| 单词 | elevator |
| 例句 | I grin at the sight of Uriah’s disheveled hair, and the elevator doors open. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Was she talking about the Chihuahua on the elevator?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The elevator doors open, and the wind hits us immediately, still warm but woven with threads of winter cold. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z "Not unless the elevator ride jogged his memory. Hon, you remember your name now?" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I look over to the elevator, where a new rotation of guards has just arrived. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The lobby is large and well-lit, with black marble floors that stretch back to an elevator bank. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I walked out of the room, wiping my tears, staggering toward the elevator, covering my eyes so no one could see, as nurses and hospital aides backed out of my way. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The elevator takes us to the roof of Batalla Hall, twelve stories high, where the shadows from surrounding buildings don't protect us from the sun. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “It’s all about this family that lives in the elevator of a San Francisco hotel. And let’s just say, the book has its ups and its downs!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “Come on, Joey,” Mom said, and tugged at my arm because the elevator doors began to close. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Theo, upset over his Skid Row snooping, took out his anger on the up button, poking it, jabbing it, until the elevator finally made its way down to the lobby. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Father Franco told her to stay at the church until she could take the elevator up to 12B. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z No sooner had Kate replaced the panel below her than the elevator door opened. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I rode the elevator up, the door was open, the smell brought back to me what for forty years I had struggled not to remember but couldn’t forget. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I point my chin in the direction of the elevators. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I heard him laugh; then I was alone in the elevator car. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z We stuffed a pile of silver into the cabby's hand and dropped a couple of Kleenexes to cover the mess on the floor, and ran in through the lobby and on to the empty elevator. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Through Special Defense, into the elevator that goes this way and that, and on to the hospital wing. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Mr. Wonka pressed another button, and the elevator swung upwards into the sky. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I pick the one on the right, but then the left elevator door opens. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “I have to go—the phone won’t work in the elevator.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Then we arrive at the elevators and the soldiers shove me inside. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z As soon as the elevator door closed and she was alone, Jule pulled off the wig. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Benji shook his head and jabbed the up button for the elevator. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The elevator doors dinged open and a few girls got out, talking animatedly about some poetry reading they were going to for their summer literature program. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z By late afternoon the elevator was papered with notices and filled with tenants facing sideways and backwards, reading as they rode up and down. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z We step into the elevator but neither of us presses the number of my floor. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z As the elevator takes you up, you hear information about the building, which was pretty fascinating, and I normally would have taken some notes, but I needed all of my concentration for being brave. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The elevator stops at the lobby floor, and we both get off. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Once we get inside, there’s an elevator,” I said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She put her head against the elevator wall and wouldn’t look at me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The elevator door closes, and we start moving. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Everyone presses in and I’m trapped, like I’m in a crowded elevator. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z There was a mail slot by the elevator. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “Faster!” cried Mr. Wonka, banging the wall of the elevator with his hand. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The soldiers waiting by the elevator stand even straighter as I approach. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She survived the shock of her first elevator ride and stepped into a long corridor lined with chairs, all of which were full of colored men and women awaiting examinations. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A high percentage of white people were visibly uncomfortable in his presence, especially within the confines of small areas, such as in elevators. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When the door opens, there’s Nora, leaning against the back wall of the elevator, with her Mets hat on, looking down at something on her phone. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Exasperated, he leaned against the wood paneling of the elevator and sighed. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z She writes of elevators, train stations, buildings so high, they hurt the neck to see. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z We stand between the elevators, right above another Candor symbol, the uneven scales. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Resch asked as the elevator doors shut, closing the two of them inside; he punched the roof button and the elevator silently rose. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I do not want to run into Deb in the elevator. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z And when we turn the corner into the elevator bank, there’s Jordan Rylance, coming back to the studio with his mom in her awful faux-leopard coat. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She never hits or lands; she falls and falls, and I wake with my heart pounding and gravity cut from under me, as in an elevator plummeting out of control. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They crossed the cobbled courtyard and used the residents’ elevators to come upstairs, which was strictly forbidden by the cooperative’s bylaws. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I thought about the tour guide in the elevator. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Christina slams her palm into an elevator button and slips inside before the doors are fully open, dragging me behind her. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The way to the elevator was clear for a few seconds. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z We stand in the elevator, side by side. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But the busi-nesses that run the grain elevators and the industrial food chain do not look at corn as food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z One of them on each side of her, they prodded her in the direction of the museum elevator. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I turn and walk to the elevator, hoping she’ll trust me and follow. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The stretcher would not go into the elevator and they discussed whether it was better to lift me off the stretcher and go up in the elevator or carry the stretcher up the stairs. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “What would a trip to the Starlight Room be without a ride in our famous glass elevators? They go up like rockets.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The elevator in front of us opens, and Crick exits, remotely directing a cart. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Max hits the button for the elevator, and we look back at the closed double doors. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They rode the elevator up to Citra’s apartment with a pudgy woman with a pudgier pug, who was positively terrified. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He spoke with an Austrian accent, which made Deborah wiggle her eyebrows at me when he turned to press the elevator call button. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I walk toward the elevator and pass Zeta-4 happily holding out her tray as a woman exchanges an empty glass for a full one. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Then, just as the sun mercifully starts to set, I see someone emerge from the elevator and make her way toward me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z While in the elevator, on our way to the sixth floor of the intensive care unit, I thought about how my dad would look. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z We heard the elevator’s ding and I opened Annemarie’s front door before Mom had a chance to ring the bell. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Hardly any other ship in the world had elevators! I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z We put them in each stairwell on each floor, plus inside the elevators. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The grain elevator is the only buyer in town, and the elevator only pays for corn and soybeans. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Annie and I got into separate elevators and raced each other up to the forty-ninth floor and then back down to street level. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll find the Head Office on Level Seven,” says the guard, extending his arms to corral us back to the elevator. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z We wrap the sandwiches in tinfoil, I snap on my earmuffs, and we head for the elevator. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He took my arm, and I walked with him to the elevator, grateful to have an excuse to avoid the stairs. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Their babbling echoes filled the lobby before they got on the elevator. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Upon arrival at this address, enter the leftmost elevator alone. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “That worked out nicely,” Mom says as we’re getting in the elevator to head back upstairs. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I wait for the door to slide shut with them inside and run as fast as I can, taking the first turn to the elevators. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She bent over, kissed Bri’s hand, then straightened up and left the elevator. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z After the anthem, the tributes file back into the Training Center lobby and onto the elevators. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I pull on a clean pair of leggings and a sweatshirt, make a note to add Bactroban to the schedule in my app, then head up the elevator and across into Building 2. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Behind me the elevator was letting off passengers, and I heard the cheery voices of women going chattering down the hall. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I take a breath and follow him into the elevator. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z We stepped off the elevator and walked to our car. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Leila took the elevator to the third floor, and entered courtroom 5. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Her heels are dangling from her hand, her eyes bright in the warm light near the hotel elevator where they’ve agreed to meet. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And four hours later, Malcolm X left his room and took an elevator down to the lobby, where he checked out. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She reached, then, to stab at the elevator button. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The maitre d’ pulled sacks of potatoes and onions out of the service elevator and climbed in himself. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Whatever was new and exciting—elevators, gas lighting, swimming pools, golf courses—the White Mountain hotels were in the vanguard. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Turn around and go back to the elevators. You don’t need to see this.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Lobby,” I said hoarsely, and the elevator began to descend. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He and Clay strap me to the stretcher, and we go downstairs in the elevator. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “God is good,” she repeated to herself in the elevator. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The elevator pings as he presses the button. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The elevator light blinks and the doors slide open. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z So I rode the elevator up three flights to the maternity ward and reported to the head nurse. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z After the elevator door closed, Ralph worried that the puddles might dry before he had the lobby to himself. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z The uniformed cops inside the apartment ignored us, coming and going through the kitchen and using the service elevator, taking cartons of foodstuffs with them. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z When I got there, I went straight to the elevator and up to his floor. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z We take an elevator to the roof of the building, where a set of tall glass doors slides open for us. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sayle gestured with the gun and he walked over to a bank of elevators. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z With a shout, I jump to the back of the elevator just as flames reach it. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He nudged Rick forward and, together, the two of them ascended by elevator to the roof of the opera house. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Dylan and I race out of the auditorium and down the main hall of the Department of Supernatural Investigations to the elevators. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z As she rode the elevator back downstairs that evening, however, she rested her head against the mirrored wall and bit back tears. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He put a key card into a slot in the elevator panel and we started to descend. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I mean, think about it: drowning in an elevator in a skyscraper. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I put in my own prayer to Annabeth’s mom, hoping I was right that it had been her in that elevator—that she was trying to help us save her daughter. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Framed in Stygian iron, the magical portal was a set of elevator doors—two panels of silver and black etched with art deco designs. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The elevator moves like molasses, chug-a-lugging its way to the eighth floor. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The lightless elevator swayed back and forth as it ascended, turning the boy s stomach sour with nausea; a smell like burnt oil invaded his senses, making him feel worse. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z “It won’t stop till we get there. I only hope no one’s using the other elevator at this moment.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z He dashes out the elevator so fast you’d think I had the plague. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The elevator rushed on at the speed of a rocket. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z When I enter the elevator, I look down and see Nyla’s meeting has ended. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z As we step out, I glance behind me to watch the elevator close and see a metallic grate slide into place over the regular doors. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Martin tells me that sometimes he'd turn off the security alarm in their penthouse apartment, walk along the hall to the elevator, and sneak down to the garage in the middle of the night. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When I jerked my head toward the elevators, she followed, looking back and forth between the elevator bank and the office floor, her lip caught between her teeth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z We could take the elevator, only it reminds me too much of the one that lifted me into the arena. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The shooting started as soon as the elevator doors slid open. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We head to the seventh floor and find Mom waiting for us by the elevators. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z With Westerberg in stir, there was no work at the grain elevator for McCandless, so on October 23, sooner than he might have under different circumstances, the boy left town and resumed a nomadic existence. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Uriah stares at his reflection in the elevator doors and pats his hair down. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The elevator door opened, and they got in. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Lynn—who I first met when she stomped on my toes in a Hancock building elevator—stands over me with raised eyebrows. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Once we get that right, we take an elevator to the top floor. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “I never use the elevator. Too easy to be taken by surprise.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The tail looked much larger when he got next to it, with a major part of the vertical stabilizer showing and perhaps half of the elevators. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Out the door, up the stairs, down the hall to one of those multidirectional elevators, and finally we arrive at Special Defense. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She pulls into the mall parking deck and finds a spot near the elevator. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I said as the elevator settled with a thump on the ground floor. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z When I’m done, she hands me a tissue and turns me toward the elevator. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She steps onto the large glass elevator, overlooking the east lobby, just past a large, decked-out Christmas tree they must’ve put up early this morning, long before the Thanksgiving leftovers were even eaten. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The elevator doors opened again, and the second group of half-bloods joined us. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The doors opened to an empty elevator, and both of them stepped in. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z And Heidi, who is holding the elevator door open, says, “No, God no,” and then looks at me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z As I’m about to walk from the elevator to the trash chute room at the other end of the hall, I notice the door to another room. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Mr. Williams from the tenth floor was already in the elevator, and another boy my age I hadn’t seen before. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The elevator doors slide open, and Barb, as if she’s heard my thoughts, emerges carrying an armful of my art supplies. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He decided to take the elevator up and ask the receptionist for the name of the person who’d be interviewing him. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All of the rest were gathered in the large assembly room Mrs. Frisby had seen when she got off the elevator. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Then I take the elevator up to her floor, my nerves multiplying every second. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Cash chuckles under his breath when he meets them at the elevators, a tray of six coffees balanced on one hand. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A figure emerged from the swimming hole as if rising on an elevator. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It doesn’t take long for the elevator to go exactly one floor up. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z His date rolls her eyes, strides into the elevator, and pokes the "L" button until the door closes. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Her pupils dilated; her eyes drifted right, away from her family, then stopped like an elevator between floors. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Those elevator doors open and close about a million times a day. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I hold on to my gift as we ride the elevator up to Deb’s floor together. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “For heaven’s sake. The only way out is the other elevator.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z "I'm just saying we could have found a spot on the street," she said as she pressed the elevator button in the parking garage. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z “Come on,” she finally says, “let’s get out of here,” and she leads me to the bank of elevators. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z We follow her into an elevator, where she pushes the button for the top floor. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And he didn’t mind that at the top, the elevator stopped a couple of inches below the floor. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z At the building, she shoved her way into the elevator even though the operator yelled “Car’s full!” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We entered the elevator with our mouths full of cookies. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The elevator passed three floors with a click each time, then clicked and stopped. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z We rode the elevator up to the third floor, and she went from one room to the next. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It was about a young veteran who had taken a job running an old-fashioned elevator in an office building. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The elevator sinks to the second floor, and I start to shake. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I scarfed the food-diaper down on the walk to my building and wiped my face as I rode the elevator up to the sixth floor. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z By the time the elevator arrives at the Department of Supernatural Investigations, it’s half full. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She hands us each an invitation from beneath the table and Dylan and I laugh all the way back to the elevators. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I got to my building, where I lived with my moms, walked in through the broken door and took the steps, because our elevator was jacked up too—the city didn’t never fix nothing. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Billy left his room, went down the slow elevator, walked over to Times Square, looked into the window of a tawdry bookstore. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fourth floor.” they said, and held their breath as the elevator shot them down. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Two Deckers riding an elevator on their End Day is either a death wish or the start to a bad joke.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I lose seven pounds in half a minute, feel like I could float up alongside the elevator. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Locked double doors stand between us and the elevator bank, which is why we need Eric's ID. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I wait until I hear the last footstep disappear behind an elevator door or into , a stairwell before opening my eyes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z His mom led him to a chair, kissed the top of his head, and shuffled back toward the elevator. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Carlos locks the door, and I lead the two dogs to the elevator, using only one hand to hold the leashes, and so far, it’s not so bad. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z As soon as the elevator door opened, I could hear Negra yelling. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He could hear the elevator slowly churning its way up to the twelfth floor. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “You wouldn’t see much. Besides, the place is all locked up. And you need a key to use the elevator.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z I’ll come out of the elevator and see her bidding them goodbye outside our door. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z "Come to lunch some day," he suggested, as we groaned down in the elevator. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Charlie peered down through the glass elevator at the snow-covered houses that lay below. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The old-fashioned clock by the elevator churred as its gears began to turn. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I’d almost mastered my jumpy nerves when I saw the tiny litde elevator car we were going to ride to the top of the Arch, and I knew I was in trouble. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z As Mrs. Frisby stepped from the elevator, it became obvious that strangers were a rarity down there, for the hubbub of a dozen conversations stopped abruptly, and all heads turned to look at her. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The elevator opened right away, so there was no awkward waiting. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z The elevator doors open, and ambulance attendants come out wheeling Mr. Ram, laid out, with an oxygen mask on his face. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The elevators, sticky with urine, didn’t work, and gun-shots were background music. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Benji threw out his arm to keep the elevator door from closing. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z She strode toward the elevator, hands again thrust violently in the pockets of her coat; she did not look back, and he hesitated for a moment, feeling annoyance, before he at last trailed after her. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Henry paid the driver and limped heavily to the lobby elevator. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I brought the elevator up myself, put Catherine’s bag in it, she stepped in and we went down. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I spot the elevators at the back of the lobby and make my way through the crowd of adults. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The elevators in the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, touted as one of the wonders of the fair, still had not begun operation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We take the elevator in silence, walk to the street. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Standing in front of the elevators, Sheehan explained that a source had offered to give him a copy of a secret government study about Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z No one else is there to see us cross to the tribute elevator. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She stepped off the elevator wearing a peach- colored pantsuit. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z I meet my own gaze in the blurry metal of the elevator, remembering the face mask in my pocket and slinging it on as I ride up to the fifth floor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I double-checked the laundry room and the back door and the elevator. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z And we get sick if the milk delivery is late and nearly die of heart failure if there is an elevator strike. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z While we wait for the elevators, Johanna unzips the rest of her tree, letting it drop to the floor, and then kicks it away in disgust. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z We all stand and look at the arrow that shows what floor the elevator’s on. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Half in the elevators, half in the stairwells, left and right! Go!” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to take the elevator because taking the elevator is a Last Days kind of activity at Support Group, so I took the stairs. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z While I was waiting for the elevator, I ran up to Mr. X’s and shoved the gum wrapper between his door and the doorframe. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They arrived at the elevator, where a group of guys were noisily discussing the merits of wet T-shirt contests. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Agent Magnus leads me to an open elevator and we step inside. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I head to the elevator and press the down button. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z We rode the elevator back down to my hangar in silence. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The thing’s cold yellow eyes find us in the elevator and it spits a whirling ball of fire in our direction. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Amara’s back stiffens, and she turns and presses the button for the elevator. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Something large and scaly is coiled a few feet from the elevator. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She had first seen Rob months before, in the elevator, with his unkempt clothes and unwashed hair, and he had smiled at her and said, “I see you around.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z That’s way easier said than done—it’s the elevator that gets used the most. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z When the elevator stopped again, one of her ankles twisted painfully under her weight, but she managed not to fall. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I can hear the kid laughing even after the elevator door closes behind them. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I don’t know if they ever made it off the elevator. Ever got to the firestorm. If the elevator doors opened on desperation? Or if they were trapped? Elevators shut down.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z I followed Sorrento off the shuttle and into an elevator adjacent to the landing pad. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The taxi-driver carried the bags in and left them by the elevator. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z After Kaira went up in the elevator, he went back to the restaurant to check. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z This was the craziest elevator he had ever seen. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The chief’s elevator is the last one on the row and is twice as big as the others. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z As soon as the elevator doors closed, I slipped the key into the slot. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I pace fast circles around the elevator on the ride down to the youth dormitories. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The elevator, however, had come, and already Iran was trotting inside. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Gerald no longer felt uncomfortable around them, even though he lived in an apartment building downtown that had a broken elevator, graffiti on the walls, and very little grass anywhere. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Hundreds of people had crowded the roof walk of the Manufactures Building each day, but their only way down was by elevator. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z While Bob fended off the army, Percy would hold the elevator button and make sure Annabeth got to safety. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Just as the elevator arrives, Finnick appears in a state of agitation. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Stupid elevator music floats from the tinny airport speakers. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z When Strauss and White and their half- dozen followers turned right down Corridor B, I turned left up Corridor C and took the elevator to my room. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z When she came out of the elevators, she knew at once from the look on the nurses’ faces that Ernest was gone, at the age of fifty-seven. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z There was an indoor waterslide snaking around the glass elevator, which went straight up at least forty floors. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z There were only a few buttons inside the elevator. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z His father lights a lamp, steps into an elevator, and disappears. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We get back to the lobby of his building and walk to the elevator, and I don’t want to face her. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z There was a six-chair barbershop, where civic leaders were mummified in hot towels; and bathtubs for rent; and elevator banks lit by translucent egg-shaped marble lamps. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Sure enough, Izzie gets to the first floor just as the elevator door opens. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He’d heard from Wayne Westerberg that a job was waiting for him at the grain elevator in Carthage, and he was eager to get there. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Beatrice, I—” The elevator reaches the eighth floor and the doors open. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He winked at me as the nurse led him to the elevator. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z We stepped out of the elevator onto the white marble walkway, and immediately cracks appeared at our feet. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z In the alleys, fifteen-year-old boys are making their way toward mine elevators, queuing up with their helmets and lamps outside the gates. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Steel, concrete, glass pound, rush like death elevators, squashing each floor, one after another and another. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z She walked with him to the elevator, then showed him how to insert his room key card into the slot to gain access to the twenty-first floor. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The others have already stopped an elevator for us. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z But waiting for the elevator in the basement, not so much. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A family of four came out of the elevator and headed in his direction. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The elevator opens so I have no time to gab. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I would ride the elevator up to the roof. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Where—what are we doing?” and Heidi doesn’t even allow the next elevator car of people to debark. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Dad and I watch the beat-up metal arrow on the wall above the elevator move from 3, to 2, then L, for lobby. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And even then they all refused to ride back to the factory in the elevator. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The IOI skyscrapers were the three tallest buildings in the city, mighty towers of steel and mirrored glass joined by dozens of connective walkways and elevator trams. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The lightless elevator swayed back and forth as it ascended, turning the bby’s stomach sour with nausea; a smell like burnt oil invaded his senses, making him feel worse. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “But let’s get a move on while there’s still electricity. We can take the service elevator to the basement to get the sled.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z And as my family continues to focus on their own things, smoothly forgetting about the awkwardness over the elevator, I feel more and more like a lonely storm cloud. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We walk down the yellow hall with the industrial carpet, that factory gray, past the shiny elevators, and through a heavy door to the stairwell. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z We walked up the hall and stood in front of the double doors of the elevator. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And as I zombie-walk to the elevator, she just touches my shoulder. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Izzie and I race each other to see who gets into the elevator first. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z They ran into the hallway and pressed the button for the service elevator. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z My three favorite people in one tiny elevator. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z And as they rode the elevator up to their separate floors—Simeon on seven, Kenzi on nine—Simeon looked at Kenzi, knowing what he wished for. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Frederick presses a button and something high in the building rattles and Werner whispers, “You have an elevator?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I paid the driver, and then we rode upstairs in the elevator. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z They rush me out of the ER and into the elevator. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course they are,” says the elevator in a snooty voice. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I dread it, but I follow her into the elevator and we go down one flight, to the fifth floor. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “It sometimes pulls the power lines loose. Someone has to go down in the elevator.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The others go ahead while I catch my breath near the elevator bank. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z On the last press, the lights dim and a red beam scans the elevator. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The elevator cables stretched high above her, disappearing into blackness. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z There’s this feeling in my chest like an elevator dropping. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Mr. Wonka was reaching for a button high up on the glass ceiling of the elevator. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z At least with her back to the elevator car, she didn’t have to worry about attacks from behind. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She sweeps him off and into the waiting elevator, elbowing him when he licks her palm. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z An instrumental version of “Monster Mash” filled the elevator for an awkward moment until they reached the seventh floor. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They took an elevator from the street level to a long, curving tunnel with doors on both sides and other tunnels branching off it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And of course, at the top, the elevator stopped a couple of inches below the floor, and we had to pull Lucas’s chair over the lip. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She didn’t want to enter the elevator today, either, and they had to push her. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The soldier salutes me, but I don’t bother to look at him before shutting the elevator door. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z After taking an elevator to the top of the building, the visitor begins a leisurely descent down the gently sloping ramp. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z We zoomed up the stairs because that was faster than the elevator. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z An instrumental version of “Monster Mash” filled the elevator for an awkward moment until they reached the seventh floor. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I hear the sound of the dryer stopping, like a little sigh, and I glance up at the arrow above the elevator. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When we made it to the third floor, we stood in front of big glass doors, in the tiny space between the stairs and elevator and the lab. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And even though I’d rather take the elevator by myself, it occurs to me that you can’t have a conversation about math expressions or state capitals or trombone positions with friends in books. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z When I stepped in front of the express elevator door, I held my breath as the system scanned my maintenance-tech ID badge. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z As the elevator went back down, she pulled out a makeup wipe and peeled off her false eyelashes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He walks confidently out of the elevator and diagonally through the main floor of the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The elevator closes on Muhammad’s surprised face as he travels on to the parking level on his own. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z But when the elevator opens on the third floor, Safer is waiting there. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Future aeronauts would call these little wings elevators, because they forced the aeroplane up and down in the air. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Felix grabbed Freebie by his leash and took the elevator down one floor. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Inside the elevator, she pressed against Zakariyya, one hand leaning on her cane, the other gripping her tattered dictionary. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z For once the elevator wasn’t broken, and they rode up to Gregor’s hall. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Director Van Helsing makes a motion with his arm and the agents move forward, surrounding the elevator. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z If anyone notices me missing from my room or watched my elevator go down instead of up...This is my last chance. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Since when did you start acting like a proper elevator?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Did she die in the elevator? Is that what happened?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Her stomach did a backflip as the elevator came to a halt Peris shrugged. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He raised his hand stiffly in goodbye and began to walk away toward the elevators. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z None of the boys had ever ridden an elevator more than a few floors in a hotel, and the rapid ascent both thrilled and frightened them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In that elevator at the museum, he said to himself, I rode down with two creatures, one human, the other android...and my feelings were the reverse of those intended. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z A little later Meggie heard someone dragging a suitcase to the elevator, but she didn't go out into the corridor to see if it was Elinor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “I’m as old as you need the character of Elliott to be,” I’m about to say, to steal that boy’s line from the elevator, but instead I go, “I’m thirteen. I’m thirteen, sir.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z We were led out of the elevator through a rococo hall into an anteroom and told to get into our fighting togs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Raised dots, like pink candy on white sheets, can tell you what elevator button to push, or what door leads to the girls’ bathroom, or tell you a story like The Three Little Pigs. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z We've been sitting on the elevator floor, each leaning against a separate wall, for a few minutes now. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z In the elevator, Max pushes 6 and up they go. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z To this day he is claustrophobic, holding his breath in elevators, feels pent-up in cars unless the windows are open on both sides. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I power walk to the elevator, taking it up to the fifth floor and down the hall and across the bridge into Building 2. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z You get to your building and decide that the elevator is hot lava, so you take the stairs. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z She glanced around and took four giant steps to the elevator. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z As we ride the elevator, Gale finally says, “You’re still angry.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He entered the elevator and together they moved nearer to god. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z In the elevator on the way down a guy with a bandaged face was moaning real loud and the woman with him was patting him on the shoulder. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “Luis and Kelly took the elevator. I told them, ‘No, too dangerous.’ Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z “One minute,” he said, and guided me toward an open elevator door. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We got into the elevator and when the doors closed I felt much better. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hay. Find it in bales or rolls. It’s hard work to hay. Throw the bale off the wagon and put it on the elevator. Stack the bales in the hayloft....” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The doors closed, and the elevator asked, “Which floor?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He wanted to ride the elevators up and down. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z They were waiting for the elevator when two black shirts passed them by. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z When the elevator doors eventually open, he sees a cart stacked with breakfast trays, most of their contents hidden under domes, and tiny cartons of milk. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I notice a plaque between the two elevators, showing us what’s on each floor. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He remembers towing Jutta to Pit Nine, where their father disappeared, evening after evening, as if their father might come shuffling out of the elevators. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He rushed out of the elevator and started shaking Charlie’s hand so furiously it nearly came off. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z It was probably like being in an elevator with a stranger in that closet. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I walked out of the room, wiping my tears, staggering toward the elevator, covering my eyes so no one could see, as nurses and hospital aides backed out of my way. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We walk to the elevator in this silence that I want to fill with words that would erase the awkwardness. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I step off the elevator and give the lady a smile, even as my insides are doing flips. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The constantly broken-down elevators forced residents to climb claustrophobic, urine-scented stairways. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The manager went up in the elevator with us. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The elevator zooms upward so fast my stomach sinks and my ears pop. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I’d almost made it all the way to the elevator when I saw his mom standing in a corner of the Literal Heart. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Once we reached the new building, the process would be repeated, hopefully with an elevator. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z And again when we crowded him out of the elevator. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Calm yourself, my darling wife,” said Grandpa Joe, stepping out of the elevator. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z They rode in silence until they reached the basement and the elevator doors opened. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Each of the towers rested on a single column no wider than an elevator. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z On the sub-main floor of the hotel, which the management directed bathers to use, a woman with zinc salve on her nose got into the elevator with the young man. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I stay silent as the elevator doors slide open and she drags me inside. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I walked all the way downstairs, instead of taking the elevator. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z I sat beside them in the office, ate next to them in restaurants, and rode up and down in the elevators with them, but they always looked straight ahead, wordlessly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And he didn’t mind the way the elevator rattled around on its way up. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She closed the door behind her and they began walking together to the elevators. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Almost giddy with success, I run through the halls, skidding around corners, bounding down the steps because the elevator’s too slow. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “I want to press the buttons,” Malia says as we head to the elevator. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z It wasn't easy, and I think we hurt Lucas twice trying to get him down the bus steps, and again when we crowded him into the elevator. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z My phone buzzes with his reply as the elevator slows to a stop on the third floor: Must be your good looks. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I took the elevator to the twenty-third floor and smoothed the pleats on my pants. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The moment the elevator opens on the sixth floor, I rush out and ring the doorbell, excited to tell Mami the news. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Uriah said that he would come here early to turn on the generator, and sure enough, when I touch my finger to the elevator button, it glows through my fingernail. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z A man with wrinkled brown skin and a long white beard blocks the path to the elevator. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Once the elevator doors open, I carry the chair to the huge, arched window of the tower, where it's always quiet, even when the dorm is full. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z As I stride toward the elevator, I fling my bow to one side and my quiver to the other. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I got up and walked over to my stronghold’s elevator, which I’d modeled after the turbolift on the original Star Trek series. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Two hundred firemen and six hundred policemen swarmed into the building and went up in the elevators as high as they could go. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z In the meantime, I tape the flyers next to each elevator and stairwell on every floor in our building. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Good morning, Mr. Tuttle,” the elevator said as I stepped inside. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Then he pointed at the woman standing by the elevator with her back to them, cradling a pink yoga mat. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Last week, a lady in the elevator at the hotel guessed I was fourteen! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The pressure elevators were powered by gaseous columns vented from the earth’s core. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z So the elevator reaches the basement, and as the doors begin to open, the elevator is flooded by freezing water. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z As the elevator lurches forward, a gap in the metal wall slides open. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Instead she reached out and held his hand tightly as the elevator rose to the ninth floor in a single great swoop. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I storm past Poe, pushing through the heavy doors and up the stairs and across the bridge to the elevators. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The others turn and head for the elevators, and both Zoe and Madison shoot me angry looks. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z A tall wooden shack housed the cage elevator, which carried miners one to two hundred feet underground, where they would disperse into various dugouts called rooms, each supported by a single wooden pillar. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z As our elevator finished its brief journey, I realized that our trip to the moon had already begun. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I step out of the elevator and let myself into Dylan’s apartment because we’re that tight. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Because I teased you on the elevator? I’m sorry. I thought you would just laugh about it.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The only difference is there’s a walkway that leads straight from the elevator to the pillar. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Tiara pointed wildly to the vending machine in the corner just as the elevator doors opened. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Oval-sided glass elevators slide up and down the walls like giant mollusks. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z We look out of place in our sweats and dance clothes, but no one pays attention to us as we walk straight for the elevator and press the button to go up. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The hotel had these really cool elevators that sort of hang on the side of the building, with the whole car exposed. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I would take a packed flight back to Chicago, drive along a busy highway, ride an elevator up to my office. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When the elevator doors unscrolled, I was in the Support Group room, the chairs arranged in the same circle. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z We take the elevator to the level where we trained. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Still, I stop short of the elevator and make myself stand my ground, even though I feel like I could throw up. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I was already riding the elevator down to my hangar and shouting at Max to prep the Vonnegut for takeoff. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes you get tired of riding in taxicabs the same way you get tired riding in elevators. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z We were led to the elevator, walking fast as if we were being chased. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He pressed a different button, and the elevator dropped lower, and soon it was hovering just above the entrance gates to the factory. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The corn at the grain elevator was not the same kind of corn you or I eat when we have corn on the cob. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Except for the fact that the colors were inverted, they looked exactly like the elevators in the Empire State Building, the entrance to Olympus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z These buildings have elevators in them, and wide foyers with plants, and are called things like The Monte Carlo. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The elevator arrives in the lobby, and we both get off. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z My parents had shown the ambassador to the elevator, and when I last saw them, in the study an hour later, they were in perfect form. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The next moment, there was a screaming of brakes, and the elevator began to slow down. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z She jabbed at the elevator button, knowing she should feel embarrassed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I crossed the Wabash tracks past the grain elevator on my way to Veech’s garage, eating the dust of the trucks hauling in the beans. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I walked to the elevator, hoping to do only one thing, which was to block it all out and go to sleep. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I exit the elevator and hoist my bag over my shoulder. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She is seated in a wheelchair and pushed through the shining, brightly lit corridors, whisked into an elevator more spacious than her kitchen. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I rode the elevator down in silence, trying not to stare at the camera mounted above the doors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I haven’t been in many elevators, and I thought that was why I was feeling weird. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Rylance smirks at me and grabs their stuff—the kind of family that travels with three rolling suitcases—and wheels him away to the elevator. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z They all found things to stare at in the elevator, and they each looked out a different window as Spoon drove downtown. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z What a grimy place, he observed as he walked across the roof to the elevator. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Her mom keeps staring at me though, like she knows about me and Jeremy in the elevator, so I quickly join Muhammad and Saint Sarah as they head down the basement steps. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z When the elevator opens, the other tributes are being lined up to take the stage. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “It’s a few flights up. No elevator. Sorry.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z On the security camera mounted in the hallway outside my apartment, I watched the four dropcops get off the elevator and sprint down the hallway to my door. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z On the lobbycam, the tall man is getting into the elevator, dragging his suitcase behind him. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I take a deep breath and push the elevator button. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And then the elevator stopped on Annemarie’s floor, and of course I got out, because that’s what people do when the elevator gets to their floor. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I’d only been there once before, traveling by elevator up to the secret six hundredth floor of the Empire State Building. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The glass elevator actually hitched a couple of times on the way up. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The elevator shot straight up like a rocket! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Davenport escorts Gogol in an elevator reserved for patients and doctors, to the subbasement of the hospital. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But at the exact same time I got nervous about that, I also got this other feeling, which I can only describe as love for Annemarie’s elevator. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z It has powerful hydraulic pistons hooked to rudder, ailerons, and elevator, which means that if you move your hand on the stick or your feet on the rudders ever so slightly, the airplane reacts immediately. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The elevator had reached the first floor now; its doors opened. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z In the elevator, a disembodied voice announced, "Fourth floor: shoes, accessories, lingerie." Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But when Calista was in the bathroom washing her tears off, I snuck out of the apartment and down the elevator and outside to the bodega. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I saw Via waving at me as the elevator doors closed. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I was wearing a FedEx uniform; I could see myself through Martin’s eyes, reflected in the elevator’s silver doors as they slid open. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z "When I saw the invitation in the elevator I suggested to Mr. Hoo that he call the judge to see if she needed hors d'oeuvres; and sure enough, he got an order for six dozen." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Safer posts me in the little hallway between the laundry room and the elevator. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z So he entered the elevator and once again descended. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z He was on his way to the elevator when Kaira’s business manager stopped him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I’m going to look like an idiot just standing there staring when the elevator door opens. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We took the elevator upstairs and checked out our room. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. There’s a whole network of elevator paths under Thirteen,” he answers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Well done. Bring her to the elevator bank. We’ll decide which ones to kill and which ones to bring back later.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I say as we walk into the elevator. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z We find a spot on the third level, ride an elevator to the lobby, and sign our names on a sheet at the front desk. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “I didn’t give it to her,” she said, and followed Selena into the elevator. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z As she steps out of the hotel elevator, smiling at him like he made the sun rise, his brain goes to mush. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Different elevator music was playing since my last visit—that old disco song "Stayin’ Alive." The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The little girl doesn’t listen but drags her mother toward the elevators. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I grab a railing at the side of the elevator, watching the numbers climb. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In the elevator, I began feeling a little light-headed. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z They enter the elevator and within seconds disappear out of sight down the dark metal tube. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “I was told to go to the highest place,” Arm said, turning over the matchbook from the She Elephant’s pocket. €ye fainted again when they went up in the elevator. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Once we’re on an elevator, Lucy gives us a “Tsk, tsk, someone’s being naughty.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z When I was twelve, I once went into an elevator by myself. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z She leads me toward the open elevator and calls over her shoulder. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I was glad that for the rest of the elevator ride, she didn’t say nothing. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I went to the office in the elevator. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I hate to go to hospitals because you never know when you get in one of the elevators if the guy next to you has the galloping bubonic plague. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The elevator doors opened, and Nicole was a new person, totally relaxed. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The tall man is waiting for the elevator. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The doors clanged shut and the elevator leaped away as though it had been stung by a wasp. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z She got a cab to the Rio hotel and took the elevator to the roof. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The elevator doors open again, bringing more of the Divergent with more Dauntless traitors. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z We exit the elevator and I walk straight across the room to Bioloaf Boy. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z As our van pulled up next to the launch-pad elevator, I noticed a strange thing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I brush past the gaping Avoxes who guard the elevators and hit the number twelve button with my fist. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I keep my head down as I move through the lobby and into the elevator. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z But it hadn’t bothered me when Annie and I were racing the elevators back at the hotel. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I take a few steps toward the elevator but then stop. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z It is a lot easier to break the corn down into kernels and pump it, like a liquid, into the grain elevators and into the railroad cars. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Once we’re back at the lobby, me and Dylan sprint back to the elevators. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z My hands shook the whole way up the elevator to Uncle Jack’s floor. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z In a falling elevator, try to climb up on the person nearby so their body will cushion your landing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I went inside my building and took the elevator up. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Instead of going back the long way, I hop on a much shakier, nonglass elevator, which I discovered two days ago. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Walking toward the elevator, I freeze when I hear a familiar voice pouring out of a room nearby. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She yells from behind me, “Dad, I’m going with Joy for a minute. Be right back!” and then runs into the open elevator, where I’m waiting. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Something dropped through me like a runaway elevator. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We race to the elevators and dart between the legs of a tall green ogre about to step into Lucy. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The elevator made too much noise, use the stairs. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The elevator rushed on, going up and up and up, faster and faster and faster.... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Before you know it, they arrive, panting up the stairs, Uncle Bill and Aunt Sylvia following behind in the elevator. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I should’ve made that part of my gift from the gods: better elevator tunes. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z When she rides the elevator down and heads across the floor, she can hear them laughing and talking loudly. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The elevator stops suddenly at a floor that looks like a hotel hallway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I slid into the self-service elevator and pushed the button for my floor. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z We get up there by elevator and a nurse, kind of fine-looking, tells us where to go. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z In the elevators that carry me to the eighth floor of my apartment in Grafton Hill. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They were thirty feet away—much too far to reach the elevator—but Leo pulled out a screwdriver and chucked it like a throwing knife. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Imagine the jerk of the pack going on, like the pull of a down elevator. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I start climbing the open stairs by the elevator, trying not to run into anyone as I watch it chug steadily to the fifth floor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I had a notebook filled with words and phrases I might need in Australia: chemist means “pharmacy,” boot means “trunk,” lift means “elevator,” and to come good means “to turn out okay.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Uniformed police stood or sat on every side, conducting their routine business of the day; none of them glanced up or paid any attention as Phil Resch led Rick across the lobby to the elevator. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She and four others sit between the two rows of elevators, kept in place by Dauntless with guns. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z After stepping out of the elevator, he was led down a corridor and into a large, bare, windowless room where guards removed his blindfold. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Which room shall it be next?” said Mr. Wonka as he turned away and darted into the elevator. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z He had expected to feel something like what he felt when riding a fast elevator, but here he found that if he looked straight ahead he felt almost nothing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I closed Mrs. Hauser’s door and pushed the elevator call button. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I had to kill seven skin jobs before I could even make it out of the elevator car and into the hallway. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z When the elevator opens on our floor, Izzie is already there, panting. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “Do not use the elevators or your craft will stall.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z They surround us, but don't handcuff us, and walk us to the elevator bank. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The bank of elevators stand sentry in front of us. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I learned that Americans drove on the right side of the road, not the left, and that they called a lift an elevator and an engaged phone busy. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z But just when I think I’m home free, a frowning, bald guy slips into the elevator with me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Smitty leads me through an atrium to a bank of elevators. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z It’s more than the reinforced elevator, or the claustrophobia of being so far underground, or the caustic smell of antiseptic. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z When we got outside the room, she half carried me to the lobby by the elevators. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Ben leads us toward the elevator where the door has just closed with the two families we walked in with. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “What kind of boy is he?” one shouted as Jasmine and her sister Juliette stepped into the elevator with Richard’s grandmother. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The first thing when I got in the elevator, the elevator guy said to me, "Innarested in having a good time, fella? Or is it too late for you?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z "I didn't make that sign in the elevator; besides, you already kicked me for it. Please, Turtle." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z My elevator stops to deposit four tributes before I am alone and then find the doors opening on the twelfth floor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I sit by the central elevator, where they set up Santa’s Workshop after Halloween. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I watched the boy from the elevator step outside. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I didn't know what the hell to talk about while I was waiting for the elevator, and he kept standing there, so I said, "I'm gonna start reading some good books. I really am." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Before he knew what had hit him, Ishtar had guided him into the elevator out in the hallway. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The walls of this elevator are made of crystal so that you can watch the people on the ground floor shrink to ants as you shoot up into the air. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “So now we have to find a glass elevator?” said Akimi. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Someone stepped quietly into the elevator, looking back at the search party in bemusement. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Nora’s getting off the elevator, and I brace myself for her reaction to the Hideout stuff. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Jinx was relieved when Ned finally emerged from the elevator cage with the Italian crew. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I raise an eyebrow and add talking elevators to my fast-growing list of things that are actually things. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He used to be a rap producer, but now he only listens to wack elevator music, because, he says, hip-hop is dead. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Annabeth looked back at the elevator, which was now completely out of reach—a polished set of metal doors hanging in space, attached to nothing, six hundred stories above Manhattan. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z At the end of the hall was an elevator that happened to open the moment I got to it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We wait in silence for the elevator, Tobias chewing on his lip and staring into space. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The second elevator was opening, and I heard an unmistakable sound— the clattering of skeleton teeth. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I barely move or blink or breathe until the elevator door chimes at the second floor and the Prawn steps out. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The next morning Elsie and I join a bunch of trainees at the youth dormitory elevators. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Finally, an elevator slides into view, and we take it all the way down to what looks like a well-lit cave. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He tried to take the elevator down to the safe-room, but it did not work. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Judging from his pained expression, Percy decided he didn’t want to be in that elevator if the car stalled between Tartarus and the mortal world. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I hear chatter, muted sobbing, sniffling, someone moaning, someone else sighing, elevator doors opening with a bing, the operator paging someone in Urdu. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z There's a ding, and three other people join me in the elevator. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z One day I'll pull a fantastic prank like pretending my arms get torn off in an elevator door or something. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It felt like riding a very fast and dark elevator. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z But toward the end, they needed a machinist to keep the elevators from the gas chambers to the ovens running smoothly. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The light-filled mall, where Tegucigalpa’s well-heeled citizens shop, has beige marble floors, potted indoor palms, air-conditioning, and glass elevators. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I hesitate for too long and she storms over, grabbing my arm and pulling me down the hall to the elevator. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z In the elevator, the social worker attempts to prepare my grandparents for the sight of me, explaining the extent of my external injuries, which look bad, but are treatable. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The door that I pushed open on the advice of an elevator boy was marked "The Swastika Holding Company" and at first there didn't seem to be any one inside. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Instead we step into an elevator held up by enormous cogs and chains and go up a level, then another, and another. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It is on the floor next to the elevator, surrounded by the bodies of several guards. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z As the elevator rises, I draw a line in my head from our rooms to the opposite side of the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I’m seriously rethinking the question of who should get out of these Games alive when the other elevator opens. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As soon as he made it up the elevator—and I had no doubt he would, one way or another—he would destroy the throne room, the center of the gods’ power. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I ride the elevator downstairs, and check to make sure nobody is in the hallway or the storage closet before I slip inside. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Cabot smiled at her, nodded his thanks, and waited for the elevator doors to open. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z A dinner party arrived on the elevator and was placed at tables not far away. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I’m to drop the bombs in the elevator at Columbia or “someplace very crowded” as soon as I get a good chance. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z People talked confidently about Vermeer—in fancy restaurants, in subways, in doughnut shops, in elevators. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The late dinner party got back into the elevator and left. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She began to scream; she lay crouched against the wall of the elevator, screaming. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I press the elevator button and try to guess which of the two elevators will arrive first. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I’d never been in an elevator that went in a curve, and my stomach wasn’t too happy about it. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Even after a year, I still had an extremely difficult time doing certain things, like taking showers, for some reason, and getting into elevators, obviously. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Discarded, the plastic mask had recycled itself, turning into pink dust, which the carpet in the elevator was already filtering away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The elevator took a long time going up. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z When we arrived at the PPG building we took the elevator up about fifty floors and by then Mom looked pale. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Aloud, Rick said, “I’m going down by elevator with an android I’ve captured. And suddenly someone kills it, without warning.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z One hotel even has slot machines in the elevators for the people who can’t wait that long. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z In the honey house I reclined on my cot and told myself I could think about anything I wanted, except my mother, so naturally she was the only thing that wanted on the elevator. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They came out of the stairwell to see a woman waiting for the elevator. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z We race up the hall to find the elevator. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “They finally got around to fixing this elevator,” Mrs. Jenkins said to me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z We meet up with the rest of the District 12 crowd at the elevator. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In the elevator we were crowded and as my legs bent the pain was very bad. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Alex has the East, across from the Treaty Room, and June uses the West, next to the elevator. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z In spite of no need of hurry, she still pushed her way out of the train, flew up the steps, rushed through the streets economically and crowded into a full elevator. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Listen, we figure the Titan’s army will have trouble getting up the elevator. They’ll have to go up a few at a time. And the giants won’t be able to fit at all.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I step out of the elevator and glance around the small lobby. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z ‘That makes a dollar ninety you owe me,” Ginnie said, striding up to the elevator. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z My mother joined us in the hallway, and we took an elevator downstairs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Alex could feel the pressure in his ears as the elevator rose higher and higher. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z We ride up several floors until I hear the elevator's chains come to a scraping halt. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Betsy was sick again in the elevator and I held her head, and then I was sick and she held mine. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Flying down the hallway, I head back into Building 1, slamming the elevator button until the steel doors slide open, and the elevator pulls me back down to my floor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Miss Mae’s dog. I see him outside or in the elevator sometimes when she takes him out. He’s the nicest dog. He pauses. “ A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z We ride the elevator up to the tower. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z At 8:45 a.m., the Man in the White Shirt bit into his bagel and hit the button for the elevator. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z A noise clatters from the far end of the hold near the elevator. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z At least that seems to be the case because no one looks twice when I open doors or hit the elevator button. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s almost Tendai’s birthday. He would have been fourteen. Will be fourteen, I mean. I always took him to the Starlight Room ... to ride the elevator . .. and have dinner....” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She threw herself backward against the elevator’s side wall, standing on tiptoe and trying to flatten herself so they couldn’t see her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I shuffled off the elevator and down the carpeted hallway. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Knocking waiters and dinner guests from her path, the big woman threw herself at the elevator. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And that’s why I refused to go into her room, why I started crying and ran to the elevators, and why I said I would never go back. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z For example, I was terrified of car accidents, death, cancer, brain tumors, nuclear war, pregnant women, loud noises, strict teachers, elevators, and scads of other things. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “There’s a ninety percent chance that this is from Harry & David,” I tell Ben on the elevator. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The elevator doors open but I don't step inside. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Other than the addition of an elevator, no renovations had been done since the ones immediately following the bombing. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s only when the elevator door begins to open that it occurs to me that waiting in the basement with a bag of garbage makes absolutely no sense. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Some families lived on the lower floors, pirating water and electricity, but the elevators didn’t work. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Men and women hurried inside, and after staring for a moment I followed, taking the elevator and being pushed to the back of the car. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The elevator descends ten, twenty, thirty-plus levels, farther down than I even knew District 13 went. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “It’s such a release,” she said in the elevator. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I expect us to go up the stairs, but we stop at the elevator bank. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z It was too much for the elevators to handle, so some was just dumped on the ground. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I know all this because I walk up the five floors; they haven’t got around to an elevator yet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Jule waved back and booked it through the lines of slot machines to a bank of elevators. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He looks up, calm as can be, and says, “Georges, the elevator is moving.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Going down in the elevator, I look into the smoked-mirror wall and see my face in the dark glass obscured by time, as a stone overgrown. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The elevator doors spring open when he touches the button, and I follow him in, still not steady on my feet. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “My parents were just carried out of the building in the service elevator,” he shouted at the cops. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The helicopter landed on a big elevator which was lowered below decks. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she walks away and disappears into the elevator with the Girl, leaving the rest of the soldiers to stand guard. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Tally could watch them in the mirror at the back of the elevator. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The silver elevator doors are sealed shut across from them, each taped with “Out of Order” signs. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He checked his reflection in the elevator doors. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Then there had been the ride in the cab, the time in the waiting and examination rooms, and the ride up in the elevator. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She must have seen the ground drop out from under his feet as the elevator shot up like a rocket. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When I reached the elevator, I punched in the default security code on the code pad and crossed my fingers. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Her head felt light, as if the house were in an elevator heading swiftly downward. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z That elevator was so full that I could hear its guts grinding as it struggled to deliver us to the fourth- floor courtroom. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got a few dollars left, and I could—” “This is just for our terrorist database, kid,” he says, tipping his head in the direction of an elevator bank. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Grain elevators are tall, hollow concrete tubes, like silos. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Seven months earlier, on a frosty March afternoon, McCandless had ambled into the office at the Carthage grain elevator and announced that he was ready to go to work. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there’s the ding of the elevator, and voices as whoever it is gets off and walks down the hall. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The elevators here are normal, and within a minute I’m at her front door. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I take a second to shake out my nerves once the elevator arrives at the dormitories. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The elevator stopped; the doors opened and he saw a restless crowd of people and heard a babble of voices. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The only people who aren’t white are the ones operating the elevators. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When Justin appeared, they went down the same hallway as before, but this time, when they reached the chamber where the elevator and the stairway led down, Justin paused. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z They walked silently down the corridor to the service elevator. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z There's no way I’m waiting for an elevator, but I don’t want Mom’s input right now. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “She can get a wheelchair, and someone can push her up the paths in the Pit, and there’s an elevator in the building up there.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The doors opened immediately, and inside the elevator was another of our neighbors. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The elevator carried him down to the fifth floor. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z As we wait for the elevator, I give Nora the full recap of how we found Ziggy in the old Hideout. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z There is no other sound, not of traffic or airplanes or trains or radios or the specter of Frau Schwartzenberger rattling the cage of the elevator. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then I went down in the elevator and checked out. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Together they enter the dim, green-lit elevator, ascend to the fifth floor holding hands. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The great glass elevator was now hovering high over the town. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z As they walked to the elevator, Arm looked back. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not cool with us riding the elevator, though, so let’s do this.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A man who worked as a tailor at Marx & Haas tried to use the elevator instead of walking up six flights of stairs to the workroom floor. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Andrea was about to get out, but stays on the elevator. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I put on my coat and slip out of my room, booking it down the hall to the double doors and down the elevator to the east lobby. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She planned the whole thing in the elevator on the way up. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Next to the elevator is the blinking blue light over the metal door Ben showed us on the first day. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It’s easier to think of biology than the line of the Divergent sitting between the elevators. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Do you have reservations? Ah! The General. Let me escort you to the elevator.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He started humming the bass line and playing air guitar as we waited for the elevator. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Even the elevator smells of chlorine and has a wet floor. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I turn, walking swiftly toward the elevator and not looking back. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The guard directs us to the elevator banks. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z And the elevator rose up off the floor and shot through the hole in the roof, out into the open sky. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z A steady stream of overcaffeinated office workers scurried across the lobby and in and out of the elevators and exits. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z When they reached the subbasement, the elevator door skidded sideways, opening up on a dimly lit hallway where the ceiling was filled with a jumble of hanging pipes and dusty ductwork. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I savor one more moment of quiet—only to be interrupted by the elevator dinging. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Standing on the elevator’s roof, they were midway between floors. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “No elevators,” she said, shaking her finger at Poppy. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Those loyal Dauntless gathered in the lobby and split into four groups that stormed the stairwells simultaneously, surrounding the Dauntless traitors, who had clustered around the elevator banks. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z One of the elevators slid open and Crawley appeared in the same suit he had worn at the funeral but with a different tie. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Tobias presses the down button for the elevator and doesn’t look at me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Water sprayed everywhere, three stories high, dousing the balconies and the elevators and the windows of the shops. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Come on,” he urges, motioning toward the glass elevator, “fifteen minutes. No one will notice.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She explained that he was on a restricted floor and would need to use his room key in the elevator. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z By the time we rode the elevator upstairs, our clothes were organized neatly in the closets; the kitchen pantry had been stocked with our favorite foods. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The doors opened to the elevator just outside our front door. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z On the way to the elevator, we spotted Grover kneeling over a fa£ wounded satyr. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z We reached the lobby, and the elevator doors opened. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z A loud click sounds, and the back of the elevator opens up to a winding hallway with metal walls. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “She went to the basement for some reason, then took the elevator up, only the electricity went out while she was in it.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The elevator came, Isabel hugged me and Mom, and then we got inside the elevator. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I’m half dragged, half carried down long passages, up and down elevators, and deposited on a carpeted floor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A truck with an elevator platform lifted workmen to the top of the stack. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z My father had come out of the elevator at the other end of the hall and was walking toward the eye ward. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I ignore her, and walk to the door and down the stairs and down the hallway and into the elevator. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The elevator comes, and we get on, the boy bumping into the walls because he’s dizzy from the spinning. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The elevator comes to a slight pause and then begins to move laterally to the left. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Guards nudged him into an elevator, and he felt himself descending. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Leo just had time to think: A hamster ball elevator? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I’m going to tell Dennis and Lily!” he says, charging down the stairs as we reach the elevator. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I board the elevator and press 16, crushed into the corner by a group of kids and their moms getting on behind me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Agnes Black’s apartment was on the third floor, and there was no elevator. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’m so sorry. We have an elevator in the back, but it went on the fritz this afternoon. The technician is coming to fix it first thing in the morning.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I get in before the elevator doors close. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The wait for either elevator is long on our floor. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “My phone was on silent,” he says helplessly, booking it for the elevator. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But that year, the price the grain elevator co-op paid for a bushel of corn was only about $1.45. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Morning. I want to ask you about the empty room down in the basement, right near the elevator. I saw some old furniture in there. Is it being used for storage or something?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Earlier, I had made the mistake of telling Vega about that thing Sunny had done right before she had jumped on the elevator. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z As I exited the elevator, I walked slowly to the doors where my dad was placed. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z That day, as the rickety cage elevator surfaced, a group of soot-covered faces emerged, only to be replaced by a waiting group of men ready to go below. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z But just as they were staggering to their feet, the elevator changed directions and swerved violently round a corner. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z How to Survive 101 Calamities was the name of the book, which covered what to do in any dire situation—falling elevators, train wrecks, theater fires exetera. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z After an hour, the elevator doors opened and the old man came out, was he going to leave Oskar up there, so high up, so alone, who would keep him safe? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z But before I can say anything, Mrs. Larsen emerges from the elevator. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When we reach the elevator bank, he forces me to my knees next to the Candor woman I saw earlier. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I promised I would, and after getting my key to my room, I headed to the elevators. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I smiled back at him again and took the elevator down. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The glow bounces off the silver elevator doors, and I squint so I can see. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z My eyes shift to the Dauntless coming out of the elevator on the left side of the room, and the muscles in my face go slack. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “So will it be you two, or your friends in the elevator?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Through the doors I hear the ding of the elevators and the low murmur of passing voices. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Once we got to the other side, we'd take the elevator down into the hold, and that would be it. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Finally the elevator lurched to a halt, and he pushed the mirrored door open. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Sure enough, the elevator had shot right up through the roof of the factory and was now rising into the sky like a rocket, and the sunshine was pouring in through the glass roof. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z There were people sitting on couches, people standing up, people staring out the windows or waiting for the elevator. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Across the lobby, the elevator doors open and she walks out. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “Usually you need a key card, but the doorman vanished. That means the defenses are crumbling. Anyone can walk into the elevator now and head straight up.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “I’d love to see you survive, truly. That would prove you worthy sacrifices to Gaea in Athens. But then, of course, we wouldn’t need your friends in the elevator.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I was feeling a little out of breath from all the standing, so I said, “I’m gonna go sit,” and then the elevator opened, revealing Isaac and his mom. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The elevators moved more slowly now and disgorged fewer beings. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z If Cora worried about one of the white people who worked on the twelfth floor questioning her when she got off the elevator, Martin told her, she could take the stairs for the final flights. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I exit the elevator and scan in each direction. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They took elevators to the second floor—blacks in one elevator, whites in another—and stepped into a large, dark, wood- paneled courtroom with a spacious, high ceiling. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z He went up to the studio on an automatic elevator, and there were other people up there, waiting to go in. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I glance nervously at the empty nurses’ station behind me before sliding quickly into the elevator and jamming the door-close button. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She held the elevator door from sliding shut. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z And just as we’re about to get into the elevator, I look over and see that dead lobby plant, from earlier, and—you wouldn’t believe it—a single bud, popping up from a branch. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I was no longer in conflict only with the Market Street Railway but with the marble lobby of the building which housed its offices, and elevators and their operators. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And maybe they wouldn’t have considered me if I hadn’t stabbed Eric by those elevators, or put myself under that bridge. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Betty shook his hand at the door and wished him luck, and then they were moving quickly, down the elevator, into the darkening street. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z We found the elevator and rode up to the fourth floor, then followed the arrows to something called the Psychohormonal Unit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The orderly rolls me down the hallway, my parents’ faces fading as they get farther and farther away, and we get into the elevator at the end of the hall. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He dragged the cart into the hallway, relieved no one had noticed, and found Julie standing by the service elevator, keeping the door open. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z As I take him to the elevator, I compliment Mr. Ram’s clothes, to begin the walk right. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z A guard led us down a long passage to a freight elevator. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Everyone jams onto the far side of the elevator, and no one says a word. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We board an elevator, and Plutarch checks his notes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Is that the real reason you don’t take the elevator? Because you’re afraid of it?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Uriah leads me down the hallway to the elevator bank. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z One day at noon I closed my desk and went down in the elevator. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The elevator takes me to the top floor. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When it’s time for them to go, I walk Madge and her grandmother to the elevator. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Like the inventors of the elevator, he had conjured an entirely new physical sensation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I wave back and stay close to the wall, walking toward the elevator, hoping the two extra boxes in the bag aren’t a dead giveaway. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I continued to watch them on the lobby camera as they waved their IOI badges, blew past the security station, and filed onto the elevator. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I take the elevator back down to the street. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Yosho-to’s Japanese-Malayan dinner still en masse and riding my sternum like an elevator, one or the other of the Yoshotos began to moan in his or her sleep, just the other side of my wall. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z We decided it would take two trips to get everybody up in the elevator. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Holding the elevator door open with one foot, Bridge had pushed the buttons for every floor in the building, except for sixteen, where Alex lived. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The examination room was down the hall, a few doors away from the elevator. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Just as I walked through the fire doors into the hallway, the elevator bell dinged and a glassy-eyed Will and his Mercer Day buddy Eric came spilling out. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z He’d rather be skateboarding, or spitting, or sticking gum on the floor 9 elevator button so that cranky Mr. Watkins had something to give him the stink eye for. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z By this time Gale will have clocked in at the mines, taken the stomach-churning elevator ride into the depths of the earth, and be pounding away at a coal seam. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And if they stepped away from the Doors for any reason, she imagined the elevator would close and disappear without them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Hermes made it sound pretty ridiculous—hordes of monsters going up in the elevator twenty at a time, listening to "Stayin’ Alive." The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The elevator chimes softly, and the door opens. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The elevator bounces to a stop with a pleasant chime, and the doors open. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The elevator doors pinged open, and the group of obnoxious guys stepped in. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I notice that no one ever brought the Candor girl I warned to the elevator hank, which means she must have gotten away. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Calista punched the button for the eighth floor, and the elevator doors closed. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “I wish this place had an elevator,” Reg said, panting as he sat down in the closest chair. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “What’s the next level? Do you get on an elevator and rise up?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z After the meeting, Agent Magnus escorts me to an elevator named Whispers, which surprisingly shouts out the name of every floor we pass. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Xenocrates went to the express elevator, not trusting his security detail to handle the situation down below. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z A late dinner party arrived from the elevator. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In the elevator foyer on deck eight, a couple of dracaenae slithered across my path. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z From what Dimple had heard in the bathroom and elevators from other girls, Evan was developing a reputation as a player. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Rosenthal ran to the elevator and jumped off on the third floor, where about 150 staff members were gathered. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They had to cut the chains before the next group tried to take the elevator, but they also had to make sure the Titans were as distracted as possible. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I drag my desk chair to my door, and then down the hall to the elevator, where I push the button for the top floor. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He crouched with the neck of the dashiki pulled up over his head and screamed as the elevator shot up. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The elevator door on the first floor was ornamental iron lace. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When the elevator reached her floor, Mrs. Yeltner actually tripped over her dog in her hurry to get out. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z What made it even better, the new elevator boy was sort of on the stupid side. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z I went on in, and over to the elevator. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The museum’s various levels were comprised of vast caverns linked by a network of subterranean streets, tunnels, staircases, elevators, escalators, ladders, slides, trapdoors, and secret passageways. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He would’ve taken the elevator to the street and pressed the button for the top floor. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Our whole family crowds into one elevator, and the bellboy waves, saying he will meet us on the eighteenth floor. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The five of us rode up in the north elevator, taking turns listing the goods stored in our pantry by food group. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Sunny pecked me quick on the knot above my eye and disappeared into the elevator. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z And he passed old Mr. Watkins on the ninth floor, heard him hollering about gum in the elevator. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Insert this in the security slot. Make sure nobody else is in the elevator with you.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It continued driving the fire through the heart of Chicago, devouring churches, banks, publishing houses and printers, breweries, grain elevators, lumberyards, and department stores as if they were constructed of brittle hay. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z The girls entered a gleaming, stainless steel elevator. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Directly opposite the elevator an open arch led into what looked like a still larger room—seemingly some kind of an assembly hall, for it had a raised platform at one end. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z They held the Doors shut as the elevator shuddered and the music played, while somewhere below them, a Titan and a giant sacrificed their lives for their escape. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z As we step out of the elevator, the music suddenly turns deafening, the beat shaking my body through the floor. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z After the ambassador had been escorted to the elevator, with apologies, my parents marched me right into their study—a library with a high vaulted ceiling and bookshelves lining every wall. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Nora and I say goodbye when the elevator gets to my floor. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Alex didn’t notice the fourth camera inside the elevator, but then, it was concealed on the other side of the one-way mirror that covered the back wall. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z It’s probably better to leave the elevators available to the nurses and doctors and patients at this time of night anyway. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Flashing red lights fill the elevator as another room comes into view. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Sunny checked her phone for the time, walked across the hall and pressed the elevator down button. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The elevator door is about to slide shut. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Two elevators— one for odd floors, one for even floors. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The elevator stops on the second floor and he bursts out, running down the stairs, losing cell service as he does so. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I sneak down the hallway, past the boy resentfully picking up his potato chips, and take the elevator up to the fifth floor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She had set off the fireworks in the elevator to divert suspicion from the real bomber. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z In groups of ten and twelve we boarded elevators. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Sheed’s stomach dropped, like they were in an elevator going down too fast. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z We shove into the elevator with our 17 bags. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He led us down a spiral stone staircase to an elevator that carried us down several more floors to Og’s basement. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A green light lit up and the cage door slid open, allowing me to continue on to the elevators. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “The elevators are right over there,” she said. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The young woman ignores them both and jabs the elevator button. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Justin pushed one of them, and Mrs. Frisby, who had never been in an elevator before, gasped and almost fell as she felt the floor suddenly sink beneath her feet. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The elevator chimes for my floor, and I run to our room and hurry inside, catching my breath. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z After giving his name, he is told to take the elevator to the sixth floor, and then to wait in an empty room, the walls painted a rich dark blue. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I enter the elevator and push floor 6. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Those few moments in the elevator were not one of those times and I stayed silent until we reached the ground floor. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Before I could think too much about the woman in the elevator, a ding came from around the corner. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Because he was the youngest, Aaron got to press the elevator button. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z About ten seconds later the elevator stops and the doors open up inside the closet of an empty hotel room. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z We rode the elevator down together and walked to the threshold, she stopped and I kept going. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z January gives them her thanks as the elevator doors shut. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z After a while they brought out the wheeled stretcher and took it very rapidly down the hallway to the elevator. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z But that afternoon draftsman Paul Starrett encountered Root in one of the Rookery’s elevators “looking ill.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We ride up in the elevator, silently, the Guardian facing me. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s only after they disappear around a corner that I rouse myself and trail after them, but they’ve already gone inside the elevator. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The reception area was quiet and claustrophobic, with a brown marble floor, three elevators to one side, and above the desk, a row of clocks showing the time in every major world city. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I shake my head, pointing at my trombone as if there’s not enough room in the elevator for me and my case. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Two or three waiters volunteered, but the elevator refused to budge. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She told Armpit she was “sorry about all this,” then went sulking off into the elevator. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z With one push, I'm rolled out of the elevator. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then, when I heard the elevator doors shut, I turned around and went over to our side. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Instead, I take an elevator up to the third floor, and then walk to the other wing of the hospital and use the back stairs to get to the cafeteria. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He looked around for the elevators, then started off in the wrong direction, but Nancy Young stopped him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z There’s no doorman and no elevator, but there’s a big empty stairwell leading to an empty apartment. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Guess what?” she asks as soon as I step off the elevator. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Just about the only business left standing in Churdan is the grain elevator, the tall structure where corn is stored before it is shipped elsewhere. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z As soon as he says it, the elevator chimes for the first floor. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He backs up against the wall of the elevator car and gestures for her to enter. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We flew straight from the seventh floor down to the first, with only the pissy elevator smell to focus on. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z And the elevator door dings shut and I watch as, I swear to you, the whole plant exhales. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z There was no place to go but into an elevator with the tour group. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The elevator attendant claims they have the fastest elevators in Western civilization. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Seated in the chair closest to the elevator is a cloud of smoke flipping through a newspaper. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z After pressing their inked thumbs to their respective forms, they were handcuffed, blindfolded, and led outside to the elevator. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z We exited the elevator on the top floor and found the front door to our apartment wide open. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Its most memorable feature is a glass elevator that rises and falls ceaselessly at its center, much to the amusement of children and adults alike. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m in the lobby of our building, waiting for the elevator, when a teenage girl walks in with a boy who’s maybe four years old. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As the elevator doors close before me, I see no one has moved. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z When I first arrived at the Amazon a dwarfish, bald man in a bellhop's uniform carried my suitcase up in the elevator and unlocked my room for me. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I glance over my shoulder as Luciano the elevator opens up in front of us. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z "I'm going to have the McKees come up," she announced as we rose in the elevator. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I passed a few other indents on my way to the elevators, but as usual, none of them made eye contact. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Windows on one side of the elevator stare down into the cavernous body of the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He followed after Iran, in the direction of the elevator. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Now he took the stairs to his second-floor unit, because the elevator, which was required by law, never worked. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Like I’m on an elevator going down, down. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z As an extra measure of precaution, she took the elevator to an office three floors above, then walked down the staircase to the FBI. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z We pass by EMTs pushing gurneys, doctors striding out of elevators, nurses hurrying along in their sky-blue scrubs. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z On the morning of April 15, everybody gathered at the elevator to see McCandless off. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I rolled my bike out of our building’s elevator and rode over to meet Daryl R. and Kofi on Eighth Av’. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z We finish and follow Crick out as he leads us to the elevator and into the hold. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I slip out of the elevator before I say something I’ll regret. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I hold on tight as we walk toward the elevators together. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I wake up early the next morning and wait for Dylan near the elevators in the lobby of the director apartments. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The elevator door opens, and I step out. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Just to be clear...you’re having a conversation with the elevator?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “He’s nice,” she told me as we squeezed into the elevator. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I stepped from the elevator into the street, half expecting someone to call me back and tell me that it was all a dream, that I was not leaving. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought of it yesterday in the elevator coming up.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The elevator is crowded, so my father volunteers to give a cluster of Amity our place. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Fifty feet away was a set of freestanding elevator doors, their panels etched in silver and iron. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We went slowly out of the room and down a long white corridor into an elevator, then swiftly down three floors to a reception room with rows of chairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z We walked down the stairs instead of taking the elevator. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I pound the elevator button, over and over again, but it’s taking too long. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She, too, managed an approving glance in the mirror before the elevator door opened. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he took the elevator upstairs to the emergency operating room. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The elevator was not much more than a wire cage, and as it slowly ascended, I could see the beautiful blue Atlantic Ocean just a stone s throw away. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Lucy the elevator asks me a million questions I don’t have answers for, but she goes quiet once we arrive at the lobby of the Department of Supernatural Investigations. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The elevator at the end of the long hall opens and Maribel steps out. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I made my way back to the elevator and up to the landing platform without incident. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z As soon as the elevator door shuts, everybody becomes very quiet, and when the door finally opens again, everybody talks at once in what sounds like relieved voices. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z And then she took me over to the security desk, where I waited until she went back up the elevator and, after about five minutes, came back down again. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z And sometimes I have trouble breathing in crammed elevators. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Come on,” she says, pushing the down elevator button. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z If she hadn’t written the note, she could have gotten back to the building, taken the elevator up to twelve, and been in their apartment before the electricity went out. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Lights flicker on above us and my feet lift off the ground, like there’s some invisible elevator carrying me upward. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z We took an elevator to the ground floor and emerged in a grand, wood-paneled lobby in front of the president’s office. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we take another elevator to the sixth floor, where Caitlin’s apartment sits, halfway down a long, carpeted hall. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “Wait,” I say, thinking, of that morning in the elevator, “does he wear a baseball cap with a fish on it?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Pocketing my phone, I peer around the corner to check that the nurses’ station is still empty before sliding off the elevator. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The elevators were screeching, burning up and down their cables as they vomited smoke-blackened miners into the light of day. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In the elevator up, both of us were quiet, trying to figure out what we had just seen. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z You simply step onto an elevator and press the number of your district. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z By elevator he descended to Polokov’s floor, found the hall unlit, like a subterranean cave. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z These eyes now darted away from mine as she grasped the handlebars of her bike and pushed her great two-wheeler off the train and toward the elevators. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The elevator doors opened and I stepped in, my mom right behind me. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z In the black-mirror wall of the elevator I can see the back of his head. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Barb shouts as the elevator slows to a stop, the doors opening. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I push open the door, giving her a big smile that lasts me all the way back to the elevator. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z One of the elevator doors opens, and 3 Dauntless soldier shoves Uriah—whose lips are stained with blood—toward the short row of the Divergent. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the corridor near the elevators, a little storelike affair had been set up; it sold prints and art books, and Luba halted there, tarrying. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The moment we step off the elevator, Peeta grips my shoulders. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In the elevator, Victor's heart pounded wildly though he had no idea why. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I bite my lip and push myself toward the elevators on the right side of the room. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The elevator was now hovering over the roof of the Bucket’s little house. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The pair picked up their luggage and stepped into the elevator, leaving behind puddles of melted snow. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z He was standing alongside the stretcher table with his back to the rear of the elevator. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Once I was properly outfitted, I hopped back on the elevator, and a few seconds later I arrived at the entrance of my hangar, located on the bottom level of my stronghold. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In the hall, I push the down elevator button, jam on my earmuffs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z My father jumps out of the elevator and sprints down the right hallway, drawing the Dauntless guards after him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z My head snaps over to the elevators, and I see the doors slowly closing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z From the cargo elevator, the hum of levitating bins led out by people to each station echoes. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I chase after Adam and Kim, who are being led into the elevators. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Her black eyes flamed up; she glowered at him as the elevator ceased descending and its doors slid back. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “She went right up the elevator to her room, and no one knew she was around.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The elevator stops on the top floor, and the others file out. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z For eight years, I lived in the White House, a place with more stairs than I can count—plus elevators, a bowling alley, and an in-house florist. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I follow her out the front door and we get into the elevator. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I stepped off the hospital elevator and stared down the long hall. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “Just watch me get a quarter from the first white man I see,” he told me as I stood in the elevator that morning. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z First, we got into an elevator and off at Radiology. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dauntless guards standing near the elevators rush toward the entrance with their guns lifted. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The elevator doors had opened and there she was, back in the lobby, the kindly doorman peering down at her through his glasses. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We rushed inside, bought tickets, and rode the elevator up to the observation deck. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I think it would be weird if there were a skyscraper that moved up and down while its elevator stayed in place. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Tally knew how to trick an elevator, but it took time and a penknife. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The elevator began to move, Tally’s ears complaining at the swift ascent “What’s our escape plan?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z We took the elevator up and entered into a huge space dominated by hues of blue. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z He had the elevator doors all shut and all, and was all set to take me up, and then he turned around and said, "They ain't in. They're at a party on the fourteenth floor." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z The Dauntless soldier grabs the woman by the ponytail and starts toward the elevator bank, dragging her behind him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I raise my chin, remembering how Voxy spoke to the man in the elevator. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z My three brothers and Samantha rode down in the elevator with me. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z They grab the bag of old clothes and art I had with me, plus the record; wave, and take the next elevator down. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Once we heard the glass doors slam shut and the elevator ding-dinging down, she said, “What are you doing here?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was like being in an elevator cut loose at the top. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The security people we pass en route to the elevator bank all either wave or nod at Mama. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Mateo is about to press the elevator button until he remembers we re not about that, especially not this late in the game. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We find a spot on a packed elevator next to a large group of boys in scuba gear. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z We got at the end of the line for the elevator. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z We walk out to the elevators—and Abby grabs my hand, squeezing it quickly, before pressing the button for the fifth floor. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z His lungs ached from the ash in the air, and his mind filled with pictures of Bri trapped in the elevator, dying slowly and alone. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z As the elevator car ascended, the Doors shook and tried to open, threatening to spill them into whatever was between life and death. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then I got all ready and went down in the elevator to the lobby to see what was going on. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Even inside it, the agents seemed happiest if we took the elevator instead of the stairs, to minimize the risk of a stumble. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z We take an elevator down to the library and dash into a study room. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z But he pulled himself along the elevators to the end and there he found a gap that went in up by the hinges where he could feed his rope through. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z When Bernard rang up from downstairs to let us know the delivery man was in the elevator, Mom gave me two twenties from her purse. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z I went down in the elevator again and got a cab and told the driver to take me down to Ernie's. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Goodale raced back to the Times building and rode the elevator up to the fourteenth floor. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As I got off the elevator, 320 feet above the Florida sand, I could look out and see the beautiful beach and the calm blue Atlantic. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He and Burt caught up with me as I was about to go down in the elevator. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Five security checkpoints stood between the elevator and the room I needed to reach. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Up more steps we went, and another elevator, until we came to another huge chamber, this one lit with electric light again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z They reached another elevator and rode up and walked along a hallway crowded with excited people and policemen. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z After the prisoners arrived at the Department of Justice, they entered in the basement and were taken into a specially reserved elevator, which stopped on the heavily guarded fifth floor. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Suddenly the car’s not a limo anymore, it’s a padded elevator, and you’re going down the diagonal slope of the black pyramid, into its hidden depths—deep, deep underground. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z When I blinked again, the elevator wasn’t an elevator anymore. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The Dauntless traitors sprint away from the elevator bank. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z That day was unusual in that Mr. Devlin himself stood near the mine elevator. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Outside in the hall I rang for the elevator. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The elevator starts to close, but he catches it with his foot. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z When the elevator doors opened on the fourth floor, I saw Gus’s mom pacing in the waiting room, talking on a cell phone. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I push the elevator button again, and the door slides open in front of us. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It made Selena prefer to watch the indicator dial over the elevator. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I hear the elevator doors slide open, and her voice: “Tobias!” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I don't know why I've never worried about the elevators before. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z They walked into the building and crossed the lobby to wait for the elevator. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z She waited for the elevator to fill before she got in, not wanting to operate a new machine by herself. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We get back in the elevator and go down to the first floor. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z He stared down at the sparking, sputtering arsenal, yelled and belly-flopped to the carpet as rockets whizzed out of the elevator, inches above his head. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as they saw her, they waved good-bye and got into the elevator. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The taxi pulled up in front of my building, the doorman held the door for me, and the elevator man took me up to my floor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We could hardly get out of the elevator and into the throng. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "Keep your hands off the lever," snapped the elevator boy. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Standing at the elevator with our bags, we plan to meet for the picture show in fifteen minutes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z While they wait at the elevator banks, I scramble up the stairs. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Grace quickly looked around to see if anyone had overheard that ugly name, but they were in the elevator, alone. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z When he started conversations with people in elevators, or lavishly complimented strangers, she held her breath, certain that they could see what an attention-loving person he was. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In the fall of 2004 one waterfront residence, with its own elevator, wine cellar, theaters, and separate guesthouse, sold for $16 million, the year’s record. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I was glad when the elevator doors finally dinged open. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z She led us to an elevator in the back of the store behind the giant Lego dragon. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z With the coming of the railroads and the grain elevator, the sacks suddenly became a problem. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z As I wait for the elevator in my building, I wonder: Would I have caught that ball if I had taken my earmuffs off? Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry, ladies and gentlemen, the elevator hardly ever breaks.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Despite the obvious excuse I could have used to avoid Mr. Sampson—that I was traveling back up to my apartment instead of down to the lobby—I stepped into the elevator and said hello. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z She kept her eyes fixed on the elevator floors as they blinked into the magical numbers: 400, 450, 500. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The elevator slowed down and the doors opened. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z We carry it into the elevator together and ride up to the rec room. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The crowd of Dauntless leading us go to the stairs instead of the elevators. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “He’s changed!” said Grandpa Joe, peering down through the glass wall of the elevator. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z When the elevator opens, there’s a guy in it, standing next to two big suitcases. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I hoped the opening elevator doors would admit fresh air. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When the elevator reached my floor and I stepped out, there was Bodega in the hallway. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Once they’ve shuffled off into the gloom of the department’s lobby, I ask the elevator to give me a few minutes to think. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I go over to the elevator and push the button. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I choke down my bioloaf and follow them back on to the elevator. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z With these elevators, the ride is less than a minute. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z As we rode the elevator down to the lobby, I hummed along with the Muzak as loudly as I could, to show them I wasn’t afraid. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The three of us face the elevator door, and it closes. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He presses Lobby thirtysomething times, even as the elevator is already descending. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They kept Harris’s hands together with panty hose and he led them to a secret elevator that took them down one more floor. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z In the elevator I imagine a bird decorator who’s wearing my dad’s glasses—the funky rectangular ones he wears when he has a meeting—and flipping through a bird-size binder full of twig samples. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The elevator doors pulled open, and the all-too-familiar stench of death greeted them before they saw the body of their sister curled up in a ball on the elevator floor. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Her “meeting” is taking place near what used to be the cafeteria, and I have no choice but to walk right by the group to the elevator leading back to my room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z We step off the elevator, and a man with an impressive double pretzel-loop on top of his head points at us, like we’re some sort of exhibit at the museum of natural history. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She wondered what they would find once they reached the top of this elevator ride. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “The Long Island Railroad, of course. You get off at Penn Station. Empire State Building, special elevator to the six hundredth floor.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He thought that they were going to take him back upstairs and he made a motion to go in the direction of the elevator, but they jerked him back roughly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I walk to the elevators in total disbelief. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z We bypassed the elevator, moving quickly down a cramped stairwell. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Outside the far door it was only a short sprint to the elevators, and if Jasper stayed where he said he would, I’d never be in his line of sight. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The flier’s legs would provide the power to keep the propeller turning, while his hands would control elevators, ailerons, and rudders. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A tiny access door was set into the robot’s massive left foot, and it opened as I approached, revealing a small elevator inside. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z While I was celebrating in the elevator that the First Arrivers were near, I hadn’t considered the Collective was conspiring to exterminate the “hostiles.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z When the elevator creakily arrived, he rode it—not to his own floor—but to the lower level on which the new tenant, Pris Stratton, now lived. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I steered Grover and Annabeth toward the exit, loaded them into the elevator, and I was about to get in myself when I realized there were already two other tourists inside. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They led him to an elevator that took him to an underground passage. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But first I go back down to the basement to look at the room next to the elevator again. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z A group of Candor and Erudite are waiting there, including the blond Divergent woman who got dragged to the elevators by her hair, the girl I helped escape, and Cara. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The elevator doors opened, and we got in. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The elevator was prewar, with gilded, curving bars like a birdcage. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Agent Magnus steps out of the elevator first and I follow. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Tats is counting floors aloud as they ping on the indicators above the elevator doors. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Let’s get the shopping carts and garbage bags. We can risk taking the elevator up, but we’d better be careful, because once it goes off, it might stay off until Tuesday.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “We’re getting you a new outfit,” Heidi says, hitting the lobby button and pulling me into the elevator car, the locals staring. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Grace Wexler tacked her sign to the elevator wall as she rode up to her new job. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re back in the elevator, chugging its way up to the sixteenth floor, to the audition. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The elevator doors open and she wheels me into my room, locking the tires on the wheelchair. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z We took the elevator down to level three, where the passengers unloaded. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Only then did she realize she was in an elevator. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She reaches the elevator first, stepping inside and turning to face me as she hits the floor button. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He grabbed Freebie’s leash and ran to the elevator and rode it to the top floor. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The elevator starts moving, and I stare at the numbers going down. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The elevator ceased rising; its doors slid back, and there, spread out ahead of them, deserted except for empty parked vehicles, lay the police station’s roof field. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I pull open the lobby door of our building, push the up elevator button, and watch the slow numbers descend—seven, six, five, four... Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z A white man who worked in the building stepped into the elevator and waited to be lifted to his floor. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The land is flat, and the views are awesomely extensive; horses, herds of cattle, a white cluster of grain elevators rising as gracefully as Greek temples are visible long before a traveler reaches them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The elevator car hit bottom, and we were guided through a labyrinth of tunnels and small chambers. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z She wished she could ride every sleek elevator up and down, punching buttons, seeing who got on and off. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He gave McCandless em-ployment at the grain elevator and rented him a cheap room in one of the two houses he owned. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Before he could say any more or try to stop me, I was out of the lab, and I caught the elevator down and out of Beekman for the last time. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Was that during the invasion? Or when you were by the elevators?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The elevator stopped at her floor, and she turned to Ifemelu. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When the elevator doors opened, I put on my corporate smile and walked over to the woman sitting at the reception desk. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The elevator made a bouncy stop on the second floor. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I enter the elevator first, pushing my bag behind me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Some sort of elevator device lifts the craft slowly up through the levels. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The best break I had in years, when I got home the regular night elevator boy, Pete, wasn't on the car. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z She found a job as chambermaid in the same hotel in which Richard worked as elevator boy. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z As we walked back to the elevator, I knew that would be the last time I ever saw Craig Finch, and it was. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “I love elevators,” I said to Mom as we walked toward the bus stop. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But what stood out on this gray day was a bright yellow pyramid the size of a circus tent pitched near the base of the elevator. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z At exactly 8:15 p.m., we get changed and join a large group of Junior Undertakers making their way to the elevators. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She slammed into the elevator, and I kept running toward the front of the ship. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z For sure the sun has to shine the rest of the afternoon: I don’t even see Sarah on the way down, even with our elevator situation. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The elevator would have made too much noise, so we chose the stairs instead, pushing the door to the stairwell open, holding our breaths as we clicked it shut. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “The whole elevator is made of thick, clear glass!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I've ridden the elevator a couple of times in the Justice Building back in District 12. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I closed my right eye and lay still, listening to the noise of the elevator. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Human dots in the distance travel up and down glass elevators on each corner. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z For simplicity’s sake, suppose that the other elevator passengers inhale all ten versions of the virus. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Ram calls out as the elevator doors open and I’m about to sneak in. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “I can’t even pretend to understand half the things I saw on the way down here. There was a man with no face in the elevator with me!” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Mr. McCullough, meanwhile, arrived at work and took the elevator up to the seventh floor, where Rayburn Financial Services had their offices. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We had plenty to eat, running water, electricity, a fan to draw in fresh air, an elevator, a refrigerator. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z They stop in front of the elevator, waiting endlessly for one empty enough to ferry them up as a group. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He lugged the boxes out of the elevator and down the corridor toward his room. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Maddy carefully pried open one of her eyes, and the elevator pinged, its doors sliding open. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The first thing I hear when the elevator doors open is a very familiar voice. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I turn my eyes back to the ceiling of the elevator and try not to think about how tightly this woman is holding her baby—like she'll never let it be taken away from her. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And he really didn’t like the way the elevator rattled around on its way up. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “But you don’t mean…” shouted Grandpa Joe, “...you don’t really mean that this elevator....” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s not until we reach the clear elevators at the back that I realize I’ve been holding my breath this whole time. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The other man leads me into the library and down three hallways to an elevator. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She bundled Mia into her coat, as if Mia herself were a child, and herded her into the elevator, then into a taxi to a pharmacy on Broadway. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He keeps his eyes on the elevator, half expecting his father to walk out and fetch him, to indicate, with a slight tilt of the head, that it is time to go. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z So her cane is why I pass the elevator test so easily. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When Bridge got home after Tech Crew, there was a flyer taped above the elevator button in the lobby. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z We wait for the others to return, but when the elevator opens, only Haymitch appears. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z His favorite pastime was to unscrew the ceiling panel on the dorm elevator and climb up on top. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When the elevator door opened, we got out on the observation deck. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “We all got in the same elevator,” Oliver explains. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Visitors ready to conclude their visit to the fair and daring enough to ride elevators to the top would then toboggan all the way back home. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Eloise had left college in the middle of her sophomore year, in 1942, a week after she had been caught with a soldier in a closed elevator on the third floor of her residence hall. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z "Hold the elevator," I call, but the door keeps closing. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In fact, today was the first time in her life Sitti had ever ridden in an elevator. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z As I was taking the elevator down, I felt about as uneasy as I had felt going up, but for a different reason. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "How old are you, chief?" the elevator guy said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z As we walk to the elevator, it opens, and a tall, handsome older man emerges. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Bobby took the elevator to the thirtieth floor of the skyscraper at 110 West Fortieth Street, on the edge of the garment district, and when he disembarked, the elevator operator pointed to a doorway. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A muffled boom announced that the bizarre elevator had arrived. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She looks at me briefly and shakes her head before watching the elevators again. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I’m floating back to the elevator bank, my limbs and bookbag and good-luck rabbit foot drifting around me as if suspended in the syrupy ooze of celebration. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Even though the elevator would save me time, I sneak to the back stairs to avoid curious eyes through the elevator’s open glass. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The elevator opened with a second load of passengers— paramedics this time, with Amadeus glowering at the rear. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z So she has to satisfy herself with taking us to the elevator, fussing over our hair, and pushing the button for us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The elevator, the only one for hundreds of miles, conveyed them to the eighth floor. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Many of you get up in the morning, deal with whether or not an elevator is working, you may dress a brother or sister, may stop at the store to get some breakfast. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z What George Naylor grows, and what was in the pile by the elevator, is a type called “number 2 field corn.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z And still the elevator rose, above all the other buildings in Harare. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The parent will thank her and they pass by me quickly to catch the elevator. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, that was weird, he thought as he rode the elevator down to the lobby. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Imagine someone sneezing in a crowded elevator, releasing into the air ten variants of a rhinovirus, the kind of virus that causes the common cold. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “There is a service elevator for bananas and so forth,” said the clerk in a frosty voice. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When the elevator reached roof level, its doors slid halfway open and groaned to a halt, revealing the uneven hole Tally had tom to gain entry. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She drew me to her side and I pressed my face against her hip and stayed that way until the elevator opened. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh. I thought maybe I saw him. My dad talked to a guy with two big suitcases in the elevator this morning. But he was wearing a fish hat. It was yellow.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Oscar winks at me, sending my stomach on an elevator ride. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z A few minutes later April was taking the old-fashioned elevator, with its door like a folding iron fence, down to the lobby. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Already the other women with her, the blonde in the short pink bed jacket with the tatty fur trim, has been appropriated, has entered the glass elevator, has ascended out of sight. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I put on the slippers and step into Lord Kensington alone, trying not to let my nerves show as the elevator doors shut and the adults wish me luck. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “She hit some wrong button on the elevator and it took her all the way down in the basement where it was dark,” Deborah told me. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Once the elevator doors close, I lean the side of my head against the glass and listen to the beeps. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z As I rode the elevator down to the 440th floor, I powered on my armor and drew my guns. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I’m still pacing when the elevator opens up to the youth dormitories. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The instructions said I have to wait for the leftmost elevator to be empty. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The janitors could not use the elevators because Burnham had ordered them turned off after dark to conserve power for the fair’s nightly illuminations. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Her right hand is partly arthritic, from an elevator accident. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But after my father and several other miners were killed in an explosion, I could barely force myself onto the elevator. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z She rode the elevator down to the lobby with her eyes fastened on the floor. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I wave at Dutchy and he opens the door, salutes the clerk, and follows me into the elevator. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z It was so good to be home with my family, even though this home was an apartment in a tall building with an elevator. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Freebie and Felix rode the elevator down to the first floor. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The elevator dings; we get in and turn around, each taking a corner. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The elevator stands at the far end of town like a windowless concrete skyscraper. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I left him up there on the roof and walked back downstairs and took the elevator to the lobby. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I took the elevator for the last time. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Shorty threw the lever and the elevator went up and stopped about five feet shy of the floor upon which the white man worked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, I contemplated taking the stairs but decided to wait for the ancient creaking elevator. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I reach the elevator and press the button. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Inside the volcano, the elevator’s thick steel doors whisked open. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Then the elevator came, and he was gone. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He slips the book he will give her for Christmas into the pocket of his coat, making sure it’s well concealed, and calls the elevator to take him upstairs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I could not make the elevator work, so I walked up. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The elevator made a loud buzzing sound and the door opened. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the corner the elevators were waiting, and I dashed forward, throwing my hand between the closing doors of a full elevator headed down. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Dimple recognized the song just as the elevator doors slid open on the first floor. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The elevator didn’t work and all the windows were broken. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The elevator reached the lobby and the doors slid open. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We watched him stop at the elevator and wait. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I don’t want to talk to him, but I just can’t let the elevator doors close on his stiff and proud back. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z A tone sounded as we reached the 106th floor, and the elevator doors swished open. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, and the elevator comes to a stop at one hundred. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The spirits of the dead started pounding on the elevator doors. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The door starts to close on her, and she motions for me to board the elevator. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The thought of dancing with that little runt in his orange suede elevator shoes and mingy T-shirt and droopy blue sports coat made me laugh. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Perhaps they were just street people who had wandered in to flop down in the beat-up chairs and smoke pot or shoot up in the elevator. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I think about him in the elevator and down the long hallway and every moment until the moment that I have to stop thinking about him, when I enter the office. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I felt superior to them in my way, and I didn't like the manner in which we were all crowded together into the servants' elevator. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The same song I was listening to that first time I talked to Nora in the elevator. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The Titan Krios jabbed his thumb against the UP button on the elevator’s right side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “After you,” he says as we get into the elevator, although there’s no possible way for him to go after me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Look, you don’t have to tell me the story,” I say, punching the elevator button a few more times. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I rode upstairs in the elevator, stepped out and went down the hall to Catherine’s room, where I had left my white gown. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The elevator was busted, so we walked up several flights. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The Doors slid open, revealing the gilded interior of an elevator car. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He escorted us into the elevator, which was already crowded with souls of the dead, each one holding a green boarding pass. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I have the feeling Aiyi and the others have never been on such a long elevator ride. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I went in the elevator like I was in a terrific hurry. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z A couple of Hunters gave us directions to the elevators, and we rode up to the penthouse suites. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Back at the hotel everyone already seemed to know: the doorman, the desk manager, the people in the lobby and elevator. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z In the hall, as I was waiting for the elevator, someone shook my hand and said, “Goodbye, Mr. James Baldwin. We’ll soon be addressing you as Mr. James X.” The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z I drag our rolling cart into the elevator and jam my earmuffs back on. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I'm grateful for the weight of it as we ride the elevator up. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z As soon as the elevator doors close, awkwardness descends again, this time with Dementor-like strength. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The elevator dropped me like a shot and I went out and walked along the street. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s downstairs. Subbasement C. Take the elevator on the left. It’s the only one that goes down that far.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z With the help of Mr. Curtain’s elevator, Kate figured they could be outside the Whispering Gallery in thirty seconds or less. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They clicked the handcuffs upon his wrists and led him into the hall, to a waiting elevator. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Will we be safe on the elevator?” she asked. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z |
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