In a few months, to their innocent amazement and consternation, Katie found out that she was pregnant. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He argued that it would be far more efficient if workers were a few steps from the factory instead of wasting precious time marching the two and a half miles between Emalia and the camp. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Taking full advantage of all the archived information that was never more than a few mouse clicks away, Jesse had strong ideas and theories about everything—the size of government, genetic engineering, gun control. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few times through, have the students drop the chanting and perform the piece using clapping only. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Within a few days the State submitted a peculiar pleading to the Court of Criminal Appeals. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She strode a few steps to Mr. Jacobs, who took a step back when she got close. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My mom comes out of the bathroom a few minutes later. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mother made a few observations about the food, then she laughed nervously and was silent. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There weren't too many people in the zoo because it was sort of a lousy day, but there were a few around the sea lions' swimming pool and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The mother cat walked around her babies a few times, rounding them up in a tight writhing ball of fur. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Except for a few executives over at the Mutual, blacks in Durham had no money or power. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sheriff's hat, with its wide brim, is a few feet away and mostly free of blood. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I can’t face going back to my empty room yet, so a few minutes later I find myself in Beth’s doorway. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

As the band rode out of sight along the road a few fists were shaken, and some small boys hurled clumps of mud after the last horses’ hoofs. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

They took a deep draught of the air, and felt that a skip and a few stout strides would bear them wherever they wished. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

After I was admitted, I settled into my usual bed, said good-bye to my parents for the night, and thought about how different I might look in just a few days. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Though his visits were only for a few days, my father always made a special time for me. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He rose again after a few moments and kicked at the walls. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I find her in no time, connect with her, and a few seconds later, she accepts my invite and appears at my side. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He trotted down the road a few paces, until he was sure she had gone inside. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

As a result, the six canoes were so weighed down that they were only a few inches from being completely submerged. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Unfortunately our present leadership won’t authorize a quest to look for them—” “Because Reyna isn’t stupid,” Hazel said. “—so we have only a few remaining scraps from the books,” Octavian continued. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

At the university, just a few miles from his back-alley boardinghouse on Invalidenstrasse, Mendel began to experience the intellectual baptism that he had so ardently sought in Brno. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It would not be until much later that some, and only a few, would realize that Theo should not have been ignored. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I get out of bed, tell Siunek to give me a few minutes to myself, and shut the door behind him. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He nodded at a few passing nobles, who scraped and bowed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, Karen, give your Big Dad a few cheers. All the raspberries are coming his way.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few minutes—goodness, how confusing this was—I thought of digging a grave but then I realized that would be madness. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wandered through a few apothecaries and bottle shops, admired the well-kept lawns and gardens. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baxter and I had painted our nails beriy pink a few days before, and for the first time, I didn’t cry remembering the scene at the park. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Within a few years change was in the air. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Let’s begin with die kindest. Send him to Rome for a rest for a few days. Maybe this fellow’s death really did hurt him a bit.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I feel bad for making him move until I see him toss his things down a few bunks over. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I follow a few steps behind and risk a quick glance at Roger before he disappears in the fog. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wake up, and for a few seconds I don’t know where I am. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After a few steps, I stop and kick the ground, spraying up the dust and loose gravel. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I picked up a few new words, but the overall situation seemed hopeless. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

There were just a few of us left in the tent, so perhaps they didn’t care. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of driving, we come to a house with a main entrance and two smaller entrances on each side. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“And I realize you were trying to tell me about it a few weeks ago. Ever since Billy met you, this color thing is all he talks about.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

However, after a few seconds of silence, I decided that was the only answer I was going to get. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He took a few cautious steps into the dark auditorium. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she lay on her back and gazed at the beautiful sky, a few white clouds passing through the blue. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Some of them would even give him a few dollars for his help. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

"I'm afraid greed got the best of you, Theo. By taking white's queen you were tricked into opening your defense. I know, I've lost a few games that way myself." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was moving slowly; it had only been a few days since she’d been able to get up after being sick with dysentery. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had the grain bag packed with mealie meal, yams, and dried kudu meat, plus a few tightly stoppered calabashes of water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the cost of a few society members who die in battle as soldiers, the whole society becomes much more effective at conquering other societies or resisting attacks. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

And for a few bars the pure sweet tone of the horn and the old man's husky baritone sang a duet in the hot heavy silence. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes a few deep breaths and then steps onto the roof. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I take a few steps with her toward the car, but something tugs at my insides. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, the boy’s hand went up the girl’s shirt, and she started protesting. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The old church clock showed a few minutes before ten as the contestants positioned themselves directly beneath the long banner that stretched across the street. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of awkward crunching, Basil goes ahead and breaks the silence. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes standing around in my EVA suit, I decided to make better use of my time. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music room next door is open, and a few students are practicing drums. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I just needed to stay put for a few more hours and then he’d be discharging me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“We are nonmagical beings. But I have learned a few practical principles that help me manage things. Nothing you would find very remarkable.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Yet a few hours outside their city, children are living in a different universe, a refugee camp where water is the prized possession. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He tells the hospital that no religious services are necessary, is told that the ashes would be ready in a few days. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

By coincidence or out of some malignant expression of humor, the house was located right behind the city morgue, a few blocks north of City Hall. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The church was nearly empty, with a few middle-aged women scattered in the pews. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He himself had finished his training just a few weeks before, he would tell me later in the day, and did not have much experience on the galleries. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cop pushed her forward, and she stumbled a few times before gaining her balance back. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

After school, Lil and I walked over to the Ballard Paper Mill to bring Mr. Ballard a note from my mother about the orchid and to maybe throw a few horseshoes. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Chubs returned a few minutes after Liam faded into a restless sleep. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I copied him and did a few high kicks. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, Naomi leaned her head on my shoulder and said, “I feel awful. And I’m just so scared.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Yet Schindler would even linger to chat with my father for a few minutes at a time. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

However tall it grows, a tree is just a few pounds of living cells thinly spread between roots and leaves. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He twiddles his thumbs and takes a few measured breaths. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She'd have been happy with a few chickens or a goat, but they, too, had to be fed every day, and she and Mo went away too often for that. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go outside. There’s a little park a few blocks away.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still kneeling beside the frog, Matty took a few long breaths, trying to get his strength again so that he could flee. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

ON a Monday afternoon, a few weeks after my date with Stuart, I stop by the library before going to the League meeting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to all be together—my aunt, my cousins, my mother, and I. And in just a few hours everything changed. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He had seen Hancock only a few times, but the man was memorable. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I answer the door, and to my surprise it’s Spencer, a kid who lives a few houses up. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

If not for the evening’s earlier rain, the town would already be ablaze instead of just a few scattered buildings. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter that he might have a few loose ends here or there. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Rat pushed up to his feet, moved a few steps away from us, then stopped and stood with his back turned. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could not tell when it would happen, but a few seconds beforehand it should be possible to guess. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until a few days later I came to see what a difference that trip had made. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few laps, I had compressed the soil enough to have a solid path. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were only a few calls for R. C. Colas, Dr Peppers, and Hires root beer. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

On July 24, the athletes shuffled from the ship to a train, stopped over in Frankfurt for a welcoming dinner, and reboarded the train toting quite a few of their hosts’ priceless wine glasses. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s concentrated, Noah. I’ve baked a few treats in my time.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She was a few full-bounds out in the clearing instead of at the apron of the burrow, where she usually guarded Runt. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We walked up the dirt road past a few leafless poplars along a row of broken mud walls. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And two half sisters, but they’re only a few months old.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I was so devastatingly homesick during my first two weeks that I set about devising a stunt for getting myself sent back home, even if it were only a few days. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched them go by, a few hundred or so, their heads bent low and every one of them silent as the grave. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even Mr. Bracket, who had been elected by the chickadees to test whether or not it was too stormy for good hunting, would appear for a few hours and disappear. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a victor had any special allies among the dead tributes, it is considered good form to add a few personal comments as well. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I spent a few minutes thinking about everything Morrow had told me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He dodged in and out among the homebound workers, shouting greetings to Kai the baker’s boy and a few other urchins he knew. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

There were arguments but only a few, mostly it was just all the hope and excitement. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I went off to wander through the camp in search of a little more bread and a few potatoes. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few seconds I’m going to have to go back and face the crowd. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

His sister is a few grades younger than us. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I followed a few other islanders along the boardwalk toward the steamship. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

In the cash register I found twenty dollars, a few golden drachmas, and some packing slips for Hermes Overnight Express, each with a little leather bag attached for coins. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy heard her take a few deep breaths, her fingers drifting over the written words on the page. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For a few days I lay flat on my back, hardly able to blink without feeling like my forehead was splitting open, and everything sick and black. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We had a few beers and it was pleasant. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Magdalys hopped off and teetered back and forth for a few seconds, trying to remember what gravity felt like. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

After Digory had looked at the wood for a long time he noticed that there was a girl lying on her back at the foot of a tree a few yards away. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

On the appointed night, Mom joined me in the backyard, and then other women arrived and a few small children. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Alyssa yells to me from behind, but it takes a few seconds for her words to register. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Granny first, though hardly able to walk; then Durgan; Kannan with his wife, bearing a few jasmine buds; and Kali, bringing with her a muslin cloth to cover the bier. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad swipes at a few doors with a card. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

It was made of brick and above it was a huge plank from which hung a few utensils. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The dress selection wasn’t large, but both of them found a few things to try on. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It had been a few months since I’d seen her, the longest time ever between visits. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In consequence I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was a few credits short of a degree, but he had all of 1941 to make them up. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I can feel the cast start to lose its heat, and after a few more minutes Hank checks it, then unclamps the straps and says, “Ready?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“A smart person like you oughta be able to think of a few regular words to stick in amongst the cusses.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The other welder moved a few feet farther down and began to cut a hole right through the wall of my apartment. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Hopefully, a few of us would snag dates and the rest of us could go stag together. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The mouth, opened to show the long teeth, was a dark room furnished with a few white chairs. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first few walks only took us a few blocks and back. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the end she realized that he’d get a few days vacation, and she’d have to finish the lab alone. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Shiloh wiggles a few inches closer to her on his belly, rests his nose against her thigh, tail going whick, whack, whick, whack. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he stopped drinking and tipped the leather bottle down a few drops ran down his chin. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, I heard her return to her conversation with Reta. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tommy and I discussed the tokens controversy a few years ago, and we couldn’t at first agree when it had happened. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, more than a few times,” he admitted. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She came back a few minutes later and placed a thick file of papers on the counter. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I guess he has been around a few twelve-year-olds in his time. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I do not dare to leave the house for more than a few minutes at a time. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When school let out for the winter break, Naomi asked Henry if they could go to San Antonio for a few days. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The lake was a few feet away, home to fat frolicking ducks. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“I think I broke a few things myself after that interview.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stood watching her as she left the room, with her poster and her cigarette; a few ashes had fallen to the floor where she'd been standing. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, Patrick blows on the bill and it floats to the ground, landing at the feet of the woman who initially handed it to him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I try to hum a few bars, my hand hovering over Apa’s back, but the song sticks inside my throat, refusing to come out. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Its body launched above the water, a few feet from Nathan. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But the closest cruel pretty was only a few strides away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Several knit, and a few sew a little. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She works for a women’s health collective in Somerville a few days a week. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she turns to a few rugged-looking men playing cards around the campfire. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“What’s the definition of the word ‘dignity’?” one of my teachers asked a few days ago. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I only wanted a few good French friends in Bayonne to make me welcome in case I should come back there again. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Talc had not noticed the plane, only one of the many that had come sailing through his transom and window one semester a few years earlier. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Centuries seemed to pass as Father Olufemi continued forward, then stopped a few feet his opposite. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It sent her back to her life feeling a little different, at least for a few minutes. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I logged out of the database a few minutes later, Bryce Lynch no longer existed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Back and forth a few times, from his eyes to her mouth, until it clicked. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

But after a few seconds of sizing each other up, they started talking about art and me, and for all they cared I could have been anywhere else in the world. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She developed relationships with the women’s division of the Knights of Labor, the Universal Peach Union, and the Daughters of the American Revolution, to name a few. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Vet number two tested her blood and phoned me a few days later suggesting I consider euthanasia. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

That she came back a few days ago and is truly right here with us. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand it, but if you want to stay here, I’ll visit more often. Dallas is only a few hours away,” Momma said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I was a few minutes early one week and entered the office to find Agent Samson doing her job on Garth Barclay, a slight, kittenish boy I'd met back in the fourth grade. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And yet a few minutes later I find myself scraping my plate with my spoon. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The rhythm was very tricky and it took the cricket a few minutes to catch on to it, but once he had it, he never lost the beat. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

That must have been exactly what they wanted to hear, because her opponents kept running away, only to freeze in confusion a few yards downhill, then charge back into the fight. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“There are a few rules you’ll need to follow,” she continues. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We were four of the stars of the junior-high track team, but we moved through that basement a few timid steps at a time. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Like a stick in the ground with a few wimped-out branches. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lee answered, “It’s only been gone a few days. Give it time.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a few moments Gum Baby calmed down and sniffled. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I just had a few drinks, like a normal teenager. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Gay had been very nice to the sheriff who wasn’t a man to forget it, particularly because election was coming up and Gay could, or said he could, swing quite a few votes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited a few minutes, but when he didn’t respond, I figured he was out with the guys. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

There were many Polish civilians here and a few Frenchwomen as well. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It involved solving some relatively complex equations, and also trying to remember information he’d been asked to memorize a few equations prior. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Other evidence suggests they may have come a few centuries earlier; Tupi-Guarani-speaking groups, possibly including the Siriono, attacked the Inka empire in the early sixteenth century. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Aileen stood by one of the tables closer to the door, and there were still a few empty seats, so I shot over to one next to her. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

About thirty girls were at camp that week, including a few I recognized from level ten and pre-elite meets. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Do you know,” said she, “that, of the three characters, I liked you in the last best? Oh, had you but lived a few years earlier, what a gallant gentleman-highwayman you would have made!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It took time to find it all as a few of the boxes had fallen out of the damaged fuselage and the rear cockpit, which Julie had left open, of course. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

When Vanderbilt died a few years later, his family offered the sisters $100,000 if they would leave the country. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather you didn’t ask me that," said Mo. “Let’s just act as if we were on holiday for a few days. This looks like a good place for a holiday, don’t you think?" Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And then a few more of the girls. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Perhaps a few, the younger arid more foolish who still believed that the gods heard the prayers of desperate men, took it for deliverance. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Aravis went a few steps away into the wood and came back looking odd in her new, ragged clothes and carrying her real ones in a bundle. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Within a few centuries, the Indians of the eastern forest reconfigured much of their landscape from a patchwork game park to a mix of farmland and orchards. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For quite a few seconds, she looks at it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It skittered back a few yards, and Gregor got his first good look at the arachnid. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Had I remained just a few minutes longer, I would have been executed with the others. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“He’s got a few scrapes and bruises, but he’s perfectly fine.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I can picture her sitting at our breakfast table, her hands wrapped around a steaming mug of green tea and her dark hair pulled into a ponytail with a few stray curls framing her face. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Don’t move,” she said, and came back a few minutes later with a caddy filled with beauty products. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“What? A criminal with dark glasses? A Bourbon Street character? Please, Gus. Not this. Leon Levy is dead only a few years. Let him rest in peace.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, sure, the Indians and Pilgrims were best friends during that first Thanksgiving, but a few years later, the Pilgrims were shooting Indians. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher recognized my extraordinary talent, lined up a few regional matches, and one thing led to another. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Exasperated, the starter waited again while the different crews made a few final adjustments. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Imam Malik asks someone to dim the lights, and he shows us a few slides with charts and graphs of budgets, which I tune out. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The plastic was soft in her hand, still warm from having been stamped into shape inside the machine a few seconds before. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Within a few days I was quite adept at the machine. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erosion on the Moon is so inefficient, because of the absence of air and water, that even small craters a few billion years old are still comparatively well preserved. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we play a few hands of gin rummy before bed. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a sign of a strong pregnancy,” the doctors assured Mrs. Richardson, but a few weeks after hiring the housekeeper, she had begun to bleed and was placed on bed rest. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Because Bill unexpectedly outlived Rita by a few days, he had inherited much of her wealth, and upon his death the money went to one of his relatives. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They had put a few pictures up too, and there was a stack of CDs on top of the credenza. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Buddy and I stood together by the window, a few feet away from the woman, where we had a perfect view. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was, then, only a few minutes after my short encounter with Miss Kenton that I found myself walking down the corridor again on my return journey, this time bearing a tray. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He looked hurt, deeply, deeply hurt for a few seconds. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed a few people staring at us. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

As we saw in Chapter 12, it had only a few independent origins, and the alphabet arose apparently only once in world history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The defense lawyer asked only a few questions. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tally somersaulted in the air, turning headfirst for a few terrifying moments, her face passing low enough to spot a discarded bottle cap in the grass. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

All but a few inches are taken up by the unfolded opklapbed. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In June, just a few months before the accident, Lisa and Van Park attended his farewell at the Garland Tabernacle, a modest red-brick church with spires on each side. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then in our line formation, she teaches us a few simple steps each day. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After three wobbly seconds he landed in the prickly leaves of a rockrose, but he promptly got up, pulled a few thorns out of his foot, and tried again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, Lucas walked back over to the counter where I stood, and said that this meant nothing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It took me a few minutes to get both my feet on top of the opposite thighs, but I managed. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turns around a few more times, like maybe he’s trying to see if she’s paying attention to him walking out. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

And then after a few rounds of that, they stop for a while and have lunch or something. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

They made arrangements to meet again and agreed to a few basic rules. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below were endless fields of white, interrupted only by a few barren patches. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then, a few days later, Jones got her biopsy results from the pathology lab: “Epidermoid carcinoma of the cervix, Stage I.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The blissful rush of alcohol hitting my bloodstream lasts only a few minutes, and then I feel sick. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A young chess master, a few years Bobby’s senior, was calling from the office phone of the Marshall Chess Club, attempting to talk Fischer into getting together. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I stay quiet for a minute and let that go through my head a few times. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Farmer asked the Project Bread director for a few thousand dollars. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“The Lord has a few choice rebukes for me to give them professors.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Only a few of the rabbits remained above ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I found a Tribal midwife. After I’d attended a few dozen births with her and learned what I needed, I poisoned her. “Then one winter morning, I felt the pains. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Now, with Mrs. Frisby’s help, he forced open Brutus’s mouth and poured in just a few drops of the smokey liquid the bottle contained. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Leprechauns produce a realistic gold-like substance that vanishes after a few hours, to their great amusement. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Renzo was following them in Barbarossa's boat, a big barge in which the redbeard had probably intended to bring a few things back from the island. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Usually I can brush over it and hide it for a few minutes, but not for long. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

For instance, if I neglect to tell you that I’m four foot eight, feel free to picture me a few inches taller. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He was being excused a few minutes early so he wouldn’t be a second late for football practice. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I enjoyed a kind of grudging respect for a few weeks after that, but the name-callings of cripple and Toe Nose eventually found their way back to the playground. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“They look so much realer now,” Brandon said after a few moments. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Cliff Ackerley and a few other football player types stood at the foot of the bleachers, holding up signs for Ria Wolf, who I gathered was the starting setter. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Just make a few changes, and you have the famous first sentence of Tolstoy’s great novel Anna Karenina: “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mean Lady Ming laid a dollar bill and a few coins on the counter. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a famous incident during an Orlando Pirates soccer match a few years ago. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

For a few moments, the Big Friendly Giant stood quite still, and a look of absolute ecstasy began to spread over his long wrinkly face. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turns away, throws a few pebbles rapid-fire with some kind of bionic wrist movement that causes the stones to skip effortlessly across the surface of the water. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

There aren’t any roads in the forest, but only a few jeep trails used by rangers, and airplanes are not permitted to fly over it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the nearly eight years that he lived in Hungary, he only managed to convince her to see him a few times—once when she attended his fiftieth birthday party in Bulgaria. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He detected a few changes in the floor plan since his last visit. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She stared for a while longer, wiping a few more tears, and then she left the shed. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But there would not be much joy in returning from a space voyage a few years older to find that everyone you had left behind was dead and gone thousands of years ago. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he just shook his head, put in a few bills, and said to the waiter, “Keep the change.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Most ignored him and kept going, some laughed at him, but a few were intimidated by his rank and had stopped, though he lacked any personal authority. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

By midnight I’m finished, and try to keep my eyes open a few more hours to do my homework, and then, finally, I fall into bed, too tired to change into pajamas. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A stranger to the music could not have made a distinction between the songs sung a few minutes before and those being danced to in the gay house by the railroad tracks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could see a few run-down buildings and some tents. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“When there are too many thoughts swirling around in my head, I let my hand take over,” Mom had said a few years ago. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She stopped a few feet from us and raised her free hand—about to bring what was left of the roof down on our heads, maybe. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh God, Sam fight? Is it worth war to save a few pence in taxes?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Baba sent me into the jungle a few days ago,” Hila went on. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The back door opened a few moments later, and Candice left her bedroom and returned to the kitchen. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The smokes bounced and danced in the stream for a few moments, and then they floated out of sight. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You don’t mind if I say ‘hi’ to a few of my friends, Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the song does have quite a few words, the refrain is repetitive with only three words, and provides two empty beats for clapping or playing an instrument. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

A soft voice, nearly as feminine as Tessie’s own, cooing into a phone a few blocks away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

By eighth bell, the mansion is packed with the finest Illustrian families, along with a few of the wealthiest Mercators. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I’d have to sprout a few feathers to get her attention. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He huffed to himself, paced around, and then whacked the door a few times. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But a few weeks later, Stupid Horse’s body washed up on the shores of Benjamin Lake, ten miles away from Turtle Lake. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They are adorable,” I declare as I pick a few more tindas. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

After a few days’ travel down the coast, a dark and threatening mountain of clouds appeared over the ocean. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He mumbles a few inchoate phrases to someone who is not there. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked a few steps into the tree cover, and sat in the new undergrowth with his back to a birch sapling. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As he lifted his arm to drink, his cloak was pulled a few inches from the ground, and Harry saw, below the table, several inches of carved wooden leg, ending in a clawed foot. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Beside the old pile Joel dumped a few yards of fresh wood- chips. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Her dull blond hair is tied back in a knot, but a few loose strands frame her face in gold. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But if you’re surrounded by people who say ‘I want mine now,’ you end up with a few people with everything and a military to keep the poor ones from rising up and stealing it.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sneaky mostly stares out of his window, but he also peeks over at me a few times. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

At roll call a few days later, they told us we were being moved again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

While we ate, the Buckeye asked a few get to know you questions, mostly to me, but I was trying harder to talk to Aileen. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She’s fast and vengeful, and for a few minutes, I think my losing streak might continue. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You live long enough, you pick up a few things,” Styx said, raising a shoulder. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Ah, I’ve had quite a few of those myself,” my dad said. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Within a few short weeks, ever since I returned to the house, it seems to have become diluted, to have lost its sharp edge. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, George told a few of his closest colleagues that he thought his lab might have grown the first immortal human cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Kids in the quad were shouting—people were scrambling—and a few of them were screaming, “Fight! Fight!” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

There are only a few who really make it out and stay out, while the rest of us drink, procreate, and go to church, and that seems to be enough to keep us afloat. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The President Adams was still a few miles out from land, following the battleships and minesweepers that went ahead of us to enter the bay. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him everything was fine, but a few seconds later I spoke up again. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

We sat in the same opulent room where Rachel and I had been just a few short hours ago. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Finally, as dawn approached, Bobby went to sleep and Zita awoke a few hours later. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I press a few more buttons on the binocs till I find the ones that take me in closer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I flipped a few pages to get to the female D names. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amara rustles around and chooses a few things and tosses them to me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I set out to find a few of these veterans. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Horse bobbed his huge head a few times. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Dad asked a lot of questions, which surprised Mother, and after a few minutes she admitted it was a dance recital. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, Ollie places his hand on the small of my back and steers me away from the statue. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It might be a few days before the lesions completely took hold of her, Maddy had warned. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Bluebirds fluttered high up in the beams where they had nests, and Panky spent a few minutes scraping up their droppings with a trowel. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was parked a few doors up from our apartment, so I assumed that the officers would drive by in pursuit of some urgent mission. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He went fast—the lights had gone out for a few minutes just before three, and he was nervous about being outside. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once Shaan managed to dislodge him from the chandelier, Philip had quite a few words for me, some of which were “confused or misguided” and “ensuring the perpetuity of the bloodline” and “respecting the legacy.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Before beginning the mission, Dasch had argued furiously with Kappe that the saboteurs were to spend a few months acclimating and blending in before blowing up any of their targets. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She knew how these desolate homeless men felt, for she herself had come to Africa with a few friends fleeing from her brother who wanted to murder her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hatsue went out into the desert wind and returned with a few scraps of tar paper she’d found blown up against a roll of barbed wire along a firebreak. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Overhead, only a few wispy clouds interrupted the bright blue sky. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The old man heard the fight between the boy and his father a few hours earlier. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stares down at me for a few seconds and then presses his hand to the glass so it lines up with mine. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to my time spent with Merriam Webster, I had a few words in mind. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here, with a few alterations, this’ll do. We’ll put a big pocket on the chest, adjust the waist, and leave the ruffle off.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I would make up the stories, he would tell a few people, then together we would watch them spread like a fire in a field. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“The world will soon learn what a few brave men, fighting for their own land, can do.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“If such a man is here at the oasis, he must be the very powerful one,” said the old man after thinking for a few moments. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, he starts playing with his phone, and I watch the beautiful lights reflected on the water. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There’s a few more on my legs and arms. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There were a few kids riding on it, mostly very little kids, and a few parents were waiting around outside, sitting on the benches and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Indeed, a few white students were trying to reach out to us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at Prosper, who had taken a few steps back. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

For a few moments he stared into the flames, then sat down. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She jerked her thumb at the next table, where Ainsley, Liana, and a few other girls were sitting. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of faking it, I push the button for the sentence “Go back to H-5,” and Catherine and I roll back down the hall. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But after a few minutes, she storms into the room and, without warning, punches me in the face. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to wait in bed a few minutes for my own Tower of Silence to go away. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Pri, Aunt Jo, and her friends all cheer and clap when I come down the stairs in borrowed high heels that make my legs wobble, and Donna takes a few pictures of me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t call Dante for a few days. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh, a few square meals, I’ll be as good as new,” said his dad. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had seen the number on the radio in Greg’s memory only a few hours earlier, burning brightly through even the murkiest clouds of his thoughts. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We just shot lazy jumpers for a few minutes. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boy was only a few years older than I was. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of a few minutes work we had combined all of the black, sticky pieces into a single wad the size of a sweetmelon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Some—a few—had been raised up; many others cast down, lost in its clutches. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He assigned him to a permanent job at Camp 14’s pig farm, where two hundred men and women raised about eight hundred pigs, along with goats, rabbits, chickens, and a few cows. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He looks at me for a few long seconds. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Idly, he pushed the curtain back a few inches to peer out at the streets. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The ghost harrumphed and moved off through the crowd, where a few of the other household ghosts had joined the group, as well as some ghosts Ophie had never seen before. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

There was silence for a few seconds and then shouts and sand flying as everyone rushed past me toward the water’s edge. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just a few years before he was born, in 1983, Time magazine did a twist on its person of the year feature and instead named the personal computer its “Machine of the Year.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We eat in silence for a few minutes. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

So of course when I backed up a few steps, I managed to walk right into Mike. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was only a few miles to where the faint line of smoke rose from the forest, but we made bad time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When several weeks went by with no word from Julia, Sander and I persuaded Mr. Armin to accompany us into the grimy depths of Alsatia, where we made a few inquiries. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of the quarry were grass and palm trees, and at the base was a clearing with a few old metal sheds. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a few deep breaths before speaking. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She held it up, the bear was sitting up on his haunches with his paws up, there was a cork in his glass head and a few sticky crystals at the bottom. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And whenever a few people would pass, she would shoot her eyes over at me really quick hoping I wouldn’t see her looking. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t love moving. If you asked me a few years ago, I would have rather bleached my hair and burned off my eyebrows again.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t listen, however, and after a few more stubborn requests, Milligan at last set down his oil can and shuffled over to them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He showed up a few minutes later, after working an overnight shift at UPS and catching a quick nap. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After a while I started laughing again ’cause I realized I could sort of smell the red flower a few feet away from my head. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I saw a few, but did not think they saw me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

As the enemy marched through the occupied streets, a few desperate Loyalists fired upon them from gables, then slid down roofs on their bellies, and fled. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

After a few additional attempts sans board and pieces, the invisible match was abandoned and they played on the portable set. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I knew we couldn’t stand our ground for more than a few seconds. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Only a few hands remained in the air. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

August looks down at the finger sticking into his chest, pauses a few beats, and then takes it daintily between thumb and forefinger. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When Nasser had brought it into the canoe, Zeitoun had assumed it contained clothes, a few valuables. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She’d land a few light licks on our legs, though, and since we didn’t want to hurt her feelings we’d scream and holler as if we were receiving the twenty-one lashes from a Spanish inquisitor. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

We asked a few locals for directions but got only confused looks in return. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Then when a few days had passed and all the Egyptians had had a chance to cool off, Ken and Toby turned up in Egypt again—and the others were glad to see them. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We grabbed Takumi and walked down to the lake, hiding behind a few trees, laughing. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Isolated but vivid tragedies involving a few people should not blind us to the fact that myriad prosaic activities may involve a much higher degree of risk. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was—just in there—a few times.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of tearful silence, Kin looked up at Anya. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

From then on, Shin’s father, who continued to live in a dormitory at his work site, was permitted to visit Jang a few times a year. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Malfoy was only a few feet away and he had stopped dead to listen. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She took it weakly and washed out her mouth a few times. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Gurfein then asked if the Times would voluntarily stop printing for a few days, to give him time to study the case. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The city darkens as I reach its border, a wide dirt clearing a few yards wide that separates Lkossa from the first of the Greater Jungle’s towering black pines. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Aunt Nancy,” Axel says after a few more slow steps. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Only a few years ago, he would never have dared attempt a landing on Cape Wrath; the storm lords were too fiercely loyal to House Baratheon and to King Robert. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Frank walked a few steps, thinking about that. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Do Negroes often come here as guests, to spend a few days, Father?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just a few months ago, when the British came, everyone was dying. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Despite a few crowds and tour groups, there’s a hush in the courtyard, and everyone whispers or speaks softly in this grand space. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

We have a few more scraps of information about his intellectual pedigree. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

He was probably a few notches over too stoned, and I most likely called him and woke him out of a near coma. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sometimes only a few drops made it past his dried lips, but gradually moisture coated his throat and finally allowed him to swallow. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Death tapped . the screen a few times, and all Frank could think was: Please don’t let there be an app for reaping souls. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Though she is only a few inches smaller than me, she seems tiny somehow, her stick-thin body swimming in her dress, her face pinched and frightened, like that of a starved mouse. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He noticed that she was leading an apparently normal life but that she barely ate, sustaining herself with milk and a few spoonfuls of honey. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll say I’m sick, stay in bed and read a few books. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

There are even a few teachers out there, trying—unsuccessfully—to herd their students back inside. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The first thing he saw was Pipkin, plastered with mud, crawling to the bank a few feet away. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You know, Miss Forester, I get off in a few minutes," he said. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The vast majority of farmers lived in permanent settlements; only a few were nomadic shepherds. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

With growing excitement he mounted it, measured it and the next morning placed it in the sun for a few hours for the alcohol to evaporate. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had come to The Children’s Home expecting to be gone in a few months, but a year passed without anyone adopting us. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

A few poles remained of the village that had once been there, and a few pumpkin mounds with vegetables gone wild. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Manny said, “a few years back. Those days are over now, Sierra.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

We’re on a broader street now, it runs straight into the distance, and you can see a few of the lights of Manhattan. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard them talking softly, and I heard Mr. Savo moan a few times. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He looks around for a few seconds as if confused by what he sees. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Just a few short weeks ago, I’d accidentally glitched myself into the opening ceremony game for this year’s tournaments. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But after a few more days—a few more mealtimes—even that feat was accomplished. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Luke took a few deep breaths, but it felt like he was breathing through a wet towel. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But she wasn’t just a few minutes late. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She stopped a few feet away from him, then paused. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Their dad couldn't stand having them even for a few days. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She contemplated a few pulpy grains of crushed root clinging to her fingertips and resisted—for the twentieth time—the temptation to see what they tasted like. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be upstairs in a few minutes. I have to finish shoveling the sidewalk.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Gazing absently over the rooftops, it was a few seconds before Harry realized what he was seeing. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I take a few steps in a row, and when that works out all right I cross the floor to the trunk. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She yanked the already stretched telephone cord a few feet farther so she could keep talking while digging through her closet. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And a few nights ago, when they thought I was in bed, I heard my parents talking about him getting “out of control like those American boys.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

There may be a few little faults in the plumbing and minor discrepancies among the staff, but I’m very confident of my service. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were a few seconds of quiet between us. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I made a few more tweaks last night,” Dari said. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For a few minutes she said nothing, then suddenly tears began streaming down her cheeks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of him drew cheers from a few spectators. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The moon had gone down, and only a few stars still blinked in the west. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had tried chatting me a few times since she sent me the list, but I had on my busy signal. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the afternoon, the water fled from the streets, a few inches an hour. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The red spots, which a few days before had started out as starlike speckles, have expanded and merged into huge, spontaneous purple shadows: his whole head is turning black-and-blue. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The majority of Britons and other Europeans then depended on a few wealthy people for employment and survival. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

She’s been around for a few months, but you don’t really know her because you don’t come to the Bean Bar as much as you did in middle school. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Maybe over the sofa or between the beds where everyone can see it? We need a few things to make it feel more homey in here.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her enemy had a face: ugly dishwater eyes and cratered skin, with a few limp locks of hair floating around her cheeks. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Early that afternoon, they came across the first evidence that the desert was receding: a few stunted trees near a shallow pool of muddy water. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The enormous barn contained just one cavernous room with a few closets around the perimeter. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She came back a few minutes later with something clutched in her palm. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Quite a few passersby had stopped to watch by this point, smiling and laughing at Ambrose’s little show. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wake when the fire is just a glow, and only a few of the factionless are still up. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then, a couple of hours later, while I was making a few lame attempts to stir the river with my pole, he spoke up out of nowhere. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

In a few weeks’ time, my neighbors will come to help thresh my grain. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was a clear night, the moon, a few high clouds. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last summer, before Luke had turned into Kronos and everything went sour, there had been a few times when I thought maybe ... well, that we might get past the strangle-each-other phase. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Did you ask him if you could use it for a few minutes?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A couple of people who I already can’t remember were discharged a few days ago. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“What about you?” she says after a few minutes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I have detention for a few days because of a misunderstanding. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It begins a few days after Captain Newport leaves. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

On a low coffee table, with circular and semicircular stains bitten into the dark veneer, lay a few wilted numbers of Time and Life. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

With a few mild threats, the manager quieted the front rows and then glanced down the row in which the isolated figure of Ignatius rose like some great monster among the little heads. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before any more could be said, Mr. Benedict opened his eyes, blinked a few times, and ran his fingers through his tousled white hair. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The boy was facing him and looked a few years his junior. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I’ll finish here. You boys better go back to the house and get washed up. Jack, tell Mom I’ll be a few minutes.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

We sat for a few moments in total quiet. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Crick murmurs a yes a few moments later. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We heard owls and saw a few squirrels. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I have a hunch that they are doling out cures right now, just as Metias said, and in a few more weeks, this plague will have “magically” trickled away. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Broken shingles from the roof covered the floor, there was an empty sack in a corner, some broken earthenware shards, perhaps from a dish or a plate, and a few bones gnawed clean. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“He jammed that new cabinet in there a few months back and hasn’t moved it since. He probably doesn’t even remember that there are books behind it.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“May I get a drink of milk? I think there are a few drops of milk left in my trough.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

After a few days he began to improve, and we braced ourselves for the nightly arguments between him and Grandma. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Some were already walking, wobbly on their unsteady legs; others were no more than a few days old, wrapped in blankets, held by their Nurturers. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It was no good, because I threw it away a few minutes later. But if the same thing happened today, I should keep it.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Take a few seconds to think about it,” Ms. Marlee says. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

When she finishes, Mr. Griffiths asks about her sources and makes a few suggestions of other places she can check out. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

With a few hours to kill before his meeting with Fuchs, he strolled through a local history museum. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited outside for a few minutes on the treeless road, wondering whether I should go in. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The sun was shining and in spite of the cold there were a few bucks and does at silflay, keeping out of the wind as they nibbled the shoots of spring grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big cooler was something Mrs. Treski had bought a few years back when she was in charge of refreshments for the school Spring Fling. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

To Mrs. Strowers, this was a fortune, and all she had to do was sign a few documents. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I had taken only a few steps when Grandpa said, “Oh, wait a minute.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She met with her birth mother support group a few days earlier, telling them about the upcoming meeting with a voice that didn’t shake or tremble. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“And he held my hands for a few seconds. I was fourteen years old then, and I had never kissed a boy, but he kissed me that day, Julian.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Or she could sell a few of the buildings, bring it down to a number she could manage on her own. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It took me a few minutes to understand the last part because he kept saying “his mistress” and to me she was Marie. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Shine the flashlight along the walls and into a few recesses. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. I need to wait for the sun to get a little lower. And if I get lucky, I’m going to coax a few birds to pose with it. A modern-day lion-and-lamb thing.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He stayed that way a few moments longer, arm raised, chest heaving, a fine sheen of sweat filming his brow. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I lost it a few days ago,” said Christopher. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I need a place to stay where I can stand up and take a few steps without hitting things. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

You only had a few months to do; isn't that right? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since September, the K had made a few visits to the corner next to Mr. Mwila’s desk. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Within a few days after the dusting operation, the Detroit Audubon Society began receiving calls about the birds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I played for a few more minutes and then walked across Jefferson Park back home. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I knew that the only thing that would settle me down was to do a few lawns. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

One sat in a chair and looked through the thick, smudged glass that had a few small holes drilled into it to permit conversation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was moored just a few steps away from his parents' house. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But if I’d stayed just a few more minutes, I don’t know if I could have left. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, I suppose she’ll be ready for you to take her to the station in a few minutes.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The gardeners said a few words Matt had never heard before, and Rosa turned dark with rage. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were still a few bags of groceries in the truck that Nathan wasn’t eager to get. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“If you are both home, why don’t you two play outside for a bit? I need to do a few things before I get dinner started.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” Shelby says, “we don’t live this stuff, it’s just a hobby. We indulge a few days a month. I, for one, do not feel socially stifled by this.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

For a few minutes, there's nothing but blackness and some scuffling. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, she managed to speak. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I might have to straighten a few things out, though.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The faces on my left are unfamiliar, but I see a tall boy with short hair a few yards to my right. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We’re a few untried roughnecks with rifles and a bunch of Negroes with reasonably sharp knives. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Instead I usually pretend not to hear or mumble something that has a few indistinct syllables. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The presses began rolling a few minutes later. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“How about I sit over here, then, where it’s safer,” he says, scooting a few feet away from me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

His feet shuffled through the underbrush as he took a few steps closer. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got a right to think that way. Or maybe you’ve forgotten that a few years back the government decided it couldn’t trust any of us and shipped us out of here.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

For a few endless moments, Tally felt only relief to have escaped the searing wind, the thundering machine, the blistering heat of the firestorm. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Siobhan recalled the conversation she had overheard a few weeks ago between her parents—the day after her father challenged the Wallace team to the game. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She needed a few more makeshift weapons, and a way to fortify the locks on her windows and doors. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But for a few hours we had forgotten our troubles. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I search through a few more notepads scattered around, but find no more words in English, no more words for Dearest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Fischer arrived in Buenos Aires a few days before the start of the first round against Petrosian. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He remained that way for a few minutes, until something caught his attention. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I looked around for Stephanie and found her in conversation with a few juniors. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Even Mum got bored after a few months. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

If we are not out of it in a few minutes we shall be buried under the ruin.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Around midday we would halt, and cut and set up a few blocks of ice for a protective wall if the wind was strong. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

We drive along for a few minutes more. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped a quarter into the tin, hanging on to a dime and a few pennies for himself. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He hesitated a few moments and then looked squarely at Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They spend a few weekends taking the shuttle bus to Ikea and filling up the rooms: imitation Noguchi lamps, a black sectional sofa, kilim and flokati carpets, a blond wood platform bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We joined him once for a few months in Ghana, but she hated it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She rummages in her bag for a few seconds and pulls out a small box. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But it was tussocky and ankle-high, and Will couldn’t run more than a few steps before he felt too dizzy to carry on. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few moments he reached for her wrist and felt her pulse fade to nothing, like the rumble of a receding train. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Anywhere from a few thousand dollars to hundreds of thousands. Depends on where, the menu, the number of people, a lot of things. But Michelle and I don't need anything lavish.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The smiles of a few moments before were gone. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I needed time, and quiet, and a few weeks’ grace period in the States if I was to do anything of the sort. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It took me a few minutes to find the aisle again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“But when I got there,” the first voice continued, “the man said he had no paint, never had. Disagreeable man. All he had were a few colored pencils.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t know for sure,” Shady answered, speaking as one with a few shadows of his own. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he tightened up and ran a few steps and sprang for a leaf about four feet above his head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“There will be boys who will tell you you’re beautiful, but only a few will see you.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes he will go downstairs, join the party, his family. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I think Bo nearly spotted me a few times, but I quickly ducked out of the way. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

There are a few cans of Spam in the pantry, along with some mixed vegetables, and a couple of rotting onions in the refrigerator. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The rest of Sumner isn’t much more than a few streets lined with the small houses of townspeople and retired farmers. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I growl, shake myself and spatter a few red drops for history to remember. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Kevin stays in character as he answers a few basic questions about Langston Hughes’s life. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

In a few places it developed independently, as a result of local people domesticating local plants and animals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Khalid’s birthday is going to be in a few weeks, but no point in celebrating something like that with no Khalid. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I only needed a few more points to be declared a winner and move on. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Often these were cash-strapped independent merchants and laborers, and I was always surprised by the joy she took in saving a few dollars at their expense. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

"Your government has issued a change in visa regulations a few years back," Ma informs her. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I copy a few of them down, using a different color pen for each. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they couldn’t shorten that far gaze that lasts only a few years after a Chinese emigrates. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maxie skipped a few steps ahead of me, then turned around and walked backward so we were looking at each other. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And after a few more, I realized that the Colonel was saying words. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

There’s a few blue lines, like waterways, and one glowing green dot, no bigger than a seed. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Under her arm Desdemona also carried her silkworm box containing a few hundred silkworm eggs wrapped in a white cloth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The man spoke a few quiet words and handed Hadley an envelope. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I rang the bell at the side gate a few times before a buzzer signaled that I could push it open. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“However,” she added, “we are asking you to put off children for a few more years.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drank a few more sips, then glanced around. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like Christmas was just a few days away even though it wasn’t. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We thought we’d go for a few days with some of the girls and stay at a hotel there and go dancing. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Here’s one from a few years earlier: Mrs. Roodveldt’s bridal portrait, her eyes lowered, a lace veil covering her hair and a small bouquet of lilacs in her hands. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

At the baptismal font I watched a baby cry out as the priest trickled a few drops of cold water on his tiny red forehead. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d captured her so perfectly in just a few strokes—her oversize square glasses, her wild hair, the furrow in her brow. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The Second was a few years older than him and had been there longer, so she had more privileges, like being able to check out Fragments from the Library and return them at her leisure. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, I noted them in my diary only a few hours afterwards.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

And as you search, you may come across a few surprises. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“It will be dark in a few hours,” she said at last, anxiously. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

In a few seconds, Woolf and Seabiscuit had stolen the track from him, nullifying his post-position edge and his legendary early speed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She squealed with delight while he swayed with her for a few beats and then he broke out into some goofy merengue moves, kicking his leg up at the end and shouting “¡Olé!” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

If this was a test, he couldn’t afford to get an F. He stumbled a few times as they ran for the river. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We stacked the pots near the rest of the food, and then stood by the fire—Mrs. Sidman did not seem to mind me adding a few sticks to make it blaze up. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He stayed in the South and worked for a few years to save some money, then packed up, headed to Illinois, and proposed to Mary Richardson, the love of his life. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone stares at her, but a few girls nod. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I scarf it down in a few bites. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And after a few years the once expensive home may have a poorer family. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few moments Gebu came in the gate, banged it carelessly with no regard for noise, and climbed the stair to his room. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Nicolas’s interest in supernatural things had begun a few years earlier. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes’ reflection, however, she continued, “I do remember his boasting one day, at Netherfield, of the implacability of his resentments, of his having an unforgiving temper. His disposition must be dreadful.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

You clean it out, but if you leave a few pencils and an old spelling test behind, you don’t worry about it too much. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I took a few bites while my parents watched me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He removed the handcuffs and said a few words, then they both got in their patrol cars and drove off. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Standing at the pulpit, he gave the signal to a few of his stooges to bring in ten big cardboard posters which listed in alphabetical order every student in school. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had memorized the hornbook in a few day’s time and sped through the primer. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Grote tells me that when the heavy storms hit in a few weeks I might as well forget it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They grab him before he can move more than a few steps. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They retired there by the thousand because the air was so bracing and healthy it kept them, so they believed, alive for a few extra years. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The first twenty-four hours after the speech are a blur, but a few snapshots will stay with him for the rest of his life. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She showed him the bankbook then, and again the next day, and again a few days after that, trying to provoke a response. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, a few weeks ago, Ben drunk-texted me to say I look hot in my glasses. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He came to only a few moments later, in a sudden silence. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The privatization of prison health care, prison commerce, and a range of services has made mass incarceration a money-making windfall for a few and a costly nightmare for the rest of us. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Just long enough to get lost a few times,” he joked, dropping down onto his bed. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The upper rows were filled with several dozen ghosts and a few older veterans from the city, all in formal togas. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Darius bops his head, sings some of the lyrics, licks his lips a few times, and glances at me plenty of times. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Want to play a few games?” he asked. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Bertha kept pushing at her hair with a shaky hand and nodding, and then that lady said she would send someone to pick me up in a few weeks and that was that. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

After lunch the family dispersed while a few of us, like Martín and Mari, stayed behind to prepare for dinner service. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He took a big lump of clay, poked holes in it for eyes, and stuck a few bristles on its rump. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do what you want with them, boys. Put them in those old Mason jars over there, poke a few holes in the top. Mind now that they don’t get loose again.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Newsreel photographers shot a few more feet of film on deck and then scampered off the ship to set up their cameras for shots of it leaving. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Kid like you, got money, got a family, you’ll be out in a few days.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

We tossed a few more punches and then looked at each other awkwardly. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The woman lit a few kerosene lanterns and went back to her painting. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hugh O’Sullivan drove a truck and had only a few weekends a month to spend with his wife and his son. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes I was several blocks away, having moved to the next avenue and downtown. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last lecture was brief, only a few words. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Sharpe tried putting the pieces together for a few minutes, mumbling “twelve pieces” under her breath again and again. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The gods arrived a few minutes later in their full war regalia, thundering into the throne room and expecting a battle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Most of them looked well past retirement age, and a few seemed ready to check out at any moment. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I also knew that we needed a break: I’d started scouting for a private place where we could go to decompress for a few days in January, immediately after the new president got sworn in. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, he takes the scarf from around his neck, wraps it around my eyes, and blinds me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He watches me for a few moments, then says, “You remind me of me when I used to be in your shoes.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Arm hadn’t been able to get out of bed since the terrible events on Dead Man’s Vlei, but he found himself sitting up after only a few moments of Praise. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He went to jail for me, and now he walks away with a few last words. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be rather amused by the whole situation, but was obliging enough; he returned inside the house and after a few moments emerged again with a jug of water and a funnel. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cymbeline loaded a few more shells into her shotgun and drew a long breath. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was feeling overwhelmed, so I cut off the questions after a few minutes, and we walked to the front door of the courthouse. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I’d made the narrow rodent eyes at everybody for a few days, and over the next week every single one of the men who had been in attendance that night bought me a drink. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Then his hand slips slowly from his breast, only a little bit, it sinks just a few inches, but this movement breaks the power of the eyes. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do this every so often, for a few weeks, and then I smoke a lot of pot, just to test if maybe the lack of it is what has robbed me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Someone from the audience whistles suggestively, and a few people giggle. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw a few tall stone slabs—steles—engraved with cuneiform and other unintelligible markings. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A second parachute popped open a few minutes later and coasted down, like the first, directly in toward the clearing of the landing strip. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Jeremy—Attorney Fitzgerald—was in a car accident an hour ago. He’s still in the hospital. His wife says he’s fine, just a few bruises. But he won’t be back until late this afternoon.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It trotted forward a few steps, absorbed in its own business. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wickham’s attention was caught; and after observing Mr. Collins for a few moments, he asked Elizabeth in a low voice whether her relation was very intimately acquainted with the family of de Bourgh. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I’ve left a few clues lying around to get everyone started. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Jon had no coin of his own, or he would have offered it to her . . . though he was not sure what good a few coppers or even a silver piece wouhldo her beyond the Wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She left the room and returned a few moments later. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

So the corporal chose a few of us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

And so, a few weeks later, he made what restitution he could. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Outside there are only a few streetlights, and they’re far apart and not very bright. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was almost certainly a conscious effort a few centuries later to suppress the new insights. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s more practicing to be done. Maybe in a few weeks.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

It's the middle of the night and our bedroom is almost emptied out, with only a few open boxes left. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Dina works as a dispatcher at the Spruce Harbor police station, and as far as Molly can see there isn’t much to stress over—a few drunk drivers, the occasional black eye, petty thefts, accidents. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You have only a few minutes to put your can on your bunk and get to the latrine. Then it is roll call.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Having shimmied a few more inches up the flagpole, Fatty lost his grip and fell down into the sand. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

As we trundled through town, I saw a few women out in their front yards shoveling coal into shuttles to carry inside to their Warm Morning heaters. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I have a few whites,” she says, and goes to her room to get them. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

His arrival a few minutes later has the approximate impact on Volpe of a generous dose of Xanax. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Believe it or not, Maya, there are a few people who once felt exactly like you do right now.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The lake widened and across it on the shore at the foot of the mountains on the other side we saw a few lights that should be Luino. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The chemicals may have been pretested against a few individual species, but not against living communities. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Come with me. I need a few things from the graveyard.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In a few more minutes they had gone through three other doors, across a narrow footbridge, down two more corridors and another stairway, and stood finally in front of a small cell door. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

From the yells and screeches that came from the knoll the hobbits guessed that their disappearance had been discovered: Uglúk was probably knocking off a few more heads. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Luis turned to his father and said a few words in Spanish. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly Simon and Abby, but I’m in a few of them, too. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Inmates whom the shrinks judged to be making progress were allowed out for a few hours a day; this was called rec. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked a few times, and then saw Ms. Udell motioning for her to bow. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The rest idled along, hopping a few yards and then pausing to nibble or to pass droppings on the warm, sunny grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just for a few weeks,” I argued, holding her in my arms, now washed and fluffy and sweet-smelling. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She even started asking me what I liked for sandwiches and drinks, and at noon, she’d sit down with me to chitchat for a few minutes while I ate. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep up better this time through the woods, so naturally I fell a few times. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

So that entertained her for a few minutes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I sat there on the stage for a few seconds, enjoying the moment. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I already had quite a few things packed. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

At first, glaciers blocked the way from Alaska to the rest of America, allowing no more than perhaps a few isolated pioneers to investigate the lands further south. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

This part of the forest has just been burned a few days before and the ground is still hot and smoking. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It means that a very small number of people are linked to everyone else in a few steps, and the rest of us are linked to the world through those special few. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another kestrel, perhaps his mate, conies to that cry, and after a few million years all the kestrels are calling each other with their individual note of Kee-kee-kee.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes his small muscles had unlocked, and he was able to move his arms and legs. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She’d had a few miscarriages and Dennis was her only son, but he went to New York because he wanted to pursue music. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hours passed in a weary stumbling trudge with a few brief halts. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Plus, she’s been sewing banners, interviewing new judges, and finding sponsors for the pageant, which means she’s checked out of parenthood completely for a few months. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But denying a drink to children and a few ragged old people was something beyond my experience. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There were a few people inside at the bar, and outside, alone, sat Harvey Stone. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“He was. He wasn’t anything like this bad yesterday. He’s been a bit lame for a few days, but nothing like this.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Someone said a few school board members recognized themselves. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Too high to jump, but there’s a small ledge on the window and the living-room fire escape is just a few feet over. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mother joined us at the farm a few days after she sent you and your grandfather on. When she realized you were lost, she went wild.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We will just need to keep you for a few extra days, but by then the wound should be all healed and we’ll send you on your way. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Charles Lyell took the geological side, and he wrote a book a few years later called The Antiquity of Man, which argued against the biblical story of the creation and the flood. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just want to sleep and forget this ever happened, even if it’s just for a few hours. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

After stopping by a few taverns at random and not finding her, I walked back to the University, not knowing if I should be worried or irritated. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need to tell you I would be delighted to receive a few words from you,” he writes. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

On the day that the social worker picked up Baby Emma to bring her home to her birth mother, Mama let us each hold her for a few minutes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time she gets a few hundred dollars saved up here and there, the pipes start leaking or the roof needs fixing. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

There had been only a few minutes from the time that I'd called in Brother Tarp about the letter and his leaving, but it seemed as though I'd plunged down a well of years. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost drop the box of tacks and a few skitter to the floor. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Doberman retreated to the kennel, where it growled a few moments before switching off. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A lorry went past, making our car wobble and, for a few seconds, obscuring our view of the hoarding. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he returned, he had a coloring book and a few broken crayons for me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Things must’ve been said, but it’s all gone now except for a few last images. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded and took a few quick strides and a leap to land on top of it, smooth and graceful. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She reached down and pulled off her shoes, holding them in her hands, looking at them for a few seconds. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I could see that I had left a few scratches on his face. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

"If you can spare a few of your swords, I need some men to escort two of Lord Frey's grandsons north to Winterfell," she told him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They lasted there a few months, but when Dad set their room on fire by falling asleep with a burning cigarette in his hand, they got kicked out. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We add a few more books to the pile, and at some point I catch her eye and she’s smiling at me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

For a few moments she struggled to get back to the edge of the pool, but there was a current in the water and it tugged at her limbs. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The men said nothing for a few moments. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the dark shadows a few yards off the path, two wolves. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But after a few pitches, he said he started feeling “in the zone.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir,” answered the chaplain after a few moments. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

"Do you think a few bolts of cloth will make you king?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Within a few more days, Dad seemed almost normal, except that he’d become tentative, even kind of shy. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is the best solution he can come up with, knowing that in a few weeks the circus will be hundreds of miles away, leaving him alone in London. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Nearer the harbor were clumps of mods, bags of rockers, a chain of punks, and even a few teds. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Shirley followed a few steps behind her, pretending to kick a castaway can whenever the American turned to glance her way. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I hear Dad rev the car a few times and then open the front door. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She walked a few paces away and faced the booth, one hand on her hip and one stroking her chin. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The wide front hall was empty except for a few idlers who lounged in the doorways leading to the offices on either side. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They lifted Booth from the floor, carried him under the trees a few yards from the door, and laid him on the grass. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you have a spray of jessamine?” he asked, breaking off a few blossoms as he passed. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

He moved there a few years ago, after he got married. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Kelton returns in a few minutes with the caulking and gets right to sealing the drain. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She ran down to meet him on the landing and in a few moments the two of them were back. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The wedding was planned for summer in New Jersey, an engagement party thrown, a few gifts already received. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was obvious she had been sleeping just a few moments prior, but the sound of the stairs woke her. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Then they could make straight for the Ferry over country that was open, except for a few ditches and fences. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I found Lauren and a few other friends hanging in front of our lockers before homeroom and blurted, “Guess what? Martin is alive!” I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Habib was a few feet away, standing on the truck’s bumper, combing the crowds. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Billy Preston played a few numbers, and behind him was my dad, a long-haired skinny white hippie playing his horn. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“After a few days of our food, you will be without much odor, too,” said Perdita encouragingly. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They barely knew me; I had been in the house but a few hours. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the men went behind the Store and poured white lightning in their soft-drink bottles, and a few of the bigger boys followed them. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hunger was tormenting us; we had not eaten for nearly six days except for a few stalks of grass and some potato peels found on the grounds of the kitchens. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried it a few times but, surrounded by their fresh and smiling faces, I couldn't help but feel I'd been wrongly cast in an international Pepsi commercial. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

With his laser tube, Rick systematically burned into blurred ash the book of pictures which he had just a few minutes ago bought Luba. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I step forward with a few others and start jogging. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Even there, however, a few pioneers were managing to clear a path of sorts for other women to follow. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

But it’s nice that the porch is totally uncovered, except for a few strings of twinkle lights. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Others chewed gum to trigger salivation; Tommy Luther could spit off as much as half a pound in a few hours. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few more seconds of wrestling, Fig finally wriggled free and head-bumped my ankle, a sign that he’d missed me too. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In a few moments passengers began to wrap their minds around what the scythe had said. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In order to confirm her prediction she brought her cards to the house a few days later and locked herself up with José Arcadio in a granary off the kitchen. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“We better go,” I tell her, and after a few attempts, I convince her to go back into the cinema. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Give her a few more minutes and she’ll have worked herself into a good humor again. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He’d been born only a few years after Hazel, and had been locked away in a magic hotel for decades. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

After a few more interminable minutes, there’s a loud knock at the door. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“There are men coming,” she said, “on foot, with weapons. They’re only a few minutes’ walk away. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But still, they were just toys, and usually some of the plastic keys would give out in a few months. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She saw a few people stop and look up. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I blink to stop tears from falling, but a few escape and run down my cheeks. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She crept into the kitchen, took an apple, and ate it in just a few bites. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She pushed herself upright and gave the pillow a few soothing pats. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The practical, pragmatic part of our upbringing wouldn’t allow me to put much stock in the gentle, well-intentioned platitudes people would heap on us a few days later at the funeral. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It washed over us and I heard more than a few people dry-heaving and vomiting, including some guards on their forebears. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

My opponent was a few years younger than me, smaller, and looked like he’d only been playing a year or two at most. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Students, meanwhile, were to go to other classrooms for small group sessions that Principal Peattie and Mr. Ferris would be leading in just a few moments. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Hilly looks up from her conversation a few couples away. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The activity ceased for a few seconds as people near the door greeted him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still sitting in the hut, and the old woman was still sitting a few feet away with her bowl of bloodied bones in her lap. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They saw some bicycle traffic and a few homeless guys huddled in doorways, but the majority of Portlanders seemed to be staying indoors. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I file out of the dorm with everyone else and head to the cafeteria, in a different building a few doors down from Nina. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It floated a few inches off the ground, its feathery boots moving fast, just out of reach of the sunflower seeds. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It took me a few hours to clear my tools and other belongings out of the crummy job-site trailer where I’d been squatting. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few moments, he was a small figure in a khaki uniform and high black boots, alone in the great expanse of grass. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I take a few steps closer, looking him right in the eye. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I turned a few more pages, looking for more old celebrity news, and stopped at a small headline: Nation Horrified by Murder. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

T may repeat each line a few times until students get the rhythm. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

One was of a photo of Osner Young, and it hit Moss: Osner could not have been more than a few years older than himself. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Finnick, who’s been wandering around the set for a few hours, comes up behind me and says with a hint of his old humor, “They’ll either want to kill you, kiss you, or be you.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

However it was three rather disconsolate creatures that sat down to early breakfast after a few hours’ fitful sleep. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Finn, why don’t you go pet Rocket and keep him company for a few minutes?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I figured we were through with Battle Mountain and that within a few days, we’d be on the move again. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were still a few hands up, including Jules’s and Aileen’s, but Mr. Hale went on about the battle in Milton’s mind between individualism and the moral order of a Christian universe. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He studiously flips through a few more pages, trying to avoid saying what he says next. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were rows of stone steps for the spectators— Tantalus, the satyrs, a few dryads, and all of the campers who weren’t participating. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Henry didn’t speak to Dad for a few months after that. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see a few other students late for school, gathering their books. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It took a few weeks to find one, and another few weeks to persuade the teacher to take me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“He was a platoon sergeant. He died a few years ago.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes Jojo raised his head, and some water came from his mouth. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rather, what we know is encoded in cells called neurons— microscopic electrochemical switching elements, typically a few hundredths of a millimeter across. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds of me sniveling into her collarbone, I feel her shake her head above me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She even faked a few yawns, hoping they’d take the hint, but nobody said anything. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Except for Lu, I had only known them for a few weeks, and they could already tell when something was going on with me. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

In a few moments, she starts to sway to the odd music. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I was drawing ragged breaths just from the effort of packing a few of my belongings into a brown paper bag. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She responded a few minutes later: I have work until 8. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

There were only a few blocks left to go when they heard the low wail of sirens. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

"But how? Only a few men in the whole country possess the knowledge —" "Then one of them is an inmate of a semi-madhouse," the vet said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only a few people stood in the wind on the top deck of the clanking iron ferry boat. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Aphrodite a piled three stories hig tulle and dripping wit jpeared in the room, with her hair 1, barely covered by a few layers of 1 artificial grapes from her shoulders to her knees. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have been down a few times—they try to give me a meal in the farmhouse each day to warm me up and break the monotony. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He clanged his bell a few more times. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Right there I just jotted down a few notes and started dictating the article to him as it came into my head, the way I wrote letters to God every night in my diary. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lev says he recognizes a few of the mourners. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I could see the stairs a few feet away and I started toward them. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

We exchanged a few more comments on the weather, which was wet, and that was pretty much it for conversation. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The shackles on her wrists shift down a few inches, revealing raw sores beneath them. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Arms full, he stepped nimbly around Shep and began to arrange some items on a nearby table: a bowl of hot water, shears, some clean linen, a few glass bottles, needle and gut. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A similar suggestion was made a few years later by the French scientist the Marquis de Laplace, apparently independently of Michell. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the day before the orphanage opened, Baba took me to Ghargha Lake, a few miles north of Kabul. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

After he finishes throwing up, he takes a few deep breaths and pulls a filthy handkerchief from his pocket. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But by now there were a few other people chasing after the sputtering, smoking machine. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Some posed for selfies; a photographer for the Associated Press asked Moss for permission to snap a few photos, and then he thanked Moss for what he was doing, too. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Thomas looked away from him, back at the approaching monsters—they were only a few feet away. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

After a few steps through the pitch-black darkness the way became lighter. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

None of the boys had ever ridden an elevator more than a few floors in a hotel, and the rapid ascent both thrilled and frightened them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Jinny wasn’t sure what had happened to her rock from when she was little, but there were a few stones, on a high shelf in the book cabin, painted with flowers and stars. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The infirmary is a few hours’ walk from the camp. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

You were under my care at Maui Memorial in Hawaii for a few hours two months ago. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Along the way, she introduces me to a few of her friends, and I am relieved to meet each one, relieved to know that she has more people in her life than Justin. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes we had it all cleaned up. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, when I emerged from my room, the locals were out and about cleaning up the mess, and a few drunken tourists were still celebrating their victory over nature. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Now I’ve prepared a few questions to get you warmed up.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The place is pretty dark, and even though there are a few lazy fans spinning overhead, it’s still pretty humid inside. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Manhattan was only a few miles west, but each of the boroughs had its own unique identity, and none more so than Steinway Street in Queens. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He had nothing, it turned out, but a few dollars and coins, for which he begged Fujiko’s forgiveness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Kaisha stopped by a few minutes later to help Reg get home, and Moss let himself relax in the chair as Martin worked his magic. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then, in 1953, a geneticist in Texas accidentally mixed the wrong liquid with HeLa and a few other cells, and it turned out to be a fortunate mistake. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She walked forward a few steps, and turned and glared as the wolf leader had done. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few days of fruitless searching, he trotted across the field, headed for the town dump he had passed on his way up the mountain. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Yoshoto at his side, he broke open a few of the envelopes. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Thomas was a Newbie, just a few days in the Glade, a few minutes in the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Within a few years after the drug war was declared, however, many legal scholars noted a sharp turn in the Supreme Court’s Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I stagger toward him but fall to my knees when I’m just a few feet away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But there was a big demand when Dylan played here a few years back. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You even held it for a few seconds. Pretty soon you won’t need the wall at all.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Not for a few hours, at least,” Widget says, as they start off down another pathway through the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

On the walls of his room are a few random video game posters, but one in particular sticks out to me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The foreman went inside, and a few moments later Captain Sørlle came out to look at them. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Gavin is left there, and after a few minutes he rises to his hands and knees as I watch from over the street. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I felt pretty confident it was in good shape, because I'd spent a few hours asleep in the rover before returning to the Hab, and the pressure was still good. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a room empty of almost any furnishings, save a few greasy prints of herbs on the walls. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

My mom was standing a few yards away with some of the other parents from our school. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He could jump high in the air, do many fast kicks, and land safely on his feet all in a few seconds while screaming funny sounds and contorting his face. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can have her defoliant ready in a few days. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Kote sat patiently for a few long moments, watching the unconscious man. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The ancients knew a few of these equation-laws, like the law of the lever, but with the beginning of the scientific revolution these equation-laws sprang up everywhere. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Everything has gone according to plan, Mr. Newton. Although we expected a few more of you to give up along the way.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I “dated” Tyler Paul my freshman year of high school, but that lasted all of a month, until I came down with an infection and needed to go to the hospital for a few weeks. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I only had a few months before I became an official teenager. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

They stood for a few heartbeats silent, and Gareth, in a pain of recognition, saw him as he was. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds, there was complete silence. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

In 1919, the entire Coast Guard fleet was made up of twenty-six inshore vessels, a few converted tugboats, and twenty-nine small cruisers. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Ms. Gruwell once said that “Timing is everything!” and her death couldn’t have come at a worse possible time: during my senior year, a week before Christmas, and a few months before graduation. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The credits on the talk show begin to roll and El wipes a few stray tears from her cheek. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In a few breaths, I couldn’t see her anymore. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Back in his room, he took a few minutes to catch his breath. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Reese, who lived on the first floor in my building and managed a Negro team, thought I might be able to play baseball, in a few years if the Negro Leagues were still around. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

One of them must have been alive only a few minutes ago. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Just a few days later, state representative Stephen Clark was driving up 1-15, the big highway that runs through Utah. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I took a few steps back down the staircase, but it was pointless to pretend that I hadn’t been listening. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He followed for a few steps, then stopped. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I hear the door to the closet open and he leads me forward a few steps. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Half the class appears to be listening to me, but a few are doodling or staring out the window, and one kid’s eyes are closed. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, Jessie almost felt as if she could hear the brownstone’s heartbeat. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He was at the court of a friend, King Lycomedes, where a few years later Achilles was to hide disguised as a girl. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tapes the poster up, then we gather up the ones he dropped, walk a few paces, and repeat. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“We have a few other agents embedded down there, including Napoleon. If they hear you’re in trouble, they’ll get to you. The hand sign is this...” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The little girl standing a few yards from them had dark, sunken eyes, a tangle of uncombed black hair framing her gaunt face. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I looked over at the picnic table and saw Frankie sitting with a few other boys. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Until a few days ago he had never lived near me, had never had any say in my rearing or lack of rearing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a heap of rags, a few bars of soap, and a carton of baking soda in the indoor lavatory, Miss Larsen tells me, in case you want to freshen up. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

If she could move her right arm just a few inches, she could throw him off balance and grab his sword…The shackles dug into her stomach, and fizzing, boiling rage turned her face scarlet. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The Americans and four of their guards and a few dressed carcasses were down there, and nobody else. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, the family joined me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Twelve more women would be arriving in Pensacola in a few weeks to undergo the same tests she had. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, a few people nod, just like they did when Tori’s name was mentioned. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It took only a few minutes to reach the beach on the place they called Sullivan’s Island. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The word is underestimate. And when you’ve got a few more years under your belt, then we’ll talk big stuff, Harris.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

A cluster of figures round something lying on the ground; a few seemed to be darting this way and that, bent like dogs on a trail. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Jon Snow was standing a few feet away, regarding him curiously. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But a few kids are younger—third, maybe fourth grade. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We retreated for a few minutes, then returned. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“We need him alive for a few more days,” Otis reminded his brother. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She broke up with Curt a few weeks after that, and she signed on to WordPress, and her blog was born. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Only a few decades ago, no one knew these effects of either radiation or chemicals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The first boy is spoken to for only a few minutes before he is dismissed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When, a few years later, the postal authorities changed the spelling of the town to Downe, the Darwins did not go along. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jay went to feed the chickens and get a few eggs, and Doc went to dig the vegetables out of the ground: sweet potatoes, mustard greens, onions. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They had a big fight only recently, and they might need a few more days to build up properly to another one. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He’d heard, from friends with younger children, that the expensive doll line now had one Asian doll for sale—and a few black ones, too—but he’d never seen it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a comfortable distance between my life now and the levels of confusion that had engulfed me just a few years ago. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Tori had come back out a few moments later, saying that Brandon wasn’t feeling well and was going to skip the Juneteenth Festival. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then imagine the soul-crushing migraine that always follows, lasting anywhere between a few hours and a few days. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She didn’t say anything for a few seconds. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I realized a few years back that sometimes I’d look at an old picture and something would be different in it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He began casually nuzzling a few tufts of grass that stuck through the ice. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Blackcliff’s rules are so numerous that it’s impossible not to break them at least a few times. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There are no antiprotons or antineutrons, made up from antiquarks, except for a few that physicists produce in large particle accelerators. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d seen the wives be required to walk a few paces behind their husbands. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Main Street was empty except for a few dogs sniffing at closed entrances and the sleepy activity around the San Francisco Chop House. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I think I laid in bed all week but I remember Mrs. Mooney bringing me food a few times and asking if I was sick. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Because of my new hair and clothes, no one knows that I’ve come from Haiti only a few months ago. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He unrolled the blanket, fed Frolic a few pieces torn from the loaf of bread, nibbled at it himself, and then curled up with his puppy and drifted off. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Officially, yes,” Goddard agreed, “but you gained the admiration of quite a few important scythes.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, I slid my tongue into her mouth, shocked by the feel of her seashell teeth and then by the wetness of her tongue as it touched mine. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

In a few moments the size of Tyrion's command had doubled. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

What I meant was that hunger might make us feel bad for a few days, but it would not kill us. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day was dear and carried the gaze out as far as the blue sky went; there were a few white douds suspended idly over the horizon. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately the animosity lasted only a few days out of the year, and generally in Narewka, Jews and gentiles existed peacefully alongside each other. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She had said it, though, a few times. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to ignore for a few reasons. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Forgive me if I hope to put a few of our pumpkins to more practical use. You boys come help us cut the rest of our harvest so we can get them loaded.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

On a normal day, a few hours can contain long stretches of watch-checking, of empty time. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

One more girl appeared wearing only panties and sat down, bringing the total congregating there in just a few minutes to eleven, all but one of them completely unclothed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Gaily stopped, standing just a few feet in front of Thomas and Newt; he pointed at Thomas with a bloody finger. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I’m just getting ready for bed a few hours later when I hear movement outside. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Others joined in only once or twice while on vacation; a few picketed while on their honeymoons. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Not a lot, but I’ve been a few times. I like the architecture here. And there’s all this graffiti in one of the back alleys—it’s great for photos.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had been within a few weeks of his eighteenth birthday, and with it all chance of enlistment, of choosing a service rather than being drafted into one, would have disappeared. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a few of their eyes seem to be catching sight of me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Art had heard of a few such incidents. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I caught me a few winks about a hour ago. Juju didn’t even miss me. If she did, I would be in real trouble. She says she don’t pay me to sleep.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Martín and a few of the cooks arrived as my mom and I finished cooking. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Holly was tempted to loose a few blasts into them from the Neutrino 2000. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He kisses my shoulder and his lips linger there a few seconds. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was just a few blocks to the building. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It takes a few minutes for my heart to return to normal. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A Son of the Six was standing a few feet from the corridor she needed to go down with his hands behind his back. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She is a few minutes late and dressed in the same jeans and boots and chocolate suede coat she’d worn when they met. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the sky above him a few big white clouds drifted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even in democracies today, crucial knowledge is available to only a few individuals, who control the flow of information to the rest of the government and consequently control decisions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose I should add a few words here concerning the matter of the actual volume around which this small episode revolved. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

At first there were only a few hundred people, but, as the days went by, more and more people came. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

We drove a few minutes in silence before Myron broke it. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He buried his Winchester deer-hunting rifle and a few other possessions that he might one day want to recover. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it was all an act. How could he have done what he did out there after just a few days? I ain’t buyin’ it.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“We laid down a few bursts, threw some grenades, and made a run for it,” Monaco said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The vice president said a few short words, the band played the school song, and then Mr. Gunthrie began announcing names. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been thinking, that maybe we should have a proper burial. For the baby, I mean. Just us, a few prayers, nothing more.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Here, let me at least grab these for you,” I say, as I take a few wrenches and store them in my pocket. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was away some time, and Frodo after a few mouthfuls of lembas settled deep into the brown fern and went to sleep. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Running a few feet in front of him is Sasuke—clearly the younger of the two—all grins and laughs, his boots crunching in the leaves as he sprints forward. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Remember a few years ago when Mrs. Clarke from church started a petition for the elementary school to ban that book about gay penguins? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Those things did happen for the greed of a few. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then there were a few rallies around the state to socialize with other Klan units. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Grandmère paused and blinked a few times, and then she took a deep breath. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But Haupt learned that the baby had died a few days after being born. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

When he didn't hear anything after a few days, Guiteau returned to the White House. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, I hear Sneaky’s footsteps coming down the hall, and a loud “SNEAKY!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

After a few days’ wandering, he came upon a small warren and, snarling and clawing, forced them to accept him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shiver, tug my scarf up higher over my mouth, and wipe a few snowflakes from my lashes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Within a few months, he found that he could follow the games and the diagrams in the books without the use of a board. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a few hours later and I am sitting now on the floor of a tiny lounge off the corridor that leads to the emergency ward. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never spent more than a few hours in a city and found it impossible to defend myself from the strange noises that constantly invaded. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Only a small fraction of its works survived, along with a few pathetic scattered fragments. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He got upset at me a few nights back. About not knowing the names of the staff. About not having seen his apartment in New York.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

For dramatic purposes, Curly had jazzed up a few of the details. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maya and Grace had talked a few times, starting with Maya’s response to Grace’s first email: Well, it's about time. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

"Your next school term begins in a few days," she said, "so we don't have any time to waste." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He left it running for a few minutes, went into the house, then came back out and went into the garage again. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Police discovered that his license had expired a few weeks earlier, so he was taken into custody. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I speak softly and hope they’ll steal some of my quiet and walk underwater with me for the space of a few breaths, and then I never see them again. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds he looked up at the moon as if trying to admire it one last time. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“They keep a few drones around for fun,” said Mel, grinning behind her mesh. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The young man reddened, “Well...I may have called it a...a few things.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps a few months in the castle hadn’t been enough. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Within a few days I was equipped with several sharp iron stakes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aileen was with him, standing between them and Lianne, by the edge of the table, and she got a few more first-year girls to huddle around her. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was well known that the ten-year-old prince was rotten and spoiled, inside and out, and she remembered the scandal that had erupted a few months before her capture. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Maya found the wine bottle a few days later. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She could avoid Stephanie like the plague and go about her life as leader of the New Crew, a little tainted until she hosted a few more parties and all was forgotten. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The group of Amity a few seats away from us bursts into laughter. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The quad floated for a few seconds longer than the man. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe I only saw Supernatural Investigations as a way to learn about what happened to Quinton at first, but I’ve done so much in just a few days. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He started to sing along and bob his head for a few seconds. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It was cool now, but it would be unbearable in a few short hours. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds, neither of us says anything. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

When he and Willow had been dating a few weeks, she told him to straighten out and dry out or say good-bye. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soldiers shift on their feet—a few raise their weapons. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

As I shifted my weight on the unyielding stone, a few hairs caught in my eyelashes. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She was eighty-five years old, and while she survived the initial accident, she died from her injuries a few months later. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Maddy, calm down,” I hear Elizabeth behind me, and I jog a few more steps ahead, letting other kids swirl around me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to be okay sitting tight for a few hours until we leave?” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I just kind of watched him take a few more moments down memory lane, back when he could make the game-winning three-pointer, then kiss his girl after he came from the locker room. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After a few steps, I turn around and see that Ma has already gone back into the hut. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Relax, chile. Let nature take its course. You ain’t got but a few months to wait.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems weirdly intimate to watch as he takes it off, so I watch two very old, very cranky guys argue over a single cab a few feet from us. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He nods and puts in a few extra. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"He took from me all I loved, for the sake of a few lice- ridden poachers and his precious honor," Ser Jorah said bitterly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe they allowed me to win a few awards so when the final results are announced, my feelings won’t be hurt. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I shoved my foot between the pug and the steel gate, hoping to slow Fig’s heart a few beats closer to calm. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

They walked back through the door and set the boxes down a few feet from the river’s edge. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The ground hurtled toward her, a space opening in the panicking crowd where she was going to hit For a few moments it was just like a flying dream, silent and wonderful. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Just like I knew it would, it moved a few steps backward. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I helped with his feeding the last time I was here, just a few weeks ago. He was a very interesting man.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I do a few stretches to warm up, thinking about the clouds. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Wickham’s alarm now appeared in a heightened complexion and agitated look; for a few minutes he was silent, till, shaking off his embarrassment, he turned to her again, and said in the gentlest of accents: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

But after the die was cast he seemed to change overnight, just as his daughter Ellen changed her nature a few years before. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only a few more days, I reminded myself. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“We,” said Mother firmly, walking back into the kitchen, “are going to that meeting. I was president of the Forest Park PTA, and I have a few things I want to say.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nat pointed at the table a few feet away, and when Jinny glanced down at it, she recognized a lumpy tuft of tangled black hair sticking out from under the tabletop. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

With a few days of healing, his face had returned mostly to normal. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

They were constantly scraping together enough money to pay for gas, to get me lunch money, to buy me a new pair of jeans and a few new shirts. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

On Saturday afternoon Billy Buck, the ranch-hand, raked together the last of the old year’s haystack and pitched small forkfuls over the wire fence to a few mildly interested cattle. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a few more steps, leaving at least twenty meters between us. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

After a few paragraphs, Marie-Laure says without preamble, “Tell me about that bedroom upstairs. Across from the one 1 sleep in.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

That didn't mean she wanted us to throw ourselves at random men, but she hoped we'd test-drive a few before settling down. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

However empty and tired she’d been just a few minutes earlier, however numb and lost, her feet wanted to move, and they knew the way. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she jokes with Nikhil about their having to pick up and move, in a few years, to Iowa, to Kalamazoo. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, our prize would be something much more powerful: in a few moments, each of us would bow our heads to receive the Holy Sacrament of Confirmation. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They came out a few years ago, but I swear those things are so fresh. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And when I say I started to cry, I don’t mean a few tears rolling down my cheeks—I mean like, full-scale, snot-filled crying. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds of circling, Eric shouts, “Do you think this is a leisure activity? Should we break for nap- time? Fight each other!” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He arrived back in the city in the middle of the afternoon, but went directly to his club, where he played a few hands of poker and dined, without successfully quelling his anxiety and impatience. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few moments he lay unconscious in the field and then he rolled over and staggered, half-blinded, to the house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, Wistar failed completely to recognize the bone’s significance and merely made a few cautious and uninspired remarks to the effect that it was indeed a whopper. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I look at the note a few times before finally pressing send. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The sun had changed only a few seconds at the equator, but it was telling her body to migrate. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She helped herself to white meat and gravy and grits and a few raisins and mixed them up together on her plate. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I pick up a few remembrances: a photo of my parents on their wedding day, a blue hair ribbon for Prim, the family book of medicinal and edible plants. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Figure 1.98: These are only a few of the many, many possible note combinations that could be used in these time signatures. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was because of this continuous stream of undocumented human souls that, a few months after our arrival, my mother warned me about the perils of a favourite habit of mine: begging for food. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new science was thus dependent on a few key technologies which functioned, to use Elizabeth Eisenstein’s phrase, as ‘agents of change’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I went up a few steps and heard Pa snoring, they were sleeping for sure. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But calling Momma and saying a few unfamiliar words had my heart feeling like it was stretched across Holly’s quilting frame. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It had only been a few months since his fall from the pallet, and his body couldn’t take the wear. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“No one would have bothered to investigate a family like the Khans even a few years ago,” Asif said. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Only a few people can keep up with the rapidly advancing frontier of knowledge, and they have to devote their whole time to it and specialize in a small area. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The robot tapped his head a few times, but the mysterious signal remained. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Heck no. He even call me up at home a few weeks later to make sure I didn’t have no plans to quit. Say he afraid he gone starve if I left.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There’s a few really cool action figures, but most of them are missing an arm or a leg. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was news to the other boys as well, and apart from a few coarse comments they listened closely to what she told them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He tells a few more one-liners and introduces a young kid dressed in black pants and a black turtleneck sweater. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“There’s only a few more tasks on my list before you can come home with me,” she said to me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But a few maverick friends and I deliberately strayed from the herd. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wait for him to deny it, to erase the last twelve hours with just a few words. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Lying on the ground, her head a few feet away from her body, is Cora. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Rishi beckoned, winding his way around a few room dividers and coffee tables. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Othello’s shout of pain echoes through the auditorium, and in the rows ahead of us a few of the ladies get the vapors. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Within a few minutes he stood bravely at the fortress door. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had been inside the church for only a few minutes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I need to get into New York City and find Auntie Seema, but to do that I'm going to need a few things. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then his feet turned, and shuffled a few steps, and began climbing the long staircase home. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had only made it a few steps when I heard a familiar clink. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After a few moments the sheriff closed his eyes and laced his fingers together. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Within a few minutes, I spot a rabbit and make my first kill with the bow and arrow. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Gradually, enough were made interested, though, that each month, a few more automobiles lengthened our caravans to Temple Two in Chicago. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up the salt shaker and tapped its glass base against the tablecloth a few times. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The letter made it back to Black Swan Green, just a few days ago. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The butterflies and bees that had landed on the mirror took flight when it was overturned, but only a few of the winged creatures flew away. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Smart people have been asking questions for quite a few centuries now, so many of the questions that haven’t been asked are bound to yield uninteresting answers. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, I waved again, holding my breath. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then quiet for a few minutes, and then the cell closed shut again. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He had been one year old when Grace was born, and had gone into foster care a few days after her parents brought her home. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Not quite one year old, with just a few words forming on my tongue, a few steps wobbling into a walk. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The reporter—Zeitoun could see now the crew was from Spain—conducted an interview with the prisoner, and then, after a few minutes, he approached Zeitoun with the microphone and began to ask a question. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Do you mind if I hang out here for a few minutes? I promise I won’t bother you.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then I notice that it’s the same for Jamie, Rachel, Michael, and a few other kids, who are all scratching at themselves miserably. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Thomas followed Minho into the small room and watched as he pulled a few boxes away from the back wall. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I rushed into her room and cleared her drawers in a few swoops and carried her things upstairs on a run. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of viewing, the discoverer of alpha rays crawled from the hutch and declared, “I know an alpha when I see one.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he could take a few of them with him down to hell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As Japanese planes dove over Oahu, more than two thousand miles to the west, a few marines were sitting in a mess tent on Wake Atoll, having breakfast. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes he says, “Mr. Ganguli, are you able to positively identify the body? Is this your father?” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Vultures had found it, and a few silverback jackals nipped at the birds and wriggled through the massed feathers. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nor should you. We’ll find you some good wood elsewhere. I’m getting close to convincing a few key people to invest in our school. Now, Neel, how are you feeling about tomorrow?” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jacobs, stunned for a few seconds, leapt forward and tried to pull Hull’s arm off Shawna. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And I said, ‘You’ll know in a few days—it’s all right.’ The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But then I realized quite a few things at once. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It’s virtually deserted, with just a few random people who seem to meander aimlessly. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

For Woolf, the longest shadow on his life surfaced a few years into his career. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, I heard Frankie come up behind me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I think he just drowned, like a few hours ago. He doesn’t smell and he’s not swollen.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The jacket was multicolored, made of large patches sewn together — some dark blue, some deep purple, a few bright red. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Trolls generally converse in grunts that appear to constitute a crude language, though some have been known to understand and even to speak a few simple human words. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“H-his dog? Here in this yard? Haven’t seen any dog of any kind in our yard all day,” I say, coming a few steps closer. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, a few minutes later, he found himself being booked. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Nhamo’s neck began to hurt after a few minutes, but she gritted her teeth and endured it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She just showed up, a few minutes after I got the key.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was leaning against the passenger side of a 1949 Chevy parked at the curb, only a few feet to my left. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes clanking around in the engine com-partment, the driver announced that wed all have to get off. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Ptolemy IV Philopater hazarded the use of native Egyptian troops at Raphia, and won the battle with their help; just a few years later, native mercenaries in Thebes used their hard-won martial skills to revolt. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

“A’ight, I got a few of the brothers from the church to help us out. That makes six of us. Three on each side. Put young blood in the middle. Should be smooth.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We came home from the hospital a few days later, finally and irrevocably robbed of his ambitions. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds I roll over again. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He was standing a few feet away from me, arms folded, looking at me curiously. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It took very lit­tle searching—all I had to do was ask a few questions in Bamiyan and people pointed me to his village. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of guys a few feet away are staring. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

For a few days it was fun just doing everything over for Elizabeth to appreciate; , and after that they got around to starting a new part of the game. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it’s only a few meters, that still puts us within devouring range. We’d need you to sense them from much farther away. ” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He lingered for a few moments, as if thinking it might be a joke—or maybe one final test. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Well, it’s about the body, too—she’s had to ice her knee every day in the last week, plus take a few anti-inflammatories. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

There are a few misspelled words, but it looks like he’s doing pretty well. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The spider tumbled from the broken web, hung by a single strand a few inches above the floor, then swiftly climbed the strand, scrambled across the top front rail of the porch, and disappeared. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Besides, how much could a few pencils cost? The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose these smart pills might put a few of our top colleges and universities out of business.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Alex’s body wants to follow and tuck into his side, but he stays where he is, watching from a few safe inches away. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The yard gate was open, and I went in and sat on the jungle gym for a few minutes, letting myself feel how strange it was to be there alone. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Mitch texts me a few times, telling me he’s sorry for the scene he caused and that Patrick has a big mouth. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Eventually, several family friends prodded a few amplifying rewards from the otherwise-loquacious patriarch. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They had removed a few small pieces of wire and silk that had failed to dissolve after my operation the previous February. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Some metal storage tanks, a few standing flues of blackened brick. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

On a few occasions, his scams got him arrested and jailed for a short period. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The apartment smells strongly of cooking; on the stove, a few large pieces of chicken are browning in a pan full of oil. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A tall, thin player came up to the plate, set his feet in correct position, swung his bat a few times, then crouched into a waiting stance. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The next day, when Annie and I went out to our old backboard to shoot a few foul shots, we saw from a distance that somebody had spray painted graffiti on the backboard. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Max, Eric, Tobias, and a few people I don’t know walk into the room in a line, standing in a small crowd in front of me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

After a few long seconds she turned away. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

That truth first came to light a few weeks ago, at a party, with Hannah directly in front of me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

This was all a lot of baggage for a few spears of asparagus to carry, I admit. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I’d seen him with his skateboard in the park a few times, and he always let me have a turn on it, but that was all. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

It only took a few minutes to tell Inés everything we knew. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I listen for a few seconds but don’t know if she’s any good. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I type in a few more commands, and a new ream of code fills my view. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“A fascinating place, really. We spent a few days with Hugo in Jackson, Wyoming. You met Hugo last Christmas, didn't you, Mark?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We walked together for a few minutes, and then she had to return home to her chores. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We hear a few scattered shots upon the water but none know what it signifies. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

For example, a loud orchestral piece, even if it has 60 beats per minute, will not aid the body into a calm state as well as a softer, more soothing piece with a few instruments. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“If I left you here alone for a few minutes what would you do with them?” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I did have a few friends who struggled with it at first. It just surprised them.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He held his face a few inches from hers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

I haven’t seen her since I figured out something happened with Abby, and the thought of seeing her in just a few minutes is making me weirdly nervous. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Inside, I find it’s a few minutes past three o’clock. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The next room contains a few chairs, spare tattoo needles, ink, pads of paper, and framed artwork. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Traveling south through the Black Belt, the streetcars passed by quiet streets where the Respectables lived in sturdy brick and stone structures mixed with a healthy sprinkling of frame houses and a few apartment buildings. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of hanging out several times a week, we chatted a few times a month. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Candice had been expecting a room with a few statues, or maybe a bookcase with a handful of photos and trophies. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“He’s a little poorly. Now that all the shutters are up, I’ve told him to rest for a few days. Off you go, Malcolm. Remember what I told you about the man.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Trunktap hopped over to a crusty old pine tree and pecked a few deep holes in the bark. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I have been on a transplant list for over six months, and I probably only have a few years left to live unless I receive new lungs. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ve had a few tag sales over the years,” Professor Thomas said. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was a few seconds before he realized that Privet Drive had vanished. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Amá punishes me for one or two weeks, depending on how severe my behavior is, and then, a few months later, it happens again. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Kelly stood in the center of the room and took a few bows, as if she were onstage. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

It is a huge problem, but there are a few simple changes that I think would make a great difference. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few moments he said, “I’m sorry to hear it. I liked that elf.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun came to the I-10/Claiborne overpass again, and even from a distance he could see that the people who he had seen awaiting rescue there a few days ago had been taken away. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The beach before them was empty except for a few bums sleeping in little huddled circles. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Cager Lee, the eighty-two-year-old grandfather of Jimmie Lee Jackson, killed by a state trooper two weeks earlier, could walk only a few miles each day. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carroll Ringer says a few chairs away and I look up at her and smile, thinking Because I wouldn’t dare wear old clothes to a meeting and neither would you. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Between July and October only a few scattered showers had taken place and these did not produce much water at all. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

A clean-shaven Pinkus glanced at his; but when he saw that Ralph noticed, said, “So you’re a few minutes late, forget it. What are we, railroad trains, we have to run on time?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long before Garfield and his family boarded the train from Mentor to Washington a few days earlier, he had toiled over naming his cabinet members. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Anyway, this story is embarrassing so I’ll tell you a few things first. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“If a few bottles happen to fall into my satchel as we pass through, that’s hardly my fault, is it?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was visibly tired, and his voice cracked a few times as he asked me what Danny had been so excited about. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

People were going to start showing up in a few minutes, and I still needed to shower. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Ivy flipped through the crinkly pages and caught a glimpse of a drawing she’d abandoned a few months ago as a hopeless case. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

During lunch break, I got to talk to a few of them. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were quiet again for a few seconds. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

One by one, the coxswains shouted a few last-minute commands to their crews and then lowered their hands. 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 a few smiles at Belet, too, as nosy folks tried to meet my "new friend." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Kapu dashed off a few steps, came back, and spun in a circle. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smaller of the two girls looked a few years younger than the twins; the other might have been a year older. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No, this ain’t right,” the Duchess finally says after a few heartbeats. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

There was no rush to get into the fighting; no one seemed to feel the need to get into the infantry, and only a few were talking about the Marines. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went to the door and took a few steps into the hallway. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then the buses pull away, and the flow trickles down to a few stragglers. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few weeks of sniffing around and assessing the northern half, Blake decided that Cora’s spread would be a nice place to tie up his dog. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He slapped him a few times, then took his gun out. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they walked down the street leading back to the square and their car, Fenoglio followed a few meters behind them, with his grandchildren running and jumping around him like three puppies. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I turned to say something else, some stalling remark, something to delay even a few seconds more, and then I realized that in turning I had begun to lose my balance. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s standing at the edge of the sidewalk a few feet away. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“And in a few years you will be married and living in your parents’ house,” Ghosh speculated. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The other boys were quiet for a few seconds. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

After a few days of coolness, the sun blazed with heat again, and the air was thick with moisture and infection. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the milk bottles had broken, but a few were intact. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

His father had spoken a few private words with Kevin and was now climbing back up onto the seat of the wagon. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Most of her newly shorn curls were piled on top of her head in a messy bun; a few escaped and sat on her forehead like springs. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They know we have only a few men left. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

In the daytime, most of the traffic is commuters, some school kids, always a few tourists, many more in the summer. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I heard the cruiser pull away, I could only wait a few seconds before I had to peek out of my window. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My squad was taken to a sawmill a few hundred yards behind the main building, inside the fence. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tufts of grass poked out from a few shady spots, but mostly, it was dry and stark. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

It took a few seconds for the words to start making sense. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The dirt kicked up a few feet in front of Billy. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds Fig promptly squirmed out of my grip and leapt onto the floor. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The LZ was supposed to be secure, but I could see a few muzzle blasts coming from the thick green carpet below me as we came down. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were only a few more weeks of school left but it felt like a hundred years to me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Lorena takes a few hits before passing it back to me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A flash of green glinted across a tree stump a few feet ahead, and she made her way toward it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They had done so a few times before, and Beans had always found something he loved in the refrigerator. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“But I can’t imagine it will take more than a few weeks—a month, at most.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

For a few months, we played almost every day. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

That approach had raised Oak Ridge from an unpopulated valley in remote Tennessee; when national security hung in the balance, as it did now, who would begrudge a few hundred thousand kilowatts? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In a few seconds he was holding a bronze and silver falcon. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then Jessica stopped going, and though I went to Monet’s a few more times hoping one of them might wander in, eventually I stopped going, too. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

In the town there were more guns, there were some new hospitals, you met British men and sometimes women, on the street, and a few more houses had been hit by shell fire. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When the song reached its peak in sound and passion, a tall, thin man who had been kneeling behind the altar all the while stood up and sang with the audience for a few bars. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When exhaustion finally set in, we took turns curled up on the ground, trying to steal a few minutes of sleep here and there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I thought about it for a few more minutes. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Soon, getting nothing out of me, Zach left a few bucks on the table and returned to his friends. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“No, I just cleared some things out. Giving a few things to Goodwill.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her mouth moves a few times before she finally speaks. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of conversation in which I established most easily my moral superiority over this degenerate, I found myself pondering once more the crises of our times. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Were a few minutes early, but the seats are already filling up. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It comes to a complete stop a few houses away from Iesha’s. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was mostly chickens, but there were also a few goats and hogs. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Silhouetted against the darkening sky, he hoisted himself a few feet off the ground and clung there, trembling and out of breath. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I hustled back into the kitchen and braked a few inches before slamming into my dad towering in the middle of the room. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The car stopped, and a few of them banged on the bonnet. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The old man stopped a few feet in front of them, deep lines of concern cut into his face. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I bring another glass of water for her and she takes a few pills with it. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

More than a few black laborers stayed away from work, thinking it too risky to cross into territory where trouble might be waiting. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was a few steps below; Ugwu could see the bald patch on the middle of his head. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No. In a few minutes I’ll go and tell him. But first we need your help to get started moving your house.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes August said, “Here’s what I can’t figure out, Lily—how you knew to come here.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chieftains were silent for a few moments as they listened to what the old man was saying. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was emaciated and bedraggled, with a few shredded orange feathers along its arms. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“It was only supposed to be for a few months,” he said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“And Baba and I had to take a lot of time off work for this trip. But, insha’Allah, we’ll come again in a few years.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

We walked silently to the Valiant, then sat there a few minutes without a word. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

So I go to bed and, sure enough, within a few hours I awake from a nightmare where that old woman from District 4 transforms into a large rodent and gnaws on my face. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly, she did community theater and taught a few classes. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

And in his final letter Ruess nonchalantly confesses to his brother: I have had a few narrow escapes from rattlers and crumbling cliffs. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were coats, candy, and a few items that she had no idea what they were. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Reggie stood a few feet away, but he was too caught up in the conversation to notice her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When the rain came, it hammered against the metal bodies around us, rattling a few of the weaker roofs and screens. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Boger and a few of the other dudes, the popular guys, decided they were going to drive into Spokane and have pancakes at some twenty-four-hour diner. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe a few of them, but not the black ones.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man looked at him, then again at Linda, and said a few words in a soft voice. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was delivered as a gift a few weeks earlier, though it had no card or note. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Until a few decades ago, bacteria were a genuine household threat, and although most of us survived them, we were always aware of the nearness of death. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A serving girl came over with wet rags, wiped the table clean, and made a few barbed comments. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His strength had left him; and in a few moments the sound of drumming hoofs grew fainter and died away. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Noodles walked a few feet away from me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

This half-knowledge works in me like a kind of possession, and for a few minutes I’m taken over by it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Alex shakes Dottie’s hand first, smiling his Politics Smile at her, the one that makes a lot of congresswomen and more than a few congressmen want to tell him things they shouldn’t. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You know that the Emperor’s a few weeks away from Serra—at the most. He’s started to plan his attack on Blackcliff—on us, the Aspirants.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Peeta and a few others have the sense to drop everything and bolt. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He takes a vial from his vest, shakes a few deep violet pills into his hand, and holds them out to us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He lowered his voice and added, “She only calved a few months back,” as if he said something the cow shouldn’t hear. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A strange paralysis accompanied his thoughts; a sudden overwhelming fatigue took hold, and his heart pounded furiously, and he panted trying to walk only a few feet from the place he had tied the mare. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“With the juggling and a few other things.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then, before the marchers had gone more than a few blocks, the line stopped and they were surrounded by a “horrible howling mob.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Vermont, isn’t it?” said the one called Betsy, and a few of the others laughed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The edge of the woods was a few hundred yards away, up a slope of grass that was horribly exposed. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We docked in Imre a few hours after dawn, and I went straightaway to Devi’s. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In a few moments the horse was ready, and Fitzsimmons passed the reins back and stepped away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One thing I have witnessed is that public life can change people unrecognizably in a few short years.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Varsity football and baseball captain, on my way to college just a few months from now. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few moments he lay panting, his side heaving in exhaustion. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Hessians, who had advanced a few more paces, urged him on. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

They exchanged a few anodyne words—“it certainly was not unpleasant,” recalled Oppenheimer, who stayed only briefly and left first. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It lasted no more than a few seconds and ended. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I tapped the bag in my palm to get a few more seeds out. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Inspired by my friends, I undertook a few pieces of my own. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

For miles it was either entirely barren or covered in the spindly trunks of dead trees, a few still weakly standing but most toppled. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then she saw a few blackened pages fluttering in the wind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, he changed his order. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Standing silently near the door of the dining room, almost like a statue, was the coachman who had driven the two girls here from the market just a few months ago. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Mullet Fingers scampered off, Roy noticed with some satisfaction that he was wearing shoes—the same sneakers Roy had brought for him a few days earlier. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suck on a few mint leaves and tell myself to get over it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I had learned that there are still a few salt ponds at the bottom of San Francisco Bay. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He would stop for a few minutes, but then give it a turn or two and my heart would slow down. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Bates said as she opened the screen door a few minutes later. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There are quite a few in the valley; also squirrels, and a few crows who seem to have had the sense to stay around. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The image magnified a few times, zooming in on my aunt’s trailer. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“He and Lorraine took the kids. They’re hoping to get to Tulsa. They left a few days ago.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

At a follow-up meeting in Boston a few weeks later, the women’s rights advocates were distraught to learn that many abolitionists planned to focus only on winning the vote for black men. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes Tucker came bounding into the newsstand and up to the stool and the shelf. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hair is still disarranged, although I tried to improve it with a few pretty pins. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The process was helped along by a party Loomis threw that weekend at the Del Monte Lodge in Monterey, a few hours down the coast from Berkeley. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Benji got a few more baskets and blocked half a dozen shots, but he fouled just as often. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

All we needed to do was sign a few simple documents, effectively clearing the festival organizers of any liability. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It would take a few hours to wire it up, but that's hardly a concern. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the students wore white uniforms, but they had different-colored belts-mostly white or yellow, but a few of them were orange or green. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

By then a few people had begun to gather. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was still a few hours before dawn, and beyond the small amber pools of light provided by the streetlamps, all else was dark. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Walt installs a memorial just inside the door, a simple brass plaque inscribed with a few words. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had been a few light showers yesterday and during the night, but now the weather was great. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

After spending a few days studying atomic bomb physics, Hall went to work with a team led by the Italian-born physicist Bruno Rossi. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only a few more feet and we’ll be on the truck. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I utter a trio of low whistles that sounds like a cricket; it takes a few tries before John hears it and turns around. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He usually stayed a few steps ahead of Collins and the others, wanting to go faster but grudgingly slowing up to announce his moves or to receive his teacher’s reply. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They had stood for a few minutes on the street corner together, and then the white man had handed him his card. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But for a few moments, Tally could read the whole thing, even without her binoculars. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I’ll just take a few more shots,” he said as he chased down the ball. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There, only a few yards away from him, stood the Witch. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, room three is decorated in pale blues and seashells, and the window is opened a few inches so the sea air can come in, even in the cold. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But nobody arrived after a few moments, and Violet, swinging the hook over her head like a lasso, tried again. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

But the fact that only a few of the lunar craters have extensive ray systems also reminds us that, even on the Moon, some erosion occurs.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when there was still money, or when I had earned a few dollars waiting table, I'd eat out and wander the streets until late at night. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Might know something. More than the Queen, anyway. Come back in a few days.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The stain this has left on my psyche is not the sort of thing that washes off after a few months of grief and guilt-ridden self-reproach. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

After a few moments, Hermione said gently, “But that’s impossible, Harry. You mean that you did magic without meaning to; you reacted instinctively.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I have hunted here before. At this speed, we should be in San Francisco in a few hours.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

In just a few minutes, there was a long list of differences—things like advertisements, a purchase price, color pictures, comics, gossip columns, advice columns, world news. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

His skin was pale and his blond hair looked almost gray, as if he’d aged ten years in just a few months. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

So I was getting a few books out of my locker in the empty hallway when someone grabbed me around the waist. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The little pieces of pastry Sister Fenella had left after trimming her rhubarb pies were formed into clumsy crosses or fish shapes, or rolled around a few currants, then sprinkled with sugar and baked separately. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Lucky Palace had a cook, a prep cook, a busboy, and one full-time waitress, Bebe, who had started a few months before Mia. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She glanced at it for a few seconds, then shook her head. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I expected the Director to seek me out after the Incident, but when a few days had passed, I assumed he was no longer interested in me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

There were, among us, a few tough young men. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are six or seven other pigeons on the rooftop, just a few feet over from where I'm crouched. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

See, last year a kid was murdered by a cop just a few streets away from my grandparents’ house. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They all remained silent for a few seconds, the sounds of students running and shouting outside the office haunting them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In 1945, for instance, AT&T began introducing a kind-of mobile phone service, derived from military radio technology, in a few metropolitan markets in the United States. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

After a few songs some black brothers remembered skills learned at the courts and castles of their youth, before their sins had sent them to the Wall, and took the floor as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I see a few friends—people I used to think were my friends—but they look away. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Everything that happened next took only a few minutes. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Hazel stamped, and a few moments later Dandelion was beside him in the bracken. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run a few more meters and then stop, my hands on my knees, breathing hard. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

How awesome, buffed up by a few compliments. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I haven’t seen Patrick in a few weeks except in shop class because he has been spending most of his time with Brad, so thinking about presents is a good way to think about him. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She looks at me as if she doesn’t recognize me for a few seconds, then turns away. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He tells us that the Youns have retaken our village from the Khmer Rouge a few hours ago. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I guess when 1 finish this cup of coffee I’ll amble on over there and punch a few holes in his woolly balloons,” Joe giggled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also took three bunches of sticky notes, my whole bundle of sharpened pencils, a few pens, and ran back to the living room. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Not even his teachers would look at him—a few actually started giving him As when he was doing B and C work. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I follow her, and she holds my hand and leads me to a beat-up leather love seat a few feet from the stage manager’s desk. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The kitchen table was still laden with breakfast: a basket of toasted bread, bowls of nuts, jars of jam, a platter of cheese, and a few slices of some sort of melon. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

In a few moments the men would shine their torch on him and pick him up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ma don’t like to hear about the North,” Tony said after a few moments, “because of what might’ve happened to Billy. We know they took him up north, see.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Fifth grade started a few weeks ago, and a couple of cool things have happened. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Roz took a few steps into the water, and her Survival Instincts immediately flared up. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t realize until I had walked a few feet that Rose was no longer with me. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

That night we stopped at a wayside inn where Reta bought fodder for the horses and a few other supplies. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For a few minutes the scene was deserted. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“We have decided to have the wedding next month,” Olanna told him a few days later. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

All this time I’d wanted to travel to faraway cities, but here, just a few hours away, was Lahore, another planet. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes the carriage returned.—Somebody talked of rain.—“I will see that there are umbrellas, sir,” said Frank to his father: “Miss Bates must not be forgotten:” and away he went. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Usually, the bickering ran its course after a few minutes, but half an hour passed and not only was it still going on, it was escalating. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

With every ounce of strength he could muster, Harry raised his head a few inches and saw an animal amid the light, galloping away across the lake.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Only 3 percent of Shenandoah’s two million annual visitors go more than a few yards into what is generously termed the backcountry. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

We knew there were no houses in one area of the hill, only a few trees and crumbling dirt. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I have to honk to get his attention, even though I’m only a few yards away from him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After New Year’s, a few days before we were due back at school, I asked my mother if I could go to Meijer with her. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He lands in a squat behind a pew in the front row, spins the lens a few times while looking through the camera. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Kids care about fame, it turns out, for only a few minutes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The ceiling grows lower, until, in the back, it’s no more than a few feet off the ground. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to have to ride with him and ask him a few questions,” he told her. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The president allows a few moments of unrest, and then continues in her brisk fashion. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Some stars, the supernovae, are as bright as the entire galaxy that contains them; others, the black holes, are invisible from a few kilometers away. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I eat a few more chips, fold the bag, and start doing my math homework. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But before I take more than a few steps, I hear his voice. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

For a few moments, Peeta and I take in the scene of our mentor trying to rise out of the slippery vile stuff from his stomach. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I beg permission to have a few witnesses examined concerning my character, and if their testimony shall not overweigh my supposed guilt, I must be condemned, although I would pledge my salvation on my innocence.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s funny,” Tommy said to me when we were remembering it all again a few years ago. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He figured he’d let her stay a few days, then call up one of the social workers at the hospital, find a shelter. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She pulled her hands away, and we stood there for a few minutes longer. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Usually, they just paraded Diko around the stage a few times, so this was a break from the routine. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She did knock my avatar backward a few feet, though. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Four names a few different punches, demonstrating each one as he does, first against the air and then against the punching bag. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m right here!” said Amos’s voice a few feet behind us. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“How long have you been here?” the man asks after silently examining the boy’s shabby appearance for a few moments. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t seem to hold on to anything for more than a few seconds. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Moss heard clapping, a few whoops of celebration, and saw surprise on Mrs. Torrance’s face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The minders struggle to get everyone back in order, but after a few fruitless attempts, they stand to the side, waiting, until everyone files back into a row. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

In a few seconds the fat boy's grunts were behind him and he was hurrying toward the screen that still lay between him and the lagoon. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He’s standing a few feet from me, and when he turns hack to me my hand instinctively goes to my throat to protect it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their bellies ached with hunger, and the earlier thrill of losing a few pounds before pageant time had been replaced with a terrible, desperate longing for food. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, anyway,” Leo said, “tomorrow I’ll start on the lumber. And in a few days...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Within a few years, it was the bestselling brand in the country. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though I was hungry and my stomach growled because of it, I refused the piece of liver for the second time, and I moved a few paces away from the group. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she’s like this for a few miles, I say, “What are you working on?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Could you wait outside for a few moments?” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The closest I’d come was a freak hailstorm a few years ago, but that didn’t count. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Once she heard a few, Anya returned to read the dragon books. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Malcolm felt a lurch in his stomach and clenched his muscles against it; but it only lasted a few moments, and then the aircraft settled on the ground. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I approached it incorrectly, my voice sounding raspy and full of air, and after a few words I halted, embarrassed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She falls asleep on the lounge after a few pages, and I wake her and help her to bed. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She and her twin unrolled the bills, laying them in neat stacks over a flat rock a few feet away. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They had both died in another accident, this one a plane crash, a few weeks after he had been born. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Or like last year when Dr. King spent a few months in town “stirring up trouble,” as the white folks liked to say. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

At the end of it all, maybe he’d come back to me and tell me everything he’d seen, along with a few more secrets about the universe. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Annie, can you wait here for a few minutes? There’s one last thing I have to take care of,” I said. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I actually taught the principal’s son a few years back.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was a few inches taller than Mrs. Wheeler. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swing it a few times to feel its weight and power. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Music is powerful, and music has the power to change people emotionally or alter the mood of room with just a few simple notes or beats. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, yes—but I may use a few pages here and there to wrap a few drugs...” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each knot seemed to take at least a few minutes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Just a few yards away was a huge hole, one of the grave-like pits caused by the earthquake. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Radar observations of Chryse were made for the first time—because of the geometry of Earth and Mars—only a few weeks before the nominal landing date. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Filch made a chirruping noise to Mrs. Norris, who stared blankly at Harry for a few more seconds before turning and following her master. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“The other group’s finishing their tour, and apparently our Recruiters have brought in some unexpected new arrivals. They’re being admitted right now, so we’ll start a few minutes late. Okay?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from a few trips to summer camp, this was the longest I'd ever been away from home, and I like to think I was toughened by the experience. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

At first he slid down a few times from the smooth chest of drawers. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suggested two alternative dates, both in the coming month and just a few days apart from each other. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Ophie shook her head, and for a few moments they sat in peaceful silence. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He decided to try a few words of English out on his new neighbor. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

At the start there had been a few boos and hisses, but it came only from the Party members among the crowd, and had soon stopped. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Graham had thought twice this time, however, for he knew that just a few months earlier Geyer had lost his wife, Martha, and his twelve-year-old daughter, Esther, in a house fire. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The reaction was surreal; at least five kids handed their sweaters or jackets over within a few seconds. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It seemed that he just fell back a few moments before and now it was black night. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Traditionally the tributes from Districts 1, 2, and 4 join forces, possibly taking in a few other exceptional fighters, and hunt down the weaker competitors. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess I could try. I know a few Nirvana tunes that can split rocks. But, Percy, are you sure you want to do this?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He did the same to a few more guards. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The kid just stood there for a few seconds with his head tilted to one side. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

That fierce surge I felt a few moments ago has already left me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I reached the town and avoided what I could see of it—a few shadowy buildings. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana and her mother led a few verses of “Angels We Have Heard On High.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And off in one corner there was a girl a few years older than Hazel, dancing. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The restaurant closed only because a few people in the neighborhood took it upon themselves to complain. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The commander of the troops spoke a few words, and our military protectors fell into formation and marched away. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brought in a few bushels of coal, then lingered, asking me if I were cold. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look how many people are here! And in just a few hours.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He begged his wife for a few nights’ peace but Lourdes’s peals only became more urgent, her glossy black eyes more importunate. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blink a few times and focus as hard as I can on the only face I can see. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

After a few layers I came to leaves that had lost their stems and were flatly glued to the ball. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I mean, they’d only been going out for a few months, but, you know, a lot for that. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the candy lady, who is gray-haired and never smiles, disappears into another room and returns a few minutes later with a wafer cone, pale yellow lemon-chiffon ice cream dripping from it. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He’d e-mailed me a few months earlier in response to an article I’d published in Johns Hopkins Magazine after meeting the Lacks men. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Moss watched her tap away at her phone for a few seconds, then wait, then hold up her phone to their teacher. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Some troops stayed only a few days at Walter Reed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When they were far away from the bandits, they traded a few careful whispers. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He started forgetting things he had done just a few hours earlier. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

After that there was so much bustle and talk and coming and going that Shasta for a few minutes lost sight of Corin and Edmund and Lucy. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have a few minutes,” Father said. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He tipped his hat to Kyril Montana, then moved among the men, nodding, speaking a few words, slapping a back here, pointing to the northeast there, he rounded them up for the march home. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the railway turned inland, and a few nights later they reached the Rusty Ruins. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mom also bought some electric heaters and a refrigerator on layaway, and we’d go to the appliance store and put down a few dollars every month, figuring they’d be ours by wintertime. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he woke each morning, he would feel normal for a few minutes and then sink into terror upon remembering where he was. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“The London of my youth,” Carlisle added, from a few feet behind us. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Pigeons, no matter what country they live in, share a few important traits. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds, Percy could only see black spots and lots of flannel. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes Mrs. Gates walked to the microphone and tapped it. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nosir. I’m leaving this afternoon. If it’s okay, though, I wanted to ask you a few things before I leave.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t the same privacy on the phone as in their letters, but at least they could make a few jokes. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Come any time,” said Marian, “if you are feeling bored. You only have to follow the glades. And you, Wart, be careful of that collar-bone for a few days.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went out steady for a while and after a few weeks Kitty naturally wanted to know how Mack felt about her. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was still early in the fall and only a few of the coppery yellow leaves had fallen from the oaks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Were those naive villagers collecting every type of seed plant that they found, bringing it home, poisoning themselves on most of the species, and nourishing themselves from only a few species? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were a few sounds from the audience, but they seemed to be holding themselves in against tremendous pressure. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His friend disappeared for a few moments, then returned carrying a wooden door, which he positioned like a warrior’s shield between Anderson and the fire. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Some days I feel like I’m still not okay. Some days I feel fine. Happy, even. It took me a few years to stop plotting revenge, though.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But now that I had been on one, even if it'd only been for a few weeks, I felt like I didn't want to do nothing else. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They hit it off and went on a few dates, and pretty soon the press was bugging her as well and that was too much. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jen squeezed out a few drops of blood and let them fall to the carpet. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

We ate in silence for a few minutes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There are only a few to be seen from here, scattered dots representing the rest of the Milky Way, invisible without a virtual overlay. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There’s no time to explain, but in a few seconds the nature of the pod becomes clear to everyone. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

For a few moments, he didn’t say anything at all. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

No circus had ever been held when all the fighting men survived—the crowd wouldn’t be satisfied without a few killings. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He threw aside the newspaper, crossed the kitchen in a few strides, and dropped to his knees beside Mundungus, who stopped struggling and looked terrified. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was a tinkling little melody, and in a few moments it stopped. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alice was silent for a few moments, and then she said, “I hope not.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Right away, we could rule out a few grammatical shitstorms, along with anything that seemed too technically knowledgeable about sex. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I correspond with quite a few astronomers,” Dr. Holyoke said, “but I don’t have much chance to talk to one.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She strutted around the table, shouting and throwing a few punches. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was now nearly three hours after noon, and they had come only a few miles from the Gates. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When they figured it was about midnight, they stopped to rest for a few minutes and to eat the last of their gorgonbladder roots. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The next time I glance over, a few minutes later, Ben has a hand tight around his crotch, the fabric of the gown bunched up. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sohrab only lived a few blocks away, but everything looked different if you were walking instead of driving. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

After a few min-utes they emerge as naked as supermarket broilers. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He emptied it onto the desk and quickly sorted through it: a few clothes, a woolen sweater I had just finished knitting, toothpaste, soap, a towel, and a jar of Grandma’s fresh beef chili sauce. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now, only a few inmates were out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They moved to Florida a few years ago. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do have a few questions, of course.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Colonel Arbuthnot talked of the Punjab, and occasionally asked the girl a few questions about Baghdad where it became clear that she had been in a post as governess. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few moments Chacho and Matt stood on the edge of the chasm and said nothing. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A steady supply of food and drink surfaced from the kitchen, where Frankie’s parents and a few others were helping out. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In a few hours it would be dark, and he could go after them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the wooden bench a few steps from me, the settee, but although I was tired, I didn’t sit down. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, nothing had been decided but to wait a few more days for the men from the Shadow Tower, and talk again if they did not appear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Only a few houses down, he found the source. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

An article a few weeks ago about the Senator said that Stuart moved his oil company down to New Orleans so that he can spend time out on the rigs at sea again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She saves a few shillings from her wages taking care of Mr. Sliney to buy bread, ham, brawn, cheese, lemonade and a few bottles of stout. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I won’t bore you with the texts that have filed in; there are roughly a trillion, most from Libby, a few from Anthony, and one from...oh, Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Let’s hope. Unfortunately there’s often a deep, wide abyss between good intentions and concrete action. And as unfair as it is, after a few days any story becomes old news.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t answer, and when Ivy looked up at him, a few tears made their way down his dirt-streaked cheek. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I glance around the Negro tables and realize a few of those folks are as well. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He walked forward to a second set of gearshifts in the back of the boat and moved her up a few feet. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

If you were more than a few years out of college in 1975, then you belonged to the old paradigm. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I took some pictures to prove I’d been there and spent a few minutes trying to straighten a bent pick. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, Tucker said, “So, you still think something is up with McCoy?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Like the way she had looked the first time Akira took a few steps as a baby. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

That would mean, of course, cutting back on some of his international travel, yet a few weeks later he was back in Tomsk, visiting TB patients and checking out the Russian programs. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“You okay?” she asked me after a few moments. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there were only a few minutes left before the train started. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miles away, we could see the blocky shape of a freighter steaming south, and a few deep-sea boats trolling back and forth. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

One of my last memories of Iran is my dad coming home with a case of Orich candy bars a few weeks before we had to escape. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The daytime crowds had disappeared, leaving behind a few strays desperate to soak up what little light remained. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

‘It’s early days. He’s only been missing a few hours. And in the vast majority of cases, young people who disappear like Salim are found within forty-eight hours.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat in silence for a few minutes. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’m too anxious to sit, so I stand a few feet away. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I manage to stagger a few feet away before vomiting. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I had sketched her a few times in the first week she was living with us, and the third week, I used those sketches to paint a whole scene with her in it. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He assumed that would be the end of the electrical grid for a few days. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Rufus shouts for a few seconds, descending a couple feet away from me, and goes quiet. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We passed a few more rooms and I didn’t care if the Amish were doing card tricks or shaving their beards off. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed the door and although I could just barely hear David beginning to count, in a few minutes I couldn’t even hear that. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cold air struck through as she opened her anorak, but in a few seconds she had what she wanted, and took a gold coin from her purse before wrapping herself close again. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I waited outside the office for a few minutes before being called in. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I heard her name called by a few of the others who came in when she was there. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Newton had never lived, scientific progress might have been held back by a few decades. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“And it seems that his final wish is to spend a few minutes with you.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I told her I wanted some books on hawks and falcons, and she located a few, although there was not much to be had on the subject. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were only a few drops left in the coconut shell, but there was none to replenish it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two other bruisers were lined up a few feet behind him and even on my best day, I couldn’t take out all three. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He hit a few easy grounders and pop-ups, and the fielders shouted encouragement to one another in Yiddish. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was a lot more to magic, as Harry quickly found out, than waving your wand and saying a few funny words. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Adele did not mention Grandpa’s arrest a few days before I turned five. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Frank brought out a folding ruler that he had slipped into his pocket a few minutes before, and measured the cuffs of the visitor’s pants. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Monday and Wednesday evenings, Sasha, who was now ten, had swim-team practice at the American University fitness center, a few miles from the White House. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At that moment a group of people passed just behind him and he caught a few words of what they were saying. “— packed with Muggles, of course —” Harry swung round. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He was with Miig and General and a few other men I didn’t recognize. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Before long I had a few special friends, and we loved making up games. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Even though I’d been kneeling there for a few minutes, I was still out of breath. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He sat and stared at Harry for a few moments, then, as though he had suddenly realized what he was doing, he looked quickly out of the window again. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

From there, it was but a few minutes to quiet sobbing. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

What had been cow manure and woodchips just a few weeks before now smelled as sweet and warm as the forest floor in summertime. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Plant and animal domestication began in at least one part of the world within a few thousand years of that date. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then, a few weeks later, she’d begun bleeding, and she knew even before they consulted the doctor that the baby was gone. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After a few tries she never missed the lure. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was late afternoon now only a few customers were scattered at the tables. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The test is in June and September. I might have to take it a few times.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Through a red glow of pain, he saw Annabeth a few yards away, wandering blindly toward the edge of the cliff. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Thus, Polynesian political units ranged in size from a few dozen to 40,000 people. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

After only a few seconds of Zu’s power surge, the lights on the registers began to pop like firecrackers, dropping streams of blue-white sparks and glass to the ground. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It seemed we’d been driving for only a few minutes when suddenly I was conscious of silence, and of Camilla’s hand on my shoulder. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was one product, sugar, and all the profits went to a few Cubans, and, of course, to the Americans. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then finally, after a few minutes, he calmed down a little and asked, "What happened anyway?" Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They watered and grazed at the Cahoncito windmill for a few days before they started traveling again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She also makes an amazing strawberry-rhubarb pie that won a blue ribbon at the county fair a few years back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Counting and reading a few key words at a time. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, he’s out back getting the wagon ready. He’s got a few patients to see today. Why?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The enemy army was closer now, entrenched only a few hundred yards outside the palace. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Jesper had expected some thunderous noise, but except for a few creaks and clanks, the machinery was silent. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I had tears in my eyes but Miss Volker looked revived, as if a few hot embers of the house were glowing within her. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Jaja walked past the study a few times, but when I looked at him, he shook his head—he could hear nothing through the closed door, either. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A frog poked its head up, blinked a few times, and disappeared. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just a few months into the season, I had fenced well enough in the domestic competitions that I now had a high enough national ranking to compete on the international circuit. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The bell above the front door rings back and forth as a few guys from school file in. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Reverend Downe held a memorial service for Dr. King at our church a few days later. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Once everybody had settled down, and a few passengers even began to chat among themselves, I scooted closer to Gum Baby and leaned over. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Kathy was loading up a few small bags in the back of the Odyssey. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And I know that a few minutes ago, when we saw Mirjam in the photographs and Ollie told me that nothing had changed—he was wrong. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Don and I played in many tournaments, and even if he won, he would come back within a few minutes, challenging me to another match. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nearly choked on it, but I let it out in a whisper, “I could show you a few things.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Leafie had also given me a few tips on what to do when the baby came, but I didn’t listen very carefully. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

In a few moments the creatures breach far off our port bow, once more intertwined in their familiar hateful embrace, forgetting us completely. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I sit at my desk, but I keep my mask on for a few minutes longer until my tears go back to where they belong. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Just a few weeks earlier Aunt Xi-wen had complained to the school because some students had climbed into her yard to pick mulberry leaves for their silkworms. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pasiphaë stood only a few feet in front of them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Liars get soap in their mouths,” she said, and even made me lick a bar a few times. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Dad seemed chill on the surface as he waved goodbye to a few guys on the porch. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“But if I see so much as the twinkle of a weapon on any of the medics, I might be tempted to detonate a few of the mines I have planted in the grounds.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

In May, there was no water in San Francisquito Creek, just a few spots where puddles had been trapped in some of the deeper depressions of the bed. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The effect was to convince the ruling groups of all countries that a few more atomic bombs would mean the end of organized society, and hence of their own power. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When I’m within a few steps, I flip my hair back, letting him see my face. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I run my finger over the words Mia and Jenna’s Log, Keep Away, which we carved into the soft bark a few summers ago using my father’s pocketknife. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

‘I’ll drink my beer standing up for a few days,’ he said to no one in particular. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at him without recognition for a few seconds. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

With only a few feet to go, I look up and pause. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Since 1982, the war has raged like a forest fire set with a few matches and a gallon of gasoline. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She pictured a little building, but after crisscrossing the island a few times, she realized there was no such structure. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I just need a few moments of privacy where I can let any emotion cross my face without being seen. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Sit down for a few minutes and you’ll be all right,” she said, “wait, I’ll get you a glass of water.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It turns out that all but a few candidates for domestication have been eliminated by the Anna Karenina principle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In West Helena we could have a home of our own, a condition that now loomed desirable after a few months of Granny’s anxiety about the state of our souls. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole shop laughed, and after a few minutes, I was laughing with them. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’ve stolen quite a few copies of Mom’s books from the school library too—every time they replace them, in fact. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Trees stand like spears, dried copper leaves from the previous season still clinging to a few of the branches. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have a few years,” I said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Yellow fever terrorized many major cities throughout the 1800s—not only Philadelphia and Manhattan, but Boston, Baltimore, Mobile, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia, Savannah, Charleston, and Jacksonville, to name a few. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Cullen stays by the door and waits only a few seconds before hearing someone else walking up the porch steps. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The MPs fired a few rounds into the air to get us to stop, but we were still fighting, so they had to part us by force. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They drove a few more blocks, and then Dad pulled up in front of Lightning’s, the club where he and his band played most Thursday nights. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he would call out the names of a few of the Murphy Homes boys. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes he looks up at me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

So it was she got through breakfast and dinner, but by supper she could only manage a few bites of stew before she dragged herself up to bed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

My heart pumps eagerly at the thought of seeing him in just a few short minutes. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I had only meant to rest my eyes for a few minutes—and who knows how long I’d been conked out? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The man clears his throat a few times. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

"I shall need a few moments to dress." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Adam mumbled a few things into the phone. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He called for help a few times, but mostly he spent the day in the lotus position, with his new sneakers off, meditating. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The post was picked up and delivered more than once a day—a few times, in fact, depending on where you were— and it arrived at its destination later that day or the next. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama comes into the room too and asks a few more questions. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Fig nibbled a few dry bits but left most of the bowl’s contents behind. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

We all pile into her office, which is full of beanbag chairs and has two mini love seats, a round table with a few chairs, and posters of poets everywhere. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

If I find a few buckets of pig food, that’s a bit more evidence, and the noises and smell may provide better evidence still. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The other two girls stand a few feet behind me, their expressions dazed and more than a little shocked. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I made a note to bring in some ashtrays and then I rooted through the wastepaper basket for a few empty cans. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Longbridge stops and comes up the mountain a few paces. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walks forward a few steps, arms waving, showing me a line that would cut the long, narrow attic short. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Just a few external monitors, and a self-destruct device should the bay be discovered. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I find the leather pouch that belonged to the boy from District 1 and fill it with a few handfuls of berries from the plastic. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But it will only be a few minutes. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

May says, “My husband wants to speak with you, actually. Not today. Tomorrow, maybe. He wanted to ask you about how Eduardo’s family is doing. He said he hasn’t seen you in a few weeks.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the aid of a few bald lightbulbs that hung a ways down, he made out figures running. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Aside from a few sips of champagne on New Year’s under the watchful eye of my parents, I’d never really drunk any alcohol, and “ambrosia” didn’t seem like the drink with which to start. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Though some traditions might be more important to a few of you than they are to the rest of us. Starting the year by taking a photo from my office, for example?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was the same person who had nearly accused me of stealing someone's wallet a few days before. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of staring at the empty street, Uhmma finally turns on the ignition. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He used a few drops of his precious water to clean it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Tobias presses the screen a few more times, typing in letters that make no sense to me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, I remember why I’m here. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Saturday evening, after “Taps,” Dalio and I put our guys down to sleep but still had a few hours of leave before we had to be back on campus. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Cole guessed she had probably downed a few drinks before coming, something to calm her nerves. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He reaches over to Marlena’s side of the bed and pats the empty space a few times. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

"Jazz, could you excuse us for a second, sweetie? Go hang in your room just for a few minutes." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He died the year before I was born, and we only have a few grainy pictures of him. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds Lenina’s eyes flinched away; she uttered a nervous little laugh, tried to think of something to say and couldn’t. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the convicted assassin chanted verses he had composed a few hours before. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

There were a few who were not happy with the attention I sometimes got. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

We’ve got the barbecues, and we arrange for Ritchie and a few of his friends to guard the beer while the sermon’s on. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I remain in him a few moments longer, saying, Think that over. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I saw a few kids leave . . . and some returned because it had not worked out. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They began to arrive a few minutes later. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They drove in silence for a few minutes, and then she said, “Hey, that reminds me of my favorite god story, from Comparative Religion 101. You want to hear it?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

When the old man, helped by Bilbo and some dwarves, had finished unloading, Bilbo gave a few pennies away; but not a single squib or cracker was forthcoming, to the disappointment of the onlookers. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Everyone says four years, but really it's just a few months at a time, and then a few months home every summer." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He kept dropping it, picking it up and moving it a few inches, then dropping it again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“No. You just switched to the upper class a few weeks ago—you can’t fall behind.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I got pushed or pinched by invisible hands in the crowded halls between classes, a few times by Jenny herself, but other times I looked behind me and saw no familiar faces. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was a few short months after the Minerva Goodacre debacle, but Harry looked as if his broken heart had mended. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He saw a sage bush far ahead in the distance, and in a few moments zoomed right by it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They cut across the headlights of the truck a few times, and I made out their faces, but only long enough to see a mom, a dad, and a girl about my age. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Since it’s early, only a few kids stand around in front of the school. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

For my part, I try to make some mental record of the other tributes, but like last year, only a few really stick in my head. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It lasts only a few weeks each spring. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

And then she looked to me to bring up what the young soldier had reported in the car, that two “politicals” would be going back to La Victoria in a few weeks. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried a few fumbling words that trailed off into silence. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

This time only a few fired at the warriors before remounting. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The acrobat tent looms higher than the tents surrounding it and the sign that reads defiance of gravity swings over the entrance only a few paces away. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wondered if it bothered any of them, knowing that thousands of indentured slaves lived and toiled here in the same building, just a few floors away from them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I hoped that in a few years the taking of the first holy communion would bring me understanding. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of silence, SJ lets him go, and he sits up. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In a few seconds it was over, since the announcer had only a few speculations and even fewer facts. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just a few cubes of bread soaking in warm milk. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We’d gone a few more paces when I saw a low cloud of dust at the horizon. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

A few weeks later Shawn sent me a check for a few hundred dollars. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When we first looked at Mr. Dill's case a few weeks before his scheduled execution, no court had reviewed critical issues about the reliability of his conviction and sentence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She let her face fall for just a few seconds against his shoulder, against the sleeve of his black trench coat. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It had never exactly been said, but I think Mr. Dubonnet had even taken my mom out a few times way back then. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The cold water does the trick for a little while and we manage a few more hills as the sun gets to midday in the sky with minimal shimmer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“It was like a few days ago, before the game. I thought he’d leave me alone since he got back with Donna. But he keeps texting me.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He advanced a few steps and convinced himself that it was Gloria who squatted behind it. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I still can’t see well enough to find the source of the scream, but I see a dark lump on the floor a few bunks down. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Unbeknownst to most of the family,” Grandpa said, “a few of your cousins have visited me here. None of them came close to figuring out what is really going on.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The problem at the root of such calamities is that humans evolved for millions of years in small bands of a few dozen individuals. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a furlong to go, Aneroid’s head bobbed in front, just as Rosemont’s had done a few months before. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell jar hung, suspended, a few feet above my head. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“And Schillinger and Old Hirsch a few days after that. I can’t stop them now. Not without one of us going back to the ghetto, and I do not want that to be you.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

What could be easier than to drop a pinch of gold dust, a few nuggets, into a wineskin instead of into the washing vats? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I did try to go see Clancy a few times to apologize, but he always sent me away with a stern I don’t have time for you today. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

All she knew were a few words, including some curses. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Each year, the United States issues about 70,000 patents, only a few of which ultimately reach the stage of commercial production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I actually went through the chalk because a few of us girls were drawing unflattering pictures of Miss Anderson on our slates, but that is beside the point. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When it’s my turn to choose the next cover, I go for “Suddenly Seymour” from Little Shop of Horrors, a movie I saw with my parents a few years ago. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

At last she came to a halt a few yards from them and simply stood there in the middle of the frozen road, facing them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She didn't say anything, just shifted some books onto the shelf and took down a few others. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z