| 单词 | drifting |
| 例句 | 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 Most took no more notice of the Shy Maid than of a drifting log. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 Floating in her quarters, she gently touched the bulkhead to stop drifting. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, and now she was drifting, falling back, floating, almost there. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z 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 Her eyes took on a life of their own, drifting through the room. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Snow was falling in earnest now—big silent petals drifting through the springtime woods, white bouquets segueing into snowy dark: a nightmarish topsy-turvy land, something from a story book. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 Roz stood there until snowflakes started drifting down from the sky. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 It was drifting out of a large metal can. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “It is drifting, like a ship without an anchor. It needs someone to anchor it.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Now I could see a fine shading of dust in the air out behind the church, rising slowly and drifting away. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m a big man now, I thought, drifting off to sleep. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z It was half across the lawn, coming from the shadows, moving with such drifting ease that it was like a single solid cloud of black-grey smoke blown at him in silence. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 A fine drizzle started drifting down from the gray sky, and I grew very depressed. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z 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 With the window open and snow drifting in. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The sound of the traffic drifting up to her was so loud she almost didn't hear Elinor's knock. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z 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 With that, she walked away from the two of them, drifting off toward the windows on the opposite side of the train. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The hall was dark stone, high ceilinged and drafty, full of drifting smoke, its stone walls spotted by huge patches of pale lichen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They were pointing out at something drifting in the air. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Tiny clouds were drifting by, pale as a heron's feathers, ruffled like acacia flowers. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z 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 And still the snow was falling, drifting down in silence from a windless sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 Her voice drifting over me: You know what to do. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It was snowing again, soft flakes drifting down out of the blackness. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 He carries the words with him all day, letting them sort themselves into phrases, coming together, drifting apart, tumbling over onto themselves, settling into sentences, and paragraphs. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z 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 Dicey walked ahead of the others through a rain that resolved itself into drifting mist. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The notes of a mandolin drifting like soap bubbles from an illuminated window. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z 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 Words of the dead, drifting down from the heavens like feathers from birds in flight. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Then I see it’s impossible and I go on driving, my thoughts drifting on elsewhere. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 She rarely baked cookies, but I soon smelled their aroma drifting down from the kitchen. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Shadow spent the night half-awake, drifting in and out of sleep, listening to his new cellmate grunt and snore in the bunk below him. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z For each man a poison drifting out of the sky carried a death sentence. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z For Alba, her mother was the only stable person in the drifting ship that was the big house on the corner after Clara’s death. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 looked like he was drifting somewhere, having some sort of out-of-body experience. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z 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 “Cindy had to go for a drive. The sound ..he said, drifting off. “ The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z 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 When the commotion finally stopped, Cole lay completely spent, drifting in and out of consciousness. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 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 I close my eyes, imagining my hand in Lita’s, piñon smoke drifting into the New Mexico sky. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 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 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 I walked so fast I was drifting along the streets, and the feeling that hit my cheek was a cool breeze out of the summer night. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 The delegates had debated the anchors’ purpose, assuming they kept the citadel from drifting away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As I have my arms across my chest and I feel my heart going a thousand miles an hour inside of me, I start drifting into a memory that I have tried to forget. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The odor of dead meat came down on the wind, drifting through the trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Before drifting back to sleep, I made sure to give my mother Ms. Lansing’s card. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was painted blue like the sky, with drifting clouds and tiny whizzing jet planes with white trails that crisscrossed in the clouds. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The only sounds that answer him are the faint trickle of the stream’s water and the hush of golden leaves drifting in the air. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Already cooking smells were drifting from the kitchen. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 I tried to be useful, too, but I could feel my attention drifting upstairs, to Clancy’s desk. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It was twilight, and the air was alive with drifting fireflies. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I looked up, saw that the direction we were running was opposite to the one the kite was drifting. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Over all hangs the cold brume of char, drifting across the water, lying still upon the decks of ships. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The voice breezed through the well like steam drifting from a cup of hot chocolate. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z 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 What happened in my nightmare—drifting, drowning, dying—that actually happened to me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He felt himself drifting away from the one-sided whispered conversation, wondering if maybe everything big and heartbreaking and incomprehensible is a paradox. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z A flare burst high above, and another and another, drifting slowly downward with a magnesium-bright glare. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The three of them are sitting around the dining room table, candles jumping to the harpsichord music drifting from the speakers. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z 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 From time to time, a frog croaked and plopped into the water, alarmed by the slow approach of the drifting boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z 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 Mr. James Ito and I, each drifting along on his own thoughts. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The balloon kept floating free, drifting on its way to brighter shores. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Her voice sounds kind of drifting and far off, like she’s somewhere else. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z 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 Auk XXX vaulted off the pad similarly, its parabola drifting up to twenty-three thousand feet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Their canoes, drifting nearby, were sound, and the weather overnight had been calm and mild. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Then the sound came drifting across farm and field and rolling plain, indistinct as the murmur of some distant sea, but swelling as they rode closer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 A couple of fairies drifting alongside the wagon waved at Kendra. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Goose feathers fly up when he draws back the blade, drifting through the air like snow. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z 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 drifting steamboats resembled primordial creatures that the winter chill had lured to the surface. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But Alby was already drifting off, nodding slightly as his eyes closed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 We’re standing in afield of apple green grass with soft wisps of clouds drifting above. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The addict had seen the Muslim drifting off to sleep leaning against a building, or stepping as high over a matchstick as if it were a dog. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Strange spices scented the chilly autumn wind, and he could hear faint cries drifting over the wall from the streets beyond. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 He was frightened; he could feel himself drifting apart. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z 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 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 She couldn’t keep her hands from drifting to her belly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z In the midst of the laughing and thumping, Palmer caught their eyes drifting upward. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 The ones with the stained-glass wings took their time, drifting lazily. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z 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 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 A strand of kelp was wound around its body and I thought it was sleeping, for often before they go to sleep they anchor themselves in this way to keep from drifting off. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 I could see tiny grains of it drifting in the air. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He darted furtive, guilty glances back as he fled in defeat, afraid the old woman might now start following him, and he welcomed the concealing shelter of the drizzling, drifting, lightless, nearly opaque gloom. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z 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 Then she pushed off from the floor with both feet and began to float upward, drifting toward the groove zone. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 My mind keeps drifting back to what Morgan said at Rio Bravo. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “I don’t usually get mad at my parents,” I tell her honestly, my eyes drifting back to the bowl of jelly beans. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Only swollen bodies making their way to the shore, carried on the drifting surf. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The sun slanted through the trees, low and golden, sending showers of light around their drifting hulks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The first flakes came drifting down as the sun was setting in the west. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 This last sends me drifting off in a sci-fi direction: And as the time thieves headed back to the year 3420, loaded with weekends and days off looted from the twenty-first century . Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 She paused again, her eyes drifting over to Moss, who nodded to her in encouragement. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z 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 Bill the pony stood patiently but dejectedly in front of the hobbits, and screened them a little; but before long the drifting snow was above his hocks, and it went on mounting. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z 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 Colonel Cathcart rose slowly and began drifting about his office again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z 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 Deadly antiship mines known as torpedoes bob on the surface, drifting with the current, ready to explode the instant they come into contact with a vessel. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 It is like the dust of magic drifting down over the mountain. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Her glance left me and sought the lighted top of the steps where "Three o'Clock in the Morning," a neat, sad little waltz of that year, was drifting out the open door. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z There was a tiny trickle of smoke drifting up from the chimney, which I could hardly see against the grey sky. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 It was not so bad to be an old man, drifting. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 She was drifting toward the outer edge of the greenbelt Off-limits. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Just as I was drifting off I heard shouting from the main part of the hatchery. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z When a ship without sails or sailors came drifting in from sea, they went to meet it looking for a wonder, and sure enough there was a child in the ship. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z From the ballroom beneath, muffled and suffocating chords were drifting up on hot waves of air. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z 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 The leader gave me the once-over, his eyes drifting to a stop where my hands were fisted at my side, bunching up my dress. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “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 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 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 Their eyes floated from one body to the next like flies, landing, sticking briefly, and drifting on. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Three figures crossed the Abbey gardens as the moon broke from behind a drifting cloudbank. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z 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 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 He thought there could be deathships out there yet, drifting with their lolling rags of sail. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 We zoom across the clear water, and overhead the birds fly, and there are sea turtles too, drifting through the clouds. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z 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 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 All the day following they traveled through the drifting haze of woodsmoke. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 Some are solitary wanderers; most inhabit communal clusters, huddling together, drifting endlessly in the great cosmic dark. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The flames flickered, pushed sideways by his breath, then went out, leaving two trails of smoke drifting slowly into the air. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z I stare at the smoke drifting up as whispers surround me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Her weary body and wearier mind, which had seemed, in her exhaustion, to be drifting away from each other like untethered boats, made some peace with the tides. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Nox stiffened, his hand drifting to his sword. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z 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 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 “The spot with the X has to mean something,” she muttered, drifting across the room. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They lay serene and still, wrapped in thin veils of drifting mist. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Most people had cleared out, drifting to the stage. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Her hands were drifting in the gray dishwater, long gone cold. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She told him how they’d followed that shivering little dog as he floundered through the deep drifting snow. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z 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 And even though I tried to focus on the fungi, my thoughts kept drifting back to the orchid and Mom’s book. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z 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 More ash went drifting downward, and a bit of crumbling brick fell away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 Especially when my eyes keep drifting to that green sofa. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Not while they are merely drifting peacefully below us,” said Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He’s talked about this before, these lonely, drifting, sunless planets. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Many nights I would hear cries and shouts of anger drifting across the yard. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s the mechanic, and smoke is drifting up from the knives in my machine. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Even when he stayed at the hospital past their bedtimes, they could feel his darling drifting comfortably around them. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I was back in the dark cavern, spirits of the dead drifting around me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 Harry, at least, felt extremely foolish, staring blankly at the crystal ball, trying to keep his mind empty when thoughts such as “this is stupid” kept drifting across it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Here and there parts of it almost float away from the central tower, drifting off into space. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The balloon was drifting lower, and the ground was rising. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My body starts drifting away from Jamie's, but he doesn't stop me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z "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 He was drifting; drifting back into his rut; and he was picking up speed. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 I look out at the severe and lonely landscape drifting past the window. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 My mom and I are drifting apart, but not because we’re spending less time together. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 The call came drifting through the black of night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 It came off the wings of huge mothlike creatures drifting and looping in the underwater current. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 pass our tube tunnel—it’s empty except for snow drifting inside. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I welcome the blizzard, with its ferocious winds. and deep, drifting snow. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Some of his own troops began drifting over that way, to stare, to chat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 There were gnats at the mouth, little flecks of pollen drifting above the nose. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 The pack was still drifting steadily northward, carrying Endurance with it. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The little clump bobbed about, drifting with the tide, then finally blinked from sight. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z 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 There are five bots patrolling this auction now, two of them drifting over from an auction that had finished moments earlier. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Hood’s smoke stayed where it was, then slowly, very slowly, like a huge ghost, the white cloud came drifting gracefully up the ridge, clinging to the trees, drifting and tearing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched his lips move in a soundless explanation, my eyes drifting down to the crisp stack of papers on the desk in front of him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A trail of blues floated across her mind as his car turned the corner, drifting away and then disappearing, just like him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z 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 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 It will be like floating in a pool, drifting off until there’s nothing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z A small wind had risen with the sun, blowing drifting snow over the smoking ashes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 I was drifting above my body, floating there like a bee above a flower. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The lights of a sleeping town were drifting by. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 But there are only softly drifting feathers and fluttering playing cards. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z 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 It swallowed the drifting swans one by one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z 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 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 “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 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 There wasn’t too much traffic on Broadway that day, so he took the lane, drifting downhill smoothly, the wind cooling his face and passing through the air holes in his helmet. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He was drifting, drifting like a fat white lazy cloud back and forth across the blue. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Their voices turn muffled, their words drifting off like they've been set afloat. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z 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 The toy was drifting farther and farther from the boat, like a useless twig in the current. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z 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 A wave kicked up, but he hung on, and soon the house was drifting down the New Meadows, heading out to the coast. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z 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 Next came the bees themselves: just a few at first, drifting through his parted lips. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z 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 These streets, the sky above, the sun, the drifting people, all had, in a moment, changed, and would never be the same again. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Toby reached over to tug it back onto the seat, his eyes drifting from the road for just one moment. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z 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 Or had it been airborne, drifting down as fallout on the surface of the creek? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z 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 She found herself back in the Fields of Asphodel, drifting aimlessly among the ghosts. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 “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 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 We seem to be drifting into unknown places and unknown ways; into a whole world of dark and dreadful things. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z There are dozens of humans drifting through their chores, lost in sickly dreams. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z 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 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 Soon the cave was filled with hundreds of beautifully coloured bubbles, all drifting gently through the air. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as I felt myself finally drifting off, my phone buzzed. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z 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 Arriving in the late afternoon, Sydelle Pulaski looked up and saw only the dim, warped reflections of treetops and drifting clouds in the glass face of Sunset Towers. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 He could not tell if the waves were drifting him closer to the whales or if the whales were swimming closer to him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z This was negative air pressure, designed to keep hot agents from drifting outward. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 Suddenly, my head starts to feel like a balloon drifting away from its string. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The air was full of drifting smoke from the cookfires drowning in the rain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 I had a panic attack every time I started drifting off to sleep. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “Look, there’s a sailor drifting along Chartres Street. He looks rather lonely.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to work by moonlight drifting through dirty windows. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We stopped at Bowlegs Cut, drifting out through the markers on a hard falling tide. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z They had to thread cautiously between sinking ships and patches of drifting wildfire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Arya could see a wisp of grey smoke drifting up off the torch, writhing like a snake as it rose. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Soldiers were drifting up to stand happily by, gazing with paternal affection at Lee, at Longstreet. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined watching the oar drifting away out to the open bay and wondered how he would ever get across if that happened. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z At first she doesn’t see it—the only light is coming from the kitchen, drifting out to us like the afterglow from another world. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z 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 The teachers and chaperones sit on the ground, legs extended, leaning back against the headstones, the aroma of their menthol cigarettes drifting through the air. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 The crowd, which had been cheering me on, began drifting away. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 We were getting so near to the ridge, and in six or seven minutes, drifting like this, we should be out of deep water. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But he was so small, and the boat was already drifting back to harbor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z 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 He was drifting into the great slipstream in which many promising jockeys are lost, their talents never tried for lack of the skilled trainer, the wise owner, the “big horse.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Soggy wads of toilet paper and crumpled hand towels are drifting across the floor like lumpy jellyfish. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z 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 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 Catelyn could hear faint music drifting from the Great Hall, seeping out into the night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 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 Grappling hooks were flung out, iron rams crashed through wooden hulls, boarders swarmed, flights of arrows whispered through each other in the drifting smoke, and men died . . . but so far, none of his. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 I seemed to be drifting, footless, into the light. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z 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 I knew they shouldn’t miss any moon walking but I found myself, like Mr. Lucas and Ma Charles, drifting off to sleep. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z There’s a big wrap-around porch and stairs leading down the hill to the dock, and all the windows facing the water have been flung open, the curtains drifting out on a warm breeze. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Shay dropped her arms, and her board stopped drifting. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z 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 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 She enjoyed drifting in and out of the various households. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z For his drifting soul was anchored in the love of God; in the rock that endured forever. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 "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 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 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 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 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 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 “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 As they approached the ball they began to hear the music drifting down the corridor, and when they turned the corner they came to a balcony overlooking the ballroom. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 If the Careers want me, let them find me, I think before drifting into a stupor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 Well, besides his mouth drifting back open apparently of its own accord. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z 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 Neighbors drifting by will sometimes leave pecans or an apple. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The van was nearly submerged, drifting sideways and slowly sinking beneath the rain-boiled surface. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z 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 He lay on his stomach facing the fire, with the light drifting over his stubborn face. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 The tapestry shimmered like it was three dimensional—a waterfall scene so real I could see the water moving and clouds drifting across a fabric sky. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 The current carried a drifting leaf into a little eddy. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z 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 “I know this was a long time coming. We’ve been drifting.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He diverts off the path, feet disappearing into the drifting clouds of white. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 They were below the bridge and still drifting downstream. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 To begin with, for you to be here now trillions of drifting atoms had somehow to assemble in an intricate and intriguingly obliging manner to create you. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z And there were voices drifting across the water. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He lay in bed, drifting in and out of sleep. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z For a minute, I just stare at my phone, only half listening to the Radiohead song drifting out of someone’s dorm room. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z 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 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 Past butterflies drifting through the air like happy messages. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z So the little boy traveled with us, often drifting just slightly ahead or behind. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It’s 1941, and it doesn’t take her long to discover Hans’s Nazi sympathies, and since Cady is deeply concerned with the plight of the Jews and of her friend Marianne, they begin drifting apart. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The whole party drifting to the windows to see the fire of what I had to say. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z 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 I saw the smoke drifting out of the crowd and followed that to see where it came from. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine her drifting from room to room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The boy’s mother had longer periods of just humming without drifting into soft singing. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 When I landed in Salt Lake, Grandma was drifting in and out of consciousness. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She was too busy shooting up, drifting off to another world where I didn’t exist. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z 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 A single wild rose tossed farewell, bursts slowly, its petals drifting snowlike upon the reluctantly lowered coffin. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “May I help you?” she asks, startled by Lourdes’s drifting eye. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 From somewhere the smell of coffee was drifting. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It was all so calm now that the raft didn't even seem to be drifting. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As he left the stable on his piebald gelding, Tyrion heard the sound of music drifting over the rooftops. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 They edged the board closer, David squinting through a drifting wall of smoke. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Even Father’s walking the riverbank talking to himself, and our mother drifting around half dressed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The faint light all about, quivering and sourceless, refracted in the rain of drifting soot. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z 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 Lying in bed, drifting to sleep, I finally open the letter. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z 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 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 Then Pong noticed the smoke drifting up into the dark sky. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He could hear voices drifting through the archway from the bedchamber. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 Ever since last summer when the god Pan had died, our friend Grover had been drifting farther and farther away. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He carried a paper cup with steam drifting from the top. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Almost as soon as we left the summit, the wind dropped, and within 500 feet the world was quite calm, eerily so, and the dense fog was nothing more than straggly, drifting shreds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Finally a column of mounted men rode out of the drifting smoke. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z 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 They studied the sky, searching for pinpricks of starlight through the drifting clouds. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When she had died, Nico became a homeless orphan, drifting through the world alone. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I was in the back of the boat, lolling, my mind drifting. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Naomi watched the twins play until some of the church ladies started drifting in her direction. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t used to drifting, but he’d ridden a Segway once and it was kind of like that. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We’re drifting apart because for the first time in my life, I have a secret to keep. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 One followed the cage down, drifting just beyond the bars. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She adjusts the thin-framed glasses that are forever drifting down her nose. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z 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 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 Palmer had notions of drifting away, but Beans and Mutto were herding him their way. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Hours later, drifting awake, Cole became aware of a tickling sensation on his left arm. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 Balloons by the dozen were rising, circling, and drifting away through the door, sailing off on the gentle wind. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z It smelled good—pieces of dried fish drifting in yellow sauce alongside the greens and cubed yams. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z 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 I was drifting off to sleep when I remembered my keepsake bag. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 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 The smoke rose up into the air, drifting toward the masts of the few ships at anchor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 A group of guys started an "astral projection" circle, where they would sit around a card table and concentrate on breaking down all their molecules into subatomic material and drifting through the fences. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z 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 It wasn’t much at first—just a few light flakes drifting down from the sky. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He was drifting helplessly down a suffocating, cold run, with no hold for his feet. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I spent so many winter hours nestled under it, reading my books, drifting to sleep. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z 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 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 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 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 For an hour or so, all we saw was seaweed drifting by. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The mob already had stopped and was drifting back from whence it came. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Snow was drifting past the window in front of them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Outside, the gray afternoon was speckled with drifting white. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z 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 It is as if I am drifting away into another place, into the deepest recesses of my mind to hide from the pain. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Preston left his room and saw smoke drifting up from the entry hall. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z 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 “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 “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 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 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 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 The cog was drifting on a sea of dragonglass beneath a bowl of stars, but all around the storm raged on. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The man moved with exquisite calm, like a leaf drifting on the surface of a pond, making its own way on gentle currents. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When she started up again, her voice had changed; the steel was gone and in its place was a drifting, breezy music. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z His crew appeared busy swabbing decks and picking oakum, but their gazes kept drifting toward the quarterdeck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It was so nice to sit beside her with the leaves drifting down around us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The syllables float overhead, drifting into an icy blur of white. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Sheets of fog were drifting right across the road. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I rub the beads in my left hand and feel a warm current drifting up my arm, across my shoulders, down between my breasts. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z To my oxygen-depleted mind, the clouds drifting up the grand valley of ice known as the Western Cwm looked innocuous, wispy, insubstantial. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z 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 To the left lay the remnants of the Gulf of California, but presently it vanished and was replaced with drifting sand. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The night air was full of smoke, and the drifting red embers outnumbered the stars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Cora had heard Michael recite the Declaration of Independence back on the Randall plantation many times, his voice drifting through the village like an angry phantom. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z It was close on midnight, and they had been drifting for some while, hardly using the paddles, when suddenly Sam cried out. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I found my attention drifting back to the right, about five rows up. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 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 As soon as the music had come on, customers had started drifting over. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z 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 “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 |
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