“Do that again, and I’ll throw your precious sister down the stairs,” said the She Elephant. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She puts it down, and the screen turns off automatically. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I ram my body into it once more and it crashes down onto the ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the road, Ivan’s brothers were taking turns shoving dirt down the back of his tunic. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

All that day they plodded along, until the cold and early evening came down. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He listened to it and told it to slow down. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Koster averts her eyes, staring down at the new wedding band on her finger, and I have a new, ugly suspicion. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Papi stood up, and Sandi, not knowing what manners were called for, stood up too, and was eyed by her mother to sit back down. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Harry bent down, picked up a few of the pieces of paper, and examined them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Not necessarily,” he said, looking the hippies up and down as if they were animals in a zoo. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

That night the queen was moved to a larger cell two floors down, with a window she could actually look out of and warm, soft blankets for her bed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

So when I got home I went out into the backyard and sat down on this rusting latticed patio chair and called him. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then she sat down and watched the seamstress go to work. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She puts a cup of tea down next to my plate. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t leave the skeleton in the dress down there. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The moon and stars looked down upon their struggle, their pale light filtered through the tangle of bare limbs that twisted overhead. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was a beautiful day, with the midafternoon sun shining down on them, and he thought of what the problem could be, what was wrong. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He went down again and the other followed him. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Mom steps back, and Dad moves aside, and the policeman and Ms. Pagett walk out of my room, down the stairs, and out of our house. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he heard her walk down the hallway, he went into the bedroom. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She lay holding on to Roger on the floor of the basket, pressed down by the acceleration. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Electric lights lit the windows, and inside we could sometimes see a family sitting down to listen to the radio together, or washing dishes in the kitchen. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Soon he was wildly excited and shouting with laughter as the tiddlywinks climbed hopefully up the ladders and then came slithering down the snakes again, almost back to the starting point. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

If anyone showed up late to practice, the whole team had to do sprints down the length of the hallway adjacent to the cafeteria. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Jason held Piper by the waist, ready to fly, but he made the mistake of glancing down. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was just down the street from Bubeh’s, but the schoolwork was hard and I struggled my entire junior year, sleeping on Bubeh’s couch and wrestling with algebra every night. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inmates kept their eyes down as they did the scut work, emptying ashtrays and wiping the urine from toilets. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to the whole class’s amazement, Hermione strode over to the trapdoor, kicked it open, and climbed down the ladder out of sight. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then far down the road a cloud of dust appeared, heading for town. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because he’s strapped to me, everything he throws up is down the front of our life jacket. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then together they walked down the row of pictures. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I look down at the bodice of my dress, and I see my heart thumping out of my chest. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

On Saturday morning, Harry packed his Invisibility Cloak in his bag, slipped the Marauders Map into his pocket, and went down to breakfast with everyone else. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And they weren’t holding hands like she and Layla used to hold hands when they ran down the street to play in the park. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The boat drifted on down the serene canal waters. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guy yelled down to us through the bullhorn, “We’re not here to rescue you.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he went over and sat down on the unoccupied twin bed, looked at the girl, aimed the pistol, and fired a bullet through his right temple. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“All right, everyone. Calm down and take your seats. EVERYONE!” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I lead them down the hall to the room where Nora and I talked to Carlos that time he was fixing the trash chute. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Those sailors are playing games with you. They’re almost as bored up there as we are down here.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“And tighten your belt. Your pants are coming down.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, little monkey,” she whispers in his hair, stroking his hair as his shoulders heave up and down. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hurried down the path, my heart beating fast, my head spinning with what I’d seen and heard. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They ran, but already the thieves were sliding down the cloak and at their heels. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She looked cute with the zitful cap pulled down over her ears. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wish they could see famous Harry Potter now, he thought savagely as he spread manure on the flower beds, his back aching, sweat running down his face. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They set her down, and other kids started running over. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He looked bigger and heavier in his layers of fur and leather, the hood of his cloak pulled down over his face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Big as your arms is, it wouldn’t take much for you to knock down a small tree with one swing, would it?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The moment I entered the wasi, Father put down his bowl of stew and began screeching. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And when Christopher got up to answer the door, my mother stood and walked over to his seat, sat down, and took my father’s hand. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I find a spot in the corner to listen to the musicians build up the tempo so the spirits can get called down. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I wish I had enough coordination to have “attitude”! “Here, Penny, why don’t you just sit down and draw me a picture instead,” Mrs. V says, whipping out a box of crayons. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I sit down at a table by myself and am done by the time I see Sneaky jump in line for his breakfast. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

And the way the town completely closed down for certain feastdays. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The loud crash brought him out of his reverie; hurrying from the scene lest Filch turn up, he dashed down the marble staircase and along the passageway below. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He was going on down to the new part of Florida, but no harm to stop and chat. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

We followed them all the way down Court Street, where they picked up speed and then turned the corner. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Animals are unpredictable, and they can’t be wiped down with Clorox. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They laugh and sing and dance and cry and scream and fall down in a weakness and you wonder if they’ll wake up at all and give you the tip. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She peered down the sewer and saw him floating face upward. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Speechless, I looked down to hide the sudden flush that came over my face. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We went out of the back kitchen door and down the steps into the dark. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The wind kicked up huge swirling waves of powder snow that washed down the mountain like breaking surf, plastering my clothing with frost. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The kids would run down to meet him and wrap around his legs like puppies. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doubled over, shuddering and retching, as a dozen fiery snakes seemed to work their way down his esophagus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He sailed down the path, dodging roots, whooping and laughing. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I take off up the path toward the top of the hill, keeping my head down, motoring fast, Viola after me, Manchee trying to keep himself from biting at his tail as we run. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And there they were, walking down the sidewalk, holding hands. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Two Bronze Butts down, two more to go. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Cordelia remembers all kinds of things: the graying underwear dripping on the clothesline in the cellar, the kitchen paring knife that was worn right down to a sliver, the winter coats from the Eaton's Catalogue. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And beneath them, down in the clear water, yard-long catfish lay on the sandy bottom, waiting to gobble up any young birds that happened to fall out of the nests. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Now," continued the Dwarf, "sit you down. The table's a bit low for you, but then the stool's low too. That's right. And here's porridge—and here's a jug of cream—and here's a spoon." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I put down my roller and wiped my hands on a rag. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I sat there for a moment longer, petrified in embarrassment, before following after her with my head ducked down. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was a big, closed car, with a driver in a white duster with blue collar and cuffs, and we had him put the back of the car down. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He rolled out of bed and walked over to the open window, his bare feet pressing down the carpet pile. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When we first walked into the barn, the smell nearly knocked me down. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes, three flights down. Or the lift is faster, miss. Oh, wait, aren't you..." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Late in the afternoon the old dog’s pace had slowed down to a stumbling walk, and it seemed as if only sheer determination were keeping him on his feet at all. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Log-a-Log ripped the cloth band from his brow and flung it down. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then slowly back down again, his body shuddering, till slowly, gently, he lowered the back of his head to the mat. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt good to sit down on a comfortable seat for a change. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I dropped the spoon I’d been given and slurped straight from a wooden bowl, my table manners a distant memory as greasy, delicious broth dribbled down my chin. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Jaqen passed a hand down his face from forehead to chin, and where it went he changed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

So I take her on down there, and we have a few drinks and share a tray of snacks while Billie’s voice floats its magic over the room. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man offered Lou a seat, and he declined but said his wife would like to sit down. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He bent down to unbuckle the saddle from his horse. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Once Ralph’s indoor relatives had been happy to have Ralph push them up and down the halls on his motorcycle, but this treat was not enough for his rowdy outdoor relatives. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Peeta’s sitting on a velvet sofa with his teeth clamped down on a pillow, either fighting off madness or containing a scream. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Who wants to know?” said Roscuro, for even upside down he was still a rat. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Pong followed Somkit down the aisle that divided the room in two, squinting against the bright green glare. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Malú,” I corrected him, and set my tray down across from Benny. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He could sit down at the piano, looking as if he had given up on China, but pretty soon his left hand would get the cannon booming and the drums beating. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hathaway put his hand to his chest and sat down abruptly upon a boulder. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Countless times on that long Santa Anita backstretch Seabiscuit’s legs reached out over the track, stretching to gather up the ground, pounding down into the dirt, then folding up under his belly. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the balls left the lot, they would, as if by design, search for a sewer to go down. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t make down my bed because I wanted to start very early. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach forward and slide a hand down the frosted milkshake glass. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The law was all around me, but it had never come down on me, Trevor, specifically. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I step over him, and then reach down, getting a good grip under his armpit. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Tyrion was congratulating himself on his subtlety when someone pulled a hood down over his eyes and lifted him up onto a saddle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I put down the apple and took a bite of the pizza, looking away, knowing he was about to start. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mark reached down and gently brushed Ampai's hair off her face. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“He’ll just slow us down. Make sure no one comes after us.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When it’s time for music class, my feet feel like they are loaded down by bricks. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The sun itself was going down, and Mama came around the side of the barn. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“He came by last night while I was really sleepy, and I could’ve sworn he said he was going down to Boston—oh! Here he is now!” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Calm down,” I told them, although I was thrilled at the possibility of talking my cousin into treating me to a magazine. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

After a while, he came out and sat down again. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one devised this grammar, and no one wrote down its rules, but they came to be generally understood for the simple reason that they were based on the paradigm case of geographical discovery. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“No one is going down if we can help it,” Frankie said as Z looked ready to beat the heck out of something. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He brought the weight down, and then up again. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Biddy’s eyes got all round, and she sat back down. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When the side was as far down as it would go, the top could slide out. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Chiggen's sword raked across the naked face of a mailed rider, and Bronn plunged through the clansmen like a whirlwind, cutting down foes right and left. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

George hiked to Kelly’s house, her short afternoon shadow leading the way down the main road. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was looking down now, playing with the frayed edges of the straw mat. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jesus, she says, there will be gossip up and down the lane and beyond. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The sun was a quarter of the way down from what even he knew was high noon. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was blood on her cheek, blood dripping down her leg, blood in her fingernails. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Candice was already sweating by the time she pulled down the ceiling door. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I peered into the enveloping blackness between my feet to see Emma pulling herself even farther down by the rungs of a ladder. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I hear her sigh of frustration as I run out the door and down the stairs, waiting until I see the policeman leaving. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Piggy, finding himself uncomfortably embroiled, slid the conch to Ralph's knees and sat down. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He sat down at the table and tried not to think about how he was going to look on his first day at Stonewall High — like he was wearing bits of old elephant skin, probably. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

When the astronauts broke through the atmosphere and splashed down in the Pacific, we were repaid with an electrical storm. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Sonny and I follow our moms and Aunt ’Chelle down the middle aisle. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But then she remembered the hot sparks she had felt while sliding down the mountain peak. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The gate slams shut behind him, and he walks down the street without looking back. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Will, watching the shadows out of the corner of his eye, saw them slip ahead, leaping over the ferns to disappear into the bushes farther down. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

One sleeve was ripped off, and the other was so stretched out it was hanging down to my knees. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, Edward was ignored and forgotten about until the next morning, when Lolly picked him up again and pulled his dress down away from his face and stared him in the eye. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Esteban looked down at the jacket he had draped over his lap. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

After we ate, we all lay back down in the blankets and waited for the afternoon sun to burn itself down. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Tessie had come down to clear her head and have her coffee and already the day was getting out of hand. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I leaned down and squeezed through, careful to avoid the barbs. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Anxiously Curly retraced his steps to the owl den and pointed a flashlight down the hole. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked down at my feet and then up again to the shuttered window, and as I did so I became aware suddenly that my head was swimming and I felt hot. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had to lean down to hear his voice over the wind outside. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Binns droned on and on while they scribbled down names and dates, and got Emeric the Evil and Uric the Oddball mixed up. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

This figure was standing exactly where the real Harry was standing, about halfway down the third-floor corridor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

If it wasn’t for the sounds of traffic whooshing down Flatbush, you could almost pretend you were deep in the wilderness. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She stole over to where I stood transfixed, handed me the flickering candle and told me to keep it down and away from the window. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then when she Anally settled down she would feel bad. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She endured the stares of the middle-class teacher’s pets who looked down on her for the circuitous route that got her there. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to come down and watch. Bet a lot of people would.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I even enjoy the feel of it down there, on that shriveled pink snake that fathered five children so long ago. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Sisi came into the room, smelling of food and spices, to tell Mama that the Igwe had arrived, that Papa wanted us all to come down and greet him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry dashed out the front door to hand down two women from the buggy, one stout and one slender. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He followed her out of the room, along a corridor and down a flight of stairs. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

At least there he wouldn’t have to steal food and worry about the clocks breaking down. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Trepid had scurried up and down the long halls, uneasy, restless, ending up at the door to Dallas’s room at the back of the house. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when I see a gesture which jolts my mind completely back into place: before he lies down to sleep, he grabs at something around his neck. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I wandered down the main corridor, until I found myself in front of the door marked GUIDANCE. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Just when I got worried and started to shout again, the soggy planks in the deck above my head peeled back like a banana, and Brer Fox dropped down. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The ladders of meaning that led from every one of the alethiometer’s thirty-six symbols, down which she used to move so lightly and confidently, felt loose and shaky. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Rain dribbled down the storefront window, the watery lines pink with the light from Sam’s Pizza across the street. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some kind of bird started twittering in a tree farther down the road, otherwise all was silent. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she lost the first coin she banged on the machine with her fists and kept opening the receiver to be sure that nothing had come down. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Whenever she let her dreams take her down hopeful avenues, this notion stirred her, that of the town coming into its own. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Bull finished his first beer a full second faster than Colonel Causey, stepped quickly aside for Reynolds, who had sucked down three large swallows before his opponent’s hand had touched glass. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I shall have to get ready. But you can stay a little longer. The men have to bring the thing down two flights of stairs. Marie-Claude will see they don’t damage it.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see by the slight motion of her head that she’s counting the birds down by the water. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one down which Justin led her was lined with doors, one of which he opened. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The wind whipped up a froth of fallen leaves on the ground around her, and she pulled the sleeves of her sweater down over her hands. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

His words ring in my ears, but all I can see is my mom hunched over, trying desperately to calm down enough to say something. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He keeps picking up things, puzzling over them, and then setting them down again. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Okay, same game plan,” Coach says once more as I sit down on the other end of the bench and the rest of the team takes the court. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled a little and hunched down in the wagon until I was sure he couldn’t see me over the rim. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon, he was sitting down and we was all first name. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I repeated, marking down how many boxes of cereal we had left. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She charged toward the center of the fort, grinning down at her friends. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Between the car floating real soft down the road and Lefty Lewis’s boring stories about the railroad and the union and baseball I was out cold in no time. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I sat down again, worrying about Dr. Bledsoe as the fat man told Mr. Norton of his attending college, then becoming a physician and going to France during the World War. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She dropped her hearing aid down the toilet.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My grandfather leads me down a side street to a group of buildings. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Harry looked around; all three of the Dursleys were cowering with their arms over their heads as their glasses bounced up and down on their skulls, their contents flying everywhere. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Giants, six-armed Earthborn, and wild Cyclopes charged from the beach, tearing down the dining pavilion, setting fire to the cabins and the Big House. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He knelt down on the pier and held out his arms. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before I could think up something to say to Audrey, Howard plopped down next to me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When Zlata came down to meet us, all of us surrounded her as if she was a celebrity. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

His hand came down on my arm and formed a vise. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Look, let’s just go down to the two hundreds room and find 220.5203. We can figure out the second chunk later.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I hear Mai heading out of the room, moving down the hallway. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Harry ducked swiftly down behind his cauldron, pulled one of Fred’s Filibuster fireworks out of his pocket, and gave it a quick prod with his wand. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The principal, a woman with white hair and an iron face, looked down at him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Hazel floated onto the bus, sat down in her usual seat, and pulled out a book. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Before I could fasten them, light poured down on me and there he was without a shirt, holding a flashlight. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That leads to the dun-geon. You don’t ever want to go down there.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Viola sits down next to me so hard and fast it’s like she fell there. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I take off my coat and sit down at the table. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

An arm wraps around my shoulders, and I look up in surprise as Jackson smiles down at me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I was down there with him, inside him. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned to meet it almost without thinking, and clubbed it down as it lunged at me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A fine brown stream ran from the corner of his mouth, down his delicate chin. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alfred unfolded his bed, and sat down on the edge, staring at the green-painted plaster beginning to crack over the kitchen sink. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt a nudge on his leg and looked down: the dog had brought him a stick. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Fish that were local in their ambit made the net their neighbourhood, and the quick ones, the ones that tended to streak by, the dorados, slowed down to visit the new development. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

This time, the wind that howled in her ears and that changed the course of her life affected her own young body: she came down with an inner-ear infection combined with a disease called paratyphoid. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I get close enough to see down the hill into the Drinkers’ yard. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I glance up and down the quiet street. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Rocket came galloping toward them from the opposite direction, streaking down the stairs and then around the corner toward the basement. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The bedding had yet to be waterlogged, so it couldn’t have been down here long. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I feel as though he’s already let down his guard far more than he had intended. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened her feathers to him and sat down. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Everyone starts whistling and saying lame things like, “Bedroom’s down the hall.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Senior monitors started fanning down the aisles to locate the source of the trouble, but before the monitor was even with their row, Knapp's hands were folded in his lap; his lips, sealed. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I run down the path and find my cousins and friends in the creek wading ankle-deep. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Restitution or penalty they shall pay— and pay in full—or I go down forever to light the dead men in the underworld.’ The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’d teach him a trick, like to sit or lay down. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Like God or whoever put it here just for me to find, tonight, and now I had to stay down here and think about what I thought, long as it took. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Snapper. They call them snapping turtles down here.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

First she took down Salvador’s blue jacket, then Papá’s black-and-white checked coat. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Jay shoved his brush all the way down into the can of paint, getting blue all over his fingers. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She wriggled down in the cockpit of the tank. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then we heard what was definitely Madame’s voice coming down the stairs, saying: “Yes, you’re quite right. Quite right.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

His skin was a volcano, with sweat running down every valley. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He said they had too many places to go to sit down anywhere. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the dark uniform knelt down in the snow, his eyes hidden by sunglasses. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The hot juices ran down her chin and dripped onto her cloak, but she was too famished to care. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Hold down the flapping corner of the shingle. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

As we were leaving with Brady, Mr. Corcoran plumped the baby down on the hearth rug and was rolling around, tickling him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

After he drove off, I headed down the block to the front of the Hope Springs post office and plopped down on a bench. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Thick, pearly tears were trickling down the glossy feathers. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

My heart shouted at me to slow down. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Some of the beautiful slate shingles of these roofs were missing, and decaying soffits hung down from them, too. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun's hot and severe, so while I wait for my water to purify I strip down to my underclothes and wade into the mild current. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They put the fuzzy down and tell me its name. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The corridor was split in half with a metal staircase leading down into what must be some sort of basement. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then the action feels like it slows down. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She slammed the lid down on top of them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked it up and read: “Grace Long 40 Route 2 three houses down from the Normal School.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hurry down the block while my held-back torrent of tears splashes down my face. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I might very well pull him down with a running shot because I am a good rifleman. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How ’bout we stay right here,” I say while looking up and down the block for any sign of Mama. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, he was busted down to buck private each time he was court-martialed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

On my final floor exercise at Worlds, I’d felt a sharp pain every time I came down from a tumbling sequence. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Just to prove my point, I walked back down the stairs, right up to them, and put a hand on each of them. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Holness’s mates began walking him up and down to warm him, because there were no dry clothes into which he could change. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

They walked halfway down the block in silence before Benny mumbled something. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Setting Poppy down, Lina took off the coat and the sweater she was wearing. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

While numerous loud threats were exchanged, and some halfhearted pushing and shoving went on, Ruby Archuleta lazed over to a grassy slope, sat down, and bemusedly smoked a cigarette. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Turu spread his hands, palms down, and moved them out and away from his body, into the distance. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Quickly, then, Penelope the Wise, tall in her beauty as Artemis or pale-gold Aphrodite, appeared from her high chamber and came down to throw her arms around her son. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oliver, who was nine years old and wise to the ways of the world, put down his book and squinted. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Maurice says, Oh,Jesus, look down and have pity on me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Frank slowed down to check out a clearance table with clothes and toys. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Go sit down,” Matt said in a low voice. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t think he would lie down, too, but she left room enough in case he did. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The eight-man expedition was pinned down in a ferocious blizzard high on K2, waiting to make an assault on the summit, when a team member named Art Gilkey developed thrombophlebitis, a life-threatening altitude-induced blood clot. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

We moved from car to car, working our way down the parking lot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Upstairs they heard Jenny in her room getting dressed to come down to the kitchen; there was no sound from Jethro’s room. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

That said, she settled back down and ate another bean, chewing primly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He described how he’d shot her in the head, then carried her body in his arms down to the creek. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He quickly drank it down, then took his place in line, behind Magnet and in front of Zero. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Dad says, Be a good boy and go sit with your brothers, and he pulls down the sleeve and pats Malachy on the head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

People milling around, standing, sitting or crouching on the ground, lying down with their legs curled up because there was not enough room to stretch out. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We help her put down sheets, Viola still scowling, my Noise a buzzy red. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She started down the stairs, stopped, turned back. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

At the second red light a truck pulled up beside me and a young man in a cowboy hat looked down into the cab of my car. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman, bought by trinkets, gave him over to be cut down in the assault on Thebes. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to lie down?” she asked, almost whispering. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We were in the Central Park Zoo, then zooming down East 60th, past Bloomingdale’s, then turning on Third Avenue. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I turn the tee-vee set down low, keep my ear turned up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The last time he was stopped here, he jumped down, grabbed two fistfuls of rocks, and barely eluded capture. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The motor pool was only a few blocks away, but the rain was pouring down when Officer Delinko wearily came out of the headquarters building. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minho reached down and patted his backpack, where his notes rested. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The thin lieutenant came down the length of the custom house, holding our passports. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

A speech suitable for the stag night may not go down so well at the wedding, and decorum is a mobile thing—any good speaker reads his or her audience as he goes along. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh, so now I’m a church boy? Talk about playing both sides and down the middle too.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drawbridge came creaking down before she could reply, and they heard the sound of oiled chains as the portcullis was drawn up. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I could look down through the woods and see, far below, with the sun on it, the line of the river that separated the two armies. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like the Berlin Wall where one day it just came down. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I invented excuses to stroll down the aisle—which Baba acknowledged with a playful smirk—and pass the Taheris’ stand. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jason called down another lightning strike, but Ephialtes caught it on his spear and deflected the blast, melting a life-size plastic cow. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Fledge glided down, spread out his four legs, closed his wings, and landed cantering. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Downstairs again, he gathered the girl’s clothing together, stuffed every piece into the suitcases, then labored back down the hall once again and up the stairs. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But then he came again on the following morning with a yellow legal pad tucked beneath his arm and, a cigar between his teeth, settled down on Kabuo’s bed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

"A young man clambered atop the black metal statue," he recalled, "and attached a rope to Dzerzhinsky, but no amount of pulling would bring down this formidable figure." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Since Central was a white high school, the Board turned down the request and recommended the use of the Armstrong High auditorium instead. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

In the sand she scooped out hollows for our bodies and sat down, waiting. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down on a gray bench just past the machine and tried to catch my breath, my cough a rattling drizzle, and I felt pretty miserable until I got the cannula back into place. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I glugged down the pop I’d been swishing around in my mouth and said, “No, sir.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I was about to climb down off my desk, but first I looked around to be sure that nothing was lurking on the floor. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

One lifts a dagger high above her heart, but before it comes down, I whip my scim around and through his neck. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

However, it was still a great shock to watch my black hair falling about my shoulders and down onto the floor, where it was just swept away as if it meant nothing. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a hard time keeping my voice down. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Generators flooded and shut down, and the reactors overheated, resulting in total nuclear meltdown. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A roar went up from the crowd as a helmetless red-bearded man with a griffin on his shield went down before a big knight in blue armor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as I came back, I drove down to see her. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either that or the track, but I was going to end up there later anyway, and after yesterday, I wasn't down for another double practice. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They were too large to fit into the bed of the wagon, so we perched them slantwise, tilting down into the middle. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now the Russian soldier takes me from Max, picks me up around the waist, and bounces me up and down. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We went inside the cafe and sat down at a clean wooden table. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Watching all those people chowing down in there makes it worse.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

At six-thirty, Luke reluctantly climbed down from his perch when he heard his mother’s knock on the door. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was only the feeling of a moment, but it caused me to slow down. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

Brian had more or less arrowed the plane into the water—through the trees and down—and it was a miracle that he hadn’t been killed. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

She continued to dig furiously, her head down. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the east, a few miles down the ridge, a trail of smoke drifted out of the canopy. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She had colored her hands purple with washable markers that Gregor thought maybe a sandblaster could remove, and her diaper sagged down around her knees. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then Izzy went down once, tipped over halfway down, and Mrs. Richardson refused to let her get into the sled again. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jack Rabbit Jones on keyboard laid down smooth chords with his left hand while the fingers on his right hand hip-hopped across the twelve-bar blues trail. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what it looked like, least of all how to turn the heat down or off. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Yet I did want to go down as usual, get my eggs and milk and do my work. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

My eye could travel down the planking of any one of them and find at the end a shack erected by a waterman for storage and crab packing. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sideways it skidded through the air, hit an outcropping and flipped; turning several somersaults and bursting into flame, the backhoe sailed down trailing a brilliant fantail of sparks. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when he tried to set the little body down, he found that he was connected to it in a way that made no sense. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The smelly water ran down along the sides of the place like rain. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Johnny felt that she was comforted, he set her down and went into the shack where he had either an eye opener or a night cap. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each got a quick, concise lecture from Francis, during the second of which I wandered down to see if the shop could be speeded up to produce the purines and pyrimidines later that afternoon. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Not until, finally, as we drove down that long road to Twig’s house, Dad said, “I’m sorry the drop didn’t work out like you’d hoped. Would you guys like to talk about it?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then she sprang into the air and jacked straight down, paws over her nose, and emerged with a mouse in her jaws. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

"You better get back now,” he said and then added, "You didn’t write anything down.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it wasn't easy to run down this field, either, because of the tractor ruts. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He gathered the papers he had been working on and tamped the bottom of the pile on his desk to neaten it, and then laid the stack down on the right side of the desk. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Weasley put down his paper, and Harry saw the now familiar picture of Sirius Black staring up at him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He knew the answer: because he was a child ... who might tire easily and slow them down, and complain about being hungry, and cause trouble somehow. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mina’s eyes flit down to the carriage and then immediately back up again, like she didn't want me to notice the movement. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I knelt down on one side of the bed and Grandpa on the other. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A group of twenty or more was running at breakneck speed up and down the street in front of Central High School, their rifles with bayonets pointed straight ahead. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They squat down to listen to the main one that talks, and their legs and arms are so skinny you can tell just what shape a bone is. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I went over to the bookshelf and picked out a book, and since no one was in the Big Quiet Chair I climbed up and sat down and began to read. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tamika looked up at me, sweat and tears streaming down her face. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The Sunday morning service began when Brother Elisha sat down at the piano and raised a song. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“But he’s been down too long,” Abel whimpered. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

White Bear and the other boys rode hesitantly down into the valley. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

On her right shin, visible even in the dimness of the indoor light, a thin pink scar jags down from her knee. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When my parents sent me away this summer, I shut down all my sadness about Nan being sick, about missing home and Justin. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Balder’s body was brought down the shingle, borne by four gods; eight legs took him past the crowd assembled there. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Doon dashed into the Pipeworks office long enough to replace the key on its hook, and then they pulled open the stairway door and started down. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hunted around in the shed behind the inn and found a sort of mattock, and went down toward the stream to try and dig some worms for bait. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Whatever you say, boss,” Z said, and he slipped out of the door, down the alley, and across the railroad tracks, disappearing into the trees on the far side. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then he was down, rolling over and over in the warm sand, crouching with arm up to ward off, trying to cry for mercy. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Mesarthium, now”—he paused before laying down his next words with great weight—“is not of this world.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The two fencers had sat down to rest after an exciting bout, and Uncle Dap was blown. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I inched forward and leaned further down, to where I could see better. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed that I had been hiding for ages, and when the stomping and the screaming died down I felt lonely, cast forever out of life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"There's a place down the street," I said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Joseph put down his suitcase and looked around. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

My fingers find the handle to my door and I crash through, everything blurring as tears stream down my face. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I look down from the sky—slowly, slowly, not wanting to see—and just as I suspected, everyone is gone. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Joseph was confused, but he was distracted by the wind whipping down the street and the cold water seeping into his shoes. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She loped down the long driveway without looking back. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” he said, and sat down on the edge of the bed to my right. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

"Just ahead of them was the crowd, and some chap tripped and brought the whole lot of them down." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Icy fingers of water trickled down from the snowpack above into small frozen pools that cracked and broke beneath the hooves of their garrons. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“And again,” Old Sai said, sitting down, “I said, ‘You don’t know. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

As he sits down with a big bowl of it as well, he’s humming and tapping out a beat with his spoon. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I look around, in case there’s anyone nearby, but I only see a couple of kids playing catch down the street. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her long black hair spilled down over her right shoulder. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When the corporals were finished, they propped the Lee-Enfields against a wooden crate and lay down on their beds again. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Tia and Plip Flapper, the Stormville witch, waited on the other side of the finish line, crouched down, screaming support for each of their toads. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I run down the stairs and sit at the island. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I make a picture of Izzie eating chocolate chip cookies as the tears pour down my face. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He used the gesture universal in the north to signify friendship, and laid his rifle down at his feet. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Knock him down! Are you crazy? He’s on my team!” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I locked up the office and hustled down the gallery to see who was available. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he slammed me back down on the ground. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex leans down to kiss him, and Henry murmurs into the corner of his mouth, “Ready when you are, love.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Almost a week ago, Mama put it into two practical plaits down my back, but they’re getting frizzy at the edges. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

If you want to wear your pants down around your knees, with some big old chain dragging them down, a do-rag in your pocket, fine. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A tear rolls down Emma’s cheek and splashes on her cheesy potatoes. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He walks backward to it and plops down. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

They bred dogs for foxhunting, for duck hunting, for bringing down bulls, and for squeezing into tight places to catch rats and other vermin. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set the phone down gently, squared it up on the hall table, before I turned around. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We didn’t slow down at the post office. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s the color of your eyes today,” I sighed, surrendering, staring down at my hands as I fiddled with a piece of my hair. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The wizard went back to the desk, sat down, and twiddled his thumbs, watching the door. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And yet how can I move forward even a step without tamping down the despair I feel? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I shoved the bill into my shirt pocket and closed my eyes again, let the tears burn out through my eyelids and down my face to the street. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He looked down, and then glanced up at me through his long black lashes, his ocher eyes scorching. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

All you have to do is look down at my brother’s fingernails to see what he’s been doing in his spare time. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

To my great surprise he cursed loudly and slammed down the receiver so hard that it jangled. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I shut my eyes, shutting out, shutting down. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I went to the porch and sipped iced tea and Edith was reading this book and she didn't put it down when she said, ‘That’s not necessarily true, you know.’ The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But presently I gave command to my officers to flay those sheep the bronze cut down, and make burnt offerings of flesh to the gods below—to sovereign Death, to pale Persephone. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment, I’d blink and rouse from this beautiful dream, get out of bed, march down to the kitchen to eat breakfast with no one to talk to but Hassan. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I got knocked down on my face again. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath and look back down at the scene. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her words burn all the way down my neck into my chest like a scalding hot tear. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

This may seem like a tempting move, but it had its down side. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I put down the bucket a Sunshine cleaner them ladies is always smiling about on the tee-vee. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The days of the week did not match up, but she could still count down to when her parents would return. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It was a big school, near the top of a hill looking down on the town, with a steep road leading up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A waterfall plunged down it, falling two hundred feet to the ground. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Christina and I have been sitting against one of the walls, playing a game in which each of us tries to pin down the other s thumb. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

"It spreads fastest of all. We're going to need to shut it down before it becomes a citywide epidemic." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They just walked over the mountains and showed up to sleep in the town squares of Italian villages, washing their clothes in the fountains and begging up and down the porticoes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The Klan burned down homes and businesses belonging to its political rivals, and frightened many others into leaving the state. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

After about half an hour, he’d worked his way down to the section of the property where the earthmoving equipment was parked in preparation for the site clearing. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My uncle Henry down in Grasonville called to say he heard about it at the gas station. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I lift up my case and trail behind him as we head down our street. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

A flight of steps led down into profound darkness. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Pike and a friend came running down the box alley, drawn by the smoke, and I was trapped. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They flicked down to the true ndoro and back up to send a message of pure hate. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Pull down your pants and well soon catch him!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She really tries to be upbeat, but Mobius is wearing us all down. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Lay the stones level, that’s the first principle in keeping a wall from shifting and falling down. “The second is to lay the stones one on two, two on one. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other tiger kept creeping closer, belly touching the ground, eyes down, making a low, singsong sound. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Harley was looking down the road with his head turned slightly to the side, listening to something. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting in his office, Ron finishes the end of the night paperwork while Bo mops up the kitchen and I scrub down all the countertops. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He looked over at Ash as she entered, and she saw that a thin but prominent scar ran down his left eyebrow and partway down his cheek. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pod galloped beside him, slashing down at every foe they passed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The man set down the stack of papers and lowered his gaze to James. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The woman who avoided the streets let into her living room the woman who sat down in the middle of one. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, it starts rising—the vinegar reacting with the baking soda and making carbon dioxide—and now bloodred lava is bubbling over the sides of the volcano, spilling down the slopes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the steps there, I watched a green leaf drop down from one of the tree branches above me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Get over that hill and you’ll see a big farmhouse down in the valley. Run and don’t look back. Yell for help. Don’t stop until you reach the door.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Rebellious slaves were chased through the fields, and if they fled into the nearby forests, troops hunted them down. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

For long moments, the bear tested her with every sense, staring down with her weak eyes, listening, and most of all smelling her. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Together with my parents, I walk down the Midway. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Another redheaded Weasley cousin jumped off his seat, looking alarmed, and Auntie Muriel swung it around with surprising strength and plopped herself down upon it between Doge and Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We took Richard down into the church basement, threw a rope over the railing that ran around the gym, and were stringing him up when Reverend Abbott came along. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

After slaughter, the hogs were decapitated, split down the length of the belly, pried open, eviscerated, and strung up by the hind hocks on a high conveyer belt. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was ready, we stood back and counted down to thirty seconds; there was a great roar and much displaced earth. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped the car and rolled down his window. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

His other hand slid down to my butt. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He clicked off the ignition, glided for an interval, and then set the hovercar down. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Henri, when his shaking had subsided a little, rushed out of his cabin, leaped over the side of the boat and hurried away down the hill through the pines. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” Ma replies, “but it could come in handy down the road.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“What’s the matter now?” said she, smartly, as she put down her cup. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her Dad walked up and down the street, looking in all the alleys. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When we squatted down we could see, alongside Ruth May’s wide blue eyes, yellow blossoms of cucumber and squash peering out from the leafy darkness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he lifts my leg and uses thick tape to strap it down. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Chuck hadn’t given us any serious trouble in a couple years—someone in cool kid land laid down the edict that we were to be left alone. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the morning she would watch him go down the front steps to work and then follow along a half a block behind him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“And crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The worm was easier to chew than grass and went down with the first swallow. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Crystal sinks down into the chair, glares at my mom, and then looks away. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He broke down laughing, and his laughter was infectious. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You could probably fly down there once a week in a squadron plane and bring back all the fresh eggs we need.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He walked down to the rocket, and some of the men were eating a freshly cooked breakfast under a shelter built by Cookie. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Nigro introduced Bobby to writer Murray Shumach of The New York Times, the boy shied away and just looked down at his shoes. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, they were,” I said, “and to beat it all, the boys jumped on me and knocked me down in the dirt. If it hadn’t been for the marshal, I would have taken a beating.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Grandpa plopped down in the rocker, she went to telling him about it and got all excited again. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It circled the town once and touched down, and they ran for it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a feeling that the entire building could burn down around them right this second and still the old man would say he didn’t smell any smoke. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They were the defenders of the faith of Christ, of the principle of authority, and were not prepared to permit the country to be broken down into autonomous entities. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She sat down at a table and put the container of ice cream on it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Glasses of warm milk awaited each of them, which Mr. Barrett had placed carefully down after making sure he had an accurate head count. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I took a step, but suddenly felt dizzy, and the warm water kept pouring down my face. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Write down the names of those who know of this plot.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down for a second, and then I felt better. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Her lips didn’t start moving again until he was out of sight and running down the road. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody done tole ’em what to set down for. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

A woman walked up to the cart and set down a turkey. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s taking everything inside of me not to jump in the car and hunt down this assistant principal right now.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think this stuff’s going to fix what’s ailing me. Sheriff Dean is still going to shut me down when I don’t have his whiskey ready by tomorrow.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Doha slowed down and tried to avoid their attention. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She pulls down Axel’s long driveway, pulls all the way up to the gate in front of Axel’s house. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I moseyed out front and was cutting them down when he furiously pedaled by on his new giant adult-size tricycle that towed a little red wagon full of what looked like shoe boxes. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The minute the sun went down, the temperature in the stone rooms plummeted. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We sat down frequently to coq au vin, prime ribs au jus, and cotelette Milanese with all the trimmings. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was far enough away, he lay down in the sand and dropped his head on his paws. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

This is what I need to do, he thought, and he pedaled faster down 8th, through a Chinatown that was mostly asleep. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I bit my cheek, trying to push down that hope that was building inside me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But as she said it, she realized that somewhere down deep, she had hoped they’d somehow get back together. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He wiped a hand down his face and yawned. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I feel as if he’s right here, running his hand up and down my spine.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

So he sings, looking down, recalling and repeating the words, hands light on the harp. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the competition, he was feeling mild discomfort in the lower right part of his abdomen, and he was also having difficulty keeping food down. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Floating on a raft down the Mississippi to one mysterious place after another with nothing else around except trees and water, it beckoned to him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they beat the British in a fight down in South Carolina. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Looking down the peaceful street, it seemed no one could imagine the terror we had all endured. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down by Frodo and did not rouse him; but he did not dare to go to sleep himself. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

This made it difficult to look up, and most of the time, instead of looking at the jack, I looked down at the ground. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Cowboys often rode my way, chasing down the odd Tipped M cow or two. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Because,” and here Conor stopped for a second and looked down at the floor. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He laughed in the rain, feeling water gushing down his face. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘Too late. I’m not opening it now. It’ll have to go in your coat pocket, whatever it is. Hurry on down to the buttery; don’t keep them waiting...” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Whole civilizations of motes are caught in the thick stripes of light beaming down from two high windows. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When I met Mom in the kitchen she inspected me up and down, made me change from sneakers to loafers, and then we walked up the street a quarter mile to Dr. Mertz’s home office. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Kiyo and I would take turns doing this, up and down her back. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the daughter's baby girl was born, his wife put her foot down. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

In the meantime Washington had quickly grabbed a substantial lead, and then settled down to build on it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

For God’s sake, we’re living in a dangerous time, and if we don’t watch it, if we don’t smack them down whenever we can, then they are gonna own us. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was angry that he had recovered so quickly and felt let down that he didn’t appreciate the greatness of my achievement. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was so much pressure weighing down his arm, and he stole a glance at Javier’s mother. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You’re such a—” I started, but then I had to stop because the tears were rolling down my face so heatedly that I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to control myself. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You want to be careful; they can run you right down. Oh no, I think there’s a snake there. One of those black snakes. You’ve got the antidote in the car, right?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Stella looked down and tried to smooth her wrinkled dress, suddenly regretting that she had not taken the time to change her clothes. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Pulled down by the fish that hooked me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, Sam and I are exploring down by Tía Mimí’s orchid shed, where the orchids have grown straggly since Porfirio left. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“No, Jake. I was having a brainstorm. You don’t waste time writing things down when there’s a storm raging in your brain!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on the edge of his pallet, staring down at his bandaged hands in their linen wrappings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But the gauze that hung down over the open coffin moved. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The woman leans down and picks up the money and shows everyone that, yes, it’s just a plain old American twenty, unaltered, not sticky. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

All the while, Caul stood calmly, waiting for the furor to die down. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stand to look at her, at the streaks of dead Russian splattered down her sleeve. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The sun was down beyond the Methodist church now, and the pigeons were flying back and forth around the steeple, and when the band stopped I could hear them cooing. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For this,” replied the major, and, with an air of disillusioned disgust, tossed down on the table the pad on which the chaplain had signed his name. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He jumped up from his chair, circled the room, then sat down again, and Reb Saunders and I just sat there, staring at him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I heard them come up the steps and then the sound of bedsprings giving as he was let down on his bed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Now Mr. Tate could sit there behind his desk and talk about me like I wasn’t nothing and he would have it down in black and white so he could show it to me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It lifts up only a few feet above her head before wings are paper once again and it topples quickly down. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

An old Siberian Tartar, his eyes almost lost in the wrinkles around them, laid his bow down beside it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the way she helped me—as no human, really, could have helped me—by breaking down the interspecies interlock and letting her mind come into my thinking...There was such care, such love. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, if we have to fight them, I want a drink first,” said Will, and he took the rucksack down to the stream, where he drank deep and washed off most of the dirt. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weston sat down and drew her daughter gently to her, “Don’t feel bad, Gloria. Robbie has gone away, I think.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I'm about to haul my packs into a tree to make camp when a silver parachute floats down and lands in front of me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She wrote it all down, revised, memorized, and rehearsed until she could deliver her lines with a light touch. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She recalls that in his early years of teaching, he came home from school one day “down in the dumps.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

After her father left for the City, she went down to the grave every day, usually at twilight. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I walked into Mrs. Rouse’s class and sat down at my desk with my huge white box, the first thing that happened was that Sage poked me in my side. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I must be the weakness that brought him down. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm walking down the street toward the car when I see a black plastic bag on the sidewalk, fluttering in the wind. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

And the thing was that a lot of kids were talking about being down with gangs and trying to make themselves large by going to wack city and offing somebody. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But anyway, I tried to stomach down some eggs while Mom and Dad enjoyed these homemade versions of Egg McMuffins they liked. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

A man, obviously awakened from sleep, came down the hall in his undershirt, buttoning on trousers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one came walking on air down from the bridge, there was no lady in a dark cloak bending over me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to me as if the sky split open from one end to the other to rain down fire. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The people there would know how to track down Mom and Dad and Cleo. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

They walked through the town and down to the docks. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

And they voted to replace the bell rope, seeing how it was so frayed it would certainly come down by springtime. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I told him I would and that I wasn’t going far, just down back of our fields in the bottoms. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waited until Dr. Begbie had opened the front passenger side door, and he set me down on the seat before replying. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Scipio wanted to get up, but Prosper pulled him down again. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

His hands felt slippery on the steering wheel, and he felt as if every curve in the road were slowing him down and he might never reach the place. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were about fifteen feet away from me, being dragged down, into the body of a heavy current. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Quintus came down the stairs, holding his sword at his side. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Herold scanned up and down the block as he stood watch, keeping their horses ready. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robin gobbled down the chicken-and-rice goo so fast that she threw up most of it on my book about cheetahs. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He reached down into a lower drawer and rooted around for a long moment. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Kenzi set the ball down, opened his bag of chips, offered Simeon some. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

On the instant he was knocked sideways and felt himself pressed down. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched them separate, each from the other, and jiggle up and down in a silly way. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Just walking down the block with him, I knew couldn’t nobody touch me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Tell Robert to cut down to his mother’s cottage, Frank, and bring him back.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Joff had unleashed a storm of arrows against them, slaying four, and then shouted down that they had his leave to eat their dead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then he bent down and placed a range ball on top of the rubber nipple sticking up from his practice tee. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Watson sat in the audience—“skinny and awkward...pop-eyed, and wrote down nothing.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then I shoved him down the stairs and sent him tumbling to the next floor. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You can’t just ask for things you need. You have to chase them down! Make yourself known as a worthy recipient! I’ll distract it. Then it’s up to you two.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When she turned back, the domovoi was on top of the oven again, peering down at the leftover little piece burning inside. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

When you’re five, you know your age down to the month. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

His hat was so far down on his forehead that his eyes were covered. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held tightly to Craig’s elbow as he walked me down the aisle. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Whatever thoughts come to mind while you listen, I’d love to know them. If you can tell me them, tell me. If you can’t, write them down.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe then we could drop the pretense of Joan and get down to work. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He set it down and wrapped his arms around the old lady, tight. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And when they were gone, Candy squatted down in the hay and watched the face of Curley’s wife. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain came down in bullets, but it didn’t quench the flames. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Smith grasped Seabiscuit’s rein and led his grand little horse down the avenue of guards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor will I be his freight—some homeless fugitive that Luke Stevens must bend down his lofty Quaker soul to rescue. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

A quick wind squall could dump you in sight of the harbor and the waves could hold your head down and that would be it—all in sight of the yacht club restaurant. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pointed down the street as she came up beside me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“And don’t be all day down there—y’all got work to do back here.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Larson bent down to pick up his briefcase and his red thermos, and as he did, Dr. Barnes stepped out from behind his desk and pulled open the door to the hallway. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Late the next day we had got down there and were creeping along that same snow-slope, very softly, not sneezing, lest we bring down the avalanche. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Every so often, Luke would tell them to slow down. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A green trolley rattled down tracks in the middle of the street. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

As she said that I looked straight over the top of her head and down the road. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The plant it was made from sprang up first when Prometheus’ blood dripped down upon the earth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he lay down to sleep at last the silken sheets of the bed were cold as ice, and ever he wakened in the dark thinking of the Stone and of Serret’s eyes. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered, as I stared out my aunt Tracy’s bathroom window, if what had happened to Ben would hang like a bag of stones on my heart the rest of my life, dragging me down. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The wind dragging the whole way down his arms, across his open chest, over his face and into his hair. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She took the paper and pencil he gave her and wrote down the name and address as requested. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could lie down there on the steps of St. Joseph’s and sleep forever. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

There were a few more scattered couples, a full family of six eating dinner in a far corner, and a pretty waitress in her thirties walking from table to table, putting down silverware. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

We drove down Broadway, passing students who filled the sidewalks like colorful ants in a parade. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then he would let her settle him down into sleep. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If they had not gone to London, after all, or if Mrs Boland and Hooper came out in search of him, they would first go down into the village. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Cuz a black man put a bag down and walked away.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Are you trying to give us all avian flu? Put that down! Throw it away! And—take a shower, for Pete’s sake!” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Before the doors even open, I see one of those train takeovers going down, the ones where college kids host parties on trains to celebrate not getting the alert Mateo and I got. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And then, as if the situation was not horrifying enough, Gwenforte trotted up and sat down beside Jeanne, as if she, too, were refusing to pay obeisance to King Louis IX of France. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Just in time he threw himself down in a patch of long grass behind a tree that overshadowed the road. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the darkness that his arm made he could see ice picks coming down faster than raindrops had when he tried as a little boy to catch them with his tongue. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farther down, I could see the shimmering whiteness of the tall sycamores. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eye sighed and lay back down on his lumpy sleeping bag. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I stood my ground and, so he could see how scared I wasn’t, I stepped away from the rack of shirts and yanked my hood down. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

There were perhaps a hundred in all, in ragged rows of pale gold down which Betty’s metal spatula dug and scraped and turned. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She kept her head down and pushed harder on mine. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Luke, this is Ricky. He’s a supervisor down at the Pepsi plant.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She sat staring down the aisle with an intense frown on her face. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The county sheriff from over at Homer watched Miss Love a while and then went in and put down on a Pierce. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Even down here on the ground I can feel the wind on my face. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

With peaceful absorption Biff settled down to the details of the newspaper before him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Everybody in this house, come out and lie down flat!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Slouch your pants down a little, boy. You look crazy with your pants all up on your chest like that," he'd joke. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The front of the Corps swung to face south, rolled forward down a slope through more cornfields. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strong wind whipped up dust, debris, and gravel and forced the bus to slow down to a snail’s pace. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Tears left shimmering trails down her deep brown cheeks, and every now and again she reached out toward Miss Alice, as though trying to get her attention. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I popped it into place and lay down on my bed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Every time she closed her eyes, she imagined St. Helens exploding, and then a flaming wind sweeping down the mountain. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

We spent a lot of time watching videos of some of the world’s best female saberists—some from Russia, others from Ukraine—and Akhi would break the matches down for me point by point. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When I come back to my room, breathless from running down the hallway, I notice Nutmeg and Cinnamon are in their cage again. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his head down, fixed upon the old stale rushes scattered on the floor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

You told me you’d take me to your favorite star, that we could actually go there and look down and watch the rest of the world. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Ivan was in his nightclothes, lying upside down on the bed with his feet in the air. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He looked down at his watch to see how much time was left — it had stopped working. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Julia looks down at the ground, but I can still see her face getting red. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It was like the ceiling was slowly pressing down toward her face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I swung over it, dropped back down, ran toward the door and stepped inside. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying to figure out how I was going to get down the black stuff I had been handed. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucy came with me, and we went early to our old seat, whilst the cortège of boats went up the river to the Viaduct and came down again. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

In the dining hall, as I down my hot grain and milk and mushy beets, I spot a communicuff on Gale’s wrist. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The fog’s barely lifted and the volume of the world’s down way low—just me in the hush. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Mango jumps off my lap and chases halfheartedly after the pencil before lying down to wash himself. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s all right, Virginia, you can stay here. Calm down, honey. You’ll spend the night here. He’s not going to touch you. We’ll take care of you.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horse picked his way carefully, and then ahead the path dropped down a steep embankment; and beyond that, Winnie, peering around Mae’s bulk, saw a flash of color and a dazzling sparkle. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Dad sits down, with his own low-carb meal, the kids may have gotten up. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

On the way I passed just above the crab-apple tree where I had once picked a bouquet; looking down on it, I could see the young green apples hanging thickly on the branches. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Miss Larsen talks to me, she bends down and looks me in the eye. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“My mom tried to get me to eat liver at Rita’s Cafeteria one time. I wrapped it in my napkin and flushed it down the toilet.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He nods, and with that, she pulls out a printout of a sign-in sheet and lays it down in front of me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Guitar put his cup down and folded his hands in front of his mouth. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said to him, my sense of strain departing, as the car crept away down the twisting narrow road. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I looked down at my skinny legs, my bony feet. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But Javier pulled Moss to him again, only this time they faced each other, and Javier brought them back down on the couch. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My relief melted the fears and they liquidly stole down my face. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paused and looked toward my bedroom, hoping Fig would come sprinting down the hall, meowing for his food, and quash my churning worries. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Nailer ducked his head and forced down his anger. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She chases it down, then throws with both hands from ground level, sending the ball willy-nilly skyward. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway through, he set the one down and picked up the other, then tore off a piece of the challah and passed it to Misha. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

With Rosemont in the race, no one had any reason to believe that the horse Tom Smith was leading down the platform would be anything more than an also-ran. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“General,” Johnston said, “I’m sorry, but if we go on down this road the enemy will view us.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave me a dirty look and again told me to sit down. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me sweeten that sour tongue of yours,” he says, pressing it down. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She slaps the book down on my desk and storms off. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The bus put me down on a wide street with cable cars. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it came closer, the car slowed down. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no word in Lingala for evening, because this close to the equator the sun goes down very quickly, and day becomes night almost without warning. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He made me sit down on one of the boxes. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even today, banks, state offices, and state institutions shut down in his honor. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

So I took my shoes off, the Angel family rule, and padded quietly down the hall. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Later that day I stole a couple of male chickens and set them down in the field. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hear the response from inside the litter, but I saw the footman making a jagged gesture down his right cheek and knew he was describing me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I watched my brother chew his fingernails down to the quick, and then keep biting. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I could hear the baby’s high screams of terror and delight all the way down the stairs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He turned his wings down and felt himself drop. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Fadi stared down at the two plump dumplings smothered in a meat sauce, and his hunger vanished. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Miss Love, why don’t you go lay down now? You look wore out.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Kelley would do a “cut down,” using his scalpel to cut quickly and firmly into the flesh at the wrist or ankle to locate the vein—without cutting through it—to insert the needle. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He sees Powell, covered with blood, running down the steps. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Oliver put the books back on his bookshelf, shoved a few petition papers into his back pocket, then stumbled down the stairs with the enormous basket. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe people just hid behind a tree somewhere and squatted down, I was starting to think; maybe that’s why the smell. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes a few deep breaths and then looks down at me. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

A week later Duchess sensed another cold front bearing down from the northwest. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The sun had only just risen, and it had risen out of the forests which he saw low down and far away on his right. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He held the boy’s hand and they went down a narrow back hallway into the kitchen. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Then who has a hand in cooling things down?” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, the hollow lifted us off the ground—six inches, then a foot, then two—only to slam us back down again, shattering the booth windows, raining glass on us. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

His red face was stony with displeasure, but he held up his hand and put it thumbs down. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You know that. This comes down to you and Luke. And there’s only one way you can beat Luke.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Finally done dealing, he picked up his stack and held it in his hand, face down. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Every time her name was mentioned everything went up in price, which was so backward because she wanted everything to go down in price. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Fina reaches down to her chest for her binoculars and takes the tiniest of steps forward. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Drake says when he sits down across the breakfast table from me. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

His father was still deathly ill, lying down in the larger canoe that followed him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Her touch was soft and curious as she followed the mark down my face to the corner of my mouth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Then she came back, dressed for the street and, without a word, passed him, walking down the short steps into the yard. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Almost at once the Grievers had shut down completely, their instruments sucked back through their blubbery skin, their lights turned off, their inside machines dead quiet. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Or”—she leaned in close, squinted, and whispered—“what if he’s an alien sent down to probe us before the invading army attacks and eats all of our brains?!” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But the air was damp, somewhere—I said—and darted around the rocks, peering and looking and sniffing and going down into pockets and dales. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had begun it in the basement, but it was cold down there, and there was not much room, so he brought it out to the back porch. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This shoe will hold the great wolf’s lower jaw down, so it cannot move. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

After collective bargaining failed, Carnegie shut down its Homestead plant and locked out the union workers. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

The ground was shaking from the explosions and they were ducking down. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

George carries Ray, one step at a time, down to the creek, because naturally Ray needs to be there too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The girl jumped down from the ledge and came over to me and touched it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted one knee off the ground and put my foot down. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Message from Ewell: his troops were on the move, would be coming down into Gettysburg from the north. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Nash leaped, and we were cloppeting down the street on those two flats and two good tires, with Papa laughing, sipping from the bottle. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She scared you, Peach—she sent you down into the oak grove—can’t you see that?” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny knew when his own case would soon be called because he heard the Justice tell a beadle to run down to Long Wharf and tell Merchant Lyte to present himself in half an hour. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went and sat down next to her, straightening my legs in the same way, and tapped the side of my sneaker against her foot. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It really, really, really wasn’t a shot even as it came down through the net. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was upstairs, putting Evie down, and I was thinking that this is what I wanted, isn’t it? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was never alone, ever, especially not with a man, and especially not lying down. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Armistead felt a blow in the thigh, stopped, looked down at blood on his right leg. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss leaned down and gave Javier’s mother a kiss on the cheek, and she smiled in return. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Since the job never appeared in her personnel file, she must have turned it down. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They slept late the next morning and were awakened by the roar of a racing motorboat as it headed down the river to the bay. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they were down in Carlsbad Caverns, and Billy was praying to God to get him out of there before the ceiling fell in. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Slow down. Relax. Daddy is probably already at your house. And I decided to come with you into town. Need to pick up something myself. Is that all right with you?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Miss Watson sat on the edge of her desk and smoothed down her skirt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“We could go down and get the blanket,” I suggested. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Malaga Island was still forbidden, but he began to explore the paths into the woods above Phippsburg and to hike along the peninsula’s Kennebec shore and climb down to its barnacled rocks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I get up and follow her down a series of hallways. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was like looking down on to a sloping cloud-roof from above. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Its fur stood out in a handsome ruff around its face, and its tail hung down almost to the ground. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise pressed the drive button and the car moved slowly down the road. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I asked, trying to coax him into a conversation as I placed the yearbook down on the kitchen counter. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

To write down things in her life so she could pay attention to how they stayed the same and know whenever they changed so that she could be ready for what that change might bring. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

"Not too fast," the son said, writing the numbers down. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Ekon looked down, he saw it was no longer a child holding his hand. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Malik’s on top of me and holding me down. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Pa cuts open the skin from the neck all the way down to the bottom of the stomach. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya knew for sure the water would hit him hard, knock him down, make it possible for them to escape. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I can’t settle down till I know if she’s all right,” I said, my voice calmer but still shaking a little. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right if you don’t want to get down from the horse, we’ll knock you off it.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this way they covered almost twenty miles before nightfall, and came to a point where the Road bent right and ran down towards the bottom of the valley, now making straight for the Bruinen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I staked out a spot right by the sidewalk, where she could look down and see it. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do not know, Monsieur. It was far down the corridor, and she had her back to me. She had on a kimono of scarlet with dragons on it.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He squatted down next to me and said, “Let me tell you something, Tootsie. This could be your best chance to get ahead of what you did by confessing.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

As relations with Mark Antony broke down, Cicero moved to open condemnation, delivering no fewer than fourteen Philippics* denouncing Antony. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

My hair has been brushed out and then braided down my back in my usual style. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They climbed the stairs, passed down the cluttered hall, and mounted the steps to the attic. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Ida sat down at her bureau and wrote on a card. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Moss knelt down next to Shawna, unsure what to do next. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He cropped the picture, cutting out the buildings along the edges so that the eye would follow the street down to the water. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

From far down the street, I looked back. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked over at Emma and, doggone-it-all, she was squeezing that awful doll and starting to pull her lip down and cloud her eyes up, getting ready to bawl right along with the new-free folks. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Xan tore down the road, her old bones groaning, undoing spell after spell, before she caught up to the wayward girl. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

My steps slowed down, and I came to a dead stop, frozen there like a windup toy that had run out of torque. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grabbed the basin of a hand lantern off the desk and turned it upside down, pouring oil all over the carpeted floor. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The little boy kneeled down to kiss his master’s hand— his surcoat, with the Malory bearings, looking absurdly new. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another time, over in Japan, I was helping load a ship, and I sat down to rest a minute. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother grabbed the phone and told the caller, “Blow it up. I need a new house, anyway!” and slammed the phone down. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

At length, she lay beside him like a burden laid down at evening which must be picked up once more in the morning. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Instead of the careful, determined movements down the maze corridors, his actions are rushed and out of control. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tiptoeing down the stairs to the kitchen, she saw that the embers had burned low in the hearth and none of the servants was yet awake. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius pushed past her and lumbered down to the car, opening the rear door of the little Renault and climbing in among the placards and piles of pamphlets that covered the seat. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I buttoned the braces on to the trousers, six buttons in all, then I put on the trousers and adjusted the braces to the correct length by sliding two brass clips up and down. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spotlights following him, he scampered to the nearest spiral staircase, slid down the banister, and dismounted with an impressive backflip. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

You can hear the women wailing all up and down the block. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I pull out a chair and set down. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After I laid my life out like an open book, I couldn’t help but break down and cry. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“That border is locked down tight,” Nina said. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He glanced down the hall, then back at Diana. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And now the peach had broken out of the garden and was over the edge of the hill, rolling and bouncing down the steep slope at a terrific pace. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

A truck is blocking the street in front of them: a red-faced cop standing in front of it waves and shouts and points them down the nearest street. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Then Zak is on me, raining blows down on my head, my neck. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She looked up at the thick trees, then back down into the hole. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

We’d row it all the way down the Corsica River to Pioneer Point, where the Russian embassy in Washington, D.C., has a summer place. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

They slipped down the ladder and out the door. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I just nod, my head swinging wildly up and down. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He sat down with a sigh in the only chair. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Kit rose thankfully for the final prayer, and stood respectfully with the rest of the congregation till the minister had passed down the aisle to the door. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Through the open door she could see her employer pacing up and down with a desolate air. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want him to see me,” I say, staring down at my empty coffee cup. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I have my own priorities: Gale’s family, Greasy Sae, some of the other Hob traders who were shut down. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

O’Dell was waiting for us, having walked down to the Cape from Frog Level. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s bright blue and purple and says Gertrude Nix Rock Camp for Girls, with pictures of girls screaming into microphones, guitars weighing down their shoulders, drumsticks flying. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

If you forget to knock before you put down that second-to-last card, you pick up four. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

A third were told that while they listened to the taped radio editorial they should nod their heads vigorously up and down. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sit down and drink this,” he said, and filled a small glass with a dark golden liquid. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down again and took up his sceptre. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He reached down and grabbed one of the vines that went all the way to the ground and wrapped his hand around it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was vomiting and the vomit ran down his chest and stomach and dirtied his swimming trunks. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby pulled it down so he could get a better look. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Off to their left, a shadowy shape soared past and then dipped sharply down. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A wayward teardrop slipped down the side of my nose. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He put his head down on the table. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

And Faramir, catching his strange voice among the clamour of the men of the City, turned and looked down at him and was amazed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Dr. Cajazeira carefully cleaned and dressed Roosevelt’s bloody wound before the expedition got back in the canoes and headed down the river. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He’s not a lame or anything like that but he’s more down with his mind than his hands. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they pushed off down the river again, Tiller said, “Florida? Aside from that scary toothless lunatic’s place, did you and Dallas ever get sent anywhere else?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The superintendent found a guy who hung himself up. He even cut him down.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe God had created her just like this, plunking her down old and white and with her hair tied back, without any preliminaries at all. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Rob wants everybody to go down!” he declared, shouting to make himself heard above the wind. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Suzman listened attentively, jotting down what I said in a small notebook, and promised to take these matters up with the minister of justice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They run up the narrow street, peering down side alleys, stopping to check doorways, gazing again and again at that tower of black smoke. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Blessington yelled at me, “I can handle this. Sit back down!” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I cap the marker and grab one corner of the calendar and rip it down. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Don’t beg or bow down to anyone. Pretend that they shot me a long time ago.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

"Sure, honey," he said, and wrote the words down neatly. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The proof was right there—no matter how high we climbed, there would always be someone a step higher, to stomp down on our faces. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Tristan Strong. Hmph. Well, Tristan Strong, what are you doing flopping about in the Burning Sea? You could’ve dragged us all down into a right nasty time trying to rescue you.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

At last they came to a spring that bubbled out of a tiny little cleft in the rocky red hillside, and the Huntsman dismounted and knelt down to it, cupping up a handful of water. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He gave her arm a hard wrench, pulling her around and shoving her down onto the bed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If these people got to the Flat Trans before someone shut it down or destroyed it... The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There must be no more fighting in narrow runs, and when the terrible Chief Rabbit finally appeared he would be pulled down in the open, from all sides. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down on a ballast-sack of sand there in the windy glare and darkness of the port. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bronwyn knelt down and set Miss Peregrine on the ground on her side, then reached under her wing and pretended to wind something. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

If she was up there, down there, out there, somewhere, maybe she would laugh. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Only the rolling sea and the bars of rich, cool light and the boat sliding up and down easily, as she was meant to, on the gende swells. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Fanning drank hers down in several greedy swallows, then ordered another. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Then I lit my own two candles and knelt down beside him. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And away in the North-west there seemed to be another darkness brooding about the feet of the Misty Mountains, a shadow that crept down slowly from the Wizard’s Vale. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She looked anxiously down, but none of the maids had noticed anything. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Halfway down one foreleg, his fingers tracing the bones and soft tissues of the lower leg, Smith paused. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A screen door slammed shut and a lawnmower started up somewhere down the street. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clock ticks with its pendulum, keeping time; my feet in their neat red shoes count the way down. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He removed two buckets of stuff from the couch—it looked like mostly shoe heels—and flopped down on the cushions. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a miserably wet, blustery day, with rain slanting down out of dark skies in torrents—no kind of day for standing out in the elements and watching a race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“If they keep on shooting me down this way, I don’t know where I’m going to be.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Miracle of miracles, I didn’t rush down the stairs, but waited quietly until he rang the bell. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Everybody raced around the room and sat down at separate desks to start tapping on the glass computer pads. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I’d wait to hear the door shut and only then I would walk down to eat. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me tell you what happened this summer. This boy. I just wanted to climb up and down and all around him.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Down and down it went, not leaving his sight until it grew too small to see. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But now she was crossing the street and running wildly only to go down at the curb and standing and going down again, with a bumped backside, completely unsteady, now that her momentum was gone. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feral asked, even as he slid his hand down over her hip. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As she looks between me and the crypt, I run my gaze lazily down her body. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Jack's arm came down; the heaving circle cheered and made pig-dying noises. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And around about then, the darkness gulped him down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Once the gate was opened, others flooded in and began battening down for the thirty-six-hour vigil. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, do sit down, young man,” Old Mother Virginia Brimworth chided. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A tinge of panic sent her attention reeling back to the fifth floor just in time to see one of Robbie’s painted giants swing down on her from the rafters. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“All right — I only came in here because people outside are behaving very childishly, racing up and down the corridors,” said Hermione in a sniffy voice. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And he at once lay down again, back to back with the cat as they had been at the beginning of the night. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Owen is at least smart enough to keep his voice down so it won’t be overheard. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

At a girls’ school you didn’t have to be so vigilant about keeping your knees together or your skirt tugged down. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I lifted a cleaned clump and lightly rubbed it against my smooth left cheek, up and down, side to side. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Gat walks the slant of the roof, all the way down to the gutter and up again. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

With a burst, I ran past him down the alley. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Below this, a bit of open scrubland dropped sharply down into the forest proper. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Tyson knelt down to help, but it was too late. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He pointed down the road with his free hand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

By midnight we had chopped down four lightning trees. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slid down along the curve of her stomach until she could no longer see his face and her hands were in his hair. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I walk down the cramped hallway that presses against me like an exhale, and into the sunlit halls beyond it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Margo rolled down the window, and I felt the thick air blow across my face, warmer than night ought to be. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Put down your weapon!” the guard screams at the end of the hallway. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The eagle was carrying a swastika and looking down. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he sits down on the red velvet sofa and leans his head back and closes his eyes and listens. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took another drink of the red pop and saw that when I was raising the bottle I’d accidentally let some of the sandwich slip out of my mouth down into the pop. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He walked up and eased himself down beside him and they sat watching the leaden sea lift and fall beyond the breakers. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

As he sat down ready to pronounce the Om, Siddhartha softly recited the verse: ”Om is the bow, the arrow is the soul, Brahman is the arrow’s goal At which one aims unflinchingly.” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry said, sidestepping Snape before Snape could speak, “Mr. Crouch is here — he’s down in the forest, he wants to speak to you!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He thumbed the pack down off his shoulder and sat and opened it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The inside of the school looked like a maze of stucco walls, each hall exactly like the one she had just come down, or turned around in and walked back the other way. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

We take the sacks he gave us, slide off the seat, and hurry back down the street while he drives away. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The path continued rising and falling for about another quarter of a mile, then dipped down into a hollow. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Lee and the boys began softly, “Spark up—gas down, switch over to Bat.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She drove to the bookstore in the Inner Harbor, took down copies of the different women’s magazines from the display shelf, and led the way to the cafe. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The fairy turned in the air, looked down, cast him a final injured glance, and flew away. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Jesus plucks three sweaters from a nylon bag, hand-me- downs from relatives. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

My uncle Pedro stood looking down at the ground for a long time. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started up, then changed his mind and sat down again while the air rang. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Max pauses at all the steep edges along the trail and throws pebbles down into the sea. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

No way could I ever live this down in only one lifetime. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

"And for discipline? Sit down, please, it's hot . . ." "And for discipline. And for orders and consultation when it's possible to have them," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Remember, Kabir—we chuck hot drinks or hard stones at life when it's trying to beat us down." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Why, sometimes I’ve felt I ought to jump down off that stand and get physical with some of those brainwashed white man’s tools, parrots, puppets. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before dinner, Tyson and I went down to the sword arena. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

However, Mark Antony’s men would not back down, leaving Octavian no other choice. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

He moved me toward the living room and sat me down on the couch. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath and force myself to look down. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Piper tried to pull Nico to safety, but one of the bags caught her shoulder and knocked her down. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The first step was to stick the scraps of paper down. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Endovier sentries usually shoot a man down before he’s moved three feet.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Then how come he doesn’t just shut the place down? I mean, he’s the captain, he can do anything he wants on his ship, right?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The skeleton of a large junk, its ribs lying bare, its backbone running straight and true down the bottom. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere between last summer and now, our daddy cemented the swing set down. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He needed a way down to the highway—fast. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He sits down on the other side of me. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Desperately he clung by his toenails as Brad walked out of the room and slowly down the hall. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then he came back and sat down as though this was as normal as talking on the telephone. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, man, but no. I’m waiting for a phone call. My girlfriend’s car broke down.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Freddie yelled, as I sat down as far away from him as possible. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, tourists from all over the globe came flocking to gaze down in wonder at the nine horrendous man-eating giants in the great pit. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t use the lights, because she wanted to get close and find somewhere to land before they saw her and shot her down. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I told her I wasn’t hungry, and I lay down on the couch. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Emma shouted “Get down!” and we ducked for cover as bees tumbled over our skin, our hair. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Monday said, out of breath as she turned down the music. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But I quickly tamped down the screaming voice inside my head and collected my wits, along with the few available facts. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

She clears her throat again and looks down at the bedspread. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He lay down in front of the fire, folded his wings contentedly, and seemed ready for a good nap. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And with that, my mother waved her hand over the mist, and the connection dissolved, leaving me with one final image of her new friend, Mr. Blowfish, smiling down at her. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

He snagged an orange as he started down the hillside. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He got me a man’s job unloadin’ freight barges that come down the Yazoo. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Beyond rose Middle Mountain, just 2,500 feet high but acutely angled and an entirely different experience on a hot day with a cumbersome pack sagging down on tender shoulders. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath to slow down my lungs. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And she snapped a little twig off the pine branch she flew with, and sniffed the sharp resin smell with greedy pleasure, before flying slowly down to join the sleepers on the grass. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shouted, jumping to my feet and charging down the steps in front of my house. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He abruptly let go of her and she crumpled down to her knees, her breath rasping in her lungs. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tracked him down to my parent’s wagon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dimly Frodo saw the river below him rise, and down along its course there came a plumed cavalry of waves. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what we do to troublemakers down here?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fan mail,” Van Houten answered as he sat down in the lounge chair. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I introduced them all around and they started to sit down, but there was not enough room, so we all moved over to the big table by the wall to have coffee. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Searchlight pulled the sled down Main Street past the crowd. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad was better at calming me down than I ever gave him credit for. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Before he could answer, the apartment door flew open and a man in his underwear was yelling down to Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I stepped down the stairs with my head held high and my back straight. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I slipped into the bathroom as my mom stormed down the hall. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The door swung down, and a wooden ladder clattered into place. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I follow him down the hallway to our lockers. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a shame I learned to keep down a long time ago. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When her hair is down, our family says we resemble each other, but I can’t see it, even though we share the same dark eyebrows and full lips. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He took the money out—a thin roll of demon dollar bills—and tossed the birdhouse down. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emmett enjoyed having me around — he thought my bizarre human reactions were hilarious ... or maybe it was just the fact that I fell down a lot that he found so funny. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Whenever I hear a shell coming I drop down on one knee with the pan and the pancakes, and duck behind the wall of the window. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then the ranger had the second body down to the skin and was dragging it by the arms. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The very air seemed to weigh him down, like a warm wet blanket across his head and shoulders. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He let all kinds of new theories drop in lazy pebbles down through his mind, turning, throwing out dull flashes of light. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and got another hunk of ice and put it in his drink, then he sat down again. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I walked back to the central yard and glanced down at the purple-inked paper. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Long after they had finished drinking an old horse appeared over the brow of the hill and came painfully down. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days in advance of the meeting, Birge sat down with a stack of index cards to construct his case for giving Lawrence whatever was necessary to keep him at Berkeley. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

People wave, but it doesn’t slow down or change direction. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I walk out of the library, down the hall, through the front doors. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

She looked down at her bare feet sinking slightly into the mossy ground, leaving footsteps. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Grandma slid off the stool, walked down an aisle, opened a trunk, and withdrew an ornate box embossed with vines and flowers. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She sat down in the other chair and leaned across the table to take Bebe’s hand. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I sprint down the street, my wound throbbing in protest. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Not now, we got a horde bearing down on us. I reckon we've dawdled long enough.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I look down past stars to a terrifying darkness. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How was the drive down here?” she asked, looking at Jaja. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I spun around, heart in my throat, as I caught a glimpse of a dark shape falling from the sky, feathers fluttering down like black snow. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I sat down and rubbed them with my hands. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Us walking with our heads down meant that the guys were convinced we were going to blow. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jethro scrambled down the ladder and ran out into the yard. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

In space, who knows what is up and down? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A light wind could probably knock him down and shatter his bones. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Iron Emmett’s fledglings cheered their lord commander at the start, but the relentless speed of Rattleshirt’s attack soon beat them down to silence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Johnson had put Lieutenant Carroll down and was setting up the M-60. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The small circle continued to lower, going down, down toward the water, and the string in Yishan’s hand stretched longer and longer. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He dropped it without slowing down, then flew over the cliff, over Frightful, over Drum, over the woods, and out of sight. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He sits down beside me on the couch, facing me, eyes on me the whole time, crossing his legs. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the shield and we ran, but going up the slope of the pool was not as easy as going down. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I turn and there’s Ice walking down the street with Mtisha. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It jumped a perfect arch, its scales shimmering a rainbow, then dived straight down—splashing the king with such glee he could not help laughing aloud. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

We turned the heat down to sixty after that and huddled by the radiators for warmth. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Granny’s eyes lit up, and she slapped her hand down on the counter. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rontu all this time was running up and down the reef barking and leaping at me, which made my task harder. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finally tracked her down as she emerged from a girls’ bathroom on the floor below. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As the Blue Bird appeared down the tracks, I had something to ask her. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The old man took a small stick out of his pocket and bent down. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione carried the milk jug over to the table and turned it upside down. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Mother,” said Jonas, only one of his eyes visible through the crack in his door, “are you going to open it? It sounds as if they might break it down.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She grabbed me around the neck and yanked my head down onto her chest, clutched me to her. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Muthu and I flopped down on a smooth wooden bench and watched as Arul let you buy and light one more candle. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“A fire in my village. Some boys burned it down.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Why, it didn’t matter what their dinner had died of, they could just chomp it down. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The gun lurched up, down, right and left. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I just gave up and lay down to die!’ Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘You sleep for a bit Sam and take my blanket. I’ll walk up and down on sentry for a while.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Got away . . . my wand . . . did something funny. I saw my mum and dad . . . they came out of his wand. “In here, Harry ... in here, and sit down. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

His finger traced the red Thruway markings down to Bridgeport. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

People in the room stood to look and the judge ordered them to sit down. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped from where I was and rushed over everyone, knocking down desks and chairs and columns. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It’s been three days and I’m ready to write it down because now I believe it’s real. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Before everything in my life changed, I would have sat down to discuss her condition. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I raced past them with my head down, past Ms. Wardak, not even caring that I hadn’t gone to the lunchroom first, the way we were supposed to. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, cool. So, we can do this again, anytime you want,” Alex says, dragging the back of his knuckles down Henry’s shoulder. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Like the leader of the free world could relax when he was being held down on a snowbank. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Jesper laid down another series of shots, sketching a wild formation he hoped would disguise their location. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Joffrey looked for a moment as if he meant to ride her down, but Sansa Stark leaned over and said something to him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She looks up, tears streaming down her face. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“One summer when I was about nine, my dad went off to rehab for his dryer sheet addiction. He used to huff ’em down in the basement, box after box. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He leaned over the saddle and spit down. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were accustomed to them now, and we didn’t hesitate to roll down the windows, put out our hands, and tell road hogs what we thought of them. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the lantern down on the floor and then put on my layers of shirts and my pants, now warm and almost completely dry. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hel frees the cord while I grab the harness and strap myself in—I’ll have to carry her down. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Do you, dear boy?” and quietly sat down again. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I shook my head, surprised that I couldn’t hear all of them yelling from down here. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I did not know who it was that lifted me over the crowd and set me down into the canoe with my mother. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say and I sit down in the yellow armchair in the corner. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

For Pelops’ winning the chariot race I have preferred Apollodorus, of the first or second century A.D., who gives the fullest account that has come down to us. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A teenager in a green-and-white shirt edges down the ladder on the hopper. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The wind soars, whipping my hair across my face and pushing a chill down the open neck of my shirt. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Angie keeps running until she joins us, and we all jump up and down and shout and pat each other on the back and give high fives. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He stared down at his paper plate, his face expressionless, and I almost had the feeling that he had gone rigid, tense, as a soldier does before he jumps from shelter into open combat. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The men fished her out, but the episode prompted a fit of giggling, which continued until tears streamed down the poor lady’s face. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Without looking at her, and although he hadn’t quite finished his second-time-over shave, he pulled the face towel down from his shoulders and wiped the remaining lather off his face. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

It’s a four-hour flight from Phoenix to Seattle, another hour in a small plane up to Port Angeles, and then an hour drive back down to Forks. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And when he had started lingering down in the city, had she complained? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She touched his neck, then drew a line down his chest. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Or since her first day on the bus, when he'd ordered her to sit down. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

A frustrated tear rolls down my face and I rip the pack of tissues open. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then she reach down and pull a copy a the book out a her purse. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And she went behind the candy counter and hummed, “Glory, glory, hallelujah, when I lay my burden down.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted the basin, carried it over to his desk, placed it upon the polished top, and sat down in the chair behind it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“We haven’t all sat down for a meal like this in a while,” my mom says. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Then they’d be escorted back to Engels by armed fighter planes ready to protect them if the enemy tried to shoot them down. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Put a committee together with blacks and whites and work things out down here. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The shades were down and the television was off. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He could be an insurance salesman and still be the same type of guy. I can see him coming home from work, kicking a door down, and shouting, ‘Stand by for an insurance salesman!’ The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I want is to lie down on a nearby green plush sofa and go to sleep. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Hazel fled down the stairs, her pulse racing. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Don’t think I won’t,” I warned, knowing exactly what Liam wanted to do: go out and risk his neck by walking down the alley to make sure the coast was clear. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The skin was broken above his left eye, and blood ran down that side of his face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They hurried down the dimly lit streets toward the Concord boardinghouses without speaking. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was another for him to be discovered to be ineligible at a time when he would take the whole Carter team down with him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced down at my hands and saw the ragged edges of my cuticles. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

People are crying and in shock, crouched down and covering their heads, and nothing is making sense. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her name, Rosaleen Daise, was written twenty-five times at least down the page in large, careful cursive, like the first paper you turn in when school starts. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which is something Scoob understands beneath his skin and down in his bones somewhere but doesn’t know how to put into words. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I can taste salt on my tongue—I bet my tears somehow sucked back into my eyeballs and made their way down my throat. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We passed a barrier of dark trees, and then the facade of Fifty-ninth Street, a block of delicate pale light, beamed down into the park. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

One summer day in 1892, when Tom was eleven, his father hurried out with the bloodhounds: a family man had been gunned down while riding his horse. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I peel myself off the sheets and head down the stairs slowly, the smell of dinner getting stronger. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Finally, the goons set me down with a jolting thud, and I knew I was on the boat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Some whites had been upset earlier when four blacks ignored the invisible line, plopping themselves down on the sand as though it was nothing out of the ordinary. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Yoren slapped the rump of the officer's horse with the flat of his sword and sent him reeling off down the kingsroad. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I try to escape down the stairs, because I really want to hear the conversation Mom is having, but Dad gently grabs my arm. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

My mother did not let her chin fall down. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an answer, or so he thought; but it seemed to come from behind him, away down the path further back in the Forest. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I walk back up to the morgue and sit down on the cement slab by a little dab of something red. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had hardly said a word since they were locked up again, but had flopped down on the pile of straw and turned his face to the wall. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She went down the hall to Willow's room, where she stood for a moment in the door frame and stared. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Hold it, I prayed, hold it... ...as her horrified eyes swung down over the side of the chair, the Hot Seat, saw the painted flames... Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He got turned down from the floor job pretty quick, apparently. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather have a guy notice me for my brains,” Jenna said, finally stalking across the room and sitting down next to me. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Annie Lee Cooper is subdued and handcuffed after slugging Sheriff Clark and knocking down the pavement. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mini kissed her stiff parents, hugged her immobile brother, and went outside, prepared to face down whatever evil she was destined to defeat. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Everywhere, it seemed, in the trees and water and sky, a great worldwide sadness came pressing down on me, a crushing sorrow, sorrow like I had never known it before. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ash felt the water from her damp hair sliding down the back of her neck, but she was still suffused with heat. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brightbill ran up and down the beach with the other goslings, peeping and laughing and pretending to be afraid of the tiny waves. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Just as the carcasses were sent down below after slaughter, the blood and offal were probably pumped to the sublevel through a network of chutes and pipes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He tore the cards in tiny pieces and flushed them down the toilet. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a long time before she could speak, and Kaede knelt down and held her hands while she listened to her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Once, on the way, he suddenly put the box down, raised the rifle and fired into some bushes by the edge of the road. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

As we stumble down the familiar path of tall, sun-bleached grass and dry earth, I can feel the air thickening, preparing for a storm. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The sky was brighter now, breaks in the overcast; light streamed down in blinding rays. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was sitting on an old tin bucket turned upside down by the doorway to his hogan. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I yell, looking in alarm first at the point where August disappeared, and then down at the bare coupling and ties that race beneath the cars. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I stuff it down the front of my dress. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Slowly she sat down again in her chair. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He slumps over the ropes propping him up, and his torso slides down the stake, and every now and then Volkheimer comes out of the shadows, looming fantastically huge, and the prisoner straightens again. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Vatete's husband glanced at the wasted girl as she tottered to a log and sat down. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I reached up and picked one of those peaches, and I laid myself down on the grass and bit into it, and...and there I was. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s the main road,” said George, peering down through the windshield. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I run down the steps and he hugs me like it’s been weeks. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He climbed down from the ladder and scooted it over a bit and wiped the sweat off his forehead with the back of his hand. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

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

I think of Alaska’s flip-flops clinging to her blue toes as we swung on the swing down by the lake. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I called you down today because some of your teachers are concerned about you. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A glance showed one torch burning in a wall bracket by a doorway far down the canyonlike street. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Wally’s eyes were focused down, just beyond the edge of the counter, near my waist, and I knew what was coming. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“That is the perfect ending,” he says and, sitting down, looks out across the beautiful valley and mountains. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They retreated to the curb and sat down, facing the street, not daring to even look at Farquar. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He slouched a little farther down into his seat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then he turns his hand upside down so that the bill sticks to his fingers even as they’re pointed downward, seeming to defy the pull of gravity for it to drop to the ground. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then they solemnly lifted their flippers and waved, as the great ship moved slowly down the river toward the sea. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful flew down from the tree and landed on the top of the box. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I climbed down just as quickly and looked around for something to crack them with. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I drove down a few blocks and then turned. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“She lives down here. I’m worried that she might be hurt. A lot of the reagent went down the drains from the Fishery.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The tufts of blond that had grown raggedly from his scalp had been trimmed down. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Within minutes I was exhausted from the effort and had to sit down to rest, prompting a belly laugh from the Sherpa. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She balanced the milk bottles in her arms and stepped carefully down the stairs into the cave-cellar. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She winked at me, then got up on her knees and worked her hands forward like a cat stretching until she was all the way down on my bed.Click. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I pull my sleeve down and slip my shoulder out of it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I would be sitting in my room and, out loud, say to no one things like, “Neither of us are going” and “I laid down for a nap this afternoon.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

J.T. slipped on the stairs and somehow Peaches pushed him down a little and ran past him up toward the roof. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My younger brothers and sister did not understand what it all meant, but they jumped up and down on the stained mattress like grasshoppers. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as Ben announced he’d spotted his first morel, I began looking down. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Honest to God, we all had to get down on our hands and knees! Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Gigantic. I bet he could take Rowdy down.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She said to put her picture down, Mitchell.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Normally, Ms. Treadwell would have told the class to quiet down, but not today. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Thus the coastguard on duty on the eastern side of the harbour, who at once ran down to the little pier, was the first to climb on board. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Amil told me that at his school a Hindu boy called a Muslim boy a very bad word that I can’t even write down. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Now I’m going to repeat them back to you. Did you write them all down so you can check me? Did you get them all down?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

As the train dips down to street level, Edward leaps. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pried her mouth open and poured it down. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey glanced down at my clothes and sighed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I sink gratefully into the chair, my hands shaking as I set my tray down. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Katz tumbled from the woods a few minutes later, looking wild of hair and eye, and I hustled him across the road against his voluble protests that he needed to sit down immediately. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just excited to come down here to hang out with you all. But I’ll bring some of my favorite books, too. Maybe we can start a library.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

As soon as the broadcast ended, listeners sat down to compose letters of complaint or praise. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mong pushing him down, kicking him in the back of the head. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I’m halfway across the room, a man with dreadlocks down to his belt jumps in front of me and says, “Come jam with us, little sister.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Through the car window and over the commotion in the streets, Wes tried to tell his mother to calm down. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She headed back down the dock to the boat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would call for Pax at the spot where he’d left him, and Pax would come bursting out of the woods and probably knock him down in his happiness. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Horace Danver got up to speak, and I saw a flash of skin as he sauntered down the aisle in his blue flannel shirt. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed a twenty from my desk and tossed it down to the Bank of Chas. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When the phone rang in the Nelsonville house, maybe my mother was out hanging laundry on the line or down in the kitchen speaking softly with her mother-in-law, Grace, missing her own mama back home. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Coach Hedge and Piper were struggling against their duct tape bonds while one of the demon monkey dwarfs danced around the deck, picking up whatever wasn’t tied down and sticking it in his bag. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At sight of the man panting and dying there, she slips down to enfold him, crying out; then feels the spears, prodding her back and shoulders, and goes bound into slavery and grief. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We got the whole thing on video. I wish I could email it to my friends at the FBI, but the Wi-Fi down here is terrible. Cell service, too. There is none.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

As Klaus walked down the tower stairs, he felt a heavy sinking in his heart as all hope left him. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

There, he was struck down by a fever and took to his bed. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

And when he had lain down, Eurynome flung out a robe to cover him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out and turned the air conditioning down a couple of clicks. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Lily looked down at her lap, though her eyes were shifting back and forth. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Playing the dozens, rapping and rhyming to see who’ll back down first. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Our Volkswagen was always breaking down, and my mom would take it there to get it repaired. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The back gate slammed and I sat down. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Dad set out one anchor so we wouldn’t drift and run aground, then he fetched the pole we’d brought along and slowly lowered it into the water to feel around down below. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Los Angeles people were not very cordial and looked down on her for some inexplicable reason; she could not get a word in with them edgewise. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Like a tricky beggar he sat down plump, and dropped his stick. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

With their heads down disconsolately, the chaplain, Major Major and Major Danby moved toward their jeeps in an ostracized group, each holding himself friendlessly several feet away from the other two. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Slowly, reverently, Matthias lowered the shield of Martin, down on to the stone circle that had been carved many long years before to receive it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

My hand is down next to her hand, and they brush but nothing happens between us. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Just before noon Call came by and asked if Caroline or I was going down to the Captain’s. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can stand right on the edge of the gorges and see down, down into the most treacherous ravines, lined with sharp, rough outcroppings. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

And farther down in Southampton, Virginia, a man named Nat Turner was biding his time. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Someone would wander up and ask: “What’s the sound?” and if they liked the answer, they’d sit down on the grass and wait their turn. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I make for the eastern watchtower, where I strap myself into a harness and rappel down to the dunes. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

We could hear Sycorax and Caliban scurrying in the walls, climbing down from the ceiling to find someplace warm to burrow in. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He looked down, choked back a scream, and stumbled back against the lockers. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Ma kept her head down as she added a few last stitches to her dress for the wedding. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

And now he unknit his black brows; looked down, smiling at me, and stroked my hair, as if well pleased at seeing a danger averted. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” he said, and as he set down his chopsticks his smile twinkled in a way that Minli loved. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She thought many times of the muskrat diving down, down, down for that little bit of dirt that made the world. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

We had luncheon in the dining-room, darkened, too, against the heat, and drank down nervous gayety with the cold ale. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Johnny’s feet, running down the stairs from Clairmont to the boathouse. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He grins and nods too, then disappears down the stairwell. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The wine was cool fire as it trickled down his throat and warmed his belly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sweat streaks had washed away her pressed powder in parallel lines of darker-colored skin down the sides of her face. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

R.C. threw the lunch sack down and kicked it out of the way. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Even the wild shouts that went up and down the road did not relieve it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I walked back to the cubbies and sat down on a chair next to the office to put my sneakers back on as quickly as possible. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He shrugged and reached down to scratch at his legs, which were covered in Band-Aids. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Never wanted to grit my teeth against the pain of leaning down to do something as simple stupid as tying my own darn shoe. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Once I got out of the station I set the duffel down and unzipped it. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

If he hadn’t, we could’a rolled all the way down to St. Nick Houses just on momentum. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She looked Victoria Forester up and down and up again. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He said it was impossible for black people to have really straight hair anyway; he had seen Asian women with straight hair all the way down to their feet. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

His head smacks the doorframe just before a hand clamps down on the back of his neck. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I bet Charlotte Hamilton is romping in some cool beach water down in South Carolina.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They leave, and I slowly sink back onto the gurney, the weight of everything pressing down on my entire body. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Resisting the urge to give Ron a good hard poke in the back of the head, he finally reached the table and sat down at it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Entering, he knocked into one of the police escort, who was blocking the mouth to make sure that Blackavar did not try to bolt as he was taken down. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Bull, in an expansive mood, shouted, “Chow down, troops,” lifting a piece of roast from the platter and biting into it before the meat even touched his plate. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so before it’s too late I want to get it down for good: this rollercoaster ride of a single gene through time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They mustn’t meddle with the system and bring it all clanging down to ruin. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It could be on this street—it could be several blocks down, from a higher floor. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

As Hagrid nodded, turned, and shuffled out of the room again, she looked down at Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I jumped from bed and hurried down the hall to Ob’s room at the other end of the trailer. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or target the electric grids of Batalla or the airfield bases, cut their power and shut them down. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Arthur Houghton, who was then the curator, took us down to see it,” Harrison remembers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

When I got home from Clover, I called again saying, “I brought something back for you from Clover—you won’t believe what’s happened down there.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

This was always followed by Collins’s Ode on the Passions, wherein I particularly venerated Mr. Wopsle as Revenge throwing his blood-stained sword in thunder down, and taking the War-denouncing trumpet with a withering look. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The truth is that if such a wind hit the Frog with all her sails up for whatever reason, she would be driven over and down and sunk in seconds. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sweat dripped down his brow, but he couldn’t be sure whether it was from the heat, the running, or fear. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I had never seen one, so I assumed,” I say, looking down at my cold burrito. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t realized I was still holding it, but as soon as I put it down, I noticed my arms were sore. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She thought of Mrs. Murdo down there in the dark, being bumped and pushed, with her arms wrapped tightly around Poppy, trying to protect her, and all at once everything seemed clear. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The right wall was closing fast, seeming to quicken its pace the more Thomas willed it to slow down. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We couldn't climb straight down, and we couldn't take the more gradual slope that led down close to the boathouse, because we'd still come across him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You may call me Tandy. You may call me Ms. Angel. But please don’t ever talk down to me again.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

As she brought up her chair and sat down he smiled as though he had been expecting her, and when she took his hand he did not seem surprised. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The whole family came down to London Docks to see me off on the boat. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat down on the lion bench together. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

"I bear you no ill will," he'd told the septon before they threw him down the well, "but you and your gods have no place here now." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And halfway down the fancy round-and-round steps with the crystal chandelier hanging over us like ice frozen in the air, my phone buzzed. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I asked her a little more about photography as we walked down Old Main Street. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll have to have a second cup of coffee, senorita,” she says, setting the cup down. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even in the park, down home. Every year.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Several times we were nearly knocked down by impatient cyclists whose bells we had not heard. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The absence of an arrest had disrupted life in Monroeville, and now things could settle down. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He’s been looking down at the Skittles on his desk, sorting the reds from oranges, but here he looks up at Alex with a bitter, cutting smile. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She tugs the black mist of her veil back down over her face. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The ice was melting through some holes in the plastic bag and down his arm. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I would wait until she calmed down to explain the details of my day. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Childs soul is in danger, she said.Tommy put his head down and grumbled. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Gary reached down and tried to pull Jesse’s hand away from the paper. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

But the way she holds her mouth too open and her shoulders uneven and one hand clamps down the other...people know. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boobie lay down and several student managers took off his pads. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I immediately made a request to the commanding officer to be permitted to attend her funeral in the Transkei, which he turned down. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one I didn’t was looking sort of down, toward the floor. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The moon leans down on me as I sit on my front porch with the Doorman. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I agree, and we walk down the street arm in arm—like a united front. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He made a mouthpiece at one end, cut a hole beneath it, and used the wood to slide up and down like a trombone. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a time I looked like an unevenly trimmed topiary, but gradually as I got used to my new life, my skin settled down and I regained my face. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m going down and find out,” he said again. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I bet no one noticed, because I raised it really quick, and then I noticed nobody else had their hand up, so I put mine down. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

My hands go to the length of rope dangling at my waist, and as Asher and Ren attack the Demons, I dart toward the surface and slow my board down near the dragon. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Penny’s lance descended just in time for its blunted point to brush his shoulder; his own lance wobbled as he brought it down and banged it noisily off a comer of her shield. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At quarter to eight Sunday mornings, I saw the O’Briens and the Van Hoyts walking down the empty sidewalk past our house and I knew. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sort of half smiles when I sit down, and says, “Willowdean.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She was also ground down by a “battle of wills” with her father, who saw no need for a new doctor. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A burning brand he had been holding in his hand rolled down the stair. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sit down with the tablet and copy the shapes of that aurochs. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He heard footsteps going down the hall and wanted to look to see where they were, but he had to focus on Diana. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He’d offered her a slug of whiskey, then simply hacked away at the skin, leaving a puckered spill of wounds down her forearm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Any time I let it, the weight of living creeps in and starts to drag her down. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She and the lantern-jawed medic snake a tube down my throat, attach a bag with a bulb to it, and start pumping. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was going to say more, but the doorbell rang, the card game was about to begin, so I got up and went down to open the gate. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dark rings of sweat made circles under my arms and a V that pointed at my belly, down from my neck. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She bends down and extracts a strip of pictures, only gently chewed by sprites. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At corners, Dicey looked quickly up and down, for a building that might be an elementary school. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ripped off the pages of the desk calendar I’d been using, and I took down the map, too, which I’d had up there ever since I saw that it contained Agloe. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was a sweltering morning in July, and drops of sweat crawled down her back one by one, like slow insects. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Peggy had almost persuaded him to persevere, to try for just another week, but in the end he had broken down and wept quietly and asked from the heart to be let go home. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby bounced up and down in my hood. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He was still panting a bit, clearly trying to calm his body down. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” she said, sitting down on the stool at the kitchen island. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The Wood was dark and silent, the moonlight threading its way down between naked branches to shed long dark shadows along the ground. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

From down the hall, we heard the sound of a door open. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tears rolled down Sunjin’s cheeks as he followed the soldier quietly. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I stared her down—something I’d never try with Big Ma. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then imaginary numbers are represented by a line going up and down the page, with i, 2i, etc. above the middle, and —i, —2i, etc. below. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were playing soccer in the courtyard while I waited for my mom and sister to come down. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I write this down in my project journal. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The injury to his ribs slowed him down. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I tried to imagine Caroline bowing down to me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In contrast, some Broncho supporters let their hair down a bit. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly, whenever I used to think a conversation I’d had with someone was especially funny or enlightening, I would jot it down in my notebook, the same one I kept my book titles in. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Father sat down on the sidewalk and got his boots on right. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was after this first wave of passion began to die down that the first full-page ad appeared. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Cole asked, shivering as he wolfed down the warm food. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Fudge took off his pinstriped cloak and tossed it aside, then hitched up the trousers of his bottle-green suit and sat down opposite Harry. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

His head was poked down well into his neck. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

So he decided to put the change down to growing maturity in his daughter. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

A swirl of wind brought the thick, rich smell of it down to Winnie’s nostrils. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron yelled as his heel was wrenched upward once more; he dangled helplessly, upside down, his robes hanging off him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And if it is burning away down there, why isn’t the ground under our feet hot to the touch? A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then I sat down on the ground to rest. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The skinny boy arrived and plopped down on the rocky shore. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Finally, with a wry, sardonic little shudder, Bernabe said, “Welcome, ball fans, to the World Series of Sex,” and he pushed down a little, dropping his thick lips over one breast. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We head out the door and down the hall. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

It’s three, maybe four miles away down the farther valley. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“But I talked the car sales dude down to eighty-four hundred dollars from ten thousand, so in a way I actually saved money. You know what the color’s called?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And now he was going to cut her loose before he dragged her down. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We were talking about it that morning we climbed up the water tower to throw down lighted firecrackers and scare people—the day Blu got the firecracker burn that gave him lockjaw. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I glanced down and shrieked, causing him to jump a little. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Warm mango juice dripped down the back of Pong's neck as Somkit tore into the fruit with his teeth. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The group had unwittingly strayed to the easternmost edge of the Col, at the lip of a 7,000-foot drop down the Kangshung Face. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

All along, some part of me was rooting for T to go down just so I could stay afloat. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Dad and Matthew looked gruff and Mark merely looked serious—strange enough for him—but tears were streaming down Mother’s face. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe it, so I read it a fourth time, then walk out on her porch and sit down, dangling my legs in the air. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of answering, I kept walking, head down, scuffing leaves out of my path. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

As she was being marched down the hall, a voice from one of the cells they passed called out, Mariposa does not belong to herself alone. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down and, sighing, passed his hand across his forehead. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

His school uniform, blue shorts, and white shirt with the St. Nicholas badge blazing from his left breast still had the ironed lines running down the front and back. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was bending down, pulling on his socks, and his back was so large and friendly I wanted to rest my head on it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sam’s right,” Bando says, and she sits down in a huff. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere Alfred found a little extra strength, he reached all the way down for it, and the next time the red glove missed he threw his weight behind a short right uppercut. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was weird to see her dad making breakfast in the morning, eggs that looked too slimy to eat but both Maya and Lauren choked them down anyway. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He felt a tenseness coming over him that was somewhat like the feeling he had just before the water wand pulled down, an awareness of something strange and strained. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s as if she’s stepped down off the wall, the walls: the same round raw potato face, the hulky big-boned frame, the glittering spectacles and hairpin crown. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” said the Wart He sat down resignedly upon the most comfortable part of the floor, perceiving that he was in for something like the parable of the looking-glass. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look up the. telephone number of Berdeen’s Funeral Parlor for me and jot it down. I want to have it handy just in case.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then he bends down and lifts the lid of the rice pot next to Pa’s feet. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifteen minutes later, Lopsang arrived at the South Summit on his way down from the top and encountered Harris.* Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm saw now that she didn’t mean it literally, but the poor old lady was easily startled, and now she sat down and breathed quickly, her face pale. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

These tmmch, being supported on beams of wood which could be burned away with fire at the proper moment, had it, bringing the rubble-filled baileys down on top of them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up briefly when the two women came forth, but now he is back in position, head down, eyes to the ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look down the aisle on the right,” Thomas whispered. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Boatwright laughed so much he had to put his pipe down. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He sat down at his mother’s old piano in the front room and plinked at the keys and floated simple melodies through the dark, empty spaces of the house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Gabe helped her through the door and down the front steps. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Or planned to work on it as soon as the season calmed down. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And then he was gone, the car speeding down the street and disappearing around the corner before I could even collect my thoughts. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He looked down at the journal’s map again before coming to a decision. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

After numerous runs up and down the stairs to retrieve food and flatware and dishes, the table was finally set. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A shiver of fear ran down his spine. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

We suspected his previous independence had brought down the wrath of the government and pressure had been applied. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Mrs. Dursley was in the bathroom, Mr. Dursley crept to the bedroom window and peered down into the front garden. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I sat down at the translation of Caesar I was doing for him, since he had to pass Latin at last this year or fail to graduate. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He threw the book bag at Clayton’s feet, and when Clayton bent down to scoop it up, Train Ear swiped his hat, when he was tall enough to just take it. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I hopped out of bed, put on my overalls, and headed down the narrow wooden stairs. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

On March 16, Nixon sat down with Kissinger and General Earle Wheeler to discuss options in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I gobbled down half the sandwich and let my hand run over one stack of newspapers after another. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

My throat clamped up, a compression wave that traveled down my chest and into my stomach. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“How could I sit down at anyone’s table when I had sauce, like blood, all over me?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When I get there, I see other boys in their trainers, with the laces loose and the tongues folded down. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, without looking back, Rashid strode down the hall to his right, around the wreckage, looking for a path that would get him as far away from Tad and his hate as possible. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The beauty was overwhelming, even muted in the late fall, and Anya had to look down. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Aunt Julia sat down at her table, and I sat down beside her and watched as she devoured the cheeseburger like a lion eating a zebra. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Hunger came to his stomach; an icy hand reached down his throat and clutched his intestines and tied them into a cold, tight knot that ached. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

After the movie was over, I started walking down to the Wicker Bar, where I was supposed to meet old Carl Luce, and while I walked I sort of thought about war and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

If the First Arrivers are in the habitable zone, it might take years—and gagging down a lot of lake vines. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When before he would sit her down at marked, though irregular, times, now he tests her constantly, but never in public. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Cora broke from her rescuers once they got her outside and down the steps. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The press had learned that Gerhardt was somewhere in Germany—and that Bobby was in the country—and they were trying to track down the father so they could interview his famous son. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They struck the trail on a ridge and then dropped down into a deep canyon, up the other side, and broke out into some flats. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain washed the soldier’s blood down off the bus windows and yellow panels, stretching the bloated dark lines, drawing them out as they disappeared completely. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Three times he walked up and down in front of the stretch of blank wall. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Something about the way she does this makes me glance down to make sure my fly is buttoned. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the upside down V between his legs, I saw the truck idling on the side of the road, the other refugees climbing down the rear ladder. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He raised the car over his head and threw it down the road. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Stargirl seemed to float down the promenade in her buttercup gown. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“Will you sit down already?” he grumbled, scooching his butt farther against the padded seat. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Couldn’t we just go part of the way down into our own pool,” said Polly. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Come fall they’d shoot ducks and geese and salt ’em down and sell ’em by the barrel to restaurants in Boston. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe they think you’re upset with them. Anyway, listen, I figured out a way to make it easy for you to go down the stairs.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The children took the blankets and sheets down from the doorjambs and came back into the living room. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waves good-bye as we bounce and rock down the cobblestone street. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Daniels watches me, so I look down at the page and remember to turn it every once in a while. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I guess I felt then, at that time—and although I been sorry since—just 'bout like that fellow did down in Birmingham. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

But then I remember that I did sign up to be her helper, so I hand her back her purse and kneel down to get a closer look. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The truck was bouncing down the goat path that led to the bridge and the highway. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annemarie’s rug was spongy and soft, almost like another bed, and I lay down on it. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then Rani's voice floats down and joins the chorus. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But it had closed down due to a lack of funds. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down at one of the picnic tables on the flats outside his cell and read. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man Jack met them halfway down the stairs. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A curious mixture: the white-columned houses high on the green hills, the shacks down in the dark valleys. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We came down out of the mountains and through an oak forest, and there were white cattle grazing in the forest. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She attacked the nearest policeman so suddenly that she knocked him down. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Bykovski put his cup down carefully in the saucer, the sound a minute clinking noise in an otherwise silent room. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, she removed a plastic model of an F-8 Crusader, paused to fix a misplaced decal with a small application of spit, then set it down in a window ledge. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twist the lid sharply and it comes flying off, pills showering down onto my med cart. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She turns down the radio, cool jazz, and looks me over, hands on her hips, eyes sad and friendly. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Pleased to finally meet you, Todd,” Doctor Snow says, smiling big and sitting down on the bed and taking a device outta his front shirt pocket. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I attack again and again, knocking down anyone wearing a silver armband. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her stick sword whistled out and caught it two feet off the ground, and it went down in a flurry of brown feathers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He greeted them both with a cheery “Hullo, hullo!” and sat down at the table, giving off an intense smell of sweat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I saw them gradually worn down, whimpering, groveling, weeping—and in the end it was not with pain or fear, only with penitence. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

‘Will French peasants go on forever pulling off their caps and saying “Oui, Monsieur,” when the gold coaches run down their children? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

People naturally let their guard down when they slept, so much so that sometimes, if the dream was frightening enough, I didn’t even need a touch to be drawn into it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As she set the spirometer on the side table by my bed, she announced, “For lunch today we’ve got chicken tenders, and fries, and a small salad,” while setting the tray down. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then the footsteps going away down the walk and over the lawn. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dad!” he says, practically throwing himself down the stairs. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Then we change our possy and lie down again to play cards. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank God. Thank God,” she repeats, tears running down her cheeks. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She walked back to the beach and put the Bible down. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She studied her own work again, looking for some way to salvage it, then sighed and put down the needle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I knelt down, and Jupiter put out both her hands and pulled my ears. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He glanced at me quickly, then looked down again at his paper plate. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I just sat down outside, watching the cars drive in. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept laughing the whole time I was taking down my suitcase and getting the scissors out for him. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Francie turned and went down into the cellar and sat in the dark a long time waiting until the waves of hurt stopped breaking over her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

By early afternoon there was a stillness of heat, and a herd of cows from the higher fields slowly grazed their way down into the shade. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he sat down and looked more closely. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop resisting,” the officer warned as he cuffed my left wrist and roughly pinned down my flailing right arm. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The river’s starting to bend and I keep on floating down it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Nobody bats their eye when she scoots by on her hands and goes on down to her field or the river to wash clothes with the other ladies that work down there every day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I was right about that, I’d sure let her down. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She’d paced the deck of their flying warship, the Argo II, checking and double-checking the ballistae to make sure they were locked down. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Michael Donovan brushed down his red hair with a violent motion of his hand and a total indifference to the fact that the unruly mass sprang to attention again immediately. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“So, when the prophecy says that I’ll have ‘power the Dark Lord knows not,’ it just means — love?” asked Harry, feeling a little let down. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Springing down among his army, the Warlord waved the banner high overhead. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Actually, if I saw him, I might break down and do something stupid like cry, or make up with him. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had long lines of ragged stitches holding the skin together across the top of my head and down the middle of my face, right over the center of my new nose. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Like I’m tied down with soft ropes of fog or something and the fog has got inside my mouth and sucked all the talk right out of me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Papa,” he said, his eyes down on the ground again. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I can’t stand it if you are kind, I might break down. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I made my pledge too loud, because when I sat down, the boy across the room raised his thumb again. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to be down there, laughing and running. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“So you act like you’re walking down a yellow line. And none of those baby steps. Your stride should be as long as your forearm, at least.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I’m in the passenger seat and I keep my head down on the dashboard, and for a good ten minutes, I forget to put on my seat belt. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My heart starts racing, and I just can’t seem to settle it down. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

She shoved the dishes down to the floorboard. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the couch across from her. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The shop was dark with the blinds down, but I could see framed portraits, film canisters, and camera parts on the shelves. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Worse, I feel like I am on the edge of shutting down. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She sits down on the steps, taking a deep breath. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He set them down on the grass between the aisles of the trees, and they followed him towards the great arch. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She looked down at me and reached up and grasped the orange box of Arm & Hammer baking soda in defiance, being sure neither the clerk nor the cashier saw her. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Once the ruckus died down, Ms. Bethune continued. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” he says, looking down, “Mary Jean and I have decided to try it apart for a while.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They also tell us we should cut down the tall grass near our fort, because that is where our enemies are hiding when they shoot at us. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Moss came down in her house robe. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat back down and fiddled with his pen. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Lourdes wants to slow it down, to examine the faces in the streaming windows before they disappear into the tunnel on the other side. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wash!” she called as she scrambled down to the edge of the river. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And there it was, scrawled right across a long list of antidotes: Just shove a bezoar down their throats. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They take me down a long hallway painted blinding white. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There’s the store that they burned down when the Bulls won the championship. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was Percy, jumping up and down like a maniac, all dignity forgotten. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The ice would melt down quick, but there was enough to keep it cold. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly there had never before been so many white people driving down the streets of our quiet, tree-lined neighborhood. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the people he’s walking with kicks my copy of The Republic way down the hall, where Mr. Trig picks it up and hands it back to me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Tear this sheet down!” someone said—the dog’s handler, I assumed. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She sat down next to him, too close, another of Abel’s washerwomen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You begin tomorrow,” said the old man, and Hugo ran off down the empty hallway, careful not to click his shoe heels on the stone floor. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

When Mirian walks her children down the block, they beg her to buy them a soda or an ice cream cone. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Her breasts were sore, and Qarl’s seed was trickling down her thigh. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a Yankees baseball cap with the front of it pulled down over his eyes so that he had to lift his whole face to look at me. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Well, right now, it’s the desert island trope that’s sucking me down. Would you help me out of here?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I was already down three guaranteed subjects, with Thomas and his parents in DC. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I put the phone down and realize, by the intense way Muhammad is scrutinizing me, that I have the remains of a dreamy smile on my face. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Mary Poppins twitched the clothes from his hand and looked down upon him. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

They slipped out of the kitchen and down a narrow passage-way to an uneven staircase, which wound its way, zigzagging up through the house. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Surrounded by his captains, Cluny was led down to the safety of the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And then Billy’s mother came back from the ladies’ room, sat down on a chair between Billy’s and Rosewater’s bed. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little flecks of gray fluttered down all around us, collecting on puddles of water in the yard. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I survived, and unlike Juliet’s parents, my parents didn’t welcome me with tears falling down from their faces. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He hacked down at Rattleshirt’s calf, only to have him deftly leap the blade. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

What light and beauty could be forced down the throats of her reluctant pupils, she forced. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her full weight came down on his chest. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had his hands in his pockets and he fell down. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the foot of the four-poster, the seat of a Chippendale sofa had been so carefully straightened that sitting down would have seemed a desecration. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then Miss Saunders comes over to my desk and stares down at me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He’s hurting bad but we ain’t saying anything, we just staring into each other’s eyes, me with his spit running down my chin. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then she set the cup down and pulled out the long white undersleeves of her old-fashioned dress. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cold inside me snaked down to my feet and up around my neck. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped onto the fire escape and worked my way down to the alley. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I look down at the comic book in my hand, which I’ve managed to spindle without even realizing it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She looked down at Franz, and her faithful dog grinned at her and wagged his tail. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then I wouldn’t be any fun and would spend the rest of my days selling The Watch Tower and brushing my long hair into a single braid that dangled down my back. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When his trees were cut down, he was so angry that he grew bigger and bigger. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then, without thinking, I led her down the quiet street where for so many nights I had walked alone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When the audience finally settles down, he chokes out a quiet "Thank you" and returns to his seat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She tries not to look down, because down is everywhere. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Viola came back in with a tray of the best china and set it down. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Sam struggled back into his boots, collected quill and parchment, and shouldered out into the night, the rain pattering down on his cloak and floppy hat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even sitting down he was still nearly as tall as me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Why would the businessmen take Congo’s diamonds away? And what are Americans doing down there anyhow? I thought the Congo belonged to Belgium. I mean before.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I rode the elevator down to the 440th floor, I powered on my armor and drew my guns. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Before he could do anything, Luke snapped him down to the mat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The concourse was bustling with workers from the floors above who’d come down for a break, while new waves of commuters poured off the trains from the level below. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The trees here were thicker than down the road, which made this spot perfect. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Zoe steps forward, sets the photograph down on the train tracks, then moves back to her original position. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I lay down with my head on my mom’s lap, which was warmer and softer than I remembered. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Tyson was having trouble getting our horses under control I had to talk to them a long time before they would settle down. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

But when Calista was in the bathroom washing her tears off, I snuck out of the apartment and down the elevator and outside to the bodega. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was beating down on us, and I thought it might be nice to stay there forever with him just running his finger along my palm like that. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

But the people running Cleveland don't usually come down here, unless they take a wrong turn on the freeway. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I started through the station and down the runway to the train. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The plane seemed pretty full, as he made his way down toward the back. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Tell him to move the body farther out after the investigation dies down. I’m not comfortable with it so close to home.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I cleaned the girl's knees with alcohol stolen from a bar, letting her bite down on a rag so she wouldn't shriek and draw attention to us. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He walked down the gallery and across the narrow “bridges” which connected the Lebrun cottages one with the other. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

They walked silently down the corridor to the service elevator. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You’ve never taken the bus alone into the city,” said her mother, putting down her page. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’d put myself in my opponent’s place and decide how I’d try to win if I had the other side; and then I’d figure a way to knock down those points. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a lantern glowed to life above me, and I craned my neck to see a half dozen kids kneeling around the craggy jaws of broken floor, peering down. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He looked down at his body, like he couldn’t quite believe it was his. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It’s been eight years since Loma gave me that book, and not long ago I read through all I wrote down on its blank pages. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He would have to find a clearing as he went down. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up the instrument case he’d set on the floor and moved on down the line. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He was dragging his elbow slowly up one spinal muscle and staring down the street, where the answer to her question was everywhere pathetically evident. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was right, I thought deep down, not daring to admit it to myself. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at least, for the time being, he was more interested in tracking down the deer than he was in doing anything to Kingshaw. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He pulled himself to the bow and backed down to the bottom like a veteran engineer. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He yanked her down and grabbed the front of her vest, giving the knife in her side a sharp twist. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He went to inconceivable extremes of cruelty to put down the rebellion of his own officers, who resisted and called for victory, and he finally relied on enemy forces to make them submit. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I stumbled back and almost tripped down the stairs, until I realized the big lump was Moses. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

‘He has more snow yet to fling at us, if we go on. The sooner we go back and down the better.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Drenched to the skin by torrential rain, they unloaded the shells from a baggage car, lifted them over their heads, and hustled down to the river to stow the boats and inspect their new quarters. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They slipped into the last row of seats at the back of the theatre and sat down. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The worst bore down upon the Irish in the 1840s, when the potato crop, their food of life, rotted in the ground for four years running, and landlords heartlessly threw their tenants into the streets. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They hurried down the boardwalk and then slipped into brackish waters, wading until they reached one of the old mansions that filled the area. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It boils down to this: the Americans, the British are that faceless clot you don’t know, but a Frenchman or an Italian is your acquaintance and your friend. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister sat me down, and after our mind meld she told me that we were going to have a baby brother. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Jackson— a former West Computer!—had faced down the brilliant John Becker and won. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He fusses with his cravat until it loosens, and the silk tumbles down his chest like a spill of orange champagne. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, down to the last copper. And he then went out and spent all of it. Over five hundred thousand gold coins. Gone in three hours.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I sat down next to her and looked into the little pool below our feet, where crawfish were darting around. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Windmills were a great power Painted around 1490 by the French artist RobinetTestard, this picture shows people collecting aloe wood as it floats down a river from the Garden of Eden. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I spun around and stumbled toward the door, but despite my will it felt as though everything of Finn from the knees down had already begun to fizzle away. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“And this boy needs a little vacation. Far as I’m concerned we can stand down till this thing is over.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with my bad ankle I was pretty quick and I turned and ran down the sidewalk. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were two kitchen chairs by the table, but Cecilia, who leaned with her back to the sink, did not invite Briony to sit down. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I look down and see that one of my socks has that brown garbage juice all over it. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He slowed down and blew the horn a few times in solidarity; they waved and he picked up speed again. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She grabbed a handful of them and began scraping them up and down on the same spot until her hand was bloody. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We sat down, and she told me again how happy she was that they were letting him out. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Nana?” she said, stunned, and he watched, unblinking, horrified, as the woman raised a mallet—the studded metal sort for pounding cutlets—and brought it arcing down right at Azareen’s head. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Not drinking, drunk. He was coming in from an all- night boozing down at that jook they have.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He was tall and spare, wearing a long chainmail hauberk and gauntlets of lobstered steel, but he'd lost his helm and blood ran down into his eyes from a gash across his forehead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the stoop with that and a mug of tea, I watch the sun go down as I eat my lunch. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"So today is Thursday," Coach said as I sat down to join in on the much...much-needed stretching. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“The cap’n was a man of his word too; wouldn’t back down from a crowd of two, three hunnert yelling and screaming colored folk. Dared ’em to do anything to him.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

She barely managed it, gulping it down with plain water rather than her usual orange-flavored soda. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The swelling in his belly had gone down a bit, and he felt much better. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fumbled with the cracker box, and crumbs rained down over the coffee table and the carpet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne slipped out of the back door without Matt and sat down again by her mother. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sound I’d hear again and again and remember Ashton, his head down, his hair falling over his forehead, his cheeks puffing out, his lips parting to exhale air. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Those who’d served in Vietnam kept their heads down and did their best to readjust privately to civilian life. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

We laid our weapons down, and the visitors, especially the two foreigners, began smiling again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She put Ralph down on the bed where her Dad and Mama slept and gave him a string of beads to play with. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And I laid there on the hard concrete, for the second time in a week, tears flowing down my cheeks, thinking about each one of those names. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I pile a plate and sit down to eat at the empty table. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

So if I didn’t sit still, she’d kneel on me and pin my arms down while I freaked out, screaming, and she’d forcefully remove them. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

When the cots were made up—they were sturdy wooden ones with metal hinges and canvas coverings—Rita was allowed to lie down. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I put them down and shuffle through the rest of the stuff. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He was still complaining and I was still sunk in despair when Camilla came down. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I threw down the flask and grabbed the gun. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But then there was Carly, looking down at her like she was an earwig. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

She looked down at a paper in front of her and then back up at us. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The tunnel sloped down and I could hear a loud roar, like a river of metal. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He patted his mustache with the big white linen napkin that flowed down his chest. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It looked like a neighborhood on a holiday, when the factories are shut down, but without the fun of a party. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And each time she told us that, she would break down and cry, and we would cry with her. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gold pin was undone and she hadn’t even noticed—though I expect he had, standing where he could look right down that low-cut pink dress. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay! Settle down! ” the man with the shiny buttons said. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Bear saw them too, for now he plunged down a narrow side alley. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

We drove to a small boat packed with fishing gear that was tied down on the edge of the Nisqually. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ash took Kaisa’s hands in hers and looked down, unable to meet her eyes. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in the cool breeze, sweat trickles down my face. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She goes to the door to see if Dad is coming down the lane and she talks about the paydays when we searched for him all over Brooklyn. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“If you cannot control yourself, leave. As you well know, we don’t have the resources to hunt down runaway teens. Perhaps your people ought to get in the habit of looking over their own.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

If my dad was unhappy with me, he would sit me down and calmly explain why. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The air is cooler down low, but only slightly. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Clang! grappling hook hit the tower, and fell down again, hitting Violet hard in the shoulder. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He took down a book from the “F” shelf. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

After tenth period, she tracked Pearl down at her locker. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Nazi wrote down my name and number and nodded me on. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

How would I narrow down all of these results to the one Susan Thomas I needed to find? From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

As he made his way down the hall, every head turned, and every conversation paused. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The last job I'd had in New York was pushing a shopping cart full of drugs down the streets to people's apartments. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The first time my brother says ain 't my mother pulls a branch from the willow tree growing down the hill at the edge of our backyard. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

A wind was coming down the gorge and they pulled the corners of the tarp about them and pushed the cart out onto the bridge. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He jerked his head at the other goats below and when I waved at him he bounded down. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You going to write down her last words?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then I tear it into little pieces and flush it down the toilet. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The second guard, a rotund fellow with a scar down his right cheek, nodded. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Without waiting for a response, he jogged down the planking and waded into the black water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I look down at my lap and blink a lot so I won’t cry. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Seven miles of ocean about to come down on my head and a doomsday demon just a few feet away: Why not just leap into its mouth right now? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She had been beaten this time, down to her bones beaten. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But . . Al straightens, letting his hands down, and says, “Is it scored or something? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In a flurry of jangling keys and heavy breathing, Manny shut down the industrial lights and let them out of the iron fence around the Junklot. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

In fact, he felt only the bite of a nail in his boot, which pierced the ball of his foot whenever he came down on it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He'd put these in an envelope on top of the refrigerator and take them down when he and Mama sat at the table, figuring and refiguring. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

It seems to be a wide ice-river running down from the plateau between two mountains, volcanoes, both capped with steam and smoke. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tariq was the one who told her, for instance, that militiamen stationed in the mountains sharpened their marksmanship—and settled wagers over said marksmanship—by shooting civilians down below, men, women, children, chosen at random. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The ground around it has been dug up and patted back down. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Each time James Bevel gave the signal, the next group poured out the front door and down the stairs—some fifty children at a time—and continued the peaceful protest march. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I packed our picnic in my backpack, then ran down the stairs and out the back door, whistling for Dismay. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

You just try lying down anywhere in the shadows. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Longstreet reached down, touched Hood on the shoulder, then turned and went out into the moonlight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We used to go down to the creek or up into someone’s barn and play cards or flip coins and bet on them. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Orchid Witch, Sarai thought in passing, could do a sight of good down here. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He must have been listening to them as they came down the road, the dogs and the horses, and seen the lanterns since it was dark now. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the light of the streetlamp, the leaves were bending upside down like it was going to rain. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I went quietly out of my room and down the hall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He put down a glass of some hot drink and a plate of chicken pie. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

If she had expected him to be mortified, to spit it out and break down and apologize, she was wrong. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

With a crash something black bears down on us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blackjack swooped down behind an overturned school bus, where a couple of campers were hiding. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I set my lantern down and tightened my grip on the ax. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy kept looking back and when he could no longer see him he stopped and then he just sat down in the road sobbing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

We’d rolled down the windows, and maps and art paper and cigarette ashes were whipping around our heads. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The elevator starts moving, and I stare at the numbers going down. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

To use up some time, I put down the white piece and began rewriting each number on the board in its correct color. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was only the sheer brick wall stretching down to the pavement, the cars and buses moving like toys so far below, and the blast of the wind against his face that made it terrifying. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

So I deal with it, and wade deeper down the street. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When she put down the magnifying glass, she wheezed happily, “You people in trouble now.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The corners of his pale lips turn up, and the helmet nods up and down again. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Just as the shuttle is about to touch down, a squeal like an incoming missile hits us. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

No one had ever written down findings and drawn conclusions. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Eighteen months later she swept down from a wagon with two crutches, a new black pocketbook, and one leg. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And when finally he sat down on the steps Lee sighed deeply. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sairy heard a baby cry and saw Mrs. Trepid leaning over a baby carriage, her face bent down close to the crying occupant. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes; though I touch it, it is a dream,” said I, as I put it down from before my face. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even my mother, who generally steered clear of public appearances, always made her way down to the state floor anytime music was playing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I sat there eating the piece of brown toast while she went into the bathroom and flushed the handful of egg, which could not be salvaged, down the toilet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went down in the lift to the ground floor and made our way through the Reading-Room to the Lounge. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

With blank expression, I slide down into the visual details. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The rebel ran up and down the village before he fell to the ground and stopped moving. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Slow down. We’ve got to move closer to do that, and I don’t want to run aground, Brady.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

On offense, the Fugees’ strength was at left forward in Josiah, whose runs down the sideline had resulted in a half-dozen goals so far. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He looked down and was completely filled with a desire to let himself go and be submerged in the water. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other scientists bent down and with equal approbation scooped up handfuls of dirt. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We both sat down on the couch, but Marcus couldn’t sit still, clearly excited for me to see whatever was inside. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Father Amadi’s face was looking down at me when I opened my eyes. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stand up, and my body moves forward in a jerk, then another, and then I’m flying down the stairs. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Admiral Conolly had learned from the mistakes at Bougainville and Tarawa where the naval shelling had been too brief or too inaccurate to break down Japanese defenses. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Floating above it, I looked down and saw me, a brown girl in a blue dress surrounded by green-gray water. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As we rolled down the mall, we passed a card shop. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But it would have to be silent so Dad wouldn’t hear it, and it was hard to tell if it would be silent because I was squatting down. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He pulled a few random sandwich bags from his pocket, folded them awkwardly, then stuffed them back down. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Throngs of people were jockeying for position in ticket lines that snaked up and down the block. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I just made a picture of a girl rolling down the stairs tangled up in her crutches. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

So he’d never have to look down on little Missy’s grave again? Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I got there, several debils were holding her down by her wrists and ankles. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the time my mother and I had been sitting there, in the narrow cone of sun that shone down between the tall brick walls, doctors had been coming up to me and introducing themselves. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I jumped off Toby’s bed, still sniffling, and headed down the stairs for the living room to find Chester, to see if he could smell it, too. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

But for the first time, I don’t put the book down, or hide it under my covers. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“He from down South. They named him that because when he was a baby, he used to eat sticks’a butter rolled in sugar,” Freddy said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

As the two thieves descended the fire escape, I called down to them, “If you want to find honest work, go to Hull House on Halsted Street. They’ll be able to help you.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The soldier in command gave an order, and the guard who’d been holding Julie down took aim at the younger of the captive men and with one bullet maimed him low between his legs. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

We set off together down the valley to the beach. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And then Mrs. Diamant came back to the table and tossed the first paper down in triumph. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was a bare hall with two windows and closed doors all down the corridor. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He welcomed the weary Hungarians, inviting them to sit down and have some iced tea. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not trying to be smart,” I’d reply, calming him down. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I am wounded. A good Marine can be brought down only when his heart stops beating.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plane kept lurching down suddenly, as if it would fall out of the sky. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had sat there the way I did every time she did my hair—with my eyes closed and my head tilted down—secretly imagining Kira was my mother. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She dumped her purse out on the seat next to her, looked down to see Mamma’s face flashing on the screen. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

What if they go down there for water? The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

If the expansion is slowing down rapidly, then it’s a good sign that the energy from the big bang is nearly spent; our universe would be heading for a big crunch. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

His elbows jutted out at awkward angles as he lowered himself down onto the cool sands. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Alec stopped and leaned far down to examine some dirt next to a trampled bush. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I freshened up a bit and went down. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The ones responsible for smiles and building each other up even when they’re down. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She said that they needed to put down a real root system to achieve their potential. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Lines divide the map into smaller squares, with letters along the top and numbers down the side to form a grid. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The stout woman slid her eyes down the nurse’s finger and looked at the child she was pointing to. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I reached down to loosen his collar he grabbed me by the wrist. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then Sean motioned him to sit back down while he got his bag. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Nobody wanted to go down and do this because the moment a giant was freed, he would be sure to turn on the wretched person who had freed him and gobble him up. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Business before pleasure is always a good rule, whoever you are. Some day the rule shall be business with pleasure, for the joy of labor shall have been restored. Sit down." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grown-ups were kneeling down by them and the adults’ hands fluttered down toward the little girls, then, before they touched anything, fluttered back up, over and over. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

These thoughts became like a giant hand pushing down on my chest. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She caught Lily’s attention, who frowned as she looked Robin up and down. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I pulled on some clothes and tiptoed down the hall. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Ron repeated, pounding his pestle down so hard that it dented the desk. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Torpid from the booze and dizzy from hitting the rock, I tried to fend off Marcus, but he was yanking my jeans down around my knees. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Sometime later, the man in the yellow suit slipped down from the saddle and tied the Tucks’ old horse to a bar of the Fosters’ fence. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watched him go down another hall to a room that had black curtains on the doorway. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

With the women strapped to tilt tables with their heads angled down at 65 degrees, a cardiologist checked their heart functions as an electrocardiogram recorded information every five minutes. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath, then lifted the broomstick in both hands and brought it down across her knee. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said the apple seller, “the next time his lordship comes down here hunkering for an apple, I’ll be sure and ask him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He sees Vilonia Kline gently lay the shirt down on the ground and then walk back down into the hole as they continue to dig around her. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

On the other side: a large down to sleep on the floor like canned sardines, one’s feet next to another’s head. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She walked around the entire house, patting down every window frame for latches that weren’t there. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was the one place where sunlight fell on the city, down through the gap where the seraph’s wings came together in front and didn’t quite meet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I ducked my head back down but kept my hands up for balance. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

All winter the Germans drive their horses and sledges and tanks and trucks over the same roads, packing down the snow, transforming it into a slick bloodstained ice-cement. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When the velvet ropes that had guided the crowd by creating a narrow street within the room ended, they found themselves going down a staircase to the main floor. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now,” said Herbert, as it was succeeded by silence, “he’s drinking. Now,” said Herbert, as the growl resounded in the beam once more, “he’s down again on his back!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She refused to back away, but looked down at him as if he were something disgusting she had found stuck to a lavatory seat. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Reyna paced next to the windows, gazing down at Central Park. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He found it at a yard sale down the street. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Benji flipped down the visor and checked his hair in the mirror. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had to leave, right away, before fear or doubt slowed me down. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I swung the bag and brought it down with all my might onto his stockinged foot. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Gently rolling the little goshawk on her back, I stroke her breast to hypnotize her and calm her down. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He actually voted to stay, even though his throat wobbled in the middle, and he went outside right after and disappeared down the road. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

A crack was beginning to form down the middle. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brought all her postcards down from my room and said, “She wrote me all these, she must be coming back.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then I lie down on the horse blanket and drift into a dream about Marlena that will probably cost me my soul. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z