| 单词 | fading |
| 例句 | A ghost, like everything in her was slowly fading. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Nok hurried back through the city, racing against the fading light. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The way she was posed, and with the blue fading background, it looked like a yearbook photo. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Miserable. But the pain itself is fading. I told Alexander I wanted to quit that night. I must not have meant it. I only wanted a reaction from him.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I took the garlands I had made and hung them about my neck, enjoying their sweet but fading scents. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Except for the fence with its fading streamers, the land bore no sign that the pancake-house people had ever been there. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His courage was coming back, and the hateful happening at the circus was fading. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Its tail was a huge, fading, round bracket. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “And we have the stars above us, even if they’re fading. Perhaps I ought to have a few holes knocked in my own roof at home.’ Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It was getting harder and harder to get her to keep her eyes even half open, and though the bleeding from the wound had stopped, she seemed to be fading from him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Its long beams pour, white and sharp, between the trunks of trees, their clarity fading as they recede into the powdery, misty distance of beech woods at night. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that I am safe, the adrenaline that propelled me here is fading, and the pain is getting worse. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The sky was a royal purple and dotted with fading stars, the light of day just beginning to break through. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Beyond the ominous water were reared vast cliffs, their stern faces pallid in the fading light: final and impassable. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Even as I slipped into sleep, I could feel Mom fading into the background, and Dad kept talking, and all the world was backward—but I couldn’t quite remember how our family used to be. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The war filters in over the radio, remote and crackly, the voices from London fading through the static. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The sun was down, and a cool pale evening was quietly fading into night. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Isn’t that prominence just an ephemeral phenomenon of the last few centuries, now fading behind the prominence of Japan and Southeast Asia? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Once in a while the headlights of a passing car show through the window, moving first along one wall, then along the next wall, then fading away. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Brer looked between us, his excitement fading and his suspicion returning. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It is beginning to tell on him, and he took it out on Amélie, who had again poked fun at the fading bruise on his forehead. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He had heard that sound before...the click of a high heel shoe on a wooden step...going away...fading into the distance. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a bounce to her step as Celaena walked on, the court fading away behind them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I was fading in and out, but I never felt as if I had slept. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The flames were burning low by then, the warmth fading. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then she ran off, her footsteps fading into the night. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A fading halo of blue ink clings round me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He’s worked through lunch, and when he steps out of his office building it is colder, the light fading rapidly from the sky. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z For the first time the evocation of the Founder saddened me, and the campus seemed to rush past me, fast retreating, like the fading of a dream at the sundering of slumber. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Night was fading, and faint gauze ribbons of light stretched through the window toward them. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The store was rushing around me in dark streams and fading colors as I ran, but I wasn’t afraid of what was lurking there, not now. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “He said there were forces gathering against us. He didn’t know what, exactly—just that we should paint more murals, even if they kept fading, and that we were in trouble. The shadowshapers, I mean.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The light is fading, and the whole meadow is covered in purple shadow. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z My room fades away, and I’m on that beach surrounded by love and salt air and the fading warmth and lengthening shadows of sunset. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He draped a scarf around his neck, his elation fading. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Violet heard the door lock behind him, and then listened to his footsteps fading away down the stairs. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z He turns to face me, his color fading. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z In the fading light of the patio, Yolanda cannot make out the expression on the dark face. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I could hear Shreve working the pump, then he came back with the basin and a round blob of twilight wobbling in it, with a yellow edge like a fading balloon, then my reflection. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Then tell us some other tale of the old days,’ begged Sam; 'a tale about the Elves before the fading time. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She sat in the sofa comer reading Robert’s letter by the fading light. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought she heard Pet chuckle softly before it obliged her by fading into emptiness, leaving a tang of pride in the air behind it. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Ellen was a Swazi, and though tribalism was fading in the township, a close friend of mine condemned our relationship on purely tribal grounds. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked at him carefully now with some of the red spots fading and with the feeling that I was just awakening from a dream. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see her studying me in the fading light. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z When they finished, all three stood back, Mama leaning on her cane, well pleased at how pretty it was in the fading afternoon light. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I blink, Cabo fading away as the barren trees outside my window swing into view. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I sat down and studied the fading hearts and stars I’d drawn on my arm. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The dark circles are fading away, and his smile, the real one, reaches his eyes once more. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He was mumbling, fading in and out of lucidity, shifting between English and Polish. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z His lips were swollen and red in the fading light. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Then there was a long trailing shriek, fading away into an unguessable distance; and after that silence. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z One of the bulbs in the room’s only ceiling light has burned out, while the second bulb is fading, waiting for someone to replace it before it dies, too. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The Nightingale tensed, half fading out of sight. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z There was a patrol car at the end of the block, moving in the opposite direction, the sound of the engine fading away. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z I reach over and push it the rest of the way in, but even as I do, I see my hand fading. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Already the metal was setting, the brilliant red-yellow fading to scarlet, then to cherry. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z And now, the voices turned toward me, like fire sirens turning onto our street, and I could hear the accusations fading in and out: Who am I to say! The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I slowed my walk a bit, my smile fading into a more serious expression. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He tilts his head, his smile fading and a serious look taking its place. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z On the further side was a steep brown bank, threaded by a winding path; and behind that the tall mountains climbed, shoulder above shoulder, and peak beyond peak, into the fading sky. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I was, too, now that the havoc of the last few hours was fading; my stomach kept growling and it seemed like I wouldn’t ever fall asleep. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z In the fading light he could see the faces of those nearest him. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He had seen a near view of its eye, now quickly fading, and this had brought the tragedy home to him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat in the fading light, the cards forgotten. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Farther on, two spearmen faced each other across a little trickle of a stream, practicing their thrust-and-parry in the fading light, their chests bare and slick with sweat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It all felt rather distant and untouchable, fading to smoke around the edges. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Daylight was fading when she walked across the old sawmill tracks to the ice-house. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He refocused the lens and started clicking just as the sun fired a last burst of golden light over the yard before fading into the horizon. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z We watch the yellow carriage getting smaller and smaller, fading away into the distance, the little boy standing on the steps outside the school, watching his parents vanish. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The fading light of day shone through the cave’s opening, barely illuminating the darkness around us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z There was the letter^ written on rice paper, fast fading after all these years, as brittle as old leaves in winter. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Gradually the heart in Enoch’s hand began to slow and shrink, its color fading to a blackish gray, like meat left too long in the freezer. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He was bruised: fresh bruises on his chest and arms overlaying the fading bruises that Mad Sweeney had left him. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The flame in her hand changed color, fading from orange to a cool indigo. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Sometimes, driving in the country, he had seen bicyclists with huge bunches strapped before them on the handles, the bloom already fading from the dying heads, the ravaged stalks straggling naked and unclean. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She looks it over; I see the red in her eyes, fading. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z My eyes are a sea of fading bright spots. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He looked at me in the fading light and said softly, “We will ’ave no other food tonight. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Night was fading over the fields as if the rain had washed the darkness out of the hem of its garment. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “I can’t cope with this now,” she said, her voice fading as she stepped into the living room. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the dark of twilight, his face was just a pair of eyeglasses reflecting the fading light. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The Swiss and the Hungarians were fading badly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “We think the landscape is fading because these people are forgetting it. The farther they go away from their homes, the darker it will get.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They were peach tinted, fading in and out, and the kitchen was completely silent. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But the light of the short day was fading, and on the next rise of the road he could make out the thing, tower or tree or whatever, no more clearly than before. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z 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 The bruises from my run-in with Aspirant Marcus a week ago are fading, and the ten lashes I received afterward have scabbed over. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In the absence of the Batys and Pris he found himself fading out, becoming strangely like the inert television set which he had just unplugged. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She could barely see him now; the light was fading fast. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In the fading light, he examined the spillage closely. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The elephants were fading, and some were even starting to look like hippos. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He glanced at the guards, his smile fading. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And there, just there, just there in the fading light, is there a little beginning of a start of a smile? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Now that the encounter with Dr. Cable was over, her anger and defiance were fading, and there was nothing left to sustain her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z They are frozen in time, and fading, like old photos in an album. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I could hear Father’s steady, determined bootsteps fading away into the distance. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z And then we were outdoors, in the cool, dim light of a fading sunset. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Their mind-muddying effects were daily diminishing, the Emergency was fading, and minds long closed to truth were opening again, like flowers craving sunlight. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She dashed out into the yard, her silhouette fading, disappearing into the glistening sunlight. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She hopped down from the bed and bounded through the small round door, her voice fading as she disappeared into the shadows. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Above the beard, a fading black ropy tattoo stretched across his cheeks and nose. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z And that fading snapshot on her sill, the kid in the swing, the clock in the frame ticking away. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She hurried past the light and music of the Lid, and finally the Ketterdam harbors came into view, the sights and sounds of the Barrel fading as she neared the water. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then, as I watched in amazement, my avatar reappeared, fading back into existence in the exact same location where I’d died a few seconds earlier. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He spat the words out before fading into the back. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Water rushes in, the blackness is fading, the white light swallows me whole. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “That pardon is a dream that’s hard to hold on to. The memory of your pulse fading beneath my fingers is far easier to bring to mind.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I kept thinking of Salim, seeing his face with his lips turned up, fading in and out of the spokes of the London Eye. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he lay on the ground, leaning out and looking down; but the light seemed to be fading quickly, although the sun had not yet set. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Because of the clouds, the ground blizzard, and the flat, fading light, I couldn’t tell slope from sky. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This is why when the girl whose name is already fading from my memory told me she was done with me, I breathed a sigh of relief. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z My scars from the fight are fading now, but my face still looks different. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Now it seemed merely pink, as if it were fading. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “But I just found you, Abuela...I just...found out who you really are. The murals are fading...Wick is killing the shadowshapers off. Who will...?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The ladies of the night beckon to anyone passing, their eyes like fading coals. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Dimple clicked over to the other window she had open, her smile fading just a tad. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Shooting at this time of day was tricky, and he needed artificial light to balance out the fading glow of the sun. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z In color the shell was deep cream, touched here and there with fading pink. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z In the dull light, fading through an endless afternoon, she found her way to the sledge depot. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The sleeves of his fading black shirt and pants are rolled up, showing us muscular calves and forearms. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was not vain, but she understood that she was fading. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The woman on the bed was old, her life was fading as the mist rose. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Sarai was alone in her final fading, her soul diffusing in the brimstone air. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Like the dying world the newly blind inhabit, all of it slowly fading from memory. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z They said the deer gave itself to them because it loved them, and he could feel the love as the fading heat of the deer’s body warmed his hands. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It was late afternoon, and the light was fading. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The wet sound of the dead feeding and the mans fading cries cuts through my heavy breathing and the growls of other approaching shamblers. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The illness seemed to be fading away naturally. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her shield and armor had been painted red, though the paint was chipped and fading; his own armor was blue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In back of the Frog was a long line of blue light, fading as the water settled down again. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Squeaky takes a step back, his grin fading to a look of surprise. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Or were Meggie and Mo just a fading picture for her, too? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The deep, warm, brazen voice of the Joseph Bell tolled across the tranquil meadows, its echoes fading in the leafy depths of Mossflower Wood. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The death scream was starting to fade now, fading in the clouds. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Didn’t he know that all I felt like doing was fading into the background? Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I glance at him every few seconds, but the anger doesn’t seem to be fading. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She knew her father would tell her that it was only the fading light playing tricks on her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It had a super trendy exterior, she noted in surprise, the shiny silver letters glinting in the fading sunlight. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z To the world, to the press, to the government, he was a retired lawyer of fading distinction, yesterday’s man, of no interest. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z With that he sank back, spent and fading. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I pause, looking at the wares, turning to hold them up in the fading light. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z In a curling, fading copy of the Forest City Courier glued on the back wall was an article about the local literary club who discussed “The Negro in Literature” at one of their meetings. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “You’re right. Thank you. Once more, unto the breach,” he said before fading away into blue sparks that smelled vaguely of sulfur. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z An hour later we build a fire outside in the fading light. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailer looked across the bay to where the ship-breaking yards shone in the fading sun. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z From the porch upon the top of the high terrace they could see beyond the stream the green fields of Rohan fading into distant grey. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “It’s there, but it’s fading. Get his shirt open.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The orderly rolls me down the hallway, my parents’ faces fading as they get farther and farther away, and we get into the elevator at the end of the hall. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z One at a time they went and touched the statue’s fading red heart. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The inside of the cottage is dusky as the fading light rests at the tops of the trees. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Now the purple spread from horizon to horizon, and the stars that had clustered in the east were fading with the early light of the rising moon. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z John’s face looked gray in the fading light. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z She vanishes before Marco can protest, as simply and elegantly as at the end of her act, her gown fading beneath his hands. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But he’s no planet, just the final fading light of an already dead star. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I kept going to see him in the fading hope that he’d turn out to be a real spy and I could have a medal after all. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It showed grey and pale, a line of fading light through the wood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z With the war emergency fading into the past and without war production pressures, there would be no hire-at-all-costs demand for women. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It was as if the world below us were slowly fading away like the dream it was, and only we existed now on a tiny island of reality here on this hilltop. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The light is fading, and the other scientists have all gone home by the time we get the okay from Sheriff Ocasek to head back into town. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Over in the east, behind the house, the last star would be fading as the sun surged up. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Grasshoppers buzzed out of the weeds ahead of him; they were fading to a dry yellow color, from their bright green color of spring. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “They’ll never go for it. The world is dying, Percy. Every day it gets worse. The wild ... I can just feel it fading. I have to find Pan.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Ah,” he says, more quietly, his accent fading, the faintest touch of dread returning to his voice, “here we are. Home.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The intelligence of Vali was fading from its yellow eyes, to be replaced by hunger, by anger, by madness. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Now that my adrenaline is fading, I’m beginning to realize how badly I’m hurt. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Pa looks down at the face, at the black sprawl of Dewey Dell’s hair, the out-flung arms, the clutched fan now motionless on the fading quilt. As I Lay Dying 1930-10-06T00:00:00Z Slowly, she backed away from the clearing, fading into the shadows beneath the trees until she could no longer see the girl. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She sat in the sofa corner reading Robert’s letter by the fading light. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z In the deep light of the fading afternoon, Grandma raised her arms, the way she did at sunrise near the water. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Twenty seconds later, their killers were gone, their monstrous hum fading as they settled back into the fields. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Keep an eye on la niña,” she’d tell Lolo, her voice fading in the crash of waves as we went into the deep. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But I think the act is fading, and I don’t know if I like the person I am beneath it all. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Where the huge cut had been, there was a long white scratch, and even that was fading. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The latticework of branches reveals glimmers of a fading sky. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Mrs. Coulter lit a candle, because the light was fading rapidly, and led Ama to the back of the cave. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Finish the mural, Sierra. Finish the mural quickly. The paintings are fading...” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Approaching the flames, then fading away into the dark, he appeared and disappeared. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I waited for him to say something, but we just stood there in silence, in the fading light. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And if I let myself, I can imagine our apartment fading away into the home’s dark, cramped halls and peeling yellow wallpaper. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z There was blood drying on the rippling steel, the red already fading to brown. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “She did, but some of her magic is fading now that she’s gone.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “It’s not like going blind, even,” said Lyra, frightened, “because it’s not that we can’t see things, it’s like the things themselves are fading...” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z For a moment, fading sunlight catches in the metal and twinkles. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Our senses were numbed, everything was fading into a fog. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z After gathering a small mountain of firewood, her mania was fading, leaving her in a content, almost dreamy lethargy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The lines struck me as wistful suggestions of a stricter time, of rules now observed in the breach, a memory fading like the strict lessons of the Academy. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I imagine those taunting smiles fading away as a pack of scowling hybrids show up to help me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z And sure enough, her voice was fading into a whisper. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He smiled, a gentle, soft thing like fading light. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The light outside the windows was fading by the time the session drew to a close. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His cold hand kneaded my shoulder, his voice fading again. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It smells, but the migraine is fading away. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There was nothing they could do but stand there like fools and watch her shape get smaller in the sky—a distant moon, a fading star, then gone. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He closed his eyes and imagined himself fading into the stained stonework of the mausoleum wall, becoming a shadow on the night and nothing more. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z In the fall, my skin started fading back to a lighter brown, blue veins showing on the inside of my arms. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z In the fading light it was not possible to tell. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She ignored the passing courtiers and servants, focusing instead on the fading day. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I do not understand Lucy’s fading away as she is doing. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The horror of the stone and of the hideous shadow over the moon was fading, things left behind in the mists of the mountains or in a passing dream. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z My hands shake, and as I read, the world narrows to a pinprick of light, all sound fading away until only the roar of my heartbeat fills my ears. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The sunset was fading quickly, and by the time I made it down the apple tree most of the courtyard lay in shadow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Water trickled down the wall, slowly fading like an old map of a faraway river. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The flashing lights is getting smaller, the dog barking fading off. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z At eight hundred feet Henry slowed down the helicopter screws, and they hung for a minute or two poised above the fading landscape. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z As the adults continued their gloomy conversation and Zalmay played with a handheld video game, Fadi shrank back into the fading brown leather seat. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Hera stared at the fading mosaics of the Olympians. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Bricks of twenty different colors pressed close around them, fading to grey and black beyond the lantern light. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I open my eyes and find the stars fading in the pale light of dawn. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Watch me,” I say and he gets smaller and smaller in the shimmering and fading light as the boat pulls away from the dock and starts making its way downstream. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z By then her agony was a fading memory. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Yossarian suggested flowers, and the doctor sent an orderly out to find two small bunches of fading ones with a strong and sickening smell. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z By increments we were blinded, the mainland dimming and the sun fading to a pale white bloom, and we turned circles in the eddying tide until we’d lost all sense of direction. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The music cuts out in the middle of it fading, and there’s a brief silence before every single person in the auditorium claps. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He looked at me then, his anger abruptly fading. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z His fingers absentmindedly traced the scars on the left side of my face, but they were fading now, and didn’t hurt anymore. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z He was somewhere in the Brecon Beacons and there should have been a view, but it had been wiped out by the rain and the fading light. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The afternoon was fading as they came back to the glade where Boromir had fallen. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Our school yard is nothing but concrete with an old handball wall and fading basketball lines. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z I could see someone looking at me, quickly fading into a watery blur. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In seconds, the words began to vanish, fading from the stone along with the strains of the last note I’d played on the guitar. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I looked back at the island as the light was fading, not knowing whether or not I would ever see it again. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their rich silk clothing shimmered in the fading sunlight. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z With nothing but her stubbornness and what remained of her fading strength, she made it to the opposite bank and hauled herself out of the water on shaking limbs. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z How many dead lives and fading memories were buried in and beneath the names of the places in this country. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I fainted and awoke many times, and each time I opened my eyes, it seemed as if the voices of those who carried me were fading into the distance. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Behind me, black crows rise from the trees, flying west against a fading sky, calling to one another. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Soon they struck a narrow road, that went rolling up and down, fading grey into the darkness ahead: the road to Woodhall, and Stock, and the Bucklebury Ferry. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But the sky was fading from black to gray; it was already tomorrow. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And home was our apartment on Euclid Avenue, with its fading carpet and low ceilings, my dad kicked back in the bucket of his easy chair. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z No matter how hard I squinted, it was fading from sight. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In a vague fashion she moved toward the door to the hall; her steps dragged and she seemed depleted, her store of energy fading almost out. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Harry looked around, worried, thinking of dementors, then realized that the carols had finished, that the chatter and flurry of churchgoers were fading away as they made their way back into the square. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I can’t,” said the girl, her eyes on the fading match. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Mothers had called in their children from the group games, and fading sounds of “Yah . . . Yah . . . you didn’t catch me” still hung and floated into the Store. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Chi-Boy threw his head back and let out a screech that curved up into a tail before fading. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Ivy asked, noticing how her grandmother’s color seemed to be fading further, like the sun fleeing the evening sky. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The light was already fading in Qhorin's eyes. ". . . sharp," he said, lifting his maimed fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But I was sixteen now and that dream was fading. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared at the fading light, which was fading earlier these days. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean toward each other, black and ominous, in the fading light. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Fred took the lead and we headed for The Garage, the sound of drumsticks on buckets fading away. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She stood in the fading daylight a little longer and then admitted, “I’m going to Rûm.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Though terrible conditions for sugar workers still exist in places such as the Dominican In many parts of the world, sugar is now harvested by machines, its long history fading into the mists. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z She spoke about the Irish countryside fading into fog. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The setting sun seemed to have ladled its syrupy light over the crusted snow, so that ordinary house parts and backyards in this fading moment seemed a spectacular raspberry dessert. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Outside, a car drove past with its music turned up loud, the noise fading as it moved farther away. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry too,” said Ben, his voice fading into the night. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The temperature seemed to be dropping by the minute, the light fading before her eyes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Trees fading at the skyline, the mountains gone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “To say the least,” Celaena murmured, watching the shifting colors of the fading sun turn the castle gold and red and blue. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I turn it in my hands, letting it catch the fading light and reflect it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In fading light they moved back and forth, swatting the ball while a dark-skinned boy in a white jacket held a tray of gin and tonics courtside. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Dark eyebrows, eyes like ice, and a fading tan—he looks like he comes from someplace completely magical. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I step out into the hallway and wave my hand through the fading haze. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Sea fog was sweeping in behind them, and the light was fading quickly. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Too well he could imagine the kindly eyes clouding, the smile fading into discouragement. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Spurge screamed longer, his cry fading away as he disappeared into the darkness below them. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The smoking, bloodied bodies of over a dozen recently slain Sixer avatars lay scattered on the stone floor around them, slowly fading out of existence. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Then the radiance moved on, fading, retreating, but Tendai knew what he had to do. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 But as Aureliano’s hope abandoned him, she was becoming less visible, as if the light on her were fading away, until she sank into drowsiness. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Would not the light be fading at twenty-one hours on an August evening? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They were close to the road with fading yellow bricks when Seven stopped cold. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Even in the fading light I could tell the house was a disaster; it looked like it’d been ransacked by thieves. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z He saw a receding wash of gray and blue fading in a haze toward the setting sun, like something oriental on a dinner plate. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was getting dark now, but David opened the cover and held the first page up to the fading light. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The scar Luke had given me last summer was fading, but I could still see it—a white asterisk-shaped wound where his pit scorpion had stung me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to breathe in each memory of her mother until it filled her up and made her fly across a pink-streaked sky, warm with fading light. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z A few tales, names recited as solemnly as the words of a prayer, the fading memory of a red door . . . was Vaes Dothrak to be her home forever? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The burbs ended suddenly, a last band of parks fading into the transport ring, where underground factories stuck their heads aboveground and cargo trucks drove concrete roads all day and night. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “The light is fading. If they’re not here now, they will be soon. Come.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In spite of the fading of his sword the feeling of immediate danger did not leave Frodo, rather it grew stronger. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Both girls took a minute to splash warm water on their hands and faces from the kettle, which had been sitting on the fading cookstove embers all night. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Sun on the white tombstones, on the fading flowers and the canvas tent covering the newly dug grave. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z After we’d passed our quizzes, the Old Man, sitting, grabbed his cane and motioned toward Alaska’s fading question on the blackboard. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z This time he saw the faint glow of Madsen’s fading headlamp and was thereby able to locate the missing climbers. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The cuts from scratching mosquito bites I got over the summer were now fading thanks to the cocoa butter Mama made me rub on my legs at night. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They both stared at him, the echo of bone against bone fading from the room. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She was sweating and shivering, fading in and out of consciousness. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Vera would arrive, fading in and fading out of the neighborhood as if in a film. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “Um . . By the time I looked up, the sign was already fading, but I could still make out the hologram of green light, spinning and gleaming. A three-tipped spear: a trident. “Your father,” Annabeth murmured. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Already the eastward sky was turning pale; the stars were fading, and a grey light was slowly growing. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The memories I value most, I don’t see them ever fading. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not telling you my combination,” I said, even though I knew my chances of seeing my history book were fading. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z As in: Last night I felt like I was fading away as I watched the starless Portland Trailblazers get stomped by Dads favorite team, the Lakers. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z At first she only saw the trees: tall trunks edged with moonlight, fading into black-upon-black in the distance. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared at the ceiling—mind gone, body wiped—before fading out completely. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z A fairy, glowing softly in the fading light, approached one of the bubbles. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z As I sulked in the fading light, I noticed Mushie staring at me from his nest. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes with a fading hope he thought of O’Brien and the razor blade. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The light was fading rapidly now, the hall full of shadows in the evening light. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Oddly, its battle cry cut off sharply instead of fading as it plummeted to the depths beyond. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But, even though the movie was popular, the Osage case was fading from memory, eclipsed by more recent celebrated cases. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Beneath it the water was clear and still in the shadow, whispering and clucking about the stone in fading swirls of spinning sky. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Mist churns over the lake as the cold air from the east mixes with the west’s fading hot breath. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z All the mist had come alive with these fleeting forms, dodging, flickering, fading on every side. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z A new life to replace the old, fading ones was a blessing, and the new baby should have been a great comfort to Emma. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Some 300 participants and organizers gathered in the ornate ballroom of the Washington Duke Hotel, the sixteen-story fading dowager of Durham’s glory days, to celebrate the completion of their work. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z For nearly half a minute, the only sound is the mournful cry of ship horns fading away. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z The colors were ebbing from her fantasy, her self-loving pleasures in movement and balance were fading, her arm was aching. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “And why shouldn’t I be fit?” she retorted, peering at him through the fading light. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z We were all irritable now with the fading ale and, aware of it, we drove for a while in silence. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “I would like that,” she said, fading into the dusty attic air. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The sparks and embers, popping and fading like fireflies. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The light was fading and the air was taking on an evening chill. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z At first it seemed all hollow and singular, but by the last fading light of the moonless sky we caught the outline of a ladder on the far wall. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The open sky in front of him was a deep purple, slowly fading into the bright blue of day, with tinges of orange from the sun on a distant, flat horizon. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But fading murals and crying murals were totally different flavors of weird. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Then Gandalf went out in haste, and already the fire in the sky was burning out, and the smouldering hills were fading, while ash-grey evening crept over the fields. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Just a joke,” he said, his grin fading. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Thomas looked toward the voice, surprised to see Alby standing at the edge of the graveyard, a mere phantom in the fading light. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I studied the envelope for a return address but found only a fading postmark that read Cairnholm Is., Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The sky was gray, the stars were fading, when we got back to where we started. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The early morning sky was flushed pink over the Wood, and the air smelled of the last of summer, that scent of slowly fading grasses combined with the first hint of cool winter. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She sold few and attributed the debacle to America’s fading love of poetry. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He wanted to be out on the football field, fading back, looking for a receiver. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But the image seemed to be fading, especially when compared with the forest full of villagers and the tiny house and horse barn she’d left just hours before. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Didn’t you hear what Zik said the other day? Eastern Nigeria seethes, seethes, and will continue to seethe until the federal government addresses the massacres,” Professor Ezeka said, his hoarse voice quickly fading. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z My girlhood trails behind me like fading notes of music. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The queen withdrew, the light in her eyes fading. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A fading yellow bruise circled her right wrist like a bracelet. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z As they reached the first of the houses, Lyra looked to the right and left, peering hard into the dimness, for the Aurora was fading and the moon still far from rising. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I peel away the edge of the bandage, revealing the puncture wound—no longer bleeding, thankfully—and the patch of blue dye that doesn’t seem to be fading. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The dormouse rubbed its liquid black eyes with its forepaws and blinked at the fading daylight. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z But apart from the swiftly fading pain, and a certain lassitude which was new to him, he felt no different. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Those open paths had an old-fashioned elegance to them. It is part of an old and fading spirit of community. Blocking them off is an unfriendly and antipublic thing to do.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He turned a last corner and stopped, his excited daydreams fading. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The warmth that the candles had kindled in her was fading. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Goose bumps covered his skin, layered over fading bruises that dotted his torso and ran down along his ribs. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I felt like my head was popping, the Target magic fading a little. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z He tries to get a better look at the dark ash on his suit but it is already fading away. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I have chores. And you have a new world to explore. The day is fading, go make the most of it. But stay in the yard.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Bitter steered Jam back into the house, and Pet stayed outside for a few moments, fading only when the door clicked shut. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Then it began to disappear altogether, slowly fading out of existence. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z There was a long pause, a sigh, and then something that sounded a lot like Be careful before she heard the sound of fading footsteps and knew she and the Shetani were alone. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z ‘Coach Hedge brought you back from the brink. The unicorn draught, ambrosia, nectar . . . we couldn’t use any of it. You were fading so badly.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The fading sunlight outside was bright after the darkness of the house, and the air was fresh and sweet. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Broken beams of the fading sunlight arrowed across the dirt floor, but it was mostly dark. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The oak leaves were already fading from dark green to light yellow, and within the week they would turn gold and bright red. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The light was dim and fading outside, clinging to the first fringes of night. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In the fading light, the trees along the banks were slowly losing their dimensions, flattening into silhouettes clipped from black paper and pasted to the paling sky. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The slowly fading silk scarf he always wore about his neck would give rise to many questions. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I'm only dying then, I'm fading into unknowing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Marco catches Celia’s glance with a hint of the smile from earlier before he turns away, fading into the background again almost as easily as her father vanishes into shadows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Her resentment seemed to darken with the fading moon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Her mother, features fading like watercolors in the sun. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z New memories continue to enshroud those old ones: the fading face of my mother, a name that once was mine—what the word Jewish meant. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z White was fading away to expose the grays and browns that had been hidden beneath. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The reds and yellows of common flame warred against the emeralds and jades of wildfire, each color flaring and then fading, birthing armies of short-lived shadows to die again an instant later. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The appointments were a further manifestation of Strauss’s fading influence, but a greater change was to come. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Her words were a thread of condensation, fading quickly against the glass. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She opened her eyes and stared up blind at the black that shrouded her, her dream already fading. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Suspended lamps, rows of spines fading off into dusty gold. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She had been rocking a little, each crash against the door pushing her a little backward, and now she was still because the noise was fading. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, we taught him a lesson,” the Texan said, his voice fading in and out with the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Instead of fading, though, a half mile from the shell house the freshmen suddenly began to pull ahead, grabbing a quarter-length lead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But first they were unmade, their edges fading like the evanescent white bird, Wraith, as it phased through the skin of the sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Supporters assured them, however, that these partial and limited concessions only reflected the fading gasps of a dying institution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The fading vortex drifted away down stream and then I saw the arrow again, nose into the current, wavering delicately to the motion of the water above which the Mayflies slanted and poised. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z "Very good, ladies. Now, I want you to take one step back. Hold your pose, but separate yourself from your partner," Coach Whit instructed, the song now fading out, a new one beginning. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Hazel stood in front of her friends, determined to protect them, but her energy was fading. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I never look angry, the way I do on the fading billboard by the highway. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Summer was a fading memory, and it had been three years since Asha last enjoyed a peach. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was rough and broken, fading to a winding track between heather and whin that thrust amid the cracking stones. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z They passed our door, the barbed wire rattled, and then they passed by again, fading out of hearing. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z But I could see the light was fading, the shadows of the forest beginning to touch us, and I sighed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I took out my cannula so I could smell better, breathing him in and breathing him out, the scent fading even as I lay there, my chest burning until I couldn’t distinguish among the pains. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “If he gives you any lip while he’s here, you just let me know about it,” Bull said, his voice fading now. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z If those insects are fading and the first bolt is about to strike the tree, then all its power will come surging down that wire and anyone in contact with it will die. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I echo, an incredulous smile starting on my face and then fading when I remember that Vivi didn’t bother to tell me the story, even though it must have happened days ago. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Like a ghostly apparition, she vanished into the surreal light of the fading sunset. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Outside the tall office building, daylight is fading and the staff buses are waiting. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The first stars were appearing in the fading light of the sunset. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And before the thunder followed, in a pause while wind and rain held back for one brief moment, she thought she heard, fading in the distance, the tinkling little melody of the music box. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Night was gathering over the shapeless lands before them; the sickly green of them was fading to a sullen brown. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A trace of dawn had brightened the eastern sky, the darkness fading into light purple over the houses and trees in the distance. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Light burst and haloed around the antique before quickly fading away. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Either the side effects of the nahlrout were fading, or my anger was slowly burning away the haze of exhaustion. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The voice of the crowd rises into one universal scream as we roll into the fading evening light, but neither one of us reacts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of his forehead was a great pearl, which gleamed like the moon on a cold, crisp autumn night; but its luster was fading. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z A long, birdlike scream overpowered the ghostly chorus of moans, starting at one side of the house, passing overhead, and finally fading. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Pa looks down at the face, at the black sprawl of Dewey Dell’s hair, the out- flung arms, the clutched fan now motionless on the fading quilt. As I Lay Dying 1930-01-01T00:00:00Z Leo closed his eyes, but the memory of her smile was already fading. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z ‘If Gondor has such men still in these days of fading, great must have been its glory in the days of its rising.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I charged down the street, my feet pounding divots into the gravel, the angry voices gradually fading behind me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was an old photograph, fading away like a dawn that leaves you little by little, and it was of a child. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z He didn't see the skin clear, its dark spots fading, or how the thickened, discolored nails became shell-like and translucent. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In the fading twilight, a thousand people, perhaps more, milled around talking and laughing. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But already the drone seemed to be fading. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The Cursed Toads seemed weaker, like they were fading. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Daylight is fading and the sky is turning purple, with barely a ribbon of orange on the horizon. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “My lads are locked up in the old sugarhouse,” he said, his smile fading. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Little by little, however, and as the war became more intense and widespread, his image was fading away into a universe of unreality. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “We’re tucked away so safe and sound that he’s practically fading into the woodwork.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They disappear immediately to the chocolate shop on the ground floor, the sound of Oscar raving about June’s latest blog post for The Atlantic fading around the corner. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z All Thomas could see in every direction, up and down, side to side, was empty air and fading stars. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Having his fangs drawn had been terrible, but the pain was fading and with it the memory of his terror and agony. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It was a Jackboot, grinning down at us—and we were gone, fast as flies, One-Arm one way, me another, the Jackboot’s laughter fading. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z As the skiff motored from the bay, the fading whine of the engine floated out across the choppy waters. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The girl was staring into the fading flame as if inside it was the secret truth of the world. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z That you stand in a position that many have stood in before, under already fading stars and sparkling lights. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Riding home, the sunlight fading, an enormous red bird with long tail feathers sailed over me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z 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 feel as if there’s not much left of me; they will slip through my arms, as if I’m made of smoke, as if I’m a mirage, fading before their eyes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But she didn’t feel any different, and her hopes of seeing any magical toilet paper were quickly fading. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Good-bye, young hero,” she called back, her voice fading into the depths. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The Pelennor lay dim beneath him, fading away to the scarce guessed line of the Great River. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z But now, a month and a half later, his family’s relief was fading. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z My mental pictures of Lwów seemed to be fading, like a photograph left outside in the sun. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Caught by fading light, they headed back to their car but somehow became separated. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z They were fading, that was the answer; fading and drifting away like atoms of smoke, for all that they tried to cling to their men. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Even as I sat, the ending I had improvised was fading from my memory. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I stop seeing Hannah with her usual sour face and her huge teeth and her fading black clothes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Even there, in that home where lives were fading out, evening was a kind of wistful respite. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z It was too late to ask for help, and he waited to die the way smoke dies, drifting away in currents of air, twisting in thin swirls, fading until it exists no more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He turned sideways, crouched down, and inched away from the fading light outside. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z As each click, each pulse, each second pulled them closer to that point on the gears of Luna’s life when every hand pointed toward thirteen, Xan could feel herself thinning, shrinking, fading. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z And the portrait was fading; it seemed to disappear more and more every hour. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z They are withdrawing, backing up trees, fading into the jungle, as if some unheard voice calls them away. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A few straggling strings were still blowing up from the box, but most of the army of unleashed tampon strings were fading into the distance. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z And the voices fading as the wires popped their sheathings like hot chestnuts. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He drew himself up and looked back at the long line of his men fading into the dusk behind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Then the steps continued, but seemed to be fading. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She felt herself fading into a faint, but she felt victorious. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “You wouldn’t, I guess. It was just a question,” I said, my voice fading to a murmur. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Ayanna’s fading fast. Nothing I’m doing is helping, boy, it sure ain’t. I’m trying, but I reckon I don’t got the conjure for it.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Step by step, the dull light of the fading sun was replaced with the pale silver of moonlight. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He lets out a scornful chuckle, but I can tell his anger is already fading. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z In the fading afternoon light the stubble on his throat looked like only a shadow, but she knew it for what it was. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He pushed his hair out of his face, his smile fading. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I could still see her but she was fading: the reds and yellows of a dying summer obscured her dark form. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Even if his place in it was fading like a picture hung too long in a barbershop — even if he didn’t know where his family was anymore? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z With him came escalating demands for land and service—the veneer of reciprocity was fading. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z My shoulders cave in, smile fading like the sunset. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The family said their good-byes and watched as the taxi disappeared down the road, its broken taillight fading into the gloom. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “An old grandmother is not enough company for a child,” Amah said, her smile fading. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The god shimmered, slowly fading into waves of heat. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Even as he spoke I could feel the stimulant effect from the nahlrout fading. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I turned around again: Perez seemed to be way back there, fading in the shimmering heat. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The fire pit still held the glow of the fading logs, but it offered very little heat. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I cry out again, hope fading like my footprints. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They rumbled over the road, the smatter and pop of rifle fire fading behind them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Though he had never seen one before, he identified it from his fading memories, for The Giver had given them to him often. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Even in the fading light I could see I was the only one there. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Her dark eyes reflected the fading light like a mirror. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z And this time he just has his eyes on mine and a smile that’s fading off his face, draining like water from a bathtub, like sand through your fingers at the beach. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Again he thinks of the night he was nearly killed, the memory of those hours that have forever marked him flickering and fading in his mind. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He was two dozen feet from me, but I could see him perfectly in the fading light of sunset. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When the school day was finally done, and the blush was fading out of my cheeks from the volleyball incident, I changed quickly back into my jeans and navy blue sweater. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t think so,” I said; the Feeling still fading in me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Eventually the night would take its hold, but it would always feel like I was fading to sleep rather than falling. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Lawrence’s ability to maintain AEC backing for the MTA was fading fast. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Sir Fig Newton head-butted my ankle, aware of my fading excitement. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It wasn’t as swollen as before, but it had taken on a yellow tint from my assortment of fading bruises. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z On a bank below the lawns, crocuses were planted, golden, pink, and mauve, but by this time they would be past their best, dropping and fading, like the pallid snowdrops. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Her smile fading a little, Dimple looked down at his sketch pad, still in her lap. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Vegetation clustered thickly on both banks, and the light that came from the tree lanterns was fading quickly the further away they got, so that almost everything ahead was dark. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Let’s go! Let’s go! Pond’s health is fading fast!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I wove garlands of fragrant gillyflowers and fading hedge roses, draping them about me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The snap of a metal lid cracked the silence, and then the patter of fading footsteps. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z In the fading light, we hadn’t noticed that her mother and father had been standing just down the beach, watching us. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The few friends I’d made who didn’t live exclusively on paper had collapsed into little more than memories and even those were fading fast. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Far from fading away, it appears that prisons are here to stay. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And her teacher—once so strong and powerful—was fading by the day. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Sorry about your pencil—it’s a shame,” she said, but already her sympathetic expression was fading. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “What’s up?” he says, the surrounding noise of many voices fading. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z There was a red mark on his flamenco dancer’s neck: a bug bite, a fading hickey. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The plains are golden yellow, fading into a sky so pale it's like a sun-bleached version of the sky back in Maryland. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z With the fading of the light the riotous colors died and the heat and urgency cooled away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Through fading eyes, Celaena saw a crown of stars glittering atop Elena’s head, her silver armor shining like a beacon in the blackness. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And now that I had—and now that I noticed Krystal was really hurt—the "funk" was fading. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I stared out the window at the open fields and munching cows zipping past us in the fading light. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He lifted up a broken leaf for them to see, a large pale leaf of golden hue, now fading and turning brown. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I ought to have done that with Luke, paid more attention, to the details, the moles and scars, the singular creases; I didn’t and he’s fading. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She gives me her most charming smile, and I find my annoyance fading, despite myself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Raindrops on the windshield, radio stations fading in and out. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He heard the limousine start up, the distant slam of a door, the fading roar of the engine. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The snow is getting heavier, and he is fading into the darkness. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Around strangers he was quiet, alert, fading into the background until he was just a pair of hazel eyes watching everything go down. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They were black—or perhaps it was only the fading sunset behind them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I’d been working on the Large-Billed Puffins all September, and most of the time I was working on the stupid fading foot, because an artist doesn’t draw two-dimensionally, in case you didn’t know. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “I won’t scream. You don’t need to do that,” I say, my voice fading like a wisp of smoke. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z His mother's embroidery still hung at the front of the room, glistening in the fading moonlight. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The illumination from the lamps accompanied the fading sunlight, while the slight angle of the lamplight created soft shadows across his subjects. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “Former,” she said, her smile fading a little. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Lying there in the dark with the uncanny taste of a peach from some phantom orchard fading in his mouth. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He was too mystified, trying to swat the glowing trident that was now fading over his head. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Every now and then the giant tail makes a feeble slap, but the strength is fading and pretty soon that tail will stop moving forever. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I tell her, because the song is fading. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z His face was fading into a dreamy glow. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Burke and Clarence were beside me, and even though the light was fading, I was happy. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The dusk was deep when at length they set out, creeping over the westward rim of the dell, and fading like ghosts into the broken country on the borders of the road. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Jacob stared at the sky, fading from royal blue to indigo above the black buds of an ash. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I invited Adele to go with me, and we had a lovely afternoon, our tensions fading. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I caught a whiff of her fading lavender perfume and the fried rice from dinner. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z In Jerusalem so much old anger floated around, echoed from fading graffiti, seeped out of cracks. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z What little remains is no more than the wisp of smoke that lingers in the air after a great fire has burned out, and even that is fading. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Off to the east was a football game, and from the same direction came the feeble sound of a hymn being sung in unison, then fading. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I take one last look back at my old home, the flat tin roof flashing in the afternoon sunlight, the column of smoke fading and drifting away. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His panic fading now that there was no sound of Filch and Snape, Harry moved nearer to the mirror, wanting to look at himself but see no reflection again. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z By and by, I noticed Wemmick’s arm beginning to disappear again, and gradually fading out of view. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Richard disappeared into the vines and night screech of the jungle, a pale skeleton of a man fading into the blackness. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “As the light was fading in the sky, millions of lights were suddenly flashed on, all at one time,” she recalled, years later. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It is evening, the light fading into dusk. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z These memories were fading, as was the memory of being caged. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She was shivering, and the faint glow that usually hung around her was fading. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z But I could hear the traces of the communication, the fading echoes of the crystal bell. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Her family, left with just the negative, could view only its tiny inverse: a pale flower fading to moon white within, a dark gray slab behind it like a cloudy night sky. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the fading light, the chain links look as innocuous as usual. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As Weaver notes, “rather than fading, the segregationists’ crime-race argument was reframed, with a slightly different veneer,” and eventually became the foundation of the conservative agenda on crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Something gleamed beneath me, and in the fading light I could see an earthworm coming out of its hole. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z We passed the afternoon in delicious solitude and hiked back down in the fading light, a withering crown of yellow blooms encircling my black hair. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z There was still some evening left, but the light was fading. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The door opens, and Katherine enters, her smile fading quickly when her eyes land on me and Red Jack. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z And I sit by the door, too giddy to read, just waiting in the fading light. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His vision of history temporarily fading, Ignatius sketched a noose at the bottom of the page. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Nin buckled, as if someone had taken a sledgehammer to all her supports and she were bursting apart, falling, fading, and then...gone, her hands as limp as leather gloves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The light is fading now and gray clouds billow over the mountains we crossed earlier. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Sefia’s images of them were already fading, their features cracking and flaking away like old paint, revealing nothing but darkness beneath. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I called his name several times, and got nothing in return but my own fading voice. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Quietly as possible, they crept along the next corridor after Snape’s fading footsteps. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The guards slump to the ground, one alive and groaning, the other fading fast. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Aureliano made progress in his studies of Sanskrit as Melquíades' visit became less and less frequent and he was more distant, fading away in the radiant light of noon. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The breeze against my skin, the fading pain in my fingers, the sound of this tape winding from one spool to the next, reminds me of everything I’ve heard over the past day. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Even in the fading twilight, I could see window curtains being pulled slightly open, and then, as Papa walked by, they were abruptly closed again. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Then, in the patch of quickly fading sun that fell across the room, I noticed something I hadn’t before. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The brown sky begins fading back to burnt orange and bright pink. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z His long chin faded off into a thin, apologetic beard, but his suit was a jaunty yellow that seemed to glow a little in the fading light. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s just me up here with the fading fathead moon and every screaming seagull from far and wide visiting Lost Cove for a dawn concert. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Without a word, Chuck jumped up and ran out of the room, his calls for Newt fading the farther he went. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z In effect, the fading revolutionary ideology and the growing racial demography were converging to close off the political options. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The tower still grinned across the valley, but the light was fading in it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Her mouth had filled with saliva, as though she was about to vomit, and her vision was fading fast. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z A narcotic heaviness still clung deliciously to my limbs and I imagined what fun it would be to wander with her—drowsy, hypnotized—up to Commons in the fading light, the snow. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then the girl says, “Wait here!” and disappears into the fading light. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Looking out from the covert he could see only a dun, shadowless world, fading slowly into a featureless, colourless gloom. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z We drove past farms, fading old houses, gas stations, a couple of sandwich shops. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Home for kids?” he said, his smile fading. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z How does a five-year-old tell us about her stomach hurting, her heart aching for Pa, and her fading memories of Keav. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You were competing with men who were aware that their own particular suns were fading, and they resented your moving into the places they would leave. They fought you, and you fought them back.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Deciding the trees would give better cover, they extinguished their fire, then clambered back up the incline, their voices fading away. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I see Amar in the hallway, a piece of toast in his hand and a smile quickly fading from his face. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I walk out the back door and stand in the fading, dusky sunlight. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z |
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