He takes a leisurely drag from his cigar and sets it on the edge of a standing ashtray. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But he couldn’t help them even if he wanted to, so he scurried on, straining to see over the heads of the two girls at the edge of the crowd. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

We made it to the edge of the mountain just as the final section collapsed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

A long sword hung from his belt, sharp edges gleaming in the sunlight. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Some of the boys cut through the stitching along the edges and separated the blanket into two thinner sheets. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Skirt around the edges of the garden. Go up the mountain. As long as I am a bigger threat, he should ignore thee.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

There were Nine Riders at the water’s edge below, and Frodo’s spirit quailed before the threat of their uplifted faces. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Out among the climbers hunkered on the eastern edge of the Col, Beidelman willed himself to stay alert for a sign that the storm might be blowing itself out. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t anything special—the kind with ruled lines and the twisted wire holding the edge—and each of them was numbered. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Queen Anne’s Revenge lurched away from the dock, and by the time the pirates arrived at the water's edge, we were already underway, sailing into the Sea of Monsters. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thus my thoughts, dazed and confused, injecting pain where there was numbness; and my mind, furtively touching the edges of realisation, then fleeing from it in terror. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sophie was standing right up in his waistcoat pocket now and holding on to the edge with both hands. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was worn at the edges, but not exactly shabby, and still an active sanitorium. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Since it was facing away from us, we didn’t get any light from the screen at all until we’d walked around to the edge of the woods again. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I nodded, remembering all the times I woke to find Newcharlie sitting on the edge of his bed, with his hands hanging down between his knees, just staring out the window. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The entire ghostly army had him surrounded, gradually forcing him toward the edge of the glacier. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She stared at the castle unflinchingly, her form silhouetted against the blazing brightness that sat on the edge of the Avery River. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Without waiting to consider what I might be running toward, I burst to the edge of the meadow. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It would tend to give you an edge,” agreed Lupin gravely. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She walked through the bulrushes and cordgrass to the very edge of the marsh’s waterline. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Bram stares at the photo, eyes crinkling around the edges, and something about his expression makes my heart twist. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have time to worry about what other people thought of me, yet I had to—if I seemed too on edge, too paranoid, it wouldn’t matter what my grades were. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

At last their teeth were on edge, and the boys diverted themselves by pelting the girls with the grapes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful watched Chup wing over her pine stub at the edge of the cliff. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The beasts patrolled their cages, well aware that they were on some perilous edge. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I, too, could live on the edge of the desert, near my father’s tomb. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Mushrooms appear in clusters along the edges of the trail, with little round caps the same color as eggshells. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But before the king could speak, the small smoke-breathing figure became suddenly aware of them, as they sat there silent on the edge of the mist. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Roz watched as her detached foot sailed over the edge and plummeted down to the shore below. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was sitting quietly, smiling a little, his fingers playing with the edge of his paper plate. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

So it was that they did not see the last stand, when Uglúk was overtaken and brought to bay at the very edge of Fangorn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I sit on the edge of the tub and test the temperature with my fingers. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I came to the edge of the platform. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Tally was glad when Shay took her lunch away from the rest of the group, to the edge of the dense forest. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He shrugs at me, casually, motioning over the edge of the roof to the ground below. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then I sit down on the edge of my bed and pull up the screenshot I’d taken earlier of the dome’s scaffolding. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I see a blond head across the crowd—Tris, wearing a loose blue shirt without sleeves, showing the edges of the faction tattoos on her shoulders. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

Gimli sat hunched by the fire, running his thumb thoughtfully along the edge of his axe. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He pulls her, in the sling, to the edge of the building and counts down from five. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I see a raggedy lake with dead trees stuck into the marsh around the edges. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the dark on the edge of the firelight stood a ring of hobbits that had crept up out of the shadows. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

My legs and torso followed suit, and I pushed my foot against the pool’s edge, which sent me floating in no fixed direction. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The flame had a lovely light, staining the paper, curling the edges, making the slanting writing impossible to distinguish. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I perched on the edge of the wooden bench, my head propped in my hands. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

We were looking for the edge between the snow and bare ground. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She pressed her hand over her heart trying to feel a jagged edge under the flesh. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked over the edge of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I let my breath out and stared at the faucets, then rested my wrists on the edge of the sink, bracing myself for Mom’s angry reaction. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The muck of the Bog ran from one edge of reality to the other. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

If you analyze the odds of being given away at birth and then losing another full set of legal guardians 147 months and 7 days later, I'm right on the edge of the graph. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The shopkeepers and other folks looked at my face and saw only the angry red scar, just starting to fade at the edges. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

For most of the movie’s first hour, I was on edge, constantly trying to think ahead to have my next line of dialogue ready. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It worked fairly well; at least he was now lace-free, although he hadn’t done a very neat job, and the edges still looked depressingly frayed as the boys set off downstairs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Over a dinner of leftover veggie meatloaf, she asked her mother about these girls on the edges of life. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“You’re about to come to the front edge of the wing, right?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The inclined edge, the part that made it such a good ramp, must’ve been weakened since they last used it. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The edge of Ren’s lip quirks up again, so subtle that no one else notices, and his eyes harden at me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I imagined him walking down the rocky hill that kissed the edge of the road, into the wild. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Thornton’s desperate struggle was fresh-written on the earth, and Buck scented every detail of it down to the edge of a deep pool. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

They followed her footprints, which were clear on the ground, and traced her steps to the edge of the water. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Quickly she scrambled over the edge of the strong, revamped crow’s nest and started down the tree. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The sim had edged down and the breeze across us was cool. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood on the edge of his back porch. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He’s been teetering on the edge of letting go of this specific dream for months now, terrified of it, but the relief is startling, a mountain off his back. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Obinze seemed nervous, perched on the edge of the center table. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

By the time the sun angled low enough to slant its rays under the citadel’s outspread wings, it had gone beyond the edge of the Cusp, and only traded one shadow for another. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As Fd sprinted across the rooftops, the flame on the shingle had gone out, leaving a thin line of red ember along the edge. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The water monster nudged his nose into the edge of a nearby shadow. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Auntie talked to him now the way she had talked to Robert and old Grandma all those years, with an edge of accusation about to surface between her words. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The hatch had a handle near the edge. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She wavered on the edge of the roof and I thought she might fall, or even jump. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He and the three migrants hurry along the edge of the Rio Grande to a tributary called Zacate Creek. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

This gang, a branch of the Black Gangster Disciple Nation, was plainly on edge. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I reached the edge of the pool of light and stepped through the last fringe of ferns into the loveliest place I had ever seen. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Malia had been eight when Barack sat on the edge of her bed in Chicago and asked if she thought it was okay for him to run for president. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

This one was a grapefruit box, soft from wear at the edges. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The new work camp sits at the edge of a rice field and is surrounded by forest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flowers bloomed along the edges of the trail, pink and purple and white, and birdsong filled the air every morning. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The color scheme conspired with the darkness to make the room seem larger than it truly was, the walls receding into the edges of my vision. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

At the same time my free hand caught hold of the edge of my cloak and tucked it behind my back. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I can spread the resin around the edge of where the faceplate was, then stick something on to cover the hole. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Principal Marshall sat on the edge of his desk, waiting for me to look him in the eye. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The njuzu coiled over the edge with their eyes glittering in the moonlight. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the low light of the single lamp, Alex turns and sits down on the edge of the bed. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She edged over to the wall and picked up the paper, loosening the wad carefully. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Will found that if he looked at the fire, with the angel just at the edge of his vision, he had a much stronger impression of him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

More sitting on edge but faking like everything is normal. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When we get to the edge of the river, he points across it, and at first I can’t see what he’s showing me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Styx hooked his fingers over the edge of the junkyard fence. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When she sets me on the edge of the bed, I am at eye level with her pale pink bosom. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“You can’t really believe that I would give in so easily,” he said with a sour edge to his mocking tone. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I sat on the stone by the edge of the pool. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I saw, as we approached, that she was watching my grandfather as he came down the path from the camp to the edge of the lake. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

After the eighth, the young man interrupted his selfpunishment to run to the wood’s edge and there be violently sick. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes me a moment to notice that Hideo has leaned back in his chair and is watching me again, a small smile hovering on the edges of his lips. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The edge of the woods was a few hundred yards away, up a slope of grass that was horribly exposed. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like I’d been teetering over the edge of a cliff and someone had pulled me back. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Seth crawled on hands and knees along the edge of the path, sifting through the mulch beneath the undergrowth. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A little later, Harry sensed, by a freshening of the air, that they had reached the edge of the forest. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Through the village we traveled, stopping at the edge of the woods. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The bartender touched an edge with a dirty fingertip and rocked it slightly back and forth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Fadi curled up in a ball and pressed his back against the inner edge of the trunk just as light spilled inside and two faces peered down at him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

As we lay there, panting, we peered over the edge of the stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then I’m swept upward again and jostled along in the dark until I’m sitting on the edge of a bed. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But the people living in the Great Lakes region are confused by their place on the country’s edge—an edge that is border but not coast. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A figure stepped from the edge of the forest. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She lay down and pulled herself forward until her head was over the edge. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Men in dark glasses who look like the thugs who raided the compound months ago lurk at the shadowy edges of the patio. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

As usual, Georgie and I stayed in the deep shadows near the edge of the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She walked calmly onto the edge of the road and put her arm in the air. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She sat on the edge of the bed and sang an odd little song to Poppy—something about rock-a-bye baby, in the treetops. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I looked close, I could see the raggedy edges where the pages had once been. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Moving in time with the melody, they entered the circle that had opened to admit them as Claire watched from where she and Alys stood at the edge. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But when US forces arrived on the edge of Prophet’s Town on November 6, 1811, Tenskwatawa saw no alternative but to attack, despite his brother’s instructions. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The carriage clattered along cobblestoned streets, beneath lampposts, and past statues of dragons along the edge of the river. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He gripped the edge of the rim tightly, then began to swing his legs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Hugh ran to the edge of the path and peered over the drop-off. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Toby sat on the very edge of the booth, afraid to risk even a look at Lily. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She squeezes in between them, and I sit at the table edge. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

They led them to the edge of the gully, all while keeping an eye on the progress of the guards on the road. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Standing at the edge of the truck, I fight the impulse to run and hide in the far corner. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Look, friends," I said, hearing a hot edge coming into my voice. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water was unfit to drink, but a dead stork lay by the pond’s edge. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the woods, they flung themselves down in the pine needles and waited for Wash to catch up. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I swung in and out of consciousness until finally I became aware of a thin seam of light burning at the edge of the shade. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Juanita asked as she helped Pita off the edge of the old cart. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Ernie sat on the edge of his bed while Grandma folded up clothes that she had just washed for them. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Blood ran from his hand, down the sword’s edge to patter onto the floor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Not you guys, who live in a broken-down building on the edge of a dead city, slowly turning into freaks when you could be beautiful. Yeah, I’m crazy all right... for trying to help you!” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

We sat with our legs over the edge of the roof, surveying our Khaki Kingdom one last time. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

At the bottom edge of the lake and off to the right a short distance a river flowed south and east, and it was amazing to Brian how accurate the map had been. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby Gene sat on the edge of his bed, pulling on his socks. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Live steel is too dangerous. I will permit you tourney swords, with blunted edges." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

This began to set my teeth on edge. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He kicked over a few stones, as if searching for something, and edged off. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby walked slowly home, keeping to the edge of the woods, keeping out of sight. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

This was what she suspected about herself, as she looked in her green-tinted mirror, with its brown spot, and many-forked streak, and chipped edge — that she really was, after all, just wrong. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an edge to his voice, and his mouth twisted as if in exasperation. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Candy gives Safer a big grateful smile, and I notice that her teeth are a little purple around the edges. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She stopped to catch her breath on the wide avenue where the spiraling mansions of Park Slope met the edge of Prospect Park. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

When she bent down to pick up her litter, she spotted the maroon edge of a book jammed between the can and the wall. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I was about to cave in to the fear and go hide in my bed, when the flashlight beam landed on a small patch of sticky residue on the edge of the wraparound porch. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The tired rabbits fed and basked in the sunny meadow as though they had come no further than from the bank at the edge of the nearby copse. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His duct-taped boots were pulled off his feet and placed at the edge of the light where he sat. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Then she’d have eleven miles of running to the north edge of the island. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m just standing here, putting gel on my edges, but who wants their older brother sticking his nose in the bathroom while they’re getting ready? On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She liked everything neat and lined up so the edges matched. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They landed in droves around the parapet edges. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He turned into a snake and slithered over the edge. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She kissed me when she was finished, tossing the rough edges of my cut hair into the fire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Brian looked out to the side and saw a small pond and at the edge of the pond some large animal—he thought a moose—standing out in the water. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rub it, looking down to a frill of seaweed, bits of rope, and a broken lobster trap caught between the huge rocks at the water’s edge. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped out into the rain, back, out again, and then arranged herself on the threshold, just at the edge of dry ground. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I suppose,” he said, an edge to his voice, “you think he won’t come back?” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he taught me how to fold the dough over the filling and dab the edges with water before pressing the corners together. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We stand alone at the side of the road, trucks and shared taxis and minibuses edging around us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then she reached forward and handed me a small white napkin with an apple slice on it that had already turned brown on the edges. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately in front of him, Bigwig and Dandelion were staring out from the sheer edge of a high bank, and below the bank ran a stream. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that the trouble? IH soon settle her! “Now then!” he exclaimed, inarching to the edge of the ravine and waving his sword. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I edged over toward the window and stood on. my toes. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The outer edges of his eyebrows had turned up, just a touch. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She was by the edge of the pool now, nearest my chair. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I drop to the edge of my bedroll. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Sheepishly I sit down on the edge of my bed. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The route led down into a wooded valley with a chuckling stream edged with brittle ice, which the path followed for perhaps half a mile before taking us steeply up into denser woods. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Christina, sprawled across her cot with one long leg dangling over the edge, gives me a look. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

An arching wrinkle around its edge was my clue. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They stop at the edge of an irrigation canal. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was back at the jungle’s edge, his father’s voice was gone, and Kamau had stopped walking. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

We veered off 127, away from the ocean, and drove to the edge of the woods. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Kit had risen to her feet and stood clinging to the table’s edge. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

August slid up to the edge of her chair and opened her arms, the way she’d opened them to June that day they’d found May’s suicide letter. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Never was there a dogma more calculated to foster indolence, and to blunt the keen edge of curiosity," sniffed Lyell. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t much oomph left in the stuffing, and the edges were frayed. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I saw the carabiniere start for me, come through the edge of the column toward me, then felt him take me by the collar. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The razor voices of the cruel pretties set Tally’s teeth on edge. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The mist rolled back, unveiling a second ship, its shapes blurred at the edges, its colors dimmed by fog. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He leaned forward, inching to the edge of the cot and putting his forearms on his knees. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I edge up to the next line, repeating the name again. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It took us two months of steady traveling to get to the Thorn Mountains National Forest, but we found it; we’re under the edge of it right now. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Hawkers, girls much younger than I, defied the school gate men, edging closer and closer to the cars to offer peeled oranges and bananas and groundnuts, their moth-eaten blouses slipping off their shoulders. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Doon knew he was standing beneath the north edge of Ember. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Only a little; but it may be the thin edge of the wedge, the crack in the wall that will open, later, onto what? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Katrina had described his strong hands smoothing the wood and rounding its corners so that the coming baby would not be endangered by sharp edges. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t usually eavesdrop, but Halloween has put me on edge. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

They’d pause as if at the edge of deep water, and then start down the escalator, running, trying to match the apparent speed of the stairs. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The sword's single edge shimmered with exceeding sharpness, but I wished she'd brought a bazooka. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

For a moment, the man in black teetered at the ravine edge. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Anderson stayed and sat on the edge of the desk to warn us that a story would undoubtedly appear in the newspaper. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

We walk slowly to the edge of the grove. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

At the far end of the lawn, at the edge of the forest that surrounded the campus, were the baseball and football fields. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I set an old copy of The Last of the Mohicans back inside, I noticed something edged out, beyond the pages. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The others were fearless, leaping over the rocks, perching precariously on the edges. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Astrid stares at me, her pupils dilated, tears brimming over at the edges. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He removed a paper packet from the box, ripped open the edge, and shook out the see-through patch. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Officer Delinko edged forward, assuming that the sight of a police uniform would soften the fellow’s attitude. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will dropped to his belly for a closer look, his nose dangling over the edge as he gazed down, down, down into the fog. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

There are three rows of chairs on built-in platforms that edge around the sides of the classroom in a split hexagon shape. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Below, on the edge of the meadow, a creature fell transfixed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I turned around at the edge and gave him a little wave. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And afterward, in the small cabin, they’d do this, this tangle of bodies, this blurring of the edges that kept people distant and lonely. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I feel my toes curl over the edge. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Benny was crying as the flames burned the edge of the roof. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat moved steadily and when the first edge of the sun rose it was on the old man’s right shoulder. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scooted to the rear edge on the seat of my pants, ignoring Ayanna’s mocking look as I eased up next to her. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Before they reached the edge Bigwig, who was ahead of Silver, checked and crouched staring. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You guys can’t stay with your mother forever,” Maxine says when they are alone for a moment after the ceremony, upstairs in his room, sitting side by side on the edge of the bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Though Elena looked fully formed, the edges of her body gleamed as though made from starlight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A red-gold glow burst suddenly across the enchanted sky above them as an edge of dazzling sun appeared over the sill of the nearest window. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She hits her head against the edge of the table and falls. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Stepping to the edge of the rocky overhang, she looked for food. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

My hands hit the thin iron rails, but the edge of the car hits me in the gut. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A couple of littluns were playing at the edge, trying to extract comfort from a wetness warmer than blood. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I tucked my lips in, closed my heavy eyelids, and held tight to the edges of the wooden bed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Once within the woods, I decided to go to a high rock which stood near the forest edge and overlooked our village. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bill waited for me at the edge of the jungle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the river’s edge they filled forever jars riddled with holes, so that the water poured away and they must return to fill them again, and again see them drained dry. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she looked so on edge—her eyes darting every which way, landing on Ashish for a brief second, and then on Rishi, and then lifting off—that Dimple couldn’t bring herself to. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Malik walked over to the edge of the pool, knelt down, lifted a door hidden in the patio’s tile, and pressed a button. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They kept holding hands as they edged slowly toward Hibiscus, dread bubbling in their chests. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Everything around me looks blurred at the edges, as if I'm sprinting. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

They jump from faded paint on the wall to frayed edges on the quilt cover to a David Letterman bobble-head on top of a stack of magazines, on top of an old record player. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The other mother followed her about, looking at Coraline with a smirk always hovering at the edge of her lips. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I pass through another car, trying to avoid the limbs that stick out from under bunks, the arms that spill over their edges. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Inside the jar, just below the edge of the label, Sophie could see the putting-to-sleep dream lying peacefully on the bottom, pulsing gently, sea-green like the other one, but perhaps a trifle larger. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look over the edge of the windowsill. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was certain that Uncle Jet wasn’t watching him, he tied the bow guard back onto his wrist and walked to the edge of the light of the light post. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

All night long, the box in the attic called to me, as if an invisible fishing line connected my fingertips to its cardboard edge. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Arya peered over the edge and felt the cold black breath on her face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I sprint across our grass to the edge of the lawn closest to Olly’s house. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Anya wiped away an errant tear that ran down her cheek as Zvezda leaned in and nibbled on the edge of the letter. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Cara sat up on the edge of her seat to see what would happen. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t terribly high—thirty feet or so—but it was steep and very unstable, the edge loose and soft from the rain. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the lawn, the Laistrygonians were stacking bronze cannonballs. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She remembered small moments, and these moments came to her now: A birthday cake cradled in her mother’s hands, with white peaks of frosting and animal crackers around the edges. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

As her men drew closer to my edge, I felt myself growing light. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the pigeon owner, a youth of seventeen, stood on the edge of the roof with a long bamboo stick. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leapt aside, cutting my hand on the serrated edge of a punctured tank. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The curious zigs and zags of the proposed division gave Permian a clear edge over Odessa High in the number of blacks assigned to go there based on where they lived. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peering into the gloom, he saw that the path was edged by a steep drop into rocky darkness, and he rolled the Skraeling’s body over. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gran made the best biscuits: warm, fluffy dough with a fine layer of crisp butteriness along the edges. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Z spotted Mr. Casey walking from the faculty parking lot toward the school, and he gripped the edge of the window frame. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A red needle ticked along the edges as it spun, making a cheerful clattering noise, then slowly the wheel came to a stop. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As Katz shifted, the edge of the blade sliced into my cheek. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And yet, I think right now the best place for me to be is the chasm between the tattered edges of life as we knew it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Slopper sat at the edge of the tent, the blankets still pulled tight around his cheeks. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The edge in my voice is impossible to miss, but I'm not sorry. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He said the best place would be the Tombs of the Ancient Kings on the very edge of the desert. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Wilted yellowing plants and dried-up flowers planted in coffee cans lined the edges of the porch. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

While I’m trying to think what that means and how I should act—maybe throw up or something—Finnick has positioned himself at the edge of the water. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They made their way around the edge of the yard, staying in the shadows, keeping an eye on Dragon. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

We all walk outside and pause at the edge of the sidewalk. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The outer edges were fringed with yellow and brown, but inside, it was dark green and thick, the leaves hadn't started to fall. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

There was much pushing and shoving as the meerkats behind vied to reach the pond’s edge. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Next thing I knew, I was hanging off the edge of the porch roof, swinging in the air above the front steps. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a second she wondered if she’d slipped into the book, if she and Archer were now bound for the edge of the world and the strange starving days ahead. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And then they lost their edges altogether and became blurry blankety things that she had a great deal of trouble making any sense out of at all. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the jungle, he stopped. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Good folks, with a little edge to them, as my mother puts it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Light Hair and his bay horse soon reached the edge of the village. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

She grabbed me so hard I yelled—and the visitors moved to the edge of my camp at my cry. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all he saw was a straight pencil line of canal going violet through a wide shallow valley penned by low, eroded hills, and on until it fell over the sky’s edge. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the voice that answered Jen’s father carried only the slightest edge of doubt. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had to squeeze on to the edge of a bench with half my butt hanging off. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She sits down on the edge of the bed. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Blanca sat down on the edge of the sofa next to me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The town was an odd melting-pot of agriculture and industry located on the periphery of the southern California boom, a place that felt out on the edge. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

A smile was playing around the edges of his lips. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He ran his fingers around the edge, searching for a place where the powerjack could get purchase. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I held on to the edge of the pond. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The woman raises her voice, on the edge of yelling. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Certainly I will, since you ask so nicely,” said Minya, matching her gracious tone with just an edge of mockery. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I could still see the edge of her striped dress poking out from under the pile of her skin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They held stones pulled up from the edge of Mrs. Fuller’s flower bed. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I shouted at Tilly because she was tap dancing at the edge of the dock, getting ready to jump in, and I didn’t want her to come. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The man’s eyes had been burned out, the edges of his face crinkled and red. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In the older days, Arab men wore long, flowing robes and cloaks with golden edges, but suits had sneaked into their closets now. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Of all her relatives, her father’s sister came closest to setting Jean Louise’s teeth permanently on edge. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She walked to her desk and sat on the edge. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

With a shimmer of silver at the edges. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She positioned the nail near the edge of the beer cap. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

One was tall and gangly with bushy black eyebrows peeking from the edge of his backward ball cap. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A few students had gathered at the edges of the plaza and in the rock garden, passing the time before supper. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tongues explored the edges of words, especially the fat vowels. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would buy one pack of those thin blades and glue razors onto the edges of our kites. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Nailer balanced on the ledge, on the edge of decision. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

As they skirted the western edge of the camp, Reyna took in the scene. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Back at the edge of the small stream he had crossed, Matty found what he needed as a tool: a bit of rock with a sharp edge. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

About half an hour after he left they heard the braying of the mule at the edge of the woods. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She crawled toward the edge of the terrace and lay over it, her chest against the metal, and peered over the edge. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

By the time they’d exhausted their imaginative spending, it was almost noon and they were back on the edge of Southside. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Always nervous before a fight. Means I'm on edge. Ready." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glamdring shone with a pale light, and Sting glinted at the edges. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She had both hands clenched onto the edge of the counter, as if she needed to hold on. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

He edges closer, bordering on friendly for the first time. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Ruby worried about Bloom, he always seemed so on edge— And then she wondered if everyone had signed her petition only in a moment of euphoria. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I thought he meant me, but then I saw the spiders were leaving the jar, crawling over the thick edge and down toward the earth to safety. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The spectacles fall, hit the edge of the ladder, and topple to the pavement. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on the edge of the cot and drew the chair forward so that he could reach the food. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nights watching TV together, gasping when MacGyver was hanging on the edge of a cliff and sighing with relief when he rescued himself. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was fear that, in the context of survival, was doing what fear was meant to do; all my edges were left sharp. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The yellow VW spun twice before coming to a stop at the edge of the cliff. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

His hands were clasped in his lap, his eyes focused somewhere around the edge of the stage. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She plops down on the edge of her mattress. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Mamá sat at the edge of the bed and gently placed her hand on my forehead. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Quentyn edged forward slowly, moving the torch from side to side. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We took a breather underneath the George Washington Bridge, at the river’s edge. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He checks his rearview and side mirrors, trying to edge out safely. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I moved to sit on the edge of the water trough, but the thick planking crumbled under my weight like a rotten stump. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her mother catches hold of the white plastic ring and hauls it to the edge. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As soon as he cleared the edge of the hatch door, three shots rang out in quick succession. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Her mother sat behind her on the edge of the narrow bed, loosed the dark brown hair, and brushed it to a gloss. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey sat on the edge of the dock, hanging her feet over the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cruz was standing at the edge of the room, where the side of the house had been ripped away. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Another woman from the morning bioloaf group leans at the lake’s edge, observing the purple glow of a swarm of water butterflies where the pale floor normally would be. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He ran his hands over the edge of the concrete steps out of habit, but it immediately felt wrong. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Without effort the front half of his body rose in the air and his forepaws came to rest on the rolled-up edge of the tarpaulin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, they were louder, and now she could make out dark shapes moving along the edge of her vision. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I sit on the bed, a foot away from Adam, with my feet dangling over the edge. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I touched him; his body was rigid and his hair was still on edge. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It spread into a blotch that reached to the edges of my vision. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed some tall weeds aside and jumped over the shallow ditch that ran along the edge of the road. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It still wasn’t easy to talk about this, even with Dimple’s presence turning everything pink and soft around the edges. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He still wasn’t moving much, so I slipped the rest of the way down the hill behind some boulders, until I was at the edge of the open space of snow. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can still help, Bast,” Kote said as he made his way to his room and sat heavily on the edge of his narrow bed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I look over my shoulder from where I sit on the balcony's edge. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

First, he skirted the edge of the marsh near the house. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran her finger along the edge of my collar, so her nail touched the skin of my throat. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two colored men sat down on an iron bench a little away from the most crowded part, but not the edge. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the fifth kick, the edge of the little door split and swung open. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

That afternoon Frightful toured the backyards, the tumbling buildings in town, and dumps at its edges. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It bounces, bumpity-bump, right across the stage like a rubber ball, and falls off the edge. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bending down, he felt along the edge of the carpet near the wall for the pine bar—part of a music stand he had hidden there that afternoon. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt along the edge of the bed. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They reached the edge of the flowers, a dense growth of trees and brush that started at the foot of a towering mountain. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Grandma was completing the edge of a great round box of birchbark, one that she would use to store her red willow kinnikinnick. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Piggy and Ralph came to the edge of the grassy platform; and the boys, as they noticed them, fell silent one by one till only the boy next to Jack was talking. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

We found them everywhere in caches in the tall grass at the edge of the patch. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used the edge of my mantilla to wipe the sweat on my face as I followed behind Maria Teresa and Minerva, Mama and Dede close behind me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes her voice takes on a hard edge when she talks about her little girl. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He saw what lived beyond the edges of the things your eyes took in. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She sat on the edge of the fountain for a minute. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She was covered in soot and her dress was charred at the edges, but at least she seemed more or less together. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the heath stood a clump of hoary juniper bushes. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking back from far down the road, the boy would see her watching at the edge of the porch. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before I came to the door of the first room I noticed that a lot of the flowers were droopy and brown at the edges. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Just below the collar of the satin dress, the edge of a white bandage covers up the exit wound of the bullet that killed her. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Then the sky opened up, all jagged along the edges, and the light just pourin’ through it, bright as dawn. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He murped, then went to the edge of the overgrowth and stood there agitatedly, waiting for me to follow, glaring at me like I was an idiot who didn’t know how to take a hint. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

We sit side by side on the edge of the patio, our toes in the grass. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, a worker cut a strip off the edge, divided it into squares, and put each through a series of rigorous tests. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu did not move, rolling the edge of the apron around his finger. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

To the east and west were more mountains, great jagged peaks thrusting sharply upward, their scarps piled high with snow and raked by the wind into bladelike edges as sharp as scimitars. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I stamped out the few that were still edged in red and threatening to flame up again. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baker sat on the edge of her desk. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

One side of the person's face was purple, and bulged out in a shapeless way, shading to green along the edges, and then to a sallow yellow. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Her brown hair was short and straight, uneven around the edges as if maybe she had cut it herself and hadn’t tried too hard to make it come out right. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I turned it over in my hands, one of its sharp edges cut my finger. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It hesitated for a moment, wobbling there on the edge of oblivion, and then pitched decisively forward and fell, tumbling end over end in beautiful balletic slow-motion. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The rest of the crowd looked on from above or below on the stairs, and I stood on the lower edge. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks toward the doorway as the sedative sets in, making everything blur at the edges. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It is a town on the edge of the high rocks of Overfell, and its name means Falcon’s Nest. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

My breath hitched when Babou leaned over the edge of the roof to reach the farthest leaves of his fig trees. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He let me go, then turned and squelched out of the marsh to the edge. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When I woke it was the sound of the rocket exploding that announced the release of the bulls from the corrals at the edge of town. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Such was the razor’s edge of right and wrong that texting and driving played at the time; it seemed possible to view Reggie and his actions through different lenses. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And one of the girls—graceful in all things, even in this—slipped right off the edge. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She heaped a mound of it in the middle of my plate, where it quivered, its watery edges green where they met the blue. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She sighs, touching the edge of her glasses. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Spoon Man cleared his throat and shifted to the edge of his chair. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The door’s edge creaks and with a suctioned pop, shifts backward. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the edge of the sofa, swinging his legs, that half-smile on his lips. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Jorgenson’s tongue flicked out, moving along the edge of his mustache, then slipped away. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t she... ugly?” someone asked from the edge of the crowd. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I found a stick in the treeline at the edge of the field and began driving the cattle home. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last I came to the place where it opens into a meadow right at the edge of a low sea cliff. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I get to our table, Sara is pulling at the edge of her sleeve. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He eventually settles on the green canister of powdered Comet, a bleach-based multipurpose cleaner, and goes to set it on the edge of the bathtub. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The idea of leaping out of a moving train onto a rooftop, knowing there is a gap between the edge of the roof and the edge of the track, makes me want to throw up. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Only when the moon began to rise—the edge of its great disc growing brighter and brighter on the skyline below and behind them—did he at last beg Holly to hurry. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mood of high tension around her affected her and put her on the edge of her seat. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The voice came from a man who sat apart from the rest, wrapped in shadow at the edge of the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Thank God, there it is,” she said, plucking her wallet off the edge of the counter. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He kicked the blade of the shovel under the edge of the boards and stopped and got his lighter out. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

We stopped at the edge of one of his fields and left our bicycles in the grass. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Cut to Henry, stepping back from the edge. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Next, Steve fit a wig of long, dark brown hair over Liddy’s head and snipped the edges to make it look natural. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He looked for a path, but there was none, not even around the outside edge. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

My mom would edge the car slowly through the crowds and around blockades made of flaming tires. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I knew some edge of it was jagged, but I couldn’t figure out which one, until I snagged a memory of eerie green coyotes with white eyes. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Henry spluttered, already scrambling for the river’s edge. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed the curtains open, and there was Norton holding a large white pig, which he brought down suddenly on a table edge, knocking its head off. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Rainbow Race, Latinos from the blackest of black to the bluest eyes and blondest hair, all splashing their multihued complexion at the edge of Central Park. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I held Nan’s hand and rested my forehead on the edge of the gurney. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Then they stood in a row at the edge of the chasm, Doon in the middle holding Poppy’s hand and Lina’s. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on the edge of my bed and leaned close, her brown eyes bright with curiosity. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

His twisted foot stumbled against Mother’s jar, and he fell with a shriek over the edge of the platform. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The commotion startled a heron hunting frogs along the edge of the river. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a quiet sort of desperation in his voice as he addressed his six fellow team members in the chilly locker rooms on the edge of the darkening Quidditch field. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the woods I call out for Mango. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Jonathan looked over at the edge of the field, where his father’s flintlock musket leaned against a stump. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the filter mask, he started coughing as powder leaked in around the poorly sealed edges. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They knew she was behind it, though, because of the brightness that shone about its thick dark edge. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Finn stabbed the ground with his shovel, stamped down on the edge to bury it deeper. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Daniel walks to the edge of the roof and looks out at the city. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Dodgers finally edged the Bronx Bombers, 9 to 8. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

At night she dreamed of the dry smoothness of the sheaf, the painful bite of the edge. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Shoji is sitting on the edge of a low wall when I pick him up from tae kwon do. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The blind man sensed the breeze entering the open windows and lifting an edge of the tapestry on the wall. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Pike thought to look up just as I was pouring the bucket of dreg onto him from the edge of the low roof above. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Increase all dimensions by one, and you have the situation that may apply to us: the universe as a four-dimensional hypersphere with no center and no edge, and nothing beyond. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, he walked along the road’s edge, sure that when another patrol went by, he’d have enough warning to take cover. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When we reached the cliffs overlooking it, we found the rest of the children in a thick patch of sawgrass near the edge. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The edges of Nyame’s fists began to glow white-hot, and before things got any worse, I had to step in again. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He sat on the edge of the unmade bed and gnawed savagely at the broken, dirty ends of his fingernails. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then she held the braid tighter on one edge, and kept on sewing it around and around. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

My ‘long-horned’ relatives, the ones who have long curvy feelers coming out of their heads, make their music simply by rubbing the edges of their two top wings together. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t have to look over my shoulder to know that we are nearing the edge of the circle’s border; a few more steps and I will lose this. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Those with eyes had seen it burn and burn, understood that they were on the edge of a desert now. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My back to the fire, I sit on the edge of the bed, opening my binder. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And after a while he saw at the faint outermost edge of the light a shadow that came towards him over the sand. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She crept to the edge of the hallway and pressed herself against the wall. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I try to shake the thought from my mind, but I can’t help peering around the edges of the space. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I told myself to let go, and my arm jerked up as though it meant to obey, except my fingers were still clenched tightly around the ashtray’s edge. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I found us a site on the edge of the clearing, almost in the woods, off by ourselves. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The weight mercifully lifted from her shoulders, and Tally pulled herself over the edge. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Murray sits on the edge of the desk and sets my phone beside her. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Charlie smiled nervously and sat down on the edge of the bed. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The White River runs right along the edge of town and all the way across the state and over to the Mississippi. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

What remained was the artificial lake and island with its two stone bridges supporting the driveway, and, by the waters edge, a crumbling stuccoed temple. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I sit on the edge a the park, in the grass under the streetlight. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes of searching, he found a familiar figure leaning over the edge, staring down into the black water below. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I walk slowly to the roof’s edge and take a seat on the icy stone, dangling my legs off the side. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She sits sideways on the edge of the hospital bed. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He grew hotter, tighter; his nerves were taut and his teeth were on edge. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

At nine-thirty he was sitting on the edge of his bed looking at his watch. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Later, as we all watch the sun slide down the western edge of the great escarpment, we sit in thoughtful silence. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he’s up and standing at the edge, where only a knee-high metal guardrail keeps him from falling to the ground. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were red and blurry around the edges, as if she’d been sleeping for a thousand years. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was always on the edge of groups. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then will you take off my edge?” he whispered. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the park two Jackboots stood talking and smoking cigarettes. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Angrily Matthias slammed his dagger point deep into the edge of the rubble heap. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Urvashi and Hanuman were perched at the edge of their thrones, their eyes wide. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Edwin picked at the rough edge of the table with his thick chipped thumbnail. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It was a small place tucked away at the edge of the vast Jongwe estate. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drive into town as the sun edges up the sky. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I also see the body of a guard, his arm dangling over the edge of a stair, and standing over him, a factionless man with an eye patch. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The logic of sleep pulls at me, but all my edges are too sharp. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The sharp edge of a rock loomed up, and he knew no more. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Nearer to the rosebush, on the edge of the woods, stood a hickory tree, its scaly bark like a ladder inviting her to climb. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Drum hopped into a huckleberry patch at the edge of the cliff and lay down on his stomach. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I reach my hand to the side, but I can barely touch the edge of my book bag hanging on my chair. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Bridge moved the box to the edge of the counter. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She plods along by my side to the edge of Marlena’s dressing tent and then waits patiently as Grady and Bill untie the bottom of the sidewall from the stakes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Finally he found an opening and delivered an edge blow that would have sorely wounded Falconer except that he absorbed its force with the hem of his cloak. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden edge to his voice. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

And he moved his next white piece to the adjoining square on the edge of the board. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She paints pictures to hang in the hallways and makes rows of shells along the edges of the countertops. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He flung Mrs. Patterson in an arc at the water’s edge. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Yep,” said Bunny proudly, running his finger along the edge of his glass. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She pried at the edges of my sentences to get me to say something more. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We witnessed a bust of King dealers at the other edge of the park. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He stopped to ask the curly-haired girl a question, his voice tilting up at the edge of his words—with tension or hurry, V could not be sure. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

We were hanging out in a skate park at the edge of the Meadowlands. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“No one ever understands performance art when it’s on the cutting edge.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Switching the ashtray over to his left hand, he went up to the night table and, with the edge of his right hand, swept his father’s cigarette stubs and ashes into the ashtray. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Folds within folds, corners and edges both containing and being contained: its inside was everywhere and its outside was everywhere else. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But Presto was always on the lookout for ever-freakier performers and knew I’d give him an edge over his competitors on the Strip. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A maple at the edge of the meadow had literally blown up. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max pauses at all the steep edges along the trail and throws pebbles down into the sea. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It’s like I’m losing him already, and it sets me way on edge. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He’s staring raptly forward, with straight posture and a smile edging his lips. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ballard drummed his fingers along the edge of his desk. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At first we take turns having naps in the shadowy edge of the jungle, but by late afternoon everyone is awake and restless. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he finished he was still hungry, but the edge was gone and his legs didn’t feel as weak as they had. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

They checked the sign on the edge of the parking lot. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When the Sillingtons first settled in Clarion County, before there was a state road parallel to the lake, they owned all the land down to the water's edge. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

That first day, after girding up his coinage for horns, Tyrion had lain flat on his stomach and squirmed to the edge, to poke out his head and look down. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"I was Ghost, I was on the edge of the mountain looking down an a frozen river, and something attacked me. A bird ... an eagle, I think . . Squire Dalbridge smiled. " A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the cobblestones was a bit of well-manured earth where a lovely rose bush grew and a row of bright red geraniums. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stop near the edge of the lot, and Vivi immediately begins to giggle. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Alvin Hooks began his cross-examination by perching himself on the edge of the prosecutor’s table and crossing his well-shined shoes in front of him as though he were relaxing on a street corner. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Behind the velvet rope rises a flight of stairs edged with blinking lights. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I knew Gus and Bertha were watching me cut off that pointed piece and push it to the edge of my plate, but they didn’t say anything. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I walked to the edge of the dining room. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I yank my hammer from my belt and smash each of the hand-and footholds I’m using as I make my way along the bridge’s edge. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The tall man stood at the edge of the porch. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up close to the front door I can see through the edges around the frosted glass design. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The baker sits awkwardly on the edge of one of the plush chairs. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“The innkeeper told me that she lives in a house on the edge of town,” Taisin said, but beneath her briskness was a note of trepidation. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The edge of the glacier was jagged, a series of huge steps torn from the earth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Timothy said that the sand in the sea water acted like a grindstone on the sharp edges of the coral. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we are the last ones sitting there, just the two of us at the edge of the pool, the teacher with the whistle comes over to us. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Celaena reentered the bedroom, yawning, and stood on the edge of the mattress to tuck the makeshift weapon into one of the folds of the partial canopy over the bed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He reached down and touched the edge of the knife. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Her headphones were snapped in half and hanging from the edge of the bunk. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

A layer of smoke hovers perpetually over the water’s edge. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Running down the wooden steps at Seaside, I see Ronan at the water’s edge. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t start anything! He’s the one who put the school on edge. Can’t say anything anymore without someone going all PC on you,” Will countered. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She walked to the edge of the aerie. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He sits on the edge of the bed and I stand in front of him, and we’re finally eye to eye. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I went over and picked up one of the shells, a pretty white one, flat with yellow around the edges. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time they reached the edge of the trees they could hear the fire, a deep and greedy roar. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby stood on the edge of the raft and cupped both hands around her mouth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The edges of her nostrils were inflamed and rabbity, and she reached up to wipe her nose with a red-taloned hand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The edge plunged into the sea, hundreds of feet below, with sheets of frost constantly crumbling into the water. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was a dome of snow with only the edges and tips of the leaves scattered green across the white. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the box Patrolman Mancuso found two withered pieces of doughnut out of which, judging by their moist edges, the jelly had been sucked. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mummie has on her pearls, the napkins are neatly rolled in the napkin rings instead of crumpled in under edges of the plates. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

By now they were at the edge of the common land. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The conversation was awkward, and the humor had a dark edge to it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I flounder through the water, the edges of the ice breaking off as I step. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The narrow path had opened suddenly onto the edge of a great black lake. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

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

They trim the edges of spongy Bermuda grass lawns and attack the grubs, fire ants, and weeds. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

When the barn was burned to a pile of glowing coals, the men asked Jethro to draw water from the stock well to throw around the edges of the coals. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so, in a shocked silence, the column of the dead began their journey along the edge of the abyss. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I scootch to the edge of my seat and reach for my walker. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The only sound was the faint grating of the mercenary’s finger bones grinding against the bare edges of the blade. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, here we go,” my mom said, with a sharp edge to her voice. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Their walk was catlike, a gait that seemed constantly on the edge of shifting into a crouch. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Its edge is a scar, another border to cross. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it isn’t ‘edge,’ maybe it’s something else. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the first floor, all of the chairs are covered in white cloth and tied across the back with flowing pine-green ribbon that has silver piped along the edges. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t see a clown or a giraffe or a heart or even popcorn; they’re just gray shifting to darker gray and then back out to edges of white where the sky seems to disappear. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The tea takes the edge off my dizziness, and I sit up. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Both of us are always on the edge of the couch for every third down, me eating those cheese puffs and him drinking his soda. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

On the further edge of this broad hill-back they stayed their march and crawled for hiding underneath a tangled knot of thorns. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Tally gripped the edge of the table, trying not to show any emotion. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The city sprawls across seventy-eight square miles, stretching from the shallow, salty estuary at the edge of San Francisco Bay to the undulating green-and-gold hills where bobcats and coyotes roam. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She lingered near the edge of the road until it was dark. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted the flap and saw the edges of bills—there must have been a hundred of them—open like a fan. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He sat on the edge of the bed, nervously bouncing his leg and holding his ears in frustration. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He pointed at the coffeepot in the sand at the edge of the coals, and then at the meat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The woman returned the paper to the pile and tapped the edges of the stack to make it tidy. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In other ways it was edged with unique uncertainties.. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Earl’s large bald head pokes around the edge of the doorframe. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then we take a right and start following the river downhill, keeping away from the rushes at the water’s edge. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

You don't scoot to the edge of the bed and look down to make sure the floor is there. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

The teapot shivered and slid to the edge of the tray. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He pointed over to the edge of the pitch, close to where Hermione was sitting. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She sat down on the edge of my bed. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“And that’s the problem. But I think...I think this will either push her to finally get help or push her over the edge. I hope it’s the former.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“You needn’t use a rude tone, Matty,” Jean said with an edge in her voice. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Did I sense an edge of disbelief creeping into his voice? A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The edge of her celluloid visor hit him in the throat. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell it was the Sentinel because one ripped edge read “do Sentinel May 6, 2.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

At the top of the block were the words Tear here to open and a black arrow pointing to the edge of the plastic. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Over time, as inherited wealth smoothed the rough edges, their descendants morphed into American high society and evolved a signature style of living based on understatement and old- fashioned patrician values. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The hard edge to his voice is gone. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

My father lands on the roof, so close to the edge that I gasp. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He especially couldn’t see how battling the magistrate wore Mama down the same way fat wore the edge off a blade. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Cholly edged around to where they stood, hardly believing he was at the end of his journey. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk along the edge of the meeting area, squeezing past the Amity who are on their feet and hopping over hands and outstretched legs. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There are no coordinates, no way of directing rescuers to a particular place, no pointers to towns just off the map’s edge. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nana, who was sitting stiffly on the edge of her seat, relaxed when she saw him cry. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something about it was familiar, right on the edge of his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I turned to where black smoke spilled out over the road, coating the hill’s grass and hidden edges in a thick, ugly blanket. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In the time it took my eyes to focus, he was twenty feet away, standing at the edge of the small meadow, in the deep shade of a huge fir tree. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He’s standing at the edge of the sidewalk a few feet away. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She went to the edge of the roof. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I sprint toward the edge of the circle, where there is a table. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Gods in their natural state are about twenty feet tall, so I could just reach the edge of the seat if I stretched my arms. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When the doors swung shut behind me it was as black as the inside of a sack, with only a faint hint of reddish sympathy light coming around the edges of the door behind me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a hand—a bloody hand—hanging over the edge of the crater. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

It looked fresh and bore the name Stephen—the n extra small and right at the edge because the carver hadn’t estimated well how much room he’d need. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Madge edged closer to them, as if she wanted to supervise their progress. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I sat on the edge of the small couch, my guitar at my feet. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“That edge, there,” said his dæmon’s butterfly voice. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“There she is,” Redd said, finally stopping at the edge of the pier, arms akimbo like a proud father. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Janae and I pull it out and lay it across the sun-warmed tar, away from the edge of the building where only two feet of brick and concrete keep us from open sky. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

So I figured I could always outrun Chas if he ever went over the edge and came after me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I stumbled over a book in the walkway and had to catch myself on the edge of a table. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Remembering my manners, I took nice little ladylike bites off the edges. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fragmented images flittered at the edge of memory. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Everybody sat on the edge of they chairs with straight backs. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Time sefems to slow down until finally that huge blazing ball looks like it’s just hanging there, balanced on the far edge of the earth. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

With slow, careful motions, I scoot to the edge of the bed. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The Washington Park racetrack sat on a verdant strip of land along the city’s southwestern edge, within walking distance of both the Fair’s Midway Plaisance and the University of Chicago. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Meet me at the jungle's edge just after midnight?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She was curled on the edge of the sofa, her shoes still on like maybe she had only meant to take a little nap. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to ask how we were planning to reach the ground when I saw Olive float into view past the edge of the roof. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Lexie pulled into a spot at the edge of the lot and handed the keys to Pearl. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That look from the two of them was enough to unnerve me, pushing me back from the edge of tears. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had to fold the photograph on one edge to make it fit, but I made sure the fold didn’t touch Amanda. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It moves in the same way that Olympus moves. It always exists on the edges of civilization. But the fact that it is here, on this mountain, is not good.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The fish paused at the edge of the net. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Shusgis, my jovial host, a heavy man, a substantial man, he too was somehow, around the corners and edges, a little vague, a little, just a little bit unreal. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I went down the grassed hill, slipping in the frost to the edge of the dark pool. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. They have really been putting him on edge lately,” Mumtaz said. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A storybook might have held the secret of azoth, and knowledge of stories might have earned him a place in the party, but he hardly thought that tales would give him an edge now. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then I moved quickly, my body like glass inside as I skipped downward off the edges of the stairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He squeezed out white goo along the edges of the door, careful not to let any touch his fingers. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When we got out of her car, I saw that Mr. Castellan had been standing at the edge of his property, watching us through the metalwork on his fence. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Everything in the world had a strong rattle, sharp and short like Stew Beef vibrating the drum head near the edge with his fingers. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She sat on the edge of my bed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We have settled in the middle of an open field that sits at the edge of a forest. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I get one eye at the edge of the bricks to see if I’m being followed, I catch a flash of a policeman’s dark blue hat with the gold around its brim. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They walked on the edge of a steep place and their eyes were sightless—God would cause them to rush down, as the herd of swine had once rushed down, into the sea. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Miles went straight for a ledge created by the edge of the porch roof. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I thought Tobias would come by now,” I say, dropping to the edge of my cot. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I glanced down at my hands and saw the ragged edges of my cuticles. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

A large pot with beans was hanging by the edge of the fire. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was their paleness that set us on edge. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He tore the joint apart and buried two large hunks in the sandy soil at the river’s edge, and then marked the caches. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Around the edge of the circular greenhouse, plants and trees grow in troughs of water or small pools. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The edges of the sliding glass doors light up as we approach it, and when we step inside, two attendants bow at us from either side of the entrance. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She sits on the edge of the hole, her backpack secure around her shoulders, and drops. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But my bewildered expression pushed him over the edge, and he broke into a roar of laughter. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He quickly brought the jar to his mouth and licked the sploosh off the jagged edges before it spilled. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Disappointment had put an edge to Judith’s tongue. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

One morning I was at the edge of the meadow. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hold on to the counter edge, wait for my heart to stop hammering. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The president stands on the edge of a career-ending scandal, measures her breaths evenly, and waits for her son to answer. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She would alight just before the edge of the wood and unfurl herself. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Some people around Welch cut tires into two semicircles, painted them white, and used them as edging for their gardens. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It rises perhaps twelve meters and then unfolds as if by magic into a simple T. A high house on the edge of the sea. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He stopped at the edge of town and saw no one. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as soon as we got to the edge of the woods, Takumi turned away from the dirt road. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

"You been to the masjid lately?" asked Daoud as he worked his way carefully around the edge of a window. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Actually, when we did reach the sea, we found we were standing on a road carved into a cliff edge. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I tapped the Record icon at the edge of my display so that whatever happened next would be stored in a vidcap file I could play back and study later. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Here and there one edge of the ruptured skin rose over the other, revealing its fatty layers, and little obtrusions like miniature bunches of red grapes forced up from the fissure. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Hazel moved close to Fiver and quietly edged him away from the others, feeding as he went. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crater it left behind was so colossal that if you stood on one edge you would only just be able to see the other side on a good day. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

That he had sat quietly by the water’s edge and dreamed dreams? Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

A little more than a decade later, the rosy picture was fraying around the edges. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then back in my cell I would sit on the edge of my bunk with my journal spread open across my knees and try to capture their stories with my own words. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

For herself and for Father, she made tea, using water from a copper teakettle that she must have already boiled and set at the edge of the stove to keep hot. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We crowded near the edge of the barge. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Her hands were folded majestically in her lap—she’d set her husband’s letters on the coffee table—and she was perched with great dignity on the edge of her chair, blinking calmly at her daughter. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Thalia backed Luke to the edge of a cliff, but still they fought on, next to the golden coffin. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Lita swung her legs off the edge of the bed and clutched the side table, looking queasy. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she saw Sam’s head coming over the edge of the mill-house roof. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the edge of the pool. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The man was sitting in a rattan chair, his parents perched on the edge of the twin bed where her brother slept at night. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I reached around and added to the pyramid’s edge. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Then Volkheimer urges him back and climbs halfway up the ruined staircase and begins whaling away at the edges of the hole with a piece of rebar. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When I touched the edge of the landing, I laboriously sat up and levered myself down the stairs one at a time, too weak to walk. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She led him in and he sat on the edge of the bed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The group convened by the edge of a creek and shared some whiskey. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He thought he was so smooth, but I could see his sharp edges. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But she kept losing her grip on the edge of the boat and being flung sideways. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In his bedroom after he had said his good night, Aron sat on the edge of his bed and peered down at his hands cupped between his knees. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The crab moves sideways, running for the edge, but hits Ronan’s foot. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

With the edge of my fingernail, I eased the gun back inside the tower, uncovered. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

One of his front teeth, I noticed, was edged all the way round with gold, and his hair was slicked down with so much hair-cream that it glistened like butter. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the edge of my bed and started responding to his text. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

A policeman tried to talk him away from the edge but Mack didn’t respond. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bit of light crept in around the edges of the closed blinds, illuminating the shape in the bed. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Daddy and Momma were perched on the side of their bed, and the Captain sat on the edge of the only other chair. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked to stand at the edge of the light and waited. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jefferson’s enthusiasm for the French Revolution, despite its wild and bloody excesses, pushed Adams over the edge. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The old man squeezed the lump into a disk, then bent up the edges; the moon became a shallow cup. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned back the hem and noticed that the narrow lace edge of her slip was diamond-shaped in design. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I parked Rocinante about ninety-five yards away but also on the lake’s edge. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guy’s built like a bear, but he stood there, with his hands on his hips, thumbs forward, kicking at the edge of the Dumpster like he was checking a tire for air. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Grass and weeds were sprouting around the edges, but putting his hand against the crack, he could feel a draft of air rising from below. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t used to seeing him look so small now, reaching with his fingertips for the book at the far edge of the shelf. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Cramp stayed where he was, sitting on the edge of the coffee table, not giving me a whole lot of room to maneuver. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Silently they edged into the hall and crept toward the door to the living room. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the edge of my bed, I pulled on a pair of clean socks. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boys on the edge of the crowd jumped up and down. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, Toby could just make out the hazy outline of the sign on the lawn’s edge. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Snape set off around the edge of the room, speaking now in a lower voice; the class craned their necks to keep him in view. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They were emerging out of the darkness from every direction, gliding around the edges of the lake.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

My father was on the edge of his seat, looking like he was dying to pepper her with questions. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I breathe in the difference of being on this earth now and maybe not tomorrow, the precipitous edge of something new for me but as ancient as the beginning of time. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But she walked straight over to the group and lurked briefly at the edges. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He followed it to its source at the edge of the wood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She'd climbed down with Henry and was back at the top before him, the rest of us waiting at the edge, cold wind, jitters, springing to hoist her up; dead? is he...? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

On the edge of the roof, overlooking the street, was this chick. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Kufa sent her to fetch more bananas from the grove at the edge of the village. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, is it true? Is Baltimore County really gone? Had we ever gotten an edge on the shambler plague, or was that all just some Survivalist nonsense?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He rose and moved with his awkward gait into the edge of the foggy meadow. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

This was the one piece of information that put me over the edge. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the nilas is disturbed by wind, the ice forms rounded discs called pancakes, which look something like white lily pads with their edges turned up. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I gripped the chain-link fence and edged down the mountain until I stood on the precipice of the ditch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

While he spread out a thin, woven blanket at the edge of the chamber, Boots tried to teach Temp and Tick to play Patty-Cake. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Vaguely, I noticed Maribel standing at the edge of the show. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Lloyd bounced up the aisle to where the girls were sitting, perching on the edge of a nearby seat. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I watch as he files his nails down by scraping them with the edge of his knife. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

There was a fuzziness in the sky, especially around the edges. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Their pace was glacial, slow enough to set Sefia’s teeth on edge, to make her jump at every branch snapping, every rustle of movement. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The commander sat on the edge of a desk in front of her. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She was still wearing that absurdly short nightgown, which slid up her thighs as she propped her feet on the edge of the table. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His eyes are so dark they look black, and they slant a little at the edges. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The train tracks curve, and when they line up with the edge of the roof, I shout, “Jump!” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Her and Grandpa’s house was on Court Street, on the edge of the black neighborhood. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you—you have the donkey, and the little house on the edge of the desert.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Siobhan read the book during morning break when she has a cup of coffee and sits at the edge of the playground with the other teachers. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Clinging for dear life to the rope, he launched himself over the edge of the eaves. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Jon unsheathed his dagger and cut it, groped for the edges of the cloth, and pulled. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But there were certain individuals who had gone over the edge, who knew no moderation. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I seemed to totter on the edge of a great dark hole. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of us stood in the weedy grass along the edge of the parking lot until a long yellow bus dragged itself up from the street. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But what was of immediate note was that the trail ended, abruptly and disconcertingly, at the water’s edge. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“That there’s Henrietta’s mother,” he said, pointing to a lone tombstone near the cemetery’s edge, surrounded by trees and wild roses. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He’d met a lot of goddesses, but the girl glaring down at him from the edge of the crater actually looked like a goddess. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I hurl the phone over the fence, as far as I can; it lands somewhere on the edge of the scree at the top of the embankment. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I should not sing any more at present. Wait till we do get to the edge, and then we’ll turn and give them a rousing chorus!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Along the front edge of our barrack, Roberto planted red, pink, and white geraniums. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Seconds go by before I see definite edges in my surroundings, the lines of door frame and countertop and ceiling. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The fallen autumn leaves were slick beneath Bod’s feet, and the mists blurred the edges of the world. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the night, I’d had a vision of the window framed in poster board stitched with super-bulky yarn like the edge of a quilting square. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Along the near edge, rebels sat against the road, sharpening their machetes on the chunked remains of what had, at some point in the last hundred years, been a paved thoroughfare. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He returned to his bedroom, sat on the edge of the bed, then picked up the phone. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I pull out the calibration tool and jimmy it under the lower edge of the cover. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

While the others were unrolling blankets and making beds against the walls of the chamber, as far as possible from the hole in the floor, he crept to the edge and peered over. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The dogs fall silent at the edge of my spell, and where the king’s hall surmounts the town, the blind old Shaper, harp clutched tight to his fragile chest, stares futilely down, straight at me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oats rippled alone in the wind, branches waving at the edge of the forest, and when I got near the house, I knew something was wrong. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We stepped straight from the street to the sand, scaled a dune, and then found ourselves near the edge of the black water. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Fishtail lived at the very edge of the village, hidden in deep bush. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

They lay at the edge of the hole together, each with a muddy arm hung in, and excavated around it until a third of the shell showed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And the Ramp is up against the western edge of the crater. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I force myself to stand fast, to meet them with the edge of the blade. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Holding out my hand, I edged closer to the moat. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I put the needle and disc on the edge of the sink. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Matt had to scoot to the extreme edge of the bed to keep from being kicked. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't mean to say it, but the words are pouring out of me like they're foaming right from the edge of my mouth. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Fancy gold and bronze designs line the edges of the walls and ceilings, and this mini-mansion looks like it was built for princes and princesses. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When I walked home at night, things got white around the edges and it seemed I had no past, no memories, that I had been on this exact stretch of luminous, hissing road forever. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He reversed the order of the numbers, starting in the center and working toward the edge. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I touched the Long Wall with my own fingers, running the edge of my hand between the stones, tracing the grooves the builders’ hands had made. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes open and watched the world grow black around the edges for a moment before snapping back into sharp, bright focus. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jinny walked Ess past the sleeping cabins, down the path to the water’s edge, where the sand was hard and wet. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then there were two on the cliff edge. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

Men on either side hold the swinging doors close to the sides of the ramps, keeping the animals from getting too close to the edge. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was light now and we went quickly over the dunes to the edge of the cliff and stood there while the sun rose. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He skinned me out of it and fingered the tom edges. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was rough around the edges, a football player, the guy who’d made fun of her car in the church parking lot after she’d gotten in a fender bender. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We walked a good distance around the lake’s edge, she and I, then started back. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Johnny broad-shouldered, in jeans and a pink plaid button- down so old its edges are frayed; nails bitten, hair cropped. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I raise myself slowly and reach forward with my arms, dragging my body after me and then lie on the edge of the shell-hole, half in and half out. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elinor’s voice took on an edge that Ash had never heard before. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prince began to nibble around the edges. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

They had walked to the edge of camp, and he didn’t want to walk back because he was tired. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

On the edge of the black pool, beneath the shelter of the heart tree, Maester Luwin lay on his belly in the dirt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Turton says when something happens that no one can explain, it means you have bumped up against the edge of human knowledge. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The room spins when I lift my head, but I manage to put my legs over the edge of the bed and stand. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And the steps were narrow, spaced unevenly, and often treacherous: they were worn and smooth at the edges, and some were broken, and some cracked as foot was set upon them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t long, scarcely extending past the edge of my hand, but it was sharp. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

On top of this stain there was the torture of knowing that Arthur was kind, simple and upright—of knowing that he was always on the edge of hurting Arthur dreadfully, although he loved him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We shoved the rockets into the bag and the bag under the bed and got the edges of Bobby Gene’s comforter pulled down just in the nick of time. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

After Reba was born, he no longer came to Pilate dressed as he had been on the woods’ edge and in the cave, when she and Macon had left Circe’s house. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a position on a high clump of grass at the edge of the bank and motioned for me to sit by the bank, but away from him. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hesitant, wary of some trap, the first few prisoners edged across the planks and through the ring of the stakes, toward Melisandre and the Wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The boat’s tending slightly midriver so I row as best I can and guide it back to the river’s edge. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about it,” Ema said with a little edge in her voice. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

They drove around the edge of the village and back inland, down a lane that twisted between strangely bumpy fields. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

But then I saw the edges of Holly’s lips turn up. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She sniffed and wiped her eyes with the edge of her sleeve. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The cityscape before Moss blurred, each of the lights twisting into a sparkle, its edges sharp. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She stretched her arms out wide when she slept so that they dangled over the edge of the bunk bed. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The spurt of flames it sent up lit the frayed edge of the papers and quickly spread over the whole bundle. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The choir begins “Let It Snow,” and I concentrate on Jax’s big O mouth with smiling edges instead of the many voices singing. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Is that an order, Your Highness?” asked Henry with a slight edge to his voice. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Celia walks to the edge of the deck, running her hands along the spines of the books that form the rail. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I hung down off the edge and dropped quietly to the ground, scrambling under the train. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

After the rain the edges were a swamp, with water standing in every hoofprint. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She strides out into the rain, picks up the discarded white ring still floating at the edge of the pool, and squeezes her body back into it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Davis was looking past me at the stand of trees along the river’s edge. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She reached deep into her pocket and brought out a long, slender piece of metal, glittering all along one edge. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I can still hear a little edge in her voice, but I can also tell she’s trying to soften it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He is kneeling on the street, on the edge of a gutter filled with still water, his head drooping between his shoulders. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They lay on the edge of the pit, straining their eyes into the dark floor area below. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He sat on the edge of his bed and sobbed, tears carving tiny paths through the shaving cream on his cheeks. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

People stand along the pit’s edge, staring down at the cylinder. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mostly because this escapade cried out for a cutting edge to go with its larklike quality. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rosemary guides my arms into my good shirt, and few minutes later leans over me, tugging the edges of my bow tie. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Even from the edge of the valley, Annabeth could feel its power tugging at her soul. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She sat down on the grass next to him, for once feeling the sharp edges of the grass blades against her ankles. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The squirrel tries to fit her claws under the edge of the door, but the cupboard still won’t open. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Ash went to the edge of the balcony and looked down at the dancers, and Kaisa came and stood beside her, leaning on the wide marble balustrade. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roof’s edges, a little more than half a meter all the way around, were plastered with black tar. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I felt he was living on the edge of being out of control, of not being responsible for who he was or what he was. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

And now the edge is in her voice, because I didn't respond the way I should have, I guess, and because he and I were each other's only family. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the water stood a large sycamore. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she set down their cake and together they decorated its edge with yellow daisies. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Cade kept his hair trimmed short, and he had a very sparse golden beard that went from his sideburns and curled almost invisibly just around the lower edge of his jaw. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It takes up zero space, so there is no outer edge, no place where space begins to flatten out again. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, during his first several weeks in Bullhead, McCandless camped out in the desert at the edge of town; then he started squatting in a vacant mobile home. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were shanties just as poor in Georgia, on the edge of Atlanta, where black and white divided, and that was smack in the middle of America. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

April herself led the procession; and when they had gone twice around the yard, she lined everyone up on the edge of the temple. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although Hancock had never held elected office, he had an edge in the election. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sefia and Archer crept around the edge of the pit to the tunnel, where she took a lantern from the wall. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

We follow Ben into a tunnel closest to the ship’s outer edge. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The man calls out now and then as he runs the edge of his newspaper over the bars of the gate. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve tried and tried to remember whether she asked me to put the shampoo on the edge of the tub or if she asked me to hand it to her, but I can’t. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he pockets the power-up and turns away, I edge my way closer without drawing the attention of the security bots. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron edged out of the kitchen, and they, Hermione, and Ginny set off along the narrow hallway and up the rickety staircase that zigzagged through the house to the upper stories. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

On the beach I walk at the water’s edge, watching small stones roll back and forth with the waves. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He sat on the edge of my bunk, and I could see he was trying to say something. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind sliced through the edges of the old, loose windows and shuttled cold air into our bedroom. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Van Eck began to laugh—a warm, almost jovial chuckle, but its edges were jagged and bitter. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Grace rested her feet on the edge of the car’s bumper. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I flung the warm shawl over her, and drew the edges tight round her neck, for I dreaded lest she should get some deadly chill from the night air, unclad as she was. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Even better, Emma was there waiting for me, sitting on the edge of the mound casting stones into the bog. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Kaz secured another coil of rope to the roof’s edge and prepared to rappel down to the shore. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I row some more, closer to the edge. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Gimli strode forward undeterred, and found that the water was shallow, no more than ankle-deep at the edge. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Bast sat on the edge of the bed and smoothed down his pants self-consciously. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her hands shook as she closed her fingers around the top edge of the paper, ready to tear. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The sun was a ponderous circle without edges, a roar without a sound, a blazing glare so thorough and remorseless that even in the Fosters’ parlor, with curtains drawn, it seemed an actual presence. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph did a surface dive and swam under water with his eyes open; the sandy edge of the pool loomed up like a hillside. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I turned around at the wagons edge to give the pitch a yank “Well, get it unstuck,” Pa said, pulling the hay net in. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I did find a scow overturned by the water’s edge, but could not find Clippinger himself. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I edge away from her so I can play catch with myself. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I caught up with them at the edge of the parking lot. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She edged closer to the gaping hole made by the Fiat 500. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They would hold, Dicey knew; they had been nailed into place firmly and the edges were sealed against the weather. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found him sitting on the edge of the cliff, looking across the valley. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sits on the edge of his bed and falls backward. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“But,” he added, with a hard edge of anger, “if you so much as spoke my words in public, do you know what would happen to you?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

The pages of the oldest packets were yellowed and warped, and their edges were uneven rows of ripples. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He eased his feet in, holding the fluted steel edge of the culvert with both hands. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

No one’s even looking over the edge to see if Noah survived. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

His pale face is contorted and his teeth are gritted, and he holds me over the chasm as spots appear on the edges of my vision, crowding around his face, green and pink and blue. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Her tunic was as plain as her blanket, and tufts of white hair peeked out from the edges of her cotton head wrap. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I’m useless, and there she is with those big Help Me eyes, so alarming in a woman like my mother, all polish and smooth edges, never a hair out of place, not even now. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Chuck whispered, but his voice echoed throughout the chamber with a raspy edge. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They were deep in the parkland around the great house, not far from the edge of the forest. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

On the edge of the practice field, boosters gently argued with one another over how many people he had knocked out on a single play. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Candice slid to the edge of the bed so she could see the screen better. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the last moment she whirled and grabbed it by the edge. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They got all the way to the edge of the camp before anyone noticed them. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I see a few hands stretching out to me at the edge of the net, so I grab the first one I can reach and pull myself across. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She goes to the edge of town to the Grounds, where the athletic field is. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

During the whole class, he never relaxed his stiff position on the edge of his chair, sitting as far from me as possible. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was a violence in Zora at such times that set me on edge. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He touches the edge of his cap politely. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When Con and Kaede walked to the edge, they saw that the ice field ended in what seemed to be a sheer wall of white. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His voice was dark and rough, and there was an odd edge to it, as if of surprise or puzzlement at hearing himself speak. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Careful not to get too near the edge, I walked to the side for a closer look. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the dark he made an inarticulate sound of fear that had in it a slight edge of satisfaction. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on the edge of his four- poster, thinking hard about everything Aragog had said. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Annabeth couldn’t argue with that, but the hard edge in Percy’s voice made her unsettled. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

James sat quietly by the water’s edge, while the rest played tag until dark. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have come to the edge of my meadow, where a trail leads to the bottom of the mountain and the county road where he must have parked his car. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it might give me a fighting edge. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

At once Lyra took out the alethiometer and edged nearer to the fire so that she could see the face. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They set Mother’s teeth on edge, but I didn’t care. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Past the edges of the buildings, the gray-green river snaked north to south, dotted with boats zipping up and down the invisible lanes of traffic. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But then the mirror disappears, and my—his—our hands are around our own throat, dark patches creeping into the edge of our vision. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There he stood in the darkness, clinging to the gritty edge of a shelf and breathing fast with joy. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She perches on the edge of the desk, her skirt pulling away from her knees, which are crossed with stretch marks. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It skirted around the edges of a shop that sold laptops and computer wiring. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I run my finger along the inner edge of the strip lighting, then wedge my fingernails in the crack. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t even know what edge to grab ahold of to steady myself. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We hung on, on edge, through eight long rounds of the fight. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on the edge of the fountain for a minute. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then he ran back to the center and ran toward the edge, stopping when he reached the wall. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run up the path, trot along the edge of the pond, then, placing my two feet together, leap goatlike down the slope to the millhouse. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had seen the wild, ancient creature in him before, but this time that inhumanness edged into something she recognized with her gut: He looked at her with desire. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rubbed the stickiness out on the edge of her T-shirt. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Its burgundy cover is worn around the edges, and the pages are super thin, almost like rice paper. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Emily sat on the edge of her suitcase to catch her breath. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“It was on the edge of the pupil.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Canarsie really is the very edge of the world, or at least Brooklyn. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The man in black kept advancing, and Inigo was aware that behind him now he was coming closer and closer to the edge of the Cliffs, but that could not have concerned him less. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then she saw the stumps at the edges of the settlement, and gasped. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They stood at the edge of the scaffolding where the Tower formed a corner with the back of the old brick building. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He sat up straight on the edge of the bed, held his breath, and issued a long, resonant belch. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Creeping cautiously out from the edge of the trees, they set off across the open as quickly as they could. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He stands on tiptoe, holding the edge of a floorboard with his fingertips and peering upward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But over on the edge, Matty heard a woman begin to weep. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Dicey led her family single file along the edge of this field. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I edged out Mom by seven pins. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

As soon as Fiver had found a place to clamber out, he led the way along the edge to the bank which Hazel had been looking at before Hawkbit spoke to him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, well on the edge of town I drove into a parking lot. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam took her mother’s hand and pulled herself out, avoiding the edge of the table. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Jones has hidden a twelve-foot-long boat at the water’s edge, tied to a large oak tree. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now he let himself fall against the back of a nearby chair, on the edge of which he braced himself with his thin limbs. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blood oozes from the edges of the bandage. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I stayed on the edge of the raft for a long time, thinking about home and rubbing Stew Cat’s back. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, from the edge of the Field of Mars, a battle cry went up. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He slapped his gloves on the edge of the bed. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Peewee was hanging over the edge of his bunk directing traffic for an ant traffic jam. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set the puppy on the floor again and it dashed off, tail wagging, to growl at the logs piled beside the stove and to chew at their edges where raw wood curled. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“I want to be as close as possible! Run along its edges so we know exactly where we are! And maybe lose those psychos while we’re at it!” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The old dog drank deeply, standing up to his chest in the cold water; the cat picked his way delicately to the edge of an overhanging rock. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fiver was looking far out beyond the edge of the common. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soldiers patrolling the edges of the party reach for their guns. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help imagining Edward, where he would stand at the edge of the road when he found the end of my trail. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Finally Styx pulled over at the edge of a soybean field. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We would know the physical laws that dictate everything to the edges of space and time, from the beginning of the cosmos to its end. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Jim opened his mouth and then clapped it shut, recognizing that Mom was on the edge. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though we hadn’t squared the edges or smoothed the floor, we were still pretty darn proud of ourselves. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A man leaned over the edge of the basket to peer down at them. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

One day he’d walked by, and there they were — a girl, her parents, an assistant, looking disoriented and somehow ragged around the edges, as though they’d been torn out of a book. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I safely made it to an old bus station that was no longer in use at the edge of the city. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I throw my snapback on, pulling the front down enough so it can cover my edges. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then his eyes roved round the room; as they caught sight of the two figures sitting patiently on the edge of the bed he went on:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The buildings in the distance start to get bigger, and I can see the ocean touching the edges of the land. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He kneeled at the water’s edge and put the dead bird and his weapons down and dipped his hands into the water. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph ran stumbling along the rocks, saved himself on the edge of the pink cliff, and screamed at the ship. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The captain is clearly at the edge of panic. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I lie on my stomach at edge of the pool for a while, dangling my hands in the water, examining the little flames on my fingernails that are beginning to chip off. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Teddy absently rotated the picture to be parallel with the edges of his desk. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It bounced off my book and rolled on its edge to the floor. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to set the world on edge!” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The end of the gun barrel was pinched together with tongs and given a rough, sharp edge. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Just as she reached the edge, an iron grip fastened onto her shoulder. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He started to follow them, then changed his mind and walked to the edge of the pond. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The long beach was a flat crescent that marked the edge of a shallow cove. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cool water splashed over the edge of the bucket as Ash lifted it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath, tore the edge carefully with a fingernail, and slid out a folded sheet of paper. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I sat astride it, on the rounded edge of the speared lifebuoy, my left foot against the tip of the prow, my right foot on the gunnel. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She ran to the edge of the ruins. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Ivy patted her pillow, feeling the edges of her notebook, and then pulled the blanket over it and bunched up the edges. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Without hesitating, Werner steps to the edge of the platform and shuts his eyes and jumps. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It looked like an ax chop, except that the edges weren’t sharp, but smooth, as though they had been melted. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“We’re moving!” screamed Peach as the current began to sweep us around the edge of the oak. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tough on the edges, trying to hide his softness. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

West, he decided, for no special reason, and he began to walk that way, following the pathway nearest the north edge, where the gravel looked freshest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Celia sighs, walking to the edge of the Carousel to pet the head of an oversized raven as it passes by. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The bottom edges of his jeans were frayed. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It took about ten or fifteen real, decent jumps for one to make it to the other shoulder, where they disappeared into the thicket of tall grass edging the road. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Very carefully, he edged out of the room and behind the statue of the one-eyed witch. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Most of the time individuality was measured by how violent you could be, and this kept everyone on edge. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

And all at once the sun was uncomfortably hot, the dust oppressive, and the meager grass along its edges somewhat ragged and forlorn. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shimmied the length of a purlin, which took me to the framing beam at the barn’s edge. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It took them to the edge of a vast desert. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Nhamo got up and sat on the edge of her platform. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as he tried to adjust it back on his head, he bumped into Johnsteve, who teetered on the edge of the pulpit. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Slowly, slow, bit by bit, a foot, then another, she finds an edge; one hand, then the other, clings to rock, lowering her body. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

A stretch of uncleared trees lay at the closest edge of town, only a twenty-second dash away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There are no trees creeping into the edges, and the gentle swaying of the carriage makes him feel almost weightless. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She arranged the milk bottles around the well’s edge, picked up the fish, then checked on the bread in its bowl at the other end of the cellar. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

When we reached the forest’s edge, Gasemu stopped and waited for us to catch up. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t know how I missed the edge of the bed.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Matthias began edging along the wall, running his hand over the stone at hip level. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They were right on the edge of the street so that when I walked by, with their doors open, I felt I was in their living room or in their kitchen. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each of the edges was neatly labeled with a small letter, and each of the angles with a large one. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She raised the edge of it enough to see the angry red underneath. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A loaf of fresh bread had appeared on my windowsill, a large wad of rubles tucked under the edge. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She’s in one of her best dresses, sky blue with embroidery in white along the edges of the veil: flowers and fretwork. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if I could cope with that, I began to edge toward the door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She clicks her helmet in place, the GoPro view shifting back to show the edge of the bridge and the long, long way down. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The pages were worn at the edges, and fell apart easily, as though the book had passed through many hands. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He stood and walked around the desk, sitting on the edge of it directly in front of me, arms across his thick chest. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The dimness soothed me, dulling the hard edges of the day. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She seized his wrist, but he broke away from her and walked to the edge of the water. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept walking, soon in darkness again as they left the faint light bleeding around the edges of the door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I had to flick on the bathroom lights fast so that no small shadow would take a baby shape, sometimes seated on the edge of the bathtub, its hopes for a bowel movement so exaggerated. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mine came out in a high-pitched squeak as I peeked over the edge. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I scooped it up quickly from the river’s edge, but as I stood up the pieces slid apart and fell like knives into the mud. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once past the flower fields the lane narrowed to a path that meandered through the thickets edging the river. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The car’s engine roared to life, and the fox skidded to a stop at the edge of the road. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His lab was stark white, and it sat on the water—not a building at the edge of the water, like the aquarium. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The sharp edges blur, the ache goes out of it, the colors melt together, and from the many separated lines a solid gray emerges. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of the spoon hitting the edge of the bowl sounds like a bell. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Beck reached out his arm and pushed off the edge as they passed through. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I settled back into my house from this journey to the edges of the earth, my head was spinning. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Moments later, a loud boom erupted and instead of ripples, small waves lapped the edges of the ice sheet. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I launch off the edge of the bridge and lunge at her. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Alfred stood at the edge of the ward. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There they found an inn at the edge of town, its thatch pulled down over its eyes of windows wherein could be seen a smoky light from the fire. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She didn’t look up, but I could see the edges of a smile creep onto her cheeks. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Then he takes two steps forward and braces his hands on the edges of Ainsley’s desk. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Laughter and music skipped across the water like rocks thrown with just the right spin, their edges just as sharp against Tally’s nerves. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The spacecraft must pass through the outer edge of this radiation belt to examine Jupiter and its moons close up, and to continue its mission to Saturn and beyond. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each of the players stands at the edge of their bridge, looking down at the water below them, then glaring at one another. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We both leaned over the edge, trying to get a better look. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She could see too that people sitting on the edge of the aisle were beginning to notice, though they kept their eyes toward the stage. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This, right here, standing at the edge of a room like a piece of furniture? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Phil stands at the edge of the frame in the film of my life, slightly out of focus. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He finds a relatively flat rock near the side, where the current isn’t strong, and sits down, his feet dangling over the edge. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The boats cracked loudly against the ice, grating and scraping on the edge of the floe. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Vera was sitting on the edge of a chair, with her right foot hoisted upon another chair, buckling her shoes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them ran along the edge of the cliff, but two sat down behind her as she grimly approached Taisin with the rope. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In half an hour they reached a blacktop road on the edge of a town, and the raven flew back into the wood. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He sits on the bed, swings his legs over the edge of the cot, lies down. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He edges through the compartments, his duffel bag heavy with books for his Renaissance architecture class, for which he has to write a paper over the next five days. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Other creatures lurked just on the edge of sight. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A procession had appeared, far down among the pink stones that lay near the water's edge. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then he climbed the edge of the platform and sat in the green shade on a convenient trunk. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Taking advantage of this, Frightful dropped over the edge of the escarpment. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

When my heels struck the edge of the big rock, I whirled around. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She shuffles to the platform edge and looks down, as if she's going to jump. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They might be talking at the water’s edge, he thought, and keeping to the wall, he moved silently across the marble floor towards the great windows. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

To that end, I dashed into an alley behind two rows of cottages, where it seemed there would be lots of hiding places, and made for the edge of town. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When I reached the red borderline that marked the edge of the school grounds, I glanced around to make sure no one was watching me, then stepped across the line. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They looked like hooded giants; somewhere within their haze, Sierra could make out the edges of long robes draping down from hoods that hung over their faces. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The Ameses lived on the edge of town, and behind their house were barn and carriage house, vegetable garden and fenced paddock for two horses. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This is the outside edge of nowhere ” “Now it is,” I agreed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That gave Will the moment he needed to seize the edges of the window and press them shut. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pedaled along the edge of the lot, past parked cars and then back into the shadows, stopping suddenly next to a battered red pickup. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came to the water’s edge, where the flood was flowing strongly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The wounded badger had seized the blade regardless of its keen edge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He walks in and sits on the edge of the bed. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

A few minutes passed, and Thomas felt the long day finally catch up to him, the leaded edge of sleep crossing over his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There was a pool in the river there, and a path that led straight down to the edge of the water. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

There was a large hole in the roof; I saw blue sky, a swift cloud moving from left to right, through the jagged black edge. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The air turned thick; sudden gusts caught the cedars at the edge of the fields and flailed their tops and branches. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Frozen constellations of ice laced the edges of the window. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, she sat him down at the edge of the bed and shared with him, in language he could understand, why school was so important. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Here,” he said, standing at the edge of the sea of swirling gowns. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A low wall ran along the edge of the building. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nathaniel asked, pointing to the edge of the clearing where a leafy stack of thin poles waited. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

After they had gone, I sat on the edge of a packing box and stared at the bloody floor until the cigarette went out. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were at the edge of the deck when the creature rushed him, grabbed the torch, and ripped it from his hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sharp edges of several rings grazed my flesh. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But I soon find myself staring at the blank columns, my fingertips tapping away at the edge of my laptop instead, my mind a million miles away. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Lenny and Burl helped us drag everything to the woods at the edge of the yard, and then Howard wanted to sit on the porch and draw a plan for the fort. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He sat on the edge of a pier and stared down into the cold, black water. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Samuel scraped the edge of the blade with his pocketknife and inspected the scrapings in the palm of his hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I started kicking the pebbles over to the edge of the asphalt, and so did Max. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She dug the edge of her knife into the woman’s creamy skin. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He drew Honor to a halt at the edge of the moat, a deep trench lined with stone, its green waters choked by scum. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He stepped closer to the edge of the platform, his arm in pitching motion. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Some students were crowding around the edges, hoping to slip in on the side and get in before anyone else. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The house seemed smaller and quieter after the trip south, and the first bloom of San Francisco’s glamour had dulled around the edges. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was rattling the tray so hard that the milk glass was threatening to jump the edge. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The wind screamed at her and wrenched at her cloak, trying to pull her over the edge. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At first it edged by inches, but it drifted more swiftly as it reached the middle of the stream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The narrow strip of light at the edge of the closet door widens, and your breath stops. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

From where she stood, Annabeth couldn’t see what was below, but the edge flickered with red light as if illuminated by huge fires. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

With whole regions of the country’s interior seemingly on the edge of revolt throughout Ptolemaic history, it is likely that Greekspeaking travelers faced similar risks in Eratosthenes’ time. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

The compass disappears, rattling over the edge into water. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I withdraw my hand and kneel on the edge of the bed, taking hard swallows of air until the feeling subsides. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Drowning people in the water clung to the edges of the boat, desperately trying to pull themselves in. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Nimbly he leaped to the top of the partitions, caught a whiff of pure peanut butter, and took off across the top edges of the maze. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Seven ran to the edge of the river. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The next day we heard that the shiftas had found our tracks and followed us right to the edge of the village. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hooked my fingers on the edge of the fishbowl, and I pulled. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Annabeth crept to the edge of the boulder and risked a glimpse. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The edge of his toga was lined with the crimson of a senator or a praetor, but the stripe rippled like a river of blood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She saw that Mama and Neeley were standing at the edge of the grave and dropping their handful of earth into it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the ribs together with their edges almost touching, and standing so that they curved outward, which made them impossible to climb. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of them were worn around the edges, as if they had been handled often. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I clutch the edge of the bench beneath me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

However, the tortoise theory fails to be a good scientific theory because it predicts that people should be able to fall off the edge of the world. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my hand on the edge of my plate and give it a shove. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Outside the harbour on this side there rises for about half a mile a great reef, the sharp edge of which runs straight out from behind the south lighthouse. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Back and forth, I rocked my heels in the soft dirt near the water’s edge. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

My hair was a rat's nest It was singed at the edges like Hephaestus’s beard. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I went across the lawns to the edge of the woods. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I came back to the edge of the embankment, I saw he had something in his teeth, shaking it from side to side. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We still had to drive to Big Ma’s small yellow house that stood on about an acre of land, just off the edge of Prattville proper in Autauga County. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She was still tired, still on edge, but something about the city calmed her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Baba had been found at the edge of the Greater Jungle, mauled nearly beyond recognition. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I get a hold of the edge of the door. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The colors were bright, and the edges were raggedy from the tear. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Harry walked beside them in silence as they went down the sloping lawns to Hagrid’s hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The mother is left alone in the cove of enormous trees at the edge of a pool. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the dim sight of it, mostly lines and edges of shadow descending into blackness, brought back to Mark the memory of the flood and their mad clamber up the stairs of the skyscraper. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Everyone could feel how the creature was focused on the young girl, the way its edged protectiveness was biting through the air. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Juana dragged herself up from the rocks on the edge of the water. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miguel stomped on the edge of his shovel, levered up a wedge of earth. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

We drive and drive, and it’s like I'm teetering on the edge of something. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Winston, at normal times the kind of person who gravitates to the outer edge of any kind of scrimmage, shoved, butted, squirmed his way forward into the heart of the crowd. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It was Maya’s, and she was in Maya’s bed, the blanket at the edge of the bed spread over her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She moved to the edge of the bed. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

The edge of his lips tilts ever so slightly. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I hold my hat in my lap, fingering its edge and waiting. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I can see lights along the edges of the ravine, from the houses there, impossibly high up. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a broad wooden deck on the edge of the lawn, right where the grass gave way to a slope of black lava rocks that lined the shore. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Defenders piled it in heaps at the edge of the parapet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I set myself against the rolled-up edge of the tarpaulin in the middle of the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They move away from the doorway, but I stand on the edge with one hand on a handle, watching the city pass. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I asked, balancing the coffee urn on the edge of the table. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Holding the hobbits gently but firmly, one in the crook of each arm, Treebeard lifted up first one large foot and then the other, and moved them to the edge of the shelf. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Her voice is a whisper, but a whisper with a burning edge to it. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I put my hand in my pocket, my fingers searching for the smooth edge. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And it is true that there were some people who, when their sorrow was beginning to lose its savor, gently edged it toward pride and felt increasingly important because of their loss. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Momma covers her mouth, and the edges of her lips are turned up. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He first had to turn himself slowly around the edge of the door, very carefully, of course, if he did not want to fall awkwardly on his back right at the entrance into the room. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie walks over to the edge of the pool and puts his hand in. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I move back so I’m standing behind one of the lean-tos, then put my gun around the edge of the structure and say, “Hey!” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t speak to him—I’m not sure I want to hear what he has to say right now, when we’re both on edge. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The gulls are starting to edge closer now. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oscar, who came out of absolutely nowhere to tackle Noah before he reached the edge. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She pushed her way to the edge of the bleachers, ignoring the frowning teachers and grumbling kids she was stepping on. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Apa, I call out softly from the edge of the hallway. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It’s as if the air is rippling in tiny visible waves, distorting the sharp edges of the wood and a goblet of wine someone has set there. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The greatest cathedral in the world, perched miraculously at the narrowest edge of an island in the middle of the river Seine. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Both my parents were on edge, but especially Dad. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The light edging around my curtains seemed not so much like light as its absence. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

There is a fence at the edge of the field and it has a gate in it. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Our women were gathering at the edge of the mesa. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

After another long pause, the Sea King stopped and brought them to the edge of the bridge. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

We set up our Base Camp at 17,800 feet on the lateral moraine that formed the outer edge of the turn. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad I was too thin to get my period because that would have pushed me over the edge. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I may be smaller naturally, but overall my family's resourcefulness has given me an edge in that area. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They had come to the edge of the wood now, with no sign of slowing their rapid jog. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some walked down to the edge of the waves, trying to skip rocks across the choppy surface. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I bent down to Jasper, putting my hand on his collar, and looked round the edge of the door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Walking in sandals on the edge of the blue Aegean. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Wally’s eyes were focused down, just beyond the edge of the counter, near my waist, and I knew what was coming. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“You can save yourself the trouble, Barbarossa,” Prosper said, sitting on the edge of the platform. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands are gripping the edge of the table, her entire body rigid. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There, in the forest at the edge of town, he decided to devote his life to an ambitious anthropological experiment. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room where my father and I slept at Abu Omar’s was at the edge of a garden that surrounded a stone villa. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

One arm dangled off the edge of the couch, and his mouth was open; that made it look like he was both reaching for and calling out to Chess. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She tugged at the scarf; the embroidery at the edges felt coarse and uncomfortable against her neck. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We were trailing a comet’s tail of light, orange-yellow in the center, with edges of blue-green and lavender. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daniel takes out his notebook now, and I move a little closer to the edge. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was a dangerous edge to his voice, like a thunderstorm about to erupt. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I did what I usually do when somebody comes to the door—I peeked from the edge of the bay window. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Tomas walked him to the edge of the hill and pointed down. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Merry was trapped: another crack had closed about his waist; his legs lay outside, but the rest of him was inside a dark opening, the edges of which gripped like a pair of pincers. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She sits on the edge of the couch, leaning forward, her eyes blinking at the screen. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The sound of the alligator’s jaws snapping together on nothing but air encouraged all three of them to run wildly into the edge of the woods. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jeanne quietly rose to her feet, collected the greyhound from where she lay, and led the dog gingerly along the shaded edge of the wood, keeping the knights in view. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

While the other boys draped their shirts over the blueberry bushes, Turner stepped to the edge and looked down at the blue-black rocks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Gollum reluctantly agreed to this, and he turned back towards the trees, working eastward for a while along the straggling edges of the wood. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He sat on the edge of the bed, which was different for him. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“No way. I saw him walk to the edge of camp with my own eyes.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Waiting at the edge of the Wood was the Fairy Hunt: the same riders who had sent them off across the ice field so many days before. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She came to the edge of the back steps and called again. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull out the chair across from him and sit on the edge of it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I grasp the edge of our mattress, dump Richard onto the ground, then pull the mattress on top of both of us. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

There was a lantern before him, fixed to the seat, which illumination touched the edges of objects obscure in their outlines. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Now the whole Damask Circuit is on edge, afraid that Julie’s capture will betray them. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The trailing edge of the main was luffing a bit and he sheeted it in to clean the line up. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They approached the western edge of the desert city and stood for a moment at a highway marker that read Indio. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I stare at my hands, willing the black to clear away, the world to come back into view, knowing the open air over the edge of the roof is still barely an inch away. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Not likely. But winter is coming,” Stella said, kicking up some of the crisp leaves along the road’s edge. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The voyage past the last edges of the universe is frightening and impossible but sometimes astonishing. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Wash stood at the edge of the Masons’ backyard on the opposite end of the street from the burned house. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Watching the harsh shadows under the trees, she edged toward the lake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He guided her a little farther from the edge. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I nibble carefully around the edges of a triangular watermelon slice. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Racks of weights, stability balls, and resistance bands are stocked along the edges of the room. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She edged quickly past the wreckage and the half-built fence, and found the remains of her mother s color garden at the edge of the woods. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she got out onto the roof under the night sky, she could see flames licking at the edges of a great hole in the side of the building. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

JoJo and I stretched a section of it over the top edge of the boat’s side. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he was sitting up, Candice figured it was all right for her to sit on the edge of the bed. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was a simple, bright woman who lived in a simple, bright house on the edge of town. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I held the clothes carefully, making sure the folded edges were even. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I try to steady my voice, but it squeaks out with an edge of desperation. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked over the edge of the bridge, into the ravine. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I peel away the edge of the bandage, revealing the puncture wound—no longer bleeding, thankfully—and the patch of blue dye that doesn’t seem to be fading. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She inserted it into the fabric at an unfinished place near the edge of Forest. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

As the men struggled out of their tents, they saw two cracks running through their floe; the edges rose and fell in a strong swell. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Then she walked back and forth along the water’s edge. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing the supply of arrows was not endless, the badger looked to the heaps of rubble and stone along the parapet edges. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Rafe said, and there was an edge in his voice that Grace had never heard before. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Each pan had a small strip of blue tape on its edge with different writing in Sharpie. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Written around the edge were things like Time to make tea, Time to feed the chickens, and You’re late. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

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

She found herself at the edge of the row, in front of a small cart filled with vials of different-colored liquid. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He collapsed gratefully on the short stool Lon offered him, dabbing at his brow with the edge of his embroidered sleeve. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She aimed for the edge of the innermost ring, which she hit with deadly precision. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Hurry up,” Moss said, and he guided Javier to a spot on the edge of stage right. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He stands at the edge of the stage, waving me toward him. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Left behind, Marshall sat down on the edge of the temple floor in a good position to watch everything that might happen. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand there, my back to the counter, my hands gripping the edge for stability. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the edge of my bed and held the plate out at me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Great Lord Ra burst over the eastern horizon just as Ranofer turned into the broad road that edged the fields of the flower growers. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

When the cable car jerked into motion, Emily curled her fingers around the edge of the bench. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Barbed wire edges this barren, infinite wilderness, just a line of stitching along a gray tea towel. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Jack pauses at the flat edge of a giant stone; he extends his gloved hand to me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

With two hundred meters to go, California edged ahead of Washington by inches. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the Odyssey, the way to it leads over the edge of the world across Ocean. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miles holds on to the edge of my cart with one hand and on to the wall with the other. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Try again, sweetie,” Dad said, sadness decorating the edges of his words. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Her brother was waiting in the cool of the entry hall, seated on the edge of the pool, his hand trailing in the water. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Grout drives ahead, to the edge of town. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“He must be so handsome,” Clara said, sitting on the edge of Ana’s bed while Ash finished braiding Ana’s hair. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tightened the straps on his backpack, lowered his legs over the edge, and found some ledges to step on. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Its golden edges shine like a trapped sun in the early evening darkness. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it was as though she stepped over the edge of a black cliff. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Charon was poling us across a dark, oily river, swirling with bones, dead fish, and other, stranger things—plastic dolls, crushed carnations, soggy diplomas with gilt edges. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I scooted to the edge and he shuffled the cards against the granite bench. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

DeShon nods at Jay, then kicks off the edge and swings a third of the way down. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Will cut off the edging of fat from his steak and pushed it to the side of his plate. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But as she utterly failed to hold on to anything, as the stones rolled and tumbled beneath her, as she slid down toward the edge, gathering speed, the horror of it slammed into her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“How much of an edge did the boy’s warning give you?” asks Haymitch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Behind Corporal Nettle’s head was a wide strip of deep blue sky and, etched against it, the ragged black edge of the cellar’s ruined ceiling. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Summoning his last reserve of strength, the old man limped to the edge in order to watch it fall. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

These machines were discovered by the police the next day abandoned in a dry arroyo on the western edge of town. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a linen handkerchief with a scalloped edge and a line of embroidery all the way around. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A long line of villagers snaked from the fountain to the edge of the woods, where the fire appeared to be heading. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

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

Near the far edge of the flood plain I find Alice’s footsteps in a stretch of muddy sand. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw perfect pink membranes stretching into precise edges that looked easy enough to cut. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This knowing slid into him cleanly, like the sharp edge of a knife. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey almost thinks it is a statue, dressed in a white gown edged in matching fur that cascades beyond the platform to the ground. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He lowered his hands, grasping the edges of the pulpit. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dismay stood, majestic, washed in sunlight, near the edge of the rock, on the tip-top of the slope, like he always did when he first got there. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They made a scattered but swift run to the northeast, along the edge of a field of ripening wheat. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take a look at this,” she said to Brandon as she wiped the glass with the edge of her shirt. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She hit the edge of the porch and rolled onto her side. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Giving a skillful flick, she jammed the rope in the niche of the broken stone edge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She sits in front of her vanity with one foot up on its edge, wrapping the long pink ribbon from one of her slippers around her ankle. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Nailer pointed to the waters off the edge of the island, where the Teeth lay. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

There’s only a bit left around the edges, and I hesitate, wondering if I should. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When they had edged their way through the crowd to the far end of the burrow, Hazel was surprised to realize that Silverweed was a mere youngster. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished, I went over, sat on the edge of the bed, and slid a hand under his T-shirt. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The edge of the armrest digs into my palm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the white weather one could not see a crevasse until one could look down in to it—a little late, for the edges overhung, and were not always solid. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She said something in Eyllwe, and walked to the very edge of the ring. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Ruby, Sparrow, and Feral were at the garden’s edge. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Matt held on to him, to keep him from dancing over the edge of the basin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy sat down on the edge of the bed, and Lee let his thin body down in the Morris chair. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometime later he wrote at the edge of it. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The posture was the same as that day she faced Pong at the cliff’s edge, but this was a very different girl. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

For some of the pictures, you could only see the edges, a splash of bright orange or something that might have been the top of a palm tree. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

One by one, they held up their hands—arms raised, palms outward—and edged away from Reed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Seeing him yet undecided, Jonathan walked to the edge of the field to get a drink of water from the clay jar by the gun. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once more they filled their canteens at a service station on the eastern edge of the town. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Smells like the lavender that grew along the edge of our road back home. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

They realized that they were approaching something out of the ordinary when they saw a newspaper cameraman walking along the edge of the crowd. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sweet plums and bananas and rough-skinned cherimoyas spilled over the edges of rush mats, ready for the taking. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Few minutes ago. Sort of wedged down the edge of the rink.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine,” he said, too on edge to be relieved. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

On the edge of the far field, beyond the pond, they grow wild; field cress looks about like watercress and, mixed with dandelion greens, it makes good green salad. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The vibrasaw purred through heavy vines, parted tangled underbrush like a comb through wet hair, and sliced cleanly through metal when the odd misstroke brought the cutting edge down onto the track. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was bitterly cold and damp here by the river's edge. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Still, it could take her minutes to make out the meanings of some words, struggling through the pronunciation, testing each sound on the edge of her tongue before stringing them all together. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Duke was so riled up, he charged to the edge of the deck and dove off. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I edged up to the jar and tried to read the small paper tag hanging from a string around the neck of the bottle. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Then when the late spring came, the river drew in from its edges and the sand banks appeared. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice still had its brittle razor’s edge. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Careful not to walk through anyone,” said Ron nervously, and they set off around the edge of the dance floor. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He swings his legs around so that he’s sitting at the edge of the bed. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He motioned to a little girl at the edge of the fire and guided her hands to mop the insides of the hog with the mixture. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the cornfield, there was a swirling dust devil. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It catches for an instant against the edge of the zipper, making the faintest scraping sound. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The words were polite enough, but Denzo’s tone was edged with malice, and the eyes of the warrior poet gleamed bright with mockery. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Standing quiet at the edge of the little spot of sun, the two young bears gazed curiously, knowingly, at Omakayas. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She set her finger on its edge, and lacy frost spirals coated the pot. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“We can sing if you want,” Max said, and there was an edge in his voice now. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

My parents will have started to worry an hour ago, with Mama turning white around the edges and Papa making loud jokes to cover up his own concern. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

On the opposite, northern side of the river are a series of sandstone ridges that reach down from the Guiana Shield in the north, halting close to the water’s edge. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But as she burrowed into the warmth of her bedroll, a curious sound began to knock at the edges of her consciousness. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He came fussing up to me, biting the edge of my skirt. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

His large teeth chomped hard and a white spittle formed around the edges of his mouth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand at the edge of the stage as the committee members—my mom included—converse back and forth. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I start at the end of the line and choose a brassiere and matching underpants, blue gray with a little lace along the edge. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There's a bowl with some steam rising from it on the dresser next to the bed and a small loaf of bread balanced on the bowl's edge. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I stand on the edge of a long silence. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing at the edge of the smooth rolled sand you could look up in the empty stands and see old women sweeping out the boxes. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He came to the water’s edge and in one mighty leap reached the side of the lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He ran along the edge of the street and a couple other men stepped down to join him. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the edge of the woods we headed, finally coming to the base of a fig tree. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He smiles and starts arranging the paints and brushes along the edge of my bed. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Cato lies on his side at the very top of the horn, twenty feet above the ground, gasping to catch his breath as he gags over the edge. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I wandered along the highway leading to the village and paused at the edges of fields, filling my basket with herbs and flowers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As Bobbie and Clay edge me into the building, I turn back and catch her eye. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Under the eaves at either edge were countless scruffy-Iooking nests, all of which appeared to be filled to overflowing with shrieking baby sparrows. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Every day the man took his dog to the edge of the lake to get water, and the dog would bark furiously at the lake, like he was mad at it.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was very quiet here out on the edge of the desert; and now the sun had really set. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

His face looked like he was terrified, as if he were gripping the edge of a cliff or something. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Adam’s eyes seemed to grow larger, and they were moist and edged with red. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As he sat waiting on the edge of the bed he thought again of the cellars of the Ministry of Love. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He showed them how to plant corn and how to live on the edge of the wilderness. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Finally she gets this idea to cut the rope on the ragged edge of the boiler. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I decreased the magnification on the map a bit, then pulled back far enough to confirm that the northern edge of the hill ended in a cliff of sand and crumbling gravel. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Inch by inch, Ligaroti edged closer, then thrust his nose in front. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knelt at the edge of the thicket, looking until he found a narrow winding trail through the fringes of oak. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Shuddering with cold, he caught up the pile of clothes still lying at the water’s edge and began to pull them on. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He put the chicken and some of the meat on one plate and carried it, moving very gently, over past the edge of the yard to about where the dog had first appeared. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Be careful you don't cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The cliff was still crumbling, the edge only twenty feet away now. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

On a hot day in early July, Duchess sat at the edge of the aerie, her wings lifted to keep her cool. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

A few people at the edge of the crowd had fallen silent. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was finished, he took the edge of the towel and wiped a little of the mud from my leg. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

With all the curtains and blinds drawn, Chess had to navigate by the thin slats of moonlight that trickled in along the edges. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

As the squadron, in the demon pass of jets, edged offshore high above the green blaze of ocean, Lillian watched and listened from her second story veranda. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the ghouls were on edge. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He shuts the cover and swings his legs over the edge of the bed, to put the book away on his shelves. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Were the little berries on the edge of the path ripe yet? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He dangled there for a minute, grasping the edge, staring down into the water, until he spotted a big board floating underneath. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the carriage is a voluptuous woman spilling over the edges with her hands up in the air like she's on a roller coaster. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“This is the bag, right?” he said, pointing to its chewed edges. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She sits on the edge of the bed, holding the front of the dress to her chest. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then he dashed up the path on the far side of the creek, barking all the way, and went to jumping around at the edge of the trestle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Seth shifted the beam onto a pair of green-eyed wolves approaching stealthily from the edge of the roof. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The edge of the world, waiting just beyond the circle of the sun. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But there was still that memory moving round the edges of his consciousness, something strongly felt but not reducible to definite shape, like an object seen out of the comer of one’s eye. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He sat on the edge of his bed. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mark rolled onto his stomach and inched his body over the lip of the opening, lowering his feet into the abyss while he held on to the edge. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I led the way as we coasted by the parking meters along the edge of the beach. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Scanning the edges of the door, they spotted the telltale red light of an alarm. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Travel Arena has always reminded me of the Museum of Natural History, except half as big and with international flags fixed along the edges of the dome. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In gray ink, on pages edged in green, he wrote about something hed read. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went over to the meadow to catch a rabbit for her; as we passed one of the hemlocks near the edge of the grove, she pulled her feathers to her body and looked alarmed. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the river’s edge women were scrubbing clothes and even washing their pots and pans. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Soldiers appeared on the edge of the crowd to restore order. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia looks from the twins back in the direction of the courtyard, where the light from the bonfire gleams along the edges of the tents, casting dancing shadows of patrons across the striped fabric. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But while in the past she’d been a civilian working on the edges of the military, now she made a positive decision to follow a military career herself. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland sat on the edge of the group, cracking his knuckles, his eyes wandering from one point to another. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As the car swung over a high bridge that crossed the North Saskatchewan River, he could peer over the railing to see the family business at the water’s edge below. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted her wings and chased him to the edge of the aerie. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Miss Hennepin edged closer, craning her stringy neck like a buzzard. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The long plank snaked out and upwards, coming to rest gently but firmly on the parapet edge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Thus, he tried to get his upper body out of the bed first and turned his head carefully toward the edge of the bed. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world was foggy around the edges, and her body felt heavy. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"Live steel is too dangerous. I will permit you tourney swords, with blunted edges." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Harry froze, his cut finger slipping on the jagged edge of the mirror again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then they both edged away, deeper into the woods. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then they released the bird and it swooped with a flurry of white wings, hovered over the edge of the boat, then sat on top of the shiny water. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crossed the floor to the edge of the blue mat where kids were sitting with crossed legs, watching silently as Samira and two girls in yellow belts did a bunch of movements. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As I reached the balcony’s edge, my foot caught on a piece of wood. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The smell of rain mingled with the sweet scent of honeysuckle, and crickets chirped in the huckleberry bushes along the edge of the woods. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Arranged in a horseshoe along the edge are stainless steel sinks and counters, a scalding tank, and a feather-plucking machine. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The return of those sounds, even though they didn’t seem too close at the moment, obviously had them both on edge. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Cluny spat over the edge of the cart at two young rabbits playing in a field. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Kat and Dad gathered on one side of the pod with the other passengers, while I stayed out at the edge, half posing, half looking at the others posing. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The western edge of the city has become a holocaust of crimson and carmine from which rise multiple towers of smoke. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We don’t have to leave Insmire to get to the High King’s palace, but we do skirt the edge of two other tiny islands, Insmoor, Isle of Stone, and Insweal, Isle of Woe. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She assumed the position of commander as more and more cars pulled into the Meecham yard and began to park on the edge of the Lawn. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a waitress at Mr. Gee’s, an all-night café off Main Street on the edge of town, so she was always gone by eight o’clock and didn’t come back until the next morning. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The leather is worn and the binding is fraying at the edges. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And if I’m ready to confess my real sins, I have to admit that I used that info to push him to the farthest edge of fearlessness so I could watch from below. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

To his right, the jungle’s trees still loomed like sentries; to his left, a barren expanse of russet dirt stretched several yards wide between the city’s edge and the jungles border to create a no-man’s-land. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I sit down on the edge of his bed and close my eyes and hold out my hands. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other boy helplessly edged away from the woman and with a cry rushed through the doorway. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had reached the edge of town, by the little gas station/grocery store where the lumberjacks had dropped us. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Carmen sat on the edge of the lumpy mattress to button up her brand-new boots. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

She pushes back her cuticles with the rounded edge of the file, then expertly picks and scrapes under her nails until they are spotless. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked around for Miss Peregrine and saw her perched forlornly on the edge of Adam’s crater. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He scanned the deck, as he did every few minutes, and picked out Sefia perched on the edge of the quarterdeck, hunched over the book in her lap. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The lane curved to the right and when they rounded the corner, it was to see the very edge of Ogden’s frock coat vanishing through a gap in the hedge. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

For a while I hung around the edges of the Meadow, but finally I worked up the courage to go under the fence. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Elodin stood perilously near the edge, his master’s robe flapping around him like a dark flag. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The damp grass along the edges of the paths was dotted with spikes of mauve bugle, and the sanicles and yellow archangels flowered thickly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“After a rain, maybe,” she said, and reached her tongue out, tasting the very edge. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She was just sitting there on the edge of her bed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the throng of the winter terms at Devon we were at opposite extremities of the class, and to me there only came the disliked edge of Quackenbush’s reputation. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took one, and he sat on the edge of the bunk. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe this time, we’ll find the perfect place,” I said as I ran my fingers over the folded edges of the maps. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The fourth and final approaching creature was able to stop in time, teetering on the very edge of the cliff, a spike and a claw holding it in place. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Bandits edge their machetes against migrants’ throats or ears as they disrobe. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Then, directly under his eyes, four white fingers caught hold of the icy edge of the water tank. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The edges of the grass were clipped very short and neat around the gravestones, and the hedge was straight. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He sat down by the bed and folded his hands on the edge of the counterpane. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Hardly daring to breathe, Harry edged right up to the opening and peered through a tiny gap left between crate and wall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I turn another sketchbook page and choose among the words written along the edge. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of us walked over to the edge for a better look. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hops around before losing her balance and catching hold of the edge of the bed not to fall down. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Her forays out of the apartment, while her husband is at work, are limited to the university within which they live, and to the historic district that flanks the campus on one edge. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

You walk over to the edge to look inside. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

From far away the store on the edge of town looked about a hundred years old, but when we got up to it, I saw it was actually older. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked to the edge of the rocks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

And Uncle Al’s not the only one with that idea—a handful of farmers hang around the edges of the lot, trailing lead ropes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in a yellow jacket that had dappled fur on the edges, and her hair was pulled back tightly with shiny ribbons. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

We tiptoed around the bodies to the edge of the platform, then hopped down into the pit where the tracks ran. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It had flat ground for easy driving, and I just needed to follow the edge of the hills. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worked over the bayonet a good long time until I had an edge on it that would slice through a man like a hot nail going through butter. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thinks she catches glimpses of Marco in the glass, the edge of his jacket or the bright flash of his collar, but she cannot be certain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The receptionist is half-seated on the edge of the principal's desk, one hand cupping a cheek, elbow propped up by the other hand. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She placed her fingers flat on the table edge, like someone at a seance, then, almost instantly, closed her hands—her nails were bitten down to the quick. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I asked, sitting on the edge of the chair. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

And as soon as they were alone, Will showed Iorek how the other edge of the knife worked. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I stop on the top step, where I can see into the kitchen: the kitchen table where the dirty dishes are piled, the back edges of Mrs. Smeath and Aunt Mildred. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He crosses and kneels on the edge of the mattress, offering Alex a mug. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He picked up a cheese knife from the counter and carefully ran his thumb along the edge and laid the knife down. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gazed at the stone wall that edged the backyard. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The child’s pink nightie, the stacks of white pillow slips edged with embroidery, the sheets with top hems picked out with blue cornflowers. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull the edge of my thumbnail back too far and it bleeds. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry told her, a slight edge to his voice, and he set off again, leaving her crouched beside the old grave. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

On the second day they pulled down the rest of the honeysuckle on both sides of the house and gathered all the piles together near the edge of the marsh. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing that he was game, he took a final look at the strange white back and then went straight up to the edge of the hollow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the advance of the spring, their floe was eroding at the edges. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I feel on the edge of an idea, and I try to talk my way into it. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Magic Eye is at the edge of his chair, the veins on his neck showing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I got to Mrs. Rouse’s room, I’d rolled that word around so much, I thought I might just have rolled its sharp edges a tiny bit smoother. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was an edge to the last of his words. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the far left of the line, Azar and Norman Bowker and Mitchell Sanders waded along the edge of the field closest to the river. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven highly doubted that anyone would come to help them all the way at the edge of the Cursed Forest. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The bottle reached the edge and slipped from our view, made an almost inaudible swish as it hit the hay below. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Each time, as teacup rattled against saucer, as spoon tinkled against edge of cup, I asked questions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up, swung my legs around, and slid off the edge of the slab. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They followed her to the edge of the camp. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where are we?” said the voice of the Chevalier Tialys, small but strong as ever, though there was a harsh edge to it, as if he, too, had been suffering pain. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

On the right side of the Door, foot-long rods jutted out from the wall edge, also several inches in diameter, in the same pattern as the holes facing them on the other side. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

My mother always sits on the edges of things—chairs, ledges, tables—as if she suspects she will have to flee in an instant. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He put both of his hands on the edge of my bed, and at that moment I felt like a parakeet—but a tough, stand-up-for-yourself variety of parakeet—in a stare-down with a saltwater crocodile. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The next day we take our pumpkins to the wooden bridge and throw them over the edge, watching them smash open on the ground below. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m still working on it,” Cady said, leaning forward on the edge of her stool, watching him chew. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Past a hairpin curve near where there were three crosses, they pushed the car over the edge. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned forward on the table, resting my chin on my folded arms, my hidden fingers gripping the table’s edge as I fought to ignore the irrational longing that unsettled me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“And there she stood on the edge looking down,” Amarante said. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s so surprised that she drops the edge of her tunic. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He’d been trying not to look beyond the ragged edge of the backyard to the bulldozed mess of branches, trunks, leaves, and mud that had once been his beloved woods. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

They cleared the brush that edged the beach and picked their way down the shore toward the water. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear paused at the edge of the brush and listened hard one last time. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

A tarry odor like hot macadam or turpentine, but with a woodsy edge. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I cower at the edge of the truck, my heart beating wildly, afraid to get off. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trees at the jungle’s edge bend in the exact easterly direction of the wind, explaining their curved trunks. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The sky was the early morning color of autumn: Jemez turquoise, edged with thin quartz clouds. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now Mom’s taken his hand and is leading him to the edge of the cliff. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Gregor groped his way to the curtain and pushed the edge aside. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our store was at an intersection at the edge of town on a long, sloping hill. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear sat up and wiped his face with the edge of his tunic, hearing nothing but the sound of his own panting and the rushing river nearby. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Hodor knew Bran's favorite place, so he took him to the edge of the pool beneath the great spread of the heart tree, where Lord Eddard used to kneel to pray. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I said, backing nervously away from the edge. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I just see him walking back to the edge of that roof. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger perched on the edge of the table and pinched out one of the candles, gently and slowly as if waiting for the pain, the sharp little stab of the candle flame. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Theon stopped by the edge of the pool and bowed his head before its carved red face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Its rounding metal blades slice the edges of the tin to the right size and shape, while the letter and number forms punch the license number into the center. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa sat down at the table and poured his tea from the china tea set with pink flowers on the edges. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The lady aimed the hose out of Lily's path and toward some rosebushes growing along the edge of the lawn as she approached. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The plank has a little green moss along the edge, but it’s still plenty strong. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Flying out, Dunwing took a few extra turns upon the rope, locking it firmly off on the projecting edge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her hand squeezes the edge of the table, the knuckles pale. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I know as well as you that it must be done. Just let me water this violet, for the sake of my conscience, and then I’m off. Poor thing, it’s on the edge of death.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Just as spots begin exploding at the edge of my vision, a knock comes at the door. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Have you thought about me?” he asked, edging a little closer. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Holding Granny’s right hand, he rested his bowed head wearily against the edge of the feather mattress. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I wondered if it was lonely out there on the edge of space, so far from the light and warmth of the sun. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

As they did, the old soldier edged forward, the rope trailing, and yanked open the door, then leaped to one side. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sun is so bright that I have to squint, so hot that I edge to the middle seat, out of the glare of the window, scooping Carmine onto my lap. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It slipped, dogs first, straight into the cold ash at the edge of the fire circle. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Atop each corner of the cell-block’s wall, rounded guard towers seemed to sag sadly at their edges as though the prison itself had exhaled a final dying gasp. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then one of Rue's eyes edges around the trunk. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Hoping she didn’t know I was near, I perched on the edge of the lion bench. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Nathan sat up and crawled to the edge of the water. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He sat her on the edge of the tub, went to the medicine cabinet, and opened it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They chased in and out of the misty edge of an ice cloud. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He’d had a thin goatee line tattooed along the edge of his jaw. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“There’s got to be some granddaddy of a waterfall at the Helderberg Escarpment. A large stream runs right off the edge of that eight-hundred-foot cliff.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was a tiny girl, he would send me out to the bushes on the edge of our property with a small tin pail to collect them. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It scrapes at my toes and the edges of my heels. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Assassin edged forward, toeing the pool of light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The exam room was the only section of the ship I’d ever seen, and its true shape and size were obscured by the darkness at the edges. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I was on the edge of my seat, my legs ready to jump up and carry me off the train as soon as we arrived at Harvard Square. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

So they stood, the travelers, at the edge of the land of the dead. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We headed down to the sea and walked along the water’s edge. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

They passed the last streetlight on the very edge of Salinas, and blackness lay ahead of them and the road was unpaved and sticky with black ’dobe mud. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jamie was sitting on the edge of his bed, fiddling with something on his wrist. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The air was fresh, with the sharp edge you felt only in autumn, though we didn’t see a single hummingbear when we passed the blue willows at the river’s edge. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Tally came to a controlled stop and peered over the edge. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And looking at it sitting on the dining room sideboard, where all the silver had been pushed to the edges to make room for it, I thought he might be right. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mark rolled his eyes, but Alec had already turned away and was leaning forward to peek around the edge of the tree trunk. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“This life is killing me, Chuck,” her mother saying in a voice hoarse with tears while her dad stood in his army greens, quiet as always, his hands worrying the edges of his hat. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He jerked her to her feet, and they ran along the edge of the great ravine. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He crashed into the edge of the balcony, slamming his head against the stone and dropping to the floor. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I put my finger on the edge of the first plate. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

This anxiety was the mother of Bobby’s foresight, it kept him on edge and gave him an advantage. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was as pleased as I was disappointed that the edges of the wound had begun to clot. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The entire edge of the glacier peeled away, cascading into the void—carrying buildings, ghosts, and Percy Jackson over the edge. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I sat up and hung my feet over the edge of the upper bunk. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I was always a little afraid that if I stood close enough to the edge, a strange urge might come over me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

At eleven, my coworker Quines and I are checking the table, making sure all the napkins are perfectly folded, all the silverware perpendicular to the table edge, the flowers arranged just right. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she rose, Leo almost stumbled off the edge of the world. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As I patted, her eyes grew wide at the sight of a thick slice of buttered bread perched near the edge of a table. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked away at the trees that edged our clearing, their firelit trunks and the black ness beyond. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

"Hello," I said conversationally, sitting down on the edge of the bed. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Kids turned and bolted in every direction, some heading back toward the school, others following the edges of the electrified fence, looking for another way out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He walked to the edge of the pool and contemplated a sodden red towel left near the diving board. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She sat, pale and obviously stalling, on the couch edge, looking up at her mother. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

None of the gathered men looked at her as she passed, skirting the edge of the scene, and getting a better look at the body in the process. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Caleb sinks back against the countertop edge, touching the back of his head to the metal cabinets. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She edges up the treadmill speed and breaks into a sprint. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I found the waterfall near the southern edge of the city, just inside the curved wall of the atmospheric dome. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As she turned the page something reached into her throat, plucked her voice out, shook it down, and returned it without its laughing edges. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laila sat on the edge of the stream, dipping her feet into the cool water. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The man swung the melon down to the edge of a rock. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

David breaks off an edge of crust and tosses it to the dog. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, I—must take my leave,” he stammered, edging away. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He took it down with both hands, rested it between his knees, and ran his finger along its biting edge. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wait more, then walk to the edge of the alley and bend down like I’m tying a shoe. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I hold the glossy counters with their smooth edges, finger the letters. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had grummets and was laced down at the edge with cord. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She points toward the tree line, where a thick wall of trees used to be at the edge of Emmett and George’s field. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I say, sitting on the edge of the bed. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Now they were sitting together on the outcropping of rock at the edge of the river. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She came to the edge of the porch and pointed down the road, speaking. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if she could see the red dye still vivid on Mala’s feet, all but obscured by the bottom edge of her sari. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He looped the rope to the bucket handle and tossed the bucket over the edge. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

When we were around the edge of the cafeteria, out of sight of building four in case Mr. Banner was watching, I stopped. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Shall I stay with you till Mr. Pontellier comes?” asked Robert, seating himself on the outer edge of one of the steps and taking hold of the hammock rope which was fastened to the post. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

The trees were thin and stunted here, for they were on the edge of the tundra, but there were brambles and snagging bushes in the path. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Belet plucked a hair and drew it over the blade's edge, slicing it neatly in two. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“There’s still half of it left. Maybe we could put Scotch Tape along the edge and pass it off as a one-dollar bill.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

South and east they stared to where, at the edge of the oncoming night, a dark line hung, like distant mountains of motionless smoke. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The angry edge to her voice had the rest of our dinner companions stopping to take a good look at me too. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Another hurdler’s fist extends from the left edge of the photo, right into her eye. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. But did you notice, along the bottom edge there’s a printed strip?” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Says he's checking up on me, but he's still all on edge. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Hanging on edges, walking through paths, climbing higher or lower. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I walked to the northern edge of the hilltop and descended the crumbling cliff face I found there. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His voice held an edge of derision now. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn't walk into that room with the smoky fire from the damp branches I had scavenged at the edge of the woods after the coal had run out, my bands empty of any hope. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Clancy didn’t release my hand; he only sat on the edge of his desk in front of me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Boys shuffle around the edges of the room. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Sam leaned over the edge of her bed. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“No, I know. But that blue one right there”—Ivy tapped the edge of her pillow—“it’s mine. My sister accidentally put it in the pile.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Sefia stood at the edge of the stone pit, still reeling from the touch of Archer’s arms on her arms, his chest on her chest. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They slid a few feet, almost to the very edge again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Seems like they disappeared or something after they went over the edge.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The fog was thick and drizzly, and I couldn’t see much past the edge of the boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liza lifted the pale sheet of it and laid it over one of the pie tins and trimmed the edges with a knife. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow her hair was curly around the edges and straight everywhere else. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed and, sitting on the edge, he waved his legs off the side. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hard edge of the narrow pew bit into her thigh, in spite of every gingerly effort to shift her weight. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The lighted dial of Dudley’s watch, which was dangling over the edge of the sofa on his fat wrist, told Harry he’d be eleven in ten minutes’ time. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I stay as hidden as possible at the edge of the room, between two large plants that are suspended in mineral solution. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The storm clouds had now reached the edge of the beach. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Come morning, I marched with Otto to uncramp my legs, and when I returned to the pond I found a handful of bonobos on the opposite edge, sipping at the water. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

After I got my sisters in, out, dried, and lotioned, I took my bath, setting my watch on the porcelain edge to keep an eye on my own twelve minutes in the tub. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he strode off, leaving Harry to take a sandwich from a passing waiter and make his way around the edge of the crowded dance floor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

This case, he was saying, happened on a razor’s edge. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

At the bus stop, Hazel took her spot at the edge of the sidewalk, a few feet away from the twins. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He enjoyed eavesdropping on verbal swordplay that had edge, and even wickedness. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Catherine said, a hint of defiance edging her voice. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

My mom stands at the edge of the stage with her microphone dangling from her fingers. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It had twelve hands but no numbers; instead, little planets were moving around the edge. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The moon looked in over the edge of the dell. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

After the long trek down from the parking lot, she walked along the edge of the water. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I could see the hard edge in his eyes. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

So they drew up to the edge of the valley, where an outcrop of rock formed a sort of jetty, and disembarked. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When he came out the back door of the store, Naomi had already reached the edge of the woods. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was swept back a bit more now, and I saw the edge of what must have been a pretty big bandage covering her cheek. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He was ready to open up his newspaper and go back to reading when I pulled an edge down to look him in the eye as I told him the answer. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He learned the dangers of sitting on the edge of the tub last winter after he fell in and Dad had to blow-dry him. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Nok turned back to Pong just in time to see him leap off the edge. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I have an impulse to get up, stand at the edge of the stage and open my mouth to sing. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The edges of his lips nearly reached his ears. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soldier knelt down at the edge of the pool. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Griswold wheeled himself closer and smiled, his bushy mustache lifting up at the edges. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

His enigmatic beauty seemed better suited for dim Gothic chambers and the silence of ruined castles, aristocracy that had cracked around the edges, clothed itself in ivy, and crawled back into the wilderness. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Cruising the edge of King territory, pumping the volume with the bass on full, looking for Stingers who might be stepping out of line. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She does, and I swing my legs over the edge of the bed. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Remembering that, holding the check, all I could do was sit on the edge of the couch feeling my head getting heavy at the top. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later they were making a long traverse across a deeper slope that edged further to the north and delivered them at last to another valley, another little stream. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He smiled back, his brown eyes crinkling around the edges. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I write the word freak and trace an outline around it over and over until I hit the edge of the paper. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But if they halted and stood still listening, they heard no more, nothing but the wind sighing over the edges of the stones — yet even that reminded them of breath softly hissing through sharp teeth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Dad dodged the Dancing Fan and sat beside me on the edge of the bed, generating a gravity well to try and pull me out. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A few drops of blood stained the edge of the carpet. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We shall see later that when one combines general relativity with the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics, it is possible for both space and time to be finite without any edges or boundaries. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was in an unhurried, reconnoitering mood, with time to go to a rocky edge and take a glimpse of the near-vertical scree down which he would shortly have to throw himself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If you look at the shadow cast by a source at a great distance, such as the sun, you will see that the rays of light in the edge are not approaching each other. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chorus of voices had grown silent, but someone spoke as they yanked him over the sharp edge of the dark box. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

At the edges of the city, the lights were so far away that they made a kind of haze. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They settled themselves in some soft moss at the edge of the forest, once they’d checked it for pellets of glass. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

We grabbed a picnic table at the edge of the eating area. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He was sweating and trembling, and his frog dæmon fell from the edge of the witness stand to the floor in her agitation. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When you are traveling to Cairns, Australia, at the edge of the Great Barrier Reef, to answer a question that no one else has asked, you need quite a bit of money. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was sitting on the edge of the bed, leaning over the trumpet. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I sat down in the grass along the edge of the lane and took off my shoes. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She dabs glue all around the edge of one rock. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“It be gone,” Amari said as she looked back to where they had run from and scanned the water’s edge. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Since when have you started fainting?” she said, and sat down on the edge of the bed, causing me to roll into her side. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take it easy, Charlie. The old man is on edge. This convention means a lot to him. His reputation is at stake.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It would not rip and I bit the edge of the cloth to start it. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She peeked over the edge of the ship, and suddenly, green and golden beyond the blue of the sea, the land appeared from the distant mists. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The long low note lingered at the edge of hearing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She took my hand as we walked, her soft fingers gripping the edges of my palm. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The warm wool felt good, although it was wet along the edges. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

A carefully trimmed beard the color of soot sharpened the edges of his knife blade face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

An arrow on the edge of my map pointed south to Katahdin Iron Works, site of an improbable nineteenth-century factory in the woods and now a state historical monument. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘What’s beautiful about it?’ said Pippin, peering over the edge of his blanket with one eye. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He sits down on the edge of his bed. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A new tear opens up at the edge of his gash, blood waving down it in the spray. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

When all our plates are clean, Emily says, “Siraj’s logic is solid about the science fair. Winning that would definitely give one an edge in the Excelsior contest.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I pull the filthy plaster off the end of my finger and look at the pale, wrinkled flesh beneath, dried blood caked at the edge of my fingernail. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He edged away from the road and went quickly and silently to the hidden place where Juana was. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went back to work, and I watched the ground, rather than the phone, as near-invisible thread pulled the hole’s edges together tight with a puff of smoke. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

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

He took his glasses off and wiped drops of creek water off of them with the edge of his shirt. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She hung a thick toweling robe on the edge of the screen. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The stone banisters on the outside stairways were chipped, their surfaces blotched with dirt, and the edges of the stone steps were round and smooth from years of use. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Moira, sitting on the edge of my bed, legs crossed, ankle on knee, in her purple overalls, one dangly earring, the gold fingernail she wore to be eccentric, a cigarette between her stubby yellow-ended fingers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I thought maybe I ought to spill a little blood for practice, so I sat on the edge of the tub and crossed my right ankle over my left knee. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Just then, he loses his balance on the edge of the bed and slips, knocking a plate of heart-shaped Linzer cookies off the table with a crash. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Everyone is on the edge of their seat. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

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

I found the edge of the bed in the dark and sat down on it and started putting on my shoes. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He walked back to meet her at the edge of the lawn. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Several of the rabbits were already awake and feeding on the edge of the wood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt watched in terror as his son disappeared over the water’s edge. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Hands in my pockets, I clutch the locket in a tight fist, until the edges of the metal start to hurt my skin. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his course to the southeast, and the land sank out of sight as night came over the eastern edge of the world. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He felt on the edge of death with the desire for it, and presently, without his being able to prevent it, his eyes closed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Georgetown is in DC,” he continued as he rubbed his hands along the edge of the table. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

All around the edges of the carpet, I put my Essential Equipment. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had to sit on the edge of the gathering and morosely groom himself. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gods arrived at Aegir’s huge hall at the edge of the sea. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Salvador grabbed Lupita by the wrist and pulled her out of the anteroom to the very edge of the dance floor. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I spotted the boys by the river’s edge. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Despite all efforts, however, they were still below the edge of the parapet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We never walked really on the road, but along the edge, so that we could vanish into the bushes or a ditch if anyone came along. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

"I hope so," she said, twisting the edge of her scarf. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They reached the edge of the poppy fields as the last streaks of sunlight slid behind the hills.The dirt path gave way to a wide lawn. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the north edge of town, just below the rich Chapultepec hills district, Lupita ran up to her brother with a tortilla and an egg taken from her sack. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The study was too close to the children’s bedrooms for a late-night talk, so the headmistress and I adjourned to a little greenhouse that edged the woods. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Then I sit at the edge of the water, cleaning the fish Finnick catches and watching the sun drop below the horizon. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mother’s nerves are very much on edge, and that doesn’t bode well for me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We drove deep into the Meadowlands to a nature preserve and hiked to the river’s edge. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

As they neared Hagrid’s cabin on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, the mystery of the Beauxbatons’ sleeping quarters was solved. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

By then Mother was sitting on the very edge of her chair. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Floss posed them on the edge of the sidewalk and snapped the picture, unaware that a trolley lumbered by at the instant of exposure. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z