单词 | entrance |
例句 | “If there’s a loop entrance nearby, this tale may tell us how to find it. It’s a short one, luckily.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Most of the stars had winked out; the sun would make its grand entrance within the hour. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But as he reached the straw at the entrance it seemed to him that he had run forever. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She came halfway back along the corridor to the entrance to her sitting room, flashed Briony a look of contempt, then disappeared, pulling the door violently behind her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The entrance hall was wide, with a tile floor. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She shuts the door with a soft click and heads toward the entrance. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z People walk the paths of the gardens below, and the wind sings anthems in the hedges, and the big old cedars at the entrance to the maze creak. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Seaward has a big stone entrance and all those perfectly planted begonias like the ones at Our Lady Queen of Peace on Southern Boulevard. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z At the entrance to the station stood a line of rickshaws. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I found a place to sit alone near the entrance for an easy escape, should I need it. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Will raised his head over the rock and took a long, steady look down toward the entrance, where Mrs. Coulter and her dæmon lay deep in sleep. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z There is an entrance in the lower lane at the back and a loading lift through the street at the front. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “The entrance to the Underworld is always in the west. It moves from age to age, just like Olympus. Right now, of course, it’s in America.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He remembers the overheated dance hall from the entrance exams four years before: ladder nailed to the wall, crimson flag with its white circle and black cross below. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Looks for clues, the best he can, until, he’s back at the entrance, which is now an exit. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Tsukiko stops at a tent entrance, and Bailey moves closer to check the sign, knowing which tent it is as soon as he glances at the words upon it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z From where we’re kneeling we have a good view of the entrance to the courtyard, where people are steadily coming in. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Sachs finally gained entrance to the Oval Office on October 11, a few weeks after the Nazi invasion of Poland had instigated the European war. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He put the car into the garage, set the trunk in the snow, locked the garage door, lifted the trunk to his back and carried it to the entrance of the basement. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Before long, they were standing at the entrance of the museum. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Troops were deployed to guard entrances to the white suburbs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Elizabeth had mentioned her name to her mother on her ladyship’s entrance, though no request of introduction had been made. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z I went slowly up the wide stone staircase of Danny’s house and through the wooden double door of the entrance. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z People were streaming out of the main entrance in panic. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The indirect afternoon light, reflected from the gravel and filtered through the fanlight, filled the entrance hall with the yellowish-orange tones of a sepia print. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I am also renting ideal space for: • Doctor's office in lobby • Coffee shop with entrance from parking lot • Hi-class restaurant on entire top floor Six letters were delivered, just six. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z No single spot on land offers a good vantage point of the whole facility; you can’t even see the main entrance from the street. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The tomb’s entrance was buried in the side of a crumbling cliff. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I turned around, looked both ways in an exaggerated way, and crossed the parking lot to the path leading to the school entrance. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z This was the only entrance to the tower; but many tall windows were cut with deep embrasures in the climbing walls: far up they peered like little eyes in the sheer faces of the horns. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Dad comes in a side entrance with some other teachers. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Ern slammed on the brakes and the Knight Bus skidded to a halt in front of a small and shabby-looking pub, the Leaky Cauldron, behind which lay the magical entrance to Diagon Alley. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z So when me and Mom arrived at Beecher Prep a few weeks before the start of school, and I saw Mr. Tushman standing there, waiting for us at the entrance, I started giggling right away. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I could not have been more entranced if I had seen the Virgin, or God Himself. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Cup was a Portkey,” said Harry as they crossed the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z At last he pushed aside the stone at the entrance and sat down there, stretching his arms across, thinking thus to catch them when they tried to get away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I stand at the entrance to the building, blinking, struggling to take it in. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z At the entrance to each pier was a tall wooden pillar, and at the top of each pillar was a sculpture. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z 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 Kate glanced around to be sure they couldn’t be seen, but Mr. Curtain had placed the entrance very carefully. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The only happy newborn ever to weigh over twenty-four pounds upon entrance was the product of a southern Turkish union. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The entrance is huge, and the cave widens out from there. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He carried it back and dropped it in front of Bristle and Runt, who were drowsing at the burrow entrance in the last rays of afternoon sun. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z At the scene, we found the high metal gates to the township locked and our volunteers waiting patiently outside, demanding entrance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The sign near the entrance read Cold Storage. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Watched the Ministry entrance for seven hours. No sign of her. Saw your dad, though, Ron. He looks fine.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Following the same route they had taken on Sunday, the marchers reached the entrance to the Pettus Bridge, then continued across the bridge to U.S. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z She was standing at the museum entrance, way at the top of the steps, gesturing impatiendy at me to come on. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z As I approached the Behavioral Center, I saw a figure leaning against the corner of the building near the entrance. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Wanda kept her eyes on the cops by the entrance to the administration building, and he swore that he could feel the rage pumping through her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There was a shot of the front steps of the school, yellow tape strung across the entrance. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The colored entrance was around the side but apart from that was identical to the white entrance, in the original design and not an afterthought, as was so often the case. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Roberts shouted a warning to them all to be careful, but it was drowned out as the remaining students all joined the flow of people heading toward the main entrance of the building. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Just inside the entrance to the Permian field house, the wall contained the framed pictures of sixty-one players, each of whom had been All-State. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “If were worried about an attack, why not just blow up the entrance? Seal the tunnel?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The redheaded girl I’d seen on the front steps was just coming in the main entrance. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He made very sure that the dirty blanket covered both the victims, and outside the entrance the Brute Squad held a boot count of those they had removed. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He had them set the hives down in the entrance. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Minimalism had in fact begun to emerge, rather quietly, in the 1960s, but it made a louder entrance in the 1970s, spearheaded by American composers Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z At the time, I remember thinking, Surely he knew a white mob was waiting for him at the entrance of Phillips High School that day. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He slipped up the run to the entrance. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The road was crowded and there were screens of corn-stalk and straw matting on both sides and matting over the top so that it was like the entrance at a circus or a native village. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z There she stood on her pedestal, entrancingly beautiful. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, I will myself up the steps through the main entrance and down the hall to my front door. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We’d just rounded the final curve, heading toward the thinning cloud of brand flies near the tram entrance, when a scream split the air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Ms. Bethune collected the group at the entrance and handed them their tickets and name tags. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z They kept their distance, forming a half ring around the entrance to Mark’s restaurant. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Ash stumbled as she was pushed toward the corner of the house where the entrance to the cellar was sunk into the ground. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The main entrance of the school is now clearly in sight. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He pushed and pulled Alby back over to the crack that marked the entrance to the Glade, and propped him once more into a sitting position, leaning against the stone wall. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Reynie had thought to post Constance near the entrance as a lookout, but he saw now that a lookout was pointless. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “How about I distract him while the three of you cut around and head for the castle entrance?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “There were so many of them, just lined up in front of the entrance, and I think only a few people slipped past them before they started firing.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The path to the prison entrance is long, and though no one is outside, I feel like I’m being watched. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They spent a night by the entrance to another state park. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z To keep them from coming inside, you painted the house haint blue, or you laid a broom across the entrance to the house. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When the teachers reached the courthouse, those in front of the procession climbed the marble steps to the entrance. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The little flare of the twig fire made the design on his sleeping mat jump before his entranced eyes. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s the entrance hole, very neatly hidden. And look behind it—a path leading in.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I stand in the cave’s entrance, with only the sound of my breathing. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I decided to use my favorite wool blanket, the beautiful red one with weavings of the sun and the birds, as the hanging for the entrance. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “You said he lives beside the west entrance to the mine,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He stood at the entrance, drinking in the beautiful debris of Room Nineteen—his masterpiece. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They were less than a hundred feet from the back entrance of the school, less than a hundred feet from freedom. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z This was not the entrance that the Grand Elder had hoped for. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z At the entrance of the harbor, a shallow crescent bay, he let the windspell drop and stilled his little boat so it lay rocking on the waves. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Thula continued to hold the door just half open, her body blocking the entrance. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The chaplain tiptoed stealthily around the back of Corporal Whitcomb’s tent rather than pass the entrance and risk being seen and insulted by him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Odenigbo bashed the snake with a stick and told her he would make sure the zinc sheet at the entrance of the bunker was more secure. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The next entrance was a tiny hole in the wall, scarcely worth bothering about. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Probably trying to see if she can take any more classes,” yawned Ron as they made their way into the entrance hall, which was completely devoid of mad axe-men. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z All at once he wheeled about and flew upwards, perching at the entrance to his nest-hole in the stunted oak. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Then his eyes sped to each of the three adult wolves that made up his pack and finally to the five pups who were sleeping in a fuzzy mass near the den entrance. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They were at the very bottom of the hill, across the narrow road that led to the entrance of his grandparents’ property. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z We get a table, but it’s near the entrance, so it already feels like we're under a spotlight. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I felt the entrance of the key in the lock; and the report of its revolution. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The entrance leads to a shady enclosed cemetery. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z A handwritten banner draped over the church entrances reads: “Racism Killed Our Brother. ” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I started jogging up the sidewalk to the school entrance. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z For a moment his body was black in the cave entrance, crouched and silent, and then he was gone. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z I loved this particularly fine thing about the dogs: Despite a lifetime of denied entrance, hope never died in their hearts. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z At the bridge entrance two people stepped out of a guardhouse and waved the car to a stop. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z But he nods his head and goes to stand back by the room’s entrance. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Only then did Aru realize they were in a long line in front of the entrance to the Night Bazaar, which glimmered on the other side of a pane of glass. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He stopped at the entrance to the studio and paused a moment, running a hand through his rumpled hair. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z A man standing near the entrance nodded at them in welcome, while adjusting the large headphones around his head. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z As I made the long walk from my car to the entrance of the building that normally housed the county fair, I moved past vendors selling hot dogs, American flags, and T-shirts. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The map at the reception area said the personnel offices are in a building that's close to the main entrance. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Deborah tapped me on the shoulder and pointed to another bench on the opposite side of the building’s entrance, a good fifteen feet from Zakariyya. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He had been working on the chemistry of nucleic acids in Copenhagen—“a complete flop,” as he would later describe it—but Wilkins’s photograph entranced him. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Right before the entrance to the park was the large white house with the wheelbarrow full of flowers. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z They walked down the entrance road a way, then Dicey led them off into the trees, out of sight of the road. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The entrance hall contained a few last-minute stragglers, all leaving the Great Hall after breakfast and heading through the double oak doors to watch the second task. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The maid led the two boys through a dark entrance hall into the courtyard. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z How did he make it through the entrance exams? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “It is not even finished, is it, Ranofer? They could make a separate entrance.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Thomas found most of the Gladers standing near the entrance to the Box, pointing at the dead sky, everyone talking at once. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z By the time he’d gone outside again, the line of people waiting to see him stretched from the temple’s front doors all the way down to the Takatifu District’s golden-arched entrance. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z By the entrance to the compound a few rabbits hopped aimlessly, too addled by their sudden freedom to make a break for it. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He reluctantly puts it down, and we walk in silence for a moment before reaching the front entrance. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I settle in next to Nora in a booth near the entrance, and Taylor scoots into the seat Simon was clearly saving for Bram. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Harry, Ron, and Hermione joined the Gryffindors streaming up the marble staircase and, very tired now, along more corridors, up more and more stairs, to the hidden entrance to Gryffindor Tower. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z We mischievously overturned the buckets of excrement reeking by the entrance gate awaiting pickup by the night soil men, who seldom came. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked to the side of the building where the entrance was that month because the front entrance was being renovated. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Then they climbed out and went up the B Street entrance stairs toward the ladies' waiting room. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z So focused was the crowd on Goddard and his colorful entourage, no one much noticed Rowan bringing up the rear as they climbed the steps to the entrance. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “I wish it had been a boring entrance. I’d even take a different badge if I could.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He led me to the rear of the playhouse, to the players' entrance. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I peer in as he disappears around the corner where the Hideout entrance is. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Mom was near the building’s entrance, talking to Mrs. Hidalgo, when I found her. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Both were now clear at the entrances and the diggers were out of sight in the tunnels. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It feels like an entrance, going from open field to forest right here. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z As she passed the two stone lions marking the entrance, she glanced behind her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Only avatars who possessed a copy of the Crystal Key could cross the threshold of the castle’s front entrance. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The entrance is open, and a line of patrons files into the illusionist’s tent. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He's pacing in front of the building's entrance. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They’d had a meeting set with the school board, but the entrance to the main hall and all the side doors of the school had been locked tight. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a little shelter of green branches outside over the entrance and in the dark the night wind rustled the leaves dried by the sun. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z As they squeezed past the rocks at the entrance to the path, Doon thought he saw the candlelight glance off a shiny place on the wall. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I zoomed in on Castle Anorak and tapped a spot just outside the front entrance, and in a blink, my avatar was standing there. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We finally made it to the entrance and Allie paid for the two of us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z When he reached the entrance, he spied, with a feeling of good fortune, Colonel Korn trotting up the wide steps alone. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He had found one of them lying a few feet from the entrance to a tunnel. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The chaplain memorized the prophetic words solemnly, entranced further by their esoteric import. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And he moved toward a locked door, swiping the card to gain entrance. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It was facing the attic’s entrance, and now it’s twisted around in the wrong direction. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He looked up to a man standing near the entrance. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The old enmity came back to Ben as he sat down in the chair farthest away from the entrance of the shop. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad walked out through the automatic doors at the entrance to smoke, and each time he did, I looked out at the sky, which lightened little by little with the coming dawn. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z They were next to the south entrance to City Hall, as they’d been instructed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The entrance from the tower steps was out of view. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Like the three gates at the receiving entrance, the doors were large rectangles of rounded steel bars that slid on rolling tracks. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I take the first step out of the protected cover of the entrance ramp and into an explosion of wind. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Soon Iorek turned aside and made for the entrance to a cave, very dark against the snow. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She is standing at the entrance to the living room, buttoning down a multicolored, flowered houserobe. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z We pause just outside the entrance, our purchases and slushies in hand. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “What is it?” said the woman’s voice, speaking to the monkey, and then the cave darkened as her form came into the entrance. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Harry sat down in the tent entrance and took a deep breath of clean air. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We continued to hide, paralyzed, until we heard some men come to the entrance of the tent. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z There was a group of four or five scythes closer to the assembly chamber entrance, the doors of which were still closed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The assistant principal dashed away and over to the ground near the entrance to the front office and pried a metal compartment in the wall open. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z At the entrance to the Grand Gallery, two night warders stiffen. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His family lived in commodious apartments over the store, having an entrance on the side within the porte cochère. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z There were a set of clear rules mounted on the bulletin board just beyond the entrance. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z From there they could see the entrance to the roped tunnel. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The chief climbed up to the top of a small hill at the entrance to this valley and looked down onto the place where he thought the tree might grow. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z She had read the note standing shamelessly in the center of the entrance hall, immediately sensing the danger contained by such crudity. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They made it to the foyer and through the destroyed entrance, tiptoeing around shards from the shattered door. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Despite the pumpkin-season temperature, the day’s arid glitter, both boys were sweating as they approached a barricade that state troopers had erected at the entrance to River Valley Farm. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z At the entrance to the court he turned to the right, stepped over the stream, and strode away southwards along the feet of great tumbled slopes where trees were scanty. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I take a step toward my right, looking over their shoulders, past the entrance to the courtyard and the park beyond. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I turn the corner and walk to the school’s entrance. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z As captain, Pinkie led the team, breaking through the papered hoop that the cheerleaders held at the entrance to the gymnasium. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A soldier with a rifle slung over his back stood at the entrance. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z We came to the entrance to the bridge. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z We pull up to the curb by the entrance. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Outside the station, Garfield and Blaine pulled up to the B Street entrance. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I crossed the hall and had actually picked up the offending item before realizing its full implication; my father, I recalled, had been brushing the entrance hall a half-hour or so earlier. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Kira waited patiently behind him as he investigated several apparent entrances from the clearing where they had slept. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z She smiled—and it wasn’t the kind of smile that said l love you—and she skipped up the six marble steps toward the marble entrance. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He didn’t stop running until he reached the school entrance, then cut for the parking lot. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Just as they drew up to the front entrance, when some twenty-five moves had been made, Collins offered Bobby a draw. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Deep greenery had grown over the entrance and ant columns crisscrossed the walk. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “If you don’t like it here,” she whispers as we near the entrance, “we’ll take you someplace else.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I was thinking about things, like how to make an entrance, and the line between special and weird. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I avoid the entrance and walk around the side of the teahouse to the gardens near the veranda. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z From its size and from the great doors at the far end, Digory thought that now at last they must be coming to the main entrance. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He passed the entrance examination for the university in 1588, then had to complete a final year at Maulbronn before he could take up his place at the university, at the age of 17. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z She’s leaning against the entrance to the dugout with her arms crossed. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z They made such an entrancing sight that Tyrion almost waddled right into the steaming pile of dung the elephant had left to mark its passage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Patrolman Thomas Hoy, 22, was stationed outside the Audubon Ballroom entrance. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab my bag and rush to the door’s entrance, flattening my back against the wall. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z As the light faded two youths appeared bearing a palanquin for the newly married couple, lowered it at the entrance to the hut for them to step into. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the doors, in the entrance hall, was a large display cabinet that had once held drinks and ice cream. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z "No one is being denied entrance to the courtroom, Mr. Stevenson." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Hazel and Nico jogged down the street as everyone was coming to attention, so their entrance was really obvious. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The pyramid’s main gates fronted on Meereen’s central plaza, but the Domishmen made their way to a side entrance opening on an alley. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The children were entranced, for at nearly sixteen they had never seen fire. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I leave him behind and lead Mama to the entrance of the school, where my poster hangs by black rope, waving a gentle welcome in the cool night air. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Wood did not conceal his admiration for the way Indian mats "deny entrance to any drop of rain, though it come both fierce and long." 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As I stepped through the entrance, I glanced up—or in the direction that was currently “up” to me at the moment—and took a long look around. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Kaz watched the tide of people flowing past the portico’s black columns, beneath the watchful eye of the oxidized silver crow that spread its wings above the entrance. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Dorothy looked over at her children, still so young but entranced by the contralto voice that seemed to each person in the audience to be singing to them, only to them. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Then she looked at her watch, waved, and hurried toward the entrance. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z She made her entrance the day after my parents’ car crashed through a guard rail on the skinny road that climbed the ravine over Quake Lake. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z “Bet she wants to make a big entrance.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll need every inch of your silk. This entrance doesn’t divide or split. It appears to be a straight path to the seal.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The Witchlings stood right at the entrance to the Cursed Forest, the one they’d first gone to together and where Beefy had been taken. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The tree branches brushed against the windshield, and it grew steadily darker; Hill House likes to make an entrance, she thought; I wonder if the sun ever shines along here. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I came out on the west side of the school, jumped down the handicap entrance ramp, and made it to the northwest corner in time to catch Celia in the stomach with my arm. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z According to my Baptist Sunday-school teachers, a child is denied entrance to heaven merely for being born in the Congo rather than, say, north Georgia, where she could attend church regularly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Artemis had had it installed behind a cherub over the main entrance. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I started at the Eighty-sixth Street entrance and walked in extremely precise lines, like I was one of the Mexican guys who mow the lawn, so I wouldn’t miss anything. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Of course he knows. We had to ask him if he minds the Azkaban guards stationing themselves around the entrances to the school grounds. He wasn’t happy about it, but he agreed.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Behind Harry, the entrance to the marquee revealed rows and rows of fragile golden chairs set on either side of a long purple carpet. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I have an idea. I think I remember a basement entrance.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Aru blinked and looked up to see a wall of flames towering above them, blocking the cave entrance. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The albino hesitated, then pointed to the deadly entrance. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The guys who I had seen at the entrance with the soccer ball were there, waiting to go in. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Whatever robo-basket this book ends up in is probably sitting right on top of the entrance to the tunnel.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “We go on through here. The entrance is concealed.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Please focus your eyes on the area between the lobby archway and the entrance to the Children’s Room.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z They were covering the only possible entrance and exit for a reptile of such enormous girth. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Yeah, really amazing,” said Harry heavily as they set off toward the steps into the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I think,” he said, “that you should come with me back to the entrance.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z We were supposed to find the entrance to the Underworld. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The BFG ran to the cave entrance and quickly rolled the stone back into place. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Ogled us through the mansion’s lavish front entrance. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In the entrance hall hangs a framed picture of Ganesha, he of the elephant head. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I've never heard of them installed in a private home, though, and yet here they are, lighting up the pathway to the entrance. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z And then we’ll seal off all entrances to the cave as if it had never existed.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Charlie glanced back over his shoulder and saw the great iron entrance gates slowly closing behind him. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z If not for the tunnel entrance, this place would make a perfect fortress. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z We get closer and it’s clear that one of the smaller entrances is actually a stable. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z He sat down on a large craggy blue rock near the entrance to his cave. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The entrance to Olympus was twenty feet behind me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z There was a changeover at some point—Ellen and Leo escorted to the north entrance and Alex and June shuffled off in another direction. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He hadn’t considered that it might be difficult getting into the secret entrances once you’d found them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t take the chair, but sat with him on the moss-covered rocks at the entrance to the cave. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Less than twenty-four hours ago, he had been standing in the sunlight at the entrance to the marquee, waiting to show in wedding guests. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Downtown, near a subway entrance, sat a semipermanent wooden booth decorated with bunting and pennants and flags manned by neatly dressed youth volunteers in paper hats. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The sentries at the entrance always raised the barriers to let the women in, although they did not have to, since the women could easily walk in by the sides. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Other than the front gate, there was only a driveway, the entrance to which was securely locked. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z After he and Secretary Blaine entered the station, their carriage pulled up to the entrance. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Uncle Kufa sealed the hole and dug another entrance close by with a hoe. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I parked and found my way to the prison entrance and walked inside the main building with its dark corridors and gated hallways, where metal bars barricaded every access point. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Then I’m at the entrance, and the sounds of everything behind me fade away. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The gene entrances English and American reformers, who hope to manipulate human genetics to accelerate human evolution and emancipation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z There was a gap right in front of them: the entrance to the vast maze. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z So, in keeping with local, state, and federal law, my apartment building’s security system immediately opened both of my security doors to grant them entrance. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The Hephaestus cabin had set up traps around the entrance to the Labyrinth—razor wire, pits filled with pots of Greek fire, rows of sharpened sticks to deflect a charge. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He listened, his eyes fixed on mine, apparently entranced by these fraudulent recollections. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Did she notice the ornamental touches around the entrance, the Roman urns spilling granite fruit, the harlequin marble? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I could pull one on over my torn shirt; I could sit at the entrance and keep watch. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “So after I joined you on the island, I searched every night under cover of darkness. Even then I was lucky—I only found the entrance the night before I was captured.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z According to the original D&D module, the entrance to the Tomb of Horrors was hidden near “a low, flat-topped hill, about two hundred yards wide and three hundred yards long.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A cleverly built home, with one wall, a sloping roof, and two entrances. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z They continued around the temple's main entrance until they’d reached the large stable. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z At Rockfish Gap there is a tollbooth manned by rangers where motorists have to pay an entrance fee and thru-hikers have to acquire a backcountry hiking permit. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z At one home, you stood entranced as a woman showed a girl how to let rice flour fall evenly through her fingers to make the patterns with smooth white lines. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z To read her, who so entranced and delighted and challenged him? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We dragged our boats across the beach toward a sea cave, its entrance a black fissure in a hill of rocks. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z They had never used that roof entrance, for obvious reasons. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z If students stayed on the paths and walkways as they were supposed to, they would never spot an Executive using a secret entrance. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Yet no one would regard my complexion the same way if I entered such hotels through the service entrance. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Owl Club was “World Famous,” according to the sign, where a hoot owl wearing a chef’s hat pointed the way to the entrance. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Max has her eye on a group of green-shirted adults and kids huddling by the entrance. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Clarence picked up the blue and red envelopes and marched back toward the entrance hall. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z She opens the door wide to make way for my grand entrance. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The others hid on either side of the entrance: So when a girl in a white apron opened the door, she saw only Prosper, with Bo smiling timidly at her from behind him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “Burnham was not pleased,” wrote Louis Sullivan, by now Adler’s partner, “nor was John Root precisely entranced.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I turn off the main street and find the graveyard entrance. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z When he’s satisfied, he holds out an umbrella for me as I hurry to the entrance. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They marched to the square near the entrance to Salem, and separated into two lines, leaving the roadway open between for the parade to pass. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The entrance, to the alley that led to the garden looked very creepy. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Climbing out of the mire onto the relatively solid ground that ringed it, I saw that the opening was the entrance to a tunnel that burrowed deep inside. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I was about fifty feet from the warehouse entrance when a black BMW SUV pulled alongside me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Brer leaped out of the tunnel entrance and landed next to me, finally appearing in the flesh and not as some magical face in the dirt. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “I was kind of an oops,” was the way he described his entrance into the world. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad said, “Stay here,” and ran around to the entrance, to see if it was one of those demons who hide behind the hedgerows. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I could feel the cool air as I walked by the entrances of the more expensive cinemas, but here I was in the middle of it. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Eventually the wardrobe settles in front of the little door, and the entrance to the attic is walled off. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He picks a path to take and along it, between the entrances to the surrounding tents, there is a small group gathered around a raised platform. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "The guy who ran into me down by the entrance on Tuesday, right? I remember your voice. You made a strong first impression." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Four soldiers guard the entrance to the hall marked Special Weaponry. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But we didn't say anything, and I guess he figured we were almost at the hotel so he didn't make us get out until we pulled up in front of the main entrance. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z At the entrance to the cemetery, a tall man stood in shreds and patches, his face slackly wrapped in scarves. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Slightly ashamed of his moment of panic, Harry didn’t say anything to Ron — nor did he look left or right until they had reached the well-lit entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z But finally he stood in the entrance like a little lord at peace with himself and the entire world. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The shape of the stone still stood like a doorway against the blue sky, but the entrance itself opened into a very dim corridor where a set of stone steps disappeared into the dark. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Everything was cold and quiet except for a milk truck that idled at the rear entrance as two silent, sleepy-looking men unloaded the wire crates and let them fall with a clatter on the asphalt. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Shawn circled the lot, then parked near the main entrance. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They parted at the top of the next staircase, Harry and Luna running back toward the concealed entrance to the Room of Requirement. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He could just make out the entrance he had climbed through: small, round, as distant as the moon. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Alex smooths out the lapels on his tux and hovers close to June and Nora as the guests roll in, waiting at the north entrance near the photo line. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The front atrium entrance was mostly glass and was probably completely demolished. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In the evenings, visitors—company people negotiating deals, government people negotiating bribes, factory people negotiating jobs—dropped by, parking their cars near the entrance to the orchard. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She knew Geels would have his crew of heavily armed Black Tips gathered at the western entrance. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She hesitated at the CVS entrance and peeked through the glass, left, right, then she hurried in. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The less elegant crowded through the main entrance and into a kind of courtyard. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Oscar stepped to a telephone pole at the curb, braced his left elbow against it, gripped his right wrist with his left hand, and drew a bead on the entrance to the little alley. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It pulverized the glass doors, sending up a blizzard of shards that obscured the entrance. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z They made a fire by the entrance and slept there for an hour or so, until they were woken by a noise. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z What was it about a season’s first snowfall, Mariam wondered, that was so entrancing? A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z At the final turn, I see Mrs. Morehouse standing in the entrance to the parking lot, her palm out like a traffic cop, keeping cars from pulling in. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I sprinted out the front entrance and across the expansive green lawn in front of the school. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He shooed the press out of the barn, slung a rope across the entrance, posted a guard, and retreated to his track cottage, sitting by an oil stove in a cramped room. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It was more like a cave than a house, with one large garage-style door for an entrance and only one small window facing the lake. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z "Across the street from the entrance to your embassy," the voice said. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Two robotic sentries stood outside the armory’s entrance. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Various tunnels with neon signs at their entrances veer off in different directions. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He had read Schrödinger’s What Is Life? and become instantly entranced. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z A couple of feet from the entrance, Marlena lets go of the halter and leans hard to the left. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The taxi driver pulls up to the entrance. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z A moment later, Aech emerged from the castle entrance and ran over to join us. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Not even a second later the east entrance door bursts open, and I hear footsteps, then smell Barb’s perfume as she stops short right next to me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I stared at the crack between the boulders— the entrance that was about to swallow us. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Melissa Hoffman, one of the seventh graders, starts roaming around and comes across a radio, right by the entrance doors. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Quick heels coming down the stairs, and his mother, large, soft, and gentle-looking, quivered at the entrance. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat in the entrance of his hole in the morning and made penetrating squeaks that are inaudible to the human ear but can be heard deep in the earth by other gophers. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Near the entrances, vendors sold treats from small kiosks. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Above the main entrance stood the giant statue of Hermes, which I guess hadn’t been activated because it was so high up. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Finally he got up in the darkness and joined Hermione, who was huddled in the entrance to the tent reading A History of Magic by the light of her wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z After a few minutes of driving, we come to a house with a main entrance and two smaller entrances on each side. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z I enter the cool mosque, slip off my sandals on the marble floor by the women’s entrance, and put them neatly onto the shelves. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He stepped out from a small recess under the stairs that had an entrance to the cellar. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance I could see Principal Rivera by the school’s entrance. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z When we zipped past our usual entrance to the Park, I was sure of it. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Prosper asked him, looking up at the balcony above the entrance. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of homes had been cut into the rock, and each had a single large gemstone embedded above its entrance, like a diamond porch light. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z We drove through Colorado Springs for about half an hour and saw nothing that Rachel considered a possible Labyrinth entrance. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I had risen half-an-hour before her entrance, and had washed my face, and put on my clothes by the light of a half-moon just setting, whose rays streamed through the narrow window near my crib. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Waiting at the entrance ramp are at least seven people, all young, all dressed in identical dark-gray jumpsuits. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Here is the Administration Building parking lot, and the main entrance to the prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z New soldiers wait for us at the entrance to the compound. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z And then, just as they came towards the shop entrance, the adventure happened. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Previous to making actual entrance into Central I had feelings that I’m sure have never been expe-rienced by a child of 15 years. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As we waited to pay for the gas, a big rig pulled out ahead of us, then accelerated onto the entrance ramp. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the entrance of that cave I will find the answer, if I dare go back and plunge through it into the grotto of light beyond. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z A fountain warbled near the main entrance, surrounded by low stone benches that were occupied soon after sunup and remained popular well into the night. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In the driveway leading to the entrance of the building, scores of yellow school buses were parked. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d stand in the doorways and prevent entrance to all comers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The white steps going up are still the same, the main entrance is unaltered. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s what I was trying to tell you last night. The cave entrance has been there a long time. Luke used to use it.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It blocked the entrance to the patio, and my mom called the towing company to have it removed. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z If Izzi knows of an entrance, I still have time to see it for myself and head back here to pass along the information. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Fatima appeared at the entrance to the tent. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I had managed to forget about Peach until he made his entrance. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Sigurd stood at the entrance of the water ravine, his back to her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Harry picked up Hermione’s wand, which he had dropped in the snow, and sat back down in the entrance of the tent. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I paused at the entrance, setting my hair carefully over my cheek. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z They joined two others standing alongside a white man by the entrance gate to one of the yards. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone in the entrance hall was listening now. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The oldest tenants were standing by the door, guarding the entrance to the dining room where their former patron was being held prisoner. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "Don't worry, they'll make it there. Even if I gotta roll 'em there myself," Ma said, rolling into the room, purposely making an entrance. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z He was getting used to her abrupt entrances and exits. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z At the entrance to the town square, she paused to study the layout of the market, searching for alleys she might use if she needed a quick exit. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Breathing heavily, Victor walked up the two steps to the entrance. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The entrance to the straits was still a quarter mile ahead. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Away from the entrance hall, they wandered through room after empty room of paneled wood, stone fireplaces, tiled floors. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z She backed down the tunnel entrance to her house tail first, pulling the corn after her and calling cheerfully as she went: “Children! Wake up! See what I have for breakfast. A surprise!” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z But then we saw the huge rosebush near the tractor shed, where, with quite a lot of digging, we could put a concealed entrance. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z V snuck her way through the side entrance, past a greasy- haired young gentleman pushing an enormous barrel of flour. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, the dogs and I are at the entrance to the park. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “My dad says they evacuated all the buildings at Fermi. There’s police at all the entrances, and apparently there is going to be the Army or the National Guard, too. He’s at home already.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z They took the lantern hanging at the entrance to the hostel courtyard, and it shed a small pool of light as they went down the road. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z During the entrance tests, they gave me some sentences to complete. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z They made their way up to the entrance to Gryffindor Tower, which was concealed behind a large portrait of a fat lady in a pink silk dress. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When I got closer, I spotted an open patch of ground directly in front of the castle’s entrance, just outside the shield wall. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z After the dog left the cave, I went back to the entrance and looked down at the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Cluny staggered into the entrance to the bell tower, where Friar Hugo had been tolling the Joseph Bell. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “We’re standing at the ancient entrance of the Necromanteion. Odysseus came here, and dozens of other heroes, seeking advice from the dead.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Far across he could see the castle entrance and the armed soldiers flanking it. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The three formed a small arc between the rest of the party and the tunnel entrance. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Judy and I sat on the wall by the zoo entrance as we shared a candy bar and a Coke. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z That this rugged countenance with its air of violence should give her entrance into such a realm of wonder. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Mrs. Coulter took Ama’s hand as they went back to the cave entrance, and saw the girl’s father watching anxiously from below. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The moment you passed through the entrance, the laws of gravity changed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The cannoneer, who was cleaning mud from his costume, was the first to notice our entrance. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I escape through the church halls toward the Sunday school classrooms, heading for the men's room farthest from the entrance. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Two tunnel entrances, one for each direction of traffic, stared down at him like eye sockets of a giant skull. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Then, straight ahead of her, she saw the entrance. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “Our chances will be better of finding an entrance to the Labyrinth. We have to make it back to camp before Luke and his army.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z A tasteful awning hung over the entrance, bearing the silhouette of a Parisian grande dame. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Fortunately there was another entrance to the drawing-room than that through the saloon where they were all seated at dinner. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z In the clearing by the entrance to the copse, he squatted down and began to tear up all the paper into small pieces. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z They had reached the end of the corridor with the hospital wing entrance. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Suddenly the white man by the entrance gate pointed in the direction of our house. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z On one of our first days pounding rocks, a warder commanded Kathy to take a wheelbarrow filled with gravel to the truck parked by the entrance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We come to a stop, and I can see that there’s no visible entrance—it’s blocked off by a tall chain-link fence topped with barbed wire. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Liyana had a little picture of Sitti in her wallet, standing in a long dress in the archway entrance to her house. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A few blocks away, clouds gathered above the Empire State Building—the entrance to Mount Olympus itself. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Nobody wanted to talk near these statues that seemed to be watching our every move, so silence fell over us until we reached the entrance to Nyame’s palace. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It did not matter that before his tenish entrance I was usually in the lab. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z And so he fought to keep from being entranced. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They went through the entrance into a wide room with no furniture. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I wandered through the maze of empty streets, then down a winding back alley that dead-ended by the entrance of a small pizza shop. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Firemen were instantly summoned by the four policemen who had been guarding the sidewalk entrance to the mosque. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a corridor leading in to the door, and a woman seated at a table beside it, supervising the entrances and exits. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But the Singer, looking refreshed after lunch and a rest, made a ceremonial entrance again. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “The castle entrance will open for an avatar who holds a copy of the Crystal Key,” I explained. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A bomb crater, wide enough to swallow a lorry, had split the road at the school entrance in two. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He picked the lock of the emergency exit and told us to barricade the front entrance. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Against the sky in the cave entrance Juana could see that Kino was taking off his white clothes, for dirty and ragged though they were they would show up against the dark night. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk to the side entrance of the Mess. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I march past Suma away from the others and out into the cave’s cramped entrance. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Everywhere wire-cutters are snapping, planks are thrown across the entanglements, we jump through the narrow entrances into the trenches. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z If I could entertain and entrance, I would be like a drug, compelling him to follow us. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The guard at the entrance merely stopped them and told them to check their cases and book bags. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He left me standing in the entrance hall and went to the library where I supposed Weylin was. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z There are two: the entrance we came through, and a door in the back. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A second glance told her that the front entrance of the three-story Mexican hotel was deserted. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The twins standing at the entrance don’t pay attention to me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He snorts...but then continues past the entrance to Drake’s room on the left. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Petra and Calder stood, awed, at the entrance to the room. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z She noticed that just inside the entrance an electric fan whirred quietly, aiming inward, pulling fresh air into the room from somewhere out in the woods. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Just at that moment the children ran in announcing the entrance of their father. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “But I’ll surprise you. Want to meet outside the subway at Times Square? Main entrance.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z They walked through the entrance, down the corridor, and finally down the flights of stairs that led to the playing field. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z It was the cantankerous, curmudgeonly talk show humorist Jean Shepherd who entranced him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A lopsided sign stuck in the ground near the entrance read, the burrow. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The star-filled tunnel has been removed, only a single curtain separates the courtyard from the entrance now. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We slow down once we get to the park’s entrance. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z On Monday at lunch, I stood at the entrance of the cafeteria waiting for Jenna. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z She envisioned Mr. Griswold walking out from the back with a box of books to shelve, greeting customers as the chimes signaled their entrance. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Waiting by the White House entrance was a large, heavy wagon equipped with a platform and bed springs to absorb the jolts as the wagon drove to the train station. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z We coasted by the entrance to Halibut Point State Park where, some nights, Fred’s sisters swam in the quarries. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z That first day, Kaztauskis walked to the entrance of one of the meatpacking plants, joining a crowd of about two hundred hungry-looking men standing outside for the morning “shape-up.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “We know where the entrance is now. We can set up a defensive line and wait for them. If an army tries to come through, they’ll find us waiting with our bows.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The warders went in first and cleared everyone out of the entrance area. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Kendra shoved past Seth and jerked the window shut in time to impede the entrance of a coldly beautiful woman swathed in writhing black garments. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A crowd had gathered near the entrance to the Cold Storage building. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “I’ll stay up here and guard the entrance. After all, even though I’m the vice principal, I’m also the custodian.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z There are a few people milling around the entrance to Erudite headquarters, but none of them notices me creeping across Michigan Avenue. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z And he was off, hurrying back through the portrait hole and toward the entrance hall. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Then he saw what he was looking for: a narrow gully leading back between jagged walls, and at the entrance, a large, low boulder. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Because so many houses are being searched for hidden bicycles, Mr. Kugler thought it would be better to have a bookcase built in front of the entrance to our hiding place. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Have you ever taken the wrong freeway entrance? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Men, women, and children blocked the entrance to the jail, threatening to riot if their demands were not met. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The entire entrance foyer was taken up with a floor-to-ceiling poster about it. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It is a massive Georgian with tall, white pillars at the entrance. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Pictures with Carl were taken just inside the entrance, then we were cut loose to enjoy the carnival part: rides, games, delectable delicacies like Koolickles and deep-fried Ho Hos, the whole deal. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Piper didn’t understand how all that stuff could fit through the entrance of the horn, but she thought the hams were especially appropriate. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “If a Muggle looks at it, all they see is a moldering old ruin with a sign over the entrance saying DANGER, DO NOT ENTER, UNSAFE.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I slipped through the entrance and pulled the door carefully closed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z As I came around the corner, I saw Mai sitting on the top stair outside the entrance to Dell's office. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z They’re all standing at the entrance to the weed field, waving their signs and chanting, “No more malls!...No more malls!” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Already the birdbath altar of Nefertiti, the fancy pillars from the porch of some Victorian mansion and the crumbling statue of Diana by the entrance were beginning to create a temple-like atmosphere. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Jan and Mary walked toward the entrance of the cafe and Bigger followed, confused and resentful. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When we get to the covered front entrance of the building, Tank, Rollie, and Lillie all shake themselves to dry off, getting me wetter in the process. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I am sure it’s because our entrance is so noisy. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z We stand in front of the entrance to the bodega, no words between us. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It was as if he were entranced and—yes, envious—like a starving man looking through a window at a banquet. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I quickly ducked into the alcove entrance of the nearest building, my heart racing. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Within a few hours, cars had backed up from the track entrance all the way to the border. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z As glad as I was to have my entrance into the military rescue me from the dangers of the street, I was doubly glad to be released. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The doorway we’d come through must have been some kind of receiving entrance for the lower floor of the cell block. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The girls went out with torches in their hands, and presently a squire led the guests— Telemakhos and Nestor’s radiant son— under the entrance colonnade, to bed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the mesh we could see a lot of inmates milling around, apparently arriving on the gallery via some other entrance. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa Hong’s bookstall was on the corner at the entrance of our alley. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “And if there’s a tale about this cathedral, there’s probably a loop entrance here, too.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z George made little attempt to brace himself or otherwise prepare for their entrance, so it didn’t take long. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But when I looked over there, my eyes never got past the east entrance. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The physical and mental characteristics that had so entranced Galton—height, weight, beauty, intelligence—were merely the outer shadows of genetic characteristics lurking underneath. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He met the girl, Cleotilde, a few days later, at a shopping center, in a McDonald’s whose windows looked out onto the dank entrance of a tube station across the street. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Lily, who was wearing a dressing gown, stood with her arms folded in front of the portrait of the Fat Lady, at the entrance to Gryffindor Tower. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The castle entrance led into a massive foyer whose walls, floor, and ceiling were all made of gold. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She was standing right at the entrance to the office. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It pained them to watch me advance across the sidewalk toward the hospital entrance. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He closed the lid, picked up the suitcase in one hand, took the pole with the net on the end in the other hand, and marched towards the entrance of the cave. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was still no more than a small, irregular cave with one entrance. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The side entrance burst open and three men ran in holding up long rifles. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The blindfolding, the walk to the secret entrance, the exhausting climb up countless steps—all of it seemed to pass in one excruciating instant. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z To get there you went out the back entrance, and down the narrow twisting path, pushing past the overgrown bracken that, in the early autumn, would still be blocking your way. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at the cave entrance and thought about the long climb back to the world of the living. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Then they vanished, one by one, into the narrow passageway that opened up a few steps down from the movie theater's main entrance. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Leo realized that a much larger figure was looming behind Bythos, with a shadow so wide, it filled the entire cave entrance. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He stepped into the ladies' waiting room and stood near the street entrance. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Everyone is jostling and trying to get closer to the entrance of the mall, and Momma and I can barely get through. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z He looks quickly from side to side, and when he realizes that no one in the crowd has noticed anything, he straightens his lapels in righteous indignation and swaggers toward the back entrance. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “There’s a mineshaft over there that’s an entrance to the underworld.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Good afternoon, ma’am,” he said to the security guard stationed near the entrance. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z There was no path through the forest, so I kept the map in the corner of my display and followed it to the skull-topped hill that marked the tomb entrance. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He rotates it in front of his eyes: eighteen little windows, six balconies, a tiny entrance door. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Even before reaching the entrance, A-Gong was already holding the medicine bottle in his hand. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I say as we approach the entrance to the bathhouse. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I circled around it until I found the entrance, a massive pair of stone doors standing wide open. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He flattened himself against the wall and watched the people passing by the entrance to the passage. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z As he wandered through the couch-stocked maze, I stood near the room’s entrance, trying my best not to block pairs of roommates as they maneuvered furniture through the narrow front door. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Perhaps there was another entrance I had overlooked. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as we passed the camp’s entrance, we sensed something out of the ordinary in the air. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They made their way up the alley to the hotel’s service entrance. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville jumped down from their carriage and dashed up the steps too, looking up only when they were safely inside the cavernous, torch-lit entrance hall, with its magnificent marble staircase. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Just beyond the iron-gated entrance, about a football field's length away, stood a large two-story manor house surrounded by a park and garden. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The band of the Eighth Maine met the regiment at the entrance to Beaufort and escorted them all the way. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm numb as Rémy and I walk back to the market entrance, where a rickshaw awaits. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “O faithless one,” Queenie said, pointing to the entrance to a farm lane about twenty yards farther on. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The cluster of bells thong-tied to the upper hinges of the entrance door jingled and a short, thin woman with a cigarette hanging straight downward from her mouth walked in. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Eddie planted morning glories to run over the door and Hazel acquired some rather rare fuchsia bushes planted in five-gallon cans which made the entrance formal and a little cluttered. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My avatar appeared just inside the “entrance,” a door at the top of a carpeted staircase. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z There was an outdoor sitting area by the entrance to the emergency room. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Harry could see Cho waiting for him in the entrance hall below. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Now it was the entrance to a hiding place that only six children knew anything about. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Betty, who was known to be a Catholic, crossed herself as the little crowd huddled closer to the entrance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Concrete lions stood on either side of what must have once been the grand entrance, and a crumbling concrete wall ran along its sides. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z If he could find the entrance to Dozmary, he could follow the map through to the other side of the metal door. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The river mouth at Moss Landing was centuries ago the entrance to this long inland water. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The orchestra played military marches near the camp entrance. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Biff sensed that someone was standing in the entrance and he raised his eyes quickly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Music teachers naturally use gestures to indicate musical meaning in demonstrating dynamics, tempo, entrances/exits, standing up/sitting down, etc.,” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “One of the canning girls showed me to the back entrance.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Cigarette smoke wafted up from the entrance of the guesthouse, where some boys had gathered. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z On our left were the shops, their windows lighted, and the entrance to the galleria. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z A man in a dark suit and a gray tie stands at the entrance to my room. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I leave the saloon through the side entrance my patrol used every morning, brain working through the possibilities. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Afterward, he staggered to the entrance of a mine and flopped down. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He pulled a branch from a bush that grew near the entrance and bending forward, let it graze the ground before him as he walked. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The day began at 6:00 a.m. as my mother and Granny left me at the school’s entrance gate. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Garrett and I hop out and join the hordes of people flooding the entrance. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Might work. But then you’ve got a five-million-kilo turtle carcass blocking the entrance to the straits. If we can’t fly with the oars broken, how do we get the ship out?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But he was keeping an eye on the entrance by watching the reflection in the window of the shop opposite. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I am a small ant crouched by the entrance, with the winter wind at my back. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Once the main entrance bottlenecked, people crawled over the windowsills. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Victor thought as he watched Prosper and Mosca vanish with Scipio through the side entrance. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z One, at the base by the main entrance annex. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z They left the boat tied up behind Mark’s restaurant and made for the back entrance to the Mud House. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He gestured us back into the living room and then moved down the hall to the room at the far end—the one with the black curtains hanging on the side of the entrance. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Military police manned all campus entrances, patrolling the comings and goings of everyone on the grounds. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z If I were Jeanine, I would send the majority of Dauntless soldiers to the Dauntless entrance above the Pit, outside the glass building. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He leaned his two sturdy sticks against Alys’s hut and hung the cage on a tree branch near the entrance. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They were just past the entrance to the Egyptian Walk, out of the direct sunlight, under the pines and the sprawling monkey puzzle tree. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Based on his performance on entrance tests, he was accepted as a junior. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z According to Armpit’s father, the cost of air-conditioning the homes in west Austin, with their high ceilings and grand entrances, was greater than the amount he paid in rent. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Security guards swarm around our limo as we pull up to the nightclub’s entrance. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The Farrars might have disappeared into the secret entrance before I ever got to the building. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “Keep the tunnel entrance at your back,” John Henry declared. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The building was in flames, the helicopter was now hovering above, and the scythes strode out of the front entrance, like the four horsemen of the post-mortal apocalypse. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She saw no one on the path until near the entrance, where she passed four sporty guys wearing Santa hats and holding flashlights, starting up the trail marked in yellow. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She searches for the entrance, finds it, pries something open—and hops in, disappearing from view. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Can I come in?” she asked, poking her head in the entrance to our tent. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Halfway across, I saw someone, a man it looked like, step out from the shadows behind a Ford sedan parked close to the courthouse’s rear entrance. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z She was standing by the kitchen entrance, her prepubescent body stiff with hostility. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It’s dark and snowing when we drive up to the entrance of the compound. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “The entrance is beneath. I just have to grab a few things.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He had scored so high on the Trinity entrance exam that he had been awarded one of the rare Trinity scholarships—one hundred dollars contributed toward his tuition, and his picture in the paper. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a small parking lot to the left of the main entrance, but like everything else, our cars are back home. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Drawing his weapon from his holster, he sprinted through the entrance. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z That morning there were two rats on sentry duty—one just inside the entrance to the rosebush, watching Mr. Fitzgibbon’s house, another at the arch where Brutus had stood. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Each morning, a load of stones about the size of volleyballs was dumped by the entrance to the courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally I saw Lorraine sitting on a bench in the large center mall near the entrance of the zoo. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Ron opened his mouth to say something, but Hermione nudged him hard in the ribs and jerked her head toward the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She could see from the light filtering down the entrance tunnel that the sun was up, and bright. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “He had to kill ten people to pass the entrance exam.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Unless one of those rooms leads down to the basement, I don’t know where else the entrance might be. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Attendants carried pitchers of wine around the room, and on a smaller dais directly facing the entrance, musicians were playing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Milkman leaned against a tree and waited at the entrance. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z All the entrances faced west, and each door consisted of a wooden panel hung on ox-hide loops. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The Mark were filing up now and he watched as they went past, each darkening the entrance for a moment before hopping out under the hawthorn. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A shout of laughter greeted his entrance; noisy at first, and terminating in Grace Poole’s own goblin ha! ha! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z They found themselves standing in the big entrance hall. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z As we make a beeline for the front entrance, I can hear the anthem beginning outside in the square. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I understand,” said the owl, moving closer to the round entrance of his hollow. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The massive entrance was barred with iron gates, heavily padlocked. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He steps out of the entrance and lets the door shut behind him. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z As soon as you blew through the entrance of Tuttle’s, there were two people dressed in giant teddy bear costumes holding the doors open for you. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Rand made her way to the main entrance and stood like a goalie, taking out anyone trying to escape through the front doors. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I waited for my parents at the entrance, but they never appeared. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In our family room, we had a large window with a view of the street and the entrance of our house. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Besides, everyone will be so entranced by the lead singer, they won’t even notice if the band is good or not.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “De nada”I glanced back through the castle’s open entrance. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The appearance of the sign in the entrance hall had a marked effect upon the inhabitants of the castle. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They had a favored place at the barricade directly across from the school entrance, and in that area a concentration of police stamped their feet and slapped their hands together in unaccustomed gloves. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch Adam make his way to the hospital’s main entrance, Kim trailing behind him. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Earthen spires rose out of the ground, and they slowed gently as they reached the bottom, at the entrance of a dark cave. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Grover translated: “Aunty Em’s Garden Gnome Emporium” Flanking the entrance, as advertised, were two cement garden gnomes, ugly bearded little runts, smiling and waving, as if they were about to get their picture taken. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Do I just run through the front entrance myself? Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z They walked slowly out the west entrance and followed the stone-covered path. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z At the front, outside the teachers’ entrance, is a din field covered with cinders, the boys’ playing field. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In the dream, I made my maiden entrance upon the stage, and the audience at once broke into gales of applause and laughter. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I drove past Holly Meadows three times before I finally found it—everything in the area was oak trees and ranch land, and Holly Meadows—lacking a sign at its entrance—didn’t stand out much. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z I keep still, my eyes fixed on the entrance. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z They had backed up another cage into the entrance. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z A young man in a deputy sheriff's uniform was standing in front of the entrance to the courtroom. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Nah, it was something. Tell you what, don’t climb the fence. Go round to the entrance. And I bet’ not beat y’all there.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The room could be entered through either the hall or the dining room, and at each of these entrances there were glass-paned double doors. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Then one of them confronted old humpbacked Nammy Proggs, who was standing not far from the entrance to the Small Items shop. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Siddhartha stood still at the entrance to the grove and watched the procession, the men servants, the maids and the baskets. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “Get up, Yankee. Your friends are already above. We are approaching the entrance.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z After the third song, a group of men wearing black masks and holding rifles walks toward the entrance of the venue. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “No. How very easily alarmed you are!” he answered, removing his cloak and hanging it up against the door, towards which he again coolly pushed the mat which his entrance had deranged. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z You have to show an ID at the entrance. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As our team approaches the entrance, the fans let out a chorus of screams. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z With a wave of relief, he stumbled forward with his arms over his face, searching for the restaurant entrance. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z They stepped through and Nathan found that they stood opposite the entrance in the canyon. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z She didn’t wait to be let in; I actually fell off the bed with the force of her entrance. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But then lining the sidewalk outside the station, blocking the entrance to the turnstiles, was a row of cops in riot gear. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The automatic entrance doors slid open, and a blast of cold air struck my face. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z All of us, even those who did not understand Zulu, were entranced. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The entrance smells like paint, the only clue that this hiding space has been recently constructed. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z One million people walking in the streets on their way to work looked up into the sky and saw the monster hovering above them, and started running for the nearest subway entrance to take cover. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “I somehow managed to get myself out through the rear entrance of the railroad tunnel and ran home to my mother as fast as I could,” said Heinz. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z After he had eaten, he lay down beside me at the entrance and rested his head on my foot. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z A short midway with a ferris wheel and carousel and a dozen booths for games and food stands led away from the tent entrance. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We pull over to the side of the road, leaving the car, and walk through the abandoned entrance, puzzling at the barrier that must have been put in place after the gate came down. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z ‘That’s the entrance to the old Olympic stadium. It’s called the crypt!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z In the middle, where the nose would have been, a cement wall jutted from the hillside, with a metal door like the entrance to a bunker. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Tally looked at the entrance of the cave, the sheet of water a solid curtain against the night “I hope so. Where’s everybody else?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z We wait as the massive main gates of the west entrance are opened for us, and then pass into the city, the carriage letting us off at a central stop. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “We’d need a distraction. Maybe right after dinner. Everyone will be at the Mess. We’ll be really close to the main entrance.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z As Griphook had already warned them, the liveried goblins who usually flanked the entrance had been replaced by two wizards, both of whom were clutching long thin golden rods. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Coming from the bright afternoon, the subway entrance feels dark and cavelike. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They started searching the quarry for a possible hole or concealed entrance. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Impatiently, Prosper dragged him along through the throngs of people, waiting eagerly at the entrance to the huge church, to see the gilded walls and ceilings. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s probably Mr. Mac, trying to make an entrance. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She liked even less what awaited her at the entrance to the pueblo, where their guide had left them while he went inside for instructions. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Near the bridge entrance, a group of Sheriff Clark’s armed possemen watched the procession pass but did not allow the ambulances to follow the marchers across the bridge. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked over my shoulder and saw several vans screech to a halt, blocking the entrance to the camp. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Pet growled and turned its face toward the outside entrance as the lock clicked and the door whirred open. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z A set of broad steps led up to the main entrance. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally I grabbed the phone off the front hall table and carried it as far as the cord would permit, which left me at the entrance to the living room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She was now inside the building, at the end of the entrance hall. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z We go two blocks up, looking both ways at the crosswalk to spot a subway entrance. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They stopped between the pillars in front of the main entrance. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z That night I stood at the entrance of my tent for a while, hoping my friends would come out to talk, but no one did. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z At lunch, I wait at the cafeteria entrance until the first rush of sound drops. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I can’t go outside because there are five steps from the entrance of the building down to the street. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Horatio, his eyes fixed on the child, rises like a man entranced by some ghost or magical creature. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z This entrance enabled them, armed with a hammer and a pair of pliers, to gain access to the room Trueba had shut. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z "Now I see why. Well, girl. Do you have what I want? Do you have an entrance?" An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It had been ten years since Sparrow and Ruby outgrew the entrance to the heart. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She stood in the doorway, a few feet behind him, one hand on the doorknob—a portrait of spurious hesitancy about making another full entrance into the room. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He’s waiting at the entrance and comes out as we reach the doors. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Suddenly, they were all there, family, Paul Marshall, Betty and her helpers, the policemen, a reception party grouped tightly around the front entrance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There was a great scraping and banging as all the students got to their feet and swarmed toward the double doors into the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They were out on the plain now and drawing near the entrance to Udûn. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The driveway approaching the main entrance curved around formal gardens of great beauty, now tinged with the first brushstrokes of autumn color. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I walk to our table in the corner, beside the entrance to the serving line. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He found a bed in the entrance hall, but he could not sleep for wondering how he could overcome so many shameless fellows. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was finished, he sat down on the bank, with his side to the pool, so that he could watch the trail’s entrance. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys filed into a line of customers waiting for a lift that would take them up through the lit branches of a banyan tree to the main entrance at the top of the building. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z They were through the entrance and ten yards down the corridor and she knew her left wrist could not hold up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Hermione panted five minutes later, catching up with Harry and Ron in the entrance hall and pulling Harry’s hand away from one of his wiggling ears so that he could hear her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Having never done things before, she was entranced by these small satisfactions; she was astounded when, pausing at the sink, a door of sun opening and shutting on her wrist, she realized — yes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He watches the back entrance of the tent for a moment with his mouth open. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She pointed to the entrance of a Woolworth’s shop. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A doorman in an elaborate costume stood at the entrance, and although he seemed surprised by their lack of luggage he overlooked their dirty clothes with a friendly smile. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The only other entertainment available was Pastor Ted and his throng of religious fanatics, who were wedged into sandwich boards and parked just outside the entrance. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z After class, Hassan found Colin eating a peanut butter and no jelly sandwich on the wide stone staircase at the school’s back entrance. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z And if the European entrance into the Americas five centuries ago was responsible for them, what moral reverberations does this have today? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This track, which later filled with pus, extended from the bullet's entrance. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I put a blanket around my shoulders and sat in the entrance, in my usual place, where I could lean back against the rock wall and look down on the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z They were clustered mainly around the park entrance at Columbus Circle and the busier paths, but some had been set up deeper in the undergrowth. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The chill of morning hurried him up the walk to the school entrance. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat a few feet away, entranced, close enough to hear the angry low-pitched buzzing of his wings, so at odds with his jewel-like appearance and jaunty attitude. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He moved a few inches toward her, placing himself between her and the entrance. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z A clock stood at 2:00 A.M. over the entrance to a subway. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z They started walking, trying to avoid the cave entrances, sticking close to the bank of the river. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But once we passed through the entrance, my spirits rose. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Students darted from one hallway to the next—Moss realized that they must have known how futile it was to get out of the school through the front entrance. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Brightly lit corridors branched out from the entrance in all directions. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Still, the size of the place makes us pause for a moment, buckets in hand, before searching out an appropriately humble entrance. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He, Ron, and Lupin walked all the way back into the entrance hall before speaking. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z To gain entrance, scientists had to show their white badges—only the scientists were issued these special photo IDs. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The entrance to the attic was in the garage. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Turns out it's a fairly dangerous idea, because I'm in front of the entrance at dismissal, and there's no place to keep out of the way. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "Madam, the queen's post arrived through the back entrance," a servant announces as she tugs the glistening ribbons of a gold-and-white post-balloon. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Dad’s waiting outside the big glass doors of the hospital’s front entrance. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z For now, there are only stares as she makes her way from the entrance to the ball. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z They walked carefully back across the entrance hall and up the marble staircase, holding their breath as they passed corridors where watchful sentries were walking. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The three of them walked through that entrance of light. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At the back of the great iron-and-glass hall was the entrance to another part of the museum, and because it was nearly deserted, she went through and looked around. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z All we had to do was get downstairs and find the Labyrinth entrance. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z It surprised him not to see anyone there for the convoy, but he thought maybe they used a different entrance or maybe they were all inside already. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z My mother has rushed out to the entrance, with Eden hidden behind her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z When we reached the entrance of the castle, I pulled back on my “reins” and brought my “steed” to a halt. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Double garage with separate entrance. Finished basement. Sliding glass doors.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z In the next building, under an elegant domed copper roof, a ten-and-a-half-foot marble statue of Jesus stood, arms spread wide, holding court over what was once the main entrance of Hopkins. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I follow the number of steps and turns out of the entrance, and then burst through the front tent flaps to find myself deposited back in the narrow alley. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The room was large and well lit, and came with its own entrance and bathroom. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z At eleven o’clock that night, they said good-bye to Ron in the common room and went down to the entrance hall with Neville. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z In the other direction was the entrance of a Chthonic Railway station, with more crowds pouring up and down the steps. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The sentry unbarred the door, and his terrier dæmon quivered as the three figures maneuvered their burden with difficulty through the narrow entrance. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z At the far end was a nearly invisible door, wallpapered over like the entrance to a secret passageway. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The flagstones of the deserted entrance hall were stained with blood. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Maybe we should back up to the tunnel entrance,” I said. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The child is entranced, doesn’t squirm or turn away, opens his mouth obediently for each and every course. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Before she pushed through her school’s main entrance doors, Emily studied the idling vehicles in front. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The junior high school entrance examination dreaded by all of us was gone. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Falconer made no move to approach the entrance but stood on the very fringes of the crowd, looking thoughtful. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z As the afternoon shadows lengthened, the dassies muttered among themselves and eventually clustered at the entrance to their den. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I wired it to the entrance passage and set it off. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A low rhythmic moaning came from his throat, and his dæmon gripped the edge of the basket, equally entranced. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They were in the top row, about five sections to the right of us, near the east entrance. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We were right above the entrance of the Cyclops’s cave. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The slight advantage I held coming into the Training Center, my fiery entrance last night, seems to vanish in the presence of my competition. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Every three days, he went into town to buy a large block of ice, which he wrapped in burlap and placed inside a hole he dug in the ground by the entrance to our tent. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z There were mock lectures and sermons, and then Kerr, the second engineer, made an entrance dressed as a tramp and began singing a ridiculous rendition of “Spagoni the Toreador.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “They’re beautiful,” he said, still too entranced by them to do much else. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He was so sleepy that it was only as they were about to leap at him that he noticed the three small figures crouching, by the entrance to his flat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Through the entrance rushes in a swarm of fleeing rats that try to storm the walls. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel a blanket fan out over me, and then hear her steps slowly leaving, the east entrance door opening and closing behind her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z A dozen or so demons with blood-spattered jaws peered through the entrance. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I take a deep breath as we approach the entrance ramp of the praying mantis ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Outside a tent, a young girl in a pink T-shirt and long skirt dutifully swept the entrance with a broom. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The entrance to the Citadel also looked eastward, but was delved in the heart of the rock; thence a long lamp-lit slope ran up to the seventh gate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z A giant red star of the Solar Federation was emblazoned above the entrance. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The real entrance was by a giant tree, where a root lifted and revealed a staircase and down you went until you arrived at the fifth level. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z As Sophie watched them, they all started floating towards the cave entrance, which was still open. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Bigwig went a little way down the run and stopped at the entrance to a large burrow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The campaign began in the early morning hours in Port Elizabeth, where thirty-three defiers, under the leadership of Raymond Mlilaba, entered a railway station through a Whites Only entrance and were arrested. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat on the broad steps in front of the entrance. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, no, Filch, they’re with me!” she added hastily, as Filch came shuffling eagerly across the entrance hall holding his Secrecy Sensor aloft. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Shukra seemed even more dangerous than the dogs that had guarded the entrance to the Kingdom of Death. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I walked into the bright sunlight and heat, looking for a place to hide before ducking under a dwarf tree beside the church entrance. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The side entrance put them into a laundry room, which didn’t seem very different from Grandma’s laundry room except for a tiny detail. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Mrs. Coulter lay awake in the entrance to the cave. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The entrance is easy to miss, a scratched-up glass door between a newsstand and a nail salon. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We reached the entrance to the hidden glade and headed for the hill where I’d been interrogated before. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Men were standing, dark, at the entrance to the kiva; the ladder went down into tire red lighted depths. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z By consulting the module map, I was able to locate the exact spot in the cliff where the entrance to the tomb was supposed to be buried. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In the center of the bottom tier, a black doorway—a main entrance—sat open. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z It was unnerving; Koffi hadn’t heard their entrance, the hut’s flap certainly hadn’t opened, but here they were, at least twenty of them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z To make the house seem important, there were two large round pillars holding up a veranda entrance to the front door. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know what?” said Ron, once he, Hermione, and Harry had left the kitchens behind and were climbing the steps into the entrance hall again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Outside, he was talking to Papa Oji and some of the other men who were standing by the compound entrance. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He picks up two bulging black garbage bags and heads out a side entrance. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He was usually too tired to stumble back to the cabin after his shift, and spent most of his days sleeping in the tents they had set up near that entrance. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In December of that year, the group learned that the British intended to seize a cache of ammunition being stored by a colonial militia near the entrance to Portsmouth Harbor, fifty miles north of Boston. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “The builder, Daedalus, was a genius. But the point is, the Labyrinth has entrances everywhere. If Luke could figure out how to navigate it, he could move his army around with incredible speed.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I stopped still when we got outside the building, right at the entrance to the boardwalk. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The line I’m in is driving people toward the baseball field, but I can see it stopping before the entrance. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Joey and Rock drove around the back entrance to the locker room. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z His family lived in commodious apartments over the store, having an entrance on the side within the porte cochire. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “This was the entrance to Diocletian’s private residence.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She was standing inside, by the entrance, waiting for Curt to bring the car around, and Kayode almost bumped into her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My sisters and I lingered by the closed entrance of my parents’ bedroom. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Wedging his shoulders inside the entrance to the cave, he used his feet to propel his hand and the shirt as deep into the cave as he could. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Bod went back up the hill, to the little chapel near the entrance to the graveyard, and he waited until it got dark. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Alarmed by Massasoit’s sudden entrance, the Europeans withdrew to the hill on the opposite bank, where they had emplaced their few cannons behind a half-finished stockade. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z At the back of the apartment we see the entrance into the apartment hall from the building hall. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Abuela dipped her fingers into a bowl at the entrance and crossed herself. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The light outside the school’s front entrance illuminated the whole front walk. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z It was all so familiar: the long hallway entrance, the offices lining the white walls, and the white tiled floors. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The other dogs cleared a path for the entrance of the Gray to the fraternity that surged through the yard. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled right up to the front entrance and did her usual 360-degree scan for that idiot photographer Puglisi, or maybe she was looking out for the Recluse. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z The camera at the front entrance had captured two groundskeepers driving away at 5:40 p.m. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z And they all went over to the tunnel entrance and began scooping out great chunks of juicy, golden-colored peach flesh. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z There was no way I’d go downstairs by myself and make some kind of pathetic entrance like a freak in a sideshow. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I walked outside and was disappointed to find people weren’t already pouring in at the entrance—and more disappointed that Connor wasn’t out there. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He’d already laid off the books, already missed the first of the college entrance tests, already didn’t care. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He stood up slowly and took a step or two towards the entrance, going carefully, making no fuss, saying nothing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Members of the Hill’s Guard stood watch at the entrance to the Hill, but none so much as blinked as Seven passed undetected. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z My brother has claimed one of them for his own; he plans to excavate it, tunneling down from the top, then in from the side to make a side entrance. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Disturbingly, it is even easier to gain entrance to the Palace of Elfhame in my servant’s gown than it was to enter Balekin’s household. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The airdrome had been bombed eight months before, and knobby slabs of white stone rubble had been bulldozed into flat- topped heaps on both sides of the entrance through the wire fence surrounding the field. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Several long minutes passed before he reappeared, silhouetted against the fire at the garage entrance to the house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He ran another three uphill miles after the bus that took the delivery boy to the hospital entrance. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Until an entrance opens, like a cave, but really just mangled trees and roots in a massive pile. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Og glanced around and saw us lingering by the entrance, then hurried back to retrieve us. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He was a very tall man—from the photo it looked like he’d have to duck to go through the front entrance if he had on his hat. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z There’s a guy sitting on the curb near the entrance. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Gilgamesh took us to the ziggurat entrance and then turned to me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “This shield is going to drop on its own, at noon on Monday, about thirty-six hours from now. And then we’re going to walk right through the castle’s front entrance.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Ripred swallowed his lunch in a gulp and stood in the entrance to the tunnel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “I suppose you wanted to make an entrance, did you?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z On top of it, some fifteen feet above the river was a sheltering rock formation, its entrance blocked by hedges of old hibiscus. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jet!” a woman by the entrance of the hogan yelled. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I wanted to be a woman, but that seemed to me to be a world to which I was to be eternally refused entrance. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please, sir,” begged Sergeant Towser, sighing wearily, with a sidelong glance at the four baffled new officers listening in mystified silence just outside the entrance. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “We can watch everything from back here until it’s time for us to make our entrance,” he said. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z On the outskirts of the arena, right beside the entrance and carefully segregated from the men, sat the women who worked for Capricorn. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z There is a chandelier in the middle of the entrance and a seating area on each side. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z A scarlet-clad figure on a broomstick, moving so fast it was blurred, shot out onto the field from an entrance far below, to wild applause from the Bulgarian supporters. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Feeling small in the darkness, they walked through the entrance hall and up several steps to the next room. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The Dauntless guards standing near the elevators rush toward the entrance with their guns lifted. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She seemed entranced, unable to help it The unicorn did not seem, able to move from the soft grip of her hand on its horn. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I pedaled down the block toward the front entrance of my neighborhood. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The next morning I met Dinitia in front of the pool entrance, my thrift - shop one-piece rolled inside my frayed gray towel. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Up ahead, a group entered from a farther entrance and turned to walk away from them to the opposite end of the station. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But then, the very next day, we were moved to a parade ground at an army fort near the entrance to the bay, the Golden Gate. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re right near the basketball courts, but the entrance to the park is on the other side of the block. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z But I still go from entrance to entrance, banging and yelling, hoping that Mr. Kennedy is close enough to one of them to hear me over the roar of the polisher. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The rich and famous arrived by helicopter, by limousine, and in one bizarre but memorable entrance, by jet pack. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z From behind they saw nothing amiss, except that she did not seem to hear their entrance into the room. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I thought I would have to call out to attract his attention, but a few steps short of the entrance to the ward he saw us. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I don’t know why the State felt they needed a militia to guard the entrance to the prison on the night of an execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Near to every other entrance one of Cluny’s most trusted soldiers was concealed, awaiting the signal. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The group left the entrance room and walked down a spacious hallway. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z On payday near the entrances to the mines, lines of maimed and debilitated workers begged for handouts. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Something moved in her peripheral view, and Emily turned to see an actual man standing there, scanning the titles on the bookcase alongside the entrance. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Jeremy stops the car at the entrance to our cluster of buildings, and we get out. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z In the side mittam, by the separate “Men’s Needs” entrance, the chrome tailfins of the old Plymouth gleamed momentarily in the lightning. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This was not my first trip to the European mainland, but I was still entranced by the beauties of the Old World. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He pressed a different button, and the elevator dropped lower, and soon it was hovering just above the entrance gates to the factory. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z It was more than twice as long as the entrance tunnel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And then I was back at the entrance, staring into the dark, two torches floating alongside me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Lee and Grumman were six hundred yards above them, and not far from the entrance to the ravine. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Ishtar certainly knew how to make an entrance. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t know how we were ever going to find the entrance to the Underworld by tomorrow, the summer solstice. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z When they turned into the narrow courtyard outside the main entrance of Bayside Press, all the city noise seemed to hush. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I head through the big top, following the hippodrome track to the back entrance. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z But it isn't a truck—it's a taxi—and it's stopping right here, in the circle in front of the entrance, and its doors are opening. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I admired that from the start, to be able to make such an entrance without blushing and stumbling and arraying the floor with your books and the contents of your pocketbook. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He quickly popped Sophie into his waistcoat pocket, then hurried to the cave entrance and rolled back the stone. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Cook kept us up preparing for the storm until past midnight last night, and I’d been planning to look for a secret entrance today. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The door opened slowly as Miss Trixie made her day’s entrance, a large bag preceding her. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Once out of sight of the entrance hall, Harry pulled the Marauder’s Map and his Invisibility Cloak from his bag. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z If the train is under us, there must be an entrance nearby. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “This is not helpfulEnoch said. “Get to the loop entrance part!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z They climbed the steps into the entrance hall and went into the Great Hall for lunch. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They passed it, and the entrance to the gallery, too, and Sarai and Feral exchanged a glance. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “You remember New York and Broadway, don’t you, Fred? How you wandered off and missed your only entrance? Sure hope you don’t do something like that again.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “I used to work for ’em,” she said, coming out of the shadows and into the gray light near the entrance of the cave. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Other than that, Luke barely said a word for the next fifteen minutes, doing nothing but picking at a salad and casually watching the entrance to the cafeteria. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “I think there’s a second entrance and exit in this room,” said Jake. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z She grabbed her violin from the console next to the front entrance, jerked the door open, and took the stairs two at a time up to the Beiderman’s apartment. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Dad made sure the company he hired strung lights over the covered wagon that marked the entrance. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “From the nineteen sixties. You know—the Cuban Missile Crisis. Mr. Lyons’s grandfather was the custodian back then and told him all about it. The entrance is in the custodian’s closet.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z When they reached the entrance to the cave, Neel shone the light inside the hollow while his sister peered around his shoulder. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Harry, Ron, and Hermione climbed the steps to the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z To the delight of the crowd, the conductor led his orchestra in “Hail to the Chief,” the traditional musical accompaniment to the entrance of the president. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, only a gate at the entrance and hedges to keep out curiosity seekers.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z She just happened to take the entrance exam, and happened to get through. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Today’s entrance is a bit different from what Axel’s come to expect. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z By the time we get to the park’s entrance, it’s pouring. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Right across from the entrance to our beloved driveway. Where’d you get yours?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a stir at the entrance, newspapermen swarming, flashbulbs popping. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside our small kitchen window that faces the river, the sun begins to make its entrance onto our side of town. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z We continue walking until we reach the entrance ramp of the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z There was a broken-down wooden hut, but we couldn’t see the entrance. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Now he dragged himself painfully to the curtain at the entrance of the tent, pressed his cheek against the cold ground, and tried to peer out. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z For several years Jerome took a different entrance in and out of our community to avoid driving by the segregated pool. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He set me up for taking the entrance examinations, for which I returned to Atlanta one month later. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z On the scale of difficulty seen in the math section of a typical college entrance exam, the problem probably would rank around the middle. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z I hug him and kiss him and spin him so his back is to the school’s entrance. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Ron gave Harry a meaningful look as he passed and did not reappear for some time: When next they met at the entrance, Harry had shown a dozen more people to their places. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The entrance was not far, and the new ones were gathered there. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Outside the prison entrance were dozens of men with guns sitting on the backs of trucks that lined the long road to the prison parking area. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He stood in the entrance, his hand on the door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I turn, leaving her at the garage house entrance, and walk around to the front where Father talks to the visitor. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z What I see is like the entrance to a tunnel, rushing away from me; or I am rushing away from it, away from that spot of daylight. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A woman wearing horn-rimmed glasses stood outside the smaller building’s porch entrance. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z We’re in the only Rolls-Royce among a sea of limos, so of course people look when we pull up to the entrance. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Aru turned to look at the tunnel entrance and saw that all the people who had once been in the library had disappeared. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We haven’t moved from the crux of the hallways near the entrance of Six North. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Lyra had asked the question expecting the answer No, in fact, for Mrs. Coulter had such an air of glamour that Lyra was entranced. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Kingshaw went out of the house by the back door, and down the path through the yew trees, towards the entrance to the copse. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “So . . . tell me . . .” said Cedric as they reached the entrance hall, which was now lit only by torches in the absence of the Goblet of Fire. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His face assumes a deferential expression and he gestures broadly toward an entrance on the opposite side. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z So there we were, standing outside the south entrance to the gym an hour beforehand. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Isa strode out the back entrance into the yard, the door slamming behind her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The goddess and I stood outside its entrance while Mo prepared a cooking fire a few feet away. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Harry had walked right past the stone gargoyle guarding the entrance to Dumbledore’s office without noticing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The guard looks at my card and directs me to the entrance to the women's camp. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z No, wait...she stood at the eastern entrance. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Guards were posted at every entrance, and more guards patrolled the lowest terrace, where they could look down on the street. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Before she pushed through her school’s main entrance doors, Emily studied the idling vehicles in front. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I followed Fatima to the entrance of a room attached to the kitchen. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Daddy’s voice booms as the double doors at the entrance slide open. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I knew the place too well The entrance to Tartarus. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z A small crowd gathered near the side entrance gate, all girls, except for one familiar face at the center. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z "Hurry up," she says, and starts jogging back to the zoo's entrance. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The moon had come out again, and in its silver light they saw the entrance to a cave half hidden behind the undergrowth. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z With immense interest, Mrs. Glass bent down and picked up the manuscript Zooey had been reading before she made her entrance into the room. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z “If you worked hard, maybe you could take entrance examinations next summer and go in the fall.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Miraculously, though dozens and dozens of dented metal bugs lay scattered around the entrance to the trams, the princess’s skin was clear. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z After the proper introductions were made by Ms. Gruwell, she made her entrance. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The walls were covered with old, yellowed film posters and the entrance was blocked off with rusty shutters. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z After years of deception, exploitation, and knavery, the Sixers have finally managed to buy and cheat their way to the entrance of the Third Gate. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I stopped in a parking place to look at her and the necklace bridge over the entrance from the sea that led to her. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I sprint across the bridge into Building 2, dodging nurses and patients and doctors, and head through the double doors into the east entrance of the NICU. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z We drove up to the carriage entrance of the big hotel and the concierge came out with an umbrella and was very polite. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Nathan took a look back and saw that the shortcut entrance had transformed back into rock. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Harry, Ron, and Hermione slipped and slid across the entrance hall and through the double doors on the right, Ron muttering furiously under his breath as he pushed his sopping hair off his face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I knew he was standing in the entrance to the dining-room, watching me, as I went across the hall, and that I must make some show of knowing my way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Malvonne didn’t have a dollar to spare for Lila Spencer's entrance fee, but she did worry that if the girl did not get to be a lawyer she would end up with an apron job. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We march toward the Pit, but when we reach the entrance, the front of the line turns left. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z When everybody had shuffled into the entrance hall, Dr. Zinchenko turned to the security guard. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The words had barely left his mouth when a girl with long, curly hair emerged from the entrance. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z At the entrance to Alex there’s the huge minibus rank and the bus station. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z We rounded a corner, and Aech and I both froze before the entrance of a giant room filled with row after row of old videogames. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Piper was just starting to think, Frank’s been gone too long - when he appeared at the cave entrance. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They pulled in to the entrance with the wind beating against their backs. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z And with a graceful wave of his forepaw he pointed towards the Big Cat House and ushered them in at the entrance. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “With torches and a big purple curtain over the entrance . . . really mysterious. But inside, a totally decked-out pad with a game room and one of those home theater systems.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z They were coming near to the entrance to the little side valley in which was the Sanchez house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z At the center of the island, two massive black boulders formed the entrance to a tunnel. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I stopped at the entrance so she could buzz me right in. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I rolled my chair to the entrance of the alcove so he could see me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A crowd of men and boys was pressed against the entrance, grinning and leering, arms so entangled that no one of them could fall inside. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z We were led to the back of the cave and into a smaller tunnel than the entrance, one of four branching off the back wall. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “No, Minister...by the time I had come ’round they were heading back to their positions at the entrances....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I met Frank at the entrance to the park and asked him what was up. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Pilate neither acknowledged her entrance nor missed a beat. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z There I would have celebrated my birthday by having a huge party, where fourteen couples would twirl around the dance floor as I made my grand entrance. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z A pair of stone knights stood sentry at the entrance, armored in fanciful suits of polished red steel that transformed them into grif-fin and unicom. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Dumbledore’s anger seemed to be keeping them at their stations at the entrances. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z When he reached the entrance hall he saw that Filch had forgotten to lock the front door. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But it could have been the entrance to anywhere. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Several hours later, just before midnight in fact, Dr. Malone parked her car outside the science building and let herself in at the side entrance. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They all climbed the stone steps into the deserted entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Chervil was already at the entrance, squatting opposite Blackavar and his escort. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Char was waiting for me at the palace entrance. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I grab Kelton’s backpack, empty out the school stuff, then, making sure the coast is clear, I go to the bookcase near the stairs—the entrance to the safe room. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z A misted half-moon had risen to the height of its arc by the time Tree-ear had swept the kiln entrance clear of ashes. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He found a spot in Lafayette Park where he could watch the entrance to the White House. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Harry pulled the Invisibility Cloak over himself and descended through the floors, at last walking down the marble staircase into the entrance hall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Then, with the eyes of every person in the entrance hall upon him, he took a great breath and stepped over the line. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Yeah, maybe,” said Harry as they reached the entrance hall and crossed into the Great Hall. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z We crossed a muddy strip of grass and peeled around the back of the building to the entrance. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I try a Google search, because maybe there’s a secret back entrance to her Facebook page, one that requires a special knock or a three-digit code, something easily figured out. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z No sign of gate or entrance, not a fissure or crack could Frodo see in the frowning stone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I don’t remember the journey from the entrance to the morgue, really, just a few smeared images and whatever sound I can make out through the barrier that has gone up inside my head. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z At the tunnel entrance in the ditch, Fangburn and Killconey were madly thrust aside as rats, weasels, ferrets and stoats fought their way out of the tunnel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Matt sat perfectly still, entranced by the bird’s beauty. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a large stone structure, complete with Gothic arches over the entrances to the boat bays—a structure far more elegant than the clapboard homes most of them had come from. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Will walked carefully around to the entrance, which faced the lake. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I’m confused for a second but then I realize it makes sense to have a secret entrance like this. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The Centipede poked his head cautiously out of the tunnel entrance. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The floor began to tremble beneath my feet, and I felt my knees go weak as a fresh horde of fetterlings charged through the destroyed main entrance. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They started back toward the entrance at Mr. Ages’ slow, limping pace. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z In that rosebush, concealed and protected by dense tangles of fiercely sharp thorns, was the entrance to a rat hole. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z They bolted past the entrance to the colonnade and into the circular courtyard. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z From the back entrance of the cave I saw several guards. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Above the entrance in big letters were the words “Science Center.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The Union Stock Yards commissioned Burnham’s firm to build a new passenger depot at its entrance, to manage the expected crush of fairgoers seeking a crimson break from the White City. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Unpleasant loop entrances serve a purpose—normals tend to avoid them, so we peculiars have them all to ourselves.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She went straight across the hotel lobby and out through the front entrance into the open air. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “An entrance to the Labyrinth. An invasion route straight into the heart of the camp.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Charles Howard knew something about making an entrance. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z When the tub was partly full, I carried it over to the elephants’ pathway, at the entrance, put it on the ground, and poured in most of a gallon of “bloody Jik”—laundry bleach. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside there was a shout, and a man fell out of the sky, to land with a sickening crash not five yards from the entrance to the cave. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z "My men will be at the entrances tonight." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Outside the main entrance of the train station is the first checkpoint—a series of desks. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z After sneaking through the delivery entrance, the two children had wiggled their way onto the main floor. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The men surged around Mr. Hundy once more, but he seemed entranced by the camera. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I led him back around to the locker room entrance and then down the stairs with the same sense of spirit I'd had knowing I had to get Aileen back home from Horn Rock. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z When he got to the Pipeworks entrance, no one was there. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And then we are out in the impossible cold, leaving trails of footprints in the snow from the dorm entrance to where his truck is idling. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The door opened and the crooked little cotton-eyed piano player stood in the entrance, waiting for a sound to tell him where she was. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z At the far end was the entrance to another cave, flanked by gigantic columns of crystal that looked like diamonds. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “I am. Ged, you won entrance to Roke by saying your name. Now you may win your freedom of it by saying mine.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Something moved in her peripheral view, and Emily turned to see an actual man standing there, scanning the titles on the bookcase alongside the entrance. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Between our apartment building and the park entrance are two more buildings, so we stand in front of them for ten minutes to talk to the residents coming in and out. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z At the entrance I bumped against a woman who called me a filthy name, only causing me to increase my speed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A girl is standing in front of the entrance, playing around on her phone. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The elephant trails joined at the entrance and headed inside. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Past the sand dunes yawned the entrance of a large tunnel. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It's parked in front of a tan building with the number 345 in white scrolled numbers on the glass door entrance. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then, after breakfast, after Mrs. Dudley’s entrance at ten, they came without comment, following one another silently, to the little parlor, and the doctor took his position before the fireplace. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z It is not easy, I have heard, to gain entrance to the convent. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z As a particularly long white limo rolls away from the entrance, here comes this three-wheeled bouquet. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “And Lot said unto the sinners who crowded at his door, I pray ye, brethren, do not do so wickedly! For the sinners of Sodom pressed their evil will against the entrance to his household.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I reach the hotel entrance and walk to the dormitory, hoping that I can just collapse into my bed and sleep, but Tobias is waiting in the hallway for me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Lies,” I answered, and before we set off, I drove Harold over to the front entrance and waited while Daisy threw away her milk. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I stand just inside the entrance and tilt my head back. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Lou Volpe’s classroom, far from the main entrance, is furnished with old couches and living room chairs, donated stuff that otherwise might have gone to Goodwill or landfills. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “It’s one thing hanging around the entrances under the Cloak, but this is different, Hermione.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Scoob looks over his shoulder at the gaping entrance to his bedroom. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Next to the warehouse doors is another outside door, a separate entrance to the office. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Weren’t you saying just last night that you’ve known all along where the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets is?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I step through the entrance and the sharp smell of spices stings my nose. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Just ahead was the Sun Gate, the official entrance to the city. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Then we stood in the high entrance of the great barn and smelled at the sweetness of alfalfa and the bready odor of rolled barley. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z One after another, I washed pairs of feet, not bothering to look up, entranced in my prayerful listening. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After tea, leaving herself too little time, she went to the phone box outside the hospital entrance near Westminster Bridge and attempted to call him at his work. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Just a stone driveway that leads to a side entrance, where a rickety door always gives me trouble. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z They looked in her direction when she entered, and one said to her, “The servants’ entrance is to the left of the courtyard; you’ve come in the wrong way.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A large awning hangs over the entrance, orange, the color of our exiled monarchy. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The temple’s front doors, in a sweet reversal of most American entrances, let blacks in and kept whites out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Then I suppose you have a way to get past the horde of hollows who’ll be guarding their entrances as well!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The scrambled dab of powder on my nose, the hasty comb through my hair, and then the inevitable knock on the door and the entrance of the cards on a silver tray. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I bolted down the stairs and through the museum entrance. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z George carried my suitcase to the building’s entrance. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Right at the entrance to our alley, where you could not help noticing it, stood the propaganda wall. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She had always been precious to her parents, but with her entrance into the rarities of algebra and Latin she climbed into clouds where her parents could not follow. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The turtle stopped at the entrance to the straits and glared at them balefully, but it made no attempt to follow. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was late at night when the city of Rio de Janeiro first came into view, and the ship finally passed the famed Sugar Loaf peak, which marked the entrance into Rio’s calm natural harbor. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z They slipped out from the protection of the wall and headed for the front door—only to run straight into a man standing in front of the entrance. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I freeze in the entrance hall with all of them looking at me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I don’t go far from them, just closer to the entrance right as a priest is escorting a crying woman out the church. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We circled around the drive and pulled up by the wide floodlit entrance marked Emergency. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Not daring even to look at each other, Harry and Ron followed Snape up the steps into the vast, echoing entrance hall, which was lit with flaming torches. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Approaching the welcoming entrance and the busy processing of the new ones, a small group of people Matty recognized—with Mentor leading them—came forward, chanting, “Close. Close. No more. No more.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He slept most of his days away on the back porch, which was Elihue’s entrance. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw its call letters over the entrance of an office building, so he went in. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Before this search was over, however, we were distracted by a commotion at the entrance to the gallery. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the rear entrance, Mrs. Stockton let go of my ear long enough to pound her fist on the door. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z At 8:23 and twenty seconds, King Lotharon made his somewhat belated entrance to the dinner. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z If she could get Brum into an empty corridor far enough from the entrance that the guards couldn’t hear them...Could she torture a hardened drüskelle? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z They walked together down the steps in Mr. Frost’s high narrow house, to the little entrance hall at the bottom of the stairs. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I sit at the base of one of the gigantic pillars in the great entrance hall. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A crowd huddled in the shade of the front entrance, chanting “Go, Mira! Save Sir Fig.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I slowed up to check out Hank’s window display—all tacked-up Ts, glass pipes, bongs and black velvet boards of jewelry—then ground to a halt at the entrance. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The old man pointed towards the two hatchways that gave entrance to the lower world. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Up ahead, a group entered from a farther entrance and turned to walk away from them to the opposite end of the station. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Her silent entrance into the house would have made a ninja jealous. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z So I approached it found one of the logs, and rolled it over to the entrance to the hut I stood on it and felt along the crossframe that held the roof up. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But only in the south did the Maya elite, entranced by visions of its own glory, take its hands off the switch. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Those of us in the middle—halfway between the street entrance and the back parking-garage entrance—start a surge toward the back door. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z It was the entrance to a private road, lined with trees. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Daddy stands guard in the entrance of the store. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z As she reached the broad landing that dominated the hallway, Leon was showing Paul Marshall through the wide-open front entrance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And it had the charm of never knowing the entrance of an outraged landlord. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Pushing our way through all the kids and commotion, I followed her to the front entrance. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z We were hanging out at the entrance to the stationery shop, leaning up against the gate. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z From what Timothy had told me, the sea entrance to the hole was too narrow for a large fish, a shark, to swim through. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z When they reached the White House, the women divided into two groups of six and headed toward the east and west entrances. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The chief’s messenger welcomed them at the entrance to the village. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z He hobbled the mule and tied a long rope to the burro and let them graze on the thin, bluish green leaves of salt bushes growing at the entrance to the canyon. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Whose shining, polished surface had entranced Pearl with her own reflection. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z ‘We is off!’ cried the BFG, heading for the cave entrance. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In a corner near the entrance stood the statue of an angel. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “The camps were different, yet alike. Same overcrowded barracks, each with a Some of the concentration camps, including Gross-Rosen, had the ironic words “Work Makes One Free” above their entrances. number. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I’m not entirely sure that’s true, but I manage to persuade myself enough to approach the servants’ entrance and slip inside. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But the entrance to the Underworld looked like a cross between airport security and the Jersey Turnpike. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Extraordinary! We shall walk around back. I expect that’s where the kitchen entrance will be.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The entrance was covered with curtains of scaly reptile skin, and flanking the entrance, two torches made from colossal femur bones burned bright yellow. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z This morning, as I walked past the blackened tunnel mouth, the entrance to the underpass, my pace quickened. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack stood by the stage entrance, peering at the book as though he'd lost his place long ago. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The sun has made its entrance, and the sea-blue sky is dotted in white puffy clouds. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z There was a sunken sidewalk area near the train entrance, next to the Cambridge Information Center and another newsstand. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z After several moments, Ron spoke in a voice so low that it would not carry to Hermione, huddled in the entrance. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The entrance to this circus triggers the same sort of fear—stepping into the black unknown, beyond which is something dangerous. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z At Bethune, the colored high school he went to, all the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth graders—about twenty of them—were housed in the same little room near the entrance. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Ralph knelt in the entrance to the shelter and peered cautiously round him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z We stop at the end of the Schouwburg's block, close enough to see the theater’s entrance without looking like we’re actively watching. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The entrance hall was packed with students too, all milling around waiting for eight o’clock, when the doors to the Great Hall would be thrown open. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The tunnel ends with three separate entrances to rooms—all of them small and transparent like Mom’s greenhouse. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Knowing that everyone in that line would be shepherded in and out, in front of and past the statue in a matter of minutes, they decided to enter through the rear entrance instead. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Early on, he seemed to accept Lyme’s assertion that the entrances couldn’t be taken, and dropped out of the conversation entirely. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Your dad’s in the paper, Weasley!” said Malfoy, brandishing a copy of the Daily Prophet and speaking very loudly, so that everyone in the packed entrance hall could hear. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Stand by for a fighter pilot,” his father said as he weaved through a crowd that had congregated near the main entrance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Exclusion Guards at the gate entrance clear the drivers after a visual inspection of the inside, outside, and underside of the buses. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z They had cut down the bush around the village except for the entrance from the river through which we arrived. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Viola looks up to the entrance and puts her hands to her face and I can see her clench her teeth. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Her eyes were focused on the compound entrance. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In either corner of the hall, over the nursery doorway, two grinning heads were set; meant, apparently, as gay decorations for the nursery entrance, they were no more jolly or carefree than the animals inside. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z The same button that controlled the ignition first dumped the ashes of the previous fire, and allowed for the entrance of fresh wood.—It was a thoroughly domesticated fireplace, you see. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z She held her handbag tight at her side and seemed to be swaying at the entrance. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Good day to you!” said the familiar, misty voice, and Professor Trelawney made her usual dramatic entrance out of the shadows. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The shouts of laughter followed Harry into the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The entrance was designed to look like the facade of a castle, and you entered the maze through its open gates. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z And for years I had planned my entrance. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He opened the entrance carefully and listened, but he couldn’t hear a sound. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z We crept to the cave entrance and saw the Cyclops, grinning wickedly, holding up empty air. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I scanned the parking lot entrances for Cherry’s Civic. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z One night while watching an old Marx Brothers movie on the Late Show, he was held entranced by a scene where the brothers were searching for a missing painting. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not fussed, really, I prefer flying,” said Harry, glancing over his shoulder to see where Malfoy was, and speeding up as they came into the entrance hall. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Another time, he broke into a bank vault but left the four security guards at its back entrance untouched— although a bit stupefied. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z In the low-roofed smithy Will stood with his back to the entrance, staring into the fire. The Dark is Rising 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He bellowed Briony’s name again, though he knew she must be by the front entrance by now. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It’ll take me hours to get through here, Victor thought, throwing his full weight against the entrance. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z They filed through the entrance into a small room shaped like a pizza slice. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She steamed past the fancy brick entrance to the golf course and soon the paved road gave way to a dirt rut, with no curbs or streetlights. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There are huge stone centurions with spears, wearing armor, guarding the entrance. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z James crouched in front of the teepee entrance and went inside on his hands and knees. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Monet and his friend stopped at the park gate to pay their entrance fees. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The tablet was placed on the front entrance of the Courthouse in Auburn. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d reached 67 by the time Daddy dropped me off at the front entrance to West Side Junior High. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They skulked in an empty chamber off the entrance hall, listening, until they were sure it was deserted. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He opened the door and stayed with Bo near the entrance while Hornet walked up to the counter. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She made her way round the stable block and stopped under the arched entrance, beneath the clock tower. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I try to recall the entrances into the main part of the castle. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The thread and the screwdriver we hid in the duct, a few feet from the entrance. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Unstowing the emergency seal, she plugged the entrance to the bridge. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Police officers surround every corner of the building, and there are even a few cruisers at both entrances to the parking lot. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “That’s exactly what I’m talking about. And maybe we could barricade or blow up the entrance to the Griever Hole. Buy time to analyze the Maze.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He could see, even through his closed lids, the reddish glow that meant light streamed upon him from the entrance hall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The acrobat tent looms higher than the tents surrounding it and the sign that reads defiance of gravity swings over the entrance only a few paces away. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A bustling crowd was filling Ghazi Stadium when we walked through the entrance tunnels. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We walk quickly in the direction of the front entrance, where I first entered this compound. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It wasn’t exactly a spacious cavern, more an undercut in the face of the cliff, with a curtain of enormous icicles screening the entrance. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z But without an entrance exam, how would they pick the students for the elite schools ? Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I scoured the faces of the guards at the entrance, but the strange man wasn’t among them. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind us, to the left of the entrance from the glass hallway, was a counter. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “Three of you stick around,” the woman says to the Dauntless guards clustered by the entrance. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z There were many doors and giant entrance ways, and the wind gusts sometimes reached gale force. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Just outside the entrance are a few big pieces of furniture wrapped in fabric. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “If we touch either of them, they’ll explode. But at least nothing will get past the entrance.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Half an hour later, when we finally pull into the roped-off section of the Tokyo Dome’s side entrance, I’ve almost calmed the butterflies wreaking havoc in my stomach. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z His face is reserved, then downright ashen when he sees Alex in the entrance hall. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Sometimes I would sit in my doorway, which became an entrance to behold—a portico of pure white snow, adorned with snowmen—and watch them with endless interest. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come back at five! I’m surprised she didn’t tell us to use the servants’ entrance!” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z TJ speaks through the biting wind as we approach the entrance to Penn Station. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Now, planning how she would present herself at the entrance to the Nurturing Center, Claire realized that she was excited, and a little nervous. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z This entrance will be guarded both night and day, for it is the main gatehouse, and as such is the very threshold of our Abbey.’” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “We have to find an entrance to the Labyrinth,” Annabeth said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z There were eyes painted on the church door, narrow red eyes, and ugly stone demons the height of a man stood on either side of the entrance, their teeth bared like savage dogs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Over the entrance, an American flag and a Nazi flag faced each other. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Taking a small boulder, he jammed the entrance slab from swinging shut. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It was the sheltered entrance to an enormous mine. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I place my hands against the cold, rough brick at the entrance and close my eyes, running my fingers over it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I tuck myself behind the giant cardboard cutout of Harry Potter saying, “Read!” that Mr. Herd has set up on the side of the entrance. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “Where’s your ID?” the security guard at the library entrance demanded. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The mouth of the cave is huge—fifty-five yards wide—and it opens out even wider beyond the entrance. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Several late-comers, thinking there was an empty seat, genuflected at the pew’s entrance and prepared to enter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Main Street was empty except for a few dogs sniffing at closed entrances and the sleepy activity around the San Francisco Chop House. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I entered the World’s Fair through the side entrance across the street from the Wild West Show. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He’d wanted inglenooks, somebody had said, and an overscaled fireplace and alcoves, built-in window seats and wainscoting, a battered porch base and low stone walls along his entrance walk. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They surround a bundle of canvas and heave it toward the entrance, grunting with effort. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He trotted out of the greenroom and weaved his way across the kitchen to the ballroom stage entrance. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z There were soldiers stationed at every entrance just in case, but no one dared to even step close. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z At least he was not looking in her direction, and Mrs. Frisby hurried on to the bush, directly to the hidden entrance, and slipped inside. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z And now she was talking to him in a way that was not foolish and childlike, designed to entrance, but instead was human and pained and adult. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Near the entrance, leaning up against a pole, is Patrick Thomas. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He walked out through the entrance of the tent, the panic rising into a crescendo inside him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We followed the crowd to the auditorium, where students handed out programs at the front entrance. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z She entered the palace through the front entrance. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I get a feeling that it’s going to go downhill from such a grand entrance, so I give myself some advice as we step into the uptight, uptown restaurant: This is about them. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z As it happened, Polly was on all fours, washing the tiles in the entrance hall. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He put it away as she came down, and escorted her silently to the side entrance, watching through the glass door as she drove away. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Tucked among them, Pax saw three den entrances. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Before I left the castle I so fixed its entrances that never more can the Count enter there Un-Dead. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z There was a storm coming, set to lay three feet of snow over Sardine Canyon, which guarded the entrance to our valley. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z My room, like Kitchen-Girl’s and Cook’s, is a dank hole with a low entrance and a ragged curtain that serves as a door. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I had hung back at the entrance, cagily I thought, waiting to see what would happen to the others before I followed. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I saw two pagodas, one on each side of the street, as though they were the entrance to a great Buddha temple. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z For their entrance into Qarth, he had put away his Dothraki garb and donned again the plate and mail and wool of the Seven Kingdoms half a world away. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The boy reloaded his rifle and tied his red neckerchief on a branch, marking the entrance to the clearing for their return. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Ayesha and I find the others and hurry to the open yard between the Hub and the entrance gate. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “You can see the entrance there. Halfway up, between die weirwoods, that cleft in the rock.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z To the right is the entrance to the Visit Room, not yet open. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The big bouncer from the entrance was hustling his way over to me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He was eighteen when his father sent him east to study with private tutors to prepare him for the entrance exams for Harvard and Yale. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I followed Nabila through a curved entrance down a new hallway. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It’s owned and operated by the same people, so we don’t even have to go outside because there’s an entrance inside the restaurant. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Later Samuel and Adam walked down the oak-shadowed road to the entrance to the draw where they could look out at the Salinas Valley. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He stopped by the front entrance shining his flashlight out over the parking lot, like one bright eye. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z One could well say of the event horizon what the poet Dante said of the entrance to Hell: “All hope abandon, ye who enter here.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a secluded side entrance of the Residence that Alex can sneak out of without being seen, and June and his parents meet him there. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z They had disposed of over half their cargo when they were stopped at the California line and their potatoes refused entrance. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The sudden entrance of Hamlet and Horatio put a stop to our argument They were deep in conversation but halted their steps upon seeing us. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Just before the entrance to the parking lot, hidden from the street, is a small guard hut. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I had never before driven on roads between Port Elizabeth and Cape Town, and I was looking forward to many miles of entrancing scenery. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s when I turn and see a man sitting in the arched entrance to the old building next door. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Most of the tents have prominently placed signs in painted wood, and entrances that are clearly defined or marked. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I have gathered from the evidence that there was another explosion set off at the same time as the one near the entrance. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He walked straight through the shop, spoke to Pai a moment at the entrance, then vanished into the street. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z We kicked the snow away to find a pair of wooden doors set into the bricks, like the entrance to a coal cellar. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Mrs. Baker held her hand down on the horn at every intersection, fishtailed through most of her turns, and pretty much hit the entrance to the emergency room in one long sideways slide. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I slept for the last fifty miles into Coeur d’Alene and when I awoke, I was sitting in the sheriff’s car outside the hospital entrance. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The junior high school entrance examination had been abolished. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlotte’s reply was spared by the entrance of Jane and Elizabeth. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z First, that he can no longer see where the entrance had been. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He suggested that he come to get me at six-fifteen, after everyone else was gathered, and bring me down so that I could make an entrance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He doesn't light a single candle or release one of the lanterns strung up in a line beside the entrance. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z As we round into left field, I have a straight-on view of the park’s entrance. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z He had also never rented a car before stepping into the dark green Ford Taurus and taking the entrance ramp onto the interstate. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z A wall, too, the men of old had made from the Hornburg to the southern cliff, barring the entrance to the gorge. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z As she went past the kitchen entrance she called, “Tea. Two cups!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In later poets there are various entrances to it from the earth through caverns and beside deep lakes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Ellie clutched her bag and refused a newspaper from a kid and watched the main entrance by the ticket counter. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They disappear into the entrance with the sofa, their voices muffled by the walls. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He scored well on his medical school entrance exams and, after another year at Brown, he will head to the St. Louis University School of Medicine. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He went out the sliding door behind my seat and made a beeline for the small cluster of silver water fountains that stood between him and the restroom entrances. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He was too entranced by its design to fully pay attention to what Nali said next. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z By owl time Bigwig and his helpers had scratched out a kind of lobby inside the entrance to one of the runs leading down from the wood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as we turned into the entrance, 165 Wayne spotted the blue tents along Joeys street. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z More nurses and doctors were pouring out of the entrance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The entrance to our building was off a narrow alley. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Formed long ago by the collapse of two rock pillars, the rubble had created a little enclosure, barely big enough for two people, hidden by a tree perched at its entrance. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z There were long, dark alleyways between the historical buildings, hidden paths, secret entrances, and a few unsavory occult shops where only the most mysterious villagers seemed to congregate. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z It looked like a year-round Halloween store, with a few stray ghost decorations on the window and a rotting pumpkin by the entrance. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z That sort of entrance might serve for a sellsword and his son, but not for a great lord and his prince. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They reached the entrance hall, which was packed with people queuing for dinner. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A mound of loose white sand was visible at the entrance. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But a few moments later the Berg landed with a surprisingly soft thump, just outside the entrance to the PFC building. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z With a lurch in his stomach, Pong saw a trio of police at the building's entrance, surveying the crowd and checking bags and satchels as people wandered inside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z About two hours after Prosper and Riccio's return the bell at the entrance rang and the Thief Lord was at the front door, just as he had promised. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Then we dug our living quarters under the rosebush, and the entrance you came in. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Over the summer, I take the entrance exam to the Republica de Ecuador and pass it with a score high enough that the head of admissions wants to interview me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z James crouched in front of the teepee entrance and went inside on his hands and knees. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She had grown up reading and doing her homework beneath the giant stone elephant at the entrance. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The boiled yam and peppery greens refused to go down my throat; they clung to my mouth like children clinging to their mothers’ hand at a nursery school entrance. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Turning to the left and skirting this huge hedge Treebeard came in a few strides to a narrow entrance. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z At the entrance of the alley, the man with the red beard and his companion slipped around the corner and out of sight. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Valley ran to another, smaller entrance to the cave a few toadstools away and pointed at the ground. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Halfway up the field stood an extravagant confection of striped silk like a miniature palace, with several live peacocks tethered at the entrance. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z People were cheering out in the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Men filed into the room, leaving their shoes at the entrance, and sat cross-legged on the mattresses. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Now, I put my head down and lead Alan up the hill away from the entrance. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Fred Weasley said, his eyes glinting, as they all made their way across the Hall to the doors into the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Stick and I exclaimed in unison, creating a sound altogether louder than Bucky’s entrance had been. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z They filed through the entrance into a small room shaped like a pizza slice. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Now flying by some magical means, Aech’s avatar swooped down, passed over the bottleneck of gunters clustered at the castle entrance, and disappeared through the open double doors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z John and I arrived around nine thirty and sat down on the benches at the entrance. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “I thought that would be obvious enough. The entrance to the Underworld is in Los “Oh,” I said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They carried spears and disposed themselves to defend the entrance. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I pulled my dad’s car up to the entrance. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z They walked a bit farther among the palms, and then the boy left her at the entrance to her tent. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A little grey cat sits in the entrance. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I whirl around to see Metias, the young captain from the hospital's entrance, facing me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “The slag heap next to the east entrance,” says Prim patiently. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z When the Weird Sisters finished playing at midnight, everyone gave them a last, loud round of applause and started to wend their way into the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z At the entrance to the same field, a chaplain and his clerk were dousing cases of prayer books and Bibles with petrol. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Desperately he tried to keep his mind on the rocks and shoals of the entrance to Salem Harbor. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The entrance to a long, low open space that twisted through the foliage and led deep into the bank. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t appear to notice the sound of my entrance. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Seven carefully slid the two heavy boxes atop the pile in Pixel’s arms and watched as she practically sprinted up the hill toward the side gate entrance of a bright orange house. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Military units were stationed at the entrances and exits of townships. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A playful gust of wind danced it over the Hudson River, and up Forty-second Street, and whisked it down the subway entrance. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z He says that if his mom owns the place, we should make a skateboard ramp in the front entrance where the stairs are. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I climb the stairs to the front entrance, doing my best to ignore all the eyes my suit attracts. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Most of them ignored the sealed fissure in the marble floor at the entrance—a ten-foot-long jagged scar that hadn’t been there last summer—but I was careful to step over it. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Just in front of the entrance to the school, her sneakered foot landed on a patch of ice. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z The whole common room fell silent, staring, petrified, at the entrance. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Great black shadows lay across the entrance, and he could not see for more than a few yards inside. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z At the entrance I picked up a card with a young woman’s picture and followed her story. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z He was not surprised to see them standing together in front of the north entrance to the school building. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z They’ve reinforced the entrance, packed the stairwells with crates of artillery shells. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There was a terrified silence in the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The satyr led them into a shallow ravine, where they found the wide entrance to a dark tunnel. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z As I stood alone outside the Sixteenth Street entrance of Central High, I was shivering against the cold, waiting for my ride home that Friday afternoon. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I race out of the room and back through the servant entrance to the staircase. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z As the afternoon wears on, talk keeps returning to a strategy that has been tried repeatedly—the storming of the entrances. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z My entrance had undone his work of appeasing Laertes, and his face twitched with the effort of repressing his anger. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The bands were scattered around the fairgrounds, well back from the front entrance, and whatever they were trying for sounded like tuneless noise and echoing feedback by the time it reached us. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z When we came to the entrance to the parking lot, the old man pointed him to turn right. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And each boy according to his own capacity drank in the applause that poured over his entrance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d found the main entrance, then the door to the stairwell. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z But before I could answer, my father came into the room, making a not-so-grand entrance. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Celia passes by a theater in Old Havana and recognizes two of her half brothers standing by the entrance. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z That afternoon, I discovered that my cell had been moved from number 4, near the entrance of the passageway, to number 18, at the back. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When the guard at that entrance told them to check their instrument cases, Claudia told him that they were just passing through on their way to meet their mother. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Since Elnora allowed me to study this book that so entranced me, I tried to please her by attending chapel services with her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was a windy day, and I sat behind Baba on the little podium just outside the main entrance of the new building. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z August showed us how to drape a square over each hive box, securing it with a brick and making sure we left the bees’ entrance door open. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes focused on the flowered park entrance. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z It was easy to see the two arms of sand that made the entrance in the moonlight, and he centered between them and almost scooted out of the bay into the open sea. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I drew my guns and walked through the entrance of the temple. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The guard at that door told them that they would have to use the Fifth Avenue entrance if they wished to see Angel. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Fifteen minutes later they ran the big current at the entrance to Tarawa lagoon. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z One building had a row of giant oil lamps over the entrance to promote a sale on until October 31. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Good to have you back, Spaceman,” he said as he jogged toward the entrance to the indoor track. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He lay on his side, staring at where he thought the barns entrance was, waiting for the first signs of light. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He dropped me off at the main entrance. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Directly below her was the entrance of the Gathering Hall, and as she watched, two guards dashed out the door and down the steps. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A stone gate barred the entrance to Trinity College. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When Grandma was done checking out her books, we walked toward the library’s entrance. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z As soon as I opened the front door after school, I wished for a secret entrance that would let me go straight to my room without having to face Mom. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Then, finally, with the hardened snot like tiny stones rolled in front of the entrances of his nose, TJ turned the bottom of his shirt up and mopped it. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z Pax settled himself in front of it—the groundhog’s burrow entrance felt too large, too open, and he felt better when he kept guard there—but Bristle called. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z No avatar but Anorak himself had ever been able to pass through its entrance. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It was the last of his five lectures in Havana and Celia listened, entranced, to his sonorous voice as he played the sad songs of the gypsies. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The entrance to the valley is wide enough that I couldn't see the canyon walls in either direction. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Tushman was greeting students and parents in front of the school entrance. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Matt closed the door and found the flashlight he kept by the entrance. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The drifts grew so deep that they covered the entrance to the caves, leaving a white wall that Summer had to dig through whenever he went outside to join his pack and hunt. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His heart beat fastest when it spoke to the boy of treasure, and more slowly when the boy stared entranced at the endless horizons of the desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There was still no light in the entrance hall. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Two of them were lounging by the entrance. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Box Boy walks over to a short counter near the entrance, props the package beside him, and starts filling out a mailing label. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He, Ron, and Hermione were waiting in the crowded entrance hall with the rest of the fourth years for the carriages that would take them back to Hogsmeade station. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I am sitting at the entrance to the cave. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z It was a small, run-down adobe house with a sign over the entrance. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Around us, the security bots have noticed the scuffle and gather instantaneously near the entrance, sealing the tent in. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I push the ridiculous thought away as I head toward the café’s entrance, shifting my thoughts instead to the running checklist of tools in my backpack. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When I walked into class behind him, Mrs. Tracey stood at the window, looking down over the front steps and the entrance to the school. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z By noon, several thousand people had crowded around the White House entrance. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Doctor Orangehair, probably better known as Dr. McFall, was used to irate or worried relatives, and was not intimidated by Aunt Queen’s dramatic entrance. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We slogged through mud to a rear entrance, showed our I.D.’s, passed through another metal detector, and then marched down a long gray corridor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Just being around her made her feel entranced. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “The entrance is behind the bottom coffin on the left,” Bod said. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Snoozing on a bench in the entrance we found an English-speaking guide who agreed to wake up and take us through on a tour. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Quamina, the alleged leader of the uprising, was hanged in chains in front of the entrance to one of Gladstone’s plantations. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “Maybe it’s the eyes,” my mother says wistfully as she makes a sharp turn onto the highway entrance ramp. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z A gauntlet of guards lines the sidewalks to the entrance, some at the curb, others with their backs to the stone building. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Well, it really was a killer entrance,” he replies. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z In the office Mr. Gonzalez was watching Miss Trixie bump into the door frame as she made her entrance for the day. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind beneath his feet slowed when they arrived at the entrance. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He sprints for the entrance as I reach the first floor. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “You are all my prisoners! My property! Seal the entrance, men!” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Those who were entranced by his energy and vision thrived under the pressure; everyone else could only submit and simmer—or go. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He stood near Phyllis at the entrance of the lecture hall and scanned the room. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Jon brought the van to the shipping entrance and carried the hooded falcons and hawks into the auditorium. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Sitting in the entrance, he tried to make the blackthorn wand levitate small stones at his feet; but his magic still seemed clumsier and less powerful than it had done before. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She stood a little below him, one foot lifted to the short, stone step that led to the church entrance, and looked up into his face. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The edges of the sliding glass doors light up as we approach it, and when we step inside, two attendants bow at us from either side of the entrance. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When school is over, my four regulars plus the two new kids are waiting anxiously by the school entrance. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z He carried Inigo inside, placed him upstairs on Falkbridge’s feather bed, then hurried away to the entrance of the Thieves Quarter, dragging the wagon behind him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “There’s an entrance—a tunnel that will lead us toward Nico. I can sense it close by. I’m not sure where.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I froze in the entrance of the Krupp Pavilion, chilled to the bone although the sun beat hot on my face. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Through the arched entrance I could see an image of Krishna. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Potted palms flanked a grand entrance, but the doors stood wide open. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The long story was ended, but the audience sat silent, entranced by the tale. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The entrance to Kaira’s hotel suite had double doors, as it was frequently used to host parties. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z When they reached the river’s entrance and paddled toward the rice camp, Grandma noted with disappointment the thinness of the rice stalks. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The Glow-worm, who at the best of times was a very shy and silent creature, sat glowing with pleasure near the tunnel entrance. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “Padma’s going to meet you in the entrance hall,” she added to Ron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And when we finally reach the bottom of the hill, I see the man with one brow, sheltering in the covered entrance of the cathedral. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z They entered the church by the sanctuary door, startling the sacristan who slept and ate in a small room off the entrance porch. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z She hesitated on the street in front of Lady Isobel’s sister’s house, and decided to slip around the rear to the servants’ entrance. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I walked all the way from the entrance of the State Park; pretty good, eh?” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z But instead of the ramp like before, the entrance is covered by a metal tunnel-port into the shuttle which has been moved from its dark corner, just like Ben said it would be. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z When they went down into the entrance hall, they saw about twenty people milling around it, some of them eating toast, all examining the Goblet of Fire. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He emerged at the house, where he sat down near the entrance to the tent. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The cash register is right across from the entrance, so I see his father right away. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I wandered among them, entranced by the narrow streets, the iron-grill balconies, the green plants and vines glimpsed in lighted flagstone courtyards. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The workers are frozen, staring at the entrance with widened eyes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z They followed Fiver up the run and overtook him at the entrance. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z John Henry was still ushering people out of the burning Thicket entrance, and I concentrated as hard as I could. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z As he slowed, he caught sight of a side entrance, used by faculty and staff. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z We circled the churchyard carefully before finding an entrance route. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I soak in this bizarre nightmare, scanning the camp and what appears to be the only entrance gate—heavily guarded—and the watchtowers and the razor-wire fence as far as I can see. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Now that the entrance had been sealed up, there was not a glint of light inside the cave. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I was surprised when suddenly we pulled up to the side entrance at Sixteenth Street, just beyond Park. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She recognized its rear entrance by the name painted above the door. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z At the same moment, the purple door opens, and a fat guy I recognize stands at the entrance. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z We avoid the traffic jam in the parking lot and pull around the circular drive right up to the front entrance. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z "Hang up the phone and walk across the street to the American embassy now. I will meet you at the main entrance." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z There are tall white columns at the front entrance, and the windows are so wide that they might as well be walls. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She was standing in front of the synagogue entrance, staring up at the doorway from the sidewalk, lost in thought, the rain billowing into puddles around her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat in the front of his class entranced as he spoke about the Constitutional Congress and the Federalist Papers, and their relevance to our existence today. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He paused at the entrance to the living room. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I take a deep breath, then step out of the shadows and stumble toward the hospital's entrance. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The wave hit the threshold of the entrance...and stopped. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z So sixty kids standing in front of the entrance to the school. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Major Nancy Jaax entered the building through the back entrance and showed her security badge to a guard behind a desk, who nodded and smiled at her. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be smarter to go in the back entrance, the one that requires jumping off a building. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z One of the fairy women came toward her, her skin nearly translucent it was so pale, her eyes hard like sapphires, but the smile on her face was entrancing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailer watched the food as it was passed around, entranced. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The building looked more like a ruined church than the entrance to a mine. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I knew that down under the bank, in the water, the entrance to the den could be found. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z All ten tall, strong, purposeful, silent men towered around him as they turned toward the entrance. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Soon, we’ve settled in a karaoke bar in the heart of the Roppongi district, with men in black suits guarding every entrance and exit. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z My father would know where the entrance would be, but that’s no use to us now. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I try not to think about what I saw at the front entrance. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z A small caravan of cars drives down the road and stops at the Mobius entrance gate so guards can check IDs and inspect the vehicles. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The castle’s front entrance, which had been impregnable for so many years, swung open as Sorrento approached, like an automatic door at a supermarket. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The covered basket at the entrance of Mama Joe’s shed moved. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Reyna sat cross-legged at the entrance of the tent, staring at the memorial obelisk. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The fence has an entrance with a gigantic, stylized statue of a woman with huge earrings. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They must cross the river Ocean and beach the ship on Persephone’s shore where there was an entrance to the dark realm of Hades. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Nok was just as entranced as everyone else, but then he said something that broke her concentration. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Though at other moments, flickering in front of him, he sees the big kid from the entrance exams: his face gone bloodless atop the platform high above the dance hall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The cauldrons at the entrance found no takers. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And now that golden monkey was squatting in the entrance, sniffing and turning his head this way and that. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Listen to this: ‘On the west wall will be situated a main gate so that creatures may come and go, obtaining entrance to or exit from the Abbey of Redwall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They crossed the street and stood before the college entrance. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z From the window of her hostel room, where four beds were squashed into a space for two, she could look out to the entrance of Bello Hall. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A film crew videotaped Reggie’s entrance into jail on May 8. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z So she marched with him toward the long wide stairway straight in from the main entrance, which leads directly to the Hall of the Italian Renaissance. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z In an act of mercy, she nodded and motioned us toward the entrance. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The Great Fire had burned away the entrances to each room, leaving behind a warren of square cubbies. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z We rounded the building looking for a door or window that wasn’t blocked, but every potential entrance was filled with ice. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Archer paced along the warehouse wall, searching for another entrance. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Ron stared as Professor McGonagall ushered Harry and Hermione away from the chattering crowd; they accompanied her across the entrance hall, up the marble staircase, and along a corridor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Crammed by Ben, she had passed the regents’ college entrance examinations, too. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was hurrying past, eager to get to Village’s entrance place, where new ones always came in. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I place my earmuffs on and walk to the outbound station entrance to take me home. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Guessing that they would come at once to the Tower and the Steward, he hurried to the entrance of the citadel. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z By the living room door was a narrow space that ended in the frosted-glass door of the front entrance through which a diffused blood-orange light embossed the beige and olive wallpaper in fiery honeycomb patterns. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As I approached the nearest tunnel entrance, I heard loud music emanating from below. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They were unlabeled, but it wasn’t hard to guess that the top button would be for an entrance outside the Whispering Gallery, and the one below it—that would surely be the computer room. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He first had to turn himself slowly around the edge of the door, very carefully, of course, if he did not want to fall awkwardly on his back right at the entrance into the room. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a cue, and no sooner had Baaz spoken the words than he was pushing open the Hema’s front entrance flap. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z But to reach the door leading to the kitchen I had to cross the main entrance to the Dining-Room. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The Tunnel of Love entrance was under the net. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Inside the main entrance, people were crushed up together. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Ginika parked in the circular driveway of a house that announced its wealth, the stone exterior solid and overbearing, four white pillars rising portentously at the entrance. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Although he was keen to go to university, he wasn't able to pass the entrance exams. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “At the entrance to the school? What kind of first impression is that?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I dash out of the room, toward the telephone extension near the front entrance, and manage to pick it up on the fourth ring. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z In the middle of this bright green cave rose a small mound, eight inches tall, in the end of which was an arched entrance neatly lined with stone, like a small doorway without any door. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He stopped by the entrance to a restaurant and leaned against the wall. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z A whirl of color, and now everything darkened, and Snape and Dumbledore stood a little apart in the entrance hall, while the last stragglers from the Yule Ball passed them on their way to bed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Slow and steady wins the race, he told himself as he spotted the entrance to the stairwell. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Slowly, occasionally stopping at an area that his instincts told him was a likely exit from or entrance into the trees, he probed with the glasses along the pines bordering each lake. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was still raining as we drove through the streets and into the carriage entrance of the hotel. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z A pair of slippers sit near the entrance. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I head to the entrance of Macy’s, at the far end of the mall. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z She steps into the warmth of the entrance hall and hands me the coat she has been wearing over her shoulders. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead I started loitering at the cafe across the street from our friend Molly’s building where Lelia had been staying since her return, watching the entrance from a window table. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z There were caves everywhere running into the cloud, and at the entrances to the caves the Cloud-Men’s wives were crouching over little stoves with frying-pans in their hands, frying snowballs for their husbands’ suppers. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Finally, at ten- thirty, I settle cross-legged on the floor inside the entrance and wait for eleven o’clock to come. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If she was able to pass the entrance or regents’ examination, she would be permitted to enroll regardless of high school credits. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Just a few feet before the parked police car is the subway entrance, marked with two tall green lamps and a black placard with the numbers four and six in green circles. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Right, queen,” Jesse mumbled and crawled out of the low entrance of the castle stronghold. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z If your hand is in the air when you start singing, or the song’s entrance falls on the weaker beats, that’s an upbeat. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z It looked sort of like an old castle, with dozens of windows and an archway entrance. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The white girl clerking the entrance booth gave me a surprised look when we passed through the gate, but she said nothing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He stopped in front of the fountain at the hospital entrance and sat by himself. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A thick chain, like rope, blocks the entrance and exit. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Less than a mile from the entrance I saw a bear beside the road, and it ambled out as though to flag me down. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z These pictures of bison, deer, horses, cattle, mammoths, and boars are located in the most remote recesses of the caves, far from the inhabited, sunlit entrances. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z As the walls trembled again, he led the other two back through the concealed entrance and down the staircase into the Room of Requirement. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Near that, maybe twenty feet to the south, stood a squat building made of rough concrete blocks, a menacing iron door its only entrance—there were no windows. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Her entrance had clearly been arranged beforehand by the Headmistress. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z You see, my dramatic entrance to the University had made quite a stir. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “You asked me before how I knew about this place...” he said, when we were nearly to the entrance. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then, at the sound of footsteps, they turned and saw two men standing in the entrance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When Michael and I drove up to the gate, we could see incarcerated women hovering outside the prison entrance with no officers in view. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The house had four entrances, and when, after repeated knockings, there was no response at this one, she moved on to the next—that of Mr. Clutter’s office. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry caught sight of a pearly white figure drifting across the entrance hall below and yelled as loudly as he could over the clamor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z As we hurried passed the entrance of an alley, a voice from the darkness said, “Hey, you.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Fire exploded in waves across both armies, but the action was moving across the street to the entrance of the Empire State Building. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z From the library doors, one has an unbroken view right across the entrance hall to the main doors of the house. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Castleman’s Bakery, home of the legendary cheese croissants, was right across from the entrance to City College. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Compared to Bunker Nine back at camp, the entrance was tiny, but it was impressive in its own way. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I looked for an apartment on the top, but there was only the lounge entrance. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I felt in my wallet for the pad and pencil, then slipped into the stream of people which bore me, like a stick on the flood, through the entrance. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z They reached the entrance to the Ferry lane at last. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Ms. Kolbinsky is leaning on the fence by the entrance, eating grapes from a bag. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z She starts toward the entrance, and the doors part for her, pulled open by two armed guards who smile in greeting as she passes them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z A two-lane road led up to a tiny stone building just in front of the entrance and exit gates. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Maybe the foreign students were preparing a dramatic entrance. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We put the buckets just inside the entrance of the stock cars. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z We both heard an entrance alert chime as Art3mis materialized at the top of the staircase. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the whole divine company, with a very few and for the most part not important exceptions, were entrancingly beautiful with a human beauty, and nothing humanly beautiful is really terrifying. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The sharp-dressed young “cats” who hung on the comers and in the poolrooms, bars and restaurants, and who obviously didn’t work anywhere, completely entranced me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I was rambling dizzily about one street when I saw a group of boys pacing briskly and excitedly about the entrance to a men’s compound similar to the one in our neighbourhood. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The height of the entrance hall made Prosper dizzy. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z As he stood at the entrance, Athena’s shining buckler on his breast, the silver wallet at his side, he drew the eyes of every man there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z We found bus 47 and stood at the bottom of the entrance with our tickets in hand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z There, at the entrance, just barely lighted, her father’s makazins were heaped with Mama’s. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Trash is heaped near the main entrance steps—plastic cups, fast-food wrappers, broken beer bottles—all partially hidden underneath a thin dusting of snow. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z From its original point of entrance the Japanese beetle has spread rather widely throughout many of the states east of the Mississippi, where conditions of temperature and rainfall are suitable for it. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z When I walk past the entrance, I see a small group of people gathered by the stone sculpture, one of them in a wheelchair—Nita. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It would have been easier, but he couldn’t escape the feeling that one must enter Terabithia only by the prescribed entrance. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Several men and women dressed in grimy jeans and soaking-wet coats burst through the entrance with guns raised, yelling and screaming words over each other. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The Fat Lady swung forward to reveal the entrance hole, and they climbed into the Gryffindor common room, which was crowded and noisy. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z To the north, along the main route of the river, the ground was riddled with cave entrances. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There are dozens of people at the gate, all amassed at the entrance. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Notice, however, that “a ra-fiq” begins on a pickup beat, which can be tricky for entrances. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z In fact, this intimidating entrance is all part of the vendor’s security shell, to deter window-shoppers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A pair of twins on stilts stand on either side of the entrance. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The entrance of the cave sat about seventy feet down the cliff face - a circle of black in the chalky yellow rock like the hole of a giant pencil sharpener. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The line inched its way closer to the entrance. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z All the containers have been moved near the entrance ramp for a transfer to the surface that will not happen now. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I reached out and pressed a palm against either side of the doorjamb, pinning myself in the entrance to the kitchen. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But Harry did not look back, and at last they reached the entrance to the Room of Requirement. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z And then all that was left was that tin roof, halfway covering the gaping entrance of the silo. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He held his arms out as if to bar entrance to the church and nodded his head. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Sand, which seemed too cool for the hot afternoon, surrounded the entrance. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A plain-looking boy sat on a tufted stool near the entrance, apparently in some official capacity. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I saw him approach Capitol Oaks and walk past the entrance, shouting Maribel’s name into the cold. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z But by the time day had dawned and the flock gathering at the entrance woke the Cyclops up, no idea at all had come to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The envelope lay all morning on the table in the entrance hall. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He spotted Tad standing beyond the entrance to what used to be the stairwell. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z A simple opening in the wall served as the entrance, and the door was nothing more than a heavy stone that the robot could slide out of the way. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I wait in the shadows of a back alley one block from the Los Angeles Central Hospital and watch its staff spill in and out of the main entrance. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He stumbles and drops the gun near the entrance but decides to keep going without it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The police station was almost at the bottom; the yellow bulbs at the entrance sizzled in the dampness like wet torches. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “There’s no chance of getting through any of them now, not with curses over the entrances and Death Eaters and dementors waiting at the exits.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Today she and Thomas were brought through a side entrance near the front, so that they saw the faces of the village watching them. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The scene shifted again: the Jersey shore, right at the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z For example, a student from Yu-cai High School killed himself because he failed the university entrance examination. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’ll do fine,” Harry told them both, as they headed toward the entrance hall to meet the rest of the people taking their Apparition Test. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I swallowed and glanced at the entrance we had come out of. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Out in the driveway Mario had pulled the car up to the entrance. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Pong ignored her, entranced by the orb’s shrill whine. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She slammed against the blocked entrance with all her might, and the bricks gave way. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Bogert shrugged, and pressed the buzzer that would allow the entrance of Number Fifteen. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z But Harry was already hurtling back along the corridor and within minutes, he was saying “toffee eclairs” to Dumbledore’s gargoyle, which leapt aside, permitting Harry entrance onto the spiral staircase. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I was right there in the doorway, watching the entrances. Why’re you so out of sorts?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z There was a large metal gas lamp hanging above the entrance, illuminating a brass knocker shaped like the head of a dog with a ring in its mouth. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z We stop in front of the entrance to Prospect Park. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z When they approached the entrance again, Mrs. Frisby saw that Brutus stood at his post as before, but that another rat had joined him. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z You never simply went up to a speakeasy’s entrance and walked in. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z She saw Kaz and the others gathered near the great stone arch that marked the eastern entrance to the Exchange. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Rowan turned and saw Chomsky standing at the entrance of the chapel, with Rand beside him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Prime seats!” said the Ministry witch at the entrance when she checked their tickets. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I put my hands in my pockets and follow the signs to the entrance. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “We tried that at the entrance we found in Phoenix. It didn’t go well.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Without him, Inigo knew where he would be: on his back begging wine in some alley entrance. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z While the bartender poured her drink, I looked back at the entrance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I walked several blocks to the park entrance across the street from the Plaza. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I knew that important places moved around with Western Civilization, like Mount Olympus being over the Empire State Building, and the Underworld entrance being in Los Angeles. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z As he rounded the corner back into the entrance hall, he checked his watch. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I'm getting out of Dell's car three days later and the monthly maintenance man has trimmed the lone jade plant by the front entrance of the apartment building. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z In twice the time it normally takes, we come to the cave’s entrance. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They’re a little confused by the mob scene at the gym entrance. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It takes up the entirety of the tent save for a raised path along the perimeter, a winding loop that begins at the tent entrance and circles around. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As the children stood in the entrance a bat flew from the rear of the house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Thanks. The real poster will hang at the entrance of the school.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Basil Stag Hare superintended the willing creatures who carried logs and filling to shore up the gatehouse entrance. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I was also heading for a secret entrance to the mine area we kids had discovered years before, playing cowboys and Indians. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I quickly close the door to the bedroom behind me, cross the main room, and come around the corner to the entrance way. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Most everyone in the neighborhood has stepped out of their home to marvel at our light—like moths entranced by the lick of a hot campfire flame. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I could just go to the main entrance and wait for her, because that was our plan. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She found him three houses down the street, leaning against the wall at the entrance of a narrow-mouthed alley between two adjacent houses. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Now I walk quietly beside him as we approach the entrance to the bathhouse, wondering how I can cheer him up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I step off the sidewalk, near the entrance to a post office—and wow. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The aisle leading from my seat to the entrance of the auditorium grows to three miles long. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Directly opposite the entrance, Pond sat to the left of an enormous turkey. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Several red-necked white men in safari suits and fatigues, guns drawn, paced briskly about the entrance gate, shouting orders and supervising the roundup. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z That the entrance they were taking was the wrong one, for another, a false one, set up to foil those, like himself, who did not belong. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Leper had come to the entrance of the room on the right, the dining room. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, a tremendous thumping noise came from outside the cave entrance and a voice like thunder shouted, ‘Runt! Is you there, Runt? I is hearing you jabbeling! Who is you jabbeling to, Runt?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry and Hermione half carried, half dragged Ron through the entrance of the tent. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z James was crouching close beside the Earthworm in the tunnel entrance, just below the surface, waiting for the first seagull. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I watched, entranced, and my body began to bob up and down in time with his movements. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The next morning, Sophie saw the word “freedom” painted over the entrance to the university. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Harry took one glance back at the entrance of the Great Hall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The bushes that covered its entrance were gone. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z She liked to go in and out through a private entrance. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He bore down on the skunk at the entrance to his den. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z At the entrance of the hole, Mullet Fingers placed two hamburger balls. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When school was over, I went outside to meet Mom, who was waiting for me at the front entrance like all the other parents or babysitters. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z They would enter proscribed areas without permits, use Whites Only facilities such as toilets, Whites Only railway compartments, waiting rooms, and post office entrances. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Inej had predicted that the Menagerie would arrive late—Tante Heleen loved to make an entrance—but they still needed to be in position and ready to move when the time came. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I thanked him instead of spitting on him, and when I went back to the apartment, a poster had been pasted at the entrance to Mickiewicza 7. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Mama met them at the entrance of the maternity ward. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Here they hesitated before a disused logging trail that led westward from the side of the road, its entrance almost concealed by overhanging branches. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunty Ifeoma rolled the car down the road that led to the university entrance gates. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Nairobi Hospital. Leave me by the Casualty entrance.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We snuck around to the back entrance and made our way to the kitchen, where cooks, busboys, and servers were all bustling around, getting ready for dinner. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He stops at the towering main entrance, a sheer glass door painted with stripes in our team colors, and pulls aside as the panels slide open. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They marched toward the entrance of a huge superstore, where two columns of stacked dog food sacks rose like lumpy towers. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Yes, yes!” they said eagerly as they scuttled into the tunnel entrance. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Piper wasn’t happy about that, but she stood obediently on the beach, squinting up at the cave entrance and hoping she hadn’t guided Frank into a death trap. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She went to the culvert at the entrance to the driveway and snipped the sturdier grass growing at its two mouths. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z His entrance would have been a shocking sight for any child, but it was far worse for those of the Mysterious Benedict Society. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z As soon as he was inside, he stopped and turned and rolled the great stone back into place so that the entrance to his secret cave was completely hidden from outside. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The man was hurrying across the grounds, toward one of the entrances. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The owl paused, turned away from her and looked again at the entrance to his hollow; the patch of light it admitted was growing steadily dimmer. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He looked around once more in the entrance hall before leaving the house, but Meggie ducked down behind a chest just in time. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I hustled out of the media center and put myself out in front of the main entrance doors to sneak a peek down the corridor. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Imperial servants line both sides of the entrance, heads bowed, hands resting in front of them; their faces are angular with peach lips, rosy cheeks, brown eyes, and milk-white skin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The building was surrounded by people on all sides, but it was not as dense in the back, and the driver managed to make his way through to the rear entrance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Seated on the ground by the entrance, we began to wait again. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z At the entrance, there was a checkpoint, then two more friskings inside. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, standing there outside the visitors entrance, I see the sign pointing to the emergency room. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Gay, who was heading downhill anyway, ran down the hill fifty feet and turned into the Jack’s Peak road entrance. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom stares into the four cups of tea at the counter, entranced by the little milk eddies she stirs up in each one. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Dawn gilded the sky when they arrived at the park entrance. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re walking across the plaza to the entrance of the Playhouse. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The wind from the ascending Berg blew across them as he ran over to the entrance of the building, its doors still open. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It reaches all the way to my desk from the entrance of my room. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z I almost say, but I see he’s staring behind me at the entrance to the dining room. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Talk broke out at once as people began moving toward the entrance hall. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z At last they reached the entrance hall, slid back the lock on the oak front doors, squeezed between them, trying to stop any creaking, and stepped out into the moonlit grounds. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Their hearts must have lifted a little when they arrived at the entrance gate with its decorative blue propellers! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But the entrance security guard is not doing a good job surveying me discreetly, and I’m afraid he'll start tracking me tracking Farooq, so I grab a book and move into the closest aisle. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The entrance was a wooden door in the grass, and it shook and rattled against Ivy’s palm as she wrapped her fingers around the handle. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She saw the nurse standing near the entrance to the duty room, unobtrusively crying. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The man found an entrance and ran up to the stairs and waved his family over. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As the Tillermans, breathing in gasps, were passing the playground, a dusty green pickup swung into the road that circled before the school entrance. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Past exhausted Helpers with their buckets and mops, out of the dormitory, and straight for the secret entrance behind the Institute Control Building. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z If she hadn’t waked him, he would have missed Maria’s entrance on the far side of the salon. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s beyond the maw of that cave. From there, I’m sure we’ll find the entrance,” Wind Being said, forming its human shape from the sands around it. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Sullivan took the suggestion but never acknowledged its provenance, even though that one great entrance eventually became the talk of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They left the hall quickly, wanting to unwrap the broomstick in private before their first class, but halfway across the entrance hall they found the way upstairs barred by Crabbe and Goyle. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Lady Claudia and Sir James quietly walked to the entrance of the restaurant. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z They did not go far, for on the floor lay many old bones, and nothing else was to be seen near the entrance except some great empty jars and broken pots. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Daisy Mae rubbed up against my leg, and outside I heard Lucifer beg for entrance. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He led George into the entrance of the trail and up toward the highway. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they sat down by the entrance to the path to eat what was left of their food. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Con had been standing silent nearby, watching Kaede kneeling before the Fairy Queen as if entranced, and a sense of disquiet filled him. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Not knowing what to say, I nod, and lean over to pick up the napkin I dropped when I stood up for El Jefe’s entrance. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "So where’s Petunia?" asked Dozer after the puppies were secure on the top step of the animal shelter’s entrance. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Once Duke bopped the button, the whole hillside would open up, like a grassy, hinged dome, and reveal the triple entrance slides down to their high-tech subterranean lair. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He grunted loudly and scratched on the ground in front of him he kept watching the entrance of the bear cave. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z After a moment longer, he began to retrace his steps, keeping close to the bushes, until he came to the broken wire fence at the entrance to the allotment. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Charles, all smiles, made a grand entrance, slowly descending one of the spiral staircases. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Another cop car raced past the entrance to the alley behind me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Guillermo motions for me to follow him, then stops at the entrance to the grand studio space, which unlike the rest of the place is sunny and fairly tidy. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Two multicolored giraffes greeted customers at the entrance of the restaurant, making an arch as you walked through the French double doors. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “This way,” he shouted, and he began to run, up the stairs, into the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The entrance wound on his back was an ugly shade of purple and it steamed. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The moment they crossed the threshold, the entrance to the Court of the Seasons closed up behind them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And they piled out and filed in the stage entrance. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z From the gated entrance, it looked like a working farm. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z She sat against the clay wall as far from the entrance as she could manage and watched the dense sheets of water sweep past. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a story about science, primitive instinct, and culture and sociology, and the tension between the need to stay connected and the risks of being entranced by their siren call. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Then in the entrance to the drawing room door, Armstrong stopped dead. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The story unfolded as the wheels of the cassette turned, and Joseph was entranced by this tale of a boy and his brother aboard a ship at sea. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Reluctantly she left it, but we still hovered at the entrance to the lift. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Trembling, the woman fetched two more pots from the cluster at the cave entrance. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Three other entrances they saw, dark black arches: one straight before them eastwards, and one on either side. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Rain was pelting against the entrance and someone was hammering against the metal. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Standing at the fitting rooms and facing toward the main store entrance, we are looking directly at the tentlike, utilitarian plus sizes, also known as “woman” sizes. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She will make an entrance with me, later, when the noise level is high enough. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a bench at the entrance of the passage and he sat down. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “You knew about the Labyrinth entrance, and you didn’t say anything?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z At police precinct station houses, people being questioned were leaving by side entrances. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z In this bizarre getup, Hudson made a grand entrance into a party at the whaling station, only to find himself the sole person in costume. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Then he went with a group of people to the zigzag ramp at the Eye’s entrance. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Straight back up the hallway, past the kids singing in his old first-grade classroom, past the entrance to the gym, to the stairwell. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A curving set of steps led to statues by the entrance. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The only thing spoiling the idyllic picture was that the walls were topped with razor wire, and there were guards at the entrance to the house. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A Jackboot and his girlfriend were standing in the entrance. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z And as I step toward the entrance to the barn I realize one bit of Noise is separating itself from the general murmuring outside. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z There were picketers at the front entrance and marchers chanting up and down the street. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The Prince selected the location—the farthest corner of the castle grounds, away from everything, so the roars wouldn’t bother the servants—but the Count designed the entrance. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z In the dark, a rabbit came slowly up the run and stopped at the entrance to the burrow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And the rain has picked up, pounding the ground outside the entrance to the cave. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He jogged to the end of the hallway and turned right, heading for the double doors that marked the back entrance of the gymnasium. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A month later under cover of night, operatives filled in the entrance to the tunnel beneath his house, per railroad policy. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They stationed themselves outside of the entrance doors, where the paper bags were brought out on a rolling belt. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z They took a few steps in, beams of light darting across the vast entrance space, and then just like that, the over-heads flickered back to life. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “I doubt it will make much difference,” said Professor McGonagall coldly, “unless a mad axe-man is waiting outside the doors to slaughter the first into the entrance hall.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z What impressed me most as an observer was the entrance to the A train on 125th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “You’d do better,” said Hermione, when he confided this plan to Ron and her in the entrance hall, “to go straight to Slughorn’s office and try and get that memory from him.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z If the girls had seemed noisy before, it was nothing compared to their entrance to breakfast. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z There was no trace of the small mound nor the elegant arched entrance. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The judge’s was the one with the narrowest entrance passage and only two rooms beside the burial chamber. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Hamlet stood near the entrance to the hall, his arms crossed in defiance. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The son of the subject, an African male of sixteen years, demanded entrance to the experimental chamber; this being denied, he forced the door. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It probably rained, and so they would have sat in the entrance for hours while the little stream poured down in a veil. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The legionnaires have left us on a raised dais behind Cain, who stares fixedly at the amphitheater’s entrance as if awaiting something. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He had turned to the door though, and opened it and we were inside the suite in the little entrance passage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “The store,” she says, taking Charlie’s hand and heading for the entrance. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “It’s always about entrances and exits with you, isn’t it, Milligan?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z We crept to the cave’s entrance and peered into the night. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Its few entrances heavily fortified, its heart safely enfolded in the mountain. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Wherever it was, the entrance to it was a great gate of clouds kept by the Seasons. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It took Lady Dustin’s men the better part of half an hour to uncover the entrance, shoveling through the snow and shifting rubble. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Here, I'll show you our hiding place," Mina says, taking my hand and pulling me toward the cupboard entrance before I have a chance to say no. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z After the first day, he wonders if they are visiting only for the food, entranced by the luscious crackle of fresh-baked bread in boulangeries and the sheer variety of cheeses. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I don’t care what they’re doing to it!” the Centipede said, scuttling over to the tunnel entrance. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z We were almost back to the Labyrinth entrance when I heard the loudest bellow in the world—the voice of Kronos, coming back into control. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Bo turned around and looked at the stamping hooves above the entrance to the Basilica. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I had snuck into Hollows through a back entrance, acting the part of an errand boy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But right outside the entrance of the subway, I pause to text Ben back. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Widening entrances to allow the exit of hovercraft from the hangar, installing missile launchers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z As the sun sank lower in the sky, the tall trees at the entrance to the woods looked dark blue. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z When we reach the park entrance, Nora passes me the leash, since we usually switch off at this point. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I lead her around the side of the building to the employees’ back entrance. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The entrance was a huge neon flower, the petals lighting up and blinking. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The Big Friendly Giant picked Sophie off the table and carried her to the cave entrance. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry was sitting in the tent entrance, on guard duty, staring idly at a clump of grape hyacinths that had forced their way through the chilly ground, when Ron shouted excitedly from inside the tent. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Newt’s eyes narrowed as he looked out toward one of the entrances to the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z One entrance only was there made in it, a great arch delved in the southern wall. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He smelled something sweet, heady, as they walked into a compound, and was sure it came from the white flowers clustered on the bushes at the entrance. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Taking advantage of their brief moment of strife, Mr. Griswold swung his walking stick and whacked Barry on the cheek, then pushed past him toward the entrance to the lower level. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Minutes later, Helene and I join the Senior Skulls lining up outside the amphitheater’s entrance, and the armory brawl is forgotten. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Ahead of us are three entrances, two that are blocked and one that just looks blocked. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z There’s one at each corner of the park entrance. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z On the other side of the trees was Carigan Street, known for nothing besides the entrance to the South view Cemetery. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I was all the way down at the entrance pond before I stopped. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As the lift rattled away again, Harry shivered slightly, looking toward the distant black door that marked the entrance to the Department of Mysteries. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I am pressed against the bleachers, right by the entrance. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z After a long minute, he gives up command of the entrance and motions me in. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z From this height they looked like insects, eagerly massed at the entrance of a bug trap. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They placed a gypsy woman at one end of the village and set up the telescope at the entrance to the tent. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was a very short conversation, however, because I cut him off by asking him to recite pi to the sixth digit, claiming it was an entrance requirement, regardless of the shoes. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the entrance a tunnel, its floor also lined with stones, led backward and downward. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He forced them along for a few minutes until they were well out of sight and, hopefully, out of smell of the tunnel entrance. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He wandered along to the right, past hotels with awnings over brightly lit entrances and bougainvillea flowering beside them, until he came to the gardens on the little headland. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "I remember seeing the entrance on my way into the hospital. Maybe we should ask someone." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The Hattiesburg police had a plan: they would block every entrance to the train depot, making it impossible for blacks to purchase tickets; then they would arrest anyone trying to board without a ticket. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Esther dropped them at the main entrance, where a line was already forming. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As I opened the door to the rear entrance, a draft of warm air hit my face. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I knew now what was in that pit, what had spoken from the entrance of Tartarus. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He took her to the front entrance which gave into a vast pool of inky silence. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Katherine and I stand in front of the entrance to the sheriff’s office and survey the chaos. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z On that Saturday night I stood here, at the entrance to the underpass, and watched Anna getting into Tom’s car. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z On March 23, they spied land to the west, probably one of the Danger Islands at the entrance to Erebus and Terror Gulf—a scant fifty-seven miles away. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z A wall of bodies blocks both gym entrances. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z On one end of the entrance hall there was a Lion King poster. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z They had barely set foot in the cool entrance hall when a voice rang out, “There you are, Potter — Weasley.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I’m posting it up on the bulletin board near the front entrance when I see Esther Song staring at me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Stuffing them into her pants pocket, she headed toward to the basement entrance as fast as she could go without looking conspicuous. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The entrance is a few steps below street level, the windows shielded with panels of lace. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z After we picked up our food, we rode back to Dad’s place, stopping under the sign that hung over the entrance to his store. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “Doc,” he called, “here’s another entrance in the bush, and there’s a hole just inside it.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z We’re back at the subway entrance, and all I want to do is get as far away from the store as possible. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z They reach both shores, but within a minute the surface is glass again, the sneaker’s splashy entrance forgotten, and I am minus a shoe. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The other Monitors are already disappearing into the gaping entrance of the ship with the rest of the passengers. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The entrance swung open, and all of them flooded inside. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I told him about everything—Luke’s invasion plan, the Labyrinth entrance at camp, Daedalus’s workshop, Kronos’s golden coffin. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z This building has four soaring columns at the entrance and a statue of a man on a horse in front of it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She paused in the entrance to the drawing room and observed that the chocolate-smeared cocktail glasses had yet to be cleared away, and that the doors into the garden still stood open. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We turn down an alley, just below the main entrance to Pike Place Market. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly he looked up and saw a lion’s head framed in the entrance of the tent. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z They ascended a narrow staircase that had been built as an emergency exit in case of fire but that the numerous subdivisions of the house had transformed into the only means of entrance. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She continued down the hall and out through the front entrance of the education building, and took her bicycle from the rack by the steps. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Provided we get lucky,” she thought, “and the entrance isn’t guarded.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Even the weight of the velvet curtains at the entrance. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z After an hour the entrance is clear again, and we are calmer because we have had something to do. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare at it, entranced by the sound of the audience’s reactions. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Right as the person reaches the convenience store entrance, the dark red oval representing his mind suddenly flares, flashing bright. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We stepped around to the side entrance of Clairmont, the one that led to the mudroom filled with tennis racquets and beach towels. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z He got to sleep soundly when he was only three hours from Ilium, with his legs splayed toward the entrance of the busy dining car. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The historians and the scientists at Cambridge shared a common education: Latin was a compulsory entrance requirement. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He was being given an entrance exam to the University of Paris. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Julia found me there and pulled me like a balky sheep to the stage entrance. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Two cheerleaders in purple-and-white uniforms were standing at the side entrance, waiting to ambush freshmen. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “That’s usually where you find most entrances to the Otherworld. You have to look and not look. You have to believe and not believe. It’s an in-between thing.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He looked down to where she pointed, farther to the right, where people in dark blue jackets were standing at the base of the north set of steps, which led up to the front entrance. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z A crowd of people blocked the entrance of a police station and wouldn’t move until cops started arresting everyone. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I walk to the side entrance of the Mess. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z They say ‘For the Greater Good’ was even carved over the entrance to Nurmengard.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I was quiet, looking at the different colored lights that hung at the entrance. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z While most scythes approached down the main avenue, Scythe Curie and Citra made their entrance from a side street, to avoid being the focus of the crowd’s attention for as long as possible. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The place smells of wet newspaper, and the entrance is crowded with bags of dog and cat food, old blankets folded and stacked, and empty animal crates of different sizes. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z They stepped through the entrance and paused, looking around. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to be here,” I tell him at the entrance to my room, where I catch him before he visits Muqtada. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He had sated his curiosity about the visitors when they made their entrance. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then Micah and I head to the synagogue’s main entrance. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Midnight ticked nearer as they heaved Norbert up the marble staircase in the entrance hall and along the dark corridors. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Also the entrance: people arrive, and then more people. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Their entrance into Diagon Alley could hardly have been more conspicuous; for a moment Harry wondered whether it might not be better to leave now and try to think of a different plan. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Electric lights had been strung from behind the pulpit to the entrance flap and continued outside on poles made of rough two-by- fours. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t not go, not now they had found the entrance to the Chamber, not if there was even the faintest, slimmest, wildest chance that Ginny might be alive. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Colonel Scheisskopf gave no indication that he did agree, but General Peckem was already too entranced with his own loquacity to notice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z At the entrance gate, Dad bought our tickets, muttering about the idiocy of paying money to look at animals, and led us down the walk. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I am entranced by them, and wish I had thought of this first. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Two police cars block off the entrance to Garden Heights. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z His mother locked her fingers in his as they curved around toward the entrance to the Alameda Tube, and Moss gave her a look of appreciation. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z At the entrance of the center, my uncle hugged me, and as we parted, he turned around and said, “I’ll see you soon again, my son.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I can’t— His sentence was cut short by a sudden series of shouts and commotion outside the entrance through which the woman had come. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Police are stationed at the entrances of the high school. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Audrey ate her cookie as we sat outside the entrance of the mall. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “The entrance interviews for the Esther P. Marinoff are only four weeks away. We’re so close. I don’t want anything to go wrong.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Spotlights illuminated the entrance, and the sound of dribbling echoed through the building. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z In the early 1990s, by contrast, poorer students got 50 percent more aid on average than the wealthier ones, according to the College Board, the organization that runs the SAT entrance exams. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z When I walk in through a side entrance, no one even glances at me. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “And instead of an entrance fee, we asked for a donation, either money or food, for a local homeless shelter.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He looked uneasily at the golden nameplate next to the entrance. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z This was a small log building without doors, where the occupants made their reluctant entrance by way of a trapdoor in the roof. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z We were sitting at our table, a corner one for two, which allowed her a view of the entire place, from the customers’ entrance, through the bai; to the kitchen. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Anyway, Skylab would crash into the school, we’d all be in the bathroom and the crash would—conveniently—collapse the entrance and we would be trapped. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Then the whole thing swung forward on the wall like a little door, and the entrance to a real tunnel was revealed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His excitement made it hard to stay perfectly still, but at last a mouse came to the entrance and tested the air. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Harry walked to the entrance of the tent, forgetting about Ron and Hermione as he looked out into the night, thinking.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I pick a seat near the front, but I can’t stop turning toward the entrance—and every time the auditorium door opens, my heart jumps into my throat. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The pant leg flaps as she hurries me toward the school entrance. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I go up the entrance steps, take a seat on the bottom bench, lay my crutches down, and unload my backpack. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z IN the low-roofed smithy Will stood with his back to the entrance, staring into the fire. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Half an hour later, they stood by what Valley claimed was one of the least dangerous entrances to the Cursed Forest, on a road between the library and Seven’s house. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Walking out from the main entrance, through the VIP Auto Parts parking lot, you reach the Texaco station with a Clipper Mart attached. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Our rickshaw drops us outside the entrance of the Wazir Khan Mosque, in front of a large brown stone gate with arches in it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Granddaddy took me by the hand, and we began our struggle back to the entrance. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Every time a car door slammed, he broke into a hopeful smile and turned expectantly toward the entrance, listening for footsteps. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Gale squeaked excitedly and jumped from Hazel’s shoulder, scampering to the entrance of the cavern where a blond woman stood in a black dress, the Mist swirling around her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But then Moss’s heart dropped—a thick band of students clogged up just feet from the entrance that contained the metal detectors. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Each step was vital to their safe entrance into the world. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Fiver was already beyond them and thrusting toward the further entrance tunnel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Instead of an entrance exam, teachers are assigning students to their schools.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Farther down, embedded into the base of a tree and hidden by palm fronds, was the delay switch for the enclosure’s entrance. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The crystal was expanding and contracting, like the icy entrance. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Located near the Taedong River, its grounds lie at the entrance to Valley 2, not far from the hydroelectric dam and factories that make glassware and porcelain. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z They had spent the previous four weeks taking it in turns to don the Invisibility Cloak and spy on the official entrance to the Ministry, which Ron, thanks to Mr. Weasley, had known since childhood. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I could barely see the two rocks that guarded the entrance to Coral Cove, but I was not fearful. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She closes the cupboard door again, and the entrance all but disappears. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Joseph remained in the entrance to the dining room, staring at his uncle, whose eyes stayed closed. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Filch found them trying to force their way through a door that unluckily turned out to be the entrance to the out-of-bounds corridor on the third floor. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z A couple, both with bright blue Mohawks, is arguing in front of the Fifty-Second Street subway entrance. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Mammachi had a separate entrance built for Chacko’s room, which was at the eastern end of the house, so that the objects of his “Needs” wouldn’t have to go traipsing through the house. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After Mass, we stood outside the church entrance, waiting while Papa greeted the people crowded around him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I saw the little Spanish columns and gated entrance of Books and More Books. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “This is the entrance to the second level,” she said. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I’ll speed up Flatbush Avenue—the artery of fat Brooklyn—right to the Brooklyn entrance of the bridge, with the potholes and cops stationed all night. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z At the same moment, the heavy wooden front doors burst open, and more of the gigantic spiders forced their way into the entrance hall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He was a very tall man—from the photo it looked like he’d have to duck to go through the front entrance if he had on his hat. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She didn’t step aside to let me in, she just stood there in the doorway, blocking the entrance. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I get out at the visitors entrance, glad to be alive. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl really knew how to make a showstopping entrance and exit. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The brownstone row houses lined both sides of the street, and long, wide, stone stairways led from the sidewalks to the frosted-glass double doors of the entrances. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The scraping and sniffing and growling sounds were right at the entrance now. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew Doc Machado had already been buried, but I didn’t want to see the tree or even the park entrance. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Because its entrance was covered by a waterfall, it would shelter them from heat sensors. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It seemed an ordinary door—not at all like the entrance to a new world. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A large plate-glass window offers the Director a view of the main entrance, where I see the mass of protestors and news trucks. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The son of a cobbler from South Africa, Brenner had come to England to study biology on a scholarship; like Watson and Crick, he too had become entranced by Watson’s “religion of genes” and DNA. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z But she opened the front door and the three of them stepped into the tiny entrance hall. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Americans created gridlock at the entrance to Maracanã Stadium, as one athlete after another bent to take selfies with me holding that giant flag. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Up ahead at the circular entrance is the biggest fountain I have ever seen, and a building that straight up looks like a castle. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Kristina nods and starts walking toward the street entrance, and I run across the parking lot and in the side door by the industrial arts wing. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I looked back to see Lily before she boarded, and suddenly there was Nathan—standing near the entrance of the gangway. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z They're snapping at each other as they move forward and back a few times, trying for the right angle to fit this couch through the entrance. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “This is a back entrance. You should leave the cloak with Nick. On the hour, as usual,” he says to Nick. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z When Obsle and Yegey both left town, and Slose’s doorkeeper refused me entrance, I knew it was time to turn to my enemies, for there was no more good in my friends. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z When the beautiful Kamala was approaching her grove late in the afternoon in her sedan chair, Siddhartha was at the entrance. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z "The entrance to the zoo is on Sixty-Fourth Street. That's just another block and a half." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She sprang out of her seat, grabbed my coat sleeve, and we wove through the streams of people pouring out onto the streets to pool at the main entrance of the mine. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z A blinding flash of white fire streaked through the lobby, through the open entrance door, and burst into a chrysanthemum of color in the night sky. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z We rarely walked in or out of a building’s front door when we could be rushed through a service entrance or loading dock on a side street. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z About a mile and a half out of town, a deputy blocked the entrance to a bridge after the runners had passed over, and refused to let reporters and cameramen go any farther. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I was nervous, but not really scared — I was only a hundred yards away from the sanctuary entrance, and if I sprinted, they wouldn’t be able to catch me before I got to safety. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z We make our way out the back entrance. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z For the first time ever, the Fruit of Islam do not guard the lobby entrance. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Up ahead by the entrance, I finally spot Hannah, which makes me feel better. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z His own companions were still coming out of the entrance burrow one by one and there was a good deal of scrabbling and shuffling. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z All I saw from the corner of my eye was that someone had walked in wearing street clothes, and that Ms. Platt was speaking to him at the entrance. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Her entrances into rooms were usually verbal as well as physical. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z There’s fresh litter in the entrance, cola cups and newspaper. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The main entrance to the wire chicken coop was guarded as always by two local policemen who looked as if they were made of stone under the rain, with raincoats and rubber boots. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “You are more than welcome to wait out there,” she says, pointing to the bench sitting outside the entrance. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When he managed to get up, coughing and covered in dust, the entrance to the tunnel was gone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In front of the east-facing entrance of the hogan, the metal fence posts of the cornfield poked out of the dry earth like splinters. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Fifteen minutes later, stomachs grumbling, they hopped off and bustled up the alley that would take them to the service entrance behind the Imperial Marquis Hotel. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “Okay. What does an entrance to the Labyrinth look like?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He didn't move far from the room's entrance, as if he didn't really want to enter the visitation room. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She envisioned Mr. Griswold walking out from the back with a box of books to shelve, greeting customers as the chimes signaled their entrance. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The entrance is protected by a separate concrete wall. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I prowl around to the servants’ entrance, thinking to leave the oil in the kitchen. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The program hadn’t started when he reached the gym and made his way to the fighters’ entrance. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I stop briefly by the entrance to the shambler wheel chamber, but the door is locked. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She met Mr. Weston on his entrance, with a smiling countenance, exclaiming, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z When I push open the building’s main entrance doors, an explosion of flashing lights blinds me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A framed black-and-white photograph of the nation’s thirty-third president occupies a wall just inside the front entrance. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Busily the fairies began threading knotted ropes back and forth over the entrance. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Frankie didn’t release my elbow until we had found safe refuge in an alley several blocks from the entrance to the Wild West Show. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Their heads snapped to the right, to the entrance to the department building, and the shouts and warnings began to roll through the crowd. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z No hemorrhages or fires, but it was a surprising physical pleasure, a brief taste of freedom, to run as best she could in her starched apron to the hospital entrance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In his frenzy to find his old enemy, he forgot about resealing the cave entrance. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Once I was properly outfitted, I hopped back on the elevator, and a few seconds later I arrived at the entrance of my hangar, located on the bottom level of my stronghold. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z When we get to my door, he leans against the frame, not blocking my entrance exactly but insisting I pay attention to him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Out the back entrance of the inn, she scanned the trashcans and the cars packed in the back lot. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Singer, obviously more engaged in what she was saying to Phyllis, glanced at us standing by the entrance and she, too, gave a little wave. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z She moved to the entrance of the bunker. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When I reach the building, I pace before the entrance to catch my breath. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Because there’s an entrance like that in the hotel basement, where we store our costumes. It’s got the mark of Daedalus.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Without an entrance exam, how could I be sure of getting into Shi-yi? Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Sarah and I walked into the building together, then paused at the entrance of the gym. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Very good. Then I wish you to go and fetch your Invisibility Cloak and meet me in the entrance hall in five minutes’ time.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Now their house has an entrance on Dart, the residential address, and another one on Earhart Boulevard. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Later that evening, I stood by the entrance of the kitchen after supper. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I decided as a precaution not to sleep in the cave—with its one entrance, and that a small one, it would be like a trap. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Just as I touched it, Faro, his nose in the entrance, whined, and at the combination of the noise and the touch, he opened his eyes. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Harry asked, after she had led them down through six floors, and started down the marble staircase into the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I hung it on pegs inside my entrance, and because it was bigger than it had to be, I would cut off pieces now and then when I needed them. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z His eyes were entranced, and he could sense the wary, watchful evil outside the brush house; he could feel the dark creeping things waiting for him to go out into the night. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d passed the yellow brick road that led to the center of town and cut through the entrance to the Cursed Forest when Seven heard a low, rumbling growl. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. G was at the entrance, handing out the programs and telling kids where to go. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z All this time sitting and talking with me, and he had not seen the entrance to my tree. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Bailey chooses a seat in the inside row, across from the entrance. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As she closed Dill’s front door behind her, it felt like rolling a stone over the entrance of a tomb. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Each entrance had a pass-through metal detector with security cameras mounted on top. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Dylan wishes me good luck with my future husband as I race half a block down to the main entrance of the Times Square train station. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The clock over the entrance read 2:15 as they went down. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The words punched me in my chest, and suddenly I was flying backward, yanked by an invisible string through the door and down the hallway, until I was abruptly dumped at the entrance. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Across the street, on the entrance wall of a project building, was an altar, meaning someone had just died. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I was heading back toward the entrance when behind me I heard a sound. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He felt that now as he stood at the entrance to the helicopter. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z One side of that entrance was stone — a large tan stone fireplace that was open to both rooms. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z After about an hour we decided to head north toward Denver, thinking that maybe a bigger city would be more likely to have a Labyrinth entrance, but we were all getting nervous. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I tried to shove all doubts aside as we arrived through a side entrance to a staging area inside the old capitol, still unable to see what was going on out front. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In front of the entrance in a black and smoldering pile were the remains of all my things. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z In the second frame, everyone from the tram stands near the rear entrance of the theater. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Let’s hope they knew about another entrance to the fallout shelter. Otherwise...” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z In front of the trees, as if guarding this entrance to the park, is an enormous golden statue atop a tall concrete base. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Outside, the sun hangs low in the horizon, refusing to give way to the entrance of the moon coming from a world away. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Like studying for the college entrance exams, exams he would need to ace if he had any hope of going away, getting away, though the thought of going made his stomach clench. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z As I approached, I could see that it was actually the mouth of an entrance tunnel, a neon green circle ten meters in diameter leading belowground. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I sat on a bench by the entrance to the campsite and read a book until it was dark. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “Why is it,” he said, one time, at the subway entrance, “I feel I've known you so many years?” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z That day, Seven, Thorn, and Valley huddled by the side entrance of the Ravenskill Hall of Elders and schemed. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Mohammad helps me to a chair at the entrance. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Irish is fine for patriots, English for traitors and informers, but it’s the Latin that gains us entrance to heaven itself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It dissolved when they approached the entrance, and the warders, quick to notice the band of splendid young strangers, led them courteously within and sent word to the King of their arrival. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The den entrance was right beside his own bed at the base of the chimney. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z I made the reluctant decision to hide away before I was discovered, and slipped into a space between two wooden planks nailed to the entrance. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I stand silently at the entrance, taking it all in. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z We’ve barely walked a half kilometer from the park’s entrance, but I sit down on the ground next to him, pull out my water bottle, and drink like we’ve hiked all day. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The Sixteenth Street entrance was one of the most dangerous areas of Central High’s grounds. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My sister wanted to look at every single stall in the bazaar that sprawled between the ticket office and the entrance to the ruins, but Babou managed to maneuver her away from them all. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “This is merely the antechamber, the entrance hall,” said Dumbledore after a moment or two. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Plus, assigned parking spots right by the mill entrance for one whole year.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “As for my hat and cane being found at the entrance to the mousehole, you can draw your own conclusions.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z I remember the hospital entrance, the stolen ID tag and the stairwell and the laboratory, the long fall, my knife thrown at the captain, the sewers. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z There’s a boy walking toward the entrance, holding a cardboard box, and he literally stops in his tracks when the twins walk by. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z There was a throng of children and adults by the main entrance, but this time the adults were more agitated and the children more fearful: much more fearful. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She takes a series of doors, alternate versions of the same possible entrance, and lays them side by side along the floor, letting each lead to a different room. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I walked Stick in through the emergency entrance. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “I got James a front row seat. I also got you a li’l greenroom in the back so you can make your grand entrance later.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Naomi had found the gentle flicker of the flares entrancing, and Muff had smiled and squeezed her arm. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z In my head, I had it all planned: I’d make a grand entrance, a hero, prized trophy in my bloodied hands. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z George meantime went down cellar and hunted around to see if he could find the other entrance to the mousehole. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z “Oh, it’s upstairs. The entrance is at the side of the building.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A spider hole is a hole dug in the ground that’s big enough for one man, sometimes two; but sometimes they’re disguised and there’s a tunnel entrance in back of them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately for the experts, in the 1920s and 1930s their initial theories about the timing of Indians’ entrance into the Americas were proven wrong, and in a way that allowed the crackpots to claim vindication. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A white man stood in front of a Negro recreation parlor near the college entrance gates and waved to me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside the entrance, the king's armor stood sentry; a suit of forest-green plate, its fittings chased with gold, the helm crowned by a great rack of golden antlers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As we make our way to the main entrance, I see adults who remind me of Hollywood movie stars and fashion magazine models. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Even he knew that his older brother and sister, Chess and Emma, let him win so he could make a grand entrance. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I stand to the side of the entrance. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z As I pass the entrance to the library, I peek inside. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Mr. Heminges offered her a position gathering money at one of the theatre entrances. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Baba drove down the dirt lane that led to the entrance. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I make my way to a less crowded area, keeping an eye on the entrance to the gym, and those water barrels. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “We’ve found the entrance,” Sticky told her, pointing to a barely detectable outline in the stone. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I plant myself on a bench in the hall outside the hospital entrance, waiting to hear her verdict. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “No one’s approached yet. All we can do is keep an eye out. And when we go looking for Lana and them, we’ll just have to hope people don’t notice the extra entrance.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Artemis is no felon, miss, he is a genius. Now please remove yourself from my sightline. I am monitoring the main entrance.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The rest of the interview yielded nothing of value, and at the end of it, he escorted us to the entrance himself. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They showed up a little late today, popping in from the patio entrance. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It's a long jump from here to the ground, but the movers still have furniture laid out between the truck and the building's entrance. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “There's no secret entrance into Blackcliff, Laia. Even if there was, I wouldn't be stupid enough to try to attack a school of Masks.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A trio of imperial guards block the entrance. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I severed my connection to the sand story above our heads and shoved everyone toward the entrance. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z One hundred and twenty folding chairs were taken, and the forty or so people standing near the entrance were told to move near the podium and sit on the floor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But at the top of the steps, in the open archway of the palace entrance, the mussel stopped. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z A floating crystal staircase led up to the club’s only entrance, a circular opening at the bottom of the sphere. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “You can drop me off right at the entrance,” I say. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But when we got to the store, there was a group of people blocking the entrance. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z As we approach what used to be the grand entrance, Gale points out something and the whole party slows down. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z There was a pomegranate tree near the entrance to the cemetery. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She looked up at the large staircases on either side of the incline that led to the main entrance above and remembered how she’d clung to her father’s words. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z We closed that entrance entirely and dug another, longer and narrower—our back door. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z The apartment’s entrance was marred by a rusty fire escape running up the front, and there was only one small bedroom—but the rent was $45 a month. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Even as these thoughts pierced him with dread and held him bound as with a spell, the Rider halted suddenly, right before the entrance of the bridge, and behind him all the host stood still. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Pong watched entranced as the flames licked the sticks of meat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z There are many ways to make an entrance. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She seemed entranced by the music, a little frenzied piano piece with this mesmerizing quality, sort of quick passages and then teasing lilting ones before it returned to the quick playful parts. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A special entrance was cut into the bank leading to the road, and wide steps and a large white gate were built there. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z When I returned to the cave, Georgie was sitting at the entrance, braiding vines and leaves into his hair. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z In the distance, right at the entrance to the big top, August stops and stiffens. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Behind the door is the room with the entrance to the tube. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z We get to the entrance as Daddy pulls up. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Lorraine and I want to know if you’d like to go to the zoo this afternoon. We thought we could meet you around one o’clock near the entrance. You know, right by the sea lions?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z And she strode past Harry and sat down in the tent entrance, bringing the action to a fierce full stop. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Then the bell rings and kids hurry toward the front entrance. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z At the shattered pine tree, a woman knelt at a cave entrance that had cracked open between the tree’s roots. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We approached the entrance to the harbor, cordoned off by a line of armed guards. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The boy from the entrance exams trembling before he fell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He got up and padded cautiously to the entrance of the trailer’s small bathroom. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Guiteau expected the president to come through this area because he had seen him use the B Street entrance twice before. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z A hundred yards away, at the entrance pool, the Cupids were still filming. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z When they turned into the narrow courtyard outside the main entrance of Bayside Press, all the city noise seemed to hush. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Through the outer courtyards and along the corridors we went, going with the crowd to whom this was evidently a nightly routine, and into a large vaulted chamber with arched entrances opening on three sides. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Still standing in the doorway to the bus, he was goggling at the shadowy entrance to the Leaky Cauldron. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Black market vendors left their normal posts in front of theaters and cinemas, and stationed themselves in front of the Dom Sindikata to peddle entrance tickets to the match, which were in great demand. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A feeble light burned above the entrance, sparkling the snow. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Afraid so. When I heard about the Sixers this morning, I decided to hide an uplink camera in some trees near the tomb entrance, to keep an eye on the area.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I ask my mother as we walk to the entrance of my school together. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Eventually we fall against the entrance flap and land in the middle of the crowd that has gathered outside. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I saw Tommy was with them— he was standing with a shoulder against a post—and was listening to a donor who was sitting crouched on the entrance steps. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I have a big new sign made for the entrance and hire a design student to work on our windows. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z And as soon as I saw the Santa Maria bridge, which marked the entrance to the city limits, I yelled out, “We’re here! We’re here!” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She checked the street entrance to the atrium. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We got to the police station but used a back entrance instead of the front. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Above the entrance was a carving depicting Atlas with a globe of the world atop his shoulders—hence the theatre's name, the Globe. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The wind was still out of the north so he ran almost downwind back to the entrance of the bay. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran to the tower and found the entrance. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My dad lit another cigarette as he cut across the dark, snowy parking lot to the entrance at the emergency room. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I let him help me into it and then relax my aching muscles as he pushes me toward the entrance. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “This is the river reed that your ancestors used in their ascent. We are at the entrance of the Third World.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z They had driven it right up to the entrance of the monkey house, and it looked weird because it didn’t belong. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z From here, Aru could see the entrance line, which stretched into a bank of clouds. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “It’s got its own entrance. The apartment, I mean. It’s private. We won’t bother you.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Only Taylor remained vigilant in her pageant work, getting up every morning, rain or shine, to go through the paces of her routine, from first entrance to talent to final interview. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z We walked over the compacted dirt toward the entrance, which wasn’t closed up, even though the park wasn’t open yet—I guess they weren’t too worried about people sneaking in. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Just inside the entrance to the park, the road turned to dirt. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he led her out a back entrance, where a cab was waiting. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Normally they're brought in through the back entrance, cleaned, dressed, and then placed in their caskets. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z His main entrance was so close to one of the busiest exposition gates that some visitors thought his show was the world’s fair, and were said to have gone home happy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The outside entrance was designed to look like a bistro from a small Italian village. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z As we walked up the steps, we saw the three MPs sitting at the entrance of the compound, chatting and ignoring us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and in my mind I could see the funnel-like entrance of the hole, and the sharp slanting points of the nails. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When I got to the entrance, I peeked in and saw the nurse on the phone. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Fawkes was waiting for them, hovering in the Chamber entrance. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He saw three gates during his wanderings—the main entrance with its gatehouse, a postern by the kennels, and a garden gate hidden behind a tangle of pale ivy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There was a table of place cards at the entrance, and I found my name. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Pudding might not be finished yet,” said Ron hopefully, leading the way toward the steps to the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Her eyes were fixed on the emergency workers climbing the steps to the entrance below—getting ready to come through the front doors. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In the stands heads kept swinging to the edges of the field, to the entrance, to the streetlamp-lighted darkness behind the stadium. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Curious students from other classes had now gathered around the two entrances to the room, drawn by the crash and clatter. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She left him at the entrance of the tent. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She left the bed and went to the bottom of the entrance hole. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I tiptoed down the entrance hall and closed the door, flipping the lock with a click. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z She and Leo didn’t seem to move, but suddenly they were three hundred feet down the corridor, at the entrance of the chamber. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There are no entrance exams or admissions requirements. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Scipio and the others were already standing by the lion fountain at the side entrance of the Basilica, waiting for them. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Tom’s brother Dudley, equally entranced by the Ranger mystique, entered the force the same year as Tom, and Doc soon joined them. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Except for the fact that the colors were inverted, they looked exactly like the elevators in the Empire State Building, the entrance to Olympus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They smacked the gravel from their clothing and walked in constrained silence to the entrance of the orderly room. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “A section of wall. A boulder. A doorway. A sewer entrance. But it would have the mark of Daedalus on it. A Greek A, glowing in blue.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z A big crooked sign hanging above the entrance read STELLA. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z SS guards, as frightening as the officer who had recently grunted me into the Schindler group, stood sentry at the entrance. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z The courthouse is an imposing, old, pillared brick building occupying a full city block, but the entrance is off to the side, down a set of steps. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The front door stood ajar, there was no light in the entrance hall, but Meggie heard loud voices echoing down the corridor that led to the library. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z As yet no gates had been set up again, but a barrier was laid across the entrance to the City, and there stood men at arms in silver and black with long swords drawn. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He walked over to the edge of the entrance platform and, without warning, he leaped over the guard posts. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Fine,” she said, staring at the entrance to the tunnel back to the Hog’s Head. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z From the air, the Nut appeared to be just another mountain with a few entrances on its faces. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And holding the compass in her hand she turned towards the entrance of the Park and said the word “North!” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z While speeches were made in English, Russian, and Icelandic, the audience fidgeted, craning their necks to the side entrance, half expecting—hoping—that at any moment Fischer would make a grand entrance. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They heard the Howler go off in the entrance hall — Neville’s grandmother’s voice, magically magnified to a hundred times its usual volume, shrieking about how he had brought shame on the whole family. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I dragged him out of the servants’ entrance and into the Fields of Asphodel. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z |
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