"If you lie to me, this session is at an end." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her long black hair is tied into a thick braid that reaches down her back, a green bow at the end. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Mama’s voice went low at the end, so Ophie knew that last part hadn’t been meant for her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He tries to evade the question, but in the end has to confess, for Kropp tells the same story. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Death Mist comes at the moment you are closest to your end. Your eyes will be clouded only then. The world will fade.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We must face the realities of the new caste system and embrace those who are most oppressed by it if we hope to end the new Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

These are more precise versions of the Strunkian advice to “put the emphatic words of a sentence at the end.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

‘A rat is a rat is a rat. End of story. World without end. Amen. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Tie one end of the string to the trappy part of the mousetrap. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth didn’t want these exciting days to end; neither did Henry. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Everyone agreed to that, and the meeting was adjourned just as the period ended. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he thought no one believed in him and that his only escape was at the end of a noose. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Just be careful” implies that there’s an end to it all, maybe in an hour, maybe in three years, but an end just the same. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

You try and do your best for every donor, but in the end, it wears you down. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled at the baby, who was now trying to cram the fat end of a spoon into its mouth. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After all those years of struggle, all the hardship, it is a relief for Vincent to know that it is at an end. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In the end, Eleanor hadn't let him write anything on the back, because she didn't want him to ruin it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“No more talk about Gaea rising, Nico being held hostage, the world ending, the giants—” “Shut up, Seaweed Brain,” she ordered. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The expensive correspondence with the invisible doctors ended in failure. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

They all bid the Millers goodbye and began to separate at the end of the walkway from the front stoop. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was not locked and he opened it with the two sliding thumb releases on either end of the handle edge. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Several years later, he finds his punishment will never end. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I begged him: “Wait a little, Zalman. Soon, we will all come to a halt. We cannot run like this to the end of the world.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stretch out on the end of the bed, just beyond Mama Ya-Ya’s feet. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

As the pace of war planning intensified, it soon became impossible to tell where the Rad Lab ended and the bomb program began. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I walk down the stairs, drawing my hand lightly along a railing to avoid slivers, and walk out to the end of the pier. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Then why has a Grisha never been found innocent at the end of your supposedly fair trials?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Life is only precious because it ends, kid. Take it from a god. You mortals don’t know how lucky you are.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

With a sigh, she went back to reading as before, and made it to the end of the Commandments before Babulya stopped her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The one pay phone at the end of the hall wasn’t working, so I had no way to telephone them. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the end she decided on her mother’s studio, because the room was large and Pet looked as if it belonged in there, as much as it could belong anywhere in this world. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They were given food and water at the end of the day, then locked back in the shed for the night. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few seconds later she appears on the platform at the end, swinging out from the handrail so that her skirt swirls around her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

At the end of our handshake, Alhaji stepped back, saluted me, and whispered, “Goodbye, squad leader.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Most radar transmissions are for military purposes; they scan the skies in constant fear of a massive launch of missiles with nuclear warheads, an augury fifteen minutes early of the end of human civilization. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I made my way to the end, carefully skirting an officer chewing out a guy with a badly knotted tie, it dawned on me that I had reported to boot camp. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When first period ended, our English teacher, Mr. de Milo, came outside to inspect the carnage. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The board’s metal-detector fights flickered out one by one as Tally left the splintered end of the iron bridge behind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

This was the true end of our immigration nightmare. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was better to end it now before things got too ugly. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

By the end of August 1943, as our training ended, Admiral Nimitz was getting ready to stage amphibious assaults on the Gilbert Islands with the First and Second Marine divisions. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved up from the end of my bed, getting closer to Bucky. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Right at the end, I saw him raise his hand again vaguely and turn away towards the overhanging roof. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were excellent fighters and were ready to fight the war till the end. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

At this point, I was also ignorant of our illegal immigration status and the sad fact that the government could kick my family and me out of the country, effectively ending any relationship I started. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

In the end, Southern Sudan would defeat the enemy, but it also would suffer defeat. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Baker-Howard feud in Clay County, Kentucky, began in 1806, with an elk-hunting party gone bad, and didn’t end until the 1930s, when a couple of Howards killed three Bakers in an ambush. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The remaining Apollo campers had almost made it to the end of the bridge, except for Michael Yew, who was perched on one of the suspension cables a few yards away from me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“At the end of his letter he wrote, ‘I have something for you. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, I got my birth certificate long before Luke got his. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For most of the Fugees, tryouts meant the end of weeks of boredom. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

But Israel’s work did not end with helping Philadelphia’s orphans. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Robin Hood ended up getting most of the pasta in his dog bowl. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It was troublesome, maybe, to escort the prisoners into the station to make the calls, but wouldn’t the calls end up relieving the prison of at least some of the jailed? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Could Sputnik signal the end of the country’s global political dominance? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The junior and senior years at Stuyvesant were morning sessions, beginning around eight and ending at one without a lunch break. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But any wavelength that doesn't have a node at each end of the string, can't make a standing wave on the string. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I was in the position, I realized, to put an end to this, now, right here. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We would ride back in a railroad car at the end of the day and it was always quiet. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a stick with a hook at the end,” Sookie said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was all of those things flashing like a flipped coin, end over end—mercy betrayal salvation doom. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But laced through it all was the dark feeling of utter hopelessness, like the world had ended for him, had been wiped from his memory and replaced with something awful. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

By the end of the first month, my fingers had calluses hard as stones and I could play for hours upon hours. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The end of wondering, he thought, but not of wonder. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But what had I gotten in the end? Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop it,” Kaede said, swatting his hands away and tucking the ends behind her ears. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was dead silence on the other end of the line. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Webb’s right next to me with one foot up on the end of the bench and his arm draped across his knee. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

For days on end he sat with a pale face on the hill of the dead, looked away, locked his heart, fought and strove against his fate. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Only about one part in fifteen would end up warming the water.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The commission concluded, “People of both races acted with such courage and promptness as to end the trouble early.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

After the end of his expedition, it was a long time before Europeans again reached the Mississippi Valley, but Eurasian microbes were now established in North America and kept spreading. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Each time, the Nazi flag was raised in front of Haus West at the end of the race, and each time the crowd sang “Deutschland iiber alles” a little more loudly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He contended that if the leaders of the established civil rights organizations persisted, the social struggle would end in bloodshed because he was certain the white man would never concede full integration. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ate together, he at one end of the table, I at the other. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The beginning was a little slow but the ending was tight. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Having no cumin or cecily for sealing the cord, she spat on her hand and rubbed the cut end. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here the lights were set in the ceiling; at the far end, Mrs. Frisby could see, the long tunnel continued and looked as if it slanted upward again—perhaps to another entrance, a back door. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“My days of being a pinchpenny might be coming to an end.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I set my feet inside the boxes and prepare to move from end to end. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

A noise came from a shed at the end of the driveway. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

As I mopped up the remnants of my breakfast with an end of bread, I realized that I had a problem. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

An afternoon pounding rocks in the courtyard might seem like forever, but suddenly it is the end of the year, and you do not know where all the months went. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally, Bobby’s schedule consisted of five hours per day of study: games, openings, variations, endings. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

If these turkeys don’t end him, exhaustion will. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The elevator stands at the far end of town like a windowless concrete skyscraper. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But this chunky, misshapen child-man was not pretty; the pink end of his tongue darted forth, flickering like the tongue of a lizard. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron moaned, as they pushed helplessly at the door, “Were done for! This is the end!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Most shows hold back some pay till end of season. But when Uncle Al runs out of money he holds it all back.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe that’s why I ended up having to take the level seven test twice. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He held a stick of wood in one hand and the end of the stick was charred and smoking. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

On opposite ends of the pit were two wooden doors notched and spattered with dried blood, and behind them, in narrow stone chutes, were two boys. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It’s fashionable nowadays to talk about cramming a whole life into a few years, especially when people turn up dead at the end of it, which increasingly they do. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I may not be able to cure cancer or end world hunger, but small kindnesses go a long way. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In Gram’s stories, things usually come out right in the end. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

In the end we watched 300, a war movie about 300 Spartans who protect Sparta from an invading army of like a billion Persians. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

A long moment passes after the Memories end, filled with nothing but the sound of water rippling against the rock. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She could find out the world was ending and she’d probably still show up here, talking all that hope. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Back upstairs, we tuck in on opposite ends of the couch with our phones, Abby texting her cousins while I text Simon. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Their job was simply to get from one end of the house to the other without being “killed.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When the Soviet Union collapsed, the subsidies ended, and North Korea’s centrally planned economy stopped functioning. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Jam went back to her hair, dabbing castor oil on her ends as she worked through a few tiny knots. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She made their lunches and had supper ready for them when they returned from picking strawberries at the end of the day. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

With the end of his rowing came a sudden, premature, middle- aged spread. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dying of hypothermia at the end of August. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, we settled upon this: Desperately Lonely Swing Set Needs Loving Home One swing set, well worn but structurally sound, seeks new home. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

A few sparks shot out of the end of his wand, which was still pointed at Black’s face. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

His letters always begin without greeting and end without signature, as if they’re part of one single letter, unrolling through time like an endless paper towel. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

All those suburbs tend to run into one another out there, so you can’t always tell where one ends and the next begins. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Every so often, at the far end of the parking lot, a car drives down the road and a sliver of light glides from one end of the glass to the other. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He devoted the rest of his life to searching for a way to tie up these loose ends by finding a grand unified theory, and always failed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She held my wrist that held the match until she had sucked in enough fire for the entire end of her cigarette to catch. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the other end, his mother finally cries. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I said it with the Spanish accent at the end, like Jess did. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Down that alleyway there—clear to the end. You’ll find a rest room. You can shave there right quick.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read in the paper that the moon is practicing for the end of the world. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

That brief conversation not only ended my law career but placed my speech problems in the center of my consciousness. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Terman's gifted children, in short, rarely ended up being as special as they initially promised to be. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

This time the hum of silence was prolonged to a point where I would be forced to fill it with some kind of sound if it didn’t end. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think it was that two sailors were standing on opposite ends of a ship. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It ran perpendicular to the end of the main thoroughfare bisecting the bazaar. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Believing that catching Lincoln’s killer will end the unrest, Secretary of War Stanton spends Saturday expanding the search, making the hunt for Lincoln’s killers the biggest in American history. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

So we shut our teeth—it will end—it will end—perhaps we will come through. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like no one wanted to be near me because I was so outspoken about ending segregation. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

If you don’t, you can end up with hair in your spaghetti. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

How exactly did Rue end up on that stage with nothing but the wind offering to take her place? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thus ended the longest hour of my life. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I ended up showing him was the garden. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I moved into my room and sat at the end of my bed, staring at the floor. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It ricocheted off the edge of her plate and twirled end over end in the air. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The night before Ridgeway put an end to South Carolina, Cora lingered on the roof of the Griffin Building, trying to see where she had come from. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Thank goodness. That would’ve been the end of us, had that been your favorite book.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The open end of the crates faced outward. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She lived in a daze that wouldn’t end. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I reached out and touched the end of a muddy wooden stick, a digging tool of some kind, sitting next to a small wooden hoe beside me on the boat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

That’s why I ended up sleeping only a little bit during the day and then, all night long, waited patiendy for the first light to show on the pane of sky. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I turned to face the wall, trying to hide my end of this bizarre conversation from Linda, who shot me curious glances while pretending to read a fashion magazine. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I don’t, and it secretly annoys her no end. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

His thighs became quite short A web of skin grew from his wrists to his shoulders, while his primary feathers burst out In soft blue quills from the ends of his fingers and quickly grew. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And my grandmother blessed my parents’ marriage, after vigorously plotting against it, only because she didn’t think Milton would survive to the end of the week. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A constant rain and shrouded gray sky masked the passing of hours, leaving Cole in a cruel time warp with only one possible end. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

All the money his father gave him ended up in the pockets of the impoverished people he cared for in the hospital. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I took the handle off, straightened it out, and bent a hook in one end. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a stage at one end of the hall and on it a door that led to Dr. Wellington’s house. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, Kamen won his lawsuit and $7,500 in damages. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Immediately, the charred end blazed with a searing yellow flame. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Adelita begins with an Our Father, then adds her own prayer at the end. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She looks like she took a wrong turn and is wondering how she ended up in this mausoleum and if she will ever see her loved ones again. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Comer on a pitch, smothered by defensive end Joseph Tips. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It means you’re at the end of your rope and maybe one level above tinkers, knackers and street beggars in general. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Dad picked up a six-foot length of angle iron and handed me the end. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Tarbean is big enough that you cannot walk from one end to the other in a single day. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They’d chosen the place, and that was how Felix had ended up at Red Lobster for the second night in a row. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

And many folk used to dwell away north, a hundred miles or more from here, at the far end of the Greenway: on the North Downs or by Lake Evendim.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

When the end of the branch was blazing merrily, he took two steps and flung it out over the pass. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Bath minister was probably wishing that the service had ended with the last prayer. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

At one end of the public area was a large-scale model of the entire trail, which, had I seen it before I started, might well have dissuaded me from attempting such an ambitious undertaking. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

To that end, the center has a staff that includes psychologists, career counselors, and teachers of everything from world history to driver’s education. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I am a convicted prisoner, serving five years for leaving the country without a permit and for inciting people to go on strike at the end of May 1961. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They only knew that they had come to the end, when suddenly they felt no wall at their right hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Nausea gripped her, but Chaol took her by the elbow and escorted her to the far end of the veranda. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

An audience digesting war as spectacle may have a very different idea of the correct ethos for an eve-of-battle speech than the men at the sharp end. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Soldiers spend the majority of their time there, ducking in trenches doomed to explode or making daring pushes that end in a massacre. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

They came at length to the steep abrupt end of Treebeard’s Hill, and looked up at the rock-wall with its rough steps leading to the high shelf. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I have no idea who thinks of these things or why, except that the senior prank is supposed to signify the end of school. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And second, because I agree with them that something rather troubling and unsatisfactory happens to words ending in vowels when you just plonk an “s” on the end. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

At the end of it, the survivors on both sides drew up a treaty to prevent such destruction from ever happening again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They were all eating, holding their chins close over the basin, tipping their heads back, sucking in the ends. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The Speckled Sussex were distracting me, huddled at one end and clucking. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

As a bonus, Hooke filled a space at the end of the book with drawings based on some of his astronomical observations. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Once he turned a corner and ran into the tail end of his own monster mob. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In the end, however, forty-three blue-skinned fairies with dragonfly wings fluttered into the buses and settled on the backs of the gray-patterned seats. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Jesse was sick, and I think he just wanted to end the pain.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We reach the end of one and turn left, into a dim room that reminds me of an aquarium. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed the blazing ivy pot to the other end of the table, closer to the piles of books and mail, making it even more difficult for them to see each other. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Both dogs leapt forward and, at the exact same second, sank their teeth into opposite ends of the box’s soft cardboard flaps. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I could end this threat right here by taking down Kronos. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day we almost died, I was happier than I could ever remember. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She looked really freaked out, like she’d just been dropped off the steep end of a roller coaster. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Erin ended the message by praising my mother’s skill as a midwife. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But in the end the conclusion doesn’t change. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I see the blaze of fire coming out its end. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Someday in that far future, my son must hear of the foul crimes of Denmark, the revenge unleashed there, and its tragic ending. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

That would break the skunk’s neck, but it wouldn’t end the trouble. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only a small percentage of wild mammal species ended up in happy marriages with humans, by virtue of compatibility on all those separate counts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Over their shoulders the vendors had heavy poles, from which they balanced baskets at either end—some with vegetables, others with pastries, or candies, or toys. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lewis Strauss’s monopoly on the scientific information reaching Dwight Eisenhower was about to end, taking with it Ernest Lawrence’s influence over nuclear policy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Dear Lucy, I saw your mother the other day and she told me that you’d written me several letters to apologize for how things had ended between us. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“At the end. It goes up at the end!” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Rolling end over end in a flash flood in a big ar- royo. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone in Zimbabwe took this test at the end of primary school. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

As long as I was understanding the lesson and moving along with the work, she’d test me at the end of each unit, rather than make me take all the chapter tests in between. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And Granddaddy’s gift did arrive at the end of the week, although we all came to wish soon enough that it had not. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

They stood at one end of the apparatus. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was near the end of the second day of their march from the Cross-roads that they first met any offer of battle. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

In general, an end to all private initiative. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I have no idea what Mama’s doing right now, or if she’ll have a place for us to sleep by the end of the day. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

In the end, Baba and Dayah are shamed out of the ditch. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The trouble is,” he explained, “if we veer too far south, we’ll simply end up in the sea and miss the Marshes altogether.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Wolves and gruesome ends, and signed with an A\\ Does this mean it was Lord Fredrick who requested those disturbing tableaux and without your knowledge?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

There was no conductor or policeman in sight, only an old lady with a walker slowly trudging toward the stairs and, at the far end of the platform, a sleeping bum in tattered sneakers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the far end of the boulevard, looming like an escarpment in the Rockies, stood the Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I always say, you’ve got to have faith. This job upset is a flash in time. If you just believe, it’ll all work out in the end.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Carroll advised him that he had some sick prisoners the local hospital refused to treat, so he had ended up buying the medicine himself. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She had worried before about when all the bad things would end, and now she somehow knew that they had. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She complains to the other nurse that we patients don’t have enough structured time, and in the end, she gets the orderly with the scary tattoos to escort me away. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I’d managed to end my school year with a complete disaster. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

"You're not going to get pregnant"—all his lessons ended with the same point. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

We take bus rides whenever Lloyd wins some ends, or if either one of us gets some money or we just get bored. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think in the end we must have absorbed quite a lot of information, because I remember, around that age, a marked change in the way we approached the whole territory surrounding the donations. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And court is where these cases often end up, particularly when they involve money. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I therefore set about devising a better mathematical treatment, which I described at an informal seminar in Oxford at the end of November 1973. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes at school, when parents would meet their children at the end of the day, Dallas was startled to see how much some of the children looked like their parents. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The finger becomes the new "end" of the string. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Later, they draped the ends of their braids over their mouths like mustaches and pretended to be mariachi singers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of this, Tycho was not to be distracted from his life’s work, and was making observations from Helsingborg Castle by the end of December that year. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He unscrewed the top of the jar and poured what was in it into the end of the long trumpet thing. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toward the end of practice, Mom and Mr. Stokely came out from behind the curtain, acting as if nothing unusual had been going on. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Alec twisted and pulled the Transvice up so that its business end— that strange little spout coming from the long bubble—was pointing straight at him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Here, you can walk the hall without pacing, because once you start walking, you never reach the end. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

There’s a very loud slurp as Malcolm reaches the end of his cup. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But as he had neglected to fasten the other end to anything, it didn’t really do any good, and Wilbur landed with a thud, crushed and hurt. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“The easiest time. But also the saddest, in a way . . . the end of another day, the return of the night. Darkness is so predictable, don’t you think?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“And that’s what separates the wannabes from the agents in the end. Quinton didn’t nominate ye ’cause he needed a rescuer, he nominated ye because he believed ye can thrive here. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

So I said, “Do not worry about me, good Elnora. My troubles here will soon end.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of September, Farmer planned a quick trip to Haiti to check on things. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The seat was cold stone, polished smooth by countless bottoms; the carved heads of direwolves snarled on the ends of its massive arms. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Saying good-bye at the end of a visit, Craig would give my dad a final, concerned look and pose the usual question about his health, only to be given the merry brush-off of “I’m fine.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The landing at the top of the stairs ended in a single door painted red, with a peephole in it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Unbuckling one of my suspenders, I tied it to the end and climbed the tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slinger puts a stone or slug in the pouch, picks up the strings by the free ends, spins them around a few times, and releases one of the strings at the proper moment. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the end everyone got something new except Jesse and his dad, neither of whom cared, but Jesse got the idea it might give him a little bargaining power with his mother. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

At the other end of the room was a stage. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Two days ago, your parents managed to tie up the money with legal proceedings, ultimately ending any hopes you had of spending the final sum. Then Leonard called me this morning.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bottom line: $7.02 worth of food acquired in seventy minutes of calling and driving, minus $2.80 for the phone calls—which ends up being equivalent to a wage of $3.63 an hour. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for the next thirty seconds the whole City held its breath, waiting for the end to come. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

They had thought they would start a farm, as soon as they came to the end of the trees. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ringing had stopped, and the static coming from the other end got louder. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

"Old Nan told me about him. He had a long staff with blades at both ends and he could spin it in his hands and chop two men at once." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

His hat had fallen off and his wavy hair was standing on end. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I pray every day that you end up with more pieces of him than me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

A spotlight came up on another chair at the far end of the long room that had been hidden in shadows; one not as comfortable as theirs. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Things didn’t work out? You ended it. I didn’t even get a choice.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Finding is better than mending; ending is better . . .” “There was a thing, as I’ve said before, called Christianity.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to say I’m sorry about the other day. I don’t want to fight with you. And, that thing I said at the end was stupid. I didn’t mean it.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She does that thing where she takes off her glasses and puts 1 of the end pieces to her lips. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When full of flowers they would doubtless look pretty; but now, at the latter end of January, all was wintry blight and brown decay. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Since the end of summer the little rodents had doubled, tripled, even quadrupled their numbers. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You go away, Ralph. You keep to your end. This is my end and my tribe. You leave me alone." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They were just being added to the end of the line. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

In fact, unless you know, it is hard to believe that there is any way out of the valley at the south end. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Punjabi boy at the other end of the room stirred in his sleep and moaned something. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I climbed out and walked to the end of her driveway. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

‘But I cannot tell it properly, only in short; and then we must end our talk: tomorrow we have councils to call, and work to do, and maybe a journey to begin.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

By the end of that yean he decided that he would make a detailed study of all the barnacles he could get his hands on. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan plunged his hand into his cartridge case, took out a cartridge, and bit through the twisted paper end. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

My father had come out of the elevator at the other end of the hall and was walking toward the eye ward. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

For all my not crying, I sure feel a hell of a lot worse than I did at the end of All Dogs Go to Heaven. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Idiptu gestured at a shifting black cloud at the far end of the alley. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But the old man came to the door and said volubly, “There is no end to the money spent in this house!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It’s resting on the end table beside him, like it’s part of the décor: lamp, family picture, pistol. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Of course, the story does not end right now. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of August I had enough for the earrings and stamps. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Remember Stan's funeral? How we tried to bail and Dad ended up directing traffic?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Now nothing was left hanging to the pole but the frazzled ends of the snapped blades. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The semicircle and egg at the end of Cleopatra are a conventional ideogram for “daughter of Isis.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was, of course, a drunk, especially at the end of his life, but he was so kind, and generous, and gentle. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“The pieces should be slightly bigger than the end of your thumb.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Because Mr. Blessington told me I was going to end up in jail, so why waste my time doing homework?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Most of the stories ended with somebody going to jail. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In the end the two words came out easily. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Lyddie wiped the point quickly on her apron before she banged the shuttle against the far end of the race. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She yelled back, “Well, who’s the breadwinner in this house? Who has two jobs? Who deserves to relax at the end of the day?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was my schooling really going to end now? Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A few days later, my job cleaning the ghetto ended, and I was put back to work in Plaszów. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The boat trip just ended but might as well have been decades in the past. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It would mean a delayed victory, a tighter squeezing of Biafra’s territory, but it would also mean that they would go and live in Kainene’s house in Orlu until the war ended. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every time there was talk about living off the land, somebody ended by saying, “How did those people manage, in the old days, going right out into the wilderness the way they did?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Finch keeps going and comes to a sudden stop at the far end. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

At both ends of the block he put up a sign with a black hand pointing toward the house. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

With quick fingers she worked the needles through the yarn, finishing off the last row of loops, then snipped the loose end with a pair of scissors she pulled from who knew where. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He had lined up a job with Seabrook Farms in New Jersey, a new frozen-food enterprise that offered work to many Nisei at the end of the war. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Daniel gave up everything to devote himself to ending that foolish slaughter,” Harry said of the Vietnam War. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

People noticed, and by the end of the term I had a reputation for reckless bravery. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My dinner is beans and hot dogs and salad, with cookies and a pear at the end. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

At the day’s end they came to a stream that wandered down from the hills to lose itself in the stagnant marshland, and they went up along its banks while the light lasted. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They chased her to the end of the pier, and without breaking her stride the woman bounded up a set of crates and took a flying leap over the water, arms outspread like wings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“He had a reason, a good one. Still he worried about it a lot, and he might have told you in the end. But then it was too late.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But it was something to do—and it was kind of cool at the end of the day when Michael announced how many links we were up to. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

My mom says that despite their marital woes and my grandfather's wandering eye, they remained in love till the very end. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I think of how I ended the last chapter of the story, with Ivy lying alone in the snow, waiting to disappear. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was only one window lighted, at the far end, and opposite it I found some thin shrubbery which provided enough cover for me to study the window. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one end of the hall at which he found himself, heedless justice in threadbare robes were biting their fingernails or closing their eyelids, at the other end was a ragged rabble. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Nope. I cleaned pots and dishes all day and ended up covered in soap bubbles. And I almost got eaten by the gigantic dishwasher.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Jacob worked at the other end of the attic, experimenting with a virus that infected E. coli. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

At the end of the year, newspaper editors and press groups listed the Martian broadcast among 1938’s biggest news stories. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

But my father, respecting my grandmother’s last wishes, left Gerald alone to the justice system, which ended up sending him to prison for eighteen months. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I notice a small church at the end of the block, a perfect place to dry off, warm up, and strategize about how I’m going to convince this Guillermo Garcia to mentor me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He thought he had come to the end of his adventure, and a terrible end, but the thought hardened him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

FOREMAN: The vote is nine to three in favor of “guilty.” 7TH JUROR: Well, if that isn’t the livin’ end! Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

These are dark days I will tell you of, dark days and hidden things, concerning the ends of the earth and the death of the gods. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

But I don’t know where the fake hair starts and my real hair ends. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

By the end of the decade, some justices had become openly critical of the review that death penalty cases received. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

At the end of the last Ice Age, much of the world’s population lived in societies similar to that of the Fayu today, and no people then lived in a much more complex society. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

My father was still standing at the end of the reef, patiently casting out, waiting for nengkan to manifest itself as a fish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you evolve such a universe forward in time according to the laws of science, you will end up with the lumpy and irregular state you started with. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your dog just ate my bacon,” she told Elena, who was slicing a banana at the other end of the kitchen, the pieces falling into her cereal bowl. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

At the end of the period, I checked in my locker again and looked all around the locker room. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The man was listening and apparently not going to interrupt him, so Milkman ended his sentence lamely with: “Can you help me?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

One would say there was no end to this brazen sky. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I would leave in the confusion of congratulations when the ceremony ended. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hour after hour, for days on end, high explosives poured from the sky like metal rain. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus ended, at least for the time being, the fullest public exchange of views on the most deep-rooted problem facing the new American republic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

‘Never yet. Do not then stumble at the end of the road,’ answered Gandalf. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was a sound of rage and grief and it seemed never to end. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I sleep at the far end of the hall, in the tiny space still decorated like a guest room. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

As the glacier moved, crevasses would sometimes compress, buckling ladders like toothpicks; other times a crevasse might expand, leaving a ladder dangling in the air, only tenuously supported, with neither end mounted on solid ice. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Wisps of black smoke snaked around a pile of debris at the end of the hall. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Some of these crevasses were narrow enough to step across; others were eighty feet wide, several hundred feet deep, and ran half a mile from end to end. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I see the futures. There are a thousand endings to every story, and only by the telling does the ending become clear.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Toward the end of the summer Mama took us to a farmers’ market to buy fabric to make new curtains for our bedroom. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

If two or three of the heavier boys could band together at one end, they could make precarious sitting for the unlucky female at the other end. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

There came a cold clear dawn at the end of a long stumbling night-march. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In Muspell, at the edge of the flame, where the mist burns into light, where the land ends, stood Surtr, who existed before the gods. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Mayor Grabarek ended the meeting by postponing any decision on the Bacon Street project and appointing a committee to look into black demands. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“She and others are about to inherit this sanctuary, a vital step toward reaching our ultimate ends. After decades of persistence, nothing can forestall me.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He would not live beyond this ride; for him it was the end, as it had almost been for Dave—and probably eventually would be. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The slave-girl leads us to a door at the end of a hallway, straightening her already perfectly pressed black dress before knocking softly. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ahead, he could not see the end of it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I end up hunching over and slinking away, shame curdling inside me then reaching its fingers to wrap tight around my body. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

There was a loop tied in the end. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He follows me out to the wharf and spots the skiff tied up at the end. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hornet threw him the end of the rope and then she jumped down herself. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But big mammal domestication virtually ended 4,500 years ago. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Towards the end of the proceedings, Judge de Wet had remarked in passing to Bram Fischer that the defense had generated a great deal of worldwide propaganda in the case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had left most of the other boats behind, and now passed only an occasional fishing boat, rocking at the end of its anchor line. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mike steps forward, arms slightly extended to try and hug Violet, but she is clearly going for the fist-bump and ends up punching him in the shoulder. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“If you’re not going to do the extra credit for Faraci, you need to ace every test between now and the end of the term.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But no matter what happens, I know we’ll both be all right in the end. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

You will recall the cosmological conundrum with which we ended the first chapter–that the Big Bang created lots of light gases but no heavy elements. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

There may be neither death nor triumph to end this quest; nothing to sing of; no end. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

What the Negro has discovered, and on an international level, is that power to intimidate which he has always had privately but hitherto could manipulate only privately—for private ends often, for limited ends always. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

There was no new life, just the end of false beginnings. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell if she was sincere, but it sounded positive the way her voice went up at the end of my name. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Who comes to the United States and ends up in Delaware? The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Death came for him in the end, as it comes for all men. As it must come for a certain man upon the morrow.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Every hair on my body is standing on end. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

My case was set down for the last session of the Court of Assizes, and that session was due to end some time in June. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

In the end, they got bored with this game. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ended up playing soccer with them for the entire year. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I could not believe that the United States could fail in the end to solve the problems that the French had not solved.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

At the south end of the greensward there was an opening. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I went into the lunch bar, sat down in an end booth, and kept my left hand over my black tie while I ordered soup, rolls and black coffee. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The Justice Room was at the other end of the palace. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I accomplished was to turn the lifeboat a little, bringing one end closer to Richard Parker. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But in the end, the only thing that came out was a thready, “Okay.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She led Fred, Nala, and Scruffy to a thick yellow ribbon that was tied on either end to the two food bag towers. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

At the end of every day, the butchers lovingly cleaned and stored their knives and cleavers, the tools of their trade. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Six beady black eyes, bristly legs, and massive jaws that ended in curved, pointed fangs. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ahana moved to Merritt Island at the end of the year when her father got a big promotion at the John F. Kennedy Space Center. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Pixie squealed as the other end of the pole bounced around in her face. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I saw him casually wipe his left eye with the back of his hand as he ended his prayer and the small crowd began to disperse. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I ended up working nine years as a housekeeper. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved the days at the end of summer. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the semester the Rock School would be performing a showcase at the Academy of Music, the same place where I had seen The Nutcracker. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, Basil was the name that stuck. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Come on back. Her office is at the end of the hallway.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The F.B.I. not long ago released a report of a shocking rise in crime each successive year since the end of World War II—ten to twelve per cent each year. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They bankrupt our country, starve our children. Your families will not be safe, this war will never end, until every...last...Jew...is dead!” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He tried to be as light-hearted as possible in the telling, but at the end, Guitar looked him in the eyes and said, “Why didn’t you go help her?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if the world doesn’t end on January twenty-ninth?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Dialectical materialism seemed to offer both a searchlight illuminating the dark night of racial oppression and a tool that could be used to end it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He makes up a set of books, for the business end of my painting: what has sold, and for how much. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s steep and long, ending at a narrow bend between rocks, then that short vertical drop. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the cloth, a small pocket held a lump of fragrant, summery yellow beeswax to use in strengthening the sinew thread. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

For Kaede, the one bright moment in each day came at the end, when Taisin wove the circle of protection around their camp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He could not see to the end of the backyard. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

By early afternoon, the end of the driftwood log had been roughly formed into a flat point. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The song ends, I catch my breath, and I breathe in everyone’s roaring applause, I breathe in their love, and it energizes me to grab Rufus’s hand while he’s bowing. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Two cuttings were dug from either end which met almost perfectly in the middle. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn back to the world we are driving away from—the end of the train tracks. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Maxim had to go up to London at the end of June to some public dinner. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Can Hermes function for five hundred and thirty-three days beyond the scheduled mission end?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

At foe end of a long school day. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I still go over to his long white and black apartment, still end up on top of his sleeping bag, although haphazardly: Jon isn’t big on planning in advance, or on remembering. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They even got swallowed by a whale at the end, the puppet and his father. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t Shakespeare have admired that happy ending?” she whispered. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Kilvin squinted through the window of his office, frowned, then left and walked to the other end of the shop toward the shattered drench. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Finally, the contest of wills ended after officials agreed that if Bobby would play this time, they’d make the pairings in public the following year. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘But quite long, I should think. We can have many a good talk. What about helping me with my book, and making a start on the next? Have you thought of an ending?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Katz, meantime, had discovered a way across using boulders as stepping stones but ended up stranded on the edge of a noisy torrent of what looked like deep water. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo knew the Station Inspector would be making his evening rounds at the other end of the station, and Hugo figured he had a few minutes before he showed up here. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s the summer’s end symphony. People from all over come to it. It’s a quite a big deal. We, the youngster musicians, play as a sort of cute sideshow,” Simon explained. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"With those boys you can start in dancing and end up kneeling." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Or else it was exhausted—far animals know when they have come to the end. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fires blazed in the twin hearths at either end of the bedchamber, filling the room with a sullen red glare. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

By five the girls had crowded through the main gate, josded their way up the outside staircase on the far end of the mill, cleaned their machines, and stood waiting for the workday to begin. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It falls off the ends of the world. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Towards the end of the year she riffled through the pages reading an item here and there. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those geographic differences constitute important ultimate answers to Yali’s question about why different peoples ended up with disparate degrees of power and affluence. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I can see the beginning and the end of time. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t risk him breaking a leg, it said, and Alex guessed that the end of his training was near. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Stranger still, the battle could not have ended in death. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I am issuing this statement to clarify the position and in the hope that it will bring an end to further conjecture. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Willard and I waited in the reception room for the end of the afternoon rest cure. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

This is what it means to be very slow: every story you would like to tell has already ended before you can open your mouth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he let his sword hand stiffen and grow clumsy, it well might be the end of him, he knew. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

On board were two benches, some steel wool, an old cooler, and a mound of frayed rope with one end tied to the mooring. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I am at the end of this book; there are no further leaves to write upon, but the stubs of that quire I tore out to instruct my friends in writing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Nobody’s really celebrating because it got so close at the end. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

When the brim was wide enough, Ma cut the braid and sewed the end fast so that it could not unbraid itself. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry, Ron, and Hermione set off down the corridor, looking for an empty compartment, but all were full except for the one at the very end of the train. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the end, she did not bring a suit against her boyfriend, and I never saw her again. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of August, the French colony was in flames. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Then “It’s Quiet Uptown” comes on, and wow, I’m about to cry, and by the end of it I press pause and call Arthur. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It was actually three stories high ’cause the other end of the barn started on a hillside and this side was at the bottom of the slope. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we got to the end of the room, Gus stopped and said, “You okay?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Applying these methods to government, Progressives sought to end the tradition of crooked party bosses packing government agencies, including law enforcement, with patrons and hacks. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A thought flashed through her mind: If she jumped now, she could make a grab for the end of the broken bridge. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He was the assurance that death does not end all. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the end of the world was probably close at hand. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was stuffed to plumpness, most of it, with a narrow neck ending in a golf ball-size head. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

At the end of the hug, Alhaji shook hands with me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I had not noticed it at first because I had been looking so eagerly at the open end of the one I was in. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

What he does is tie up my feet and hands and then he loops the end of the rope around his waist. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

No mention that neither Nixon nor Kissinger expected their “peace with honor” to actually end the killing. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I will work to make peace again. If I do not, it could be the end of our settlement.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

At the end of the row is a person-sized ant in a trench coat. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"And the days after, until school ended and all through the summer..." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The sum in the drawer is piling up but at the present rate of accumulation will be more than $100 short of my rent when the end of the month comes around. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her fingers worked the ends of her long braid. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Who knows where it’ll end? They’ve very likely heard it at the state house in Springfield by now. I have an idea they’ll send over a historian any day now to snoop.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The beginning and the end of my account are not in Virgil. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two women walking their dogs stopped for a nibble and ended up staying an hour. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

But there’s no pill, and our quarrels fray instead of knot, always ending in him crying and me soriy for hurting him over something he can’t help. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man ended his catalogue with a sigh. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Maricela puts her drink down, squeezes her nose, and cannonballs to the deep end. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Ranofer hurried, as much as the soreness of his legs allowed, to the storeroom at the far end of the shop. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I was so tangled in my thoughts that I missed that the service had ended. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I expected Big Ma to put an end to Vonetta and Fern’s traipsing and prancing but she said she was tired and needed to sit down. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Father shoved the end of his club into the demons chest. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waved good-bye and was about to end the call when I spoke up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At the north end of the lake, a silver airplane circled the area of the finish line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Our setup was typical of most immigrant families: the mom and dad tried to make ends meet, while the kids took care of each other. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until they reached the end of the next hall, near one of the collapsed stairwells, that they stopped running. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

February 11: The Seattle General Strike ends when federal troops are summoned by the mayor of Seattle and the state’s attorney general. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

So at the end of the day, when Anna finds me at my locker, I follow without protest. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The meeting was not even half an hour, and was friendly and breezy until the end. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ended up with only two minutes to eat my food before the bell rang. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As the unsuspecting prey went around the end, still adjusting to the slightly surreal notion of practicing football indoors on a basketball court at seven-twenty in the morning, Ivory just smacked him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bit into my hash brown, but it was so greasy, I just ended up shoving the whole thing in my mouth. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I listened politely to the rest of her story which ended, as I knew it would, with Judy being pyrotechnically ill behind a hot-dog stand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It had been a bad way to end things with my brother. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I decided that was why he was anxious, and so I put an end to it. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

A thin blanket had been pulled up to her bare shoulders, but it wasn’t long enough to cover her entirely, and her feet stuck out from the other end. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As the lunch period was ending, she got up but did not head straight for the exit. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I was afraid we’d end up eating dandelions, digging wild turnips and grubs out of the ground to stay alive. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the attached bamboo stakes, Minli and the dragon had anchored their end of the bridge to the ground. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t hear the end of that for a week. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

If Mrs. Stevens didn't give her these five minutes at the end, Cynthia would burst into some kind of sideways monologue about whatever Mrs. Stevens had been teaching that day. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Not all of those Gender Traitors end up on the Wall. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milo echoed with joyful relief, and the Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade came to an end. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Hands on her hips, she made sure that what belonged in the living room ended up in the living room, what belonged in the kitchen, in the kitchen. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved into his place at the left end of their line without a word, but the boy nearest him still chuckled low. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When the bell to end recess rang, Ms. Udell met her class in the playground instead of waiting for them upstairs as she usually did. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Or even Sandy in her tight pants at the end of Grease. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

As soon as he got the “Roger” from the other end, he would start talking. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But he didn’t. Not in the end. He changed his mind.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tablecloth came out the other end of the mangle, and I dropped it into a hickory basket. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think Jackson got it to scandalize me, since the red velvet cover was decidedly lurid, but it ended up being a very good story. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Otto ran to undo the other end so they could bind the rubbery menace and get some answers. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They took up their stand one at each end of the sofa. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He was about to reply when the door at the far end opened and Theresa returned. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end, Amen, came the response. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The precious treasure would end up at the bottom of the Baltic. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

To end up with twenty-six letters to match the alphabet, they skipped any that were repeated. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Long before the fair’s end, people began mourning its inevitable passage. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We end the day at the souvenir shops on the boardwalk. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It will open in Paris at the end of March. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Thank you! Two sensible people who can end this discussion.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

All of August was spent running errands and watching Jason after his summer camp ended. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The Obsidian Kings end up winning, and the tally over the White Sharks disappears, divided and paid proportionally among the winning gamblers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Robert was slumped in Darry's high seat at the far end of the room, his face closed and sullen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And eventually it would mean the end of chickens, cattle, and many of the other domesticated species that at this point depend on us for their continued existence— depend, that is, on us eating them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They did not fight again until the relationship ended, but in the time of Blaines stoniness, when Ifemelu burrowed into herself and ate whole chocolate bars, her feelings for him changed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But something began to happen, the more she tormented her father—a different kind of division within her, and one not so easily reconciled at night’s end. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A wagon drawn by two thick-necked horses stopped just beyond the end of the dock. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

What is harder for the nonpoor to see is poverty as acute distress: The lunch that consists of Doritos or hot dog rolls, leading to faintness before the end of the shift. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom must have hidden it there so it didn't end up in the garbage bin. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

"I'm glad she wasn't alone at the end." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The news was broadcast over and over, and each time it ended many of the neighbors joined the voice intoning, To save Biafra for the free world is a task that must be done! Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Underneath her rather bold and cruel exterior, she had a kind heart, and she was to prove loyal and true to the very end. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

By the end of 1919, so many black families had fled that the area’s black population had dropped from eleven hundred to thirty. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

For a few unfortunate kids, winter did not spell the end of the school year. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They formed a little procession, Rachel and Judith supporting the invalid at each elbow, and Kit following behind to hold up the trailing ends of the quilt from the sanded floor. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Kendra roamed until she found another fairy, and ended up with an identical reaction. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It was springtime in 1948, three years after the end of the war. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother would end up staying with us in Washington for the next eight years, but at the time she claimed the move was temporary, that she’d stay only until the girls got settled. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

No one notices me, though, because they’re all gathered at a television screen at the far end of the room that airs the Capitol broadcast around the clock. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Initially, he penciled out a construction budget of $500,000; by the end of the year, the budget for construction and ten years of operation looked more like $2 million. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

From the pole hung a rope with a noose tied at the end. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

They always end up kicking some well-meaning horse whisperer in the head and getting put down. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Its branches grew upward in a graceful arc, then flowed to earth and trailed their ends in the water. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The night had barely ended; the first streaks of dawn rose above the glade. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The sun caught the ends of the hairs along his back. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The artifact was based on the possibility of reviewing every morning, from beginning to end, the totality of knowledge acquired during one's life. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

What if he was sorry about the way things had ended? Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Yes sir,” Ben said at the end of the line. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was at the game! The girl at the end of my row was covered in broken glass!” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Then he made out Kehaar’s shape black against the light at the far end. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tucker walked toward the opposite end of the hallway, where a staircase descended to the first floor. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” I said, wiping my eyes with the end of my sleeve. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be fine,” I told Mama now, twisting the end of one of my pigtails. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When my alarm rang on Friday morning, the first thing I noticed was that on the end of my bed was a neat stack of clothes. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of first grade, there was a ceremony where the top three students were named: Number three was announced first. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He reached up and took from the top of it three very thin yellow canes, each with the bent-over handle at one end. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the afternoon, Clara would often look for him to give him a cup of tea. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was working in the oil fields of Canada, up on the tree line where the tundra started and the forests ended. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the Gypsies got unstuck, and until the end of the war their wagons were pulled by these peculiarly strong goats, which is how they became known throughout Wales as Goat People. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

‘Almost to the end of the Roman Empire,’ Frank agreed. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, I put on my backpack and lift up the trombone case. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Their battle would be to the end this time, with only me to witness. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blade was stiff and narrowed near the end. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He predicted the date of the end of the world, and the whole county moved bleating in on him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

DELPHI: She used to say it was crying because it could see I was going to come to a sticky end. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

She stepped onto the board and edged it to the crumbling end of the bridge, looking down to where the river met the sea far below. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

To that end, Cope willed his bones to the Wistar Institute, a learned society in Philadelphia endowed by the descendants of the seemingly inescapable Caspar Wistar. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Nathan stopped at the end of the hole and tried to see how far down the floor was. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The corporal fell, jerking the ends of the blanket from his hands, and he felt Rocky’s foot brush past his own leg. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

That night marks my life’s dark center, the moment when growing up ended and the long downward slope toward death began. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa writes to him, too, bringing up a tragic example in their family: one of Ma’s brothers had fallen for a woman of ill repute, and his life ended disastrously, presumably by his own hand. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

One time, at the end of our sophomore season, I gave Blake Grunwald a bloody nose playing Ultimate Frisbee. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Why does summer always have to end with one of us all beat to hell?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Our band will come with you to the castle. You will only have to do the going-in part at the end.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amaka broke into song at the end of each decade, uplifting Igbo songs that made Aunty Ifeoma sing in echoes, like an opera singer drawing the words from the pit of her stomach. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Harry, Harry, just the man I was hoping to see!” he boomed genially, twiddling the ends of his walrus mustache and puffing out his enormous belly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He took up the rope and made it fast over the stump nearest to the brink; then the other end he tied about his own waist. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It gets down to the end of the game and the coach turns to me. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t get food by the end of the day, I would die. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

But they weren’t permanent; they had to come to an end. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I just started to think, “Why should I even try? I am just going to end up with an ‘F’ anyway.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

People always think that not stammering is about jumping in at deep ends, about baptisms of fire. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“What was the lady at the end?” said Smell Factor. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke is six years older than I. He is in college now, but that has not put an end to his reputation. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was another door at the far end that people sometimes came in by. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Booth rode to F Street at the end of the alley. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of this time, the strange knight cried: “Stop!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would shake his head and then see his mother again at the other end of the raft. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

"I guess so," I said, trying to keep up my end of the conversation . Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The plan is: He will meet her by the trailhead of the Iron Horse Trail at the end of her day. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Four legs good, two legs BAD was inscribed on the end wall of the barn, above the Seven Commandments and in bigger letters. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Half the Negroes from those programs end up a shambler their first month on the job. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I thought, “I’m no better off than I was before. In fact I’m worse off. Now I can see when the end comes.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abby tapped her phone screen to end the call and hopped up to her feet. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In the beginning I used a sawed-off broomstick with an old tennis ball stuck on one end. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, you were right. Luke loved you. At the end, he realized his fate. I think he realized why you couldn’t help him. He remembered what was important.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

In the end, he didn’t even ask her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

At these words there was a cry and part of the inner end of the chamber fell in with a crash. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She tied them around the ends of the plaits, then pinned the plaits on top of Hannah’s head like a crown. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taryn’s mom, Mrs. Bishop, ended up calling Ivy’s mom, asking if Ivy could stay the night, and of course Ivy’s mom said yes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The Gryffindor party ended only when Professor McGonagall turned up in her tartan dressing gown and hair net at one in the morning, to insist that they all go to bed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

His shadowy form stands at the end of the stacks. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I said we’d been ten at the time; he thought it was later, but in the end came round to agreeing with me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine her texting from some café at sunset, some French boy hanging over her shoulder, jealous of me on the receiving end. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” she said, but she turned away, and that was the end of the conversation. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The bottom was gravel—spilled out by the rapids—but then it ended. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I can clearly remember saying to my black college roommate in my freshman year, “Racism is a problem that should end just about the time we graduate.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a relief when the movie finally ended. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One time we spent a whole week like that. Got so bad, I ended up following him around even after she untied us.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was ready to get to work with his knife, when Portia turns everything upside down again and the judge ends up freeing Antonio. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He liked finally feeling like he was risking something that didn’t end with a possible fist to the face. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I'd have drafts of everything finished by the end of the week, and it was only mid-September. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He found the end!” somebody gasped, and the corner burst into applause. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that was a hullabaloo to end all hullabaloos! The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a quiet at the other end of the line. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“You have to forbid yourself from thinking that your plane will end up the same way. You concentrate on a successful mission.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

At one end of it a colored poster, too large for indoor display, had been tacked to the wall. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Take the possessive of proper names ending in “s” - such as my own. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

By the next morning, East German and Russian technicians had pushed all the way through to the eastern end of the tunnel itself. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lon had been right, of course: years of poring over manuscripts had given the Librarian severe myopia, and he wore thin half-moon spectacles on the end of his nose. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In the end, Hillary Clinton won nearly three million more votes than her opponent, but Trump had captured the Electoral College thanks to fewer than eighty thousand votes spread across Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At the end of the service it began to rain. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I missed how the story ended, my eyelids too heavy to keep them open. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My fear must have provoked a serious self-defense adrenaline surge, because I ended up pinning him. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Aragorn and his companions sat themselves down at one end of a long table, and the hobbits disappeared through one of the inner doors. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

There was a clip at the end of the lanyard, and onto this I hooked the key ring. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

What is certain is that it is a long way, and from either end it is not easy. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Or stand on a tiny ledge, barely big enough for his feet, on the end of other hopper cars. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

But knowing I may very likely end up in one is more frightening than any news story could ever be. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

They even suggested, at the end of the twentieth century, that the Universe itself may not be unique. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

And was what he showed me in his Noise right there at the end a true thing? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Teenagers drove their pickup trucks slowly along the streets of the town, looking for something to happen, wishing that the summer had not ended. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this the maids, all gravely listening, hastened to set out bread and wine before Odysseus, and ah! how ravenously that patient man took food and drink, his long fast at an end. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The path abruptly ended at the edge of a clearing. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It will be enough to tell how Berger met his end. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, she saw, there were beans at the end of the row and tomatoes at the beginning. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And, after today, I can only guess it is the beginning of adventures, not the end. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m only here because Cotton kept me here, and you needed help. Now that you’ve separated him from the Maafa, I’m taking this bus to the end of the route.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I ended up forgetting my wallet, and she had to pay. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The story ended this way: Billy and the doctors unharnessed the horses, but the horses wouldn’t go anywhere. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesse couldn’t believe how many of his friends were ending up like this. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I walked down the path to the main road, I brainstormed ways to stay in school—every single solution ended with Caitlin. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And in the end, daring even to have children, their relationship evolved into a polite standoff. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was sorry to see the day end. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Cut the corners off one of the 5-inch sides of the card and fold that end a quarter of the way down, making the face of the squirrel. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

If you had asked me this morning who would end up crying in the bathroom later today, I would have definitely said me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

If she dropped her end she would simply leave, gather her things from her room into her suitcase, and go to Scotland and work as a land girl. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Imagine ten or twelve orange chairs arranged in a circle, with the happy women from the flyer sitting at opposite ends. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

All the other dancers would form a big “U” with the band at the open end. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In honesty, he would have preferred to go into Father Olufemi’s study himself to get the journal, but some quick deliberating had put an end to that idea. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But it would be a relief to see an end to Wishing Day, wouldn’t it? Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was about the length of my arm and about a third that in width; and it had a cunning metal clasp with a ring at the end. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Euripides, the youngest, died at the end of the fifth century. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now the first thing that makes this different from Ace Period debate club is the tournament that’s at the end,” she’s saying. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The story poured out of Naima like water from a pitcher. “...and it was all my fault,” she ended. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Obinze, from the other end of the bar, had said, “Good!” drawing strange looks from everyone. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It seemed like a very long time ago that she had tried to do a good deed for Isabelle and ended up writing a letter of complaint instead. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

When he had been to the end of every little road and to the top of every single hill, then he’d be ready to show her some of the little things along the way. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He played with the end of his tie. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The rally ended as twenty-five thousand voices joined in singing “We Shall Overcome,” changing the words to express the triumphant spirit of the day: “We have overcome today.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of school he yells an answer: She should be a pancake. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Like someone who has fallen asleep during an exciting tale, I longed to hear the story’s end. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The one I end up with is black and white with smooth curves and a red strap. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A message broadcast had just ended, and Reynie, worn out, was making himself go over the day’s notes one last time. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

By dumb luck I ended up in a private hospital cell when I arrived at Ashland. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

When, at the end, she said, “Thank you,” pleased with the fluidness of her delivery, the faces around her were frozen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I could just picture him, at the end of his ten o’clock class, organizing it with the easy authority which always came into his manner when he had an idea which was particularly preposterous. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose this cattle is going to end up in Lobsterback stomachs.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’ve even gone so far as to point out examples of Bengali men they know who’ve married Americans, marriages that have ended in divorce. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maggie ended up being another saving grace for me that summer. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Avoiding the Sphere of Annihilation located at the end of the corridor, I located a hidden door beside the last pit trap. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

After living together for so long, the two of them alone in one tiny room, they’ve ended up looking like each other. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I focused my vision to the end of the barrel. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I thought, in the night time, that perhaps it was aiming too high. If people reach perfection they vanish, you know. It may mean the end of the Table. Supposing somebody were to find God?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every evening they study together at the library, sitting at either end of a table to keep from whispering. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The lesson I took away from the campaign was that in the end, we had no alternative to armed and violent resistance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silence in the church ended when Brother Elisha, kneeling near the piano, cried out and fell backward under the power of the Lord. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Of course, one of the four teams with a single medal could dazzle us all and sweep the final two competitions. It’s still possible that this thing could end in a three-way tie.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

By the end of 1939, the Radiation Laboratory was leading the world in its discoveries of nuclear transformations. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

So I park in the far end of the lot, outside the party store, and I pull the box onto my lap. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You know, there’s something strange about the wall at the other end, sir,” said Vervain, as Groundsel began setting his rabbits to work. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the end of the county might be a far journey, and out of the county would be a far, far journey, but I’ll go, the boy thought. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They balance in the children's minds as on one end of a seesaw. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

But by the end of the first mile, they seemed to row as well as the older boys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the end, there were more patches than suit. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the end of October, two months into Richard’s junior year. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The bathtub was raised off the floor by four stubby legs that ended at four feet with claws on them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but it’s more fun with good stuff at the end,” Connor added. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Most often these dialogues took only a few minutes, but by the end of September there had already been two occasions when they had lasted more than three quarters of an hour. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

My dad ended up directing traffic for the next five minutes while people gawked at me and my mom and Fang, trying hard to look cool inside the Taurus. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was impossible that this affair should end successfully; such things did not happen in real life. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We then rolled each pile into the middle of a piece of oilcloth, tucked the ends of the cloth over, and tied the bundle with plenty of wire twisted with fishing line. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The flight of Apollo 11 ended a remarkable part of my life. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Duke said I could be more, but if I put Harlem out of my heart I could end up being a lot less, too. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then once, towards the end of an afternoon break, a group of us were sitting on the grass quite close to the South Playing Field where the boys, as usual, were playing their football. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father clapped his hands together, signaling the end of the story. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Something flashed from the ledge—a slender, black chain with a metal weight at the end. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

As an attendant approached him with the saddle, he reared skyward, struck out with his forelegs, and began plunging around on the end ofhis lead. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the month, fourteen churches and four civic groups had chipped in to raise almost all of what the lawyers were charging. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

For a few moments, the chroniclers wrote, the conquest was at an end . . . but only for those few moments, before Aegon Targaryen and his sisters joined the battle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

That isn't too far from this crumby place, and he comes over and visits me practically every week end. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But maybe they last long enough. end I pick up the radio and we stand for a little while longer. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“A comedy is about characters who dare to know that they may choose a happy ending after all. That’s how I know.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The cabin came with a small sailboat tied to the end of the dock, so I was teaching myself to sail. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were few storms that winter and rain was light and ended early. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, Dorothy hailed me outside as I headed to the bus. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Your friends do you much honor, but in the end, it is your choice alone.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And she went to the end of the alley and pointed up at a giant domed roof rising in the distance. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Not far above the creek bottom the ramp ends, and a crude staircase appears, chiseled into the soft sandstone by Mormon cattlemen nearly a century ago. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked to speak to Detective Inspector Gaskill, but they said he wasn’t available, so I ended up talking to Riley. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had a peaked roof, hardwood floors, and a tiny backyard which ended in a sun deck and a fire pit. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But on December 5, 1933, the Twenty-First Amendment was passed and Prohibition came to an end. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

In the course of our conversation, Horchow did this over and again, delighting in tying together the loose ends of a lifetime. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might have saved us from a heck of a boring summer, but really, we ended up saving him, too. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He sat an hour ever day and blinked and it stood to him in the end. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Grace ended up driving them to the bank because Joaquin didn’t trust himself behind the wheel. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

New Age was banned at the end of 1962, and possession of a banned publication became a criminal offense, punishable by up to two years in prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But they never did. And he was still crying when his throat turned to stone like the rest of him. The end. ” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Of course, if they did have a separate wing, I’d probably end up in it after what happened this morning. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Toward the end of the hymn Digory felt someone plucking at his elbow and from a general smell of brandy and cigars and good clothes he decided that it must be Uncle Andrew. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

But then at the end of that sentence he wrote, “Fun!” I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

At the end it turned right—and there was the lawn again, another opening. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then she gave an account of how the dinner ended with the twins’ note, and the search parties going off into the grounds. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Drink had destroyed his mind, and so he ended in that mutilation—fool that he was. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The forest ended abruptly at the bottom of a cliff. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He was tensely eager to stay and see how it would all end, even if that end swallowed him in blackness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, after all those years, he felt nothing for them. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think this: If I get Moonie home this will end. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

During Black History Month, Americans congratulate themselves for having put an end to discrimination against African Americans in employment, housing, public benefits, and public accommodations. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I went to the far end of the yard so I could grumble to myself without being heard. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He beckons to her, and she walks down the hallway, the blue light at the end making her bare head glow. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The effect was to convince the ruling groups of all countries that a few more atomic bombs would mean the end of organized society, and hence of their own power. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It was the end of August, all volatile heat and the occasional breeze. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

At the far end of the room, the altar was elaborately carved with a frieze showing the man with the ice-cream-scoop hat holding a knife to the neck of a bull. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Discarded tin cans are easy: they end up reused as containers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We hung out near the bus stop, at the end of the curb, where we wouldn’t be noticed by school staff patrolling. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

"Right. And what's really interesting is she ended up marrying him once she healed from the accident. Not right away, but a few years after." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

And what does “twenty-four skiddoo” mean, at the end of it? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Each time, in his kindness, The Giver ended the afternoon with a color-filled memory of pleasure: a brisk sail on a blue-green lake; a meadow dotted with yellow wildflowers; an orange sunset behind mountains. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

To everyone else it was the end of Long Island. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“George’s right, you could end up in serious trouble for that.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It might end up costing him his life—but that didn’t trouble him. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Finally, at the very end of the song everything slowed down. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Since we aren’t exercising more, the calories end up being stored away in fat cells in our bodies. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Merci, are you taking notes or what? We need them in the classwork folder at the end of the hour. Don’t get us in trouble.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The greatest wave of immigration the world has ever known engulfed America between the end of the Civil War in 1865 and the outbreak of World War I in 1914. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

When the Mass ended there they were at the door of the church, my mother with Michael in her arms, my grandmother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When they added new rotors to some Enigmas, the British were locked out for months on end. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“There’s only one way to celebrate the end of such a journey,” his hostess had told him when she greeted him at the Merchants’ Guildhall and whisked him away home with her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

At the other end of the spectrum are community colleges, the two-year institutions that are intended to be feeders for four-year colleges. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then he gave it a running push and jumped on it, eventually lying stomach down, his arms outstretched as he held on to both ends of the T. “What was that?” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and I sat at one end of the long table. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Kaitlin clenched her teeth, shut her eyes tightly, and nodded as Z wedged his board in the space between the floor and the metal near the end of the air conditioner. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

During the festivities I thought about the biggest celebration we used to have in my town at the end of the year. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Nick pried open the flap on a carton of .45s and stood a cartridge up on end on the counter. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the world were going to end, but you could stop it, would you?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He had cut two grooves the length of the board, and laid the board on blocks, one end a little higher than the other. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blew in the end and extracted the letter with two fingers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t end it that way! Why were the ghosts dancing?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When my brain says “Come!” to you, you shall cross land or sea to do my bidding; and to that end this!’ Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I push the button to end the call, and I see the phone wobbling. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sprinted toward the stairs in the shallow end of the pool. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mr. Choi, the village leader, and a few of the elders sat with Doha’s father on the elevated porch at the other end of the L-shaped house. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

His chief temple in Rome ran east and west, where the day begins and ends, and had two doors, between which stood his statue with two faces, one young and one old. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a hard drag from her cigarette, the cherry flaring, and lit the end of a new one off the old before stubbing it out. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“We could of set up a .50-caliber machine gun and shot the old geezers as they tottered out,” Shorty grinned, touching a match—arrogantly lit on his fly zipper—to the end of his cigar. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My idol wished always to be first in the telling, to regale others with the story in its fullness, from beginning to end, from miller’s hut to crown and castle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Cordelia comes through a door at the far end of the room, walking carefully, as if balancing, or lame. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He follows them to the end of the field, where there is a chain-link fence. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When everyone sees her, the thrill of collective excitement is so electric, I almost expect each person’s hair to stand on end. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

And, despite the farce that ended my attempt to say "yes" to the Brotherhood, I'm still plagued by his deathbed advice . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it would have liked to touch them in the end, partly to be sure that they were real, partly to sum up the price of their clothes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm was sure no one else could see: his father was chatting with the newcomers at the other end of the bar, and the men at the tables were playing dominoes. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She smiled as she said: "She will probably end up back at the salon. But I have some ideas for where she'd go before she gets there. You need to sign me out of here." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Experience demonstrates that there have been many conspiracies, but that few had a good end. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

All I know is that at the end of April, Luke and I were back at the airport. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But it probably wouldn’t be the end of the world. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Two /’s in the middle, one at the end. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat on the cedar chest at the end of Aunt Florentine’s bed and tried to stop crying, but my tears kept coming, salty and fat and full of feeling. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Cressen had refused, and in the end he had won. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tats 1: “But too hard to get can turn him totally off. I mean, the truth is, Janna, is he even going to get you at the end of it all?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The slow song ends, and a good fast song starts. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It was a page-boy in the end who released him, with the news that a dressmaker awaited Mrs. Van Hopper in the suite. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He is about Pa’s age, but the resemblance ends there. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The story of how Fischer went into a swoon in the tournament’s first half, tying for last, yet ended up in the penultimate round tying for first with Spassky, has been told many times. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed never ending — she began to wonder if she had walked for hours or days. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of class, Mrs. Bradley passed out a flyer calledThe Warning Signs of a Suicidal Individual. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

By the end of the two weeks, all children over six years old and Mother knew the touch system reasonably well. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And although I didn’t think it would be possible, you’ve gained weight. Where will you ever end? There’s something so unbelievably tacky about your obesity.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bumped against it and ended up sitting. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But then Mike came along and Fred ended up in a shelter. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Ned raised his voice, so it carried to the far end of the throne room. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The senators made their way to a big white-domed building on the west end of the forum. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The minute she had looked at him she had known what was wrong—either Security was lost, or the world was coming to an end. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw waited, holding his breath until there should be an end to the long, green tunnel, and they would come out into the open, where there would be air and sky. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The man who worked in it lived in a house at one end and he used to dig or cut great quantities of vegetables, put them into a hrududu and drive them away. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A truck would bring them twice a day from Reston, and the first shipment would end up in Nancy’s air lock while she was suiting up. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only I could play a head-bopping song that would put an end to this incurable disease. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He would remember the rebuke to the end of his days. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He often ended up by picking lots of small, soft, leafy twigs to make a pillow. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the far end of the orchard, a group of monks were tending to one of the abbey’s exterior walls. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

A little while later, I remember that it’s Thursday, which means life drawing at CSA, which means I’m ending my house arrest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I tried to call my parents, too. Same thing happened. But in the end it was fine. She called them. Nothing to worry about.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the ceremony, we’ll be presented with some sort of plaque, and then we can withdraw to the Justice Building, where a special dinner will be served. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

However painful it must have been to predicate the harsh word dead of a beloved sister, no euphemism—has passed away, is no longer with us—could have ended that sentence. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Ahead the water-course came to an end in broken steps of rock; for out from the main range there sprang a high barren spur, thrusting eastward like a wall. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

This ceremony marked the end of the long celebrations. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, it was made of blue velvet tied shut with a fine silver chain; on the ends of the chain dangled sapphire baubles. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My squad scattered, running from one end of the village to the other, crouching behind houses. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We end up with ten questions, because Natasha thinks that for number twenty-four we should talk about our relationship with both our mother and father. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to close his eyes and sniff as well, but he ended up sneezing instead. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

At the end of a day, I was often bemused, always relieved, to realize how ‘silent,’ though crowded with words, my day in public had been. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like I could walk to the end of the world and back. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Sleeping in her braids for sweaty days and nights on end had creased Ruth May’s dark blond hair into shining waves like water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why does the First Amendment end at the school door, when many lads, especially geeks, have spent much of their lives in the freest part of American culture— the Internet? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But towards the end of summer, just before they fly back to the North Atlantic, where they pass the winter bobbing on stormy waves, they host a series of get-togethers. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Golden light poured out of a circle of pine trees at the far end. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

‘The rain has ended,’ she said; ‘and new waters are running downhill, under the stars. Let us now laugh and be glad!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At the end of that picnic, watching the distant flames leap up to the sky and blank out all the stars in red flame and oily smoke, she had laid her head on his shoulder. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Will I have any peace in the latter end of my life? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was too mad this time to think of Dorothy at the end of The Wizard of Oz. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Sitting at the end at a little table. As a matter of fact, MacQueen called him just as I went to my own compartment.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t want to work with people who can’t hold up their end or whom you don’t like being with, and you don’t want to keep readjusting to new ones. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily, I didn’t kill myself and have a tragic ending like Romeo and Juliet did. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Warriors emerging from the south end of the village saw two lines of mounted Long Knives. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

An extraterrestrial visiting Earth 10,000 years ago might have been forgiven for predicting that Europe would end up as a set of vassal states of a sub-Saharan African empire. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Poor Mami, living to see the end of so many things, including her own ideas. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a couple cold blocks, I called an end to my boarding season and started to walk. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

At the end, I am the first to lead the standing ovation. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

As they got closer, he finally realized that it was an opening—the Maze ended. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As I neared the end of the bridge I heard the clatter of hooves and the wild curses of Tenorio. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That all that stuff about happy endings is lies. The only ending in this world is death. Now that might or might not be happy, but either way, you ain’t ready to die, are you?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Longstreet remembered a speech: In a land where all slaves are servants, all servants are slaves, and thus ends democracy. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, near the end of October, his girlfriend dumped him. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tonight’s the night,” he once shouted as he ran into Buck’s apartment near the end of a race season, “the Cougar howls!” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, if it went for two or three days, they might pay me at the end. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the computers reached the end of the line, where they were packed into red-and-white Sayle Enterprises boxes, the compartments were completely invisible. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“We can’t know that, not for certain. We need to steal away before we end up fighting the woman I was sent to woo.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A creation perfectly evolved to meet its own end. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

C.P. rushed home from the gas station each night to catch Helms’s editorial at the end of the six o’clock news. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the end, he asked the audience if there were any questions. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

It had just reached the edge of the platform when a train shot from the tunnel at the opposite end of the station. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jet grumbled from the opposite end of the hogan, covered completely in blackness. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Even his uncle had abandoned him in this cold place at the end of the world. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She ran the end of her nose along his brow and kissed his lashes. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Like the ending of a story, an ending in music is more satisfying if it follows certain customs that the listener expects to hear. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

We saw the yellow Cadillac at the end of the block trying to make a left-hand turn, but our alley is too skinny and the car crashed into a lamppost. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Families like Ghalib’s often end up in a refugee camp or even a detention center on mainland Greece. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Brutus's excitement got the best of him, and he ended up knocking the ball just past the length of the chain restraining him. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was Coach's voice on the other end of the phone, but he didn't say hello or nothing so it caught me off guard. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When the Civil War ended in 1865, most of Packingtown turned hopes for employment to the newly opened Union Stock Yard. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She reached a large wooden door at the end of the hall, and the tug in her navel grew more pronounced, more insistent. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He spied the raven, dark in the dawn sky, and turned briskly toward the maze of shelves at the far end of the room. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, however, a bug went off the deep end, and—particularly if he got suicidal—would be sent to the psych unit. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are supposed to hold on to a foam board and kick and let her pull us around the shallow end. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Another ending. No matter how perfect the day is, it always has to end.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

That was especially nice, because it reminded me of the vacation we just came back from, which I wish never ended. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And out of the end of his wand burst, not a shapeless cloud of mist, but a blinding, dazzling, silver animal. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Instead, he discovered himself recalling an incident of almost a year ago, a casual encounter in Valley View Cemetery, which, in retrospect, had somehow for him more or less ended the Clutter case. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was never ever going to speak to her again, and I hoped that she remained toothless until the end of time. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I pushed it back open in time to see her dash out the door at the other end of the stockroom, heading out into the rain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“He’s the butt of humor now. He’d been at the end of his career even before”—here he paused—“the incident in Tennessee.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He ends up landing on his butt in an open box. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

You have to end them before they can end you. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When I returned to the living room, I sat down on the chair that was opposite the end of the sofa where Vivian was seated. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked to the end of the queue, then fell into step with them. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was no cafeteria or private telephone—just a payphone for everyone at the end of the hall. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She dreaded what that meant but concentrated on one thing: she would finally have the opportunity to investigate Clara’s death and discover the secret of her end. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I could see what was going to happen, and I wanted to reach down and take him out before he ended up in a blind alley. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“To the ends of the earth, my Luna. To the ends of the earth.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Bebe,” she said, when a voice picked up on the other end. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A dusty cutaway road that seemed, simply, to end, as if it had been sliced off by a scythe. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Neither of them would confirm or deny these rumors, and no one seemed to know what sort of dispute had ended their long friendship. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We would learn that Ralph could never let a meeting end without dropping some final dramatic insight, observation, or prediction. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I rose and I turned toward our familiar spot, then saw a strange woman sitting at the end of the hall in a folding chair, her eyes on a book, her legs crossed. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the origin story flashed into her mind: Her parents in the front yard of a pretty little house at the end of a cul-de-sac, in that tiny Alabama town. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They had made a horrible roaring fire in one end of the church. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next problem: finding uses for all the animal parts that were ending up on the scrap heap. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Many construction firms bid for the job, but in the end it was decided to give it to “someone from the community,” and that someone was Bart Skiotis. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Once Mabelee leaned her head over too far and got honey all in her hair, but it was Lunelle who took the cake with honey dripping off the ends of her elbows. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the end of the girls’ division of the Klan Youth Corps. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But one time, a man’s voice asks for Don Mundo, and after I call Papi in his study, I stay at my end to make sure he picks up before I set the receiver down. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

By the end of the first century of the Fourth Age there were already to be found in the Shire several libraries that contained many historical books and records. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” the woman on the other end said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

‘It was so mixed up at the end.’The girl seemed to be trying to explain her error more to herself than to Johnny. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was time to end this whole N thing once and for all. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“As was I, later. As were we all who resided there. Though Mr. Gitney owned her until the end.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In fact, by the end, we had even abandoned our routine of meeting over a cup of cocoa at the end of each day. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Each tiny sign was perfectly formed, with little flags and short tails at the ends of each stroke, resting on invisible horizontal strings like pins perched on a clothesline. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Makes you never want to wake up, but in the end you got no choice, that’s the way it works in this world. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The princess ended up in the plaza below with a full head of steam, and she carved down and around the wide paved street, using her kierie as a rudder. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And then I plan to follow Erin wherever she ends up playing basketball. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, what we care most for lasts only a brief lifetime, then there is eternity. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The required ten paces between contestants put them at the extreme ends of the ledge. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Here he was in fifth grade, near the end of his very first language arts class with Mrs. Granger, and Nick could feel a homework assignment coming the way a farmer can feel a rainstorm. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just as legitimate to add ize to the end of a word as it is to add un or pre to the beginning. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fishermen in the village would trade stories at the end of the day as they unloaded their catches and set their boats up for the night. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

By the time the party had ended, Dusty wasn’t thinking too clearly. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

His whole academic life had come to an end because he’d lost his power of concentration. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

So all came to a most happy end. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We dash from one end to the other, waving our arms like little kids, puncturing the silence with cheerful shouts. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I would have thrown him from one end of my forge to the other. But I didn’t want her to get hurt.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It’s not until the end of the day that I finally see any of them. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He came back in the second half of the tournament and ended just a half point below Spassky. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the 1500s CE, the total population of what we now call the Western Hemisphere was about one hundred million people. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

It caught the end of the tree but didn't encircle it entirely; it was caught in the Y of a small forked branch. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Gregor couldn’t deal with that part now, wondering who would be left standing at the end of the day. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The priest sits at the end of a sofa which they call a couch and two women talk to him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It'll never sit well that years later she had to end her happy, hard-earned marriage just to give her children a better life. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

In the end, we’d bury our dad in a compromise casket—nothing too fancy, nothing too plain—and never once discuss it again. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But with the end of a pen, she manages to lever off the panels one two three. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They set his fur on end—that prickly, alert, thrilling sensation, a good feeling—and made his tongue drip. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

In a vague way he had expected this to be the end of something. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

This is the end of their time at court. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And because their imminent parting made him so sad, he went on a drinking binge to end all drinking binges. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This might have been the end of Wormtail, and of my last hope for regeneration. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They were milling around both end zones, trying to find open places to stand and watch the game. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

No longer riding a wave of adrenaline, my head once again feels larger than my body, and I stagger through the corridors until I reach the end of the staterooms. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The bridge of a violin held up the strings at the end and some sound-holes had been carved on either side. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He walked to the kitchen end of the great room and said quietly, “All right, let’s get started.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Alex took off his belt, held one end tight, and gave the other to the dog, who grabbed it in his mouth and took off running. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Around him were silence and night and snow falling, falling as though it had fallen from the beginning of time and would always fall till the end of the world. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And you never did tell me—how did all these boxes end up here?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Sure, I pictured myself on that television screen, wearing a bomb-fancy dress, tearing up the stage with some grand, powerhouse song, and in the end having the crown placed on my head. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Pale green loopy ferns and spiked leaves of a much darker green filled the ceramic pots on the end table and the coffee table and the magazine table. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

His words drift off as he opens the door at the far end of the car and steps from this train car into the next. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Wondering whether I have or want one, trying to decide if the end of existence is a tragedy, a comedy, or as inconsequential as that chem lab I forgot to turn in last week. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Every time you say that, we always end up in trouble.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I let go of my grandfather’s body and stood up, every nerve ending tingling with an instinct I didn’t know I had. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Biff went to the end of the counter and returned with two glasses of draught beer. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

That’s what you do at the end of the century, don’t you? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Glad to hear it. I understand your boy here is a good worker. You can come and take his wages at the end of each month.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed he’d be eating bread and cheese to the end. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I unscrewed the top, reached in with the eraser end of my pencil, scooped out the rest of the mustard, and painted the sneaker tongues and laces. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

It was tall and wide, covering the whole end of one building and looming over the street. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worried that Ocean would lose everything he’d ever known—everything he’d been working toward since he was a kid—only to discover that, eh, I wasn’t even that great, in the end. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ruthie pulls me through the main foyer and down into the left wing of the building, to the big office at the end. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the vacant end of the sofa. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

As soon as we reach the other end, cars line the road. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

While we were taking Bougainville, General Mac- Arthur’s forces would be landing on the western end of New Britain Island at Cape Gloucester to establish a new airfield there, too. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So little time to pass?” said Merlyn, and a big tear ran down to the end of his nose. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed at a grove of trees at the far end of the garden and abruptly entered the house. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes. And it tripped a Yankee base runner. Changed the momentum of the entire game. The Red Sox ended up winning. Didu's face showed up on the big screen and the entire stadium booed." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a drunk on the other end. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

An advisor was with him, putting the final touches on the dramatic ending the president had recently come up with. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Every other time she’d moved, she’d been able to think of the destination as a brief stop along the way, but this one was the end of the road. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

So DuShawn and Addie are going to the dance together and, as it will turn out, they will end up going out together the rest of seventh grade. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He stands there at the end of the wharf, big as his own bait shack, and watches until I’m out of sight. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

A test was scheduled for the end of the period, and Mrs. Granger had been known to forget about such things, if you handled it just fight. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the lights went on at the end of the first show, we always begged him to change his mind, and let us stay and see it again. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the controversy ended, six physicists had departed the lab, including all four of its theorists. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They had exchanged sad stories, although both of them longed for one with a happy ending. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Finally, gasping for air, she climbed a hill and abruptly reached the end of the road. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were so engrossed that when a woman entered and set two cups of coffee down on the end table, one beside each of them, she jumped. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, these new jobs actually allow them to be more Indian. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I thought the people at the end of the row looked queer and unusually short until I realized they were not people, but dogs. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

If you don’t know the river, it’s easy to miss where the bank ends and the river begins. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

That was when I realized that one of the back tables, or at least one end of it, was not just for workers but for the B-block untouchables. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, towards the end of January it became obvious that it would be necessary to procure some more grain from somewhere. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Harry still hadn’t decided what he was going to say to Professor McGonagall when the bell rang at the end of the lesson, but it was she who brought up the subject of Hogsmeade first. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They fastened the page from the Book of Fortune onto Minli’s chopsticks and attached an end of the red cord to the kite. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Toward the end, the metal became much thinner, and at the very end of the thin bit of metal there was a tiny blade set at an angle. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the other end, back at the main command post and away from the front line, at least one or two other Navajos would be receiving the messages and doing just what we did. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the far end of the table, a girl raises her head to stare at me. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I run outside and around back, but he isn’t sitting at the river, patiently waiting for a fish to tug the end of his line. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

You scored points by having your bowl end up closer to the jack than your opponents’ bowls after they’d all been rolled. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

When the Carys went back home at the end of the holidays, I used to put together an Alligator Club magazine. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Standing with his arms crossed as if he’d wait until the end of the world. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I only heard Dad’s end of the conversation when he called the head of the student sound studio. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petra wondered who else had loved this book and why it had ended up outside Powell’s. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

This present was a dunce’s cap, rather like a pharaoh’s serpent, which you lit at the top end. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, of course, it changed almost nothing. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands hold both ends of the stalk, and she swipes the grass down and around my ankle. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ended up in the San Francisco Bay Area, living out of his backpack, going to rock concerts, sleeping in local parks. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She grabs her braid and twists its end in her hand. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They’d gotten a better deal than what we ended up with, though. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He was biting the end of it thoughtfully as she approached. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The voice on the other end finished what it had to say, then fell silent as it awaited an answer. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was one small good thing that happened right after the boycott ended. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

It would stretch over a lifetime, and would always, always, end with the name of its maker. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

They both knew that the end was probably near as they sat and listened to the birds sing in the spring sunshine and admired the crocuses opening up. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The war was coming to an end, and we all knew it, even the Nazis. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I know Mom had been joking in our backyard, but that’s how I would have imagined them in the end—lying side by side in our garden bed together. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I imagined my friends out hunting for small birds, drinking the sweet milk from the cow’s udder, cavorting in the pond at the end of the stream. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out on the sidewalk, he stood it on end. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Sohrab stopped and said something to Ali-Reza, which ended up with them shouting in Farsi so fast I couldn’t make out a single word. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The end of the contest was at hand. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then I threw the other end over the roof. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For example, the animals in the arena that are set to fight the gladiators, and each other. They’re usually killed in the end, and they’ve done no wrong. Why do they have to be hurt?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

When is there to be an end of that unbridled audacity of yours, swaggering about as it does now? Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

‘I have a feeling you’re the best choice, Pipes. You’re going to be there with us at the end, whatever happens, storm or fire.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

This one had a switch, which the man deftly snapped to the end that said OFF. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

For the better part of the day, I groped blindly through the labyrinth in the whiteout, retracing my steps from one dead end to another. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toomer had taught that all fish, the greatest and smallest, listened to the testimony of the tide in their every nerve ending, in every bone, and in every cell. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d got the other sock on and was buttering toast and his hair stood on end and Mum would have said he looked ‘the spit’ of Stan. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day he had a female student, and by the end of the week word of his charms had got out. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My family was happy for them, though worried about how we were going to make ends meet. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Mary Rommely wanted to hear every word of news and Katie told her everything, starting from the end and working back. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feeling no end of a fine bird, he gave a sharp whistle that brought his two warriors on the double. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then I run back to the end of the hallway and around the corner and crouch, my back to the doors, as I press the detonation button and shield my ears with my palms. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

According to Cicero, he was executed some years later when an asp was slipped into his hammock—his end providing a fitting case history for another book on statecraft. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

It was a point of pride for me that almost every year in primary school, I won the trophy for first place at the end of the term. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Just as in the original game, a map appeared inside the case, directing me to a hidden barrow that marked the end of the game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Harry was on the very end of the line, next to Krum, who was wearing swimming trunks and was holding his wand ready. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Its front end, the size of a soccer field, looms over us. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her four years of secret study had prepared her, at the end of college, to escape as far as possible. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, the seven resolutions were reduced to three. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

That same day Truman and Churchill issued the Potsdam Declaration—a final demand that Japan end the fighting. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gasp against the pain of the thought, against the end of something barely even begun. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“None of these things are your fault,” she would always say sternly at the end of every conversation. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

This aggravates his father no end, and several other adults have made nasty remarks about it too. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

A few weeks ago I started writing a story, something I made up from beginning to end, and I’ve enjoyed it so much that the products of my pen are piling up. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

After the last day of school ended, I didn’t do much. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The manager said that Chris had moved out at the end of June. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only at the very end of his schooling does the boy- man become nostalgic. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the hall was another door with a sign above it saying, “To Level Two.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

You could park him in a crowd of chattering partygoers and he’d emerge at evening’s end having never said a word. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

At the end of the road we came to an isolated, whitewashed one-story cottage set behind a concrete wall and shaded by tall fir trees. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That worked for a while, the jerk on the other end finally hung up, but the ringing started up five minutes later and again five minutes after that. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“And anyway," Riccio declared as he came to the end, “the fat liar does dye his beard after all. So I get three brand-new comics from you, Hornet—you haven't forgotten our bet, have you?" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have the feeling that he knew, as I could see, that the end was closing in on Archie. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

No twists, no turns or hairpin bends obscured even momentarily her clear view of the end. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His works were key texts from the end of the Dark Ages through the Renaissance and French Revolution to the drafting of the American Constitution. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Without a word Woundwort went back to the far end of the Honeycomb. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Helped me look a fool! The way those Temperance League ladies carry on, I’ll never hear the end of it.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I take my camera and film as Kareem dips a piece of bread into the cheese, spinning the melted strands around the end of his fork. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

In the end she tells Michael, No more old men. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But Kit could see nothing wrong in a reward at the end of the day’s work. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The note ended by saying: If you work hard enough, you will do anything you want. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Normally this would have been when Lelia started something, shook up the embers, but sitting there on the end of the bench she looked all frozen and chipped. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Stormhold had been carved out of the peak of Mount Huon by the first lord of Stormhold, who reigned at the end of the First Age and into the beginning of the Second. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t. I don’t think that’s a fair exchange for a broken arm. I think you’re getting the best end of the deal.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s reached the end of the aisle and is following us past the last row of benches. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Finally we came to the end of the rutty trail. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the servants of the Lord stood gazing as stricken men at the house of the dead; and even as Gandalf came to the end of Rath Dínen there was a great noise. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

By the end of the night, two black men were dead. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And she knew stings weren’t the end of the world. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I walked quietly around the back pew and went to the end of one line. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Belinda,” remonstrated Mr. Pocket, from the other end of the table, “how can you be so unreasonable? Jane only interfered for the protection of baby.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The ends of the bows were embedded in cement pilings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

We went to the wharf at the end of Rawdon Street. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Bull found a knife and clambered to the back end of the boat, which turned out to be a humongous mistake. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Old Chao had just turned the corner at the far end of the corridor. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would ride down villains who robbed stagecoaches or in other ways threatened damsels in distress, whom we could save and, of course, never kiss, but ride off at the end of our imagination. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I should perhaps say a few words here concerning these meetings in her parlour at the end of each day. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

About twenty soldiers moved toward us, forming an olive-drab square with one end open. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked silently past the Baby School, and there the pavement ended. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The young soldier was lying on the bed, his arms thrown over his eyes, his bootless feet dangling over one end. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of it she was still singing. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Harry, Ron, and Hermione sat down side by side at the end of the table. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

At one end, heaped high against the sloping ceiling, were the folders and exercise books from the last months of his preparations for finals. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And they ended up fooling around right there in the basement. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I think my whole back end is blown off. I’m afraid to look.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He ended up getting a job at one of the few hatcheries in the state that wasn’t owned by Mr. Lyndon. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I made a dash toward the open end of the corridor—and then jumped back. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The end of the trestle was only a few feet away, and I was like a windup tin man with four legs spinning. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Katz’s packing plant was located in the northern end of the Stockyards. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“The bobcat hunting season ended last week, but I still want to find some sign of it. Something to prove that it’s really there.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I spent nights there after particularly depressing fights with Lelia, which were really more nonfights, those bleak evenings in which we sat crossly at different ends of the loft, smoldering with voodoo. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to end your days a half-blind troglodyte hobbling through the bowels of the library?” the old man demanded. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A short paragraph at the end of the obituary mentions that he is survived by a daughter of seventeen years of age, a Miss Celia Bowen. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He was ashamed of himself, but all Mark felt in that quiet moment was relief that the ordeal had finally ended. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It would put an end to the continual allegations that Permian recruited players who lived in the Odessa High district. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, totally,” he said, thinking, I will be by the end of today if it makes you look at me like that. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

All they got in the end was safe conduct. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

This night is not going to end well, she thought fearfully. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned and ran into the dead end. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I felt that I had in me a sense of living as deep as that which the church was trying to give me, and in the end I remained basically unaffected. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tied the end to the fence pole and climbed up and over. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But no matter what he did he always ended up getting beaten and hurt. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

As if the bell was a signal, I take off, racing down to the end of the block and turning the corner. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Prosper,” Victor got up and went over to him, “come on, it's not the end of the world.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the wharf, Lupita caught up with her brother. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

And what he meant was that maths wasn’t like life because in life there are no straightforward answers at the end. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the far end of the fields stood a cedar-shingled farmhouse with a wraparound porch. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Aleer gave a few details about how they had ended up in Uganda and closed with his phone number. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t we show up at the end of each one loaded down with game? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she got to the far end, though, she stopped, her little dark head hanging a bit. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Like how you love a mistake that ends up not being so bad after all. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Twenty long steps took her from one end of the island to the other; fifteen steps took her from side to side. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A guy down at the other end of the counter yells, “This is that kid?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He knows Mam would come for him or send us and there are so many pubs at this end of Limerick and beyond we could be looking for a month. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I went around the house piling up Luke’s toys and bottles, but they kept ending up back in their original places. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It was near the end of the school day, and Jess was gathering her notebooks for dismissal. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I end up earning enough to pay for school supplies and contribute money to my family for food. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the third week, the world balanced on its axis. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Even though life ends, it also doesn’t end. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

It was the end of the school day, not yet suppertime, and the uneasy members of the Mysterious Benedict Society were the only children outside in the chill air. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Funny, the way some things turn out in the end, except it’s the sort of funny that makes my chest ache. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I’s so nervous I feel like I’m on throw up right here on Mister Raleigh’s church suit. “... and we’ll end the show with the book review.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As the demonstration ended and the marchers turned to head back to St. Joseph’s, C.P. alerted his men to get ready. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, he whittled the list down to five names. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The sirens of M.P. trucks heading for the club ended the brawl. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ambrose laughs again and ends the call before slipping the phone back into his pocket. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

This petulant auto-da-fe did not herald the end of the roadside crosses however: quite the contrary. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A door opens at the end of the hall and a man appears. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Were there more happy endings in our future? The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The lavanderia is undergoing restoration to remove a thick layer of dirt that covers its northern end, brought about by some long-ago mudslide. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Papa used to joke that if he hadn’t met Mama he might have ended up a senator. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I push myself up and run down the hallway, turning right at the end. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Toward the end they came over to strafe the woods, but to no effect. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I imagined them just shutting off like factory machines at the end of a shift: functioning, purposeful, and then just out. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

At the end of every prep session Mr. Dimming gave us another official quiz from national headquarters. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

At the end of chapter seventeen, “Lassie Comes over the Border,” Georgie finally let me stop and rest my voice. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I ended up having to lace them doubly tight. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We neared the end of my side of the strip. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Nervously, he straightened it out and handed it to Mr. Dalton, holding it by its very tip end. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I glance over to see the doors at the end of the hallway swing wide open again as Barb and the goody-goody herself step out. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Death. All lives end in death, excepting one. Such is the way of things.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They announced that they could end all work forever and cure all disease, so of course, the leaders of the world all rushed to sign up. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Nothing is ever all right in the end, and well you know it!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The woods, always a menace even in the past, had triumphed in the end. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Volpe gives them a scene from near the end of the play, with Philippi taking the role of the golden boy who has made the sex tape that caused the scandal. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how to form the words to explain to El that not only did I get my first kiss, but it ended up being a full-on make-out session. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The convention was deadlocked at the end of the first day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gold coin on the end of that chain was heavier than any coin I’d ever held. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I position myself at the end of the hall where I met with my parents yesterday and again today—around three, without Sarah this time; she was at a friend’s house. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He pointed toward the end of the line and said, “Tether her down there. Does she need to be fed?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obinze, who anchored her through that summer of waiting—his steady voice over the phone, his long letters in blue airmail envelopes—and who understood, as summer was ending, the new gnawing in her stomach. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

On the other end, three thousand miles away in New York City, a phone was ringing and ringing but no one was answering. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

They watched till the end when a golden girl from Texas won the shining crown and took her tearful walk amidst flashing bulbs. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

That stage of Loomis’s life ended with World War I. At the age of twenty-nine, he enlisted in the officer’s corps, where his mathematical skills, honed at Yale, were promptly put to the test. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In the end, he was certain that it had gone. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He’d recovered quickly, and ran now with almost no effort, despite nearing the end of his second hour of running. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I sure don’t want to end up like you,” he says. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cakes were arranged end to end on a long table, and they were beautiful to behold. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When the ceremonies had ended, Nat walked slowly out into the sun again. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was sinking when at last they drew near to the end of the line of downs. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“You and your mother. All I wanted to do was end the tyranny of destiny. Can you understand that?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“If you go to the end of the line, we’ll be seeing you sometime tomorrow.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A feast that was especially welcome at Small Eid, which marks the end of a month of daytime fasting for Ramadan. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At both ends of the alley the street lamps glowed through the murky air, refracted into mammoth balls of light. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t missed one single day of making my wish since the end of fourth grade, so I sure didn’t want to miss one now. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Salva’s peanuts were gone by the end of the third day. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She struck a match but her fingers were shaking so much that the flame kept missing the end of the cigar. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“In the end, God restored everything to his servant Job.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then she had braided her hair, using her hands to interweave the thick dark strands deftly, tying the end of the heavy plait with a leather strip. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end I had to admit that they were glad to have me with them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he could manage to hang in at the back of the field, rowing in the midthir-ties, he figured, maybe he’d still have some gas in the tank for the inevitable sprint at the end. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A perfect noose on one end, and a textbook clove hitch on the other. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He wants to fulfill his promise to Theo that he will be selling his art by the end of the year. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was dimly lit with torches flaring in brackets on the walls but its distant end was lost in gloom. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Neeley sat on top of the far end of the stove where it wasn’t so hot. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Calvin looks at the tail end of his sandwich. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Were we too near the end of our journey to stop? The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But a hero’s story always ended in tragedy. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then we found a good spot among some sand dunes at the lonely end of the beach, and there we settled down to sleep for the night. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t seen her since school ended, back in June. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She has a boy with her. They’re waiting at the end of the hall. Shall I tell her to try tomorrow?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Before I follow, I stop at the gable end of a bombed-out block to wait for my little brother. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Passing the university exams and then studying hard to go until the end, the farthest of all that we can go in school. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He follows me and I stop when I see Donna and Dray in a corner at the other end of the club. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He thought he knew how this story ended. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

By the end of the week Mia and I knew that Auntie Fatmata's way was not the right way to care for babies. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought fairy tales were supposed to have happy endings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I just want to get ahead in the world and this town is a dead end—basically it’s the same do- nothing day here over and over.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes at the other end by the smoking lounge.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

In many ways she represented the end of an era, the most dramatic, and the most tragic, era in American history. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

By leaning it against the hull and digging the other end into the ground for stability, I had a ramp. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either there’s been an accident or there’s roadwork, because a gaggle of old ladies is glued to the window at the end of the hall like children or jailbirds. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

His eyes said he understood, but that he had no choice but to see things through to their natural end. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He just knew that his life, which had only been two years long, was coming to an end before it ever really got started. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

If she isn’t home, I walk down to the end of the historic cobbled street and find her standing on the sea wall in her raincoat and no shoes, glaring at the ocean. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young man suddenly picked up one of Sybil’s wet feet, which were drooping over the end of the float, and kissed the arch. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

And so I treated the swearing-in ceremony like it was a movie with an exhaustingly slow build and an anticlimactic ending. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She sat at one end of the room, knitting, lifting her eyes now and then from the wool to watch us and direct us. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upon arrival on the New York side, he was carried to the nearby home of James Bayard, a longtime friend and political disciple, where Hosack administered liberal doses of laudanum and waited for the end. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was carrying a big long shiny silver case that ended in a sharp point on one end. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

There is a queen-size mattress and a single cot pushed together at one end of the garage. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Hannah Relf made an inspection of the sandbags protecting her front door and went along to the end of the street to see how much the level of the canal had risen. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He reached the end of the hall, descended the stairs, and stepped outside, onto what had once been a terraced path, garden-enclosed. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

For a second that never seems to end, I hold her, numb as the realization sinks in. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And that is the end of the letter. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the hearse went left at the end of Highland, we hung a discreet right. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I say . . .” he began; but the sentence ended prematurely in a squeal. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet zero sits at the end of the computer and at the bottom of the telephone because we always start counting with one. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“My husband,” the sniffling woman on the other end of the line said, “is dying and it seems that...” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The hauntingly slow anthem played loudly as the entire corps stopped and stood in the deferential parade rest position until the final note ended. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the child would end up being a serial murderer, like those women on television crime documentaries, standing half-naked on dark roads to lure truck drivers and then strangle them. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It looked heavier than Dadi; I didn’t see this ending well. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

By the end of the first week of September, the yellow fever epidemic had driven the state government from Philadelphia and crippled the city’s administration. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

And then she sat there, never having felt this brittle before, waiting to calm down, waiting for the nightmare to end, slowly and desperately and like a little child shaking her head. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kate tapped the paper and tore it in two; a little white powder spilled before she folded the ends and passed one to Eva. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the gods will fight for it to the end. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abel had driven to White Sand Point and walked out to the end of the community pier with his binoculars dangling from his neck. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The ceremony’s about to end when I notice one of Rue’s sisters staring at me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It will end the game, yes?” he asks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At the other end of the Street of the Sisters stood the fire- blackened ruins of the Dragonpit. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I saw in a flash of lightning the end of the island. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Very good. Madam,” said the Wart, quite fearless with resentment He flipped his wings and was sitting on the extreme end of the screen perch, next to Cully's enclosure of string netting. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all have the same beginning—birth—and we all have the same end—death. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dari lifted a hand like he was going to comfort her, but ended up stuffing it into his pocket instead. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As summarized in Table 9.3, the era of big mammal domestication began with the sheep, goat, and pig and ended with camels. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the end I resolved to work a month, then confront him with my original compromise. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time Jam hurt herself around the house, Bitter shook her head ruefully and just said that Aloe’s clumsiness had to have ended up somewhere. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

At the end of the summer they move out of the Loyer house, and soon after that, Anna finds a teaching job and moves thirty miles north of London. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Ron seemed to be positively lighthearted about the end of his relationship with Lavender, and Hermione seemed cheery too, though when asked what she was grinning about she simply said, “It’s a nice day.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I would end up with the same routine before every vocabulary test or important assignment. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He stood looking at the broken ends of branches. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Indeed, it’s a good habit to at least consider moving an adverb to the end of the verb phrase. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Elena? Take my box to the end of this row, little one.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Even if the puzzle was messy to start with, by the end of a book all the pieces magically fall into place. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, it was fun while it lasted, Aza, but our friendship has come to an end.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The union men, in turn, signed a contract to work until the end of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

On up til the end I felted good about that baby. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scratched and pluttered away, and laboriously bit the end of his pen, and the castle room darkened about him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sit yourself right down there and start that homework of yours,” she says, nodding toward the end of the counter. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

To that end, I wonder if Jack's unexpectedly violent behavior might have been a result of too much pressure being placed on his young shoulders? Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And I remember, when I was little, looking across the water to the horizon and thinking it was the end of the world I was seeing. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He used the end of the shotgun like a baseball bat. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I left the hook sticking out about six inches beyond the end of it I started shouting encouragement to Little Ann. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walowick and Monaco made jokes about the body count, but they ended when Captain Stewart told us that afternoon that we were going out again. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wilkerson ends a richly descriptive introductory chapter with a paragraph composed of exactly two syllables. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

At the end of the video, Halliday included a link to his personal website, which had changed drastically on the morning of his death. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It all feels like the end of a game that we didn’t even know we were playing. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Up ahead, the walls ended, and Nathan was able to see the next obstacle. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Sarah sat down on the end of my pallet. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The ball had popped loose, it was wobbling in the end zone. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

At the end of each week, they gave us a little silver disk about the size of a half dollar. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, Edna looks like one of those ladies getting facials at a spa. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

At the end of the hall was an elevator that happened to open the moment I got to it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

With the development of television, and the technical advance which made it possible to receive and transmit simultaneously on the same instrument, private life came to an end. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A chopping board lay on the counter next to him, littered with onion skins, chili ends, and squeezed limes. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I had no money, but I unclipped the Romanian leu from the end of my watch chain and passed it through the trapdoor in the ceiling. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ere the half-hour ended, five o’clock struck; school was dismissed, and all were gone into the refectory to tea. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

They would come to buy a potion but would usually end up talking to Doc for a while. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It ended up winning the game for our school. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, why— I mean, what’s the big deal? Ginny and I ended up getting to sit on the stage. You know—no harm, no foul?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I voted in elections that didn’t end in protests. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Hand me the end of the rope,” he said. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Well, maybe not endless, because it ended, but it really burns into your psyche. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I tell her, “They’ll each have a hearing. Most of them will probably be declined asylum, and there will be appeals, and it will take many months until in the end they’re sent back.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finished with the tables and was told to go down to several rooms at the end of the building for a physical. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The master bedroom at the end of the hall is a gold mine of jewelry and fancy knickknacks. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few things have fallen into place—things that I hope are more divine intervention than some ancient family curse leading me into a trap that’s gonna end my batball career. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Groups of people begin to peel off into marked doorways and still Boggs directs me downward, until finally the stairs end at the edge of an enormous cavern. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Hatun ended our time together with words that I couldn’t have prepared for properly even if I had known they were to come. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It was flicked on the screen near the end of his talk. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

When the person picked up on the other end, the man just said, “It is a go-ahead,” and hung up. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Hard scales brush past my raw nerve endings. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It is a happy end to our journey. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

For most, it would all end in high school. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end I found Denna as I always do, through pure accident. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The end of the Greenwich Road was lined with British soldiers, relaxed and laughing as their prisoners—captured American soldiers— walked three to a row between their enemies through the doors of the Bridewell Prison. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cuts up watermelon and little squares of feta cheese and runs a toothpick through them that has a tiny umbrella perched at the end. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

In the end, I walked out of that office with my survey still in the box, unsure of what I was. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Two silhouettes wait at the end of the street, with long shadows that I know are guns. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

From the looks of the grounds, tom and muddy and littered with bits of dinted armor and broken lances, they had been at it for a day or more, but now the end was near. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The empire’s enemies grew thin and desperate and even the most cynical of men could see the end of the war was drawing swiftly near. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His laugh is deep and has sort of a hiccup at the end, but in the cutest way imaginable. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Mami, tell me, did Uncle Bill end up getting us a lawyer so we could sue the families of the boys who caused the accident?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

We were approaching a group of about thirty black-caftaned men who were standing in front of the three-story brownstone at the end of the street. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Tommy and Gino were now going all the way back into their own end of the field to pick up the ball. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Look at the decisive battle of Brenneville in which a field of nine hundred knights took part end only three were killed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stood up and swung its hard metal end in an arc before even looking at who might be coming at him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

At the end of her singing tale, I was crying, shaking with despair. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the evening, they shook hands. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Joey came back at the end of the period and sat down with the leftover group behind me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, and then my mother knew the truth. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It finally ended in defeat in April 1939, when the patent office rejected the claims finally and decisively based on the prior publications by Cockcroft and Walton and by Lewis, Lawrence, Livingston, and Henderson. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But the pressure for an end to testing continued to mount. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Which is how he ends up in his J. Crew best on a Saturday at the Greenwich Polo Club, wondering what the hell he’s gotten himself into. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He placed his cigar on the right-hand edge of the desk, burning end out, leaned forward on his elbows, and covered his face with his hands. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I put an end to that dolphin singing. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The rest of the day ended up being pretty much as bad as the beginning of the day. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

In the end, however, he was unwilling to match Hall’s offer to the magazine. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And that was the end of the pig’s tail. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

From one end of the hallway to the other the letters went, almost too large to read, even when she stood back against the opposite wall. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She has a dress on too and white stockings, and navy-blue bows at the ends of her braids. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then our solitary status ended, as a result of a downpour. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has been traveling for six hours, at least, and has been assured by the innkeeper that the journey would end before dark. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now we’ll go to the end of the river,” she said. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed as though she walked for another hour be-fore the long hall finally ended in a steep stone stair, descending into darkness. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After the party, I kept to myself and counted down the days until the end of the world—129 for the math-impaired. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And now—when the end seemed near—fate had separated them. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told you how we all celebrated in 1996 when the Taliban rolled in and put an end to the daily fighting. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were fascinating stories: each of them lived out his Personal Legend to the end. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two of them sat at opposite ends of a long glass table in the room next door while Mr. Grin served smoked salmon, then some sort of stew. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Once, as a child, he had slid too quickly off his end of a seesaw. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The face vanished from the side of the ship as Tristran and Yvaine dangled awkwardly on the end of the rope ladder. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m afraid my equipment conversations nearly always ended up like that somehow, with the talker retiring with hurt feelings and a piece of formerly prized equipment cradled to his chest. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Anyone who threw a wrench into the gears of the city’s seedy underbelly was apt to end up at the bottom of Lake Michigan. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He crouched below the end of Ellis’s bed, holding the scalpel in his right hand. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Newt stepped up to Alby and handed over the end of the pole he was holding. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The time has arrived, and I know I need to be standing outside that house at the end of Edgar Street—a house held up by the violence that occurs inside it almost every night. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, when Chantal picks us up, she attracts a small crowd who insist on talking to her about everything and nothing. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I guess I was going to end up with it myself sooner or later. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m almost at the end of the story, so I better have them all. This is tedious.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Trepid had scurried up and down the long halls, uneasy, restless, ending up at the door to Dallas’s room at the back of the house. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Near the end of his trip, it turned out, Chris had gotten lost in the Mojave Desert and had nearly succumbed to dehydration. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s what combat is all about,” he said, looking in the mirror he had nailed on a pole at the end of his bunk. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But in the end—have you seen it before tonight?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

On this end, there is no effort involved. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Since the war ended, newspapers had been free to tell the public that the atomic bomb had been built by scientists at Los Alamos, led by Robert Oppenheimer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the end, we are crushed by it... Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Why, despite that head start, did Europeans end up conquering Australia, rather than vice versa? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What a curious idea,” said the Mathemagician, raising his staff over his head and scrubbing the rubber end back and forth several times on the ceiling. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

However, something ended up raining on my parade. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When his lab work came back at the end of that day, showing his liver functions at dangerously low levels, Farmer conceded he could no longer tough it out. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Her voice cracks at the end of the sentence. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I should have been relieved when January rolled around and put an end to my hellish holiday season. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It totally won me over at the end. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

We'll be at the end of this alley in just a few seconds. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She wondered where he would be when his life ended. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Too clever and too persistent for me, because by the end of our phone conversation, I had agreed he could come to our house just for a "chat." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

When the CD ended, Fang exited the spa, hit me with a killer look, dove for cover under the red velvet and snapped off the rickety lamp between the beds. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

If you have no money for health insurance—and the Hearthside’s niggardly plan kicks in only after three months—you go without routine care or prescription drugs and end up paying the price. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark went ballistic in a fit of desperation, kicking and kneeing and swinging the butt end of his flashlight at anything that moved. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Justice Wargrave was sitting in his high-backed chair at the end of the room. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I’d flipped the ends and chosen a wide orange headband that matched the checkered dress Mrs. Baxter had fixed for me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then, “I don’t remember. The day ended and there was Mike and there were the ore cars, mostly empty.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

In the end, as I said, the vehicle crisis got resolved, and early the next morning, in the pitch dark, the five of us got inside a bashed but perfectly decent Rover car. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Melanie scratched the ends of the eyelashes loose with her longest fingernail, and then April pulled them the rest of the way off. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was not the end of the matter. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The rest has been relatively uneventful. I married Jim, and ended up here.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mom was able to land a job by the end of the week. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A few wanted to formally censure Walter and me, but in the end did not. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to leap from his chair and swing some heavy weapon and end this unequal fight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the way out, Audrey said, “For a guy who thinks the world is going to end in a few weeks, that was a pretty amazing thing to do.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Dr. Webb says that had Lucas Cader never met my family, he may very well have slipped into the same messed-up life that had ended both his father and brother. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Belet held the other end as we maneuvered it down the hall. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And pretending that you had come to the end of your money, and actually selling your beloved Bag End to those Sackville-Bagginses! The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Adam moved rapidly across interminable East Texas, through Louisiana and the butt ends of Mississippi and Alabama, and into the flank of Florida. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t stand a chance. We had guns, they didn’t, and that was the end of the Spackle.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

By the end of the competition Anh had shot three rolls of film. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The board walk ended and he moved a little ahead of me as we descended a sloping path toward our first class. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had my chance and I’ve lost and I deserve this and I’m fighting but I’m not nearly as strong as I was before and I can feel the end coming. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Morgan and I stake out opposite ends of the table, communicating only in glares. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

At the end of the third week in October 1938, Houseman assigned The War of the Worlds to Howard Koch. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Did they make you run a maze with a big chunk of cheddar at the end?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the far end of the platform. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

If you’re on a cell phone, you might hear a short beep, have a message appear that the call has ended. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As the meeting ended, the chief guard said he wanted to talk about lice, a chronic problem in the camps. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Miles scooted to one end of the bench. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The show plays live around the country, and all the interviews end up on his YouTube channel. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

After about another mile, I can see an end to the tree line and assume we’re reaching the crest of the hill. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

One foot caught in a stirrup as he fell, and the runaway charger dragged the youth to the end of the lists, head bouncing against the ground. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

That day, I thought my world was ending. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He upended it, placing the open end in a dish also filled with mercury. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

After two weeks of no TV, no phone, and no going out whatsoever, Amá says maybe she’ll end my punishment today. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The Iowa pigs turned out to be more delicate and more expensive to house and feed than the Creole pigs, and in the end, most didn’t survive in their new home. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I figured that if I was in jail people were going to assume I was the kind of colored person who ends up in jail, a violent criminal. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And then she saw the boot prints ending in a trampled place under the tree. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Abby and the other cheerleaders rush off to the bathroom as soon as the parade ends to get into their uniforms, and Nick and I look up at the bleachers. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She tried to control the shaking in her voice, but in the end was unable to. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the afternoon, everyone was exhausted. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

All in all, it was a fine evening and we were sorry it had to come to an end. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the door he squatted down and gathered the blanket ends about his knees. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sherman’s clue order got the kids thinking as broadly as possible early in the show, but still preserved the suspense of penguin until the end. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My foot slipped, and I ended in an awkward split with one foot out of bounds, losing the point. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In the end the earth had given way under them and they had fallen down among some rabbits, whom they had fought and beaten. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were long benches, and tables ran across the room, and at the far end a dancing-floor. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He’d already chipped at one end, but he hadn’t figured out what was inside yet. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

One hot December afternoon, toward the end of my first year at school, the principal interrupted classes and summoned everyone to the courtyard. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many a woman, white or black, waving to her husband as the trains of soldiers pulled out of the station, harbored anxiety alongside her sadness and pride, worried about how to make ends meet. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I could wade into the deep end without being afraid. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It’s the end of an era, all right. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whispered rumors now gained currency: the Space Task Group’s time in Hampton was coming to an end. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The other end was still in the hands of one of the kneeling men. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Depending on my cab shifts, I continue going back to Glory Road, and though it’s obvious this family is working hard to make ends meet, I still don’t know what I have to do. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

His tone was dismissive, and when he turned his back to me I knew he'd ended the meeting and was now eager to get me out of his office. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Before the gale ended that afternoon, the men had had to crawl onto the deck three times to get rid of the boat’s shell of ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The sight of Bigwig—Bigwig of all rabbits—at the end of his tether, half unconscious, playing no part in this desperate exploit, lowered his courage still more. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At any moment now he knew that the end would come: his master would faint or fall, and all would be discovered, and their bitter efforts be in vain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The bathroom at the end of our corridor had two seawater showers, a saltwater tap, and three large galvanized metal buckets, which were used as bathtubs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A white liberal rose to make an impassioned plea for brotherhood, proclaiming that blacks and whites are, in the end, “all the same.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Through the broken end of the packing case a frog hopped and sat feeling the air for danger and then another joined him. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mike shouted, very drunk, from the other end of the table. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

At the end of the tournament I returned to Alexandra inspired. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she managed to tell the others, “The war has ended!” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I followed the highway east, and then south, then west, then north, and then east again, until I ended up at the same Meridian Street exit where I’d started. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I end up just dampening a strip of bandage and placing it on his forehead. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They stood at either end of the small space separated by a crude kitchen with a camp stove. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

For both me and Barack, they were a relief to be around—a reminder that in the end our family meant more than any tallying of supporters or bump in the polls. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The overlords never relaxed their hold on the swinging doors until the bell clanged the end of recess. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not since the end of the last war had Hampton seen such an exuberant celebration. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It reminds me of Eid, how happy we all are to dress up, worship, and give gifts to mark the end of Ramadan. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Hairy, unfinished logs hold up the roof, and there is a gap between where the floor ends and the wall begins, so that one can see a thin line of grass. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Wragg returned and told us that the corridor had been successfully sugared from one end to the other, I began shivering with excitement. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were lifeless wooden sticks at the ends of my hands. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The music has ended, and townspeople start to trickle from the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Your Majesty,” Pinmei said, her quiet words loud in the silence, “I did not finish my story. May I tell you the end?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

In the rest of the United States, drive-ins were usually a seasonal phenomenon, closing at the end of every summer. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

We stay until school ends for the summer and the daylight lasts past bedtime and wet heat descends over the streets like a steaming blanket. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a very short time, I don't care who he is or what he's done, all I want is for his suffering to end. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

According to the rumor, there is someone out there who is seeking out corrupt, despicable scythes...and ending their existence by fire. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She ended up tipping over and plunging, headfirst, into an overflowing bucket. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I make sure no one is watching me, and then I walk to the end of the row. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He ate alone at the end of the table, then returned to Gryffindor Tower, thinking of all the extra work on Summoning Charms that he had to do. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, the contratista checked his notebook and handed my father eighteen dollars. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you asking? Why would I want to go out with you if it doesn’t involve marriage as the end result?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The streambed opened onto an expansive grassy firing range, with an observation tower and berms at the near end and hillocks at the far end. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last they were taken into the student dormitory, where, since the girls’ room lay at one end of a long stone corridor and the boys’ at the other, they were forced to separate. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

My sister Adele was due to get married at the end of May, and I was going to be a bridesmaid. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

One of them came over and prodded her here and there with the end of his rifle, as though he were testing a piece of meat. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

After three years at our junior high school, in a ghetto neighborhood that in-cluded many Asians, Blacks, Mexicans, and other white migrants from the south, we had ended up close to being social equals. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had reached the end of most of the farmland, and now low hills began to rise in the distance. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the end, we cannot be sure, because Vermeer’s approach to his subject proves as subtle as his pictorial treatment. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Cecile said “Cut it out,” that was the end of us teasing Fern outright. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I twirl the ends of my armband round and round. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

At the far end of the plateau boys had climbed into the trees. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The Weidenbachs lived at the far end of town in the only brick house. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And Mo took the book from Meggie’s hands, ran his eyes over the lines Fenoglio had added, and in a firm voice read to the end of what the old man had written. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I remember standing at an end window of our Quonset hut for a very long time, looking oid at the slanting, dreary rain, my trigger finger itching imperceptibly, if at all. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I even got that blue-sky feeling by the end. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The ceremony ended with Candice and her mother unveiling a plaque that had been fastened to the red brick outside City Hall. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

At three o’clock, after her classes ended, she went to work again. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Calmly, deliberately, he drilled his field goals between the upright posts in the end zone. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had a puff of wool attached at one end. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“When I was a boy, I used to wake up thinking that the world was ending. I’d get up and look in the mirror and my eyes were sad.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t able to go to school for weeks on end when his white blood cell counts were low, so I was basically his sole source of entertainment. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first we thought that Dad was teasing us again, and that this was the other end of a scale—a house much better than the one he had bought. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can understand why,” I say, and that seems to end the conversation. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just in case you’re trying to take it, I won’t put down which of the statements are false until the end of this chapter. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

From my viewpoint at the top of the rocket, I saw you come in at the far end of the park. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The land didn’t end beyond those nearby communities. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

Further searching revealed various odds and ends, a candle, a ball of string, some marbles. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I turn the rope, Carol turns the other end, Grace and Cordelia skip. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It all swirls together, cliches mixing with your own emotions, and in the end you can’t tell one from the other. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a word breaks off at the end of a line in your newspaper and continues on the next line, a hyphen is what links the syllables together. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the restaurant attendants came from the far end of the car. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

By chance, Pixie's angelic bum hovered at the end of this pipeline. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

By the end of the day all forty were filled in, with names such as Minnie Mouse and Darth Vader and The Swamp Thing. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

When she reached the end she leaned forward and lay on her stomach so that her head jutted over the edge and she could see the ground below. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And even as the phone is ringing, I already know it is Hilly on the end of that line. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

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

The one to her left only led to a dead end. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

After that he got louder and not so funny—and it ends up I’m restricted for three days.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

After four days, she came to the end of the land. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you got caught, you’d end up having to spend a few days in the guardhouse. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She stands up, tosses her head, feels her way to the end of the couch, gets her bearings, and then stalks out. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s dusk, and several parties have already started at the performers’ end of the train, including—I can’t help but notice—one in Marlena and August’s car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Since neither of us really has a group of friends, we seem to end up together a lot at school. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Not like Father, who once ran out into the street with a knife so he could put an end to it all. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They stopped at the end of the kitchen and paused, and then crossed the floor again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The two others kept their hands behind them and constantly rubbed them against each other, as if in joyful anticipation of a great squabble which must end up in their favour. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

In other words, we have arrived very nearly at the end of the earth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the program ended for the day, we stayed out as long as we could. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The CD has ended and the apartment is silent apart from the sounds on the stove. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

His steps moved slowly, slowly upward, and in the end, it is said, he found what he wanted—color film. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the lady got back into her car the police came, and put an end to the fighting. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Light entered as a trespasser, unwanted and unwelcome, and soon was gone again; cookfires, candles, and rushes burned for a little while, then guttered out again, their brief lives at an end. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As the days passed and the mice stayed healthy, our spirits rose, and finally, on August 10, 1969, the flight of Apollo 11 ended and we were released to the world. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two holes had been punched in each end and the ends were laced together with bailing wire. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

From that office, they could not see the southern end next to die isolation area where there was a small garden. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near the end of the recess, I went over to the pitcher’s position and stood on the exact spot where I had been hit by the ball. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Don’t we have until the end of Christmas break?” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Miss Kenton's arrival, as I say, will put a permanent end to them. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not good at shocking. I’d probably end up by shocking myself. By the way, what did he name the twins?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He also sent me $30.00 a month while in Korea war while he was there from beginning until the end and was dischard in Seattle, Wash. Honorable as far as I know. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, gathering his courage, he leaped over Gollum in the dark, and fled away down the passage, pursued by his enemy’s cries of hate and despair: Thief, thief! The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“The destiny of Man is to unite, not to divide. If you keep on dividing you end up as a collection of monkeys throwing nuts at each other out of separate trees.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every Friday, from now until the end of the school year, the six of you will leave my classroom at two p.m. and come into Room 501. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t the way it was supposed to end. I just wanted for my father to see...” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He was too scared and too chicken to act, and he abhorred the deep-down feeling of relief in himself, for this must mean, surely, thank God, it signaled the end of the affair. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Workmen placed detour signs and orange cones on either end of the bridge, tied orange ribbons to webs, and conferred with their boss, Joe Cassini. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“An unexpectedly profitable end to the day, Doughty.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When France fell there would be no end of the war in sight. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The letters did not end up going across the placemat in a straight line. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

For Livermore, this was the worst of all possible worlds, for it gave new life to a campaign to end nuclear testing. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She guessed that this tall man, both stern and gentle, might think her merely wayward, like a child that has not the firmness of mind to go on with a dull task to the end. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He too, he said, was happy that the period of misunderstanding was at an end. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Most of the time, those kids ended up right back in jail. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Oh, Jesus, you be my friend Right, oh yeah, right up till the end. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slate-colored clouds veil the sky, and children shout in the shallow end, and parents talk or read magazines or doze in their chairs, and everything is normal. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Even craning my neck backward, I didn’t see how that scene ended. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

A chill brushed Ekon’s skin, making the hairs on his arms stand on end. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They could delay or speed up events to suit their own ends. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Finally there came the day near the end of August when Father announced that we were ready. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the day, all of my clothes, my books, and my sewing machine are here at the Malloys’. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sir Ector’s nose was blue, and had an icicle hanging from the end of it, while all except Mertyn had a ledge of snow upon their shoulders. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, Old Chao left without any prescription at all. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though she wanted him, though she cared for him, she knew a lasting relationship wouldn’t end well. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Dr. Doris set her notebook on the end table next to her and leaned forward. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

So the two weeks of Turner’s sentence ended and he was free—or at least as free as any minister’s boy could be. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Delirious with joy,” by the New York Times account, they screamed for Schmeling to end it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He had felt his father growing weaker and, believing that the end w'as near, had thought by this separation to free himself of a burden that could diminish his own chance for survival. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

No. Because you can’t see beyond the end of your nose. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I would go through with it and that would be the end of it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, Yasmeen. That’s where your sidewalk ends. You broke the rules. You are out of the game. Your library card will be placed in the discard bowl and you will be going home.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The British finally made a move toward the end of August, rowing half their army across to the Long Island in flat- bottomed boats. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the islands of Japan, many people wished the war to end. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the girls in Troop 11 were from working-class, even poor, families— children of domestic servants, crab pickers, laborers—whose parents spent most of their waking hours trying to make ends meet. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Toward day’s end, I came to an encampment by the railroad tracks. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of October the inclusion program has been expanded. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When I first walked in these shoes, I tripped on my toes and fell, but by the end of the first day I could walk from the tree to the gorge in half the time.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gods were pitiful at the end, and the lovers’ parents too. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frog-faced Lord Slynt sat at the end of the council table wearing a black velvet doublet and a shiny cloth-of-gold cape, nodding with approval every time the king pronounced a sentence. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he was still waiting for his nightmare to end. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Before we end this gallop through early astronomy, it’s worth asking why the ancient Greeks didn’t achieve more in their study of the heavens. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

The end came on Christmas Eve 1869; at the age of fifty-five, Stanton died from a sudden and very severe asthma attack. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

As I sit down, Mitch pulls his backpack in, so that I’ve got more space at my end of the table. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

At the end of it, his limbs are too long, but human, and there he stands, a tall, naked man. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ll do my best to give you a happy ending this year.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“All's well that is well in the end.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ordinarily, at summer’s end, as now, some leaves would be falling, and by the time snow came, later, many trees would be bare. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Yes, there is plenty of blame to go around and much of it ended up in Manifest.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The near-occult feeling: The fact of being witness to the end of the world gives way to tangible things. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bad news: it was a dead end. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I thought of her standing in the schoolyard, her cold, bare hands balled up in fists at the ends of her sleeves. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

But by the end of February, we ran out of charity. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

My name isn’t the end of the story about my name. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The way he was working his thing he was going to end up being my main man. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

A trio of young men had just entered from the opposite end of the street, weaving through it in single file. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

My work did not, could not, end with my marriage to Joseph and his children or even with the birth of Truitt. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, 69 percent of the white voters supported negotiations, giving de Klerk a great victory. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if I can catch up, I will end my first year with straight A’s, which makes me very happy. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But at the end o’ last year he began sending away loads of stuff, not only leaf. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Do you still want the world to end?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The world had ended, and I was the only person who knew it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ended up hanging out together for hours, listening to music and talking. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Quietly, we made our way through the spacious living room and past the formal dining room, guided by the bright light coming from the far end of the house. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She gave me a peck on the head and said, “Fish, I love you and respect you very much. But I will kill you dead before this day ends.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t even reached the end of the corridor when Hermione caught up with them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s all money in the end. And you’re worth a lot more of it than I thought.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He listened—it was “The Song of the River,” just ending. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the more you read about thru-hikers the more you end up being filled with a kind of wonder. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He holds the chain by one end and the gleaming gold disc rotates slowly, catching the light of the fluorescent bulbs. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was still stumbling as I pulled her around to the end that faced the road, and Black Betty. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Everyone sings and claps in time, and at the end of it, I finally see Tony He pushes through the crowd and stands next to me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu sat on a lone armchair at the end of the room, drinking orange juice, listening to them talk. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day; we head out the front of the school and I am just. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of story that made everybody feel good because, in the end, who doesn't want a kid to win? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

You might be surprised to know how many pigeons roosting in the eaves of Atlanta’s Public Library have ended up roasting over fires in Grant Park. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, when I finally came out to her, she cried and went on this whole soliloquy about ‘What am I gonna do if my baby ends up in hell?’ Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

At the end of our cul-de-sac the driver, a woman, did a three-point turn, stalled once, and drove off up Kingfisher Meadows. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Thomas was just about to say something when he heard sounds from the other end of the long alley—he looked to see yet more Grievers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When the semester ended I returned to Buck’s Peak. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I reached over to the other end of the bed and passed him his notebook. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

By the end of April the air was full of summer and the small wind that lifted off the river was heavy and uninvigorating. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It opened direct into a large chamber, with other smaller doors at the far end, and a hearth and chimney at one side. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I smile at the silly picture of us marching like black ants coming to a stop at the end of the day only to head back home. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I may have served his ends, but he served mine as well. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, the flowers became a field of glittering dust, a school of flitting fish, stars and particles of light that faded, vanished into day. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Napoleon once said, ‘The logical end to defensive warfare is surrender.’ The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all Silas said was, “This conversation is at an end.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t what lay at the end of her road that frightened Ammu as much as the nature of the road itself. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their feet, however, did reach our end of the mattress, and sometimes I would wake up facing Mama’s and Papa’s toes. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

My voice rises as I talk, and by the time I get to the end Mr. Gideon has turned around. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They feed by placing a forefoot on the cocoon and biting off the end, showing an extraordinary ability to discriminate between sound and empty cocoons. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Many of the Indian leaders were now speaking in a sorrowful tone about the end of nonviolence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, Hugo put down his bucket of tools and sat next to the clock he had been checking. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Shackleton had estimated a rate of travel that would put him on the continent by the end of December, but by Christmas they still hadn’t passed the Antarctic Circle. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It was barely two hours into the shift, and already I felt I was near the end of my rope. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I reach the end, Trub strokes his bushy beard and thinks for a moment. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He followed me into my bedroom at the end of the hall and closed the door behind him. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“She’ll come to a sticky end one day, chewing all that gum, you see if she doesn’t.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dad was so sure a posse of federal investigators was on our trail that he smoked his unfiltered cigarettes from the wrong end. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m being called in for breakfast, so I’ll have to end this letter here. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I end up going farther and win this round. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

We ended up in a big bright kitchen, where a wall of windows overlooked a landscaped backyard. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

They decided to take their last turn and end the game because neither one of them wanted to die. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Look for some large stones that are sharp at one end,” she said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

His black hair, normally combed back neatly from his forehead, is disheveled, sections of it on end. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Basel held the front end, the metal barrel, and Muhammad held the back. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Jones, who was only thirteen and weighed little more than eighty pounds, quickly found himself on the losing end of the tussle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then at the end—” Devi waved her hands, cutting me off. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the end of his shift, the white driver went to the police station and turned himself in. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“For sure. They started from the state of Missouri, went by here, and ended up in California or Oregon. They did that for twenty years.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

A man stood at the board and cut the bands on the bundles and crowded the bundles one at a time into a hole at the end of the separator. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t kill, but it left Leo feeling like he’d just done a belly flop off the deep end. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In the end Junior got more oysters than I did. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She shuts the door behind her, and settles in cross-legged on the end of my bed. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I felt like we were writing to a celebrity, and all we would end up hearing in return was a letter from her agent saying thank you and here’s a signed photograph. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

At the end of the long discussion it sounded perfectly casual. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held it between the ends of two fingers of her right hand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, Europeans viewed treaties as legal documents that focused on ending hostilities and as businesslike transactions where “the winner” got something from “the loser.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

How accurate could the driver be at thinking through complex issues, even doing math problems presented by the person on the other end of the line? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

By the end of the game I had made twenty-five more friends. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the other end, Sally is putting the finishing touches on a dessert she’s brought, intently assembling layers and covering them with glistening white meringue that shoots up like a dense thicket of flames. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If it’s paper you need—” “It’s postage, too. I’d have to prepay. They don’t have the money to pay at that end.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I found out that I didn’t make it, I thought that was the end, but my mom convinced me I could try again. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Madam HoOch then showed them how to mount their brooms without sliding off the end, and walked up and down the rows correcting their grips. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“You know as well as I. This night and the next, and we must end this.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They are long, low buildings with giant fans at either end. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The path continues to the other end of the iron gate, but from where I stand, I can’t see the security guard anywhere. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Players rolled their bowl—a heavy ball you could just barely hold in one hand—so that it ended up as close as possible to a smaller white ball, called the jack. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“All you need is a beginning, middle, and end.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Every weekend from now till the end of June,” Grace answers. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“If you knew the world was going to end, and you could press a button to prevent it, would you?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The school got out a magazine at the end of the year in which the best story written in composition class from each grade was published. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the all-around finals, when I saw on the scoreboard that I’d won the gold—that I was the 2013 Artistic Gymnastics World Champion—I couldn’t take it in. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Someone half clever might dub you Pitch or Scuttle, ill-favored names. Or Slate, a sedentary name. Heaven forbid you end up Blackie, that’s an ill-fitting name for a prince like you.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But when she did speak of him it always began with reverence and ended with sadness, with her saying, “I never knew how sick he was.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It turned out that none of us code talkers could go home as soon as the end of the war was announced. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The verses were in Spanish, and I had a feeling I was going to end this reading session with a headache. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It had no distinguishable head or tail, but front to end it was at least six feet long, four feet thick. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There were twin oak rockers with embroidered cushions, twin walnut end tables astride a worn bench sofa, and a plush easy chair beside a gilt brass floor lamp. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the end of ten days, a new group of doctors came to Yossarian with bad news; he was in perfect health and had to get out. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When he gets to the end of the aisle and turns right and disappears I am left with all the strangers staring at me. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Clean, quick, and easy as lying. We know how it ends practically before it starts. That’s why stories appeal to us. They give us the clarity and simplicity our real lives lack.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It made my eyes burn, my skin crawl, and my hair stand on end. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Matthew told me you stole some of the memory serum and a truck,” says a voice at the end of the hallway. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Don’t lose your language,” Señora Oralia said, like words were something that might end up under the bed with mismatched socks and dust bunnies. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

At the end of this path I could see something shiny and metallic reflecting the moonlight. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

When it was quite late he murmured something, went to a closet, and drew forth an evil weapon, a long yellowish tube ending in a bellows and a trigger. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It won’t help much with your worry, you know, about civilization ending and stuff. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at the hundreds of long pine needles, each perfectly aligned with the next, each end carefully pushed into the loose soil, forming a curved snake that flows in and out of the ground. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“If you knew the world was going to end but you could prevent it, would you?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

At one end a trapper skinned his raccoons and at the other Florence scraped dirt from a mound of sweet potatoes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She was spooning him some oatmeal, but it looked to me like most of it ended up on his face. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up late, took too long in the shower, and ended up having to enjoy my breakfast in the passenger seat of my mom’s minivan at 7:17 that Wednesday morning. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The stereo at the far end of the counter blared popular tunes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I steered myself toward the end of the hallway, imagining the light I saw there came from the sky, the outside world on the planet of humans and dogs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Well, they couldn’t decide who was taking the lady home at the end of the night, so they decided to fight. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Robin grew very tired and wished the day’s journey had come to an end. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“The end of your people and all you stand for. Like your man in Egypt predicted. You didn’t kill me. You were everywhere. Now it’s all over.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Miss Trixie,” Mr. Gonzalez said quickly, like a master of ceremonies trying to end a variety act that had failed horribly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So this is the way it ends,” he said finally. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because listen. If there’s only one can of peaches left, only one person gets to have it, right? So why should everyone know? They’d just end up fighting over it. What good would that be?” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing none, I ducked between the end of the drapery and the wall. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The ends of the scarf fluttered in the freezing wind. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In the end I followed the path of the misty sun, which stared down at me from the gray sky like the dead mans blank and solitary eye. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I regretted saying it—I really did—but I think even if I hadn’t, our happy little interlude would have come to an end. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She held it loosely, resting its end on the hard dirt. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“So there shouldn’t be any paperwork, correct? No possible way for this latest travesty to end up in the press.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the hammer head he knocked off the excess shell, and with the blade at the other end he struck off the small oysters. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond that, however, virtually nothing is known about how the young guide met his end. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Though no man laid a hand on her, that walk spelled the end of her power. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The instant the hymn ended, the choir coach began to give her lengthy opinion of people who can’t keep their feet still and their lips sealed tight during the minister’s sermon. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Everywhere the train stopped—Charleston, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, and many other places, ending in New York—enormous rallies were held, featuring speeches by veteran suffragist activists, each one dressed in prison garb. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

If you were protecting your country, did the end always justify the means? The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Nicholson let one leg drop over the side of the deck chair, leaned forward, and stepped on his cigarette end. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Each ended with a male Nigerian voice, theatrical and loud, saying “Grab your copy now!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z