, closed up his van and started walking, in the same direction I was walking, several paces ahead of me, a small suitcase in one hand, the balloons in the other. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the clue, she looked up that old language Maddie had used for the cipher challenge—Ogham—and used it to write out directions to an imaginary bench in a park. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Glittering shards of crystal flew in all directions: Draco doubled over, his hands covering his bloody face. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

By figured that dumb story was enough to scare me off and he started walking in the direction of the public swimming. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A car came down the road from the Welch direction and turned right, toward town central. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“More even than—” He flicks his wrist in the direction of Guillermo’s studio. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Dribbling slowly, Ben started toward his father, changing hands with each dribble, hoping to catch Bull with his weight shifted in the wrong direction. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy stood next to her, peering into the trees in the direction Hatchet’s men had gone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Before any of the soldiers can point a gun in our direction, I whip out one of my knives and hold it close to the man's throat. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I tipped an imaginary hat in his direction and watched the color blossom in his cheeks. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

King Pellinore dosed his eyes tight, extended his arms in both directions, and announced in capital letters, “Whoso Pulleth Out This Sword of this Stone and Anvil, is Right- wise King Born of All England.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liam met my gaze for a split second, nodding in the direction of his side mirror. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Moss tried to hide a giggle, but heads swiveled in his direction. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The soldier takes me far away from the direction of the base, where I assume we would go for water. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss’s body wouldn’t move at first, but when he saw the reporters scurrying in his direction, his instinct kicked in. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She walked in the opposite direction that he had gone and turned off the central aisle as quickly as she could, making her way past seated couples and boxes of rosebushes. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only now there were people everywhere, filling the news shop, heading in all directions, strolling, rushing, dragging children and bags, but nowhere did she see her mother’s or father’s or little sister’s familiar face. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

It was very far away and Digory found it hard to decide from what direction it was coming. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

She took people’s tickets, tore off a piece, and then said, “Number one, that way,” and pointed down the hall, or “That’s in number seven, down that way,” and pointed off the other direction. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Kote dipped his fingers into the cup by his side and flicked droplets casually in Bast’s direction. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Rebel soldiers were dashing everywhich direction on the street, muskets in their hands, officers bellowing loud. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I see Léonce isn’t coming back,” she said, with a glance in the direction whence her husband had disappeared. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

For a long time, when the wind came from that direction, I could still smell it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He is intrigued by this correlation but, like the “Moratorium” author, fails to see the direction in which the correlation runs. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Piggy was looking in the right direction now. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They were already turned in her direction, and startled when she appeared. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The three boys fell to the ground in different directions. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Russell lurched backward into the kitchen table with his half; Piper lurched backward in the opposite direction, and with nothing to stop him, sailed right through the cellar doorway and down the cellar steps. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otto tugged lightly on the fur he gripped, turning it in a different direction. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A number of committees were formed that day, but the primary purpose of the Youth League was to give direction to the ANC in its quest for political freedom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I see you’ve met the old man!” called a voice from behind me, and I turned to see the curator striding in my direction. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Everyone must follow exact directions to their new compartments. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Gandalf took no turns, right or left, for the passage seemed to be going in the direction that he desired. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Luke grabbed Toby’s arm and tried to pull him in the other direction, but Toby was dead weight. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

First they were all separated, exploding into different directions, but then they swooped back toward each other, like family, and became one big black wave, twisting and sweeping up through the trees around them. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We walk through the Crooked Forest, where all the trees are bowed in the same direction as though they’ve been blown by a strong wind since they were saplings. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But as I wave bye to my friends and we walk toward our buses, it feels like we’re each moving in different directions in other ways too. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Once your brain goes in that direction, it’ll drive you crazy. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

More were charging into the square from the opposite direction. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We now know that whichever direction we look, this noise never varies by more than a tiny fraction: so Penzias and Wilson had unwittingly stumbled across a remarkably accurate confirmation of Friedmann’s first assumption. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marco chooses his words carefully, wary about the direction the conversation is taking. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She slanted her short self in the direction of Aunt Florentine’s face and stared intently into her closed eyes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pacing in front of the library waiting for Gran, I shaded myself from the sun under the roof overhang, but the air kept blowing gusts of hot breath in my direction. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Doodle leaned over in the other direction and spat through the hay hole. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He failed—the trail of corpses went on forever it seemed, in every direction. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I started to realize, as I crossed another road, that I was going the wrong direction. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He kept glancing in the direction of the hospital, then out across Buzzards Bay as if Mr. Sloan’s stolen skiff might appear at any moment, that bully man in the stern. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

A barbed wire fence ran from the gate in either direction. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I concentrated on my gait, marking the changes in direction, following nothing but the way my feet seemed to divine. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Celia stands on a shimmering white desert with a sparkling night sky stretching in every direction. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Tally remembered the scrawl of Shay’s directions to the Smoke, clumsy but readable. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There are trails veering away from the pavilion in every direction, and for a moment, I stand, frozen. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

So I never thought of it as an option, and, aside from a couple of teachers, no one encouraged me in that direction. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon was about halfway down from overhead in the same direction as the splashing animal. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

This means that there can be no important difference between the forward and backward directions of imaginary time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pointed in the direction of Camp Four, then warned him about the ice just below us. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now comes the part in all her stories where her voice becomes lighter, like she’s casually giving directions to the corner panadería. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We could see ourselves no matter which direction we looked. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Clavius and Kepler will have had no difficulty confirming immediately that Venus had phases: all they had to do was point a decent telescope in the right direction. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Harry and Hermione waited a few moments to make sure they’d really gone, then started to run in the opposite direction. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Their necklaces shattered, sending shards of red flying in all directions. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

They looked around, as if hoping to see a sign pointing them in the right direction. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He never looked in the man’s direction but said, “What you want, boy?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

My mother fretted over each blemish, sending accusatory glances in my foster mother’s direction. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Plants blossomed in the thick black earth, sprawling out in all directions while trees—palm, oak, ash, and fruit-bearing ones of every variety—reached up into the misty heights, their branches draped with vines. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Three stones are stacked one on top of the other, the fourth, on the ground beside them, points the direction the person is taking. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel turned to make sure of the direction they had taken and as he did so Dandelion hesitated, uncertain whether to resume. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

By increments we were blinded, the mainland dimming and the sun fading to a pale white bloom, and we turned circles in the eddying tide until we’d lost all sense of direction. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You must not walk in any direction but to school and back home,” warned my mother when she decided I was old enough to walk by myself. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few more steps the tunnel—Mrs. Frisby could now discern, dimly, its shape and direction—took a turn to the right, and she did see for herself. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

After school Fiona’s rolling me across campus in the direction of the courtyard when she says, “I just realized something.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They were vindicated; the program was correct, events were progressing in their predetermined direction, history was on their side, and Harlem loved them. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The paper flew in two directions and I turned and said, “Sorry!” but kept running toward Big Ma, whose arms weren’t outstretched like mine. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

"That's the way God made the universe, without beginning or end, in all directions." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later they emerged to allow Bragg to give me his formal permission to work under his direction. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

More than once he stopped, trying to find the direction from which he had come earlier in the day. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

They picked their direction by a clump of stunted trees which they had passed on their way up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a half hour or so, this made Mark realize that they were combing the area between the camp and the direction they’d gone last night. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I do that, then circle the entire ghetto, walking toward the gate like I’m coming from the other direction, from the Minerwa building. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was facing in their direction, but he couldn't tell if she was watching him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

One night when I was about to go home I saw a girl who lived in my direction and I fell in beside her to walk part of the distance together. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan heard a crackling snap twenty feet in another direction. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I eventually trail behind them toward the doors to the school and turn in the opposite direction to go to my locker. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

My parked car was facing in the proper direction; the police car had come down the street in the wrong direction. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My cousins have come up the stairs, too, and they’re pulling my body in the other direction. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There have to be slight variations between different directions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the direction they wanted us to go. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But Eddie didn’t care, wasn’t even pretending to look in his direction as he talked to me. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A trickle of spectators, some laughing, others pale and shaking, stumbled past us in the opposite direction. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I can hear people ahead and don’t need Matthew’s whispered directions to find them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The diamond surface of the water broke and hissed; it sent sparks in all directions and turned a vivid, poisonous-looking blue. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Sorenson is holding a card with what looks like directions on it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Heads all around the room turned in their direction. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

One held her palm out in his direction; with a flash of light, the windowpane shattered. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The majority drifted in the direction Seth had gone but dispersed before reaching the pool. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know which direction the horned toad had been walking, but knowing which direction was north was a start. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We get to the corner of State Street where we usually turn to go to the fish market, but Daddy nods his head in the other direction. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He had thought, of course, of going back to Aravis and Bree and Hwin at the hermitage, but he couldn't because by now he had not the least idea of the direction. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I thought he must be going to the porch; I listened, standing quiet, and instead heard him turn in the opposite direction—toward the back of the house, toward me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She had her aim now, her heart had direction, and though it hurt to know that path led away from him, she could endure it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Jonathan stared in the direction they were moving, hoping he would see whatever they were approaching first. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We need to see the train to know what direction to go in,” said Ron. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Draw the direction of the phrase in the air with your finger as you sing. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He pointed his thumb in the direction of his own house, and then wiped his hair off his forehead. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Nico and I head in opposite directions as we enter the cafeteria. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

If the head faced the right direction, the legs dangled over the table. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I made special note of which two trees the dawning sun appeared between and set my sights for the opposite direction. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ma says nothing and continues to look in the direction Keav has disappeared. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The deserter led the soldiers in the opposite direction. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In all directions, loud partying brigades from public and private high schools, from Lost Cove U., are gathered around kegs, bonfires, picnic tables, drum circles, car hoods. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Milkman stood up and grabbed his flashlight, pointing it in the direction of the sound of running feet. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the girls head off in different directions in a desperate bid to escape the camp. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It faced in the direction of Bellevue, the sanitarium where Mary Todd Lincoln was forced to stay for a while in the 1870s. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

From one direction, I heard a kid say, “I think the truffle is like completely undervalued.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bleeding man turned toward the direction of the scream and looked at the colored girl long enough for Macon to pull out his knife and bring it down on the old man’s back. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A passing dog lets out a small yelp and tugs his leash in our direction. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t seem possible. For three years I’ve been working under the direction of androids. Why didn’t I suspect—I mean, enough to do something?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Whenever there was a break in their conversation, one or the other of them would steal a glance in my direction as though trying to find it in himself to approach me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

When they finally reached the Jade River, the road broke off in four directions. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Look,” she says, giving her head a slight nod in their direction. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alice leaned against the door, her face toward Jasper but, behind her sunglasses, shooting glances in my direction every few seconds. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

However, two cloaked men had appeared in the square outside number twelve, and they remained there into the night, gazing in the direction of the house that they could not see. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She pulled on the trigger, and her whole body shook as bullets rattled against the enclosure glass like hail, pinging off in all directions. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He put his right hand in his own puke and wiped it all over his face and then spit in my direction and laughed. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I glance over my shoulder to see if Killer Man is giving me the evil oculus, but he is not so much as looking in my direction. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

She nods in the direction we were headed, a signal we should keep going. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He warmed it for a moment in the palm of his hand, then rolled it gently in the direction of the chickens. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Seth moved forward in the direction the toes pointed, scanning the ground. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

We headed back the way we came, in the direction of the giant screen. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then he heard footsteps, coming from the other direction. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Miss Wren’s this way,” Melina said, nodding in the direction the bird was pulling, and we followed the girl and her pigeon friend down the alley. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Knowing I would launch anything on my physical person—coins; old friendship bracelets; the rake—thirty feet in every direction, like a supernova star explosion. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Before she could get any further, Esme was interrupted by a siren, this one high-pitched and moving fast in our direction. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Samsa turned around in his chair in their direction and observed them quietly for a while. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Padva remarks, subtly tilting her glass in the direction of the door, where Marco is standing quietly to the side, his hands clasped behind his back. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They mounted their horses, and rode out in the direction of the Pyramids of Egypt. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five minutes must have passed before I heard water running from the direction of the Franklins’ bedroom, though it felt like days. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But he had to jump sideways because the crowd in front of him left him no landing place in that direction. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I look down the hall and see a nurse’s station at the far end, so I decide to go that way and ask directions again. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The line from my rib cage to my knees fell straight without even a ridge to disturb its direction. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blast flattened buildings a mile in all directions and killed at least 2,000 people. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as I lay in bed, my mind swung back and forth—even when I tried to silence it—and it spun and spun, pointing in all different directions. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She nodded in the direction of her two large mournful daughters. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dimming shrugs his shoulders and continues with the directions. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He nodded in the general direction of the Berg’s middle section. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

At the same time, the universe is not too lumpy; it looks roughly the same in all directions, so all the matter did not wind up in one huge glob. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He is so busy that he does not hear the footsteps running in his direction. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I stand in the cold with the snowflakes tickling my skin, I pull the crumpled envelope and directions from my pocket. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But it is an ominous sign of the direction that a society of people so vulnerable to sexual control might take. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s the wrong direction. We need to go across, not back. Magic left this earth a long time ago—we won’t find it in the past.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Salva tried not to look as he walked past the bodies, but his eyes were drawn in their direction. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not change his direction and the men shouted: "Hah! Hah! Toro!" and waved their arms; the two steers turned sideways to take the shock, and the bull drove into one of the steers. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The outline of the palace shines in the distance, stretching out in so many directions it has no beginning or end. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

From the direction of the barn Jody heard a shrill whistling scream and a splintering of wood, and then a man’s voice shouting. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Groups of revelers or rioters, or whatever they were, wandered in the opposite direction, looking for more trouble to get into. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As they all turned in that direction, they could see Clay Derby strolling toward them, carrying the baby girl. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came back to the wagon, looking over his shoulder a lot, in the direction of my house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You be careful, now,” she says, and she kisses her palm and pretends to blow it in my direction. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

No matter what she did to us, we had to run in the opposite direction from home. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A representative of Pickett Engineering said that Pickett’s private affairs had no bearing on the direction of the company.’ Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

His hand traveled once more toward his pocket, but it stopped in midair, changed direction, and landed on Naima’s shoulder instead. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

I knew exactly which direction I was going thanks to the GPS map displayed on the screen that popped out of the armrest of my airline seat. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

To their relief, one direction led to an iron stairwell. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I pull the kitchen towel in different directions so it covers my entire dress, and slowly lick that Madagascar Vanilla Bean yumminess. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

What was it the man in the gray suit had said, about shooting in a healthy direction? A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He had a house on the top of the mountain with four doors, one on each side, allowing him to see danger coming toward him from any direction. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Adele was running in our direction, and I pressed myself into her outstretched arms. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Something prevented them from taking a single step that was not in a specific direction. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A family of four came out of the elevator and headed in his direction. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He would have only one chance to drive the cattle through the hole in the fence, and while he searched desperately for the opening, they could scatter in every direction. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’s been studying airport maps, flight times, directions to get to Uncle Ermenio’s house from the airport, and San Juan’s city layout. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

And then the other side struck us, the wind from the opposite direction. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a backward glance in my direction, Jack sets off on his own course through the woods. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Ocean turned in my direction, but he still seemed uncertain. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Since survival in the snowy forests of northern Europe required different traits than those needed to stay alive in Indonesia’s steaming jungles, human populations evolved in different directions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Euclidean space-time there is no difference between the time direction and directions in space. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her- schel had been misled because of the copious amount of obscuring dust in the direction of Sagittarius; he had no way to know of the enormous numbers of stars beyond. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, I think, most of us would probably assume that the causation runs in the opposite direction, that Reagan supporters are drawn to ABC because of Jennings’s bias, not the other way around. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked in all directions, but her cousin had already vanished. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote down directions while Mom and Dad argued some more. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Betrayal bent me in one direction while guilt bent her the other way. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced down the road in the direction of the store. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It seems like it’s coming from all directions. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

So as we went around on our final orbit, we double-checked everything except the direction we were pointing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look yonder,” said Merlyn, and both of them looked in the direction of his outstretched finger. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although I had never been to town in my life, I knew what direction to take. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, with the sun newly risen and the mist lifting, they could see the city of tents that stretched in every direction. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then he made a half turn in the direction of Count Rugen and executed a quick and well-formed bow. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And him showing up is all I hope for tonight—a clue, a starting point, a narrower direction, something personal about this boy criminal. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He was annoyed that the pilot had ignored his directions. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t want to alarm you, but there’s a golf cart headed in our vague direction,” Daisy said quietly. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

No. He gestures in the direction of the ocean, says to Fry, “Hell with this. Let’s grab the slabs and head out.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I pull on my gear, grab my spit, kick some dirt over the coals, and take off in the opposite direction the Careers went. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

These data concern school choice, an issue that most people feel strongly about in one direction or another. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

For fifty years, she watched the direction of human progress change—and leap ahead. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Funny how people who know exactly where they are can talk so much about directions. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sweeping her left arm dramatically in DuShawn’s direction, she lets out with, “DuShawn Carter—the Freedom Party’s candidate for president of the Student council!” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to his directions knowing that I would use them sooner or later. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He’d given me straightforward directions that he simply hadn’t had time to explain: “The Old Man,” I realized, was what the locals called the bog boy, and his grave was the cairn. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

As panicked marchers scattered in all directions, Sheriff Clark’s mounted possemen let loose with a rebel yell and charged, swinging bullwhips and rubber tubing wrapped in barbed wire. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nearest well was south and west of the Harridan, so they set off in that direction, the bells on their collars ringing merrily with every step. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Every time the ship tilted, he pushed in the opposite direction and the hull stabilized. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Actually, the other kids from the Midwest team weren’t really walking with Marjory, just in the same general direction. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Finally Roy stepped outside, lowered his head, and started trudging in the direction of his neighborhood. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Day after day, if I ask directions or try to chat about the weather, they attempt nervously to answer me in halting English or French. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are no other directions to go, as far as he can tell. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She took my arm in one hand and nodded in the direction of the PSF. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Six were shot, but the remainder burst out, killing two hobbits, and then scattering across country in the direction of the Woody End. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mazen kicks a rickety chair in my direction, the invitation to sit obvious. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Agent Jones glared in the direction of the stage. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Thorn and Valley lingered near her, and Seven could almost feel the nervous energy coming from their direction. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Before I could protest, a thousand scraps of garbage surged off the bottom and flew straight at me from both directions: broken glass, rocks, cans, tires. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was pulled into a tight line, eyes darting back and forth between me and the direction of Martin’s voice. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As he crossed the room, just before he went out onto the landing, he made a brief nod in Briony’s direction. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There’s Noah and me walking along the path the sun makes on the ocean but in opposite directions. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The two friends sat in the surgery making their plans and listening to reports that were coming from all directions. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll save you!” a voice called from the direction of the road. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“About sailing the other direction? I don’t think that’s going to work.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

One stood up, yawned, stretched, glanced unconcernedly in his direction. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t once say go left, go right; he just pointed in the right direction. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed her quivering finger in their direction and whispered, "God will punish you!" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Now they executed it with the knowledge that there was only one direction to move: forward. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Iron monsters sprinted in our direction, and though they were still some ways away, I could tell their numbers were greater than before, back in the Drowned Forest. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Thomas watched in sick fascination as the Griever twitched uncontrollably, spewing the yellow oil in every direction. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A wind came up that was from a different direction than the rest of the sticky air. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They consult the rim’s arrow to determine the direction of Mecca. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Goodbye,”, said Sybil, and ran without regret in the direction of the hotel. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

It turned and ran, as fast as it could, in the opposite direction. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The woman in black glared in his direction, but she grabbed the collar of Nin’s cloak, hauling her to her feet. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I remembered that I had said to Arturo many months ago, as we came through in the opposite direction, that it was all so beautiful. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Finally, she chose a direction and we rushed forward. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Grooms ran down the backstretch before the onrushing water, throwing open stall doors and chasing out the horses, who scattered in all directions. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least this helped Thomas know directions—the wooden building crouched in the northwest corner, wedged in a darkening patch of shadow, the grove of trees in the southwest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I changed direction, lunged to the side, and stabbed Riptide straight down into the water, sending the point through the god’s heel. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I glance in the direction of the day’s lecturer, but the elderly phooka has his nose buried in a book. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He knew he had been turning a blind eye to telltale signs that things were moving in this direction. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I walked up from another direction and bought some walnuts and an apple. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see my buttons popping off and flying in all directions on a daily basis. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She wanders freely around a city in which Gogol, in spite of his many visits, has no sense of direction. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

At some point, he wanted the good parts of the world to arc in his direction. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I told him he was walking in the wrong direction,” Oliver jumped in. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Passages that had been filled in years ago suddenly un-filled, changing direction to lead Hazel where she wanted to go. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

With that, he disappeared back off the road and in the direction of his camp. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to know which direction it had come from. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We walked through the glass doors and beautiful entryway and stopped in the main office to ask for directions. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Most of these herons are either inexperienced young birds or lost adult males too stubborn to ask for directions south. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The skin around Grandma’s eyes crinkled as she narrowed her gaze in their direction. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She also worked with the school choir; under her direction, several of Moton’s vocal quartets had come away victorious in statewide music competitions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Under Gallup’s patient direction, the Shakespeare project continued exactly as it had for years. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He swept his arms in one direction, as if directing their attention to an explosion. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The three of us started toward the road, doubling back in the direction from which we had come, heading toward home. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The boy took one look back to the bakery as if checking that the coast was clear, then, his attention back on the pig, he threw a loaf of bread in my direction. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Each decision meant a turn in another direction. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Considering how tightly packed these pines—which look suspiciously like towering dragon-giants in this moment—are, moving even the slightest bit in the wrong direction could be disastrous. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I looked quickly to the right, to the shoulder, but one of the chairs had fallen in that direction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was difficult to say from which direction it had originated. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I said that our disagreement had been in terms of political direction and involvement in the extra-religious straggle for human rights. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I often had no idea in which direction the road was or where the others had wandered. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She changed direction again, and, moving more quickly, ran across the earth to where Jeremy stood. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

According to the highway patrol, Wick drifted off the road, over-corrected to get back onto the road, and was struck at high speed by a pickup coming from the other direction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He didn’t seem to know which direction to turn when we finally found the road. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A group of young blacks took one look at their injured comrade, blood streaming down his face, and ran off in the direction the bottle had come from. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Blue water and green lands and distant mountains in every direction. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, the crate arrived, barely standing the strain of being pulled in two directions at once. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, let’s walk the other direction and try to do the same thing in a different way,” Edwin said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The gatherers shuffle their feet, cough into their hands, avert their eyes, and walk off in the opposite direction. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the man finished, a gasp of astonishment came from the court room and Bigger saw faces turning and looking in his direction. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He let out a breath and looked back the direction he came. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

Once he’s sequestered away, he closes his eyes and sends a silent apology in G’ma’s direction, then holds his breath as he lifts the lid. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

The fence extended off into the trees as far as Kendra could see in either direction. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He stared for a moment in the right direction, then said he’d be back in a minute and left the field. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

After their meeting, Scoville announced to the newspapers that the man was insane and had acted alone, believing he was carrying out God's directions. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Tali turned in his seat and said casually, “We’re headed in that direction. What happened?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I ran in the direction of the sounds, and then suddenly I saw three men walking toward me through the moonlight, side by side. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, when one looks at “real” time, there’s a very big difference between the forward and backward directions, as we all know. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far away, from the direction of the house, came the faint sound of a piano. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But still, there was no doubt that he was, in spite of the sheerness of the Cliffs, heading in an upward direction. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Was this some kind of joke or did things balance so that if one went too far in one direction an automatic slide moved on the scale and the balance was re-established? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It gave the impression that we raced to the table, passed plates madly in all directions, wolfed our food, and ran away from the table, all in about forty-five seconds. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia looks from the twins back in the direction of the courtyard, where the light from the bonfire gleams along the edges of the tents, casting dancing shadows of patrons across the striped fabric. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As the men moved off in the opposite direction, Kaz gestured his group forward. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Back in Acidalia Planitia, if I got off course, I could just point in the right direction based on new data. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ran in no particular direction and found themselves back in the shrine room, right behind the giant Mimas. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I feel Keav’s hand pull at me, and my feet automatically move in her direction. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he neared the Hickock farm, he stopped at several neighboring homesteads, ostensibly to ask directions, actually to make inquiries concerning the suspect. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The road is very quiet: just one woman walking in my direction a few hundred yards off, no one else. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Looks like everybody’s going in the wrong direction but you, don’t it?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought that they were going to take him back upstairs and he made a motion to go in the direction of the elevator, but they jerked him back roughly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Morrow made cryptic announcements, saying the company was working on an ambitious project that would move them in an entirely new direction. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I'm just grateful to be moving, even if I'm not sure I'm going in the right direction. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In particular, why is the temperature of the microwave background radiation so nearly the same when we look in different directions? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

These days my moms ain’t trying to push me in one direction or another. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started the engine and must have driven a mile in the wrong direction before I gave any thought to where I was going. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He wanted to give her a comforting look, but she wouldn’t even glance in his direction. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But when I walked east, it seemed to me that I was going in the wrong direction. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But everything else seemed to be spiraling in the wrong direction. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

After quick looks left and right, Mark headed off in the direction of the cockpit. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And he needs to get directions to the other restaurant. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“We cannot know yet which direction our country will take,” Jiichan said. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Could the lady have given them wrong directions? Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

When he worked up the courage to glance in her direction, he figured the booth would be full of people—all of them laughing, with Lily at the center. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You can see thirty miles in every direction here. The only hill with a better view is that one.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Having my feelings pulled in every direction wasn’t any better than just plain hating John Worth. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

His face turned in my direction, and as the huge truck roared past, he engaged the brakes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When he shook, spraying mud and water in all directions, Mormont said nothing, but on his shoulder the raven screeched. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

However, when ice crystals form, they will have definite positions and will be lined up in some direction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The revelation of the structure of DNA by Watson, Crick, Wilkins, and Franklin brought one journey of genes to its close, even as it threw open new directions of inquiry and discovery. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She stood quickly and snapped her fingers in her sister’s direction. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They all seemed to be wired together, pointing in the same direction and connected to a single bronze lever on the side. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He and Charles were across the table from each other, and took great pains to avoid looking in the other’s direction. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Shining my headlamp in his direction, I reflexively recoiled when I saw the appalling condition of his face. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

As they hurried along, other children gathered from all directions and clustered in front of the community house. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three overlapping reasons appear to have converged in Adams’s mind and provided decisive direction to a foreign policy that, until then, had been vacillating between the incompatible agendas of the Federalists and the Republicans. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He snapped his silk handkerchief in my direction, then shoved it back in his pocket with—there’s no other word for it—panache. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

While she didn’t develop a fear of flying, a more profound uneasiness seized her, and she began to ponder the direction of her life and work. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was said that you could walk from Oxford to Bristol in one direction and London in the other, and never leave Jordan land. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I need to find out whether the wind goes always in that direction or whether it alters like the air currents during the day and the night. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We race around squealing, scattering like beautiful marbles cast in all directions. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

On the way home, carrying the abalone between us, Ramo and I stopped on the cliff The air was clear and we could look far out to sea in the direction the ship had gone. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He steered the car in the direction of downtown San Francisco once again. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I just remember he let me pick and that the roads led in completely opposite directions. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Pong was so turned around that he couldn't tell which direction was which. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She pushed past him and would not even look in his direction. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It’s a mystery to me how his stick-like legs supported the weight above them, but they did, though they moved in surprising ways at times, as if his knees could bend in any direction. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he must have lost his direction in the storm. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After hours of wandering, asking for directions and getting conflicting answers, I find the side street where the buses to Yana Urku pass. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She situated Princesse over to one side and made sure she chopped the tree so it would fall in the opposite direction. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Coach Hart shouted, his eyes narrowed in my direction. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“He must have had! He must have had. I never had energy or direction or—well, even a very great desire to live before I had you.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He moved across the room slowly, hands in his hip pockets, but not without some direction in his mind. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I keep my original direction planted firmly in my mind. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He simply leaned in the direction he wanted to go and glided along. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was no sign of the wood coming to an end, in any direction that he could see. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Set loose, Sybil immediately ran down to the flat part of the beach and began to walk in the direction of Fisherman’s Pavilion. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She led me toward the drugstore, which was in the opposite direction from the Store. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know it’s a risk, but...“When we go on the next scouting mission, you all have to follow my directions. If you do, I promise to tell you as many cuentos as you want.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then he shoved him—this time not so hard—in the direction he wanted the boy to move. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

This is bad, confusing directions like that, or am I jumping time, did I go down already? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the spread of jazz into northern and Midwestern cities had coincided with the massively increased availability of wartime factory work, which had encouraged mass black migration in the same direction. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The pain of it shouts out in all directions. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Men with long beards and crisp turbans hung off the sides, pointing in their direction. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Both my parents’ heads swung in my direction. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Houses sprawled in every direction over bare terrain, with newly strung electrical wires crisscrossing overhead. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The reflections of the headlights and taillights move in different directions. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

"What now?" he said in the direction of her house. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

If you wander too far in the wrong direction you can disappear altogether. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Yishan, however, pretended not to notice, and was just about to suggest changing direction when an outpouring of people began to cluster into view. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

For example, one can calculate the probability that the universe is expanding at nearly the same rate in all different directions at a time when the density of the universe has its present value. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shoulder-to-shoulder avatars stretched to the horizon in all directions. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At this point, her aged father balked at leaving the house, insisting that the fire would change direction before it got to them. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The bus pulled away in the opposite direction. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then he nodded discreetly in the direction of the couple of tourists that were still standing by the shelves, whispering to each other. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Casteen and his colleagues are going ahead, saying the pendulum has swung too far in one direction. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Every available male, aged sixteen to sixty, was drafted into this new militia, under the direction of the SS. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Under Taylor’s direction, her group of girls found their way back to the damaged beach, which resembled a dorm room after an island- themed kegger gone wrong. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

As the matter spirals into the black hole, it would make the black hole rotate in the same direction, causing it to develop a magnetic field rather like that of the earth. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crisscrossing the savanna are networks of earthen fish weirs: interconnected low berms that change direction, zigzag-style, every thirty to a hundred feet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“If we could even find one hole, we’d know which direction it went.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A gunshot rang out, but I didn’t know which direction it came from. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Around the rocket in four directions spread the little town, green and motionless in the Martian spring. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

We moved through a tunnel in the direction, I assumed, of Bat Lady’s house. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I have shown that the psychological arrow is essentially the same as the thermodynamic arrow, so that the two would always point in the same direction. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as they were all aboard, the animal started walking, pulling the wagon up the road in the same direction we had been heading. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

People are pointing and staring and whispering in my direction as Mrs. Walton wraps her arm around my shoulders and pushes me past the crowd. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Behind them, the ogress skidded to a halt and changed direction, coming after them. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The reporter raced away in his own direction. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

After Grandma Sands gave us directions Byron looked at me sideways and said, “What the hell you star in’ at?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jamie was working a wedge of coconut cream, and he didn’t take his eyes off the pie but jerked his chin in the general direction of the dwindling crowd around the dwindling fellowship fire. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

But if you take a few steps in any direction, until you reach the edge of the stationary platform, then the relative position of the horses will appear to change all the time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If so, the Machines must move in that direction, preferably without telling us, since in our ignorant prejudices we only know that what we are used to, is good—and we would then fight change. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Then Violet is swallowed by them, so all I can do is stare in the direction of where she once was. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He ran off in the direction of the store, but I was so confident that I did not even watch him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d shucked him like a piece of corn, throwing his clothes in all directions. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Her wispy blond hair stuck out in all directions like a small child’s drawing of a sun, and her eyes seemed to roam about independently of each other. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She stops short and I’m yanked back as my end of the pool cue is jerked in her direction. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Before long, I heard an insult hurled in my direction. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I went in no particular direction and never paused to look back. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I felt that it was my responsibility to protect these people, to give them directions they didn't want and generally scare them with my kindness. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I could see kids coming from every direction, all bundled up in hats and scarves. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

That is how we all came into Ormaie on Saturday night, all of us from different directions, all with our baskets and panniers crammed with homemade bombs. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

After all their progress, it seemed the passageway should now follow an upward direction. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Every addition is a step in the right direction.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It angled slightly over in the direction of what we called Rocket Mountain and kept climbing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped aside and, as she did, gave a little wave in Benji’s direction. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Another kid, this one with skin as dark as Chubs, jerked his thumb in Liam’s direction. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A few passersby on the street look at me and then hurry in the opposite direction of where I point. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“When I was a kid, I made many a mile on stick horses,” the man behind me said in my general direction. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Hazel imagined a mushroom cloud billowing up from the road, char-broiled fauns tossed in every direction. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They asked a random passerby for the direction to Seoul and were pointed toward the main highway. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

From time to time they looked over in his direction. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

There were only three of us along for this trip—dangerous in both directions, didn’t want to drag Papa Thibaut into it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Go find a book, boy,” she says with a nod in the direction of the living room. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“He won’t go home a hero, will he! Must have no sense of direction whatsoever.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He gave up trying to remember directions and concentrated on keeping up with the insects. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stomped the accelerator and drove as fast as the overloaded jeep would take us, while Millard shouted directions and everyone else held on for dear life. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Remora paced in front of Barry and Clyde, his hands out of his pockets now, flinging in all directions as he talked. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She shrugged and then scowled in the direction of a canvas bag near her feet. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Byrd gave very clear directions, though, more likely, Dr. Martin knows in her gut where the nest must be. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

From one direction came the police car; running in the other direction were his two friends Well, the closest things to friends that he had in Coconut Cove. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

With an arthritic hand, he pointed to the direction the red truck had gone. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Because the heat was incredible and the wind was threatening to blow the fire in their direction, everyone on the block was preparing to flee. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The huntress walked in the direction that she had pointed and gestured for Ash to follow her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up from behind the hedge in the waning moon, wet and shaken in the hot air and started out looking for Jack, still turned around in my direction. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As his car pulled through the gate, the president acknowledged the women by tipping his hat in their direction, but he did not smile. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When a Coalwood mother told her son maybe he needed to “straighten up a bit,” it was usually in a direction he didn’t necessarily want to go. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Where would he be coming from? Which direction?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The Corporal, holding to his horse’s bridle, tried to keep the beast calm, all the while shouting directions. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

From the direction of the cave I saw it: a thick column, rising fast, as if it came from a bonfire. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

One with sunlight from the morning, higher in the sky, lighting a man’s back as he turns from one direction to the other but never fully around. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

At the outskirts Sam gave them detailed directions to the Placement Office. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, my hands fold like I’m praying, and then I extend my arms forward, cutting through the splendor as it diverts in either direction, barely avoiding me on either side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He studied the sky all the rest of the way up; the mare had only one direction to go because the trail had become too narrow even for her to turn around. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were no directions here, no north or south or east or west, only towards and away. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The ride into the mountain had branched into all directions of time. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

As I walked on, I began to wonder how I could be sure I was still going in the right direction. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jacobi waved an unenthusiastic hand without even looking in my direction. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And as she punctuated each name with another pot thrown in the girl’s direction, Beetle thought to go out. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then Uncle Vernon would take a sharp turn and drive in the opposite direction for a while. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The Sixer mechs were already taking an immense amount of fire from all directions. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Every head swiveled in the direction of the voice that had spoken, a voice Ekon wished to every god and goddess he hadn’t heard. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

More than once I thought I saw one of its glass eyes look in my direction. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You’ll recognize her. Your feet will steer you in her direction.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her eyes, like her brother’s, stared in opposite directions. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We sprinted through, but everyone around me was yelling, "Plague boy!" until it felt as if it was coming from every direction and the city was placing me under a curse. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Sten!” cried two guards breaking off from another group running in the direction of the treasury. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“The freeways are dead. Both directions. All of them.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

God had come a long way from the desert—but then so had Allah, though in a very different direction. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The sound of it seemed to blow the room apart: Fragments of wood and paper and rubble flew in all directions, along with an impenetrable cloud of thick white dust. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He held out a small stone trophy in Tia’s direction, and as soon as she grabbed it, Bob jumped inside it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He would walk along groping in the air, although he passed between objects with an inexplicable fluidity, as if he were endowed with some instinct of direction based on an immediate prescience. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Christina and Uriah sit close enough for their shoulders to touch, but they are looking in opposite directions, more like strangers than friends. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

My performance on the strip started showing that I was headed in the right direction. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The old woman who looked like a magpie and who Meggie didn’t really like to remember was standing beside them, impatiently giving directions. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

As we made a turn into Sixteenth Avenue, the street leading to the tribal school I was being taken to, a short, chubby black woman came along from the opposite direction. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby didn’t even glance in Luke’s direction, though. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He waited until the men had gone, then took the opposite direction, running along the side of the house, crouching low under the windows. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Or in other words, why does disorder increase in the same direction of time as that in which the universe expands? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Wart took himself away in the opposite direction, to join the mash squad. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured I should put at least a little effort into figuring out which direction was best, so I took a little walk this morning. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the bell, Jill and I took off in different directions. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My thoughts scattered in all directions like undisciplined troops facing their first fire, and it took me a moment to marshal them. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He found small pathways among the boulders, wandering tracks both aimless and purposeful, which led toward the grain store, and also in various other directions which he could not understand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want him to know how' sorry I am that it wasn’t enough to point them in Kamal’s direction, to say, Look, there he is. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all turned in the direction of the voice. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Every so often a thump quieted everyone, and arguments erupted about which tree had fallen in which direction. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When Dufarge, who was still shielding his eyes against the sight of the Laughing Man’s face, heard a queer exhalation of agony from the direction of the target, he was overjoyed. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I was giving the girl her directions for the morning.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan found himself moved this way and that, one step this direction, two the other. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t used to drinking coffee, and it felt like his brain was racing off in different directions. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I followed his gaze to find Mary Ellen striding briskly down the trail towards us from the wrong direction. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

From the look of their footprints, one small group had headed west in the direction Sefia and the boy had gone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas, startled, swung around to look, his mind so concentrated on the vines that he’d momentarily shut out the Grievers; he searched all three directions of the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Together, they crossed the field in the direction of the mountains. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then as quickly as he had sprinted in my direction he turned and disappeared again into the dark clumps of reeds in the river. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Blue Monkey spat in the direction of its owner. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The spidery steel-work of gallery above gallery faded away in all directions into the dark. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I follow the directions and purchase a one-way ticket to the last stop, New York City. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He’d later praise Hitler for the “energetic measures” he took in that direction. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The roar frightened the horses to such an extent that some galloped off in panic, dragging the ploughs in different directions, and others collapsed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We drove off in a new direction and stopped at a small Mexican restaurant called Pepe’s. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I stared in surprise at the wall of my tent in the direction from which his voice had come. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to be the best chef in the world one day,” Stella says in agreement, and Poe gives her a big smile, blowing a kiss in her direction. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Highway 1, and I found it and drove ten miles in the wrong direction, back toward New York. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blocks away, where newly built mixed-income homes sat next to picturesque buildings like the gothic Church of the Advocate, built in 1887, was the direction the neighborhood wanted to go. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Shin found he could get directions and some rest at a PC bang, if not exactly sleep. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

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

I smiled at the thought of anyone trying to dowse for me now, trying to make sense of the dozens of contradictory signals as the leaves swirled and spun in a dozen different directions. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

These fishermen were headed in the wrong direction for me, but they gave me hope for more. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Another huge alligator approaches from the other direction. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The white kids I’d met that morning, they went in one direction, the black kids went in another direction, and I was left standing in the middle, totally confused. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

If the lake is just ahead, I know which direction to head toward the cave. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I stood up, brushed the leaves and dirt from my clothing and walked slowly down the path in the direction from which I had come. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He scrambled to his feet and crept in the direction of the sound. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Once they passed through a town where the police were searching all the boats that came along the waterway, and holding up the traffic in both directions. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The batters were hitting sharp liners and grounders, and the outfielders were finally paying attention, or at least facing in the right direction. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

This caused more panic, and everyone scattered in different directions. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The cat changed direction, and the boys tore after it, doubled back toward the hives, straight into the path of the flying honeycomb. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If the Saturn V veered off in the wrong direction, I could tell it by watching the dot separate from the line. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With surprising speed, the man changed his direction, turning sharply and veering into the street. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“High peaks, impassable cliffs, steep snow-slopes, and sharply descending glaciers could be seen in all directions, with stretches of snow-plain overlaying the ice sheet of the interior.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Alhaji stepped out and looked in my direction for a few minutes, but he then turned and just stared at the ground. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I blew a kiss to the guard, who looked in the other direction, and stepped into line, timing my steps to the march. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

If the man had not been looking in that direction, he would have missed him, but as it happened, his eyes alighted on the bird’s head and he drew in his breath in astonishment. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The goddess pulled the reins and turned her chariot in his direction. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Without raising his body, he reached out a nude, inflamed-pink, right arm and flicked his ashes in the general direction of the night table. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She raised her eyebrows and jerked her head in Ess’s direction, sending a warning. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

All I could hear were their voices calling out sharply to one another, giving directions. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Underwater surveys of the area northeast of the island clearly show remnants of the tower toppled in that direction, with more than two thousand of its blocks Uttering the harbor bed. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

They held the women in a circle while they tried to catch the children who had scattered in all directions when they saw the police coming. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Emily holds out her sandwich in my direction, and I peer at the meat squished inside the bread. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She blocked him, and when he tried to slink away in another direction, she restrained him with a heavy paw until he stilled in defeat. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The unrestricted view in all directions was breathtaking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Without looking in his direction I continued speaking to the class in the driest of tones. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She tried to extend her senses, to see through the Mist and find the cavern again, but all she felt were tunnels splitting off in a dozen directions, going everywhere except forward. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They must’ve lit the big fire again, the sky in that direction was glowing orange. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She looked out in the direction of the zoo. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Magdalys pulled the reins toward the islands and Missy growled in response, and then surged in the opposite direction before spinning back around and blasting forward full speed. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Yuko may have found comfort and direction in Islam, but Kathy was sure that she herself had been personally called by Christ. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He nodded in the direction of the peanut rack. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“This is important. What direction is south from here?” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Aisles filled with all kinds of gadgets, puzzles, and games stretched in every direction. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The fellow was apparently trying to reach them, though he seemed to be making little progress in that direction. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Low white buildings with black windows stretched out in both directions. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was really only a large, round boulder, but it allowed her to see in all directions from the top. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our subjective sense of the direction of time, the psychological arrow of time, is therefore determined within our brain by the thermodynamic arrow of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They, like herself, were sensing the direction of the moving pickup—east, northeast, east, then straight north. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

They shouldered through the storm in opposite directions and eyed each other warily as they passed, but no swords were drawn. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“But I can smell something. It’s coming from this direction.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It took me a minute to figure out which direction to head down Fordham Road, but Vega had found it already on his map. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The whole ice pack was moving in a clockwise direction, sweeping west and north with the current, up along the Antarctic Peninsula. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Lady Constance could not turn her head because of the braiding, but she glanced sideways in Penelope’s direction. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I sprint in the direction of Tori’s body—of her fallen flashlight. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t mean to; I meant to turn her around and put her on my bed, but she happened to be in front of me and I couldn’t switch directions in mid-grab. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The landscape has become gray, filled with low flat cement buildings, old factories, and then tracks and more tracks filled with trains like ours passing by in the opposite direction. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slaps the rearview mirror in my direction and I see a bright red pair of heart-shaped glasses. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Once she's outside, my mother looks in my direction, and I wonder if she can see me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A few of the other students being dropped off cast stealthy glances in my direction. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Before Nico could stand, wolves appeared from every direction - huge black beasts leaping from the roofs, surrounding their encampment. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They turned in its direction and scrambled up the difficult slippery rocks, sliding back at each step almost as far as they’d gone forward. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

At once four men came striding through the fern from different directions. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

We jump the creek and then we’re tearing through the trees together in the opposite direction of home. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He lifted his eyes and looked in all directions, watching roofs to the left and right of him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “He can follow directions real good, Grandma Sands, he’s not as dumb as he looks.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a current in the water. It’s all right. It’s taking us in the right direction.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Sadly, when we step into his room and he looks in our direction, I can tell he’s not really here today. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The delicious smell of baking salmon wafted tantalizingly in their direction. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The girls give me questioning looks, but I nudge them in the direction of the Exit sign. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Aurelia sat spellbound—paralyzed, as this apparition, moving with incredible speed, lashed out seemingly in every direction at once, and in moments three of the “hunters” lay sprawled amid the false jungle. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Uriah finally turns and sprints, in the direction of the Merciless Mart. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He has no freedom of choice in any direction whatever. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Though I was often consulted and was able to influence the direction of events, I did so at a distance and only when expressly asked. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked down to Gappery Street and looked in both directions. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some bowled across the lawn in our direction. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

If you should find yourself in the path of any of these men, run in the opposite direction. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She wandered away from the stage, gave Jones some additional directions about cleaning under the stools, and went to look out of the porthole of glass in the padded door. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Park picked up a chunk of melting snow and tossed it halfheartedly in the goose's direction. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

They passed me by, like beaten dogs, with never a glance in my direction. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

You just take one baby step in any direction and you’re already there. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Annabeth decided not to dwell on that, but she also decided not to assume her directions were accurate. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As we raced up Fifteenth, in the direction of Manhattan General, he bounded after us in huge, ground-cracking jumps, leaving craters in his wake. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But the mailbox was gone—in several directions. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I start walking quickly back in the direction of the woods. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He started to pass one in my direction, but I raised my hand and shook my head. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The voice had grown louder and was definitely heading in our direction. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My parents both swing their heads in my direction. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Nobody could determine which direction the sound was coming from. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

On the counter next to the printing machine was a newly inked sheet of paper with the words'printed in the right direction. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like a red firework on the Fourth of July, shrieking into the air and flinging itself in every direction possible. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She tried to correct it with the next few letters, but when she reached the M, the name was tilting the opposite direction. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I protest, throwing a pillow in her direction. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He remembered that long-ago evening after he hit his father how everybody was crammed on one side of the street, going in the direction he was coming from. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Quite a thing,” I said, nodding in that direction. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Princess Nehemia cast a worried glance in Celaena’s direction, but the assassin waved at her to resume her lesson with the Crown Prince. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He throws the ball the complete wrong direction. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shay slid her feet in opposite directions, to the very edges of the board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The paper bag burst open as it hit the ground and the thousands of tiny green things were scattered in all directions. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

She said I was wild and that I had no direction in life. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She persuaded the czar to let her fly for Russia as a military reconnaissance pilot, scouting out the best direction for soldiers on the ground to fire their guns. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I headed back in the direction I’d come from, back past our house, and towards the cloud. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He flicks his paintbrush in my direction like it’s a magic wand he’s using against an ogre. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A crack spread in both directions, circling the Empire State Building. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The early radio system used by aviators to find their way when they couldn’t see the ground was called “radio direction finding.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I want to say no, ask for directions to get on home, but I don’t want to leave this quiet place. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

In the other direction was the entrance of a Chthonic Railway station, with more crowds pouring up and down the steps. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her shaggy mop of red hair stuck out in all directions. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But Cronin and Fitch showed that if one replaces particles by antiparticles and takes the mirror image, but does not reverse the direction of time, then the universe does not behave the same. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he watched he had an immovable expression on his face, composed but alert, as if someone were giving him directions to an unknown destination. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I can’t find a way to make my mouth ask for directions to Wabash Street, so I nod and walk along behind her into sunlit silence and shelves and shelves of books. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Officer Crams had steered the car in the wrong direction. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

If you push, the other wheel grips, but it is geared so that the axle still turns in the same direction and the weight continues to rise. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Instead of a crescent moon curve they're a half-moon, the blades weighted and sharpened on both sides to easily cut in either direction. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He raised his wand into the air and pointed it in the direction of Hagrid’s cabin. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She felt a distinct kind of tearing within her, two things at war and pulling her in different directions. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The path before him went in only one direction; the ceiling was an inch taller than his head. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

If the universe were expanding faster in some directions than in others, the intensity of the radiation in those directions would be reduced by an additional red shift. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent several days searching and inquiring in every direction, but the woman seemed to have vanished completely. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the faint moonlight he could see no banks, knew no direction to travel. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

They’d drop the maids off house by house because everybody was going in the same direction. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He quickly trod out the fire before it could spread any further, then followed the direction of Meggie’s eyes, and he, too, looked at the house without a word. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She runs off in the direction of the ticket booth while Bailey watches the clock tick closer to twelve. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I stared at her, then walked off in the direction of the Warriors’ bench, taking a tangerine out of my pocket and tossing it up in the air. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I run wildly in the direction of the voice, heedless of danger, ripping through vines and branches, through anything that keeps me from reaching her. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everything seemed to be headed in the right direction. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Then, with a roar loud enough to rattle the change in a person’s pockets, the jets shot off in different directions like an exploding firework. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

They were baffled when they found no difference; the speed of light was the same in every direction. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Did Edward notice how Mike’s eyes flickered in his direction? Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Outside, people are scattered everywhere, screaming and crying as they run in every direction, bumping and pushing each other. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And crowds approached the park from all directions. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mature and ladylike at just fourteen years old, she was a person on a mission: she seemed to know exactly where she was going in life, with a sort of inward direction driving her. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Monsieur Labisse gave Hugo directions, and Hugo thanked him and ran out of the shop. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I take one futile step in her direction when I hear the cannon blast, know her heart has stopped, that she is dead. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then gives that milk to her youngest grandson to hold in the backseat of her car, with strict directions not to spill it, as she rushes him and her other grandson to the hospital. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He rode the mare west again, in the direction the mountain lion had come from. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dad waved his hand up and down in my direction. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And below the heimongmong, all along the ground, were weeds already spilling out over the edges, running wild in every direction. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could have looked at his directions forever and it would never be of any help. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were shunted to a side track while another train of cattle cars passed us, going in the opposite direction. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

But pretty soon, we went off in the direction of a large shed that was on the far side of the clearing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed that with the raft next to it, the lifeboat had changed directions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rebels stopped playing their game and ran in different directions to take cover. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Down among the partitions of the maze, with so many lunch-smelling rooters breathing on him, Ralph had no idea of the direction of the peanut butter. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“What nature does blindly, slowly and ruthlessly, man may do providently, quickly, and kindly. As it lies within his power, so it becomes his duty to work in that direction,” Galton wrote. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I consider going in, but before I get a chance to rise to my feet, I hear some people moving in my direction from down the street. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I waded into the mountain of mail with both hands, tossing envelopes in all directions, until I came up with the bank statement. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

A center fielder has the whole field in front of him and can see things the other fielders can’t, so good center fielders are constantly calling out directions. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

At the advice of one of the bystanders, the tangle was finally straightened out by Mr. Popper’s walking around the tripod three times in the opposite direction. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You might look ahead a little though. Ahead and in all three directions.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Xavier Adams could not have imagined his Saturday was going to turn in this direction. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

A steady stream of them poured out of the stargate, while others converged on the area from every direction in the sky. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. It’s like where the bomb landed and the poison’s leeched into the banks, everything’s gone in all directions till you get further out.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Frightened animals were running in every direction, fleeing for their lives through the deep snow. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They led to a tiny stone house, invisible from every direction. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. Good luck, kid,” and he leans back and gets swept up in the surge, his head bopping along, off in the direction of something called a Duane Reade. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I chase after her, the two of us laughing and chucking snow in each other’s direction as we head toward the lights. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My siblings all have gray pouches under their eyes; their hair is knotted and sticking out in many directions. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even from there, I could see that in a rainy spring, that old river would really choose its own direction. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She left the room without asking directions, as though she knew from former lunches at Sickler’s just where to go. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He swung his chin in a small arc in the direction I had been traveling. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your work, your war work, is to cultivate your talent, and go in the direction it demands. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had no idea where I was or which direction would lead me back home. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell a lot of times, because the directions were confusing, but if I stared and stared at the pictures, usually I could figure it out in the end. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Blood and Woodhull met when he visited her in an attempt to communicate with the soldiers who had died under his direction as a regimental commander. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Soon it began to descend rapidly and they guessed that it must actually be heading towards the Withywindle valley: not at all the direction they wished to take. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She gestured in the direction of the living room. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But as soon as he spotted Alexia bent over her square, he wound up and sailed a beauty in her direction. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Then “Surprise,” he mouthed, pointing his head in Trotter’s general direction. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I do not even know which direction he came from when he returned. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The man ran, and she took off running in the opposite direction. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The guard raises his gun, but at Max’s nod I sprint in the direction he showed me before the guard can even bark. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There were 346 miles of that to cross—assuming the drift of the pack didn’t change course and carry them helplessly in another direction. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Harriett is blowing a kiss at absolutely no one in the opposite direction. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“If there were any way to get asymmetric forces out of that, where you get force in one direction and not the other, you’d get a propulsive force.’ Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The white dog reappeared in the distance, heading in his direction, followed closely by Frankie. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When they talk about gardening, usually it means they give the directions and we do the work. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally he came to a clear space and he’d alter his direction as soon as the low hills came back into view. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there was any doubt about that, it was squashed when the short man punched his friend on the arm and stabbed a finger in their direction. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And they often swoop in unpredictable and startling directions, just to have a laugh at their riders expense. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Now at first sight, all this evidence that the universe looks the same whichever direction we look in might seem to suggest there is something special about our place in the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pick a direction and we’ll walk in it. Any one’s as good as another.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I thought I had taken a wrong direction and lost my way. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Creatures that have neither clocks nor books are alive to all manner of knowledge about time and the weather; and about direction, too, as we know from their extraordinary migratory and homing journeys. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two nights ago they had come in the dark, and from a different direction. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

We start moving up the avenue again, street numbers climbing, which means we're going in the right direction. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

These men, taken by surprise, spun around, saw whom he meant, then began running in my direction, shouting, knocking down anyone who stood in their way. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I left it, according to Mr. Bykovski’s direction, on the workbench with a note on what it was for. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

If that was the case—and I didn’t doubt him—I supposed that I could find some part of them as long as I walked a straight line in any one direction. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

In every direction, I saw sprawling, dense forests and I dwelt not on the greenery but the fact that there were many places a guerrilla army could live and train undetected. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head turns in my direction—but more specifically, he sees me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had on her beaver coat, she was smoking a cigarette, and she seemed to be looking in the direction of our game. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The live mouse and a rat or two scrambled out into the cold night with us as Pink flew off in his direction and me in mine. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Turning on his heel, he sped off in the direction from which he had come, with a speed and fury that kicked up gouts of baked dust. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Papa was at last nodding confidently and said, “This direction!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Outside, Simmon put his hands in his pockets and headed roughly in the direction of Hollows. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Without thinking about it, we both walk in the opposite direction. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When she looked down, the ground curved away in all directions. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When Henry tired of his play and wandered off along the beach, Roger followed him, keeping beneath the palms and drifting casually in the same direction. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The engines accelerated, and the plane sped off in what must be the direction of Fairbanks. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leafing past the paintings, I would admire the photographs of the artists seated in their garrets, dressed in tattered smocks and frowning in the direction of their beefy nude models. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

In his confusion, Jonathan turned a half circle, only to see three Hessian soldiers charging in his direction. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

People passed this way and that through the purple shadows, but Nok didn't dare ask for directions. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The Oracle nodded and retreated in the Spares’ direction. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The fish never changed his course nor his direction all that night as far as the man could tell from watching the stars. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lori wasn’t as good a shot as me, but she pointed the gun in Billy’s general direction and pulled the trigger. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They passed the cemetery where their father was buried and none of them looked in that direction. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were on fire, and ran up and down the village, slamming themselves against everything in their way and going back in the other direction to do the same. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“You heard the lady,” Jimmy said, pushing him in the direction of the bathrooms. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

"I'm pretty sure this train's going in the right direction, but I wish we could ask someone to be sure." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“If we follow this way,” he added, pointing in the direction of the bird’s flight, “I’m sure we’ll come directly to Morva.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Something ripped inside her as she looked in Ekon’s direction and watched horror spread across his features. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The cop shook his head and pointed his right index finger in our direction. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I got on the bus going the wrong direction. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The suspended creatures turn their heads in the direction of the ghost in their midst. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He brought them to focus, and the first thing he noticed was that there were no trees, no trees at all, as far as you could look in any direction. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

A twig snapped somewhere to his right and he jerked his head in that direction. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And she never felt the room or the tunnel spin at all, in either direction.... The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She refused a biscuit each time Mrs. Sen extended the plate in her direction, and asked a long series of questions, the answers to which she recorded on a steno pad. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

In response, Hector shrugs and waves his fingers dramatically in the direction of the opposite wall. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Your new friends don’t seem to mind,” she said, nodding in the direction of the girls grinding with Sean. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Harry nudged Ron in the ribs and nodded in Percy’s direction. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ve always enjoyed going north. Of course, south-west is a fine direction, too.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He headed in what he thought was the direction of Big Thumb. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I imagine my mom as she crossed the street with her suitcase, looking in both directions for an unmarked van parked somewhere. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Adults do not talk to us—they give us directions. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fierce kick in the ribs and a swift chop to the claw sent the rat and the cutlass in opposite directions. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I was thrilled to realize that it was only one of the tremendous rebuilding tasks under the direction of young Dr. Azzam, who had just been my host. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I should . . .” He trailed off and started walking forward—in the direction of the Cliff—slowly, as if in a trance. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Bill shot a glance in Kathy’s direction as they entered the small apartment. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he, Wind Being, Seed Collector, and Spider were through the opening, Nathan sat still again and watched that same reflection point in another direction. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She glanced nervously in the direction of the forest where Amari and Tidbit hid. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She is north of here, a day’s walk from this camp. Leave tomorrow at first light and walk in that direction. Stay true to the path, and you will find her.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The crowds were such that you could pick your feet off the ground and be carried for blocks in either direction. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then I headed my skiff in the right direction, grabbed the stern line, and looped it around the outboard’s handle. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The entire front row is clogged with reporters, their cameras and microphones shoved in my direction. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He started down one and pointed Ekon in the opposite direction. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

This time he led the way, for the bard admitted—after a number of harp strings had snapped—that he had not been able to keep all Medwyn’s directions in his head. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He checked the compass and saw that he was sailing just south of west—close to 250 degrees—and he mentally noted the direction. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take that!” cried Sir Grummore, giving the unfortunate monarch a two-handed swipe on the nob as be was slowly turning his head from side to side, peering in the opposite direction. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily the ball is on the other side of the field, so no one’s looking in our direction. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was slowly beginning to comprehend the meaning of my environment; a sense of direction was beginning to emerge from the conditions of my life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A professor with a head like a pink bowling ball hurried in the direction of the pool, towel under his arm. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, for no reason Will could see, both angels looked up and in the same direction. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Despite the direction the country is headed, it’s helpful to remember that you have options and you have rights. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It makes me think of a friend I once had, who thought that north was whatever direction he was facing. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Axel likes to think that his dad would try to look at it from all directions. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In the years ahead, when Shin spotted Bowiwon children anywhere in the camp, he walked in the opposite direction if he could. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

After the villagers left, their lanterns now scattering in various directions toward home, the family broke their silence and cursed her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Query: “Which direction would you like to deviate?” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I waved my arm in the direction of the hiphop class. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z