| 单词 | downstairs |
| 例句 | Lincoln is eager to be downstairs because his son Robert is just back from the war and will be joining him, twelve-year-old Tad, and Mary for breakfast. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “What is the mood downstairs, Henry, I mean, of our people?” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then ‘lower’ . . . and then . . . would this word be ‘downstairs’? Maybe it says, ‘head downstairs’?” “That doesn’t make sense,” said Doon. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z So close to normal, and then, just like that, we’re back to this new, terrible normal where I’m stuck inside my room crying, listening to her downstairs cleaning up my dishes. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z "There are a lot of policemen downstairs and more coming." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Four frightened women need to talk, so that’s what we did until we heard a bang downstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He took them downstairs again and bathed them under the cold showers in the bathroom. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z When we get downstairs, Nora turns on all of the lights—since with the rain, no sunshine is coming through the one small window in the room. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I went past the Trophy Room, downstairs into the pungent air of the locker room, changed into gym pants, and spent an hour wrestling. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Here are the stats from the last two weeks of October: Three fights in the downstairs hall. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I found a pair of shoes and I went downstairs. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z We cleaned up the trickle of blood, which trailed away as if someone had carried a leaking jar of red watercolor all the way downstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z "Take 'em downstairs and give 'em back to whoever they belong to. Tell 'em all Daisy's change' her mine. Say 'Daisy's change' her mine!'." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “The children’s librarian downstairs can help you with that.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Go downstairs and I’ll be down in a minute to wash them. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z As dinner dishes are cleared from the table downstairs, my parents ascend hand in hand to their bedroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The men went downstairs, and Beatrice peered in the mirror. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Grandma slept in a room downstairs to save herself the stairs. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She never spoke to them; she strutted upstairs with the excuse of homework and did not come downstairs to say good-bye. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I went downstairs and paid off the cab. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I led Dr Meredith downstairs, showed him into the billiard room, then returned quickly to the smoking room where the atmosphere, if anything, had grown even more convivial. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z While at the office, I could walk downstairs to the ground-floor cafe to buy incidentals, and he turned his head aside on one or two occasions when Winnie came to visit me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I throw my backpack into my room and go downstairs to the kitchen. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Instead, I sort of staggered downstairs and started tearing through my parents’ liquor cabinet, searching for an escape route. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Before going downstairs I looked out the window and saw Grampa talking to three men I didn’t recognize. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z There was still time to get back downstairs, to get out of this wretched place. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They came when Will was at school, and one of them kept her talking downstairs while the other searched the bedrooms. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The freezing plant that Mr. Popper had got for the penguins downstairs was a large and good one. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z We were led downstairs and lined up with the other girls. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was wonderful to linger in bed in the morning, listening to the sounds of Otto playing with the boys downstairs. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z But we were downstairs, so it couldn’t have been as bad. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Maybe the girl downstairs turned me into a demon like her with that kiss. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z When rehearsal is over, I go straight downstairs to find Mrs. Malloy. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We get hungry, so we go downstairs to the kitchen to see if Oprah left any good food behind. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I turned off the song and went back downstairs. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I came downstairs dressed in my summer clothes because I had nothing else in my press to wear. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I went downstairs and picked up a pale blue envelope from the dining room table and scrawled on the back, in large, painstaking letters: I am going for a long walk. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z It was another parlor, three times the size of the one downstairs. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z All of the rooms downstairs seem to be for pottery. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The feel of the wooden steps under my bare feet when I’d walk downstairs in the mornings and the smooth railing under my fingertips. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I went downstairs to call Francis, but neither he nor Henry was in. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Now I pour the still-warm syrup into a bowl and I go back downstairs. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “Get dressed and meet me downstairs once you’ve used the privy,” Mama said, picking up a hand mirror and double-checking her own hair, which was as neat and tight as Ophie’s. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The other was wrapped around a cup of takeout coffee from the bodega downstairs. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I went downstairs to find my dad already bellied up to a table, slurping coffee and polishing his fancy binoculars. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z We have to go downstairs to Ireland to wash our faces in the basin under the tap and try to dry ourselves in the old damp shirt that hangs over the back of a chair. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She rested downstairs for a day before she felt strong enough to climb the stairs to her bedroom. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I spotted porcelain figurines that looked just like the ones Robbie had kept on her shelves downstairs from us on Euclid Avenue. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The next morning, when I came downstairs, my parents’ bedroom door was shut, and Dad was sitting at the kitchen table, by himself. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And besides the obvious slipping hazards of a one-legged shower, there doesn’t happen to be a shower downstairs. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Chester would know, I thought, so I went downstairs to ask him. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z I stay downstairs with Serena, Shoji, and my two sisters, who seem to be growing at an impossibly fast rate. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z On tiptoe, I turn out all the lamps, the television, every electricity sucker downstairs save the refrigerator. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z As usual, my parents had Christmas tapes playing when we came downstairs. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Mom called that dinner was ready, and George went downstairs to eat. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z We assured Kev that outhouses and kerosene would be just fine, sounded like fun, in fact—a little adventure, yessir—and then he led us downstairs for the final leg of our tour. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Joseph followed his uncle downstairs to a hidden door at the end of the ground floor hallway. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Stan came back downstairs, followed by a faintly green witch wrapped in a traveling cloak. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The sounds of plates clanking in the kitchen downstairs, the radio playing, meant evening. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Ji-yun and I grew tired of watching and went back downstairs. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Back downstairs, everything has to be done quickly, quickly: I comb my hair, put away the potty, shove the bed back in place. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The old man who lived downstairs heard the kid yell out, “I’m going to kill you.” Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z My father appeared downstairs at the door and I promptly vomited at his feet on the newly refinished floors. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they went downstairs to the kitchen where they were fed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z As I came downstairs I heard Mom’s voice, tense and upset. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Careful not to make any noise, I navigate my way downstairs in the dark and swallow down a tall glass of water in three gulps. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z When I get back downstairs, Kate is standing at the sink smoking a cigarette out the kitchen window, her hand dangling over the sill. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z After the longest while they decided to let the big baby have his own way and came back downstairs. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z From downstairs, I heard my mother calling my name, but I was too busy thinking to answer. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But long after that, and long after I had heard the clinking of the teacups and was quite ready, I wanted the resolution to go downstairs. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he would keep me in the bathroom and then go downstairs, out through the kitchen, to break a stick off one of the trees in the backyard. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z At the door she listened for what might be going on downstairs and then, apparently satisfied that all was quiet, turned to me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Before Easter we move back downstairs to Ireland. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But instead of the visitors’ room, they were led downstairs to the officers’ lounge. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though it was hot in my attic bedroom, I had my own room now that Asiya had moved downstairs to share a room with Faizah. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z If they tell me when I get downstairs that I have to do overtime, I thought, I’ll quit. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Each year they had to fight him to the floor before they would even consider going downstairs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed my pink robe and headed downstairs before Frankie could devour everything Mama had made. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Only if you came into the entryway would you see the two inner doors, one leading to the upstairs apartment, one to the downstairs, and their shared basement beneath. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He had been waiting on me downstairs for a minute. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Two hours later, I took my work downstairs. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She don’t turn back as she goes downstairs. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Just as Rochester was about to propose, I heard Gramps downstairs jangling his keys, and a moment later he walked in whistling. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Black was waiting for me downstairs,” Gold remembered. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z My bed and dresser are downstairs in the family room. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I put the box on top of the fridge and went back downstairs. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Nat scrambled into his clothes and hurried downstairs and out of the house. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “They say his sister lives here, and he’s coming to visit and intends to take this colored woman to the movie theater this Friday. Not to the balcony, but downstairs in the white section.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Amaya came downstairs and ducked past them, still in her plain orphanage dress. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Last night, Ivy went downstairs to the Bishops’ kitchen for a drink of water and overheard Taryn’s parents in the living room talking about the Aberdeens’ house. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As I went back downstairs, Shady was pouring the buttermilk. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He was still in the car so I ran downstairs and through the front door. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I went downstairs and out of the house. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z We were very quiet on our first trip downstairs. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “No you wouldn’t. It sucks. And I think that woman who lives downstairs, Mrs. Singer, is a witch or something.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Or...do you want to talk about what you said downstairs?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I calmed down enough to make it downstairs. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I stop in the downstairs bathroom to look at it in the mirror and there’s a big red welt. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z When I came downstairs, he was at the kitchen table with a pile of papers spread out in front of him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z After making a last examination Armstrong left the room and came downstairs. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Jim was so mad he locked himself in his room all day, except to come downstairs to eat and watch television and talk to some girls on the home telephone. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Go downstairs and check the sidewalk under the nest. See if there are any sticks down there.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In our consulting room downstairs, we often communicated through notes, which we would then burn and throw in the waste-basket. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was getting so short of space downstairs with all those shelves, and anyway my grandchildren were always pulling them around.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The day Newcharlie had burned the pictures and dropped them out the window, I had run downstairs trying to catch them. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z He took the page downstairs and showed his mother, who frowned slightly. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I live downstairs in 5A. May I please ask you a few questions?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “You will stay for dinner?” he called, as he vanished downstairs again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When he made his way downstairs, he found Hollis wearing a hot pink muumuu, passed out on the couch with papers strewn across her chest and the floor. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Then I walked downstairs and said hello to Father. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z This in turn reminded her of the people downstairs waiting: her mother, the cook, Leon, the visitor, Robbie. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In my dream, George comes outside from downstairs and says, “Where are you going?” and then I hear Mom laugh. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “I’ll go fix it with Martin downstairs. Get him to switch to a double room.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z She pulled out her phone and dialed up Bennie as she headed downstairs. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Then we talked about “upstairs” and “downstairs” some more. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I’m Joy, and this is Malia. My mom’s still at work, and my dad is downstairs in the laundry room. He’ll be back in a minute. Do you, um, want to come in?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “I mean yes, but it’s not just that. She recited a prophecy downstairs. I think... I think it was about this quest.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She brushed her hair, tiptoed past her father’s room, and went downstairs. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My mother sat in the kitchen downstairs, reading a magazine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Instead, I came downstairs to a clean kitchen. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He gave Minnie a gold watch and chain specially made by the jeweler in the pharmacy downstairs. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Jam lay them out on her parents’ bed, then started back downstairs, but as soon as she touched the banister, she paused. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The first floor was absolutely quiet, and since it felt like I might be missing some meeting I was supposed to attend, I swung downstairs to the common room. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She pulled on shorts and a shirt and looked into three empty bedrooms before she came downstairs. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I waited for five minutes and then five minutes more, before finally I went downstairs and back to the peephole to make sure he’d made it to his feet. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “It’s that naughty boy. I told him to go to sleep alone, and here he is, downstairs, getting his death a-cold pattering over that canvas,” said Meg, answering the call. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z You ran downstairs and demanded of Mrs. Fairfax some occupation: the weekly house accounts to make up, or something of that sort, I think it was. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “I like that Abuela is just downstairs, but I’m not sure I like Martín and Brian invading my space all the time.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Just then a parakeet squawked, making my brother jump, and he closed the box, tucked it under his arm, and carried it downstairs to Desdemona. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I go downstairs wearing a thick Christian smile. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z By the time Red Duncan got downstairs with a shotgun Tam was screaming into the wall telephone at the King City central. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally, at a quarter to five, Harry went back downstairs and into the living room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I steel myself, recalling face after suffering face I saw yesterday just downstairs. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sleepily I followed them downstairs, where the car was parked in front of the bookstore. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “If only I could be there, if only I were downstairs,” he exclaimed. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The train didn't leave for an hour, so I went downstairs and found a movie theater. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Harry followed him downstairs, trying to wipe his hands clean on the inside of his robes without Snape noticing. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Whites lived downstairs and blacks lived upstairs, and to bridge that separation was to heal a biblical wound. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I don’t wake him as I slip out of bed and head downstairs. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I went downstairs, the right-hand pocket of my jacket full of ups and the left full of downs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “And not into the attic. They’re going through the wall downstairs right below you. No noise!” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “I thought the Igwe was supposed to stay at his palace and receive guests. I didn’t know he visits people’s homes,” Amaka said, as we went downstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Right away I chugged some pills, and I stuffed another fistful in the pocket of my jeans before heading downstairs for breakfast. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I let go, looked in his face, then hurried downstairs. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z When Bernard rang up from downstairs to let us know the delivery man was in the elevator, Mom gave me two twenties from her purse. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Chicken suppers and gambling games were rioting on a twenty-four-hour basis downstairs. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When Olanna heard her mother’s raised voice the next morning—“Good-for-nothing! Stupid man!”—she hurried downstairs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Emily is standing alone in the lobby when I come downstairs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z At half past eleven that evening, Harry, who had pretended to go up to bed early, pulled the Invisibility Cloak back over himself and crept back downstairs through the common room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The sky looked like cotton candy as I made my way downstairs. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Then I went downstairs and tried to pack. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I got up and took my shower, and I got dressed and went downstairs and had one of my dad’s Granola Squeezes, and went out to my upcar and started to drive to School™. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s run downstairs and give thanks to Mercer. Then we can come up here again and right away name her; she needs a name. And maybe you can find some rope to tether her.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I get to his building and I text him that I’m downstairs and I really hope he’s here. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Everyone from downstairs gets a cup of soup, plus dessert, if there happens to be any. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He raced downstairs and I heard the hollow thumping of the basement steps as he went down them. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Go downstairs and you’ll see a whole hallway lined with photographs featuring that same exact smile. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes she went downstairs to the kitchen, ran her hands over the sticky, grease-stained counter, the vinyl, flowered curtains that smelled like burned meals. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Ever since Father had returned the compliment of the widow downstairs by insisting his wife was not in the least lovely, and in truth was only an old rag, the widow had stopped greeting him. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Very faintly, on a downstairs radio, a sprightly female voice sang a song about yogurt, backed by a chorus of mooing cows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I dressed, went downstairs, had some coffee in the kitchen and went out to the garage. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He hunted around the cavernous house, eventually making his way downstairs, where he found a closed door with Lindsey's voice emanating from behind it. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Alice was asleep when he went through the bedroom on the way downstairs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I nodded, and he took me downstairs to the basement, except it wasn’t really a basement because the ceilings were like fifteen feet high. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She slipped quietly downstairs with the bag in one hand and the note for Elinor in the other. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z People moving about downstairs—the murmur of voices. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z During the daytime we can’t make any noise that might be heard downstairs, and when someone else is there, like the cleaning lady, we have to be extra careful. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z If you walked downstairs at night, you woke up the entire household. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z On the way downstairs, Grandma hit Ernie and Genie and their mother with everything she had to get them to stay the night. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I went downstairs and found Dad slumped in his easy chair, back to his paper. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t come downstairs and find him with his forehead slammed against the kitchen table, drool oozing from his mouth like slime, which is definitely what I was expecting. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The boys run downstairs and bounce into the truck. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave him two Tylenol and a glass of water and left him, rubbing his eyes and talking nonsense, to go downstairs and call Francis. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then Diana carefully picked up her bags and headed downstairs and out the door. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Were in a public place. . . . You mean, our friend downstairs?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “The downstairs living room has the best work area, of course,” Hammie adds. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I missed Dismay, but he was a funeral dog, so I knew his place was downstairs at the viewing. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The master and Madam moved their bedchamber to the downstairs front parlor and gave the library over to Colonel Hawkins, a high-ranking officer whose favor Lockton sought. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z After my last class, I race downstairs and unlock my locker. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z When she heard the truck come back and Joe and Daddy came in, she couldn’t bear just lying still, so she rushed downstairs. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Calder grabbed the box and rushed downstairs—he would take a “rainbow bath,” as Grandma Ranjana used to call it. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z After hanging my coat downstairs and dragging myself up to my room, I open the door to find Courtney Cooper kicked back in the La-Z-Boy. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “Ah, yes. I saw her downstairs reading When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead. We’ll reach her later. It’s nearly noon and I’m eager to move on to the next round of our competition.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Then she ran downstairs and jumped on the landing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “And then,” said Sierra, “he went downstairs and scooped up all the Rocky and Bullwinkle DVDs.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z It appeared that everything had been settled downstairs in our absence. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z George lugged her body out of bed, shrugged on some clothing, and plodded downstairs. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “Gonna go check on Beefy, and then we can go wait by the patio door. I am pretty sure I can hear Mrs. Villalobos snoring downstairs.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She had just woken up and was having her breakfast: a croissant and café au lait delivered from downstairs. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The bonus room is practically bigger than the whole downstairs of Annabelle’s house. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Then she ran from the room and pounded downstairs. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I was just about to go downstairs to the basement to play when I heard a scream from one of the lower floors. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t move, and when he got downstairs she heard him say to Mother, “Sometimes it makes you wonder, doesn’t it? That funny child!” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z That’s what happened, except that at the same moment, Mr. Russell was downstairs playing that Copland piece again. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We help carry the food downstairs and then are free to go enjoy the party. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z For one thing, it was the first time they were allowed to come downstairs for breakfast, and for another Mr. Banks lost his black bag. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z While I was carrying on like that, I heard the screen door bang shut downstairs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I fixed myself some eggs and ate them out of the pan, without bread because I didn’t have any left and I didn’t feel like going downstairs to buy some. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “About 7 o’clock in the evening Holmes came out of his office and asked two men who were living in the building if they would not help him carry a trunk downstairs.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Annabeth and he crept downstairs to the second deck, which Percy hadn’t explored except for sickbay. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I was taking Laney to the bathroom, and we overheard Mama and Papa talking downstairs.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I sit at the island, poking at my cereal and promising myself that when she comes downstairs, I’ll say it. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z These indignant thoughts afflicted her until she was almost at her own ward when she remembered the men with crutches downstairs, waiting to be brought up in the lift. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He does a round through the parlor and dining room, and then downstairs to the kitchens to make certain everything is in order. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But this man could very well lean forward just as Mrs. Fanning had done downstairs. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I have never really properly explored the downstairs rooms. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Only, twenty minutes later, Dad came downstairs alone. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When I came downstairs one morning and went into the dining room for my bowl of mush and lard gravy I felt at once that something sen ous was happening in the family. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I went downstairs, crossed the yard, and entered Ali and Hassan’s living quarters by the loquat tree. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I asked her for the tenth time, but she only cried, letting me carry her downstairs like a newborn calf. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “I have an idea. I can help you move. I can carry things downstairs,” Laney suggested. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z With the nursery door closed they realized all at once how much darker it had become, and Theodora said restlessly, “Let’s get downstairs to our parlor; I can feel those hills pushing in.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Dari raced downstairs to inspect our fallen egg—Dari, our calm, collected, studious Dari, running over to our egg like a doctor to his patient. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They sat in Ernestine’s room until supper time, and then went downstairs together. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning when I come downstairs, Theodore Finch is sitting at the dining-room table with my parents. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z So early the next morning I put on my running leg, sneak downstairs, and find my wheelchair in the garage. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z When I asked if she was through, she replied that she was going downstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z No doubt he had been badmouthing me to all who would listen downstairs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I went downstairs for a glass of water. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z "Rogers went downstairs to clear up in the dining room and pantry. Anyone could have gone up to the woman's bedroom then without being seen." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The Chinese bakery downstairs from our flat displayed my growing collection of trophies in its window, amidst the dust-covered cakes that were never picked up. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I jogged downstairs to catch the Number Two train. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Soon the smell of macaroni and cheese wafts up to me and carries me downstairs by the nose. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Right in the middle of the ice cream and cake, there was a scratching and a barking at the downstairs kitchen door. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Look, I got to go. I’m supposed to meet Kaira downstairs.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I could hear laughing and talking coming from downstairs. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z I read him two chapters of The Trumpet of the Swan, tucked him in with his stuffed-animal pet dog — cleverly named Dog-Dog, by the way — and walked downstairs to the dining room. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I got a jacket, as the wind would be chilly, and went downstairs. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t remember how to get to the room downstairs—the room I was in yesterday, with tables and shorter bookcases. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Tom must have come home while I was up there, because they were together when I came downstairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe, a bit nervous, not at all certain that he did, nodded tentatively, went back downstairs, and resumed his sit-ups, trying to work it out. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As was his habit, he padded downstairs in socked feet, eased Grandma’s front door open, and plucked the latest issue of the Logan County Gazette off the porch. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z By the time the water had left the yard and street, most of our downstairs, though smelling more like a crab shanty than a proper house, was at least cleaned out. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he ran back downstairs, zipped past Grandma, who sat at the kitchen table with her feet in a bucket of steaming water—standing too long caused them to swell, she complained—and jetted outside. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z The lights were on downstairs— in the living room and in Mr. Clutter’s office. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I ride the elevator downstairs, and check to make sure nobody is in the hallway or the storage closet before I slip inside. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I followed him downstairs, through long corridors where some kind of game of hide-and-seek was going on. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Vivian would never have agreed to start this early. She has a routine. Gets up at eight or nine, comes downstairs at ten.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z In our house we have a fireplace in Ireland downstairs and a fireplace in Italy upstairs and no sign of a damper. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Cursing whatever friend, relative or stranger had sniffed out my homecoming, I padded barefoot downstairs. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z In a few minutes he will go downstairs, join the party, his family. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He walked downstairs and out front, slipped behind the wheel of a Dancing Trout station wagon, and drove out of the canyon and through town, turning left onto the highway, aiming south. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, the children went upstairs and slept in the loft, and Nokomis slept there, too, instead of downstairs beside Mama. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Moments later, the one-eyed girl appears to escort me downstairs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Now whenever we want to go downstairs we have to duck and then jump. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He's not awake yet, so I hustle downstairs and fetch the paper off the front porch. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He said, “Dude. Come downstairs with us and have some fun. But put some clothes on first. I can see your balls.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z She heard the door downstairs open and close again. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He figured he would leave the house just at midnight, but he got so fidgety that he couldn’t wait that long, and around eleven-thirty he crept downstairs. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Then she says, “Walk out of the sanctuary like you’re going downstairs to the restroom.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He heaved a sort of shuddering sigh, and taking me in his arms, carried me downstairs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “He’s been Apparating downstairs every morning since, just to prove he can.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z So it made sense for me to head downstairs too. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I had gone downstairs to the funeral like I always did. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Wes waited downstairs for his mother to take him to his grandmother’s house. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The coldest place in our house is the downstairs bog. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She still loves you and has made a terrible mistake and is waiting for you downstairs. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z All we had to do was get downstairs and find the Labyrinth entrance. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The sky was barely getting light and the birds just beginning to wake up and sing when I tiptoed downstairs in my Sunday suit and my new linen duster. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We both know what I am good at, what I am—I just chased my sister around the downstairs with a sword. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I got up and crept downstairs to the kitchen. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z When she went downstairs to say good night to her father, he was sitting in his favorite chair staring at the television, but the television wasn’t on. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Then I turned and went downstairs to breakfast. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I was wearing an old- fashioned Greek tunic, which was a litde too breezy downstairs, and laced leather sandals. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z "Why don't you boys go downstairs—fresh air is good for you." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The next morning, Ana did not come downstairs for breakfast. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I went downstairs a different Ted from the Ted that had gone up. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now go downstairs and see Mrs. Howard for a focus session. If you calm down you can join your class after lunch for math drills.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon after they were gone he rang the bell: a message came that I and Adèle were to go downstairs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z By the time I’m back downstairs, it’s just Decca and Mrs. Finch. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She drew a pail of water from the well and, with a rag, washed the windows of her room and the windows to the living room downstairs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Then we head downstairs to meet the rest of the crew. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z They learned to write their new address: 18434 Winslow Road Up, those two little letters ensuring that their mail ended up in their apartment, and not with Mr. Yang downstairs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z From the loft, she could hear him downstairs, ruder and louder than ever. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Hey, there’s a guy downstairs waiting for you and Mom is flipping out,” he says. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Every cell in my body dreads going downstairs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When Malcolm X returned downstairs to the lobby, he “practically bumped into the Muslim entourage. The Muslims were stunned. Malcolm’s face froze, but he never broke his gait. Then, we knew we were facing trouble.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He listened, straining against the silence, but all he could hear was the quiet house around him, the occasional tick from the empty downstairs or a rustle of bedding from his mum’s room next door. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z When Tessie returned from her trips downstairs I began to detect, in addition to the traces of tears on her face, faint streaks of guilt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I immediately assumed it was the carpenter and went to warn Bep, who was eating lunch, that she couldn’t go back downstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I plaster a big fat smile across my face and go back downstairs. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “No witnesses, a crafty lawyer who said she'd chucked herself downstairs over and over, plus his wife conveniently going mental. ‘Unsound mind,' the judge in Worcester decided.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Lauren seemed to compensate by watching TV for hours at a time, housewives and fix-it shows and singing competitions flashing across the screen every time Maya came downstairs for a snack. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “We have two. The peculiar archives is downstairs, you know.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I thought she might be ill and went downstairs to check on her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Helen said she was sixty-eight years old, old enough to be my mother, but Mrs. Croft insisted that Helen and I speak to each other downstairs, in the parlor. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Henry,” said Mrs. Corcoran, “perhaps you’ll help the young lady with her bags and show her to her room. Brady, you can take the boys downstairs.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When Sapo and I arrived downstairs the guard didn’t ask who we were visiting. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z My stomach rumbles and my head begins to hurt, so I put the notebook away and head downstairs to find something to eat. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z As soon as they mentioned “the current situation,” Dad told us to go downstairs to play with my little cousin Hua-hua. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Dazed with sleep, I put on my bathrobe and stumbled downstairs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I didn’t feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour-long commercial that advertised an exercise machine. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z They grumble and run out the door to get downstairs to the backyard lavatory. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z George from downstairs has already brought out my hammock. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I go downstairs to watch TV with my mom for a bit. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I went downstairs with him, and as we were going there was a knock at the hall-door. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Okay, it’s twenty till, so I’m going to run down to my floor and take a quick shower before dinner. I can meet you both downstairs in the lobby.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The rest of her bags were already downstairs. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Laughter from downstairs reminds me I only have a small window of time to act if I want permission to wear the dress. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The potatoes proved that all too well, as did the wood shavings, which Father collected in a bucket and brought downstairs to burn. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I should change now, actually,” I say, and run downstairs, leaving him there, bewildered. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom says after galumphing downstairs from her office at ten after five. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “You’ll have to take a taxi. I took one over here. It’s waiting downstairs.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I jumped up to run downstairs and ask her to take me to the mall with her, since I was going to need new clothes to impress Tina. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z David brought him back downstairs and put him in his cage. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Pots and pans were everywhere — don’t ask me how I had somehow not noticed this on my way downstairs the first time — and Jeffrey was stirring some pretend concoction in the deepest pot of all. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As she rode the elevator back downstairs that evening, however, she rested her head against the mirrored wall and bit back tears. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I took a self-guided tour of the downstairs rooms just to make sure that no stone had been left unturned, that no obvious forced entry had been missed. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z In a daze, I go downstairs to my room to brush my hair and spray on some perfume to hide the kitchen grease smells. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time the bell rang, either Margot or I had to tiptoe downstairs to see if it was Father, and we didn’t let anyone else in. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He walks downstairs and slides his key across the front desk. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Aiming the light in front of us, Lissa followed me downstairs. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The cat hissed, screeched, leaped to the floor and was downstairs before Palmer finished his scream. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The tenants downstairs complained of the banging noise coming through the ceiling, and bed-to-floor leaping was declared off-limits as well. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Dad loves old stuff like that, like the big yellow chandelier downstairs and the tiled hallway floors that will never, ever be clean again. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “More. More downstairs. Words. Words calm Ella down. Words, words, words.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Listening to songs on the radio, or hearing a great voice at the opera, or overhearing the woman downstairs singing to herself at an open window, I learn much more. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I pace back and forth in the hall for a minute and then run back downstairs. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But Finn didn't hear the rumble of Chess’s voice downstairs answering Ms. Morales. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She leaned over and took the doorknob, and in her everyday soft voice she said, “Sister, go on downstairs. Wait for me. I’ll be there directly.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t necessary, since we heard Mother and Mr. van Daan downstairs talking to Hello, and then the two of them came inside and shut the door behind them. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I hurried to set out the breakfast dishes before Eliza came downstairs. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She made quilts in her craft room, and the hum of the sewing machine could be heard throughout the downstairs. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It had high sides, like the walls of his playpen downstairs, but he was convinced that he could scale it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I hear my daughter speaking to her husband downstairs. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Unpacks her dresses in the small empty bedroom downstairs, puts her Bible, Watchtowers and Awakes, a picture of Daddy on the little brown bookshelf. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Papa had gone back downstairs, and I was still sitting on the sofa, watching Aunty Ifeoma talk to Mama, when my cousins arrived. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Merry sang songs—all to the tune of “Jingle Bells”—and took little catnaps on a pink blanket under the pecan tree by the downstairs kitchen door. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll check the men’s room downstairs. Go see if he’s by the water.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I waited till he got downstairs before I crept down myself. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “How about we take these two little bunnies downstairs, and you can tell us all about what you're working on while we stuff our faces with cake?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “We got you these,” I said, giving her the vase of flowers we had bought downstairs in the gift store. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I set the mug on the floor and tiptoed back downstairs. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I put the food in the palm of my hand and went downstairs to the basement, where I opened the top of Tiny Tim’s cage. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I had left her downstairs with the pictures. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled on my jeans, shirt, and sweater and hurried downstairs to the kitchen, where Mom already had the radio tuned to WELC. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the road was a two-storied white house with porches extending around its four sides, upstairs and downstairs. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z And just as I’m finishing up, her mother is calling from downstairs, “Dinner!” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “In Jericho. Cranham Street. It’ll be underwater now—downstairs, anyway. I hope she did what I told her to and moved all her books upstairs.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z "I knew you'd want to know about Mr. Phillips, so I had one of my interns call downstairs and check. Dr. Porter?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And I got out of bed at 2:07 a.m. and I felt scared of Mr. Shears so I went downstairs and out of the front door into Chapter Road. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z La Bruja downstairs she thought of as the devil—her being below them made sense. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Feeling safer after my talk with Pa, I climb off his lap and make my way back downstairs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been very hot downstairs and my face was as red as a lobster. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She pushed her chair back, feeling pleased at the interruption, and went downstairs to open the door. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “In the drawer downstairs. And you have money, don’t you?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I went downstairs at the crack of dawn this morning and saw Dadi in the kitchen, stress cooking and baking. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I try not to resent his freedom to race downstairs and stride alone to the train station. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Dad came downstairs, let Lucifer and Daisy Mae out, and found us boys clustered around the set. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I do not make it downstairs for dinner. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Woolf would slip downstairs, wake himself with a tall Coca-Cola spiked with a couple of drops of ammonia, blot his lips, mutter, “Let’s go get this money and go home,” and stride into battle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There was an entire wing in disuse, and marvelous bedrooms that were nearly of a size with all of Aunt Rose’s downstairs. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I changed into a t-shirt and sweatpants and went downstairs so I could sit on the couch and watch television for the rest of the afternoon. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I could tell from the occasional silence that filled the study while Danny would be downstairs getting the tea. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And second, he knew that the men were downstairs, opening the kitchen door. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z From downstairs came the sound of Dudley bawling at his mother, “I don’t want him in there ... I need that room ... make him get out. ...” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z In my excitement, I kept missing the button with my hook, but I eventually got it and rushed out of the apartment and downstairs. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “When you get home, check downstairs in case any phone messages were left for you between three-thirty and five. If there were, we’ll have to think of some reason why you didn’t take the calls.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He kept thinking about the bird downstairs asleep in the fern. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z She felt as if she was walking downstairs in the dark and had just missed a step. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They could hear him run downstairs, and go into the cellar. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Here are the stats for the first week of November: No fights in the downstairs hall, even though I came close. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Last night I went downstairs in the dark, all by myself, after having been there with Father a few nights before. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z A wooden staircase leads from the downstairs hallway to the third floor. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “He’ll finish things up downstairs,” Axel says, more of a question, but Byrd doesn’t answer. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She thought about Tiller lying in his bed downstairs. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z No one upstairs, downstairs or across the way could see her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z While the Yoshotos were still in the kitchen, I slipped downstairs and telephoned the Windsor Hotel—which Bobby’s friend, Mrs. X, had recommended to me before I’d left New York. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Genie immediately put his face to the floor, peering desperately between the wooden slats into the darkness downstairs. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Stay away from the windows,” I tell them, and nearly throw myself downstairs. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Some things have been brought downstairs, and some unsalvageable pieces thrown away. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He carried his photographs down a long hallway, went downstairs and through a security door, swiping his id card across a sensor, and entered a warren of rooms. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She called me back downstairs and sat me down at the kitchen table, across from her. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The black deputies who had hovered nearby ushered us toward a back door that led downstairs, where a throng of reporters waited. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When I came downstairs for breakfast, Mom and Dad were arguing. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything they need in one open space downstairs, two bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Some nights I sneak downstairs to watch the YouTube clips, just to convince myself that it’s not a dream, that I really am going to be able to run. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Holding both pigeon and flashlight was tricky, but Palmer managed to tiptoe downstairs without waking up the house. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Located downstairs on the same street was what is known in New York City as a “candy store.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I went downstairs again, and back to the subjunctive verbs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then one day in July he says we can’t go downstairs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z ‘That fellow downstairs is a spectacle, all right, and a circus too. But I’m through putting up with him.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I put on my coat and boots and walked downstairs, standing under the balcony overhang, looking around. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Riot trots in from downstairs and spreads himself out in front of me until I scratch his chin. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Later that afternoon, when Phoebe and I went downstairs, Mrs. Winterbottom was talking with Prudence. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z In a minute his mother would be downstairs; she had got up when he and Macon had come in, but Macon sent her back upstairs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Amelia’s mom and brother come downstairs, and we’re ushered out the door and into the car. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z When Genie got downstairs, there Grandpop was, just as Genie suspected, sunglasses on, disassembling his gun again, twisting the screws, yanking and pulling at the revolver. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z But he said, “I want you to finish that food and go to your rooms and pray for forgiveness,” before turning to go back downstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z To Bailey’s surprise, there are almost a dozen rêveurs waiting in the restaurant downstairs, some who will be following the circus and others who are remaining in Boston. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But in the mornings her mom tried to explode very quietly, so that the people downstairs didn’t get annoyed. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z If she wasn’t back downstairs to meet Ekon in the next ten minutes... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The four of them left Ron’s room and went back downstairs to find Mrs. Weasley alone in the kitchen, looking extremely bad-tempered. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I thought I saw a shadow move behind an unshuttered downstairs curtain. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I left him up there on the roof and walked back downstairs and took the elevator to the lobby. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z If hell is downstairs and heaven is the hallway, then this must be purgatory—what happens in purgatory again? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Ella’s downstairs in the kitchen already, getting ready to cook up some breakfast. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “What magazines did you use?” asked Anderson, the female CO who supervised the barbershop downstairs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I went downstairs to the tiny windowless gift shop and asked the decrepit volunteer sitting on a stool behind a cash register what kind of flowers smell the strongest. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z By the time I make my way downstairs, it’s raining hard outside. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Eventually, an immigration official asked Bobby to accompany him downstairs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My parents’ debate continued downstairs, but their words faded. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z As she started downstairs, she considered stopping by for Melanie, but she decided against it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z They seized him, hustled him downstairs roughly, and confined him in the parlor. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he swung his legs over the side of the bed and put on his shoes, straining every nerve to hear the sounds from downstairs. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Lefty finally blurted out as they headed back downstairs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Now Kira had gone off to a movie with Holly’s father, and the babysitter was downstairs asleep on the couch. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Branwell was moved downstairs to the bedroom that was off the kitchen. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Once again, their mother’s laughter spilled out of a downstairs window. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Straight after school, I rush to the library and downstairs to tell Miss Cook that Langston Hughes isn’t from Alabama but from Missouri and Kansas. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z But he took a deep breath and headed downstairs to the vast subway system that snaked beneath the city like hidden rivers. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I go downstairs to say good-bye as he’s heading off to work. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Once we pick up Rollie and Lillie, I wrap their leashes around my other hand tightly, and I lead all four dogs back downstairs. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z With the drenched, mud-footed kid clawing at him, he turned without a word, without a gesture, and left the platform and went downstairs. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The downstairs bell buzzes loud enough for us to hear. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She slipped out of bed and downstairs, and hearing some children’s voices out on the water, went to see what they were doing. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Loud music plays upstairs and the TV blares downstairs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I sat on the bed, fighting my need to obey Father’s order to change and go back downstairs. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z After that night Jody moved his things and slept in a room downstairs. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “I won’t!” she chirped, and then they all headed off downstairs together. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z First, the old man in the apartment downstairs. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z When everyone went upstairs at two-thirty to either read or take a nap, I went downstairs, with blanket and all, to sit at the desk and read or write. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z In a moment he’d join his wife downstairs, and tell her he wasn’t going jogging. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I head back downstairs, almost tripping over Robin Hood. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z She’d brushed her teeth and put her hair in four rough braids after dampening it with water, little things to delay coming downstairs and facing the conversation she knew was lurking, waiting. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Then, against my better judgment, I went downstairs to the pay phone and dialed Francis’s number. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I can hear the neighbors screaming at each other downstairs. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I ran behind her as she stormed downstairs, and let me tell you, when that door flung open, those people met the worst side of Doris Brooks. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Early the next morning, I woke up and skipped downstairs to have breakfast. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z By then Bibi was sleeping downstairs again, though they kept her camp cot in the corridor, and would not let her touch the child directly. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z In the early fall, I was working V-gallery, on the flats, just downstairs from W, when above me I heard a commotion. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To be polite, Ashima takes a cup, but downstairs she throws it away. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z So he came up here to print photos and write these messages after he left me downstairs? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Before picking up the third box, Cabot tossed the little book on top of the sheets and began his journey downstairs one last time. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I figured that out after we stopped at the bodega downstairs on our way home from school one day and she started talking to Hugo, the old man who owns the store. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z His downstairs neighbor knocked his immediate protest with a broom handle. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z One near the downstairs recreation area—which, by the way, has a movie theater—and one for ordinary meals, I guess. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “Well don’t just stand idle, Nurse Tallis. Get downstairs and help.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z His mom and dad wheeled the chair downstairs with Gus still in it, bouncing down crazily in a way that would have been dangerous if danger retained its relevance, and then they left us alone. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z This was how, a week into her new duties, Mia came to be in the Richardson kitchen when Izzy wandered downstairs at nine thirty in the morning. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There was about to be a send-off for her downstairs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He headed downstairs toward the kitchen, which he kept visiting because he was sure that was where Kreacher was most likely to reappear. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z To pass the time in the evenings I read the Boston Globe downstairs, in a spacious room with stained-glass windows. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Your mama has buckets of sunflowers downstairs,” said Peach in a shaky voice. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We stop in the foyer and, instead of entering the sanctuary, we go straight downstairs to the basement and take our turns coming out of the bathroom just in case someone asks where we were. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When it finally does, I run downstairs to greet her. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Awakened by my parents rushing off to the hospital, he’d gotten out of bed and gone downstairs to make himself a cup of coffee. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was getting wilder than the men downstairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled on my boots anyway, unclear where I was headed, and went downstairs. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Sure. Although you might want to go downstairs so you don’t catch those mowers outside. Or Mr. Nelsons dog barking,” Mustafa suggests. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Glancing at her watch, she shook her head and hurried downstairs to find her stepmother so she could get a ride to school for the yearbook meeting. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “The carrier, no doubt,” I thought, and ran downstairs without inquiry. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I still had no idea what he was talking about, so I went downstairs to watch television with my sister. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I picked up the jar at arm’s length and carried it downstairs with him pulsating all the way. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Once she left for work, I put on my clothes and went downstairs. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Their quiet dignity reminded me of my great-uncle Terry, who’d lived downstairs when I was growing up on Euclid Avenue, mowing our lawn dressed in wingtips and suspenders. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z His own room was the size of our downstairs, and he had his own bathroom and tile with the grout still around it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z More and more, she longed to exchange the chaos of the downstairs apartment for the quiet of her own. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z They could all hear voices and doors as people came downstairs, and Jam felt the familiar vibrations of her parents’ footsteps, even through the rubber of the training room floor. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “I have to go back downstairs and meet my grandmother in a minute.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The cleaning lady is working downstairs, so at the moment I’m seated at the van Daans’ oilcloth-covered table with a handkerchief sprinkled with fragrant prewar perfume pressed to my nose and mouth. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I stood outside the room and closed the door loud enough that they could hear it downstairs. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The air was not so stale and sultry in the room as it was downstairs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I sit in Mrs. Robbins’s room in a daze, trying to get my feet to stand, to put up my chair, to walk downstairs where Mom will be waiting. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z A week before the ball, Madam ordered that Lady Seymour be moved to the parlor bedchamber downstairs so she could reclaim the largest bedchamber for herself. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z There were general rules and kitchen rules, bathroom rules and stairway rules, basement rules and outside rules, upstairs rules and downstairs rules, clothing rules, washing rules, cleaning rules, rules upon rules upon rules. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He’d called me downstairs to fill out an entry form for an upcoming regional meet. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Hours later, when my feet carried me downstairs, I found them in their dark bedroom, deep into sleep. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z When Will came back downstairs, she was standing with his breakfast wrapped in foil. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z And he considers going downstairs and asking Amy about her transition and her wife and how she knew she was different. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Now I must go, I am afraid, or they will miss me downstairs.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Georges, weren’t you about to ask me downstairs? To help you look for that key? Not that it isn’t fascinating about the oranges and the seaweed.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Next I do a quick sponge bath in the downstairs bathroom, fix my hair, then dress in a long-sleeved T, a hoodie vest, and my softest jeans. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He snuck off with it when his mother was downstairs talking, and took himself and his booty to the loft. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Slowly, the boxes downstairs began to empty and Ben piled them in the backyard where they lay like the discarded shells of reptiles. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I went downstairs and watched the television. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It turned out that downstairs, the mood had been jubilant all along, the basement TV pumping out a consistent stream of good news. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The nights he spends there, he learns to wake up earlier than he is used to, to the sound of Silas barking downstairs, wanting to be taken for his morning walk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Upstairs, the funeral home was pretty much the same as downstairs, except much darker and no tables. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Go downstairs and get him some of your father’s PJs from storage.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I wondered if he was asleep downstairs or whether he was waiting to come in and kill me. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When he got to the downstairs lobby, he saw two guards at the security desk in front of the glass doors to the parking lot. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We trooped downstairs to bowls of dangerously hot Apple Brown Betty that seared the mouth. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z By nightfall the neighborhood was under nine feet of water and Zeitoun could no longer go downstairs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Hazel found the idea almost as unsettling as the battle forklifts downstairs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I can't stay up here when his dad is downstairs making enchiladas and probably waiting for us—it's too weird. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I’d saunter downstairs and make myself so useful Shady couldn’t possibly see fit to allow me to walk out the door, let alone to do someone else’s bidding. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to go downstairs but he was hungry. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z We could hear him moaning, all the way downstairs. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z But before we can start another round, Mama calls from downstairs. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Grammy’s laughter over a big win calls me downstairs, and I plop down on the couch next to her and rest my cheek against her pillowy arm. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I sit upstairs by myself for a long while, too scared to go downstairs. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I was lying on the floor of the downstairs. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mirren felt sick and Johnny took her downstairs for some tea. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “You got somebody waiting on you downstairs,” he says. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “She also said no phone for a week if you’re not downstairs in a minute.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z They dressed in silence, too sleepy to talk, then, yawning and stretching, the four of them headed downstairs into the kitchen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The house is filled with smoke when I come downstairs. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He being settled and falling swiftly into a shivering sleep, I quitted the chamber and repaired downstairs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I got downstairs to the lobby and ran into Mom and Charlie. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “Sure,” he said, “maybe we can go downstairs and look at the moon from there.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I made my way downstairs, my feet creaking on the steps. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Her daughters would giggle over the odd doodles they found in kitchen drawers or on the back shelf of the downstairs toilet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Jaja sat on my bed for a while longer before he went downstairs to have lunch; I pushed my textbook aside, looked up, and stared at my daily schedule, pasted on the wall above me. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t hear anything, so I started going downstairs really quietly and really slowly. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I walked downstairs and stood in the doorway. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Now Inej left her tiny chamber in the Slat and headed downstairs by way of the banisters. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I think, though I can’t be sure, that there’s some wine downstairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z While they sat and talked downstairs, I dressed upstairs in my room. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I put the blind back to how it was, checked I'd left no other traces of my incursion, slipped out, and flew downstairs to see who it was. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Then, I went downstairs to ask my sister if she could drive me to the store again, so I could get Mary Elizabeth something nice. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z She had seen the astronauts around the building, of course; they had spent many hours in the hangar downstairs, preparing for their missions on a simulation machine called the Procedures Trainer. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Mom is still ironing when I get downstairs at 6:40 AM on Thursday. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Around midnight I went downstairs and called the twins. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Her mom called Grace downstairs around eleven that Saturday morning. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I tiptoe downstairs, load my game bag with food, and sneak out of the house. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “You stop breaking the rules or I’m going straight downstairs.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z When I returned downstairs, I discovered Mr Cardinal moving rather restlessly around the drawing room examining objects he must long ago have become familiar with. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z After my cousins leave for school, I go downstairs to make some tea. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I couldn’t stand hanging around downstairs while Dad cooked the onions for the meatballs. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z He always added that they were old and dusty and no one else would live up there because the juke box played loud and drunks yelled and stomped up and down the long porch downstairs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Mom was in the kitchen when I went downstairs this morning, sifting flour into a mixing bowl. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I quickly change back into my own clothes and bring the dress downstairs with me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Charlie was finishing breakfast when I came downstairs, and he picked up on my mood immediately. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I check under the bed and in the closet, and then we move downstairs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “I thought you might sleep downstairs on the couch. People usually try to make their guests comfortable.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “Now don’t panic but there is a man—a very tall man— downstairs to see you.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I went back downstairs and he was sitting at the kitchen table, drinking a beer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In the morning, his mother would venture downstairs to lecture him on the evils of selfishness and bad language. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Violet had burned the toast, and their parents, smelling smoke, had run downstairs to see what the matter was. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “She corralled me downstairs, right in front of my daddy and yours!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She hurries out and downstairs to the kitchen. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He follows me downstairs, where Lily is just sitting down at the table to eat her omelet. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She had not had any appetite for the bountiful meal downstairs, but now she was feeling a hunger she knew nothing about. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z When we got downstairs, Cade announced, “He fell asleep. I had to wake him up.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He even rearranged the shelves of the kitchen downstairs and removed the gaily colored crêpe streamers from the electric fans. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Ushers often came to the Treaty Room a few times over the course of an evening to deliver more folders, containing more papers, freshly generated by staffers who were working late in the offices downstairs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Finally, after more woods and fields, the plain square house was before me, its downstairs windows full of yellow light. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Ellsberg set up his typewriter on a table and, much to the irritation of downstairs neighbors, pounded away late into the night. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I dream I am back in the lounge downstairs. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I decided to go downstairs and check on his condition. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z Pierrot patiently waited his turn, then without a word they ran off downstairs together to face Betty. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Our group is downstairs in the cafeteria, where the game will take place. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Joseph insisted on carrying each boy downstairs by himself, whispering while he tried to massage the pain from his sons’ heads. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He stole downstairs without turning on any of the lights. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The room seemed as empty as the old market, except for a small wooden bed Florent and Frankie’s father had brought downstairs. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z They try to ignore a Mother’s Day party downstairs, where 150 women from Nuevo Laredo laugh, shout, and whisde as their sons dance, pillows stuffed under their shirts to make them look pregnant. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z A while later, when Evie gets bored of lying there, I get her up and we go downstairs and leave Tom to snooze. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When the man from downstairs waved a greeting at them as they ascended the stairs, Moss was desperate to know how his mother felt about it all. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I investigate the newly tilled soil downstairs in the future garden. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Then we all got our things together and made our way downstairs to face the bruja. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I told Dr. Doris about how Mom didn’t come downstairs, about the eggs and everything. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A few moments later, I’m downstairs again with the others, but I’m quiet. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She changed schools, changed address—changed worlds, in effect—and moved into an octagonal bedroom downstairs from the Justices’ two-year-old son. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Scooting downstairs in nothing but a towel seems like a very bad idea! The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The clock in the hall downstairs strikes nine. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I skated through the downstairs, and then I got a little worried. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I think a lot about Bonnie and Twill, and the pile of white wedding dresses downstairs, and if Thread will figure out how I got back in and arrest me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I also run downstairs and make a bowl of popcorn, and grab and chug half a twenty-ounce bottle of tepid ginger ale. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Both times were in a bar on the Upper East Side, directly downstairs from his mother’s apartment. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I said good evening to Mr. Szymczak, our new neighbor downstairs, buying a German newspaper on the corner, and he just shook his head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “They run it every other night in the lounge downstairs,” said Jule. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z As the deportation proceeded, I rushed downstairs to the shoemaker's apartment to get a street-level view of what was happening. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z When we first moved in he complained over how he gave up his room downstairs for the loft and he’s worn out climbing up and down to go to the lavatory in the backyard. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z All the same, she wondered; and wondering, heard the noise from downstairs even more clearly. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I come downstairs and there’s a whole big breakfast waiting. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The OIC downstairs told me to quiet down whoever it was that was speaking so loudly on X—a silly request, I thought, so close to midnight. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We know your scar hurt downstairs, and you’re white as a sheet.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Every Saturday morning, we run downstairs to the television. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z A little later, downstairs in the lobby, which looked like some purgatorial setting, Nazario had assembled most of the tenants. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z You can imagine the shock when we got downstairs in our Sunday clothes, ready for Sunday school, and Papa said he wasn’t go’n go. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z As I walked, I heard the big windows in the outer wall being cranked open by somebody downstairs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As they couldn’t go through the mail slot they had been pushed under the door, slotted through the sides, and a few even forced through the small window in the downstairs bathroom. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Blood traitor is next to Mudblood in my book. Take them downstairs, Greyback, and make sure they are secure, but do nothing more to them—yet.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We get to the corner and cross the street to the library, head right downstairs. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what to think about what I’d seen downstairs. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z ‘Is that drunk fool still hanging around downstairs?’ she demanded. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It may have had something to do with the fact that, before sitting down to write, I’d brought a chair up from downstairs. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z She was washing up when Brooke clomped downstairs and dragged her duffel bag into the living room. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But the children will be in them all right, something for the Wives to look at, downstairs, nibbling at the buffet and waiting for the Birth. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But Mama did not come into my room with the bag that held combs and hair oils and ask me to come downstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Maybe that was why he stayed downstairs and did not sleep. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Repelled, I went back downstairs and out to the cookhouse. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Peggy quieted the dog, picked him up, and, without saying a word to me, carried him downstairs. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z She was pulling flattened-up cardboard boxes out from behind the door of the pantry, where Mom keeps them until Dad finally bundles them so I can take them for recycling downstairs. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z For three days no one left the attic except Tessie, who hurried downstairs to get food from our emptying cupboards. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z How I suddenly made the right movement, I don’t know, but before we went downstairs, he gave me a kiss, through my hair, half on my left cheek and half on my ear. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Since it’s quite cold downstairs, we put on pants and head scarves. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Harry turned to look at her and his stomach gave a weird lurch as though he had missed a step going downstairs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z By the time I get downstairs, he and Mom are arguing. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes when I arrive at his downstairs door there’s no answer. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I went downstairs, watched Sanford and Son, and went to sleep. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Martin made a quick tour of the attic to make sure nothing was amiss, and then joined everyone downstairs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z If the same system is installed downstairs, then each room’s desktop isn’t nearly as secure as she thinks it is. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They sang softly, in case it might bother their grandmother, sitting alone downstairs at the empty kitchen table. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z On Sunday afternoon, with eight days left, I come downstairs, dizzy and blinking from staring at pica type all day. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z They went downstairs and stepped outside to find a pen of plump black chickens pecking heartily in straw. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The two men were in the hall downstairs. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a silence broken only by the chink of knives and forks from downstairs and the distant rumble of Uncle Vernon’s voice. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I went downstairs and slipped out the backdoor, pretending I was going to the outhouse, in case she woke up. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z We all lay and held our breaths and listened, trying to determine what was going on downstairs. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, feeling as if I would burst, I ran back downstairs and to the kitchen. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Our downstairs neighbor comes out, her two kids hanging tight to her. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z When he turned to head downstairs, Jam and Pet followed, moving through the house like ghosts. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z When Bran didn’t find his father downstairs, he went upstairs to get rid of his suitcase and to use the bathroom. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z One spring morning, Barack and the girls and I were summoned downstairs from the residence to the South Lawn. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Would she eat in the cafeteria, or in the Egress downstairs, or perhaps out on the lawn somewhere? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z George gathered her things into her backpack, wiggled her feet into her sneakers, and trod back downstairs. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z The Abbot comes home at five and makes tea downstairs and even though I’m hungry I know he’ll grumble if I ask him for anything. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The fireplace was made of the same black rock as the one downstairs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I head downstairs, hoping that nobody else will be in the Hideout, because more than anything, I want to be alone. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I carry him downstairs and out the door. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z When Betsy wasn’t downstairs with her group, she was in the room preparing for her next session. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z When he came outside again a little after seven he was reminded of the conversation because he heard Mrs. Wilson's voice, loud and scolding, downstairs in the garage. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z When at last I make it outside, our final strand of chain is frosted with snow, so I make everybody go downstairs and stand near the furnace to thaw it out. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z As soon as I went downstairs in the morning, I noticed that the answering machine was blinking. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z We kids slept downstairs in what had been the waiting room. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z By the time I got downstairs and to the front door she was halfway down the street. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Although she only came from downstairs, she was formally attired in street clothes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d stashed them under there while she bathed and dressed herself with every intention of going downstairs to wait for Mr. Ballantine, and then promptly passed all the way out instead. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Before going downstairs to dinner, Palmer took a moment to look out his bedroom window. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “A big one. One that we can’t tell to anyone else. Not Emilika, or any of your friends downstairs. If we did, Max could get hurt. Even more hurt,” I correct. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z My mother is on the phone with Grandma downstairs. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Gerald and Lydia think nothing, in the mornings, when he and Maxine join them downstairs in the kitchen, their hair uncombed, seeking bowls of cafe au lait and toasted slices of French bread and jam. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We found her in the little sewing room off her downstairs bedroom. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But then I stop and listen to Mother coughing downstairs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Mr. and Mrs. Guttingen lived downstairs and we would hear them talking sometimes in the evening and they were very happy together too. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Wondering what he ought to do, he suddenly heard a door open much closer at hand; somebody was about to come downstairs. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I ran downstairs and took the black receiver from Frankie’s hand. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The door opens from downstairs, and we listen for the slow, shuffling footsteps on the stairs. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Inside my chest, my heart had been racing for what felt like hours, jumping with every shatter or thud from downstairs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The second I open the door to Mom’s room, Robin darts downstairs. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Well, not our doorbell, but the one downstairs, because ours broke years ago. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Ophie nodded and made her way downstairs, her mind crowded with the pieces of a puzzle that was turning out to be much bigger than she had thought. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Ron marched downstairs, through the still-crowded kitchen and into the yard, and Harry kept pace with him all the way, Hermione trotting along behind them looking scared. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She blew herself a kiss, flipped off an invisible Tía Rosa, and stomped downstairs. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I grab the Pooh blanket, wrap him up in it, and head downstairs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I hurried downstairs to get Francis before the innkeeper and his wife had a chance to compare notes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He still played a few of his old parts, but most of the time he was downstairs, rehearsing men's roles. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I hear Ellis get into the shower and Dad flush the downstairs toilet soon after. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Mom comes downstairs and I’m reading the funnies and eating oatmeal. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Before I can react or say anything, the doorbell rings downstairs. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Grace went downstairs, her stomach empty, her hair wild, and she said to her parents, “I want to find my birth mother.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Her room looked cosy and warm, and Joseph wondered if her parents were awake downstairs, reading side by side in their bedroom or preparing tomorrow’s lunch for her. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I travel downstairs, and when I get there I find him loading up the back of his truck. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Freeman said to me, after Bailey had gone downstairs, “Ritie, go get some milk for the house.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Every morning Louis, the colored boy downstairs, brought him a cup of coffee to drink in bed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z This was Yoyo's time to herself, after she finished her homework, while her sisters were still downstairs watching TV in the basement. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Ophie realized the woman was wearing a dressing robe, not an actual dress, and she thought once more of Clara and her refusal to come downstairs. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He took us through the downstairs part, and the less you know about that the better. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “Do you know what I came downstairs to tell you, Mama?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She was so ill and depressed she could not even get downstairs until one o’clock. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the house: there were two or three bright windows downstairs and the pink glow from Daisy's room on the second floor. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Then the clock must’ve struck ten because all at once the buzzing generators outside sputtered and died, as did the music from downstairs and the streetlight that had been shining through my window. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She stared at it, but I could tell her thoughts were still downstairs, reliving the invasion of our home. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I slather on more deodorant than usual and head downstairs. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Before she could answer he snapped off the TV and the light, pulled the door shut and bounded downstairs announcing, “I’m starving! Let’s eat!” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z When the time came, I went downstairs with him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z They set to work tirelessly in their shop downstairs, stopping only at night, to sleep in an unheated room above the shop. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z However, if I may, there is a most distinguished gentleman downstairs in need of your attention.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I flung the corpse as far as I could, then hurried downstairs before Mother boiled over. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Because of her father’s government position, and the grocery store that her mother ran in the downstairs of their home, Grandma Nellie always had what she needed. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z And the summer afternoon Antonapoulos went downstairs naked to get the paper. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z "He just talked to a farmer and the heat knocked him out . . . Then we got caught in the mob downstairs." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But up the stairs came the smell of bacon frying already, and when she almost fell downstairs, the kitchen was bright and full of laughter. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Worried that Lola’s crying could be heard downstairs, Briony got to her feet again and pushed the bedroom door closed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I go downstairs and look in the freezer. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I had not heard him come up the stairs, and besides, I did not think he would come up because the church council meeting was still going on downstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z If the club is not crowded—which it rarely is downstairs anymore—Flora will sometimes give Mr. Go her company for three or four songs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He’d presented it to her downstairs, in the dining room, after a Chateaubriand that had been carved for them at the table. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Deval called and said you’d promised to be downstairs with Mr. Ram in ten minutes,” says Mom the second I wake up. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z But what she was about to say was cut off by an ear-piercing screech from downstairs. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I’d find some excuse to go downstairs so I could turn it back on. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “You’d better hurry and change your shirt, the one you are wearing is dirty. Then go downstairs and get into the truck,” Ma tells me as she turns away without answering. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “From the vending machine downstairs. It’s a little melty, and not Madagascar Vanilla Bean, but it’s the best I could do in a hurry.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z When she was here I used to wake up in the middle of the night and go downstairs and just lay beside her, and we’d watch TV and laugh. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as she had finished, she heard the sound of carriages outside, and she went downstairs to meet Lady Isobel and her daughters in their rooms. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Malachy whispers to me in the middle of the night, Do you want to go downstairs and see if we can wear the teeth? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But what was troubling her organized spirit now was the thought that soon the call would come to go downstairs and her cousin would need to be in possession of herself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The thought of our sodden, muck-filled downstairs dragged at me like a lead weight on a crab pot. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course. There is a bath downstairs, too. A real one, with plumbing. You’ll be able to wash up, get some of that drek off you.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Last night after everyone had gone to bed, Emma had crept back out of her room and gone downstairs and slipped Mom’s cell phone out of her purse. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I'm sure I can run downstairs faster than he can. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Belet grabbed the sword, and the two of us dashed downstairs. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She was quiet and then told me she would leave them with the super downstairs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z His parents told me he was still sleeping downstairs, so I knocked loudly on the basement door before entering, then asked, “Gus?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z He slid to a squeaking halt, the heels one inch from the concrete floor downstairs. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z She leaned heavily on the girl as she walked downstairs slowly, Francie keeping time with her mother’s uncertain steps. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She brushes her teeth, avoiding herself in the mirror, and goes back downstairs and stands looking out through the window in their front door. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The man downstairs felt so bad he went inside and shot himself, too, and now his wife has gone crazy with the grief of it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z In the mornings the children climbed out of bed and went downstairs to the back room for breakfast, maybe a cup of hot chocolate. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Two minutes later, the blind in the downstairs window went down. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z After the bell rang, Theresa and I walked downstairs and out the back door. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The daughter of the house came downstairs as we went in. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Joy has laundry downstairs, so I’m going to go with her to put it in the dryer. Be back in a few!” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z John Lloyd climbed out of bed, went downstairs, and opened the side door. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no need to use the basin downstairs, for she could just as easily wash, as she always had, from the cistern tap. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z And then Mary Elizabeth came downstairs with two glasses and a bottle of brandy. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z But to identify it positively from the apartment downstairs .. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z So the sheets were still downstairs somewhere in the laundry, unwashed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Back downstairs, the Doctorita is writing something on a piece of paper. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z After securing us downstairs, she goes out into the Capitol to pick up any helpful information. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He got up and limped downstairs into the kitchen with the idea of refilling his hot-water bottle to ease the stiffness in his knee. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We ran downstairs to the sound of chatter and the tune of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town." March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The TV is on, which means someone is downstairs, which means it’s probably Mom. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Hollis Wells came downstairs, wrapped in what looked, for all the world, like a flowery toga. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z On the morning following our arrival, I went downstairs to the cafeteria, where fifty-seven children from twenty-three countries were waiting to have breakfast and to begin the United Nations First International Children’s Parliament. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Ophelia, run downstairs and tell Cook to ring the doctor. Ma’am, let me help you back to bed before you catch cold.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I walked downstairs, my legs feeling joint-free, like long strips of wood. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z There was no time to unpack or meet my three roommates; we were due back downstairs immediately. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I put one mouse into each trouser-pocket and wandered downstairs in search of a secret spot. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z When I get downstairs, Dad is untangling the lights and making three straight lines from the socket across the den floor. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Back downstairs, she joined me at the kitchen table, clipping coupons. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Billy went into his bedroom, even though there were guests to be entertained downstairs. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama calls out nice and loud from the downstairs. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z My eyes are still closed when Momma goes back downstairs to cook breakfast. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z I ran downstairs to help him carry up the grocery bags and put the food away, and then I went back to Jane Eyre and he disappeared into his study. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She had been waiting for the support check—her jacket was hanging by the front door, downstairs, past the open living- room door. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Rather than go downstairs to the instructors’ room for drawing paper, I drew the sketches on my personal notepaper, using both sides of the sheet. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Feeling like an undertaker’s apprentice in a funeral parlour, I crept downstairs. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z When I heard pounding on the door downstairs, I was not sure whether it was real or a dream. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning, I ventured downstairs and he had made his way into the kitchen and was sitting at the table, with his foot on a chair. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z After we got tired of listening to records, we went back downstairs to go outside and sit by the pool. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z That morning, during fencing instruction, Mr. Armin and Mr. Phillips were wanted downstairs, and Nick interpreted this to mean that he was in charge. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Heya, weirdo! Leave your wagon downstairs and send that stuff up in this!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z And all the while Mr. Russell was playing Copland downstairs, and the stupid puffins were bobbling about in the water, sweetly and beautifully. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As soon as I finished, I went downstairs to play the drums. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It was dawn now on Long Island and we went about opening the rest of the windows downstairs, filling the house with grey turning, gold turning light. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I leave the bed half-stripped and go downstairs to the living room. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as she left, I got my things together and went downstairs. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She and Dad listened downstairs while I was up in my room practicing a Vivaldi sonata. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z June’s upstairs toilet was broken, so I had to use the one downstairs. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Then I grabbed my lute and cloak and snuck downstairs into the kitchen, where I was lucky enough to find an empty Velegen wine pot with a wide mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “So one night, after everyone was asleep, I came downstairs and worked on the combination until it opened.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z This mother can carry a hundred pounds of Texas rice up- and downstairs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z This will be the first time that they’ll see how bad things are with me—I couldn’t eat that egg downstairs and can’t eat anything now. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He slammed the dictionary shut and walked downstairs. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z One day he summoned me downstairs and asked me to help him dress. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z After today’s multiple showers, I go downstairs and ask my mom for aspirin. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z But once the dishes had been washed, I disappeared into homework, often taking my books downstairs to the encyclopedia nook off the stairwell next to Robbie and Terry’s apartment for privacy and quiet. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z After he looked at her, he continued on his way downstairs to the swimming pool Señor Aguilar maintained for his guests. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “I need to wash the dishes now,” I call over my shoulder, and run downstairs to the kitchen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sierra and Robbie crept back downstairs and dashed to hide behind the crates at the far edge of the room. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I was on the second floor landing when I heard a scuffle downstairs by the front desk. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The curving staircase was around the corner from the dining room; the upstairs seemed a lot quieter and less alcohol-filled than the downstairs. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She had to decide which way to go: upstairs, downstairs, or down the opposite hall to the other side of the house? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z We’ll rent a small bungalow on a side street several blocks from the Nielsens, four rooms downstairs and one up. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes she was downstairs in the makeshift darkroom she’d rigged up in the basement laundry room, developing rolls of film or making prints. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Take him downstairs and get someone to watch him, Jason.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d hold two services at the same time, one in the big church upstairs and one downstairs, that’s how crowded it was. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Elizabeth did not come downstairs again until suppertime. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z With those words, he released me—which I was glad of, for his hand smelt of scented soap—and went his way downstairs. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z When my stomach starts hurting, I head downstairs to get something to eat. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z He went on gazing at me for a moment, then asked: 'Everything in hand downstairs?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z At two o’clock in the morning, she gave up and went downstairs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The curtains are open downstairs but the French doors are closed, sunlight reflecting off the glass. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “They said I was downstairs. Sam is making me a milkshake.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z We jumped up and went downstairs with the cushion, the cat and Mr. van Daan. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z But sometimes taking a break helped her see a puzzle in a new way, so she tucked her pencil back into her hair and went downstairs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I’m sure we could clean out a downstairs room if you’d like.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z All the creatures Kyle had read about and studied in the dinosaur books downstairs were now swarming across the giant video screen in front of him. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z So it’s back downstairs, to the market and back again, her wide behind swinging in my face all the way up the stairs with me dragging a heavy cart step by step. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z She’d then often go downstairs to Robbie and Terry’s, particularly as they got older and less able, to scour that as well. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He sat up and said, “OK. Look. Christopher. I’m sorry. Let’s leave it for tonight, OK? I’m going to go downstairs and you get some sleep and we’ll talk in the morning.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He came downstairs to tell Dussel it was time to listen to the radio and hung around the bathroom for a while, but when Dussel took too long, he went back upstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Rafik ran downstairs in his pajamas, opening his mouth to the sky. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z When the bell finally rang for the end of English, I raced downstairs and was almost out the door when I realized we couldn’t leave until Ben and Radar finished band practice. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I scuff downstairs and into a smaller room with round tables and shorter bookshelves. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z He flops back to the floor, sprays the whole downstairs. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our friend way downstairs. Doesn’t he have a hat like Annabeth’s?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I had a single little pearl ornament which Miss Temple gave me as a parting keepsake: I put it on, and then we went downstairs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z When we left the dining-room, she proposed to show me over the rest of the house; and I followed her upstairs and downstairs, admiring as I went; for all was well arranged and handsome. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Was he arriving on a train or downstairs waiting for one? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “As far as I’m concerned,” Lina was continuing downstairs, “when it comes to husbands, the older the better.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We kids were downstairs lying in our boxes, listening to them fighting upstairs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t suppose you remember coming downstairs one night in the country, about three in the morning,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He scrambled out of bed, pulled on his trousers and shirt, and scuttled downstairs. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I pull a chair up to the window and watch the goings-on downstairs. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Night falls, autumn in 1936, and Werner carries the radio downstairs and sets it on the sideboard, and the other children fidget in anticipation. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And if there's anyone who'd simply take it in their stride, who'd just clean up the mess and get on with things, it's the two guys sitting downstairs at the kitchen table drinking their beer. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The people from downstairs called up to me once again to hurry. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while I've had enough and I go downstairs to be outside. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z At times I came downstairs before going to sleep, to make sure she was sitting upright on the bench, or was safe in her bedroom. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “The guy I came in with downstairs. I think he’s schizophrenic.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He went downstairs and ate a steak at Pop Ernst’s, bought a bottle of whisky, and retired to his room. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I was having so much fun, I forgot all about the time! Tell you what—we’ll just see you girls downstairs. How’s that?” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z My bed is huge, piled high with furry cushions and blankets, and my rugs match the ones downstairs. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I tell him to come downstairs and to bring his notebook. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But the first letters looked like Kr, and Joseph wondered if this was the same ship that had sunk in the painting downstairs. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And we have to be quiet so the people downstairs can’t hear us. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Amen,” said Daddy, who had an empty workroom downstairs. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “No,” I call after him, “it’s okay. Anyway, I have this, um, plant food downstairs. Special plant food. I forgot that, too.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Darren’s in the living room playing a game on his phone when I come downstairs. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He came in all the state of a nuncio, though he had left his canopy downstairs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z One day when she was coming downstairs she heard Daddy say something mysterious and important. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I put on a pair of loafers and went downstairs to call Henry. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Didn’t you ever notice the Silkworm? She’s still downstairs! She never moves! She just lies there sleeping all day long, but we can easily wake her up and make her spin!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z When Isa came downstairs, she saw Oliver, his hair rumpled on one side, sitting slouched on a stool by the kitchen island, staring at an open book. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I have to go downstairs again and show the men where to step to keep their feet dry. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Ralph suspects something wrong. I don’t like him right downstairs. Too dangerous. Please.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I crawled onto the couch downstairs about nine o’clock but I couldn’t sleep. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Hyacinth came downstairs with Franz at her heels, followed by Mama’s light footsteps. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z We're downstairs on the couch in the living room, and she keeps reaching over to push my hair up off my forehead. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I gather my things and race downstairs to the car. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z At two in the morning, Ben slipped downstairs to sit with his mother awhile. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I ran downstairs and handed it to my mom, who promised to send it off first thing in the morning. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “You could eat downstairs with the rest of us,” he said, but without much conviction. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Glaring at them, he locked the door again and tromped downstairs. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z We sat kicking our heels impatiently; the strawberries were waiting to be rinsed, but we stuck to the house rule: “No running water when strangers are downstairs—they might hear the drains.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Guard Dennehy looks interested and takes Michael downstairs by the hand and in a few minutes we hear him laughing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The downstairs in our house is a lake again from the rain pouring under the door but it doesn’t matter because we’re drenched anyway and we can wade through the water. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Sierra shot one last angry look at her grandfather and went downstairs to her room. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “You want to come downstairs for a snack? I’ve got some lemonade and fresh oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He made himself baked beans on toast and sat at the kitchen table wondering about the best order to look through the downstairs rooms. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought I left my bed and wandered downstairs. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I had stayed downstairs out of courtesy to him. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I mean, I could go downstairs back to my room if you need a little while with him.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They packed the trunks that morning, first dragging them up from the cellar and then — loudly — back downstairs again. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She went straight downstairs and put on her hat. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z And so he made her eggs, and played with Buchi in the living room downstairs, and after Buchi fell asleep, he read the newspapers, all the time his head furred with that sadness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I go downstairs for breakfast, and Mom makes me eggs and some tea and I pick at the eggs and drink the tea. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I walked across the hall to Great-great-aunt Florentine’s bedroom and peeked through her curtains to see how many folks were downstairs. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I take a deep breath and I head downstairs. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The telephone rang a hundred times downstairs, and I heard my mother’s voice talking to folks all over the countryside. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z If there had been housemaids here, during the morning, they had finished their work by now and gone downstairs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z As we went, I took more notice of the house than I had before—more notice of the downstairs hall, anyway. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z My father and I sat talking for another five minutes before he led me downstairs to apologize to my sister, and my mother. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Then from noon until five in the morning he worked downstairs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z A two-story gray building that had been a store downstairs and had an apartment upstairs. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I went slowly downstairs to the library. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I went downstairs and tapped Mum on the elbow. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the buzz of the orange squeezer sounded from downstairs, and the smell of coffee and bacon filtered under my door. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Then I put on my robe and, eating an apple I’d found in the house kitchen, walked downstairs in my bare feet to see if any messages had been left for me by the phone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There was no one to tell us; the men had gone back downstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It worked, or at least the ’rents managed to hide their reactions from Jeffrey when they came downstairs.We all sat at the breakfast table, pretending to be normal and cheerful. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She threw the stamp album casually into the bag of things to be confiscated and went back downstairs. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Oliver went downstairs, where Hyacinth was doing something with yarn and two sticks. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Billy Pilgrim padded downstairs on his blue and ivory feet. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The wizened witch who had flitted into her neighbor’s painting when he had joined the champions downstairs was now sitting smugly beside the Fat Lady. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I came downstairs at 8:05, sat down on a kitchen stool, and looked at my reflection in the patio door until 8:15. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “The girls would be downstairs and the guys would be upstairs, so it would be quite proper.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Much of her work came from the sisters Rosenblum downstairs, who did fine finish work and gladly passed along to Mam the more tedious tasks. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I walked downstairs, past his unmade bed, past the gaming chairs beneath the TV. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “You were downstairs. You could have just run away. But instead, you decided to dive into a crowd of armed Dauntless all by yourself. And I’m willing to bet you weren’t carrying a gun.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “But has she not taken me downstairs, Belinda,” returned Mr. Pocket, “and shown me the woman, and the bundle too?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Hyacinth was feeding Franz when a disheveled Jessie came downstairs with her signature bed head, followed by Laney wearing a glittery crown. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z When I walk downstairs and look over my shoulder, I see Jamie standing at the top of the stairs, watching me like there's so much more he wants to say but can’t. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Then she said the police were visiting us again and we should go downstairs, in case they wanted to ask us anything. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I tied my wrapper, which I had used as a light cover in the warm night, over my nightdress, knotted it under my arm, and followed Jaja downstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The Wives from downstairs are crowding in now, pushing among us, pushing us aside. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Back downstairs, where Winslow was waiting for us, the dinner bell sounded, and the boys filed into the dining room. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, Westley,” she said, “I must never disappoint you,” and she hurried downstairs to where her parents were squabbling. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z We went downstairs to an enormous dinner at six o’clock. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Francis had given my clothes to Mrs. Hatch to be laundered; putting on a bathrobe he’d lent me, I went downstairs to sit on the porch for a few minutes before the others woke up. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I bopped downstairs and thought, At least this time I’m dressed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z There was an instance where five whites charged $43 to put a corpse in a coffin and haul it downstairs to a waiting wagon. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z There are ten rooms downstairs and one with a stuffed grizzly bear that looks like it ate up the last maid and is biding for the next one. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Going downstairs, he smelled the pot of coffee perking in the kitchen. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She laid Campbell Junior down on the rug by the fireplace, a clean diaper under his fat face, and he was asleep by time she came back downstairs, carrying a thick book. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Lady Isobel came downstairs and took it from her, handing Ash the candle to hold while she broke the seal. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Half an hour later Bast brought a bowl to his master’s room, reassuring him that everything was well downstairs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z After making sure that Peaches was okay, Mrs. Jones helped J.T.’s mama to stand up and Big Joe carried her in his arms all the way downstairs and up the street to Mother Fletcher’s house. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z One last Friday I handed Mrs. Croft eight one-dollar bills in an envelope, brought my suitcase downstairs, and informed her that I was moving. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z When I was done, I went back downstairs. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Milton placed it on a bedside table and went back downstairs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She could hear the relatives downstairs, talking about it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Standing in the downstairs hall, where there is a coat tree—“You’ve never seen a coat tree?”—she says I am her best friend. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The wooden shutters bolted over the downstairs windows were two inches thick, and the doors were double-barred. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Granddad was shaky going downstairs, so he put his hand on my shoulder. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z This morning the men went downstairs to see if the outside door was still locked, but all was well! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I say, “Yeah. I don’t read them. Not so much. Just know them by heart. They are old poems. Third grade. Brought those up from my room downstairs when Shayleen moved in. They are acrostics.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z When I get home from therapy, I see an extra pair of shoes by the coatrack downstairs and I know Aunt Joan must be visiting. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The men who looked asleep were as dead as Mr. Crumbley downstairs, Horace said, and if we touched them, they would disintegrate in just the same way. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I heard some kind of commotion downstairs, through the open window—footsteps, voices, a door slamming. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When Miss Celia comes back downstairs ten minutes later, she sits at the kitchen table, asks me if I’m ready to eat. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Meggie stayed by the window as Mo went downstairs to pay their bill. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z We take it all downstairs and load it into the back of Sam’s work truck. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Then he picked them all up and took them downstairs. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Glancing at one another, they tried to smile, tried to look courageous under the slow coming of the unreal cold and then, through the noise of wind, the knocking on the doors downstairs. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z As soon as I came downstairs, I went with Father to get some water. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “My dumb brother is waiting for me downstairs,” I say. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Take tuppence and leave the rest of the shilling on the mantelpiece downstairs so that she can send out for a loaf of bread for the tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There was only one toilet in the whole house, and it was all the way downstairs. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She got me bathed and dressed and took me downstairs. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Albert was still sitting in the dining room when Joseph came downstairs in the morning. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The call comes from downstairs, and since the voice is half whispering, it's hard to make out who it belongs to. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Mr. and Mrs. Winters come back downstairs, and we all go into the dining room. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Then they went over a rise out of view, and she leaned down to stroke her baby’s hair, so beautiful beneath her hand, and went downstairs again. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He hung up the phone and hurried downstairs to Jahrling’s hot lab. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you take yourself downstairs for a tall glass of ice water?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z When I refused to answer, she finished dressing and went downstairs. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z So we ran downstairs to see what the commotion was about. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “Oh, you need to be right downstairs,” she says, “in the cellar.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Take your pillow with you if you want to. And get some cigarettes, too, while you’re downstairs picking up my underwear and pants, will you?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z You had to be downstairs on time and in your place, but Grandmas breakfasts were worth it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “You think he plays with those frilly dolls downstairs?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z He smiled, then led us back downstairs and into the backyard, eager to show us more of the work he’d done. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z One day he summoned me downstairs and asked me to help him dress. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she goes to the market for the next day, hauling the fake bags back and forth, while two of my thirteen sneak downstairs to wash, stretch their legs, and prepare food for the others. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Breaking away from the sight—it made absolute bitterness blend throughout his prior reaction of awe and yearning—he said, “I’d like to test out the selection, now. Can we go downstairs?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She lit a small lamp in there, then said good night and went back downstairs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He wasn’t supposed to be here—he was supposed to be downstairs leading the shukrani service. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When the last bite of dinner had been eaten, Dismay trotted downstairs to begin his duties, and everybody went back to work. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I make the bed, put the log and the phone in the bedside table, go downstairs, pour myself one final glass of wine and drink it quickly. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I tucked it under my shawl before heading downstairs to return it. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Kat and Mum came downstairs arm in arm. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Once finished, I walk downstairs to where our car is. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dicey knocked on the closed door of the downstairs bedroom, but there was no answer. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We also bring in a little money by having Chloe’s family living in the downstairs. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I walk downstairs, slowly, a little bent over from the pain, and go into my dark room. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A bony mouser from downstairs would arch its back and rub mournfully against the slop jar. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I figured it was Mom, so I gritted my teeth and followed him downstairs to the phone booth in the far corner of the pub. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I mostly stayed in my room and watched the Sox downstairs at night. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Dimple said a little prayer that she’d win a thousand-dollar lottery, turned off her monitor, adjusted her ratty gray salwar kameez, and made her way downstairs. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Don’t bother — just take the corridor down at the end of the hall and go downstairs,” he told her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I take my laptop downstairs and make a cup of tea. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I put it away and I go downstairs. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z It’s the same crew of hornets and surftards that hang out at The Spot, minus the older guys like Fry and Zephyr and Big Foot, who’re probably downstairs. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Remember when Oliver was four and woke up early on Christmas and came downstairs and unwrapped every present under the tree looking for a train set?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It was a little after five, and the door downstairs, the one that lets you into our building, opened, followed by the sound of the fastest feet I've ever heard rushing up the steps. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z The young lady who had met us downstairs earlier cracked the door. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z While I ate breakfast and Calista sipped her coffee from downstairs, we worked on our superheroes, and I was extra careful not to drip any milk drops on mine. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z In the morning I have to go downstairs for drops. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “That witch downstairs didn’t see you, did she?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Isabelle called to them from the window and met them downstairs on her crutches. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z She walked downstairs, edged forward, eyed the sign telling her not to speak to the driver when the vehicle was in motion, and said, “Excuse me. I wanted to go to Acacia Avenue.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I find her downstairs in the living room while I’m on my way to get a glass of water. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I just wanted to go downstairs and find whatever he’d written for me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z But just to make sure, he went downstairs to the front door, checked the lock and found everything closed. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Ojukwu came downstairs and stood on top of some cement blocks on the grassy lawn. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Wes heard commotion downstairs and knew his time was just about up. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z This was curious, because usually people rang the buzzer downstairs first. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom calls while he’s downstairs, and she sounds pretty tired. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Yeah, he downstairs. Want me to get him?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “About you and Gat. I heard you two come downstairs last night.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Only Mrs. Beale was still downstairs when they walked into the house. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I start to step around him to get downstairs but his eyes wander into Chantal’s room. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Isaac, Hazel from Support Group is coming downstairs. Hazel, a gentle reminder: Isaac is in the midst of a psychotic episode.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z There was no way I was going to try to sneak downstairs with Mrs. Singer on that floor. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Soon everything around downstairs was shut and fastened. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Carl stood hunched in the doorway downstairs, limp, with his peaked cap pulled down over his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z At seven thirty, I walk downstairs, and everything inside me twists and clenches. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z As long as I could remember, she had been living in the small room downstairs. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Jam watched Aloe kiss her mother, then the three of them went downstairs to make dinner together. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I go downstairs and scrabble around in the kitchen drawer for the card that Detective Riley left. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I go into the downstairs bathroom and dip the entire pitcher in the tub, and even after a day, there’s still some ice. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z When Dimple was younger, she’d go running downstairs, heart pounding every single time, terrified something awful had happened. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A baby cried half-heartedly and a drunken man in one of the downstairs flats synopsized the wicked life he claimed his wife had led. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Shouts, far away, downstairs in Commons; doors slamming, a growing confusion, voices shouting down voices and then one hoarse voice, rising above the others: “Is he living?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When Lauren went downstairs and didn’t come back, Maya followed her and found her standing in the kitchen, one hand holding the cork and the other hand dumping the bottle down the drain. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I said I would call her and went on back downstairs to where Ice was waiting. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z And that’s when I remember that I was supposed to meet Dad downstairs at five o’clock to go to the orthodontist. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I walked all the way downstairs, instead of taking the elevator. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z And then he stomped downstairs and locked himself in his room for the rest of the afternoon. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z He could hear Dad banging around downstairs, stomping in and out from the barn or the machine shed. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z I can smell the beer even before I get downstairs. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The lino was irregular offcuts from downstairs, and in places, gray floorboards showed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Papa and Mama were in one of the small living rooms that led off the main living room downstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Everyone was already assembled when I made it downstairs. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Take care of Pinch and Neewo. Keep them downstairs,” she ordered. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He’d just reached out to pick up the red truck when Grandma yelled from downstairs, “Rise and shine, babies! Breakfast is ready!” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I race back downstairs, sweating from all the running around. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He led me downstairs and showed me what he had found. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z She stayed there, as the men sipped tea downstairs with Rasheed, smoked, chatted. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I wriggle my feet out of my shoes and kick them over beside the door just as Mom and Dad come downstairs. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z When they came downstairs again, the others were standing in a group, shivering a little, though the night was not cold. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He had a vague memory of his uncle bringing him pills earlier and helping him downstairs to the lavatory, which was hidden behind the panelling in the cellar. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Tomorrow after school she would go downstairs to the basement, where Señora Rodriguez, the landlady, doubled as a music teacher. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z And when it’s Sunday, and the nurses are both on duty, and it’s his day of the week to come downstairs, I discover he has fleas. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She even found an illustrated copy of Grimm’s Fairy Tales with brightly colored pictures of pale princes and princesses that she put aside to take downstairs for later. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z When he got downstairs again, he could hear his mother and Mrs Boland talking in the kitchen. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Then she stood, took a few moments to steady herself, and trudged downstairs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They ran downstairs, moving with color and life against the dark woodwork and the clouded light of the stairs, their feet clattering, and Mrs. Dudley stood below and watched them in silence. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z When we got out of bed, Cade, moaning, walked downstairs and let himself out into the backyard. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I slip my flip-flops on and go downstairs, out of the front door and on to Blenheim Road. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She dragged herself downstairs and dragged her spoon through her cereal and up to her mouth. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Gregor imagined the bottleneck a hundred bats would cause trying to get in the door downstairs. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As the front door slammed, the record player downstairs mastered the house and Nat King Cole warned the world to “straighten up and fly right.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d been asking myself that question since waking to the sound of pans clanking downstairs and the smell of bacon and coffee rising upstairs. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He went downstairs and saw that a large panel was missing from the left half of the warehouse door. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I just wanted to go downstairs and demonstrate to my exacting great-aunt what a gifted girl I was, how it would take no effort at all for me to become her star student. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Yoshoto took off her apron, and the three of us filed rather awkwardly downstairs to the instructors’ room. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He heard a bedroom door open and a creak of wood as somebody went downstairs. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z In the downstairs Art Room the librarian helped them find the books which Claudia selected from the card catalogue. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of Aunt Florentine lying downstairs in the refrigerated room. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Like when the skinny nerd girl walks downstairs in her red dress. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z When I opened my door, just across the hall from me a man in some ceremonial dress, who obviously lived there, was also headed downstairs, surrounded by attendants. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z After I’d brushed my teeth and washed my face and was almost ready for bed, I went downstairs and called again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I’d been asleep downstairs, directly under my parents’ bedroom, when it happened. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I leave my mother in her room and go back downstairs. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z When I do get the courage to go downstairs, it’s still a madhouse. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z MAJA! but no answer, and Tío Pepe was trying to drag her back inside, while also hurrying into his dressing gown as there was now loud knocking downstairs at the front door. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z When I came downstairs, everyone had left the dining room except Mistress Willingson, who cheerfully set before me a plate of food she had kept warm on the back of the stove. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Thorn dashed out the door, and they heard a door downstairs creak open, then shut. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Then a contingent of canoeists who had finished their races, and been badly beaten, and were bent on holding a consolation party downstairs. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I told him I’d go downstairs and let him in myself. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Twinkle lit a cigarette and began to smoke it with relish, waving it around Sanjeev’s head as if it were a conductor’s baton as Mahler’s Fifth Symphony roared from the stereo downstairs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Miss Cook is downstairs at the desk, filing cards into a drawer. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Colin woke up, exhausted, to the rooster, and rolled around in bed for a solid hour before making his way downstairs. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I flounce downstairs, half spoiling for a fight. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Trying to ignore the squeeze of my starched collar, I head downstairs and throw open the front door. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z One day when I go downstairs to flip the circuit breaker, I catch Hunter on all fours, trying to walk like a vuvv, with his back to the floor. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Twilight was closing in when I went downstairs into the natural air. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Then I stalked downstairs to the kitchen and laid out three different snack cakes, agonizing over which one would provide the best musical energy boost. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Daddy came back downstairs, buttoning a clean shirt. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z So she went downstairs and built a fire that really burned. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Dad hadn’t told me to wait downstairs so I ran up and stood at the bathroom door peeking through the keyhole. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He leads us downstairs and through the big room where Grandpa is sitting reading by the fire and Grandma is dozing in her chair. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z And I’m not gonna lie, it started getting me sort of hyped downstairs, in my jeans. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The next morning, after Mr. Shears had gone to work, Mother packed lots of her clothes into two suitcases and told me to come downstairs and bring Toby and get into the car. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was dinnertime when I came downstairs, steeling myself for the conversation. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He heard his parents stirring downstairs; Jenny’s hand clutched his, and he could feel it trembling. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven rubbed her eyes, put on her house slippers, and ran downstairs. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The heavy front door was opened and I pulled wide the gate to the downstairs, standing to the side as some twenty-five to thirty officers responded. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel nauseous and a little dizzy, slowly making my way back downstairs, hoping Lidia understands, and hating myself so much I race down the stairs faster and faster.... They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I say goodbye and head back downstairs, where my parents and everyone are still eating pizza. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The ghost couldn’t come downstairs, even the daily cookie offerings weren’t enough to coax her out of the attic. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Don’t you want to come downstairs tonight and hear Paul McCartney play?” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I asked, but Jaja did not answer as he turned to go downstairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Andrea and I stayed downstairs late that night but at eleven o’clock, just as we were about to give up, there was a bang on the front door. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry hesitated, then headed back out of his room and downstairs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Franz followed suit a few seconds later, his claws clicking on the wooden steps as he raced downstairs to see why there was a commotion that he was not yet a part of. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z "It's all right. The others are downstairs. All four of them. There's no one in the room. There can't be. You're imagining things, my girl." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Mack found Doc way back in the downstairs part of the laboratory. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no way I’d go downstairs by myself and make some kind of pathetic entrance like a freak in a sideshow. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z A little later, after changing out of our costumes, we joined our parents for dinner in the banquet hall downstairs. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you get cleaned up in the bathroom downstairs? Your friends are already there.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Three days later, I crept downstairs and went out onto the front porch very early before the daily avalanche of my brothers could crack open the peace of the morning. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The final straw came one evening while she sat downstairs on the phone listening to my dean from Riverdale explain why they were placing me on academic and disciplinary probation. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He flipped off the covers and went downstairs. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Dressed in his tuxedo and feeling conspicuously elegant, Ben came downstairs on the night of the prom. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s evident, by the way you racket downstairs. Come to your tea, sir, and behave like a gentleman.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He took him downstairs to the locker room. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard the boys downstairs saying, “All right, break it up. Hold her, Billy, wait—” Boom! The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t look up at me, so I walk past him and start to run downstairs, my breath catching in my throat. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the door to the basement was shut, which meant that either Mom or Dad had camped out downstairs rather than share their room with each other. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z At this point, Mr. Monroe came downstairs to make breakfast. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z “I liked the place where the bundles fell off and tumbled downstairs,” said Meg. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It's too comfortable to get up and go downstairs again. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I follow the downstairs corridor back, past the door that leads into the kitchen, along to the next door, his. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z More likely, it was his mother who wanted me downstairs now, and possibly for no more substantial reason than that her son liked me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z But when they got to the main staircase, he saw that the yellow glints were headed downstairs, not up to the deck. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z She took me downstairs and made us both a cup of chocolate milk, although I was definitely in need of something a tad stronger, and she probably was too. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z When finally Ifemelu let go, slowly loosening her grip on a quieted Morgan, Morgan went back downstairs to her book. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The plan had been to meet at eleven thirty, but Maya had overslept, and when she eventually came downstairs, she felt like a cranky tornado, a swirl of grays. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “I should get back downstairs,” I said, rising quickly from my seat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She bit her lip and didn’t answer, just headed downstairs to our bathroom. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z If Mom had any house-showing appointments, she must have canceled them, because when I finally came downstairs for breakfast, she was standing in the kitchen in flannel pajamas. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z After Grace was done throwing up in the downstairs guest bathroom, she got herself a glass of water and came back to the table. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I go downstairs early, and it's only me and the dirt, which I now realize has a gritty top, like someone sprinkled coarse sea salt on a gray cracker. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z At three a.m., he went downstairs to eat cereal because that’s what Mark always did when he couldn’t sleep, and that’s where Mark found him fifteen minutes later. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I pondered that for about seven-tenths of a second before finally going downstairs to play drums until “dinner.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z What I thought I'd do, I thought I'd go downstairs and see what the hell was going on in the Lavender Room. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z He could say it was too hot in his room so he slept downstairs on the sofa. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He still had nights when he went downstairs to the kitchen, unable to sleep. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I raced downstairs and wriggled up to the edge of the buckled floor on my belly like you would a hole in thin ice. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z When I go downstairs for breakfast, she’s loading the washing machine. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z After I finished cleaning the bathrooms and dust mopping the floors, I took a handful of cookies and went downstairs. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I said that I hadn’t seen her and he went downstairs and started making some phone calls. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Things downstairs had cleared out some, but not much. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I watch the bread baker in the doner restaurant downstairs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And by asleep, she meant passed out, but it didn’t really matter because her mom hadn’t been asleep or passed out when Maya had snuck back in downstairs at two in the morning. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Oh, Cooooooopiiiiiiie!” a voice trills from downstairs before I hear the front door slam. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He was escorted downstairs by three police officers, led to the back of their car, and shoved in. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I heard something else: my heart thumping, blood pumping in my ears, the distant tick of the clock in the hallway downstairs. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Audrey and her mom went downstairs to greet him, leaving me alone. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Then I went downstairs to the family computer in the basement and sorted through the boxes of software until I found the bookkeeping program Mom uses for her store. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She went downstairs, poking her head into the kitchen. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She was officially not talking to me now, but she looked at Grover and said, “Tell Percy to get his butt downstairs.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z There was no response from the other side of the door—Oliver didn’t expect there would be—so he headed back downstairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Nutsawoo meet us downstairs,” Cassiopeia explained, jumping lightly to the floor. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He could not get her to speak or move, so he picked her up in his arms and carried her downstairs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Tidings slammed the downstairs doors on his way back outside, and Dismay came to find me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The cell-extraction team came back downstairs, extracted themselves from their armor, and then gave one another hearty hugs and slaps on the back. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And, of course, there are all the dead people who rest temporarily downstairs, until they go off to the Snapfinger Cemetery. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I avoid going downstairs even though I’m hungry. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Moss smiled at her and the two of them grabbed their empty cups and headed downstairs, dropping the cups into the nearly full tub of dirty dishes. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She has to come downstairs in order to let him into the building; the buzzer is broken, she’d warned him when they’d made their plans. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Climb this vine, enter George’s room through the open window, then go downstairs and you’ll find the bird asleep in the Boston fern on the bookcase.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z I go downstairs to make her warm milk. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z I decided that I wanted a drink of orange squash before I brushed my teeth and got into bed, so I went downstairs to the kitchen. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Luke was there, which made me happy, but they kept him downstairs with another baby while I had to sleep upstairs in a room with a slanted ceiling that frightened me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z When the adults would come and take us and the other kids for a break, we'd go downstairs to eat some of the fancy food they had prepared. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She lay in bed as the hoots and laughter and bantering voices downstairs began to mushroom. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z When Moody finally came home, at a little past six, she ran downstairs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Better yet, why don’t you clean the downstairs bathtub,” I tell Garret. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z At first, all he was aware of were the heels of the shoes beating rapidly against the floor, and he wondered if Lalo and the afternoon customers in the bar downstairs could hear it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z When he’d finally worked up the courage to go downstairs, his father was there in his grandma’s kitchen, making breakfast. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Shortly afterwards the lights downstairs in the farmhouse went out, followed in a little while by the bedroom light upstairs. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There were the computers downstairs and a third on the dining room table that the girls sometimes used. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Next thing I heard was my father going back downstairs. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z I just kind of tapered off and walked away, went downstairs, and played on my practice pad. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They had been at the hotel for three days when Maten went downstairs to get some food from their car. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Mom went downstairs, pulling her housecoat around her. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z When she had finished, Sylvia said goodbye to everyone cleaning up in the kitchen downstairs. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z After using the toilet—Aunt Rose had indoor plumbing, thankfully, even if she didn’t have electricity—Ophie tiptoed downstairs to the kitchen. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I guess Courtney’s revelation of my presence goes over well, because when I get downstairs, Jupiter greets me with such exuberance—and quite the embrace—one would assume we hadn’t seen each other in months. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z In the club downstairs, the band was tuning their instruments. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “You and Tiger stay here, Angel. And lock the door when I leave. I’m going downstairs to see what’s going on. Something has happened on the corner. I’ll be right back.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After she reads my chart and talks to the nurses, she goes back downstairs to my family, who have stopped talking in hushed tones and are now all engaged in solitary activities. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Mo put the book to one side, minus its cover, and went downstairs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The music room is tucked into its own alcove at the end of the hall downstairs. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z A woman was in the kitchen downstairs, about to behead a coconut with a scythe. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The second time, it was the baby crying downstairs, the girl’s shushing, the clatter of spoon against milk bottle. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “I’m going to go downstairs and get a cup of coffee. I don’t really understand any of this art stuff, and you guys would probably be more comfortable without me hovering.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But then she opened her eyes and said, “Your father forgot to get coffee. I’m going to run downstairs to get some. I’ll be back in a sec, okay?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z It worked fairly well; at least he was now lace-free, although he hadn’t done a very neat job, and the edges still looked depressingly frayed as the boys set off downstairs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She puts them in the basket, and we both go downstairs. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Craig, who was in the first grade, was already making trips downstairs for weekly lessons on Robbie’s upright and returning relatively unscathed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Then I took a deep breath, went downstairs, and asked my mom if she could drive me to school. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z "Then perhaps the young fellow should go downstairs and wait . . ." The sound of shouting and destruction welled up from below as I opened the door. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When we get downstairs, Nora turns on the Christmas lights and takes out her cookies. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Give them ten minutes, and they would be downstairs. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He thought about the warehouse roof and started downstairs again. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I could almost hear her calling me from downstairs. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She took me by the elbow and dragged me downstairs. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z From where I was hidden behind the stone wall I could look through the downstairs windows in the side of the house. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Now more alert than he had been downstairs, Garfield spoke calming words to his son. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Now I’m going to need to go and see if Mr. Hughes’ picture’s been hanging upstairs the whole time I been downstairs reading his books. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Mother’s downstairs in the relaxing room with Daddy, hollering at the Rebel basketball team. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z In the silence he could hear the clocks strike downstairs. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I open the front door and there, of course, is Chloe, heading downstairs to her bedroom with Buddy Gui. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Early the next morning, before I left for Greek, Judy knocked at my door and told me I had a call downstairs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Her rubber slippers never made a sound on the stairs, but I knew she went downstairs when I heard the dining room door open. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “It could be somewhere else in the house, though,” said Hermione in a rallying tone as they walked back downstairs: As Harry and Ron had become more discouraged, she seemed to have become more determined. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He laid some over the puddle to soak in, then gave himself a tour of the downstairs. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s Tank. Something happened downstairs. I need your help!” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Then I came downstairs and I opened the fridge and I put a carton of orange juice into my bag, and a bottle of milk that hadn’t been opened. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He motioned me to follow him downstairs into the men’s room. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He dashed upstairs, alerted the “Home Guard,” and the four of them went downstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Leo yelled something - probably Go downstairs! - but Jason only waved back. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I know my eyes are as big as the Queen coasters Dad has downstairs. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “I’m downstairs. Outside, I mean. I was afraid it would alarm you if I rang the bell.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Then, as if driven by a motor, I ran downstairs to the kitchen sink and pulled out a heavy-duty garbage bag and a roll of duct tape from the junk drawer. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z A handsome manor house grew out of the darkness at the end of the straight drive, lights glinting in the diamond-paned downstairs windows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Just as I opened the door from the boys floor, I stumbled onto Mr. Farrow and that freakishly unhot witch from downstairs, Mrs. Singer. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I wake up to the scratchy sound of jazz coming from downstairs. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z The Jewish boys always came downstairs with their mothers. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Mom was downstairs, or maybe outside getting the mail, but she didn’t come right away. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z After only two hours of sleep, David Herold walked downstairs and joined the Mudds for breakfast while a servant carried breakfast upstairs for Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z We got to the Schomburg library and went downstairs to the reference room. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z When I wake up and go downstairs, my parents are in the kitchen slicing bagels. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She wishes they were somewhere alone instead of at Will’s house, where she can hear Robert and Tracie downstairs talking and having a glass of wine. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Prince Dain awaits her downstairs in General Madoc’s parlor. He commanded me to fetch her and not to mind whatever state of dishabille she was in. He said to carry her if I had to.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Hours later I unlocked the door and crept downstairs. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I race downstairs to the laundry room, as far away from Jennifer’s ears as I can get. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Two nights ago, and again last night, she had awakened and thought she heard their voices downstairs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He and Clay strap me to the stretcher, and we go downstairs in the elevator. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Mark and Linda were in the kitchen downstairs, eating breakfast and reading the paper. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I’m not sure if I hear correctly, so I turn my ear downstairs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z For the next nine years, Desdemona complained of the cramped quarters and of the pain in her legs when she descended the stairs; but every time my father offered to move her downstairs, she refused. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I grabbed any old black shirt off of the floor, stalked past my mom as I pulled it on, and went downstairs. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When I came downstairs this morning, Mom and Dad were already sitting on the couch, all dressed and waiting for me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When we went downstairs, they were all playing spin-the-bottle like little kids, stretched out on the floor, swinging their legs. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z After I hung up with Robin, I ran downstairs to tell Dad what I’d learned about the tags and the pings. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “In Lublin,” she began, thinking of New Rochelle, “I live in a house that has eight rooms and the toilets are inside the house. One upstairs and one downstairs.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother looked at foreign magazines and clipped out pictures of dresses she liked, and then she went downstairs to discuss with the tailor how such a dress could be made using the materials available. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The day I worked downstairs during OJT, he helped a fellow officer change his shirt; the man was so muscle-bound, he couldn’t reach back far enough to get his second hand into the sleeve hole. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh-kay. You guys seem a little...conflicted or something, so I’m going to go downstairs and return this.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Later that day, Barack held a press conference downstairs, trying to put together words that might add up to something like solace. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Until someone taps me on the shoulder and tells me to check the bathroom downstairs. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I get up and pull my dressing gown around me, hurry downstairs and flick on the TV. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And after that he went downstairs, kicking the banisters with his feet—a thing he knew he should not do as it waked up everybody else in the house. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z By the time the lights came back on downstairs, they’d fallen asleep. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Slowly, meticulously, he unwraps the coil, carries the entire looped mess downstairs, and calls Jutta inside to hold the pieces for him while he splices the breaks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z No smell of coffee, bacon, sausage, and biscuits from downstairs. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Grabbing my bag, I force myself to walk downstairs to the kitchen, where my mom is waiting. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z When I got out I went downstairs to a pay phone and called Francis’s number in the country and let the phone ring maybe fifty times. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Safford raced downstairs and out into the crowd, but “finding it impossible to go further, as everyone acted crazy or mad,” he retreated. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z A white donkey lived in this downstairs room, and a ladder led to the one upstairs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked downstairs and shuffled past Hollis Wells, who was too distracted by all the papers around her and the blaring Home Shopping Network to notice him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Dad asked, coming downstairs with a blue T-shirt I had outgrown in one hand and a diaper in the other. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Twenty minutes later, he came downstairs, laboriously and with a great deal of soft cursing. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z No one responds, but I hear Dad call for me downstairs. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They were insistent with him at the tea party downstairs. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “But I was downstairs all by myself for hours'. Mila, you said you’d be back in a minute. ‘N means ‘one.’ Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Afterwards, I didn’t really know what to say, so I kind of wandered out of the silent kitchen, muttering something about needing a shower, and headed downstairs. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z After two weeks of staying in the dark, she went downstairs and interrupted her parents’ breakfast. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She put on sweatpants and a sweat shirt and went downstairs to the kitchen and flipped on the radio and tuned it to a rock-and-roll station and popped a Diet Coke. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. van D. sprang out of bed and went downstairs to Dussel’s room to seek the comfort she was unable to find with her spouse. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z When it’s almost dinnertime, I tell Safer I have to meet my dad downstairs. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Rufe, I have to get out of here before your father wakes up. Will you show me the way downstairs so that I don’t awaken anyone?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Once the cab pulled off, we went back downstairs. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Then she ran downstairs and jumped on the landing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The living room downstairs had a curved wall with custom- built cabinets. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Who dares question the Great Santini? Anyway it’s classified top secret until you get downstairs.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He buttons her into her winter overcoat, though it is the middle of June, and they bustle downstairs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I ran back downstairs as fast as I could and burst into my flat. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z We also had presents for everyone downstairs, a few things left over from the Good Old Days; plus Miep and Bep are always grateful for money. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z We made all the haste we could downstairs, but we were not quick enough either. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z By the time we came downstairs, the servants were lined up in the hall dressed in their best. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But sometimes taking a break helped her see a puzzle in a new way, so she tucked her pencil back into her hair and went downstairs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I sighed, slipped an old hair ribbon into the book to mark my place, and trudged downstairs. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z In the castle yard, when King Pelles had gone dot-and- carry downstairs, there was quite a crowd of castle folk standing round the Wild Man in admiration. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunty Uju was not with The General, did not know where he was, and she paced upstairs and then downstairs, worried, making phone calls that yielded nothing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He heard muffled shouts downstairs and the inside of his stomach glowed white-hot. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Ribbons of laughter rose like cooking smells from downstairs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I move through the downstairs on hunter’s feet, reluctant to make any sound. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In the first startled moment she heard Bull scream, Lillian had started downstairs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Never. . . never ever. Harry thought he heard the voices downstairs falter. “I’m sorry,” he whispered, “I didn’t mean to offend you or anything —” “Offend Dobby!” choked the elf. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I hear Mom on the phone with someone, and I can’t find anyone else when I go downstairs, so I grab my keys off the quiet-room desk and decide to take myself out to breakfast. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z When he had parked his truck on the roof of the Van Ness Pet Hospital, he quickly carried the plastic cage containing the inert false cat downstairs to Hannibal Sloat’s office. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z We’ll be warm through the winter months and then we can go downstairs in the springtime if there is any sign of a dryness in the walls or the floor. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The neighbor downstairs had been awakened by the clatter of their shoes on the floor. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Sometimes at night, late, when it seemed like the house was covered with a heavy damp blanket of darkness, I would hear Grampa moving around downstairs. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Dad went back downstairs and I carried his photos over to my desk. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I have to go back downstairs. Frank isn't here yet to take over the counter.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She could hear him talking to Daddy who was only halfway downstairs, still in his pajamas. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z ‘Take her downstairs and give her some breakfast,’ the Queen said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z As you are not playing downstairs, or peacefully abed, a cynical person might wonder what you are doing at this late hour, and if you are up to no good. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Sneak back downstairs to examine the eggs and see which ones survived. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z "Do you really mean to tell me that they are now all downstairs having tea?" she said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z She decided to go downstairs and give it a try. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Was he arriving on a train or downstairs waiting for one? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z All of a sudden, there was a whole bunch of noise coming through the floor, from downstairs. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Enough gossip. I can take watching over the missus from here. Your mama is waiting downstairs for you, better get a move on before it starts raining again.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z In the downstairs bedroom in the cabin in the holler, Tiller climbed into bed beside Sairy and stared at the ceiling above him. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He hurries downstairs and peers out the kitchen door into the alley. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I went downstairs and out to the cookhouse to give Nigel his reading lesson. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I went on downstairs just as Rashid let himself in through the front door with the spare key. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, Lincoln walks downstairs and out onto the front porch, where the presidential carriage awaits. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z This was some version of what my mother would say if we got too wound up about the grouchiness downstairs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Later, as we were on our way downstairs, Will Sly stopped me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The bar downstairs was hot and crowded and there was a heated argument in progress over Clifton's shooting. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He would walk downstairs and pretend that he was going to the kitchen to drink water and stand close to the living room door for a while, listening. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z When I got home, I lingered downstairs and put in some extra piano practice, after which Mother ordered me upstairs to change my pinafore. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “I have a contract with my studio to fulfill, Warcross or no. The others told me to come up here and get you. They’re starting a round of games downstairs, if you want to join.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When he was there, it no longer mattered that her mother retreated to her bedroom; it was enough that he was downstairs with a book on his lap. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When it was finally time for us to go on, Mrs. Atanabi brought us downstairs to the back stage of the Stern Auditorium. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z There was a hallway, a living room downstairs, and a kitchen in which he showed her pots and pans and a pressure cooker and a kerosene ishtop. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Ji-yong and Ji-yun huddled together at the bathroom door, while Mom and Dad went downstairs to bring his bicycle into the building before the neighbors could see it. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z See, Kermit wasn’t allowed to go downstairs to use the outhouse because it might strain his heart. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z You can hear the families talking upstairs and downstairs and down the hall and Bing Crosby is singing on the radio, Brother, can you spare a dime? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Here’s what I figured out about the coffee cups at the bodega downstairs that I stacked after school for free donuts while Calista was looking at art books with Hugo. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z As I head downstairs, I hear my parents speaking in the kitchen. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z So Harry waved a gloomy good-bye to Nearly Headless Nick and followed Filch back downstairs, doubling the number of muddy footprints on the floor. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z We thought it best that he should stay in his own rooms; and we left him on the landing outside his door, holding a light over the stair-rail to light us downstairs. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I went downstairs all by myself and looked out the windows in the kitchen and private office. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The three of us sat downstairs at the kitchen table, spent and sullen now, our misery provoked all over again by the sight of the fourth empty chair. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When Ash went downstairs, Beatrice was not in her quarters behind the kitchen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the second and third bedrooms, I go downstairs to Miss Celia’s room before she comes back. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z When I went downstairs, Mother said she needed more potatoes, this time for dinner, so I volunteered to go back up. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I took the dogs and cats downstairs and removed their collars. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Several times, when the light was deeply golden on the windowshade, he heard the doorbell downstairs and his mother going to answer. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z When I heard Dad on the phone downstairs, asking someone to come over, I thought it was Dr. Doris. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When it’s my turn, I fill my plate with rice, shami kabob, lentils, and butter chicken, skipping the cauliflower and salad, and pile the naan high before carefully carrying it downstairs to the basement. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z As they were going downstairs to the trains, Mario looked back over his shoulder. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z By the week’s end the baby had recuperated, but Bibi was not asked to return downstairs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z As people filtered from one room to the next, presents piled onto the long cherry-wood table that ran from one end of the downstairs hall to the other. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I have to wash them in the machine, but for that, I’d have to go downstairs and pass by the rooms where Chloe’s family lives. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the morning, I got up when the rooster crowed or when I heard the clatter of dishes as the women downstairs made breakfast for the men. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Straight below, you could see all the people leaving the bodega downstairs, and the Laundromat next door. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “Everything is out of sorts, somehow,” she said to herself, going downstairs. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z When she crept downstairs later, however, the garbage was empty. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “Get downstairs,” she says, “and wait in the Grand Caravan. I’m—I’m serious.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z His wife, still downstairs, unlocked and opened the door. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He climbed downstairs and headed for Hedge’s cabin. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z One day, she came downstairs and saw Dallas sitting on the living room floor, with the jar of quarters in front of him. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Menzer returned, and when she herded us out of the lab and into her shiny black BMW downstairs, we marched like inmates. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And maybe that meant the man in the painting downstairs was Oberon Marvel. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z A dozen of us marched purposefully downstairs to the Box. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I walk over and unlock my bedroom door, and I go downstairs. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When she came downstairs, she had this picture in her hands. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “He’s downstairs. Subbasement C. Take the elevator on the left. It’s the only one that goes down that far.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I go to the first doorway on the right in the downstairs hallway. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z When all he really wanted to do was run downstairs, grab hold of Emma and Chess, and never let go. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Everyone is downstairs waiting for the moving truck to pull off, and I’m the last to take a tour of the place before I say goodbye forever. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He was taken downstairs, to the cold room where the corpses were kept. the attendant asked. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My parents and Teddy waited downstairs for Adam while I stayed in my room. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the cops started downstairs with Mary. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while I heard the telephone ringing in the downstairs hall. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z We were taken outside, downstairs, and into one of the wide grassy areas at the back of the school. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z That night, I couldn’t sleep, and when I came downstairs, Gram was there, already putting a slice of apple pie on a plate for me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The plumber was at work downstairs on Wednesday, moving the water pipes and drains from the office bathroom to the hallway so the pipes won’t freeze during a cold winter. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z On the way downstairs, the shock of the cold tile on my feet wakes me up, makes me suddenly scared. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Shortly before the first guests arrived, Lady Isobel came downstairs dressed in a gown of black velvet and lace, with a headdress made of black feathers rising from her auburn hair. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z So the husband of the lady downstairs looked at the pipe, realized it shouldn’t be there and what it meant, and called the Gestapo. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He slipped downstairs, out the back door, and made his way to the end of the dock where he watched the barge pass by the house. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I came to think of upstairs and downstairs as two different universes, ruled over by competing sensibilities. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The man from downstairs peered out from his doorway. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The seventh day the blinds in a downstairs window were left up in the morning. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z While Sahil was downstairs, I finished picking out the rest of the costumes and a couple more props. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When I carried my dirty clothing downstairs, the girl called Libby took them and gingerly dropped them in a basket. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z So I went downstairs and I saw vomit coming out of her mouth and her nose, and I ran for help. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, heaving his trunk in one hand and holding Hedwig’s cage in the other, he made his way back downstairs. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Then we all raced downstairs, Guacamole Grandes whizzing past our heads. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He makes his way downstairs with the candle, sleeps on a chair, misses work in the morning, loses the job at the cement factory, and we’re back on the dole again. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Or no, he was home on the farm, in his bed, with Phoebe sleeping across the room and Papa sitting by the fire downstairs. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z I carried my blankets downstairs to the front room and made a soft pallet on the floor. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Kevin brought me this from downstairs. Would you read it to me?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z And when we went back downstairs Javier complimented Mabel's new outfit and kissed her on the forehead while she muttered "whatever" and rolled her eyes. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I’ll leave the keys with you. Can you bring them downstairs when you’re finished today? I think I need to rest my head at home. A little bit of recharging will do me good.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z One evening, about ten days later, the doctor came downstairs and said to me, "You can go in and see her now, but only for a short time. She's been asking for you." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “I have to run downstairs—there’s a report I’ve been expecting and I’ve had to nudge it along every step of the way. One of the delightful parts of being the director.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes he comes downstairs to get me, but that’s awkward too, because in spite of all his precautions his face turns bright red and he can hardly get the words out of his mouth. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I found myself waking up during the night and running downstairs to smell the night air. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother, I think, and I dash downstairs and look in the relaxing room. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I have to go downstairs to start homework. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z "The kitchen is downstairs, next to the pool, remember?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Maybe he heard her open the can of beans, went noisily downstairs, and climbed quietly back up; maybe he stands outside the big wardrobe with his pistol drawn. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I turned to the side, smashing a pillow over my face, trying to block out the screaming match downstairs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They went downstairs and along a corridor to the Ebola suite. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where are we going to hide up here? There’s no furniture. We can’t risk going downstairs again.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z We had to go in past the guards and the downstairs desk. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z By-and-by he bound up my wound, and sent me downstairs to get a glass of wine for myself. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Then I would hurry downstairs to the bright, cheerful kitchen, where my mother, who would be reading at the kitchen table, would greet me with a smile and a warm hug. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z That night after dinner Ben came downstairs with Mary Anne to say good night to the adults. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time the boys got downstairs, most of the people sitting in the atrium had cleared away. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I consider sticking my feet out to trip him on one of the episodes of happy restlessness, but I’m afraid the noise of him falling would disturb Mr. Ram downstairs. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I pulled a T-shirt on over my bare chest and went downstairs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z It’s no surprise when he wakes early to a new smell coming from downstairs. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z What if she was the former owner of the house, or maybe she was married to the man in the painting downstairs? The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She waited for her mother to get back downstairs. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I climbed my sore body out of bed without disturbing Mama or Merry, and I tiptoed downstairs with a flashlight. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I got up and put me on some shorts and working shirt and went downstairs to the little garden. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A door shuts downstairs, and my mom calls up for me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The mood was somber by the time the five Vanderbeeker kids gathered back downstairs to eat their own breakfast. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Yesterday Mother felt well enough to cook split-pea soup for the first time, but then she was downstairs talking and forgot all about it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z My mother joined us in the hallway, and we took an elevator downstairs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She had lolled about for three years at Girton with the kind of books she could equally have read at home—Jane Austen, Dickens, Conrad, all in the library downstairs, in complete sets. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “I think he spends all his week ends here; I swear I saw bats in the woodwork downstairs. Follow, follow.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z When I got back downstairs, Darryl was sitting in his chair in the living room with a needle and thread, finishing up fixing the hem of his jacked-up pants. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Some trickled downstairs in search of a fresh drink. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Harry strolled downstairs, his hands deep in his jeans pockets. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When I get up to go to the bathroom, I hear her downstairs, talking on the phone in low tones, probably to Dad, who left early for work. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z When we get downstairs she says, “My name is Mrs. Kimble. I am the adult librarian, but Miss Cook at the desk will help you with your selections.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z She goes downstairs in a thin pink nightgown. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I took the curving back stairs to the downstairs kitchen, where casseroles lined the counters. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The downstairs began to shape up at about the same time that Lillian sensed her children could take no more. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In a matter of a few minutes, I was downstairs and rushing to where I had seen the four officials. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a bath and dressed, and went downstairs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He asked his girl to get dressed and took her downstairs for breakfast. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It’s the feeling of being alone in a dark house, listening for her cries, waiting to hear Mac’s footfall on the wooden floors downstairs and knowing that they’re never going to come. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He came downstairs with me and Annemarie at lunch, or yelled “Hold up” and walked to Broadway with us after school to get drinks at Jimmy’s sandwich shop. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z When the children came downstairs, their grandmother was waiting in the kitchen. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of them wanted to carry her downstairs, put her in a car and drive to the emergency ward. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Evrybody looked at me when I came downstairs and started working in the toilet sweeping it out like I use to do. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Mama is still calling after me as I run downstairs, take my bicycle, and start down the street. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I throw on my clothes and hurry downstairs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I throw on my jacket and shoes and race downstairs. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadow left the bedroom door open, so the cat could leave and the room air a little, and he walked downstairs. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Mom left the door of George’s room ajar and cursed her way downstairs to the kitchen. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z ON NEW YEAR’S DAY, I come downstairs to start on the blackeyed peas for good luck. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She stuffed the blown-up photo of the strange man’s blurry face into it along with the phone-book page and ran downstairs again. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “The plumber is downstairs. He wants me to help him figure out why it’s been acting up.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z At night she slept on a folding camp cot in the cousin’s place downstairs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “I’m doing you a favor, letting you stay downstairs. Don’t make me sorry.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z At night he worked downstairs while she slept, and during the morning she managed the restaurant alone. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z As I passed by the downstairs hall door, I decided to go for a run before dinner. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Below us, men shot downstairs five and six steps at a time, moving in the weird light of flash and flame in long, dream-bounds. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I say it’s bad, it gets —” Grover yowled so loudly the register downstairs stopped ringing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z One of these was that he’s no longer allowed to go downstairs in the evenings. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I had just finished brushing my teeth and was heading back downstairs when a quiet knock sent my heart thudding against my rib cage. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She worked downstairs as usual from seven in the morning until ten at night, but she walked very slowly and brown circles were beneath her eyes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The ad-ministration, he told us, had ordered a second complete search of the downstairs of the Box for contraband, particularly shards of glass, in the wake of the recent incidents. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And how was it possible to go downstairs now and be at table with a maniac? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z On my last Sunday in Greenwood, I slept late, waiting for my grandfather to get up and eat breakfast and find something to do before I came downstairs. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I don’t know if I’m going to just fall over, or throw up on everybody downstairs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She got up and dressed and ran downstairs and straight outdoors into the bright sun. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z On hot days, Fred and I liked to take the spiral staircase downstairs and sit on the rug in the children’s section, looking at books. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “I should probably take some of these boxes downstairs,” I say. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Then I went downstairs and into the kitchen. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z And when I got downstairs I could see Father’s foot through the door of the living room. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He groaned again, and didn’t care if he were heard downstairs, at the memory of how she had taken off her clothes in front of him—so indifferently, as though he were an infant. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Free breakfast from six a.m. until ten in the hospitality center downstairs. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z At night, instead of sitting and reading and smoking his pipe in the living room, as he had done before, Mr. Popper would put on his overcoat and take his things downstairs. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z I say: "I have an idea. I want to plant the sunflowers downstairs." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z When I went downstairs, Dad was in the kitchen, taking plates out of the dishwasher and stacking them in their right cabinets—cleaning up and erasing all the evidence of last night. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I had to go downstairs alone at eight this evening to use the bathroom. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He had got up late and was in a state of barely contained outrage because all the hot water in the downstairs tank was gone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He’d been locked up two days before, he explained, and then moved downstairs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And so, if I wasn’t in the mood for their boyish ways, I’d go downstairs and knock on the wall between our house and Safina’s. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Raizel was waiting in the lobby when I came downstairs, flipping through a newspaper. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I took twenty dollars from my babysitting stash, grabbed my glue stick, and ran back downstairs. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z We went downstairs and found Mr. Hadley sitting in one of the lumpy chairs, trying not to look offended by the surroundings. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder how it was that Gnarbone came to tell me only that a prince was waiting for me downstairs, but not which prince. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I stayed downstairs with my parents for far longer than I normally would. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I do trust him, and I want to prove it to him, but I’ll never be able to if I stay downstairs out of distrust. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They crowded downstairs in a flurry to hail a whole herd of taxis and head north. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Take her downstairs. She will be tried along with all the other war criminals.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Every evening he carries his radio downstairs, and Frau Elena lets her wards listen for an hour. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Harry waited until they could hear Xenophilius moving about in the kitchen downstairs before speaking. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z My mother woke me early that morning, a Saturday, and said I had better get downstairs and listen to the radio. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I loosely draped a cardigan over my shoulders, and we made our way downstairs and out to the street to watch the gunfight, where a small crowd was already forming. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I go downstairs to the only phone in the house. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I went downstairs to my old friend the pay phone and called the number of Francis’s mother’s apartment in Boston, reversing the charges to my father. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I went downstairs to buy some bread and spaghetti, did my cooking, and ate standing up. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The best part was, Mom came downstairs in the middle of all this, and she smiled at Dad’s dduk mustache, which made Dad smile for real, which made the dduk fall off his face. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I slammed the drawer shut and went back downstairs. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Margot and I got the beds ready downstairs, went to the bathroom, brushed our teeth, washed our hands and combed our hair. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The men were moving about downstairs, and Will could see a dim flicker of light that might have been a flashlight at the edge of the door. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Oliver, alarmed by the prospect of Hyacinth crying again, suggested that they go downstairs so she could show him her collection of buttons. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Mama will be here soon—No—Mama is downstairs, high again, gone again, gone again... Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A deep gloom spread through me, heightened by noise of talk, laughter and jukebox jazz from the bar downstairs. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z So we go downstairs and sit on the sleek blue couch she got to replace Gram’s old lumpy one. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z "I don't know how, but they followed me here. I have half of Ishtar's kitties living downstairs. Never met such demanding beasts." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The phone rang and I sprinted downstairs to get it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Howard burst out of the box and sprinted downstairs as fast as he could go, babbling and shaking hands with everyone he saw. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then you two should go back downstairs and see that the food gets doled out evenly. Keep an eye on that new cook and make sure he doesn’t skimp on filling the bowls.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I scrambled into my clothing and hurried downstairs. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z We went downstairs and out to the paddock. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I go downstairs to tell Mom and Dad, bracing for the worst—but they don’t get angry. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I went downstairs slow and realized that my leg was hurt, too, as well as my shoulder. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I run upstairs, pull on a pair of jeans and some trainers, run back downstairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I came downstairs in the morning to find my mother already departed for work and my dad sitting at the kitchen table with his walker parked next to him. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Check the downstairs bathroom to make sure there are enough washcloths and towels. If there aren’t, get some from the linen closet in the hall.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “It could be either of them. You saw Frankie downstairs in the music wing.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z When we pass by my house, I see the downstairs lights are still on and I realize I might be in trouble. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I went on downstairs and I heard Mtisha calling after me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I went downstairs, handed the disk to Mom and Dad, and said, “Here. Here’s the whole truth. Here’s what really happened.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I went downstairs and walked into the first office I saw. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When my hair is done, I find Cinna downstairs in the living room, and just the sight of him makes me feel more hopeful. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Their parents walked downstairs, Lillian skipping lightly, proud of her beauty, aware of it; her husband followed, pulling at his necktie, uncomfortable in the full dress regalia of civilians. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of falling back into our line, they were marched downstairs before anyone could think to get a word or questioning look in. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I screw up big-time, as Denise points out with what is now obvious malice, and have to do the downstairs all over again. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He carried it out hugger-mugger—books, dishes, the downstairs rocker, all in a great mix—and carted it right down the middle of Parker Head. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I waited until my mother was in the sala then I dressed and slipped downstairs. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The downstairs neighbors must have thought us both deranged. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I raced downstairs to the bathroom, grabbing the hand mirror on the way. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He put Massari through a short improv—told him that he had come downstairs on Christmas morning looking for a special gift he had requested. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z When I got downstairs Ice was on the stoop with Willie King. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z He heads to the stairwell to go back downstairs. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “So I built that column downstairs! Do you know about the library at Indiana University!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z So Harry put on his Invisibility Cloak in the dormitory, went back downstairs, and together he and Hermione set off for Hogsmeade. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Then I go downstairs and have breakfast with his mother and his three sisters. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I’d lost track of the time, and I hurried downstairs to take the potatoes out and put the steak in to broil. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z By the time I’m back downstairs, my sack is pretty full. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Valley dropped her head and followed the Gran downstairs. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Mr. or Mrs. Byrne must have come downstairs while I was outside. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to be climbing steps in the dark, so I’m going to settle in downstairs with my book. You two have fun, and don’t get too close to the edge, you hear?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I decided the latter was the lesser of evils, so I went downstairs to have what would likely be the strangest meal of my life while dressed like a clown without makeup. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z We marched downstairs and out the front doors by the office. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Every afternoon, I walk to the market with Patti, and after I help her carry our groceries upstairs, Lakshman knocks on our apartment door and we run downstairs to play cricket. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She hears footsteps in the upstairs hall—Vivian must be on her way downstairs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She heads downstairs, and I’m grateful for the mildly normal interaction, though I’m pretty sure that once we sit through dinner, things will be all awkward again. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z "Is that you, Esther?" the girl on watch downstairs said, and when I said yes, she said, "There's a man to see you." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z When I come downstairs the next morning, the kitchen is already filled with wonderful aromas. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z When I replied that he was sadly mistaken, he got up and went downstairs to the pub. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z In the first place, to hear whether there are any burglars downstairs, and then to the various beds—upstairs, next door and in my room—to tell whether the others are asleep or half awake. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z And, painted in a window downstairs, a smiling maiden waved a silken scarf. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I’ve been downstairs in the living room all night, with the television on for company, fear ebbing and flowing. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He wriggled out, seized Hedwig’s empty cage, and dashed back downstairs to his trunk, just as Uncle Vernon burst out of the dining room, his trouser leg in bloody tatters. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Dad was downstairs, packing up my lunch and getting ready for work, and I had to tiptoe very quietly toward their room, so he wouldn’t stop me in my tracks and turn me right around. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Lights shone through the downstairs windows, but Frank decided against ringing the doorbell. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She lay in bed, wracked with nerves, as he ate alone downstairs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Ash had been sent up to bed, but she had come back downstairs to ask her mother a question, and when she heard her father’s voice, she hesitated in the hall outside the parlor. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I have only written down six names when Jenna’s father knocks on the door and asks her to come downstairs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z |
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