He was more than halfway through the Aeneid now, and getting faster at his hundred lines. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

January 2 comes faster than any second day in any new year since they first invented calendars. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He said blurringly, “I have a feeling 1 can swim faster than A. Hopkins Parker.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy threw the golden mask aboard the vessel, which was now sinking even faster, brown fizzy liquid spewing out the trireme’s oar slots and bubbling from the cargo hold, turning the sea frothy brown. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I found myself driving faster than I wanted to and it began to rain, a cold steel rain. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had to be a faster way to raise enough money in time. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“It's the tortoise and the hare, though, K. I learn faster than other people, but they keep learning. I've slowed down, and now they're coming. I know I'm seventeen. But I'm past my prime.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The harder you set it off, the faster it spins back at you. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I realize that the colors are not so important after all; it’s the dot and the growing size and faster spin of the clouds. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The room was rotating, faster and faster and faster. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But then I realize that it is my own, and it’s getting faster and faster. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he was up again, running faster than ever, then the dogs were gaining on him again. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The faster her pen raced across the page, the faster my heart raced. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Sir!” she practically shouted as she tore after him, ignoring the pain in her legs as she pushed herself to run faster. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Do you think a cab would be faster than waiting for the next train?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“No, no. The little one is faster. Nice footwork.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Technically it was an old computer, or at least a machine made from salvaged parts, but it was faster and more efficient than any other piece of equipment he'd ever owned. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

In the movies, you can achieve slow motion in two ways, first, by overcranking, basically capturing each frame at a much faster rate with your camera than it will be played back on a projector. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

My hands shake and the tears come faster now, blurring my vision. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

He leaned back and went faster and faster. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I tried to chase her but she was faster than me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

That the farther a body falls, the faster it moves. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My voice was faster and louder than usual. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Even with her holding tightly, it slid through her embrace faster than she expected. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Toomer just waved, shook the reins, and urged the mule on faster. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Booth walks faster, energized by the awareness that he has much to do. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The faster your lifeboat broaches to the waves, the better. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Is this your way of telling me I should be making faster progress?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“This has all been verified. Under the microscope. The male sperms are faster.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“We d get out of here a lot faster if we took them all to Hollywood.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 swear to God, man, he thinks up lies faster than anybody you could ever meet. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted to walk faster, but instead I slowed down. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

His heart beat faster, and he felt the blood draining from his legs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It would be an elegant solution to the problem of space, they thought, one that made the hearts of the NACA’s old-school “wing men” beat faster. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” I said, taking the box from him because I could open it faster. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She treads even faster to keep on the surface, but somehow I don’t count it against her. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I said, my heart already beating faster. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Or a door— Nailer’s heart suddenly beat faster. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

At this point, the station wagon went faster—though a moment ago, Raymie would have said that this was not possible. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The ranger did not wait for an answer but started at once, moving upward with fingers and feet, faster than Jon would have believed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

Mine dry faster because I didn’t use as much as Suesetta, who has put such a thick coat on, it will take all night for hers to dry. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The music was loud and quick in her mind, and she ran faster and faster on the sidewalks leading to the home block. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Would it come through the fields faster than they could run, and hunt them down? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The exact X-ray data should help us go ahead much faster with the more subtly constructed DNA molecule. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I stared at him writhing, his tongue flicking in and out of his mouth, foamy spit at the corners, his eyes rolling in his head, his hands moving faster and faster. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was racing even faster than Moss’s was. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His fingers drummed against his knee, moving faster and faster. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Besides, a survival craft may drift faster than you can swim. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

I finally coaxed Moody Blue to drop it, and when I picked up the rabbit, its heart was beating faster than anything. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

I crawled faster, following Candy on all fours. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

But it was not just because the new unit on my back was lighter that I ran so much faster. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart beats faster the farther we go away from the compound, and then Karen’s voice speaks through an intercom: “Prepare for takeoff.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

My thoughts race faster and faster, balling up into an angry fist. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

When I was little she always caught me, but as I got older I got faster, and when speed failed her she’d use her wits. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He has me up against Bennie’s potato-chip rack faster than you can say sour cream and onion. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My breathing’s getting faster and his eyes have gotten wavy with desire. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Even if her hands weren’t tied, he was bigger, stronger, faster. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And Gospodin Melnik used it to grind his flour faster, blasting air magic past small stiff sails he had rigged to his mill. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

What if he couldn’t run through the maze faster the second time? Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

It is much bigger and faster than ours and rapidly gains on us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more he ran on his short legs, though, the faster they galloped ahead. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Second, cells often behave differently, even if they’re all from the same sample, which means some grow faster than others, some produce more poliovirus, and some are resistant to certain antibiotics. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

"Yield or die," the knight declared, his flail whirling faster and faster. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

And in the actual city it became so thick I could’ve hopped out and walked faster. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

"You can take care of the food inside. It'll be faster this way." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The fact that an enterprise makes progress does not necessarily mean I should adopt it: athletes run faster every year, but that is no reason why I should take up athletics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The one that makes his heart beat faster and his head go fuzzy when he’s talking to her sometimes. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

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

“We can try,” said Thor, and he whipped the goats so they ran even faster. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

They were even bigger and faster up close. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

My heart thumped faster as I bounded into the house, into a living room crowded with people. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He limps off faster than I would have thought possible. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Running where the waves touch the beach makes it feel like I’m running faster than I am. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Actually, Prince Humperdinck got things going even faster than he had hoped. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He threw caution to the wind and reached behind him, grabbed Deedee’s hand, then started moving faster up the steps. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Miig’s eyes were squinty, and we moved faster than our usual pace. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I’ll only close my eyes for a minute or two, just to get a little rest, and then we’ll keep on going faster than before. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Those on horses were whipping their horses, trying to make them go faster. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Although he was two years older she had grown faster than him, and in the summer-time they used to wrestle and fight out on the plot of grass by the street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I walked faster, my feet matching the speed of my whirling thoughts. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I mean real money. Got to have it faster than that.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just held the umbrella over her head and walked faster. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The bus raced down the other side, faster than either the driver or I wanted it to. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

“Can we go any faster? I don’t need much sleep.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And we try to keep their names out our mouths if at all possible. Seems like discussing them brings them around faster.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

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

When the ball rolled Zubaid’s way, his teammates never tried to take it from him, though they were faster and more agile than he was. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

After a moment the ground disappeared in the mist, and up they went, faster and faster, so that she thought no rocket could have left the earth more swiftly. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I remember sweat-drenched men dancing the traditional attan in a circle, bouncing, spinning faster and faster with the feverish tempo of the tabla, until all but a few dropped out of the ring with exhaustion. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His breathing got faster and faster the longer he looked. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He saw the rock, big as a truck, outlined against a purple-black sky, and his feet moved faster, over the small rocks, over the low thicket of bushes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk faster so she don’t go back and give Leroy what he good for. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

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

My heart begins to beat faster when my eyes land on Jason. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

See, we’re all shouting that we need to be going faster. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made faster time than Salvador had expected, and they walked into Rosarita Beach with the morning only half gone. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The seconds are ticking away far faster than they’re supposed to. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The immense collection of people and animals began to travel faster. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel my heartbeat grow faster inside my chest. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Uncle Kufa said a child could walk faster than the tractor, but of course it never got tired. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I swing harder and faster than I ever have. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The giant woman recoiled when she learned I was Polish, so I willed my legs to move faster, telling myself that once I told the knight my story, he would understand. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I can’t keep up with the tiny moving bus now that it’s speeding faster and faster. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

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

Diana started climbing again, this time faster as she focused on the sound of the sirens that grew louder the higher she climbed through the gaping hole in the ceiling. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I can work faster than either one of them.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the young woman got up, shrieking in terror, Lupita saw Tomás come back up the hill, pumping his arms to run faster. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

As we wait, the minutes turn into hours, the hours into eternity, and the sun refuses to lower in the sky to make time pass faster. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We need to focus on getting my papa. The faster we get him, the faster we can get out of here, and Håkon won’t be in danger anymore.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The aids virus and other emerging viruses are surviving the wreck of the tropical biosphere because they can mutate faster than any changes taking place in their ecosystems. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could walk home faster than this truck moves.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She galloped out of the room faster than I could believe. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Below, water flowed to the left, faster than it did by the bedroom window. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Fives is possibly the fastest ball-game on earth, far faster than squash, and the little ball ricochets around the court at such a speed that sometimes you can hardly see it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music quickened; faster beat the feet, faster, faster fell the rhythmic hands. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to eat warm food and to my surprise found that regular meals enabled me to read faster. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It slipped down the cliffside, descending faster as it left the metal of the track behind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Nearly a decade later, here I am again, still chasing someone faster, stronger, and better. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Daddy is walking faster than he usually does so I struggle to keep up behind him. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He moved through the pictures faster and faster as he came to the burning theatre, and the flames, the terrible flames, that filled the paper completely. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

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 poled faster and tried to keep my eyes and mind totally on getting the boat back to the house. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

His brother-in-law gave him a thousand dollars for miscellaneous traveling expenses and the money, which seemed so huge a sum when first he saw it, is evaporating faster than Salim can believe. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

This supertube permitted me to take pictures twenty times faster than with conventional equipment. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Kept them moving at the speed of light, the speed of sound—faster than anybody had ever flown before. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

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

I got faster CD writers, multiple CD writers. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The air moved a little faster and became a light wind, so that leeward and windward side were clearly differentiated. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

World War II was largely fought and won in the skies with airplanes that flew faster and did more things than ever before. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

The work went faster when she was able to persuade twenty-five Peruvian soldiers to help dig. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I could read, write, and figure numbers faster than most. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we got to going faster, a grand cloud of dust rose behind us and folks ran out of their houses to watch us go by. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The blade flashed in the sunlight as it began to move faster and faster in a shining arc until it crashed into the sign. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She means the trouble he has sometimes catching his breath, because of the way his insides keep growing faster than his outside, which hasn't really grown at all. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re the only ATA pilots here today. They usually send girls in the Lysanders—the lads all want something faster. Have a sandwich. You look like you could use one.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

"Liz, with all this traffic...you think I'm speeding? You could walk faster than I'm driving." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“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

My heart beats a little faster, and I’m afraid to look at Mama. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

And the faster he poured, the faster it sifted through with a hot whispering. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opens her mouth, as if to speak, then breaks for the door faster than a whip. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I had lit the study, and the study had burned faster than anywhere else. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

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

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

The more agitated he became, the faster he paced. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

His gold blade cut through the tendrils with no problem, but faster than he could sever them, more took their place. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was entirely in their power; she would have to think faster than they could think; she would have to contain her fear and her hatred, and find out what could be done. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Alfhercht was at the rear, trying to push water out so they could move faster. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The man in back of me was screaming, “Run faster. If you don’t want to move, let us pass you.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we both knew she was lying just so we could get to the movie part of the night faster. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

If you’re trying to get Audubon’s pages back, and stupid Marysville is selling them off faster than you can find them, it gets sort of discouraging. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We walked faster the closer we got to home, where the live oak trees spread their branches wide, giving cooling relief from the sun’s embrace. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

"You can run a lot faster than me, though." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The gyropters were faster than zeppelins, but they were still some way behind. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Adapt faster, adapt better, adapt to things that no man should have to. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

If I did need to warm up, we would reach the hut a lot faster than if we went five miles back down the mountain to the car. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

As fishermen became more and more adept at bringing illegal liquor ashore, the Coast Guard patrols also became more experienced and began using faster engines on their boats. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I had my bag ready, shoes on, teeth brushed, but even though I rushed to the door as soon as I was sure Charlie would be out of sight, Edward was faster. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They took the lead, and the bats sped even faster into the darkness. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then faster than Scoob can register the movement, his body is leaving the couch and he’s wrapped in Dad’s arms. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Radio waves travel at the speed of light, 10,000 times faster than a message attached to our fastest interstellar spaceship. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell how excited Nora is because she starts talking even faster. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But the questions only came faster than before. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

And even when I blinked, faster faster faster, bad didn’t come out looking like dab. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

No clobber to a bat like that and the swing is faster than I like. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He started walking again, faster now, wishing Sarai were by his side. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Parvati said as the Weird Sisters struck up a new song, which was much faster. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

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

Everyone was running faster and kicking harder than before. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

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

The board slipped downward faster and faster, the metal-detector lights flickering out one by one. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The town we were heading for was far away, and these wagons were moving a lot faster than we could ever travel on foot. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The girl had recovered noticeably and was chattering even faster than before. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

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

We raced to see who could pick faster and fill more crates. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Panicked, she dug through the paper, searching for clues, tearing faster and faster through the sheets until paper cuts crossed her fingertips and whorls of blood smeared the corners. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Downward they swooped, their great black wings driving them ever faster. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

This time it was clear that Lizzie had heard, but instead of stopping, she walked faster. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The giant's hair went up faster than dry tinder, spreading down his head and across his body until the heat of the bonfire made Hazel wince. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

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

Faster and faster she raced, leaving Jorah and Irri and the others far behind, the warm wind in her hair and the setting sun red on her face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They grew twenty times faster than Henrietta’s normal cells, which died only a few days after Mary put them in culture. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The lust on his face makes me want to push the girl out of the room faster while gouging the Snake’s eyes out. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

"I'm faster this way. Seriously. Better that only one of us is out there hunting for the money. You won't do Mom any good if you're dead." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She pulled off my tank top in a couple of jerky moves and took off her own T-shirt even faster. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The most visionary of the brain busters pined for the day when a pilot could take one of their creations for a hypersonic joy ride: Mach 5 or faster. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

But he kept on going faster and hopped a gate and went into the most overgrown jungle of a yard that I had ever seen. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I walked faster, moving into the woods alongside the road as soon as I passed Weylin’s fields. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I kept going, faster and faster, until I finished not only that homework sheet but every problem in my textbook. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She ran faster than she ever had before, her heart pounding wildly. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He urged us to move faster, acting as though it mattered to him whether or not we got out. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

From any one dot’s perspective, the other dots are all rushing away, and the more distant dots are rushing faster than the close dots. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

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

A fine mist rose from the pale pebble, slowly at first, then faster and faster. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Faster! Faster! If we don’t go any faster than this, we shall never get through!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Spewing black smoke, it passed behind the camp, traveling much faster than the train we had taken from Guadalajara. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Why not? It’s faster. Now I’m here with you boys instead of trudging along the empty hallway, and it’s much better, isn’t it? You seem like nice fellows. So why do they call you Sticky?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going anywhere. The work will go faster if you have me there, and you shouldn’t walk home alone after dark.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And what if the fire moves faster than we can hike? We’d be climbing right into the fire. Not smart. Our only escape would be to outrun the fire.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

We will all be faster than Eric’s team, which will probably be good for capture the flag—I haven’t played before, but I know it’s a game of speed rather than brute force. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was falling faster than they were descending and from time to time would vanish beneath them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Yuni’s lips tightened and she began to walk faster, dragging Doha along. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

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

Even though there was an endless buzz of activity around the stand and the chips were flying out of the bowls faster than Megan could restock them, they weren't selling much lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Why didn't my mom bite the bullet and enter into a fake marriage to get us green cards faster? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The deflation would get faster and faster, the universe would get hotter and hotter, and it would eventually end in a backward big bang: the big crunch. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

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

I kept my head down so I could glide faster through the water. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The Gymnova bars were springier and swung me faster than the bar setup I’d trained on for most of my life—and that day, I just couldn’t seem to get the hang of them. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As the circles went faster, he shouted, “Push the stick back to the middle and lift up your foot.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t warm anymore, the bread, but my heart beat faster and my mouth watered at the thought of eating it. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“They put that stuff there and then the hrududil run on it—faster than we can; and what else can run faster than we?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Cain,” she said, but he took off down the hall like a jackrabbit, faster than he should have any ability to run. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I ran faster, and Chip kept pace with me, but at least he wasn’t smiling anymore. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

When he walked faster, I walked faster, even though my feet were sore and frozen and my legs were so weak they wanted to quit. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I called, my heart beating faster than I cared to admit. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

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 river suddenly widened out and ran faster. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Fission occurred even faster than expected in plutonium, causing a chain reaction to begin more quickly than in uranium. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

"Well, if doing the waltz is all it takes, then let me show you how to run even faster," Uncle Tony said. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I figured it would make us descend faster and we would hit the water like a ton of bricks. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The knight’s silhouette came into view and inspired me to move faster. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

Like all guards, he acted stern and unfriendly and often threatened to beat them if they did not work faster. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever she thought of the handbills, she walked faster. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Little lumps of lead in copper jackets were crisscrossing the woods under the shellbursts, zipping along much faster than sound. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Freak starts to hump himself away, trying to walk faster than he really can, which makes his leg brace bump against the ground. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dum-dum-dum-dum went the drum, the quicker you pulled the faster it beat. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white supremacist movement has a number of different components, including neo-Nazis, racist skinheads, the historically familiar white supremacists, and white supremacist prison gangs, which are growing faster than any other group. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Everyone eating and laughing at how fast we were eating and eating even faster, mashed potatoes flying, Lucas belching, and Christopher belching, and me belching, and my father belching. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

“Mama can’t be moved, sir. Papa says it would make the venom travel faster in her bloodstream.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I fired faster, trying to space my rounds in a sector. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was speaking faster and faster in her effort to persuade James not to give up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

The sleek shells that resulted from the process were not only more beautiful than the Spanish cedar shells but also demonstrably faster. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

“Did you know, Dèja, stretching steel shrieks, clangs as joints shift? Something told me the tower was dying. “‘Come on, Mrs. Able. We’ve got to move faster. Come on.’ Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Specials might be faster, but her hoverboard was more maneuverable. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

If we could only go faster! but we cannot; the engines are throbbing and doing their utmost. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

All day, the yeses and noes had been swirling inside her, faster, faster, until she felt dizzy with indecision. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faster and closer, faster and closer, faster and closer, and at last, like a cresting wave, the rider burst out of the silver mist. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“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

Me and Viola are both faster than Ben and sometimes we have to slow down to let him catch up. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

They scream at families to move faster, to get out of the way, to not talk back. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faster and faster, the little hag’s fingers flew, but the dark was already lifting from the night. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

“Speaking of paying off debts. I had an idea. What if I were to go to college so that I could get a better job and help pay off your debts faster?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

My stomach twists in knots, and I can hear my voice getting louder and my breath faster. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Kalinda runs faster than me and gets to the iguana hole first. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He held me firmly against him, my left side against his chest; my heart had already begun to beat faster, but there was more to come. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

HeLa cells grew much faster than normal cells, and therefore produced results faster. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

As the days grew longer, they went faster. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

His eyes glazed as he talked faster and faster. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps at an adjacent frequency or a faster timing, there would be another message, which would turn out to be a primer, an introduction to the language of interstellar discourse. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Myelin is often likened to the plastic coating around electrical wires—it insulates the neural circuits, making them about a hundred times faster than unmyelinated circuits. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"Right," he said, and "Low," and "Left," and "Left" again, faster and faster, moving forward. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Did something happen? Or was your heart just racing faster like last time and you got nervous?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

During the decade following Redemption, the convict population grew ten times faster than the general population: “Prisoners became younger and blacker, and the length of their sentences soared.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

‘Then I is guzzling ten or twenty more of you midgy little maggots down there! You is not getting away from me because I is galloping fifty times faster than you!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I go on, figuring the faster we get to the boring stuff the better for all concerned. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Theon tried to run faster, but his legs would not obey. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At that he walked faster, aware all at once of urgency and the declining sun and a little wind created by his speed that breathed about his face. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

He was frantic for air, but he stayed down, fighting the urge to kick for the surface, turning the wheel faster and faster until his lungs were heaving. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Run, Grummore, run! Left, right! Quick march! Double march! Faster, faster! Keep in step! Oh, my poor heels! Oh, my God! Oh, my hat!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes, blow air out of my mouth and walk faster. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some mudslides can travel even faster. That one killed more than one hundred and fifty people.” I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then, out the window, Will could see the flash of school-bus yellow through the trees, and his heart jumped a tiny beat faster. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The woman is faster than I expect, and I take a stumbling step back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He, too, wanted a free South Africa but he thought that goal could be achieved faster and more peacefully through the government’s policy of separate development. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rhythm inside the hall got louder and faster. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He began to walk faster on feet that he could no longer feel. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

She frayed them away, one by one, and everyone moved faster and more purposefully. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

Plutonium, they discovered, will fission even faster than U-235, so it could also be used for building atomic bombs. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I am faster. I tripped on my mantle.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

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

“You know how there was a time when we thought we would never travel faster than sound?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Patient recovered faster than I thought he would,” Doc says, getting his big belly out from behind the steering wheel and standing up. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole way to our house, I wondered which would rot faster. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

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

“It’s an idea of mine. The worse it tastes, the faster you grow up.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

God help us, he was a bit slow with the bad eyes you know but we kept at him and now he’s getting faster. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The dense crashes of Sigurd’s enormous boots in the field grew closer behind her, getting louder, and she pumped her arms and legs faster. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Man on the dock said the tail can move faster than the eye can see, but this one is going slow, gliding along as easy as can be. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

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

The pulse in my knee grows faster, more persistent. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then he is falling, faster than the speed of light. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

She wanted her breath to slow down, but it only got faster and faster. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

“The train picked up speed faster than I thought.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The researchers realized that the machines people were building—those mechanized tools of productivity, war, and science—were so powerful that they were moving faster than people could keep up. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And then it starts to tilt a little bit, and then it heads up with the fire beneath it, and up, and suddenly it’s hurtling through the blue, flying faster than Audubon could ever imagine. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She goes faster and faster, her feet a blur of motion, rolling the ball around the ring as the audience claps and whistles. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We both held her by an arm helping her walk faster. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My legs pumped faster, cranking up a breeze. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

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

She would then say, “Take that, you black gip!” continuing, “If you don’t move faster, I’ll move you!” Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

The only way the van’s atmosphere could have electrified faster was if I had thrown a live wire into a full bathtub. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Rabbits ran faster than cats, but they couldn't climb trees half so well. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

Tears welled up faster than I could corral them. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

There were three more verses, and each seemed to be faster than the one before it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

So in order to have any human interest in their stories, science fiction writers had to suppose that we would one day discover how to travel faster than light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dragonflies darted out of the door and skimmed over the ground and then shot up high, faster than birds. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It worked and worked faster: I felt the pulses throb in my head and temples; but for nearly an hour it worked in chaos; and no result came of its efforts. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

"He's fifty-two days older than me," Little Walder explained, "so he was bigger at first, but I grew faster." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As fast as the police reacted, the crooks reacted even faster. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“If you prune the tips,” Mami said, “it will grow faster and fuller.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The excitement caused my heart to pound faster and I was sweating profusely. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Short and stocky, plain-faced, he seemed a decent lad, sober, sensible, dutiful... but not the sort to make a young girl’s heart beat faster. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I mean, the dude exploded down the line in a blur, even faster this time, his silver shoes like sparks flicking up off the track. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He could feel his heart beating faster, his body trembling with the surge of adrenaline. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It would have been faster, but Denna’s mania was growing stronger, and all her extra energy was more of a hindrance than a help. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

Nothing pulls you out of your suspension of disbelief faster than a stupid ringtone. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Harry swam faster and soon saw a large rock emerge out of the muddy water ahead. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I nudged him in the side to get him to race me home, but he didn’t move any faster. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

It was all still swimming in my head faster than I could really grab hold of it, let alone accept it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

For an observer approaching the boy, the stones seem to be going faster than for an observer who is running away; the velocity of the stones seems to depend on your direction and speed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

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

The cannoneer came thundering down the steps, but I scrambled faster than he and ran for the rear door. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the boy was faster than all of them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As the collapsing region got smaller, it would spin faster—just as skaters spinning on ice spin faster as they draw in their arms. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Moving at a pace not much faster than a mule, it plowed furrows along a strip of land a half a mile long. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Come on,” he said, “it’s a jolly good little car. Much faster than anything poor old Max ever has.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

‘Johnny, hurry, hurry! It’s Mr. Hancock. He’s ordering a sugar basin. Can’t you go faster? Shake a leg.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trip is a lot faster than taking the bus. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes her hands and mouth worked faster than her brain and made her say and do things she didn’t really mean to do—like grab stuff. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He moves faster than I do, and soon his hands find the rungs that my feet leave. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Mom was a lot faster than I thought and when she collared me from behind at home plate all she said was, “Mister, you are in deep trouble.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

For a moment I did not find the ship, and then I saw that it traveled faster than I thought it would. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alarmed, I walk faster, and see that the fire rises from large, man-sized metal bowls set up on the sidewalks. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hershel was young and strong and could travel faster than my father. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The chariot was swinging wildly to and fro; the pace was faster; he had lost control. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pleasant side effect is the drill cools even faster. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They passed along and up the street toward the bull-ring and behind them came more men running faster, and then some stragglers who were really running. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He aimed for the inside railing, figuring the tighter the circle he ran, the faster he’d complete his lap. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

As I was growing, they’d get uncomfortable even faster, because I grew quickly and they didn’t fit perfectly for long. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The hollow was getting faster at making the holds; now it was a moving target. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

No lap in those three historic performances had been faster than 58.9. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I could feel myself get lighter; my heart beat faster, and my scalp kind of tingled when I saw her. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

It was shameful to have a younger brother who was faster, stronger, smarter, and better. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

"We could get things done faster with a shorter transmission time," Jack said. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In junior high, we run a mile every week and we’re supposed to get faster each time. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He's still crying, tears flowing faster as I demand answers. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“They can live over twenty years—feed on large rodents or other mammals—average about twelve feet but can reach nineteen—” He groaned loudly and spoke even faster. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

People needed to work faster than the weather and to keep pace with machines. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

By evening, my clothes were still damp, so I put them on so that the heat of my body would dry them faster before night fell. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Each successive bounce, becomes both fainter and faster. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She walked faster, but Agnes kept up with funny, little skip steps. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Which only seems to make it sink faster. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Dogs are being adopted 11 percent faster in December than in any other month. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My heart beat a little faster at that. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Some were bigger than her hand, some faster than birds! The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I sincerely hope you speak the truth, Elihu. These rebel committees are multiplying faster than rabbits in the spring. They’ve just about ground business to a halt.” ss “Have they interfered with you directly?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I looked at Helena, eating biscuits much faster than was polite, and shook my head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I told her that the conversation—if you want to call it that—went much faster when he did the pointing instead of me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malvonne resealed the letter carefully and thought she would add another penny stamp in case that would help get it to Panama faster. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

I was figuring the problem in my head but started imagining him on a train, getting here faster. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You’ll believe me or you won’t. I have no control over that, but there’s no anger here. Anger will get me killed faster than anything else, and I’m not ready to give up just yet.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This happens faster in summer than it does in winter. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

When I realized I was probably going to be last, I started swinging my arms faster—that’s what they did on television—and tried to pump my legs faster. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The engines rev and we begin moving faster. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His story was a counternarrative to the rhetoric of fairness and reliability offered by politicians and law enforcement officials who wanted more and faster executions. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

They would certainly have traveled much faster and easier without the boats. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It was all uphill, now, and the horses went no faster than a walk. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, Mrs. Jackson. Could you drive faster, please?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Davi is a lazy girl. I can work faster and pick more corn in less time than she can.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

According to the theory of relativity, nothing can travel faster than light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suck down the smoke, skip on faster, like I can outrun it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She was to the southwest of him, moving faster than he could walk. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

As the go-kart went faster, I felt the rumbling of the wheels hitting the concrete underneath me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

It made him run faster, with anger, misery, and guilt tearing at him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I worked faster when I salvaged alone, so one morning when Dad was in the northern tip of the yard, near the mountain, I headed for the southern tip, near the pasture. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He peels out of the parking lot a lot faster than he should, and we nearly hit a car. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He learned how to talk a friendly form of smack, trash-talking his bigger, faster opponents on the court. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

All were in good spirits save Doli, who hated riding horseback and gruffly declared he could go faster afoot. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

A gigantic wave had crashed in to the streets—a swirling, raging monster moving faster than a train. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

He ran but there was no place to hide because his life ran out of him faster than he could run for cover. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They were bleeding in a few spots but not on fire anymore, and much, much faster. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“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

All she could do was urge her siblings to walk faster. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

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

“Musta been a rattler,” her father declared, moving faster than Stella ever dreamed possible for someone carrying another full-grown person. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“If you could stand to splash water upon your face, it would he a more painful but faster process,” said Solovet. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, most of the vets were pretty fast, but nobody was faster than the pretty boy, Lu. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

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

Then she got used to the cold and swam faster, harder. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Even when a problem is easier and it’s possible to solve it completely, simulation is frequently faster and cheaper. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spun back toward the window to scream for help, but the man moved faster than she would have believed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He had horses; he would have traveled faster than us. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Think a little faster, would you please? We don’t have all day.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

Violet remembered her promise, and thought of Klaus, whose bruised face still looked sore, and Sunny, dangling from the top of the tower like a flag, and began working faster. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

She said, “I think your Grade Sorter is an awesome idea! Besides, I get As, so I’m happy to have my tests back faster.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Their uneven footsteps—scrap, clump, scrap, clump—didn’t get any faster. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Finn moved to take one end so they could carry it to the truck, but Roza was faster and more insistent. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He was faster, of course, even back then. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I’m swaying from foot to foot a little faster. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

A pinball that moves faster and faster and gets more and more power and more and more points. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

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 looked tired out, but as soon as he saw the other rabbits he came on faster and made his way to Bigwig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The concrete abutments projected from each bank, so that the narrowed river ran slightly faster under the bridge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His breaths come faster and so do mine, and I taste the lemon-syrup-fizz we just drank and I smell the wind on his skin and all I want is more, more. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

The fire went back into the bombs, which rose up and into the bellies of planes whose propellers turned backward, like the second hands of the clocks across Dresden, only faster. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway down the hall I hear “Wait for us, country boy!” so I run faster. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Joseph’s father was probably driving a whole lot faster than he could handle. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

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

I walk faster, moving past Phil, to try and save myself from the humiliation that builds with each second we’re together. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Gym class meant boys yelling at her to run faster or throw the ball harder. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

His heart beat faster and faster as Daisy's white face came up to his own. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She began to run faster, which would have meant her death if Percy hadn’t stopped her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wonka was jumping up and down in the back of the boat and calling to the rowers to row faster and faster still. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Suppose, however, that the spaceship would have to travel faster than light to carry the news of the race to the Congress. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She imagined this was similar—only she was moving a thousand times faster, and the grass blades weren’t adoring fans. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

The second time I got through it a little faster, because I remembered—to some extent—which corridors had electric floors and which did not. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

As wet and weary as he was, Roy forced himself to run faster. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Much faster. But I was going to the hospital. Today I am driving to a baseball game.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

At his summons, wheeling with a rending cry, in a last desperate race there flew, faster than the winds, the Nazgûl, the Ringwraiths, and with a storm of wings they hurtled southwards to Mount Doom. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

If she didn’t move faster, she might well find out. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The shadows spun faster, their long strides reaching over the heads of the writhing crowd. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

He was leaving, so I walked faster, you know, to catch up, and then I said, “Oh, hi, Colin,” like it’s just coincidence or something that we’re meeting there. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m used to gunshots, but these are louder, faster. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Her steps were faster and lighter tonight, a smile spreading over her face as she thought of giving Geak the chicken to eat. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And faster than they came,” threw in one of the men. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Threw faster and swung harder than any players our crew had ever seen. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

So I make the first turn, running faster. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to step even faster down 125th Street, toward St. Nick, hoping I could make it to the border before they could catch me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

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

I never drove him faster than the speed limit. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Gravity yanked them both toward the bottom a lot faster than they had expected. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Off your heels . . . faster . . . left, right, left, right... snap it out, jab, hook, jab ... harder ... The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Ignition sequence start." "... three . . . two . . . one . . ." Clamps released, the booster rose amid a plume of smoke and fire, slowly at first, then racing ever faster. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our weight was such that after they let us go, we spun faster and faster, laughing so hard we felt dizzy and sick. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

At lower temperatures, however, when colliding particles have less energy, particle/antiparticle pairs would be produced less quickly—and annihilation would become faster than production. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drive faster than I normally do, and I remember the way without looking at the map. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

She could move faster and with a lot fewer agents. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

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

It was a magical place, alive with music that spilled onto the busy streets from tenement windows and full of colors and smells that filled my senses and made my heart beat faster. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She got up earlier and worked faster at her flat cleaning and was finished in early afternoon. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Horses would get us to town much faster than a caravan of wagons could. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Percy charged straight into it faster than Jason could yell, Dude, what are you thinking? Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I run faster, for as sure as my name is Sam Gribley, Alice will climb that tree to see the nestlings. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

A road paralleled the fence, and the shrimp harvester was able to move much faster. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the spaceship goes ever faster, time slows down more and more, but at the same time, the spaceship’s mass gets greater and greater. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Jojo rolled the marbles faster, and faster, and faster, and faster. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mikey’s hand goes faster in his pocket, so fast the spout gives a lurch and collapses and Mikey is rolling on the ground yelping, I’m dead. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He learned how to make it go faster, then faster, and the streetcar screamed along with us through the deserted city. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Slowly at first, then faster and faster, till it was a circular mist before their eyes, the propeller in front of them began to revolve. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

With light, the faster the wave bobs up and down—the higher its frequency—the more energy it has. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I drew the dragon and my heart began to beat faster. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I felt bad to desert them all, but bonobos don’t range more than a kilometer a day, and Otto and I needed to go much faster than that. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

And even faster as it dawned on me just how much I didn’t want to see Lightfoot McLendon with lint in her hair. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

It was an institution for girls near my house, and the young ladies were faster, brasher, meaner and more prejudiced than any I had met at Lafayette County Training School. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The list was endless and with each name my heart beat faster, for it seemed as though many of those listed might have been people that I had known at some point in my life. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The City of Brotherly Love black people reacted even faster to the troth about the white man than the Bostonians had. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run so hard and fast, I feel like my lungs will explode, and then I go harder and faster. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

I close my eyes, but my head spins faster. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I run harder, faster than I thought I could. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Four’s fast. Not as fast as me, but definitely faster than a Nose like you.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A mile faster than usual, thanks to those songs. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The wretched insects sucked life from him faster than he could replenish it. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

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

I am not sure he can keep hauling any longer than I can, but he can haul harder and faster than I—twice as hard. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

My heart beats faster, and my finger shakes a little as I scroll down the screen. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

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

I ran away before he could answer, willing my feet to move faster. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I’d nearly forgotten Pascal, his wide-set eyes and insolent smile, and now he comes creeping around my dreams, throwing open windows faster than I can shut them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The older boys turned in an impressive 15:53, a full 8 seconds faster than the sophomores. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

I asked, “Why don’t you use the feed? It’s way faster.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spirits swirled faster around them, flitted this way and that through the darkening sky. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The smile flies off his lips faster than a door slamming. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

There is no way of sending a faster message to overtake them and revise the previous transmission. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the farther we got into the mountains, the faster the wind rushed past the car. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sam was bigger and stronger and faster than me. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It processed images faster than the human eye could. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The road curved around the hillside, but it looked like they could get to town faster going straight across the meadows. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He rose and ran with her, faster, neither of them spending breath in conversation. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A rush of blood bubbled up under our hands, coming faster than before. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When my sister reads to me, I wait for the moment when the story moves faster—toward the happy ending that I know is coming. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

There had always been something inward and painfully shy about Mike, but the death of his father forced him to grow up even faster than he already had. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was able to run farther and faster each week. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

"That's someone from the office" he told himself, and he almost froze while his small limbs only danced around all the faster. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stars blurred as I twirled faster and faster, gazing upward as I spun, and they smiled back down at me in happiness. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It’s faster now, and I look back at the crowd. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I do hope that no one’s been worried,” he thought, urging the car on faster. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

I think I figured out why Holly was faster. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like my grip on Gram is slipping away faster than ever. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Radar drives no faster than five miles an hour. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

Pong's words spilled out faster than he intended. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Become what we’re not...to become Messengers faster...and Mr. Benedict knows that we’re not, because...yes, I think I have it!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

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 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

“I even cut through the park to get home faster.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Their footsteps behind me crunched on the ice that much faster. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He was a much faster picker than I was, so I lost every time, except when Papá helped me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

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

Cersei tried to walk faster, but soon came up against the backs of the Stars in front of her and had to slow her steps again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

But Brave Orchid scolded her, “Can’t you go any faster than that?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made them close faster, shaking the floor and cracking the ceiling. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You will need to run faster if you have a hope of beating Hugi,” said the giant. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

She knew without having to check through the spyglass that the shadow particles were streaming away faster than ever. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

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

And then the trees blurred as the mare ran faster and faster. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

But now she was aware of the powerful fighter plane in the sky above her, fully armed and more than four times faster than her flimsy Po-2. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She just followed the light with her eyes as it flew around the room, very fast, faster than a glowworm and much larger. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She rose high into the morning sky and flew faster and faster until she disappeared behind the chimneys. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

After that the glimpses came faster and faster, till Bran was feeling lost and dizzy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I began to walk faster as the bus was on its way. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And now the future was coming in our direction, maybe faster than we knew. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Ms. Tannenbaum turns the fan on again to dry her faster and nods in approval. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

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

It traveled no faster than a man could run on foot or ride on horseback. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk faster and faster, until I’m sprinting. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

His heart began to beat faster as he tiptoed into the darkness. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The factory farm produces more food much faster than the old solar-based farm. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The two claims are very different, but Aristotle never distinguishes between them, nor tests his claim that heavy objects fall faster than light ones, for he takes it to be self-evidently true. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

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 run full speed, faster than any laps I’ve ever done in gym, faster than when I got stung by a bee when I was six. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

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

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

Achilles is faster, so in half a second, he makes up the half foot. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Hermione moaned, darting out from behind her tree, seizing the rope too and adding her weight to make Buckbeak move faster. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Bubbles rose like magic, faster and faster, and Marly stood back with a cry. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

My hands trembled, and I started breathing faster and faster. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It could run through the air and over the water, run faster than any horse, and run even in the darkest night, for its golden bristles shone so brightly. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

My blood seemed to pump faster, too, trying to keep up. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

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

The two go back and forth — Oscar saying “cuh” and Crummy “at” — each time faster and faster, until the sounds blend together to make cat. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, he thought, next year he would be bigger and could walk faster and get to school before it started and wouldn’t be laughed at. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drops the center card in the left slot and so on in a kind of rhythmic pattern that gets faster and faster until he finally stops. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though it wouldn’t have changed Henrietta’s treatment, this new diagnosis could help explain why the cancer spread throughout her body so much faster than her doctors expected. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

It was in the air, riding on a beeline right out to McNab’s head, the same line it came in on, only faster. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, sure, all of my teammates were bigger and faster, but none of them could shoot like me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turn away and start walking again, even faster, but Mikey keeps shouting my name, and when I look over my shoulder, he’s following me across the road. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I’d seen fire and desire, and my heart had thumped faster. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

It seems early for that, but reveille sneaks up faster than Pop's wake-up call of scorched eggs and charred bacon. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I went at it with both hands, force-feeding my mouth and setting it to work harder and faster than it had in a very long time. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

Thanks to machines, data was moving much faster than humans could ever transport it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Like an athlete throwing the hammer, Constance whirled on her hind legs, faster and faster, until suddenly she threw her burden with a colossal heave. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I can sweep faster, but the longer it takes to get over by them, the longer I can linger in their area once I get there. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The foreman, whose pay depended on speed, walked up and down the line, pushing the men to work faster, faster. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And then a faster dripping, a trickle, a running of water. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Faster and faster he went until he came to rest with a jarring crash on the Gondwannan landing dock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the craziest thing was, I felt like the shot—loudest sound I ever heard—made my legs move even faster. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Minli’s thoughts bubbled faster and faster like boiling rice; every step she took seemed to throb and Minli wasn’t sure if the pounding was her heart or Wu Kang’s axe in the distance. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not expecting to go any faster than we are, but it’s more exciting than the Make-A-Moment skydiving. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Flying pigs are faster, but way more dangerous. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

In the first marches they went further and faster than he had hoped. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon we are racing through the song, each of us using both hands, harder, faster, louder! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The lights illuminate the snowflakes that have begun to fall faster and faster. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“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

His jaw chums and swells with each word, faster, until Celia feels the warm breeze of his breath on her face. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Yeah, well. The satyr bit off another piece of waffle, including the stick he’d toasted it on. ‘I just wish we could move faster.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I tried to sprint to regain my lead, but I couldn’t make my legs go any faster, and my breath started to come in jagged heaves. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

At least if I’m busy painting, then the week will fly by faster. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When she was over the pine woods where she had been held captive, she flew faster. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She crawled faster now, like some horrible scuttling mutant spider. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was a certain nervousness that kept my heart beating slightly faster than normal. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

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

And with each blast he fired, the warning light on his chest pulsed faster. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A cluster of birds flew up from the nearby trees, hitting the sky at the same moment I began beating out a faster, more insistent rhythm. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

“Watch always,” he told them, “for signs of improvement, faster learning, quicker reaction in group A as compared to group B, and both as compared to the control group.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to the song over and over as I tried to imagine it louder and faster and with me singing it. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Nudging her out of the way, his heart beating a bit faster, he positioned himself where she stood. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I get ready faster than normal so I can talk to Carlos before school. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

News in Coalwood traveled a lot faster than a boy on a bike. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And faster too. And they might make the runway a little smoother.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And I fell, faster and faster, dragged back through the air into my body. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The Bull knew how to close distances faster than a speeding bullet. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Juanita’s head turned back faster than you can spin a top. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She turns away from me and starts walking faster. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

The click-clack of our feet pushes my heart to beat faster. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The engine hummed louder, and the scenery passed faster now. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A few people fanned themselves faster, thinking of all that food going to just one hungry god. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved faster, practically jogging as I came around the corner. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Books grow old faster when they’re not being read and the ones gathered here were long past retirement, leaning tiredly against one another for support. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The crystal dust that made Wind Being’s human form spun faster and faster. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Flying on the dragon made traveling much faster. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know it at the time, but the vortex around Santita’s father was starting to spin faster. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He could feel the words coming out faster and faster, the momentum building inside him like the words were all going to explode and he wanted to finish before it happened. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And it seemed to Bod as if she ran even faster then. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

We were still quite a distance away when we heard the hubbub and ran faster. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was desperation in all she said, an emptiness at its core, or something excluded or unnamed that made her talk faster, and exaggerate with less conviction. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

Faster and faster the waters bore him along, tossing him right and left. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

It’s as if someone reached in and dialed it ever so slightly to the right, one notch faster. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

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

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

Gradually he circled faster, pretending to run with the pack in pursuit of a wounded moose. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

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

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

He could hit a baseball farther and round the bases faster than anyone else at his school, and he could haul more cotton than two of his older brothers. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

Dauntless was a larger ship and much faster and the captain laughed at the Ray's attempt at flight. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was packed up, schoolbag over my shoulder and ready to go faster than anyone. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Get down before you’re knocked down,” I shout and climb faster. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I’m going to have enough time to learn all the songs. May I record the songs on my phone so I can learn them faster?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I’d learned through the campaign stumbles that I had to be better, faster, smarter, and stronger than ever. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

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

Pollard was sure that if Woolf let War Admiral challenge him, Seabiscuit would run faster and try harder than if Woolf tried to hold the lead alone. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

So I move faster to beat the pain. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“It will get there faster if we deliver it by hand,” Jamie suggested. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They went faster but hardly for more than a minute or two. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you got to get a whole lot faster. You can’t waste time! ’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

That difference means that Asian children learn to count much faster than American children. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The smoke is spreading ever faster, approaching the announcer’s perch on the Broadcasting Building roof. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The tanker thundered past, slower than he would have wished, but faster than he thought such a huge ship could move. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way home from visiting Robert, I watch the mountains move past me and slowly the mountain song starts coming again more words this time, coming faster than I can sing them. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Strange, the water seems like it’s rising faster. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

The room is still dark, the floor still cold and hard, my heart still beating faster than normal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

I'm faster without the bag on my back but it hurts to have to let it go too. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She relished the familiar feeling of the sticks rolling faster and faster between her palms, the smell of smoke and then the gradual warmth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

I put a few extra kicks in to get out a little faster. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He could spin stories out of thin air faster than a spider spins its web. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Faster and faster, so that I have to put my arms across my chest because it feels like it’s going to burst out of my rib cage. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Just a jumble of pictures all moving faster than rain itself. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Though appearing calm on the outside, inside I am spinning faster and faster. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a flick of his blade, faster than Percy could follow, he smacked Riptide out of Percy’s hand and sent it flying into the sea. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He kept at it, lining up the pucks and slapping them at me, faster and faster, and it didn’t take long for the muscle memory to kick in. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She looks at my hands that are shaking faster and faster. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys were faster, but they were drunk, and Beetle reached the river before they did. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, he struggled free of the hands that clawed at him, trying to drag him back, and he ran, faster and faster, down a long tunnel. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

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

The ground is uneven, rocks, dead branches, the smell of damp earth, old leaves, she can’t run fast enough, by myself I could run faster, I’m a good runner. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

The fire moved faster than we did, we the young and elderly shepherdesses of dead insects. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Jackie was one of the only American women to fly military jets and had even been the first woman to break the sound barrier—flying faster than the speed known as Mach 1—in 1953. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We’d be here all night if we kept negotiating. See how much faster that was? Much more persuasive to our target.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

This came partly from the volume of Crick’s voice: he talked louder and faster than anyone else and, when he laughed, his location within the Cavendish was obvious. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

With a strong wind behind you, you’ll fly faster; but if you fly straight into that same wind, it will slow you down. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But the price is navigating uncertainty and secrets that seem to keep spinning faster than she is. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

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

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

Yet each felt his heart beat a bit faster. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sergio drives and moves the little stick in between us every time he wants to go faster. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He uses moves on her like the ones Kelton used on Henry—but this guy is stronger, faster. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“The more sail you carry, the faster you go,” Father told him. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though he was getting faster by the day, he couldn’t force his body to improve quickly enough to catch his older rivals by summer. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“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

I'm sure I can run downstairs faster than he can. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But when it got very dark and snowed faster and faster and faster, Mother kept looking out of the window toward the road. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

It went faster that way, and the story developed surprising twists and turns. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Toby gunned the engine, faster and faster down the interstate until he whipped around a subtle curve and Lily grabbed the armrest with a quick, barely audible yelp. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I drink a little more, a little faster. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I can go faster, I can maneuver around it without being enveloped. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t think about whether she was running faster than Tony could or not, even his illegal runs on the track at the white school. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But over the month of practice, my time was maybe a half second faster than his. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The path goes up and along as the river drops below it, getting deeper and faster and turning into rapids. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“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

He started chanting faster, and the spirits shifted restlessly. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I peddled faster, trying to drive out the knowledge that I was disobeying my father. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silently they swallow, shake off the crumbs, and drift downstream for a swim in faster water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls seldom passed her without her saying, “Move faster, you black gip!” at the same time giving them a blow with the cowskin over the head or shoulders, often drawing the blood. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes, three flights down. Or the lift is faster, miss. Oh, wait, aren't you..." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It is a lot faster to tally the number of marks in groups than it is to count them one by one. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But in no place did the level of violence fall farther or faster. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twig frowned and pedaled faster, so we were no longer side by side. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. fixed her mouth to say some “sweetie” thing but Big Ma was louder, and this time, faster. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Nan hopped up faster than she’d moved all month, put both arms around me, and squeezed. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It will be gone from his stomach in minutes—even faster when he’s this dehydrated. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I know the terrain, and I’ll make sure we catch up to you by nightfall. We’ll move faster on our own.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Faster and faster Kate ran, catching her pace, her bucket bouncing against her hip and Constance clinging desperately to her shoulders. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only consolation is that she died much faster than they would have liked, because her body was so weak from drugs and from her infinite despair over Jaime’s death. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only events in the future of P can be affected by what happens at P because nothing can travel faster than light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rain poured down, filling the fountain even faster, but it wasn’t normal rain. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

All of these atoms are wiggling about in space; the higher the temperature, the faster the atoms wiggle. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“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

He also knew that Willis, who was a head bigger than he, would tuck into him faster than a ball screaming down toward first. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The touch of Joffrey's hand on her sleeve made her heart beat faster. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“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

It’s another reminder of how many people will be on the NeuroLink during the final game, and it makes me move faster. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It made her heart beat faster, made her catch her breath. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to do but appear unperturbed as the news of the upset confirmed the fact that Francis might move faster if occasionally he would close his mouth. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Holding the handrail, I try to move faster. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He scanned us quickly and yelled, “Sixteen, Coach!” and we pulled out of there, faster than the 5 M.P.H. sign allowed. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would yell and curse, and that would make the horse go faster. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she got self-conscious—maybe even cross that I’d caught her like that—and set off again much faster than before. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up and began to pace back and forth, nodding and mumbling as he walked faster and faster. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His strength will increase as a snow-ball, by rolling, and faster, if some expedient cannot be hit upon to convince the slaves and servants of the impotency of his designs. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She never could work any faster than she did on the first day. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the farther apart the spots are, the faster they will be moving apart. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truck went faster and faster across the dry lake bed. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She ran faster, the hard rectangular object beating painfully against the base of her spine. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

So the lifeboat drifted faster than the raft, pulling it along. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Downhill, the train went faster and he couldn’t keep up. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It takes time. If I had someone to help me, it would go faster.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

There was Syn- Optics Communications, which was among the pioneers in creating technology to allow for faster, more efficient delivery of data over Ethernet lines. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

The clouds darkened and the rain swirled faster. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

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 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

The insult levels me faster than a blow from the Commandant. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Islam in New York City was growing faster than anywhere in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind her, Minerva jogged, her arms pumping at her sides, not going much faster than a walk, her lips pushed out like a Nish GPS system. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

His breaths come faster as I sit down, and I give him a wide smile. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The words kept spewing and got louder and faster. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“That would sure make a person die faster,” Rowan said with a smirk. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“How much faster is it to send a message this way than through the postal service?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The blow came up faster than even my father had guessed. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can sprint faster than any of the girls in our school although a couple can beat me in distance races. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

Despite the numbness in his heart, Salva was amazed to find himself walking faster and more boldly than he had before. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

News seems to move faster than small boys can scramble and dart to tell it, faster than women can call it over the fences. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Mother said the time went faster if we talked about things that made us happy. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Time is moving so much faster because you’re talking, and I need that because I just discovered l am a robot. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

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

Anya was moving faster then, unaware until she was running over the road. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The mud seemed to flow back faster than they could dig, but Kiowa was their friend and they kept at it anyway. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every night when he waited for her near the Mud House door, his pulse revved faster, like a boat motor warming up. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

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

This way, it seemed to say, this way, this way, faster. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear began to walk faster, shouldering his way through the crowds. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

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

“Come on, Eonni! We have to go faster if we are to meet our parents!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

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

They descended faster now, the wind wailing around them. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

My heart deflated faster than a pin in a balloon. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The patrol that was after us could actually follow us in the dark and rain faster than we could run away, and before long they were close behind. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dining hall had fallen silent now, as Conor and the monster moved faster after Harry. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

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

It moves up past his knees and it’s coming faster now—he has to plant his feet more firmly to prevent them from being swept out from under him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When my feet hit the sidewalk, I feel a tingle in my right knee, but I ignore it and move faster. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“The faster we deliver the laundry, the faster we can get in the shade.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minli was impressed by how far they had journeyed and how much faster they were able to travel by flying. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

And the farther away she got, the faster it spun, like there was an invisible cord unreeling from it that stretched between us, and if she went too far it would snap—and kill me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

Unable to stop its momentum, the Griever zoomed straight past him before it shuddered to a halt—Thomas noticed the thing was moving a lot faster now. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The stoplight at Grand flashed green and he pushed harder, spun his legs faster, enjoyed the burning sensation in his thighs. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When guests wished a letter delivered faster than the dawdling post riders, he would recommend Johnny. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Get out of the way, kid,” says the officer, his hand on my back, pushing me forward faster. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Annabeth tried to speed up, but she couldn’t go much faster without losing her balance or jarring her broken ankle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was the quickest fight he had ever been in; each attack came faster than he could think, and it was only the swiftness in his limbs that allowed him to keep up with her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

The years went by, and Mary Alice and I grew up, slower than we wanted to, faster than we realized. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

I kept my head down and took the stairs faster, swinging myself around the rail as I reached the landing. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A new reason to like New York, all over again—the people may be faster and taller and jugglier and more successful than back home, but it’s clear that they’re also crazier. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I feel like I’m falling through the air faster, dragging Mateo with me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was a long ways down and the water was running faster and deeper than I had figured. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The catapult arm sprang upward faster than Nico’s eye could follow, launching Octavian along with the ammunition. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

If the universe were expanding faster in some directions than in others, the intensity of the radiation in those directions would be reduced by an additional red shift. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Chop-chop, Starr,” Momma calls, clapping her hands as if that’ll make me move faster. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He began walking faster, as if he couldn’t wait to see his creation at close quarters. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

He helped the gentle wind push them down the sky; it seemed to him that they went faster for his help. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can mail them from there; the mail is faster from aerial housing. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Outside, the rain had started, slow and soft at first and then faster and louder. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, she removed her shoes and began stamping on the shells in her bare feet, slowly at first, then faster and faster in a mad flamenco, her arms thrown up in the air. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He needed something to spring the spear forward, some way to make it move faster than the fish—some motive force. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beatriz’s steps match the different beats: a slow tread through the grassless patches of black soil, followed by a faster two-step on the cracked concrete. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We zoomed up the stairs because that was faster than the elevator. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

More connections, faster connections, more efficient connections—Neal and others in the booming tech industry serving a seemingly insatiable drive to communicate with one another and trade at ever-increasing rates. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

As the countries scrolled by, they crossed mountains, wonders of the world, going faster and faster until monsters appeared far below them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I tried to go faster, but visibility was gone. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

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 might’ve run faster but I was still holding the shears—I couldn’t seem to make myself let go—and then the ground went soft beneath me and I knew I’d reached the bog. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Faster and faster, until he is only a blur at the end of a rope. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This realization began to simmer inside him, slowly at first, but then faster and fiercer, until he was hot and brimming with it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

All my life, if the word ever slipped out of my mouth, he’d snap into me faster than a rattlesnake. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I know all that. I’ve studied it. The gains are drops of water and time is passing. I want it faster, I want action—action now.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Our chains grow faster and faster, until it seems as if we can churn out our six million in one day. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

My heart beats faster, and my eyes move quickly from one face to the next. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Friday, December Z There was hardly anyone on the food line, but that didn’t make things move any faster. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The engine revved and my heart beat faster and I gripped the steering wheel as we flew down the road. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Finally, her arms raised, she began twirling around, faster and faster, as if she were trying to outspin time itself. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We see master and slave alike, confounded at the celerity and ineluctability of our approach, calling warnings— messengers sent on horseback, riding no faster than our progress, posting along ridges, bent close upon their steeds. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Faster and faster he went and soon he was travelling at such a speed that the landscape became blurred. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lady Marya had won clear too, and a good thing; the fire was spreading over Queen Alysanne and her foes faster than he would have believed possible. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s growing faster than ever now! It’s speeding up!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jake steps in, using the same lie I gave him; he speaks faster than usual, his consonants not as crisp. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She was fast, but he was faster and caught up to her before she could get out of the woods, where it would be too dangerous for him to follow her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What were you guys talking about?” he asked, speaking even faster than usual, as if he was concerned—or jealous. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As the poison engulfed him, the miniature tornado spun faster, repelling the clouds. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Still, she was taking the rapids faster than she ever had before. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He ran over the thick snowy mantle on the rocky ground faster than he’d ever done, and the armor plates shifted under her in a regular swinging rhythm. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

At recess or on the school bus, especially on Wednesdays, the day after the TV show came on, the boys would all sing, “They call him Flipper, Flipper, faster than lightning,” or something like that. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pimple’s idea was to grind more and faster, or so he said. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The work went faster now, the mixing easier. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mike’s talking faster and faster, like he’s getting rid of words he don’t like. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was once thought that airplanes could not travel faster than sound. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t throw the knife faster than Hatchet could pull the trigger. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She burst out of the banana trees and ran faster than she dreamed possible. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Black holes are so dense that if you get too close—past the so-called event horizon—the escape velocity is faster than the speed of light. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

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

Or, in other words, the farther a galaxy is, the faster it is moving away! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked faster when the light from Sam’s windows fluttered through the branches. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Hitching the bag so that the weight was better distributed, Rashid frowned and started walking faster. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

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

“Let’s get a move on before someone steals my regular seat. Fridays fill up faster than an Easter basket.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I run faster than I can possibly run, like I’m breathing adrenaline instead of air. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I can run faster than him, and I might need all my money later. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the cafeteria windows, the snow is falling faster, thicker. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Faster and faster we went, Miss Love screaming and me yelling for the brake. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And the more they laughed and took pictures, the faster Janina danced and laughed. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

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

Coming up suddenly, shouting at me, ordering me to go faster no matter how fast I went, cursing me, threatening me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was silly, but his heart beat faster. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I walk faster and faster, direct and straight. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

My hand began to shake and my heart beat faster. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He thought about heading straight into the trees, but the night was so dark, it would be faster to take the road and then cut into the woods farther down. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not wanting to miss anything, I walked a little faster. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, Alex, it’s been genetically modified to make it faster and stronger...more lethal. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The speed was impossible; at the mile mark, they were nearly a full second faster than a fifteen-year-old speed record. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looks so cool when Fat Frankie shuffles faster and faster. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found that stabbing them through the eyes with the knife was a faster, less tiresome way of killing them than hacking at the tops of their heads with the hatchet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Those days, no one tells me to read faster to read harder books to read like Dell. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

I grab him again, but he yanks away and walks faster. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

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

The little printer in front of him is spewing out orders faster than he can rip them off, much less produce the meals. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“You used to be faster,” I pointed out. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The animal messengers went faster and faster; their panting filled the air. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

We walk faster than I’ve ever walked, and when I get to my house, Mother insists that Father turn the radio off and I get ready for bed. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Big, booming vibrations that grew closer and louder and faster. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But they also often do drive innovation faster and faster, and the sheer overcapacity that they spur—whether it is in railroad lines or automobiles—can create its own unintended positive consequences. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

So I ran faster than I did in practice. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He grabs my good arm and walks faster, pulling me along beside him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Fear, it seemed, was spreading even faster than the disease. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

As I sprint faster, the layers I’ve built to protect myself since I crossed the border flake off, like scorched leaves on the trees along Kobani’s Aleppo Way. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Once in, they worked methodically, moving faster now. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

The talk, loud and spoken quickly, went faster than my ear could catch. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The water flowed faster and faster, and soon it was running at a furious speed. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Today, I’m trying to explain to her the difference between dipping and polishing the silver, how only the tacky houses do the dip cause it’s faster, but it don’t look good. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The less this Quiz Bowl is made into a big deal, the faster I can skedaddle out of here, I surmise. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Alfred jammed his hands into his pockets and walked faster. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s hope she replies faster than the last one.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

I pedal furiously through my neighborhood, taking the potholed roads I usually avoid because I know today they'll be faster. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In third grade I began to sum up our grocery bill in my head, silently write it down and hand it over, faster than Delma Royce could total it on her cash register. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

One or two of the rats were a bit slow off the mark, but not as slow as Colin Vole and his mother, who were roughly grabbed by the faster sentries. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

The skin would callous over faster this way. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“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

Davis, Daisy, and Mychal eventually went back to talking about Star Wars and the size of the universe and traveling faster than light. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And all those things they say in romance novels about how your heart beats faster and your knees get wobbly and the boy’s stubble against your chin is the most delicious sensation ever? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The only time they found comfort was in the evenings, when Ba would tell a story to make the time pass faster. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

Dad got it running—“More like limping,” he said—but it never went any faster than fifteen or twenty miles an hour. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer knew that depending on how aggressive the engineer was, the train could go much faster than was actually jumpable. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the bus Mami told me how tall the buildings were in New York, and how she had traveled around on trains that were much faster and nicer than our crowded, stuffy buses. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

My heart is pounding mad fast, even faster than when I first moved up on Peck, even faster than when I first decked him and laid him out. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’m happy to let him sit on the sideline while I get stronger and faster. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Then I quickly looked away and walked faster toward the corner. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The quads were getting closer and closer, moving faster all the time. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Funny how if you don’t ask a question, someone answers even faster for you. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Honey, your inventory might move a little faster if you dropped your prices,” he said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

This time Roadrunner ran ahead into the trees, far faster than I could, and I wasn’t too sure whether Henrietta’s feet were touching the ground. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The scythes moved faster than the flames—faster than the flow of workers trying to escape. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I’m sure I’m faster than anyone else in 3rd-period language arts, but my counting is extra work that doesn’t get me any extra credit. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bull finished his first beer a full second faster than Colonel Causey, stepped quickly aside for Reynolds, who had sucked down three large swallows before his opponent’s hand had touched glass. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran and, not stepping off a cliff at the edge of my toes and not hitting my forehead against a wall, ran faster. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys, their mouths gaping, watched her turn the corner faster than any Fry Flamingos basketball player. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

I’d watched the saber fencers practice sometimes, and everything was a lot faster and way more aggressive than in épée. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

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

The young Master Derby carried a small whip, and he used it liberally to make Noah work faster. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was best to move a little faster than usual across train tracks, past saloons and shanty homes, pressing quickly toward the safety of the Yard. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dill plays faster, his heart thumping, sweating in the suffocating humidity of so many animated bodies pressed into one place. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She leans toward me, and the smolder in her brown eyes makes my heart beat a little faster. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She walked faster, silent, ahead of Mrs. Muokelu, and did not say goodbye before she turned in to her street. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was sung at a faster clip than the usual one in the C.M.E. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Then I just kept sticking my two curled fingers in and licking them off and the more I ate the faster I wanted to eat it and nothing else mat-tered. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I feel like folks behind me are pushing me to climb faster and faster. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I walked faster, controlling my desire to break into a run. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Were almost done here,” Osh said, so I worked on, faster than before, while Miss Maggie found a seat on the rocks and spread her skirts to dry. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Are you embarrassed that I might be faster than you?” she asked. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

My heart reacts quicker than my brain—because if my brain were faster, I would know better than to tell Mom anything this personal. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He sighs again, like me being in front of him is bringing death even faster. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t realized how hungry he was, so he held the hot dog in the flames to cook faster. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Once he glimpsed a moving shadow near an alleyway and sped faster, telling himself forcefully that it was a cat. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“The rounder the object hitting the moon, the faster an object is traveling, the farther away an object is from the moon, the larger the crater it creates.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

Faster and faster until it rose right up through the ceiling and out the roof of Rocky Creek Baptist Church, disappearing into the sky and leaving me there in the fellowship hall with a stomachache. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We seemed to be traveling faster each second—shadows flickering like an old movie projector. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

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 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

“Maybe if he forgives me, everyone will forget about what I did and I can get out of this pit faster.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It reminds me of my favorite tree fact: The older a tree gets, the faster it grows. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The rest of that day, and that night, the work went faster than it ever had. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

My breath came faster, and something coiled around my chest and squeezed tighter and tighter, until suddenly, like somebody had snapped off the panic switch, I felt myself go limp. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The designs of his hands shaped faster and faster. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Moments later, Grandma grabbed my arm again and dragged me down the aisle faster than ever before toward the front of the church where the pulpit and choir stood. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Okay, confession: According to Granddaddy, I “jump to conclusions faster than lice jump between white kids’ heads.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

Though he moved much faster than I did and never seemed to rest, he was always there. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The longer he tries to resist the serum, the harder it seems to be for him: color fills his cheeks, and he breathes faster, heavier. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

So when the gun blew, and we took off, I realized that the pace I had to keep just to stay with the pack was faster than I was used to. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

His heart thumped faster instead of slower—the relaxing trick wasn’t working this time. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I hold my right arm against my chest as I sprint faster, the bullet wound in my shoulder throbbing with each footstep. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I resolved to dive into a frenzy of specimen collecting, science, schoolwork—work of any kind—to make the time go faster. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He poked at my legs with his walking stick, prodding me to walk faster. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some people think there are particles called tachyons, which can travel faster than the speed of light. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It oscillates up and down faster and faster as it approaches the singularity, whipping from positive to negative and back again. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Gethenians could make their vehicles go faster, but they do not. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Equipped with reflexes much faster than those of the most quick-wired man, he swoops over as much as twenty-eight feet of earth in a single stride, and corners on a dime. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jumped up and down and repeatedly smacked the side of his legs, shouting, “Faster, faster!” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

But nothing made him fall asleep faster than something educational. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

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

But I didn’t figure that would make Mr. D finish his story any faster. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The faster I run the faster it runs after me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother would be furious, but I just drive faster. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

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

The engineer was more reckless than his predecessor, going faster, goading the machine into velocity. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The tears began to fall faster as Doha couldn’t hold back his emotions. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

They had run two seconds faster than the track record. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caroline, as usual, moved faster than I. “Come, look here!” she yelled. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

After she leaves, I stare at the clock, trying to make the time go faster. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

While surfaced, the U-boat could travel faster—at about the speed of a bicycle. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I wished I didn’t run faster than Lynn, so I wouldn’t have to arrive first. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Anyone who believes that a second is faster than a decade did not live my life. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I ignored my lungs, my legs, my head, and walked faster. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Running faster, I felt myself begin to wear out. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But instead I continue looking around, my heart beating faster now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

With each step, my heart races faster than el Conejo’s little feet across the desert. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

She walked and talked even faster and with more purpose than Aunty Ifeoma did. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

But a more massive star will spend its nuclear fuel faster, become a red giant sooner, and be first to enter the final white dwarf decline. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk faster, stumbling over trash and broken pieces of pavement. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Faster and faster it went, and then all of a sudden its heart stopped. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

He’s been more like a very demanding trainer, always pushing, always insisting Haymitch and I run faster, eat more, know our enemy better. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The temperature was dropping faster now and there was surprise in the May chill. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she was out the window and on the porch and running down the street faster than she'd ever run in gym class. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The faster you turn, the greater the centrifugal force pushing you into your seat, and the heavier you feel. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That summer, when the heat got fierce, it would spoil faster. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coolness slid through her faster this time, a rushing stream that burst out her fingertips. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

A boy comes into the circle and does the same thing Pri is doing, except with stronger kicks and faster spins. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I said of course I had, but it didn’t mean any more than wishing to be rich, to be able to swim faster, or to have a more nicely shaped mouth. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Now I can get y’all your D’s and F’s much faster.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The shadow children continued to spin in circles, and as soon as I realized I was still in one piece, I sent them twirling faster and faster. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was like a small tornado had settled at the tree line, and snow began to whirl around faster and faster. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

By this point in the year, teachers take off faster than students when the final bell rings. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I took off running in my pajamas, through the dark alleys, faster than I’ve ever run in my life. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tone conveyed a warning, given out of the pride of ownership, and the boys ate faster while there was still time. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Road is much faster. More chance of food. Countryside prettier, but takes longer. You don’t want to be seen?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Today our big brains pay off nicely, because we can produce cars and guns that enable us to move much faster than chimps, and shoot them from a safe distance instead of wrestling. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved a little faster, ducking behind the pillow a few yards away. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

She wanted her defense to move up the field and to stay even with one another, in order to draw the offside calls on the faster competition. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The match became still faster, but more brutal. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She wandered among the trees, parting the whip boughs with her hands, walking faster and faster, growing more and more anxious. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The elevator rushed on, going up and up and up, faster and faster and faster.... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now, rats can run faster than people, especially over short distances. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

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 then she started swinging a little faster. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Olakunde repeated to us; and for his sake, we paddled the faster. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The nearby city of Ceuta had grown faster than Tangier, and business had fallen off. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas tried hard to force himself to sleep, knowing it would make the time pass faster, but after two hours he’d still had no luck. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She willed more strength to her left arm, and she willed the doctor to go faster. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

La Belle Sauvage was bobbing comfortably on the water, which had lost the racing fury of the past days and was now flowing steadily, faster than the Thames in Port Meadow, but not much. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

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

She jumped from her tree and ran, faster and faster, all the while feeling the witch's breath like a cold wind on the back of her neck. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to do but gesture to the right and gesture to the left, exactly as she had practiced, only faster and faster, until finally the stanza was done. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

She put all the nickels in Fern’s hand and pinched her cheek faster than I could do anything about it and was gone, as big as she was. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like no one really caring that I'm running a mile—1600 meters—faster than they can probably run a block. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

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

Her fingers brushed the cool, sweating side, but the domovoi was faster than she was. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Henry drove fast and then faster, a grin plastered across his face. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And now Westley was beginning to be aware of strange changes in his body and he began talking faster, faster and louder. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

At least Harpy’s is busy enough to make the time go by faster. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

"Just so, but why? Other men were stronger, faster, younger, why was Syrio Forel the best? I will tell you now." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My heart began to beat faster and faster as I held out my arm. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

“If we walk faster and farther today, I’ll give you more candy,” she said to her brothers. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I can't make the pale orange stream of water trickle into my bucket any faster. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Gossip flows faster than the water circulating through the room's centerpiece fountain. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

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

Tobias grabs my hand and squeezes, pulling me forward, faster than I have ever run, faster than I can run. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Virgil’s back dripped with sweat as he walked even faster. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Even though we own two cars and a truck, when Ma takes me to the market we often go in a cyclo because we get to our destination faster. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I piy the cassette from David’s fingers, knowing it’ll be faster to deal with the tape than the tears filling his eyes. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Crazy Horse assumed the leaders wanted their men to move faster. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I watch him as he pulls his headphones on, my heart beginning to beat faster. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That night, she was silent as his thrusts became faster. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“How do you know he wants to wear shoes, Eberhardt? Maybe he can run faster without ’em.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kwasi held her hand tighter and they ran even faster, Amari trying in vain to be as invisible and swift as the wind. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Instead, the adrenaline rush seemed to make my brain work much faster, and I was able to absorb in clear detail several things at once. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The tail wagged faster, and he licked the boy’s hand. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to run faster today than ever. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted to run faster than the speed of sound, but nobody, no matter how much pain they’re in, can run that fast. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Had Jean Harlow been dancing stark naked around the sixteenth pole, the press box could not have cleared out any faster. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When his arms circled my chest again, we were moving faster than before. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Taran was strong and long-legged, but, to his dismay, he saw that Hen Wen moved faster than he. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

There was a pinch on the back of my neck; there and gone, faster than taking a breath. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

It keeps spinning faster—all that kinetic energy forced down the neck of the funnel until it’s blaring like an alarm—then it falls silent as it drops into the black abyss of the funnel. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It feels good, so I pedal faster until I overtake the boys, first by a little and then by a lot. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I hurried to change afterward, ill at ease, knowing the faster I moved, the sooner I would be with Edward. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“But you want to play it faster. Like it’s a...” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She’s faster than lightning, and all of a sudden I get this wild idea that maybe I can catch her, so I put on the jets and start running as fast as I can. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Percy tapped his forehead like he wanted the memories to come back faster. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

His nostrils closed faster on their own than he could have told them to. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The converse phenomenon—the loosening of the island—was faster, more dramatic, and the reasons for it more evident. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

After the foreman had gone, O’Malley looked both ways and leaned over to whisper, “Don’t try to be a speed king. You understand? We all have to work faster that way.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“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

I urged the Queen Anne’s Revenge to go faster. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once we got north of Phoenix, past all the tract-house suburbs, the traffic thinned, and Dad started going faster and faster. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The first twin would age faster than the second. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

You would need to travel faster than light in order to end up where you started before the universe came to an end—and that is not allowed! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already the fastest of the boys seem to be running faster than usual, as though tired of being outrun. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

His face went from red to green faster than a set of traffic lights. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He raises one short arm and the boys turn on their heels, raise their rifles above their heads, and run faster in place, their knees flashing in the moonlight. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Today, skittish because of the woods coming down, he scrambled up faster than usual, dashing for the door to the back stairs. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Better yet, the hotter the object is, the faster its molecules move; at the same time, the hotter the object, the more energetic the ripples of light it sends out. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I always did say that when Little Arliss cried he could shed more tears faster than any crier I ever saw. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Once again both in the saddle, and he was setting a faster pace. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It breezes past faster than I can read. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

As you raise the temperature of a gas, the average molecule moves faster and smashes harder into the walls of its container. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The alligator, close to ten feet long, moved with unbelievable speed, but Polly was even faster. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Soon all the childrens are gathered round, and when Vinny realizes he has an audience, he goes faster and faster with the wooden sticks, what you call them? The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I crouched low, my breathing heavier, my heartbeat faster. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Special relativity removes from our grasp one way of reaching the stars, the ship that can go faster than light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here the current might even be a little faster. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

In a straight line, they were much faster than any board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Even with its wonky wheel, it was faster than they were. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The hour hand on a clock moves about ten thousand times faster than the "flowing" rocks of the mantle. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see the point of his ques­tion, but I reminded myself that impatience wasn’t going to make him tell me any faster. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘Because nothing helps you make friends faster than a rotting corpse with a French accent.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When there’s no answer, I try the handle, but it’s locked, and so I walk up to the house, heart going faster because what if someone has been there since? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Like a motif, a subject has often changed when it reappears, sounding higher or lower, for example, or faster or slower. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Over billions of years, that stretch adds up, and the universe inflates faster and faster. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

With the relegalization of wagering, no sport was growing faster than Thoroughbred racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see how watching television is going to make us Messengers any faster.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I know we have plenty of time, I keep wanting Dad to drive faster. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

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

Dad always fought harder, flew faster, and gambled smarter than everyone else in his stories. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I did not stop to look, however, only hurried beneath them even faster. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how many times Coach Quatrini used the word “faster,” but if a word can get worn out and die, this one died like Julius Caesar. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

But questions pirouetted around Penelope’s mind faster than even the ballerinas of the Imperial Russian Ballet could have managed: Who had requested these awful stories about children and wolves? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

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 felt like his head was spinning faster than his body, and his stomach flipped over with the dizziness. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Saying that doesn’t actually make me work faster,” Jesper complained as he concentrated on the stones. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Susie-thing sighed, her arms moving slower now, but still faster than mine ever could. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I’m moving faster on the level road than I could’ve in the wild. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her cellphone battery was dying, and she needed to get inside, to somewhere that had electrical outlets and objects moving faster than me and Julia. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

We find two empty seats toward the front as though that will get us to the window faster. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Let’s split up so we can be done faster. I’ll get the spinach and the bread rolls,” he says. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The room spun, colors morphing into each other, churning faster and faster. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The gun clattered to the ground, and I heard Liam take two running steps in my direction, but somehow I was faster. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As the music became faster and louder, our dance turned more frenzied and we forgot for a moment what lay ahead. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To begin with, it was very little faster than the vast body of water around them, and it might have been moving like that for some time without their noticing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Each time they slowed down, we would shoot around them and they would resume digging faster. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

Since light travels much faster than sound, the sight of the blast reached observers almost instantly, while the sound rumbled toward them at about five seconds per mile. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And after a lifetime of scholarship he was so laden with erudition that his ideas came avalanching down faster than he could organize them. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

On that day Grandpa drove a little faster than he had on the previous one. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps tomorrow someone will invent a theory consistent with everything else we know that circumvents paradoxes on such matters as simultaneity, avoids privileged reference frames and still permits travel faster than light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Water absorbs into the body faster than anything. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Stella that the walking went a whole lot faster as they sang. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s not a burglar,” replied Mo, but as he stepped back from the window his face was so grave that Meggie’s heart thudded faster than ever. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay,” said Harry, still breathing rather faster than usual, while his heart rate returned to normal. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Now don’t argue. I’m doing this so I can haul you up after me. I can climb faster this way.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I just wish I could give her a ticket to pass Go faster. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“We’ll find what we need faster without him breathing down our neck, anyway,” the other one said, and smirked. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“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

I saw the drugstore and began to walk faster, for I was beginning to sense that I was not exactly what everybody saw every day. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

In order to watch it, we had gotten faster at doing our homework and chores. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I cursed^ willing the sea to push us faster, but the ship's masts were already going under. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Carla turned and fled down the street, her bookbag banging against her leg like a whip she was using to make herself go faster, faster. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Ji-yong had moved faster and was one of the dozen people on it. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sean was standing at the counter by the coffeepot, willing it to brew faster. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

As I closed the final distance between us, I glanced behind and saw the fire was growing even faster than I’d expected. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It don’t seem too concerned about us, probably thinking it can snap its shell shut and dive underwater faster than we could get to it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

You’re moving so quickly that your momentum pulls you faster and faster, like something getting sucked down a drain. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

First he’d watch me with one eye, then flick! and it would be the other one, his throat pumping faster than any pulse. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They burned them out, an easier and much faster way of getting results. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today, on tracks that are several seconds faster than they were in the 1930s, such a workout time is considered exceptionally swift, even for a mature horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the day of the parade they drew crowds faster than a dogfight on a country road. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think about running, but the dog will be faster than me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But Finn caught a faster movement out of the corner of his eye: Rocky, Other-Emma, and Other-Finn on the floor behind him, all of them scrambling for the phone Natalie had dropped. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I switched him to the other hand and tried to go faster. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He still felt about as solid as a Kleenex, but his anger seemed to help him move faster. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Still, she thought that Wash started putting his things away faster when he saw her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They laughed and chased after Jenny, who was riding the bike faster, with Raymond gripping the seat underneath him. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He began to leap wildly from side to side of them, his legs stretched as wide as they could go, and for a short time, it seemed that he did go faster. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

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

Percy wanted him to move faster and to groan less. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Now she watched in horror as the two boys fought to pull the plant off them, but the more they strained against it, the tighter and faster the plant wound around them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“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

“It’s just ... I can’t breathe shut up here like a ... I would get better, faster, if. I could hunt.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I start shaking my hands because the world is spinning and if I shake my hands faster than the rest of the world then the world’s spinning doesn’t seem so fast. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thundering hooves beat the frozen ground, faster and faster as the rider whipped the horse. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Faster and faster she tumbled, down and down, and some ghosts couldn’t bear to watch; they hid their eyes and cried aloud. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m not driving faster than our angels can fly.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

My breath came out faster and faster, and the black circles grew.... From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

Over and over, faster and faster, until they were all breathless with laughter and song. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ivan’s eyes darted to the side, panning for an escape route, but Sigurd was faster. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He would have spurred the pony faster, but his father made them dismount beside the bridge and approach on foot. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Their light speed making them faster than the eye could see, which was exactly what they needed. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The little car started to go faster and faster as Milo’s brain whirled with activity, and down the road they went. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t know what you mean, Sirius —” muttered Pettigrew, his breathing faster than ever. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The river passed beneath her faster and faster, and she reached the rapids in record time. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Once they reached the valley floor, the going was faster and they made good time, cantering through verdant green-woods and sleepy little hamlets, past orchards and golden wheat fields, splashing across a dozen sunlit streams. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I realized my heart was beating a little faster. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I run until I catch up with Finch, and then we run faster, and no one has shouted at us to stop, come back here. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was ticking, faster and faster, almost like a countdown. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“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

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

Harry’s brain seemed to be moving a little faster, and as it did, a gnawing sensation grew in the pit of his stomach.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I had made progress with my tower, but it seemed like as fast as I piled bricks, Big Rose was always a little faster. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Exposure can kill faster than thirst or hunger. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

He was a fast reader himself—faster than most adults—but compared to Sticky he must seem positively sluggish. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He got the explanation much faster than grown men generally did. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

His arms were manly and covered in coarse dark hair, but his voice was high and strange, as if it had been recorded and was now being played back at a faster speed. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

They go even faster than the sisters can cope with them. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

So wormholes, like any other possible form of travel faster than light, would allow one to travel into the past. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She types a lot faster than I do. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw your husband out here last night. And the cookies. And the rose clippings,” she said, talking faster as Aunt Rose’s indulgent smile melted into a disapproving frown. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And then his breath kept getting faster and faster like maybe in his mind he was somewhere winning a race. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

The bottles started bubbling, gently at first, but then they began to shake faster and faster until the whole table jitterbugged. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

My heart pounded faster with each step she took toward me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The horse sped away in a blur of black and tan, faster than forked lightning—almost too quick for her eyes to register. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“The lizards have become smarter. They run faster now and hide under blocks of cement,” the boy who had climbed told Ugwu. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I looked at the stream, thinking that a little cold water might bring him around faster. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

His heart beats faster, this time out of anger. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faster and faster flew the seagulls, skimming across the sky at a tremendous pace, with the peach trailing out behind them. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

On the day he took office, according to some indicators, the American economy was collapsing as fast as or faster than it had at the onset of the Great Depression. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And with four chickens now, that food is disappearing a lot faster than it used to. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

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

A good swing does not necessarily make crews go faster, except to the extent that if no one’s actions check the run of the boat, rowers get more bang for their buck on each stroke. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She made to bite, but the hyena moved faster. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said Harry, and his heart beat a little faster.“Then you will have seen that there have been not so much leaks as floods concerning your adventure in the Hall of Prophecy?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She lifted the camera to her face and pointed it toward me faster than I could tell her not to. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The red warning light on his chest began to flash faster and faster until it finally went solid red. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We hurtled down the bridge toward Brooklyn, going faster than any human taxi. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Roz frantically clawed at the ground, grasping for anything she could hold on to, but the flow only carried her faster toward the edge. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We'll need to talk faster than yes/no questions every half hour. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To accelerate, simply flap your arms faster. However, be advised: The faster you fly, the more energy your pterodactyl will consume. Your winged avatar will have a ‘life battery’ icon glowing on its back. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I ran faster than I ever had in my pathetic life. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The additional heat made the dark fog boil faster, and it swelled until the flames were licking toward the top of the waist-high lip of the firewell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Or,” he added reluctantly in a low voice, “there is my horse, Melynlas, a colt of Melyngar, Prince Gwydion’s own steed. None is faster or more surefooted. I treasure Melynlas beyond all others.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

But Stick could run farther and faster than anyone I knew, certainly than me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And with her running faster and dragging me along by the hand, we scooted through the open cabin door just about a quick breath before Roany slammed Chongo against it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch it climb, willing it to go faster. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It gets me home much faster than the old bus route, which takes the back roads and stops in every small town. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s right. Go find out about her as fast as you please, and faster.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The plane began to twist, slowly at first, then faster and faster. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The arakhs shivered together faster than Dany could follow, one man missed a step, the other swung his blade in a flat arc. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

The sound was a deep-throated bronze booming, coming faster with each knell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But the more I thought about the whole affair, the faster I walked, till finally I was almost trotting, as if any minute I half-expected to be stoned from all directions. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay, a ride would get us there faster,” I say quickly, smiling at Jeremy. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

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

But I don't want to read faster or older or any way else that might make the story disappear too quickly from where it's settling inside my brain, slowly becoming a part of me. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Any activity to pass time faster is fine with me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The fox winced in pain and said through his teeth, “Please, Roz, pull them out faster. This is agony!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Pretending not to notice her, he waddled a bit faster. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Hibiscus was Redemption’s trainer, a tall man with muscles like jerky, tough and lean, faster than a snakestrike, and most of all, one of the angels of Lucille. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“He says we must dig faster,” said Mother, raising her voice as the rain poured down in sheets. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then, my heart beating faster, I made my old gesture of payment, spinning the coin upon the bar and waited. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yanna almost shrieked, the words trailing behind her as she burst forward, running faster than a flying dragon, to meet the visitors. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon sprang for the door and she was after him at once, and she tore it open and raced away faster than she had ever run in her life. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The horse galloped until he had completed a mile in 1:36, more than a second faster than any horse would run that distance at Santa Anita in the entire year. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She said it pushed her brain to calculate faster. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t much faster than walking, but we were both glad to be off our feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You drove a lot faster than this to the hospital.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Pleading Child” was shorter but slower; “Perfectly Contented” was longer, but faster. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

‘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

"If you can't get them to work any faster," she told Mr. Sir, "then you're going to have to climb down there and dig with them." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

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

Harley’s burro went faster after they left the spring, and the gray mule had to walk faster to keep slack in the rope. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

It seemed I could run faster at this time, and by evening I would be able to fly. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water laps over my ankles, flowing faster by the second. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

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

Usually they put them in three at a time to burn faster, but I rushed him in by himself to make sure he had the dignity of his own cremation. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

My heart beats faster than the time I thought a barrel cactus was a gnome, on one of Mom and my fairy hunts. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Next to him is Eric, who taps his foot faster than my heartbeat. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Kendra usually won, but Seth was faster at backstroke and some of the handicapped races. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

And with each new injection, their bodies responded faster, which seemed to indicate that the cells were increasing the inmates’ immunity to cancer. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The journey by sea was much faster than the journey across land. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

If you can bend space you can bend time also, and if you knew enough and could move faster than light you could travel backward in time and exist in two places at once. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

It still made my heart beat a little faster to see one. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The musicians played on, faster and faster, and the purple sun raced quickly across the sky. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have to think about it because I always walked a little faster on that section. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“No, no, no,” you repeated, faster, louder, and more annoyed each time. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“The correct answer, Maria,” said Mrs. Rappaport, trying not to smile too, “is that light waves travel faster than sound waves.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

When I saw the picture of the lunatic on Sergeant Bickle’s desk, I tore out of that office faster than lightning. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The ship began to speed faster and faster through the sea, pushed along by the new wind. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Their voices came in faster and faster, the high sounds on the heels of the lows. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the men a little bit older closed in on the enemy faster than predicted, and then there was the final holocaust of the Bomb. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remember, the main premise of this course is that a better understanding of where the basics come from will lead to better and faster comprehension of more complex ideas. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Mariner 9 mission that near-surface winds of more than 140 meters per second—faster than half the speed of sound on Mars—arose in that storm. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma hugged Zed and then Zed hugged Joey, and bam, faster than one of Joey’s knockouts, Zed had weaseled himself into becoming part of Joey’s family. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Waving his hands above his head crazily, Hassan ran considerably faster and with more agility than Colin had ever thought possible, weaving around trees and hurdling bushes in a vain attempt to discourage the hornets. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

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

The big young man kept going, faster now. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words in the ceiling seem to blink faster. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

This loosening was brought on by overcast weather and, faster still, by heavy seas. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I turned and made my feet move faster. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She was going to the market with Obiora, who she said figured out change faster than a trader with a calculator. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

If you manage to push the carriage even faster, the baby becomes as massive as a car...and then a battleship...and then a planet...and then a star...and then a galaxy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

During Dad’s first week at work he made so many suggestions about how brick could be laid faster and better that the foreman threatened repeatedly to fire him. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to say, but they went on, and I went along the fence, trying to say, and they went faster. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No doubt the hearts of most of us beat a little faster at the thought that we were about to jump into the moonlight over heaven knew what,” Haukelid later said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The faster you run, the faster you’ll get to go to sleep.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was a softer target, but I also was lighter and faster. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

The only maybe is that maybe they’re waiting till daybreak so they can come faster. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I could say the preamble to the Constitution even faster than Bailey. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He was scrambling away from the creature, but it was moving faster now. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

He was a faster picker than either Papa or Mama. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

We were faster without our youngest and oldest, but now we were without deep roots, without the acute need to protect and make better. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And as soon as I thought it, Coach Quatrini said, “Tryouts will be in a week, and you better be a whole lot faster than this, you dang wimpy slugs.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

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

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

If my heart jumped out of my chest, it would take off through space faster than the earth itself. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe that the man who could top a tree faster than most men take to shave ever thought on something as slow and small as tinkering. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll never improve,” the Turk answered, but his arms began to move faster than before. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He could swim thirty miles at a stretch, and faster than anyone else. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The wind picked up around me, whirling my thoughts even faster. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We move through the water, slowly at first, then faster as the front boat gathers speed. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

There were other people going a lot higher and faster than I was. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose the time passed faster than I thought, for suddenly I realized that it had been quite a while since I’d heard anything. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newer, faster, or more versatile components were always being released, so I was constantly spending large chunks of my meager income on upgrades. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I could feel my heart thumping faster and faster. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

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

Alex tried to go faster, but it was already too late. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

A week later, he ran a field of milers off their feet, stopping the watches in 5:03, three seconds faster than Pete’s record. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

Then louder and faster, a driving torrent falling slantways from the slate sky, like water from a sluice. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We both drew back, but I drew back faster. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Hawkins led them through a dozen verses, each one faster and more spirited than the first. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That would kill me faster than any hollow could. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

And the hotter it is, the faster it will use up its fuel. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother arrived faster than I thought possible. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But the faster the boat goes, the harder it is to row well. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Now that she was close to him the whiskey made him whirl faster and the tensity of his body mounted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Look, you’re already here, and we’re already committed to this project, so the way I see it, the faster we get to Hoosier Hill, the faster you get this over with.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The creature’s fingers worked faster than hummingbird wings, pinching and tossing each particle over its left shoulder. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then he tried other spells, one after another, speaking now faster and louder, now soft and slow. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He went even faster, so fast that the air itself boomed with the sound of his passing. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I wear trousers underneath and tuck it up half the time just to move faster or climb up a tree with my bow to shoot a little meat, which I’d say they’re happy to have. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only were galaxies speeding away from us in all directions, the farther away the galaxies were, the faster they were going away. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

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

Everything seemed faster and louder and brighter in Harare than in Mutare. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I kept spinning the rack faster and faster until it was a postcard tornado and the cards were sailing out of their holders and skidding across the floor. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Faster and faster she walked, until she had disappeared among the black trees. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Immediately, shapes shimmered in the darkness below—three horses with fish tails, galloping upward faster than dolphins. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Brandon ran after me, waving the pocketknife, but I was faster than he was. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo didn’t know, but something was making her heart beat faster. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was building up faster than it could drain out. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Harry peered down over the edge of the luggage rack, his heart pumping a little faster. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I walk faster, keeping my eyes wide open so it will be harder to picture the attack in my mind. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The numbered signs above blinked between yellow and blue, like a dozen warning signals, faster than my eyes could follow. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“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 am faster than he is—I slam into his back and he hits the floor face-first, without bracing himself. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There is no reason to think Hunt went faster. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

“Yes, ma’am!” the twins called back, running faster. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She is faster than I am, spry and probably smarter, although I am twice her size and that, too, is important. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Two weeks after that, we make the trip again, this time a little faster. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

You could easily memorize a short pattern of correct answers, and it would be a lot faster to erase and change that pattern than to go through each student’s answer sheet individually. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He marched us out to the clearing at a faster pace than normal, yelling and pushing at us. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Under and through, until they catch up to George, who somehow manages to move faster than Axel has ever seen him move before. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They will carry objects which can shoot death faster than the eye can see. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t talk now. Try to sleep. That way the time will go faster for you. Your memory will gradually come back. Don’t worry. It’s because of the electricity.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A quick glance below revealed that the Griever had already halved the distance between them, and it was moving faster yet, no more pauses or stops. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Even though none of them had been idle before, with Bapi watching they all worked faster, trying to demonstrate they were worth keeping. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

But next day, though she still brought out our food, she set it dow n and left even faster than her grandma used to do. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His aunty walked faster, her slippers making slap-slap sounds that echoed in the silent street. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I picked up my feet, faster and faster, until I was dashing full speed across the frozen earth. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Einstein’s prohibition against traveling faster than light may clash with our common sense. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that, Kate was off, faster than she would have thought possible herself, perhaps spurred on by the tremendous bang and clatter and scrape of the ladder dragging behind her. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A stick-thin old black man with white hair was yelling at them, "Faster, faster, pick it up." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind his implacable gaze, wheels were turning at an even faster rate than usual. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

Nothing cures a cold faster than the thought of an old perv wearing a cologne of alcohol and lemon hand soap. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The procession seemed to me to be moving a little faster. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“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

I saw him lift his arms, ready to yank Zu away with his abilities, but Chubs was faster. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I kept checking my watch, uncertain if I wanted its sluggish hands to move faster or just stay still forever. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every two or three minutes I looked at my watch, wondering why the hands weren’t moving faster. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

In the darkness that his arm made he could see ice picks coming down faster than raindrops had when he tried as a little boy to catch them with his tongue. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She attacked—faster and faster, stronger and stronger. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

At least I think we did, because the time seemed to fly away faster than usual. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her heart raced even faster than the patter of her shoes on the sidewalk. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

I hang on as tightly as I can and try to climb faster. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If his reflexes were faster than his intellect, she might have a chance. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was the worry, the haste with which they had to move to get away, the fact she felt impelled to urge them to move faster and faster; anyway, her head began to ache. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned over to look down at the violent sea, then sat back in a hurry and prayed we would go even faster. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Of course a lead weight would fall faster than a feather, but that is only because a feather is slowed down by air resistance. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Steel axes would do the job in the equivalent of eight workdays— almost twenty times faster. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

The more I banished them the faster they came. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept saying I had to go faster, but my legs wouldn’t work right and I couldn’t see, maybe my eyes were shut, I don’t know, but I was so scared. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I watch my weight and old Helen is only visible full front plus on top of which she is this leading child shrink in Manhattan and our kid can roll faster than he can walk. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I chopped a little harder, hoping the day would move faster. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Monaco had pushed forward faster than the rest of us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She had been doing this for some minutes when a hand rested on her shoulder and a woman’s voice said in her ear, “That’s good, Nurse Tallis, but you’ve got to work faster.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At Boston’s Suffolk Downs, horses skittered and blew over the track, slower ones making lazy loops around the oval, faster ones humming down the rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed the harder I chased after a subject, the faster I ran in the wrong direction. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

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

“No, they didn’t, Papa,” Stella replied, her finger tracing faster, faster. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

You’d think folks was living longer, but the fact of it was, they was just being put out faster. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A hair quicker, a fraction stronger, a speck faster. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The air is heavy around us and blackish-purple clouds roll in faster than I had expected. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

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

Because there is a practicality to viciousness: the thief, the liar, the murderer even, has faster rules than virtue ever has; why not madness too? Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

We step where DeShon steps—moving faster, fast as we can. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He leaves these at the crossroads while he makes side trips, so he can go faster. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The storm howled, the black walls of the funnel cloud swirling faster. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit began to rip over the track, cutting into Myrtlewood’s lead even as she flew through fractions faster than any ever run at the Detroit Fair Grounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His heart beat faster at the thought of that, but he felt fine about the unknown of it all. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

It was wilder, and faster, and farther than she’d ever flown before. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Bigger wanted Jan to drive faster, so that they could reach Ernie’s Kitchen Shack in the shortest possible time. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed the minivan up into a faster speed, causing the wind to whistle through the bullet hole. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

“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

It was Valencia—coming down faster than he’d done hours before, but slowly enough to watch her step. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The grin disappeared faster than a deep-fried pit slug in the LEP canteen. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

If one went slightly faster, one could even get back before the race and place a bet on it in the sure knowledge that one would win. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to run faster, but his father passed him and stopped the pickup just ahead, then jumped out and ran back. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

Though my legs are tired, I run faster up my driveway, trying to put every feeling into words for Jason’s cards. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to pound my fists against something, to scream at my mother for getting caught, for not packing faster, for not coming sooner. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Emily didn’t think it was possible to go any faster, but his voice prompted an extra jolt of speed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It seemed to be moving a bit faster. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And that June, those things that mean everything, they kept coming, faster and faster. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It turns you to lead so you sink faster in its viscous embrace. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

A burst of activity on the animal’s part makes it act all the faster. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The faster and broader this transition to a new era, the greater the potential for disruption, as opposed to an orderly transfer of power from the old winners to the new winners. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Relativity already determined that no one can travel faster than light,” Tamika affirmed. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

My heart starts to beat faster and my throat closes up. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The closer victory came the faster we were shuttled around America in pursuit of a role to play in a drama which suddenly, underpopulated from the first, now had too many actors. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ramu has picked up English faster than I have because his parents know English and force him to speak it at home. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

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

As pressure in the star increases, the exclusion principle states that electrons inside must move faster and faster to avoid one another. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Replacements for the massive coal- and oil-burning wrecks that he and his crew worked to destroy all day long: gull-white sails, carbon-fiber hulls, and faster than anything except a maglev train. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Piper is a good six inches shorter than I am, but walks faster. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leapt into the sky in the form of an eagle even huger and mightier than any he had been before, and he began to beat his wings and flew, faster and ever-faster, toward Asgard. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Ahead of him he could see a single triangle of light, shrinking faster and faster. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I was faster than them. I’m always faster than them.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The more he waved his arms, the faster his mouth seemed to move. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

She finds herself breathing faster at this thought. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was speaking faster and faster in her effort to persuade James not to give up. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I walk faster and the steps get faster too. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s faster than ever I thought,” gasped Dandelion, “but I’ve taken the edge off it. I can’t do any more. I must go to ground. I’m finished.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flew faster to keep ahead of it. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

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

She started to run, but Gilbert was faster, shouting something over his shoulder as he charged after Beto. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was out of that room faster than anything, chasing after Phoebe. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

Just two days ago she said that her life story was happening faster than her life, “What do you mean?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

We abandoned most of our belongings so we could move faster, but it didn’t do us any good. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slam the gas harder, and now I can’t stop because I am faster than anything on earth. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She knew that the German fighter plane could climb faster and more steeply than she could. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

While he’d been talking, Thomas’s mind had been spinning even faster. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

The much larger dorados couldn’t match their flying, but they were faster swimmers and their short lunges were very powerful. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I start running down the hallway, and the faster I go, the faster the doors swing shut. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But now something seemed to get into him, and he began to walk much faster, like he wanted to catch up with her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cleaned acres of glass shelving, changing my tempo now to work faster, holding every nuance of reality within the focus of my consciousness. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was one time he screamed bloody murder in her backyard because a bird had pooped on his head, and she came flying out faster than he knew she could run. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

"It is moving faster, further," said Primus to himself. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

By the late 1980s—this is so extraordinary I can hardly stand it—it was the only significant player in the American timber industry that was cutting down trees faster than it replaced them. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Some were moving faster now, hastening across the battleground. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“There ain’t nothing in this world that makes me puke faster than a southern gentleman.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snow is falling faster, piling up on the concrete. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Beside them stood four white men and as we came down the trail, one of the men beckoned us to walk faster. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Volta leaped up, moving faster than seemed possible. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I laugh and say it’s better than being in an empty house, and anyway, I can get my work done faster there without the distraction of the TV. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

And then they ran faster than a quickening spell, with Edgar Allan Toad, who Seven had completely forgotten about, croaking from her pocket the whole way. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I work out the quickest way there, and my feet move further and faster. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“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

Isn't the administration aware that if they continue these repressive policies, all the best students will desert the school faster than rats from a sinking ship? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Pale white skin turns gray faster, can you remedy that?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

"I always wore gloves. You got to understand—gardening ages your skin faster than a month of sunbathing. Not that that matters now," he said wryly, studying his wrinkled hands. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Dr. Finch was faster on the draw: “—shouldn’t sing it like that, Herbert,” he was saying. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The faster the song, the more I liked it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The canoe rose up on the crest of a wave, and the next thing I knew we were roller-coastering down the slope, faster and faster, headed straight for the rocky protrusions. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

He shoved his hands into his armpits and walked faster, praying that Morrec had remembered to warm his bed with hot bricks from the fire. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

There seems to be no way for information to travel back to those left behind any faster than the speed of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sometimes hear of things that can travel faster than light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some folks can look at you and tell if you’re even thinking about slacking off, they’ll add some work to you faster than you can say Jack Robinson. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I wonder . . . I believe our aunt would recover faster at our estate in Charleston. She could sit in the sun for hours and breathe the healthful air. Don’t you agree?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re talking about something called composition. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Draw the right line. A little faster.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Traft ran all the faster to try to bring Rooster to a halt. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I start running faster, and now it feels exactly like Bernard is chasing me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Coach shouted from his window as me and Curron started running faster. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

My double advance lunge was a tempo faster, but I hit her on the thigh, off target. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The ground was passing me faster, but it wasn’t me running. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I gasp—she runs faster than I do—as we sprint across the glass floor of the Pire. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The next few are a little faster, and I have to slow a down a couple times to avoid them. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

His record mile, run when he was seventeen, was three and a half seconds faster than Cunningham’s fastest high school mile, run when he was twenty. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tonight she moved faster than usual as she headed down the road toward her home. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says that time can be stretched or shrunk, and that it runs faster in some places than in others. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

You can do that with scissors, but it’s a lot faster if you use those guillotine things schools have. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

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

August 26 Passing Time I study the dictionary because grass and trees do not grow faster just because I stare. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

No matter how fast the game moved, and at Fullbrook, the game was moving much faster than I was used to, I slowed my breath. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In other words, the gas came out of the passage faster than it went in. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Basta tried to get to it before me, but I moved faster. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But for sure we will finish up faster than that. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

We hear the crack of a bullwhip because its tip is moving faster than the speed of sound, creating a shock wave, a small sonic boom. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like the harshness in my voice, but I was desperate to save my sisters, and the faster we got out of there, the better. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I offer the Schieffer-Ardolino and Financial Times cases as just two examples of how the flattening of the world has happened faster and changed rules, roles, and relationships more quickly than social science can capture. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z