After that, he’d stayed upstairs when Tim came over, and was meanly glad when he and Trip began to drift apart. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Clouds drift between the medallions, with more cranes soaring among the clouds. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I finally drifted off into a troubled, restless sleep. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The smoke rose up into the air, drifting toward the masts of the few ships at anchor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sighed deeply as a rather pungent smell drifted up from the kitchen. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Harry caught sight of a pearly white figure drifting across the entrance hall below and yelled as loudly as he could over the clamor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The men drifted without haste or sound to the vehicles parked along the side of the bumpy dirt road. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When they had drifted back to their own empty house, the little children fell asleep almost at once. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not the lethargy of lying on the couch or the dull monotony of drifting off in math class. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

From the bathroom across the way, through its half-open door, drifted a humid scented air and a hollow dripping sound. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Only swollen bodies making their way to the shore, carried on the drifting surf. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She saw a world of gray, of pale grays and dark grays and blacks, where fog drifts wandered like wraiths. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

They drifted back into the road and stood watching. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The wind is starting to provoke the water, and a big beefy cloud drifts toward us. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They were under houses, tangled in shrubbery, floating in water, hanging in trees, drifting under wreckage. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

As soon as she opened it, a puff of smoke drifted out. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was waiting, watching the balloon drift higher up into the clouds. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The great shamrock dissolved, the leprechauns drifted down onto the field on the opposite side from the veela, and settled themselves cross-legged to watch the match. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

This time his eyes get mad big and wide and scared and then they drift to the side, emptying out. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

As his attention drifted and his senses dulled, rain numbed his face. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A wave surged upward to catch it, and as it did, another wave pushed the rowboat toward the island, making it drift straight to her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The cells had died and drifted away, leaving holes in the carpet. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And regardless of what the citrus growers do, they are more or less at the mercy of the owners of adjacent acreages, for severe damage has been done by insecticidal drift. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The guard never stayed while I cleaned, but drifted back down the hall to his post. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I drift off, reprieved, relieved, and with the number eleven still flashing behind my eyelids. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He carried a paper cup with steam drifting from the top. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

His hair drifted around his face in an inky halo. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Harry looked in the direction of Nick’s transparent, pointing finger and saw a tall ghost who caught sight of Harry looking at her, raised her eyebrows, and drifted away through a solid wall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Moments later, their voices drifted through the walls. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Company rested now for a while, drifting south on the current that flowed through the middle of the lake. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Howard found himself slipping down the Road to Hell and drifting into that exuberant, swaybacked little town. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through conversations I learned that the members of the New York John Reed Club were in despair at the way in which the congress was drifting, but they took care to conceal their disapproval. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately after the race, even as he sat gasping for air in the Husky Clipper while it drifted down the Langer See beyond the finish line, an expansive sense of calm had enveloped him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And so the summer drifted by up there in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Everywhere, a soup of smells—the sticky sour odor of fresh blood, and also filthy clothes, sweat, oil, disinfectant, medical alcohol, and drifting above it all, the stink of gangrene. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The whites of his moony eyes grew large and misty as his mouth struggled yearningly and lost against the familiar, impregnable loneliness drifting in around him again like suffocating fog. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Her pupils dilated; her eyes drifted right, away from her family, then stopped like an elevator between floors. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The few times he dared to look up, she looked up, too; her eyes drifting coolly, calmly, collectedly across his face, probing with a vapory lack of concern. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evan swatted a couple, but most of them drifted out of his reach and settled on the fruit bowl. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The balloon kept floating free, drifting on its way to brighter shores. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

A drift of gray was leaving the Clouded Mountain, a slowly spreading smudge against the blue sky. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Behind her now, Bloom let his thoughts drift; mindlessly he stared at her legs, her butt. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This thought produced no sense of urgency and drifted away. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She could even hear, with her new awareness of the house, the dust drifting gently in the attics, the wood aging. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

But annoyingly, I find my thoughts drifting back to Edie and the empty spot that will probably be at her table tomorrow. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Cullen said gloomily, plaintively, “He ought to go to sleep. Now don’t fight it, General. Let it work. You just drift right on off.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel his eyes drift from my hair to my eyes to my mouth. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The thing about drifting the creek at night is how it makes you feel invisible. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Their faces were perfectly composed—but their eyes kept drifting to the children in the cart and then snapping off into the middle distance again as they recovered their discipline. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I let my eyes drift shut as my sticks find the pads. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Rising to his feet, he saw the field through drifting gauze but held on until everything settled into place, like a lens focusing, making the world sharp again, with edges. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drifted through its streets as if through an exhausted, dusty land, no detail of which had changed in a thousand years. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cheerful and fretful noises of children being readied for bed drifted to us as we returned to the kitchen. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Mr. Van Deusen drifts back into the room, sipping his fresh coffee. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He paused before a small white cottage, snuffling ecstatically the wonderful aroma of cooking drifting out mingled with wood smoke. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like being asleep but watching yourself inside the dream, drifting on the creek. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She fought for words to counter the drift the interview had taken, but what could she say? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mother’s worried voice drifted through the open door: “How much did you earn this morning, Husband?” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Down the mountain slopes it lay, spread before them with its green fields, its orchards, its forests, its rivers and lakes, where white sails drifted. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The biggest challenge was posed by the immense energy coursing within the drift tubes. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“The spot with the X has to mean something,” she muttered, drifting across the room. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

After a while the sparrows drifted off, some to their nests, others to hunt worms. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

At last they drifted back to where that monstrosity, the wooden horse, stood, and they gathered around it, puzzled what to do with it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon I lie awake, staring at the ceiling as the light shifts across my room, everything giving way to numbness as morning drifts into afternoon. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I pulled the anchor and we drifted across the marina's basin in the rain until Hamilton was satisfied that no one was following. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Behind them, the goose was beating his wings powerfully, throwing snow over the tracks they’d made; and near him, fire lost daemons were clustering or drifting away, crying little bleak cries of loss and longing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

If they had not dressed him and led him to the car, he would still be there, drifting along the north wall, invisible in the gray twilight. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But my heart isn’t ready to let my big sister drift away. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Over roots and rocks the direwolf sped, through a drift of old snow, the crust crackling beneath his weight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Hamilton cursed and drifted onward until the bowsprit speared a metal barge. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

A few cottony white clouds drifted across a pale blue sky, moved along by just enough of a breeze to keep things pleasantly cool. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I drift into the armpits of strangers, tasting their manic salt, and sleep to forget everything. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

She left the fireplace and drifted over to the great embrasure of the window. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

His uncle turned the boat and shipped the oars and they drifted over the sandy shallows until the transom grated in the sand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

As the swarm of people moves into the grand corridor with its flittering arrival and departure boards, no one notices that I slowly drift away from Mr. Talk-a-lot and the annoyed laptop lady. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But as we spoke, I caught his eyes drifting again and again to Sohrab sleeping on the couch. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But as the balloon drifted closer, Lee was surprised to see that they were children. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tear gas lingers and drifts like smoke. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The roars of the crowd in the Royal Square taper off, like the winds of a storm drifting out to sea. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She found herself back in the Fields of Asphodel, drifting aimlessly among the ghosts. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My mom and I are drifting apart, but not because we’re spending less time together. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her nights were long and filled with dark work; she was exhausted by dawn, and drifted off as soon as she let her eyes shut. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It drifted down like a feather and settled lightly upon Reynie’s desk. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Henry tired of his play and wandered off along the beach, Roger followed him, keeping beneath the palms and drifting casually in the same direction. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then I watched as the little wisp of smoke drifted toward the floor of the airlock, disappearing through a hairline fracture. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Antain shook his head, let his eyes drift back to the window. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A clear picture of that happening had formed in Kingshaw's mind, as he sat cross-legged on the wooden floor, among the others, looking out at the drifting snow. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

‘We have lugged up your blankets as well as our own. Strider has hidden all the rest of our baggage in a deep drift of leaves.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

By the time of Gilmore’s visit, Blackwater Draw was an arid, almost vegetation-free jumble of sandy drifts and faces of fractured caliche. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was only when the crowd started to move a bit—some drifted toward the parking lot, others went forward to drop roses onto the coffin—that I saw Faith again. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Our dinner was followed by farewell toasts and goodbyes as the generals and dignitaries drifted to the hotel lobby. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Now, even in the pool there was a steady rotating drift. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Loubelle and Mrs. Savage drifted over, and pretending I knew what it was all about, I moved to the piano with them. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The early storm had caught the tree vulnerable with leaves that caught the snow and held it in drifts until the branches dragged the ground. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He drifted from group to group, listening to conversations and storing up information. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grabbed a handhold on the wall to halt a slow drift she had acquired. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night became less dark, light enough for them to see, or half see, shapeless drifts of fog, curling and twisting as it rolled over them and passed them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was twilight, and the air was alive with drifting fireflies. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A few older girls drifted over to watch the fun. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The gray cloud of it disintegrated and drifted away in small streams, leaving Pet’s body full and solid in the studio, all gold and red-streaked white. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The salon stood at the top of marble steps leading up from the garden.The party guests drifted toward it, dutifully obeying the summons to greet El Patron. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

With each blast and shot, we gripped one another harder until we drifted off to sleep. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But the night was long and the blanket warm, and soon Ivy found herself drifting off to sleep. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The roads were icy and piled on either side with old drifts as high as the car. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She drifted in and out of sleep, waking only to blow a kiss when she felt us near. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Lee could see many wounded, wagons under trees, clusters of men drifting back through a field to the right. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, there’s a sailor drifting along Chartres Street. He looks rather lonely.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dawn is just breaking as I retrieve a set of bow and arrows and begin to force a path through the drifted snow in the woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I drift off to sleep at some point. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It drifted toward the coffin and began to shimmer, like a cloud of pure energy. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was no answer and George Weston coughed and was suddenly extremely interested in an aimlessly drifting cloud. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

One blue shade drifted to the edge of the pit and knelt to drink. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It drifted down in gray flakes, like ash after a volcanic eruption. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A huge octopus of a furnace reached across most of the ceiling, and cobwebs hung on its tentacles, drifting up when I walked beneath them. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And as we drift into sleep, I feel something I’ve never felt before. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The muscles in her right eye have been weak since she was a child, and every so often the eye drifts to one side, giving her a vaguely cyclopean air. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are quiet for a while after, content to contemplate the stars above us, to find music in the distant sounds that drift up from the forges. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

That’s why, when midnight comes, I sneak out of the house, get in my skiff, untie the lines, and drift down the creek, quiet as the night. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was “sort of drifting around the country, taking jobs as they came,” as he recalled it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drift back upstairs thinking about what my father said about keeping all the balls in the air. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When it looked as if no one was, and when the people were drifting outside to watch Saul scuffling and cursing at the men pulling him away, he slumped a little and wiped his face. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sir Fabian’s thin hand drifted to the pommel of his sword. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

We drift off to sleep curled around each other, neither of us talking, just letting the world make some noise for us for a while because all the other words don’t matter right now. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A series of sharp noises drifted down from the upper landing. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s lovely,” she said, brushing back several strands of hair that were drifting in front of her face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I drifted back through the glass doors, into the hall. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as I was drifting off to sleep that night that I heard the crunching of car tires on dirt and rocks outside our house. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Kabuo backed into neutral and drifted, his heart beating hard in his chest. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We drift back into the dining room and finish dinner quickly and, for the most part, silently. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A tremor shook me; it was as though he had suddenly given a name to, had organized the vagueness that drifted through my head, and I was overcome with swift shame. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was downwind from the camp and the odor of their soup drifted to me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice drifts a little, and I suddenly wonder if maybe she ever gets tired of caring for all of us. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Even back on the farm, surrounded by friends from school and neighbors from town, he felt like he was still drifting on the dark ocean. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

But soon lightning began flickering again off to the west while mist drifted from the close eastern mountain canyons toward the road. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Preston left his room and saw smoke drifting up from the entry hall. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Tiny clusters of beauty-lanterns drift over the princess like night stars. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I knew that if they couldn’t continue receiving the coaching, they would simply give up and drift into gangs and other vices. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the sound of song would drift up from someplace far below. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

While we waited for Doc’s response, the sounds of summer drifted in through the window and the front door. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Kira drifted into sleep, the words gliding slippery from her thoughts. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy nodded and got up, drifting through the room to collect her secondhand clothes and her toothbrush. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They drifted along for maybe half a mile. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Yet the ice pack, with Patience Camp and its twenty-eight frustrated and helpless men, drifted past. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

They came out upon a small open place where a giant spruce had crashed to the ground and left a hollow where the roots had been, filled now with drifted dry leaves and spruce needles. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after Henry died, it was as if some thread which bound us had been abruptly severed, and soon after we began to drift apart. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My thoughts start to drift back to my skin, and I make myself think instead about the story I started, the one that’s waiting for me in the sycamore hollow. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

When she closed her eyes and seemed to drift away, I looked at Jake. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I drifted out too far and couldn’t get the kayak turned around. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

An hour later the pain began to fade; nearly weeping with gratitude I drifted into unconsciousness. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I drifted closer and closer, until the Maafa loomed over me, and still I floated on. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was the dream she’d tried to describe to Atal, the night picture; but as Mary tried to find it again, it dissolved and drifted apart; just as these presences did in the open air. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wish I did not drift away so. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Puffs of light struck the sails and drifted down to the deck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As his crew watched in horror, he drifted out of sight into the darkness. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Music from a radio drifted out of Mr. Odom’s shop in the garage. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The air was still, and the boat drifted gently. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soggy wads of toilet paper and crumpled hand towels are drifting across the floor like lumpy jellyfish. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Past the table, a door led into a brightly lit room, and lively conversation drifted out to Anya as she lingered by the doorway. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I look out at the severe and lonely landscape drifting past the window. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

So while everybody pats each other on the back, I drift off to my bedroom to have a word with my mother. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

She can watch the wind shift the drifts of snow trapped in the courtyard behind me. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

By now the sounds of an engine came quite clearly through the night and soon a boat drifted toward them. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was half buried in a drift of leaves where the fairy had dropped it. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, a swear word would drift through the screen door from out in the yard and Mrs. Odom would march out there and tell them to hush up talking like that. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Art told the coroner about the drifting boat, the silence and the lights on board the Susan Marie and about bringing the dead man up in his net. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The ruins stretch as far as I can see, dappled sunlight dancing against their surfaces, and drifting over them are a field of shining, jewel-like power-ups. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The scent of burning wood, usually so comforting when Daddy lit a fire on cold days, drifted through the forest. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Palmer had notions of drifting away, but Beans and Mutto were herding him their way. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Her gaze drifts away like she is recalling an important moment. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I drifted at last into uneasy sleep, and dreamt many evil dreams, and in one I saw a shadowy figure with no face creeping into our hut and bearing away the ten ollocks of rice. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t expect me to get on him and he passed the ball over my head out to where his forward had drifted. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Smooth rocks encircle the edge of the spring, while cherry blossoms drift down from the trees, coming to rest on the water’s surface. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The way Henry talks about him is a physical feat, drifting up in the corners with fondness but sagging in the middle under the weight. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I laid back in the bed and continued pulling them from the box, one by one, until finally I drifted off to sleep. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“They require intuition. Impulsiveness. Leaps of folly as often as leaps of faith. Do you catch my drift?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

My mind drifted and then I forgot what I was supposed to do. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

We never actually argued: we just drifted away. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It stayed cold that Monday, and even though it was pretty bright out, there were snowflakes in the air that afternoon again, drifting like they didn’t care if they landed. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Her voice drifted through the air like a lullaby. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the Mark I, these sparks packed the power of lightning bolts, ripping through the drift tubes and leaving behind what Pief Panofsky described as “spectacular stalagmites and stalactites of copper.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He drifted about, with no ties of affection, with no ambitions, like a wandering star in Úrsula's planetary system. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It drifted out, toward the other side of the cove where it was caught by stronger waves. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And something had happened to the Dust wind: instead of that slow drift, it was racing like a river in flood. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I told him as much as I thought he needed to know,” Celia says as he drifts past her, moving to inspect the Carousel. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As slow as the drifting wind, it passed over Torrance, where its only audience was a scattering of drowsy souls, among them the boy in his pajamas behind the house on Gramercy Avenue. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth smiles at this, but then drifts back to frowning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After the storm passed, they were sighted drifting mastless on the Bay and were towed home by an obliging neighbor. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rafters of the Zaal shook, and from their perches up in the dark a score of sleeping birds woke up in fear and flapped their wings, and little showers of dust drifted down. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Three figures crossed the Abbey gardens as the moon broke from behind a drifting cloudbank. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, its metabolism slowed almost to a halt, it had drifted off into a trance. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I plowed through drifts and stamped paths until eventually it occurred to me that I had all the materials to make snowshoes for easier traveling. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he never changed the pace of his car as he drifted quietly past the green, shimmering beanfield. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few of the younger boys drifted off to play King of the Mountain on the slope between the upper and lower fields. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

At the end of each month, the skin color drifts away like dust caught in the wind. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He started walking again, nattering on and on about plots and conspiracies and battle plans and secrets, but truth be told, my mind drifted. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey walked ahead of the others through a rain that resolved itself into drifting mist. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon he drifts off, no longer hearing the voice in his head. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The snow had been falling on King’s Landing most of the night; outside the drifts were ankle deep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Many miles away the chilly mist that had pressed against the Prime Minister’s windows drifted over a dirty river that wound between overgrown, rubbish-strewn banks. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The sadness stays put, but I feel an ounce of the weight on my shoulders slowly drift away, and I inhale, breathing a little easier than I have in a long time. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The first flakes came drifting down as the sun was setting in the west. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Besides a lot of dust, a bunch of old memories drifted around me. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He felt his feet drift off the floor. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prosper let it flutter down into the canal and watched it drift out of sight. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll drift forward a bit, but don’t panic. You can always stand up.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Specks of dust drifted in the sifts of dusky light that came through the window blinds. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A little girl drifted behind her mother, her arms overflowing with princess dresses, glass slippers, and a sparkling tiara. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I drifted to the locker room, changing in a trancelike state, only vaguely aware that there were other people surrounding me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Associations with other men were for a week or for a day and then they drifted apart. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the boxers were weighing themselves, and joking, and drifting off into the shower room behind the rusty lockers. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fewer sounds of Arabic drifted through the air now—just the husky, less familiar-sounding accents of Hebrew and languages they couldn’t identify. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The scent of cloves and rain drifts over me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Before Percy knew it, the drone of the ship’s engine, the dim light, and the comfortable feeling of being with Annabeth made his eyes heavy, and he drifted to sleep. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I finally do drift off, old memories seep into my dreams, scenes from when I was eight years old, when my life was back in New York City. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As I listened to the beautiful, soothing words of the Holy Quran, I closed my eyes and drifted off. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But as I drifted off to sleep, I thought about what Daddy had said when we were talking in the car. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her life drifted on in an aimless fashion. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she watched the spirit of her mother drift away, she had seen the cindered fragments of her childhood life whirl into the sky as well. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without it, there would be no clumps of matter and thus no stars, just drifting gas and everlasting darkness. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Elegant white stags roamed the streets like citizens, and reptiles big as men drifted in the river. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

By then the Shy Maid had drifted out from under the broken bridge. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Reports of his behavior drifted back to us through various channels. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I climbed down, and as I ran off toward my tree I saw her drift on those muffled wings of the owl through the limbs and branches as she went back to her work. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When me and Joey drifted back into the house after what seemed enough time for them to talk, Dad was on the telephone. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now in my shelter of all things impossible, I drift in a warm bath of forgiveness, and it seems pointless to resist. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and drift off, only to be awakened by her standing over me with a dish of Jell-O. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He felt as if he were floating on that light, or drifting in a boat on very quiet waters. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure how far offshore we’d drifted, but I could still see the faint string of lights that marked the coastline. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Next he rolled a cigarette, and, quietly smoking, he listened woozily to faint meadowlark songs drifting melodically on the clear summer air. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

By late May, the wild bleeding hearts and the rhododendrons had bloomed, and the fragrance of honeysuckle drifted down the hillside and into the house. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They drift back and forth, back and forth until they find the water. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The crowd, which had been cheering me on, began drifting away. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron floated, unconscious, a few inches above the lake bottom, drifting a little in the ebb of the water. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

My eyes drift back to Abby, who tucks her chin in her hand and smiles. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I’d drift off in the middle of conversations; whole lessons went by with me not knowing what was going on. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rowboat had drifted at last to the end of the pond, but now its bow bumped into the rotting branches of a fallen tree that thrust thick fingers into the water. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The feathers drifted in through the madwoman’s window and onto the floor. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

And it had an effect on the ghosts, too: seeing Will standing unafraid and unharmed, they began to drift back toward the travelers. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Harry went right after Black, who was still making Snape drift along ahead of them; he kept bumping his lolling head on the low ceiling. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Through a gap in the curtains around his four-poster he watched snow starting to drift past the tower window and wondered . Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The merman came around with his trident, now the mermaid, now the lion, and then the unicorn drifted into sight, even slower now. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally a column of mounted men rode out of the drifting smoke. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As he drifted off to sleep, he could still see the steady fire across the room. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Cole mumbled as the breeze drifted sparks upward like wandering stars. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

At seven on the dot, couples begin drifting through the front doors, handing their furs and overcoats to the colored men in gray morning suits. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The stink of vomit and the salty smell of rotting seaweed hung in the air, and overhead, a leaf drifted down in slow motion as if arriving from outer space. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

As I drift off to sleep, I hear Meng announce that our next step is to return to Bat Deng to search for our aunts and uncles. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The delegates had debated the anchors’ purpose, assuming they kept the citadel from drifting away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And finally, as I drift back to sleep, the screen of my mind fills with hummingbirds. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Music drifted up from many windows, the soft sounds of lyres and reed pipes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

As he drifted into sleep, Stanley softly sang him the song that had been in his family for generations. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He drifts off to greet more well-wishers, taking Brooke with him. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

They lay serene and still, wrapped in thin veils of drifting mist. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Shackleton’s only serious concern at that point was that the ship would drift far off course with the moving ice pack, causing even more delay. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The drifts had climbed so high that they swallowed the man bodily ... but bowmen on the battlements claimed they glimpsed him sometime later, dragging a broken leg through the snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And we laughed, but the laughs drifted into a thick, pervasive silence, and I knew we were all thinking of her, dead and laughless, cold, no longer Alaska. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was so nice to sit beside her with the leaves drifting down around us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She let her eyes close, and it wasn’t until Wash flicked the end of her nose that she realized she’d drifted off. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He drifts out of the barracks doors, and I watch him go, wondering uneasily about his talk of war and shadows and darkness. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

For an hour or so, all we saw was seaweed drifting by. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since it is the solar year, not the lunar year, that determines the time for harvest and planting, the seasons seem to drift when you reckon by an uncorrected lunar year. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I was about halfway to the house when a cool breeze drifted down from the rugged Tetons. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had simply drifted apart because we had so little in common, except our past relationship. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many times he would prolong the talks beyond the expected limit and let them drift into comments of a domestic nature. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Looking at pictures would be better than watching snow drift. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

All these words came sputtering out of her mother’s mouth at once, but Hazel got the drift. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Like a question mark that drifted through the pages of a book and never settled at the end of a sentence. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the pastures, the incredible vulgarity of highly amplified hillbilly music drifted from the cafe on the highway. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind howled, piling up snow in drifts and blinding the night with ice-white dust. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peach sobbed and sniffed, and I heard leaving noises, the kind of settling-down, murmuring noises that drift across people when they are all talking at once, softly, ending a conversation or starting the next one. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then Pong noticed the smoke drifting up into the dark sky. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Canada was so far up north that the white snow drifted up to the roofs of the houses. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The sounds and smells of the tantalizing May afternoon drifted in through the window. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I continued drifting down the same familiar streets, my body wobbly, my mind still out of balance, until I found myself parked in my neighbor’s driveway. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Her hands drifted from Celaena’s cheeks, and a white light filled the sky. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Thoughts that might have drifted away on waves of brandy otherwise remain intact in his head, confirmed and secured by a diaphanous magician. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Looking down over the universe of the park, she saw the town drift where it wanted, washed by sunlight on a stone bench, cooled in the shadows of the hanging tree. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

There must have been a storm in the night; snow piles in small drifts on the mattresses, having blown in through the cracks and crevices in the walls and roof. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then she would drift along the corridor to a stairwell where a window gave a view of the river. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

For me, some of the old questions about who I was and what I wanted to be in life were starting to drift in again, fixing themselves at the forefront of my mind. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As soon as the music had come on, customers had started drifting over. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

She saw many of them craning to look upward at this drift of Dust. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It seemed to break from scummy bubbles lanced by the sun, and drift downwind, getting thicker. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands drift up and down my back. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

So we often passed other people leaning out to trail their hands in the cool water, some drifting by asleep beneath a cloth canopy or oil-coated umbrella. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drifted over to the side of the pod where nobody else was standing. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their smiles drift away and they catalog each other’s face. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

With no power, we drift with the mood of the breeze and the pull of the tide. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The people from the meeting drifted off toward their homes, shaking their heads and talking. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was spinning; strange flecks of pink and yellow drifted before my eyes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The crowd began to drift back to their stoops, to the drinks they had left on bars. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lights of a sleeping town were drifting by. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And with the rewards so substantial, with the hostile military establishments beholden to each other in some ghastly mutual embrace, the world discovers itself drifting toward the ultimate undoing of the human enterprise. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We drifted into the sitting room and sat down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Saint Sarah drifts in and kisses Auntie Fatima three times, saying salaam. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Just as I was drifting off I heard shouting from the main part of the hatchery. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You catch my drift?” he said, smiling a mischievous grin. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She could see them more clearly this time: each current was made up of thousands of tiny specks, all drifting and swirling. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In fifteen minutes they came abreast of the drifting boat and Abel turned back the throttle. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I remember I used to be afraid of needles, but with every blood draw and IV drip, that fear slowly drifted away. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

If I looked like I might drift off, David nudged me and vice versa. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He nods as his finger drifts to the stitches at his forehead. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He lay on his stomach facing the fire, with the light drifting over his stubborn face. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rémy takes his place outside the doors, and I close my eyes to drift in and out of a fitful sleep. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I was in the living room, my feet tucked under the lip of the couch, firing through a set of fifty crunches when I heard Ma’s actual sleepy voice drift up and over the room. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Clouds of flies drifted over us, their buzzing a faint background droning. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

My gaze drifts from Susan to the Dauntless tables across the room. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then they could see the drifts of snow outdoors and the great trees standing bare and black, making thin blue shadows on the white snow. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Corporal glowered, then shifted around once more and drifted toward the men. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

On Tuesday of Nat’s last week at the chandlery Ben Meeker drifted in and leaned against a barrel. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A drift of song brushed through her mind. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d drift off into a deep sleep under the hypnotizing spell of rap beats and tropical salsa rhythms. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Still, I could see that, second time around, Mr. Bernoffski was catching my drift, because his face sort of relaxed and he started nodding, following along. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Falling asleep, my thoughts drifted to the peculiar children and the first question they’d asked after Miss Peregrine had introduced me: Is Jacob going to stay with us? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When the commotion finally stopped, Cole lay completely spent, drifting in and out of consciousness. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

As the fire died down so did the excitement The littluns stopped singing and dancing and drifted away toward the sea or the fruit trees or the shelters. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The other kids drift away, and the girl goes to get her printout. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far, far away, in the South the clouds could be dimly seen as remote grey shapes, rolling up, drifting: morning lay beyond them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

If someone mentions the Cottages today, I think of easy-going days drifting in and out of each other’s rooms, the languid way the afternoon would fold into evening then into night. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around the rock were drifts of snow, now sodden from the tropical storm. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I continued to mentally torture myself like that until I finally drifted off to sleep. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A fine brown dust was now blowing across the highway, drifting like snow against the shoulders and swirling up into the air. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her general drift was clear enough: we were all very special, being Hailsham students, and so it was all the more disappointing when we behaved badly. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We swam behind Bono until we had crossed the river, and then drifted silently, heads only above the water, bodies below crouched and twitching along the mud floor. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Then March came, breaking the back of winter with warmth permeating the cold, and with the smell of spring drifting daily to tease hope and to give shy promise of a coming radiance. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her black hair drifted about her head, as if it had a mind and a purpose all of its own. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Conor felt himself drifting off, the tide of sleep pulling against him so hard he couldn’t resist it. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

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

The gritty, bacony, syrupy scent drifts into my room, and I soon forget about the drunken cloud that surrounds Pop Pop. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

My leaden feet turned at the end of the bridge and I felt the pebbles of the goat path beneath the drift of snow. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man might drift to his death before his time unnoticed, but when he was dead and beyond any care then at last he was sure of attention.... Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry drifts asleep at some point, and Alex is thankful for it, but he can still feel tension in every part of Henry’s body against him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Already cooking smells were drifting from the kitchen. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’d take it out past West Point, past Hermit, past Bald Head, and drift until she was alone with the whales in the open water. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I drift out into the hallway, heading toward Poe’s room, watching as someone goes in with a box. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Outside snow had drifted against the barracks wall. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be okay,” he said, quieter this time, and his eyes drifted from one student to another. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

With the speeches done, Laney ran around distributing hugs and kisses, and soon everyone drifted back to the dining room table, taking another helping of food now that appetites had returned. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Scraps of a waltz played by a large orchestra drifted down to the travelers on the grass, and scraps of conversation too, from the people who were walking to and fro. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He drifted forward in the water until he could breaststroke gently, barely rippling the calm surface. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The aroma of tomato sauce drifted outside, rich with oregano and garlic. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Cottonwood seeds drifted down on their pale cushions, disappeared into the blackness. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I walked in, damp with sweat, all activity ceased; people drifted toward tables. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon hung in the sky in front of their window, with a cloud drifting past it like a tattered dress. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The ones with the stained-glass wings took their time, drifting lazily. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The snow drifts into our zombie mouths crawling with grease and curses and tobacco flakes and cavities and boyfriend/girlfriend juice, the stain of lies. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

When I came to them they were out on an old drift, sniffing around. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eighty members of the Husky marching band led the procession up Second Avenue and Pike Street as confetti and scraps of paper mixed with a steady, cold rain drifting down from clouds high above. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

His mother continued and introduced herself, spoke of all the years she’d spent in Oakland, and Moss’s gaze drifted to the crowd itself. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As Lon finished his story, the Second’s hands drifted to her bloodsword, and the scent of metal bloomed in the greenhouse. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Moss watched them, and his eyes drifted to Javier’s biceps, which bulged with every pull-up, and his heart fluttered in his chest. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A single wild rose tossed farewell, bursts slowly, its petals drifting snowlike upon the reluctantly lowered coffin. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lay back down and presently drifted off into the first of many fitful periods of sleep. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind drifted to what Nick was saying. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The road ran along the flat gray coast and there were drifts of sand in the road that the winds had left there. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was drifting out of a large metal can. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her eyes drifted down his hoodie, but she caught herself and brought them up again. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

So he let himself drift off, trying to push the images of striped spider legs and jagged rat teeth from his brain. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

You waved as it drifted above the river. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He started up his car and swung it back out onto the highway, leaving behind a blue-black cloud of smoke that drifted over the protesters. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I drift off only to be roused by nightmares that have increased in number and intensity. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I drifted into a dream in which I climbed a tall tree whose lower branches disappeared the moment I scaled the higher ones. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I let go of the towel pillowed under my head, and my arm drifted off the bench to float weightless in midair. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Nora’s eyes drift back to one of her screens, where Anderson Cooper is unpacking the latest coverage of the Republican presidential hopefuls. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sewage drifted by in a surprising variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

And the music of the pearl drifted to a whisper and disappeared. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drifted off, probably remembering what that felt like. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I’m a big man now, I thought, drifting off to sleep. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I could just drift, he thought, and sleep and put a bight of line around my toe to wake me. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drew Hannah’s slight figure closer against her, like a child’s, and presently the woman’s shuddering ceased, and Hannah drifted into the shallow napping of the very old. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The others agreed; they sent their report, and two hours later Reynie was drifting away to sleep, having finished an upbeat mental letter to Miss Perumal and feeling hopeful for the first time in ages. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then some unexplained turmoil within the earth’s mantle caused the land to break apart and drift off as vast asymmetrical chunks. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Seabirds cried wheeling over the breakers, and smoke of the hearthfires of small villages drifted blue on the wind. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She flashes a quick smile and drifts back down the hallway. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Someone who had to just stop in his tracks and do a slow pivot like Smokey Robinson with his brilliant smile that slid over his mouth and drifted right up to his laughing eyes. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Apparently at first he was afraid to go out—they had real exploding H-bombs in that area, not just drifting fallout. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Other times the mountains and valleys and forest were as still and as quiet as hawks in the air, a mile high, drifting. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The raft slowed and started to drift lower and lower. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I watched as the feather drifted and circled and circled and drifted down until it landed on my boat not a foot from where I was standing. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was so silent that Coraline imagined that she could hear the motes of dust drifting through the air. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Ethyne and Mae entered the room just as the first notes of song began to drift down the stone hallways. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

They found Squint floating facedown in the moat, his entrails drifting behind him like a nest of pale snakes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mermaid clouds drifted over the glebe, over the cockerel tree, over the Malvern Hills. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen’s voice drifted from the kitchen window, followed by May’s laughter. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The giant metal “drift tubes” suspended inside the cylinder, which the deuteron beam would traverse, each weighed several tons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The lamps in the Commandant’s study are lit, and voices drift out her open window, too faint to hear. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Debris from floods had caught in the limbs, forming a drift. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loud jeering, roars of laughter, and drunken yells were drifting toward them; then came a burst of strong green light, which illuminated the scene. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He drifted off to sleep and awoke to find a lunch of tea and cream crackers covered with a thin layer of marmalade. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Genie tried to keep his voice down, not that it would’ve mattered: Crab was getting the target situated, and Ernie was drifting off in space somewhere. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Ignoring the presence of the shrews he drifted back into a warm slumber. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A radioactive plume of vaporized coral drifted east, covering seven thousand square miles of ocean. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Claire asked when his voice drifted away without completing the thought. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A silent gray shadow drifted down from the top of a tall sycamore. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tia’s eyes drift over to me and he pauses. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

My arms overlap and drift above my head, forming a long oval. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then he drifted for days, until finally he was cast ashore on Calypso’s island, where he had to stay for many years. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, a survival craft may drift faster than you can swim. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She ran, and Roger, who was watching wide-eyed as the pale daemons drifted out of the building, waded toward her through the thick snow. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

When I closed my eyes, I could hear the laughter and radio drifting up to me, taste the spice of chili and wood smoke on the air. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The hot tendrils of magnesium drifted slowly down the dark and the pale foreshore tide started in the glare and slowly faded. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I thought of Jack London not putting a final period on the last sentence of the book as Martin lost consciousness and drifted into death. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Millard was right—the skies were quiet, the battle had ended, but rolling drifts of bomb smoke still mixed with the clouds. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She inhaled something with an unpleasantly sweet scent, and immediately the pain subsided, her thoughts subsided, her being drifted away. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Organ music drifted upstairs—which meant that Mrs. Powell, Preacher Powell’s wife, had arrived. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Unable to see his eyes, I began to drift. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The bolts were making the normal-looking white man in the picture with him float off his feet and scramble and scratch at the air like he was ’bout to drift up to the clouds! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe it would all have got forgotten eventually; or maybe Ruth and I would have drifted apart. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must have drifted farther south than he thought possible. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They drift to the bare earth like a thousand feathers, memories of my terror and aloneness and cold dark nights, until I’m left bare. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But minds are not to be trusted. Minds are always drifting toward ambiguity, toward questions, when what you really need is certainty. Purpose. Clarity. Do not trust your minds.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Others let them drift with the current and sometimes they were at sixty fathoms when the fishermen thought they were at a hundred. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was surprised that already the foul smell of decay drifted to where they were resting. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

With no power, we drift in its wake until onshore waves catch us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Fiddle-dee-dee. It’s just the thing. No nasty germs drifting about. For a reasonably bright boy, you show a distressing lack of intelligence. Quite a few of my relatives recovered here.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of fairies drifting alongside the wagon waved at Kendra. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I do, trying to focus on chewing and swallowing, but even when I attempt to concentrate, my mind drifts. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Confined to his bed since a terrible carriage accident the week before, Seward drifted in and out of consciousness. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had to thread cautiously between sinking ships and patches of drifting wildfire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The lantern’s sides were perforated with pinholes, so at night glimmering constellations drifted across her walls. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And there were voices drifting across the water. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Glowing white spirits, vaguely human, drifted through the trees. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The moon drifted in and out of the clouds. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually even the most dedicated gawkers drifted away, leaving the usual Felling night crowd, minus one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Let me close by saying that I have the personal faith that mankind will somehow rise up to the occasion and give new directions to an age drifting rapidly to its doom. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sweet smoke drifts past us into the starry sky. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Every time I start to drift off to sleep, I remember. And it jerks me awake.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The residents start drifting in forty minutes before breakfast is ready, by walker and wheelchair or just marching stiffly on their own power, and scuffle briefly over who sits where. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my first try, the fire lit, but the smoke just drifted randomly around. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next morning, he announced that they would stay where they were and let the drifting pack carry them northward into a better position to make for Paulet Island. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Maybe your parents will hold an eyelid up to get out a piece of dirt, or maybe your boyfriend will kiss your eyelids, light as a butterfly, just before you drift off to sleep. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hate the water, prone as I am to drowning and drifting to Asia. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Rahel drifted into marriage like a passenger drifts towards an unoccupied chair in an airport lounge. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we could check that the candidate landing site was not covered with sifting, drifting dust, we would have at least a fair chance of guaranteeing that the winds were not intolerably high. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one noticed the moon-faced boy in the flat cap, or the honeybee that drifted from his mouth, tested the sooty air, then dove back from whence it came. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Passing them in silence down that silent corridor through the drifting ash where they struggled forever in the road’s cold coagulate. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Encircled by her army of angels, she drifted across the avenue to photograph a juggler, while I hobbled off toward home, a clear outsider in a city I'd foolishly thought to call my own. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The air was so clouded with blowing dirt that men waded through drifts a foot and a half deep. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Strains of music, a Sunday air, drifted from a distance. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can swallow them right now, lie down on my bed, close my eyes, drift away. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As he drifted off, he thought he heard Temp, or maybe it was Tick, whispering, “Honors us, the princess, honors us?” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"It's not drift. They adjusted course. Instrumentation uplink shows a deliberate 27.812- degree rotation." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Suit yourself,” the bartender said and drifted off into the shadows at the other end of the bar. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next came the bees themselves: just a few at first, drifting through his parted lips. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

On the far side, a thread of smoke drifted up from another of those wooden domes. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My fingers drift away from my wrist, and Hideo’s fingers follow. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I watched it leave her body. It was like mist. It drifted away.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they finished eating, people started to drift away in twos and threes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mama’s furious voice drifted up from the porch, and pretty soon Papa came to the bottom of the stairs and hollered for me to get down there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But every now and then, when I steal a glance at the Girl, or feel her eyes on me, I helplessly drift back to thinking about her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The brothers talk as Vincent drifts in and out of consciousness. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There were rocks and sand drifts and a distant eminence, as natural and unselfconscious as any landscape on Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All you have to do is let go of that scrap of cloth and let it drift down here to me. The moment you do, your loved ones’ safety is assured. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The American boat drifted on down the lake, beyond the grandstands, into a quieter world, the boys leaning over their oars, gasping for breath, their faces still shattered by pain. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As the bus lumbers through town, Sasha puts down the book and drifts into sleep, skirt draped over the edge of the seat. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As we were herded deeper into the slaughterhouse, I drifted to the back of the crowd. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As a single woman, still youthful at forty years old, she found herself drifting toward the social sidelines. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Tell her,” Mom said, gently this time because she knew I had drifted far away. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo sat up...or rather he drifted upright. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Beauty-lanterns drift overhead like small suns, shining perfect beams of light across the treatment bed. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The birds surged upward before slowly drifting down to the ground, carrying the madwoman with them, laying her down as gently as a mother lays a baby in a bed. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then her restless thoughts would drift after the Dolphin. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

One had almost drifted within reach of the pier. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Fountains splash nearby, and the scent of honeysuckle drifts through the air. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We drifted through the doorway into total darkness. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t even realized he had drifted off until he was awakened by the sound of tree limbs scraping the sides of the car. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Charcoal smoke drifted over them, sinking into their clothes and hair. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Cindy had to go for a drive. The sound ..he said, drifting off. “ The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Papi and I sat at the table, while she drifted in and out of the kitchen bringing us food, water, a chunk of bread, and finally, a steaming cup of sweetened café con leche. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I heard a slow song of wind drift ever so slightly in the street behind us and move along the gutter. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They drifted wide, the winds pushing them one way, the turtle swimming another, tipping sideways in the waves to quench the fire at its back. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Finally her eyelids got heavy, and she drifted off. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The white smoke drifted up to them until Meggie thought she could almost smell it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There was something else, something inherently evil had drifted into my wakeful consciousness, a bad dream of some kind—a warning, perhaps. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I say, pointing to the wire basket with a floatable noodle around the rim so it sits in the water, tied to me so it won’t drift away. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It was not far, but the drifts were deep, the wind was gusty, and Asha’s feet were blocks of ice. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He would drift through synagogue or through the streets, hunched over, eyes cast down, avoiding people’s gaze. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

North Carolina College students drifted into the large campus auditorium throughout the evening, at first just to console one another and then to plan a reaction to the assassination. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

That night, as I drift off to sleep, I wonder about the wasp, if there’s an insect heaven, if it’s the same as human heaven. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Splendid images drifted through his mind, golden forms and shapes, any one of which might be the destiny of this very small ingot that he, Ranofer the son of Thutra, had poured. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She had daisies in her hair; and she drifted over to us, her eyes all dreamy as she danced in her flowing, paint-splattered dress. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Especially when my eyes keep drifting to that green sofa. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

His gaze drifted to the glowing Manhattan skyline. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

In his popular and influential textbook Principles of Physical Geology, first published in 1944, Holmes laid out a continental drift theory that was in its fundamentals the theory that prevails today. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Tayo thought about animals then, horses and mules, and the way they drifted with the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon fresh flakes drifted down upon them, so that even their sheltered clearing had a fresh dusting of powdery snow. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Gunpowder smoke drifted across the crowd as soldiers started running every which a’way, carrying on about “orders this” and “orders that.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heavy metal door of the Map Room was slightly ajar, a wispy trail of black smoke drifting out and into the gray sky. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

His eyes drift to my jacket pocket, where the memory serum is. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The canoe drifted idly on the calm sea while these thoughts went over and over in my mind, but when I saw the water seeping through the crack again, I picked up the paddle. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two calendars drifted with respect to each other, making it very difficult to predict when a holiday was due. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Baruch sat down beside his companion, and Will stirred the fire, so that a cloud of smoke drifted past the two of them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She turned away, and simply drifted out, as though on her way to the lavatory. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He drifted across the street to another Dunkin’ Donuts, but his stomach was still too queasy even for a glazed doughnut. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

More tired than I realized, exhausted from the long day of mental and emotional stress like I’d never felt before, I drifted to sleep in his cold arms. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I kiss her once, then we drift into each other, close our eyes, drift into sleep. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He cut the other fishing line and let them both drift out to sea. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Albus’s voice drifted back to Harry over the surrounding clamor; his sons had resumed the argument they had started in the car. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His brow cleared, and his eyes turned to honeyed fire as they drifted down to her lips, which, she noted, were now parted. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When she had died, Nico became a homeless orphan, drifting through the world alone. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They drift over high hair-towers and hats like tiny stars tied to ribbons. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Snape was still drifting weirdly ahead of Black, his chin bumping on his chest. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

For the first time in over an hour, Dolores’s thoughts drifted to the ancient toe bone, worth millions of dollars, that she’d left sitting on the armrest of her car. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And the dresser drifted gently to the floor. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

We drifted away from the ruins of their house, and were upon the river. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The house had been emptied and even swept out neatly; the only thing on the floor now was the snow, in soft piles that had drifted in through the cracks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Even Father’s walking the riverbank talking to himself, and our mother drifting around half dressed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the icebergs drift, the seawater erodes them from below, until the berg abruptly topples over and continues its journey upside down. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She could be lost, scraping her fingers along walls at the edge of town, drifting farther away every second. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She gathered the remaining leaves and flung them into the fire, where they caught, flaming, and drifted upward like burning black pages. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Up from the lonely hills, drifting on the wind, came a woman’s voice. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And unless she found out what was happening, they might all find themselves drifting away to oblivion, everyone. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Smoke: her great-uncle says it is a suspension of particles, billions of drifting carbon molecules. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In those first days of being in the hospital, my mind drifted in and out of a dreamworld. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I loved visiting her there, loved those meandering talks we had, through the summer to the early autumn, sitting on that balcony together, talking about Hailsham, the Cottages, whatever else drifted into our thoughts. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of dreaming their tragic forms, I recreated them as living, laughing people in the cool red confines of RiRi’s tent as she drifted off. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

All too often, I’d drift off, only to wake from nightmares about the fire that had killed my family. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I got it!” he said as small clouds of smoke drifted up into the air and a low flame started blooming on the mound of sticks and leaves. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She drifts off, stirring restlessly, occasionally sighing out her phrase. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They flew higher, the child screaming and clinging to her waist with sharp fingers, and Serafina saw the Specter behind her, a drift of mist swirling on the water, casting about for its lost prey. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went out in the snow but it was drifted so that we could not walk far. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

By now we’d drifted to within fifty feet of the dock, which made us an easy target. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Felicia told me she grew sleepy, and felt as though she were drifting through the heavens, that she was a planet looking at herself from one of her moons. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mind drifted among impressions the way a bat drifts and swoops in the evening. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A word of her prayer drifted to his ears. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

It’s not that I didn’t understand the drift of what they said—it’s that I wasn’t interested. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was drifting; drifting back into his rut; and he was picking up speed. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

There was Jessie, her breathing becoming steady and deep as she drifted off to sleep. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t until the town roosters had already begun to crow that he finally drifted uneasily into dreams. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smoke of a fire was drifting through the air, with various good smells of meat and gravy, and the sound of quiet voices. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

"We're all drifting and things are going rotten. At home there was always a grownup. Please, sir; please, miss; and then you got an answer. How I wish!" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Giggles drifted in off the porch and into Miss Glory’s pots. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sand slid whining under; the blue hills drifted by, drifted by, leaving their home behind, the raining pillars, the caged flowers, the singing books, the whispering floor creeks. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you want for your birthday?” my mother asked as the summer drifted into August. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

They were willing to believe that aloe, like ginger and cinnamon, could be found only by gathering twigs that drifted away from paradise. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

As I drift off, I try to imagine that world, somewhere in the future, with no Games, no Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

From the gallery above drifted down the merry strains of pipes and fiddle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He and Henry drift to a swing at the edge of the porch, and he curls into Henry’s side, buries his face in the collar of his shirt. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I set up the card tables beside the myrtle trees so the streamers would drift over and tickle our faces while we ate. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the thing about kite flying: Your mind drifted with the kite. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Oshiro had seen one drifting on the tide, its engine cut, its running lights out, below the bluff near his home on Crescent Bay, a mere silhouette in the night. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a time when she would sit beside Jam’s bed and read her N. K. Jemisin books until Jam drifted off, only leaving when sleep wrapped heavy around the room. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As Cole’s gaze drifted among the branches of the tree, a small bird’s nest tucked into the fork of two branches caught his attention. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Had the lifeboat drifted back into that floating trash? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I kept afloat and swam your sea, or drifted, taken by wind and current to this coast where I went in on big swells running landward. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everywhere she looked she could see gold, just as Atal had described it: sparkles of light, floating and drifting and sometimes moving in a current of purpose. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The roar of a vacuum drifted down, threading through the faded drilling. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He could hear voices drifting through the archway from the bedchamber. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ama could smell the astringent flavors as they drifted out with the steam. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then, that particular time, I remember how she paused and drifted off into thought, maybe because she hadn’t planned what should happen next instead of a picture. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Almost,” said the ghost sadly, and he drifted away. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Another pocket of mist and clouds drifted up past the raft and over our heads. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Neighbors drifting by will sometimes leave pecans or an apple. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

There was the snarl of an engine somewhere, not the heavy thump of a zeppelin but something higher like the drone of a hornet It drifted in and out of hearing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Lázaro, on the other hand, just drifted further and further away as time went on, and Sierra had never figured out how to get him back. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The animals that used the pool came near and smelled men there and drifted away again into the darkness. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand drifts to her eyepatch, but, catching herself, she knots her fingers into her shirt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She would drift in through Mrs. Mannino's window and hang suspended over the kitchen sink while she washed dishes. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fat white snowflakes drift past the window, barely visible in the dark. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

On the wallpaper in front of him, roses appear to drift, rotate, swap places. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

At the grey tea hour there were always rooms that throbbed incessantly with this low sweet fever, while fresh faces drifted here and there like rose petals blown by the sad horns around the floor. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The whole sea ahead of us was alive with fire and drifting smoke. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let my mind drift into a pleasant nowhere as I breathed the mamas’ peanut-and-manioc scent. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it grew late and the men began to drift away, he became fearful of the time when he would have to go home. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And each day that went by, he felt himself drifting farther away. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then, finally, just about the time I started drifting off to sleep, I’d hear Old Yeller rise to his feet and go padding off through the corn. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air was full of drifting smoke from the cookfires drowning in the rain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They had been riding off with the other pups, but Jon had heard a noise and turned back, and there he was, white fur almost invisible against the drifts. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A swarm of gulls took to the air with a great noise as the boat drifted toward the jetty. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were pointing out at something drifting in the air. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Eventually, with Moch clutching the cup, the boys just drifted away, leaving Burke alone on the float, still talking as the newsreel cameras continued to roll. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I drifted away from her and let time and distance do the rest. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They drew the skin-covers over their boats to prevent them from being flooded, and drifted on; little could be seen before them or about them through the grey falling curtains. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Above them, the stars shone bright between silver-seeded drifts of cloud. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His voice drifted off but his eyes did not close. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how hard I tried to focus, my mind kept drifting back to Art3mis. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I look up and see particles of dust drifting, crystal white and luminous, in the suspension of light. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A cool breeze drifted through her uncle’s open windows. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

At night, in her bed, she rides in the belly of Captain Nemo’s Nautilus, below the gales, while canopies of coral drift overhead. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He ran back out on the drift and started searching. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their breathing formed a single cloud of steam that drifted up, floating away over the banks of the arroyo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The men slept exposed on the ground, with snow drifting up against their backs. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It will be like floating in a pool, drifting off until there’s nothing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My grandparents, once so inseparable, had drifted apart. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, he died at Princeton, New Jersey, in 1955 before Charles Hapgood’s rubbishing of continental drift theories was even published. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

There were other things there on the ledge, in the shadows among the standing figures, but having drifted far back in the room, I again paddled toward the opening. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sleep-deprived, our breath shallow and soothing, we drift in and out of sleep. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

A rooster’s crow drifted through the window above my bed. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Behind us, kids were scampering, and a melee of screaming kite runners was chasing the loose kite drifting high above the trees. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He drifted into a Wyoming county fair, where he found a job working for an obscure firm that supplied decrepit horses to rodeos for use in relay races. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It swallowed the drifting swans one by one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And they didn’t drift; they moved with the purposeful flight of geese or swans. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I saw him as the adult who had drifted away, thin and frail, his face bony from the chemotherapy treatments. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And today she was reviewing a bunch of verbs I’d already memorized, so I found my attention drifting almost immediately. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Queen Alysanne and Lady of Silk, still locked together, were a ranging green inferno, drifting downriver and dragging pieces of Lady’s Shame. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He looked like he was drifting somewhere, having some sort of out-of-body experience. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Abel said the net was all run out and drifting along behind,” Art Moran explained. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He realized that they had begun to drift more slowly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind drifts back to my horse riding lessons. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

All I want to do now is drift away into a deep, thoughtless sleep where confusing visions of Mama don’t exist. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I can almost smell the wood smoke drifting up from the valley or hear the horns honking on Haji Baba Road. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I pat just above her nose, and her golden eyes drift shut. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Fingertips drift over my forehead, down my cheeks, and across my lips. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I wander Green Street, drifting behind Grandma and Kim on their way to school, then shadowing Kim and Carlos coming home. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

And while they were down there the rope came loose and they drifted out to sea and got stranded with no oars. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Seeds had drifted in from the sea, or birds had brought them. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dursley might have been drifting into an uneasy sleep, but the cat on the wall outside was showing no sign of sleepiness. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I finally reached a jagged split in the hull and, as the raft drifted inside it, fetid water dripped down my neck. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As her knife moved nimbly over the wood, shavings drifted down the steps, mixing in with Tiller’s wood chips. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I found my attention drifting back to the right, about five rows up. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later in the afternoon clouds drifted over the mountains, over the Little Baldy: it was the rainy season; hail began to fall. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The syllables float overhead, drifting into an icy blur of white. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of mumbling and complaints, but the campers drifted off, talking among themselves and giving me suspicious looks. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He envisioned French horn players on the Wooded Island, their music drifting across the waters. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It drifted through open windows in summertime, accompanying my thoughts as I played with my Barbies or built little kingdoms made out of blocks. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A thin wavering cry of pain drifted over the walls, and a warhorn sounded off beyond the burning houses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ll answer for the Professor. I don’t quite see his drift, but I swear he’s honest; and that’s good enough for me.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Dad set out one anchor so we wouldn’t drift and run aground, then he fetched the pole we’d brought along and slowly lowered it into the water to feel around down below. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Snow was drifting past the window in front of them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

At some point, I’d obviously managed to drift off to sleep. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

So tonight as the moon hovers outside my window, and the music drifts m with the midnight air, I make this my promise to myself. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When the snows drifted forty and fifty feet high and the ice winds came howling out of the north, the tunnels were all that held Castle Black together. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We felt that the country was drifting towards a civil war in which blacks and whites would fight each other. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smoke and drifting ash still lingered in the air about the pit as Jon trotted back to the gate. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The cool smell of lawn sprinklers drifted inside. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or had it been airborne, drifting down as fallout on the surface of the creek? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Her voice drifted away as her fingers tugged at the individual petals. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Two winos drifted over to see what they could see and a bunch of kids stopped playing and gathered around. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evidently some spray had drifted across the road into the pasture, for the sheep began to show symptoms of intoxication almost at once . Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

After his first heart attack, in 2000, he quit smoking; but once he was feeling better, he stopped taking several medications, drifted back to red meat and fried foods, and let his exercise program slip. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Words of the dead, drifting down from the heavens like feathers from birds in flight. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I felt Black Betty began to drift forward, only to jerk to a stop when Liam hit the brakes instead of the gas. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her eyes drifted, then focused on Jasper’s face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My feet touch the ground, and I lift my face to the sky, to all those bending branches and drifting clouds. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I would he on the cot with my fingers pressed into my ears, but when I drifted off to sleep my hands fell away, and the noise of the traffic would wake me up again. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

From time to time, the shed slipped its anchor and drifted aimlessly among inbound and outbound ocean liners while the Pococks slept. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Fallen leaves lay about the wide white trunk in drifts of red and brown. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Some other swimmers drifted in through the door. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a Union battery firing to the south, saw sprays of men rush out of the woods, the smoke, and envelop it, dying, and then the smoke drifted over it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, the men took their pay and drifted away like shadows. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was a night when the thick fog drifted through the streets and I could not see more than an arm’s length before me, and everything seemed unreal, as if I were asleep and dreaming. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Tillermans had just drifted through his life touch in, touch out, and gone without a thought. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drifted around the kitchen like a ghost, picking things up, putting things away, without ever getting in the way. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she set foot on the island, either she would transform into a cloud of dandelion fluff and drift away, or she wouldn’t. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The schooner was a part of Kerch, a piece of home for them, and that last familiar thing was drifting farther away with every moment. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

By three o’clock that afternoon, tufts of clouds had drifted in and the sun had slipped behind them. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Just as the king began to curse himself, the cloud drifted and the words reappeared. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Great drifts were banked against the walls and windows, and in the morning when Pa opened the door, there was a wall of snow as high as Laura’s head. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this part of the resort now there were hundreds of soldiers, many of them in loud gangs drifting through the streets, singing and shouting. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The scent of lavender mixed with rose drifts through my bedcurtains. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Each time, when the system saw that I’d drifted off, it sounded a warning klaxon in my ears, jolting me back awake. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was, he knew, motoring against the grain of boats drifting down the bank. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Kabuo knew that other fishermen were out there, drifting as he was and peering into the fog, blindly gliding across the bank in the hope of establishing their locations. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She drifted off to sleep thinking that tomorrow, she would call Adelaide and make plans to go over there. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I drifted off into my head, but not with thoughts about something like cellular structure. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

When she jumped him from the drift, Old Dan was far downriver searching for the trail. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lying in bed, drifting to sleep, I finally open the letter. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He drifts off, leaving me more ill-tempered than before. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But Alby was already drifting off, nodding slightly as his eyes closed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Now, as the potions took effect, Cluny felt himself drifting off to sleep, lulled by the ceaseless chantings and murmurings of Old Sela. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I take one last look back at my old home, the flat tin roof flashing in the afternoon sunlight, the column of smoke fading and drifting away. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The town lay in the midst of a checkerboard of prosperous farms, with fields of grain and hillsides of orchards where, in spring, white clouds of bloom drifted above the green fields. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

As the lethal mass drifted down the Colorado it carried death before it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Carl had tried listening into the fog, but the thrum of his own engines masked all other sound, and he had to shut down and drift. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I drift off to sleep, carried by the sound of distant conversations. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the drifts were higher than a man, but the stewards had been shoveling all day and the paths were as clean as they were like to get. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Each time we take a bite clouds of mold spores drift across the table. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“It is the strangest thing,” said Mr. Wopsle, drifting into his lost look again; “and yet I could swear to him.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I asked if I could toss them in the garbage, told him I really didn’t feel like getting into a deep discussion with my mom about my feet, if he caught my drift. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I turned around to look for his brother and saw him drifting a few feet away from me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Lourdes imagines these pieces, broken and bruised in unspeakable places, on piers and in alleyways, drifting down the river to the sea. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night was windless, the snow drifting straight down out of a cold black sky, yet the leaves of the heart tree were rustling his name. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I finally arrived on the frozen plain of the ice cap, I found that my tracks had long since drifted over. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frost laced each windowpane, a fire already crackled in the fireplace, and shadows of snowflakes drifted across the floor. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But at lunch when I see her in the cafeteria with the laundry bags, I find myself drifting over there. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A nurse administered anesthesia, and Buck drifted into sleep. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“We’re in luck, then,” the foes replied, and they were more real to him in the twilight than the monks whose chanting drifted downhill from the abbey. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Her eyes have drifted toward the corners of her face, giving her the appearance of a fish. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” I say to him, waving the empty basket of chips in the hopes he catches my drift for a refill. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I pass our tube tunnel—it’s empty except for snow drifting inside. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

After leading the geese toward Montreal, Mr. Lemoncello drifted down to buzz and salute the statues perched atop the pillars at the base of the dome. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

That night, when I finally managed to drift off, I dreamt that I was shot in my side and people ran past me without helping, as they were all running for their lives. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They drifted between rows of kelp as tall as apartment buildings. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She began to drift toward the front door, but she went on talking to the Stubbses. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the men waited for everyone to arrive, the visitors from time to time would drift to the library’s east-facing windows and stare out at the vastness of Lake Michigan. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Moonlight painted the leaves in shades of bone and silver as the guests drifted among them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When he finally drifts off, our fingers are twisted together in the space between the beds. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But it made sleep easy, and in no time I drifted away. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Nat had almost forgotten about Ben Meeker when he drifted into the chandlery again one day. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pearl herself, though she tried to focus on the docent’s withered lecture, found her mind drifting. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yellow birch leaves blew from the trees and drifted down to rest on the surface. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When they stopped to sleep, she dreamed of ashes, drifts upon drifts of them, covering the Wood in a stale scent of burning. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When she stopped, the boat very gently drifted east. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A towering funnel of smoke gradually drifted over us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Climbing, clawing, and swimming, she searched the drift over, looking for the lost trail. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair would come down and drift between her glasses and her eyes, and the glasses would fall off her wet nose and spin and swing at the end of their black ribbon. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He ran hard across the muddy schoolyard through drifting clouds of thick black and gray and white dust that choked and blinded him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

At last I felt a powerful drowsiness drifting through my veins from all the pinebark wine I had drunk. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

And don’t give yourself away, she said, and drifted back toward the canteen, from where a lot of noise was coming. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

This thought drifted about in his head but failed to gain meaning. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

That classical music stuff makes you drift off worse than NyQuil, then fires you awake soon as the violins get to screaming. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They crackled and snapped, but kept her up on the drifts. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought the ship was going to sink a lot sooner, if you catch my drift.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

At that moment, the voice of the North Atlanta coach—still screaming at his players—drifted down the field to the Fugees’ huddle. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I pinched my inner wrist as I sensed myself beginning to drift off, but it was as though lead ingots had been tied to my chin and eyelids. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Low strains of music drift out through the cracks in the door. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was safely back in her rooms after the Test, Celaena watched the snowflakes drift from the hills beyond Rifthold. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A soft breeze drifted through the room, cross-ventilation being one of the benefits of a corner office. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Davos used the oars to slow them, and they drifted against it almost gently. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The hardest thing, according to him, is not letting your mind drift to other things. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My mind drifted back to Sir Fig Newton and his slower-than-a-sloth recovery. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I imagine her drifting from room to room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I hear Asher’s voice drifting up from the atrium as I step out of my room, yawning, my hair tangled in a messy bun. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Plates of cracked macadam showing through the drifts of ash. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Some are solitary wanderers; most inhabit communal clusters, huddling together, drifting endlessly in the great cosmic dark. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let my mind drift off to when I was supposed to pose for Karen. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the area about Freiberg, Saxony, smelters for silver and lead poured arsenic fumes into the air, to drift out over the surrounding countryside and settle down upon the vegetation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She paused again, her eyes drifting over to Moss, who nodded to her in encouragement. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Clouds drifted across the sky, obscuring the thin sliver of moon. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Naomi watched the twins play until some of the church ladies started drifting in her direction. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They studied the sky, searching for pinpricks of starlight through the drifting clouds. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kendra strolled after Seth, whose ruckus was sending the swans drifting toward the far side of the lake, leaving V-shaped ripples in their wake. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But on that morning in Ten Alders village and up on the High Fall, the dank grey fog had clung a while, and then suddenly it blew and drifted and melted away. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Tats, being my friend of many years, gets my drift and begins walking. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“May I help you?” she asks, startled by Lourdes’s drifting eye. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt reveled in the clean white sheets, the soft pillows, the flower-scented air drifting in from the garden. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We started early in the morning and worked until it started to get dark and after only a few hours we drifted into cliques like we were all back in school. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk through the front door and up the stairs, still with that muffled feeling in my ears, like I am drifting far away from the world. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

"Tomorrow, when it's dry, I'll find us a place so high in the trees we can both sleep in peace," I promise as I drift off. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Silently, one by one, they came up the hill, passed through the wire, and drifted in a loose file across the compound. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The princess's voice drifts down the passageways as she speaks with the Fashion Minister and her ladies. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But the skiff keeps drifting closer and closer and when I can almost reach out and touch it I let go the keg and kick like mad and pull myself into the boat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

At last, exhausted, Harry climbed into bed, twitched the hangings of his four-poster shut to block out a ray of moonlight, lay back, and felt himself almost instantly drifting off to sleep.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But Phineas had moved in continuous flowing balance, so that he had seemed to drift along with no effort at all, relaxation on the move. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Excellently,” she said, but the corners of her mouth drifted downward. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The stuff was everywhere, We piled in gritty drifts by the side doors of houses, wafting up from the chimneys as oily smoke, smeared on the overalls of men walking to work. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

While my eyes were closed, the mountains’ dusky lavender had drifted over the desert. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

And I wonder, if I slowly drifted off like them, would Soojin even notice? Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Radar put his head on his paws and drifted off to sleep. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I drop my toast, and my mouth drifts open. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The drifts came almost to the top of his boots. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That secret burned to ashes as the designer perfume smoke drifted into the sky. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

And over time, Ethyne’s eye drifted less and less toward the forest, and more toward the Tower casting its shadow over the Protectorate. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“So, please, Signor Getz," Mr. Hartlieb was still as big as a house and nearly as white as the snowflakes drifting past outside, “could you tell us about your investigations?" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

If I wanted to persuade you of continental drift, for example, I would point you to the classic papers on paleomagnetism and we could then go and make our measurements in the field. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her mind kept drifting back to the flood after the earthquake, when Carmen clung to Papa’s back as they were caught in the churning sea. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Several times, I drift off briefly and then snap awake, guilty and angry with myself. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Underlying the random drifting was a deeper, slower, universal movement, out from the land toward the sea. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Silently they swallow, shake off the crumbs, and drift downstream for a swim in faster water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whenever it snows I think of that. The drifts and the big wind and the potbellied stove. And the starlight coming through the window.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Leaning out the kitchen window, Shirley and her parents watched the crescent moon drift through the clouds. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Silently, the party drifted after it as it was borne aloft into the open field, bobbing across the sea of grass like a little boat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It is like the dust of magic drifting down over the mountain. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

One hand drifted up to press against my forehead, as if I could hold back the invisible fingers there by force. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She drifted quickly into a deep snoring stupor. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I began drifting from store to store, hanging around outside where things like apples were displayed in boxes and barrels and baskets, and I would watch my chance and steal me a treat. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For nineteen days they drifted, as food and water dwindled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I put on his clothes and drifted around the house looking for something but I didn’t know what. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something hot and itchy bubbled up in my throat, drifting up until it settled behind my eyes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The rising sun was burning off the drifting tendrils of fog as Tyrion led them off. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The rain had drifted away, but the wind was strong, and colder. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

At first, when the four boys began drifting in awkwardly at lunchtime, Brown was afraid to spook them. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon drifted in and out of sight behind the shifting clouds. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Foot-long icicles hung from their eaves and the snow lay in drifts against the north side of their house: they should have gone on being summer people. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The jingling, clopping sounds of horses and loud, laughing voices were drifting in through the open window. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Unlike fog, it didn’t merely drift and settle, tumbling downward, heavier than the air. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She could hear the soft whisper of his labored breathing, the endless rush of waters, the faint chords of some love song drifting up from the yard, so sad and sweet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His eyes drift across my face as if he’s trying to remember something. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how hard the job assigned to her, she could always pause for a moment in her work and watch the slow drift of the clouds overhead, study the swift flight of the birds. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night the two of them drifted like smoke through the twin towns of Beaumont and Banning, and the rising of the sun found them in the Mojave Desert. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Whenever Septa Mordane had gone on about the history of this house and that house, she was inclined to drift and dream and wonder when the lesson would be done. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The beard of flame diminished quickly; then the pile fell inwards with a soft, cindery sound, and sent a great tree of sparks upwards that leaned away and drifted downwind. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It smelled good—pieces of dried fish drifting in yellow sauce alongside the greens and cubed yams. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And the door took her place like a sheet of blank paper, and then a larger sheet of paper took the place of the door, and I drifted toward it and smiled myself to sleep. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Caroline said nothing, letting her body drift down into Ma’s arms as though she were an invalid. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Tiny clouds were drifting by, pale as a heron's feathers, ruffled like acacia flowers. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Far and high in the east one drift of gray dimmed the sky’s brightness: the smoke of Udenushreke, nearest to us of the Fire-Hills. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The hippogriff took off into the air....He and his rider became smaller and smaller as Harry gazed after them...then a cloud drifted across the moon.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

My body starts drifting away from Jamie's, but he doesn't stop me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The old man gave himself up willingly to his exhaustion and drifted off like a lazy, sky-high fly ball. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lulled by the subtle rocking of the canoe, Joe began to drift off. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

For one strange second, the image of my own face had leaped to the front of a long series of jumbled thoughts, then disappeared, like a photo drifting into dark water. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The smell of roasted potatoes and spiced meat drifted out of the restaurant. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Maniac drifted from hour to hour, day to day, alone with his memories, a stunned and solitary wanderer. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I drifted away I saw him come out into the open to fetch the morsel of fish. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was trembling, but not with cold: the stuffy runs of the Mark were dense with thunder; the air felt like a deep drift of leaves. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some evenings I sat beside her long after she had drifted off to sleep, still in awe of how many years she had spent on this earth. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Baby, she wants to say, and just like that my eyelid starts to feel heavy, and I feel the drift. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Words drift past me, Baba and Mami talking about baby Rosa. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I drift off again and now they’re waking me and pulling down the bedclothes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They appear as knackery trucks that carry dead horses, as collapsing dams, and maybe as beautiful girls with long dancer legs who drift silently through the dust of a California desert morning. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The wind drove off the clouds and skimmed the sky clean and drifted the sand of the country like snow. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we were all just drifting about among the easels, chatting and looking at each other’s work. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their voices turn muffled, their words drifting off like they've been set afloat. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Before the Zambezi rose, the animals had drifted here and there as they pleased. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The van was nearly submerged, drifting sideways and slowly sinking beneath the rain-boiled surface. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Listeners wondered how they could possibly remain calm when lethal black smoke was drifting over the landscape and the enemy was moving toward New York City. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Madame’s gaze had drifted over to me again, but I had the feeling she was staring at something on my arm. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Grumman was directing it fearlessly, and coming to no harm either, because the thing listened closely to him and then drifted upward like a soap bubble until it was lost in the canopy. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stephanie drifted inside, returning with coffee that tasted of chicory and cinnamon. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My gaze drifted to a little table with pictures. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

They reminded me of my trip to the Underworld—the way the spirits of the dead sounded as they drifted past. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Snowflakes tumbled and drifted in front of the headlights. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Slowly, we drifted out, eyes averted, like strangers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Their mingled scents drifted in the air, rousing all my senses and sharpening my mind. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As the sun went down, the other animals began drifting away, one by one, and when the parade finally arrived at the Nest, only the original members remained. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The boy’s mother had longer periods of just humming without drifting into soft singing. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I’d drift off into puffy clouds, thinking a boy liked me, let me ride his go-kart, and promised to be my pen pal. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Swimming to the drift, she started sniffing around. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When her mother said go out and play, she merely drifted around the yard, or lay on the lawn, daydreaming about nothing in particular, wondering what to do. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The song he was still playing, my song, drifted to an end, the final chords shifting to a more melancholy key. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes drifted up to the stains on the ceiling, and he tried to see if he could recognize a pattern in them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

After while, my mind done drifted to where I wish it wouldn’t. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I drift in and out of sleep but I have to wake up for good when Mrs. Clohessy goes around pulling at her family to get them up. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Jack knelt too and blew gently, so that the smoke drifted away, thickening, and a tiny name appeared. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Werner’s mind drifts; he is thinking about the book in his lap, The Principles of Mechanics by Heinrich Hertz. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It smoldered and hissed—a thick smoke drifted over her platform—but it would burn slowly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The less immense, more finite items, of a size allowing the mind to get a handhold, like nations, or space technology, or New York, are hard to think about without drifting toward heartsink. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That string of numbers that just drifted across the two hundreds screen under the Star of David?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

It was nearing noon and my mind was drifting toward my daily lunch of a hamburger and a bag of peanuts. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And thus Wang Lung, always drifting away from the others until he too was alone, came upon him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He drifted in and out of dreams, sometimes calling for his father and sometimes raving about bats. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some years back snow had fallen on Christmas Eve and continued falling, and when Bobby set out the next morning for the Clutter property, a three-mile walk, he had had to fight through deep drifts. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are polar ice caps, drifting white clouds, raging dust storms, seasonally changing patterns on its red surface, even a twenty-four-hour day. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other passengers extend themselves into the aisles; baggage expands, smoke drifts in the stale air, food wrappings clog the washrooms. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alex heard her breathing slow as their dad stroked her hair and she gradually drifted off to sleep. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The voice breezed through the well like steam drifting from a cup of hot chocolate. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Instead, she stood and drifted off across the lawn as if we were not there. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The man’s eyes glazed over, imagining such possessions; he drifted by degrees into a trance. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

How easy it would be to fall into a trance, and let her mind drift away with the floating particles... The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The smell of ginger and cloves and burnt sugar drifts over my bed, the smell of her body wash and shampoo and perfume. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Ralph carried a fragment to the fire and watched the smoke that drifted into the dusk. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her legs and her body trotted confidently ahead while her head drifted along behind like a dawdling balloon. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Since King Hamlet’s burial, the chapel had been little used and dust motes drifted in the light beams. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We stood there even after everyone else had drifted away. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

In fact, for a moment, it was almost like we were listening to her again at one of her morning assemblies as she drifted off on tangents none of us could follow. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach tightened as I worried whether his wife and seven daughters were now members of the drifting, clamoring crowd that had flashed at intervals on the screen. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Fine, Poopsie, fine. I’m failing algebra, American history, and French,” she said, knowing that her father’s thoughts had drifted to other matters. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The faint light all about, quivering and sourceless, refracted in the rain of drifting soot. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

With that, I’m drifting back down the hall, out to the street, off to Duane Reade, floating and stinking and smiling, off to the Mitchum deodorant aisle, a grown-up in New York City. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I seemed to be drifting, footless, into the light. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She is starting to drift away from me, just as I imagine she drifted away from the girls talking next to us. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and before I know it, I’m drifting off to sleep. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A cloud of light mist drifted over the river. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Pet looked at her with its goldblank face, and thin tendrils drifted out of its mouth. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The curtain at the back of the room drifted in a cool stream of air from the window or door behind it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

People drifted away now, seeing the color return to Billy’s cheeks, seeing him smile. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, in little groups, the rest of the platoon drifted over to watch. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind had died; there was no motion anywhere but the slow smoke drifting and far off one tiny flame of a burning tree. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bran's heart was thumping in his chest as he pushed through a waist-high drift to his brothers' side. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In some lights they were hardly there at all, just visible as a drifting quality in the light, a rhythmic evanescence, like veils of transparency turning before a mirror. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They dress me in warm pajamas and layer more blankets on me and I drift off again. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Laughter and music drifted up from the parking lot. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The day after all the excitement, Toby had drifted down the alley just to look things over, and he had found the land of Egypt boarded up. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

People drift off the slopes to return to their families. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Gabi would drift off smelling her mother’s scent on the pillow. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Over bare rock they rode, through gloomy pine forests and drifts of old snow, over icy ridges and across shallow rivers that had no names. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Look!” breathed Petey, and he glanced up and saw one of the shadows flickering, gathering scraps of moonlight and cloud to assemble itself into a vague shape that drifted over the tops of the stones. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the field the dead sedge was drifted nearly out of sight and the snow stood in razor kerfs atop the fencewires and the silence was breathless. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They had drifted from store to store, Esperanza a successful poet on her book tour and Moss a world-renowned fashion designer helping her with her wardrobe. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Ever since becoming stuck in the ice, the ship had been steadily drifting north with the pack. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

His voice ceased and I saw the strands of pale blue smoke drifting across the mirror and heard the electric lighter snap back on its cable into place behind the back of the seat. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heavy smell of roses drifted up, and I thought I’d never seen anything as beautiful. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The one difference between the present-day office and this one was that it was snowing in the past; bluish flecks were drifting past the window in the dark and building up on the outside ledge. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A new world, material without being real, where poor ghosts, breathing dreams like air, drifted fortuitously about . . . like that ashen, fantastic figure gliding toward him through the amorphous trees. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

And then I told Dr. Eastman that it had drifted away on the tide. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He was running along the edge of the drift, whimpering and staring downriver. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then, the sound of voices drifted over to me. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A small wind had risen with the sun, blowing drifting snow over the smoking ashes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The wind howled around each mound and hillock and floe, piling up enormous drifts of snow. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The smell of the roasting pig drifted out and called to everyone, gardeners or not. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stared for a while at the activity on the midway and then drifted back to the tent from which music and voices issued. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was getting fall about this time because I had eaten more peanuts than Bobo, so I just sat back and watched the landscape drift by. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Indeed I fear we would have lingered on indefinitely had not our foreign friends prepared a more highly spiced entertainment. I think I should never willingly cease drifting in that dreamland.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Stray snowflakes seem to drift through the rooms, blown through gaps in the walls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When I drift away from the fire to find a place to throw down my sleeping bag, the first faint smear of dawn is already bleaching the rim of the northeastern sky. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded, and we drifted out and up. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They stopped, leaning over a jagged fence made of sea drift, to ask for water. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad grabbed Fig’s cat carrier, a pathetic “maow” drifted out, and we followed the vet lady and her soaring curly do down the hall. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Indians who had once used hatchets to bare the skulls of white men drifted over from Buffalo Bill’s compound, as did Annie Oakley and assorted Cossacks, Hussars, Lancers, and members of the U.S. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He lay in a welter of fine dust that had drifted into this dark, secret space over the years. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she drifted in and out of sleep for the last leg of our trip. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The giant slammed her in the ribcage so hard that strands of her jellyfish hair came loose and drifted through the poisoned water. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

James Garfield closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you look at me like that,” he warned, and his hand drifted back toward his sword. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The whoops and shouts of children at play rose from the schoolyard into the humid air, mingling with the languorous scent of tobacco that drifted over from the warehouses on Pettigrew Street. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

There are dozens of humans drifting through their chores, lost in sickly dreams. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Once that creaky coffin door had opened, the smell of a thousand years of rotting death drifted out through the thick woven fabric of my clothing. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I lay there contemplating my day as I drifted off. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In some respects he repeated the error of his ways in the third game as well: letting a potential—or at least a possible—win slip through his grasp and drift into a draw. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“He wept and wept until the whole land flooded and all the islands drifted away from each other. He wound up trapped on an island all alone until a crocodile came and ate him.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

There, beside the glowing yellow night-light of his radio dial, chessboard at his side, chess books and magazines spread around the room, he’d let his thoughts drift. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ideas drift like clouds in an undecided breeze, taking first this direction and then that. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finally drifted off close to dawn, still hunched over from the pain in my gut. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

With more shouts, the demons began to drift away, until only a few remained in front of our store. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prams drifted along the paths, hoods down in full sunlight, and white, soft-skulled babies gaped at the outdoor world for the first time. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Soft whipped clouds drifted across the blue sky. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Before drifting back to sleep, I made sure to give my mother Ms. Lansing’s card. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

So do I leave us upon this ship anchored by a smoldering, desolate town, where we have been drifting for more than a month, sickly with the smallpox, which only spreads its infamous depredations. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The wind and waves hadn’t been that strong, yet even as he struggled to tread water with his numb limbs, he found himself drifting back toward the shoreline. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The Walasi-Yi was run by an Englishman named Justin and his American wife, Peggy, and we fell into a running conversation with them as we drifted in and out through the afternoon. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

This was to seal any cracks and holes, so that a hot agent could not escape by drifting through hollow electrical conduits. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It drifted above the rooftop and dissolved into the stars. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baby Kochamma said, getting the general drift, but not what was actually said. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually some drifted away to their own homes, and only three girls were with Abra when she came to the white gate of her yard and turned in. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Faced with an old Roman calendar that was itself drifting out of sync with the solar year, he recognized the Alexandrian calendar as a worthy model for a proposed revision. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

When his eyes drifted toward the kitchen, she smiled, but his expression did not change. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Helmuth hears it in the crackling gray ice floes that drift through the rivers and narrow canals. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The children’s gaze drifted between the two men, one huge, red, and robust, the other shriveled, bent, and so gray he was almost blue. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Chester took what felt like twenty minutes to settle himself in, and just as I was drifting off, the kicks started. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Women who had lost their children drifted over little by little, to mortify themselves with possibilities and never-would-bes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

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

As Matt drifted to sleep, he pondered why MacGregor would want a clone when he had a son. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night the wind through the leaves would sound like the surf had sounded in Ocean Park, and while drifting off to sleep I could almost imagine we were still living by the beach. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the window, I saw a few flakes, all spread out, drifting down as soft as dust. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

By and by Rosellini left academia, departed Seattle, and drifted north up the coast through British Columbia and the Alaska panhandle. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cowled in their blankets against the cold and their breath smoking, shuffling through the black and silky drifts. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The threads break away from the cell and drift into the bloodstream of the host, multiplying and taking over more cells and forming bricks and bursting the cells. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the gray afternoon was speckled with drifting white. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra drifted somewhere in the middle of all those souls—a flash of living flesh amidst so much death. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Slowly the conversation drifted off from my adventures as a farmhand. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Then, smoking thoughtfully, he listened to the radio and allowed his eyes to drift half-assedly around the landscape as he drove the fifteen or so miles to Dona Luz. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far to the southeast, along the India-Nepal frontier, colossal thunderheads drifted over the malarial swamps of the Terai, illuminating the heavens with surreal bursts of orange and blue lightning. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was something about the size of his fists that made the people drift sullenly away. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

If Kaz was their leader, then Inej had been their lodestone, pulling them together when they seemed most likely to drift apart. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Just then a heron flew over us and drifted down to the river’s edge. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The little spell-patched boat pitched again, rocked itself to stillness, drifting on the uneasy waves. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Just hours ago, we had all been drifting off to sleep, and now our lives, our families, our people, were torn apart. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Watney simply slept at night on Mars, while Mindy had to drift forty minutes forward every day, taping aluminum foil to her windows to get any sleep at all. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We just sort of drifted back and forth between our two apartments and I got less sleep than ever. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She drifted toward him, the perfume smell thick about her round white face. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other lads had bear-paws on their boots and walked on top of the same drifts, never sinking through the crust. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A star drifts over her face, the veins beneath her skin glowing blue as it passes. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The fairies drifting to the ground in the falling yellow leaves, twinkling inside them like dewdrops. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The foyer is cool thanks to the marble and the sounds of girls outside practicing their remedial drills drifts in through the open windows. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“People started drifting out one by one. I know those guys aren’t going back there. That scene was too rough.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was not sure how long he slept, but when he awakened the raft was drifting on a large, flat plain of water, bobbing sideways. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The computer’s frantic beeping woke me from a dreamless sleep, tugging at me until my eyes drifted open. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She drifted from one garden party to another, staring at people with bright, feverish eyes until they became uncomfortable and moved away. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a long drag on his cigarette and let the smoke drift out his nostrils. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

At least he had the small blessing of a dreamless sleep after he finally drifted off. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Deplaning in Moscow, we drifted into the main airport, which had all the charm of a warehouse. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I drifted, free from all thoughts beyond Don’t let go! The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My mind occupied, I barely hear the feather-light whisper of the girl as it drifts past my ear. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

As usual Winston hardly looked at Julia as they drifted toward one another in the crowd, but from the short glance he gave her it seemed to him that she was paler than usual. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want an agent from Room H to drift to the front of the building and get into the offices. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Andrew asked, walking to the stove and shivering, dressed to do battle with the snow drifts. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kabuo, moving into the tidal drift, had signaled his position a half-dozen times when an air horn replied off his port bow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the spring the aromatic scent of wild flowers, redbuds, papaws, and dogwoods, drifting on the wind currents, spread over the valley and around our home. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a panic attack every time I started drifting off to sleep. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The tide drift had taken him down into the kelp, and he’d wasted four hours extricating himself so as not to rip his gill-net. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I drifted in and out of sleep, swaying on my aching feet, but was awakened by the sound of an explosion. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Certain phrases drifted through the keyhole or under the door of Father’s office and up the staircase and round the landing and under the door of Bruno’s bedroom. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

Only the human mind is designed to work in this way, programmed to drift away in the presence of locked-on information, straying from each point in a hunt for a better, different point. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world seems to sway gently back and forth, as though the town is drifting lightly away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Ruth told me how, by the time she left the Cottages the autumn after me, she and Tommy had more or less drifted apart. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he was made comfortable enough to drift off, Robert would stiffen and jolt awake with a piercing scream. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth’s fingers drifted to her nose for some unsightly digging. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stale air drifted from black openings at the ends of the platform. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A home that, with each passing day, seemed to drift farther away. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

As the night thickened, dew forming, a grassy smell drifted in through the screen door. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pictured their agony as I drifted away on the tide. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

They were all so nice to me a month ago because of my birthday, and yet every day I feel myself drifting further away from Mother and Margot. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

There were 346 miles of that to cross—assuming the drift of the pack didn’t change course and carry them helplessly in another direction. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Two ravens skimmed deliberately along the distant treetops, floating into the open over the ninth lake and drifting down through the subsequent meadow- land, heading into Deerhair Canyon, where the Milagro posse had retreated. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their song filled the forest and drifted over the quiet marsh. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The punt had been drifting broadside on, but now one end swung forward, so that Hazel lost his bearings and found that he was no longer looking at the bridge but at the bank. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

From across the bridge, thirty feet away, his words had reached her ears, so near and full of warmth that they’d drifted for days under her skin. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Paper, cardboard, and Styrofoam piled up in drifts around us. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The scent of tobacco drifted across the grass and I breathed it in, reminded of my father. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He found Nina tending to Wylan in a narrow cabin, her hands drifting over his arm, knitting the flesh of the bullet wound together. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her mother had been dead now for four days, and Kira could tell that the last of the spirit was drifting away. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby stayed for hours, and the Collins regulars began to drift in to offer their congratulations, have something to eat, and discuss the losses to Benko and Olafsson. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A ragged drift of fur at the top was bright cinnamon. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I’m about to tell Angel about how the words fist-fight to get out of my head when her eyes drift away to something over my shoulder, and her eyebrows bunch up. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He could not be certain he was not in the shipping lane, but he knew he was drifting at the same speed as every other gill-netter fishing these fogbound waters. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I spent hours sitting cross-legged on deck with the ship's log on my lap recording the day's events as if I were drifting around in Baudelaire's Artificial Paradise. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He sailed a rough chopping sea above which clouds drooped and drifted in vast mournful veils. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Maddie’s prediction came true: the engine stopped and the smoke drifted away, and now the pilot was clearly planning to put his damaged rig down in the field right in front of them. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

There were gnats at the mouth, little flecks of pollen drifting above the nose. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked them, hoping they would get my drift, but of course they didn’t. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The current carried a drifting leaf into a little eddy. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The group spreads out, and Max and I let ourselves drift to the edge. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, though, Mrs. Flowers would drift off the road and down to the Store and Momma would say to me, “Sister, you go on and play.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She liked to lie there, drifting, until the bathwater turned frigid and her mother called her out. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Struggling did little to affect Cole’s movement, but on the incoming tide he steadily drifted closer to shore. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I drift along, and just before the turnoff to my parents’ house, I spot Papito at the edge of a field, by the road, fixing the fence. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly he drifted, though once he rowed inshore a ways to a spot where gulls were screeching and diving and trying to lift themselves back up into the air. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

They constantly drifted, as if Leo was trying to spot something over the horizon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

If I drift around for another hundred years or so, I might find another fish as big as the one that got away. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

George was drifting off to sleep when one of the men shouted. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

The soup pot bubbled on the stove, the fragrant smell of herbs and vegetables drifting through the kitchen. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Bobby had taught himself, after years of practice, to budget his time and he hardly ever drifted into time pressure. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Billowing clouds drift across what looks like the real sky. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Lyra came out of the focused calm she shared with the alethiometer and drifted back to the present moment to find herself no longer alone. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through her window she could see the last wrinkled leaves gripping the branches of the ancient red maple, refusing to drift down to the ground until absolutely necessary. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

After a half an hour, we were approached by a whaleboat, also marked with a lantern upon her, and the two drifted without words until they were joined in comfortable parallel. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Like a bit of breeze. It drifted past. I couldn't keep it with me. I wanted—” But she couldn't say what she wanted. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Two seconds later, Sierra Russell was floating in the air, drifting up and to the left. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe a girl would approach, and I’d have to mutter an excuse, drift away, and wait in dread for the long walk back, when Haskel and Dovid would tease me mercilessly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As though a cloud has drifted away and for a moment Bastian’s true, deformed character has come glaring through. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was shiny, like a polished shoe; a deep tan colour with circled red dots drifting all over it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while she tried to keep watch, scanning the ground for signs of movement, but soon she drifted off, frowning and fists clenched, as the night melted into gray predawn. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

All the same, as my friends set off along the edge of the field, I started to drift over towards him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must have drifted off into sleep, because the next thing I knew, something was nudging me and I jolted. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But above the grey land and the spasms of bleak dust which drift endlessly over it, you perceive, after a moment, the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The hobbits stood now on the brink of a tall cliff, bare and bleak, its feet wrapped in mist; and behind them rose the broken highlands crowned with drifting cloud. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She lay in the soft bed, and now and then drifted off into dreams. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rowboat slowed and began to drift gently toward the farthest end of the pond. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She just looked at me in shock as our avatars continued to drift in orbit around each other, moving on autopilot. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His mind drifted back to the stray dog. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Now, tonight, he drifted up and down, seeing the wax women in every colorful shop window, pink and beautiful. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its fat sleek silver form drifted over the avenue of lights, and its own lights blazed downward from the nose and the cabin slung beneath the body . The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I strip and throw my clothes into a heap in the corner; tiny particles of dust rise into the air and drift soundlessly back to the ground. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They left behind puffs of colored smoke that drifted away like tiny fairy clouds. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay in silence for the longest time, looking at the stars and listening to the soft murmurs of various conversations drifting across the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then, there are oval organelles, embedded in the surface close to the point of attachment of the spirochetes, and other similar bodies drifting through the cytoplasm with the particles of still undigested wood. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a genie swirling out of a bottle—like a cloud of gas—I was drifting upward out of my own body. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm drifting toward it. I think I can get my hand on some of the torn canvas. . . ." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But however long it was, he saw that the dory had not drifted out much from the shore lights, and that now, as he pulled steadily on the oars, the lights really were coming closer. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

All they can do is drift along, unaware. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He stopped paddling and let his pirogue drift, taking up again only once the current dragged him backward. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

An Adele song comes on the radio, and as I imagine myself in a video hitting every note as well as her, I drift to sleep. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Her voice sounds kind of drifting and far off, like she’s somewhere else. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She still does, thought Davos, but he could smell the peat smoke drifting off Seal Rock too. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I lose track of time, and when I look up again, Finch is drifting toward me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He drifted here and there—Aspen, Colorado, was the town where he holed up the longest. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking down, he saw people in the streets and on terraces, growing steadily smaller until the sleigh had drifted so far above the city that it spread out like a map. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Shady sat among them, playing the harmonica, letting the notes drift around these men like a bedtime song. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Beyond their own voices they could hear, drifting down the drafty halls, a frenetic, muted tapping—the sleepless Number Two on her computer keyboard—and from somewhere above them the occasional creak of a floorboard. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been drifting around at sea, have spent days searching for an effective antidote to that terrible word “easy.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

My eyes drifted back over to the machine, wondering how painful it would be for me to have the inside of my head inspected. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The pink snow drifts were going white again, the color leaching out of them as the world darkened. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The shore, muffled in thick scarves of drifting mist, looked scarcely different from the miles of unbroken forest that they had seen for the past week. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Weylin’s reply was lost to me as I drifted into unconsciousness. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in these streets, plastic was invented, X-rays were discovered, continental drift was identified. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

All morning, I find myself losing focus in classes because my mind keeps drifting off to what-ifs. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

As Jonas watched, a snowflake drifted down and was caught briefly for a moment’s sparkle in the tiny fluttering eyelashes. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Clouds bearing thoughts of the Italian Renaissance drifted away. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was two stories to the ground and there was a deep drift of soft snow just below him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But if aggression cannot mend their troubles, then often they begin to drift toward the only other way out. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slow days drifted on, and each left behind a slightly lightened weight of apprehension. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mr. James Ito and I, each drifting along on his own thoughts. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pipe smoke drifted in clouds around Albert’s head. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Each day, she seemed to drift further away, to become more insubstantial; it was as if she had the same peculiar wasting illness that had consumed Minnie. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We walked through the party not quite like a couple but still mostly together, drifting between clusters of colleagues, drinking beer and lemonade, eating hamburgers and potato salad from plastic plates. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Deep within me, words pile up in huge drifts. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

All she knew was that they did drift away when she approached; but she couldn’t stay with everyone who wanted her to, because she had to move on. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I imagined her voice dancing on the air and drifting out of the opened windows to help anyone who needed to hear her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Today, no smells of dressing and sauce and pie drifted to his room—only the strong silent smell of fear and secrets. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was very pleasant to sit in the warm sunshine and watch the pure waters drift by. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Goose feathers fly up when he draws back the blade, drifting through the air like snow. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The sysselman and the policemen withdrew, and slowly the other townspeople turned and drifted away, though a few remained to watch. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The cloying smell of incense drifted through the doorway, over which a small wooden placard said Work is Struggle. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That which was clear and light drifted up to become heaven, while that which was heavy and turbid solidified to become earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down to where music drifts out the doors of bars, and people are looser and altogether more free. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, though, my mind drifted back to Rashad, and I totally blew dinner. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I jerked the jug to my mouth and took a huge gulp of cider in relief, and the violence latent in the day drifted away; perhaps the Naguamsett carried it out on the receding tide. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small bright light had arisen in the sky to the north and appeared to be drifting along the lakeshore toward the wharf. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

All day the dry oak leaves drifted down from the trees until they covered the ground, and yet the trees were unchanged. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don't let your mind drift to things you can't do or have. Instead be grateful for things you can do.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

For each man a poison drifting out of the sky carried a death sentence. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In such places my spirit lifted to the sight of the drifts of white clover or the clouds of purple vetch with here and there the flaming cup of a wood lily. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

If Papa felt Jaja or me beginning to drift off at the thirteenth recitation of the Plea to St. Jude, he suggested we start all over. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings we walked to the Charles River to watch sailboats drift across the water, or had ice cream cones in Harvard Yard. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I go to my room and try to do my homework, but instead my mind keeps drifting off to what Mom said. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She knew that they would play and fight and show off until it was time to drift home for supper. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

So there I am, drifting in a world made of white mist and feeling mighty sorry for myself when all of a sudden I hear a splash. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I tucked her into bed and watched as she drifted off to sleep. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

As Francie walked in, the pianist drifted into another song inspired by Francie’s new gray fall suit and her gray suede pumps. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There all my shipmates, friends were drowned, while I hung on the keelboard of the wreck and drifted nine full days. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure this wasn’t Sookie’s shark that had drifted out to sea because Fred told me it would have disintegrated out there, but I had to make sure. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

A Dancing Trout pickup and a Forest Service truck were parked under the tank, cigarette smoke drifting out the driver’s window of the dude ranch vehicle. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once through the strait, nine days I drifted in the open sea before I made shore, buoyed up by the gods, upon Ogygia Isle. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smoke drifted up from his sunglasses, as if they were about to catch fire. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of Mr. Quisling’s class, Emily’s mind had drifted away from the Roman Empire and back to The Maltese Falcon clue. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She had daisies in her hair; and she drifted over to us, her eyes all dreamy as she danced in her flowing, paint-splattered dress. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was absolute sweetness, like a drift of scent from a lilac bush. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

We turned like a small herd of cattle and drifted back to our seats. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

My eyes drift closed, but I force them open. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The older man lifted his hand to rest on the boy’s shoulder and let it hover just above for a moment, before thinking better of it and letting it drift back down. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t imagine that any of the other islanders would have fostered me had I drifted up on their piece of land. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

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

He bounced through the snow, tunneled through deep drifts, surfaced, and ran down the trail. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

They take their joints partway up a hill to a billiard hall, where they sit outside smoking and listening to the music that drifts through the open doors. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Patrolman Mancuso drifted sadly off to the lockers, wondering why he could never do anything right for the sergeant. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cloth drifts up and down as Sophia takes deep breaths. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Instead, she drifted out the door, barely feeling her feet underneath her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Everybody moved away from the stoop and drifted back onto the sidewalk. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I used to crawl into bed and drift off to sleep, no problem. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Then I heard about the strikes, and I figured I’d take a note from the anarchist’s playbook, go Frick him up, if you catch my drift. I suppose you had the same idea, huh?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He stopped at an old drift in the middle of it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immersed in the delight of the game, they drifted closer and closer to the Twenty-Ninth Street beach. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She drifted from the room like a shadow. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I circle the furniture, letting my fingers drift over its plush cushions. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He lay in bed, drifting in and out of sleep. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drift through the day awake but dreaming, trying not to think of Olly. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Halls and galleries drifted past: graceful buttresses, delicate arches, fluted columns, terraces and bowers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We are safely inside my room, but outside snow pours—not drifts—from the sky. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen France sleep, the Eiffel Tower shining brightly in the distance, lights quietly shutting off in third-floor apartments, the moon drifting lazily into view. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Her head fell back against the man’s shoulder, and soon her eyes drifted shut. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mist drifted over the fields at the foot of the nearby hills, and Meggie felt as if the shadows of the night were still hiding among the trees. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

As the school year ambled on, a few of us drifted away from the group to hang out with the stoners at the park. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Early-morning sunlight glinted off the water, throwing out ripples from the fish caught by the overnight lines which were baited and left to drift each evening by Brother Alf. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her soft snoring drifted through the air, reminding me of all those nights we’d shared in our room back home. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The smell of caramel drifted across the room. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, that doesn’t...” she started, before her voice drifted off. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

According to the highway patrol, Wick drifted off the road, over-corrected to get back onto the road, and was struck at high speed by a pickup coming from the other direction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The video loop made the Rotunda Reading Room feel as if it were a gondola gently swaying beneath a motley-colored airship drifting along on a warm breeze. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The floor of the forest was dry and covered with a drift of leaves; but guessing that the fugitives would stay near the water, he returned often to the banks of the stream. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The rabbit fetched up against the grating, drifted a little way along it, found the bottom and crawled out of the turbid water. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Abbey creatures fell silent and drifted away from the heap of stones which blocked the hole, a fitting headstone for a mass grave of the enemy. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Murmur drifted toward the ceiling; people were waiting for her to get started. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Francis had drifted into the kitchen; we could hear him opening and shutting cabinets. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Jam watched her father’s face drift into a twisted but soft sadness. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

"Still..." his warm voice drifted off without finishing the sentence. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

All evening long, the deep, sad sound drifted out from the shed rows. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks up at us, and her mouth drifts open slightly. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I drifted in and out of sleep, that blessed escape from hunger. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The tents were still, the water was placid, with the ripples still drifting slowly out from where he’d been drinking. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

After class, Ifemelu and the firm voice drifted towards each other. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The night air was full of smoke, and the drifting red embers outnumbered the stars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A chuckle drifted out of the grape arbor behind her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They thought they were drifting, milling aimlessly, but really they were being drawn toward people of status. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There are no reliable numbers on defections to China, or on the movement of people drifting around inside North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

And so they drifted for a little longer. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hot water filled the air with clouds of steam, melting the snowflakes as they came drifting down. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Got lines fixed to tie her alongside the dock so she don’t drift away. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The flow was less strong and as he rubbed the side of his hand against the planking of the skiff, particles of phosphorus floated off and drifted slowly astern. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron listened, and heard a familiar drawling voice drifting in through the open door. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Dylan drifts closer, but the boy says, without even turning around, “Lay a finger on that curtain and you’re disqualified.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But in a few minutes, he drifts off, too. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

His wandering eyes drift over the open doorway and settle on the door across the hall. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This time I join him, and our voices drift together across the sleeping town. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, yes...,” said Mom, but her voice drifted off. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But he was so small, and the boat was already drifting back to harbor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Leave her to drift and die alone on the ocean. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he drifted too far to the right. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The boy stared bleakly at the gray drifts. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

A grand moon drifted, and the wings of the citadel cut the sky in two: light above, dark below. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it was hard to tell whether the fog was rolling in over the city or whether the city was drifting out to meet it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Yes, and now she was drifting, falling back, floating, almost there. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When I landed in Salt Lake, Grandma was drifting in and out of consciousness. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“This feels like you’re back in the classroom, doesn’t it? No wonder you’re drifting. Come on, let’s go do some real work.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She tries to grade a third exam but cannot concentrate; the numbers drift across the pages and collect at the bottom in unintelligible piles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Their mind drifted, dulled by painkillers and sedatives. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He tried, too, not to drift throughout the conversations, not to show how awkward he felt. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A sweet yet pungent aroma hung in the air and drifted easily from one anxious nose to the other, stopping only long enough to make several mouths water and a few stomachs growl. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The odor of frying bacon and boiling coffee drifted to him from behind the curtain. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of miles offshore, a belt of pack ice and eroded bergs was drifting past, warning everyone of the winter to come. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The gray of the wall drifted along in the left side of my vision—distracting me, troubling me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat with him as he started to drift off, and began looking around his room. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Her hand drifted toward her pocket, as if she were afraid Id stolen something. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The wind picked up, blowing fine Whfll spray across the raft Then the stars came out We stayed in the middle of the raft, side by side, as it drifted aimlessly over the sea. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as I felt myself finally drifting off, my phone buzzed. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And then The Mac stops talking and drifts off, staring out your window and you’re left wide awake, thinking of all your broken pieces. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Watched the green boat drift for a moment. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The jerk of the train woke Hari, who looked about in a dazed way and then drifted off to sleep again. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

So I drifted off into my daydreams about Vince, the cute boy I liked. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shimmering ghost of a woman drifted forward, and Jason felt as if his bones were turning to dust. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Finally, after what seemed like forever, it gently drifted to the floor, where it made a soft landing. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He asserted that Greenland is drifting west by about a mile a year, which is clearly nonsense. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

They stood silently, just to be near it, letting the magic of it drift over them. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the paper airplanes drifted in looping circles, spiraling down the three stories under the dome in one or two minutes. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

As the jellyfish moved, or drifted in the artificial current, its tentacles writhed against the glass so that it looked almost as if it was trying to break out. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I stare at the smoke drifting up as whispers surround me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We’d been looking at some poetry, but had somehow drifted onto talking about soldiers in World War Two being kept in prison camps. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nox stiffened, his hand drifting to his sword. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

‘It was no ordinary storm. It is the ill will of Caradhras. He does not love Elves and Dwarves, and that drift was laid to cut off our escape.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

While they ate, Sefia gnawed a few strips of dried meat, searching the men for weaknesses while the rumble of their voices drifted up through the trees. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Each child, mesmerized by the assault of color, stared into the drift of presents with a seasonal greed as pure as angel hair. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feet drifted to a stop a few feet short of him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Warships drifted there now; none could slip past. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The smells of frying poppy and smoke-leaf drifted pleasantly in through the wardrobe door, and more than once Lyra found herself nodding. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The farther they drifted over the city, the more Lee could observe the behavior of these forms. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack drifted in and out of a stupor, first awake, then asleep. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Morning-lanterns drift through the halls, catching sunlight from long picture windows to carry through darker corridors. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Disoriented and uncertain, we continued to drift around the Brünnlitz camp for two days. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

It was almost lunchtime, and the earliest arrivals were drifting into the headquarters mess halls, the enlisted men and officers separating into different dining halls on facing sides of the archaic rotunda. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Just as we were drifting off, I heard footsteps in the grass nearby, and opened my eyes to see no one at all. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Outside, a mourning dove cooed, the low hum of a lawn mower rose, a passing cloud cast them into shadow for a moment, then drifted away. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The pack was still drifting steadily northward, carrying Endurance with it. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

A corner of his mouth winked open and a silky rumple of smoke emerged, paused as if to be admired, then drifted off past his ear. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The call came drifting through the black of night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’m still staring at the flowers when I finally drift off to sleep. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

If he chanced to meet his mother in the hall, she would not look at him but rather study the fleecy spheres of lint that drifted along the floor in her son’s wake. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was entirely round, now, like a vast life buoy with piggy eyes, and her hands and feet stuck out weirdly as she drifted up into the air, making apoplectic popping noises. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Best not to catch a drift. It could lead to influenza.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Even in the old days they didn’t make kids stick with these marriages if they didn’t like each other. They just drifted apart.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unless Mrs. DiAngelo had intentionally paddled up one of the creeks, there was no way they would have drifted here. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Bringing a book outside to read, I would fall asleep almost immediately in my chair; when I took the boat out I soon tired of rowing and allowed myself to drift all afternoon. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I watched as the American ship drifted out of sight, pulling thoughts of rescue away with it. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I feel his hands drift away from my face—one finds my hand, and the other closes against my lower back. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When they grew tired of waiting, the dinner smells climbed off the curtains and drifted through the Sea Queen windows to dance the night away on the dinner-smelling sea. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the burnt sacrifices in pagan times, the fragrance drifts upward to heaven. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A woman stood at the edge of the clearing pouring grain from one bark platter to another, and the loose chaff drifted off on the slight wind like smoke. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rope soars, arcs high, then, seemingly—slow, so slow—drifts down. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

From somewhere the smell of coffee was drifting. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Even from a distance we could see that the open side faced into the wind and that the drifting snow was nearly up to the lip of the sleeping platform. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

People drifted in and out, bringing blasts of cold air from outdoors; some of them came over to ask if there was any news. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A Big Bang had occurred, originating at the bridge of her nose, and the force of this explosion had sent galaxies of freckles hurtling and drifting to every end of her curved, warm-blooded universe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Mad she may be,” Ser Kevan said, “but with so much smoke drifting west, surely there must be some fire burning in the east.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I drifted back over to that glass trophy case to examine its contents. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice drifting over me: You know what to do. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The few regulars drifted in and out and two drummers walked down the Line to look them over, but not a single Woodman of the World showed up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She released his arm and drifted over to a park bench. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He sucked in a lungful of air, and his gaze drifted up to the top of the stairs. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They rushed the grove together, kicking through drifts of old snow with no sound but their breathing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Finn drifted around, rootless and aimless as dandelion fluff in the wind. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

One drift is even with the roof of the barn and they climbed up there and slid down in that bucket over and over again. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then, as I lay on the rooftops in my secret place where three roofs met, it came to me just as I was about to drift off to sleep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It seemed as if whole armies were on the march, though for the most part they were hidden by the reeks and fumes drifting from the fens and wastes beyond. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Peeta had put me to bed and I had asked him to stay with me as I was drifting off. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They camped on an open heath, cold and barren, shrouded with mist drifting from the Marshes of Morva. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Gale winds blew snow from the peaks of Elephant Island and drifted it high against the sides of the hut. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Remembering made my afterlife harder,” she told Frank, who still drifted next to her as a glowing purple Lar. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Before it was really light he had his baits out and was drifting with the current. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground was bare and muddy, and dotted here and there with drifts of melting snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There should have been silks fluttering, music in the air, and laughter drifting down from the children on their high wires. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Nel was one of the reasons she had drifted back to Medallion, that and the boredom she found in Nashville, Detroit, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Macon and San Diego. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We lived on the middle floor, stuck between cooking smells that floated up and feet sounds that drifted down. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I do drift off, I toss and turn and my dreams are a twisted, unhappy jumble. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But just before he secured the raw wooden slab a voice drifted through the crack; it wheezed, “Sister Henderson? Brother Willie?” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You sort of seemed to, if you don't mind my saying so, seemed to just drift along." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when the boys drifted away, he sat alone and fumed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But it was still a bit of a shock when a hammerhead shark drifted through the bedroom window, regarded me, and then swam calmly out the opposite side of the room. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

That night Lili could hear her son muttering his lines as he tucked himself in his corner of the room and drifted off to sleep. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I huddled back against the chimney and spent the rest of the day drifting in and out of a restless, fevered sleep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This was negative air pressure, designed to keep hot agents from drifting outward. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once in a while, Leo’s hands drifted to his tool belt. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They came at length to the great drift. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mia’s hand drifted down to her waist, as if one palm could hide what was growing there. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Cole strained upward with his opened beak as his senses drifted back into the real world of pain. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When she looked through it, she saw those drifting golden sparkles, the sraf, the Shadows, Lyra’s Dust, like a vast cloud of tiny beings floating through the wind. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was too late to ask for help, and he waited to die the way smoke dies, drifting away in currents of air, twisting in thin swirls, fading until it exists no more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of fresh bread being prepared in the bakery drifted to me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Waiting for the ease, the space that need not be filled with anything other than the drift of their own thoughts. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bernabe drifted away from the counter over to the door, where he stood, hands behind his back, staring at the highway. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark’s eyes drifted up from the bloody patch on the ground and fixed on Alec. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He drifted about with his head full of myths, always at least half lost in some otherland of story. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He pulled the covers around him, took a last look at his room—which somehow seemed very different than he’d remembered—and then drifted into a deep and welcome sleep. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pigeon feathers drifted onto the windowsill, and one evening, when I poured milk over my cornflakes, I saw that it had soured. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He had run out on the drift, leaped into the water, and crossed the river. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bushy clouds have drifted across the sky and covered the sun's face. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When Mosca rowed alongside, the second figure cast a line with a hook toward Prosper to keep the boats from drifting apart. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jay and Trey’s voices drift from the kitchen as some nineties R&B plays on the stereo. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Jazz rubbed my back and kept apologizing while the sting slowly drifted away. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Ann barely noticed their talk until the conversation drifted to the escalating local controversy over segregated buses. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The faint sound of music drifted through his shuttered window. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

An automated announcement drifted up from the level below where the trains and buses arrived. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t had a chance to talk with him yet, but sometimes I would see him drift off into his own daydreams and be embarrassed when we caught him at it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to drift too far from land. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The platform floated up off the ground and drifted slightly to the right. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

My eyes kept drifting down to his hand resting against the table, weighing down a sheet of once-folded paper that was trying to curl back in on itself. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The woman’s gaze drifted up to the birds in the branches. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

With his hands folded on the ndoro, he drifted off into a dreamless sleep. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It started with a rumble, sending puffs of black smoke drifting out of the tailpipe and floating over the yard. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The noise of my voice drifts down the long table. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They held each other in the dark, saying nothing, their breathing regular until finally they drifted into a state of half sleep and half wakefulness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I remember the river, which was calm; I remember the slow drift of autumn leaves resting on the glassy surface. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After we ate, we started to drift into a sedate sleepiness again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Aru’s hand drifted to the pants pocket where she kept the Ping-Pong ball. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the interval between quitting the Merchant Marine and entering the Army, Perry had made peace with his father, who, when his son left him, drifted down to Nevada, then back to Alaska. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glances from her to me and catches her drift. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

So the lifeboat drifted faster than the raft, pulling it along. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The ribbons drift behind her as she makes her way down the train. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I felt myself drifting off into sleep, the key conjuring up images of things hidden in my mind. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The smell of warm cinnamon drifted through the kitchen door. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The wind coming off the prairie had been strong all day, sometimes gusting wildly, and leaves scuttled along the street; the sound of laughter and fiddle music drifted through the night. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

And so we drifted, the two of us, since the world began, awaiting our cues and observing the passing show. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Anticipating another day of it tomorrow, they had drifted off to their rooms early, after the evening meal. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The cloudbank drifted beneath and we floated on a sea of white. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Others were already out on the dance floor—spinning, flying, twisting, and tumbling in time with the music, which thumped out of floating spherical speakers that drifted throughout the club. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

One of the younger boys tried to pull him down to earth, but Vetch merely drifted up a little higher, out of reach, and sat calmly smiling on the air. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He let his fingers drift across the reams and let his mind drift to the rustly sounds of paper wings flying across the face of the mountain and disappearing from sight. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He was frightened; he could feel himself drifting apart. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

From their bed of leaves, the Lacks children would stare at ceiling beams the size of trees as they drifted off to the sound of laughter and clanking bottles, and the smell of dried tobacco. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She lay across the bed and drifted off to sleep, and was still asleep when Mia came home from the restaurant with two foam containers of leftover noodles and a new idea. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She drifted silently to the curtains and closed them securely before turning back to me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The fading vortex drifted away down stream and then I saw the arrow again, nose into the current, wavering delicately to the motion of the water above which the Mayflies slanted and poised. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the other campers drifted off to their afternoon activities. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I sink down in the new mattress, wishing for an indentation like the one left behind by Maman in our bed at home, and drift into disappointed dreams. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A bright flower of flame blossomed against the bruise-dark clouds, and the craft drifted down slowly, ablaze like a beacon, and floated, still blazing, on the water. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I floated like a dead leaf on the water until I drifted out of my mother-in-law’s house and back to my family home. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They trudged along as fast as they could, over patches of grass, and through thick drifts of old leaves; and all about them the rain pattered and trickled. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Steady held the note for a long time, then made the sax drift away from the rest of the storm of music. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

A dark wisp of smoke—Percy guessed it must be an eidolon—seeped into a Cyclops, made the monster hit himself in the face, then drifted off to possess another victim. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

An oak leaf drifted lazily in the breeze. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As I drifted back to sleep I wondered what a little white boy would think if he knew he was getting stepped on every day by my sister. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drifted into the shallows and, with Silver’s help, pulled himself out. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the creek, I brought the oars inside the boat and let the boat drift. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The night of the party was soft and dreamy, with a warm breeze drifting in and out of our backyard. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But there are only softly drifting feathers and fluttering playing cards. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The only light now came from the silvery ghosts, who were drifting about talking seriously to the prefects, and the enchanted ceiling, which, like the sky outside, was scattered with stars. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He falls asleep from the worry and soon Malachy drifts off and I lie there thinking of jam. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When morning came he went out and plowed the drifts in his yard, for the fun of it. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The little clump bobbed about, drifting with the tide, then finally blinked from sight. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

What he had seen, he knew, might be a reflection, a piece of flat shell accidentally drifted in or a complete illusion. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

A new ballad begins, and the words drift up to me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I know this was a long time coming. We’ve been drifting.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He watched her drift away, drift with her pink face warm, smooth as an apple, unwrinkled and colorful. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when Janie looked out of her door she saw the drifting mists gathered in the west—that cloud field of the sky—to arm themselves with thunders and march forth against the world. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The scents of wood smoke and cooking drifted up to Tally, smells that made her think of camping and outdoor parties. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Stray wisps of hay drifted down behind him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Snow and mud lay thick on the earth, and rogue snowflakes drifted through the night sky. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was drifting helplessly down a suffocating, cold run, with no hold for his feet. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without her crash bracelets to pull it back, the board would drift along the straight line of the railroad until it reached the break, where it would drop to the ground. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Atoms will drift apart and get rearranged in the great knackery of the universe. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It floats instead of sinking and begins to drift away in the current. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tiny perfume blimps drift about, leaving their scented trails. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In the back seat, brimming with hidden intentions, Ben drifted like a cloud into secret prayer leaning back on his pillow and silently turning his thoughts to God. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes drift to the tops of the trees I can see out the window. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

In 1953 he confessed: "I have never succeeded in freeing myself from a nagging prejudice against continental drift; in my geological bones, so to speak, I feel the hypothesis is a fantastic one." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She drifted to one side, coming around finally to get a look at him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Cottonwoods lean gracefully over drifts of flowering prickly pear. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gogol knows that his relatives will stand there until the plane has drifted away, until the flashing lights are no longer visible in the sky. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They kept on talking, the two of them, but my mind drifted. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A thin thread of curling black smoke drifted up past the window. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

There was only the delicious, extravagant, warm, tasty scent of buttery baking crust, and of vanilla cream, and of powdered sugar, still drifting in the heated air. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I want to remind her that Daniela's bones will always drift back to their original shape, and that some are more stubborn than others. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The probe drifted gently to the docking port. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He screams as he drifts off to sink beneath the black waves. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

A cousin lit some incense in a brass holder, and the new scent drifted in thin wisps of smoke toward the yellowed ceiling. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Potato Head spoke up for the first time since they’d drifted from the subject of malaria pills. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of smoke, garbage, and a hint of whiskey drift into the kitchen. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As I drifted off to a fitful, exhausted sleep late that night, I thought about what was the strangest thing of all that first day of combat. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As though, if not for him, she would let Sarai drift away? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A plume of red soared up in the middle of town, tendrils of fireworks drifting down like the leaves of a giant willow tree. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Her eyes drift down to our joined hands. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stretch, looking up at the pale-gray sky, the predicted snowflakes finally drifting slowly through the air and landing on my cheeks and hair. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They were at an inn, the steam from the warm tea in their hands drifting with the drafts from the window. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Gentlemen were rising now, drifting in a cloud of cigar smoke toward the same threshold where I stood. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He then left home, joined the navy, and drifted through a long series of jobs without finding any real calling. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I walk through the aisles, letting my hands drift over the spines. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

From the layer of purple petals that had drifted over him, it was clear he had been there awhile. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Although she was assured that no farms would be sprayed, her property received two direct sprayings and, in addition, was twice subjected to drifting spray. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She had drifted up about twenty-five feet and was leaning against the railings of her floating platform, completely lost in a new book. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I lay naked across the bed and listened to the sounds of the night drift through the open window. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The press dissolved around them as people drifted back to their lives. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’m floating back to the elevator bank, my limbs and bookbag and good-luck rabbit foot drifting around me as if suspended in the syrupy ooze of celebration. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The king’s host became a column of snowmen, staggering through knee-high drifts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He already smelled the incense drifting down the hall from Kaori’s room, which she called “the spirit chamber.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

So I drift to an armchair and I look at the fire. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The people raised and put down their feet in the moonlight, drifting with great speed, wide-eyed, until the crowd, all ten of them, halted at the landing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about getting back on the raft and letting it drift to sea again. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t say anything; she was stepping carefully over the snow, which had drifted in some places deeper than the tops of her moccasins. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He trudged out through the drifts leaving the boy to sleep under the tree like some hibernating animal. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The majority drifted in the direction Seth had gone but dispersed before reaching the pool. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They were different from the fish on the reefs, having larger eyes and fins that drifted out from their bodies like kelp. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their favorite sleeping places were hollows under uprooted trees where they were sheltered from the wind, and able to burrow down among the drifted leaves for warmth. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she and her friends sang, Lily said, it was as if the music drifted up into the sky and hovered over all of LA. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Again, the crickets and frogs lulled him and his mind drifted into another storm and burst of Petey, and again, only the sound of strange footsteps kicked him out of his dreams. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The sound of music began to drift up the hill from Gettysburg. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They chatted some, but mostly they drank, and I drifted out of the conversation and ended up squinting through the dark, looking at the book spines in Alaska’s Life Library. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The swallows, drowsy from their long naps as mussels, were singing, and a silver sea of clouds had drifted up to where the mountain met the moon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She tucked the soft blanket around him; he sighed and drifted beyond the memories of the day. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not unusual for the owner of a beautifully decorated and well-kept yard to wake up in the morning and see an empty bag of Lay’s potato chips or Cheez Doodles drifting through. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She was too busy shooting up, drifting off to another world where I didn’t exist. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

So I drifted off to the side and sprinted to move ahead before the trail narrowed. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Celia closes her eyes and imagines it drifting as a firefly through the darkened seas, imagines its slow extinguishing. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roz stood there until snowflakes started drifting down from the sky. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The homes of these islanders might soon lie in drifts so that only the sloped roofs of the beach cabins would show and only the upper stories of the larger houses. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Easter was just such a drifting holiday, so every few generations a monk was drafted to calculate the dates when Easter would fall for the next few hundred years. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Or would he, as I suspected, deprive the yuppies of another crack at him and drift in some other direction? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Word drifted back that there had been a terrible dynamite blast in one of the quarries that had killed twelve convicts and wounded several others. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man thought for a moment, his gaze drifting up to the ceiling. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They were below the bridge and still drifting downstream. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They quit talking then, and drifted off to sleep, and I tiptoed out. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She left her room only at night when everyone was asleep, and then she drifted ghostlike through the house to empty her slop jar out the back door and floated back silently to her room. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The young man and the sailor waved at each other familiarly, and the sailor drifted out of sight around the front of the cathedral. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

By Friday a number of the fourth- and fifth-grade boys had already drifted away to play King of the Mountain on the slope between the two fields. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The body drifted with slow unconcern under the slow canal tides. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was drifting off to sleep when I remembered my keepsake bag. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Slowly, little by little, souls were drifting away from the island, their own tethers snapped. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He let his gaze drift over his surroundings. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

These creatures drifted around without families, totems or tribes, although Knife and Granny seemed to be Portuguese. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was drifting toward the outer edge of the greenbelt Off-limits. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He was an old man at this point, his attention seeming to drift, his hearing a little weak. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

His eyes drifted to the bulletin board above his worktable, where two pictures hung side by side. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe I drift off to sleep, and maybe I don’t. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The Memories play over and over, until I can’t tell whether or not they’ve started again from the beginning, and gradually, I drift off into sleep, surrounded by ghosts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A History-shaped Hole in the Universe through which, at twilight, dense clouds of silent bats billowed like factory smoke and drifted into the night. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ice was within five or six miles of the shore, drifting northeast. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Some feeling was slowly returning to them, mostly a stinging, prickly heat that was like a painful mockery of the soothing warmth I had felt a minute ago when I was drifting off to sleep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

You could jail your own fears and drift away with the clouds. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Joseph and I shoveled by the house and the barns, and shoveled and shoveled and shoveled, and we had to throw the snow higher and higher to make it over the drifts. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

After dinner, the children drifted off to their rooms with their poker faces congealed and their imposed vow of silence unbroken. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled her close and we began to drift together. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He pointed it at the starry cage holding the snake, which drifted upward, off Snape, who fell sideways onto the floor, blood gushing from the wounds in his neck. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His crew appeared busy swabbing decks and picking oakum, but their gazes kept drifting toward the quarterdeck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Not necessarily. I think what you’ve got here, Brady, is a littoral drift.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

In Welch, people drifted off to different corners of the house. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The smell drifted up the slope with the breeze; heaps and pools of green-black-brown-white dung lay among the broken beams, the scattered thatch. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We then got on to other Arctic legends—the Norwegian ship that's been drifting unmanned for sixty years, stuff like that. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the women, perhaps because they don’t want to make a spectacle, watch reluctantly as their men drift off and get in line. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The shuffle of heeled feet and the hum of tiny cries drift through the house. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It’s not a very strong bond, so the comets drift in a stately manner, moving at only about 220 miles an hour. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be good to be back,” I murmur, letting my eyes drift closed. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to talk more, but Mama’s mind seemed to have drifted away. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The platform was deserted, and a gentle rain drifted onto the tracks. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Voices drift over from the neighboring yard, punctuated every now and then by the report of firecrackers going off in different parts of the city in honor of Independence Day. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He had to work by moonlight drifting through dirty windows. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jonas thought Larissa had drifted into sleep, as the Old often did, and he was careful to keep his motions steady and gentle so he wouldn’t wake her. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

As the detectives opened it, the scent of moist earth drifted upward into the kitchen. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

My hand drifts to my pocket, thinking of Chris and his texts. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was like a faint drift of greenish luminescent smoke, the motion of a single huge October leaf blowing across the lawn and away. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ravens watched him from the trees, squatting dark-eyed and silent on the branches as snow drifted down around them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Soon we were among the people, the source of the voices and sounds that came drifting over the wall. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The men have all but disappeared, and I let myself drift along in the current of churchgoers and ladies, of young fellas and the rest of the non-red-blooded Americans. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then she wafted through the back door, so pale she seemed translucent, and drifted to the couch, where she stayed, trembling. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was blowing so hard that the drifting boats would not be going out and the boy had slept late and then come to the old man’s shack as he had come each morning. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat drifted, as if it had lost its sense of direction. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sometime in the middle of the afternoon, a cloud drifted across the sky and blocked out the sun. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

There was no doubt about it: that slow sky-wide drift had become a flood. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I suck in a huge breath and hold it until the sound drifts away. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Victor smiled as he noticed how her eyes kept straying toward the large windows and the snowflakes, which drifted past slowly. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

My thoughts drift to our mosque back home and how it was shut down for more than six months after someone started a fire that destroyed parts of the interior. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

One by one the company drifted off to their shelters and to sleep, all but Jon Snow, who had drawn the night's first watch. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Yellow light glowed inside, and the fragrance of coffee drifted out. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was not until later that night, as she was drifting off to sleep, that Sansa realized she had forgotten to ask about her sister. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Past butterflies drifting through the air like happy messages. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay for a long while without sleeping but finally drifted into a restless doze. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when she looked through her spyglass and saw the relentless outward drift of the sraf, the shadow particles, it seemed to her as if happiness and life and hope were drifting away with them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I merely smiled and rolled over and drifted dreamily out a window. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Now I was drinking sugary tea with Zalabia Bedouins and squatting on a sand drift in Wadi Rum, the Valley of the Moon, less than twenty miles from the Saudi Arabian border. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I decide to sneak out of the dormitory after everyone is asleep and find him, but the fear landscape exhausted me more than I realized, so soon enough, I drift off too. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He let his mind drift, wondering what his father was planning, and why Pima looked so worried, and what was going on behind Lucky Girl’s swank eyes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sunlight warmed her skin, and the weight around her shoulders drifted away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Broadcasts from radios tuned to Havana stations drifted out open windows. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next came Professor Snape, drifting creepily along, his toes hitting each stair as they descended, held up by his own wand, which was being pointed at him by Sirius. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

In truth, Pong had drifted only a few miles south of Chattana, but to him it seemed as if he'd entered an impenetrable wilderness. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I could see Papa knock, and his tapping sound drifted out into the night followed by the whine of a hinge from the opening door. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He went on alone, trying to ignore the aroma of frying fish that drifted from the Apprentices’ Quarters and, it seemed, from every other house he passed. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Cole’s pulse quickened as the island drifted into view. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Over the summer months spent apart from each other, we drifted. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

At one point, I noticed Ruth had drifted away from the rest of us and was gazing across the field at the sunrise. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before long the whole thing collapsed with a tremendous crash and the startled Humbug leaped to his feet just in time to see the castle drifting slowly off into space. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

His face drifted to the side, his nose skimming across my collarbone. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When they find I have nothing for them, they lose interest and drift back into their semi-conscious state. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her voice started to drift away, and when Joaquin dared to look up, he saw that she was crying. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Some strange vapor drifted out of the hole and curled around Boots. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Veils of dust drifted under the floodlights like fog under streetlamps. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Windblown drifts buttressed the house—something moved on the second floor—a hand holding back the edge of a drape. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance the dust drifted down after Tom had run along the canal rim. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, of course, we went different ways and drifted apart. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drifted down Guerrero Street, a girl with her best friend, a maker of good choices. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Several pairs of rough hands lifted her like an unwieldy piece of furniture and she drifted into unconsciousness. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then he saw the Chevy slip left again, almost lazily drifting from behind the semi. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When Isa finally drifted off an hour later, the brownstone groaned with relief as the last Vanderbeeker fell into a fitful sleep. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Men of consequence and means, who had made their fortunes exploiting laborers in their factories, drifted along next to those who had lost their lives toiling on those same factory machines. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

In the sky above him a few big white clouds drifted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

General Peckem drifted toward the window, laughing quietly again, and settled back against the sill with his arms folded, greatly satisfied by his own wit and by his knowledgeable, blase impudence. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The driver’s side window rolls down, smoke drifts out, and the male, three-hundred-pound version of Kenya smiles at us. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The Chevalier looked down on the slow-moving millions on the floor of the land of the dead, all drifting after that bright and living spark Lyra Silvertongue. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Black water running from under the sodden drifts of ash. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He stares at the ceiling and drifts into a deep, blissful sleep. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Abra sat down on the ground, or rather she seemed to drift down, and her full skirts settled in a billow around her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A cloud bank drifted slowly by above them, and for the first time that night, the nearly full moon made a timid appearance. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Nothing was ever said, and always, after perhaps a minute, they drifted away. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell she's imagining an empty bucket drifting down into the dark well and coming back, water sloshing out of its sides like tears. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Finally I put the journal aside and drift off into sleep. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But as we watched that pirogue drift away across the Kwenge, Mother gripped my hand so tightly I understood I had been chosen. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The absentminded, fluff-haired little clergyman and his stalwart wife drifted into her memory. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The mosaic thickens and throws more clots, and the clots drift through the bloodstream into the small capillaries, where they get stuck. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Calder’s voice drifted back: “You wouldn’t dare hurt me!” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

A white-haired woman stepped toward them through a drift of dark red leaves, a bronze sickle in her hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was still fog when they came into the open, but it had begun to drift and there was a gray dawn just beginning to break. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She drifted off to sleep, but when Tiller’s snoring woke her, she got up and went into the living room and opened the trunk in the corner. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

What if she were to drift away unnoticed? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I had the strangest sensation of floating, of drifting farther and farther away with nothing and no one to cling to. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Amaka had neither raised nor lowered her voice, and it drifted clearly in from the kitchen. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a crust of ice over the drifts, where the top layer of snow has melted and then refrozen. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a minute or so, he drifts off to sleep. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Harry listened; a loud and oddly eerie noise was drifting toward them from out of the darkness: a muffled rumbling and sucking sound, as though an immense vacuum cleaner were moving along a riverbed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Night after night I drifted off to sleep, never dreaming how soon our beautiful storytelling evenings would end. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let him drift off to sleep then and attend to my own needs, wolfing down a supper of groosling and roots while I watch the daily report in the sky. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I could drift along like this, in some dreary proletarian idyll, except for two things. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Only the lord can call the banners," Bran said as the snow drifted down around them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But watching my arm swing forward had become habit and my head started to drift down again. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

It was a crowd speaking; a swirling mob that swept through and past and over him with a rapid, headlong motion, that left drifting tatters of words behind them. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Out in the Adantic Ocean great sheets of rain gathered to drift slowly up the River Shannon and setde forever in Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And still the snow was falling, drifting down in silence from a windless sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Three evil-looking grandmothers with lace hats and fiery whips drifted down from the sky and landed in front of me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Outside my room their words drift in through the crack in the doorway. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He twisted around and pushed himself up toward the surface, only seeing at the last second that the jellyfish had drifted above him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Thomas’s thoughts tried to drift toward the Hole and what it all meant, but he couldn’t shake the thought of what Newt had been about to say before they saw Minho return. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Standing by the window, he saw the huge flakes drifting slowly down out of an icy sky that was the color of steel. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

In March a fresh blizzard buried the town in drifts. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

At the palace, a thin layer of dust drifted over the white stone. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Queen Rachel drifted along several paces behind, looking elsewhere. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A banner vanished suddenly as its bearer was swept under, and soon after the first dead man drifted past their walls, borne along by the current. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I'm somewhere between euphoric and half dead; floating spots drift in front of my eyes whenever I look too long at one thing. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Bebop defied these conventions on several layers: solos increasingly drifted away from the chord sequence and even the key-family of the original song, and they habitually veered off from the given song melody, too. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He drifted back into the singing-waiter business and from that time on never worked at any other job. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five minutes drifted by, then ten, then twenty; at last, the judge ordered the bailiff to retrieve them. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In her mind she walks a path in the Jardin des Plantes, the air golden, the wind green, the long fingers of willows drifting across her shoulders. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As I caressed the smooth surfaces, my mind drifted back through the years, back to my boyhood days. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He diverts off the path, feet disappearing into the drifting clouds of white. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was in the back of the boat, lolling, my mind drifting. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A leaf drifted down from above, brushed his brow, and landed in the pool. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sprinklers in the garden switched on; the odor of wet dust drifted through the window. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It drifted our way like a gentle mist through the tall trees. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went straight to the wall, plunging through drifts to my knees, and pressed up against it for its warmth. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The falling snow had covered almost all of it, but part of one gargoyle still poked above the drift, its grotesque face snarling sightless at the sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

This is said to be the new drift. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drifted back to the dining room alone, buttoning his pants. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lie down on the sand with Peeta, who drifts off at once. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A faint fragrance of incense drifted to me in the deep silence. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the thick white smoke drift upward like a twisted ribbon dissolving into the sky. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Smoke from the engine drifted over the heads of the chattering crowd, while cats of every color wound here and there between their legs. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

As she drifted back to sleep, though, she was swallowed by another nightmare about the Hoppers. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had thrown himself into it with a creative passion, adding to it all the time, decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I must have drifted off. I have Katz on my brain.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I looked up and squinted, and saw a black shadow knifing through the dusk light, the blades chopping as it drifted closer, dropping lower and lower as it approached Fullbrook. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Strange flakes of fire, like burning scraps of paper, drifted around them on the air. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

We waited in the rain, and the two launches drifted upon the Rappahannock, and still the Crepuscule made no move to aid. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Someone was playing a piano nearby, and the music drifted slowly in and out of my mind like the ebb and flow of ocean surf. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Directly ahead, drifting toward her and swinging around to present a tempting plump target, was one of the Lannister hulks, floating low in the water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They came to fields where the petals had fallen.These lay in drifts all over the ground while the seedpods they left behind stuck up like green thumbs. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

What else but this fever could commute my father’s ghost crying, “Jezebel!” into a curl of blue smoke drifting out through a small, bright hole in the thatch? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Continental drift was not entirely without support in the United States. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

They had spent a year in France, for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully wherever people played polo and were rich together. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The whole party drifting to the windows to see the fire of what I had to say. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait,” I said, as she started to drift back into the shadows. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Magdalys felt her own tears land on the pillow as she drifted off to sleep. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And then it came to her that the boat had been drifting in the same direction all that time. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t allow myself to think; I just put one foot down, then the other, so fast that bark peels off the branches and drifts toward the ground. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But if she tried to read something else Mrs. Caruthers would snap at her, and so she read the irksome tomes until the old woman drifted off. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Out of the comer of his eye, he saw the hulk they'd been tangled with drifting downstream with the current, spinning slowly as men leapt over her side. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Still, the last sad memory hovers round, and sometimes drifts across like floating mist, cutting off sunshine and chilling the remembrance of happier times. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he seemed to disappear into himself, his gaze drifting past me to the sky, bristling now with stars. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Scattered almost randomly around the top of the mounds are burned, oxidized chunks of rock—hearth stones—in drifts of fish bones and ash. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Against the perfect cover of vine and bramble and tangled drift sticks, a little gray brush rabbit sat quietly in the sun, drying his breast fur, wet by the grass dew of his early feeding. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But it couldn’t have been smoke: it was drifting against the wind that tore at the clouds. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Already the boar was starting to make some headway through the drift. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

None of us speaks as we drift through the parking lot. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

They were fading, that was the answer; fading and drifting away like atoms of smoke, for all that they tried to cling to their men. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The scent of hot bread drifting from the shops along the Street of Flour was sweeter .than any perfume Arya had ever smelled. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He raced to the Commander's Keep, dashing through drifts of old snow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Silently, the clay figures floated from his hand, drifted in the air, then settled to the ground at opposite ends of the courtyard. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He’s talked about this before, these lonely, drifting, sunless planets. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I kind of drifted out of the conversation and started thinking about Ice again. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sounds of the tide drift in through the terrace doors. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I felt the click, a deep affection, a bond that formed there, but after a couple of months I started to drift away. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clouds drifted in and out among the temples and structures as if they were trying not to disturb the quiet peace of this place. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They dodge her angry swings and drift higher toward the ceiling. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

All that mattered was that the balance had changed, and now he was drifting over the edge. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Over the past 100 million years as it has drifted north toward Asia, its leading edge has sunk by some six hundred feet. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

His expression changed and he looked like he drifted away a little, lost in the memory. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As Meggie felt herself drift off to sleep again, Mo's face stayed with her in her slumber. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The sounds of music and raucous laughter drifted out and floated over the water. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The mob already had stopped and was drifting back from whence it came. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ten stewards and one giant made short work of the drifts, but even when the doors were clear again, Jon was not satisfied. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He did so for a few more minutes and then the helicopter rose, tilted, and drifted off. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But they did not show it and they spoke politely about the current and the depths they had drifted their lines at and the steady good weather and of what they had seen. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing the sun shining down and the black shadows drifting over the walls, Rontu barked, then began to howl. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in any case, I have drifted considerably from the account I was giving of this evening's events. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She looked out at the clouds outside her window, smoky thickets drifting by, and thought how fragile they were. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He pulled it upright out of the drifts and dug out the knapsack and shook it out and opened it and stuffed in one of the blankets. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

But the sounds of sliding doors, carriage wheels, and tiny footsteps drift through the house, and each time I leave my room to explore, a servant returns me to where I'm supposed to be. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Behind him, the jellyfish drifted past like a poisonous cloud. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

His thoughts drifted above him like restless air moving over the bay. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The pronoun “we” itself seemed to crack and drift apart in pieces. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Then he drifted back to Lake Superior, and he was still searching for something to do on the day that Dan Cody's yacht dropped anchor in the shallows along shore. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He drifted off to sleep, his legs stretched straight out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her curtains flutter, and voices drift down through the open window. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

If Adam had conceived thousands of ideas, the way Sam Hamilton had, they might all have drifted away, but he had only the one. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Florentine blew me a kiss, then she drifted out of the room, singing to herself: “For I come from Mississippi with a Moon Pie on my knee!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the pilots were drifting back from the bar, still laughing at the rare faux pas of a colonel’s wife calling her husband at happy hour. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was slipping away, or breaking away, like a crumbling glacier cracking from the continent and drifting out to sea. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As she drifted off after her father, Ron reappeared with an elderly witch clutching his arm. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I knew that with any quick or suspicious movement of mine they could drift into invisibility. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tugged the at.oow tightly around his shoulders and circled the fire to keep away from the drifting smoke. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The ship now drifting under the island lee, Telemakhos’ companions took in sail and mast, unshipped the oars and rowed ashore. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, my head starts to feel like a balloon drifting away from its string. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Now that Gale has drifted away on the painkiller, everyone seems to deflate. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Polly whispered one hot, humid night as they listened to the somber songs drift through the window. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now more masses were coming, in clots, broken lines, red battle flags plowing through the smoke, moving this way, drifting to the left, toward the base of the hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not while they are merely drifting peacefully below us,” said Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As I drift to sleep, I think of Pa. I know his spirit can travel over land to be with me but worry if he can cross the ocean to America. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last she closed her eyes and drifted into a nightmare. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Everyone had sleepy, dreamy looks in their eyes because they’d been kind of drifting off in their comfy reading chairs. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Instead, her hand drifted to the bed, where she found a piece of paper tucked just under the pillow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was still a radical proposition for the time and widely criticized, particularly in the United States, where resistance to drift lasted longer than elsewhere. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Smokes and steams drifted in sullen clouds and lurked in the hollows. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The boat drifted in aimless, small circles, as still as if we were on a tiny pond in somebody’s yard. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The following day they passed through the boarded ruins of a seaside resort and took the road inland through a pine wood, the long straight blacktop drifted in pineneedles, the wind in the dark trees. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Some people had already drifted away, but most were still watching the flames flicker out on the great lawn, and everyone had to listen to Javi. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

JT drifted on, finally coming to a stop in the middle of the floor. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway up, Nhamo found a low cave partly filled with a drift of sand. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hung out in post position eleven—eleven positions out from the rail—Seabiscuit was bumped at the break, dropped back to fourteenth, then drifted extremely wide down the backstretch as Rosemont cruised ahead of him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat on the bed, watching Malia drift into a restless, uncomfortable sleep. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Acre-size patches of bobbing vegetation, the famous “floating islands” of the Amazon, drift by. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Toward midnight the rain ceased and the clouds drifted away, so that the sky was scattered once more with the incredible lamps of stars. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z