I kick off my shoes and carry them so I can move even faster. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

After the sun was up he went, still fasting, to the door of the House and knocked. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“The less you think about it, the faster it will go away.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

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

The grass waves, the trees are transected by sunlight, the pack draws closer, and Werner feels annoyed: Why couldn’t Ernst be faster? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But whenever that worry enters, I drive it away as fast as I can, just as you have to chase away an ant as soon as you spot it. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The blood was spurting out strong and fast. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The words began to race now as though they couldn’t get out fast enough. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Amil normally shoveled his food in so fast, I wondered how he tasted anything, but even he seemed to slow down and enjoy it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Tempo: Beats per minute; how fast, medium, or slow a piece of music is played or sung. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

In the dark he thought of the bull-necked man crumpled on the floor in the cake crumbs, like the strangled bull in the cattle chute, and he walked faster. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He collapses to the floor and his blood spills fast and surrounds him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

JimmyTrotter said real fast, “If I want to see television, I go to Aunt Naomi’s. She has a new set. Color and stereo.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The move is so smooth and fast, it looks choreographed. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have to be strong to get out of here, he just needed to be fast. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I remembered what the man on the train had said, that you died fastest if you stood underneath one of the showerheads, where the gas came out. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” she said, but she was gone, sprinting as fast as she could alongside Bits. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And there are no phenomena in our experience—like the crack of the bullwhip or the clap of thunder for sound—to suggest the possibility of traveling in a vacuum faster than light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hotels are all in competition to see who can get their guests from their rooms to the casino faster. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

As long as the Special was as fast and strong as he seemed... Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But they are much faster, flying through the underbrush so gracefully as my boots catch on roots and fallen tree limbs, that there's no way I can keep apace with them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I learned so much so fast, and now my mind is deteriorating rapidly. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I figured out they preferred to hunt in packs, and that the old ones were slow while the new ones were just as fast as a regular person. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The tears I’ve been holding back all this time come hard and fast. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Seven prayed Valley was keeping up with the cuco’s fast pace, when suddenly they stopped. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Here comes Sally, sittin’ in the alley,” they sing to two girls in the middle jumping fast. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I take off up the path toward the top of the hill, keeping my head down, motoring fast, Viola after me, Manchee trying to keep himself from biting at his tail as we run. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It handicapped the most talented and fastest boats, and gave every advantage to the slower boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Because it was summer and the days were quite long, I was fasting for sixteen hours a day. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

They were strong, though, and inhumanly fast, and he was in the center of a troupe of them. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I pull out my little dagger, grasp it fast and bury it in my hand once again under the mud. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stammering at times, he speaks so fast that his words slur together. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The fence was almost invisible, and the quad bikers, moving fast toward him, would be unable to hear the warning sound over their own engines... Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“No hard feelings—really. But you have to make up your mind fast, Jax, ’cause I got to go.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Just give us a fast track,” Pollard said. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped smiling pretty fast, though, when she saw the longhaired guys case on her car. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel nauseous and a little dizzy, slowly making my way back downstairs, hoping Lidia understands, and hating myself so much I race down the stairs faster and faster.... They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I came home the other day to some fast Spanish music blasting in my room and Charlie moving his hips like they were connected to supercharged batteries. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

On the road, the children kept a faster pace than before. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I spin the cassette so fast my finger keeps slipping out of the tiny hole. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was gonna have to work faster than I do most days ’cause a bunch of people were counting on me to bring ’em some fish. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

We played mumble-the-peg or spin tops or play dude on the rock, which I usually won because I could run faster. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine my father, a portly bear who I have never seen move faster than a brisk walk. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It will go faster if we look together.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They tore across the vegetable gardens to the greenhouses, paused for a moment behind them, then set off again, fast as they could, skirting around the Whomping Willow, tearing toward the shelter of the forest.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She could type on it faster than I could on a regular keyboard. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I said, even though my heart had started to tick faster. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“No matter how much I prayed, no matter how much I fasted, she was not getting better.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Gramps swerved across two lanes of traffic and onto the exit ramp, and faster than you could milk a cow we were standing barefoot in the cool water of Lake Michigan. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I wish I could stand in the sun and run to the ice cream truck and buy a chocolate cone and eat it really fast before it melts all over my hands. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow Spanish Harlem would run faster, fly higher, stretch out its arms farther, and one day those dreams would carry its people to new beginnings. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

On one, the old cook, Chucha, lay, fast asleep, her fat black face looking pleased at the occasional cool breeze. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Hooper went, he could move much faster, now, on the plastered leg, but Fielding waited for him all the same. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Her daughter-in-law would later remember her letters fondly—and also her knitting, Anna moving the needles fast and furiously to the end of her life. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I thought: He will hear it and be out so fast that we will have no chance. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He had thought how he would like to chain the deputy sheriff behind his own wagon and then scare the horse so that it would run faster than the cruel man could. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A new way to work lunars! Come on deck! As fast as you can!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, Meggie gave a warning cry, and the lizard darted away so fast that the tip of the blade struck the stones. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But the flames were thick and oily and burning fast, consuming the ball of bark as fast as if it were gasoline. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as soon as he said it he braced himself, thinking I would catch feelings, as if I thought he was saying I don't run fast enough, and judging by Saturday, I don't. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

They made over nine thousand solo flights in their fast and dangerous Yak fighters—about half of those were combat missions, and 125 were air battles. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

His fingers beat at a faster pace, and some of the sand began bouncing on the floor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t go much faster because of the snow, and even if they could they just weren’t going to. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fish went scooting away toward deeper water, only Yeller was too fast for him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s much faster than she is, so I’m sure Molly will not win today. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They would go up on the snowdrift at one end of the living room, and run down, one behind the other, onto the ice, until they were running too fast to keep their balance. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

He moved fast, too quickly for me to do anything but close my eyes again. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But Rachel fooled me again, this time hitting me with a fast lunge underneath my right arm. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I never knew about necks,” Sarai whispered between fast, hot kisses. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Nhamo lunged with both hands, but the catfish was even faster. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bing starts to walk over and then something tugs on my father’s line and he’s reeling as fast as he can. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The river was dark and a bateau mouche went by, all bright with lights, going fast and quiet up and out of sight under the bridge. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I get up and start walking as fast as I can. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Kim cries then, tears pouring out faster than the rain can wash away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all take another look at the mountainside, lit, exploding sparks, and burning faster. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The truck is not even going that fast, but it is going fast enough. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“You are the new girl? Tanu will show you what to do. I hope you will learn fast. I can’t pay someone who is slow and clumsy. Quick now, girls.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were probably already working from a prioritized list of possibilities, entering them as fast as Sorrento could type. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I suck my sleeve and walk fast to try to get away from it even though it follows me everywhere. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He runs faster than anyone I know, so he always gets away. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We already have slow interstellar flight, and think fast interstellar flight a possible goal for the human species. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brother and some of his boy cousins had found a long bamboo stick and were poking the water as if they could make the boat go faster. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He packed my mother into the car as fast as he could, and they left for the hospital. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

But she had noticed how fast he learned the very first day when she gave him oral and written tests while Master waited outside the airless room. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The more worked up she became the faster she spoke and the faster I had to write. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"Well, look fast. She goes to the butcher soon. Hardly anyone will buy her milk, and then they only pay half price," said the man. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Edward was growling something too fast for me to understand, but it sounded a lot like a string of profanities. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His pace was fast and sure, and he reached the ground before Otto, turning his last bouncing step into a somersault and landing in a superhero crouch. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And I thought maybe my parents would see a picture of me and this would give them hope and bring them to me faster. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

All he could think of was how badly he wanted to get away from his father with his twitchy eyes and fast, high smile, the face of a man deep in his slide. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Putting the boards on my feet cut fifteen pounds from the awful load on my back and made the going faster besides. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw that I was fast on Abu’s trail, my face a mask of determination. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I blink fast—seeing her reaction is making my eyes fill up too. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The little muddy head disappeared faster than a toothpaste cap down a sink drain. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

They don’t look it, but when you see one running, you can see that their steps are really fast. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t let his hat get away from him, and the train was moving fast. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“He came runnin’ home all chewed up, so we brought him here as fast as we could.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horses conversed and developed a fast friendship. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then my heart starts beating faster as I notice paw prints on the painting from where Mango walked across it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Tristan jerked his hand away so fast he dropped his foil on the floor while also knocking everyone else’s foil off the heating plate. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Not as good as mine. But he learns fast.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And with the Oompa-Loompas rowing faster than ever, the boat shot into the pitch-dark tunnel, and all the passengers screamed with excitement. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

They give a curt nod, and the sheriff turns his horse around and starts off toward the edge of town, the thing walking pretty fast with its long, spindly legs. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It was amazing how fast brick and mortar that had appeared so sturdy could be taken apart and how quickly the process of putting it together again began. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You got out three times faster than the other initiates. Whatever you are, you’re not a failure.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Faster and faster she goes, churning the chlorine into the air. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He circled the mat as fast as he could until Toby burst through the doors, looking annoyed. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“No taste for sports, you know. Moping in corners. Crybabies. Knock that out of them fast enough.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

It happened fast and he hadn’t expected it. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be the best—the fastest runner in the school—and now / am. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She began to walk again, faster this time, along the beach. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He burst into the room, where he found his wife fast asleep. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We've got it all under control. Did you have a good time? You didn't have to rush home so fast.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Our country was bleeding to death, and we had to move ahead faster. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spool spun faster and the glass string tore another gash in my right palm. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She could easily spend less time on housework if she pushed herself to be faster and more efficient. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all look like Metias to me, and I have to breathe a little harder, walk a little faster, anything to stay focused. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

As fast as I could run, I circled the slough, climbed up over the bluff, and came down to where Little Ann was. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran fast and easily through the streets of Ember. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“How did you get over here so fast?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Trains were fastest, but not by today’s standards. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

His heart beat fast and hard against my palm. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Less than five minutes after they’d swallowed the last of the drink, both Will and Lyra were fast asleep. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I imagined gathering speed, pedaling faster and faster, feeling the wind in my hair, going so fast. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Liam parked diagonally across three different spaces, throwing the brake on with a fast, “Be right back.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“We are, but being a Christian will help us get sponsors faster. Many refugees are sponsored by church groups. Christians like to help other Christians.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My first few times were kinda awkward and fast.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t think the news would spread so fast. ” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to class today,” he said, twirling the lid so fast it was just a blur. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Still, he sensed that if at any moment he should try to flee, the hand would instantly hold him fast. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I know chickens can die fast without water. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“But we have to go fast, we have to go now. They have signs up about us all over the city!” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then it starts to come a little faster. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I darted fast as a lizard behind the stage, to the other side of the moon. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to my heart beat, faster, faster, as footsteps came one by one up the stairs. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

As he spoke, Bigwig suddenly broke out of the trees, running very fast. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His dad had had some theories, of course, but he couldn’t explain how the fish had been able to change so fast. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to pull away, but he held fast. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I half-ran to class, my head was spinning faster than the bottle cap. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

You can’t even follow my hand I move ’em so fast. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I say, “but I sure want to surprise Alice when she comes home. Let’s eat fast.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scoot back under the fence, too fast this time, and rip the back of my shirt. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, listeners are given a clue that the program’s time is passing faster than reality. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Her hearts were beating too fast for sleep, though. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I glanced down to where her hands were tugging at the edges of her shorts, moving so fast and frantic that I almost didn’t see the angry red marks that circled her wrists. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I need my daughter,” she whispered as she ran even faster, her eye fixed on the shimmer of blue. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Without my old headphones I feel light, fast. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Hazel was limping and had evidently found the climb a strain, but after resting and feeding for a short time he was able to run down to the warren almost as fast as the others. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re not going to have one for much longer either if you don’t go faster.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

AT four o’clock that afternoon, I walk as fast as I can from the bus stop to the Church a the Lamb. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He launched one bangle over your head, and as you slowly raised your hands to try to catch it, he sent the other flying so fast, it struck you before tinkling to the floor. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I turned to find a huge dude rolling up to me fast and flexed. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

We will assign several members of our media relations team to that program, so the public can get the latest information as fast as possible. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drew his bow and herded Hazel along as fast as he dared. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The labor pains rolled faster and stronger with each contraction. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It worked, but not fast enough. Michael got sick before his body could fight the cancer off....I didn’t save him.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I was almost fine now, though the queasiness would probably pass faster if I’d eaten something for lunch. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then how his shipmates killed Lord Helios’ cattle and how Zeus thundering in towering heaven split their fast ship with his fuming bolt, so all hands perished. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no idea how fast Sputnik would be, whether it would zip along or dawdle. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She bent her head over the wires and made her fingers fly faster. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no matter how fast Kaede ran, she couldn’t quite reach her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Branches muscled through the earth, growing in fast motion until a full-sized olive tree shaded the courtyard. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My best friend smiles, gives me a quick hug, and then falls over onto her bed fast asleep. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

So scientists knew that if they could cause a fast enough chain reaction, they might be able to build atomic bombs. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carmen sat really close to me, and a couple of times our hands touched, which made me eat my sandwich really, really fast. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It’s making my heart beat way too fast. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

We just had to get out of there, and fast. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She knows that I stop listening and start to really breathe fast. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Things were happening so fast that he felt he was not doing full justice to them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The plane went into a glide, a very fast glide that ate altitude, and suddenly there weren’t any lakes. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as we were out of the trees, we started pedaling for home as fast as we could. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

And so it was that in the giddy, sultry world of their embrace, the real Lazlo—fast asleep in the city of Weep—turned over on his pillow, crushed the moth, and broke the dream. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Now children not only grew faster, but even feelings developed in a different way. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The only suspense comes from whether I can access things fast enough. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The open trap was only a few feet ahead, but the fire was spreading fast, consuming the old wood and dry straw faster than she would have believed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

What came next happened so fast no one saw how it happened — one second, Piers and Dudley were leaning right up close to the glass, the next, they had leapt back with howls of horror. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Promise me absolutely that you will leave, as fast as you can, if you begin to feel the house catching at you.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

They walk fast into the apartment, lock the door behind them and never stay long. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Central to the system’s success, Bigari said, is the way it pairs customers’ photos with their orders; by increasing accuracy, the system cuts down on the number of complaints and therefore makes the service faster. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Harry asked coldly, his mind working very fast. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He had to peer close, for the light was going fast. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Many years before, a holy man had lived there, meditating and fasting and praying, and the place was venerated for the sake of his memory. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Speaking of fast, you might want to slow down on that grog a bit, matey.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then I’d take one more step and have to pause for another four heaving breaths—and this was the fastest pace I could manage. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was breathing faster, and he could feel the fear surge over him with each beat of his heart. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The supernova data imply that the universe is getting bigger and bigger, faster and faster. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

They exploded away in a hundred flicks of quick light, so fast that he had no hope of catching them that way. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

My arms were aching, but moving faster meant switching from one to the other sooner. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

They move fast and efficiently through dense mobs, as if they have a Teflon coat, very rarely bumping into one another. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

In the hallway I pass his school pictures, his eyes following me as I run down the stairs so fast I nearly fall. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Who are a lot faster than we are. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. But trust me, it gets old, fast. I’m dying to get the hell out of here.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

His questions come so fast and so often that we forget how quiet he once was until my mother buys him a chemistry set. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He needed to be crewing tomorrow, and he needed to look useful fast. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, he figured Aphros could travel much faster in the water, and the guy might be able to shut off the magic that let Leo move and breathe. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“The faster we can clear this stuff away, the sooner we can leave this mound. Maybe we can even get away before the wall collapses.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The faint pop of his knuckle-cracking is all I hear apart from my own breaths, which grow faster by the second. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

This was more just slapping each other's hands and running as fast as we could. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

First place was always up for grabs; usually it was Qareeb who claimed the title because he was a bit stronger and faster than the rest of us. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He whooshed forward faster but his battery icon dipped down to one-quarter. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Meantime, Mr. Rochester affirmed I was wearing him to skin and bone, and threatened awful vengeance for my present conduct at some period fast coming. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

At first, they told him the doctors were busy with other patients and they’d be right with us, but eventually, it got so they saw him coming and got real busy real fast. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The lunch lady tries to grab my arm, but I’m small and I’m fast. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The North Korean government had decided that the camp, with its high-voltage fence and factories that churned out military uniforms, glassware, and cement, needed a reliable local source of electricity, and fast. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A hard winter sunlight seeped through the clouds, and the north wind blew cold and fast. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The hummingbird is small, fast. It lives on flowers.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Some people think he saw it all in a flash, fast and full of light: One last breath of salty wet air. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to get away as fast as I could. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

His elbows pumping, he is running faster than any of the marathon runners I saw today. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“It has always killed me how fast the criminal goes from being a bad guy at his trial to some kind of victim once he’s in prison, according to public perception,” he added. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s bigger than he is and just as fast, and when the inevitable fight comes, it’s bloody and awful and both have received what could well be fatal wounds, when Haymitch is finally disarmed. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Frank got up so fast that he almost toppled the picnic table. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I nod fast, because I can hear the urgency in my father’s voice. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I say, “Calvin! Holy cow! How did you get back here...so...fast? Calvin? Hey, Calvin?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He told the kid not to eat so fast, he’d get sick. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we all find a reason to be excused from one class or another, sneak the papers and tape out from under our shirts, and get those signs up faster than Ms. Wyman changes moods. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The shelter is filling up fast as more and more people arrive. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was fast. You would abandon your true nature with so little consideration?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“He’s had to grow up fast,” Mother said. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what kind of monster Dr. Thorn was, but he was fast. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

With the tree cover stripped from the uplands, rainfall would have sluiced faster and heavier into the creeks, increasing the chance of floods and mudslides. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You’re growing up way too fast. Going on adventures without me!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She eats so fast, it gives me a stomachache. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I might even pretend to pick an ant from my hair and eat it, but who can tell, the whole thing is going so fast. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

This car had the wings of Mercury I thought, for higher yet we climbed, and dangerously fast, and the danger pleased me because it was new to me, because I was young. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“When I was little, I ran around a lot. And I was fast.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I was just going to see the river,” she said, walking fast away from him and toward the sound of the river. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And so began her heady days full of cliche: she felt fully alive, her heart beat faster when he arrived at her door, and she viewed each morning like the unwrapping of a gift. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Immediately, it began to scrape the surface, eagerly picking up bits of food, which slid down its throat in fast little bumps. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Possessive of her eggs, the hen kept her eyes fixed on us, no matter how fast we moved. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A wild creature released or escaped from captivity will usually run as fast and far away from its prison as it can before stopping to rest and take stock. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The Impossible—i.e., my marriage with St. John—was fast becoming the Possible. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

They trudged along as fast as they could, over patches of grass, and through thick drifts of old leaves; and all about them the rain pattered and trickled. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Simon, walking in front of Ralph, felt a flicker of incredulity a beast with claws that scratched, that sat on a mountain-top, that left no tracks and yet was not fast enough to catch Samneric. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

My words come out too fast, my tongue tripping over syllables. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I can feel the wind on my face, but for as fast as we must be going, my legs really do feel steady—like I’m still on the ground. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

My sister especially enjoyed this ancient dance because of its fast spinning. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Every day, she got better at running, going farther and faster, and managed to keep from killing Cain when he taunted her at training. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“She told me last time that this visit would have to be fast anyway. She was behind on her work, so they will expect her back quickly.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Might we someday be able to go faster than that? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make the hours in the field go by faster, we decided to challenge ourselves. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The warriors reasoned that the lion had eaten too much to run fast and that the muddy ground would slow him up. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually he moved faster, trying to imagine a whale migrating thousands of miles, being led by instinct. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He let Pollard ride Seabiscuit in slow gallops but kept him off the horse’s back for most of his fast workouts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to close the distance to help, but Clarisse was faster. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I thought I was going to kill you! I was going too fast, and I hit the ice wrong. ...” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The faster he could get out of the El Camino, the better. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

His name was derived from his serial initials, of course, but it was apt, nevertheless, for the SPD models were among the fastest robots turned out by the United States Robot & Mechanical Men Corp. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I was sure to trip and go sprawling if I tried to go any faster. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Instead she led him out the door into the Fifth Avenue crowd and began walking uptown with him as fast as she could go. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know what the diadem looks like, and I know where it is,” said Harry, talking fast. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth and shot out words in a fast staccato I could hardly make sense of. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Frank, the fast talker, the ladies’ man, the arranger, studied me for a moment and then set the tray down on the table. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to zoom out of there so fast and wash my hand. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Here on the open sea, you’d measure your distance by checking your speed, and multiplying that by how long you had sailed that fast. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if we couldn’t get water fast enough? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I run after them as fast as I can. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They ran fast through the stubble until they neared the trees. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can never turn around fast enough to see who it is. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The uptown rhythms were slower and yet were somehow faster; a different tension was in the hot night air. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, fast as I could, I flew down our path to the marsh. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t fast enough to catch hold of Fern’s nightie. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barb’s voice calls out, somewhere in the distance, “He’s not breathing! There’s no pulse. We have to move fast.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Faster and faster he walked, but he never looked back. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You did right to hold fast to each other,” I said: as if the monster-splinters were living things, and could hear me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” Charlie said, and off he went, running through the snow as fast as his legs would go. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Beside me David steps close to the lights, his fingers flickering at his sides, fast as moth wings. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped farther into the water, but Ares was fast. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to finish it quickly because of the pain in my wrist, and I sent in another fast ball. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We were not fast enough to escape the men who came for us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

This is a black hole, an object so paradoxical that some scientists believe that black holes can be used to travel faster than light—and backward in time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I must think of something very fast that will make Heqet forget all this. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Thus he says if you have two heavy objects, the heavier one will fall faster than the lighter one, and if the heavy one is twice as heavy it will fall twice as fast. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It would be faster swimming with both hands, but he didn’t dare risk it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“The sound. You need to get a consistent sound, like slow or fast, funny or sad. All these digressions, they just screw up your story’s sound. Stick to what happened.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good Hindu women fast all day to show their devotion to their husbands.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He remembered it, lying here in the Massachusetts bed and breathing fast now, now that peace and quiet had fled again. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

His foot felt numb, and he realized that the foot must be swelling fast. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mama’s face wasn’t as white as chamomile petals, but it was fast approaching that shade. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

My head whips right faster than I thought it could. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Manchee jumps, his teeth bared, but Mr. Prentiss Jr. is faster, kicking him away with a vicious boot to the face. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I run into the cathedral, wet my cold fingers, kneel, and cross myself so fast it makes two women stop their praying and turn their heads. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“If you question with enough ferocity, people are sometimes surprised into answering questions that they do not intend to answer. When in doubt, question. Question more. Question faster.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

So at dismissal I opened my locker fast, grabbed my trumpet, my math textbook, and my best black pen, and stuffed my jacket into my backpack—all in one motion, no stopping. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

After the first two weeks, Turner was pegging lobster claws as fast as Willis and not getting pinched any more than anyone else. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Clearly not wanting to be seen, it walked as fast as possible toward the forbidden forest. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I sit up too fast and my head spins. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Everything is spinning and moving so fast that it makes me sick to my stomach. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The explosions come so fast that the splinters strike again and again against the wall of the house and sweep in through the window. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started eating it so fast I feared getting one of those ice cream headaches. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then I heard his van pulling up outside the house and I knew that I had to think fast and be clever. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was Beatrice who finally came out the front door, and Roy ran up so fast that he nearly knocked her down. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned away so fast that she made herself dizzy and disturbed one of the drawings near the bottom of her piece. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Lyra’s heart was beating so fast she could hardly breathe. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Dany found herself moving faster than she had intended, yet somehow it was exciting rather than terrifying. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She said softly, “That’s got to be the fastest horse in Cold Sassy. Maybe the fastest in Georgia.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Osh told me so. Just hours old. How could I have gotten sick so fast?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Harry had prowled the castle at night many times before, but never had his heart hammered this fast, never had so much depended on his safe passage through the place. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

This is the fastest route and doesn’t come with any of the long waiting periods. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s a fast way to go. Other ways could have been worse.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes,” Auster continued cheerfully, “mortals recognize our divine blood. They will say, That horse runs like the wind. And for good reason. Like the fastest stallions, the venti are our children!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Abel was bigger and faster, but this was my neighborhood. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And the closer I get to her, the faster I walk, and the lighter I feel. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Allys sits up straighter, and her words come fast and clipped. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Afterward they sat together, and Charles watched “the clock as the hand travels sadly too fast to half past eleven—Then to my study & work till 2 o’clock luncheon time.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to go. I can take care of him! You’ll get there faster!” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Behind her, Fayge tried to sidestep so as not to bump into her, stumbled, fell, and began to roll faster and faster downhill until she hit the bottom with a horrible thudding sound. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed close behind her, saying Hail Marys to myself, faster and faster. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So fast, in fact, that the friction of the air entering the engines would produce enough heat to melt the engines. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now all of the girls are swimming fast our way, and the teachers are busting through the doors. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I turned back so fast I nearly snapped my neck. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They would surface from the wreckage, fast and sharp enough to impale her: of wanting him so much she didn’t know how she’d survive a night without him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The murmurs are fast, and when the volume rises, they’re followed by long silences. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Ceyx was deeply moved, for she loved him no better than he loved her, but his purpose held fast. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They grew amazingly fast—so fast that their skin split open every few days and they wriggled out of it—“just as a person,” she noted, “pulls off a shirt over his head.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She chopped onions fast and hard with an outsize heavy knife, something she had learned to do from a cooking video. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It might be that a dolphin could swim faster than Lizzie through the water and a fish hawk dive faster through the air, but nothing alive could run across Malaga Island faster than Lizzie Griffin. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The eldest boy was strong and fast, capable and handsome. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

They all shouted “Hell no” loudly, and they drank the beer faster, and Emo raised the bottle, not bothering to pour the whiskey into the little glass any more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Hannah and Prudence were fast friends now, and she knew that the reading went companionably on. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Leo could run pretty fast when someone was trying to kill him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The whole place cleared out faster than a building on fire. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jase was running very fast, but he didn’t seem to be running anyplace in particular. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The brachy howled, swerving away, but the club stayed fast and the rider held tight, swinging off his mount. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And by the time James had pulled off the last boot of all and had lined them up in a row on the floor—twenty-one pairs altogether—the Centipede was fast asleep. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking down into a kind of pit, an underground room, and lying on the floor some ten feet below, apparently fast asleep, thin and starved in appearance, was the real Mad-Eye Moody. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I waited, my heart beating faster, the way it had when my mother dropped me off for the first time at a boarding school. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He drove, I remember, even faster than before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had just moved to Chisamba Singles a few months before and we became fast friends. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

With relativistic spaceflight we could travel fast into the future. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

You might not believe me when I say it, but that girl goes pretty fast with that thing. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I count them down, “Three, two, one...go!” and they all sip as fast as they can until Jack drains his glass first. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The faster she pedals the faster stitches appear on heavy brown cloth. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The three girls got up and ran as fast as they could. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

It happened so fast, but it felt like slow motion. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

PPS I really am trying to learn as fast as I can. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He turns around fast and glares at me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

American strategy in Vietnam was to rely on superior firepower to kill enemy troops faster than they could be replaced. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And then at three or four in the morning, when the sun was poised to rise again, I would start the fast all over again. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

A basilisk didn’t look like much - just an arm-length serpent with yellow eyes and a white frill collar - but it moved fast and could kill anything it touched. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Amil, who normally eats too fast, makes his pudding last extra long, eating the smallest bites he can. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Comments came flashing at George faster than she could respond, which was a relief, because she didn’t know what to say. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

This time Ben swallowed faster as though he were ingesting his own saliva. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ripped the zipper so fast I broke it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“He told us we had allowed our enthusiasm to carry us along too fast and that we should be much more careful in the future in analyzing our results before we published.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Stuffing them into her pants pocket, she headed toward to the basement entrance as fast as she could go without looking conspicuous. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It scares him when his heart beats fast. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The fast lasted five days before the warden took it seriously. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever so fast, she kissed him right between the eyes, and ierked her head back an instant before his claws would have found her face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He himself was fast losing all faith in the spying. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He said form is everything when it comes to running, and that it has more to do with form than how fast your legs move. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She hands me a bill and I’m off running, down the stairs, up the street, as fast as I can. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The island was moving fast, but the Current was a match for it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

This was more than five times faster than the Buick could do on Little Daytona, and I found it difficult to imagine one of our rockets could really go that fast. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet were stuck fast, the way the lamps in the suburban house had been stuck to the floor so she could not use them as weapons. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The tears are falling again, so fast, it looks as if he can’t see. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was fast arriving at the point where many a black child, eager to continue learning, had to drop out because parents could not afford school fees, books and uniforms. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then all at once, Tweedie gave a great cough and a splutter and he sat up very fast and began clawing at his face with his hands. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his head, however, and held fast to his golden apples. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can go faster alone,” he said harshly. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am troubled with dire thoughts, and then my heart beats too fast. You must bleed these ill humors from me, as the village doctor used to do,” she demands. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He watched, trying not to betray a flicker of surprise or alarm, as a portly man appeared within the flames, spinning as fast as a top. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

More and more people wanted their lawns mowed—on the second day I had eight jobs—and the fact was that I was fast approaching my limit. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

I squeezed his hand, increasing my grip until I’m sure he felt pain, and threw the invisible dagger toward him, diving in as fast and hard as I could. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Kindly in that they didn’t see fit to kill you fast. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I ran down to the kraals as fast as my legs could carry me. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost faster than I would’ve believed, I heard the phone in my house ringing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Longwood Station, we take the steps fast out into the night air. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Night fell faster than he expected, sudden and consuming. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I asked, hoping that my teacher and I would be spending more time together now that he was finished fasting with the spirits alone. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

In two seconds, my stockings is rubbing together so fast I sound like zippers zipping. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Just say it fast and then go on. I was getting better. I heard this song and almost felt better ten minutes ago.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Their center lost the ball the next time down and we got back faster than they did for another deuce. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He stood fast in his spot as a man and a woman dressed in almost-matching gray suits came out. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Meggie was staring at his lips as if she could make the words come out of them faster. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Fencing someone taller, better, faster, fiercer, and more focused than me, I’m seeing ever so clear. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Flora Lou and Cleontine let the doors fly open and the words tumble out while I type as fast as I can, asking them every five minutes to please, please, slow down. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The gosling kicked as fast as he could. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I mean, we don’t have to. Oh Jesus. I’m so sorry. I wasn’t trying to be too fast or...I don’t know.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The first pupil with his hand in the air, the fastest player on the soccer field, but for all that, just another kid in Conor’s class. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The early settlers in the United States were not content to remain on the Atlantic shore but pushed westward to the Pacific as fast as they could. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sprint into the trees as fast as I can, and only when my lungs feel like they are oh foe do I stop. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“As you are aware, our play is fast approaching. It’s time for us to kick into high gear. We will be limiting our traditional academic endeavors to the forenoon hours.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

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

She kept her feet and ran faster, and suddenly the door was there ahead of her, a door like an open mouth. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“That was fast. Raven knows about the book! See? I knew it was a Book Scavenger book.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Several of them grab Captain Smith and hold him fast. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

They cooked faster than the rest and she would let us spoon out one each. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

What had been a broad avenue was fast becoming a ragged sinkhole with black water boiling up to fill it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I do not want you with me. I can walk farther and faster than you. You stay here in the park, speak to no one, and wait for me. Always be here when I return.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

And how fast had the sea been taking him? The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Telemakhos with no more words went out, and through the fence, and down hill, going fast on the steep footing, nursing woe for the suitors in his heart. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

What is more, it gradually moved, with respect to the distant stars, much faster than any remote object could.' Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if on cue, something flashed on the eastern horizon - a light across the Sound, approaching fast like another speedboat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Baelor the Blessed prayed and fasted and built the Seven as splendid a temple as any gods could wish for, yet he could not put an end to war and want.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I chased him down, running as fast as I could to make sure he didn’t get a layup. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I watched until my dad got in the car and used his telephone, and then he drove off toward our house, really fast. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Had he run his second lap faster, he said, he might have clocked 4:18. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

She shoves her lunch tray at me so fast, it almost slides off the table. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

My heart beat faster just thinking about all the secrets and mysteries waiting for us inside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you know anything about Muslims? We cover our hair and fast from sunup to sundown all year long and we’re not allowed to do anything fun.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

But Hanson gently coaxed him not to drop football too fast. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around and around, faster and faster, until finally in happy exhaustion, he plopped her on the counter to mop his face with his apron. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

We left our village that night, alternately walking fast and jogging on the path all night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Among the stacks of crates and kegs, the movement of it was so fast it looked like a dance, a complicated quickstep of feints and counters, with the blades flickering like sparks between them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was a fast spreader, and it could live easily in people. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I somehow managed to get myself out through the rear entrance of the railroad tunnel and ran home to my mother as fast as I could,” said Heinz. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I stay downstairs with Serena, Shoji, and my two sisters, who seem to be growing at an impossibly fast rate. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The elevator attendant claims they have the fastest elevators in Western civilization. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The world was spinning so fast, she didn't know where she stood anymore. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“She had a brain aneurysm. She went fast.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was closed fast, two great wooden gates, painted black and bound and studded with iron, closed upon each other. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

And the Alliance flows pretty fast, so it doesn’t wear safe ice until winter has hung around for a while. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He tried again to paddle hard to the right, which his muscles liked better than the left; but as hard as he dug and as fast as he worked, it made no difference at all. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He laughed and told it to eat the mouse, for he was fasting, this night being the Festival of Sunreturn. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t all that big, but he moved fast and people didn’t like to mess with him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

How many times had Luke beaten somebody stronger and faster only because he understood these things? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Kinshasa has ten million people but only two paved roads and no traffic lights, so the routes are too crowded to get anywhere fast. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He limps into the street faster than I’ve ever seen him move. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Her mouth had filled with saliva, as though she was about to vomit, and her vision was fading fast. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Only white for his eyes and the smell became worse, filled the cockpit, and all of it so fast, so incredibly fast that Brian’s mind could not take it in at first. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a knack for fielding and batting, but although he was fast, he wasn’t a particularly coordinated runner on the bases. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Straight down so hard and fast, I fall halfway out of the boat and my face is an inch from the water and I’m looking down and I don’t see nothing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She isn’t very fast, but it’s not like Windy or I can tackle her. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They throw as fast as they can, others pass them, the handles with the strings already pulled. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Loki wrapped the falcon cloak tightly about himself and, in falcon form, flapped his wings and rose, faster even than an eagle, and was gone, flying north, toward the lands of the frost giants. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I cycle faster into my freedom, tiny beads of sweat popping up on my upper lip and brow, first hot, then cooled by the wind. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The road was rising toward a bluff, and presently they were moving no faster than a walk. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

This opened a fast lane of cultural evolution, bypassing the traffic jams of genetic evolution. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran away from there as fast as I could. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

My feet slip and slide on the tile as we walk down the hallway, as fast as my weak legs can muster. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We could not go fast because of the ice, but we drove relentlessly, hardly glancing at the passing of Texas beside us. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was dropping fast now, a soft red sliding egg yolk, and already to the east there was a darkening to pur-ple. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Little Brother,” Theresa tried to say, “I wonder how fast you’re driving?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought of the picking, how it raced down the furrows at harvest, the African bodies working as one, as fast as their strength permitted. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

All the men were working as fast as they possibly could, but the machine kept right up with them. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tears came fast, and she held her face in her hands. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t flow as fast as the spring comes out, so it gathers in these pools...They’ve gone in there,” he whispered, indicating a little group of trees at the foot of the slope. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"You right. If they're fast enough. Don't a bullet travel at the speed of sound or something?" Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Luckily, Capricorn’s men were watching the old woman as she crossed the square, walking so fast the girl stumbled over the hem of her dress a couple of times. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I ran down to the barn to milk the cow, and though I hurried as fast as I could, I was gone about fifteen minutes. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He changed into a rhinoceros and leaped into battle, but as fast as he could knock down the giants they got up again. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He starts walking fast and I walk with him, like my feet already know where to go. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had used his feet to stop himself every few yards, so it didn't go very fast that first trip. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They looked at the door and looked at us and then”—he thrust his arms straight out and waggled his fingers—"gone! I didn’t know things could go sideways so fast. Boy are they smart.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know it's risky to be setting traps, but food will go so fast out here. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her sister, who worried about everything and had barely slept for days, was finally fast asleep. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Others were taller and human-shaped; their long arms swayed to either side of them as their legs shot out in fast arcs over the waves. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s not fast enough, Blackberry! We must get on. Bigwig may be dead.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the final five feet of a tennis ball’s flight toward a player, the ball is far too close and moving much too fast to be seen. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Cobb spurted back into the hallway, fast enough that the Seven Horsemen themselves would have had trouble with the pace. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

As soon as we got on board the Hornet, it started steaming as fast as it could for Hawaii, where the MQF would be transferred to a cargo jet for the trip back to Houston. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A gun just would not assemble plutonium fast enough.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remember, Apa reminds me as he sprays the station wagon with water, scrub fast so the bubbles will not dry before we rinse. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The mustache looked false, as if it had been stuck on for a costume party and would fall off if he talked too fast. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Other cities, too, called for fasts to ofler up their corporate orisons; and, sensible of our distress, they sent flour and rice. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tayo’s heart beat fast; he could see Josiah’s vision emerging, he could see the story taking form in bone and muscle. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was like his heart had never beat faster in his whole life. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then he closed his eyes and lay still, except for his breathing, which was very fast and light, like a small animal that has been running. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He tacked him up and took him out for his first fast workout since the injury. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to shake my hands but instead I draw even faster. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We go down a hallway so fast that the signs on the walls are blurry. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Try not to hate so much, mi niña. Maybe you’ll get better faster.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

My heart pounded fast just thinking about the reaction Mom would have when she saw what I’d done. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Absolutely nothing about any of it appealed to me—not slow dancing, not fast dancing, not the dresses, and definitely not the rented tuxedo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

But I just put the pad and pencil in my pocket and started walking fast as hell up to her school--I was too excited to write the note right in the stationery store. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe this is why he always drives so fast, maybe he’s heading for takeoff. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They hooked Håkon under his armpits and pulled him as fast as they could over the bridge. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Your Grace needs more than wine to break her fast. You are such a tiny thing, and you will surely need your strength today.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the morning, after breaking fast with cold beef and ale, we set out once more, still heading south. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Izzi and I exchange a glance, and I’m surprised to find my heart thudding uncomfortably fast. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Which meant Frank needed to learn those talents—-fast. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I am in love with Kelly J., who thinks I am disgusting even though I finish worksheets faster than all the other boys. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I tried eating my soup faster, but it was no use; the other people were now serving themselves chicken and the platter was more than half empty. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was running as fast as I could around the fountain and through the town square with a bag of eggs to deliver to the Doctorita. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he saw the little boy running fast and far ahead of him down a dark slope, the side of some vast hill. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He started to drum his fingers again, faster, trying to use the counts to center himself and quell what he knew was coming next. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I jumped and shut the book fast, tucking it under my arm. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt frightened and bewildered because so much had happened so fast. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey picked up her bag, slung it over her shoulder, took a last look at the boat and walked off fast. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through his chambray shirt I feel his heart racing as fast as mine. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her hands, so steady when she stirs vats of jam or braids my hair, flutter like frantic birds, desperate for me to move faster. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“And,” I hesitate, “I think I will work faster alone to replace the ruined defoliant.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We were still fast friends, but there was something between us, and I could tell he was consciously holding himself apart. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This realization momentarily stunned me, which was unfortunate, because Sorrento’s lightning weapon was still firing, moving in a fast sweeping arc, cutting across the ground, then diagonally up the castle wall, toward me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In an emergency, I can get to it fast. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mo was driving faster than usual, much faster. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The little group hobbled as fast as they could with their unconscious friend. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Another ray passed, and Justin reached in so fast that he splashed water all over Sarah Johnston, the new girl, who was standing next to him. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Tick- tock stole it. Crazy licebiter just walked out of Chen’s noodle shack with it. He’s got no sense, but he’s got fast hands.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Usually our prayer before dinner is really fast. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And because that unlikely monarch had himself followed his heart when he chose his queen, he allowed his sons to have their way, making bitter enemies where he might have had fast friends. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But now my anger was flowing fast from action to words. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to urge the boat faster, but the slaves are already rowing furiously, the captain’s whip at their backs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Of course they’re people,” said Scarlett, and she walked up the hill as fast as she could without actually running, no longer certain that Bod was by her side. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She starts talking Spanish so fast, I can barely make out a word. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Lloyd: Every second he was going faster and faster. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It took quick thinking to duck that fast.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cut through them with Riptide faster than they could yelp. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

At last, I caught him and pinned him against a tree, holding him fast. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Red, yellow, blue, green, they untangled toward the pier, slowly at first, one revolution every ten seconds, then faster and faster as the boat picked up speed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We ran it again and again, faster and faster, working on the timing of it all. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

In elementary school, she raced around at recess, and it was all about speed, how fast she could go, the feel of her ponytail flying out behind her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Tell that to my mom. Does your mother have a cooking club for grownups? Because I will sign my mom up so fast.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The past couple of days went by so fast, only two things really stood out. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Make sure your target’s far away or you’ll finish your food too fast. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A woman passes by with her packages, and Sala’s breath comes fast. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The flaming wads of paper were coming at me faster and faster. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the fastest and its driver was, of course, the coolest. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A steady breeze filled their sails, but to the men, it didn’t drive them fast enough. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Ophie followed Penelope as she walked fast enough that her pace was nearly a run. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

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

We seem to move a little faster, but never enough to afford a rest, and the mist continues to lap at our heels. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I got out of his room as fast as I could. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I wonder why Holling had the fastest time,” said Danny after the announcements—a whole lot louder than he had to. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She fanned fast for a minute, then sank down in Granny’s big rocker, the high-back one with apples and pears carved on it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We went “fishing” fast and furiously when those little evangelical storefront churches each let out their thirty to fifty people on the sidewalk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand up fast Then we have to go NOW because it takes almost nine minutes to get to school. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The buzzing of aircraft engines surged fast and close from behind. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The clouds were black and moved fast, but where the sun broke in, the rays wriggled through my skull. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words made her breath come faster, yet still Sansa hesitated. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

With training, a person could multiply with Indian numerals faster than an abacist could tally. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

They stopped the treadmill when my heartbeat got up to 180 beats per minute, which is pretty fast. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, I went even faster then and I got clear of the trees and came back to you.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that out of the way, they started running as fast as they could along the flat-rock floor of the ravine. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Two girls were posing and he cut their silhouettes together, snipping very fast and looking at them, his head on one side. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was the first of June; yet the morning was overcast and chilly: rain beat fast on my casement. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She tries to switch sword arms, but I jab my scim at her wrist faster than she can parry. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Let me show you how this is supposed to be done, boy. First, you got to wet your whistle. The faster, the better.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s much too far. A boat will cut across the inlet faster,” argued Joana. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

This was slow, but it was faster than walking. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry felt the Horcrux beating fast, faster than his own heart: It was an unpleasant, agitating sensation. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Natalie is rubbing her chin on her shoulder, her chin on her shoulder, faster than normal, as if she’s upset too. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy felt the water rising with his anger, spinning faster around him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He even looked forward to the time when steam-driven armoured cars would travel faster than the cavalry. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If I can fling it and loop it around one of the spotlights along the bridge, I can pull myself up fast enough to get there first. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I knew from my weekend experience that the easiest way to make fast money was to carry luggage for passengers: If somebody had a heavy bag, you offered to take it to the bus. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The sails were already trimmed, and they were on their way out of the harbor in moments, though not nearly as fast as he would have liked. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She yanked the pins out of her hair as fast as she could and was pulling the last ones out when she heard the bathroom door open. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He swished the first mouthful and spat it out, trying to clear the oil and gunk from his mouth, and then drank, hard and fast, gulping. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It made him silent and strong and fast, faster than any other picker in his gang. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It was an easy trail to follow, though A.M. and P.M. must have been moving fast because the cousins saw no sign of them. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She moved faster, pushing with her arms and wiggling back with her hips. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Trying to get rid of me so fast? I thought you were grateful for all the publicity I’ve brought you.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She ran down the road just as fast as she could. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

They were now only dozens of yards away, single file, charging in with a vengeance, moving surprisingly fast. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Since leaving the traffic on the George Washington Bridge they had sped up; now they were headed straight west, fast. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean,” he says fast, “I would never be her boyfriend.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Her father was building churches as fast as he could quarry the stones. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Determined to finish quickly, I rip off the tails of the bean sprouts as fast as I can. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Reflecting on the value of the cell phone, he says, “It was a faster way to get the information.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“They were testing the Orange and Red frequencies in that Calm Control. I don’t think any of them expected it to work that quickly—that’s why we had to get you out, and fast.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I followed as fast as I could run. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this time, it spread fast as a brush fire on a windy day. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Roads is never the fastest way to get nowhere,” the woman says. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

After that, everyone worked faster, especially when Mr. Sir was watching them. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He hoped, by experimenting on us, to find out whether certain injections could help us to learn more and faster. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“If it’s a litde slow or fast, it’s not far wrong.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took off running so fast that I didn’t even stop to see if my friends were with me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had all sorts of attachments connected to his body—a helicopter that came out of his hat, robot arm extenders, and bouncy springs in his legs that made him really tall really fast. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Fitting words together makes time go through narrower pipes but faster. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Inigo slapped his sword handle, and his finger snapping began to go faster. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But it was not well, this tiny one, and so it kept its bluish lids closed and breathed its fast little breaths. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“No, sir. It just didn’t go fast enough.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I stepped closer, she hopped away, only a few steps, but fast; I wasn’t going to catch her like that. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontellier’s eyes that the damp sleeve of her peignoir no longer served to dry them. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

The red light was dying out fast from the hills and from the windy sea. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of his advanced years, Methuselah gripped Matthias’s paw and ran so fast that the younger mouse had difficulty in keeping up. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I looked because I wanted to be brave, straight into the dusty cat fur of his eyes and the bike stopped and he bumped into a parked car, bumped, and I walked fast. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The path was easier now, made of crushed gravel and graded rocks, and he cracked his whip to urge the four black stallions on faster. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I will the microwave to cook faster—the water’s not bubbling yet, but my stomach is. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Justyce sits up too fast and his forehead smacks against something hard. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Harry, who could see a huge Dudley tantrum coming on, began wolfing down his bacon as fast as possible in case Dudley turned the table over. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Which organ? She has too many involved. The numbers add up fast. They said she is beyond saving.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Even Pantalaimon was active, changing to a crow so he could flap his wings and make the fire burn faster. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Just stay here. Don’t you move. I’ll be back as fast as I can.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sophia rushes up to me so fast, I take a step back. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

They trampled through the woods with renewed energy, going faster than ever. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

No matter how fast the machines speeded up, Lyddie was somehow able to keep pace. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody else cleared the floor, watching my folks dance fast, slow, even hip-hop. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

"I ran,” Sammy boasted, "I ran so fast—it’s hard to run with a big bag. Nobody caught me.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for the one time two weeks before spring break when Scoob was going too fast and clicked B instead of C on question eight. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I grip my toes, and with each heavy push, I move faster and farther than before, so that soon I’ve made another two loops around our yard. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Also, no material object may move faster than light: Thou shalt not travel at or beyond the speed of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pima clambered up the shattered edge of the clipper and slipped inside, her hands fast and accomplished from years on wrecking crews. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Makes me wonder how I’ll ever get a harpoon into a thing that moves so fast. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He ran faster, but it was no use. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Breathing hard, skimming away as fast as she could, she got away from everyone before she sat down on a little patch of dry, sunny ground. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Bugs said, “Most times you don’t hop them when they’re going fast, most times you try to climb on one when it’s sitting in the train yard. Did the guy cry after you whupped him?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

‘Well, then—go!' ‘I’m going fast’s I’m able.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, I must say," Grandma Knife cuts in, "I'm pretty impressed you managed to get your mother out so fast." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Still, it was distracting—even before some piece of snot got stuck on his finger and he dropped his hand under the desk really fast. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He took off as the dog sprang, but his awkward clumsy flight, the long legs trailing, was not fast enough. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I told myself to walk as fast as I could through the snow. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He devoured books even faster than I did; he carried them around with him everywhere. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Arthur stood up for the second time, and began talking fast “I am afraid for my Table. I am afraid of what is going to happen. I am afraid it was all wrong.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the gravitational collapse continued, the primordial galaxies spun increasingly faster, because of the conservation of angular momentum. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they picked up enormous shovels and rushed over to the pile of marbles and began shoveling them as fast as they could over the side of the cloud, into space. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nor was she the acid-tongued shrew who defended herself with a vicious vocabulary and a fast lip. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran into the water almost headlong and paddled over fast, leaving an arrowhead ripple on the calm brown surface. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Homer’s boy,” I heard somebody say, and I put my head down and pedaled faster. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Amar drives fast, trusting the weight of the truck to keep us steady. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Don’t leave us alone in here,” Theodora said, and ran out of the nursery, pulling Eleanor through the cold, which was like a fast slap, or a close cold breath. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sounder panted faster, wagged his tail, whined, moved from the dooryard to the porch and back to the dooryard. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wire dropped and he heard Guitar breaking into a fast run through the trees. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her breasts were the eyes of the skeleton face, which drew my eyes to them even faster. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Cullen? I didn’t see him . . . wow, it was all so fast, I guess. Is he okay?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was enough to endure his own humiliating knowledge that if he had started after Gebu sooner, or pursued him faster, or been braver, all the mystery might have been unraveled now. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“But she starts with a good potion. The magic just helps it work faster, or something.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Covering her mouth with one hand, Penelope ran, as fast as she could—almost as if she were being hunted herself. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Then slowly, although her breathing was fast and shallow, she lowered her hand to her side. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I can really do is run, but Coach Harper says I'm not fast enough for the track team. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She twisted her whole body, from the hips to the waist to the shoulders, then unwound it like a spring, throwing her left foot around high and fast. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He had a premonition that he was running his life out too fast. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went out of the house so fast that Adam’s “Good- by” reached him at the bottom of the front steps and Adam’s “Don’t forget to write” sounded over the click of the front gate. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He waited for something just as fast and vicious. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Now, Mither, serve forth yon porridge, for I have not broken my fast this day.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I can only hope I've traveled far and fast enough to be out of range. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ll look up their adjutant to do your papers and it will all go much faster.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

"You didn't break your fast with us, and your bed hadn't been slept in." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The bag men are fast and we’re ready for our rounds. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In spite of her discomfort, she worked fast. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

To see him toiling up the slope inch by inch, his breath coming fast, the tips of his hoofs clawing at the ground, and his great sides matted with sweat, filled everyone with admiration. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

When a motif returns, it can be slower or faster, or in a different key. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He runs, and even with my weight, he is fast. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Draco Malfoy, who was Snape’s favorite student, kept flicking puffer-fish eyes at Ron and Harry, who knew that if they retaliated they would get detention faster than you could say “Unfair.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Now let’s see if I can beat the other boys at tag. They’re really fast,” he says, sounding worried. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It followed that a heavy body should fall faster than a light one, because it would have a greater pull toward the earth. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this time he controlled the fright faster and realized that he had been right. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask him what comic he was reading, but judging by how fast he folded it up, that didn't seem like a good idea. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It’s the fastest download ever, like it’s some sentient being who understands the whole point of its existence is that time is running out for someone. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The nights of soft dreaming of her were suddenly locked tight in his chest, and his heart beat fast. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was hungry, and he bent over his plate and began shoving in the food as fast as he could. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the music switched again and leapt into something fast and galloping, and I saw Lianne and Margot and a bunch of the other freshman girls dancing. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My heart racing, I drive fast on the paved town roads, heading for the colored part of town. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She spit the news out as fast as it came in her ear, sharing it with Mark’s dad and Jessie. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They move fast, but I don’t slow down. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Viola sits down next to me so hard and fast it’s like she fell there. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

If he wanted to move fast, he had to move forward, even if that meant heading for a straight-on collision with the other quad. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

From the first bell to the last, everything moved too fast. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She puts one back into her purse super fast, and I pretend not to see. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The gods set about repairing the throne room, which went surprisingly fast with twelve superpowerful beings at work. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her strides were long and angry, much too fast, and the chair’s big wooden wheels clacked noisily across rough-cut stone floors. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I would go on to spend the summer of 2008 moving faster and working harder, convinced that I could make a positive difference for Barack. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“He knows all the fastest routes to get there.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“But don’t squeeze hard. If you stop too fast, you’ll go right over the handlebars.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She tore around a corner so fast, Conor had to grab on to the door handle to stay upright. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Majidi is on the attack! The shot clock is winding down, the game is tied up, he’s on a fast streak to the hoop, and BANG! He’s won the game for the Boston Celtics!” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The distances were immense and yet they sailed so fast and so sleek, undeterred. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I says I’ve tried to keep you from being worried by her; I says far as I’m concerned, let her go to hell as fast as she pleases and the sooner the better. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you are tired,” Ba said, “and I am too. We can rest and afterward we will be able to continue faster.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

My morning dash to the prison, pump, and tavern had gone wonderful fast. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the way, every time some cute fellows passed us in their fast, fancy cars, we’d wave and pucker up our mouths. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then his hands moved so fast they blurred. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Before Toby could say anything else, Luke ran out of the bar and down the road as fast he could. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The faster they walked, the less Alex thought about how much he was going to miss her. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The Iris- message images were going so fast I could hardly understand them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

As Mom said, he might not be getting anywhere, but at least he was getting there fast. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The blade sliced through the air, impossibly fast. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Bucking and struggling, I knew, would make me run out of air even faster. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as I take this thing out of the rover, it'll start cooling down mighty fast. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A migrant knows that if he doesn’t run fast enough while grabbing onto a moving train, he can be jerked forward, lose his grip, and be pulled under the wheels. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Principal Principal pauses with a look on his face like Daffy Duck’s when Bugs is pulling a fast one. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Styx stood with his shoulder against the open doorway, watching the landscape glide by faster and faster. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Rowdy isn’t a fast reader, but he’s persistent. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

But with another scheduled execution fast approaching, condemned prisoners were talking about the electric chair constantly when Walter arrived. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She felt suspended, reading spines of other books, held fast by his presence close by. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Slow down, slow down. You’ll wear yourself out walking that fast in the heat.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of times today I thought I saw something black run behind a junk pile really fast. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Pong's breath was coming fast, even though he was standing perfectly still. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Then he dived into his food, eating fast and getting seconds. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Run faster than the other person,” said Boo. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The steersman called, and a sailor threw a line from above, and another hurried down the ladder to make it fast to the launch. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that Mr. Muhammad wanted that fast car to drive. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We headed back to the tavern fast as we could. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She was supposed to do what was best for me, not what would get me out of her hair the fastest. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Every animal stirred and lifted its head and became excited to know that one of his friends had got free and was no longer penned up or tied fast. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He’s so fast that his limbs seem to blur. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But they are coming faster than they ever came before. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My advice to you is, write it and write it fast. The march is in August. You should have it written by New Year’s.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The morning air was hazy with the smoke of cookfires, as three thousand men sat down to break their fasts beneath the banners of their lords. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Petey pulsed feebly into the air and came to rest a couple of feet away, with Ajax closing fast. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

From the floor, it was probably eight feet deep and rising fast. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The rain was now coming down so thick and fast that it was as though buckets of ice- cold water were being emptied repeatedly over their heads. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to push him, too far, too fast. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cliff towered into the night, the countless stars were kindled, the wind blew cold, and the doors stood fast. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Stephanie talked so fast I couldn’t tell if she was actually breathing. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

My machines are hot, fast, and dangerous if I don’t get my fingers out of the way. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Desperate, he flung himself over Rosemont’s neck, booting and whipping and screaming, “Faster, baby, faster!” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They—” “Not quite what you’re looking for? Don’t blame you really, wear out terrible fast. Nice color though, good for chasing the ladies.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Zara messed up, I know. She should have listened better, she shouldn’t have acted that way with Leo, and she always blows up too fast. But please don’t be angry with her, okay?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t have to be new, just red—and fast. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it is running fast, it cannot slow itself down, nor catch up if it is running slow. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A monkey can run amazingly fast, it can jump long distances, and it uses its tail as a gripper or a hook. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This one will die even faster than the others." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When the signs on the turnpike started telling us we were coming to Charleston, Cletus became so fidgety that at first I thought we’d better find a filling station, and fast. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa was pacing around nervous, scratching his head hard and fast again. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Ignorant, in the Handdara sense: to ignore the abstraction, to hold fast to the thing. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It seems a week since we broke our fast this morning,” said Robin, eating hungrily. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Then, way down ahead of us, a pinpoint of light winked into being, small but growing fast. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He usually stayed a few steps ahead of Collins and the others, wanting to go faster but grudgingly slowing up to announce his moves or to receive his teacher’s reply. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It must be a stream, moving fast after the rain. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I break into a run as we pass the orchard, like if I pump my legs fast enough, I can outrun this thing that’s happening to me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Father Mike was going much too fast to stop in time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The fastest a human could run a mile, he wrote, was 4:01.6. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He took deeper breaths and rode faster, making puddles splash higher and leaving tiny tire tracks on the dry linoleum. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘Make it fast to that stump, Sam!’ he said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Even when Ramadan arrived during the season and I had to play volleyball and fence while fasting from sunrise to sunset, abstaining from food and water, I still didn’t want to quit. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Garrett moans, telling Henry not to go so fast, but he’s not going fast at all. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The old man made the sheet fast and jammed the tiller. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anxious to please, the boy worked so fast that he was finished ahead of time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk faster, and the coal is getting heavier, and then we reach the corner where Januka needs to turn and I need to go straight on to Tatarska. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

With my other arm, I have to wipe my eyes real fast. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Its walk was neither slower nor faster than bet* re; you could not tell whether it even knew it had been hit. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

It turned and ran, as fast as it could, in the opposite direction. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get out of there as fast as I could and run straight home. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They spend their money as fast as we do. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I turn my attention to Jena and Kento, who look like two small, bright figures fast approaching the power-up hovering over the rock. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I pulled my hat further down over my face and scooped the punch as fast as I could without making a mess all over the place. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Jo would turn up her naughty nose at some of the finest, because she has no soul for art, but I have, and I’m cultivating eye and taste as fast as I can. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry spun faster and faster, elbows tucked tightly to his . sides, blurred fireplaces flashing past him, until he started to feel sick and closed his eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Janza was too strong and too fast, all instinct, sensing a kill. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was fast, but his strength was unstoppable. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“How’d you get here so fast? We were on bikes and couldn’t catch you.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The difference was that in a two-thousand- meter race everything came at you much faster and harder. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I could get to the north faster alone,” he figures, “but I might not make it.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The farther away the galaxy, the faster its recession. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I must sit out in the fields here, I think, and fast till I grow thin enough to slip through.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

A high-pitched, gold clock in a glass case ticked very fast on the mantelpiece. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

My brother, choking on dirt, cursed me, but still he held fast to the animal. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The train is going much faster than it has every other time I’ve jumped, but I can’t lose my nerve now, in front of all these members. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The last sound she heard was Fenoglio's pen scribbling over the paper, writing word after word as fast as a weaver's shuttle turning black threads into colorfully patterned cloth.... Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You’ll pick the wrong one, knowing you,” he said out loud, and then he took a corridor and started hurrying along it as fast as he could. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Kalinda runs to that bed so fast that when she lands, she bounces high into the air. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

That’s how long it took the fastest horse on the planet to get from Alaska to San Francisco Bay, heading straight over the water down the Northwest Coast. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Give me two minutes!” she begs, and when he nods, we hurry toward the 200-meter mark as fast as I can. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The suit leaks heat faster than my body could ever generate it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

While smiling to herself and holding fast to the break in somber thoughts, she felt something tickling her foot. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

But over the fields and the water the moonlight hung, a net of silver mist, and in his body his blood ran secret and hot and fast. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He wheeled and raced for home as fast as he could, sending up puffs of dust in the road. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It happened so fast, no one else would have seen it. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

A school bus is a fast food joint with extra value and no food. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“There are no real hard and fast rules,” Bunderson wrote in his internal memo. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, as the heat rose from the logs, the sap in the pans began rising faster. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Predictions of another riot came fast and furious in 1919 and 1920—warnings to expect a bloodbath on Labor Day, on Halloween, on May Day. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Kelley’s decision—go in or fly on—had to be made fast. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, okay, but I’m going to eat fast in case I have to run for it.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those two men still held their ropes fast around the bollards, and the balloon lurched sickeningly sideways. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was walking fast enough to not be late, but slow enough so that I wouldn’t start sweating. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She was breathing really fast, and when she finally pulled her keys out I could see she was crying. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Ride as fast as you can, or it will be death for all of us!” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

A scarlet-clad figure on a broomstick, moving so fast it was blurred, shot out onto the field from an entrance far below, to wild applause from the Bulgarian supporters. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe how fast you just sold me out,” Ben says. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The flakes were coming heavy and fast in the rain. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It happens so fast, I don’t have time to take a deep breath. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t get back to Shalimar fast enough, and when he did get there, dusty and dirty from the run, he leaped into the car and drove to Sweet’s house. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was coming as fast as I could to help. Shayla’s right.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I blink fast so I can see him through my tears. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny never understood how the horse could run so fast without tripping over tent pegs, campfires, stacks of muskets, sheep bought for slaughtering. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

By eight o’clock everyone except the watch was fast asleep with the sound of waves slapping and splashing against the edges of their camp. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Death would be okay if it came fast, existence ending in one last violent moment of defiance. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I opened the first one and drank it as fast as 1 could, and then opened the second. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look over my shoulder and see Breanna chasing after me down the hall, so I walk fast toward the bench, even though I still have no idea what I’m going to do or say. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I’m surprised how hard and fast it is. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the top, he turned and came back down, a little faster. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly, he could figure out some things faster than she could. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My heart beat fast and thick: I heard its throb. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The Royal Fleet is fast approaching and is eager for battle and spoils. If you sailed now, you’d likely be captured and sold to the islands.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The river of chocolate was flowing very fast inside the pipe, and the Oompa-Loompas were all rowing like crazy, and the boat was rocketing along at a furious pace. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

My heart was beating faster than it ever had. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then, fast as a serpent, it slithered for the steps and began to flow up them, toward her. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Truth is, I could put this tube on my shoulder with Calvin inside of it and make the climb home just as fast. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It’s not that they necessarily stole it from us or pulled a fast one. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Sit up!” said she; “don’t annoy me with holding the clothes fast. Are you Jane Eyre?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had no hooks or string but if he could somehow lure them into the shallows—and make a spear, a small fish spear—he might be able to strike fast enough to get one. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I got off to a rough start, but soon I was going as high as she was and just as fast. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The tears start rolling down my face faster than I can catch them as I watch his deep-blue eyes, focused on reading every lyric off that crumpled piece of paper. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

And then Rachel, catching on faster than I would have, called back, “You want a piece of me? Come on!” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I can’t make my fingers go round that dial fast enough. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Her mother, though her fingers had not had the almost-magical knowledge that Kira’s had, would have been more experienced, more deft, and faster. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear the front door slam and Dad’s shoes clomping fast. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, using a wooden blade, he scored the surface of the clay in the drainage bed so it would dry faster. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Everything was changing too fast and the young were different. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was something so turrible that I’d-a give anything to make it go by faster, or better still, make it so I didn’t never see it at all. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

We threw our bodies on the slippery tiles, gliding fast until we hit the wall. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Indian birchbark canoes were faster and more maneuverable than any small European boat. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She poked the papers to make them burn faster. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tribesmen came on fast, firing their guns in the air. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I know! Everyone wants those fast carbon ones, but those things hurt unless you’re on the nice roads.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“There goes Majidi, dribbling fast down the length of the court, and—OH MY GOODNESS! He drops the sledgehammer! Up high and down hard!” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Though it was only November, snow blanketed the capital, and temperatures were dropping fast as the long Russian winter set in. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I nod fast as I stuff my mouth, then ask for seconds. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

As lions became deadlier, so gazelles evolved to run faster, hyenas to cooperate better, and rhinoceroses to be more bad-tempered. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

One evening a music video that consisted of a bunch of young black fellows talking really fast came on the television. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We new pilots felt honored to have a chance to master it, and we worked hard to learn as much as we could as fast as we could. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” she groaned, “but make it fast. We have a game in an hour.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Everyone stopped to follow her gaze, and together they all found a black head of hair bobbing above them, above the sea of grass, climbing the boulders, halfway up and moving fast. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He came out of the hole and tore across the hill faster than any creature in the world. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His breast rose and fell a little faster. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

That sucker’s goiri so fast even I can hardly see it! Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sense of exhilaration that usually seemed to possess Edward as he ran was completely absent, replaced by a fury that consumed him and drove him still faster. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Rotten apples started coming at me real hard and fast so I left. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed to possess some kind of instinct which told them several seconds in advance when a rocket was coming, although the rockets supposedly traveled faster than sound. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Faces from the stove and sink turned to smile, but then moved so fast their words trailed like smoke from a train. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Zooey seemed to be speaking both too slow and too fast. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I watch them empty the room of weapons and ammunition and move on, fast, scattering like seeds on the wind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Not to mention the lack of a seatbelt on a horse—no secondary restraint systems of any kind—and yet horses could go nearly as fast as cars but were much bounder. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The raft bobbed back to level and settled from the roll fast, the flat bottom slapping the water lightly. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I just pulled myself up, drew deep wheezing breaths, whispered, “Thank you, God,” and continued running faster than I ever knew I could. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She moved so fast it was as though she had Disapparated; one moment she was there, the next, she had squeezed between two guffawing witches and vanished. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Fadi had suggested using a fast shutter speed to freeze the action as it came into view. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The next moment, James was running back toward the house as fast as he could go. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“If we move fast,” said Abby, “we might be able to finish all our setups in one day.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He stopped paddling, looked at the sky and was amazed at how fast the dawn came. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I set off at a fast yomp, jogging fifty, walking fifty. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

If this is to be true—and it would be stunning if there were something special about our insignificant location in the Cosmos—then it follows that no one may travel faster than light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was a year older than him, but Hassan ran faster than I did, and I was falling behind. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He walked away from her, fast, leaving her behind. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

They asked me all kinds of questions: What’s the choke for, and lemme see the toolbox, and how do you start it, and how do you stop it, and how fast will it go. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I thought this would be faster,” she whispered. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

After break fast, it’s usually time for presents, except this year there’s absolutely nothing under the tree. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Their windows were tinted, so I couldn’t see who rode in them, and they were too fast, anyway. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I hop over a pile of clothes, bolt to the staircase, and spiral down as fast as I can. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“I think if you look at me really fast, I could look Jewish.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He drove as fast as he could, peering ahead into the pitch-black darkness. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

My feet hit the bottom, bumping boulders and scraping rocks, and I realized the river wasn’t deep but it was fast and my feet couldn’t stop me from being swept away. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He needed help and he needed it fast. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“He’s a good animal— fastest four-footed creature on the planet,” he declared. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I just couldn’t keep from showing in some manner that with his ministers equipped with the power of his message, I felt the Nation should go much faster. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We raced to see who could pick faster and fill more crates. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I said the words as fast as I could. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He’s very fast for someone on crutches, and I’m convinced he’s not participating in a Spartan Race because he wouldn’t want to hurt the fragile male egos of his opponents. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

In orbit, to fly faster you have to fly lower, so the further behind the lunar module was, the lower the orbit it would aim for. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear the sounds on the street—car tires through slush, buses braking and hissing as they lower and open doors, boots striking cement, voices talking on cell phones, radio music from a fast truck. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I heard the engine grind and felt us go faster. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the poison engulfed him, the miniature tornado spun faster, repelling the clouds. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There were an infinite number of halls and rooms and stairways, and he needed to find the one that would get him to Koffi fastest—without being caught. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It held fast, and his smile slowly faded as he tried again and again to open the Story Box. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Marks sees it all happen so fast, reacts before he has time to think. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of gross how fast that tends to happen. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Since Seabiscuit refused to exert himself in workouts, it would have made little sense to pair him with the brilliantly fast Granville, especially as Granville already had a designated workmate who traveled with him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You drove a lot faster than this to the hospital.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“No. We have to fast before church. Don’t ask why. It’s too complicated to explain.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I like to ride my bike fast, but I didn’t know my way very well, and Chris’s legs are longer than mine. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Jason scrambled backwards, not fast enough, but his ventus proved a useful filter. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Drop a ball, and it moves faster and faster; in this case, x = vt is quite simply wrong. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Her fingers brushed the cool, sweating side, but the domovoi was faster than she was. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She was fast relapsing into stupor; nor did her mind again rally: at twelve o’clock that night she died. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Right now I wouldn’t even mind watching Fox Five News with the lady who talks so fast and so loud you can’t hear what she’s saying. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she had to take a really fast bath because the back door was right across from the bathroom, and it could open at any time. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My heart beat fast and my cheeks burned with nervous energy. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

After a time, she was too tired to run fast and her shout came out a croak as hoarse as the crows’. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Four of them, alas, didn’t move quite fast enough and were killed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Ahead of her she saw Con approaching the opposite bank, and Taisin was almost through the wide, fast center. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They’d have no other way to start it save to push it and they couldnt get it fast enough to start on that slope. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The sword flashed in a bright arc, the fastest thing I ever saw move. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the first marches they went further and faster than he had hoped. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She was alone, it was getting cold at night, and no matter how fast she flew, Tally was trapped, and she knew it. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Hermione was fast asleep, curled up under her blankets, and did not move until Harry had said her name several times. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Olanna was annoyed but only mildly, because she knew the line moved fast anyway. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He focuses on the thought that will make him run the fastest: “I cannot miss the train.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It flew so fast I didn’t actually see it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

On her side of the room, Biggie was still working real fast. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I thought it was time to head upstream as fast as Grandma could row. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The 586th Fighter Aviation Regiment was still based at Saratov, using their fast and dangerous solo Yak fighters to defend and protect supplies and transport on the Volga River north of Stalingrad. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The ground gave way beneath my feet, dragging me downward, spinning fast, like sand rushing through a hole in the bottom of the universe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then Mom hugged me, but I could tell she was about to cry, which would have totally embarrassed me, so I just gave her a fast hard hug, turned, and disappeared into the school. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Wonderful. You’re going to be such a fast learner, I can just tell!” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Bob is tiny, wiry, and fast, like a barking squirrel. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

"I broke my fast with the men, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Things went by so fast when you were in a car, you could barely look at anything before it was gone. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first the miles seemed to pass faster than they had on the trip into town, but for all that, Jethro began to grow tired after three hours or so had gone by. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart beat fast, scared and deeply excited. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw had followed him back to Form, and Fenwick had ignored him, walking as fast as he could, and looking straight ahead. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

They were going fast and gaining on the crowd. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was like those first few years in school when everything came too fast and she could not always gather the English words into sense. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I grab my satchel and make my way fast down the stairs, through the school yard, past block after block of the cracked sidewalks of Chicago’s South Side. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

If they gave him enough time—if they didn’t rush him or push him too fast—he would get it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was moving too fast to turn back. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“If we soak the rice, it becomes softer and cooks faster,” I call out loudly. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Mark could see it in the man’s eyes: he was anxious to be at the controls of a Berg again, flying it fast and free through the sky. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Merely having a bigger, faster, more powerful device for doing something is no guarantee of ready acceptance. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were also many rabbits—large, gray ones with a mix of reddish fur, smaller fast gray ones that he saw only at dawn. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, I think even that bit of soup did him some good; he seemed to sleep more naturally and was not breathing so fast. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the desert, the faster you perspire, the quicker you die, if you don’t have anything to drink. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Penelope briefly imagined those round, doll eyes were taking in her plain dress and sensible footwear, but shooed away the thought as fast as it came. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The Colonel drove fast, and we were quiet, staring straight ahead. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

In this way they crossed the room to the other side, where again the passage narrowed and the current ran faster. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Armelio is going to have to be done fast because he is fast. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It hops around and flaps its decaying wings and I wake up, my heart beating fast. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We grabbed our bikes from the woods, and I never pedaled so fast in my life. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t be playing around in the parking lot anyway,” she said, and pulled her son away, walking faster than his little sandaled feet could quite keep up. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I discarded this thought for I could see that they were both fast asleep. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each cannon could blast a twenty-four-pound ball that would streak through the air faster than a person could blink. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

“I—I, um, thought I heard something up here, and I didn’t want Mrs. Caruthers to worry,” she said, too fast. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I tore out, running through the chin- tall grass as fast as I could. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll never improve,” the Turk answered, but his arms began to move faster than before. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They just wanted to let it run that day, slow if it wished, or fast, but a free run down trees bursting to give it up. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faster and faster the visions came, one after the other, until it seemed as if the very air had come alive. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then I grabbed another and another, throwing it off as fast as I could. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He was sobbing, talking so fast his words were layering on top of each other. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It ran faster than any computer she’d ever had, could access satellites or Hephaestus-TV broadcasts from Mount Olympus, and ran custom-made programs that could do just about anything except tie shoelaces. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Accordingly, the fry of 1955 grew very fast and survived in exceptional numbers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was breathing fast, like he’d just chased a rabbit, and little snorts of dust were blowing up with each breath he took. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I wished I didn’t run faster than Lynn, so I wouldn’t have to arrive first. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The theory also tells us that nothing can travel faster than light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She feels his tongue moving faster, his beard against her thighs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If that sparrow causes you any trouble, don’t hesitate to kick her off into thin air. She’ll come down as fast as the brick she’s tied to!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He ate so fast that his jaws ached. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking of the pingpingpings on our boat; I kept worrying that my father didn’t know how to fall down fast enough. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first game ends fast, but on the second game, I capture his queen. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing his too-large electric guitar, playing as loud and fast as he can while the drums and bass jar the flimsy walls and low particle board ceiling of the tiny church. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And off I went as fast as I could. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

For instance, if we want to find a particular particle, we need to determine the particle’s position and velocity—where it is and how fast it is going. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I stand up too, ready to retreat to my bedroom because I feel a wave coming, but I’m not fast enough. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Aunt Loma said she stood up so fast that the rocking chair nearly turned over backwards. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I think he had that in mind for an engagement present, only you needed it in a hurry, so...Listen, you want me to talk to him? Try to move him along faster?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My guess is that most of you found that a little harder, but that you were still pretty fast at putting the words into the right categories. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“So how’d you get so smart so fast if you didn’t study?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The new word spread almost as fast as news of the New World. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“How fast we are going all of a sudden,” the Ladybug said. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

As fast as they rushed up, the giant kicked them back. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rose studied the book’s photo of the Lipstick Building for a long time, then just nodded her head real fast again without looking up. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I think fast, swat his sword with my blade, knock his off of its course toward my chest. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Thinking fast, I made her an irresistible offer. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around and started walking fast back toward the village. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at my house in which I had spent years seeking my God, fasting to hasten the coming of the Messiah, imagining what my life would be like later. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had attached a note: “I have a calendar just like this. Beginning January 1st, let’s both cross off the days until you’re home. That will make the time go faster.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they rounded a corner, they flattened themselves fast against the building to catch what followed unawares moving steadily forward. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to head him off by asking him something, anything, but he was too fast for me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One thing was for certain: With her in his life, everything was happening so fast! Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t think of a fake last name fast enough. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Angie is still in second, and the Wayne girl seems like she is going to be too fast to catch. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

After that the glimpses came faster and faster, till Bran was feeling lost and dizzy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My heart started up again, racing so fast I thought it might escape my body. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to pull away, but my hands and head were locked fast. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

As fast as we removed the rabbits and pheasants new ones replaced them. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m fast. I mean, I’m fas-/*r. I been workin’ out. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad and his brother Clarence and sister Bennie never seemed able to quite settle down, always jumping up to walk real fast to wherever they were going, and talking fast too. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He talked faster and faster but he knew exactly when to apply the brakes and give the people time to contemplate what he was saying. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Men of his size usually aren’t very fast, or very nimble. He could knock me out in one punch, probably, but he’d have to be swift enough to catch me.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It swings so fast it’s pretty much a blur. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

If I wasn't watching it with my own eyes, I would never believe anyone could move that fast. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And before she knew it, she was fast asleep. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

"There are a couple songs you might like, ballady stuff. But the rest is really fast." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Louis wasn’t disrespectful and point out that he did something faster than his boss. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minny storms in mad, quiets down as she tells Aibileen her story, then rushes out in a rage as fast as she came in. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We started moving along the stream as fast as we could. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon she was fast asleep, with Pantalaimon curled around her neck in his favorite sleeping form as an ermine. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

My knees started trembling and my heartbeat grew faster and louder. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Didn’t worry about escaping notice of soldiers or strangers, just flew over the cobblestones as fast as I could. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And fast and in a weird way — weightless. Like if you could go fast enough, you’d fly. It’s an amazing, free feeling.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found out fast that it was a bad idea to argue with his superiors, even when he was sure he was right. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

My heart was beating fast, but I wasn’t scared, only excited. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

By now the soldiers have taken notice—and the one who made the trade is chasing Jacqui, but she’s too fast. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Chapter Eleven took the driveway a litde fast and we bounced in our seats, the tailpipe hitting. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He pressed his heels into the mare’s sides to make her run faster, but the lava rock was already scattering from under her feet, and she was fighting to keep her balance. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Why, that hunting lady couldn’t see a thing but she shot one n’em grapes so fast and true that it caught Jimmy square in the middle of his forehead! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I got right out of that barber chair and ran as fast as I could.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spider god tried to duck, but the spell held him fast, and a golden whirlwind began to spin around him. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Prince Joffrey's mount was a blood bay courser, swift as the wind, and he rode it with reckless abandon, so fast that Sansa was hard-pressed to keep up on her mare. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was still hell-bent on me working fast food for minimum wage, because he said saving tuition money was more important. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I huffed toward the relative security of the serac’s crest with all the haste I could muster, but since I wasn’t acclimatized my fastest pace was no better than a crawl. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Lazlo’s outrage transformed in an instant to rage—simpler, hotter—and he shot out of bed as fast as he had shot out of sleep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She flew faster to keep ahead of it. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mother stitched my dress as fast as she could, her needle flashing in and out of the fabric like a bumblebee darting through flowers. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not see beyond the lawns, the falling rain came thick and fast. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

While surfaced, the U-boat could travel faster—at about the speed of a bicycle. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see, but the screams were coming faster now, from the direction of the auditorium. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Zach grabbed the hand truck and wheeled it out as fast as he could to start unloading the supers from the honey wagon. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cars are going too fast, despite the potholes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I walk faster, and when I get to her, she holds her arms out and hugs me. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He was sidestepping with his feet like a fast boxer. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The words tumbled out, faster now, as if a dam inside her had broken, and the story was roaring through her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He was nearly as graceful and just as fast — yet Emmett could never be compared to a gazelle. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I used my bare hands to scoop away the wet sand that stuck her fast. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Now, he walks around faster and faster in a circle and his arms are like propellers about to carry him off like a helicopter. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The waves were fast but small, and they didn’t break. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We're going as fast as we can, but it's just not fast enough." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Not too fast," the son said, writing the numbers down. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

At that point, the United States and Soviet Union would be in an arms race—each trying to produce weapons fast enough to stay ahead. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drink a little more, a little faster. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought fast as the couple laughed and jabbered at me in incomprehensible Spanish. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed at the metallic paintwork, admiring the biggest, fastest models. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the frogs sat stunned and motionless as the 4x4 flashed over them, hot and fast. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She happens to look up at the same exact time, and we look away so fast it’s a surprise our eyeballs don’t go flying out of our heads. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

And I hang up fast because now the tears are coming. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stood around in huddled groups, a little bit damp, and still hungry because we’d eaten so fast and there were twenty-four cream puffs waiting for everyone back in the classroom. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

From east to west, there was no faster way to traverse the long oval of the city than by underground boat. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The right wall was closing fast, seeming to quicken its pace the more Thomas willed it to slow down. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He’s talking too fast, as if he’s the one who rammed into a car, his hand trying desperately to push down the trunk that has flown open. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She clamped her hand over his mouth as fast as she could. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that the United States had entered the war, Hitler wanted fast action on Kappe's plan. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

That the traffic lights change fast and my sister must hold tight to my hand as we cross to where a small man singing Piragua! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Here, my pursuit proved harder, for he moved faster than before, turning this way and that, almost as if he knew I might be on his heels. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

My mother arrived faster than I thought possible. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“But I heal fast. I’ll soon be as good as ever.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Law, Miss Hilly gone be here in five minutes. She better put that fire out fast.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was a Jackboot, grinning down at us—and we were gone, fast as flies, One-Arm one way, me another, the Jackboot’s laughter fading. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Her first master got swindled by a man who sold a device that cleaned cotton twice as fast as Whitney’s gin. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t get the words out fast enough. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They seemed to learn fast, however, and soon—within days and even hours, in some cases—small birds were hitting small cars and larger birds were hitting the trucks and larger vehicles. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Downward they swooped, their great black wings driving them ever faster. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Rumors circulate through the Paris museum, moving fast, as quick and brightly colored as scarves. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I could imagine those teeth sinking into my heels like the assassins’ daggers sinking into Caesar, and I ran faster. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He pulls our connected fists between our hearts, and it feels like we’re dancing, even though I'm melting too fast to move. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And then, as Finn raced faster than ever toward Ms. Morales, she suddenly screamed, “Watch out!” and police officers appeared at the tops of every fence and started dropping toward the street below. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sheed’s stomach dropped, like they were in an elevator going down too fast. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The radio announcer said Gandhi spent his birthday fasting and spinning yarn on his wheel. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"Your heart is going so fast it's impossible to hear the separate beats. All one hears is a soft humming sound." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Grampa often got mad like that: lightning quick, fast and without warning. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

There is nothing in the world that could break me faster at this moment than these three faces. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But La Belle Sauvage was moving fast; in a minute she had sped past, and the hill was behind them. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

You pace and count stuff and wake at night, your heart beating too fast. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Tears had clearly fallen thick and fast upon the parchment... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Call and I hung back a little, wide-eyed and breathing fast. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed it, flung it around my shoulders, and made for the elements, where my father would be waiting for what I hoped would be an illegally fast drive to the Baker Sporting Emporium. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I’ll go first, and when that Special grabs me, I’ll give her a face full of pepper. You run straight and fast and don’t look back. Got that?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It is hard to believe it’s been six weeks since the funeral, but whether it’s because the time has gone by slow or fast, I’m not sure. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even though he looks different and I’m not allowed to love him anymore, I run at him as fast as I can and throw my arms around his shoulders. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The Army of the Potomac had never moved this fast. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember,” he said as he tied it fast again. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Not far from the spot where his crew had made the vessel fast was a cave, open toward the sea and very lofty. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michael tries to play it cool, whipping off his name fast, but Aimee’s tongue curls around the corner of her mouth as she writes. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I want your hair grown back in and I want it grown back in fast. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

That's the summer I grew so fast that Grim said we'd best let the boy go barefoot, he's exploding out of his shoes. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She hustled the boy back to his room, as fast as you could husde a boy who was still weak from fever and lack of food. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

It’s clean, smooth, and fast, and it’s a beautiful royal blue. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

We can see black clouds moving in fast from the east, so we speed up our walk. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She's so fast that she could have put that squirrel to shame. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I could have finished faster, but I figured caution's best when setting fire to rocket fuel in an enclosed space. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong dug the boat's propeller into the water, willing it to go faster as he sped northward. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Doli now led them at a faster pace, to make up for the time they had lost. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I'm not used to other people being as fast on their feet as I am when it comes to dealing with Nazis. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Over and over, faster and faster, until they were all breathless with laughter and song. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I check Dray’s messages and scroll up really fast. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

According to reports from the neighbors, boys ran alongside the car, holding onto the door handles from the outside, while my brother drove really fast. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Twig was talking fast in her usual way, excited about things nobody should be excited about. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The VC was rocking and talking as fast as he could. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They shot at her, and she ran so fast she slammed right into the back wall of the building instead of through the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He was leaping around Basta faster and faster, ducking, retreating, advancing, but suddenly he found that his fearless dance had trapped him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The bushes thinned and the sounding bracken grew rarely in the the swampy earth, so that they could move three times as fast. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a triangle began to ring outside, slowly at first, and then faster and faster until the beat of it disappeared into one ringing sound. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Word got round fast enough, but the talk mostly focused on Miss Lucy herself rather than on what she’d been trying to tell us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They flew around the corner. It happened so fast I didn’t even realize.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Driving too fast to the village, Poppy said Israeli soldiers had appeared at Sitti’s house and demanded to see her grandson Mahmud, who’d been living in Jordan for the past two years. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And they’d be going a lot faster if they wanted to catch us. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He thinks she’s wrong about him, mostly—he doesn’t necessarily believe he has to choose between politics and this thing with Henry yet, or that he’s moving too fast in his career. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His breathing got faster and faster the longer he looked. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The mayor hurried up to us, moving at a fast walk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Without actually touching anything, he'd pretend that he was driving, and driving fast, along the curves of an empty road. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It won’t be fast, but it’s the best I can do now. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He’s big and fast and has become like a shadow.Yet every time Mark looks back at him, he seems to disappear into some nook or cranny. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They quickened their pace that afternoon, the dogs running faster as though they, too, were eager to seek the shelter of the trees. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I had to be very careful of my fingers when the temperature was below minus twenty, especially if the wind blew, for I could pick up a frostbite amazingly fast. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were loading the cargo as fast as they could, but they weren’t fast enough. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I’m used to gunshots, but these are louder, faster. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Margo ran so fast her hat blew off behind her, and then she jumped into the car, and we were gone before she even got the door closed. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We go to Alaska as fast as possible...” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The world was suddenly spinning faster and faster. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I had never seen her move so fast. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

First pitch—a slider—comes so fast, he doesn’t even swing all the way through. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

His usually dark skin was losing color fast and his breaths were quick and shallow. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The tide would be coming in fast now and running up the beach nearly to the stone cottage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I looked to the south: he was walking fast, and was almost out of sight. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

His eyes are wild, and he's talking so fast that little bits of spit are flying around. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turns and runs, back down the hill and away from me as fast as she can. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The current carried him around the bend, where the river narrowed again and flowed a little faster. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Greta lay on the ground, clutching her chest and gulping fast, painful breaths. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Or to run, fast, not waiting for lights to change. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam was bigger and stronger and faster than me. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ernest and his crews tinkered with the setup through the spring and into the summer while Conant and Bush pressed for faster progress. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The culprit sat down fast and covered her face with her clawed hands. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

We'll need to talk faster than yes/no questions every half hour. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

By morning the radio is quiet, and there lie Gerhard and Hans, fast asleep, anchored on either side of him. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was fast asleep when Archimedes came for him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Routine can be a pleasant mistress whom it is hard to resist, for routine makes the time go faster. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I needed to be home in time for Hadley’s bus, but if I moved fast enough, I could make it okay. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I fell asleep almost as fast as my head hit the pillow. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then Luke got back into the car, too fast, and turned the key and reversed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was in the saddle, she could ride so fast that there was no chance of gemstones cropping up in her wake. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her songs remind you of being little, when she played them loud and said how they were about life going by too fast. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Kojo dashed back across the chamber as fast as he could and dove behind the first pillar of stones. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The two Voyager interstellar spacecraft, the fastest machines ever launched from Earth, are now traveling at one ten- thousandth the speed of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could not run as fast as leopard children normally run, and their coats were dull and matted. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Square footage-wise, it feels smaller than our kitchen and dining area at home, so I’m guessing cabin fever is going to come on fast and strong. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

This was Hermod, called the Nimble, Odin’s attendant, the fastest and the most daring of the young gods. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Small dogs are adopted almost 2 times as fast as big dogs, at least in my sample. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once under way, he was too fast for his rivals, too fast even for strategy. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if he did get one afloat without hurting himself, would he be able to paddle around the sandspit where the tides ran fast? Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

His second turn around was a little faster, and by the fifth circuit he felt almost comfortable, but he was bathed in sweat when he swung back inside. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My chest tightens thinking about how fast the time seems to be going. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But the wood was burning fast, and the snow still fell. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When the coach blew the whistle, Patina broke out in a flash, zooming down the track definitely faster than Sunny, but not quite as fast as Lu. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She was getting too close, “growing” too fast. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It is the fastest- growing chicken ever, turning corn into meat faster than any other bird. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Any woman who has báza should take the two babies to the forest after they are born and leave them there. She takes them fast, right away. That is very very very necessary.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within a couple of days, no, within a matter of hours, a process was moving fast and well beyond her control. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Once in the boat, the master followed him, saw him plainly, swimming faster and faster. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a little insulting, to be honest, but Twig shut her down real fast. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In fact, the only requirement for fishing those lakes was a fast unhooking technique and a pitching arm in topnotch shape for throwing the trout back in the water. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe a little fast, but it certainly didn’t look like he was-going to die or anything like that. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

And then I feel something wet on me and I look down and the blood’s coming so fast now, it’s leaked over to where I’m sitting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” she said, “Gray Sisters Taxi is the fastest way to camp.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Come down to the lab as fast as you can,” she told them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Happened so fast, I didn’t even see it coming.’ Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I can feel the acceleration in every joint of my body, so much faster than when I had fallen. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He didn’t drive fast and he stopped and ate hamburgers very often. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up ahead I see three people walking fast like me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Will leapt over the bodies, and Lyra went with him, running hard and fast with Pantalaimon racing wildcat-formed at their heels. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

If they have to die, let it be fast. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry had not lost hope of finding and saving Hagrid; he ran so fast that they were halfway toward the forest before they were brought up short again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she favored Guildenstern to make him jealous, and sometimes all three were fast friends. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She’d baked Marigold a lime pound cake the day the Ashers had moved in last week, and the girls had been fast friends ever since. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He was tall, still lean from his fast growth, and had begun to shave—or, as Sparrow put it, to “abuse his poor face with knives.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I’m driving too fast and I know it, but I can’t seem to slow down. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

At first, my wrists were rusty after more than a week off, but I gradually warmed up until I was playing blazingly fast and much harder than usual. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We has news,” Bono announced to me, and the unwonted shyness of his manner conveyed his news faster than word. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He told me that more than once, fast asleep, eyes fluttering beneath their lids as he dreamed. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She hoped that he could cross the border fast as a fox- far away from the snares of those who would trap him. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I respond the way I always do: by looking down and walking straight and fast. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

If anyone had been watching, they would have noticed that the wheel fell faster than gravity could account for. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the instant, almost of the blow being struck, the white man emitted something like a soft cough; his flashlight fell into the snow, a fast flick of vanishing light. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to imagine myself moving lightning fast on the strip with this new weapon that seemed engineered for speed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I don’t know, without her as an audience egging me on, I doubt I would have agreed to go out with him that fast. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Kisses so fast and furious, all you can do—all Pop can do—is laugh and laugh some more. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The only thing to do right now is gallop like a thoroughbred as fast as your bike will possibly go, and race for your life. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She saw Matthias go down under the onslaught of kicks and ran even faster, impeded by mice all around who scattered in panic, thinking they were under mass invasion. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“It takes time. If I had someone to help me, it would go faster.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He was so embarrassed and he talked so fast that he started talking French. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm rushing to say everything, and I'm talking way too fast, and I'm probably saying too much, but I don't care. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A clatter immediately followed—he had a good arm as well as being fast—those pebbles had reached the front fence. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“No, no. The little one is faster. Nice footwork.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I feel my heart beating just a little too fast. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to look fast—find him fast. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Hit by a truck so big, going so fast, there was nothing left. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then I bolt down them as fast as I can. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was time to see how fast the colt could go. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sweeping motion, fast at first; then it appeared to slow and stop. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m fast, but I was running with the chicken crate. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It traveled no faster than a man could run on foot or ride on horseback. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In theory, a naked singularity with no event horizon might allow you to travel faster than light or backward in time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I took off down the track running as fast as I could, legs pumping, arms pumping, heart pumping, until I got to the finish line. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Ben needed to get to that ambulance fast. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I grab him again, but he yanks away and walks faster. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Woolf wanted to get his weight off of his mount’s back, but he was going too fast. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was paddling from the back of the canoe because you can go faster kneeling there, but I could not handle it in the wind. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take the knife from its sheath and I keep it in my hand as we move along fast. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I imagine flashing lights and people bumping into each other and drug trolleys zooming around like fast cars and that’s how it was in our living room now. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s off again, and we push ourselves so hard and fast, I expect to go flying off the earth. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

What he did was drop his hands real fast when Mrs. McNulty got back. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In many ways, the Green Revolution was a tremendous boon; harvests in many poor countries soared so fast that despite burgeoning populations the incidence of hunger fell dramatically. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

As the core of a massive red giant collapses to form such a neutron star, it spins faster. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spider and Seed Collector were already fast asleep. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how you grew up so fast. You know you’ll always be my sweet baby girl, right?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

News like this traveled fast in the neighborhood. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

We are all obsessed by the need to feed information in, as fast as we can, but we lack sensing mechanisms for getting anything much back. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These are my friends. We need to get to Olympus pretty fast.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I ran as fast as I’ve ever run, straight out of the fortress. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Instead, highly productive agriculture enabled a modest number of immigrant rice farmers to reproduce much faster than Jomon hunter-gatherers and eventually to outnumber them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He ran down Portal Avenue as fast as he could for as long as he could until he was out of breath. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Harry could hear shallow, fast breathing from the depths of the hood; he struggled, and the man hit him — hit him with a hand that had a finger missing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The prisoner lay on the bed, fast asleep, but she stirred at the sound of his voice. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was one of the fastest horses in Boston. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here,” she whispers, “give me your hand fast while no one is looking.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked home fast, because I was cold. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then he was clutched fast so that he could not move. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“If I was flying any faster,” Angus shouted, “I’d catch up with tomorrow!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her features were watery and indistinct, but he knew her voice: bright and brittle, like the thinnest layer of ice over a fast stream. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I moved so fast she didn’t have time to react. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She speaks faster as the idea takes shape in her mind, and her excitement is contagious; it bubbles inside me like the idea is mine and not hers. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He let it go over the side and then made it fast to a ring bolt in the stern. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hurtled his little body at his brother, using his feet to kick as fast as his hands pummeled. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

So they had to go fast now and there wasn’t much time to talk, or at least, Grandfather said, he did not appear to intend to resume. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

They began to dance, pressed in among the others, and each one turned his thoughts to the night that was coming on fast. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The heart responds by beating more quickly when listening to faster tempos, and slower when listening to slower tempos. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Then Tweedie, who was lying fast asleep on his back with his mouth open, gave another snore. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just in case, I hop along faster, extending my crutches as far in front as I can to take longer steps. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“This’ll set you right,” her mother had said, dipping fast, sure fingers into the grease and working it through Nicole’s stubborn curl, pulling so tight, her eyes watered. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Soon all three of us were on them, seeing who could go the highest and the fastest. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I looked for your face but you were moving so fast. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He remembered that at that time he had boasted of three things to Kamala, three noble and invincible arts: fasting, waiting and thinking. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the tones changed to something faster, with an angry urgency that soared higher and higher until it stopped. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But autumn was waning fast; slowly the golden light faded to pale silver, and the lingering leaves fell from the naked trees. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“No, not now, I thank you. I could not stay two minutes. I must get on to Kingston as fast as I can.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

She knew it was normal, the way the baby was breathing too fast, as if panting in her sleep, and yet even that worried her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Farmers harshly whip their cows and oxen to pull the wagons faster. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawl onto the floor and fall on my stomach, blinking fast. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Even though the dog was nearly half his size, Alex carried him the entire way, moving so fast that Nunu sometimes had to run to keep up. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I walked fast because I wanted her to get the note before she went home for lunch, and I didn't have any too much time. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Neither boy was faster than Mr. Flux, who moved like snakes, and living taffy, and malignant rubber bands, slender and stretched. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He spoke very fast, and she had to take her time to make sure she understood. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right away he’s the fastest, he’s the best. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

There he was put into a cold, bare chamber, fast asleep, and left until the enchantment wore off. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy charged straight into it faster than Jason could yell, Dude, what are you thinking? Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

My heart beats faster, and my eyes move quickly from one face to the next. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laboratory was still hiring black women into the pool faster than they were being sent out to other positions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The stinging smell of garlic surrounded her, stuck fast to her fingers and nostrils. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“We have the East River, with currents fast enough to kill a man, and the North River, two miles wide. Both are mighty hard to cross.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thought fast, I tell you. ‘Wait a minute, folks!’ Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Grabbing hold of the ropes, using them to steer himself, he tried to work out the fastest way down. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She was good at her work—fast, nimble-fingered, diligent, and even in the nearly unbearable heat of the weaving room, apparently indefatigable. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then both hands would charge faster and faster up and down the keyboard, armor clashing, bugles blowing, and by the end, I knew it didn’t matter whether Napoleon ever fought again or not. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart is beating too fast, and I’m trying to inhale, but I can’t get my lungs to expand. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I began to realize we were driving very fast; the car moved so steadily, so evenly, though, I didn’t feel the speed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Only sometimes I’d get too fast and my cards would fall between the slats of the bench onto the ground, and then we had to make the game pause while I picked them up. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed, a little wild, and reached out fast as a striking snake for his leg. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who’d have thought a woman with two small children could run so fast! Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Ronan gets lucky, getting all of the yellows and greens pretty fast. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The King’s claws were still caught fast in the sword belt. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

My sandals slipped, and I kicked them off to splash without slipping through sewage water, to run faster. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of his hands dropped to his side, drumming against his side impossibly fast. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Although frightened someone might still be hunting me, I fell fast asleep in deep peace, thanking God again. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Hands went down too fast for him to be sure. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rashid is from Pakistan and very stern and always wants us to work faster. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She and Harry walked fast along the dark sidewalk, and when they came to the end of the street they turned down another block. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Black prow by prow those hulls were made fast in a limpid calm without a ripple, stillness all around them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The journey by sea was much faster than the journey across land. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

They came crowding in on her thick and fast. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the rest of the crew would swarm below decks and then it wouldn’t matter how fast she was. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Arya tried to count, but they were riding too fast, torches spinning through the air as they flung them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Frodo was still fast asleep, lying now stretched on his side. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t possibly get here that fast. Besides, I got chores.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then my hand closes around it tight, and then I’m running as fast as I can. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Somkit finally rammed the throttle forward, and the taxi leaped through the water so fast that it nearly threw Pong over backward. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She had never run home so fast in her life. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

This time I want it to be fast. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

No lap in those three historic performances had been faster than 58.9. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He grabs my good arm and walks faster, pulling me along beside him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She goes down the hall, takes the fastest shower ever, and changes into her Batman T-shirt. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I nod once, even though I never want to be a drug runner, and then get out as fast as I can. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was apologizing as fast as I could and as many times as I could for breaking through the window and collapsing one end of the Drinkers’ Ping-Pong table. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She bent her head to the little dæmon fast asleep around the child’s neck and nudged him gently. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I need to find a way to get out of town once the sheriff is put down, and fast. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I wait for the door to slide shut with them inside and run as fast as I can, taking the first turn to the elevators. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I hired a fast powerboat. I guess the owner’s still around; he said he’s going to try and pick up some work in Oxford.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She bought a fast computer that was delivered to her door, bought some good software, and learned how to use it. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He always reminds me of a tiger—strong, fast, agile, and mean when he bares his teeth. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled it out as fast as I could, wincing as the sudden pressure drop dizzied me and made the wound in my side scream in agony. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart is pounding so fast, and this time not only in fear but in exhilaration for what I've almost done. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I kept my head down so I could glide faster through the water. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And much as I favor love in all its aspects, I trod my accelerator and got the hell out of there fast. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, just visible, was a baby boy, fast asleep. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“We should get back on the road to Abuelita’s house. And this is the fastest and safest way to get there. So stop being so mulish and get up here. Come on, everybody up.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Stella that the walking went a whole lot faster as they sang. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sefia started up, but Archer caught her hand and held it fast. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As the raindrops pelted my face, I realized I had a better, faster alternative. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Joon is over there. She knows how to do everything fast.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was still pretty light out, because when there are a lot of strikeouts, a game goes fast. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rabbits ran faster than cats, but they couldn't climb trees half so well. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then she started swinging her round and round her head, faster and faster and Amanda was screaming blue murder and the Trunchbull was yelling, "I'll give you pigtails, you little rat!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We need to move fast. You guys? We need to go see Uncle Charley.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The difference between a fast fraction and a slow fraction is often less than a second, and a jockey must be able to discriminate between the two to place his horse optimally. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scribbled fast and long, sometimes not even thinking about what I wrote before I wrote it. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She was going through them so fast I had to tell her to save some for me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Does might grow wings and fly,” said Nelthilta, “and before very much longer, too. Secrets go faster than moles underground.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t say it fast, plain, and clear, she’d hang up on me and write me a letter-poem telling me about myself. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The colt was a descendant of the mighty Man o’ War through his sire, the brilliantly fast, exceptionally handsome Hard Tack, but his stunted build reflected none of the beauty and breadth of his forebears. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not a very appealing way—the bars looked slippery, and the water below was so terribly fast. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

That’s why black prisoners become Muslims so fast when Elijah Muhammad’s teachings filter into their cages by way of other Muslim convicts. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a few seconds later—so fast does the crow fly—they were gliding to earth a yard from her front door. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, he was fast, but honestly, he wasn't that fast. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I watched my mother’s eyes grow wide again, watched her chest heave as she breathed faster and faster. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The warmth was whipped from his body as fast as it was produced. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The alligator, close to ten feet long, moved with unbelievable speed, but Polly was even faster. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a moment’s hesitation she pulled off her clothes as fast as she could, threw them over her arm and continued walking calmly forward, praying that the animals wouldn’t smell her fear. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy’s dad whirled around so fast, she saw spots. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They weren’t very fast, thank the gods, but they were vicious if they caught you. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he put on an impossibly high falsetto voice and began to read as fast as possible. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re growing up so fast. It looked like it was from this year.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Rachel was so fast; I had to figure out a way to stop her, but my mind was blank. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I have checked my watch at least a dozen times in the past hour, as if that will make the time go faster. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The way she looked at her phone, it was like she got the best Christmas present, and I knew she wanted to get home as fast as she could. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Expression– begins slow and soft, gradually becomes louder and faster. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I entered it and after a while I slowed to a fast walk. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You do want a Coca-Cola, don’t you?” he asked, and I nodded my head as I whirled on the stool, which rattled as it spun me faster and faster. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The wretched insects sucked life from him faster than he could replenish it. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Whenever her hands hit bass and treble chords at the same time, the bodice stretched tight across her bust, and on fast pieces, the jiggle was something to see! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The heats go fast—JV girls, JV boys, varsity girls, varsity boys—but each race is still a long process. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I chased him some distance and got him going fast, away from the bee tree, and then I came back for the wagon.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan pushed his big toe down on the gas pedal and didn't dare go faster than thirty-five miles per hour. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The words flew out so fast, I wasn’t sure that they made any sense. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Looking towards us, the horse sniffed the wind, started walking, then quickly picked up his gait to a fast trot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Just as before they swarmed around his legs, some of them almost six inches long, but no matter how he tried they were too fast. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The towns were zipping by faster now, islands of light thicker together, until the whole landscape below was a glittering carpet. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Because of his fast circling, Old Dan's feet flew out from under him and he fell. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scoob freezes, eyes wide, heart thumping so fast, he knows if be were hooked up to the monitor, it would sound like a five-bell alarm. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He could remember the old magician his father had bought it from, and how safe he had felt when it was made fast over the exposed pulse through which his ka might try to escape. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

"I just got mine and all I can tell you is it works fast. And by fast, I mean FAST." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He limps off faster than I would have thought possible. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Just that she was speaking very fast, but quietly, as if she didn’t want me to hear. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was amazing how fast they came, but when he built up the fire and the smoke increased the flies almost magically disappeared. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily concentrated on the slap of their feet, the weight of her backpack bumping against her, urging her faster, faster, faster. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then the pyramid fell apart, and the rats scampered, fast and black, toward the door. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Moreover, their speed and distance were neatly proportional: the further away the galaxy, the faster it was moving. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

A yellow ray from the sinking sun fell across the foot of the bed and lighted up the fireplace, where the water in the pan was boiling fast. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She flew into the room, screaming in Italian so fast I couldn’t understand a word she said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ankle sprains are very common in soccer, she says, talking fast like she’s in a hurry to show you the x-rays on her iPad. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Linda was in bed and so fast asleep that he couldn’t wake her. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is difficult to explain how it happened, but I mounted the coconut tree quite fast and unexpectedly. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

On the ground, I could feel how fast we were going. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I put my sneakers back on as fast as I could. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I nod, and Ma says, “It’s sort of like riding the Cyclone—bumpy, but fast.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I was struck by her beauty, and I turned my head to get a better look at her, but my car had gone by too fast. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

People sell drugs and make their fast money, and other people get jealous and just shoot them for the hell of it. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carried the water to the potato patch and poured it out too fast. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Drowned Forest,” he said, his breath coming fast and heavy. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The wind picked up around me, whirling my thoughts even faster. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She whipped it back and forth past the dark columns of tree trunks, shooting through them at top speed, so fast that her hands and face collected dozens of scratches from the branches blurring by. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I poked again and said, “A little faster,” then off he went, helter-skelter as before, and we resigned ourselves to our fate. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She galloped out of the room faster than I could believe. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, each in an angle of the great tree’s roots, they curled up in their cloaks and blankets, and were soon fast asleep. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The zeppelin was descending fast, making for the slope directly below them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bring the sword up and through her throat, hard and fast. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I probably have my best start, getting out of the blocks fast and clean, and I don’t clip a single hurdle. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Like asking Terrans why all our vehicles must go so fast; we answer “Why not?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I drop my debate packet into my backpack and get the rest of the Cheerio dust scraped into my hand as fast as I can. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“But I’m not. My boat is sinking fast.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He tried not to think about Ted Lavender, but then he was thinking how fast it was, no drama, down and dead, and how it was hard to feel anything except surprise. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A quick expression of hurt flashed across Chuck’s face, making Thomas feel bad, but vanished almost as fast as it had appeared. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

"You can run a lot faster than me, though." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He gripped the icy ledge with his fingers, thinking that if he had been running any faster he would have gone right off the roof, hurtling four floors. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The whole sky became light and then more thunder came, and she ran out of the courtyard and down the road, going so fast and hard I could see pebbles kicking up behind her. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached in and grabbed the weathered composition book and my heart seized so fast I thought I saw stars. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Conrad stormed through the door, laughing and shouting and bothering us, babbling so fast that some of his words were garbled. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The ambulance had taken him to the hospital but hadn’t gotten there fast enough. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The patches aren’t fast enough, and before we know it disgruntled men swarm the ticket wagon demanding refunds. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Why could he not shoot straight and fast enough? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been running so fast, so hard, so long, it actually hurts to stand still. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started running as fast as he could toward the staircase — “POTTER!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It’s just something we do occasionally, like wearing 3-D glasses for a movie, like eating ice cream too fast on purpose to see who gets a headache, maybe even like stealing each other’s lunches. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His eyes glazed as he talked faster and faster. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I lay still a while: the night-wind swept over the hill and over me, and died moaning in the distance; the rain fell fast, wetting me afresh to the skin. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The place will become known far and wide for its great food and fast service. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

But a larger part clung to the security of the familiar, as a sailor cast adrift might cling fast to any rock, no matter how small or barren. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The soldiers made us run, beating us with clubs if we took too long to find new pants and a shirt, so we took whatever we could as fast as we could. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

And my short, shallow breaths, forcing my chest to rise and fall too fast, making me light-headed. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Within the copse, Thom was fast asleep on a bed of dried leaves. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second dart stuck fast in Taylor’s neck. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Never, as I am a man, did I fear Death ahead, but went in foremost in the charge,n putting a spear through any man whose legs were not as fast as mine. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked as fast as possible toward the dim opening and ducked inside. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

We were whipping along so fast it was hard to hear or see anything, but Tyson pointed toward the woods and I saw what he was worried about. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom’s going to come up with the money and I’m going to help her. But it means I have to build faster. Lightning speed,” I say. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Then he’d shift to a babbling “Amen” mode, where he spoke in fast motion and the words popped out of his mouth like artillery rounds. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crawled faster now, like some horrible scuttling mutant spider. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mateo is about to protest, but I hold up my finger, shutting that down real fast. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She got sick really fast, so they couldn’t hide the truth from me for long. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around just in time to see Special Agent Aaron Gonzales spin and twirl Mamá to the beat of a fast paced cumbia. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I wondered if I would grow up too fast, I yearned for knowledge and understanding and yet I wondered if it would make me lose my dreams. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must have been wedged there, stuck fast in the threshold. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Either you came in here a swimmer or you’d better be a really fast learner. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It happens so fast that I'm sure he's hoping I didn’t catch it, but I did. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We flew down the stairs so fast that our feet hardly seemed to touch the ground. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But at this point, my heart is beating so fast and fierce I hardly hear them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He edged away, bobbing his thanks, and went on as fast as he dared up the other side of the field and through the hedgerow. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Eventually, things reached a balance point where the heat bled through the hull as fast as the RTG could add it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You were wearing your brown corduroy trousers," I say, talking so fast, it makes me shake inside. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

As the boy played his drum faster and faster, the strange animal danced more and more quickly. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

All the threads of his past spun around her, faster and faster the longer she looked, but that one gleamed more brightly than the others. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I said it very fast because I wanted to stop him before he started reading that out loud. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They spun slowly at first, then faster and faster, until the force of their motion rocked the tower. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

After a while, Valentine came back in and pulled Buck up for a fast dance. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She shook her head, and she could tell her breaths were too fast and too small. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Their quarrel caused my heart to begin beating faster, and I was trying hard to make out their faces, but it was too dark. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We knew the stones wouldn’t reach us; still, we couldn’t get down from that wall fast enough. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the memories of my life as it was, and the flashes of it as it might be, are coming so fast and furious. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Axel runs too, just not as fast as Ray. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Now down to the two of us, Jessica and me, the whole thing changed pretty fast. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

For such small, unsteady organisms, the babies sure could get away from you fast. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It hit the base of Drum’s tree and rose so fast that Drum was forced to fly. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

They reproduced and grew up so fast that there was barely time to sell the tickets for the raffle. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Taking on Washington was the fastest way to commit political suicide in the revolutionary era. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Joey Pow worked so fast that I hadn’t even gotten back to my seat; I was still standing near his corner of the ring, between Rock, who looked worried, and Zed, who looked furious. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were times when I’d sit in the parked car and eat my fast food alone with the car radio playing, overcome with relief, impressed with my efficiency. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My heart was beating fast and I was scared, but I knew that feeling now. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she found her voice, all she said was, “How fast can you destroy this lab?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And even when I blinked, faster faster faster, bad didn’t come out looking like dab. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Rocinante could be fleet, but I had not driven her fast. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Patrick started driving really fast, and just before we got to the tunnel, Sam stood up, and the wind turned her dress into ocean waves. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The only sound I hear is the fast pounding of my heart. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Now they stand fast beside The Beast, as my fellow rider says, determined to help us. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

That was all right, provided I didn’t get going too fast, because I had no way to slow down, and I didn’t want to splat up against the side of the Gemini too violently. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words kept spewing and got louder and faster. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It frightened him, this glee, but he stuck to his habit—singing his song, ringing his bell and holding fast to his rope. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Francis drove at a reasonable clip—he was a careful driver, unlike Henry, who drove fast and often recklessly and whose eyes were none too good besides. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Guards answered the same questions over and over, and the questions came fast, often with an accusatory edge. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

That was well off what he would consider a fast two thousand meters, but for low-stroke work the time was good. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I am trying to finish up as fast as I can, so I can come home as soon as possible. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Things are going a little faster than I’d hoped, sweetheart,” she said, and her voice was thick, thick in a way that made Conor’s stomach twist even harder. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

My dog’s breathing grew faster and faster, and there was a terrible rattling in his throat. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right. So were reading about him, and Tino comes around the corner real fast and gets scared.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monaco had pushed forward faster than the rest of us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can run faster than you drive,” she said, and was so exasperated she suddenly lurched forward and stomped her foot down over mine. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A small ship with big sails, she was faster than any warship afloat, or so her captain had claimed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It all happened so fast, Reggie. They decided to press charges, negligent homicide.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I watched, amazed at her lithe dancer’s step, till she dumped her tray and glided through the back door, faster than I would have thought possible. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

That evening we rode home in high spirits, the babies fast asleep in the arms of the older children. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, she even thought she saw its pale church tower in a dark fold of the hills, and her heart beat faster though she knew that it couldn't possibly be Capricorn’s church. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Without warning, the grootslang shot forward, too fast and lithe for a creature so large. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She’d never make it back to her chambers alive, but if she was fast enough, perhaps she could make it to the tomb. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was hard to think clearly, but Hazel knew one thing: She was moving fast. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her husband threw the loudspeaker out the window and drove home fast in the middle of the show. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run faster than I can possibly run, like I’m breathing adrenaline instead of air. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Holding the handrail, I try to move faster. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You kids grow up so fast these days.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He came rushing up the trail, moving his burly body way faster than Jess ever thought he could. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

They might already have the letter, I don’t know how fast Muggle post is. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“This .. . this was my last year? Taylor pushed through the gathered girls and ran toward the jungle as fast as she could. “Should we go after her?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“They have hairless wings, and they fly low and fast. They do not visit this world, but they fly the red skies above the road to Ghulheim.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

But the Hornburg still held fast, like an island in the sea. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She breathed fast through her nose and tried to ignore the nauseating stink of sopping sawdust rising from the ground. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It seemed silly, now that she said it, but things had been happening so fast. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then with a loud snap both cracks closed fast again. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was fast and noisy, a less patient place than Chicago. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It sat there tightly and grew, while he thought he was destroying it by fasting and penitence. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear Gomo saying sharp and fast, I am ashamed of you. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

So Deborah would just stare out the window, praying for Day to drive faster as she pushed Galen’s hands away again and again. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

A station wagon with wood paneling on its side was coming toward Ida Nee’s circular driveway very fast. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“A man shouted to us from a bus. We ran fast. He pulled us on—hid us under seats. The guards counted passengers but didn’t search. We got off in Reyhanli. We walked here.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was a fast picker in the rows and a joyful instigator outside of them; he brought both kinds of dexterity to this night. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Vibrating at high speed. Too fast for the human eye to follow...” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Theon tried to run faster, but his legs would not obey. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I walk faster so she don’t go back and give Leroy what he good for. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He made the whole thing fast with a tidy square knot. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I swam as fast as I could to one end of the lifeboat, the end still cov­ered by the tarpaulin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

His heart beat faster, and he felt the blood draining from his legs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once on the river, Tally pushed it faster, leaning forward until the river was a shining blur beneath her feet. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It happened too fast for me to put up any kind of fight. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The poor kid pedaled away as fast as he could. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glerk was running up the mountain, moving faster than Luna had thought it was possible for him to move. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I tap my feet as if to the beat of some fast song, hoping to make time go by faster. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will work faster when you are used to it....You are new, are you not?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked so fast I was drifting along the streets, and the feeling that hit my cheek was a cool breeze out of the summer night. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

So I stuck Willy on the end of one of the two picnic tables and went inside to see if it moved any faster. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Music in which the chords change rarely has a slow harmonic rhythm; music in which the chords change often has a fast harmonic rhythm. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She is walking fast, too fast for me to catch up to, so I don’t get to ask her if she’s new. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When at last Blackberry had reluctantly given in and they had set out down the hill, Fiver went almost as fast as though he were running for cover. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could hear footsteps, Filch running as fast as he could toward Peeves’s shouts. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“You better find a bigger jar fast, Callie. It’s going to bust out of that one.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Smart, but not fast enough. I’m sorry we didn’t realize he had taken you two as well. Do you know why?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

We didn’t know what we would find up here, and if we needed to leave in a hurry, it was better to have a small group that could move fast. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They were close to the gate of the great house now, but it was locked fast, the iron doors reared full to their height and the stone lions grey and windbitten on either side. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Tod’s umbrage rendered him momentarily speechless, during which pause Soulzeren interjected, “Be faster to fly, anyway. We can have the silk sleighs ready in a few days.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Before we had got a hundred yards a wheel wedged fast and the axle bent. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Old Mr. Chou would swing the door wide open for me, and as I tried to walk in, he would slam it fast, hoping to squash me like a fly. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elaine Stein’s words are running hot silver through my veins and I type as fast as I can. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Things change so fast, it make your head swim.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the man were gone—if the man were gone it would be lighter and he could move fast and it would be better. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing that makes my heart beat a little bit faster, thinking about Grandma and Aunt Lena and my cousins coming to Chicago. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Kelly was persistent, though, and it was faster to let her take her pictures than to argue with her, lose, and have Kelly take even more shots to prove her point. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“You’re as fast as your dad. Even with that bad arm of yours.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The town was receding fast, and the broad sweep of the river’s mouth was glittering in the sunlight below them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the questions only came faster than before. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Harry was faster than Higgs — he could see the little round ball, wings fluttering, darting up ahead — he put on an extra spurt of speed — WHAM! Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Faster and faster, until even the knight in his armor is gone beneath the gray and glimmering waves. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I bounced her up and down, harder and faster, and harder and faster. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

You can’t explain things very well to somebody who is screaming his head off and chunking you with rocks as fast as he can pick them up. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gethenians could make their vehicles go faster, but they do not. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The ones on the other side began again, bright and fast and smooth, like when Caddy says we are going to sleep. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

My breaths come fast, and I struggle to grab the paper before anyone can read another word of it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A fine mist rose from the pale pebble, slowly at first, then faster and faster. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Gym class meant boys yelling at her to run faster or throw the ball harder. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Percy wanted him to move faster and to groan less. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Once, he fell; clouds of dust obscured everything, and he ran from the dust—he hurried faster, sliding and tumbling on the loose pebbles. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was not possible to make them respond quickly enough to dodge and turn, neither could they move fast enough to ram into Octavian’s smaller, lighter ships. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Beyond them clouds sailed over the moon, fast and wild. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

From all the fast breathing going on you’da thought the five other scared people had come back and brought a couple of scared friends with them. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

They reached into the basket again and again, changed threads in a motion so fast he could barely follow it, and the needle entered the cloth, and entered the cloth, and entered the cloth. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Still, there is nothing for me to do but march her out of Hollow Hall as fast as I can. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The next week passed in a kitchenstorm of flour and sugar, for Christmas was fast approaching. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up from his chair so fast, it toppled behind him and banged on the floor, making my mother and me jump. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’m probably talking too fast and getting too excited, since I can feel my heart thumping. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

They moved as fast as they could, bent almost double; ahead of them, Crookshanks’s tail bobbed in and out of view. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

‘We shall probably go faster than that,’ the sister announced, pulling on her driving-gloves and tying a scarf over her head in the approved driving-fashion of the period. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam they left behind, fast asleep still with a smile on his face. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

From bank to bank the current, regular and unvaried, flowed as fast as a man strolling. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she is a customer, Hoo thought, recognizing the face clenched in righteous anger as that of a diner not being served fast enough. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was little more than a shadow, and it scuttled down the darkened hall fast, like a little patch of night. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“You pick up fast,” said my mother, as if she knew this was certain. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

All too soon it was obvious that he was fast losing ground, and the effects of his inadequate diet were beginning to show in his endurance. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ariana was helping Liz with the icing, and I watched in amazement as she piped a whole row super fast. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I was a tomboy, tall and skinny and very fast, and I loved to be outdoors. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The thing about those souvenirs, though: the glitter falls fast. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Tony noticed that Mexicans, who make up the fastest growing immigrant population, have been far less successful at moving up from the bottom than many earlier immigrant waves. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I could see them turning the corner close on her heels, moving fast toward us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was scrambling away from the creature, but it was moving faster now. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The ride spun faster, so fast that gravity squatted on my chest and pushed the air from my lungs, and then faster still. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

McGhee’s vessel could reach speeds up to sixty-five miles an hour, which was much faster than any Coast Guard patrol boat could travel. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Kropp seizes him just in time, twists the hand sharply behind his back and holds it fast. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wall is a place to keep track of thoughts, as fast as they come, and remember them when they go away. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It did not come fast, for the other wave was still running out. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fastest way off the island was a boat, much as the thought made me tremble. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the ambulance climbed along the road, it was slow in the traffic, sometimes it stopped, sometimes it backed on a turn, then finally it climbed quite fast. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her heart was beating very fast, but she didn’t want to show her cousin how frightened she was. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was running fast, trying to push me, or trying to get somewhere that I didn’t know about. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Made his mind race as fast as it could. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Silver Star lies on his side, his flanks heaving, his respiration shallow and fast. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She was always a small woman, but her dialysis was forcing her to lose weight fast, and soon her short, gaunt frame was an almost comical mismatch with her husband’s bulk. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“None can move faster than I, for I move at the speed of thought.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He recognized the signs of the Zamani Region’s monsoon season fast approaching. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He stepped to the window and lifted her into it; he was working fast now that he had started. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them claimed they could feel the difference; the air in their lungs was fuller, the race of blood through their veins faster. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Even with my own private rocket ship, I could never fly fast enough to pull ahead of all the other stars at Chumley Prep. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The Fabric Barn was the busiest I’d ever seen it, and I couldn’t restock quilting supplies fast enough. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She started to walk fast, past Odenigbo, and when she got home she lay down in the guest room and was not surprised when the Dark Swoop descended. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t allow myself to think; I just put one foot down, then the other, so fast that bark peels off the branches and drifts toward the ground. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Buttercup was talking very fast: “Was he stabbed?...Did he drown?...Did they cut his throat asleep?...Did they wake him, do you suppose?...Perhaps they whipped him dead....” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped back . . . and as fast as a cobra, Polyphemus smacked me to the edge of the cliff. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

"It spreads fastest of all. We're going to need to shut it down before it becomes a citywide epidemic." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They were about five, all a blur of food- stained clothes and fast words. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And this was the point where I knew I should run away as fast as I could, but Jack was still on the ground and I wasn’t about to leave him. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Pan was curled up like a dormouse between cat Ben’s paws, both fast asleep. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The streetlights glow through the curtains, putting a soft spotlight on Sherlock, who is fast asleep on my bed. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But even I didn’t guess how far Valerian would go or how fast he’d get there. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He looked down at the paralyzed Dolohov, thinking fast as the lock clicked and Ron used the Deluminator to plunge the café into darkness. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see how watching television is going to make us Messengers any faster.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning into it, faster, harder, my feet slap the pavement, until it comes — that weightless, near-to- flying fastness. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a nutshell: Scientists believed that a human’s reaction time was immeasurably fast—infinite, as some scientists put it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When Nailer looked down into the glitter refraction of the waves it seemed that all the light and shimmer of the water had merged, a blur of motion too fast to understand. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Just one horse,” he said, “and coming fast. He probably won’t even notice us.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Ruth stomped her feet so fast, it looked like she was dancing. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But work as fast as she could, when she and Judith finished their task there was time for only a flying visit. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When he saw me choke up, he added, “Time will go by fast, you’ll see.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

We run back so fast that I can feel my heart racing long after my legs have stopped. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Martha, at eleven, became the fastest in the family at mental mathematics. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

And since my mother reminded me of the carnival, it means the Quran competition is fast approaching. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She had glossy black hair with pink cheeks, shining eyes always eager for adventure, and a fast smile that flashed from her face. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Lightning fast, Margo grabbed his comforter and threw it over him, and when I looked up, the little ninja was already out the window. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then the people of Harrowdale shut fast their doors and shroud their windows and are afraid. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He went even faster, so fast that the air itself boomed with the sound of his passing. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Penelope had begun reading poetry to the children in the belief that it would improve their English faster than lists of spelling words ever could. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

This all happened real fast—in milliseconds—and at the same time, I was bringing my gun up. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Despite those mismatched legs, she could move fast when she wanted to. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They moved with a fast crowd, all of them young and rich and wild, but she came out with an absolutely perfect reputation. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Of course they didn’t have time, as the Bonding was fast approaching. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Motivation. You won’t run fast unless you really want to run fast, and really wanting to run fast is what gives you Motivation. The Big M.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The girl was curled up near the fire, wrapped in a black woolen cloak three times her size and fast asleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was eager to go faster, probably sensing my own impatience, and that would have been fine if I’d only needed to go a mile or three. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You think it is so easy. One day quit, next day play. Everything for you is this way. So smart, so easy, so fast.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now get off the line, babe, and get over here. I’m calling the Charity right now. Get out that house fast!” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We found the building faster than we thought. There’s still twenty minutes before her class ends.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

We tried to catch them with our hands, but they were too fast or we were too slow. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I’m thinking too fast again, and it’s all in my head like the trance, but it’s there, and it won’t go away. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now that he wanted time to move as slowly as possible, it seemed to have sped up, and understanding was coming so fast it seemed to have bypassed thought. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He tried throwing the spear but he was not good enough and not fast enough—the birds could fly amazingly fast, get up fast. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yesterday was fast dissolving into a bad night. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Georgie and I hid in the shadows, yearning to tell our parents where we were and what had happened, but in those days, the rules held us fast. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

We get on our Chromebooks and start typing the poems, and Angel’s way faster than me. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I was getting pretty fast on my dead old leg. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

When she righted herself, she didn’t waste any time turning around and running to school as fast as her still-sore ankle would carry her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It says that the tropical storm is moving faster than anyone has really expected, and that it’s quickly escalating. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Crazy Horse assumed the leaders wanted their men to move faster. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure about this? I can’t run very fast uphill.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The turtle was a fast swimmer, but it couldn’t match Arion’s speed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Newer shamblers are as fast as regular people, but the long dead are like grandma’s, shuffling along. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Harry yelled, scrambling away from the elf so fast he almost fell out of bed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The old soldier was now sprawled on the floor, fast asleep. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

If I got this wrong, it wasn't just a one-star review on Yelp; it was a fast trip down Nergal's feather-lined gullet. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I push my way through limbs that scratch my face like broken glass, faster and faster, because I can hear screaming. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We paid him as fast as we could, jumped out of the cab, and started walking toward the ice cream shop. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Anya ran as fast as she felt safe, but he was way ahead of her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It is a fast food parable about how the industry started and where it can lead. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

The Nogtail is exceptionally fast and difficult to catch, though if chased beyond the boundaries of a farm by a pure white dog, it will never return. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coolness slid through her faster this time, a rushing stream that burst out her fingertips. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I remember. I tasted a couple, and I couldn’t spit them out fast enough—so sour my tongue wanted to shrivel up and leave!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Not as fast as Akimi, but thanks to his big brother Mike the Jock, he was used to running wind sprints. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

When Scipio finally arrived, they were all fast asleep. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But suddenly I remembered I had to finish up fast. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had all happened so fast, and the shadows had swept in from the beach just a few minutes later, too late to help Robbie. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t seen anything so fast since the horse races at the State Fair.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Making sure he was distracted, she crept around him and bolted down the corridor and up the stairs as fast as she could. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

How had the whole day gone by so fast? Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Not like his friend, Asher, who talked too fast and mixed things up, scrambling words and phrases until they were barely recognizable and often very funny. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby was fast gaining a reputation as a constant complainer, the Petulant American, a role most of the players found distasteful. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was by far the year’s fastest time on the river. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then he stepped out and made her fast to a rock. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s starting to get annoyed, and so we shut up because the faster we eat, the faster we leave. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was fast and moved away from them. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z