One by one, like massive falling dominoes, more workstations lower from hidden pockets in the surrounding walls of the room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, I think now that we've eaten and smoked good offerings together, and seeing as how the sky is falling, you should consider just putting up here for the night.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The cold was bitter and though the platform itself was protected, heavy snow was falling outside. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then her falling down all happy once she put her order through. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The rain has picked up, but we make a break for it, falling breathlessly into the seats and letting the doors slam shut. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Sweet... warm... sleep Suddenly, falling, twisting, head hitting against the wall. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she reached the path that led to the central hunting camp, dusk was falling and shadows lay thick upon the ground. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He yowled in fear and fury, falling, falling, and twisted around while the ground rushed Up to break him . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The sky above us darkens with smoke, like night falling early. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Next time bombs start falling, have your sister wear this,” she called to Sam. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And now all she can do is watch it falling. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few stalactite spears lost their grip on the ceiling and plummeted, shattering on the rock-strewn floor like falling icicles in a thaw. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Now, forty thousand light-years from home, we find ourselves falling toward the massive center of the Milky Way. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

From far below came a metallic clang, a falling saucepan lid perhaps; the pointless roast dinner was in the earliest stages of preparation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At the sight of the food falling her way, Lady felt a powerful desire to live. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The water was frozen, and the snow had been falling for so long that Bran had lost count of the days, turning the lake into a vast white wilderness. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As though the clock is falling apart, slowly and gracefully. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

To leave her littles, just when their world was falling apart? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He walked toward a mango tree and sat by it, wiping the blood falling from his nose. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then Ralph climbed up the trap door to the roof, returning to report that the building really needed a turnbuckle or something to keep its corners from falling outward. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dusk was falling outside when a twinge of hunger sent him to the kitchen. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The light faded from the cave door, and the grey veil of falling water grew dim and was lost in gathering shadow. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

As the eagle flew above the firepit, Loki found himself falling, still grasping his spear, and he tumbled onto the grass. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I flushed without fear of falling into a pit of smelly waste. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

An absence so decorative, so ornate, it was difficult for her to understand how she had ever endured, without falling dead or being consumed, his magnificent presence. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The voices of the Ents were still rising and falling in their conclave. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I had this anxiety with Patrick during a falling out and he was happy I wrote to him and I’m hoping you might be too. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

In some seasons there are many falling stars; in others very few. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the falling we took the A train to their new apartment, played on the beach till the sun went down, Mama quiet on a blanket looking out at the water. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He tried to stop himself falling, but there was nothing he could do. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She is dressed as she had been during her performance, in a white gown covered in a pattern of unassembled puzzle pieces, falling together into darkness along the hem. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Margo leaned across the minivan and put her head on my bony shoulder, her hair falling against my neck. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

That the velocity of a falling body equals the acceleration due to gravity multiplied by the time of the fall in seconds. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Snakes and dogs!” howled Mr. Curtain, before falling into a peaceful sleep. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Long pauses dragged between Fig’s deep breaths, our bellies rising and falling in sync. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“We had to go out at all times, even when bombs were falling,” said Uwe Koster, who was thirteen at the time. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What happened?” the second mate asked, his voice falling loudly in the silence. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Fox wings, a flying carpet, falling forever into the stars. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Adam seems to be walking closer to us as we near the door, his eyes falling on me curiously. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was ringed by thick walls of silence which hissed in her ears, rising and falling in volume to some pattern of its own. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I nearly tip over when I try to scratch him so instead I focus on getting down the hill without falling. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

You keep falling and screaming and laughing, terrified not so much of the fall as the fact that it must end. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A light mist was falling when they finally heaved Roz through the ship’s doorway. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I know that is an absurd thing to consider—a dead horse falling out of the sky—but it actually happened. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The snow has stopped falling now, but enough has collected on the ground that it squeaks under my shoes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He was short, and bald, but I could tell that his baldy didn't come from all his hair falling out. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He wiped his eyes again but the tears kept falling around his red knuckles and down his cheeks. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The snow had stopped falling, but cars still inched carefully along the unplowed streets. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I hate this bathing suit. The straps are always falling down.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jay says the shame of falling off the wagon makes her stay away. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They came for him as the sun was falling behind a red-fringed line of clouds that had banked against the horizon. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snack shops can turn an ice cream cone completely upside down to dip it in chocolate without anything falling out. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then again began the struggling and fighting, backward and forward, jerking and falling, until he choked and lay quiet. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m falling all over myself as I stop pacing long enough to collapse in one of the chairs. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me something. What was the big falling out between Wylan and his father?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As a result, he’d developed the habit of falling off into naps whenever he found a moment to relax. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined him calling my name and pictured his face falling when I didn’t answer. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

All of his nightmares, and they were never far from him when he slept, dealt with falling. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Or would the earth tremble, as many said, and bury me beneath its falling rocks? Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he’s looking at her while she looks out the window, soft light falling on her face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I wrap my blisters in cool leaves, but they keep falling off. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He is represented as falling in love with one woman after another and descending to all manner of tricks to hide his infidelity from his wife. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then we were falling, tumbling down the hill. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I helped my parents carry their tools, and they walked ahead so straight, each carrying a basket or a hoe not to overburden me, their tears falling privately. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not know what I expected to see but I did not see anything except the fields and the bare mulberry trees and the rain falling. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She turned and grabbed his arms to keep from falling in the surf. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I leaned back and she had to catch herself from falling forward. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I tripped several times, once falling, catching myself with my hands, scraping them on the sidewalk, and then lurching up to plunge forward again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They stitched uneasily, the needles faring through the dark material with a long gleam Hke falling stars. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, if anything, it was falling like snowflakes. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The alternating pattern of light and dark suggests sunlight falling through the leaves in the woods. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

There was still junk falling out of the trees from the storm. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Pinmei shook her head, and when she looked again, there was only the white falling snow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Thus there were plenty of mathematicians who saw the new philosophy as falling within their area of professional expertise. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The man says, Do you expect Limerick to start building lavatories in houses that are falling down anyway, that will be demolished after the war? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Instead of falling to the ground, they stayed in the air and rotated at his will, with only the smallest touch and encouragement of his fingers. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I watched falling leaves skitter over the watery surface, which gurgled as it tumbled over the rocks. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“My trouble, Bast, is that she is very important. Important to the story. I cannot think of how to describe her without falling short of the mark.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A waterfall plunged down it, falling two hundred feet to the ground. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

As the cavern of Mithras imploded behind her, she lunged into darkness and found herself falling. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They lasted there a few months, but when Dad set their room on fire by falling asleep with a burning cigarette in his hand, they got kicked out. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Landslide makes me think of rocks and dirt falling down a mountain. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to pay for Andrew’s school fees and groceries, but he started falling behind even on that, and soon my mom was paying for everything. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A light snow began falling as the car wound its way up a narrow dirt road carved into the side of a mesa. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hanging lantern that lit the room rocked and spun, projecting shadows of falling men onto the walls. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A light rain is falling as he pulls himself up, and as the air around him clears he sees a row of tiny trees and stars, surrounded by silver gears and black-and-white chess pieces. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Stanley had no trouble falling asleep, but morning came much too quickly. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He leans on a stump now, trying to catch his breath, embers from the fire falling around him like flaming confetti. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She would tell him stories and point out a falling star. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t imagine falling in lockstep with Freddie and the other guys. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Fire across the ridge, down the mountainside, spreading inland, tree by tree, burning like massive candles, pop-pop-popping and falling, striking more trees, burning ground cover, eating the landscape alive. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She had let down the brown shining waterfall of her hair, which was usually kept braided in pigtails for convenience in hunting and cookery, and with the falling waves of this she framed his head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The falling moisture felt like more mosquitoes landing, but as it turned to rain, it cooled Cole’s burning skin. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Instead of falling to the ground, he swung into the cliff, colliding roughly with the stone wall. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But Nigro said that if we felt ourselves falling asleep, we were to stand up and walk to the back of the class. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stopped dead in time, in midair, among the trees back there, in the act of falling. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swung the door shut and grabbed Kaira’s hand to keep from falling. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Clara woke a little before it, having had an apocalyptic nightmare of exploded horses, cows hurled into the sea, people crawling under stones, and gaping caverns in the earth into which whole houses were falling. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind her followed the other two enchantresses, also in flapping night robes, their hair unbound and falling about their shoulders in a mass of snarls and tangles. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

They all kept flickering, changing, springing forward an hour, then falling back. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then Jeffrey started falling asleep at the table; I guess all that running around had been tough on his body. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see this, I can actually see Peeta's chest rising and falling. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And after years of neglect and lack of money for repairs, the house was falling apart. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The land had been falling steadily, ever since they turned aside from the Road, and they now entered a wide flat expanse of country, much more difficult to manage. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And at once he remembered him in the battle, his falling to the ground, the blood upon his blouse. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Dark's falling, and there's something in the smell o' the night that I mislike." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My leg was falling asleep, so I shifted Sammy’s head in my lap. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I think of the people falling, leaping from the towers. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

We many of us had escaped, and so, upon the town’s falling, we would be conveyed to our former masters—at which thought, my spirits froze, thinking upon Mr. Sharpe and his devices. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

When he reached the driveway the snow was falling so thickly that he could not see ten feet in front of him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She managed to glide to earth and made a crash landing on a hillside, where local people greeted her armed with pitchforks, sticks, and rifles—they’d thought her falling plane might be a German fighter. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It had started very innocently when he pulled a guy over because a Christmas tree tied to the roof of the man’s car was falling off. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Of course there was Eve and the Fall; but there was nothing about falling in that story, which was only about eating, like most children’s stories. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We follow signs to this long line and my heart starts to beat a thousand miles a minute and I grip my backpack with both hands to keep from falling over. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the morning a cold rain was falling. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The fever that swept up over me made my body go limp, and I was pressed back against the bed, sinking into the pillows there like I was falling through clouds. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"Give it to me," he said, motioning for it almost immediately, his palm up, rising and falling with each step. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

A mere matter of falling, yet no one ever fell. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered the time Mrs. Wheeler had locked my ball in her toolshed, and when she had yelled at me for falling off my bike. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie gaped, his mouth falling open as Ernie came back to scoop up more dog crud. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Snow blew through a crack in the mud, falling on their hair. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She learned to walk on the hard-packed earth outside the cabin, getting up, falling down, getting up again— a small naked creature, who answered to the name of Minta or Minty. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Night’s elbows rested on the water, and falling stars glanced off its brittle shards. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my goodness, I remember the day you two first met,” Grammy says, falling back against the car seat. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Then he stood above his brother’s body in the mist over the ice, and saw that night was falling. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It rocked and swayed and the cubs fell on their sides and couldn’t get up without falling down again. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Worse still, heart-shaped confetti was falling from the pale blue ceiling. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Merry waved his hand towards the steaming lake; and as they looked, they heard a distant rumbling and rattling, as if an avalanche was falling from the mountain-side. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I started to yell at her, but then I realized, too late, that we were falling. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Er, no, first I tried to dig my toes in to keep from falling. And that’s when the shelf moved and I did fall.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Being back in school after that kind of drop was surreal, like I was falling past everyone else so quickly they couldn’t even see me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A young man with a marvelous wide mustache said, “General Pender begs to report the enemy is falling back.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told him everything except that she was falling in love with him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He saw the room and saw snow falling past the window; but his mind formed no image of any of these. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When Georgie and I woke in the morning, the falling snow hung like gauze between the mouth of the cave and the ravine, blurring rocks and trees, earth and sky. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

A shrub was growing at the gate of their compound and he parked near it, his chest rising and falling, his breathing loud. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her temples were neglected; her altars foul with cold ashes; her favorite towns deserted and falling in ruins. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only Nature: the crackle, pop, roar of the forest burning and the thunderous pounding of falling water. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I wondered if his fingers really were falling off, but I decided not to ask. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Victory Mansions were old flats, built in 1930 or thereabouts, and were falling to pieces. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There’s that wide puffy cloud that looks like your face when you wake up after falling asleep with all your clothes on. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now came the screech of the falling bomb. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Another woman, an elderly mulatta, claimed that her hair was falling out from the menacing stares the baby gave her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Desks and chairs were falling apart as if being demolished by mysterious unheard dynamite explosions. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when they returned— when, she told herself, not if—he would also return to his obligations, and they did not include falling in love with a guard. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“There you are,” I say, falling already into the trap of addressing her like a child. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean—not that you have small pants that would fit me”—digging a deeper hole for myself—“I mean, the pajama pants keep falling off—” I’m a very good digger. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was standing on the sidewalk in torn-up jeans and a sweater, her dark hair falling to one side, so long it grazed her elbow. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The question so heavy on his heart comes out in a rush, the words all falling on top of one another. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was even more comfortable than Dunbar, who had to keep falling down on his face in order to get his meals brought to him in bed. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The rain was still falling in gusts, then not falling for just long enough to lure people out from underneath their makeshift shelters, then raining on them once more. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was arguably more like a novelist than a composer in this respect, people falling for his music as they would a newly discovered secret passion. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

There is me and there is you and the snow has finished falling. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Full bellies, the warm crackling fire, the rain pattering on the roof and falling gently on the sand pulled them together and held them close. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s the rain, falling lightly past the high houses. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Max lets me push him away, and I knock down the planks that make the little door, nearly falling down the ladder to get to the bottom. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Did Pearl know yet, Moody wondered, but they’d barely spoken since their falling out, and he retreated to his room and did his best not to wonder what Pearl was doing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It roared up the street like a tsunami, a boiling swirl of dust and smoke blown out by the falling building. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The second round of confetti is still falling when Alex grabs Henry by the hand and says, “Follow me.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The whump of the falling trees and the low boom of the loads of snow exploding on the ground set the woods to shuddering. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

My friendships were falling apart; my family was falling apart. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Way high up there with the sunlight falling reddish-brown on the palm trunks and the boys’ narrow limbs, they look beautiful. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember one time I dreamt of falling through a hole in Old Mr. Chou’s floor. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The frost is falling, the frost falls into my body. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his chest, rising and falling with the deep, regular breaths of a solid sleeper, lay a thick book about tropical plant life that he’d taken from a shelf. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Dionysus will be severely cranky with you for having delayed our voyage. He will punish all of us. Didn’t you notice the girls falling into the wine god’s madness?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Already men were breaking away, flying wild and witless here and there, flinging away their weapons, crying out in fear, falling to the ground. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Sliding partway, grasping tree roots to keep from falling, she stumbled down the treacherous path to the bottom. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe as the neighborhood Chess knew was falling apart, this part of the town had turned fancy, more like a big city. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly he was aware of a man clothed in white who watched him through the falling water of the fountain. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear rocks tumbling from the cliff, falling down into the sea. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope to study naming then,” I said, falling into step beside him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Moving walls push the coins teetering on the ledges onto the next ledge down, and 10p coins falling off that ledge fall into your scoop. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then came the bang and the smoke, the screams, the falling, the exit doors opening, the sensation of tumbling through the air and landing in a mound of warm sand. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It is a tower that stands tall and upending like a good soldier, for nearly four hundred years, not wobbling or falling down. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

We both went flat and with the flash and bump of the burst and the smell heard the singing off of the fragments and the rattle of falling brick. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Al sighs too, his rib cage lifting and falling against my shoulder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Thomas followed, falling into line between Teresa and Chuck, hefting a big wooden spear with a knife tied at its tip. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I grabbed it, headed for the stairwell. It was filled with smoke and dust falling like water, down the stairs and over the rails. “ Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The word thuds to the ground like a scim falling from a dead hand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It tumbles to the floor, the top falling open. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

There were terrible moaning shrieks of trees falling above. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

A little girl falling asleep in her mother’s arms on the bus. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The younger sister of a friend of Vincent’s died after falling off a horse. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Sleepiness seemed to be creeping out of the ground and up their legs, and falling softly out of the air upon their heads and eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Now it was galloping around and around the black shapes on the ground, and the dementors were falling back, scattering, retreating into the darkness.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The rain was still falling, a thin drizzle that traveled horizontally in the wind, soaking through his supposedly waterproof clothing, mixing with his sweat and his dirt, chilling him to the bone. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Oh come now,” Bast reproached, his smile falling away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The thin drum of rain on the metal roof and the slow darkness falling over everything. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Like an anvil falling out of the sky, directly onto my skull. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

To be afraid of this ridiculous dog when there was a tiger about was like being afraid of splinters when trees are falling down. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pivoted and he tackled air, falling and rolling down the dune, coming to a stop right next to the creature I’d pulled from the hold of the Maafa. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Incredibly, after falling only 70 feet he plunged headfirst in a crevasse, which arrested his tumble. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Miranda watched him sleep, the comforter rising and falling as he breathed. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I knelt, so close to the cliff’s edge now that Emma hooked two fingers through the back of my belt to keep me from falling. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

His little legs are flung over his mother, slowly rising and falling on her belly. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

So warm, so cozy, rain falling outside, firelight glowing inside. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

His weight yanked the lever down and then he was falling. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was falling again, farther and faster than ever. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It is a tremendous burden, she says, to be responsible for every little thing, every infant born, every leaf falling from every tree, every wave that breaks onto the beach, every ant on its journey. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She remembered that the Rusties didn’t use hoverstruts; every building was squat, crude, and massive, and needed a steel skeleton to keep it from falling down. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“But Chase said it was the fence falling down,” Mattie continued. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, Will and Lyra thought they could see those things, like veils of shimmering gauze, falling from the sky like thistledown. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The girl keeps up, never falling behind but never getting too close neither. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Unless I got impaled on a tomato cane, like the priest in The Omen who gets spiked by a falling lightning conductor. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She tilted her face to the sun, shook her head slightly, and as her hair grazed her cheek, it was almost like Deen’s hair, falling against her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

On they went through the holler, stumbling, tripping, falling, scrambling. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Three days pass, like sand falling from one side of an hourglass to the other. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He went west with the quick magewind in his sail, and came in sight of the rocks of Pendor, the still streets of the town, and the gutted, falling towers. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

We did not speak, but watched the small waves and the gentle protocols of falling night. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

There was only the muted sound of falling things, and flesh on unsurprised flesh. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my pace steady, the men behind me falling ever so slightly farther behind with every step. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Soon the horse-hoofs were falling on pebbles and stones instead of sand. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

But when she looked at the shore, now falling away beside them, they seemed to be going very slowly. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They called it a falling star, but it is not a good name: the old stars are still there after the falling star falls. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sheets were rising and falling around me with Anna’s breathing. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

An African elephant can’t stumble without falling on some white man with a shovel. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was falling into meditation on my guardian’s greatness, when Wemmick remarked:— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

That was a cozy night, a happy night; lamps lit, sparkle of glasses, rain falling heavy on the roof. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

By the time the twins were toddlers, Mrs. Trepid couldn’t bear their stumbling and falling and screaming and banging and breaking and spitting. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

But those broad gains mask the fact that poor and working-class students have nevertheless been falling behind; for them, not having a degree remains the norm. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

That shot destroyed the quiet, moonlit peace of the hill, and it shattered my childhood into a thousand fragments that long ago stopped falling and are now dusty relics gathered in distant memories. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many locals and visitors believed the eerie tales of lights flickering on and off during the night, dishes falling on their own, and phantoms in the bathroom mirror. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

On the bus ride home he hardly said a word to anyone, the gray shadows of Brownfield and Seagraves and Seminole and Andrews falling across his face like a fine mist. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the Arctic Tern was still there, falling. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The wet gray flakes twisting and falling out of nothing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Falling Women showed the women, three of them, falling as if by accident off a bridge, their skirts opened into bells by the wind, their hair streaming upward. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he reached the door, he could see pieces of wreckage lying around, but there wasn’t as much debris falling on this side, not as much stuff on fire. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

If he persisted in talking of such subjects, she had a disconcerting habit of falling asleep. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I’d stayed up late with Lara and some people, and then I was falling asleep and I heard her crying outside my back window. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

But it was just the water dripping out of her belongings, it was just a shadow falling across the canvas. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Richard, in a group home three and a half hours away, had no one beside him to keep him from falling. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

His voice was falling and the explosions became fewer and quieter. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered Emerson’s soporific qualities the hard way, by falling asleep with my face in the book, drooling all over an essay called “Self-Reliance” and having the vending-machine dream for the sixth time that week. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Before their eyes had time to grow wide, they suddenly found themselves falling to earth. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

We carry on thru the night, the sky falling slowly past us, our words stopping a little as dinner wears off and tiredness takes hold again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then it settles on me like falling concrete. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Abruptly, and without transition, he was not falling. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Then she sighed and walked into the living room, falling onto the couch. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

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

The sky was a distant black curtain of falling rain. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fyrian tripped on his growing wings, tumbling forward and falling down so hard he shook the ground. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was then Felicia lost consciousness, falling into an emptiness without history or future. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it sounds like someone is falling down the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He shot toward the island in the distance, but he was still falling much too fast. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She cried when she heard his voice and the sounds of the falling city behind him. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He arched out and then fell, his legs still on the bed, his hands falling with a loud slap against the floor. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he misjudges it, he may end up fouling other horses and being disqualified, checking his horse sharply and sacrificing his momentum or even falling. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the chute they’d been falling through opened into a vast cavern. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They were falling like rain and they were hitting me as they fell and I had their blood all over me and I couldn’t find a place to protect myself. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She glared at her husband, her small, high breasts rising and falling rapidly. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“At my friend’s house. Her parents are away this weekend. You can drive, okay? My car is literally falling apart.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Things that are falling apart encourage me: whatever else, I’m in better shape than they are. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then I saw the curtains blowing wildly, and outside rain was falling harder, causing everyone to scurry and shout. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard of other fights being staged between other black boys, and each time I heard those plans falling from the lips of the white men in the factory I eased out of earshot. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back to me and Amil falling asleep with the taste of sweets on our tongues and thoughts of the things that happened at school that day. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I try to hang on to hope, but it's the worst night ever, because I also feel like I have to hang on to the tree to keep from falling. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Hurry,” she was saying, from the other side of the falling hair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then he messed everything up by falling in love. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I was little, if I had trouble falling asleep, Mom would lie down with me and tell the story of how she left England. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Only the sunlight, falling down the well on this single day of the year, marked it out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But when I breathed in, I couldn’t breathe out again to cry, and I tried to keep from falling off the hill and I fell off the hill into the bright, whirling shapes. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two scientists discovered the law governing the acceleration of falling bodies at around the same time—Harriot and Galileo. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When she first walked by me in the halls, with her hair cut so much shorter, I couldn’t keep my mouth from falling open. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It was early night, but the slim moon was already falling westward. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“My family is falling apart,” she cried out. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The neighbors were tumbling from their houses now, and they watched the falling sparks and stamped them out to save their own houses. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

A train was falling on him from the sky. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

One was the splash of something heavy falling into the water; the other was a noise like the snick of a lock when a door quietly closes fast. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And then I quickly take a sip of my hot chocolate and hide my face in the cup, before tears start falling. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When there was no movement other than the chest slowly rising and falling, he came stiffly to his feet and knelt at Chronicler’s side. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I try to make up words, Oh, The Walls of Limerick are falling down, falling down, falling down, The Walls of Limerick falling down and the River Shannon kills us. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They stared at the woman scrambling over the rugged ground with her hairpins falling out, and opened the windows to hear what she was hollering about. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

She caught the way I was falling for Nicole, even that first day, and decided she had to team up with me to keep an eye on me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

All winter, we had been anticipating snow—everyone kept saying how strange it was that we hadn’t had any yet—but I’d never heard anything about falling ice. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Taran remembered nothing of returning to the byre or falling asleep, but he rose in the morning sunlight refreshed and strengthened. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

It looked like the sky was falling, piece by piece. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Collisions among the asteroids happen frequently, and occasionally a piece is chipped off and accidentally intercepts the Earth, falling to the ground as a meteorite. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although Zita denied that there was any sexual intimacy with Bobby in the six weeks she stayed in Los Angeles—“I wasn’t thinking of that,” she said—he was falling in love. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was terrified of falling into the hands of soldiers. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, violently dizzy I cried out and raised my hands to keep myself from falling sideways, falling upward, falling inward. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Outside the walls of her secret garden, it is our town, with rain falling on houses in rows and on the distant, metal towers of the vuvv. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to be in Luce’s line of work without falling back on such stereotypes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I don't recall falling asleep, and I hate my body for letting it happen. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Good view or not, why would anyone want to risk falling seven stories?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, my head was a mess of tumbling worries: rising poverty, falling blood counts, alarming potential for quarantine. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my agitation, the hood slipped from my head just as Claudius spurred his horse and seized the mane to keep his slack body from falling off. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Moist soft flakes are falling out of it, piling up on roofs and branches, sliding off now and then to hit with a wet cottony thunk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was like every dream of falling he had ever had, a scared and frantic drop through space, as he headed towards the ground below. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Ralph was standing by a contraption of palm trunks and leaves, a rude shelter that faced the lagoon and seemed very near to falling down. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

One group, known as the Neptunists, was convinced that everything on Earth, including seashells in improbably lofty places, could be explained by rising and falling sea levels. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She stopped hard and grabbed the sleeve of Vega’s new coat to keep from falling. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She filled a line on the paper with falling- down circles. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ding of metal falling on a brick floor, a splosh of liquid—and just before my vision goes completely dark, I feel myself caught under the arms. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I think she gave me cholera,” Liyana mumbled, after falling asleep with a thermometer in her mouth. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not Mags’s fault when I begin falling. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They kept at it, though, balancing on the unmoving wheels, falling sideways. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Rain was falling by the time he reached the swaying bridge out to the Sea Tower. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After the falling sometimes I would see my mother smiling at that sculpture. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I positioned an article on the tray in front of me and began typing, falling into a steady rhythm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They were falling on each other laughing, and there was May, dead. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she opened the window and jumped out, falling onto the hydrangea bushes that her Aunt Ferula had planted long ago. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For just a moment, time slows like something falling while fighting with gravity. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The movement was strange with the slipperiness of the house shoes, but she managed to sink down and return to her standing position without falling. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Pieces of coal were always falling off the trucks when they made their deliveries, and Brian suggested that he and I get a bucket and collect some. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered the thick, solid wood falling to pieces when I touched it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her older boys always seemed to find trouble—throwing stones at the pigs, falling out of trees, or tormenting the baby. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The door of the flat opens of its own volition, locks falling open and hinges swinging wildly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Five days and 150 miles into Mexico, he committed the mistake of falling asleep on top of a train with his shoes off. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Easy as falling off a log,” cried the earl, falling off a log with a loud thump. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I close my eyes, I imagine her falling onto the jagged rocks below and shudder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A crevasse yawned on her right, falling away into darkness. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We run across the street in the falling snow, open the small wrought-iron gate in the cemetery fence, go in. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pet leaned over from behind her, its shadow falling over both of them. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

So we spent that day in the cheery grove, with the vivid light of later afternoon falling on the grasses; we spent it bumbling about in the Blissful State of Mammalian Repose. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But nothing good can come out of falling for someone on the streets. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“A quick glance around revealed nothing in the darkness—but the moaning and sounds of falling bodies.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flux’s flashes were rapid-fire by then, with photos of frozen fighters spooling from the camera and falling to his feet like large, square confetti. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon after that, everyone started falling asleep under scratchy blankets and musty-smelling pillows. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was falling toward the water with my eyes closed and my hands extended in front of me like an Olympic diver. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve forgotten about fainting and about the stacks of plates, and about falling into the creek and also about seeing the Virgin Mary. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The shadow from before, the one I had seen when I was falling through the hole, stood in front of me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

This is what I want: I want to grab my brother’s hand and run back through time, losing years like coats falling from our shoulders. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Don’t worry, it isn’t falling down or anything. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Then he did those three movements again, and again, and a realization peppered Anya like falling tree leaves. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He watched twelve rats falling over each other and bumping heads as they chased his friend around the common land. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I had enough trouble not falling down when the ground was dry; it might be safer for me to go back to bed now. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There were no take-backs after sex; there was no way to undo how much deeper they were falling into it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After all that, falling into Tartarus seemed like too harsh an end. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then Frodo felt himself falling, and the roaring and confusion seemed to rise and engulf him together with his enemies. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He imagined himself falling off the roof, falling backward to a sure dying and laughing all the way. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As snow began falling and the temperature dropped, the men labored up and down icy slopes. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the little column had dwindled in the distance, the eastern sky had gone from black to grey and the snow was falling heavily. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I could pretend I was falling asleep and then come up with some answers that would get me to Grand Rapids for sure. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Broken images were racing each other through his mind: Sirius falling through the veil; Dumbledore suspended, broken, in midair; a flash of green light and his mother’s voice, begging for mercy... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Even though only about fifteen atoms were involved, they kept falling out of the awkward pincers set up to hold them the correct distance from one another. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The situation is similar to that of heavy bodies falling vertically, but it is easier to observe because the speeds are smaller. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If his plane was going down, Louie was under orders to fire his Colt .45 into the bombsight to prevent it from falling into enemy hands, then see about saving himself. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Annabelle is crying, and rain is falling on her face, so it is hard to tell if it is her own imagination again, or if she truly sees something in the road ahead. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Olanna was not sure if he began to laugh first or if she did, but suddenly they were laughing, raucously, almost falling off the bench. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was something gaunt and terrible about them as they stood there amid the gently falling snow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

For what reason that was different from that which had made the red-cheeked boy thrill at Clifton's falling to the earth? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only my hand against the rock and Fang’s hands on my shoulders kept me from falling. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The movement is falling apart with all this mistrust and gossip. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was falling out of its ponytail and her face was flushed. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“And then, he saved her life. Did you ever hear of that?—A water party; and by some accident she was falling overboard. He caught her.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Shells were falling on the ridge nearby and bullets were slicing leaves, but Reynolds sat astride the horse in a motionless calm, looking out toward the fight, picture of a soldier, painted against the trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of fear made his heart thunder and slaver ran from his jaws, and he reached the falling tree in stride and threw himself up the trunk, claws scrabbling at the bark for purchase. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Piper leaned toward him, her caramel braid falling over her shoulder. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I pictured him stabbing me in the back on a beach in Mexico, me falling to my knees, blood pooling all in the sand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s another to feel someone else falling in love with you, and to feel a responsibility toward that love. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He hoped Sam hadn't hurt himself, falling like that. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Once the first pain subsided, it was as if a rainstorm were falling between her legs, flooding her entire body. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, it was still a great shock to watch my black hair falling about my shoulders and down onto the floor, where it was just swept away as if it meant nothing. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t stop until I thought he was falling asleep. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A door opened and the mother entered, saying words he could not hear, her long dark-red hair falling over her face. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Stone tugged the shutters open and then screamed, nearly falling over himself as he stumbled back. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Armistead came up to the stone wall, and the blue boys were falling back. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even as I was falling in love—full throttle, intense, can’t-erase-that-goofy-smile love—I didn’t really register what was happening. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I heard was water falling, water echoing. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And the other man and the laughing soldiers with the scissors—snip snip—and the hair falling to the sidewalk, black hair falling... Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I hear her mumbling something about General Electric stock falling twenty points. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The paint on the walls and ceiling was peeling, paint chips tumbling to the floor like dried-up petals, resembling the leaves falling from the September trees outside. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Nergal stared in bewilderment, his shouts falling on deaf ears. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Bryce said, “You got to look for falling stars. Them are the ones with magic.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“You can’t really be falling for me,” she says, quieter now. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“There are too many for the bunker already, and I don’t think I can make it any bigger, not without undermining the house or falling into the cellar.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He kept careful track of the registration tallies: They were averaging an impressive seven thousand a week in midsummer but were still falling short of the goal. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He turned around and scanned the tables, his eye falling on us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nora is bent over the New York Times crossword opposite him, brown curls falling across her forehead. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know, my arms jut out sideways like an airplane to keep myself from falling, but that doesn’t work. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Actually, I was in danger of falling out the window. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Gravity seemed to disappear as well, and he was falling through the window along with the stranger. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Many had died in a cholera epidemic and they’d been buried in haste in wooden boxes and the boxes were rotting and falling open. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“And who you think,” he asked—he felt himself enveloped by an awful, falling silence—“is going to believe you?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Locke’s backup follows, falling not too far from Kara’s, the low ripples of the two meeting, intertwining, and gently fanning out to become nothing at all. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The roof above them was falling in, the floor below them had places where it had rotted completely away. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The rain, which was falling in torrents, added to the uproar. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am reeling, almost falling down, grabbing at a railing. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“She probably won’t be up for eating right after surgery, Tom,” my mom snaps at him, his face falling at her words. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She just repeated my father’s name into the falling snow. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I was falling behind with our suitcase, though this year I was nearly as tall as Grandma herself. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every single one, falling to order like soldiers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Eventually, like a falling leaf, our square slowly descends to the surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each step groaned and creaked under his weight; he might’ve stopped for fear of falling through the old wood if he weren’t leaving such an awkward situation below. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She has dirty blond hair gathered sloppily into a bun, strands falling randomly, attractively, around her face. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fine snow was falling through the air, glittering in the sunlight. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wind tore at her, but Celaena kept her focus on Nox, falling so fast, so far from her outstretched hands. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The boy kept falling behind and he stopped and waited for him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

"All I'm gon' say is, I could totally see you, a school bus falling from the sky." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

"What is it that goes with a wide-mouthed grin and returns with falling tears?" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We’ve also seen him squatting in his front yard surrounded by other old men, every one of them falling over from drinking palm wine. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh and I’ve been wanting a word with you too, Arthur,” said Mr. Crouch, his sharp eyes falling upon Mr. Weasley. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Who knew a tree falling into the house wouldn’t be the most exciting part of my day?” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Again, neither of them made a sound as they fell—as if they’d disappeared instead of falling. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Don’t take what your mother said about our family falling apart too seriously. She’s just upset. About a lot of things. But we’ll be fine.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In all bold, Terryl wrote: Please be aware that rain is falling and the roads are slick and wet. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She tarries a moment longer, then peels off, and speeding like a falling star, shoots off into a cloud and is gone. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A glider...my brain grappled with the shape of the thing, a Concorde...a mutant angel falling to earth…. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I made it without falling, but when I stood up, a woman looked at me and clasped her hand to her mouth. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Night, hurrying down upon them, was not in their favor, nor was the rain, falling steadily. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is turning into one of those repeat- ing nightmares where you keep falling but never hit the floor. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What I don’t understand,” said Henry, “is how you got it back up again without the glass falling out.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even in the dark he could visualize each precisely cut strand of hair bouncing and falling back into place. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

From the lowering December sky handfuls of snowflakes were falling, but as soon as they came to earth they turned to ice. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes caught his before falling to my lap. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The leaves were falling from the elms, robbing the street of shelter. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was stumbling for words, but it was pouring out of him in hot clumps out of the back of the brain, the words like falling coals, and Fremantle stared openmouthed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mate saw one of the oldest trees in the grove topple, groaning, branches grasping at its neighbors as if they could stop it from falling. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The thought of falling induced a kind of vertigo in Lyra, and she swayed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The dull thuds of thunder falling in the distance now felt comforting, and before the sounds entirely faded, Omakayas was asleep. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“He started falling off when he started going with the wrong people.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was a picture of a blond child writing a letter, with tears falling down her cheeks. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are probably worse ways to die than falling into a river, having a great time with your friends right up until the end,” Dill said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

There was no sound, except an occasional drip of moisture falling through the still leaves. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Thorn collapsed to the ground, tears falling down her face as Valley and Seven held on tight to her, crying as well. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

My eyelids get heavy, and I feel an instant urge to make today disappear by falling asleep until it’s tomorrow. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Pretty quickly I became an expert at falling down, shoving my hands in front of me so I didn’t smash my already ugly face into the ground. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

One evening, just before Christmas, snow began falling. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He didn't remember falling asleep, but he must have, for when he opened his eyes again, the sun was shining in through the window beside the bed, and the house was silent and empty. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A dagger I fling at the wraith’s chest goes right through him, falling to the floor with a clatter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to get into what was going on at home, about how Mom seemed to be falling apart, and how I couldn’t think about much else than keeping us together. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, I have a strict policy of not falling for straight guys. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The flakes are falling huge and fast and the whole neighborhood is coated in white. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kind where you swear it’s real because everything looks real, and feels real, and you don’t even remember ever falling asleep. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Standing on a cluster of roots is Johanna Reyes, her hair falling over the scarred half of her face. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

All I could see was my team falling apart. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

For one moment of terror he felt himself falling. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

All he could focus on was how fast he was falling, and that these were going to be his last seconds alive. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember falling asleep, but I remember the dream. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

My little story reenactment stopped, the sandy scene falling to the floor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It’s the thrill of leaping without being able to see the ground below you, right before you realize that’s called falling. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I had to grab Monaco to keep from falling toward the door as the chopper jerked into the air. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where creepy things don’t keep falling on our heads?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Night was falling, and he knew he had to be home, safe on his roof. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Around him were silence and night and snow falling, falling as though it had fallen from the beginning of time and would always fall till the end of the world. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We sped by Chili’s and Borders and Christiana Mall, and eventually, the snow started falling harder, white dashes shooting at the car and past the windows like light trailing from a thousand stars. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

When I feel I’m falling into dreaming, I jolt myself awake. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Every inch of his body ached and his muscles were rubber, but somehow he managed to make it on his own, falling to the floor of the cockpit in a heap. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Japanese snipers who had been tied in, high up among the palm fronds, were falling out of the tops of those trees like coconuts. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rain fell in such sheets that the whole heaven seemed falling into the sea and the sea seemed leaping up into the sky. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What the hell do I care about falling?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A week later it was Halloween, the leaves started falling, and it seemed like the town was going to quiet down. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was ab-solutely silent, and for a moment Jonas feared that he might disgrace himself now, on the first day of his training, by falling asleep. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mandela and Tambo was falling apart as we could not be there, and both Oliver and I were experiencing grave financial difficulties. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My foot is falling asleep; I get up and walk in a circle. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in fresh linen, the light falling upon his white hair as upon silk floss. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

That way words will stop falling out of my mouth. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I blink to stop tears from falling, but a few escape and run down my cheeks. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He’s stuffing his face with finger sandwiches and meatballs, crumbs falling onto his tux. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

There was a fine November rain falling but it looked cheerful and clean even with the rain. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“The piggy? Oh, terrible hunger pinches! Gurgi cannot remember. Was there a piggy? Gurgi is fainting and falling into the bushes, his poor, tender head is full of air from his empty belly.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Two of his fingers were bruised under the falling wood. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dirt hitting the box sounded like heavy raindrops falling on the roof of our house. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The rain was falling harder and heavier; it pattered on the leaf-strewn bank all around them and into the river chattering through the dark. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I guess London Bridge is not falling down.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I grab on to a seat back to stop myself from falling. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignoring my command to leave the drowned man alone, Juanita tugged at the dead man’s left boot and yanked it off his foot, almost falling back in the process. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The snow was falling steadily now and flakes the size of postage stamps landed on his face, on his hair. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Distant galaxies revolving about one another follow the same laws of gravitational physics as govern the motion of an apple falling to Earth, or Voyager on its way to the stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hooper seemed to go on and on falling, in a peculiarly graceful sort of way, one arm flung out. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

But you can't hide what you are, I thought, falling into step behind him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And the way he said those words made me feel like I was falling. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sunlight was still shining in the sky, but long shadows reached over Isengard: grey ruins falling into darkness. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Their marriage was falling apart and I was in the middle. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked one morning when the entire yard looked like a sea of yellow, rising and falling in bulbous waves. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then Rondell shrugged and his eyelids started falling down his eyes even though he was still sitting up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“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

I scraped my hand trying to keep from falling. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The next morning a cold, steady rain was falling in Griinau, and a blustery wind was whipping down the racecourse. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I turned my eyes toward the floor, the words falling out of my mouth. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But the mind and will of the Black Captain were bent wholly on the falling city, and as yet no tidings came to him warning that his designs held any flaw. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Compared to some of the Olympian love scandals he’d heard about, the West Wind falling in love with a mortal guy didn’t seem very shocking. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Fletcher got the ball in to their center who threw up a hook that bounced around the rim before falling through. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Proteins enable these barely possible reactions, allowing us to live on the edges of chemical entropy—skating perilously, but never falling in. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“My God, what energy,” he said, falling back against the pillows. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the leaves were falling to the ground, and I was infinitely sad, sad down to my bones. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Or, there were ghosts, but Minya’s binding was too strict to allow them the choice they might or might not have made: to catch godspawn girls and keep them from falling into the sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It’s this exciting feeling of everything falling into place. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

They heard him falling over the brush and scrambling and clawing his way upward on the slope. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dallas was falling under the spell of all those trees and hills, so she was going to have to be extra ready. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

A grating sound came from the dragon's throat like the noise of an avalanche far off, stones falling among mountains. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The rain stops falling, the fire stops burning, my heart stops beating. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Lord Roke let go and sprang away from the falling body. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Now that he has both hands on his gun, I notice the ragged hole in his cheek where something—falling stone maybe—punctured the flesh. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They fought amidst the grass and dirt and falling ashes beside the dead horse, until his brother rolled on his back in submission, tail tucked low. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The rain was falling faster now and the wind was rising. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He starts digging for it, things falling to the floor as he searches. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

If you had one of these black holes on the surface of the earth, there would be no way to stop it from falling through the floor to the center of the earth. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spun around, heart in my throat, as I caught a glimpse of a dark shape falling from the sky, feathers fluttering down like black snow. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

With a sudden forceful movement, he reached out his arm, his collar falling open so Pinmei could see a silver pin sticking out from the imperial gold silk of his hidden robe. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Taisin was falling in love with her—the emotions were as clear and hot as a summer sky. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The falling of the tree was simply a natural reality, like the passing of another day. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Jake and the secretary proceeded to the dance floor and did a dirty dance, people falling back from the pair in shocked silence. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was a map of the state, showing the clouds moving and the snow falling. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Sheed leaned his bike against a plank, and the rotting wood broke from his slight touch, falling into the cluttered yard. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

After two full years at West Oakland High, he’d stopped noticing how the lunch tables in the quad were splintered and falling apart. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It tunneled back through time and burst up onto this same field three years before, the first Saturday in August, when the grass was streaked with red and guns were booming and birds were falling. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that I’m not the only one that’s been caught. There’s irony in three of the greatest experts in robotics in the world falling into the same elementary trap, isn’t there?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

When I saw the gun in her hand, 1 ran toward her, clumsy and falling, wanting to save her, to save us all. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe I’ve gotten it backward, maybe it’s just because I need a reason that I find myself falling in love with her. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Your eyes widen and what you did with your best friend last night tumbles down over you like bricks falling from a crumbling wall. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The sound of her footsteps was like a stream falling gently away downhill over cool stones in the quiet of night. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“But I’m supposed to be falling,” the girl said. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A crack in a wall steadied my eyes and prevented me from feeling as though I were falling. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

My mother's hair was black like the night sky, falling over her shoulders in waves. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If they weren’t barking, they were falling apart laughing. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Her mind lit with memories, each one falling like an asteroid, flashing in the dark. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She bent over, falling onto her knees, feeling the icy floor beneath her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And what if he missed a few other clues between trees falling down and him touching a tree right now? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I lay down on it, my eyes closed, listening to the sounds around me: matches lighting, glass jars tinkling together, liquid falling into glasses. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her fingertips and toes were losing their feeling, and she had the sense of falling into a deep, unending chasm. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Now all we can do is wait and listen to the rain falling on the roof of the house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was falling slowly now, bubbles trickling up through my fingers. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Where did I see that film, about the women, kneeling in the town square, hands holding them, their hair falling in clumps? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the leaves were falling from grand old trees, people with scarf-bundled necks hurried along the sidewalk holding paper cups, the women, particularly the Asian women, pretty in slender skirts and high-heeled boots. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Clocks run fast, lightbulbs brighten, flare, and pop, and send a soft rain of glass falling into the corridors. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I try to imitate her, but I end up falling on my bum. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then he’d have himself a big scare and rear up, fighting the rope and falling down and pitching and bawling. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was falling asleep. 2ND JUROR: I mean, I’ve never been on a jury before. 3RD JUROR: Really? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Luke put a strap around Robin’s waist, then ran it under the jennet’s belly to keep him from falling. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She tugs me closer, hands falling to my waist, and I still can’t believe it. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The crash was followed by a noise like stones falling from the sky, or guns firing. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His bare feet made no sound, falling softer than leaves in the thin dust. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cockpit canopy popped off, and I jumped free of the falling mech a split second before it impacted on the castle steps, killing several dozen of the avatars crowded there. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I loved the unsteady feeling of almost falling one way then another. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A major lesson is the central place of maize, usually represented by a vertical ear with two leaves falling to the side, a talismanic symbol reminiscent of a fleur-de-lys. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He puts his hand on my shoulder and squeezes gently, his eyes falling on the phone I'm still clutching. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Agnes arrived immediately, nearly falling over herself with joy that Gilly had not only invited her over but was actually asking for her help in carrying out a secret and obviously illegal plot. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The sky was nothing but falling water, a ceaseless deluge that wrinkled and bloated my skin and froze me stiff. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Lizzie!”Turner cried, half falling himself until he was beside her, his hands under her head, startled by how quickly they were covered with her blood. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Fire spreads through the camp quickly, debris falling everywhere. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drew a swastika on her palm and the hammer and sickle on top of my hand, the Lithuanian flag shredded and falling in between. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She held her arms over her face against bits of falling brick and wood and concrete. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She loved the idea of falling down a rabbit hole, of plummeting into something that she wasn’t expecting, and of course, the idea that a small white rabbit could wear a tiny waistcoat and glasses. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Pieces of the robot kept falling off, getting in our way. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

What slopes rose on above us I never looked up to see: nothing to see but rain falling. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Next come crops whose names are consistent only among the languages falling within a small subgroup of those southern Nigerian languages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped the language of chivalry, falling into the simple tongue. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the rain falling outside and the moss softly under him Ishmael shut his eyes and breathed the smell of her fully in through his nostrils. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The Schoharie Bridge was falling apart for years and years, and no one did anything about it until it killed five people.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

And still the snow was falling, drifting down in silence from a windless sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A falling away, a dislocation was taking place. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Each time I’d manage a few more steps before falling over, and eventually I got the hang of it. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

On March 28, with light snow still falling, Ulbrickson officially elevated the boat to varsity status. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I think this, but my body is falling asleep right here in my bucket seat. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was the information about Miles—about his mother—that had kept me from falling asleep. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Your eyes are a little watery, but nothing’s falling out of them.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s the sensation of falling, then I hit the ground with a jolt that goes right up my spine. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at the other girls, her eye falling on Sandi. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

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

We smile at each other, and even though there are a million reasons why I shouldn’t, looking at her now, I can’t help feeling like I’m falling in love with her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The damp hair is falling across his forehead, and he rests his head against mine. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m not falling in love with—” “Right. Somebody mentions the girl’s name, and you get this look in your eyes. Watch: Nicole. See? You’re toast.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Just as I was falling asleep, the Colonel spoke. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Most nights Frederick murmurs to himself before falling asleep: bits of poems, the habits of geese, bats he’s heard swooping past the windows. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As they soared upward, away from the two remaining Death Eaters, Harry spat blood out of his mouth, pointed his wand at the falling sidecar, and yelled, “Confringo!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Joseph’s ears were about as red as ears can get before falling off and shattering on the road. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The pool itself was cracked and unsafe, the pool house crumbling, and the fencing rusted and falling down. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

These falling from the tree with a sound like rain, all at once there came a sweet fragrance, while the tree, swaying, put forth leaves of rosy fire and white flowers like stars. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, he’s falling apart—and this is over the idea of Abby and me as friends. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

And I hung in the air, descending more slowly than the rain, falling sideways, falling sideways. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I could see it happening: the flowers are turned upward, and if the sraf were falling straight down, it would enter their petals and fertilize them like pollen from the stars. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Camel limps weakly behind, popping his head around one side, and then falling back and running along the other like a disgraced puppy. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The babies lay curled on Estella’s chest, their small bottoms rising and falling with her breath. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But here’s the thing: I was used to falling on my Tkatchev and having my coach put me back up on the bar. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I felt as if our family were almost falling into their arms now. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Sir Fig Newton was curled on the floor by Dad’s chair, soft wheezing snores accompanying his rising and falling tummy. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I watch the black tufts of hair falling to the floor. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She has dark-blond hair cut in a long pageboy, with bangs falling half into her greenish eyes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My pilot had a stupid navigator and I had a mindless pilot.... By her fifth sortie, Dina felt very tired and kept falling asleep.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Once I started school, however, I discovered I had a much bigger problem than just falling out of my chair. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But how could she be so lighthearted when everything was falling apart? The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

With that I hurried on, and it was not until I had all but reached the kitchen doors that the darkness falling again in the corridor told me Miss Kenton had closed her parlour door. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Robert and William slept soundly, their arms wrapped around each other in their trundle bed, their chests rising and falling in unison. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was falling in love with his private nurse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My pups followed me on every trip, whimpering and crying, tumbling and falling over sticks and rocks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner imagined the houses up on Quality Ridge falling to the trumpets of the Hebrew host. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“But then it started falling off. The school’s not good for me. There’s too many distractions. I need to go to a smaller environment where I can focus.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The room—a room in the sheriff’s office, into which he’d locked himself before falling asleep at a desk—was dull with near-darkness. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the terrible cry ended, falling back through a long sickening wail to silence, Frodo slowly raised his head. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"All the buildings are falling down, and it's so . . . so . . ." "Cold?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’d feel myself falling, shove my hands forward and lock my elbows and shoulders as tightly as I could, and fall. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Bunny, hair falling into his eyes, was preparing to make a shot, flexing the mallet and shifting back and forth on his feet like a professional golfer. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“There’s an old shed that’s falling down behind the MacGregor place. I’m going over to gather up some scrap wood. You’re welcome to come along.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I stay up as long as I can, finally falling asleep sometime around four a.m. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Two walls were down, a third falling fast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I miss you,” Isobel says as he leaves, but the sentiment is crushed by the clatter of the beaded curtain falling closed behind him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But it was too short and kept falling forward. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She went after him, stumbling and running and half falling down the next steps, which went to a little dam, and then streaking over the meadow. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

That’s how long it took me to be able to stand on my own feet without falling over like a two-legged stool. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Percy lurched awake in cold gray daylight, rain falling on his face. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When he finished, Turner could feel again his father falling away from him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But to raise one’s hopes is to risk their falling further. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

To the dismay of the Japanese climbers, however, the ladder was falling apart and had become partially detached from the rock, so ninety minutes of strenuous climbing were required to surmount this 20-foot cliff. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The rain was still falling steadily as we got out of the car and hurried towards the shelter. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The fire was little more than coals and it gave no light and the wood was nearly gone and the trees were falling all about them in the blackness. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The falling snow had covered almost all of it, but part of one gargoyle still poked above the drift, its grotesque face snarling sightless at the sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Simeon unrolled the newspaper; glanced at the front page, which was a story about a school bus falling from the sky; and ripped it in half. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I lost it because it kept falling off.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He still wore no shoes, which was hardly surprising, for he had always been falling over the shoelaces and tying a bow had presented him with problems. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Compared to that, what is falling in love? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Deen would stand below, on the rock cliff, and Jinny would step very intentionally, out into a gust of wind, holding his hands, to keep her from falling right back. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The bus lurched, and the girl rocked back to keep from falling. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I tell him compared to that, falling in love just seems like small coincidences. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Their voices were no louder than dry leaves falling. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was much more interested in falling into stories than completing Du Barry's assignments. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He hugged Nneoma, moved back to look boldly at her hips outlined in her fitted skirt, her long weave falling to her shoulders. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I survived, and unlike Juliet’s parents, my parents didn’t welcome me with tears falling down from their faces. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Eating candied violets and falling asleep with our heads pillowed on logs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Malcolm had to peer closely at the ground, so thickly was the rain falling, and he felt against his boots a current of water running strongly away from the river. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Chandresh loses him in the crowd more than once, the grey falling into a blur of black and white dotted with color from the patrons. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Lying on it felt exactly how floating on a falling leaf would feel. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Major Major often paid strict attention to the horseshoes falling softly against the earth or riding down around the small steel pegs in the ground. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

There, light from the window of thick oiled paper falling golden on their faces, the two young women sewed and talked. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The next thing he knew, he was falling down, down, down into empty space. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was no nobility in falling, in being bound, in living oppressed, and there was no inherent meaning in black blood. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Now that it’s all falling apart, I want it more than I’ve ever wanted anything in my whole life. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

There was china falling, too, and a thudding sound. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A few great, warm drops of rain were falling. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s to keep you from falling over if you pass out.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His findings were as follows: That falling bodies acquire speed as they fall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Now I’m even more of a mess because I am definitely falling for Courtney Cooper right in this very instant. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I liked falling asleep to the quiet hum of his guitar and his soft voice, the notes trembling. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

There we chanted together, voices rising and falling, loud and soft, some boys shouting, everybody reading together, reciting together and not alone with one voice. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one needs to get bruised up falling in love. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Baked beans are hard to eat, Miss Trunchbull. They keep falling off my fork." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I kept wondering if what I was feeling was at all like falling. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘They are falling rather behind the world in there, I guess,’ he said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

However, no sooner was he stretched out than he sat bolt upright, his head and shoulders suddenly propelled into view, with somewhat the macabre-comic effect of a corpse falling out of a closet. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

It’s such a cliché, and I’m falling right into it. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

She climbed up again, stretching almost to the point of falling, but it was no good. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I cried, falling to my knees and pawing the floor in vain for the lost bottle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The stars are gone completely now and a haze of rain is falling as each of my footsteps step me closer. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Now, what can you tell me about falling stars? What would be the meaning of a shower of them in the last hour of a night?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I blink, my chest rising and falling because I’m struggling to breathe normally. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The five rabbits hopped slowly along the planks, their great, sensitive ears full of the sound of the falling water. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept waking up in a kind of terror and then falling to sleep again and having the same dream. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad is falling asleep, as he always does when he's not working. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Even with the falling snow, the air had the sting of salt water, and we crunched broken seashells under our shoes. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t the blowing of the wind or the falling of a twig. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“The lake is the sky! You could be falling forever!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Worst of all, she told them, she was being evicted for falling a month behind on the rent and had nowhere else to go. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

People stumble into manholes, are hit by falling objects, trip into the paths of speeding vehicles. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He relinquished the endeavour, folded his arms, and stood quiet and mute in the rain, now falling fast on his uncovered head. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And then the plane came falling down on us. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

We fox-trotted all the way around the seal tank, and still the song kept going on about the stars falling. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The snow had been falling on King’s Landing most of the night; outside the drifts were ankle deep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, in the dense alphabet forest of the page, little black tulips began to pop up in a quick, random pattern like falling raindrops. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The brother would grab the pew back, falling, trying to come down quiet. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt embarrassed to be still falling apart two weeks later when the Colonel could take his medicine so stoically, and I sat up. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her father stands by a window, intently watching his arm as he holds it out in front of him, the sunlight filtering in through the frosted glass and falling over his sleeve. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The moisture near Nathan fell and turned into slowly falling snowflakes. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She leaned over, her hair, loose from its daytime knot, falling across Gilly’s own hair. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

A shot took off the limb of a tree nearby, clipped it off cleanly, so that it fell all at once, making a sound like a whole tree falling. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Taisin awoke, evening was falling in lush, soft shadows around them, and Mona was pulling an iron teapot out of the fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She took off all of her clothes, put on a long-sleeved scrub suit, and stood before the door that led inward, blue light falling on her face. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the sky looks like it’s everywhere, sky falling on top of me, sky surrounding me, sky resting at my feet. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Once more he was falling from the plank on the Abbey wall, falling, falling. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Lying in bed at night, I can look out of my window at the snow falling, illuminated by the light from my brother’s bedroom window beside mine. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Burials were falling in number, from a high of 120 on October 11 to half that number on October 21. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of spontaneous game that developed in classes without premeditation, everyone falling into a sudden conspiracy. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every night on the television news, Americans watched film from the Vietnam War: falling bombs, firefights, burning villages, the wounded on stretchers, and body bags loaded onto planes for the long flight home. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He held the boat, it rising and falling against the stone wall and I helped Catherine in. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It seemed as if bullets were falling into the forest from all angles. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

A light rain was falling as he started back toward his hotel. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

First let’s get it clear that the house is practically falling down, but for some reason that doesn’t seem to make any difference to how beautiful it is. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she would hear the sound of running feet, sound of curses, the thud, thud of blows, falling on the head and back of the last field hand out of the quarter. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voices ranged from low and mournful to high and exultant; they blended together in rising and falling harmonies that filled the night. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They remain inside the image ring, snow falling softly on their hair and beards, and except for their forms, their prattle, the town is dead. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He executed a vast swirling bow, nearly falling from the horse, arose grinning, mouth a half moon of cheery teeth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks puzzled with Michael chanting, Frankie broke the house, till I explain there’s a hole in the house and it’s falling down. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I think I’m falling asleep when Safer says “Look!” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The tears of this boy, tears held back these many years, come falling. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

If it has a fairly low speed, gravity will eventually stop the rocket and it will start falling back. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bright stars peered out of the sky, and lit the falling water as it spilled on to his fingers and head, and dripped, dripped, in hundreds of silver drops on to his feet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Bee,” shouted Giles, “I felt a spot of rain, so we’ve put on the cover. Maxim says the glass is falling.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

There’s Mother, so meek, and blind in one eye, her hair falling out, and her shift full of holes — making a fool of his lordship. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I woke with a start, feeling like I was falling. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But the falling snow was already covering our tracks. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The two animals said their prayers and then, to Tortoise’s surprise, they saw money falling in front of them. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

When I was younger, I thought the cloud would get so heavy that all my prayers would come falling down and I’d have everything I wished for, but now I’m eleven so I know better. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

An eerie silence was falling across the stadium. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Not my best, I’m afraid. This sweet little girl had to keep me from falling right down on my face.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I only half smile, hoping that he knows that I'm not falling for his game. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And I was a little scared of falling on my face, of not blending, of making bad music. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I consider sticking my feet out to trip him on one of the episodes of happy restlessness, but I’m afraid the noise of him falling would disturb Mr. Ram downstairs. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, I felt that I was lying on my back, not my stomach, but I really was doing neither—most normal yardsticks disappear in space, and I was no more lying than standing or falling. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fight to keep my mouth from falling open. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Even though I’m already at the bottom of the world, I’m falling. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

From upstairs, the thud of feet on floorboards and children’s voices, two or three at least, talking at once, rising, falling, and rising again, perhaps in dissent, perhaps excited agreement. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Otto shrieked when one of the boys roughhoused him, then mounted a counterattack by standing on his hands and falling into his new playmate. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard what Georgie had heard, a voice calling, rising and falling with the wind. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Because I say so! You will fall backward! The rest of the group will catch you! Then you’ll switch places until everyone has a turn falling backward!” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Will felt the handle jump three or four times with the dying heartbeats, and pulled it out before the cliff-ghast could twist it away in falling. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When we got tired of plain falling, we tried different styles of falling. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petra, three houses away, followed the flashing lights on her ceiling, her thoughts falling into rhythm with the pulse of blue. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Penny was used to things falling off my chair, so she couldn’t know I was being just plain horrible. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

We sit with our shoulders touching, our breaths falling into the same rhythm, and we don’t say a word. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Bigger went to the window and looked out at the white curtain of falling snow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

At present, the blood rain’s falling and we’re on the beach below the monkey segment, far too close to the fog for my liking. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was thinking of my mom, falling asleep in the chair by my hospital bed. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Dusk was falling so quickly that it seemed you could almost sense the curvature of the earth arching away from the sun. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Everything in him rebelled against stopping the engine and falling now. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bedding was stuffed with straw instead of feathers, but she had no trouble falling asleep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If you stepped on this you would find yourself falling through the ceiling of the room below. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Rabiya tries to do splits and ends up falling on me, knocking me over. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Pathetic,” he said, his shadow falling over her as she flipped onto her back, scrambling away before he could get closer. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

For fear of falling, we do not talk much, except I learn that Lorenzo is from Honduras. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bran did not remember falling, yet they said he had, so he supposed it must be true. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I had wanted to get us out of the water two hours before, but we kept hearing the sound of falling trees and the crackling remnants of the terrible firestorm. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I could see nothing but the dark and the rain falling across the light from the window. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Michael says his hands and feet are falling off with the cold but she doesn’t care. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We crash together, falling to the ground, to our knees. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Alternatively, they may be the steady state equilibrium between material ejected from a moon of Saturn, such as Titan, and material falling into the atmosphere of the planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took some experts many years to even recognize that crime was falling, so confident had they been of its continuing rise. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She remembered running, tripping over the billiard cue, falling down the stairs, denting Sandy's flask, and dropping everything else. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are breathing at the same pace, our chests rising and falling in unison. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I was falling from the sky down to the ground, into a pond. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now people were falling all over the courtyard, falling and staggering to their feet and falling again. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Some one came in and as the door opened I could see the snow falling. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The little bronze girl made a sound of disgust, her contempt for him clear, and the boy at the table stopped doodling, his mouth falling open. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Alfhercht pulled the bubble top shut, blocking out the falling dust and rocks, and the group went as fast as they could with their various injuries. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

But she did remember the cozy, lovely feeling of falling into a bed, like holding a warm steamed bun on an icy day. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley staggered across the lake, almost falling over a dirt pile. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Ordinarily, at summer’s end, as now, some leaves would be falling, and by the time snow came, later, many trees would be bare. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

That was what he told himself that first long night bereft of his books, and he had trouble falling asleep for wondering where they were and what Nero had done to them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

After decades of falling for such nonsense, the American people will decide they've had enough pointless anxiety. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

There are no barriers to keep people from falling over the side. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I hope Summer wasn’t hurt falling from the tree. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He let his fingers trace along her outline, falling and rising again as they moved down her hips. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The great shadow descended like a falling cloud. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Canton stood, the broom dog falling from his lap like he had forgotten it was there. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

That it was lazy to blame his falling in love on me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her wonder was so strong that she had to clutch the rail to keep from falling. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The well had been covered up by wooden boards, to stop anyone falling in. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Tears started to form, but I took a deep breath to try to keep them from falling. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

And then she gave a contented sigh, falling instantly asleep, pressing herself into the softness of the Witch’s belly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“You thought falling was cooil” “Well, maybe at first I was pretty angry. Yeah, I definitely was.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He slowed to a walk now, the welcoming party and newcomers falling in behind. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The sawdust was falling into my eyes and as I was sweating pretty hard, it was sticking to my face too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kicked it four times and the door gave way, falling flat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

We both shook Mr. Reilly’s hand, then the door closed and we dropped away from him, leaning our backs against garbage cans, falling toward Earth as if we weighed a million pounds. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His chest rose and fell and then kept falling, like it could carry us both straight down through the earth. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Someone with a lot more strength than me, that’s for sure. I mean, I could tell you were sad, but not falling apart like I was—” I caught myself. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There was tremendous media interest about Skylab falling to Earth, certainly enough to capture the attention of a boy who was about to turn seven and had already started dreaming about the stars. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

It’s only the first day, and everything is falling apart already. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There was the clank of a flashlight falling, then the tinny scrape of it rolling until it came to rest against the wall. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s a mixture of turmeric and some other medicinal powders. It’ll help keep you from falling ill. The monsoon will get worse soon.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

As gusts of wind drove the chill deeper into his body, rain kept falling, penetrating his will, seeping into his consciousness, and flooding his soul. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Professor McGonagall, deputy headmistress and Head of Gryffindor House, had come dashing out of the Great Hall; she skidded on the wet floor and grabbed Hermione around the neck to stop herself from falling. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We kick the bladder up and down the meadow till there are holes and rags start falling out and we get fed up kicking a bladder that’s hardly there anymore. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

No—he was falling toward her, because the platform beneath Mom’s chair gave a little jerk. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They scrambled up the slopes, some of them slipping and falling. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Because gravity holds planets in orbit and makes falling objects land with a bang, we tend to think of it as a powerful force, but it is not really. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Cholly raised his other hand to her hips to save her from falling. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing that had saved him was falling flat. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

His foot met with the shoulder, and she went flying backward, falling so hard that her shoulder relocated with a sickening crunch. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The glass was milky and full of bubbles, and a wet dusk was falling outside. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Everything seemed to be falling apart, and neither boy could hide his worry. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember birds. White birds. I remember falling. I fell so far. And I screamed and water filled my mouth....” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

And as the heat rose, the rain stopped falling. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She didn’t get the concept that driving while talking on the phone was almost just as dangerous as falling asleep behind the wheel. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Some of the Riders were driven back, further and further into the Deep, falling and fighting as they gave way, step by step, towards the caves. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He tried to lunge at me, succeeded only in falling over. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But in ripping it loose, I lost my balance and only Timothy’s hand prevented me from falling in. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those remaining on the shelves collapse, a few volumes falling, but Marco does not seem to notice. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Tall with straight brown hair falling past her elbows, she’s not fat or skinny, a perfect between. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ronan doesn’t listen and rushes to the water, falling into a giant wave. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I thought about the sparrows falling from the sky. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want her to judge me for falling for some jock like James. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

There’s a clang of metal falling behind me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Good-by, Ladybug!” gasped James, clinging to the stem of the falling peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

His arms loosened, and he looked up at her, a lock of dark hair falling over his brow. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He moves to place it on her shoulders but the lace disintegrates between his fingers, falling into dust. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“What are the five key ingredients to falling in love?” he asks me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bo nodded and dashed off, nearly falling flat on his face. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and, falling to the ground, destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath, forcing down the dense groups with which every stick was loaded. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For a moment, she felt as though she were falling from a great height, plunging through air and blackness, tumbling down with nothing to catch at. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Soon, pieces of bread were falling into the wagons from all sides. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt himself falling, and then he was caught in a tangle of bodies. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dodds tried to get up, but she didn’t have room to flap her bat wings, so she kept falling down. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He could hear the soft sound of falling water. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Had the shock of the shipwreck—the noises, the falling into the sea, the terrible struggle to swim to the lifeboat—increased the effect of the sedative? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I ran down to our front door, I discovered that icy rain was falling in sheets. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Teacher, I want to be a sage more than anything I’ve ever wanted in this world. I don’t want to jeopardize that by falling in love with anyone.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He went down to his knees and felt the tears start, cutting through the smoke and ash on his face, silently falling onto the stone. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Ms. Byrd told Clayton, “No more falling asleep in class.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Cardan is dressed in breeches, a waistcoat, and another coat over that, fitted in his shoulders, tapered in sharply at the waist and falling to his midthigh. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Movement everywhere: a myriad arms, rising and falling, hands flailing, backs bending and straightening in a relentless rhythm. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Manderley stood out like an enchanted house, every window aflame, the grey walls coloured by the falling stars. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth is on me, his hands, I can’t wait and he’s moving, already, love, it’s been so long, I’m alive in my skin, again, arms around him, falling and water softly everywhere, never-ending. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s been a couple hours since that detective left, I’m still so frustrated that there’s no way I’ll be falling asleep anytime soon. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"Can you not hear the gunfire? The bombs falling across the world? How many last breaths? Your name should be on the lips of the dying." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She kept falling sideways because her hands were still tied behind her, and so he tied her feet together instead and released her hands. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Acorns were falling from the oaks, and Laura and Mary made little acorn cups and saucers for the playhouses. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night seemed endless and timeless, minute after minute falling dead and adding up to no passing hour, bringing no change. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Snow was falling again; the streets were long paths leading through a dense jungle, lit here and there with torches held high in invisible hands. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just smaller enough so I don’t think I’m about to fall in and keep falling. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The name tastes strange on his tongue, the opportunities to speak it aloud falling few and far between. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A spinning top which is beginning to lose its spin slowly describes circles with its highest point before falling down. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bri put it on you when you were sick, but it kept falling off, so I took it and put it away. Here.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He said my dad told him he’d never even imagined the two of them falling in love. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then falling forward, my head against his damp shoulder, I whispered, "I'll make it five dollars more." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dusk was falling as the boy arrived with his herd at an abandoned church. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was what her tugging had foretold—the world breaking to bits, the sky falling. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was not falling toward earth but being driven straight ahead by the wind. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two little hammerlike contraptions came down and trailed along the edges of the notched disks, rising and falling as the disks steadily turned. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

She paused, her chest rising and falling rapidly, the color high in her cheeks. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Since the arms weren’t coming out of the sleeves and our plan was totally falling apart, I started crying out, ‘Oh no, my arms! Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But desperate times call for desperate measures, and water managers are scrambling to keep the sky from completely falling. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Daringly, they touched the tips of their tongues, and it was then she made the falling, sighing sound which, he realized later, marked a transformation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Shadows stretched across the road, late afternoon, a softness falling down from the sky no matter what people did. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor strained his ears, but all he could hear was the water falling. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs and sat in my room and watched the water falling in the street. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she stood at the door and watched her angel, his lids closed, the form of his body beneath the covers, rising and falling as he breathed in and out. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“You’re too young to know about”—Pop swallows, his Adam’s apple bobs—“the towers falling. What kind of school are you going to?” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry to have to tell you this, Agnes, but your farm looks really run-down, like those paintings of barns with the roof falling in. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“But at the minimum,” the captain says in French, his face falling, “we must X-ray it, no?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Pieces of glass and metal spray through the air, falling to the floor where I lie, stunned. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But they sit back-to-back with the part of town that’s been slowly falling apart for years. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Not broken. Twisted, yes, sprained perhaps. You have the Devil’s own luck, boy, falling into the compost. ’Tain’t the end of the world.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

In a falling elevator, try to climb up on the person nearby so their body will cushion your landing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They he on their backs in the darkness and have a short conversation before falling asleep. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The sound echoed queerly in the fog, and for a moment it was as if poles were falling around them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then louder and faster, a driving torrent falling slantways from the slate sky, like water from a sluice. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Not only were there a dozen frost-covered Christmas trees and thick streamers of holly and mistletoe crisscrossing the ceiling, but enchanted snow was falling, warm and dry, from the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The boy reached the small, abandoned church just as night was falling. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I caught my foot in the flex of the bedside lamp, and stumbled, the book falling from my hands on to the floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The bridge itself is different, of course; it’s made of concrete and lighted up at night, not wooden and falling apart and rotten-smelling. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The results of this were inconclusive, beyond the extraordinary discomfort it apparently occasioned the subject, who protested weakly as we placed her in the steam chamber the first several times; eventually falling silent. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It started rising and falling in a manner that made my heart sink I took in the solar stills and the net. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was just falling, gently, through this soft powdery mass, falling farther and farther from anything resembling life, but she could not allow herself to panic. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like it when you leave me out. I don’t like it when you don’t tell me everything,” Axel says, the bubble popping in his chest and all the words falling out at once. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She looked at him, her face broken up and the hot tears falling. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Soft flakes of iridescent snow float to the ground, falling from her like leaves from a tree. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She stumbled down the stairs and across the yard, nearly falling at last into the door of Number Five. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

As the crowd marched off to make bullets and celebrate liberty and independence in the taverns, I realized dark was fast falling, and I had tarried overly long. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor shook the baby gently, and Arm’s head jerked up from the doze he was falling into. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Darkness was falling, and we could hear the sentries firing far off to mark the end of day. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Liam and Mike burst out laughing about something—even Zu looked back to grin at them, Liam’s hat falling over her eyes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I saw pieces of the great Greenland glacier cracking and falling into the sea to make icebergs. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told them they could laugh at his falling into the water if they wanted to. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra took the glass to stop it from falling as Will gasped. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bedsprings leak—a howling, desperate noise of falling down and springing up, even though they don’t want to. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Outside the cabin, thunder cracked and then came the sound of rain falling on the tin roof. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Seven could not remember falling asleep that night or changing out of her cloak and fighting gear, but somehow, she awoke the next day to sunlight streaming into her room. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The cardboard cover was falling apart, and the pages were bent and soft from age, especially the ones in the front. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The ladies were clinging to their men’s arms to keep from falling over with laughter. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

There were just the two sounds in the room, the falling rain and Mrs. Danvers crying. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

With tears falling, I roll my head to face him. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

And more loose straw, falling down on them. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The snow keeps falling as we shiver together. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I would toss and turn all night and all morning, my heart racing, finally falling into a headachy sleep in the late afternoon, when the rest of Faerie was just rising. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter, falling with him, saw the blood-filled eyes of Lord Asriel gaze at her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She lay flat on the tarpaulin for several minutes, quiet and still, before reaching over and falling into the lifeboat proper. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Minli walked silently after the rabbit finished the story, and for a while the only sounds were of the tree’s flying seeds falling into the water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

When we arrived at Roxbury, night was falling, and so also was drizzle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’s heard of snow and thinks of lacy ice falling from the sky. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already dizzy from the first hit and knowing that he’d probably end up falling down flat on his face if he made a run for it, Gabriel followed Cabot’s orders. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The rule was never waived, even when the temperature dropped to the fifties, and a cold, gray rain was falling. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crumpled, falling at his feet, sobbing and moaning on the floor. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The rain was still falling, so the cart drivers suspended woolen blankets between four stakes that stuck up from the corners of the carts. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

My legs started to shake against each other so hard that I had to squat down in the dirt to keep from falling over. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uriah takes my elbow to keep me from falling. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

To keep from falling asleep I lay on my back staring up at the black and watching the dots shift around in front of my eyes. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the falling out with my father had left me demoralized and without confidence. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d probably wind up falling forty feet and breaking twenty-seven bones or something. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“The truth. That I was trying to keep him from falling off a cliff.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cold December drizzle was falling as I stood in my place and listened to the loud blare of the prelude music for our daily exercises. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Xan looked up at the sky, feeling the light of the moon falling across her face. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I feel like I could do this, falling into each other, forever. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The snow was still falling thickly, and she greeted with relief his suggestion of packing up early and moving on. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

After years of paperwork, lawyers' fees, and an unwanted divorce, my parents were finally falling to pieces. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Was it just a falling piece of tile, or was someone there? Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I felt like a rug had been pulled out from under me and I was still falling. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Taft gets hopped up on sugar and scrapes his knee falling off a big rock in the garden. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Ophie fell quiet as the story of a man falling in love with an Indian princess on a rugged frontier began to unspool. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

They drew the skin-covers over their boats to prevent them from being flooded, and drifted on; little could be seen before them or about them through the grey falling curtains. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It felt good to grab him, to anticipate the warm pressure of his rising and falling chest. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It was quite rough; but I kept on rowing, until suddenly we were close ashore against a point of rock that rose beside us; the waves striking against it, rushing high up, then falling back. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

In fourteenth-century Oxford, mathematically inclined philosophers had hypothesized that falling bodies accelerate continuously; but they had made no effort to confirm this theoretical possibility through experiment. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He grabbed at my corsage to try to keep me from falling. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He started to lean to one side and did nothing to stop himself from falling over. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The words falling in the dark, like apples from trees. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Even tho he knows what I’m doing, he still kicks his legs all over the place like a falling spider, making a fuss for no reason at all. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Other types of insurance, including health and automobile and homeowners’ coverage, were certainly not falling in price. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

In short, that given the variables in our case, our particular falling body was traveling at a speed greater than thirty-two feet per second when it hit the rocks below. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She looked up the ladderlike stairs, and as the sound of falling water tightened around her she knew her quilts were turning into yogurt. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The truck took forever, and the cows kept falling down. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my back, I catch my breath, my chest rising and falling, and see blue sky and clouds shaped like huge pancakes. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Breathe slowly and deeply;” she intoned, “slowly and deeply” I pictured myself on a hot day falling, slowly and deeply, into those cold layers of water. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snow was still falling, even more heavily than when she’d crawled inside the tent. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I grabbed two sparrow-size birds from under a falling club, and the both of us ran till we couldn’t hear the screams behind us. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Still falling backward with the dark thing on top of him, Chronicler felt a dull, dark explosion as the back of his head struck the stone wall behind him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe they can’t be easily translated because they refer to a sensation that only Chinese people have, as if you were falling headfirst through Old Mr. Chou’s door, then trying to find your way back. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the tentative first stones were already falling around the crazy lady. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"House Kent is falling apart, going bankrupt. Did you see Lady Kent's dress—frayed at the hem." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

All twelve bombers have already turned and climbed and realigned high above the Channel before roof slates blown into the air finish falling into the streets. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Of course, with the bleak light falling on her face, I could hardly help but notice the lines that had appeared here and there. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother’s silhouette—still crawling just ahead of her—was growing fainter, harder to discern amid the smoke and bits of tent falling in around them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It was falling faster than they were descending and from time to time would vanish beneath them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On the cliff face of the Grand Coulee, Joe and the men he had worked with had looked out for each other as they dodged rocks falling from above. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Rain is falling and night is falling in Moca as we pass, the palm roofs sagging, the soil soggy with drowned seeds, the drenched jacarandas losing their creamy blossoms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was light falling on the thermometer even though it was invisible to our eyes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sun comes through the fanlight, falling in colors across the floor: red and blue, purple. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The building was boarded and all but falling down. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The promise of the American Revolution, at least as Madison understood it, was falling into enemy hands. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Max breathes those two faint words, her shoulders rising and falling. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then she remembered the scraping of metal and falling bricks, and her heart slammed hard in her chest. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“What are you telling of, Pip?” cried Joe, falling back in the greatest amazement. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Each of the three people who lived in those homes lived alone, and each had a hard time falling asleep that night. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Coming home from work a few nights later, through the still quiet of snow falling, the only sound the watchman with his rattle, calling out the hour, Vincent thinks of Theo. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

These stone walls keep clumpy mud and rocks from falling on the paths and the peoples. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

The window shatters, and I'm suddenly out in the night again and falling, falling, falling like a star to the first floor. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth found that her tears were falling, slowly, bitterly, in the morning light. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Jasper growled again, and there was a sound of something falling. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then the pianist let loose a sequence of rising and falling syncopations and a man’s crooning voice stretched over it all. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

When I last visited my parents, I had trouble falling asleep, too big for the hills and valleys scooped in the mattress by child-bodies. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt the same this morning when I dialed his number, like falling through the dark, not knowing when you’re going to hit the ground. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blinding, sickening pain...a flash of light...distant screams...and the sensation of falling down a long tunnel... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then half of his body was out, up to the waist—he gripped the window frame to stop himself from falling completely. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But then she thought of Nestor falling lifeless in the snow, of the cells full of Grisha lost in their own misery, all because of this drug. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I remember falling forward, and a warm hand on my arm, dragging me inside and pushing me onto a couch, and pounding, pounding dance music and a glass being thrust into my hand. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He is oblivious both to the falling crumbs and to my mother’s glare as she sweeps them into her hand. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Marco offers her his arm, which she takes, and they set off down the street in the softly falling rain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Night was falling quickly, but no one wanted to risk another close call like the one they’d had that morning. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The sky was getting dark; I looked out of the window and saw snow falling. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can see the town’s rendering sails, but also the Catholic church steeple and the rows of 1960s suburbans falling into disrepair. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It felt like an earthquake, like the world was falling apart as the gods pounded on each other. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He couldn't remember when he'd last lost control, but he felt himself falling apart. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But Needles looked like he was falling asleep and was refusing to acknowledge his brother at all. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

These are the breasts that barely developed before falling flat into my ribs. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Now that he was safe, Gregor began to feel the fear of falling into that black void. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thing is, you keep hoping for a miracle right up to the end and then when it don’t it’s like the floor disappears and you’re falling but you never hit bottom. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to hear some dirt falling on the casket,” Big Joe had said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before falling asleep I turn off the flashlight so I won’t run down the battery but I keep the sheet over my head. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Two dozen framed flower prints falling off the wall. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ran outside, some of us falling as we crowded through the narrow door and gathered around our teachers for safety and comfort, like chicks around a mother hen. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It feels like the pieces of a puzzle falling into place. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Imagine a cup of water falling off a table and breaking into pieces on the floor. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one seemed to notice, or if they did, it was obviously unimportant that their sky was falling in. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Haye was sleeping peacefully, his eyelids fluttering, his chest rising and falling. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

First there’s guitar music strumming fast and passionate, then flute music trilling and waving and rising and falling like the moun- tains and rivers. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know, Mom, I’m sorry. They were making me so dopey, and I was falling asleep in class and then not sleeping at night and I’d just be up for hours and it sucked.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Yet in among his mumbling there were words of what the bird had sung and what the water had said falling. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Unknown to her, a strange animal lived in that hole, and he soon felt the warm tears falling upon his skin. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The falling water slapped at them with frozen fists, and the shock of the cold seemed to stop Jon's breath. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I hear some kids running around in the backyard, and soon I see their faces appearing now and then, rising and falling from a trampoline. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

There were little white things falling out of the sky, and they seemed to be accumulating on the ground. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Dusk was really falling outside now; the marquee beyond the windows towered ghostly white over the hedge. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Even though only about fifteen atoms were involved, they kept falling out of the awkward pincers set up to hold them.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Without another word, they returned to the work of the grave, falling into a determined rhythm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Darts continued to rain down from above, more screams, more falling bodies. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Werner tries out various theories on Frederick, but Frederick, he’s learning, moves about as if in the grip of a dream, his trousers too big around the waist, the hems already falling out. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the upheaval the steps collapsed and he felt himself falling downward. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Dicey had watched him learn to turn around in a circle, patiently practicing, tumbling over his own feet, falling in a heap, sitting down in surprise. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s bent over the guitar, black hair falling in his eyes. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The idea of falling from, or jumping from, the roof of my own building used to scare me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Donnie has learned to open the doors and climb on the chairs & other furniture & he worries me constantly about falling. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the gun, they got off slowly, falling behind all three other boats: Navy, Syracuse, and Cornell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The falling air pressure foretold a severe storm. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He came around, rain falling on his face, still lying on the field, with someone leaning over him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Count on James to think things through, Dicey thought, and forgave him for his lack of persistence the day before and for being careless and falling. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

What with the scratches and the noise of running and falling, you won’t even be able to hear the shooting, much less worry about it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

No rain was falling, but the decks were slick and wet underfoot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But then the other voices were falling away, in bunches, until only this one was left. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes scanned the crowd again before falling on Newt. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

My legs were scraped from falling on the roots, and my bottom burned. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In one picture, the lizard man was standing on a curved bridge, laughing as he watched the little boy falling forward over the bridge rail, his slippered feet already in the air. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Mother’s thoughts could have taken form, they would have looked like a big fireball falling out of the sky, aimed straight at the She Elephant. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing her pajamas and robe, her hair falling down from what was once a neatly twisted French roll. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Sounds of the Long Knife rifles, and the big gun; images of the brief and furious battle, and of soldiers falling. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

He looked downward and saw nothing but black darkness into which now and then a few flakes of white floated from the sky, falling slowly in the dim glow of the flashlight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I continued to feel as if we were falling backward, our whole family in a giant trust fall. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Her arms would tire; they would feel like falling off. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The wind in the grass, the big slate sky over the dunes, the house infested with mice and falling down, lull of candles and dirt and music. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked toward the hill and saw the broken Union corps falling back up the slope. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

John Henry bellowed in pain, too, and his hammer crashed to the ground like a tree falling. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

People think it’s such a hard read, but it’s really just a soap opera with lots of characters, people falling in love, fighting for love, dying for love. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

You think of all the films you’ve seen, Audie Murphy and Gary Cooper and the Cisco Kid, all those heroes, and you can’t help falling back on them as models of proper comportment. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wishes I didn’t have scabby knees from running around kicking canisters and falling down pretending I was the greatest footballer in the world. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But the heat was so intense that it was just as bad standing still in the blinding stream falling from the sky. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Last thing we need is someone falling in on the way home. Oh, hi, Tristan.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He was eyeing the Object, his hair falling into his eyes above the curl of a smile. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He felt himself falling for what seemed like a long time, falling as softly as a drop of rain on velvet. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was falling so thick we could hardly see the street at the far end of the schoolground. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the silly cars kept falling off at the curves until his father was cursing at them with impatience. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

But the only sound was Jimmy closing the bedroom door and falling on his old mattress. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He gasped for breath—then slid down off his chair, the glass falling from his hand. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“But you can’t get there through the church; it’s falling down. The cave across the road leads into it.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily—because the last thing in the world I wanted was for our first rehearsal to be canceled!—the snow only started falling in the late afternoon. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” said Harry, standing up, his fork falling onto his plate with a clatter. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Ah,” he said, his tears still falling, “I bet you was mighty happy today, old lady, weren’t you? When she told you he, Royal, my son, was dead. You ain’t never had no son.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It’s that feeling of falling when you know without question that you’ve lost control of your car or made a mistake that’s beyond repair. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I curtsied awkwardly, stepping on my shift and nearly falling on my face. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had very black, springy curls that were slightly too long and kept falling in his face. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mama sat frozen as she drove to the hospital, but as I sat in the back, comforting Rafey, I couldn’t stop the tears falling down my cheeks. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Her fingers slipped from his cheek like orchid petals falling. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

By seven o’clock the first thin flakes were falling. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t anything to keep you from falling off, just your hands and your will. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

My chest kept on falling, maybe with some ice crystals on it now. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"One of your northmen hit me with a momingstar during the battle on the Green Fork. I escaped him by falling off my horse." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Always someone falling in on holiday nights. Drunken poets and little children. Lucky she didn’t drown.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” he says, his eyes falling back to mine. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

John suddenly mumbled, leaning forward, laughing, and then falling back unable to hold his head up. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

We stopped at Bowlegs Cut, drifting out through the markers on a hard falling tide. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was conceived a century ago as a kind of woodland bank, a permanent repository of American timber, when people grew alarmed at the rate at which American forests were falling. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But she looked the same as she always had, only calmer somehow, asleep in the hay next to Bronwyn, her small, feathered chest rising and falling softly. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The laugh, the hoot, shot out of her mouth like a geyser, and then the Object was falling back on the couch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And I got to thinking about my hair falling out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room had the whining, whistling anticipation of a falling bomb. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In his nervous gestures, I can see myself when I first met Hideo, falling all over myself under Hideo’s serious stare. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had fallen in love so many times that she began to suspect she was not falling in love at all, but doing something much more ordinary. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But before long the snow was falling fast, filling all the air, and swirling into Frodo’s eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He shouted to the foreman, “It’s moving too slow. We’re falling behind. These trucks need to be loaded and out of here.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waves back, but even from the curb I can feel her worry, and I suddenly realize that it has nothing to do with the wheelchair or with me falling. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s on the house,” she says, falling into the chair across from me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I no longer have to tie the faja so tightly it strangles my rib cage for fear of my anacos falling down. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crumpled to the linoleum, falling arms knocking magnets off the fridge. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Seth caught hold of the side to avoid falling. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I glance outside as we eat to see that the snow is still gently falling, a blanket of white steadily accumulating on the ground. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The lights of the cars tooling up the ramp blinded us as we shuffled backwards through the snow that had started falling, like, two minutes after we’d left Delaney’s in our lightweight concert garb. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He pinched his calves to stop his legs from falling asleep. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more they gave him, the bigger the world felt, and Joaquin needed a fence, an edge, something to keep him from falling off the face of the thing. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Reaching the pool of spheres below it is truly like falling into a cloud, soft and light and comforting. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The little rabbit shivered violently, as if she was seconds from falling apart—literally. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

"Suddenly I was free," he remembered, "my body just falling...even better than floating in a swimming pool, I remember thinking." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s falling down out of the sky, straight toward my head, brilliant and glassy. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then Emma let go, too—Bronwyn and I being all that kept her from falling—and with her hands now free she reached down and clapped them around the tongue. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was whittling, the shavings falling to the floor right outside the kitchen where we were standing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

One more yank, and the box was falling. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

That last dream had been only one of many falling nightmares. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I slip out of the dining room and into the gathering area, falling back to where the ladies mill about, waiting for their escorts. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She grabbed his reins to keep from falling back. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She walked in perpetual fear of tripping and falling, of breaking an ankle stepping into a pothole. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Frankie stepped back, his chiseled chest rising and falling in steady breaths. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I was with her and Theresa when Jeanne had another one of her fits—falling down, shaking, eyes rolling back in her head—and when she woke up, she said there was a giant coming. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

‘But he shall not turn us back! Halt we must once more; for, see! even the Moon is falling into gathering cloud. But north lies our road between down and fen when day returns.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I had to keep the scope of my situation as narrow as possible or risk falling apart. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There’s nothing worse than a freshly dug grave with snow falling on it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The eastern faces of the Ephel Dúath were sheer, falling in cliff and precipice to the black trough that lay between them and the inner ridge. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Shh,” Chess said, falling into step with him and looking around nervously. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a song began: a cold murmur, rising and falling. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I leave him leaning over the puzzle, his hair falling forward as he picks up pieces and discards them, one after one. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The song, sir. He was singing a song about the deep purple falling over sleepy garden walls. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

When I get hungry enough, then killing and falling are dancing too. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A knight stands in the road, his shoulders rising and falling, his sword in its scabbard casting a serpentine shadow on the ground. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mom grabs my arms to keep me from falling back into my seat. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Since I still had food and a little wine I stayed where I was rather than risk falling when I tried to climb down to the street. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My life was falling to pieces and I was acutely aware of it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the shallows beyond the breakwater an ancient corpse rising and falling among the driftwood. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Bridge felt for them and realized they were almost falling off. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

They were seeing who could walk along the curb without falling. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silver Star’s body seizes, his muscles responding to one last synaptical spasm before finally falling still. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Two little hammerlike contraptions came down and trailed along the edges of the notched disks, rising and falling as the disks steadily turned. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Carla is always falling in love and talking about getting married. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

When I looked into his eyes, I felt dizzy and exhilarated, as though I was balancing at the edge of a cliff, one step away from falling or flying. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Our ears became accustomed to the whistle of falling shells, to the rumble of gunfire, our eyes familiar with the sight of men dig­ging bodies out of piles of rubble. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"That's not falling. Falling is an accident. Fainting is a medical thing." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I kept falling asleep, all day long, at the lectures we went to, and on the firing range, and everywhere else. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrap my arms around my stomach and double over in pain, falling to the ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dread of getting crushed by a falling serac, however, was at least as great as before. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly more things were falling at my feet. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Instead of returning my smile, Lissa gasped and stepped backward, almost falling over the lion bench. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It’s the first time me and her been together without things falling apart. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Curly attempted to give chase but he made it only about five steps before tripping in an owl hole and falling flat. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood in the protected and dark doorway, held each other’s hand and watched the rain falling. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dede had already told her too much about her mother’s falling out with the church. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For hours he lies in the dark, falling in and out of sleep. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was at the Nikitsu Shrine when the black rain started falling from the sky. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’ll go on falling over his feet to make deals with the Americans, who still control all our cobalt and diamond mines. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I'll admit it: The rush of blood did make me wobble and take hold of the corner of the metal table I’d been lying on, to keep myself from falling down. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The rain is still falling around them and there is nowhere to go. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh no, child! It is not likely; and now it is time for you to come in; you’ll catch the fever if you stop out when the dew is falling.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe the sunbeams falling across Sitti’s bed intensified, and the small golden coffee pot glittered on its tray. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Surprisingly, despite the dead light and everything falling apart, the day in the Glade appeared to be proceeding business as usual—farming, gardening, cleaning. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A full moon falling on the snow lit up the world—who needed electricity? Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

There were snowflakes falling and a few landed on his hat and turned to water. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Burnham imagined terrified men, women, and children trying to slide down the glass flanks of the roof and breaking through, then falling two hundred feet to the exhibit floor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In the daytime, a ray of sunlight shone into the tomb, making all the dust motes she stirred up swirl like falling snow. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I've only been at this for a day and I'm falling apart. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“This pipe is always falling,” he said as he picked it up and put it back in place. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The board was just high enough to prevent the eyas from falling out. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He lay for a long while awake, but there was gathering cloud and he saw no more falling stars. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below, she could see Geels’ chest rising and falling with panicked breaths. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Tears were falling out of his eyes and creeping down his whiskers and dripping onto the dungeon floor. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She yawns, taking her bun out, her long brown hair falling gently down, over her shoulders. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The starlight was gone, clouds were everywhere, and there was a drizzle falling. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him about the shark falling from the winch and possibly being whisked away to Guam in the rough seas. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

That was like the seed falling out of a tree and getting planted. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Petra began to unwind the fabric, turning the object first one way and then the other, yards of deep red falling in folds around her knees. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I took the alleys and side streets, falling back on my old habits. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was just light stuff, like the snow, falling around our heads and not sticking and I knew I wasn’t going anywhere with the conversation. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘Then he gloated over me. I felt I was falling to pieces. No, no! I can’t say any more. I don’t remember anything else.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He wiped a tear that was falling down his cheek, said: “You the first person who never leaved me.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

They began to die, falling to the ground and staring up with lifeless eyes at the sky, from which no water came. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It was angels, she would say, a small tear falling to the corner of her smile. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After I finished scrubbing and polishing the bike, I climbed on, stretched my legs to reach the pedals, and wobbled a few feet before falling over. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The dusk was falling and already the tree forms were dark against the sky. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Far away up on the hill they could hear the sound of singing falling from on high like soft rain upon leaves. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Hazel stood, the pelletlike snow falling around her, and then, so quickly it was like she had superpowers, she bent down and packed a snowball and hurled it at him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

No sign of manna or anything else falling from it anytime soon. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Some of the euphoria I once felt in falling snow comes back to me; I want to open my mouth and let the snow fall into it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When you’re ten years old, like me, some of the time no matter how excited you are, or no matter how hard you try, you just can’t help falling asleep in the car. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could soldiers on the ground, bombs falling all around, call in the right coordinates for air strikes? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In that falling golden dust in that sun-splashed clearing, I saw the Virgin Mary. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had no idea what I was walking into, but I knew one thing for sure: It was preferable to falling into that soldier’s hands on a lonely road. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

And perhaps the green shutters were closed only because night was already falling over the surrounding mountains. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Julia, stop. Look, I’m sorry. This has been hard for me. I feel like I’m falling apart.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The retaining clamps ejected from the launch gantry, falling to the ground. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yelling, sliding, falling, he raced back down the incline and followed the riverbank out of there. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was all alone, and he looked like he was falling out of the sky and into this cold green sea. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The day falling back piece by broken piece into view with school and the storm, the tree in the house. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I nearly pulled my own hand away, but he was hanging on to it hard, as if it were keeping him from falling over. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

To the little man it must have been like the sky falling on his head. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He had just time to realize that the age-long nightmares of falling and death were past and that the morning was come, when he heard the sound again.' Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I am struck all over again by how handsome he is, by the soft curls falling around his face. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He said they were so exhausted their heads were falling off. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Let him curse and I remember him falling down the cellar steps, and howling, and I remember, with pain, his tears, which my hand or your grandmother’s so easily wiped away. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

At dawn, heavy snow was falling again, and there was Roz, setting out from the Nest to build a third lodge. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A courier from Early: The enemy was falling back. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody is saying anything about babies, Holmesy. This is about one adult person who happened to be human falling in love with another adult person who happened to be a Wookiee.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

"I mean can you fall and get up again without crying and mount again and fall again and yet not be afraid of falling?" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

With every book her hope rose and fell, rising a little less and falling a little more each time. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I climb out, falling to safety below the sill as I hear the knock on the door and Dad saying my name. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He staggered backward and collapsed onto the waterlogged floor with a great splash, his wand falling from his limp right hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He could hear the rain falling outside, drumming against the bricks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My family is starting to crumble a bit, it isn’t falling apart yet, but I know it will soon. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Lay the stones level, that’s the first principle in keeping a wall from shifting and falling down. “The second is to lay the stones one on two, two on one. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He strode to the archway and stood for some time under the falling rain of the spring. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I caught myself from falling but scraped both my palms and my knee on the brick wall. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He’s silent again, and I feel his lungs rising and falling underneath my head, a sigh escaping his lips. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The rain began falling again, first in the trees, then in the mud puddles, then, faintly, like a soothing murmur, on the tent top. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The younger boys, who had never been up this late, responded to the generalized slackening of discipline by either tearing up and down the stairs or falling fast asleep on the parlor rug. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when they crossed a run that led upward to a hole, he could hear the rain outside, still falling in the night. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Roiben has come around from the table and bends over me, white hair falling around his face. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

By late that afternoon, Joe and his father had moved all the lumber into position, and with the rain falling harder than ever, Harry started to retreat into the house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Pieces of nut falling from his beak littered his breast feathers. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Funny or not, the bombs kept falling and the winter was cold and the people were hungry. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He was in pieces and falling apart, but I was too attached to give him up. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He took a step toward the door, then another step, and sank to his knees, almost falling on a man lying on the floor. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I ran toward the gate, but it was blocked with people screaming and struggling to get out, falling in pain or dead. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now both of my families are falling apart. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

That night she excused herself early after telling her husband that she was going to take a tranquilizer to be sure of falling asleep. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Realizing that the dilemma of integration wasn’t going to be resolved quickly, everybody seemed to be concerned about our falling behind in our schoolwork. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My chest screamed in pain, and I was flat on my back again before I even registered falling. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He could feel the quiet opening up around them, even Anton and Sully falling silent. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Ben was lying on his bed studying the cracked geometry of falling plaster that hung above him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aech knew I was falling for Art3mis, but he never gave me too much grief about it, even when I would bail on him at the last minute to hang out with her instead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The trike riders looked up, some of their hoods falling back to reveal startled, angry faces. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Denna didn’t notice, as she was busy tripping and falling over into a loose, laughing tangle of arms and legs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, man,” I say, leaning down and putting my hands on my knees, my whole body feeling like it’s falling, even tho I’m still standing up. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She headed for the farm, following other people who were fleeing, and falling into the same garbage ditch that I did along the way. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I got up and walked over to the maps and tore them off the wall, the pins and tacks flying out with the paper and falling to the ground. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The thing about falling is you don’t have any control on your way down. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

They were shelling peas; even through the almost-closed door 1 could hear the light clink of the hard peas falling into the metal bowl. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes in the silence of that barren country they fancied that they heard faint sounds behind them, a stone falling, or the imagined step of flapping feet on the rock. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

My thoughts grew illogical and fuzzy, and I distantly realized that I might actually succeed at falling asleep. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The only difference would be the cigarette seemingly permanently fastened between their lips, rising and falling in accent as they spoke. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was queer how the heavy falling snow muffled the sounds of their bawling. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What did you see, Elias? You were coming for the mountains, but you kept falling, clawing at the air. You talked about...about killing me.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I watched in horror as the helicopter careened sideways, falling toward a row of office buildings. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, it's no surprise that guys are falling hard for Marcia Das. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the layered petals shatter, falling from her fingers to the ground, disappearing in the blades of ivory grass below. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It must have been thoroughly pummeled throughout its history by falling boulders. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood a moment looking through the cracks into the humming fire, blindingly red now; then he went into the driveway, through the falling snow to the street. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the rain was falling harder than ever. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Things had been falling down since the beginning of time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel lighter, as if I’m shedding matter, losing molecules, calcium from my bones, cells from my blood; as if I’m shrinking, as if I’m filling with cold air, or gently falling snow. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His mind sagged round and round on the same track, like a ball falling again and again into the same series of slots. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I caught the words “a barrel falling over in the warehouse” and “someone fiddling with the door.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He pulls her into his arms, his tears falling onto her hair. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At first I was afraid of falling in the lagoon, but Don Pedro showed me that the boat was safe, as long as I didn’t move around in it too much. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Instead, he closes his eyes and leans his body all the way to one side without falling off the bucket. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I listened to my flip-flops flap against my heels as I walked to my closet, where I listened to the rain falling while I got dressed. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rashid ran back inside and looked at Kaitlin, expecting to see that she had stopped breathing, but her chest was still rising and falling. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes, losing myself in the falling petals, the light rain, the strength of his arms, his breath on my lips. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

But the cry, so raw in her throat, disappeared in the blackness like a single tear falling into the sea. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Night was falling and the dark lines of Fruitless Mountain softened in the shadowy sky. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The snow was still falling, dissolving against the windshield, leaving wet asterisks on the glass. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Nina’s pistol had fallen out of its holster while she’d been falling through the air. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The house sat behind a small orchard, and beyond it, a barn was slowly falling down. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The place was dismal; plaster was falling from the walls; the wooden stairs sagged. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The well's covered by a dustbin lid under a stack of bricks to stop Dean's sister Maxine falling in. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Now, I heard the snap of branches and groan of falling trunks. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The snow was falling again, wet and heavy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Slopping pigs couldn’t be that much harder than serving in the front room, and it would be better than falling ill or dying. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From there I could keep an eye on all the grownups who were fidgeting or falling asleep or adjusting their fancy hats or singing off key. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A huge, bloated raccoon with matted hair lies dead, no visible trauma, its fur falling off, one of its ribs exposed. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

His response was a lecture attacking Aristotle’s account of falling bodies, the weakest point in his physics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Seconds later, festival-goers stream past, many falling out of sight, cut down as they run, like stalks of wheat beneath a sickle. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was all I could do to keep from falling backward. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Percy stumbled away from the gorgon, almost falling off the edge of the hill. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Shay glared up at her from the ground, bloody teeth gritted, her eyes falling to Tally’s bound wrists. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Aru could just see the outline of Mini, suspended in a moment of falling. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“If you make a burrow too big the roof starts falling in. So if you want a place like that you’ll need something to hold the roof up. What did Cowslip have?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath those parts of my childhood, though, the ugly little pieces of my story were falling into place. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The falling showers gleamed like silver, and far away the river glittered like a shimmering glass. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was a waterfall dropping off a high shelf of rock and falling eighty feet through a gray shroud of mist into the pool below. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He was withering in his response: Aristotle says that a hundred-pound ball falling from a height of one hundred cubits hits the ground before a one-pound ball has fallen one cubit. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

As though it is falling away from him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When the men resumed their burdens the next day, they had a new layer of heavy, wet slush to trudge through, and more wet snow was falling steadily. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He grabbed for her arm, but she was already falling. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It started swirling around in gusts and falling so heavily that I had to turn the windshield wipers to the highest setting, and even then I had trouble seeing the road. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Many of the miners’ houses there are deserted or falling into decay. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hold the notebook in front of me like it’s seconds from falling apart. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

And while part of him felt like falling to his knees and hurling up breakfast, another part of him wanted to howl to the moon like a wolf. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Don’t mind my men,” she said, bowing to Lady Isobel, her dark blond hair falling over her shoulder in a thick braid. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can already feel myself falling hard, something I’ve been known to do. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Why are you ruining everything? and then I feel like falling out of that stuck roller coaster. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She whispers, "I'm sorry," and then we're little girls again, slipping in and out of each other's beds, full of worries and wishes, falling into dreams of the future. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He saw the guests and guards, standing too, straining forward, some nearly falling over the rail as they cheered him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

We just kept falling out and climbing back in. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In her mind she saw herself losing her grip, she saw Jack falling into the dark waters, she saw herself rescuing him from the ice only to lose him to something worse. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

There were dark bags under his eyes, and he was practically falling asleep where he sat. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was slightly disheveled now, a few locks of his hair falling into his face, as if he had been hurrying through the cars looking for her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then, standing there alone in her coat and underwear, the rain falling as hard as she’d ever seen it fall, falling almost in sheets, she burst into tears. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She’s dressed in a skirt the color of ivy, with stitching picking out a pattern of falling leaves. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I kept closing my mouth and it kept falling open again. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Several times both Beck and Yasuko had appeared to be in danger of falling off a ladder and plummeting into a crevasse, and Yasuko seemed to know next to nothing about how to use crampons.* Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The fools never took off their jackets even in this heat—as if they were afraid of falling apart without that black uniform. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

After falling apart, turning hysterical, when the officers first told her in the classroom at Utah State, she recovered her outward composure. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

After a while, the snow picked up, falling heavier and steadier. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But then I am in the woods again, and the snow is falling, and everything alive is fast asleep. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least the coach seemed to have forgotten about Percy and Annabeth falling asleep in the stable the night before. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The new watchman, Luno’s replacement, nearly fried when a falling cinder ignited the ticket shed, where he was phoning for help. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It had taken him months of training, but now he could absorb decades of information without falling ill or losing himself in the waves of light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

That is not the table falling, she thought; my mother is knocking on the wall. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The mesas to the east were obscured by veils of falling snow, and the sky above them was dark blue. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet are so cold, and just hours ago they were running over the stoned streets, and suddenly there are tears falling down my face. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Yet everything was falling into place to benefit the Ortegas, except for Dorotea, who must be sad too. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The droplets of water falling from the blade of the oar were tiny stars, extinguished as quickly as they burned into being. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The wandering boy stood in the center of the path, snow falling all around him. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They both fell, and in falling, Junior let go the cat, which, having been released in mid-motion, was thrown full force against the window. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the crime rate began falling in the early 1990s, it did so with such speed and suddenness that it surprised everyone. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

We thought there was a great distance between the future and us, and now here we are, falling through it. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

To and fro he swayed, now so near the brink that almost he tumbled in, now dragging back, falling to the ground, rising, and falling again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He could not move out of a walk, he could not hold his stool out at arm’s length, he could not stand on one leg without falling over. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Many of the soldiers were falling, hit by bullets and arrows. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The evening was falling when they went to the house for their supper. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Snow’s all right on a fine morning, but I like to be in bed while it’s falling. I wish this lot would go off to Hobbiton! Folk might welcome it there.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Well now, if the falling of this bird is a sign of a curse or bad luck, we are in both. So I am eating every bit of it. You can do as you please.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The girl has red hair swaying to her bottom, a skirt falling to her calves. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Jane Eyre is falling in love with Mr. Rochester,” she said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Five—ten—fifteen—it was impossible to count the kids that suddenly pitched forward, falling face-first into the snow, screaming and howling in pain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When I fall, he tries to catch me and ends up falling down beneath me, just so I won’t hurt myself. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Lupita followed, going up the ladder as fast as she could and falling with a thud onto the bottom of the car. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He could imagine all those soldiers falling in the grass, falling to the ground. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

His words are like froth in my head, boiling, rising, and falling. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When the morning came, a northwest breeze brought warmer air, raising the temperature almost up to the freezing point, but with rain and sleet falling, the men were still covered in ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Images of bloodred rivers, his dad surrounded by rats, and Boots falling into bottomless caverns had woven in and out of his dreams all night long. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing could be seen all round the house but falling water. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The sun, falling in the west, to the left of the Chevy, snuck into the car at an insidious angle, causing Reggie to squint. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

There were more prayers, a psalm, the Lord’s Prayer and another long one in which the falling tones of valediction gathered into a melancholy finality. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

So he had said “always,” so she would not have to be afraid of the change—the falling away of skin, the drip and slide of blood, and the exposure of bone underneath. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Like a stone thrown across a blue pond, hitting, falling deep, and vanishing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

But bad things falling on her—unkind words, nasty stares, foot blisters—she seemed unaware of. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

At one time he must have been immensely strong; now his great body was sagging, sloping, bulging, falling away in every direction. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Dusk was falling by the time we returned to our bridge, and I was glad. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I do believe I’m falling in love with that boy. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

If you keep as deathly quiet as this I’ll be falling asleep at the wheel any minute now.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Evening was falling, and the beggars were returning to the Cow’s Guts. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

An all-engulfing panic took him, there in the halls of the Gods whose very existence had been forgotten—octopus-faced gods and gods who were only mummified hands or falling rocks or forest fires... American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

And then the last remaining space between our lips was gone and I was falling headlong into her eyes, right there on Palo Verde after dinner. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

A little further north they came to a fold in which a tiny stream, falling and winding, had cut a stony path down into the valley. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

This time Matthias was aware that there would be another shower of falling dust when the door opened downwards. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

So close to home, he was not falling for any traps. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I swear to God whenever I think about Khalil falling into that life, it’s like watching him die all over again. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It began as a few sprinkles, falling lightly like hot snow. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Southwards to their left they could see the forest falling away down into the grey distance. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And there was no sound but that inevitable falling rain. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The booms that came next were infinitely worse—the thundering of something heavy falling and the resounding crack of metal snapping. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Kristi holds the very end of the lock of hair and it spins back, falling against the path of freckles across her nose. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hair uncombed, dresses falling apart, shoes untied and caked with dirt. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was savoring the sound of Muthu’s snores rising and falling in concert with yours, after telling you our bedtime tale, when I heard Arul sneaking out of his tent. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The only sound was the falling of the snow. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now Dimple could focus on not blundering the steps and falling off the stage. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The east is gray; it will be primrose soon and then red with firing and once more the weary backward marching will begin, retreating from annihilation, falling back upon defeat, though not quite yet. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right then, I feel as though he sees everything—every hope of my heart, every stray thought I’ve had before falling into an exhausted sleep each dawn. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I looked across the table at my mother, who had a tear falling down her cheek, and asked her, in a whisper, what was wrong. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I just feel a sudden impact and I’m falling. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

We’re standing at the beginning of a tunnel with one wall made of rock and another made of pure falling water, roaring past white and clean and so fast it looks almost solid. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Our car is always falling apart and she doesn’t get a new one. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hurd knew where he was from the antiquated and dilapidated houses with peeling layers of paint, like a set of yellowing teeth falling from the gums because of rot, exuding the stench of decay. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered what it had felt like for Hooper, falling through the air, whether it had seemed as slow as it had looked, and how much it had hurt him, hitting the grass. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

There was a sound of water falling nearby. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Now all the great assembly was falling into shadow, and yet, though the night-chill blew cold from the heights, no lanterns glowed, no fires were lit. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was two o’clock, and the snow was falling a little harder by the time I got there. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Samuel suddenly realized that he was making his speech last to prevent silence from falling on the table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The light rain went on falling on the hills above Gettysburg, but it was only the overture to the great storm to come. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But more than once they glanced at each other, and each was surprised by the pool of happiness that spread through herself even as she trudged through the falling temperatures and growing dusk. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They’d hidden an important map here—something they didn’t want falling into enemy hands. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As soon as Vincent had rested from his journey, he made three studies, even with the snow falling. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Jesus,” he said, nearly falling out of his chair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

By then a second flight was on its way, and arrows were falling as well, hissing down from the archers' nests that studded the towers above. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He felt as though he was falling, and clutched desperately at Dancer's reins. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They lived useful, long lives, so let us not panic like a bunch of Chicken Littles and feel the sky falling, but instead put our energy into keeping Norvelt alive. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That was unpleasant, but not as unpleasant as falling off the platform from sheer weakness would have been. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of running and falling water was loud, and the evening was filled with a faint scent of trees and flowers, as if summer still lingered in Elrond’s gardens. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We began our trek down the mountain just as dusk was falling. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Their beards were full of ice, and the falling snow had given them white hoods. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They drove past the capitol dome of Madison, another perfect snowglobe scene in the falling snow, and then they were off the interstate, and driving down country roads. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Being in love and getting married, now, that’s two different things. I was in love once, of course I was. Nobody should go through life without falling in love.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How could she have known that it was falling?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Rainclouds over dark towers, rain falling in deep streets, a dark storm-beaten city of stone, through which one vein of gold winds slowly. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Every twist and turn put him in danger of falling off his horse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As I left, the building was falling down and all the people were yelling. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe part of falling in love with someone else is also falling in love with yourself. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And so she had the dizzying sensation of falling,, falling into the new person she had become, falling into the strange familiar. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I have good news,” she said, and the Great Hall, instead of falling silent, erupted. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to imagine the god of messengers ever falling in love with this old woman, but the idea was too bizarre. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

‘To me it feels more like falling asleep again.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was clear daylight now and a fine rain was falling. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

These days, her skin barely clung to her bones, falling in layers, flaps, on her face and neck. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Frank flailed backward like he was falling off a bar stool. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A girl of fifteen or sixteen years, he judged, dark hair plastered across a gaunt face by the falling rain, her bare feet muddy to the ankles. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

How to Survive 101 Calamities was the name of the book, which covered what to do in any dire situation—falling elevators, train wrecks, theater fires exetera. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He being settled and falling swiftly into a shivering sleep, I quitted the chamber and repaired downstairs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The giant Gryffindor hourglass had been hit by a curse, and the rubies within were still falling, with a loud rattle, onto the flagstones below. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Grabbing my head to squeeze out even the thought of them falling to their deaths, I pushed words right out of my mouth. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the snow was falling, and it looked very pretty. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The snow is falling softly now, and I can faintly see the city’s skyline up ahead, the buildings just a shade darker than the clouds. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I glimpsed him as he grabbed a branch and clung to it while I kept falling. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Alex watches them from afar, wondering what they could possibly be talking about that has June nearly falling off her barstool laughing, until the crowd overtakes him again. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Laura and Mary must play in the house now, for it was cold outdoors and the brown leaves were all falling from the trees. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally into the corner of his mind’s vision would come a sensation of falling, but he pushed it away with the view of another picture or the sound of another conversation. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Max tilts her head to the sky, a narrow beam of sunlight slipping through the buildings and falling on her face. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This time, a man’s voice hollered in answer, and Magdalys heard the crash and tumble of a body falling onto the cobblestones. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I implored them, “Please let there be sturdy walls like these around Anatole. Please let them hold up a roof that will keep this awful sky from falling on him.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I’m running, almost tripping over my dress, hair falling in my face. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The rain was thinning away and the girl was walking in the centre of the sidewalk with her head up and the few drops falling on her face. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

As all the stars may be reflected in a round raindrop falling in the night: so too do all the stars reflect the raindrop. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was nothing more than his temperature rising and falling in fits. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I feel like I’m falling through the air faster, dragging Mateo with me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He stood on the sidewalk, awkward and humiliated, trouser legs flapping around his ankles, socks falling down. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated watching the tears falling down Sam’s face. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She felt herself falling, and hands catching her, and then consciousness fled. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

With his zits and his long hair falling out of my ponytail holder, he barely looks old enough to get into a PG-13 movie. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

His jacket was way too big for him, the shoulders hanging down his arms, the sleeves falling over his hands. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The water was falling apart as it rose. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In practice, the game seemed to come down to mostly shoving, hitting, and falling into the water, along with a lot of loud arguments about whether or not someone had said "Mayhaps." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Maya slips out of her blanket, falling, like Pop, onto the floor. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I folded my hands across my chest, as if to keep my broken heart from falling clean out of my body. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We’d watch for falling stars, and whoever saw one first would issue a dare. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It felt like our friendship was falling apart. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Boy, I was falling all over myself in the dark. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Bending over the keyboard, a long strand of brown hair keeps falling down into her eyes, and she keeps trying to hook it behind her left ear. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had avoided letting anyone at Chapel Hill High School know where I worked, specifically to keep that knowledge from falling into the hands of Trent and the Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

After the falling the hallway smelled like Kay's perfume whenever it rained so we moved again to the second floor of a pink house on Madison Street. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Yet it was in truth falling year by year into decay; and already it lacked half the men that could have dwelt at ease there. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

This is him as a boy, waiting every day for his brother to come back, falling asleep every night to the same nightmare, trapped forever wondering if he had only done one thing, anything, differently. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We ran straddling the rails or walked on them as fast as we could to see how far we could go without falling off. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The falling snow had masked the boar’s scent, but now the white wolf had the smell. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

About how the moon is always falling in a circle around our Earth. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Will darted forward suddenly, just as he’d done to the man in his house, and with the same effect: his antagonist tumbled backward unexpectedly, falling over Lyra to crash onto the lead. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped fully two feet into the air and narrowly avoided falling on Simmon in the howling, scratching, biting blur that had been my only method of defense in Tarbean. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Surrounded by water on three sides and forest everywhere else, Lost Cove is the end, the farthest point west you can go before falling off the world. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When they stopped outside the garden gate she tried to dismount hastily and he had to catch her hand, wrenching her arm back painfully, to prevent her from falling. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Snow filled the world, falling deeper and deeper, changing the island. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Instead of falling into the river, the Cadillac swooped upward and leveled itself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The sun was falling into the ocean and the sky was warming up for the colors. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Often they floundered, stepping or falling hands-first into waters as noisome as a cesspool, till they were slimed and fouled almost up to their necks and stank in one another’s nostrils. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

There are lights in sconces lining the corridors, cascades of crystals falling from them and swaying with the motion of the train. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Shouting over the wind, the men fought their way off and into the open water again, where a heavy, wet snow began falling on them. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Mr. van Daan leapt up, his napkin falling to the floor, and shouted, with the blood rushing to his face, “I’ve had enough!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Redheads and towheads are falling out of her line of vision. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As afternoon turns to evening, he has us counting falling stars, which is a dull but relaxing task. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Thomas quickly scrambled to the edge of the abyss, poking his head over to see the falling Grievers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Or, describing a sunset from Daniel Deronda, he failed to notice the one that was presently falling over Michigan. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I watched the tears falling from his face. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I wondered whether you would remember that. By the way, I was awakened by what sounded like something heavy falling against my door. Have you any idea what that could have been?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rising and falling, complex in harmony, uncertain in pitch, but constant in the recitative of pain. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Snow was falling on the godswood too, melting when it touched the ground. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She shook her head, her dark hair falling down around her face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I blink hard to keep the tears in my eyes from falling, but I taste their salt anyway. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Unlike yesterday, her blazing red hair is flowing and wild, falling down over her shoulders like it might bite anyone who comes too close with a comb. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Somehow I made it through without falling and joined the rest of the men in our group. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

They were all, even Sammy, shoved out of sleep into the hot morning, like falling out of bed. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day Katie, falling back on a woman’s always-respected excuse, told her forelady that it was her time of the month; she didn’t feel so good. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And on the final strike, the dark flames are replaced with a blinding white, a shower of sparks falling like snowflakes around it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He drove the burning point into the back of the man’s neck—the guy screamed and grabbed his throat, falling off Alec. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Pern is wearing a new skirt falling to her calves, as always. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Instead of falling straight down, both creatures had been swept out of Jess’s line of vision by huge gusts of wind. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There was a fire in the house, rising and falling, with Roskus sitting black against it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

John scrambled up, then wrapped himself around me like he thought I could keep him from falling off. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The light, falling on the held accentuated the colors—the green of the artificial turf, the red of the seats like a luscious flowerbed. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a man hit in the head would go several more stumbling steps before falling. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to think that if I jumped over, it would not be like falling, it would be more like diving; that if I died that way it would be soft, like drowning. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d taken the cliff instead—falling through the sky to this stupid island. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Pick it up and stare at the blank paper, and as I stare, words start falling across the paper. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that why does the earth stay in place instead of falling through the universe?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she was falling and couldn’t breathe for what felt like a very long time. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that I was reading about inexplicable loud noises and things falling from the sky, then there was this whop!, and then a flying—” She was gasping. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I just keep falling, and something sick and weightless fills my stomach. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He pushed too hard, and she planted one hand beneath the water behind her to keep from falling over. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I cover my mouth, feel myself falling down that black hole we dug for ourselves. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I was scared of falling, of drowning in the water below. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He had compared himself with a star, and other people with falling leaves, and yet he had felt some reproach in her words. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I draw a bird and a fish falling in love. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They reached another set of glass doors and went through them into a massive downpour of rain, falling from a black sky. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The room fell silent except for the plopping sound of peas falling to the bottom of a wooden bowl. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pastor Tom said, falling into step with them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I’m getting up and falling against the couch and getting up the rest of the way. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

With a loud clunk, and then a squishing sound, the entire arm ripped free of its socket, falling to the floor. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He threw himself against the walls of the maze, again and again, leaping up, twisting over backwards and falling, and throwing himself again. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He smashes them into Boss, connecting with his nose and his neck, and the man releases a strangled scream and lets go, falling back into the wake of the churning boat. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Pollard’s weight sank hard into his right stirrup, and he pushed off against it, trying to avoid falling over Exhibit’s shoulder and down into the dirt. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A kind of grunt, but no noise of falling, came dearly on the north wind, and then the boar was gone. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guard folded, his pistol falling to the ground. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Never have tampon strings seemed so beautiful as they rolled up and down with the wind, landing on the ground and then twirling and floating up again, falling and rising and falling and rising. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Then the rain stopped falling and the trees dripped and I helped to spawn a school of secret dangers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and James walked together to the bush, James holding Sammy’s arm to keep the little boy from falling. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even her hair, Pearl noticed, seemed lank, falling in front of her face so it half covered her eyes. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Boss is falling, madly flailing his arms and legs and screaming. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He took the early lead, then swung very wide on the far turn, falling behind into fourth. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Unfold it and see," Coach said, his face changing, falling into that familiar look of disappointment, the way Principal Marshall's face does whenever I've had an altercation. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Behind her a Dauntless boy holds her at the waist to keep her from falling off. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

No wonder Dedd has confused Minerva’s exercise and her poem about the falling of night with that sleepless night before their first trip to the capital. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

More in self-defense than out of any decision to wake up, William pulled himself to his feet—like a tree falling in reverse—and stretched his long arms over his head. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Luke dropped the gun and stared right at Lily, finally feeling the weight and the pain of Toby falling on top of him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The galley skimmed the water like a dragonfly, her oars rising and falling in perfect time. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"You got your small fire all right" Startled, Ralph realized that the boys were falling still and silent, feeling the beginnings of awe at the power set free below them. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The snow has been falling steadily since we came indoors. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Jena only gets a chance to glance up at the giant, falling shadow before shouting a warning to her teammates. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The quick autumn darkness was falling then and he shouldered his scythe and went home. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered what Papa had said, and I stopped myself from falling into the whiff of salt air and flying off with the seagulls like some dreamy flower girl. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few matings still were inexplicable, but, even so, the vast masses of data now falling into place made me certain that we were on the right track. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The children of Vietnam, who’d forced him to grapple with his conscience, needed and deserved to be free from falling bombs and searing napalm. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I see his legs on the floor, his feet falling in two different directions. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh, never mind,” the girl said, wisps of her hair now loose and falling into her eyes as she gathered her things from the floor. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

They went to the mouth of the cave and looked out at the rain, heavy, incessant, falling straight down through the sodden air. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Tiny flakes floated into the deep intersecting lines of footprints, and for a moment I felt myself slow, watching the way the snow was neither flying nor falling. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Many of them began weeping and laughing at the same time, falling to their hands and knees to pick up black pebbles and let them trickle through their hands. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

For a moment Treebeard stood under the rain of the falling spring, and took a deep breath; then he laughed, and passed inside. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“All us teachers, I mean. I’m not the only one dealing with textbooks falling apart or supplies disappearing. You know Mr. Roberts? Science department?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jimmy tripped, falling over the twisted plane’s carcass. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Usually, at night, I hear them just as I’m falling asleep. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train stopped, and suddenly I had a vision of a bomb falling right on us, killing us all. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered the plane pitching and falling, the smoke and screams, the panic, and then nothing. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

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 rain was falling on him, but he ignored it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I get food that I don’t plan to eat and look around at the sea of tables and shouting kids falling into place naturally, finding friends, saving seats, knowing just where to go. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A girl that big, a girl who comes in with her pretty face all beaten and black can’t be falling off the stairs. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I left her quite happy after the arrival of the nurse, propped up on pillows with a falling temperature, her best bed-jacket round her shoulders and be-ribboned boudoir cap upon her head. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She frowns at the picture of the crumbling tower and the falling figure. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She grew accustomed to falling asleep with the sound of others breathing nearby, and at times she wondered how she had ever lived another way. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then I dream that I am falling into deep water, and I cannot swim but awaken gasping for air. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was all falling into place at last. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They set the tree up in the front room after spreading a sheet to protect the carpet of pink roses from falling pine needles. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is my brain falling out of my head? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I could hear her clothes falling to the floor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the falling dusk they scrambled out of the pit and slowly threaded their way through the dead land. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

This bird was falling and there wasn’t a single thing in the world that cared at all. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The problem with the falling nightmare is that even after waking up, I’m still scared, as if there’s more to come. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The hammer blows were falling on the nails that ripped through the flesh. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She starts to tilt, and Justyce catches her by the shoulders to keep her from falling. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I think he’s falling asleep again,” he adds, looking at Gogol, whose cheeks are working methodically at his wife’s breast. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

According to the study, this is the final step for falling in love. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Dallas, don’t you go falling for sweet talk and trees and creeks. We’ve got to be ready to flee for the hills and catch that train, you hear?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

A short time later, when the carpenter was taking measurements for the coffin, through the window they saw a light rain of tiny yellow flowers falling. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

When he grins, with sandy hair falling over his face, he seems younger than I am, but I’m sure he’s not. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Some marched in formation, easily falling back into old cadences. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was much the same, this memory, though the hill seemed to be a different one, steeper, and the snow was not falling as thickly as it had before. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had set and dusk was falling rapidly. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain started falling in earnest as Magdalys heaved it aside with a clang. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

You are falling into an obvious imperialist Yankee trap. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The falling stream vanished into a deep growth of cresses and water-plants, and they could hear it tinkling away in green tunnels, down long gentle slopes towards the fens of Entwash Vale far away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Downstairs they were sure the house was falling down around their heads. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The whitewash was faded off the houses and some looked close to falling over. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her fist is clenching the bag like an anchor to keep her from falling to the ground. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I turned and swung, and falling on the tarpaulin, I threw the mako towards the stern. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I walked out into the hallway half lit by the moonlight falling in through the small, curtain-less window at the end and banged straight into the girl. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

No one from the TLA had stepped forward to take control, and the capital was falling apart. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love; and very lively hopes of Mr. Bingley’s heart were entertained. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Though it leaves me unsatisfied, I fear giving it up, falling through space. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d always wondered how they could sleep perched in the trees without falling to the ground. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And my mom trying to open our suitcase on her knee, and stuff falling out. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Enrique and I used to make fun of him about it, but even when the pages eventually started falling out, my dad just taped them together and flipped through it again. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She would be there somewhere, in the background, making tea or feeding the little girl, her shadow falling over him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not see beyond the lawns, the falling rain came thick and fast. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of landing on Brisbane, Skylab broke up, with some parts falling into the Indian Ocean off Western Australia. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Snow was falling, magically softening and erasing the university world beneath it. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

And the truth was my mother was falling apart. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

More and more, Ralph became for them a funny set of ears that came up sometimes, a lesson about falling for foreign devils. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

So much for warning myself against falling for people on the streets. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And at night, my mother would again tell me stories as I lay in her arms falling asleep. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cloke leaned forward, his long, dark hair falling in his face, and knocked the ash off his cigarette. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

His tousled hair fell over his forehead, and sometimes, when the lesson was too long and Raji was too tired, his long lashes would flutter as he tried to keep from falling asleep. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I was falling before I knew I was awake. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth, who was sitting up in bed, was quiet for a long time, the sunset falling over the tiled wall behind her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they were airborne, and the airport lights were falling away below them. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Everything was falling into place in her mind. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of falling back into our line, they were marched downstairs before anyone could think to get a word or questioning look in. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In any case, all that practice in falling down turned out to be a waste of time. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where there should have been an army of carpenters, masons, glaziers, plasterers, and painters, I saw only empty shells of buildings, already falling into disrepair after a few weeks of neglect. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Vonetta recited, Fern did the dance that told of the summer leaves falling into color, falling away and then breaking through spring branches. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The rain was falling harder now, beating the roof of the refectory like the drums of war, running down the sluices in torrents. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

T. P. was falling down the hill and Quentin dragged him up the hill. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scrambled backward as the roof disintegrated into a mass of falling rubble. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A black cloak fastened across his throat with yet more gold, covering his left arm and falling down to his knees. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

So nobody thought anything of it when the first sounds came from the hallway—like a stack of lunchroom trays falling to the ground. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I hear the sound of cake crumbs falling out of peoples mouths and hitting the floor,” said his brother Toulese. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

For in the falling light, she could see what had glinted from the emperor’s collar. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Through the curtain of the waterfall, dusk was falling. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But instead I just kept falling, as if tumbling through a high mountain canyon. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He’s falling down with the hunger below in the lime kiln. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Mouth of Hell is gaping wide, and all of us are falling. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I imagined him trudging through the falling snow toward Altai, arriving in time for Christmas with my handkerchief in his breast pocket. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

In the moments she had to herself, usually in the dark, minutes before falling asleep, Briony contemplated a ghostly parallel life in which she was at Girton, reading Milton. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes to better feel the falling water. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Too busy trying to concentrate on the moving cars and trucks so I can distract my tears from falling. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His ancient valet, Johnny Mitchell, bent over him, his tears falling onto Tommy’s cheeks as he gently sponged the mud and blood away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Who can never accept my offer of companionship for more than a little while. They send me a hero I can’t help ... just the sort of person I can’t help falling in love with.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Even if there was land under those clouds, he would die in the fall, or maybe he would just keep falling forever. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Even after getting shot twice in the chest and once in the head, Sergeant Prothero stumbled off and ran about ten feet, finally falling in the green bushes that surrounded the jewelry store. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The pain was so bad he did not remember falling, but when he opened his eyes again he was on the floor of his cell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He picked up his pen and, revolving it in his fingers, looked out the window at the falling snow, which seemed to be slowing finally. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They would have to go into the force of life, like a drop falling into a river. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They left in the early hours of the morning, and despite my excitement, I had no trouble falling asleep. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above them, more of its fruit was falling, but it wasn’t red anymore. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She had trouble falling asleep, and her nights were interrupted by vivid nightmares. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I can’t stand the thought of her falling into that awful man’s hands.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The knife falling through a hole in his pocket—you can’t prove that he didn’t get to the door. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word man hit like a pile of rocks falling on George’s skull. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I try to remember the pictures I’ve seen of huge Goliath falling to earth with little David standing beneath him, his sling at his side. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When later that same year she sent for a child who kept falling down off die porch across the street, she said the same thing. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The way Mr. Birkway read this poem, you could hear the tide rising and falling, rising and falling. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I noticed the others falling into columns of four, and I was alone in the rear, like the pivot of a drill team. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never liked to get involved just before falling asleep. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roar of the truck drowned his voice before he finished, and the truck was gone again through the falling snow. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone else was falling back, even Eril-Fane—as though “back” were safe. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But falling in love doesn’t even begin to compare to the formation of the universe. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Presently the rising and falling of their breasts slowed to normal speed, and in a sort of pleasant helplessness they fell apart. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It matters so much that, now, without hope of knighthood, I feel like a hole has opened up under me and I am falling through it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When he came home, the first thing he did was ask me if I was hurt from falling. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Tony grabbed him to keep from falling, causing his own crown to come tumbling off. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Why do they have snow falling? Are they teaching children that a Christmas is not a real Christmas unless snow falls like it does abroad?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“They are probably down below by now,” he said, gesturing at the snow around them and the flakes still falling from the sky. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The falling light magnified the dusky expanse of the park, and the soft yellow glow at the windows on the far side of the lake made the house seem almost grand and beautiful. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

These things bunched at the ankles and sagged at the crotch so you always felt as if your pants might be falling down. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Boards twisted and realigned, and I threw my hands out to keep my balance, nearly falling when the planks caved in at my touch. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Tiny little breaths, his chest barely rising and falling, but he was breathing, the air going in and out, and he was not the other word—not dead—and Brian leaned over him. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I sat as far away from him as possible without falling off the bench, elbows butterflied to give me even more room. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Yes, Breanna’s warning about falling for straight girls is now ringing in your head like a fire alarm, and yes, you’re wishing you listened. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

My mind was full and crowded—falling sparrows, my brother’s ghost, Dante’s voice. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

No lips were rising and falling, no teeth were showing, no growling or snarling was coming from him. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

First one way, then another, never falling into a predictable pattern. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I looked up but everything felt like it was spinning, the sky, the stars, my tree, me, everything was spinning and falling. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

One man had been blinded by a blow to his head in the battle by the Wall, another lamed when his falling horse crushed his legs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then, when at last he felt himself slowing down, he threw out his hands and came to a halt in time to prevent himself from falling face forward out of the Weasleys’ kitchen fire. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The next minute, Daddy was falling, and Mama was screaming, and Charlie was crying, and I couldn’t move. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She remembered the sensation of falling after she’d leaped from the Night Zoo’s wall, the impact as she’d landed feetfirst in the dirt and stumbled. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And it was then, as she stood there, her shoulders rising and falling with her breathing, that Tommy seemed to become aware for the first time just how frail she was. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother comes to my side, and her strong arms keep me from falling prostrate. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then he saw that the sun was sinking, falling behind the Misty Mountains; shadows reached over the land. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Inside the arc soldiers were falling hit by the arrows. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

We watched them against the horizon line, rising and falling. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Griswald, her stringy, gray-streaked hair falling halfway down her back, stood up and tugged a snug blouse over her wide hips. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The faintly metallic smell of the falling snow surrounds her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Not even the thought of falling in love with Sam is a consolation anymore. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

It made a noise like a tub of Vaseline falling into the toilet. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Her head's tilted, her hair falling away from her cheek. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then all of that had faded, the sounds dwindling, the people shrinking, the spears and arrows falling back beneath them as Drogon clawed his way into the sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sun is quickly falling below the horizon. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When I reached for another, though, the rain-slicked first branch slipped right out of my grasp and I wound up on my butt, nearly falling to the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I felt my smile quiver on my lips, in danger of falling away entirely. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The falling snow had begun to bury what remained of them, so pale against the black of ragged cloaks and breeches. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

What are you willing to do to prevent such a shadow from falling over you and others? Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

A shot bird, instead of falling onto the soccer field, made it to the picnic area before it came down. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He and another bigger boy I hadn’t yet met whose bunk was close to mine, had to help me get back to the dormitory because I could not walk without falling. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like being inside a globe, because the round screen looks like the inside of an opened sky-blue parachute—making me feel as though I am somehow falling. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In dried up ponds and in the dry arroyo sands, even as the rain was still falling, they came popping up through the ground, with wet sand still on their backs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The place is falling in and very dangerous. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pushed and pulled by the slightest shift of air, but never falling free into the tempting darkness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with more vigor, “You do nothing! This building falling down!” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shut up and set my jaw and hoped I’d live at least long enough to die in a more interesting way than by falling off a horse. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

A boy who was almost falling over from the weight of his backpack looked up at her and smiled. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within, there are overlapping metal hoops marked with numbers and symbols suspended from the top, hanging amongst the visible gears and a series of stars falling from the filigree cap at the top. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She could not imagine what it would be like to have bombs falling on her city. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I begin to spend time outside my body without falling over. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I yank it tighter around my shoulders and turn away again, and then I am falling. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The bell shrieked, and the lines of students began falling into the building, starting with the kindergartners, then the first graders. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The rain was falling harder now—my hair and clothes were damp—and I crossed to the other side of the street and stood, clutching my purse. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Something like golden rain seemed to be falling from it — “Excellent!” yelled Ron as the shamrock soared over them, and heavy gold coins rained from it, bouncing off their heads and seats. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The way she stood, the bright sash around her waist, and the two glossy braids falling over her shoulders made me feel that she had performed this ceremony in some distant past. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They moved around the edge of the forest, darkness falling thickly around them, until they were hidden behind a clump of trees through which they could make out the Willow. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

That sounds like Siunek falling down the ladder in his sock feet. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z