When he had smoked the cigarette down to its filter, he put it out and emptied the ashtray into the wastebasket. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than once, I had woken to find his cot empty and the skylight window hoisted up. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

Thomas wiggled his arms and legs to scoot away from Teresa, then crawled a few more feet to throw up, emptying his stomach. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Freedom was a thing that shifted as you looked at it, the way a forest is dense with trees up close but from outside, from the empty meadow, you see its true limits. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

"A sad tale," said Osha, "but those empty holes are sadder." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And at times we would spend entire mornings scouring the streets for empty beer bottles and used bus tickets, to sell to shebeen queens and bus drivers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I retrace my steps back to the school, where the block is almost empty and most of the stores’ gates are already down. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Her bowl was empty, though she could scarce re-member tasting the porridge. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I go down to the Zoology Building on Saturday afternoons to use the microscopes in the empty labs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Right. Your mind should be totally empty. Now let’s finish up those last shots and do what we came here to do.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen the cupboards were empty, the two mismatched chairs pushed neatly under the rickety table. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And, having assured himself that his friend would be safe in the empty inn, Tommy walked back through the village to the gap in the wall. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to be on my way to the moon, instead of fooling around in the middle of an empty jungle. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran her hand over that empty patch of dirt and said, “We keep going and try something new.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He looked in the pint bottle, saw it was empty, and got up to leave. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Midnight comes and goes, and still the desert around me is quiet and empty. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Tally noted a bag of flour, and a few pieces of dried fruit somehow made her empty stomach growl. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He searched through his pockets for a moment, but they were empty, from the brandy. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The old wooden structure had been empty of mules since Mr. Carter had sold the company to the steel mill. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When they had finished it, they heaved the rinds into an empty field and continued on. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

One at a time she drops each scrap of silk and lace into an empty teacup and lights it on fire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

No sooner had he passed the bucket off to him and refilled the empty one dropped at his feet than another one was coming, and then another. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They found her body on the path that led to the well, an empty mud pot beside her and the gunny sacking tied around her waist. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the rest of the park stays empty, the boys’ blue and red plastic eggs still scattered all over the grass, waiting for the game to start. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She looked into the empty blackness, then back to Toby. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He kept insisting that they were all empty, and nothing Mike or I said could convince him otherwise. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was creepy being inside, looking out of the empty windows at die ragged shapes of other buildings. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He stays in his apartment, which is no longer neat and empty but is filling up with disorganized parts of his life: take-out Chinese food containers, unwashed sheets. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you said that we were meeting them here. But the place is empty.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Generose hadn’t understood that they had reached their final destination, that the empty apartment where they had spent the night and where they were now gathered was where they would live. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She watched the BFG as he bent down and filled his suitcase with empty glass jars. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I empty out my handbag, looking through my notes scribbled on bits of paper, all the scraps of information I’ve gleaned, the memories shifting like shadows, and I wonder, Why am I doing this? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dim light from a low-powered anbaric bulb she could see a name on a card at the front of each case, and yes, there was an empty one with Tony Makarios on it. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the empty thud when the bucket hit the floor. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Diego was quiet for a moment, but the empty space was filled by the chaotic noise from other tables. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The only things left were the stove and Uncle’s prize chair, looking lonely and forlorn in the center of the empty room. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the better part of the night, he’d wandered the city’s empty streets, letting the count of his footsteps numb his mind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I crept from bed and found the neighbor’s house empty. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t follow, please don’t follow, I prayed as I worked my way down, branch by branch, unhitching the nearly empty duffel bag at the bottom and tossing it over my shoulder. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tobias puts the bullet into an empty chamber without looking up. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced up and down the empty street. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here I am,” she said to the empty street. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The old lady ate a piece, and the next morning when Cholly went to empty the slop jar, she was dead. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time, Bioloaf Boy is ready, setting an empty glass down to take its place. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Apparently the sight of the empty street in front and behind her was now of no consequence. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It was a super position, and I began working my way along the shelf until I was directly above the big empty silver basin they were going to pour the soup into. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

An empty seat where Neville now sat and a scarless Harry who would have been kissed good-bye by his own mother, not Ron’s? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I touched the scar Tom Weylin’s boot had left on my face, touched my empty left sleeve. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the spot my compass pointed to was empty, I shouted for Bronwyn to drop the boulder there. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The empty bowl slipped from his fingers and clattered on the cavern floor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Why not? It’s faster. Now I’m here with you boys instead of trudging along the empty hallway, and it’s much better, isn’t it? You seem like nice fellows. So why do they call you Sticky?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped the empty petty-cash envelope back in my bag, pushed the bag back under the bench. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

And worst of all is Cardan’s empty face, his eyes as dull as lead. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the radiator, where the cat lay, its blue eyes closed, leaving only an empty, black, and helpless face. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry pushed his cart off down the platform in search of an empty seat. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I could see the empty keyhole, but I couldn’t hear a sound. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within the span of an instant, the jar appeared just as empty as before. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The structure wound down into the opposite chair, then onto the floor, emptying at the base of a three-level cat tower, otherwise barricaded from Fig’s access. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The yard out front is empty, except for my stable boy, Jacques. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I clench my empty hand into a fist, and a tear plops onto my knuckle. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

There was a pause in the conversation, and the words glared back at her strangely, like the echo of a burp in an empty auditorium. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The Boys and Girls Club is nearly empty. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Stanley reached down and pulled up the empty burlap sack. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The locker room was empty at this hour, row after row of dull green lockers separated by wide wooden benches. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went through the plywood lockers overhead but they were empty. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Back to Deep Water, where life would become again an empty trailer, an old man’s declining will to go on, a crazy fool believing in the mysteries of a beat-up vinyl suitcase, and me. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

As I stood there, hushed and still, I could swear that the house was not an empty shell but lived and breathed as it had lived before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When Hiroshi gets a call about one of his paintings, I slip away to give him some privacy and find an empty chair in the back corner of the café. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

One who empties men of their strength As a nut from its shell. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He empties half into Mother’s glass and half into his own. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Drapes hang from the windows, covering the empty panes. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It was still alive, in a big empty pickle jar. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

And now, on this first morning of her new life, she lay in bed a few minutes to relish the quiet of the empty attic. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I snort, because it’s an empty threat and we both know it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A dozen families were moving out of town, leaving more empty houses to stare vacantly when I rode past them on my bike. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wince, sliding the card into an empty pocket in his communication book. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When we were taking off, I asked if you were certain it was empty, and you said ‘Empty of the living.’” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There are broken windows, doors wide open, an empty car seat on a roof. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“They all know what to do. Sit at the first table with empty trays. No food. No water. It’s enough people to draw attention.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Then I understood: The brass ball was still stuck in his empty eye socket. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"No one cares where you sleep. Most of the old keeps are empty, you can pick any cell you want." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

One sunny day a whole empty afternoon stretched unexpectedly before her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure it’s empty?” he blurted out, trying and failing to sound casual. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was now listening intently, completely absorbed, quite empty, taking in everything. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All I need is an empty pretzel jug and a big freezer bag.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The lot was empty, and the surrounding area appeared deserted. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was ten to eight when Felix and Freebie finally jumped into the empty backseat. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I go to the window and stare at the empty streets. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

In another instant Doli flickered into sight astride what had seemed to be an empty saddle. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He looked for his uncle, but the room was empty. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

They were the names of snows that emptied south in stone canals to fill the empty seas. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He emptied cupboards and drawers, he unmade his bed, he grabbed homework papers and ran away, laughing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that Harrenhal was near empty once again, sound did queer things here. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The town and the street were empty, and beyond them the prairie, too. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was a sunny day, and 15th Street was nearly empty. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I took one look around the empty house before I opened the front door. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And then he froze and looked at his empty hand. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Inside, huge dry waterslides and tubes and pipes curled everywhere, leading to empty pools. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Next to the church, on the other side of Cross Highway was an empty field where the trainband practiced drilling. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it’s near midnight and cold on the empty platform. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Suppose he found a small, empty kitchenette flat in a building where many people lived? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He does not see how he can empty his stewpot in time for coffee. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped the empty envelope on the ground and unfolded the large sheet of paper. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The jar was now empty, washed clean in the bathroom sink. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

As soon as Allen ran out of ammo, he would toss his red-hot empty gun back, and a new one would be thrust into his hands. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

At night Lynn, Sam, and I would lie outside in the empty street and watch the stars. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The witch led Hazel through an empty white front hall. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

They heard the wind hissing among the rocks and trees, and there was a howling and wailing round them in the empty spaces of the night. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It banged against his chest as he ran, and every time it hit against him, it reminded him that it was empty, empty, empty. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

An empty trash can chained to a parking meter banged and rolled from side to side, and its lid, also chained, flipped and flapped in the wind like a kite on a short string. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

There are empty liquor bottles tossed into this thicket, and pieces of Kleenex. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A man driving an empty cart pulled by a pair of oxen regards us from a little side path, his mouth left hanging open like he forgot to close it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The humped outline of the vast heap of earth emerged from the empty green like a powerful prairie ship. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Throngs of wounded were emptied from the cars. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They went further in, down a red corridor, past rooms filled with empty chairs upon which rested violins and violas and cellos which played themselves, or seemed to, when fed a coin. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Already the logging camp has a feeling of great age about it, although it’s only been empty for two years. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He shouted ghost words to the empty streets. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was growing hotter and the larder stood empty. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Man in the White Shirt fished in his pockets for change but came up empty. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He cried because he had to wake up to what was left: the dim room, empty beds, and a March dust storm rattling the tin on the roof. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mom turned into school, and I held the mostly empty bowl with both hands as we drove over a speed bump. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

His house is empty because everyone comes and goes as they please. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to Fourth Street. The houses are empty and the cupboards are full.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, after a hesitation, he suddenly lifted the jar and emptied all the water into the cauldron. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Since my mama passed on last year, her house has just been sittin’ there empty. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A moment ago, it was empty, but I know the rules of simulations and how to control them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I slip in and sit at an empty desk in the back row. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I considered skipping my snack and retreating to my room, but I couldn’t sleep on an empty stomach. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I was too young to drop everything and rush over to his house back then, but I remember when he came back to school, his eyes empty of the light they usually carried. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The riders vanished beyond the trees and the grove seemed empty and desolate. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He looked in the first and found it empty. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I stayed in empty flats, in people’s houses, wherever I could be alone and inconspicuous. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The couches up front by the magazines and newspaper racks are usually occupied during study periods but were empty this late. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Around me I know it’s empty, all the furniture is gone, the floors are bare, no carpets even; but despite this the cupboard is full of clothes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly it was the emptiest of his threats, for he was nothing if not a provider and a bulwark. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I wrote down on the empty spaces of a time-table the names of those who came to Gatsby's house that summer. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

His overturned plastic bucket is gone, and the streetlight shines on only the empty lot and me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Even as he clapped his hand to his pocket he knew that he would find it empty. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

We pull into the empty parking lot and to the far back fence, where there’s a concrete aqueduct stretching as far as the eye can see in both directions. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The boy asked him how the tank had gone empty so soon but he said that it just had. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The pistol clicked empty and I put in another clip. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She bowed at Mingo, who sat in front, next to the empty space usually reserved for Valentine. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

At first, Joseph thought the panelled office was empty, but then he saw someone standing by the gothic windows, on the other side of a massive desk. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s gone,” I said, showing him my empty hands. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to go up there”—he pointed at the empty bleachers—“and shut up.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“You tried her locker, but that was empty. Then you beat up Dr. Kent to see what he knew.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

His glance was empty, but I felt it, as surely as I’d felt the gun this morning. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Hattie laughed, scraping her spoon around her empty bowl for the last remnants of porridge. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

In its place came empty discussions about matters that had no practical connection with the desperate needs of the masses of Jews. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The vault that was searched had in feet been emptied the same day. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Look at the empty house, our children scattered all over the world, and the two of us alone again, the same as in the beginning.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The haptic chair instantly flattened itself again, then retracted so that it was flush against the wall, clearing a large empty space in the center of the room. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The boardwalk stretched dark and empty to either side. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was empty of shoppers that morning—nothing but the occasional sound of automobiles breaking the graveyard silence of the cars in the lots, lined up like tombstones. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked not only impossible to go down—even with empty canoes—but the shoreline’s terrain looked too difficult to even build a portage. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

She stood alone in the kitchen, holding the empty coffeepot that she had been about to, wash. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Outside the Waystone Inn the air lay still and heavy on the empty dirt road that ran through the center of town. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Yanking my portable oxygen farther up on my shoulder, I head down the empty corridor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The hallway outside is empty, and I wonder where the officer and the nurse have gone. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But now the glade is empty, and I can’t remember the last time I saw them. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

After I emptied each pot, Osh baited it with a fish head and tossed it out again. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The sea salt caramel pint is no longer sealed or in the freezer—it’s empty at the bottom of the garbage can under the sink. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

It was a tiny place, empty except for a single, spindly chair that Hagrid sat on to wait. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He holds a cup in his hand that's empty except for a drying ring of beer foam. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Now it was just the three of them and an expanse of empty sky. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Halleck occupied Corinth the next day, it was true, but there was an empty ring to his boast that this was a “victory as brilliant and important as any recorded in history.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poured it carefully into the empty cider jugs and put them into the refrigerator. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Like the church, the cemetery is empty, but here there are no corners or shadows to hide listening ears. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The top of the desk was completely empty except for a shallow box filled with papers in one corner and a desktop computer in the other. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I leaned over, opened an empty desk drawer, and used it as a makeshift ashtray. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The pillared hall was empty of petitioners this morning. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Jam went to the studio and looked at the canvas that was still lying on the floor, ripped and empty. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

After Darren and his friends left the lunch table to go outside and our side of the table was mostly empty, Betsy nudged me with her elbow. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up my empty snail shell and drank the herb-green juice. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She had been preparing a new bed in the garden, enjoying the rare quiet of an empty house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having to stand up at the end of a long day within plain sight of an empty seat was both depressing and infuriating. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Olanna was pleased that the house in Lagos would be empty. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The street empty, the house burnt like an ancient bit of stage-scenery, the other homes dark, the Hound here, Beatty there, the three other firemen another place, and the Salamander...? Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if the suit of armor had been empty for a reason? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

We sit down at an empty table, and I avoid talking to Kasim because he’s supposed to be working. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

While the fire catches, I sweep out the snow that has accumulated under the empty windows, using a twig broom my father made me when I was about eight and I played house here. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

So here’s the quick and dirty of how this trick should work: I take an empty water bottle, which I’ve sliced a sliver of an opening in. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

One chair directly in front of Thomas stood empty—he didn’t need to be told that it was Alby’s. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

At last Mother put down her empty cup and said, “Come back to bed with me this time.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Usually there would be a tide line of empty cups and glasses and plates with scraps of food surrounding it, which I didn’t like as much. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Amari, feeling bereft and empty inside, held the child and stared at the thick woods on either side of the road. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eloise finished her drink and replaced the empty glass upright on her chest. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I knew the sadness would come later, but at that moment, I was upset and a little bit nauseated—anger on an empty stomach. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We went together to buy birds for the cages that had been empty ever since my grandmother, sensing that she was about to die, had opened them and let the birds fly out. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have to come up with some reasonable explanation very soon, for the theatre was rapidly emptying out. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

In contrast to the Three Broomsticks, the pub appeared to be completely empty. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

What most caught Miss Hill’s attention was the fact that the furniture wagon was empty save for an iron stove that seemed much too large for a private residence. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

How I’m surviving on empty, waiting and hoping to be filled again. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Watching the Warrens live was like watching a magic trick, as miraculous as transforming an empty soda can into a silver pitcher, or pulling a steaming pie from a silk top hat. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The children gathered up empty lard pails to collect the greens in and headed off to the coulee. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The Blackwater Rush was as empty as Sansa had ever seen it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Alyce turned back to the dark, cold, nearly empty cottage, took a deep breath, and went in. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they arrived at his apartment, it was empty and a for rent sign was taped to the window. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two bottles were on the floor by his chair now, one empty and one just opened. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Cautiously he stepped inside, padded across the empty court and listened again. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I scanned the room and hurried to the first empty seat I saw. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The black backpack that Rob and Cate had given me had been thrown into the backseat, covered in a few loose sheets of newspaper and an empty bottle of Windex. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He was in the very back, an empty seat beside him. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

His own pockets were empty except for his pen/sword, Riptide. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Wash emptied the last of the potatoes into the bin. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I push the empty cart all the way back to the front desk, where Brenna and Ethan are waiting for me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He talks about feeling empty, about the family he left behind, about the woman before me and the one before that, the one who wrecked his head and left him hollow. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little pot was empty now and she let it drop, hearing it fall as the water gourd had. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The lobby is empty and there's nobody at the desk to tell me I can't be visiting patients at the crack of dawn. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Farther off, villages floated on empty spaces, where wide fields were. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It lived in the empty spaces in her atoms. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He was beside the mouth of a land drain which emptied into the ditch—a smooth, cold tunnel, narrower than a rabbit hole, but wide enough. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meantime, on the opposite tracks, trains for white people passed by, almost empty except for an occasional passenger relaxing on one of the cushioned seats, feet hung on the opposite, unoccupied seat. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When morning came, for the first time in many months the fire was out, Jo’s place was empty, and the room was very still. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked mostly empty, but clearly there was still something inside. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In a large empty room we were ordered to undress and pile our striped uniforms in a corner. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Christina and I discover a mostly empty table at the side of the room, and I find myself sitting between her and Four. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I walk out into the empty space of pavement. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Afraid because I don’t want my own funeral to be that forlorn and empty I want words at my funeral. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Why would Lena give her a key to an empty room? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I turn for one last look, one last smile, before stepping into the empty courtyard. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The yellow cattle cars were mostly empty, as were the cars of the Alley L that ran along Sixty-third Street. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Her camp is dark and empty when I get there. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were holes in the streets now, places where buildings had been, empty like pulled teeth. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

After dark, when the surrounding offices were empty, he opened his safe. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The box, as he had hoped, was empty. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I also still need to empty my bladder, which is not helping the situation at all. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And her face was empty, which was awful. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped up and trotted past the empty lots, but instead of going straight down the street toward home, I took a detour. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was in the middle of a great empty plain, a flat desert drenched with sunlight, across which all sounds came to him out of immense distances. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Every bedroom was empty except for the smell of gasoline and a small crackling fire set directly in the middle of each bed, as if a demented Girl Scout had been camping there. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were twelve empty cans of frozen lemonade mix. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Litter bobbed on the surface: empty plastic bottles, sodden burger containers, soda cans, and pieces of Styrofoam. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They emptied their ashtrays out the windows and tossed out all sorts of stuff. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were not in the empty house at all; they were in Digory’s house and in the forbidden study! The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I realized I’d been holding on to a last shred of hope when I entered Biology, saw his empty seat, and felt a new wave of disappointment. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They went up the road calling out in the empty dusk, their voices lost over the darkening shorelands. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They made empty, hollow, drowning sounds as they sank. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when Sounder scratched fleas under the porch, she would look at the hunting lantern and the empty possum sack hanging against the wall. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had barely resumed his seat, and arranged his face into what he hoped was a relaxed and unfazed expression, when bright green flames burst into life in the empty grate beneath his marble mantelpiece. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Inside, it was just as 'empty as always, except for my bunk. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Later, when I return to the dormitory, Edward’s bunk is stripped clean and his drawers are open, empty. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The seats nearest the trash can where inmates scraped off their plates were left empty, too, so that no one would get splashed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stream of brownish liquid in her clear measuring cup was not moving, even though the cup tipped well past the point where gravity should’ve emptied it. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She said, “Suds, will you excuse yourself from Joey long enough to empty your wastebasket, please.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rescue teams had gone up, through the raging storm, through the darkness and the danger, and they’d found him tucked in a little empty space under a snow ledge. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A moment later a million pails of water emptied on us. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The silence lasted until I noticed that the cafeteria was almost empty. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He’s passed out cold, holding an empty bottle. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They press the buzzer, peer through the glass door into the empty, carpeted foyer, at a big vase of flowers at the foot of the stairs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only now I would get so lonely with the tent so empty that I slept outside. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

How much of the world did people miss because they were not calm enough, empty enough, to experience it? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

So he grabbed a garbage sack filled with empty beer bottles and hucked it at the minivan. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

A theater nearby was just emptying, and crowds milled around the lighted foyer, calling for cabs, wrapping coats around their shoulders. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

JimmyTrotter sat to my right, next to Mr. Lucas, who sat next to an empty seat that he patted each time Big Ma entered carrying a platter. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Harry finished his breakfast in the emptying Great Hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The hotel is drafty and the dining room is empty, but the waiter is excellent. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When she returned to the kitchen, it was dark and empty. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pulled up beside a boat that was dark and empty and tied their dinghy to its stern. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The beach before them was empty except for a few bums sleeping in little huddled circles. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She stared impatiently into the dark, empty tunnel. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Even when I found out where they’re going to build it—that big empty lot at the comer of Woodbury and East Oriole—I didn’t see anything wrong with the idea,” Roy said. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Shall I bid men sound the horns? But where is Aragorn? His place is empty and he has not eaten.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Most conspicuously, in virtually the central spot of the otherwise empty and highly polished floor, lay the dustpan Miss Kenton had alluded to. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I drove coming back and went fast with the empty car to find the man from Pittsburgh. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew the Carter home was a station—only a hundred yards separated it from the river—even when raids came up empty. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

They were in front of the high, white, empty building with black windows. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She slides into the center of an empty row, but it's the third bench from the front of the church. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He emptied the cup and handed it back to me. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Beetle shared in the sudden blooming of bread and didn’t care to ask why until, her stomach finally full, she found her mind empty and casting about for something to figure out. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks through me like the physical space I occupy is empty. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Bod put a hand into the empty trunk, touched the silk lining, touched dried earth. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“I’ll find an empty room we can hide in,” said Matt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crowd is already gathering at the soccer field, while the athletic track is empty but for barefoot images of the girl. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She went back to Hopkins, where a doctor passed a catheter to empty her bladder, then sent her home. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He would have been happy there with his horses and his cows, his land, and a big empty sky overhead. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adria had a soft spot for turtles too, but I was surprised when she ran into the empty street and picked up the flattened thing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

This looks like emptiness and silence, but to me it is not empty, not silent. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I left them working, the car looking disgraced and empty with the engine open and parts spread on the work bench, and went in under the shed and looked at each of the cars. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He emptied it onto the desk and quickly sorted through it: a few clothes, a woolen sweater I had just finished knitting, toothpaste, soap, a towel, and a jar of Grandma’s fresh beef chili sauce. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door was open, but the place looked empty and dark. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Each wide-open empty bedroom in the house had a whole wall of built-in wooden cupboards and closets and a private sunporch. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The second strange thing was Hannah’s coming into her mother’s room with an empty bowl and a peck of Kentucky Wonders and saying, “Mamma, did you ever love us?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to paint the feel of the sand beneath her toes, the crackling of dry empty crab shells as she popped them between her palms. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The empty Red, Orange, and Yellow cabins became Blue cabins, and newly arriving Greens, the biggest group of all, filled the old Blue ones. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My pretend mother said, “Good,” and emptied the rest of the envelope over my oatmeal. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

A white girl gets on and goes to sit in the first empty seat she sees. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When my bowl is empty, I pick up a flat stone. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

But the marketplace was empty, and he was far from home, so he wept. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crossed the room and emptied the last of the wine into his glass. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes, over twenty people were arrested, and the street was empty again. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is one empty planet,” Viola says as we stop for a quick lunch, leaning on some rocks overlooking a natural weir. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It really was a curious face, with the features scrunched up around the eyebrows, and a big empty chin like Desperate Dan’s. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But as she lay in the middle of the giant trampoline in Taryn’s backyard after three days of facing her empty locker, Ivy felt more abandoned than ever. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was a four-pack, actually—he had it dangling by two empty rings. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The streets emptied out except for the troops of the militia stationed to secure order. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

More specifically, to the lone hot pink dress dangling from an otherwise empty rack. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He suddenly finds nothing in his hands but empty clothes. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I get that eerie prickle, of being in a house so empty. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After the disaster at the Hellshow, the cages had been flooded to purge them of beasts and bodies; they’d been empty ever since. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was late, the streets empty except for the German patrol. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs and got myself a cup of coffee and a couple of soft-boiled eggs, which I ate alone at a table near a window in the empty main dining room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My rubbery legs almost giving way under me, I reached the toilet just in time to empty the vile contents of my stomach into it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

There was a market at the end of the street and in one of the aisles piled with empty boxes there were three metal grocery carts. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Like every child of an innkeeper, Malcolm had to work around the tavern, washing dishes and glasses, carrying plates of food or tankards of beer, retrieving them when they were empty. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t give her an empty box, even a nice empty box. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Once it lands here, they'll ditch the heat shield, all the life support stuff, and a bunch of empty fuel tanks. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the scene was empty; the wet patch on the ground where Cecilia had got out of the pond was the only evidence that anything had happened at all. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Everyone on the bus began filing off with their identity cards in hand, so the empty bus could be checked for weapons or stowaways. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The barn was empty: not even the leftover scent of manure greeted us. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Now there are just empty cages, the lonely mirrors glancing back at them. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the final amen, in silent, perfect sympathy, they ducked into an empty corridor off the side aisle. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Footsteps echoed in the empty hallway and he could hear them no more. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

School’s been canceled and the empty hallways are filling with ghosts. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

There was a tray of empty glasses on one of the tables. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed and leaned out the window, throwing the empty bottle into the grass. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

We emptied the wagon and flipped it over. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

There were no street vendors here, nor prosperous merchants, only sullen wives emptying their slop jars into the street, sometimes missing the scrawny, shoeless children playing there, sometimes not. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The young woman had a small dog, a Pomeranian, that yapped nonstop during the three hours it took to empty the apartment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He quickly handed his empty glass to Hornet. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ron raised the sword in his shaking hands: The point dangled over the frantically swiveling eyes, and Harry gripped the locket tightly, bracing himself, already imagining blood pouring from the empty windows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It’s the desert, and nothing is out here but empty land and what looks like thousands of acres enclosed by a simple wooden fence. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The top shelf had a soot-colored blanket on it; the bottom shelf was empty. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It grew around him as he stood holding the empty ceramic cup; the cupboards of the kitchen creaked and split and he felt the floor beneath his feet give. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

A turtle shell that had been full of cracked walnuts was empty beside him. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was empty now, but sweetly expectant of clean, white, well-behaved children and parents who would play there above the lake in summer before half-running, half-stumbling down the slope to the welcoming water. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the captain who suggested the empty sarcophagus for Spender. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if the ocean were completely empty of fish. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

By nine the next morning, the Richardson house was nearly empty as well. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The lot was empty except for one other car. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the empty bowl back on the floor next to the cat-flap and lay back down on the bed, somehow even hungrier than he had been before the soup. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The office space next door was empty and had been vacated some time ago; the electric power was cut off, and ceiling panels were falling down. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And beyond that a mile and a mile, and a million million miles, all in the empty blue. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pausing on the first step, I looked back down the hall, as empty as it had been when I first entered. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And the serving men filled his wine cup anew each time he emptied it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My class was American Literature, a lecture about Frederick Douglass in a mostly empty auditorium, and it was incredibly difficult to stay awake. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She searched the empty house and riverbank, hoping he’d pop out of the water so she could tell him about Papa. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Cassie rescheduled for the next test and got her nails done at a salon, Enchanted Blue, while they locked me up and dripped sugar water into my empty veins... Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Men had been known to fall into empty holds before, crack their heads, and pass out even in calm weather. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A dozen or so Specials stood in a cordon around them, watching their captives with empty expressions. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The back wall, which should contain a hundred lifetimes of food, is empty. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He finished item three—empty the dishwasher—on the to-do list Dad left for him on the kitchen whiteboard every day, and grabbed his suitcase. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I still felt just as dead and empty. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned against the two big boxes on the counter, sticking my finger in the diamond-shaped spaces between the rows and rows of empty jars inside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We emptied the contents of our pockets and paid the fee. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The road was wide, as far as he could judge, but now the company came suddenly into a great empty space, and there were no longer any walls upon either side. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And now I’m just sitting here, among all the empty chairs. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Another lady in black comes over and holds an empty tray out in front of me, and I grab Layla’s glass and place it on the tray. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I sat at an empty table and tore into my food, which by the way was pretty good. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“No, my dear. They would give me empty promises,” she replied, “which is worse than an empty belly.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The key sounded in the lock as the bucket returned to my hands, wiped empty this time. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the other students got up, there were three empty seats in my row, but that white woman still wouldn’t sit down—not even across the aisle from me. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Sleepy, darkened clusters of houses had given way to empty stretches of wilderness that had become winding streets, and then they were trudging up, up, up a long hill. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she sensed some sounds that told her that the museum was not yet empty. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The playground was almost empty, with rust collecting on the swing chains and monkey bars. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Whenever he glanced in the mirror, he was startled by the wild, empty look in his eyes, as if he’d gone blind wandering in the desert. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Next to her another Bracelet was staring into space with empty blue eyes as she anointed herself with moisturizer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

First, we went through security, and then a uniformed guard led us down an empty hallway to the visiting room. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

When she arrived, they went together to Spencer Marx’s apartment, carrying empty shopping bags. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And sure enough, presently he led them up another set of stairs into an empty cellar, then through the cellar doors onto a quiet street lined with elm trees and old houses. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The last one being Pap&, though even as I looked, he faded little by little, until the box was empty. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon when I came back home, the station wagon was gone, and the Mustang was gone, and the whole house was empty. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The stairs empty into a narrow hallway, and the scent of something powerful rotten hits me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

After several days of waiting in the empty house, listening for any sound at the garden gate, she decided go for a walk, unable to stand being inside for another minute. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn my head to stare at the mat where she was just sitting, frowning at the empty space where she just was. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Early in the morning on August 5, he went home to his empty apartment. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But although he speculated that the atom was mostly empty space rather than a homogenous mass speckled with charged nuggets, he had not yet conceived an alternative model. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

A business-suited exodus emptied the train when we hit 110th Street, the last outpost of affluent Manhattan, and we were finally able to sit down. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Rawiya locked arms with him as they paraded down the hallway, passing more classrooms, students emptying into the stream like the loosing of a dam. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The roads were empty and I was accompanied only by the stars and gentle Transvaal breezes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What happened in Flint Creek, flowing through 50 miles of Alabama cotton country before emptying into Wheeler Reservoir, was typical of the region. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He empties the rest of his glass in one big swallow, and then turns back to the bar. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

There was still a strong sideways pull from the gasbag, which was now nearly empty, but which as a result was catching the wind like a sail. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ushered them to two of the empty salon chairs. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They were happy to discover their unfreezing ability worked perfectly on the liquid and gulped greedily until the bottles were empty. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The room was empty and devoid of any kind of furniture—no bench, no basin, no bucket. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was emptying ashtrays into a wheeled trash can that he pushed around the lobby. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The pizza place was busy, but there was an empty booth way in the back. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Pushing open the doors to the gym, I move past all the empty exercise equipment and see the door to the pool is promisingly propped open with a chair. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The windows of the reading room were bright and blank; bookshelves, empty carrels, not a soul. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There were in fact many others, with vast tracts of empty space between them. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to follow her breath, my eyes closed so that I wouldn’t have to look at the baby’s empty face. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He let the empty cup drop from his fingers to shatter on the floor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Lily rolled her eyes and emptied the pitcher into her glass. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Two to a basket, they carried the bushels down to where the pile of empty baskets waited. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

One revolver empty, he lunged away from the crate and into the shadows. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He gestured to Dimple’s empty seat in a need I say more? way. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They burned the king’s palace to the ground and emptied the rest of Tilcajete, leaving Monte Alban firmly in control of the entire valley. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The lights brightened and revealed the wondrous majesty of an empty tank. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Bren’s ride to the airport shows up, and as I say good-bye, I get that sinking, empty feeling when someone leaves but you stay behind. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They advanced towards me, some from one end, some from the other, and some came down the middle between the rows of empty chairs. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

They made it to the kitchen and grabbed a quick breakfast, taking two empty seats at the big table inside. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Where his eyes should’ve been were empty sockets—like Ares s eyes, except Charon’s were totally dark, full of night and death and despair. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Come to think of it, that bowl was empty when Scoob left for school this morning. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

At the very end of the row, the kennel was empty. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He holds the empty glass out for Olly’s mom to take. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s no business of mine,” he said, extracting one crooked cigarette and crushing the empty pack in his hand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was a sole security guard in the otherwise empty lobby. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

To her sharp disappointment she saw nothing there; it seemed empty. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I finished, I caught about ten of her cats, dipped their feet in the can of gold paint, and chased them around in the empty room. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I thought of all the empty spaces Baba would leave behind when he was gone, and I made myself think of something else. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But there’s an empty look in Daddy’s eyes and I wonder if he even heard me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The twin bed next to mine was empty and unmade. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The stragglers rushed in as the final bell rang, filling the empty seats. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

With a grunt, Adina stabbed again and again at the water, coming up empty. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then came long, terrible empty pauses when nothing happened at all. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

It is always a relief to empty your bladder. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were using the washroom next door and carrying water over in empty milk gallons. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he brought out the tightly folded sheet of India paper just as the two halves of the acorn fell apart in her hands, showing it to be empty. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

So he gave me a pile of empty executive agenda planners from work, and every Sunday I went over my sketches with him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

From on high, it would just look like the forest had an empty space, a misshapen wound snaking through thick growth. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I told Mom we should empty out each room, clean it thoroughly, and put back only the things that were essential. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Near a pool she lost all sight of her steps and then with relief recognized an empty lemming nest, a round ball of grass that she had kicked open. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Pit is almost empty; it is the middle of the afternoon, though it feels like it’s been night for days. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Cade said, “Come on,” and took off down the shore of the empty lake. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Is he ... ?” Her fingers are on his throat, taking his pulse, and her eyes are wide and empty. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I almost kick her out because it’s going to hurt too much when my room is empty again. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing about the town was grand except the big empty sky and, off in the distance, the stony purple Tuscarora Mountains running down to the table-flat desert. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And it doesn’t stop short at little girls. So never mind the empty threats, just start reading. Now. At once. And I want to hear something out of that book first!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Julius stood, looking about him at the empty streets under the hot noonday sun. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The empty, horrid throne was made from human bones fused together. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to see the empty sky. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

My lungs empty out in a single fierce whoosh. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

With that, Lightfoot sank down on the empty grave of Mr. Royal Garnet Lacey, put her head against the angel’s stomach, and cried and cried. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

On and on she walked, and the streets became darker and emptier. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

‘It is gone for ever,’ he said, 'and now all is dark and empty.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Marco looks down, surprised to find that he has been holding his right hand in his left, unconsciously stroking the empty space where a ring was once burned into his skin. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“How much there is in art that is beautiful, if only one can remember what one has seen, one is never empty or truly lonely, and never alone.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We do nothing but slowly circle in search of an empty space. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He opened his empty right hand, and, in astonishment, his empty left hand as well. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He was filled with something vaguely resembling hope when he walked in and spotted a pretty, brown-haired girl in the third row with an empty seat next to her. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The two remaining empty seats had just been filled. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The flight engineer points to the empty fuel gauge, and makes a throat-cutting gesture with his finger. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But the village population changes every day because the Angkar constantly moves people in and out of the village, which is how we ended up in an empty house. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The empty weight of them feels like Maman's did before she died. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

There were shops here and there, but the shelves were mostly empty. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The houses I pass are shut up and empty. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Plus I had seen Mr. Huffer’s name on the list of people who had bought 1080, and he threw funeral parlor gunk and dead rodents into his trash cans, which were emptied at the dump. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But Mrs. Menzer finally left, and Mom pulled away first, holding me by the shoulders and leaving a gaping empty space between us. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Uncle Kufa looked straight past the woman and addressed the empty air. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a room that was supposed to be full of celestial weapons...it was decidedly empty of weapons. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

New Orleans would soon be largely vacated, and being in the empty city always felt good, at least for a day or two. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Kote was leafing idly through a book, trying to ignore the silence of the empty inn, when the door opened and Graham backed into the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was empty, thank God, but there you are. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She laid the empty bottle on the ground and reached for the next bucket of water with renewed gusto. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He looked at me with an empty stare that gave me a chill. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The jetty in front of the hotel was empty. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She strode to the midpoint of the bridge, into the empty space between the Governor and the throng of people. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He felt lost, empty, gone—if they wanted they could reach over and take him, just pluck him out of the boat any time. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the middle of the afternoon, but the village seemed to be asleep, the boats bobbing in the harbor, the streets and pavements empty. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It appeared lonely and forsaken, running down to empty ruins in the mist. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I glanced behind me, but the huge room was empty now. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The house where Billy had grown up used to be somewhere in what was so empty now. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Off he went down the empty hallways of Permian High School, happy and cheerful, the mailgrams from Nebraska tucked safely away in his knapsack. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

During his search for the candles, Shukumar had found a bottle of wine in a crate he had thought was empty. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The floor is an immaculate white, almost beautiful, and—most important—empty. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I push my empty glass away and announce, “I’m going to school today.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

As the first-stage fuel tanks emptied, the G forces increased and pushed us back into our contoured seats at five times our normal weight. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a little after one o’clock, I remember, and the house was empty. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard roommates don’t generally get made partners,” Dimple said, pushing her empty plate aside. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"What brung you?" she asked when the soup bowl was emptied. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was no hug in me—he had emptied me out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I try to ignore it as I push the empty cart behind Mom. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The streets were empty but of broken glass; the sky was black. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

When they finally left, she hurried to the atrium, hoping she was not too late, only to find it empty. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The beds are empty in some, but in one, a man is asleep in front of a loud TV, his mouth hanging open. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The nearly empty refrigerator held the same packets of Chinese takeout sauce, even the same Katz Diet Coke can, which I’d bought in Idaho and they’d carefully transported across the Great Plains. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without meaning to, I'm picturing Mrs. Janssen again, worrying over an empty pantry. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He’s staring at the empty fields that won’t be planted for another month. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Me and my tote sack and the empty mailbag spilt out onto the road! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Even though it was noon, the place was empty. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Gradually, the empty straw container came into focus before him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

She said she wouldn’t live in her father’s empty house either, in the village of Gul Daman, which sat on a steep hill two kilometers north of Herat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Behind the three empty judges’ chairs, a great round-faced clock with Roman numerals was embedded into the wall. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Genie put the truck back upstairs, then grabbed the paper bag and headed for the inside-outside room, where he poured the bag of flies into the empty coffee can. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was better to take a bullet in your guts on an empty stomach. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I follow her across an empty graveled lot. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The blank form feels like empty promises of what could have been. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We went to fetch water together, and we played with empty tuna and tomato paste cans, pretending to cook and be housewives. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel almost my heart emptying into my pillow. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I emptied a bureau drawer full of ragged, baby-stained old quilts into a big box. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

His face is no longer empty but instead crackling with something else. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Kaira was emptying a packet of sugar into her coffee when he sat down next to her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I avoided the empty chair next to Mike in favor of one by Angela. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Kit crept up the stairs, but the empty bedchamber was not the refuge she needed. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

This jar is not empty but contains a small amount of white sand which shifts on the bottom. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We turn onto an empty street, with no soldiers or tanks or hot metal smell. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes take in the empty stew bowl and tray on my bed table. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Without lights our ship glides out to sea, emptied of half its passengers. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then he sat there silently holding the empty glass. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He indicated the big Percheron, which stood staring off in an empty fashion into space. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

That empty field was our home for the night. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Small wonder that the streets seemed so empty. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I open my eyes to the row of empty stools on this side of the counter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She removed a scrap of paper that had a three-by-three grid drawn on it with the message Fly into flamingo theater, enter empty nest. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She took the bottle, and then I remembered it was empty. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I looked at the empty table in front of him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The second line passed the empty buckets back to be refilled from the river. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was seated across from us, looking like an empty suit of clothes starched into position. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The arches of the ceiling feel empty above me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They stand in silence on the empty street, the chill of the night air falling between them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was empty except for built-ins all along one wall and a long table perfect for working on projects. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It sounded not unlike the wind whipping through an empty Pepsi can. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He has the sensation that something huge and empty is about to devour them all. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He felt this way, then turned the knife over and felt the other, always feeling with the silvery edge; and then he seemed to find some little snag in the empty air. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joey pressed his index finger down into his empty palm. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The big room was echoingly empty and she felt desolate and lost. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve never thought about all the empty spaces at the Moon Festival, all the places where the disappeared, the dead, and the lost should be. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The park—our park—was dark and empty. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They crept inside, wary of ambush, but the place was empty. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I took my empty cup of genmaicha to the kitchen and washed and dried it by hand. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

That was just her empty shell over there, whereas here I could touch things she had touched, look out on the flowering plants she had looked at, and walk through her house. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Standing beside the hackberry shrubs with hundreds of empty desiccated cocoons still clinging to their branches and a carpet of butterfly corpses under her feet, La Llorona did not look anything like a malevolent specter. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Dicey went into the small bus station and set her empty suitcase down by the door. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my dreams, Pita lifted Chencho’s hair and looked into his empty eye socket. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He slammed the empty can on the table a moment before Mary Anne called “Time.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, it plunged the book back under his arm, pressed it tight to sweating armpit, rushed out empty, with a magician's flourish! Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pass through the crowd, searching for an empty spot to make our home. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I promise you. It’s just a shell now. It’s been empty for fifteen years.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As evening drew near, anxiety filled me and I was afraid to go into an empty room alone. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the way his head was slightly tilted, his eyes focused on the empty space in front of him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

With that noncommittal reply, he flattened himself and slipped under the door into the empty classroom. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the door and looked into the hall; it was empty and silent. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The camp looked as though it had been through an epidemic: empty and dead. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today Todd was gone and the house was empty. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The space inside Zeitoun and Todd’s cage was approximately fifteen by fifteen feet, and was empty but for a portable toilet without a door. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

His left eyelid drooped over his empty socket in an immutable, monstrous wink. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The conductor is walking away from us now, shaking his head and muttering to himself as he plods through the empty train car. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Poor Mr. Freeman twisted in his chair to look empty threats over to me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alec reached around the edge of the frame and searched for a light switch but came up empty, then went inside, Mark right behind him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The air conditioners were off, since the executive offices were normally empty at this hour. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The buildings stand empty, row after row of them, the windows broken, the doors gone—probably burned for firewood—and when I poke my head inside, even the floors have been ripped out and salvaged. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He felt it flaring as he went down Parker Head, and flaring again when he passed Mrs. Hurd’s empty house, and flaring when he passed First Congregational and climbed the porch steps to his house. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He was left an old man in an empty house. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She handed Wil his drink and turned to leave, resting her empty tray on one hip. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Each splintered bar bent gracefully outward, like the petal of a chrysanthemum, and in the center of the empty cage lay one small golden feather. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every day another barracks or two would fall empty. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found a small workshop opposite the empty stalls. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pacific Bell Park sprawled below as they took an overpass, the park’s bright green diamond empty. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

By the litter walk eight guards armed with “foray guns,” also relics of a more barbaric past but not empty ones, being loaded with pellets of soft iron. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What a night! I keep having nights like this lately. Is there an empty bed for me anywhere in this house?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The windows facing the street were covered with plywood and only the first floor was renovated so it looked as if the fire that emptied the building hadn’t affected that floor. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“From the look of his wounds, they swarmed him from all sides. He was found with an empty scabbard. It may be that he wounded some of his attackers.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Chronicler stood awkwardly in the empty room, unsure whether or not he had been dismissed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And any empty seats in the stands would be filled with randomly generated NPC fans who would wolf down virtual sodas and hot dogs while cheering wildly. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Instead, his appearance was absurd—the empty tract of his chin was at the expense of a worried, overpopulated forehead. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the dimness of the empty tavern room, a man stood. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

We walked through the greenhouse aisles, running our hands along the petals, stopping only when we reached that one empty spot. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

One, a pregnant woman whom Claudette recognized as her neighbor Mrs. Hamilton, sat down heavily in the empty seat next to Claudette. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Life without him isn't just empty, it's scary. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But he didn't slip into my room and under my sheets and hold me tight against the empty, endless night. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

But in the aftermath of a loss the field house emptied quietly and quickly, as if the place was cursed and it was somehow shameful to be there at all. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, that’s more like it!” growled Moody’s voice, and suddenly, Harry felt the empty, echoing feeling in his head disappear. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the center of the symbol, between the unbalanced scales, are two empty chairs. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dust settled around him, and an empty legionnaire’s helmet rolled across the stones. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then Vilderling, it seemed, had decided to empty his bladder into the salt water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some houses are empty, too, but the windows are boarded up and their dry grass is low and still kept neat. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If there are empty seats, then there are too few people. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Hopping out, he hurried along the edge of the road, stopped, stooped, picked up one, two, three, four empty Coca-Cola bottles, ran back, and hopped in, happy and grinning. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

A half empty pack of your favorite kind of gum that I found in your desk drawer and your journal, which I found in there, too. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A sort of breathlessness that empty houses have. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I choose a bench that, as long as no one else boards, is situated between three or four empty seats all around. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He lay far across the room from her, on a winter island separated by an empty sea. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey led them under the shelter of an empty car wash for that night and roused them early so they would be gone before anybody arrived to open the business or to wash a car. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I sat on the empty bench to eat a slab of Jamaican Ginger Cake, then went out on the ice. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Rue's pack holds my sleeping bag, her nearly empty water skin, a handful of nuts and roots, a bit of rabbit, her extra socks, and her slingshot. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you notice that a new box of Honey Crunchers magically appeared in your closet whenever the old box was almost empty?” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“No, I think I’ll go rest awhile,” she says, and two minutes later I hear her creeping around upstairs in the empty bedrooms. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You can’t go to bed on an empty stomach,” she says. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then she says, “Everyone in the front row of desks pick up your books and move to the back. You are to leave the front row empty.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He kept his head down and cast furtive glances from side to side, but by then the streets were mostly empty in the rust-colored light. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The speedometer needle crept past one hundred, the last number on the dial, and pushed into the empty space beyond. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A set of empty rowboats, much larger than Amari had first thought, awaited the next group of captives. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three or four empty bullock carts passed us on the way to collect the broken stones, the bullocks drawing them struggling to get through the morass, their hides slippery with rain. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Armed with garbage bags we proceeded grimly through the house, emptying shelves and cabinets and crawl spaces, discovering geometries of dust beneath objects unmoved for years. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

We are in the aisle of feminine products, and she's standing there with an empty basket, unlike mine, which overflows with items I've collected but cannot buy. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I sat on the seesaw in the empty playground. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just dry, empty land stretching as far as the horizon. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some turn aside, uneasy in a way they cannot account for; others feel suddenly empty when her eyes leave theirs. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

We had to haul all our empty tin cans and other trash at night out into a hidden place in the woods quite far from the house. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

We stayed inside and peered through the curtains at the empty street in front of our house. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When the entire store save for the owner was empty, Milkman hurled the broken bottle into a comer. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk down an empty sidewalk, the streetlights over our heads making the icy patches shine. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The swallow led them to another empty courtyard, then over an arched stone bridge of the same color as the frozen water beneath. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Each word comes out like a drop in an empty bucket. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Cupboard of a kitchen straight ahead—empty—box of a living room to the left. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

His voice was like someone in an empty auditorium. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gateway was no more than a pair of ruined stone pillars, with a road leading away between them into empty fields. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I now stood in the empty hall; before me was the breakfast-room door, and I stopped, intimidated and trembling. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The next minute her face fell as she glanced about the empty room, adding, with an involuntary sigh, “Yes, I am glad, but how I shall miss him.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked anxiously back towards the setting sun, but the Road was brown and empty. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As dead and empty as the house around him? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

And my bow is empty, the last loaded arrow having gone in Clove's direction. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Halfway through her walk back across the stage, she tears her heels off and throws them into the empty audience. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

His north sea eyes were colder than she’d ever seen them, empty of feeling, stripped of anything human at all. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“This place has been empty for months. You could freeze to death sleeping here.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Coming out of a small tributary that emptied into the sound, they spotted Jim Don and Pinkie searching a shoreline on foot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood at the empty chair as if I could make Agent materialize with just a stare. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I loved an empty city room, just the blinking terminals and a few deadbeats like myself. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man they knew only as “Steve” let them into a small studio, nearly empty of furniture. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Every drawer was empty, every bare surface without so much as a fingerprint. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The box, or, rather, the small pile of glass upon the platform that had once been a box, is empty. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He must have sensed that it was not concern for the empty cottage that had prompted me to ask these questions, and now he was silent because he was shocked at me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

There were empty barrels all around, in and out of closets, which Kendra figured must be used for catching milk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He wore a blue baby bonnet on his head and was wielding a sword made out of eight empty cans of Milwaukee’s Best Light, which had, I assumed, been glued together. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Now a worse feeling empties itself into me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was nearly morning and the streets were empty, so nobody came when he screamed for help. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Nathan took his backpack off and took out an empty plastic container. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

So far it was empty, except for a tiny creature sitting in the second from last seat at the end of the row behind them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It came near being an empty achievement, for our packs were empty. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

When Mama’s sack was too heavy to drag behind her, Roberto took it to the weigh station to be emptied. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to do but feel the despair of that moment, until after feeling it over and over I picked up my journal and wrote it down and emptied it out of me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He nosed over an empty bean can, sniffed in its opening, and rejected it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t like us to walk in the middle of our empty street, because you never knew. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Spent a day walking through art galleries and bought paintings to cover the empty spaces on our walls. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

It’s just a big open space with a grid of empty streets still surreally furnished with stop signs and fire hydrants. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The sparrows were still rattling away in the trees, but the square was empty except for a few cars. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the days that followed, they stole everything they could, leaving the empty boxes under the other ones after filling them with stones so they would go unnoticed if anybody tried to lift them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he knew that only in the Brotherhood could we make ourselves known, could we avoid being empty Sambo dolls. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Escapees from earlier deportations had furtively returned to the ghetto with stories of trains filled with people entering a camp and leaving empty, even though the population of the camp never increased. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I set my empty glass on the counter and raced outside. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She took my empty glass and went to the kitchen, looking back twice at me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our apartment is suddenly so silent, so empty. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The empty taxi rose, and the Russian watched it go, absently. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The park was just about empty and I moved around the key putting up jumpers that rattled against the old metal backboard. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to hear; the house was empty. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had hoped that Meera and Jojen would be there, so he could tell them what he had seen, but their snug alcove in the rock was cold and empty. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Is he going to die?” he forced himself to say, cringing at how shallow and empty it sounded. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Besides, it might be risky for us lightweights to start drinking on an empty stomach.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The wardrobe was empty now, and the door was partway open, as if inviting Ash to look inside and make sure that all traces of her mother were gone. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Detective Inspector Pearce held up the empty key ring with her eyes scrunched up. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe, I thought, I was still that little Malala who lectured an empty classroom. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I crack the egg and empty it out in my hands. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded to Genie, then at the empty chair to the right of the old man for Genie to sit in. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I emptied the contents of my backpack onto my bed at home, making plenty of space in the bag for my guaranteed earnings. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The second-to-last chair is left empty to represent the invalid Princess Charlotte. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Alone and empty in the mornings, it looked like an unopened present from a stranger. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Into the afternoon we sit side by side on two small chairs on his tiny porch, tiny teacups long empty. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

At last, when the room is empty, I stand in front of Ms. Parker’s desk. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

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

They hacked off her brother’s head in the hope that it was mine, yet here I sit like some bloody gargoyle, offering empty consolations. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He spotted Mr. Rizzo in his biology room, but as Rashid had suspected, most of the math and science rooms were clean, perfectly organized, and completely empty at the moment. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Even a sword without a hilt is better than an empty hand when foes are all around you. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I moved my head, tried to look at the empty place...the stump. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t drink,” I said, holding up my empty hands. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In the dying sunlight the people dragged, rather than their empty cotton sacks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nod, and let Ms. Singh lead me out of the bathroom and into the empty hall. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We waited for him to return from the North and he did not return, so we had a funeral. We buried an empty coffin.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a bullet hole in the doorframe and broken glasses of Star beer, a popular brand in the country, and empty cigarette packets on the verandah floor. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Downstairs in the empty sitting room, Harry walked to the fireplace, brow furrowed, trying to think what to do. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to have to bring me another, dear,” the old woman said to Ophie, waving her empty glass at her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But unlike the Smoke, her city still existed, right in front of her eyes—but emptied of everything it had once meant. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Without waiting for an answer, Jordan started to flop down on the empty seat. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I felt the numb isolation of those days when I was just a little motherless kid, emptied of words, waiting to come through my door and be born. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

They decided to use an empty garage that was owned by one kid’s uncle. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The road was empty, like so many roads we had driven on in my life. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The homeroom teacher asks the kids to begin emptying their desks. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He could make out the shells of temples and bathhouses, a half-buried amphitheater, and empty pedestals that must have once held statues. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Not massive and empty at all, but headlong. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“The peninsula. It empties into the Chesapeake Bay.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But he was sick of the cold empty sea and the silence where no voice spoke to him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

My fist strangled the empty fork in my hand. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I unrolled the carpet partway and immediately found something else: a flattened, empty box that had once contained twenty-four nutrition bars. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sanjeev went to the kitchen, which was empty, and ate a piece of chicken out of the tray on the counter with his fingers because he thought no one was looking. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The car has warmed up, and the streets are almost empty, and everything feels quiet and cozy and safe. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He was not ready for the trip up those clanging stairs to the empty roof where he had no animal. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The young couple who had been living in it had just left, so we knew it was empty. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He emptied about a dozen winkles into my hand, and I put them in the two pockets of my skirt. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I tried eating my soup faster, but it was no use; the other people were now serving themselves chicken and the platter was more than half empty. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Mrs. Trent gets one good look at my empty clothes walking around the house, it'll mean the end of life as we know it. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hollow tumbled away from us, grasping at empty space as it fell. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

That tomorrow there will be two empty seats at the table, yet again. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The first thing 1 see when I get off the bus is graffiti on walls, beer bottles filling trashcans, empty cigarette packs, and syringes. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Our destination turned out to be an empty stretch of road cut off by a pile of stones and logs heaped in the middle of the path. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I lifted them away and inspected the view: a small back yard, with a few fruit trees and an empty clothesline. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The bags are delivered and the sun is out, the float is empty, and the horse knows his workday is over. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

All four of them walked through the empty basement and up the stairs in a clump, almost like a single creature—an amoeba, maybe. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I pull over into the doorway of an empty classroom just to catch my breath. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I ran through a list of possible things I could’ve done wrong, but came up empty. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Our feet tap together on an empty, silent street. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

By the end of a day my pocket was only a little less empty than my wagon. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She’s eating samosas, an empty bag of marshmallows stuck under her arm. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He put the empty popcorn bag to his full lips, inflated it, and waited, his eyes gleaming with reflected Technicolor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I arrange my face into an empty expression, but my heart is beating faster than before. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Tali had brought their map case inside, and now he opened it, pushing aside empty bowls to unroll a map of the Wood onto the table. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then he takes the last empty cart and uses it to transfer his laundry from a washing machine to a dryer. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

There is one other blue chair in the room, ominously empty. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The chaplain’s pilgrimage to Winter- green had proved abortive; another shrine was empty. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Where are the other girls?” asked Lupita, peering into the empty back seat. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Getting left behind probably made his heart feel empty. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fifty or so theater seats here in the Show Room are almost entirely empty. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I felt empty, too, and strangely heavy, like the planet was spinning too fast, heating up gravity, pulling me toward the floor. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It had been no uncommon sight to see a man-at-arms whistling like a lobster, and looking like porridge, because they had emptied a bucket of boiling bran over his armour during a siege. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s like emptying everything out of your head, but you can still see and hear and feel. And you don’t care at all about who you are, or about anything, actually. It’s, um, beautiful.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

They had slept shivering and crouching over their baskets, the baskets now empty at their feet. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The apartment was so empty and so quiet. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, her empty jug was bouncing against her arm when she heard a faint noise running through the trees. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

With all of those thousands upon thousands of “angry revolutionists,” so few stayed over that the next morning the Washington hotel association reported a costly loss in empty rooms. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not for an empty stomach. It is a wonderful thing. It burns out the stomach completely. Nothing is worse for you.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

We all sat down in some empty seats. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A flight with no turbulence and an empty seat next to her. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

This latter - a stone construct complete with a tiled roof - looked very sturdy, as indeed it needed to be, standing as it did in a highly exposed position against a background of empty fields. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

But as the buffalo snored loudly, Minli could see the bowl-shaped hollow in the hay was empty. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

His boys were not here yet, so the football field was empty. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But made into a gruel it allayed the children’s craving for a time and put something into their distended, empty bellies. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The plan is for Lee’s men to fill their empty bellies in Farmville, then march over High Bridge. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It is empty save for two people seated approximately ten rows back from the stage. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Everyday at noon my chair would be empty. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The top half of Virginia is bisected by the Rappahannock River, which meanders from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the north and empties into Chesapeake Bay. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It is almost empty, but there are a few armbands left. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I took another sip and then another and another until the cup was empty. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

When I announced that my sack was empty, she frowned at me, suspicious, but didn’t say anything. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first day we made a trip to the city dump to look for empty glass jars to put the fish in and for materials to build a stand. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

We round a corner, shoes squeaking on the tile, and an empty hallway with a mirrored ceiling stretches out in front of us. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

My bench was still empty and I sat down. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men on the garbage trucks would empty the can early in the morning and no one would be prying round on a day like this, with all the snow and its being Sunday. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Simon knelt on all fours and was sick till his stomach was empty. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It felt silly, tiptoeing in a visibly empty room, but she still felt the need to be quiet there. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The patrons quickly emptied the booths, fanning out into the street and hurrying off. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He wriggled out, seized Hedwig’s empty cage, and dashed back downstairs to his trunk, just as Uncle Vernon burst out of the dining room, his trouser leg in bloody tatters. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

At five I learned that there was to be no space for me on that merry-go-round no matter how many saddles stood empty. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, where a boy with an attractive, pensive look was emptying ashtrays into a bucket, last night’s air still had a bluish look. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Buddhists believe that if you empty out your head, that’s when you find enlightenment. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was always the glass half full type, but something about the way she looks at me now tells me that her optimism is running as empty as her pool. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And when the bleak dawn broke over an empty horizon, Dany knew that he was truly lost to her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Everyone wants you here. We have a saying in Farsi. It translates ‘your place was empty.’ Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

No barrage balloons or anything, just empty sky like in peacetime. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Hoping to find another page, Candice looked in the envelope, but it was empty. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He carried she empty bottles and dropped them one by one into the deep blue canal waters. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s tidy, except for all the gear emptied from her bunk, which is now stacked around the bench seats. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I told you. Remember? Your place was empty.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He puts the empty Coke can on the counter and burps real loud. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes but can only picture my family’s empty pods. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t feel sorry for him when he’s barking at us to do suicides,” Todd said, turning his empty cup upside down. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The men went through the insertion door and found themselves in an empty storage room. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ate a can of white beans, passing it between them, and he threw the empty tin into the woods. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I could end up an empty, emotionless husk sitting alone in my authentically rickety house night after night until the leaking roof eventually caves in on me and finally releases me to sweet, merciful death?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When she crept downstairs later, however, the garbage was empty. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The sky is an empty hopeless gray and gives the impression that this is its eternal shade. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The video is still running on his empty chair, but I can’t be bothered to turn it off. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When he was not complaining about not being able to work, he lay in bed, motionless, with an empty look in his eyes. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

As we moved out through the town it was empty in the rain and the dark except for columns of troops and guns that were going through the main street. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The rest of the house looms cold and empty and dark. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He fell onto his side, dead in a pool of his own blood in the curve of the empty passenger seat. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

We divided it into two smaller segments and one larger one, wrapped each in plastic, and placed them inside empty cocoa containers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now and then she waved, even though the streets, as wide and as straight as the airstrip in Chungking, were empty. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

We emptied our plastic glasses, chased with coffee, and I refilled. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house stayed empty until the gentlemen from Mobile bought it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She points to an empty stool at the end of the counter. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There was still enough meat on it to fill his empty belly, and after that was done he cracked the arm bones for the marrow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After they had gone we laborers looked rather emptily across the newly cleared rails at each other, at ourselves, and not even Brinker thought of the timely remark. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace went downstairs, her stomach empty, her hair wild, and she said to her parents, “I want to find my birth mother.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Now all the houses but ours are empty. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Their minds had emptied to some extent, their defenses were down, so that they were easily persuaded of the absolute authority of the ward sister. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Old brown smelly water began coming out, but soon it got paler and paler, and Mother had them empty the reservoir of ordinary water and put rainwater in it. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She has to realize how disastrous it would be, to call attention to workers from the crèche pushing around empty baby carriages. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There were two empty bourbon bottles, he reported in a tone of disdain. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The tables and pillars from the party are gone, leaving only an empty room once again. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“We’ll siphon out a couple gallons from each jug and pour it in those empties.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I dream Cordelia falling, from a cliff or bridge, against a background of twilight, her arms outspread, her skirt open like a bell, making a snow angel in the empty air. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Those without men were like sour-tipped needles featuring one constant empty eye. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was a room empty of almost any furnishings, save a few greasy prints of herbs on the walls. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He thought of the places behind where there was a black brink and an empty fall into nothingness. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Noodles took the tab from his mouth and dropped it into the empty can. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

After a moment Cal turned from his desk and the room was empty. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Doctorita pushes away her empty plate and eyes me suspiciously. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d spied an empty shampoo bottle of Mom’s in the bathroom a few days earlier. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I grab my empty satchel and Starry's hand and race down the stairs to freedom. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Becky wrapped it for me, but it stung to carry even an empty bucket. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she moved the trap into position over the mouth of an empty bottle. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Send the empty cans down a trash chute, pocket the full ones for later, flip sofa cushions smeared with blood, wipe traces of gel from the tiles. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I show him the empty submission box, and he pulls out his phone and starts to wander toward the door. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the empty spot on my bench and I nodded at him. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to stalk the empty streets, looking for small prey such as cats and dogs that strayed out of doors. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then he thought about what Sairy had said about the holler seeming empty after their kids left, and that seemed like another secret they’d kept from each other. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

And his mind was empty, and the room was empty, and Bod was alone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I think so: Only by drinking it can I empty the basin and see what lies in its depths.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Standing onstage in the empty concert hall in Würzburg, learning how to tease the loudest voice out of my belly while Maria stands in the back row of the balcony. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The male owl would not bring food to an empty nest. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although his new world at the moment was just an empty marketplace, he had already seen it when it was teeming with life, and he would never forget it. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eumaios’ narrowed eyes made out an empty bench beside the one the carver used—that servant who had no respite, carving for the suitors. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had my way, I would empty the buildings out right now and hurry up and knock all four of ’em down and start a new beginning. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of ourselves we tripped and emptied the bucket over his legs. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The countryside beyond the low buildings is mostly empty: a few figures and a handful of vehicles move along a bare highway. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The air inside the building is cool; the lobby is empty and dim. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I moved up and could see the cage was completely empty, but I thought they had just moved the baboon to some other cage. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

My afternoon had spoilt me for the hours that still remained, and I thought how long they would seem until my bed-time, how empty too my supper all alone. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She emptied the batteries and the tape from Park's Walkman, handed it back to him, then got off the bus without looking back. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The doctor went in and cut out some of her stomach and all of her woman machinery, but Candelario stayed, filling that empty space with spirit. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I see Mom at the kitchen table, her empty lunch plate still in front of her, banging her phone keyboard with her thumbs. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Not used to coming home to an empty house. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Dr. Somerset led Ivy’s family over to an empty space near the back wall and helped Mom sit down. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She now reached over, without quite having to get up, and emptied them into the wastebasket. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

A glass: half empty or half full, depending on how you look at it. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of my father’s insistence that I need to earn the right to drive, he’s taken me to empty parking lots. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She had come out on the back porch to empty her wash water just as I headed for the barn. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The road stretched empty as far as I could see, with heat shimmer making the air seem wavy in places. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was guarded only when the children were there: at night it was empty, because there was nothing to steal and no one to be hunted. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The place is emptied out and each of them is probably like Mark, just counting down the seconds until these people are gone. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

With that empty remark, I smile and leave. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were four hundred and fifty monkeys alive in the building, and their hoots and cries sounded in the empty hallways. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old woman took a deep breath and looked toward the empty road beyond the gate, her face filled with longing. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It’s empty except for a huge, ugly old chest that Quinton got from the thrift store when we were younger. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The empty place disturbed me deeply, and, come to think of it, it still does. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he points to an empty dark corner of the hold and looks at Mom and Dad. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They had reached the very edge of the wood at the top of the field, and here was an empty space, with a small sign hammered into the ground that read weezly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There was the time she was laid off from her job, and the refrigerator was empty, and she bowed her head over an empty pot and prayed for God to fill it. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry looked down at his empty gold plate. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Would you say that this jar is half empty or half full?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The vending machines were empty and unplugged, and to our dismay even the rest rooms were locked. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

How I found an empty envelope and rusty old tiara. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A minute later the square was empty, only the boy remained, prone where he had fallen, quite still. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sees innocence, the untouched kingdom the great leader slain the great empty hole shaped like the child growing large and becoming grand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben emptied one box that held ashtrays from Japan, four statues of Buddha in various postures and degrees of corpulence, six oriental silk screens, and two camel seats from Morocco. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her breasts were empty sacks hanging against her ribs, but nevertheless she lovingly put them in the boy’s mouth. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wagon was full and the cabinets were empty. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Porters mopping the floor and new arrivals moving into empty cells were the only ones who were supposed to be out of their cells. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy checked the bathroom, but it was cluttered yet empty too. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I lugged the jumbo plastic carrier meant for a twenty-pound dog to an empty corner and set it on the tiled floor. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The bedroom was empty, and Redemption sighed as he looked around, his shoulders drooping. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There was no time to look back at my house, and I didn’t want to see it as it was now — empty, a symbol of fear instead of sanctuary. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But today the black cinder streets are empty. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

These last days of freedom rattle like a nearly empty box of Tic Tacs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Dad eases me across the room toward one of the few remaining empty pods. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But this has left the center of the cavernous hold dark, except for the faint glow of stasis gel barrels between empty pods around the perimeter. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And with those words, she emptied the bowl into the water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He was surrounded on all sides by chasms of empty air. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I stepped into the first empty booth I saw, and the doors closed automatically. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Zeke and Uriah sit side by side at the otherwise empty table. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her locker was depressingly empty, but the second thing kept her from despairing too much: June’s mom had agreed to let her go to the dance. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He practically throws the door off its hinges running out onto the patio, only to find it empty as well. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It hailed for a minute, then the sky was empty and luminescent; clumps of sagebrush along the roadside glowed like torches. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like I'm paralyzed and my head is empty and all there is in the world is that big hand and this cool breath like the wind. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dany wanted to believe that... but if that was so, why had Hazzea’s father waited until the audience hall was almost empty to come forward? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mom must have emptied out every book in the library in her anger. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The stick came loose and I stumbled back against an empty desk and my fangs fell out and rolled across the floor in pieces. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not understand why that should make him so happy; the honors were as empty as the title granted to Hallyne the Pyromancer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Several late-comers, thinking there was an empty seat, genuflected at the pew’s entrance and prepared to enter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now that Jenner and his friends are gone, we have seven empty.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The word echoes, like the empty cavern it is. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And he told Kreacher to take it and, when the basin was empty, to switch the lockets....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t like being different. I don’t like being in my brain. Sometimes it’s like a big empty space where I’m all on my own. And there’s nothing else, just me.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This sucks,” I said to the empty room. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I felt suddenly empty; there was a logic in what he said which I felt compelled to accept. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, Emily Tallis wanted to share only tiny frets about the household, or she lay back against the pillows, her expression unreadable in the gloom, emptying her cup in wan silence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

You might look at our house sitting in the middle and wonder why it looks like somebody emptied a dustpan over it. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

And my tongue surprised me every time it poked in one of the empty spaces left by the teeth I had swallowed. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The whole world seems to freeze, and my lungs empty like a balloon. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

A couple of cars could have been unmarked police vehicles, a Ford sedan, a Chevy cruiser, but they were empty. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

While his father pulled a couple of pints for a customer, Malcolm gathered empty glasses in a suitably inconspicuous manner, and he was glad to see that his hands remained steady. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I told him that was the cheesiest idea I'd ever heard in my life and asked him to stop calling me with his empty little propositions. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was a problem with empty space that led me to art. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

They empty out into a laundry room, with a glorious copper tub in the middle. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He dumps the soggy papers in the can, which is empty. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And sure enough, there was only one, and so I pulled into the empty parking lot and parked the car directly beneath a street light, because cars are always getting stolen on I-Drive. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It wants food, but how can there be any food with the apartment so empty? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clambered up into the back of the wagon and came down with a wide bucket and a nearly empty burlap sack. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As she walked, she saw that some of the cages were empty, and some of the fay looked almost human. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

For a second all he heard was the wbusssb of the empty air waves. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon lit the trees and the empty buildings as he drove through downtown. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was untying the empty sheath from my ankle. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

If you kept going south, on down past Queenstown, the river would hook around in the west, then the north and empty into the Chesapeake Bay, but mostly we crabbed the river. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Chess looked down at swirls on the floor—swirls of dust on an otherwise empty concrete floor. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Maya shrugged, tossing her empty Starbucks cup into a recycling bin. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The first thing Ob did when the afterlife antenna came around again was to take him out into May’s empty garden. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He began by throwing out the rubble his father’s men had left and cleaning up his premises, breathing rhythmically to empty his insides of any trace of anger and to purify his spirit. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Green hedges, dazzling with red wild roses appeared behind my eyes, stretching with a gentle curving to an infinity empty of objects, a limpid blue space. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was empty all the way around except for that vanishing tanker. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made her sad to empty the sack. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Finn turned down the lane to Petey’s house, expecting to see the Dog That Sleeps in the Lane, but it seemed that the Dog also had other business, because the lane was empty. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I could do that, and he would be impressed by how fast I made an empty place look like home. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I hold up an empty water bottle and pull a quarter from my pocket. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When the halls were empty, Barker’s team would sneak through an underground corridor connecting the hotel with the Watergate office building next door. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The empty corpse of a pigeon lay at my feet. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I point to the empty space next to the closet door. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

This thinking silence was not empty the way his other silence had been. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled with some satisfaction in the rapt attitudes of his hearers; for both of us could not have been more attentive, though I, for empty shew, flipped the pages of my Locke. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

My fingertips brushed my lips; my hand was empty. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was conscious of a foul odor when he emptied the first bucketful into the kettle beside the well. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trust, every time my fridge is almost empty, all of my dreams seem stupid. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

There was a small empty space below the entertainment module, between the prefab wall of my hab-unit and the one adjacent to it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“By that time my guns were empty, and I decided to ram one of their bombers with my aircraft,” she said. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The street was empty, so I slept peacefully. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I walked block after block without so much as seeing a cab at all, let alone an empty one. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Whenever a bed emptied because someone died, a new patient quickly took it. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

His voice seemed to come from the empty air. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The upstairs rooms remain empty, but they are at least clean now, the spiderwebs all swiped away. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Boardman said, “Dear me! I hope the keg was empty!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doorway was empty, the chin-up bar was empty, the couch was empty. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

At the corner of an alley he saw an empty building with a gaping window on the first floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was an emptying, echoing vastness in that tiny cell. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

John had praised her, and was undoing the old pocketbook which they called the ‘bank’, when Meg, knowing that it was quite empty, stopped his hand, saying nervously... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaves and it’s quiet in that empty ward and when I’m finished I don’t know what to do because you’re not supposed to do anything till they tell you. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Evan walked slowly, dragging the wagon with the empty cooler rattling inside. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“There’s a dead body in the tall grass only a few feet from where you are. That’s why this spot was left empty last night.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the deck where he’d been standing, a green iguana crouched next to an empty set of Chinese handcuffs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Beyond the jeep, an empty wheelbarrow lay on its side. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Where it emptied into the river, he swam to the middle. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Queen had hugged him and hummed old hymns to him and filled in the empty spaces in his heart. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you the custodian for Tatarska 3? Is it still empty?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the streets of the Cow’s Guts began to empty all around the pad. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The halls of the castle were silent as they strode to her room, taking the empty servants’ passages to avoid any too-curious courtiers learning more about her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

At first I found the thought of my own room exciting—an empty space to be arranged as I wanted, without regard to Stephen and his strewn clothes and wooden guns—but now I’m lonely. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The chestnut was leafless and skeletal, but its bare brown limbs were not empty. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He might not know his true name, but the place at his center wasn’t empty anymore. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A small river snaked around one side and curled toward the center like a capital letter G, emptying into a sparkling blue lake. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The secretary seats us in empty chairs at the very end of the first row, next to a tall, blond-haired boy whose posture is so perfect he might as well be a statue. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Before I know it, my sleeves are empty. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What kind of soccer player are you going to be if you are afraid to kick an empty groundnut shell?” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The desert sky he had known before was always empty. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But the hounds came up empty, as did their masters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Her last words were lost in the empty air of the gym; Miles had shot across the bottom of the bleachers and ripped her microphone’s power cord from its extension. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They were cruising Main Street one morning, passing the Grand movie theater, when Piper McNab came screaming down the middle of the empty street. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he came home, the wagon would be empty, and he’d have a bunch of money in his hand.” Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the caretaker had looked more closely, in fact, he would have seen that the kitchen counters were somewhat shinier than they should have been in an empty house. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She emptied the guitar case and got out a drawstring bag. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As they emptied their plates, Shay’s friends started pumping Tally for news from the city. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The courtyard stands silent, empty except for me staring at a puddle of blood where a boy once stood, chilled by the knowledge that if I’m not careful, I’ll end up just like him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

My hands are empty, and I sit enwombed in a ship. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

This side of the park was mostly empty, except for a few kids on the playground. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I realized then that the Ryan Dean West Pie Chart of Brain Activity was an empty tin. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Bored, I stifle a yawn and stare out at the empty courtyard, the cold winds and the forecast of snow driving everyone inside. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

As her eyes adjusted, Hanako could see that the barrack was long and plain and empty. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Out the window, Kristi’s driveway is empty, and I don’t even care. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My fellow women are jealous, but is it my fault that their sons have empty brains and my own son won the white people’s scholarship?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m extra wired, wanting to play it, especially as a Decker, since its about wasted opportunities, empty lives, and time dying. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If I had not loosed, he would have seen my threats were empty. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He stands, confused, in the empty vestibule, and then a voice calls out from behind the beaded curtain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Once Brooke and Jule began heading uphill, the path was empty. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It seemed like magic how quickly the buckets were emptied and into the storage tanks. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” I tell her, but my whole chest seems to collapse under the effort of that single, empty word. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

There was cheese on a small table near the door, beside an empty flagon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He pulled his taxi into an empty spot in the parking lot. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Mama picked up my empty plate and took it to the sink. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Around them, the room went from full to empty in the space of a second. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Where the alley emptied into the street, he stopped and looked back. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We must call out his hidden strength, so that he shall empty his land. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

An empty passage stretched both to the left and to the right. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was carried on his charpoy to an empty place in one of the fields to be cremated. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stood there staring at him, and he at her, and the silence between them was empty. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was very quiet now; the people stood around and sat at the tables which were strangely empty for banquet tables. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

His manservant brings him the morning paper the tea the egg the toast and marmalade and he says, Take it away, life is empty. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Why would they know of an empty apartment? The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

On the second floor she found a long corridor, where one door was open to an empty lecture hall and another to a smaller room where two Scholars stood discussing something at a blackboard. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stalked out of the room, empty glass in hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everything else—the piles of dirty laundry, the opened Doritos bags, the empty cans of generic soda pop, two ratty old chairs, and a moldering beanbag chair—was dispensable, an afterthought, props. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaori opened her empty hand as if the agate would magically appear there. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

All the storehouses we encountered were empty now except of firewood. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She woke up in the middle of the night—the seat beside her was still empty. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The corridor is empty, illuminated by moonlight coming through the windows. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

By now he could extinguish the burning matches with his mouth quite well, but all the same Dustfinger took the box of matches away from him, and Farid looked sadly at his empty hands. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Professor Trelawney hesitated, then lowered herself into the empty chair, eyes shut and mouth clenched tight, as though expecting a thunderbolt to hit the table. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Maria would be alone with nothing but the empty poppy fields and the ... The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although Descartes followed the ancient atomists in their distinction between primary and secondary qualities, he rejected their belief in empty space, the void. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Sophia pointed through a window to a spotlessly clean area filled with small wheeled carts, many empty. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

By the time I got back upstairs, the stands had emptied and the lights had been dimmed to night mode, a pale green glow over the ice, a few yellowed globes along the walls. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He took her hand and they ran together, lightly, down the road, past other sleeping cottages, into the dim and empty center of the village. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I planted the iris seed,” she said, gesturing to the empty spot where the old iris once lived. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Please write back with proof that that fourth chair won’t stay empty forever. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Your place was empty for me too,” he said. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Ben starts tearing the bed apart, and then he runs to the nightstand and pulls out the drawer and empties it on the bed. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was suddenly alone in a long, empty hallway, my printed schedule now crumpled in one fist. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He looks like a homeless guy begging for change on a corner, but instead of an empty can, he’s holding a pie plate buried under a mound of whipped cream. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He stopped for an instant in front of the chestnut tree and once again he saw that the empty space before him did not arouse an affection either. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He once torched a whole squadron of fighter jets on an empty airfield in the middle of the night and has on two occasions grounded airships by crippling their engines. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was the small hours of the morning, when the parking lot was empty and the streetlights were still on. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

When they went into the hut, their hands were empty; when they set out from the hut, each of the men carried a sack with some small object in it. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

There had been more empties than usual that week, and both Maya and Lauren had started recycling them without even saying anything to each other. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It seemed bony and cold, like an empty skull. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Dennis is a freak of man,” I said, glancing down the floor to the empty office. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you know this bathroom is always empty at lunch? Apparently people are too lazy to hike up here from the cafeteria!” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

"Spare me your empty little compliments, girl . . . and your ser’s. I am no knight. I spit on them and their vows. My brother is a knight. Did you see him ride today?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I know,” I say The box is empty I haven’t shaved, and I feel like death warmed up at the track. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You offer me empty lands and desolations, yet deny me the castles I require to reward my lords and bannermen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Rei falls into the empty space next to her, raising her perfect eyebrows in two arches. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“One thing I know for sure is, we can’t work on an empty stomach. Let’s grab a burger to go,” Trouble says. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The captain takes a deep breath and empties his lungs in an exasperated sigh that I can feel like a gale. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

At home, my mother looked at everything around her with empty eyes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, seeing that Winston’s glass was empty, he brought the gin bottle and filled it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He wondered if that hut was empty now. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Schools closed, newspapers stopped publishing, restaurants were empty. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Downstairs were lecture halls and classrooms, all of them empty, with clean blackboards and freshly waxed floors. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Half terrified, half furious, they acted as though any chair with Harry in it were empty. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Relief flooded her as she stepped into the dark hallway and found it still shadowed, but empty. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The cells on each side of them were empty, and each saboteur was kept in solitary confinement. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Now I stood between them each evening, hoping against hope that their pockets weren't empty. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She hummed one of the tunes, and after a while in the hot, empty house by herself she felt the tears come in her eyes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She had two six-shooter pistols in her hands and the way her face looked you could tell she wished she could’ve emptied them on somebody. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

While I turn off the light and close the door, Mina unloads it, black and heavy-looking, setting it on the desk so the lens faces an empty wall. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Lorena has just come out from the kitchen with a tray to collect the empty coffee cups. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Wes opened the box, grabbed the gun and clips, and threw the empty box on the floor. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When I woke up, the sleeping bag on the lilo on the floor next to my bed was empty. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

His book was facedown on the desk and his chair was empty. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The cat stalked behind, stomach empty and feet wet, but unwilling to let Alyce go on without him. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But pretty soon, he and G’ma are stopping to refuel the RV and to go number two—nobody wants to empty that from the tank—in Birmingham, Alabama. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

The window passed, the rest of the train passed, and the tracks were empty. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

His eyes are guarded again, his face empty of any emotion but a sort of professional detachment. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In Estraven, for instance, one feels the man’s power as an augmentation of his character; he cannot make an empty gesture or say a word that is not listened to. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you ready to face the council?” asked Mareth, seeing his empty plate. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Fawkes’s perch stood empty, he was still crying his lament to the grounds. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The rain had stopped and the town was nearly empty. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And there’s nothing left to do down here where it’s dark and empty but wait to go back. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

On the table was an empty glass and a glass half-full of brandy and soda. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

When he reached down to pull back the empty seat, a hand grasped his shoulder from behind and pushed him aside. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Writing a check would leave her account empty. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But, unless the entire white section was empty, blacks alone had to get back off the bus and reenter through the rear door. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

So we started out with a nice empty wood house. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

An empty building, crumbling and covered in kudzu, sagged in front of them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

My bag is empty, but it feels like a ton of stones weighing down my shoulders. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

They let their conversation lapse as they opened one of the many empty rooms on the second floor, undressed Chronicler, and tucked him snugly into bed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘I thought all human beans is full of brains, but your head is emptier than a bundongle.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was late afternoon, but the archery range was empty. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Just held on to me and wiped away the tears with his strong, wide hands until finally, my body was emptied of those tears and I was no more burdened. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or sit in my empty house at night. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I stepped outside and the street was clear—completely empty of traffic. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Silt swirled through empty courtyards with abalone floors. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I took our family photo from the shelf and placed the gold frame faceup in the bottom of the empty suitcase. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They had a philosophy and a lesson plan and didn't need to hide behind a clip-on tie and an empty briefcase. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Ben sat, holding the flower in his fist, his gaze empty and untroubled. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fathers had come running from their workplaces, only to stand in front of their empty houses with no indication of where their families had gone. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Jill tapped the empty plastic Coke bottle against the table nervously. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“And leave them smelling bread baking in an empty house? You don’t seem to understand,” he said. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

That also meant that he wasn’t paying attention when I got into his backpack and emptied a tube of fire ants from the colony I’d found in the woods. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It was therefore suggested that there was a substance called the “ether” that was present everywhere, even in “empty” space. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll find a way, I promise the empty pages in my notebook. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When we get home the room is empty. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They could not remain here in this empty house and die. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

They provided a haven from everyone, but today they just felt empty. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The black stripes stretch out into empty space as their white counterparts brighten, reaching upward and breaking apart into branches. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

About the compound yard were strewn empty beer cartons and bottles, papers, rotting porridge, rags, overturned trash cans, overturned nightsoil buckets, ash from burnt peat and coal. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy put the empty container back into the fridge. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When he stepped out of the trailer the grounds seemed empty. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The city hanging there so empty and silent looked new-made, waiting to be occupied; or asleep, waiting to be woken. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

When the son woke up, it was still dark and the hall was empty. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The green eyes found the black, but after a second, something in the depths of the dark pair seemed to vanish, leaving them fixed, blank, and empty. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But when I look out the window, the street is empty. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We could hear the rain, a rat in the crib, the empty barn vacant with horses. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house felt as though it had been empty for some time. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The hut stood in a hollow of the dunes, and the old man and woman lived there alone in the utter desolation of the empty sea. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Richard grabs the empty oatmeal pot, but I yank it out of his hands. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Bottoms up,” I say, then I down it in a single gulp, leaving the empty glass on the bar. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He expected to see the horn emptied, but it was as full as when he had begun to drink, or nearly as full. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I hear someone walking around upstairs and I assume it’s Hazelle, but a few minutes later Peeta comes down and tosses a cardboard box of empty liquor bottles on the table with finality. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like people were gawking at me, but it was two in the morning and the street was empty. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My empty belly made the morning's lessons seem interminable. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I saw that some of the boxes in which she had packed her clothes had been emptied and some were even missing. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I frown at my nearly empty cup of tea. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Instead he said, “Would you be so good” as to light the fire, empty the chamber pot, fix my dinner? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered what they would say if they could see him now, cold and lonely, in the vast empty school. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

His left eyelid drooped over an empty socket. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There are a few other cottages around, most of them empty; there are no other children. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment, it feels like she is pushing against an empty void. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Instead, she reached up as if that moon were a ball falling into her empty hands. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phone flash lit up the empty water. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In its place was a deep, empty dark space. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

To his great relief, he found Ron was lying on his bed in the otherwise empty dormitory, still fully dressed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Pig slop,” she said as she emptied the pie dishes into the trough inside the first pen. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

What if it had been empty because it was waiting? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“No, this region is usually empty except for us and the occasional visitor, like yourselves.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I walk past Mom’s office, and it’s empty and all the lights are off. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It’s sophomore lunch, and the halls are mostly empty. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He always seemed to be speaking to the empty space over your left shoulder. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

She refilled her tiny silver cup with honey wine and emptied the last of it into my teacup. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was bright sunlight on his face, and the cow byre was empty. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I empty the sock out and count all the change and dollar bills: $19.78. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He had just time to empty it and slip it back under the spout before the other measure ran over. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each week the autumn grew colder and wetter, and the inn, although dirty and drafty, was much cozier than any barn or dung heap to be found outside, so she remained, empty of heart. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bus is almost empty, with two exceptions. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

My bones were hollow sticks; my brainpan empty. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then another front leg, then hindquarters, and then the box was empty, nothing but a metal shell with a couple of fake human legs attached. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

You remember how Mike became top male by using empty tin cans? My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The cold seeping through my coat, and the brick punishing my feet: These feel like welcome pains, much easier to deal with than the empty ache in my heart. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She watched Wash carry the empty bottle of milk to the porch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In one hand he carried a walkie-talkie like Dusty’s; in the other hand was a half- empty bottle of beer. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Thatched roofs clustered along the shore of the lake and the small stream that emptied into it, and a wooden pier jutted out into the water beside a low long building with a slate roof. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We heard the footsteps stop outside Irene’s door, but there was empty time between the end of those steps and the heavy rap of his knuckles: ghost time. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

At ten-forty-five A.M., a black stretch limousine pulled up to the empty lot at Woodbury and East Oriole. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said to the empty air, once I’d logged back in. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We padded it with hay and put it in an empty stall in our barn, hidden under some dirty old croker sacks. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

While the table is empty, a long board off to the side has been laid with at least twenty dishes. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

As I finish chewing, the front door opens and Dad walks in, carrying an empty laundry basket. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She peers beyond me into the empty hallway, as if willing me to go away. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“That’s enough,” she said when the cup was only half empty. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She could see the crew of the empty ship talking with some men who were trying to convince some of the people to board, but everyone refused. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Papito joins us, all of us crying into the empty space at the center of our family. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The part of the market where the vendors’ stalls were so busy by day was dark and empty at night. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Emma started counting her steps as soon as they entered the tunnel—right after Chess pulled the door to the empty house’s basement shut tight behind them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He saw the dead empty eyes, the reach-ing hand, the green fire shining against the white enamel plate. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

What they had done would return to empty them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that he dropped the now empty covers of the book into the basket and marched out of the room, leaving the telly blaring. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I walk into the mostly empty auditorium—curtain time is still more than an hour away—and I'm met by Gary, whose hair is dyed lighter, and chopped short and messy like mine. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He rinsed the empty tin with water and gave it to the child to drink and that was that. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I hefted the empty satchel around my shoulders, took a deep breath, and stepped through the twinkling gate. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I move away from the window, walking at first, and then running, pushing my way through the hallways, careless, blind, empty. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

One officer pats him down and says to empty his pockets. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she paused on the empty path in the middle of all those tall trees and felt a bit scared, but in a good way. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

For Evelyn’s empty, narrow vision: a city where factions are wrenched away from people against their will. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I managed to get up ten rows, then duck into an empty seat just as the Furies walked past. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, a student brought in an empty Sparklet’s water jug and set it in the middle of the classroom. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I still have my appendix, and any number of other organs that might burst or sputter in the empty wilds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lori held up the slashed pig and threw it as hard as she could at Dad, but it was empty and nearly weightless. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Yet at the same time he could not sit alone in the empty room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

By Friday, when the sun finally came out, Papa’s aspirin bottle was empty and a pile of cigarette butts covered the floor by his side of the bed. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The place was empty except for some crates tucked in the corners and a floor-to-ceiling section of wall stretching ten feet along the center of the room. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Without looking up, I knew his eyes would have grown more knowing as I sputtered along filling the spaces with empty pronouncements. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

A short flight of warped steps led up to an empty doorway, where double doors had once granted access. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It is the first person he has seen alive since he went into hiding in the empty Grovers Mill farmhouse. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The empty knotted sleeve lay crumpled against her gray hair, and he held her small right hand in his big bony one. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The dog kennels lay beyond the wall, too, but when Dustfinger swung himself up and over they were empty. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

As soon as we exited the shop, I headed for an empty table and pulled out the chair facing the parking lot. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When her change purse was empty, we drove hack to Mica. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Without actually touching anything, he'd pretend that he was driving, and driving fast, along the curves of an empty road. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Chaol kept close to her as she found an empty spot in the crowd and stopped. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He poured a small amount of water from the glass into the empty vial and replaced the rubber stopper. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the Creation of Éa, which is the oldest song, it is said, “Only in silence the word, only in dark the light, only in dying life: bright the hawk’s flight on the empty sky.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ludus had hundreds of large forests scattered all over its surface, in the vast sections of empty land that stood between the thousands of school campuses. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Even Lola’s face at eighteen inches was an empty oval, and this figure was many feet away, and turned from her as it moved back around the clearing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The leather binding of Eddie’s journal lay open and empty on the ground. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When we reloaded them, we moved everyone up to give Silver Star all four empty stalls’ worth of space. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There would be at least one of the fairy folk wandering around with empty pockets by the time he’d finished. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

What you see from the road are the two gatehouses, each a small empty pillbox of a building faced with flagstones and topped, like tiny pagodas, with shingled curving roofs. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote, “I can still see the horse with the man’s empty boots and carbine suspended to the saddle, and the firing over the grave.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he passed through the kitchen, he glanced out the window at the empty street corner once more, then put another pot of coffee on and settled back in to wait. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

"But what do they expect you to do every afternoon in an empty house?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The streets were empty and silent, stretching before him white and clean under the vanishing glow of a long string of street lamps. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gawaine looked into his empty beaker for a moment or two. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plaza was empty, and he saw no lookouts on the paths, no boats on the water, no one on the distant bridge. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor Warren moved into the empty parlor of the inn away from the noisy group in the taproom—telling over and over of their great deeds. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The empty apartment is silent as I tiptoe out of the bedroom and close the front door behind me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They returned down a different hole and soon found a dry, empty burrow, where they curled up together and slept in the warmth of their own tired bodies. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The floor remains empty as it must until El Jefe has danced the first dance. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slash the scythe across the empty air until my arms feel like overcooked green beans, limp and wobbly. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Alex glanced around: some boys were hitting grounders with a tennis ball over on a nearby baseball diamond, but the rest of the park was empty; he couldn’t spot Rex anywhere. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“So it’ll seem emptier. But I want to be close enough to see his face.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly I emerge from the open doorway, checking up and down the empty road. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He sets his empty mug on the kitchen counter. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She opens her own umbrella with some difficulty, and as she swings the canopy of black silk over her head, she and her umbrella vanish, leaving only drops of water falling onto the empty pavement. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Luckily for me, it was the middle of the day, so the train was pretty empty. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As though it were merely invisible for the five-year period when the field sat empty. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Jam nodded and tried not to look too much like she was staring up into the empty air beside her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

His front door opened into a tiny kitchen with a coffeemaker, a vintage toaster, and an old woodstove with two cooking pots on top, one empty, the other filled with chili. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was empty, only a few cars still parked. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Her seat remained empty for the entire class. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

We’ve cleaned up there as much as we could, held a garage sale, given away much of the rest, and the house stands nearly empty. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again, I find myself wishing for the mundane possibility of calling Rhiannon on the phone, for filling the next empty hour with the sound of her voice. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She looks at the two empty desks separating us. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The goldfish man wheeled his empty cart to the indicated gate. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Familiar streets are unrecognizable from a couple of years ago, the ruined houses empty and silent. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah! Thou gifest me such hope and courage, and I haf nothing to gif back but a full heart and these empty hands,” cried the Professor, quite overcome. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a couple pushpins out of the jar on Hannah's desk and approach my empty bulletin board. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile they had another errand: they knew now that the house was empty and the Ring had gone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

So I moved to an empty table and just waited for everyone to finish stampeding and the lunchroom teacher to tell us what to do next. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It made us think of the empty chair at home; so we got up and walked down Piccadilly. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s...it’s like, when someone dies, their body is an empty shell with no spirit, right?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The cattail rush basket in which we store the hickory nuts is almost empty. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although he did not state it this way, he was the first astronomer to imagine the planets hanging unsupported in empty space. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Beyond the river the land appeared flat and empty, formless and vague, until far away it rose again like a wall, dark and drear. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Other than that, the room was empty: there were no knickknacks on the mantelpiece, no statues or clocks; nothing that made it feel comfortable or lived-in. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Crookshanks had now settled in an empty seat, his squashed face turned toward Ron, his yellow eyes on Ron’s top pocket. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I wipe my empty fingers on my crumpled napkin. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We might spend a year in such a journey, and we should pass through many lands that are empty and harbourless. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had lost his mom in the war in Afghanistan, and he knew how empty the words I’m sorry could sound. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Chiron’s arrow flew straight between her eyes and she vaporized on the spot, her empty armor clattering to the asphalt Chiron reached for another arrow, but his quiver was empty. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The house next door just turns up empty one morning, or the post office clerk doesn’t show up for work, or your friend or your teacher doesn’t come to school. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Falconer strode heedlessly along, as if daring anyone to empty a chamber pot on his head. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

However empty and tired she’d been just a few minutes earlier, however numb and lost, her feet wanted to move, and they knew the way. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It’s a cinch that you can’t do that kind of work on an empty stomach, so I’ll send your oldest sister down with a lunch bucket.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he put all the cats in an empty sack of rice. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then I go up to the attic and cut down one of the ropes for the laundry, bring it into the apartment, and tie it to the heater in Mr. and Mrs. Diamant’s empty bedroom. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the whole universe there was nothing else; all was black, empty, silent, endless. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In very little time the bucket started shaking and rattling emptily with each strike of his tongue. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They sat on either side of the empty throne, watching for Grendel's coming. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were six empty bunk beds with silk sheets turned down. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

An inmate, perhaps surrounded by empty gas cans, stooping to light a match. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy said, “There’s an empty lot at the corner of Woodbury and East Oriole.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe someone would have brought lunch to the empty room. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was empty at five o’clock this morning. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

For three days no one left the attic except Tessie, who hurried downstairs to get food from our emptying cupboards. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I was able to wade my way out of it, and climbed on a rock farther down the beach, me and my Hello Kitty backpack still full of empty bottles. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

About a third of the line was still empty, so I made another column and jotted down a few details: skateboard, van, 7-Eleven. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I cleaned it like I had seen the man at the fish market do, examined its stomach, and found it empty. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judge Ford tried not to look at the empty chair at her table, McSouthers' chair. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people worshipped Frey and they loved him, but this did not fill the empty place inside him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The bag was empty and riding high, its open end gaping wide like the mouth of a cave. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Later that afternoon, Emily went to the U-Haul to grab her Book Scavenger notebook, but the empty cab reminded her that she’d already taken in her stack of books and papers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The next morning, the shed was indeed empty. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stands up and wanders around the waiting room, shuffling through newspapers left in empty seats. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She arranged the little packages in neat rows on the empty seat in front of her as though she was setting up a phlegm stall. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Christina smiles, and a second later, so do I. We look for empty seats. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Williams fell backward with her arms grabbing empty air. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

But the bottle is empty, and it is his own house, after all. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Those empty sockets were less lovely up close, dripping river water down her cheeks like never-ending tears. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He also got two black sweaters he might actually wear, some Avon cologne in a bottle shaped like an electric guitar, and an empty key ring—which his dad made sure everybody noticed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He was wandering the empty castle, searching for his fa-ther, descending into the crypts. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then she passes empty plates around and sits as Daddy slowly makes his way over. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Just sat there with my empty tray and shook up my chocolate milk. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He saw a score of those—men on crude crutches, men with empty sleeves and missing hands, men with one eye or half a face, a legless man carried between two friends. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They were not far from Robin’s home, but he had no wish to see it empty and deserted. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Lancaster, you are an impressively punctual person,” Augustus said as he sat down next to me in the mostly empty gate area. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I’d already taken a picture of four suspicious-looking squirrels lined up on the red brick wall outside my neighbor’s house this morning, but other than that, the memory card was empty. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Another time I emptied a fire extinguisher into the school piano, because I knew we were going to have a performance at assembly the next day. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It echoed like an empty church in that car. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“In the wartime we had to use empty food cans instead of the crystal.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The village was empty, abandoned by the wildlings who had once lived there, like all the other villages they had passed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The net and the solar stills, which I had not entirely deflated, had filled the empty space and prevented the bags from moving too much. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

If they had an empty drawer, they would not know what to put inside, what to save up for insurance. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Rufus chains his bike to a parking meter and I follow him inside the fairly empty café, immediately smelling scrambled eggs and French toast. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Once a day they empty the pots—once a day! X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, chico. When the well’s empty, it’s empty.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, I returned to the kitchen to find it empty. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There was no assigned seating, and today Claire, balancing her tray of prepared food, had made her way to an empty chair at this table where the director was already sitting with several technicians. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The float was empty and the doors were closed. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was the empty sheet of white cardboard, propped up on the easel, the table-top clear of papers. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

But he slipped back, and his hand sliced through empty air. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I sat up straight, kicking aside some of the empty foil wrappers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I check the room again, though I already know it’s empty. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The cellars under Kingspyre were empty when she returned to her bed of straw. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

With Aunt Maggie gone, my mother could not earn enough to feed us and my stomach kept so consistently empty that my head ached most of the day. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Day after day weary black passengers remained standing over empty seats in front. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

It smelt of laudanum, and looking on the sideboard, I found that the bottle which mother’s doctor uses for her—oh! did use—was empty. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She removed the empty glasses and walked away. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“What Mr. Pennyworth told me. ‘I am an empty doorway, I am a vacant alley, I am nothing. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

When the room was empty, we stood up and left. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“He knew that one day the earth would be empty of life except what was sustained beneath the ground.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about that my second time in a limousine, when the renter and I were on our way to dig up Dad’s empty coffin. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She probably didn’t think she was a good enough actress to be the one who found the empty slot. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

A few empties were scattered in the dirt next to a garbage can about fifteen feet away. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was a man who loved the moon, but whenever he tried to embrace her, she broke into a thousand pieces and left him drenched, with empty arms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I sound exactly like a boy who’s been making out with his boyfriend in an empty apartment. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

And then Nate’s uncle fell to the ground like an empty sack. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The toys with the edge of an empty glass. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the doorways were occupied by fascinated teachers in their empty classrooms. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He sat on the grass, emptying the water from his shoes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Many doors and openings could be seen on this side and that; but it was empty save for two or three more bodies sprawling on the floor. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Finally, knowing there was a risk in this, she gulped the remaining liquid and dropped the empty gourd into the tunnel she had just climbed through. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Now that where he was going was firm in his mind, he slid into the empty seat below the posted subway map. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Chima, go and get me the container of water. It is almost empty, so you can carry it.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Others carry empty boxes that they’ll fill up with kitchen staples from the supply area. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The black car could be just parked and empty. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He would gather up one or two empty kerosene cans from my camp and hit and kick them ahead of him as he charged toward a group of adult males. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo went to the end of the empty block and sat down in a grassy spot, hidden from the house. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He began the slow, painful journey back down the hill, his stomach still empty after he’d tried unsuccessfully to eat at the restaurant, his head aching from the THC now swimming through his body. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“No, Master Michael,” she said, “you can't scrape out the basin. It’s not empty yet.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I expected to see police cars and newsmen everywhere, but the street looked empty, with a dangerous kind of emptiness. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I kicked aside a few empty boxes and trash, and saw, mixed in with the litter of plastic bags, a small red glove. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Inside, we were shocked at how empty it was. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was hot there, and empty except for the pallets and my bag in its comer. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bottles and bottles, a ton of bottles, strewn among the tables and even on the empty dance floor itself. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the other places they'd come upon had been empty and desolate. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Kimberly asked, leading the way into a kitchen of shiny chrome and granite and affluent empty space. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The pot was empty, for she had not found even a lemming to eat. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The late bell had already rung and the school felt strangely empty, like they were the only two people left on campus. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The preceding execution had not disturbed him, he had never had much use for Hickock, who seemed to him “a small-time chis- eler who got out of his depth, empty and worthless.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

StaffSergeant Max Mayhem and Private Jasper Jacks awake in a dark, empty room approximately twelve feet square. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

"You stink so much, your whole compartment will empty out." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The good news was, Mr. Blake's garden was empty of Mr. Blake and the far side had monkey puzzle trees and sword plants. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He had come home from the war and seen in his own eyes the disturbed empty reaches he’d seen in the eyes of other soldiers he’d known. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I felt in my almost empty pockets and looked up at him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was a larger landscape in dull fall colors — an empty, shadowed meadow in a forest, with a craggy peak in the distance. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I think, Being a father is like being a stand-up comic in an empty room. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

My taste buds are doing backflips, especially because I emptied the contents of my stomach back at the pool. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I can’t go in until the halls are empty and the teachers have numbed them with boredom so they won’t notice when I slip down the halls. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

On our side of that sentence is empty land, grass and stretches of road. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I know down in the hold of the ship, there’s an empty pod with her mom’s name too. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Marco stands alone in an empty tent with nothing but two rings of chairs and an open door, waiting for him to leave. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

On the last night of his spying he saw her empty a bucket of kitchen scraps not fifty yards from where he crouched. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I have my mittens and coat on, and my empty backpack to fill with books. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

There was a hole in the chain-link fence that separated us from the rails and the long lines of empty cars. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I finally choke down the soup without even tasting it and hand him back an empty bowl. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The king's seat sat empty at the head of the table, the crowned stag of Baratheon embroidered in gold thread on its pillows. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His empty stomach rumbled almost as loudly as the drum. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was all he talked about when they carried him, that and his leg and his empty belly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When I wake we are parked near an empty hut to rest for the night. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat in the chair to the right of Alby’s empty seat. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Richard is carrying the oatmeal pot for our mess, and James has a slop bucket he has just emptied. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The mahogany coffin was trailed by Hamilton’s gray horse, with his boots and spurs reversed astride the empty saddle. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In less than an hour, the stupid room is emptied of all our things. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The bee jar sat on the bedside table, empty now. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took the boxes into the bathroom, lifted their tops, and emptied the contents into the toilet. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

We crept to the cave entrance and saw the Cyclops, grinning wickedly, holding up empty air. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing material, not a hair-pin on a dressing-table, not an empty bottle of aspirin tablets, not a handkerchief beneath a pillow, but something indefinable, a moment of our lives, a thought, a mood. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

This screaming gift did not lead her to dream places or Jill all her empty spaces like she thought. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from a few people dozing on benches, the depot was empty. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He leaves his clothes and shoes strewn in the living room, empty beer cans on the front lawn. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Florence stepped forward, bowed low and handed an empty cigar box to Horse. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recall the nearly empty hickory nut and groundnut baskets. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were mostly vermouth bottles, marsala bottles, capri bottles, empty chianti flasks and a few cognac bottles. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The first photo is of an empty pew in the church where we met. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The axle of his empty wagon complained, as it did when there was no weight to quiet it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Taisin emptied the pouch into her hand, and the medal lion tumbled into her palm. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There were still a few bushels of grain to sell for feed but that wouldn’t make a dent in my empty money pot. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Many of the books that Capricorn’s men had only swept off the shelves were already back in their old places, others were waiting on Mo’s workbench to be rebound, but the library shelves were empty. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

What mattered to them was that the strongboxes and mason jars under their beds, in which they now kept what remained of their life savings, were often perilously close to empty. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He chased out the last bit of peach, the fork rattling against the empty jar. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I’d sit quietly in the sanctuary when it was empty and just look around. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As you move past one mirror reflecting your boots, the mirror next to it shows only empty space and the mirrors on the other side. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She lifted her head as if she watched, through the red flame of the fire, the course of a boat that came through the seas of winter alone, and went on out into empty seas. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

For the last years, ten or twenty, the holes have been dried up and empty except for dirt clogs and lizards. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

She looks towards the galeria, where the two empty chairs facing each other recollect the vanished speakers. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His frail body shook violently, and he threw up, emptying his stomach of the sploosh. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Lily opened it, kicking away empty bottles and crumpled newspaper. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He looked at her, his eyes hollow, empty, like she’d never seen them before. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The poor old Saturn was finished now; it was an empty carcass destined to orbit the sun. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she is leaning in the empty doorway, arms akimbo, almost standing in the way I would glimpse her when I left her countless times before, her figure steeled, allowing. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m out of popcorn,” Widget complains, holding out his empty bag. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I feel like an empty house myself, about to start a new life filled with new things. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the hazy dawn hours of February 9, four thousand police and army troops cordoned off the township while workers razed empty houses and government trucks began moving families from So- phiatown to Meadowlands. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A white mob lynched Private Charles Lewis in Hickman, Kentucky, when he refused to empty his pockets while wearing his army uniform. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

If there were no such empty spaces, no void, the knife would encounter the impenetrable atoms, and the apple could not be cut. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a giant, empty, decaying building which had once housed thousands, a single TV set hawked its wares to an uninhabited room. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The throne was supposed to be empty, but it wasn’t. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I look at the empty room, dirt and dust I would have sworn didn’t exist littering the bare floor, then walk through every inch of the echoing apartment. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I went into the kitchen and filled an empty orange-juice jug with water. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He finishes his beer and rolls the empty bottle across the table. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘All the “great secrets” under the mountains had turned out to be just empty night: there was nothing more to find out, nothing worth doing, only nasty furtive eating and resentful remembering. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The room around them changes again, expanding into an empty ballroom. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It had tipped sideways, but since it was empty, nothing was lost. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the room I crawled through the next Troll Hole into the empty room. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The train was mostly empty, and I found a seat in an empty row at the back of the car. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She holds them out in front of her, her horror visible in the moonlight coming in through the empty windowpane. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

For a satisfying noise, nothing beat going up on the Coalwood School bridge and throwing pop bottles into the empty coal cars rolling in to the tipple. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the center of the previously empty arena, a swirling tornado of stone gray and loamy black whipped up gusts of frigid air and threw stinging clouds of arena dirt into Anya’s face. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The creeks emptied into the Tug, which overflowed its banks and flooded the houses and stores along McDowell Street. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He ruffled my hair and left the auditorium with everyone else—everyone except Jessica, who sat in her seat, staring at the empty stage. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It seemed empty and foreign, even though it wasn’t very long since he’d left. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The boy returned with a bucket of well water and an empty burlap sack. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t bring her up on the mountain. I’ll be keeping her in Mrs. Strawberry’s empty pigpen.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared confusedly at the empty space where my arms should hang. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We entered rooms littered with the signs of swift emptying. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an empty frame where her photo should have been. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the way he went, you might have thought he was pulling a ton of metal instead of an empty wagon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Speared to a branch beside the trail, in an intentionally prominent place, was an empty pack of Old Gold cigarettes. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The only upside was that my mom stopped making me empty the dishwasher and dust the baseboards. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

All of them made her stomach feel empty, like it was a pit that could never be filled, no matter how many good thoughts she had to replace the bad ones. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Bone chopsticks clinked against the insides of bowls being emptied into hungry mouths. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the mirror I could see Mr. Norton staring out vacantly upon the empty fields, his mouth stern, his white forehead livid where it had scraped the screen. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the wagon was empty—I suppose to give Red Rabbit less of a load to pull. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some in the West saw the charter as empty promises, but not those of us in Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In order to deny the Klansmen seats one evening, Ann’s group arrived at the meeting early and occupied all the empty chairs. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The locker room is empty when I get there; everyone else must’ve already changed. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

They did not go far, for on the floor lay many old bones, and nothing else was to be seen near the entrance except some great empty jars and broken pots. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

My throat tightened up looking at the empty kitchen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He walked out to the porch, glanced up and down the empty street, came inside, and wound up right back where he started, on the couch. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

So he called his emissary to him and presented him with an empty, heavily encrusted chest and a company of soldiers. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But as I stood there on the high rock looking down at the deserted harbor and the empty sea, I began to think of Tutok. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped the empty bottle into the first rubbish bin he found and walked barefoot along the pavement toward the harbor. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said looking around the empty room, eyeing the closed doors, trying to think of some way to persuade him to let me in. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I need somewhere safe to sleep, instead of an empty hillside with no shelter. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Marie tips her mug back, empties the last drops into her open mouth, and then slams it down, shaking everything on the table. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The train did not leave until nine in the evening and he had the empty afternoon before him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

One night I dreamed that I came to school and found his chair empty. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She takes an empty seat behind the sixth graders. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Those green eyes fixate on a point with such intensity that you find yourself trying to make out what she sees in the empty air. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“At least we shall not have much to carry. The granary is almost empty.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opens his eyes to find himself sitting on the table in an empty room. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Cotton kept following us around saying, “What about this?” and holding up something dumb like a broken hamster cage or an empty paint can. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The stone went up, the box went down, emptied, and went up. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, Deydey worked continually, emptying pots from inside and chopping holes in ice, fishing to keep them strong, making sure the water in their kettle was always fresh and clear, their wood piled high. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The curtains are open and I can see the auditorium, which is small, battered, and empty. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He came warily into the beer hall but relaxed when he saw it was nearly empty. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She quickly added, “Read a story if you can’t get to sleep,” cleared her throat twice, and then went back through the dark, empty house to her own room. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I sat up and banged my knee on the table, rattling the bowl of tokhmeh and knocking over my empty teacup. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The guide pointed me to an empty seat, and I walked toward it. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I touched the cold glass with my fingers, looking off into the distance toward the empty house my parents would come home to. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We hurry through mostly empty, mostly silent streets. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Albert leans his chair back as he shakes his empty carton of chocolate milk to let the drops fall on his tongue. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The doctor’s schedule is supposedly full, but the room is completely empty, silent as a tomb. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Rafe held up his hands and looked around like Grace had just threatened him with a gun and told him to empty the register. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The flat, empty M&M’s bag he was using as a bookmark was still in place. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Quietly I gathered up the empty dye bottles—the only evidence that could ever incriminate me—and stowed them in Abbey’s backpack. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The kitchen clock flashed its pendulum behind its glass skirt, and it ticked like a little wooden hammer striking on an empty wooden box. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sewer tank wasn’t just empty, it was wrecked and useless—a phony prop in Dusty Muleman’s scam. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

His warm canteen was empty, and he was too distraught to remember the lister bag hanging outside in the shade between the two tents. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But there was nothing there but what had always been there: empty ocean the color of pewter, tarnishing to black now as night fell. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The pulpit was empty, though the choir was already in place, fanning themselves although it was not warm. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night I can almost see what the water looked like when it filled the empty canal, dark and patterned with moonlit ripples. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When he found the courage to look again, a long time had passed, and the ridge below was empty. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps I shall get to the filing,” Ignatius said when he found himself staring out the window at only an empty street. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not because the room is empty, but because no one else matters. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Twice I’d found the pie tin in the trap empty but I hadn’t seen him anywhere nearby. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The track was empty and there was nothing to be heard or smelled. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stacked on the table, their colorful stripes and woven designs folded inside, they make the rest of the room feel cold and empty. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The moment the blade made contact with Elowen’s heart, all the power that had surged between her and Taisin drained away, and now she felt emptied, unsteady. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

With its new floor, the open grave now appeared empty. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

General Jackson would not have stopped like this with the bluebellies on the run and plenty of light left and a hill like that empty as, oh God help us, I don’t know what.’ The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I was happy that the whiskey bottle was empty. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The tent was empty, tawny and magnificent The wind wailed and the candles guttered. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's no moon, the sky is dark and empty, and the back yards are so lonesome it feels creepy and exciting—the truth is, I've never been out alone at this time of night. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight, though, I discover a hidden treasure when I find four pieces of bologna wrapped in wax paper behind an empty carton of milk. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They sat together in the coffee shop, which was always empty when they arrived and was crowded fifteen minutes later when they left, and had their coffee and doughnuts before they took the subway uptown. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to read those hopeless, empty words. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I helped him into a clean white shirt and knotted his tie for him, noting the two inches of empty space between the collar button and Baba’s neck. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had all our guesses stuffed in an empty coffee can. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Today was not the thirteenth day, it seemed; the Red Bull’s steps were empty. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He scans the empty streets, the empty sky. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Despite her prayers, the Congo was left in the hands of soulless, empty men. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the centre of the crowd stood an empty, makeshift throne of twisted scaffolding and stone blocks apparently yanked at random from the ruins. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Dylan takes the empty cider bottle and tries to get a game of spin the bottle going, and literally no one else wants to play. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The needle plunged almost to empty—it had been pinned. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He isn’t a happy man, sitting in a small sweltering box, guarding an empty condominium. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The door creaks on its hinges, opening to a dishearteningly empty room. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I still haven’t emptied your mother’s clothing out of our closet. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

No one wanted the empty seat next to the huge mound of a homeless man in dirty clothes. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

We started walking fast down the street, pulling the empty wagon. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my empty plate in the dishwasher. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Eva out at the old folks’ home, the deweys living anywhere, Tar Baby steeped in wine, and Sula upstairs in Eva’s bed with a boarded-up window and an empty pocketbook on the dresser. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She finds it suspicious that there are so many empty tables, that no music plays. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The portraits that hung all around the walls were empty. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Others were empty, their sails furled, their hatch covers locked. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected the room to be empty, nobody lunched generally before one o’clock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A surge of feeling rushed through the empty space inside me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

How quickly her voice is swallowed, how empty the halls sound. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He clambered into his cabin after his pisspot, then went to the edge of the tunnel and emptied it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Her empty belly roiled and she thought she might retch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Two empty branches where the bird had been. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I sat on the edge of the pool, empty save for a layer of slushy snow at the bottom, feet dangling in. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Pete told her he’d drink his castor oil if she gave him a box of candy, she agreed, watched him drink it, then handed him an empty candy box. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Instead, they were dark and forbidding, empty, hard. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He’s only showing us around this gigantic place that feels cold and empty inside because he’s trying to sell us on it. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She tried to grasp his wrist, though her fingers closed in the empty air; but he understood and sat down beside her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I hurry back to my empty cart before someone else can take it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He moves to an empty hut—there isn’t even a bed. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The back space was empty— except for Mama’s earring. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked into Mr. Williams’s room to see Jack’s desk was still empty. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But Mami was one to always notice the stain on one's placemat at the table or the bruise accidentally punched on a little cousin's arm or the empty space on the bedroom toy shelf. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Packs of little kids, raggedy and skinny, raced past him along the gutter's edge, kicking empty beer cans ahead of them. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it heaved into sight he saw that it was almost empty of passengers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I empty my mind and let the sensations run through my flesh, happy to lose myself. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I stared at the empty thrones, waiting for something to happen. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Roger clutches the empty leash to his chest in a tight ball. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I clenched my eyes shut and held my breath as he emptied the bucket over my head. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I’m staring at the empty fridge when Dad gets back. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Maia looked at the gloves, hanging very large and almost empty upon her hands. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

All those twinkling lights, every star in the sky, could have burned out years ago—the entire night sky could be empty this very minute, and we wouldn’t even know it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There was a nearly empty table in the so-called outcast corner. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It took several minutes, but eventually the beaker was empty, and Mrs. Coulter laid her daughter down again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The shelves along the sandblasted mirror behind the bar were empty. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Light from the Sun reaches us across the intervening empty space, but no matter how carefully we listen, we do not hear the crackle of sunspots or the thunder of the solar flares. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The security detail walks me into the admin building through a dimly lit hallway, passing the Director’s empty office, and through a door I’ve never seen. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“You filled his head with empty promises. You said the gods cared about me!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They pushed ahead cautiously, O’Dell holding the flashlight and flashing it around the empty stalls. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Across the street, a single lamppost shines on an empty weed-infested lot. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I crash into morning with a sore neck and an empty stomach. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

When Richie first started coming around, Ben used to get really angry and say he was going to move in with their dad—which was an empty effing promise, and everyone knew it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

When the dryer is empty, he shoves his pile to one side of the table, grabs something—a pair of pants—and checks the pockets. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Never mind that the bus is nearly half empty. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all the newchildren had been assigned parental units at the Ceremony, the Center was almost empty. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Doc sat at his worktable and emptied his pockets. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She grabbed the empty flour sack from the counter and stuffed it in her pocket behind a horseshoe. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It should have made direct contact with his attacker’s legs, but instead it sailed through empty space. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was hollow and completely empty — but the moment Harry opened it, the most horrible noise, a loud and screechy wailing, filled the room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the Trunchbull lunged forward and grabbed the large empty china platter on which the cake had rested. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He rousted about the empty drawers of his adopted desk for matches or a lighter, but he could find nothing. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She replaced her emptied cup in its saucer. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The road back to Welch was dark and empty. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The empty bottle fell from his fingers and crashed onto the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Eleven empty bottles of brandy and that bear liquid.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Victor stared at Mr. Hartlieb as if he had just unbuttoned his shirt and shown him an empty heart. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, his hands are empty, yet he runs straight for us. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You’re right, there’s no champagne,” Chandresh says, pushing aside a pile of empty brandy bottles as he lays out another string of sketches along the floor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Slughorn pulled himself out of his armchair and carried his empty glass over to his desk as the boys filed out. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

An idea came, and he ran out onto the quayside, right into the empty space between the gunners and the bear. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

From this task she went straight to tidying the near-empty ward at the end of the day—straightening lockers, emptying ashtrays, picking up the days newspapers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

This is what would be left of Hazel Anderson once her whole body hollowed out, the empty shell of her cracked, and the pieces flew to the winds: Hazel has anger issues. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

An empty plastic bucket was near the toilet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius asked the empty factory while he tried to stuff foot upon foot of film into his pocket. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He performed concerts to the empty parlor, bowing to silent applause. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Lyra looked all around, with immense caution, but the street was empty. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grover bit a huge shard out of the empty aluminum can and chewed it mournfully. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The Melieses had emptied out a small storage room in the back of their apartment, and now that room belonged to Hugo. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I had no need to finish my papers early because I had nowhere to go; I could pack at my leisure, after the dorms were empty. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He then picked up his empty cotton sack and flipped it over his left shoulder. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

That low number was useful in justifying the white conquest of what could be viewed as an almost empty continent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he heard her step close to his bed and lift the lid on the slop jar to see if it needed to be emptied. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The milk carton was almost empty, but if she diluted what was left with a little warm water there was just enough for a saucerful. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Behind her, the empty house stood like a protecting wall. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked down the aisle beside her desk and sat in the empty seat next to hers. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“The vault in question was empty at the time,” snapped the goblin, and Harry understood that even though Griphook had left Gringotts, he was offended at the idea of its defenses being breached. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The Chancellor looked down at the empty table for a minute. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A few yards away, my parents’ house stood equally empty. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadows of the goal posts definitely resembled a network of crosses, empty crucifixes. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As far as the eye can see, there are people marching in the road while huts stand empty and rice fields are left unattended. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ones whose contents were always emptied onto the pavement in the dead of night, as if the wine itself were of no value? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Luna set her journal on her lap and opened it to an empty page. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The washing rocks at the river were empty, and the watermelon patches, if any, were left alone to heat their hidden liquors in the sun. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waved her hand at the second empty chair. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I washed the empty glass jars Mama’s customers brought back, and Jay dried them. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The gallery was empty, just as it had been before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

There’s one last empty seat at the other end of the stage, and I head straight for it. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They scour the vending machines, emptying over half of the dwindling stock throughout the many break rooms and other common areas. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I sank down into the empty space their wagon had left and felt the aches and pains of a dozen injuries that I had forced myself to ignore. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dave Jensen carried empty sandbags that could be filled at night for added protection. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And anyway, he couldn't stay here all night in an empty shelter by the deserted platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Unlike Calvin and Deemer, who advertised their weirdness from a hundred yards away, Jordan kept his face so empty that the emptiness alone was menacing. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The light was growing dimmer and, as I struggled to focus on objects outside our immediate area, I saw the place was empty except for us. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Crick leads us past the blinking blue light of the empty ration room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But as she continued stirring the stewpot she reminded the empty kitchen: “A leopard don't change his spots.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It had been to bring back the Old Way more than for the empty vanity of a crown that Lord Balon had staged his great rebellion. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The square was empty and there were no people on the streets. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He tiptoed to the next room and found it empty; but he heard the voices even more clearly now. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Many wards would have been completely emptied had it not been for the admission of forty sailors—a rare type of jaundice was sweeping through the Royal Navy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He takes the pages inscribed with her handwriting, descriptions of striped tents and star-speckled skies, and folds them into birds, letting them fly around the empty flat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At last the stairs were empty of clattering feet and the shrill laughter of young women at the end of a long workday. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He tumbled lifelessly through July, feeling as dry and empty as the cicada husks on the trees. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Only a short while ago, drüskelle would have been gathered in this niche of the wall to welcome their new brothers ashore, but now it was empty, the iron grating chained. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was an empty lot full of garbage, with rats scampering among the refuse. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dried his hands off and grabbed the empty milk jug off the counter. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

During the Great Discord, right after the dead began to walk and before the Army finally got the shambler plague under control, the building was empty. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The pounding of the drums filled the empty silence of Ucho’s discomfort. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He took his bowl to the back of the hall and found a place on an empty bench, yards away from the nearest torch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was just so good that the house wasn’t empty anymore. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Frost put his hand down into the empty space where the floorboard had been. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Finally we found an empty do-it-yourself car wash. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He was also given white sneakers, an orange cap, and a canteen made of heavy plastic, which unfortunately was empty. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

And with a faint smile, she leads us through tired people and rubbish and empty water bottles, straight to where our family waits. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Papa swung left, and we clattered out onto the wide, empty boulevard that ran the length of the camp, back to where our own baggage waited and the final packing. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The five of them stood in a loose group, looking out over the empty field. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then we would meet the other families and go to the empty lot nearby with our lawn chairs to watch the sunrise. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The three empty cups stood in the center of the table. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She had to wipe the tears from her own face, but she got back in line and marched through the ceremony alone, and she sat through the graduation ceremony next to my empty seat. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at least he sent me to an empty desk at the back without introducing me to the class. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Every seat taken—not a single empty desk left for Monday. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I stared at our family picture, sitting at the empty seat. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The orange leaves were the extent of my lesson plan, but still I searched the empty briefcase, mindful that I had stupidly armed my audience with straight pins. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Our fridge and cabinets are just about empty. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The empty land stretches as far as I can see, a brown plane colliding with the horizon. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"The things I do for love," he murmured softly as he tossed him out kicking into empty air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The streets of the ghetto were empty when I finally headed home that day. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was holding an empty plate and kissed me on top of my head, the image of the two of us in the mirror, obviously related. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s just so empty, you know? Come on in.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Henry’s cabin had an empty bunk for me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Riddick could never see himself in that role—it was too pedestrian, too predictable, too empty of the juice of life. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But at last the bones had regained flesh; the empty eyepits had filled up and the new eyes had seen, while meantime the restored beaks and mouths had cackled, barked, and caterwauled. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She watched, her empty mouth chewing along with his. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“We should have Mr. Greene print up a request to start a Protect Norvelt fund and collect money to buy what empty houses there are and keep this town from being sold or burned down.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The mirror fogs and empties again before a new image shows. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He raised his voice and knocked his empty mug hollowly on the top of the mahogany bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The killer, having emptied his gun, drove his girlfriend to a hotel. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I have just asked Potter to empty his pockets. He was carrying this.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He pulls his lips away so slowly, I feel like I'm being emptied into the space between us. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She dreamed about coming home and finding the apartment empty, cleaned out. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m doing the right thing,” she said aloud into the empty studio, no one there to hear her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Hornet couldn't hide her disappointment as Prosper threw the wallet into an empty crate. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, horribly clear across the darkening, empty combe, there came the agonizing squeal of a stricken rabbit. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at the open door, the empty space through which they marched Jawad Sahib. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

None of them mentioned, or looked at, Warren’s empty place by the window. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Full of living things—unlike the empty grounds I'm used to. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can assure you that the refrigerator is quite empty. In fact, it hasn’t been plugged in for a week.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

If somebody found it and saw all those empty food-coloring bottles, we were busted for sure. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Sasuke was playing in the park,” he finally says, his words quiet in the empty space. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And even after she had been gone several minutes he still fumbled with his shirt-sleeves and stared at the empty doorway. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I emptied the wastebaskets and feather-dusted the desks, which were piled with scattered papers. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

A waitress wiped a cloth across the table and took their empty plates. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

In the blink of an eye, his fingers were empty. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The only light is what comes through the slats, and it reveals an empty cot. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It gave him an odd, empty feeling to remember those times; it was like remembering a younger brother whom he had lost. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Washes are like empty riverbeds that run all over North Scottsdale so that when it rains, the water can flood the city in an orderly manner. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I went without reason, and stood a moment looking at the gaping wardrobe and the empty bed, and the tray of tea upon the table. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A few guards paced along on the gatehouse battlements, but otherwise the castle seemed empty. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There was not an empty seat except in the President's box. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

There hasn’t been a single "What are you doing that’s so important?" or "Coopie, this bed is so empty without you!" Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Finally Samuel Teece held his empty shoe up in triumph, turned it over, stared at it, and said, “Did you notice? Right up to the very last, by God, he said ‘Mister’!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was inside the palace again, but she did not know where; the corridor was empty but for her and the shadows made by the flickering candlelight. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were already passing a small roach back and forth by the time I noticed the empty shelf under the TV. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I picked out an empty corked wine bottle. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was climbing then, and it looked small in that empty morning sky. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I guess Dad will just have to open an empty box on Christmas morning because I definitely won’t have enough money to buy him that engraved picture frame. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

An empty soda can was lying in the gutter. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

We sometimes have an empty fridge, yeah, but it used to be guaranteed to fill back up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He tossed the empty bottle into the river. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Gayle, stepped aboard the open door to an empty bus at a stop near King’s home and dropped coins into the fare box. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

From southern Maine to Narragansett Bay, the coast was empty— *Gorges may have met Tisquantum before. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Pet’s empty face stayed on her for long seconds. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The city is strangely quiet, its cobbled lanes emptier than usual, its spires shrouded in unseasonable fog. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Not too far downstream, a small creek emptied in from the left. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The air felt different from the first time they’d gotten in...emptier, stiffen Colder. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was littered with empty plastic bags and coffee cups. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

All three stood openmouthed, staring at the empty hole where the window had been. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was empty, except for the table next to ours. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

After my friend had disappeared in the darkness, I stood and stared at the empty alley. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed at that, louder than I was used to — bell-like echoes bouncing back to us from the empty woods. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was a fire station four blocks away, but it was empty and flooded; there were no firefighters in sight. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He sat down at his desk, leaned back in his chair and pointed for me to sit on an empty stool. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But Ugwu didn’t mind moving to the room in the Boys’ Quarters, which was empty except for some cobwebs and cartons. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When it was empty the others left, but the two guards remained, leaning on their spears. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When he had moved away, Tyrion could have sworn that the beast's empty eye sockets had watched him go. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Blithe was the singing of the young girls over their test-tubes, the Predestinators whistled as they worked, and in the Decanting Room what glorious jokes were cracked above the empty bottles! Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked around and realized the house was emptying. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Harry pressed on through the crowd until he found an empty compartment near the end of the train. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z