“You have minds,” Bastian murmurs one evening in the refectory, each boy hunching almost imperceptibly farther over his food as the commandant’s finger grazes the back of his uniform. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was in this setting that the evening’s entertainment would take place, a musical version of Cinderella, the most popular story ever told. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt neglected and he was always busy, and when I left her I had arranged a rendezvous at my apartment for the following evening. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

What they heard that evening, and for many evenings after that, was that India and Pakistan were drawing closer and closer to war. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I came here this evening as a representative of the League of Concerned Library Lovers.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

There’s something titillating about it, upended and comic, like men in evening gowns and high heels. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Am I correct in assuming that you will no longer be spending evenings in my employ?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he was ten, Shin left his house one evening and went looking for his mother. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

As he walked home that evening, no answer surfaced among the questions that darted about like fish in his mind. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

That moment, if not the whole evening, affected me quite strongly, like a welcome gladly given, one you didn’t have to earn. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I notice that everything this evening is little. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the summer evenings Pa did not tell stories or play the fiddle. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But by midday all the daily chores were done; the evening meal was prepared and only awaited consumption. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Good evening,” Amah said, her low voice spilling into the crowd, like a stream of water. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I feel like freezing on him, passing the rest of the evening in sulky wordlessness. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a perfect evening; the air is warm, the trees along the avenue are swathed in deep green leaves. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But Odenigbo didn’t need to deliver the letter because the secession was announced that evening. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

That evening, a “mass meeting” was held at the Holt Street Baptist Church, to celebrate the day’s triumph and to plan for the future. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Scattered patches of smoke hung in the still evening air. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They planned to hide it at Pier 39 that evening when they went with her family to the Lighted Boat Parade. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They help prepare food and, some evenings, even share our meals. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their whispers, the cries of little children seeking lost parents and tired of walking, and the wails of hungry babies replaced the evening songs of crickets and birds. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Today she would not be milked until the evening and she would be very heavy. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there were other things we did, too, like going for evening rides on the cable car to get away from the heat. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, Macy knocked on my door and poked her head into my room. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I have to work real late that evening. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In fact, within a week of the Martian invasion, the Campbell Soup Company offered to sponsor the series, moving it from Sunday to Friday evenings. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was five o’clock on a summer evening. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, Emma read to Charles and played piano for him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly...on the evening of the fourth day, one of my women workers yelled, ‘I’ve got it! A Golden Ticket!’ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

That evening the head judge stepped up on the table. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we sat cross-legged on the rectangular carpet in her bedroom the evening of the fifth day, Abuelita proclaimed, “It’s time you got back to your Mamá, but before you do, we have to talk.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Anticipating another day of it tomorrow, they had drifted off to their rooms early, after the evening meal. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The spheres must have been hot, because they steamed in the cool evening air. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She clearly wanted to know more, but we agreed not to talk about them for the rest of the evening. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He attains celebrity status with his evening game of Crazy Cat. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Each evening, he climbed atop the cabin and lay back, reading Zane Grey novels. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Ms. Smith goes up the stairs to her classroom and we head out into the evening for the silent walk home. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I would pass over the whole of that evening, in fact. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ernestine, after playing outside most of the afternoon, came to supper one evening with flushed cheeks. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The seven-forty-five evening train was going to be right on time. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

On humid evenings when the odors sat heavy in the moist air, Olanna longed for a fan, for electricity. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

You could not sit up on such chairs; they assumed a life of hard-earned rest, of evenings reclining in fresh air after a day of farmwork. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

That evening, Ito was coming to our house to deliver our paychecks for the week. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I will light a fire in the cool evenings and toast apples at my own hearth. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, we walked all day and into the evening until the village was in sight. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

From the evening with Aunt Rose’s husband and the subsequent conversation with Aunt Rose, Ophie knew the dead could do things to the living, especially when they were asleep. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then she made her farewells; they would see her at the Jubilee feast that evening, along with many other Mossflower residents who had been invited to share the festivities. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

In the evening Hattie had me help her prepare for a ball, including plucking out the hairs that grew in profusion above her upper lip. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact, I have been going to the officers’ club the past few evenings.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Scythe Volta hung out with Rowan that evening in the game room, shooting pool. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Once during the long evening one side door and then the other door was opened just a tiny crack and quickly closed again. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scent on the evening breeze was a fragrant compound of roasting rice, wild-duck stew and wood smoke. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watch them catch buses in the evening, the black shadows of their backs the last we see of them. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The only thing that intrigued Úrsula after almost two months of punishment was that Meme did not take a bath in the morning like everyone else, but at seven in the evening. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

One evening, Grampa had been reading the paper for a while. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju’s condo was in a cluster of stucco buildings, the neighborhood carefully landscaped, boulders placed at corners, and in the evenings, friendly people walked their handsome dogs. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

After Strong described at dinner one evening his experiences supervising the carpenters, plumbers, and electricians building his house, Lawrence drove him up the hill to the Rad Lab site. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Regina would constantly monitor him, bringing him liverwurst sandwiches wrapped in tinfoil and a container of milk for dinner, lest Bobby, engrossed in his games, skip his evening meal. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Cluny spoke as if nothing had occurred, “You, Abbot mouse, you have until tomorrow evening to give me your answer.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When I showed up at the church a few minutes early on a cold and rainy Sunday evening, he was waiting for me. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I bought a short beer for ha’penny and relaxed, fully intending to enjoy an evening with my friends.... The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My last meeting that evening was with the MK Regional Command in Durban. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As evening fell, she butchered us a chicken and made us a stew, which she served with a cornmeal mush called ugali. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The ANC was then holding meetings every Sunday evening in Freedom Square, in the center of Sophiatown, to mobilize opposition to the removal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning we look at his face, it has become sharp and yellow, whereas the evening before he looked almost healthy. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he went home that evening, he walked into the house on Not Doctor Street with almost none of the things he’d taken with him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

That if he walked away after the evening work session, he might not be missed until the night ration. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

After that evening, the hostility between them seemed to ebb. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it was one of the warm summer evenings, there would still be groups congregating, just without the fire. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

How much darker the evening had turned — an unnatural, swampy brown — and so quickly. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long evenings are devoted to considering this name or that. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A bright rainbow rose up toward the evening sky into an arch, traveled across the sky, and landed somewhere far away. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

What happened was simply this: at 8:23 and five seconds, the main course of the evening was ready for serving. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The sky was pale, with a few salmon clouds of evening streaking to the west. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She shrugged, more focused on the evening traffic, mumbling a “Maybe she couldn’t make it to the post office.” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I sat with my mom in the evenings and binge-watched episodes of her favorite TV show, Little House on the Prairie, after she’d found the DVD box sets at Costco. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She has the afternoon shift at the library, sometimes even the evening one. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“We’ll talk over things this evening when I get back,” he said presently. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

On the evenings she has to work, she gets off at eight so she can take me home and get me to bed at what she calls a “decent hour.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for joining us this evening. It is now time for my big, colossal, and jumbo-sized announcement!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Jones got back he immediately went to sleep on the drawing-room sofa with the Neivs of the World over his face, so that when evening came, the animals were still unfed. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

In the evening, spring or winter, summer or fall, Mig stood in the field as the sun set, hoping that the royal family would pass before her again. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The shades of evening began to fall, and it grew cold. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

After his speech the previous evening, April 4, he returned to his room at the Lorraine Motel on Mulberry Street to dress for dinner. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then in the evening he stood in the doorway of his house and looked across the land, his own land, lying loose and fresh from the winter’s freezing, and ready for planting. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the racing clouds, had me spellbound; it was the first time in a year and a half that I’d seen the night face-to-face. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Its waterproof face told me what I needed to know at nine thirty-five in the evening. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The same wind that blowed so hard the sun came up late and Sunday didn’t get here until late Tuesday evening?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That evening Miss Trotter filled a tin pan with sliced venison and wrapped it tightly, placing it in Vonetta’s hands to carry. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, after the factory shift was over, Comrade K. N. M. Pillai waylaid the workers of Paradise Pickles and shepherded them into his printing press. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that day the Company marched on, until they felt the cool evening come and heard the early night-wind whispering among many leaves. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I had a nice evening,” she said, in the bathroom. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ordered flowers, she discussed canapés and drinks with the caterer, and she spent a whole evening with Lyra deciding whom to invite. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was evening here, too, and she sat down to breathe the air and rest her limbs and taste the wonder without rushing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I still smell like wind when I walk into the cafeteria that evening. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Crowds of rabbits feeding at morning and evening were likely to attract attention. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, George Weston left for several hours, and the next morning, he approached his wife with something that looked suspiciously like smug complacence. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I hope they didn’t waste them on mindless tasks: kindling the evening fire and cutting vegetables for dinner. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But this evening as he came out of the Ministry the balminess of the April air had tempted him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I do my evening things—writing in my journal and reading a novel— then turn out the lights and sit for a while by the open door for some air. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

On dry season evenings, when it was cooler, all of us children in the neighborhood would gather together to play tag. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the grey suit cracks a smile, the only noticeable change his expression has displayed the entire evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There were constant streams of people going down those stairs in the mornings and coming up them in the evenings. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But as I walked down the steps I saw that the evening was not quite over. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Usually on summer evenings before dark there would be enough men and boys around for a game. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings we prayed for him in front of a faded picture of the Virgen de Guadalupe, which was tied with string to the canvas wall above the mattress. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He also hung out in the computer room with Gates and shared those long evenings at ISI and C-Cubed. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

One evening, as he returned from shadowing someone, Victor went past Barbarossa’s shop to put up a sign Ida had written: Salesperson required, experience preferred. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

There's something attached to the frame of my bed when I lie down this evening. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At the windows the light of the evening still made the window squares bright. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Late that evening I woke up and saw Grandma on her knees, mumbling quietly. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their foliage was dense and dark green, their vast trunks gold-red in the heavy evening light. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And it was on one such evening that we went out into the back yard because the house and stable had not cooled off as fast as the outside. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The following evening we began construction under the watchful eye of Carlos and his two friends, who played all day. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Earlier that evening my friend Yossel and I had carried an elderly woman on a stretcher to the ghetto infirmary, but we had made a dangerous miscalculation. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

And he sometimes comes round to the house in the evening to drink beer with Father and watch the television and have a conversation. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had spent the evening in such a state of emotion, he couldn’t seem to stop himself. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was quietly squawking a tune Mama liked to hum while she prepared the evening meal. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Walter and I are relaxing between the matinée and evening show when there’s a soft rapping on our door. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He went on to talk of the evening feed in the sunset and of early morning in the long grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

All day he sat cross-legged on his table in the little shop on Alisal Street, and in the evening he walked home to his small white house far out on Central Avenue. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening we ventured outside, looking for something to eat, and then returned to the room to watch TV! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

On the evening of July 17, 1918, a month shy of Alexei’s fourteenth birthday, a firing squad instigated by the Bolsheviks burst into the czar’s house and assassinated the whole family. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

This evening they had supped on oxtail soup, summer greens tossed with pecans, grapes, red fennel, and crumbled cheese, hot crab pie, spiced squash, and quails drowned in butter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

An audience of 7,500 people filled Lewisohn Stadium that evening. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

They had started at Springer on the 28th of March—a date that seemed impossibly snow-flecked and distant now in the full heat of an August evening—and had hiked continuously for 141 days. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

We could squeeze that laughter in our hands, feel its warmth, like stones that hold the days heat on a summer evening. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The following evening I arrived at the designated spot early. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this, there was an outburst of gaiety from all the assembled; and I was sensible that the delight of the evening enlivened my spirits as well as all of those seated around me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

To bring you closer, I picture the dark evenings in my mind. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

This was why, while Pearl and Mia were eating dinner Tuesday evening, the doorbell rang followed by a frantic knocking. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She picks up the phone on the fourth ring, and I can hear her say good evening, how are you, yes I’m just fine thank you. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The last casualty that we saw that evening was a woman who carried her baby on her back. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I liked to incite an audience, and I was doing so that evening. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of a suite of rooms that are Marco’s own, the better to keep him at the beck and call, though he is out for the evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

What I meant to say is that when I was a girl in Blundermeecen, I sat on this sofa and spoke with my grandmother about inconsequential things well into the gloom of the evening. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

What good was there in crouching under a punt all evening, watching a wineshop door? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

This is the way of Nicholtown evenings, Daddy coming home, me jumping into his arms, the others circling around him all of us grinning all of us talking all of us loving him up. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was a beautiful Brooklyn summer evening, the hydrant spraying water all over everything, the sidewalk, the cars, the kids. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“And we don’t have to worry about Disarming, because he’s been able to do that for ages. I think we ought to start on some of these hexes this evening.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She laughed and closed her eyes as she remembered the evening. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

According to testimony that the farmer subsequently gave under oath, he remembered that evening well, because he’d often discussed it with friends of his who gathered regularly at the hotel. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We spend our first evening in Athens eating popchips and watching Tiny House Hunters. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

After many evenings of work he had produced a single petal that he thought as fine as one of Min’s. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Would it have been the one I know as hers — the which I saw slow-spreading across her soft and radiant features to greet each gentleman who attended our musical soirees, of an evening? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Eventually, when his watch showed that evening had arrived, he went to the Homestead with everyone else. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Everybody sings “Happy Birthday,” this group who has known him for only one evening. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some fear that Potter might resort to the Dark Arts in his desperation to win the tournament, the third task of which takes place this evening. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I spent the evening whittling and thinking about the owl high in the forest with the first new life of the spring.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A good good evening to you,” the Count began. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her engagement this evening was a mysterious one. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The evening air was warm, but she shivered. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

That was also one of the biggest fights ever on Herkimer Street when Pa came home from work that evening. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Very late in the evening, Chandresh has a rather lengthy conversation with the ghost of an old acquaintance he knew only as Prospero the Enchanter. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The more we thought about it, the less likely it seemed that a burglar would have forced a door so early in the evening, when there were still people out on the streets. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Good evening, Lord Janus,” I said, thinking again of the strange token he had given me in the garden. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The evening I was born, she was part of the group of women who went to get firewood. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the third evening I was at the kitchen table, reading, when Shawn and Benjamin shuffled through the back door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

One evening a week or so later, I went into the kitchen to get a handful of Oreos to eat in front of Gidget. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The papers would be dessert after supper and the evening chores. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

One day I was arrested for being in a white neighbourhood after the ten o’clock evening curfew, and for being without a pass. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

For nearly two years, he spent every other Saturday evening at Kyung’s dinner table. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

But the horsemen pressed on and ere evening they came to the Cross-roads and the great ring of trees, and all was silent. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

That evening, however, with Sister Irma’s envelope warm against my chest, I had never felt more relaxed. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

That evening Grandma and I had a quiet supper at the kitchen table, under the ceiling light and the flypaper strips. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The air blues with evening as we enter the little ruin. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

By midnight on Tuesday evening, more than fifty undergraduates had volunteered. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

They’re rounded, like seals, only hard; they heat up in the sun, and stay warm in the evening when the air cools. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

One evening, flocks of terns came to the river marshes. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

You and I started the evening at my house. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When my father came home in the evenings now, the first thing he did was to announce how long the siege had been going on. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could hide from ugliness— in the evening. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the athletes began to march out of the stadium that evening, nearly everyone on the field and off felt more or less stunned. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

During the course of the evening, Lincoln talked in detail about the night his father had been assassinated. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was almost evening and we had to return to the center in time for dinner. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The show was gaudy with colored lights in the evening. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“That’s right. One of the servants from the house told me Mrs. de Winter hasn’t come down from her room all the evening.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

His father had hollowed it out during long winter evenings as he sat by the stove. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

For an entire evening she had driven herself to different stationery stores in the town, looking for red envelopes that the cards would fit into. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Right now, she was airing her usual Monday evening fare: an episode of Square Pegs. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

On evenings and weekends, he repaired antique clocks as a hobby. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was studying to be a college teacher and he always had a lot of work to do in the evenings. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

One evening while Granddaddy fiddled with his formula for making liquor from pecans, I sat on a tall stool at his elbow and watched him work. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I started out the evening with every intention of being pleasant and making friends. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

That evening I lie on my bed, staring up at the ceiling as I do my nebulizer treatment without Stella. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The street before him dimmed with the coming evening. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

This was an evening like any other to them, and from here I could fool myself that the massacre at the sanctuary had never happened. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, for all Mr Graham's scepticism, I can remember he and I spending many evenings trying to put our fingers on the constitution of this 'dignity*. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Polly he was overwhelmed by the evening’s events. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

At ten o’clock one winter evening in early 1935, Houseman slipped backstage at a New York production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

That evening at the fairgrounds, Ned paid for a bag of popcorn. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Later that evening, as I lay on my mat, I heard a sound like a great bear shuffling down the hall. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later that evening, as I waited with the other winners to be called to the podium for the medal ceremony, I thought about all the upheaval and change I’d just been through. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

On Sunday evening, April 7,1765, a swarm of Rhode Island men, their faces blackened, boarded the Polly and stripped the ship of its cargo: barrel after barrel of molasses from the sugar islands. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The sun sank and the evening came down, but it was a long time before I bothered to light the lamp. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They arrived in the evening and spent the night going through the great deserted halls and the silent offices with mops and pails and brooms. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Tomony who owned the pawnshop came home in a hansom cab from his spendthrift evening in New York. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gramps was just as glad, he said, because he needed his wits about him that evening. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

In the evenings there were fireflies in the courtyard, and he could hear the cries of the nightjars as they circled overhead. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’s nothing but silence and the swish of the evening breeze. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Not long after that, Gat started lending me his books and finding me at the tiny beach in the early evenings. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

But then I remembered the events of the previous evening. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the manor house there was always a faint smell from the oil lamps that were lit every evening—for there was no electricity. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Between napping and assaulting the glove, the afternoon and evening passed rather quickly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spends the majority of the evening in the company of Celia Bowen, whose elaborate gown changes color, shifting through a rainbow of hues to complement whomever she is closest to. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We were all in the living room, playing cards, when the phone rang that evening. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw a ghost moving near that banyan tree yesterday evening, when I was cycling by.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It took us a few evenings after work to finish the project. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And around them the evening crept in as delicately as music. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For this evening, Stephen, you may talk how you please and of what you please, provided you tell me first what you intend to prove.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It had been the first date of her life, strategically planned on an evening her parents were at a party. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kit shook off her qualms and set her own face towards home and another dull evening. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Each evening he was taken by car to a motel or private home. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I feel so brave and proud—even if the evening was a disappointment. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The final straw came one evening while she sat downstairs on the phone listening to my dean from Riverdale explain why they were placing me on academic and disciplinary probation. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He had analyzed the abortive party and found that a misfortune had crept into every crevice, that bad luck had come up like hives on the evening. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Day wasn’t working the night shift, he and Henrietta spent evenings at home, playing cards and listening to Bennie Smith play blues guitar on the radio after the kids went to sleep. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Only had the dog for six days, and that evening I find out that Judd Travers wants to hunt on our land. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The evening news showing stretchers covered in white sheets, carrying the burned, mutilated bodies of my four friends to the morgue. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They had stared at the floor the entire evening as if it were interesting. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

While washing up for dinner one evening, one of the bullies, Rarnie, walks up and pinches my arm. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, Miss Miss had come to compete in a slinky pink evening gown that stretched across her misshapen body. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The evening sky had turned the faded grey of an old cloak that had been washed too many times, and the first shy stars were coming out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Daddy Clidell was at the club one evening, so I sat down on the side of Mother’s bed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

One evening, just before sunset, Amari stumbled over a fallen log and toppled to the ground in a heap. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, I fall into a restless sleep but wake to something tickling my toes. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He swallowed water from the canteen and watched the sky for the autumn evening stars to appear. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was sinking low and the evening call to prayer from the village mosque echoed across the pond. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

I that evening shut my eyes resolutely against the future: I stopped my ears against the voice that kept warning me of near separation and coming grief. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“What creature,” the Sphinx asked him, “goes on four feet in the morning, on two at noonday, on three in the evening?” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Old family recipe. Surprisingly marvelous performance this evening, kiddos. Very surprising.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to move on, out of this place, before evening came. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He cut the engine, got sound in the muggy evening. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And in the course of those evenings I became convinced that Moishe the Beadle would help me enter eternity, into that time when question and answer would become ONE. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The evening had come upon us all too soon. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The TV glittered with beautiful women parading in evening gowns, their smiles holding so much promise: Everything can be yours! Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I pointed up to the evening star, and she leaned closer to follow the direction of my finger. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard the frogs today,” said the old sheep one evening. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

It is always something of a memorable sight to see that magnificent banqueting hall employed to its full capacity and that evening was no exception. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

To Lefty getting off work one Friday evening and crossing over Miller Road to be paid from the armored truck. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Because there are coyotes and bobcats, and I’d really like my cat not to be eaten this evening, if it’s all the same to you.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

We finally arrived in Santa Maria in the early evening of the next day. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

When evening finally comes and the sun’s heat begins to fade, we make our way back to the water’s edge and search for a place to camp. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

In the evening light, he was perfect again. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She glanced back and hesitated for a moment, then waved and ran off into the early evening twilight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But others who were present that evening did hear the maestro’s words as he took Marian’s hand. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

On clear summer evenings, they would sit outside and watch fireflies twinkling around the pond. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Monday when we had the spaghetti dinner and put on those costumes was a lovely evening. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Wild game generally came to lick the rocks in the early mornings or late evenings, and those were the best times to come for meat. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, Sasha checked out the news coverage online, but the spectacle didn’t hold their interest. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The favorite hour was the golding time between five and six in the evening. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In the evenings and on weekends, in spite of his intelligence and education, he worked a menial job. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

THE next evening, I’m working upstairs in my room, banging the keys on my Corona. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Around eight o’clock that evening I was watching a movie in the dormitory with the other kids and worrying at the same time. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What stands out for you this evening?” the reporter asked as the camera moved in closer. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He did not have to creep along, for he met nobody on his way, but this did not surprise him in the slightest: This evening, he was the luckiest person at Hogwarts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Most people seek their fortunes early in the evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But no one was out and about this evening; it had been a long day for them all. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I do. It’s the one Sheriff Moran brought in on the evening of September 16. It was bloodstained, and he asked me to do some tests on it.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But later on, once he started working full-time and taking care of me, people started showing him respect, saying, "W's up, Ty," when he came home in the evening. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I wonder why he’s looking at me with such hostility until I remember I’m wearing an evening suit. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

One of the true things was his first evening in the slaughterhouse. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others were down on the second floor where our dining room-kitchen doubled as a gaming room in the evenings, when the dishes had been cleared away. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would inform you with quiet pride, between whiffs of his pipe, that he had put in an appearance at the Community Center every evening for the past four years. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The clouds came racing over the ridge from the south as they had on the May evening when Hazel first climbed the down. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chief elder’s two wives chattered cheerfully together as they pounded cassava fufu for his evening meal. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were his evenings reading and dozing by the fire or working slowly at his desk. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I was not expecting you until later this evening.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Let me show you. Did John ever neglect you, as you call it, while you made it a point to give him your society of an evening, his only leisure time?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good evening, Captain Short,” he began, confidence apparently intact. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

There is no television to watch in the evenings, just an old stereo on which they sometimes play a symphony or jazz. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to Jaja and Obiora and said, “I will come by this evening to pick you up. We’ll play in the stadium with some of the boys from the seminary.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

That evening he said something else I thought was nice. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The long winter evenings of fire-light and music had come again. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, when the little Poppers had been put to bed, Mr. and Mrs. Popper settled down for a long, quiet evening. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was an early evening in May, and the cotillion experience was long behind her, but Lily was sharing, with her new friend, the travails of her past life. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It was sharply different from the West where an evening was hurried from phase to phase toward its close in a continually disappointed anticipation or else in sheer nervous dread of the moment itself. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She entered almost apologetically and said, “I’m so sorry to interrupt such important lessons, but I burned my hand preparing the evening meal.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

In the evenings she lay in his stall and talked to him, while Benjamin kept the flies off him. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He had hitchhiked, and ridden on two buses, and walked, and reached Oxford at six in the evening, too late to do what he needed to do. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Initially she’d tolerated his silences at the dinner table, his indifference in bed, his need to speak to his mother and Sonia every evening, and to visit them, on weekends, without her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The clouds against the evening sky were the gray of rats, and the air was not damp but dank. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The following evening my parents and I crowded around the laptop at the dining room table. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

At six o’clock, I left Zion and made my way into the apartment to get changed for the evening events. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I told them then about what I’d seen from the train, about how I often saw Megan sitting out on her terrace, sunbathing in the evenings or having coffee in the mornings. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What d’you do, sneak up here in the evenings to watch the prefects take baths?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

His he heart was steaming in the cool evening air when arms were red to the elbow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In fact, it had been such an interesting evening that Marshall hadn’t had time to remember about Security until they were home. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bought a violin and spent his evenings playing music in his apartment. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

While they tucked into porridge and eggs and bacon, Harry and Ron told Hermione about their embarrassing conversation with Hagrid the previous evening. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

On the many evenings when I still got weepy over the loss of my dad, Barack was now there to curl himself around me and kiss the top of my head. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Most evenings did these days, times being what they were. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All at once they were aware of the evening as the end of light and warmth. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

One old friend—an officer they’d trained at Riverbank—came to them one evening on the verge of a breakdown. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

One rainy evening, the Blue Bird Inn skidded off the highway, plunged down an embankment, and flipped onto its roof. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

When, by evening, the crowd on the neighbors’ deck began dancing, she looked up their number in the phone book and asked them to keep it down. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

And in the evening on Monday Father got a phone call from a lady whose cellar had flooded and he had to go out and fix it in an emergency. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening both she and Polly fell asleep exhausted, with Amari praying that she would not be called to the big house. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toward evening she began to shout again: “The fire, over there!” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tuesday evening, October 12 As I predicted, there is not much time to write in your pages, diary. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later that evening, Pa comes home and tells me I am not going to die, that it is only a bad cut. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course. Why don’t you go ahead and retire for the evening while I make your apologies. It’s near curfew, anyway.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“And at the proper time of day, for a change? It’s a lovely evening, if my nose says right. We ought to try not to be more miserable than we can help, you know.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

By Wednesday evening, they had a completed draft. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The girl behind the counter handed them their drinks with a cheery grin and wished them both a blessed evening. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

One evening in early fall Jenner and I set out for the marketplace. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Neil came over most evenings and sat with June in the parlor while the rest of us watched The Fugitive on television in the den. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if this were true, it meant that he would have to prepare supper, and take care of the children, and be naked under his father’s eyes all the evening long. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Were you collecting milk cans again?” my mother asked me one evening when I came home stinking like a dead animal. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s evening, one of those gray watercolor washes, like fiquid dust, the city comes up with in fall. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The day had been soft and fair, and the evening was pink and gold to the west, a dusky blue over the sea. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Booth and Herold sat on the front porch, watching the evening sky’s last clouds and colors fade to black. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We marched quietly toward the marsh, the evening air steamy, making sure we stayed on the path. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When evening drew near, I went to the chapel to wait for Hamlet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The four workmen had almost completed their preparations for the evening fireworks. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the evening watching state-controlled television and writing letters home. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mom wakes me up for evening prayers, I’m clutching an old Franklin Covey agenda, one that contains a series of arguments to prove Caliban’s depravity. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

One half hour after the last race was run that evening, twenty-two giggling newsmen and dockers tiptoed to the top of the grandstand. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Philadelphia, almost every evening after work, Harriet climbed the long flight of stairs which led to a loft in the building which housed Lebanon Seminary. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Hie crows came in the blue dusk, with the evening stars. " A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And second, Hassan began to come home in the evenings complaining of angels. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I squirm a bit in the chair, because there ain’t no way listening to some old white man drone on for the better part of the evening was in my plans. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Later in the evening, when his mind had been set at rest about the bootjack, Laurie said suddenly to his wife, “Mrs. Laurence.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every evening, as the crew was leaving Malad, Dad would phone the house so Mother could have dinner waiting when the truck bumped up the hill. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“So are you thinking of going to the film this evening?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Resignation and despair settled over the household that evening, as though. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, it'll be near evening and Daddy and I will walk slow back into the house where I'll pull the Epsom salt from the shelf fill the dishpan with warm water, massage his swelling hands. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

But this evening she has enough time to spare between performances to escort them for a while. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Some evenings, Lita’s friends were over, speaking Polish and smoking cigarettes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Consequently, there was a great surprise waiting for Johnny when he sauntered home to get a fresh dicky and collar for his evening’s job. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, Barack came home to our place on Euclid Avenue and often flopped on the couch, reeking of the cigarettes he still smoked when he was out of my sight. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, when Mama Oji fought with her husband, her voice tore across the yard. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the evening feed he joined Hazel and Holly near the bank where Bluebell had told his story of El-ahrairah. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still burning when his father told him to get ready for the season’s last baseball game that evening. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I knew hunters went after bonobos in the evening or the morning, taking advantage of the moments they clustered together and revealed their position by calling out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then I had to look through my address book to see who the hell might be available for the evening. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was dark and stuffy after the summer evening sunlight. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, I decided to tell them everything. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

On any given late afternoon or evening, up to a dozen serious men might be seated around this table intently playing cards—poker, blackjack, monte, hearts, even bridge occasionally, you name it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening she returned with winter jackets, hats, and gloves for us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When soldiers had not come by his farm by that evening, Dr. Mudd relaxed. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every evening Meggie asked her to tell more stories, and then they sat together while Teresa wrote and Meggie read the words and sometimes even tried to paint pictures of what her mother described. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Each evening we wait for the first light of the last fireflies, catch them in jars then let them go again. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

And so it happened that on a warm windy evening I drove over to East Egg to see two old friends whom I scarcely knew at all. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Full of determination, the team started training sessions, three evenings a week. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Spreading dissension and inciting to mutiny. Silver, you’re under arrest too, for failing to report to Toadflax this evening and causing your duty to devolve on a comrade. You’re both to come with me.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now and again, a donor will bring it up, as Tommy did that evening, and I wish now we’d talked about it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did not seem like evening, I realized suddenly, but more like a perpetual sunset. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We kept up our running menu all through work in the gravel pit that afternoon, and into the evening in the barracks while we lay next to each other on our shelf. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

When Mr Wormwood arrived back from the garage that evening his face was as dark as a thundercloud and somebody was clearly for the high-jump pretty soon. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening, “I often have to shut my ears to their gossip. If I join in, I feel as though I’m condoning them and I feel bad.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I waited all afternoon and evening,” he said. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was some late evening light pouring in through a window, but most of the front room, the main part of the house, was in shadows. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One evening as she looked for a campsite, she felt lonely. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The loud rasp of the buzzer summoned them all to the cafeteria for the evening meal. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Every evening I saw my father make a dutiful visit to her perpetual sickroom with its hot-water bottles and pharmaceutical supplies. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“An old family disease?” said Turner’s father after the evening service. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Sohrab and I sat out in the garden talking as the evening chill descended on us. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A woman who claimed the evening star tried to recruit her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Grown-ups talk in tired, edgy voices about Zick’s Coal Company and take us along in the evening to the railroad tracks where we fill burlap sacks with the tiny pieces of coal lying about. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Regina arranged for Dr. Fine to telephone Bobby and invite him to his home just for an evening of chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was just that she wanted to spend an evening of movies and ice cream with Ophie. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And in any case, I have drifted considerably from the account I was giving of this evening's events. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

We all agreed on a meeting time and place in the terminal after our return flights Sunday evening, then we headed off to our gates. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Last year Mrs. Peterson asked our class if we were for the war or against it, or like the evening news anchor said, “hawks” or “doves.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

His footsteps quickened in the still summer evening to the rhythm of his exultant thoughts. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They may spend prosaic domestic evenings together, him reading the paper while she serves up a casserole. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Axel asks for the second time this evening. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You’ll have me tell my story in an evening? With no time to collect myself? No time to prepare?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was still sleeping, often mumbling and rolling his head from side to side, when Professor Achara arrived in the evening. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

That evening, tempers cooled and we had dinner together, but there was not much laughter. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry, Bill, and Mrs. Weasley whiled away the afternoon with a long walk around the castle, and then returned to the Great Hall for the evening feast. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

This way, too, I could observe the entire table, the faces, take the run of the evenings. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first few times she called Kainene that evening, there was no answer. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He took any kind of job he could find and he would come home, dog-tired, in the evenings, and give whatever he had made to my mother. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

On our last evening in Paris, we took a bateau-mouche to watch the millennium lights on the Eiffel Tower. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

By evening, everyone will know the new kid—Donte Ellison—was arrested. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“See you this evening? I’ll send my friend over around five and pick you up at seven.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He and Ahmed were playing in the yard this evening after the sun went down, and they tried unsuccessfully to get Zohra and me to join them. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

His mother was at work during the days and sometimes in the evenings, and his sister was generally busy in school until later in the afternoon. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We planned to meet the next evening at the One Stop and work out the details, given Colton’s dad agreed. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

That evening, white gangs assaulted black stockyard workers as they headed home. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a lot of kidding went on during these evening sessions; usually people felt noisy, obscene, or full of horseplay. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t much colder on the morning of his first snowfall than it had been the evening before. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To me it always felt like home and weekday evenings. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

But one evening, when he carried it with him, there were visitors in the kitchen, and she grabbed it away from him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stood beside her, taking in the empty vault, the smell of spilled wine, the cool evening wind blowing in from the hillside beyond the open rear door. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Once again, Mr. Bucket’s evening newspaper carried a big picture of the finder. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The bustle of the family’s evening—clearing away, washing up, getting the boys ready for bed—pushed away all thoughts of the fever for a few hours. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed so simple when he sat beside his mother, gliding in the evenings back to the beach house. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“This is about the time of evening he’s been known to show.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Baba,” Neel said on the third evening, ending the heavy silence, “I was wondering something.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was eating a light supper at nine in the evening when the front door cried out in the hall and Mildred ran from the parlour like a native fleeing an eruption of Vesuvius. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bull stood again, joining in the applause for Colonel Conners’s retort, then, when the noise subsided, began to introduce his second guest of the evening. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came home together in the evening, Zalmai’s head bouncing on Rasheed’s shoulder, both of them smelling of glue and leather. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The air smelled fresh and icy and like a particular type of vegetation I’d never learned the name of, but the scent of which seemed to come alive only in the late evenings. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Already it wore that drab deserted air of a vanished evening and the dawn of a tired day. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“And now, please join us for our evening meal.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Good evening, birthday girl,” he said, handing me a small box with a bow. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time my teacher reads the story to the class I cry all afternoon, and am still crying when my mother gets home from work that evening. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Burnham met the eastern architects Monday evening, December 22, at the Players Club, for dinner. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They smelled greasy and meaty and delicious, like Tuesday evening. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I spend all evening cutting up the pumpkins, and boiling them for hours with sugar to make a sweet paste, and then I use my last sucres to buy loaves of bread from the bakery. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the last minute he registers for a drawing class in the evenings. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I read about wars in the newspaper and watch reports on the evening news. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“He was with you that night, early in the evening, anyway. Remember? You went to the movies.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

This huge room was filled morning, afternoon, and evening with inmates, and my day shift spanned two of those times. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We rolled into Cold Sassy about five o’clock that Saturday evening. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I spent one Sunday evening putting the scrapbook together. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

One evening I heard a tale that rendered me sleepless for nights. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening when I got home from work I told Papá and Mamá that I needed to buy one. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

So he’d registered, maneuvering his employer into paying most of the tuition, and went one evening a week. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening as we were driving back to swinging singles, I asked my father if he knew that Margaret had set up Mother's job interview. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He greeted Nately warmly, still wearing the same rumpled clothes of the evening before. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

One evening, when the moon filled the sky, Ma spoke. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

A few evenings later, Lev and I are sitting in the grove as the first few stars appear through the treetops. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It’s a matinee: I can get there, see the show, then take the bus back in time for my evening shift at the Swiss Chalet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Four Nights When Mark Antony and his men boarded the barge that evening, they found a lavish banquet arrayed before them. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Two beautiful people, a young man and a young woman in evening clothes, were at the rail in the stern, loving each other and their dreams and the lake. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another night and another full day and yet another evening passed, dragged, pulled along so slowly that it was maddening. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me uneasy, as though the whole evening had been a trick of some sort to exact a contributory emotion from me. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I have to send her as many pictures as possible, and Skype her every Monday evening, no matter what. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He had been with Kamala in the evening, in her lovely pleasure garden. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Minnijean and I spent time together that evening, I could tell she was beginning to be deeply affected by what was being done to her at Central High. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

About ten o’clock in the evening her will began to lose its fight. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We agreed to meet the next day, a Tuesday evening. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he’s twelve years old, helping his father clean their church on Saturday morning so that it sparkles before Saturday evening worship. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The Lady Salmakia’s contact in the Society had told her that earlier that evening they had received a friendly invitation from the President of the Consistorial Court to come and discuss matters of mutual interest. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

That evening I went round to Mrs. Shears’s house and knocked on the door and waited for her to answer it. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sunday evening at a quarter to eight we trooped upstairs carrying the big laundry basket, which had been decorated with cutouts and bows made of pink and blue carbon paper. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They completed their walk in silence, and when they parted ways, Celaena quickly wished Nehemia a pleasant evening before striding to her part of the castle. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There were shortcuts, but Bessie liked to take in the lively activity of Main Street in the evening, mingling with the townsfolk, white and colored. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I was returning to the temple one evening, hurrying so that I should be in good time for the meal, when I heard someone running after me, shouting something I could not understand. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just a slip of the memory serum in their morning coffee or their evening water, and they would be new people, clean slates, unblemished by history. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was there, on Tuesday evening, May 27, with 4,500 people looking on, that Ernie received his diploma. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought hit her after supper when they were all sitting in the living room watching the evening news. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The safety measures imposed on the students since Black’s second break-in made it impossible for Harry, Ron, and Hermione to go and visit Hagrid in the evenings. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

This time she was long at labor and when Wang Lung came home at evening he found his father standing at the door and laughing and saying, “An egg with a double yolk this time!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

One evening in May, when we’d been saving our money for almost nine months, I came home with a couple of dollars I’d made babysitting and went into the bedroom to stash them in Oz. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Honeycomb, though big enough for everybody, was not so airy as the great burrow and on this June evening it seemed somewhat close. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shut the closet to conceal the strange, wraith-like apparel it contained; which, at this evening hour—nine o’clock—gave out certainly a most ghostly shimmer through the shadow of my apartment. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Out there, the evening air fills with strange sounds coming from the darkness. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

One evening she sits at the kitchen table while her great-uncle reads aloud. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He bolted his dinner that evening without noticing what he was eating, and then rushed upstairs with Ron to unwrap the Nimbus Two Thousand at last. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The melancholy mood of evening spread along the river, and after the strange cries of birds settling to roost were gone, a strange silence fell upon the river. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

All Saturday evening and through half of Sunday, I got more and more nervous. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When evening came, she reached down through the grapefruit rind, the tea leaves, and the salami casing to find it, brush it clean, and transfer it to her purse. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have been,” said Mr. Wopsle, exalted with his late performance,—“we have been indulging, Mr. Orlick, in an intellectual evening.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening Squealer called them together, and with an alarmed expression on his face told them that he had some serious news to report. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The Sunday evening air seemed unusually still as the baby blue school bus rolled. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“With so many incompetent people on the mountain,” Rob said with a frown one evening in late April, “I think it’s pretty unlikely that we’ll get through this season without something bad happening up high.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He merely looked across at his disarmer and said, “Good evening, Draco.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He’s glad to have an excuse to be out of the apartment, instead of waiting for her, at some point this evening, to return. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She carried the baby to full term, and one evening in September, we helped her deliver a son. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They halted, cowering on the evil-smelling ground; but they saw nothing in the gloomy evening sky above, and soon the menace passed, high overhead, going maybe on some swift errand from Barad-dûr. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Time enough to speak of that this evening. My little friend and I shall eat and drink and make great plans, yes?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

So when it appeared to clear for the evening, with a nice pink sunset, I suggested to Ruth we get a bit of air. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last two evenings, after dinner, he has stopped by. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The smell of the cooked meat hung on the still evening air. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She moved on and found herself getting closer to a herd of those grazing creatures she had seen the previous evening, whose movement had puzzled her without her knowing why. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

London radio, which we listened to every evening, announced encouraging news: the daily bombings of Germany and Stalingrad, the preparation of the Second Front. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Ann remarked that she supposed some one must be very ill, as Mr. Bates had been sent for at that time of the evening. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was serious and it was deadly, but it was nothing compared to what took place the next day, particularly during the evening. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

They wished us all a good evening, and the rest of the way we walked in dreadful silence. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Typing my social security number and not finding my name in the database that evening was a weird sort of relief. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The late afternoon wore away into early evening. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pax remembered that his humans were most linked together on those evenings, and with their harmony he could let down his guard. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

That evening, hoping to counter the massive protests of October 15, President Nixon spoke to the nation about the war in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In 1987, when media hysteria regarding black drug crime was at fever pitch and the evening news was saturated with images of black men shackled in courtrooms, the Supreme Court ruled in McCleskey v. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Gentlemen, good evening, and well done on a great game,” she said as she approached them. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Employees sat elbow to elbow with the same people during their morning coffee, ate lunch in their designated time slot in the cafeteria as a group, and left together to catch the evening shuttle bus. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

We went to the hospital to see him every evening. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He calls every evening before leaving the office to say he is on his way home, asks if he needs to pick up lettuce or a loaf of bread. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

From the pulpit of White Rock Baptist Church, King joined the student crusade on the evening of February 16. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The day drags on turning into evening and there's no break in the weather. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was about a year after that—he was sixteen—and he was taking the bypass through the tombwalk one evening when he heard a voice as hard and sharp as ax-fall. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As we got closer to the house, sweat trickled between my shoulder blades and chilled in the evening air. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Driven by pain and desolation, that evening I risked additional beatings or worse by sneaking over to my father's barracks. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

When she heard it, Amaranta thought of Pietro Crespi, his evening gardenia, and his smell of lavender, and in the depths of her withered heart a clean rancor flourished, purified by time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Everyone’s all right, Ms. Watson, we just need to talk to you about what you did on Saturday evening,” Gaskill said. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father was at a meeting on Saturday evening, November 29, when the vote was finally held, and I listened to it over the kitchen radio. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The first opportunity we get to talk is later that evening when Alan is in bed and Baba is home. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Later that evening, Hazel came back with her sketch pad and her charcoal pencils. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Down below, Taninli was ablaze with fairy lights: thousands upon thousands of them, winking like fireflies in a summer evening. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The saddler agreed to have his part of the work done by evening of the next day. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She takes the remote and switches over to the evening news. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There would be forty-two morning pickup “stations” and forty-eight evening stations scattered throughout Montgomery. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

That evening loud laughter and bursts of singing came from the farmhouse. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Then he pushes speaker and I hear, “Good evening. Thank you for calling Thoroughly Thespian. How can I help you?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They have fenced-in yards that must have once been trim and green, windows that must once have glowed in the evenings. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

On their last evening, Mrs. Weasley conjured up a sumptuous dinner that included all of Harry’s favorite things, ending with a mouthwatering treacle pudding. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He told me that my mother and Monsieur Perez often used to walk down to the village together in the evenings, accompanied by a nurse. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It fell into his drink one evening while he was sitting in the verandah of a rest house after a long day in the field. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I see what McGona-gall meant... you really are a natural. I’m just going to teach you the rules this evening, then you’ll be joining team practice three times a week.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

First of all, did Mary’s assessment of John’s personality match the personality that she said she wanted in a man before the evening started? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Racing downhill in early evening darkness through cornfield stubble, Shin came across a farmer’s shed half buried in the hillside. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be enjoying the evening breeze. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, Bateson was traveling to the city to deliver a lecture on heredity at the Royal Horticultural Society. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Earlier that evening he had stuffed pillows into his bedroll and molded it to look like a human body. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Why should I not, then, offer to talk to him, if he wanted me to, say for an hour or so in the evenings—he on the porch, I on the road? Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Joe remembered years later that a sense of calm had come over him that evening. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But after my family left the ranch that evening, I couldn’t stop thinking about what she’d said about me living my dream. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Good evening, Miss Peace. I’m Nel Greene come to pay a call on you. You remember me, don’t you?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Every evening the war correspondents report on the difficulties, the courage and the fighting spirit of the army. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But today he lingered, let Vic Irsik’s sons come and leave, for the previous evening, a Friday the thirteenth, had been a tiring one, though in part exhilarating. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings Gogol and his father eat together, alone, a week’s worth of chicken curry and rice, which his father cooks in two battered Dutch ovens every Sunday. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, they waited in the food line together. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Another time, toward evening, I saw something huge moving through the woods. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

As I was bolting the door, I noticed Miss Kenton waiting for me, and said: 'I trust you had a pleasant evening, Miss Kenton.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

By evening I move on to rereading the annotated and illustrated version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The tides today will be low at eleven o’ clock in the evening. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She lied when she claimed she met Powell for the first time that evening as he arrived at her house while the soldiers were there. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he offered to keep watch himself until the evening and Hazel, greatly relieved, at once told the rabbits to sleep. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every instant of our final evening was too precious to lose even one. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, I hid in my room and spoke to no one. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I went down there again right after supper on Friday evening, before the big day. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“It just looked like any other woodpecker to me,” I said to my mom that evening in the kitchen. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Every morning I started with weight training, then I had my academic classes, followed by fencing practice, which ran from three p.m. to seven p.m. in the evenings. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But a few evenings later, when several of us were sitting around a fire in the farmhouse, Ruth began telling us about the sort of office she’d ideally work in, and I immediately recognised it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the drive home, and for the rest of the evening, her mother was strangely silent, and she regretted ever bringing it up. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dad was pleased with the way the evening had turned out. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the wan light that might have been evening and might have been dawn I contemplated the clean amber liquid. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The opera that evening — sung, not acted, so as not to oflend the sensibilites of the town — was a Peruvian love story, an entree by Monsieur Rameau. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

That evening, the sky was red and black with the fire and smoke. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walks and walks, in the hot June sun, and well into the warm evening. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was the evening of January 14,1935, the first crew turnout of the new year. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Dad,” I hollered when he passed by my room that evening. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But he carried it back and forth to Boys' Lodge and was able to work on it there in the evenings: carving carefully, smoothing, shaping. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Unwrapping the leftover currant bread at the Grotes’ that evening, I tell them about my party. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

That evening they finally reached the banks of the St. Marys River. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the Council meeting the next evening it was suggested that the patrol should be discontinued in two days’ time. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked if she had seen anything suspicious on Thursday evening which might be a clue. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was evening when we finally said good-bye. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, a green spotlight shone upon the cross, and we could see it clearly from the stone stairs in front of the college. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

At the end of the evening, they shook hands. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mom changes the channel to the evening news. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She appeared to be fashioning a rather colorful but nonetheless rakish evening gown. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

You simply do not seem to appreciate the importance of this discussion.' i'm sorry, Mr Stevens,' she said, sitting up a little, it's simply that I'm rather tired this evening.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” she said, “ain’t nobody waiting for me this evening, Reverend, thank you kindly.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

As the hours of the evening pass he will grow distracted, anxious to return to his room, to be alone, to read the book he had once forsaken, has abandoned until now. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Late one evening, while lying on a blanket in the garage, Duchess gave birth to a litter of slick, potato-size puppies. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

"Unless," she smiled, "I can induce you to stop by this evening. I might add that I serve a fair cup of coffee." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll never guess what I heard,” Simmon said one evening as we sat on our usual bench in the pennant square. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“So, I know TJ is making your talent dress and evening gown for the pageant. How are they coming along?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They came out in the evening shade on a wild meadow bordering a stream. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One evening, I was in my room singing, “The sun’ll come out tomorrow,” when Dad came in for supper. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And besides, I now had a whole evening and night ruined worrying about the next morning’s visit to the vet. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just listen to me!” he kept shouting in synagogue, between the prayer at dusk and the evening prayer. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a snooker table in the basement of the Chelsea house and he’d often spent evenings playing against his uncle. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was only in the evenings that we could whisper to each other. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“This little tyrant’s torturing us/” 1957 Friday evening, July 26 The capital I have been a disaster diary keeper. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember one time the evening ended with Loomis saying, “You know, white folks, when a man cast his bread pon de waters, it gwine come back buttered toast, praise Jesus.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He could stay there all evening, until I needed him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And so it was that Colin dined that evening primarily on rice and green beans. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

By evening, he had made calls and sent e-mails and texts and the news had been passed on, and his phone jingled and rang and beeped, with responses from people saying they were on board. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She ignored me for the rest of the evening. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Often she spends this time with Tsukiko, but instead of seeking out the contortionist this particular evening, she sits alone at her table, shuffling her tarot deck compulsively. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"How'd you like to take a ride on my new boat this Saturday?" he asked her one evening after class. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The day had been warm, almost balmy, but the evening was cooler and already thickening into a starless, chilly night. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the long cold evening with the darkness dropping down he heard them only once. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Wednesday evening is bad for me,” said my mother. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

This evening there are 19 prisoners from Poitiers being transported to a concentration camp somewhere in the northeast of France. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

That evening, Scythe Curie came and filled her in on all she had missed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

We finally reached home at six or seven in the evening. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifteen minutes into the evening shift, I still had not been relieved. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were supposed to come back that evening, so we carried no food or water. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The following evening, therefore, when they had finished an early supper, she gathered them around her. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, our football team was playing an away game against OPS #0571, which was located roughly an hour’s run from the forest where the tomb was hidden. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

One evening I called at his home with the paper. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his father’s grudging approval, Mohammed crewed on local fishing boats in the afternoons and evenings, and even at fourteen, after a full day of fishing miles from land, Mohammed insisted on swimming to shore. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The two of them were speaking sometimes, as the words came to them, between spells of listening to the evening. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

One evening as the store was closing, Larry and a friend managed to sneak a sip from the white fountain. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you see him hanging around the building when you get home this evening, let me know.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Grandma thanked Mrs. Wishart, who told me to have a nice birthday and a wonderful evening. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It is possible that the vessel may be lying by, at times, for fog; some of the steamers which came in last evening reported patches of fog both to north and south of the port. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Hazel glanced at the evening sun, which was almost to the horizon. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Which is why I’m here on a Monday evening, crammed into a corner table at a restaurant in Union Square called Café Arvin. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

So the days slipped away, as each morning dawned bright and fair, and each evening followed cool and clear. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

James came over, and they spent Friday evening catching up on the week. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I wrote these letters in the mornings before work, in the library, during my sessions of prolonged loitering in Commons, where I remained every evening until asked to leave by the janitor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I change shifts with the evening workers, he’s leaning against a wooden pole for a telephone wire. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was early evening—the fields receding into a pink invisibility as they rose back into the horizon. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Nhamo talked until darkness fell and an evening wind made the mealies rustle. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This was my evening dress for quite some time,” Marian recalled, “and in some ways it made me happier than the one that would have cost fourteen ninety-eight.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“I hope you can. I’m looking for the superintendent. We had a meeting with the school board set for this evening. I thought it would be in the administrative office, but the school is locked.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

At home Mami gave each of us a toothbrush and told us we were to clean our teeth every morning and every evening. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was early evening, and we were sitting about the smouldering embers of a brazier fire. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Voices floated back to them from the canal below as people went about their evening business. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I was tired but feeling pleased as I walked to my car that evening. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“As for you, I’ll pick you up this evening. Don’t tire Amir agha too much.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing you out there in the evening calm, smiling or humming, might give your neighbor an idea to coerce you from your claim using methods of intimidation, various provocations. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Still, when they all found themselves in his bodega the following Saturday evening, they were not easy. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father started taking a different route home each evening in case someone was studying his routine. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

‘I wish — I mean, I hoped until this evening that it was only a joke,’ said Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The main performance was to be on Saturday evening before the winter recess. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I started off to Ray’s that evening with a two-dollar bill in my jeans and a song in my heart. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

James came over, and they spent Friday evening catching up on the week. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Over on the evening side, a hedge ran down the length of the field toward the iron road. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something purposefully severe and offhanded in Franklin’s manner of speaking; she delivered her lecture as if reading the Soviet evening news. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The previous evening he had drafted a personal statement, which he enclosed with his last will and testament, declaring that he had sincerely hoped to avoid the interview. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I did not see Mrs. Danvers again that evening, and we did not talk about her any more. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At half past eleven that evening, Harry, who had pretended to go up to bed early, pulled the Invisibility Cloak back over himself and crept back downstairs through the common room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the evening it all descended unseen, an invisible ash of distant fires, soiling us everywhere. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A gentle soul, already long and spidery of limb and uneven of tooth, this boy was introduced to me in the evening in some embarrassment. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Early that evening, Nixon, Kissinger, Haldeman, and Ehrlichman sat in armchairs in the Oval Office, yellow legal pads on their knees. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The rest of the evening was spent in conjecturing how soon he would return Mr. Bennet’s visit, and determining when they should ask him to dinner. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Blanca spent the entire evening sitting in a chair staring at the cake with a dazed expression, tears running down her face. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several were already rising to the evening hatch of fly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father finally came home around five o’clock, and we called Mr. Kleiman to ask if he could come by that evening. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

When a boy on the JV team smiled at me as he left the court one evening, I smiled right back. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Just seeing her reading, something she worked hard to teach me to do, I knew I'd be on the bus back to school before the evening was over. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

One Saturday evening not long ago, an improvisation comedy group called Mother took the stage in a small theater in the basement of a supermarket on Manhattan’s West Side. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He would meet me at the fence at seven in the evening. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Most times it didn’t look like this ’less it was Sunday evening or ’less there was a service for someone that had gone and died. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It was too late to evacuate us that evening. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was becoming increasingly edgy, and gave very severe punishments to anybody who disturbed the quiet of the common room in the evenings. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The hotel room lamps were glowing warmly and the sky outside the window was starting to dim in the evening sun. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She realized it had to be the evening run to Anchorage, which meant it was ten at night. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

That evening her piece of film was shown on the networks across North America. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eva took a bucket over and Mrs. Jackson told her to come back and fill it up in the morning, because the evening milking had already been done. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was late evening, his mother did not like the young doctor who was on call at the medical center in the evenings, and so she drove to Dr. Achufusi’s house. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

One spectator at the exhibition that evening was Carmine Nigro, a short, bald man in his early forties; Bobby described him as “cheery.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My parents are a little drunk on that first evening of our Las Vegas extravaganza. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

They, too, like the hillside jungle, were tumultuous with evening, but from the remote height turned to stillness, their fierceness tempered by the air that lay between. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good evening, Father!” echoed all around, and eight boys descended on us. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Penelope returned to her room that evening, she found a lilac-scented envelope had been slipped under the door. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Ma and I spent the rest of the evening tackling my braids, then washing and straightening out my hair. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Listening to such talk one evening Wang Lung heard for the first time what was on the other side of the great wall to which their rows of huts clung. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

As the afternoon burned into evening and the crowds dissipated, the teenager was one of the few who remained at the plastic tables. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

At another time when we were before our evening fire, he set about using needle and thread to mend the holes in his leggings. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Will we ever go home?” she asked Poppy after an evening walk up to the small grocery to smell the air and buy new wooden clothespins and a box of loose tea. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed that bingo afternoons left her so exhausted both physically and emotionally that she never had enough energy left to cook an evening meal. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The evening could still be wrenched from the jaws of failure. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later a young brother and sister gave recitations, which everyone present had heard many times at winter evening entertainments in the city. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The evening is famous for its flashy celebrity attendees. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Later in the evening, when the sparks from the campfire were curling into a starry sky, the conch horn blew again, and we all filed back to our cabins. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The next evening, a Saturday, we went to the tent; it was opening night. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She specifies the evening, a Friday, tells him the address, somewhere in Chelsea. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wearing a dark evening suit and a top hat, he looked all the part of a gentleman. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We’d be able to organize evenings in which everyone could take turns discussing a given subject. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

For meals they have cabbage and barley in the factory canteen at noon, endless ration lines in the evening. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I walked home slowly that evening, thinking over what Miss Katona had said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, dancing and singing to myself in the kitchen, I make twice as many sambo jelly sandwiches. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But one evening when the boys stood in review, a superior leader spotted the new flag. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Which for me meant an afternoon of running my legs to death, and an evening of boiling them back to life. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It was evening by the time my speech was finished, and we were hustled back into our cars for the trip to Bishop’s Court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening I thought about it and told myself that maybe she had gotten tired of being the girlfriend of a condemned man. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

His soul writhed with boredom, but for once he had had no impulse to shirk his evening at the Center. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We left Iowa at dusk the next evening. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening we run back, eat dinner, go to church whether we care to or not—the sermons are all about as inspiring as that first one—and go to bed. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

From above they were thin figures in the evening. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had the words memorized after the first evening. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At midnight it was his job to report to Patterson and hand over the takings of the evening. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Every evening before he began to tell stories, Pa made the bullets for his next day’s hunting. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then it was about ten o’clock in the evening. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, my mother did not go for a drive in the Mustang with my father. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He lay calm, savoring the peace and quiet of the woodland summer evening. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Every evening at five o’clock the farmers and the fishermen would close up their stalls, pack their trucks, and go home. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The royal orchestra marches in with stringed misens and violins and cellos, and the first waltz of the evening begins. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

So the lady lent him a black horse which turned out to be a fiend, and it vanished in dramatic circumstances when Percy luckily crossed himself that evening. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some worker must have left one of the cutting tables sticking in a furnace on Friday evening. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two men were squat ting on their heels, eating their evening meal, shoveling rice into their mouths with chopsticks, dipping into the large bowl of vegetables and meat that sat between them. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening classes I took drama and dance, along with white and Black grownups. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each day Uncle Hoskins went to his saloon in the evening and did not return home until the early hours of the morning. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I help her make calls into the evening. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes in the evening the mutes would play chess. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Momma saw him she invited him to stay for supper and told me to stick some sweet potatoes in the ashes to stretch the evening meal. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had drunk most and talked least over the course of the evening. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t sign, but helped Mother with lesson plans in the evenings. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The tomb’s exact location appeared on the message boards that evening, along with screenshots showing the force field the Sixers had erected to keep everyone else out. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

No wonder that she found herself looking forward to Saturday evening. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He was a short fat man with a sweat-stained T-shirt and a red beard, who looked as if he’d spent many fine evenings with his friends around the pool table at the Boulder Tap. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Something will happen this evening, or perhaps tomorrow. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I was having dinner, that evening, hamburger balls and hashed browns. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was excitement she felt, not restlessness, and she would not allow this evening to frustrate her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Frankie had always spent his Saturday evenings taking the week’s earnings to various fences throughout Chicago. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

THE evening was almost of a winter coldness, the corner well lighted and the all-Negro crowd large and tightly packed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the designated evening, Robert showed up at the club with his parents, who proudly introduced their son as J. Robert Oppenheimer. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Every day he went to the tea shop; every evening he waited until she would receive him, and every night he went in to her. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

By early evening, as Jeffrey was dozing off and my father was talking with yet another medical person about something, I couldn’t stand to be sitting in the room anymore. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, I was working on Shona verb conjugations when my father arrived with news. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

After a supper of hot soup and crusty bread, I did my evening chores and headed straight to bed. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

There was even one moment of levity that first evening. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

All I had, though, were a couple of bright filmy evening dresses that would have drawn attention to me, and, under the circumstances, made me look ridiculous. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

By evening, it lay four feet deep around the tiny house, and Mr. Bucket had to dig a path from the front door to the road. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Please be in your ‘good dresses’ tomorrow evening to meet my guest.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The wake is in the evening, after the others come off work. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening when Dad returned from West Virginia he came into my room. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He stayed out of trouble, was helpful and obedient at home, and spent evenings doing his homework with help from his cousin's husband. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

On one or two evenings a temporary breeze raised their hopes and sent the ship ahead a few miles, only to die away again. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

We were the main attraction of the evening, and when we were settled, the chairman began his introduction. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

After the concert Mama and Papa Bellini had to go off for the evening. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They will return in the evening. They said you should rest, Mama, when you come. I am cooking rice and chicken.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was very late in the evening when Uncle came back across the grass, looking very tired but smiling grimly. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came home that evening, he looked as if he had aged a hundred years. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In the evening, he played billiards and read before bed. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Harry awaited an invitation to one of his little evening parties, determined to accept this time, even if he had to reschedule Quidditch practice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I meet Uncle Pat at the Limerick Leader on Friday evening at five. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And to answer that, we don’t need an entire evening. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

They let us out for an hour each evening for enforced recreation. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was already getting quite cold in the evenings, as soon as the sun vanished behind the houses. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Why, last evening we went into Belgrade one way and out the other.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a Tuesday evening when I get home from work and pull the mail out of the letter box. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

His face changes, reverting to the one she recalls in perfect detail from the evening they spent in the same rooms three years ago under much more intimate circumstances. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He should have offered us forty to play for the evening, free use of the public hall, a good meal, and beds at the inn. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I still remember standing by his side every evening as he emptied out his pockets, praying that buried in the lining might be some extra food we could share. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Without Lissa, the evening was empty, the dusk damp and cold. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She ran her hand further back and brought out a moire silk dress with a pleated bodice and scalloped hem—a safe choice since the pink was muted and musty enough for evening wear. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was lying down, and I could tell from the golden glow in the sky that evening was coming on. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“He has made me so happy,” said she, one evening, “by telling me that he was totally ignorant of my being in town last spring! I had not believed it possible.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

On Saturday evenings they were let out two hours early and Amelia corralled Lyddie and Prudence for long walks along the river before it grew too dark. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

This seemed to please him, and he wore his matching bruises for the rest of the evening. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Liyana took a walk by herself down by the refugee camp, standing for a long time in the pinkish light soaking up the quiet motions of evening. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, while Ess was busy arranging shells in the wet sand along the beach, Jinny offered to help Ben with dinner. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He looked at me for the first time that evening. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the last of the evening light the man across the road was washing his car, but he took no notice of Will, and Will didn’t look at him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow we’ll know if we need to have this conversation or not,” she had told the others last evening, when Minya was rattling them all with her talk of fighting. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

However, one evening in November that year, shortly after the birth of my daughter, Lucy, I started to think about black holes as I was getting into bed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I am startled once again to realize that Harold has never noticed that I don’t eat any of the ice cream he brings home every Friday evening. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If my husband wishes me to wash his feet, he must first wash mine. I will tell him so this evening.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That evening Nixon escorted Pat to her surprise birthday party in the State Dining Room. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

They sat on the porch swing and ate bowls of homemade ice cream in the evenings while waiting for her to come down for dinner. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But he has the urge to be alone all of a sudden, to be thoroughly passive, to revisit the evening in solitude. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Always the sound of the water went on, never changing its note, morning or evening or night. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Later that evening, out to dinner with Jonathan at a restaurant on Chapel Street, Ashima slips, asking, “Gogol, have you decided yet what your major will be?” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The whole evening was wonderful and jolly and special. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

With those words, Ma goes outside to cook our corn on a fire we started earlier in the evening. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had spoken very little all the evening and everyone looked round. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced abruptly to his right, where a cigarette, lighted some time earlier in the evening, was balanced on an ashtray. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

By that evening, when I called Jesse, the news from and about Columbine was already confirming his predictions. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me suddenly that not a single word had passed between him and his father all evening, except for the Talmud contest. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, I think we can officially consider the dinner portion of our evening concluded, no?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In the constant sunshine between earth and moon, it was difficult to decide whether it was “morning” or “noon” or “evening.” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside Goetz’s apartment building, on the evening of the verdict, there was a raucous, impromptu street party. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since they’d left the Pillars of Hercules yesterday evening, Jason had seemed distracted. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

That evening there was a banana moon and all kinds of sky-glitter—the name Genie made up for stars. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And throughout the evening of my birthday, Cade kept looking from me to Julia with the eye of an interrogating detective, no doubt trying to determine what might have happened between us the night before. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

That evening, Granny and the baby were both asleep by a little after eight. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She remembers a Saturday evening a few weeks later. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she returns from work one evening Ma hurriedly gathers Kim, Chou, Geak, and me together, saying she has something to tell us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Mrs. Murdo briskly, “it’s just common sense. You need a place. I have one. You go on now, and I’ll see you this evening.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She noticed the same two magpies singing to each other from across the same meadow every evening. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the evening, I sit on Meng’s lap as he reads and translates to me stories about America from an English book he bought in a nearby store. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe tomorrow, I will look up the evening’s program and check out the full name of a Lucy who played piano. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A day later Dobber spied a red glow against the evening sky. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was evening; the hospital wing was quiet, the windows curtained, the lamps lit. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Even Dad sits down one evening and gets out every tick Shiloh’s got on him. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been shut outside all the evening. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Bennet’s lovely face confirmed his views, and established all his strictest notions of what was due to seniority; and for the first evening she was his settled choice. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Six days later, by the following Wednesday evening, she was able not only to lift the cigar up into the air but also to move it around exactly as she wished. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some evenings, during the worst months, all the house directress has to feed her dozen wards are cakes made from mustard powder and water. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He went home that evening feeling that he had had a very bad day. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembers towing Jutta to Pit Nine, where their father disappeared, evening after evening, as if their father might come shuffling out of the elevators. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He spoke the entire evening of the importance of maintaining good relations with the Americans and insisted that they are the key to our future. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As evening approached, he lifted his feathers to keep warm. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

By evening, we had set up our camp along the edge of an enormous crater—a hollowed-out earthen swimming pool half a mile across that would have been the lake for Aberdeen Lake. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

One evening, as I lay on my grandmother's lap in front of the fire, she said to me, "I wonder what happened to that little Bruno." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Later that evening Papa Will came by to bring his presents. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It will, I promise you. Get the does together as soon as silflay begins this evening. When I come out with Blackavar, the sentries will be running for cover.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weather was cooler than we were used to, especially in the mornings and evenings, but it was a heavenly oasis. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

So he called Gerda himself and invited her to come over that evening. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

On the evening of December 9, Major Marais came into my room, and told me to prepare myself to leave. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And sometimes, when they told tales on a sunny evening by the beech trees, he could not clearly recall whether they were about himself or about some other rabbit hero of days gone by. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I looked at him that evening sitting on the verandah of a house in an unknown village, I wanted him to ask me if I was fine. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Your Radiance, Hizdahr was seen to enter the pyramid of Zhak last evening. He did not depart until well after dark.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“There must have been an evening service. Have you ever seen a living person set alight? The hair goes up like a torch and the skin bubbles. The eyes melt.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

What would have transpired, one may ask, had one responded slightly differently that evening she came in with her vase of flowers? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

That waren’t gonna be till after eight in the evening, and it just didn’t seem right that the person that caused all this woe had to let other folks clean up behind him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Outside, the evening lamps have just been lit. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It’s not enough to block out Mr. Lawson: “By the following evening he was no longer fully conscious, and so wasted that his spine could be felt through his stomach.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded and wished them a good evening. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Friday evening, Kyle and his family piled into their minivan and drove downtown to the library. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The evening air had never smelled so sweet. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, Enrique watches the priest return to the church on his bicycle, loaded down with bags of donated bread. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

For long hours each morning and evening, he lay on his small bed, swinging his arms and legs, arching his back, and stretching to keep his body from stiffening. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It was a warm golden evening and a blackbird was singing somewhere near by. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

We both know that I have to go, that this evening can’t last. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The poplar trees in front of the schoolyard were nearly bare, but in the evening wind a few yellowed leaves still twisted down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her father returns to the key pound earlier in the evenings. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Luma spent the evening and most of the next day in her apartment. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

In order to deny the Klansmen seats one evening, Ann’s group arrived at the meeting early and occupied all the empty chairs. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

One evening, after Wolfie had returned, we were chatting in the flat when I overheard a conversation going on near the window. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Justin announced one evening around the partition: “I’m going to get out of my cage tonight and wander around a bit.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

By late evening, he had walked about six miles and entered the outskirts of Bukchang, a coal town just south of the river with a population of about ten thousand people. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Next to the window was a table with an evening meal already laid out for him: ham, cheese, salad. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

They lived now in the Bronx, in a one-bedroom apartment in a redbrick building on Tremont Avenue, next to an Italian beer garden where the old men played boccie on summer evenings. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His grandmother has cancer. I didn’t know until he told me that evening.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

At evening he would walk monotonously around the room, unable to work off a new feeling of energy. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We start this evening and finish tomorrow afternoon,” said August. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One evening, as I searched for a tree with a forked branch to sleep in, I heard grunts. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Around noon a woman brought them bread and olives, and toward evening there was pasta smelling of fresh rosemary. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

That evening in the middle of the dog watch, Captain Prince took his departure from Cape Ann. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

One evening there were so many deer that I decided to chop limbs on the other side of the meadow. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later that evening, after the bus had dropped the boys off at their apartments around Clarkston, Grace lay in bed, sleeping, when he was startled awake: gunshots—fired just below his second-story bedroom window. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The evening was closing in, and his cloaked figure quickly vanished into the twilight. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But the big visit happened Wednesday evening, one day after Fang’s name had hit the paper. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was a balmy summer evening, perfect for the motorcycle, and Shawn said I should ride home with him, we’d get the car tomorrow. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Without all of the receipts having been counted yet, the running total for the evening was already over $21,000. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mia nodded and mm-hmmed, and wondered every evening if this was wise, if it was right for her daughter to fall under the spell of a family so entirely. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That evening I scroll through Facebook for the first time all day, looking at all the pictures my friends are posting from Cabo. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

So it was still early in the evening when the discussion turned to matters of greater import. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Later that evening, I went in my room. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Throughout the evening, she kept on saying, “I’m not backing out.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yet a part of him was prepared to forgive it if that would bring back those evenings of long ago, when she argued with Master in a living room that smelled of brandy and beer. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At home most weekend nights, I would pass evenings reading. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And every evening thereafter he returned to find the bowl full, with enough supper for both Crane-man and himself. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

But he hadn’t been particularly interested in any of that; his big goal for the evening was to shout out, “Yay, Steven! THAT’S MY BROTHER!” every time I hit a drum. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not always. But I do with you. You don’t have to pretend you love me. That’s over for the evening. Is there anything you’d like to talk about?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Janis asked so many questions that Helen couldn’t answer, though — wasn’t it natural for women to marry? what could it hurt to ask? — that in the evening, she mentioned the man to Theresa, casually. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he sat down and, in his free evenings and weekends, wrote an eight-hundred-page textbook on the subject, painstakingly reviewing the available evidence for the most common problems a general practitioner might encounter. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It is a cool evening in September, raining steadily, the summer’s leaves still plentiful on the trees. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Mom, who was stirring her soup as if it were an ordinary evening, and that was when I lost it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him all evening, before and after we talked. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, and for several days after, I was too tired to play outside when we got home from work. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The sledge-meter at evening said twenty miles for the day’s run, and we were less tired than the night before. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once out of Independence Hall, Anthony spotted a bandstand that had been set up for a musical concert that evening. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

In the evening there would be band concerts under the trees across from the Café Marinas. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

However, once the cleaning woman had left the door to the living room slightly ajar, and it remained open even when the lodgers came in in the evening and the lights were put on. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want a smoky fire on this particular evening. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Merry Midwife stole into White Harbor on the evening tide, her patched sail rippling with every gust of wind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They did not hurry to bed afterwards, for they expected to have all the night to sleep in, and they did not mean to go on again until the evening of the next day. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

One evening, when I couldn’t concentrate on anything, I went over to him and sat quickly on his lap. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was to be a grand affair, complete with a barbershop quartet, pony rides, caramel apples, a pie-baking contest, a bocce tournament, and an evening promenade under the stars. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

That evening she stopped early, built a bright fire and cooked a stew, adding to it a sweet-leather lichen from the tundra. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since then, every evening, Mom and Grandma had fidgeted, going to the kitchen on the landing, finding something to do on the roof, unable to relax as they waited for Dad to come home. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spend most of the evening directing lots of lost parents to their children’s classrooms. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Each day the wall grew, and by evening it was bigger and more imposing than it had been before. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Towards evening, Katie got up and made some supper for them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember thinking how nearly the whole evening’s music at Mason High School dances had been Glenn Miller’s records. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening I spread the jam on the cakes and eat some. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They raised their hands to him and watched Diego disappear into the crowd beyond the line of cops, protest signs still raised, joining voices still punctuating the early evening air. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was early evening, which Grandma said was a ridiculous time to begin a twelve-hour drive. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Tell me what happened,” I said finally, late one evening when the sky was striped pink and gold and the garden was lit with the last rays of the setting sun. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good evening, y’all,” Wanda said, and a few people muttered a response or waved to her, some shifting in the pews, and the rustling echoed loudly in the otherwise silent church. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In a year of such drought, taking a bath as I had done was a luxury, but it was nothing compared with the feast that evening. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

That evening the authorities paid another visit to put pressure on Mary and her daughter, Anna. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A burst of evening air chilled my face as I walked across to the yellow house. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Our team tested the sleep habits of five wild three-toed sloths by placing on their heads, in the early evening after they had fallen asleep, bright red plastic dishes filled with water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

That evening we went home empty-handed and disappointed, but we did not give up. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He grows bored of eating the same thing day after day, and one evening he discreetly pushes the remaining food to the side. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

One evening, when they were living in the new apartment, Danny came home loaded, in a rage. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“If it is empty,” said I, “we should wait here until the evening and set out then upon the river once it is become dark.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I missed the initiation dinner, which was held on a Thursday evening, because I had to work. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The end result was that in exchange for playing three evenings a span I received free room and board. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He set aside his other worries and began to hurry through the evening’s last light to the homeplace, where the blind man would be waiting and would explain. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

In the evenings before dinner, she goes on extra-hard runs to try to shake off the bad feeling. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The treated canvas burned fitfully, and the acrid grey smoke hung close to the ground in the quiet evening air. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Good evening, mademoiselle, why don’t you come to the jungle with me and eat these butterflies, they are as big as dinner plates and may not be poisonous, who knows?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Elsewhere they saw beautiful bronze daggers for sale, dried squids and carved onyx, a potent magical elixir made of virgin's milk and shade of the evening, even dragon's eggs which looked suspiciously like painted rocks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When Mama called me for supper that evening, I called back that I wasn’t hungry. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

They did their schoolwork together in the evenings, and shared meals, their food prepared by a staff of two workers in the kitchen. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

By Sunday early evening I was still struggling for an idea. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I stayed there all day and on into the early evening. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He went in to get his evening orders and took them from the back of Kate’s head. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That day I heard the drip, drip begin, and by evening some of the trees had dumped their loads and were slowly lifting themselves to their feet, so to speak. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the evenings, when Charlie, his beloved grandson, was in the room, he seemed in some marvelous way to grow quite young again. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Because he just decided to see you now. He’d originally said this evening. Hopefully, the other Champions will be later than us.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I always imagine her in spangly, sequined evening gowns with stiletto heels that make her look two meters tall. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The case comes up for trial in the evening. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we sat around our campfire that evening, eating a scratch meal from tins, I heard the distant, grunting roar of a lion. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, spooning in his stew or cutting up his meat, Luke felt pangs of guilt now. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I would find my dad in his room getting ready to go to his evening shift at the precinct. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“The owner was contacted. A Henry Winter. Goes to school up at the college. He says he lent the vehicle to Mr. Macaulay for the evening.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“What I’m interested in discussing this evening is the future of the Indian Creek Conservancy District and that Indian Creek Dam.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She enjoyed herself very much that evening, for she danced to her heart’s content. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

When, in late August, I had finally agreed to go with them to the Custer County Fair, I spent the whole evening wishing that I hadn’t. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

In the evenings she sat at her dining table and coated her nails with clear nail polish, and ate salad straight from the salad bowl, and watched television, and waited for Sunday. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

That evening, though, Papa-Nnukwu felt well enough to get up for dinner, and the knots on Aunty Ifeomas face loosened a little. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, the trucks drove through the streets again with a new message for us. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

But, after a few moments of watching her, he called out, “Good evening!” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the boys, he said, “Mr. Sharpe and Mr. Gitney will be working in the experimental chamber until later this evening. Tell the cook she need not prepare them anything. They wish no intrusion.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"This evening I'm having a party at the Calamus. Would you like to join my guests? It might help you —" "No, thank you, sir. I'll be all right." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was at the home of one of my relatives in Mingora one evening when I heard a strange sobbing coming from the radio. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“So let’s get these windows finished so we can catch the evening show.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“You know, girls are really smart,” Jon, a medical student in a blue suit, said at the end of the evening. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In the early evening, she put on a bright yellow halter top to show off her tan, jeans, and big green hoop earrings, and set out with friends to celebrate the Irish holiday. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A meeting of the Rhododendron Society was announced, as was an evening of square dancing at the Grange and the birth of a son, Theodore Ignatius, to the Horatio Marches of Cattle Point. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Should I nod and say “Good evening,” or simply ignore him? Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I joined Gertrude’s ladies as they assembled in the arcade to make their way to the great hall for the evening’s play. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He entertains her in the back seat of the car when they drive on the highway on Saturday evenings, on the way to dinner parties thrown by their parents’ friends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My father and mother went for a drive in it every evening, right after Walter Cronkite was finished. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Early that evening, Francesca stopped by the blue and green houses. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A sudden boom sounded from outside, the second one this evening, but louder and closer than the first, rattling silverware and plates. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Before evening of that day he reached a large town and he was glad, because he had a desire to be with people. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening the election was held, as the principal ordered, but only the same twenty-five voted, returning the same six SRC members. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening the murky shape of another coastal city, the cluster of tall buildings vaguely askew. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

That evening was a flurry of phone calls. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

After the evening feast, past midnight, I'd been wakened by my mother's crying. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The evening callers will want this, too, she explained. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And since most of the silk available came from underclothing and evening dresses, the quilt was glorious in strips of flesh pink and orchid and pale yellow and cerise. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, he and Lombardy went over the endgame position, which consisted of both Bobby and Bronstein having a rook, a bishop, and an equal number of pawns. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Wearily, as the evening of the Nameless Land fell upon the place of battle, he crawled back to his master. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In the evenings Kapugen sang and danced with the old men, and all of their songs and dances were about the sea and the land and the creatures that dwelled there. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is possible these particular persons are simply united by the anticipation of the evening ahead. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening, when we were alone like that, Uncle Willie didn’t stutter or shake or give any indication that he had an “affliction.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Leaving me twelve, which is not impossible, but not the best way to spend your first evening after three months on brandy.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“This is preferable to spending the evening alone, is it not?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I am so glad to see you here this evening, because this afternoon my optometrist gave me eye drops and I couldn’t see a thing! Before I officially illuminate our Olympic torch...” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Late in the evening, Scruggs struck up a conversation with him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

And each weekend, they didn’t mind my catching a ride over to Lansing for the afternoon or evening. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day was spent in packing, and in the evening people came to say good-bye. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

All that evening we continued our vigilance on the couch in front of the television. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was early evening and I was the only customer. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We drove to the hotel not knowing what to expect from the evening. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Fadi recalled the chilly night when the family had sat down for their evening meal and the Taliban had found Habib. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The next evening, feeling full of energy, the three young travelers headed out with renewed enthusiasm. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember how tired you used to look some evenings when you got home from working at the restaurant?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

One fair evening as soon as supper was done, she dressed in her calico, which was nicer than her light summer cotton, put on her bonnet and good boots, and went out on the street. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He emerged around six in the evening, having lost between five and ten pounds of weight. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Saturday evening, a group of eight physicians, most of whom had been at the train station, reconvened to discuss the case. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I asked Lucas as we drove home that evening. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

As he returned to the city that evening, Koch pulled into a gas station and asked for a map so that he could pick out the doomed towns. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Watching the evening news, Milton delivered a running commentary to the screen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We had spent all day struggling and backtracking in the cut-up, crevassed area east of the Fire-Hills; We were tired that evening but elated, sure that a clear course would soon open out ahead. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was the only bright tiring in their lives, and his evening visits were something that they looked forward to all day long. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Eight days gone already, Ranofer thought as he walked homeward one evening. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you are so obstinate, I will leave you; for I dare not stay any longer: the dew begins to fall. Good evening!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Lord Faa,” said Mary, “the mulefa have asked me to say they will supply everything you need, and that they would be honored if you could all join them this evening to share their meal.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They’re beautiful and stark against the sky, and I imagine how stunning the moonrise will be if we can see it this evening, a silver crescent hanging above the summit. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“So, we’ve got the intro singing number, the evening gown, talent, bathing suit, interview, followed by a final dance number, and then the crowning. It all comes down to the dance number,” Shanti said. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

In the winter’s long darknesses, during what they called their “maximum nights,” they might make twelve to eighteen bombing runs in a single evening. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When she got home late in the evening, she brought with her curried leftovers, mangoes and other Indian food. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he went on, and there was yellow light, and fire within; and the evening meal was ready, and he was expected. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

In the evening it was a different man. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Each evening I waited in the courtyard hoping he would appear, hungry and eager to open a book. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The lights in her house had flickered at 730 that evening...and wasn’t the announcer talking about towns she knew well? Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Places where people who have no home, no money, no hope gather together of an evening to share a fire and maybe some beans and coffee. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t eat his dinner, he refused the evening walk, and once we were in he collapsed on the floor and went to sleep. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d cooked my favorite meal of salmon and rice that evening, but I had no appetite. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

On a humid evening, I went with him as he did a favor for an old friend. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Here, in the evenings, they studied blacksmithing, carpentering, and other necessary arts from books which they had brought out of the farmhouse. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Nominally, it would pass to Mrs. Tallis, but ultimately the success of the evening would be in Cecilia’s care. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was a hazy summer evening, a month before I turned fifteen. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ranofer’s life remained a narrow routine of worry, occasional beatings, and work, varied only by the hour at midday or evening with his friends in the marsh. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

That evening the boys went down to the water in Griinau to watch the repechage boats and learn who would join them, Hungary, and Switzerland in the medal race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Ask him about that evening, over twelve months ago, when Maxim had dined with Frank. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The date fit the likely chronology of events: Geyer knew from the children’s letters that on that Sunday morning they had left Cincinnati and by evening had arrived in Indianapolis. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Odenigbo had just returned from work and, in the bright evening sun, his shirt was worn so thin in front that Richard could see the curled hair on his chest. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But that evening, as Sam was walking home and twilight was fading, there came the once familiar tap on the study window. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I could hear the rustling of birds and insects and other creatures settling into the evening. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

One evening after the work is done, I find Julio off duty, leaning against the wall, playing a real guitar. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a special visitor coming here tomorrow evening. Quincy, would you go into the living room? There are two boxes on the sofa and I’d like you to bring them in here.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The evening passed quickly, even magically at times. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hours drag on into evening, then night. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

At evening a dull sulphur light from the fires. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Have the nicest evening, Pinktail. I shall look forward to the pleasure of encountering you again in the future. Soon, I hope. Farewell.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The evening was getting late, and Ilyumzhinov began to make motions to go, but before doing so, he asked Bobby to pose with him for a photograph. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Laika, freshly bathed the evening before, following a complete body massage on a dead jackrabbit, rested her chin on top of my bare foot. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

That evening, Anita shows me how to put the pads on my underwear. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"On second thought," he said, "I want you to be in chapel this evening, understand me, sir?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, her mind was—in every sense—where she was to spend the evening, and she had to be at ease with herself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Would they spend the rest of the evening outside on the porch, trying to keep up appearances? The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a low-cut orange satin evening dress, and at the peak of her upswept hair there was a large artificial orchid. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He talked to his guardian that evening, told him the whole story. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

That evening, when he comes home, dark circles hang beneath his eyes, and he sinks into a velvet chair. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At midnight, the bonfire is ceremoniously lit, having spent the earlier part of the evening standing empty, appearing to be a simple sculpture of twisted iron. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Lazlo returned to his room late that evening, having lingered at dinner to avoid it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Indeed he had come home from there once already tonight, much earlier in the evening. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Mom is not kidding about watching me as evening approaches. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Stokes had solved the problem in the train while going home one evening and had produced the theory on a small sheet of paper the next morning. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Then, one evening, it rained, a flinty blustery rain, a strange shower in the dry season, and perhaps it was why Odenigbo did not go to the bar. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now I began to study Talmud in the evenings as well. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The best part of the evening was supposed to be what came last—a private party being held for a couple hundred of our friends back at the White House. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Charles and I spent every evening together that week. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A quick glance around the stalls shows that most of the horses are already rented out for the evening. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

One evening I started babbling in baby talk. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

After dinner one evening, as I’m collecting the dirty plates, the Doctorita rubs her giant belly. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The evening ended with the cracking of branches in the forest and the pounding of rice in mortars. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was late afternoon, nearly evening, and for the first time for months, it seemed to Malcolm, he could see a sunset. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In any case, I was doing this little walk one sunny evening. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

One evening after supper I took Andrea to the top deck and told her about the feeling. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unnumbered evenings later, when most of the meat was smoked, Miyax decided she had time to make herself a new mitten. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reproduction was not the main business of the evening. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

At evening, off the fields of Ithaka, they bound me, lashed me down under the decking with stout ship’s rope, while they all went ashore in haste to make their supper on the beach. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daylight and evening in his own great hall he bore it, patient as a stone. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burnham looked forward to evenings on the grounds when his lieutenants and visiting architects would gather for dinner at the shanty and converse into the night in front of Burnham’s immense fireplace. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was early evening, cold, and beginning to snow when they got off the train at the Gilju station. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Back in Georgia, when Daddy had still been alive, they would end every evening with a rousing game of checkers. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

In a lake of rushes he saw the pike making chase in evening hunger. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally, the crickets and birds sang in the evening before the sun went down. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Good evening, Hazel Grace. Do you suppose you could find your way to the Literal Heart of Jesus around eight P.M.?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He listened to the conversations in the evenings, writing in his mind what he would later transfer to paper. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’d spend the evening perched on the edge of the couch, ready to make a quick getaway. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I fully intended to tell him that evening. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while out of politeness the hobbits visited the Common Room in the evening and answered a good many questions. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But since we're lucky to get two or three hours of electricity in the evenings, it's usually safe to touch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The evening wind rushed through the bonnet and the blonde wig fixed to his head. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Guttingen lived downstairs and we would hear them talking sometimes in the evening and they were very happy together too. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

That afternoon lapsed in peace and harmony; and in the evening Bessie told me some of her most enchanting stories, and sang me some of her sweetest songs. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dad appeared, the evening paper in his hand. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You look weary,” Royal told her one August evening after Lander delivered one of his speeches. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And somehow evening came again and he went into the cabin—which cooled instandy and felt wonderful once the sun went down because the seawater kept the hull cool—to eat and sleep. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know why exactly, but clouds of dread engulfed me every evening when day turned to night. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, they were too tired, and the sisters carried the little boys on their backs until the evening sun began to set and the girls were near collapse. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I walked into the room, which had been converted from an office space into a fabulous nightclub for the evening, with pink spotlights, zebra-print sofas, palm trees, cocktails, and a delicious Indian buffet. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until early evening that I heard their station wagon pull into their driveway. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Last they have me try on a pair of formal shoes that I can wear with my talent dress and evening gown. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I did challenge a rather drunken miner late one evening, but he meekly showed his pass and retired to his hostel. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I been knowing,” she said, “ever since that evening, way back there, when Esther come to church.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He might get old as midday maybe, but sweet God! the evening cannot come, and the night—? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We can pass whole evenings without need for any sentence longer than “Checkmate.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening Levi leapt around the room catching insects attracted to the lights. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The only time he’d change his course was when Mom dropped a few grains of fish food into his bowl each morning and evening. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

One way or another, their quest would end this evening. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When the doorbell rang that evening as she climbed out of the bathtub, she went to the door wrapped in a towel. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

One evening Mummy asked about me and Gat. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Shaking the captain’s hand and offering an apology for what might have seemed like a lecture, he disappeared into the evening shadows. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

That evening was the last night of camp—the bead ceremony. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They rose and went out into the evening where Tall Andras and his father waited in a light rain, their faces resigned. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Like the old men on Tenth Street, now he bought the morning and evening papers, and once every two weeks the black newspaper, and read nervously, looking for reports of murders that appeared suspicious, pointless. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nibbling and pondering, he moved slowly over the open meadow in the evening sun. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At every curve it looked as though the pass lay just ahead and then one evening he stopped and looked all about and he recognized it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Biff leaned his weight on the counter and began to peruse the evening newspaper. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

After that awful evening, the image of Mr. Harvey erased any hope of my church being safe. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It has more force in the evening too. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Mr. Potter, We have received intelligence that a Hover Charm was used at your place of residence this evening at twelve minutes past nine. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The rest of the evening unfolded as if some kind of dream. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t eat anything and am stuck on the couch in front of the TV for the rest of the evening. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“My dear, hadn’t you better go to bed? You look worn out. You’ve been standing nearly all the evening. Where are the men?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“In the morning, I take the 8:04, and in the evening, I come back on the 5:56. That’s my train. It’s the one I take. That’s the way it is.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the Friday evening at the end of the week following Thanksgiving, the start of a quiet weekend that precedes the Christmas season. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother had gone to the market to buy fish for the evening meal. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

As the weeks pass I am busier than ever, working long days in the store and volunteering in the evenings, running the metal drives and organizing shipments for the Red Cross. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Now Uncle was a proud man, and it had probably taken him most of last evening and this morning just to work himself up to this point where he would make excuses for his actions. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s fine. It’s only a little concussion. I expect she’ll be back here later this evening. The doctor wanted her watched for a few hours.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dogs barked; a couple of bats hunted moths around Harlan Betchel’s mercury vapor security lamp; the evening pulsed gently like a calm heart. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was evening, and people were coming home from work. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Over in the poor white neighborhoods of East Durham, C.P. also lay awake, thinking about the evening. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Sister Price,” smiled Brother Elisha, “Brother Johnny here was the first. Him and me cleaned up this evening.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

My Grass-Fed Meal A WEEK’S PAY Before I left the farm Friday, I gathered together the makings for that evening’s dinner. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

On the fourth evening, we made a friend. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was in a tight mood by the end of the evening. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

One evening, when Charlie went in to see his grandparents, he said to them, “Is it really true that Wonka’s Chocolate Factory is the biggest in the world?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I moved relentlessly over the evening, back and forth, straining to remember exact words, telling inflections, any subtle insults or kindnesses I might’ve missed, and my mind—quite willingly—supplied various distortions. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

While we were tacking the hide on the smokehouse wall, I asked Papa if he had noticed any wind blowing that evening. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, he parked himself in my room and did his schoolwork, giddily dressed in one of the hotel’s thick terry-cloth robes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As soon as he officially quit work that evening, Rick Deckard flew across town to animal row: the several blocks of big-time animal dealers with their huge glass windows and lurid signs. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

One occurred while they were drinking beer after an evening talk by the astronomer Tommy Gold on “the perfect cosmological principle.” Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Various tilts of the head to catch perspectives in triptych reassured her that her face was not too long, or not this evening. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was all very loud for a Sunday evening in a place like Lake Forest. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Ah, then I was in luck yesterday evening.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

More likely, though, he’ll forget about me by this evening, as I will certainly forget about him. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Good evening, may I help you?” a voice inquires. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Quite early in the evening, however, he made his way once more to the hollow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The news stories about people being stopped and searched on their way to church or work or school have faded from the evening news. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A year after my father told us that story, we gathered one evening to hear him read aloud from Isaiah, a prophecy about Immanuel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They were coming the evening of the Fourth of July and that meant Lily would have to cut short her fun at the beach with her friends and get back in time for dinner. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Through the open window he could hear the waves breaking on the rocks—a little louder now than earlier in the evening. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Every evening at dusk he heard a conch shell being blown in the house next door to signal the hour for prayer. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

High above the dungeon, upstairs, in the castle, a small mouse stood alone one evening as his brothers and sisters sniffed for crumbs. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was all so pleasant, and Laura felt so gay and good that no one would ever have thought she could be as naughty as she was that evening. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was looking forward to that evening’s capture-the-flag contest, because I often led the pack. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Not this way, every evening talking to the trees, leaning out my window, imagining what I can’t see. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

One evening in the middle of winter, some visitors came to the Trout who were out of the usual kind. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Sunday evening, December 11 The capital We just got back from marching in the opening ceremony for the World’s Fair, and my feet are really hurting. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings we rushed home after work, hoping to see them. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

That evening, Father Amadi stopped by on his way to the stadium. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Every evening Aunt Florentine would kiss each one of us “good night and good-bye!” and trundle off to bed saying, “I’m bound for Glory Land!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

That evening as I was undressing, I removed the notes from my shirt pocket. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She told them to stay inside until she returned in the evening. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

That same evening a bull separated itself from the herd and came up to my mother’s hut. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is my last night in the machine shop. He reassigned me to the mine. I’ll be operating a loader on the evening shift.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the fourth evening he gave me the hand lotion, in an unlabeled plastic bottle. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

That made it just like Christmas evening except it was getting late and it was still light outside and nobody was telling jokes or acting jolly. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, I’d find memos in my briefing book asking me to approve a “Bo and Sunny Drop-By,” allowing the dogs to mingle with members of the media or children coming for a tour. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The evening's the best part of the day.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

In bed that evening, Miyax’s spirit was stirred by the seeding grass and the restless birds and she could not sleep. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He said y’all spent an evening together a while back but how can that be, I didn’t know anything—” “Christ.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It had taken me most of the evening to finish, but at last I was done. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

As I worked, my thoughts strayed to Yakov and how he had been on the evening he died. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

That evening, I took a break from drawing sharks to pick at a mysterious casserole with Dad. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Again Princesse stayed until the evening to watch the sky over the beach. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I just talked to David again. He says he’ll send me alternative covers this evening. Finally they seem to be hearing me.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was to come the next evening at suppertime, to make at last, at Elizabeth’s urging, the acquaintance of Madame Williams. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

In the evening of October 25, a troop of eight emperor penguins waddled out of the fog and stood looking at the embattled ship. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The rains would not come, and the powerful shaman priests and priestesses seemed to know this even as they prepared themselves that evening. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The wind grew wilder towards evening, and blew in little gusts about the house. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

We played them in the evenings as the sun set over the steeples of Boston, casting broad, brazen rectangles of light across the fraying rugs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It's a beautiful evening, almost June now, and the wedding party files back to the dining hall for their reception just as the sun is setting. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At the beginning they mingled awkwardly, clutching their drinks, and then the coordinator of the evening, a tall, striking woman named Kailynn, called the group to order. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

At another table, a very young and blond man named David asked his date why she signed up for the evening. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Those adventures made a long evening, and I do not hold with tiresome repetition of a story.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pontellier gave his wife half of the money which he had brought away from Klein’s hotel the evening before. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

When he got home that evening he still couldn't get the hat off. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fond of costumes, Sandy appeared wearing a high-altitude climbing suit over her evening dress, complemented by mountaineering boots, crampons, ice ax, and a bandolier of carabiners. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But then, this whole evening had become increasingly unlikely. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I carried the glasses with me for weeks, until one evening I crushed them underfoot in rage and despair, shattering the glass into splinters, because he wasn’t coming back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her sense of style is the primary reason she is invited this evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Marv rings me in the evening and orders me to go since everyone voted me best player for ironing out old Mimi. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Later this evening, transcribe it for better understanding.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Do the guests still come in the evenings?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But here, over the desert and the reeking marshes the deep blue sky of evening opened once more, and a few pallid stars appeared, like small white holes in the canopy above the crescent moon. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They arrived a little after eight in the evening, somber and shell-shocked. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Because they came in the late evenings, she was surprised to hear the doorbell ring one afternoon, a week later, when Odenigbo was still at a lecture. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But it felt a little like those times when they had opened the dinner delivery containers to find that the evening meal would be grains prepared with fish oil. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The speech was being broadcast live to schools throughout the country and it would also be shown on the evening news. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

All we got to see that evening was a hot spring. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She helped Mrs. Farkas bathe, took care of the house, and prepared the evening meal before she left in time to catch the 5:35 city bus back downtown. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrapped her around me with my apron as I fried some plantains for the evening meal. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

We are too little acquainted with one another to do more than joke a bit and play poker or nap in the evenings. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In imagination he lived every minute of their evening together. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

In the evening a new crisis began to develop. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each evening I would go to his shack to borrow the two papers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In other people’s presence I was, as formerly, deferential and quiet; any other line of conduct being uncalled for: it was only in the evening conferences I thus thwarted and afflicted him. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

To pass the time in the evenings I read the Boston Globe downstairs, in a spacious room with stained-glass windows. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the evening, I could little abide company, and when we were admitted above for our period of exercise, I removed myself from the others. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I asked her if she wanted to go to the movies that evening. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt reunited in the grave with John Wilkes Booth, together again, as they had been that terrible evening of April 1865, when the chase for Lincoln’s killer began. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did not help my state of mind when Father came home that evening with a black eye and his right sleeve torn. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the evening in question, I was sitting at their high table with them in their great hall. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She would warn him before they started out again in the evening, for the snakes would come out then too. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

One evening Esther took me to her house and made me dinner. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When Appa came home that evening, his eyes bloodshot and his breath reeking as usual, he set packages wrapped in newspaper on the cracked kitchen counter. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He had spent many evenings watching his mother cook. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

From now on I’ll be free on Wednesday evenings; You see, my grandparents made me sign up for a wood-carving class, but actually I go to a club organized by the Zionists. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The evening of his departure, Nathan watched the tall stalks of corn sway in the wind. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

With the praying portion of the evening over, nobody waited to be served. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The previous evening, at Warings, he had said to her, ‘You need not fear that Charles will ever beat a disadvantage in this house. I shall not make any difference between the boys.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

This is how I think of the coming evening, the opening of the show: something to get through without disaster. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We turned into the driveway and that old car bounced and squeaked over the holes, the crunch of tires on gravel echoing in the still evening air. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

One evening Frodo and Sam were walking together in the cool twilight. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Every evening after tea I kneel for the Latin and he won’t let me move till I’m perfect. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

On this evening Frightful answered his call with “car-reet,” and he smiled and remembered how she had saved his life by catching food for him in the wilderness. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

All evening I have thought continually of Estre and the sound of the wind seems the sound of the wind that blows there. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Its golden edges shine like a trapped sun in the early evening darkness. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

There were enough logs to last the evening, if these men wanted to stay. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

A few weeks later, early in the evening a woman screamed, down the block from the garden. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening Squealer explained privately to the other animals that Napoleon had never in reality been opposed to the windmill. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

In the darkness he could feel his strength rising, coming over him in die cooler air of evening. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could we venture out on a summer evening, our way illuminated by the two hurtling moons of Barsoom, for a journey of high scientific adventure? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was standing outside the shop one evening as Ranofer emerged to start for home. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The boys still got together on the corner or in front of a penny candy store of an evening. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the early evening light was still adequate, Dicey spread her map out. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was chilly in the evenings now, with summer ending. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

That evening, Mom and Dad gave me my Christmas present: a pair of turquoise and silver earrings they had purchased from a Navajo woman. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

One Friday evening a week later he told my mother that we would be on rations so he could save enough money to finance the trip. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening, Lawrence came home from the sea and there was dinner and Edward sat at the table with the fisherman and his wife. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

That evening he read aloud from the Bible, familiar passages from Isaiah, Luke, and the Book of Revelation, about wars and rumors of wars. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The evening hush had fallen, and the high trees stood looking at the Wait without a sound. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He did most of the cooking. And not only that, the whole evening was his idea.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But to explain what we were talking about that evening, I’ll have to go back a little bit. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt dispirited and, while Curt watched a game that evening, she drove to the beauty supply store and ran her fingers through small bundles of silky straight weaves. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I fall into a doze and do not at first realize that evening is approaching. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening when the cows got back from grazing, we had a lot of milk to drink, so we were well fed. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he was thinking about the Inti Raymi festival, which was to take place beginning the next evening. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And speaking of consequences, the same evening that Despereaux stood inside the castle hearing music for the first time, outside the castle, in the gloom of dusk, more consequences drew near. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

In the evening, Mother called Dr. Agar, our family doctor. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the sentry snapped a salute at the car, Ben nodded his approval and said, “Good evening, son.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each evening, when Donovan arrived back in West Berlin, he would dial a phone number and announce, "Jim D. is back." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And Francie walked past them in the evenings and wondered why all the songs sounded so sad. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly they didn't act as though they were heading for a very sociable evening. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wanted to surprise them when they came home, so we frequented the public dump on early Saturday evenings to look for discarded paint and linoleum to brighten the inside of our house. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I stared miserably at my plate, looking out at the gloomy gray evening. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, I call Aibileen four times, but her phone line is busy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

That evening, John Wilkes Booth enjoyed a leisurely supper with the Garretts. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ebullient spirits prevailed during the evening meal at the Green Door. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

One evening, just before Christmas, snow began falling. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, man and boy watched the soccer match with equal delight. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And once again, I would wish you a very pleasant evening.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

When he came to Tremonton in January, visiting family in the area, he spent an evening hanging out at the Furfaros’. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

One evening when Eliot’s mother came to pick him up, Mrs. Sen served her a tuna croquette, explaining that it was really supposed to be made with a fish called bhetki. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jan Scruggs slumped in his living-room chair watching the evening news in numb disbelief. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

One evening, Grandma Caye was having so much trouble breathing that we thought she was going to die that night, but she didn’t. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They co-ran their luggage business, which meant they spent their days at work together and then spent their evenings at home commiserating over dissatisfied customers or certain suitcases that were damaged beyond repair. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Outside the wood, the field was still bright with evening sunshine, but among the firs the light was dusky and here the bats were coming and going thickly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Saturday evening I hopped up the stairwell steps, trying to get to Vega’s apartment as fast as I could. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Each evening he fell into a drunken sleep after supper, wine-colored spit running down his chin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The hurricane, says the weatherman, will arrive this evening. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

But that day wore on, and when afternoon faded towards evening they were still scrambling along the ridge and had found no way of escape. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The men stepped out in evening clothes and the women stepped out after them, their hair coiffed up in elaborate detail. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The evening wind blew harder and harder as she climbed higher and higher, and several times Violet had to stop climbing as the rope moved in the wind. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The guards imposed harsh discipline, consisting of compulsory physical exercise, denial of evening meals, solitary confinement, and corporal punishment. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The crunch came during my second term when I was exactly nine and a half, and it happened during evening Prep. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was what she’d been trying to tell him for the past four evenings. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They knew that presently dinner would be over and a little later the evening too would be over and casually put away. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She told her parents what had happened when they got home that evening. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Percy passed out early, which left Annabeth with nothing to do in the evening except stare at her computer. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the evenings there were usually twice that many. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had told Kathy about Mother Fletcher and they had gone over his notes in the evenings trying to figure her age. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Jaja and I sat down to have dinner that evening, I thought about Papa and Mama, sitting alone at our wide dining table. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You are here this evening looking for her, I believe. Though I do appreciate that you’ve chosen to visit my tent as well.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Trapane would see Jason off to the school bus and would watch Jaime at home until Nancy came back from work that evening. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went on that way, silent hour after silent hour; she had done nothing else for thirty-eight evenings now, and each time, her ardor deepened, her thoughts became more pure. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sissy came over one evening after Katie had gone to bed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Commandant calls me up every evening to take her clothes for washing and braid her hair for the night. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he was standing on short springy turf, on a summer evening when the slanting rays of the sun gilded the ground. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Bucket was in the old grandparents’ room, serving them their evening soup. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, he kept to himself in his bungalow. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every evening Frightful and I, sometimes accompanied by The Baron Weasel, would go to the edge of the meadow and look toward the aspen grove to see if the great log had fallen. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby would continue at the board through the evening, until Regina or Joan would come and escort him home. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I got home from work that evening, I felt restless. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

As we marched into Rio’s Maracana Stadium that evening, I ended up walking in the front line only a few feet away from Michael Phelps and the American flag. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Reb Saunders had stopped inserting deliberate errors into his Shabbat evening talks the week we had entered college, but the memory of it still rankled. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

As the cheerless shadows of the early evening began to fall the Company made ready to set out. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At the end of the evening, Anthony walked to the podium. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

You could see it in the early evening, glowing on the western horizon, and if you got up early, you could still see it in the morning, after all the stars had disappeared. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I attended classes without books for a month, then got a job working mornings and evenings for three dollars a week. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their prayers rose from the pavement like the din of inseas on summer evenings. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She arrived at the office early, went home in the late afternoon to check on her daughters, and then came back in the evening, maintaining a schedule of fourteen- or sixteen-hour days. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“But Holly and the others reached the big warren early yesterday evening. Kehaar told us. Do you mean to say you didn’t know?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guests hurriedly said goodbye, stepping over the pools of blood and quickly gathering up their fur stoles, their top hats, their canes, their umbrellas, and their beaded evening bags. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Ivy and Taryn spent the evening eating thick broccoli and cheddar soup out of Mr. Bishop’s homemade sourdough bread bowls and trying on dresses for the Spring Dance in Taryn’s huge room. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This evening, as soon as they had begun to feed, Hazel returned to the matter. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ceremony that evening would not go well. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Harry arose at four thirty each morning to go to the shop, and often he didn’t return home until well after seven in the evening. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

One evening, when I’m standing behind the bushes, the father comes over to me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Ron had spent all evening giving him advice such as “If he tries to curse you, you’d better dodge it, because I can’t remember how to block them.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

They packed sand around the edge into a high wall, stretched the evening gown, which they had ripped open to make it bigger, across the hole, and weighted the dress’s edges with rocks. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Finally the evening bell rings, and Miss Duncan turns toward the main building. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Later that evening I heat up two big bowls of chicken soup in the microwave and Charlie reads a sports magazine at the dinner table. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Every Monday evening at seven thirty sharp, the accelerators were turned off and the staff convened in the LeConte Hall library. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When he came home in the evenings, he went to his room and closed the door. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had begun to think that the demons were not really so bad, but that very evening I found out that there can be some bad demons, too. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of his material for his latest effort came from the evenings he spent with Odenigbo and Olanna and their friends. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

One evening, when he was looking through the book, he called me over. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Long days of work and commuting, evenings online. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was evening, and the stars were glimmering in the eastern sky as they passed the ruined oak and turned and went on down the hill between the hazel-thickets. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Meeting up with Poppet and Widget almost as soon as the circus opens each evening has become a nightly routine. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Despite my cold, Arthur allowed me to address an ANC meeting in his house the following evening. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the evening of April 13, Washington celebrated the end of the war with a grand illumination of the city. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was late in the evening, and I just felt numb. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

One evening they walked at twilight and scuffed autumn leaves. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and the old man talked far into the evening, while Fenoglio's grandchildren chased Meggie all over the nooks and crannies of the house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We took it out on Sundays and summer evenings, cruising for no reason but the fact that we could. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She would follow and try to talk to him while he fussed over his horses, until one evening she asked if he would teach her to ride. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Across the United States, millions of Americans were glued to their televisions for the evening news reports, and stunned at the savage fighting they saw on their screens. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

At first, Roza hardly left the apartment, and only nibbled on the food that Sean would bring her in the mornings and evenings. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

That evening, our mother made us go to bed early. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hours later, in the early evening, I find myself in a house in the Foreign Quarter with Keenan and Sana, standing before an elderly Tribesman. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

What might have taken them three or four days walking, they covered in one evening, rolling not exactly smoothly over the bumpy, rutted road, but thankfully. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most afternoons and evenings he sits by the door, behind a small wooden desk, in a room that doubles as a food pantry. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The evening came to a close, and nothing happened, except that I told him about the article on blushing. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Bailey spends much of the early part of this evening with Poppet and Widget exploring the Labyrinth. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The evening soup was distributed at great speed, swallowed as quickly. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mina’s morning and evening hypnotic answer is unvaried: lapping waves, rushing water, and creaking masts. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

One Saturday evening at the end of May, Barack took me out on a date. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

That evening, when I finally came back down to dinner, I retaliated in the only way I could. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He walked into the evening air, which was cool and smelled like juniper smoke from the old man’s fire. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, Dudley paraded around the living room for the family in his brand-new uniform. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“And now, Harry, I must insist that we press on. I have more important things to discuss with you this evening.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They want to know what I did on Saturday evening. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a long moment she said, “You’re fretting a mighty lot this evening. Hard work is always the cure for worry. So busy yourself doing those dishes and getting ready for your final exams.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, on the evening of February 11, 2045, an avatar’s name appeared at the top of the Scoreboard, for the whole world to see. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The contentment of the does spread to everyone else, until one evening Hazel remarked that he felt a perfect fraud as Chief Rabbit, for there were no problems and hardly a dispute to be settled. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, one evening, the map showed my father entering the grounds. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Sam brushed the snow off the door and thought about the evening’s menu. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She could no longer remember what it felt like to spend an evening in candlelight. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Good thing it usually rains in the evenings here, or this whole side of the mountain would be on fire by now....” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Poland and China were getting ready for the evening. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

One evening he came staggering home, drunk as a sot. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said good evening to Mr. Szymczak, our new neighbor downstairs, buying a German newspaper on the corner, and he just shook his head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the evenings I work at the Movies 10 movie theater in Stanton. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

They drove in silence, along the same roads that Eliot and his mother took back to the beach house each evening. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The evening meal was almost done by the time he and Ghost reached the common hall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We were so busy, I barely noticed the call to evening prayers from the minaret in the distance or the sun setting outside our window. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The evening meal was distributed, an especially thick soup, but nobody touched it. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Next Thursday afternoon, you’ll make arrangements to be free. Afternoon, evening, all night, if necessary.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something was different about the city on this warm July evening, and Magdalys couldn’t put her finger on what it was. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

One such evening Burnham led a tour of the fair aboard an electric launch for a group that included John Root’s widow, Dora, and a number of foreign emissaries. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

That evening, Marlena conceals her black eye with pancake makeup and does her liberty act. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The man with the rifle sat down and rested himself, and the trackers squatted near him, and in the evening the points of their cigarettes glowed and receded. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man stood at the door, hungry for his evening’s food, which, now that the woman was in the house, he would never prepare for himself. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

They rode on, and evening deepened in the valley. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

That evening, the news from each state gradually came in by telegraph to Lawnfield’s campaign office. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We took him in the evening down to the waterside. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Take a look at this, baby. How’d you like to spend the evening with that?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, please call her parents this evening, and I’ll be sure to talk to them as well. I am going to work on this problem right now.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It glowed a bright metallic copper—the same sun that set each evening upon her homeland. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will stay out of sight until evening. You may play with Pasha’s Favorite if you’re bored.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, when he knew visitors were expected, he would sit on the verandah and sew buttons that weren’t missing onto his shirts, to create the impression that Mammachi neglected him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We color in Grace’s movie star coloring books, which show the movie stars in different outfits, doing different things: walking their dogs, going sailing in sailor suits, swirling around in evening dresses at parties. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now he let her help when he gathered the sheep in for the evening. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Or herself,” said Hermione irritably, overhearing Harry pointing some of these out to Ron in the common room on Saturday evening. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

From the light coming through, he could tell it was evening. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Between songs Mr. Switzer competed with the DJ for attention, calling out noise level readings and the probability of sustaining permanent hearing loss from the evening’s festivities. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As evening became definite the street lamps flashed on and the lights of moving cars squared my world in a piercing probing. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hands were cold, even though it was a warm evening, and it felt good to hold the cup. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee said, “If I do not hear from General Stuart by this evening I will have to send for him.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,” Big Two News sports anchor Skip Baldwin said in a hushed voice at 1:19 A.M. to begin the station’s live coverage. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boatmen unloaded baskets of wares for customers who would come later in the evening to haggle over prices in the nearby market. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

They drank and joked and were still at it when Hugh and I returned later that evening for the fireworks display. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

That means I can see you Wednesday evening, Saturday afternoon, Saturday evening, Sunday afternoon and maybe even more.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

That evening, when Dewey left his office in the courthouse at Garden City, he took home with him a manila envelope. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Late one evening, when usually he was dozing in his easy chair in front of the television set, my father opened the door of my room and walked inside. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their clothing was collected every morning, laundered meticulously, and delivered each evening.“Would you go aboard, if they invited you?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He shaded his eyes against the evening sun with one hand as he looked up at me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She spends most of the evening in one of the chairs by the fire, watching events unfold around her rather than participating in them directly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was getting late, the summer evening was fading, and the old bus shelter felt musty and damp after a recent thunderstorm. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As evening fell, Nurse returned to tell them that it was time to don their mummer’s plate. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

You stand in the fading light, the scarf around your neck pulled up against the chilly evening breeze, waiting to see for yourself exactly what kind of circus only opens once the sun sets. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You may ask, but I shall not oblige. Good evening, Lady Hattie.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cloud Pond was a couple of hundred acres of exquisitely peaceful water surrounded by dark coniferous forest, the treetops pointy black silhouettes against a pale blue evening sky. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

So I went to my room to prepare for our Freedom Writer holiday party that was taking place later that evening. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And now—this evening—a hidden voice had blared out that old hidden story. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

"Not sure. I woke up yesterday evening and you were lying next to me in a very scary pool of blood," he says. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

On the evening I flew home to Chicago, I felt a heavy dread settling over me, knowing that I was about to step back into my everyday routine and the fog of my confusion. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Throw in a little onion if you can find it,” he called over his shoulder as he snapped open the evening paper. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I’d wanted my dad to come along so I wouldn’t have to play man for the evening by driving the whole way and making sure everyone ate and all. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

At this evening’s performance, the role of Fate will be played by my Aunt Heidi. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Toward evening the father wiped the steam away from the glass and looked out a couple of times. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost dusk, that magical time of evening just before the fireflies come out, just as the crickets start up their all-night racket. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I work mornings and evenings for three dollars a week,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read and reread and then take the pages to Aibileen in the evenings and she does the same. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I began to wait for Mr. Freeman to come in from the yards, but when he did, he never noticed me, although I put a lot of feeling into “Good evening, Mr. Freeman.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither did Elisha usually come anywhere near the church on Saturday evenings; but as the pastor’s nephew he was entitled to certain freedoms; in him it was a virtue that he came at all. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The white headdress isn’t necessary for the evening, because I won’t be going out. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later that evening some men picked Grampa up for another Council meeting. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She had hopes of seeing the nurturer heading back to his dwelling for the evening meal, with little Abe riding behind him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Nikhil changed his,” Moushumi blurts out suddenly, and for the first time all evening, with the exception of the opera singers, the room goes completely quiet. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We usually met outside the building after our final class and went home together, but that evening he didn’t show up. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was Mala who consoled me when, reading the Globe one evening, I came across Mrs. Croft's obituary. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She finished it that evening, just in time to go get Torito from the hospital. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

On Friday morning there were two more camera crews at the McCulloughs’ door, and three segments that evening, on Channels 5, 19, and 43. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But none of those topics interested the three men in the room that evening. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Our prospects look brighter this evening. The mountains, that have so long hemmed us in, seem to be falling away from the river. The river seems to be broadening.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“But it’s a sort of grand evening cocktail party kind of thing, or a ball, something like that. There wouldn’t be any kids around anyway.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

At supper that evening, Pa brought in the milking stool for John to sit on. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The evening sun was still hot when it hit him as they came out of the patches of shade made by the trees on the bank, and the cool water on his neck refreshed him. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings she reads while Etienne makes phone calls, petitions repatriation authorities, and writes letters. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I mean I had the whole evening free, and I thought I'd give her a buzz and, if she was home yet, take her dancing or something somewhere. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

That evening, while he was cooking dinner, a quiet voice on the radio announced that Nigeria would embark on a police action to bring back the rebels of Biafra. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

By the time Mia boarded the plane back to San Francisco that evening, Pearl in her arms, she had forgotten all about it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Although there was evening brightness showing through the windows of the bunk house, inside it was dusk. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening Dr. Bentley said, “Here you are; a grammar, a dictionary and—by the way, do you know your Bible well?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

August is gracious, charming, and mischievous—so much so that as the evening wears on I begin to think the incident with Rex was just a joke gone awry. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She took off her faded brown dress and put on the new one, and it felt like wearing the weight of spring: soft and warm, with the breath of an evening breeze over her skin. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doctors come to the house in the evening with stethoscopes in black leather bags. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the evening of the tenth day they fought their way clear of Sunda Strait and anchored. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the day he helped out at the refugee camp, and in the evenings he wrote. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Madoc gives me puzzles—twelve goblin knights to storm a fortress, nine untrained Gentry to defend one—and then asks for my answers each evening after dinner. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We spent the rest of the evening confessing to our giggly, over-chaperoned girl cousins the naughtinesses we had committed up in the home of the brave and the land of the free. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The drovers had unloaded them, stacking their bales into a windbreak, though thus far the evening was still. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

If your neighbors are going out every evening and leaving their small son on his own and crying, you should certainly report it to some responsible adult. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He left the apartment each evening at seven p.m. and worked a shift cooking burgers at a fast-food restaurant. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Nobody wanted to be alone on guard duty, especially not on a crisp autumn evening where the air hung as stiff as a curtain and it felt like anything might happen. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Despite the cold evening, she was buzzing with warmth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Nino Carlitos rubs her back and doesn’t call her lazy when she spends evenings with her feet up on the sofa eating an entire bag of sugary orange wafers. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I left at six or seven in the morning and returned at eight or nine in the evening, depending on the distance to water and grass. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all its sad associations, whenever I recall that evening today, I find I do so with a large sense of triumph. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner he asked to use the phone and talked long distance for the rest of the evening—“perhaps for four hours,” Browne later recalled. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As she rode the elevator back downstairs that evening, however, she rested her head against the mirrored wall and bit back tears. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Here is mine: That evening, I stood on the roof of an apartment building with your mother, your aunt Chana, and her boyfriend, Jamal. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

After supper there is evening prayer in the new chapel. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

On the evening of the march, with more than nine hundred arrested children filling Birmingham’s jails, Dr. King held a mass church meeting. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

That evening Ethel let Cora stay in the extra bedroom, provided she kept the room dark and stayed away from the window. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I arrived at six o’clock in the evening. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might have been 34 degrees the previous evening, and now it was 31 degrees. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It happened more frequently that after a merry evening, he lay late in bed the following morning and felt dull and tired. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tucker finished the last few crumbs of a cookie he was eating—a Lorna Doone shortbread he had found earlier in the evening—and licked off his whiskers. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

At about six that evening, Harry Gold was standing on the side of a small road on the outskirts of Santa Fe. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell by the way he was speaking that it was Grandpa Izzy asking if he would be coming over for the evening's turtle walk. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The task of cleaning his room, which she now always carried out in the evening, could not be done any more quickly. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julia cries all evening, while her father sweeps and mops and dusts and cleans the toilets. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I wondered what they were going to do the first evening a change of entertainment was proposed: they spoke of “playing charades,” but in my ignorance I did not understand the term. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

After the sun passes zenith it is afternoon and quickly evening with a whispering dusk as long as was the morning. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every evening, Grandma insisted we read books around the table after dinner. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The people around you are growing restless from waiting, a sea of shuffling feet, murmuring about abandoning the endeavor in search of someplace warmer to pass the evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A tall man arrives at the church one evening with a vacant, dull look in his eyes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“The point is to get everyone to meet at the Blessed Way Church on Friday evening,” Moss explained. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Nugent had arrived in Oxford the previous evening, an hour or two before the flood struck the city. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

That Thursday evening, he attended a small dinner at the home of Secretary of the Navy William Hunt. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But the danger to me personally...the danger to me personally still walked and talked and sometimes sat with Alice in her cabin in the evening as she nursed Hagar. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

From then on, Matilda was a welcome visitor to The Red House every single evening after school, and a very close friendship began to develop between the teacher and the small child. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

They stood near the watering trough while the horses sauntered in from the hillsides for an evening drink. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Time is more precious than money, Lyddie girl. If only I had two more free hours of an evening—what I couldn’t do.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

So it was that near the end of a wild and wet evening in the last days of October the five travellers rode up the climbing road and came to the South-gate of Bree. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They had passed a pleasant evening, joking and playing games with the little creatures. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Afternoon turns into another evening and it’s when we’re coming down a steep hillside that I fall. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

In the evening, Dad came to my room and woke me up. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Tristran sat under the blanket, in the warm evening, and waited. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The conversation took a downward turn from there, and even though none of them said what they were thinking, the evening ended on a grim note. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We were standing in our front yard on the lawn one evening and we saw him coming with little fat steps. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what you mean. I don’t care. I know a knight was in this room last evening.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

One clear August evening, they pledged a new vow. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That evening the sky darkened and thick sheets of rain blanketed our small town. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Mrs. Croft would remember me; I wondered if she had a new boarder to sit with her on the bench each evening. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

If she had known about the murderous events of the evening, she most likely would not have opened the door. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tuesday evening, when she had been gone six days, I talked to my parents. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

That evening we learned to fire our guns, aiming at plywood boards mounted in the branches of tiny trees at the edge of the forest. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The following evening they board a Pan Am flight to London, where after a five-hour layover they will board a second flight to Calcutta, via Tehran and Bombay. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a beautiful evening: I should make the most of it.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One evening, a quarrel broke out between two prefects on the main thoroughfare of the college. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All around us there was the smell of smoke and filth and deep greenery, and the evening was humid and very hot. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that evening and the following day, it never gave him peace. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Starting tomorrow, we’ll be back to working on our dance numbers and our walking, talent, swimsuit, and evening gown presentations, just like nothing ever happened.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They had a right barney this evening, actually over the dinner table. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When I returned to our fly, evening having fallen, I found Dr. Trefusis applying cold tea to his sunburns. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“You know, the Halloween feast, in the evening.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Now I stood between them each evening, hoping against hope that their pockets weren't empty. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Same for running across a member of my shul, although I doubted any of them planned to spend their evening in Chicago’s decadent underbelly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

On the evening of the third day, I can feel him looking at me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was washing his hands left and right that evening. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And one evening, in the middle of the night, Ba woke up alone in bed to a voice calling. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He went up the hill to the second street, went through a gate in a high board fence and was not seen again until evening. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slept while the boy kept watch and in the evening they got out their shoes and put them on and went down to the farmhouse and collected the rest of the apples. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She comes to me and Captain Smith and gives us that same look of expectancy I’ve been seeing all evening. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It’s packed with evening commuters and were standing, holding on to a pole. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He has a lot of pain in his leg, and he is, Jo tells her sister, “dead tired in the evenings.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

My uncle was home when I was dropped off that evening. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She recognized his evening clothes from the stacks in the colored emporium, but he wore them with more confidence than other men his age who hailed from plantations. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Desire reeled inside him, but he would wait for evening, after dinner, after they had entertained any guests, after Ikejide had retired. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The doctors let us in one at a time to see Father, who had come out of surgery back in the early evening. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

When Gay drove me home that evening, she prattled on about some girls my age in the neighborhood. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She saw him one evening walking along the river, alone, deep in thought. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s almost like wearing red for evening gown. Everybody knows the judges like pastels.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The next evening, he returned to the den. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Every evening at quitting time my exhausted grandfather would come out of the factory and tramp across to an adjacent building housing the Ford English School. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The sunset that evening was unlike any Amari had ever seen. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening we prepared ourselves to square accounts with Himmelstoss. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind snapped back to DNA on the evenings when I managed to catch Maurice for dinner on my way home to Cambridge. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Three evenings a week, Mia boarded the 1 and rode to 116th Street, where she put on a different uniform and waited tables at a bar near Columbia. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That evening there was no gathering about the fire. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“You check with me tomorrow evening; we’ll have some idea then. I can keep him here for a day or two, Ray. Then, if he makes it, you can take him on home.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already the volleyball evenings are becoming a problem. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the half-light of evening the dung carts had come out, attended by half-naked slaves whose task it was to shovel up the steaming piles left by elephants both great and small. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Governor Faubus didn’t ask for federal troops, but they’re up in his face anyhow,” Grandma said as we sat watching the arrival of the 101st Airborne Division early Tuesday evening. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since then she did not fail to open the door furtively a little every morning and evening to look in on Gregor. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don't you realize you're throwing away the perfect opportunity to be someone else for an evening? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Harry returned to the Gryffindor common room one evening after training, cold and stiff but pleased with the way practice had gone, to find the room buzzing excitedly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

On this dark evening it was twice as difficult, because of his head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening of that day Vetch spoke out of long silence. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you heard, Joe,” I asked him that evening, upon further consideration, as he smoked his pipe at the window, “who my patron was?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

At chow that evening, somebody commented that the exposure had caused “the worst pain I ever had.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm here to discuss the plan for this evening's festivities, and review the protocol with you." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“A lovely thing to do on a summer evening,” said the man richly. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty Monday evening, the Brother from the Kingdom Hall says. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She took him to the club, which was located in the old Brooklyn Academy of Music, the very next evening. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, while the men played cards, she would sometimes fall into long elastic silences, her eyes fixed on the dark, her arms folded, her foot tapping out a coded message against the floor. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

By evening I’d just about mastered the last part of “Pirate Medley,” and I was feeling pretty good about that. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They stayed put for the rest of that long, early summer afternoon, but when the evening cool came into the air and the families on the beach left, the Tillermans went down by the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near evening I was too jittery to attend to chores, so Bailey volunteered to do all before his bath. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The evening light is soft and pink, the air as mild as bathwater. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A few times I even caught him watching the news segments about Obama in the evenings, after he got home from work. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The gunfight went on into the evening, interrupting the songs of birds and the chants of crickets. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Avoiding everyone we knew from work—the other advisers and their summer associates bubbling effusively in the lobby—we slipped out of the theater and into a balmy evening. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the evening, I unpacked and arranged my supplies. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

On an evening Adam said, “You know, I’m going to be thirty-seven. That’s half a life.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was stuck in another small town, trapped in another universe populated by the kind of people who’d only ever seen faces like mine on their evening news, and I hated it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Several weeks earlier Bragg had come into the lab greatly excited about an idea that came to him the previous evening, one that he and Perutz subsequently incorporated in their paper. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I decided then to leave them for the evening. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had talked of that the evening before. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wore an evening gown and held a piglet. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Good evening, sir,” said Harry, walking into the headmaster’s office. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She wore a shimmering white sari patterned with orange paisleys, more suitable for an evening affair than for that quiet, faintly drizzling August afternoon. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Gradually, the evening air filled with the familiar din that was the city of Lkossa, the sounds and smells of home. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I am usually at home in the evenings,” he said. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Every evening after supper Tateh would sit me and Sam down and make us study the Old Testament. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Late that evening, we joined a group of friends and family at dinner, thanking them for their support during what had been a nutty eleven months since the announcement in Springfield. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Singing was common in Village, but usually not outdoors, not in the evening. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

A sign at a health club will announce, “I’ts party time, on Saturday 24th May we are have a disco/party night for free, it will be a ticket only evening.” Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

He told Mark he would help him mow the front and back lawn on Wednesday evening, but stayed upstairs instead, listening to music. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They even join in the “Wal-Mart cheer” when required to do so at meetings, I’m told by the evening fitting room lady, though I am fortunate enough never to witness this final abasement. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love how the sky stays light right into evening, how Lake Michigan gets busy with sailboats and the heat ratchets up to the point that it’s almost impossible to recall the struggles of winter. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“That evening,” recalled his tent-mate Charlotte Fox, “I couldn’t tell that Scott might have been sick. He was acting like Mr. Gung Ho, getting everyone psyched up like a football coach before the big game.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“When it was evening I wished for morning; and when it was morning, the prospect of the labours of the day...caused me to wish for the return of evening.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

That evening, chilled to the bone, I prepared for bed near our fire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the evening, he stopped at the Elks Club to play billiards. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

When I came into the kitchen to make spaghetti that evening, there was a stool by the stove. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later in the evening, once everyone has cleared out of my room, I get a visit from the last person in the world I expect. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He clung to her shoulder, balancing easily, while she performed the routine evening chores that awaited her. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are a thoughtless, insolent child, and several brave men have died this evening in order to make you safe. You’d do better to act politely.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Ophie,” Mama said after a long while when their tears had dried and the sun had traveled closer to its evening rest. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Of course I shall be ready, Mother,” Ana said, tossing her head as if the task was no more difficult than selecting which dress to wear on the appointed evening. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Apparently it comes every evening with food and essentials,” Dayah says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

According to the evening broadcast, an elderly woman in Chicago had just notified the authorities about receiving a strange delivery. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“To be perfectly honest, she’ll be unavailable every night, as far as anyone besides myself is concerned. No offense. And I’m sorry about your evening.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he was home every evening, looking for something to do. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

An elderly Italian peddler on his way home for the evening, unaware of the rising emotions, wandered into the swirling mob. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then, on a rainy June evening in 1923, Washington’s varsity crew returned to Poughkeepsie under their new head coach, Russell “Rusty” Callow. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But each evening when I returned the same thing happened: she slapped the bench, ordered me to sit down, declared that there was a flag on the moon, and declared that it was splendid. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The wind, as he stopped to sniff it, was reassuring, carrying only the scents of evening dew, may and cow dung. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

So that evening after dinner, the three of them left the castle once more and went down through the frozen grounds to Hagrid’s cabin. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Bessie mopped up the fat with a crust of bread as she listened to the talk of evening plans. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

On this particular evening, only the ladies are present. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We spoke that way almost every evening, remaining in the synagogue long after all the faithful had gone, sitting in the semidarkness where only a few half-burnt candles provided a flickering light. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The evening's rain had woken a hundred sleeping smells and made them ripe and strong again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He always waves at me and says, “Good evening, little Aven.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

By early evening, Joseph was sweaty and tired and his hands ached. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It sickened Shukumar, knowing that she had spent these past evenings preparing for a life without him. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She hustled them into the canalboat and they floated up the canal under the evening stars, Tom lying on his back, his eyes closed; asleep or not, there was no telling. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could be one of five, only two of whom she would enjoy spending an evening alone with. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Its wide wings were the color of evening turning into nighttime. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The next evening, with a full belly, I wrote Caitlin a letter. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And although we continued our habit of meeting for cocoa in the evening, the sessions tended to be brief and unfriendly. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Each evening he appropriated the boy’s scanty wages doled out by Pai at the close of every long day. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

In the deep evening shadows the siding paint looked gray instead of cream. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I told these worries to hush, that it was my sacred duty to be well rested and refreshed when the evening’s festivities began. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They were bored with the amusement park just up the hill, and Ulbrickson didn’t want them lounging around the house all evening getting restless and nervous about the race on Monday. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Children are dragged away with promises that they may return the next evening, though the circus will not be there the next evening and later those children will feel slighted and betrayed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That night in bed, the evening's events replayed themselves over and over in my head. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Something in the shadows or the angle of the dim light told me that noon had come and gone, and afternoon, and that evening was coming behind the clouds. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They repeat this routine in the following evenings, though the circus does not remain in Munich long, once the news arrives from London. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As for me, I spent the evening hours reassuring the parents and offspring who called me their home. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Since the night of the siege, Fiver had spent much time alone and even in the Honeycomb, or at morning and evening silflay, was often silent and preoccupied. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella knew there would be no discussion of school problems this evening. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was Sunday and an unusually warm evening for October eighth, so Daniel “Peg Leg” Sullivan left his stifling little house in the West Side of Chicago and went to visit neighbors. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had never insisted until one evening when it occurred to him that he knew nothing about her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The others had been talking of the child, Mrs. Weston giving an account of a little alarm she had been under, the evening before, from the infant’s appearing not quite well. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

One evening she called me to her chamber. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

This evening will be the music contest as well as the visual arts contest, so a lot of kids have guitars and the people in bands are all horsing around, psyching themselves up. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sweet, carrion scent of dogwood filled the air; in the evening sunshine, the insects hummed around the dense white cymes hanging low above the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

On dreary summer evenings, Roz and Brightbill would curl up together, just the two of them, and listen to the rain pattering on the roof of the Nest. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When he returned home that evening, instead of giving the stone to his mother as he had planned, he slipped it into the half-empty rice jar. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

We knew because we met the ferry each evening. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Say nothing to your sass, but come to me each evening when she is talking in the courtyard with the neighbor women. I’ll help you to learn to read and write.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It sometimes happened that someone would ask permission to spend an evening with them in order to listen to the river. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

When his parents tell him, one evening after dinner, Gogol thinks they’re joking. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The morning patrols would be out and the evening patrols getting what sleep they can, so this is the perfect time to get in a bit of uninterrupted sneaking. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And so the pleasant evening unraveled—the noisy meal at which I even drank a little wine, the presents, bedtime for the younger children, while their bigger brothers and sisters went off to watch television. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s quite possible Maxim won’t be home at all this evening.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Has anybody got anything to tell? It’s been such a dismal day I’m really dying for some amusement,” said Meg, as they sat sewing together that evening. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though John Surratt had been a conspirator in the kidnapping plot, he was not even in Washington on the evening of the assassination. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dress sleeves are rolled up, ponytails tightened, and with squeals of delight, the Amazons—as they’ve christened themselves—step out on the slippery evening grass. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the first time she’d heard that word, barter; not sitting with the old woman in the market this morning, but yesterday evening from her own master. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Away in the east the evening light lay pale upon the dim lands of distant plain and wood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to very much,” began Milo, “but——” “Or perhaps you’d be interested in a package of ‘goods’—always handy for good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and good-by,” he suggested. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Evelyn could not understand my meetings in the evening, and when I returned home late suspected I was seeing other women. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight, though, with the weather still warm, it was open to the evening. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

But one morning she announced that she would wait no more, and the seeds went into the ground that day, followed by biweekly applications of the thick black fertilizer she concocted in the evenings. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Because of their ravaged state when they arrived in camp the previous evening, I’d assumed that both men would decide to throw in the towel. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, they’d had an evening of soft rain and nothing had come in the shelter—not a drop. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

At one point in the evening, each of those fans suddenly becomes a small bird, until flocks of them loop the theater to uproarious applause. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Vincent's letter arrives at Etten on Saturday evening, and Pa leaves for The Hague on Monday morning, which is as soon as he can after his church obligations. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I’d like to live that seemingly carefree and happy life for an evening, a few days, a week. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I said I couldn’t see him every evening, since my parents didn’t think it was a good idea, but he thought I shouldn’t let that bother me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Mom got home from work that evening looking nervous. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

December 31, 1999, is the evening when the great odometer in the sky clicks ahead. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

When the sun was at its height, he tried and failed to sleep among some low bushes; and as the evening approached, he was footsore and weary. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Twelve days later, on the evening of July 26, the men were ready to try the device on Garfield. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Devil Rays were playing the Orioles later in the evening, and Curly was looking forward to the ball game. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The evening light slanted through the silvery leaves and the air was full of the noise of crickets and cicadas. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I remembered something that Saidu had said one evening after we had survived another attack by men with spears and axes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In the evening they shared the meal with Mary and Atal, saying little, and because the air was hot they thought they’d walk down to the sea, where there might be a cool breeze. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It’s evening, with a melon-colored sunset, loons calling in the distance, the drawn-out rising note that sounds like wolves. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only last evening, Molly, who was ten years old with black bangs and a pigtail, had called him. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He imposed obligatory military service for men over eighteen, declared to be public property any animals walking the streets after six in the evening, and made men who were overage wear red armbands. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I intended to deliver the food this evening on my return, but now I can see that won’t be happening. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Public buildings, statues, monuments, even trees, met the evening in their original bland colors and reemerged the next morning painted in the sparkling “liberation colors” of red, black, and green. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the back page, there's a painting of an outdoor cafe, tables and chairs set out on what looks to be a summer evening. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Not a word was said about it when we came back to our hogan that evening. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The architecture was identical—a four-story brick building—lined with rows of windows that blinked like sleepy eyes as lamps and candles were lit against the dusk of an April evening. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Good evening,” she managed to say, and Kaisa pulled back the door for her politely, and Ash stepped out into the chilly night. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this light I spread the evening paper out on the polished hardwood floor and rest on my knees and elbows, reading the comics. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was waiting outside his trailer the next evening when a car full of men pulled up. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the evening, monkeys could be seen in the forest jumping from tree to tree, returning to their sleeping places. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I begin my school day in a French class; in the afternoon, it’s Chinese; and in the evening, I am busy with my Khmer class. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a lovely evening, a little after seven but still warm and light. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The defeated knights, jogging home with their bruises, missed the conviviality which usually happened on tournament evenings, wondered who the taciturn champion could be, and talked superstitiously among themselves. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The evening breeze floated through the open window over my desk, waltzing the curtain from side to side. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

One evening in early May, I finished my homework and came into the kitchen to find my parents sitting at the table with a man I didn’t recognize. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lecturers were mostly banned members, and I myself frequently gave lectures in the evening. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this way we drove all day, reaching San Francisco in the evening. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Sniffing and turning her head, she saw nothing different from any other evening. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good evening, Junior,” a voice said from the doorway. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still coaching her girls’ team in the evenings, and she was exhausted. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She did not come alone, but had brought her mother with her—promising what spectacle Gabriel could not imagine, nor could he imagine how she had escaped her young man of the evening. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I know that on warm summer evenings, the occupants of this house, Jason and Jess, sometimes climb out of the large sash window to sit on the makeshift terrace on top of the kitchen-extension roof. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening the silence of our supper was interrupted when I asked my father this question: “Papa, how far is it to Kentucky?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a blanket draped over the open door, and light from the fireplace was piercing the evening night. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In the evenings kids watched TV or played Ping-Pong and dominoes in the dayroom, or settled in to make phone calls at one of the two pay phones. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then late that evening, just before supper, he called me off down to the spring, where we sat and he talked. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

As this had turned into an evening of answers, Citra dared to ask the question she had asked so inappropriately on the street, before the man’s body had even gone cold. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I wanted the evening to end quickly and for morning to come. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

On the evening of January 5, 1796, he was sitting in a coaching inn in Somerset when he jotted down the notion that would eventually make his reputation. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the gloominess I could not help remembering my evening at Mala’s apartment and wondering what Raji would think of me if he knew of it. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Beside the home bleachers, Ben and Mary Anne walked past les boutiques de Paris as “Moon River” was played by the band hired for the evening. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you had waited another moment, Biddy, you would have heard me say that I shall bring my clothes here in a bundle one evening,—most likely on the evening before I go away.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

And now that the gates were shut he knew there was no chance of the others joining him that evening. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I leave the house late in the evening. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

All evening, reporters circled around Howard, asking if he’d be willing to match his horse against Riddle’s colt. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

After chatting for twenty minutes Andy extended an invitation to their whole team, including Ian, “to come ’round our camp for a wee snort” later that evening. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

That evening we rode home in high spirits, the babies fast asleep in the arms of the older children. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even then, Colin very much wanted to have some important discoveries, so he asked his mom about it when she got home that evening. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

It seemed that the evening had taken a toll on I put my hand on his shoulder. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Reverend Hunt says we will have common prayer every morning and evening from now on, and two sermons on Sundays. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

On weekend evenings they gathered around the old upright piano in the club’s parlor and sang for hours as Don Hume tore through jazz tunes, show tunes, blues, and ragtime. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The roof tiles were slick with a late evening rain. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

No doubt, this has to do with the late hour, and the trying nature of the events I have had to endure this evening. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He asked Mary to tell the tavern keeper, John Lloyd, to get everything ready for the actor’s visit this evening. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was early evening when I hit the edge of the trees. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I have a surprise for you,” I told Fatima the next evening. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Here I watch Mama in her kitchen, preparing the evening meal. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

That very evening, Tommy and Ruth got back together again, and I remember Ruth finding me a few days later to thank me for “sorting it all out so well.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toward evening the direct charges against Ross were made, not by the leaders of the party but by Ross’s friends, those who knew him best! Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that evening approaches, I wish time would slow down. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every evening, my brothers and I gathered on the front porch and held a contest to see who could spot the first flicker. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Hello there, Olive. Beautiful evening,” she says like she’s letting Olive know. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Even there, in that home where lives were fading out, evening was a kind of wistful respite. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The evening of Saturday, July 19, 1919, was terribly hot in Washington, DC, and the city was filled with hordes of sailors and soldiers enjoying weekend passes, having just returned from the battlefields of Europe. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

In the evening she called up the boat company. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother moved to her big desk and opened her briefcase; her work never seemed to end, even when she was at home in the evening. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

They are identical to standard New York speed-dating evenings, with one exception. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But Mum did a proper recipe this evening, and it wasn't even anyone's birthday. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

By the evening a kind of holiday spirit prevailed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment its doors opened for the evening we were there to drink a toast to the Pauling failure. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z