I felt that someone had been there while I had been away. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surrounded by the quiet of books, I felt at peace for the first time in forever. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The only ways in which I felt that my feelings could go outward without fear of rude rebuff or searing reprisal was in writing or reading, and to me they were ways of living. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's funny, because even though they're rattling on about the Games, it's all about where they were or what they were doing or how they felt when a specific event occurred. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

There were a handful of kids who were openly gay and I just assumed nobody felt any which way about it—or most people anyway. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The hum of the deck as the wheels moved along the pitted pavement felt good under my feet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I stood there holding my gun and felt special because I was part of something that took me seriously and I was not running from anyone anymore. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I half expected the sunflower leaves to dissolve like smoke under my fingertips, but instead, they felt solid and scratchy. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Any response felt weird and didn’t match up with what was actually happening, so Ivy nodded. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was professional enough about it, I didn’t make mistakes, but somehow it felt as if I were gearing up to fight somebody else’s war. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They might even have felt like a family if she knew what a family was, though if she did, she’d have been more likely to feel that about the College servants. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

My arm felt numb, but nothing seemed to be broken. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a fierce twinkle in her eye, and Seven almost felt emboldened enough to follow her lead. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mirren felt sick and Johnny took her downstairs for some tea. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I felt around, then crawled from beneath the shelter to look toward the sound. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one felt kindly toward him, for it was his fault that the food often came up to us in the line too late and cold. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, I felt sure, Call would be back. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also my left leg felt funny, with a tingling sensation, and there were parts of it that were numb. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt strange to be walking with the crowd. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I could not imagine what dying must have felt like for her. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When Toby lifted him gingerly out of the brine by one claw, everybody felt a little queasy, and Elizabeth’s eyes became suspiciously liquid. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay there and thought of Roosevelt being dead and Billy being blind, and finally I turned over and lay with my face on the pillow and felt myself crying. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Joaquin felt something crack open in his chest, and at the same time, another fissure started to seal itself back up. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Neel felt a bit better about his own difficulties with Headmaster. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a weird airiness in my knees, as if they might buckle. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Her heart was light even if her feet felt clumsy in their makeshift boots and oversized stockings. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But here he had to begin performing at eight and four-thirty whether he felt like it or not. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang for lunch, and the room emptied in what felt like record time. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She felt like someone in an eighties movie. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He felt paternal toward her and thought Bobby might be interested in meeting her, so he gave her Fischer’s address in Los Angeles and suggested she write to him and send him her photograph. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But now he clambered in and took the seat in back with a relaxed attitude—it all felt the same and yet different somehow. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I felt lucky to get my shoes on the right feet, that’s why. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One wall was glass, and it felt cold to the touch. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Anyone who has ever been excluded can understand what they felt, and no one has ever been quite so excluded as they. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was in the afternoon, a few hours before the Winter Ball, and the stands shook with what felt like all of Fullbrook cheering as we glided onto the ice. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I felt we were likely to hang no matter what we said, so we might as well say what we truly believed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure whether she felt honored or scared. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Presently he felt soothed and distant, though his hand was hurting abominably. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feeling discomfited in a way he could not remember having felt before, Bod made his way back to the Owenses’ tomb, and was pleased to see both of his parents waiting for him beside it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

And every time, I felt my face grow warm with embarrassment. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

There was no hiding here, though, and because there was no guile in him, everything he felt showed on his face. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The entire experience felt like something out of a Disney movie. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He never thought of this in precise mental images; he felt it; he would feel it for a while and then forget. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to know you felt bored. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, though, Papa-Nnukwu felt well enough to get up for dinner, and the knots on Aunty Ifeomas face loosened a little. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

So I said, “Pinkie swear?” to make him feel better, even though this felt way too big for a little old pinkie. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Every time I visited her, when finally they led her—a case, a number—back inside from where we had been sitting together, I felt worse. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

One distinguishing feature of hunger I already knew was persistence: I, too, whenever I felt hungry, always returned to the source of food whenever I was scatted. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his letter to me, he quoted Anne Frank by saying that he, too, felt “like a bird in a cage and sometimes just wanted to fly away.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

For a trireme, the ship was huge, but it still felt cozy to Percy—like his dorm building back at Yancy Academy, or any of the other boarding schools he’d gotten kicked out of. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Bending down, he felt along the edge of the carpet near the wall for the pine bar—part of a music stand he had hidden there that afternoon. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

That entire day as she attended to Ana’s and Clara’s demands, she felt as if she were only partially there. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This kaftan was sewn by the best tailors in Lkossa, made with the highest quality cotton, but...it felt wrong. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Annabeth’s eyes dilated so much, they felt like they were being pulled out of their sockets. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then everyone finally felt that the demon was gone and life could continue, and we had the big “amen” and everyone said good night and went home. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When he thought of it he felt uneasy and in some unknown way afraid. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

No one said anything for a while as they felt their way along the dark trail. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt sorry for any girl who would have to put up with a man like him. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In his sleep the boy felt something and stirred. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of making him nervous like he usually felt when Ashish or Ma tried to watch him, he felt more confident. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She always felt better when she talked to them. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It just felt normal and right, like slipping into a hot bubble bath. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kinship I felt suddenly for the old land... it surprised me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was shivering violently now, and he felt a bit sick. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Jule felt she needed to stop walking in order to laugh. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Others were driven to what, in retrospect, was a sort of permanent state of mourning: for our loved ones, who always seemed at risk, and for our own lives, which felt so fragile and vulnerable. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She herself shot upwards through the sky, with the stars spinning around her like great golden plates, and presently, in blinding light, she felt the cold rays of the moon upon her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t imagined that Diana would go on holiday as well, but when Diana told her she was going, she felt a little thrill. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed, but on the inside I still felt awful. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He felt as though he were standing on the edge of a giant hole—a hole filled with the black despair of nothingness. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon she smiled, thanked them, and murmured that she felt soothed. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The voice at his side startled Tree-ear; he felt his heart leap and run. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I know. This is how our ancestors must have felt,” I said as I sped up to walk beside the wagon. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He felt an ache of tenderness for her, though he couldn’t have said why. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It felt strange to me for a moment not to be hearing my own voice anymore. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I got to sit up in a wheelchair, and the leg felt all right in spite of the cast. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Time felt the anger surge in him. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His heart felt like lead, weighing down his chest, and it was like it was pulling him down to the floor. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The urge to penetrate unknown realms, to achieve something original, may be felt by every one of us now and than. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maddie pressed another one into my hand, but I barely felt it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This last service performed for his friend would cause Sverrisson years of enmity from certain members of the RJF Committee and others who felt close to Bobby during his Icelandic years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a vague flutter in my stomach as I saw Ambrose watching me with all the menace of a smoldering coal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nicole had felt the comment like a crack across her cheek. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The air felt thick and charged, too thick to breathe. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My face felt hot, and the words came out of me before I could stop them. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Try to figure out why he felt how he felt. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t always a pleasant part of my Olympic experience, but it was one I felt a duty to embrace. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The Spanish words felt like they were stuck in my teeth. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The fastenings were strange and felt backward, and the breeches were a little too large. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The emotions it registered would be different from the ones he felt. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I’d head down to the wire and stare out at the darkness, out where the war was, and think up ways to make Bobby Jorgenson feel exactly what I felt. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite his bland supper, despite the nagging message broadcast in his head, and despite the uncertainty of his plan, he felt a stirring in his heart, a good feeling that might pass for hope. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In a minute or so I felt myself being lifted up; and swinging back and forth in the net, I was carried with my three companions to the white truck I had seen earlier. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Riding Arion, Hazel felt powerful, unstoppable, absolutely in control—a perfect combination of horse and human. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I shared all this information with Roberta, and she felt better. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I knew just how he felt—exhausted to the bone. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I guess I got one right, or maybe she just felt sorry for me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Humming tunelessly, he felt his way up the stairs. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment of searching out the story beats and the rhythm, I felt it—the familiar tingling. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Ugwu felt stained and unworthy as he went about his new duties after the priests left—distributing garri, breaking up fights, supervising the scorched and failing farms. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But when I touched my own shirt, it felt perfectly dry. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Moss felt a pulse of pain in the space behind his eyes and knew a headache was forming. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He felt relieved to be out in the air, away from all the oppressive artworks. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I felt like going down to him on my hands and knees and apologizing for being such an awful liar. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Surely if the whole class felt strongly about the American flag, I’d fit in all right. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And felt my foot go through the ice and into the water and onto some rocks. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Miyax went back to her pot and stuffed on the cold raw moss until her stomach felt full if not satisfied. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a deep fryer was sizzling yucca fries in my guts and it felt, um, weird and good at the same time. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

As Francie mopped her eyes, Sissy asked whether she felt better. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night while I was cleaning the Standard Oil Company, I felt completely exhausted. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It felt like someone had punched me in the stomach. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He felt light on his feet, happy that he would be with Rocky, traveling the world in the Army, together, as brothers. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a soft hand on my head and turned and saw Ultima. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a man’s suit, a man’s felt hat on her head. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt better about things with his net in. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Well, I did not care that Granny felt extremely unwell. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Some in the gallery would later say that his stillness suggested a disdain for the proceedings; others felt certain it veiled a fear of the verdict that was to come. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Polly had now quite got over her fright and felt sure that the old gentleman was not mad; and there was certainly something strangely attractive about those bright rings. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Yes, somebody had been giving me a hard time, but it felt like regular team stuff. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

My parents were a mere five miles away, but it felt like they were on the other side of the world. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I’ve always felt that a special ring of hell should be reserved for kidnappers who place their victims in the trunks of cars. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The relief Zeitoun felt in the seconds he saw him approach was beyond measure. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I felt my skin tighten, I couldn’t feel my face, and it seemed my ears had fallen off; my fingers hurt, and my teeth chattered. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He held one hand carefully over the area where he’d been bitten; the other clutched his stomach as if that would prevent what Thomas now felt was an inevitable barf. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Maybe we wouldn’t have felt as stifled. Maybe we would have become different people.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The others insisted they all felt the same, and that his feet were fine. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

What she meant was rather more complex than what everyone else so eagerly understood, and her moments of unease came when she felt that she could not express these nuances. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Little Wife felt so sorry for her, she reminded her husband that he owed it to Big Wife to get her out of China before it was too late. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only you knew how much I used to cry at night, how unhappy and despondent I was, how lonely I felt, you’d understand my wanting to go upstairs! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He hardly felt proud of them, nothing like the books his parents had chosen for him or the bizarre knitting he was sure Hyacinth had spent hours working on. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Paul felt for it, picked it up, and dropped it into the cigar box he kept on a shelf behind him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“And since the men who built the early theatres were mostly sailors who had returned from the sea,” continued the voice on the tape, “Billy felt right at home.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

His gaze fell on the Little Comic Con flyer on the dresser, and he felt a strange warmth come to his cheeks when he remembered Dimple asking if she could come with him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was hot and humid inside the tent, and the chaplain felt himself turning damp. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In the secret parts of his peculiar brain, those unhappy and inextricable tangles which he felt at the roots, the boy was disabled by something which we cannot explain. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slow raised his right hand over his head, waited for what felt like was a hour, then snapped his fingers. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Annabeth could tell from their body language that they felt close to Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As she passed him from her arms into the man’s, she felt something. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It felt dry and old, and my fingers fumbled with the string. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I tried to sit up but it felt like somebody’s huge hand was pushing me back down. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t elaborate, but I knew how to find her if I felt like I needed to. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

How sure I always felt before, how smug, moving through a world that desired to cast me into the den of ear-pulling Crawleys. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way to Cleveland, the journey had felt endless, but this time, staring out the plane window, seeing nothing, all too quickly he feels the plane’s descent in his chest. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a strange sensation, and he felt something return to him like a half-forgotten dream. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I screamed in the dark, then I felt Ultima’s hand on my forehead and I could sleep again. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt very weak and sick by the time I burst into my mother’s kitchen. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was now past mid-day, and they felt it was high time for lunch. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Cole felt helpless as he watched the Tlingit elder disappear across the water. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Each time a demon disintegrated, Percy felt a heavier sense of dread as another curse settled on him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

If he had felt certain of himself and of Gus, he would not have fought. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The last year or two, no matter how bad he felt you couldn’t make him stay home. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She found herself standing, and on legs that felt weirdly like rubber mallets, transporting herself up the other aisle and out the doors. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I felt the tears start to well up deep inside of me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Butler felt a cold pain as the serrated ivory pierced his chest. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But to coerce a confession from him, police officers had beaten Joshua so brutally that even in 1965 the Louisiana Supreme Court felt the need to overturn his conviction. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He felt like an alien fallen to earth. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

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

I vomited and immediately felt feverish, but we had to continue on. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But just as the moon rose in the darkness, Minli felt a sudden jerk on the string. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

While I felt at ease giving my talk on TMV in shorts, the French contingent feared that I would go one step further by arriving at Sans Souci in the same outfit. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The priest kept leaning forward to look closely at him, and felt his hands to see whether he was cold, and stroked his knee. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

As I aim and shoot, I feel the same rush of power I felt the first time I held a gun. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

By the end of the day, I was persuaded things would improve, even while I felt newly burdened by the weight of it all. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

His arms felt drained, and he wasn’t sure he could make them do what he wanted them to do when the slack water came. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It felt like a house was on top of me; I could barely breathe. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It was not natural to him, and his tongue felt like a whale in his mouth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the scurrying in the rafters and the creaking in the building became irrelevant—I felt a perverted euphoria. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He felt the slightest hint of peace, as fleeting as it was, and tried to enjoy it for however long it might last. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Nick’s mouth felt dry, and he gulped, but his mind stayed clear. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was making more sense now, and more eye contact, but Park still felt like someone had turned the world upside down and was shaking it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

By now, my feet were tough and I hardly felt the jagged edges of the coral. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt ashamed and I ran to the toilet to clean myself and change my cloths. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Creüsa felt her purpose grow weak and ebb away while the strange boy spoke. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And every time a new act went up, I felt them tense. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Raymie didn’t think that she had ever felt so lonely in her life. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Lately I’d rarely felt touched by Father’s enthusiasm, and never by God. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soft brown mud felt good between her toes and helped to soothe her blisters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A year later, King Christian IV was crowned and soon began to make his presence felt. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He too had felt that the period of waiting was over. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt as if cement had hardened in his joints. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He then felt in his pocket for a wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Now it felt like they were stretching and shaking it out. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I felt as if I had gulped down five Cokes in a row. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She felt the vibrations penetrate her muscles, pulsing in waves, until they rattled her bones and made her inner organs hum. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He felt as if a boulder was resting on his chest. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first three would go to the Olympics, but Louie felt cheated nonetheless. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

On March 9, for the first time since entering the pack, the men felt the swell of the ocean slowly lift the ice under their feet. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I felt the catharsis, too: Prison work filled you with pent- up aggression, and here was a thrilling release, our team coming out on top. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mark felt solid knowing that he’d returned the favor on more than one occasion. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But no matter how it felt on the inside, it must have looked like something else on the outside. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian felt much safer inside the hospital than outside the hospital, even though he loathed the surgeon and his knife as much as he had ever loathed anyone. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

For the hundredth time Matt felt the gulf that separated him from humanity. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time in months I felt reasonably safe. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to say something kind and cheerful; but his tongue was tied, and he could only nod his head and hope that she felt his sympathy. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The darkness pressed down on Gregor’s eyes until he felt it had physical weight, like water. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now, I felt like a real pastry chef. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Now, all those stops during the night, I felt those, even noticed people getting on and off, but each time I fell back to sleep. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Sam had no words to express what he felt. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I was disappointed at how light it felt. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like an explosion in his left shoulder. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The priest didn’t answer, but Liyana felt proud of Poppy for saying it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then she went up the steps, hoping she looked more confident than she felt. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like the beating of his heart. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He said, “Have you felt these pillows? They're the deepest pillows in the world!” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Like many of us in Vietnam, Dobbins felt the pull of superstition, and he believed firmly and absolutely in the protective power of the stockings. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though at this distance she couldn’t see his eyes clearly, she felt his gaze on her, probing, questioning, lingering on her eyes, her lips, her face. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Behind me, I felt Martin grab a few loose strands of my hair and begin to twirl them around his fingers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I'd never been inside a police station before, and when we got there, I felt like I was gonna be sick. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Now, for the first time, I felt the equal of an adult; I knew that I had been beaten for a reason that was not right. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt it on the back of his neck first, like a sunburn that suddenly bloomed into a burst of heat. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Flora felt something well up inside of her. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

She knew how he felt, but it didn’t matter very much—she wanted Carl to know what was up, how he was being duped. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I felt a twist of guilt in my stomach. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

And then the roaring turned into a clattering and a squealing and it got slowly quieter and then it stopped and I kept my eyes closed because I felt safer not seeing what was happening. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were giving me a chance to walk in my mother’s moccasins—to see what she had seen and feel what she might have felt on her last trip. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He felt a heavy weight mashing on his chest. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Dimple felt like she was in the twilight zone. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Luke felt like a fool for asking as soon as the words were out of his mouth. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the ranking white man in charge of the lives of black tenants, the reactionary Oldham felt it was his duty to uphold the immutable Southern social hierarchy. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The Underworld isn’t this big,” Hazel complained, which probably wasn’t true, but it felt that way to her feet. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

That particular afternoon, coming back from Sally’s, Annabeth had felt even more drained than usual. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I felt a hand on my shoulder spinning me around. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It felt good to know that they loved the dog, that they let themselves do that. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Nathan grabbed his hand and felt the ground beneath his feet disappear and the force of the wind pull the skin on his face back. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I felt guilty about it for a few minutes, but in our position, there wasn’t much time for remorse. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I thought she was talking to me like she understood how I felt to be left out. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Now her best friend’s neighborhood felt like another planet. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

But sometimes at night, when she felt hungry, she had an awful thought: that she was more important than anybody in the whole world. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Vince and I sat together at the church dinner, reminiscing about our earlier dates, and for the first time I felt as though we were good friends again. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt afraid as I pushed through crowds of white people, but my fright left when I entered my neighborhood and saw smiling black faces. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran over to the other letter, dipped the nozzle, flipped the switch, felt the heat steam up through the handle and off the sides of the can, and ignited the first ball. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I again felt rather like an individual of but average gastronomical powers sitting down to feast alone at a table spread with provisions for a hundred. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I felt as if I had been turned inside out. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She felt that she ought to say something else—it didn’t seem right, somehow, just to walk out—but she could not think of anything. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I felt completely impotent, but I still felt I had to do something. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Except the guard didn’t come, and Jamie couldn’t relax until after he felt that final ping. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were equally fluent in both languages, and I have to admit that I felt closer to her than to my mother. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

After a while my head stopped spinning, but I still felt lightheaded and rickety. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never, since the time our Illustrious Gotama passed ^ into Nirvana, have I ever met a man with the exception of Siddhartha about whom I felt: This is a holy man! Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the elder at the center smiled almost imperceptibly, and the boy felt better. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them groaned, and Moss felt a spike in his chest, a surge of rage. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He felt cold gusts of wind scattering dry oak leaves in the grass. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I know, I know. But I remember how huge everything felt when I was your age.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I felt like crying into his shirt, breaking down, sobbing for a good hour. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elbe always smelled just right, like a mom, and Tally always felt like a litdie in her arms. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I felt a bullet zip past my ear. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Despite a cultural chasm that would exist between us no matter how long we lived in America, I'd never felt more connected to her. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Physically, Percy felt better too, though his clothes looked like he’d been through a hurricane of broken glass. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I watched Deidre go all the way back down Montego Drive to take Presidio—the long way around up to Olympiad—and I felt vindicated. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I felt the rope in my hands, I looked out, and then stepped off. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting here now she felt the night air tickle the hem of her dress against her shin. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They might not have wanted me around, but at church I always felt accepted and loved. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mark felt something turn in his stomach and leaned back, away from his best friend. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Lyra had left it She felt she was leaving the world altogether, so remote and intent she was, so high they were climbing, so strange and uncanny was the light that bathed than. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But I don’t have one, because I’ve only ever felt like an oddball. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But when he placed the worms on Emma’s piano—in flower pots—then the worms responded to the vibrations they felt. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded extra and showed a lot of interest because I think he was a little embarrassed when I said that thing about the screaming toad and I felt bad. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

After having to get by on less water for a week or so, Stanley now felt like he had all the water he could want. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He was ashamed of himself, but all Mark felt in that quiet moment was relief that the ordeal had finally ended. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was cold but its touch was clean, and as he went on and it mounted to his knees, he felt that the stain of travel and all weariness was washed from his limbs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"And I answered, 'Yes, Doctor, I saw.' "And at our throats already we felt the cold hands of sorrow. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, looking down at the melting ice cap, the flooded lowland forests, the swollen sea, she felt heartsick. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His words fell into Lyra’s mind like heavy stones, and Will, too, felt the deadly weight of them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was lousy to enjoy it, but I felt lousy. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

When I felt the sun on my back, I knew that I was beyond the cold shadow of Elsinore’s walls. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt a trickle of doubt that life was so great back home— what kind of world allowed people to make kids live like this? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The other was of his short black hair and how it felt rough and soft at the same time, like crushed velvet. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

At 8:46, he felt the building shake. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

It felt good to be with his friends. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I almost broke into a run when I heard my name called out behind me, but it was Javi, and when I turned to him I felt a sudden rush, something warming in my chest. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Each day afterward, the motorcade ride to Sidwell Friends felt a little more routine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t believe in soul mates, but there’s an understanding between us that I just haven’t felt before, or at least, not for a long time. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart felt like an exploding football in my chest. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt she had to work extra hard because she felt so outranked in the classroom. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

My heart felt like the Grinch’s, expanding three sizes with Elle’s voice evoking all the Whos in Who-ville singing on Christmas Day. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When my mom had her Catholic-Church-lady friends over, I felt like I was suffocating. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I began to realize how uncomfortable I felt being around people. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

My mom had never said it outright, but still, I’d felt it must be true. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He felt strange about voicing it; this was much more Hermione’s territory than his. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

In the shade of the trees, he almost felt like he was back at Camp Half-Blood, heading through the woods toward Bunker Nine. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I had traveled to a handful of other countries to fence, but this World Championship felt magical. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She could see herself walking toward the mirror, looking, reflected, a little braver than she actually felt. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He felt sorry for the pair and wanted to invite them to soar and hover comfortably with him. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

For the first time in what felt like forever, the touch of his rough hand was gentle on my chin. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Wes joked about it, putting on a charade around his friends, but it was the most uncomfortable and vulnerable he had ever felt. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t another good, solid, flat floe in sight, and Shackleton felt they could not do better for a camping place. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“I woke up this morning and felt like I was on an acid trip. I’m itching all over and I don’t know why.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She felt each second of silence like a blow to her gut. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He stammered out the details of his discussion with Mars the night before, but he felt much more tongue-tied in front of Grandmother. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The climb had made him sweat, but now he felt cold and clammy, and there was a chill draught in the dark passage, blowing down from the invisible heights above. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Soon I felt him relax and loosing his hands gently drew away from him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were silent for so long that Olanna felt she had to apologize. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was only a couple feet of space between the beds, so our knees were practically touching, and with her staring at me, man, I felt like a sliver of ice in Fang’s Jacuzzi. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She felt like she could run for a thousand miles and she wouldn’t lose her breath. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, thinking of Gabriel, she remembered Richard—his voice, his breath, his arms—with a terrible pain; and then she felt herself shrinking from Gabriel’s anticipated touch. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Even though they were well hidden by the dark as they squatted there, they felt as exposed as that great bare lady in the painting upstairs. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slammed the door shut behind him, and any guilt I might have felt about leaving him behind disappeared. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Some of the girls think it’s unfair favoritism, since her mom is a former principal dancer, but I’ve never felt that way. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

My breath caught, and I felt like I was slipping underwater. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I felt a rush of gratitude towards him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They formed a whole, I among them; each felt it, and it was a refuge and true comfort in the night, that wholeness of the huddled group each drawing life from the others. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I saw that no matter how strong a Communist Yang Sze-Fu was, he missed his nails and I felt sorry for him. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mia was thinking about her project for Pauline—Document a transformation over time—when she felt the sudden prickle on her skin that meant she was being watched. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She felt like a giant lost from her homeland. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her bear brothers had vanished, and she felt better. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He felt his skin growing numb and his breath cooling. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I had long felt with pleasure that many of my rustic scholars liked me, and when we parted, that consciousness was confirmed: they manifested their affection plainly and strongly. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I told him how I felt about school now, and how everybody had been treating me weird—James Skinner, and even some of the teachers. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I felt for the doll in the shadow and dropped it on the desk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had left his spectacles on the crooked nose: He felt amused derision. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She felt like she was walking on glass, and the three days of his absence felt pretty great. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He felt the tingling in his hands, the lightness in his head, the heaviness of his heart, and it consumed him, filled him to the brim with a bitterness and voracity that burned his throat. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Astonished and bewildered, the children on the roof felt all the aggression leave them in a moment, and horrible fear rushed in to take its place. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I locked eyes with this one Mexican kid, about me and Rondell’s age, and I felt like I was lifting off my feet, floating into the air. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Kit felt at ease with them as she had never managed to do with their elders. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Nok had known this was coming, she still felt the words like a punch. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I felt that the courage, the resiliency and the unswerving, fanatical will to survive, to dream of a bright future, to accomplish, to conquer, of early years had deserted me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

After what felt like my hundredth failed attempt at a backflip, I finally fell down and didn’t get back up. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I felt safe among the jostling crowds, but soon my fears returned. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I’d never felt before that I had to protect my father. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As my brother and I drove on South Broadway on our way to Santa Maria High School, I felt the same as I had when I started first grade: excited but nervous. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Beneath my fingers, I felt the loose flesh around Morrie’s bones, and I thumped him hard, as instructed. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the sixth morning, I felt ready to explode with frustration. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Races across the swimming pool, free-throw contests, tossing around a football—it felt like there was never a day without sports or an ultimate challenge from Abu. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was a distinct sensation: she felt her heart stop and squeeze into a ball. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It isn’t known how much Fischer paid for his legal defense, but it probably wasn’t all that much since Suzuki was receiving pro bono advice and assistance from those who felt Bobby was being persecuted. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Two wildly happy children with our faces close together and our arms around each other's necks because sometimes we felt like one person. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Erm,” he said, smiling for what felt like the first time in months: The muscles in his face felt oddly stiff. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Dad had helped haul another empty Norvelt house to West Virginia so he wasn’t around, and I always felt guilty in front of Mom so I avoided conversations with her. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Now, riding here in the powerful car with this white man who was so pleased with what he called his fate, I felt a sense of dread. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt as though a fire were burning in his belly. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I don't know why because he totally deserved to be roasted, but I guess I felt kinda bad for the dude. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Captain McLane felt sure that he could kidnap Arnold when the general took his morning ride along Chesapeake Bay. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was numb to it all, uninterested in drinking and pool and other people, and the more drunk he became the more lucid his mind was and the colder he felt toward everyone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I spoke subtle circles around the way I felt, not wanting to be overbold. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then she felt a sharp pain at the side of her head where the trunk of the tree had hit her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to imagine Mom being happy with Marcus, knowing how she felt about him now. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Sierra felt like her heart had snuck up to her brain so it could blast that pounding pulse directly into her eardrums. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He felt certain that mentioning the Italian Renaissance had intrigued me. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt his elation wither, and he stepped back and turned toward the Hole. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But equally, without exception, so that no one felt shut out by some irrelevant mischance of birth. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And the more I thought about it, the more I felt like I’d been betrayed. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Francie was the only one wearing a gingham wash dress and she felt like a silly baby. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She touched her mouth and felt her teeth. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

No one regarded me as I went, yet I felt that I was being followed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I asked, we looked at each other until it felt like everything would burst into flames, “Do you like animals?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the shirt was stretched across my chest, and the shorts kept riding up my butt, I felt very Iranian when I emerged from the stall in my borrowed kit and cleats. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I had seen a grown man cry like a child, and I felt a sting in my heart. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

As the twenty-two men left on Elephant Island watched the James Caird disappear among the ice on April 24, most of them felt an overwhelming gloom begin to settle. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

On the instant he was knocked sideways and felt himself pressed down. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he felt bad and weird about feeling bad and weird. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Whatever I have felt about those men, I have much to thank them for. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

What if, in spite of everything, he still felt some loyalty to his theatre family and, learning of my association with Falconer, he had come to expose me? The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a shock when he said my name. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I felt the marvelous jerk, which told me that the parachute had opened,” said Haukelid. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made a mistake, and although I realize that nothing can replace the lives of these great men and the pain these families have felt, I’m willing to do anything to gain their forgiveness.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She was horrified, the way I’d felt when Granny told me about it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He knew why she wanted it to be all right: She still felt guilty about breaking his wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And yet, after everything they’d been through, he was not surprised by the pain he felt at seeing it come to pass. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I had merely confronted my comrades, stated what I felt, and had let it go at that. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden my insides felt twisted, like I wasn’t sure whether I should be happy or sad. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I stared back at them, and felt as Marlowe had, searching the shoreline for Kurtz in Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She got up and went toward the door, where she felt obliged to give us an explanation. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He talked about how frustrated they felt to have to drive all the way from Lagos because the federal government blockade meant Nigeria Airways was no longer flying to the southeast. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A fever possessed me suddenly, and I felt cold and hot at the same time. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I felt around in the dark under the grate, trying to figure out how Auri kept it closed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At that moment he felt the heavy weight of the dog move beneath him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting there, I felt so much stronger than he, ridiculously so, as if I could lift him and toss him over my shoulder like a sack of flour. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt her way back to the bench. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Kendra had felt a new sensation inside ever since the idea had popped into her head. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

No wonder Songololo felt she had the right to dropkick me the moment I walked in. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Once, when she made fun of his constant waving to peasants, she felt him close up on her, and she knew if she wanted to know him better, she should not make that mistake again. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I turned away from her, and then felt something cold and wet on my fingers. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The kids had stopped crying, and now she felt their collective attention turn toward the empty waters around them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As I say, my companion seemed genuinely interested, but after a time I felt I had revealed enough and so concluded by saying: 'Of course, things are quite different today under my present employer. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Their worry felt like a blanket they kept trying to throw over her shoulders, one she kept having to shrug off. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Even as she spoke, I felt new strength flow into my legs and feet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He reached underneath and ran his hands along the slats until he felt the rough edge of newspaper. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was overwhelmed by their magnificence, and felt no need of Merlyn’s warning that he was to be humble and behave himself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But on that day, he had felt near death. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Faced with achievements that seemed to have no classical parallel, Alberti nevertheless felt obliged to express himself with great caution: ‘surely’, ‘if I am not mistaken’, ‘probably’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It wouldn't be much worse than what he felt now. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

During my first three days in the tropics, slathered with sun-screen, gazing out over the ocean with a rum drink in my hand, I felt I’d successfully left Sing Sing behind. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was in front of him now, and Jack felt his chest expand and then freeze, an inhalation with no companion. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Yet he felt that it was the hand of God that had called him out so early to prove himself before such mighty men. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The stories were nothing like his story; for this he felt a gratitude bordering on love. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt my head swimming, my mind slowly evaporating. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It felt better to kiss him, more real, now that she was about to begin undoing the damage she had done. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He felt every step—the rub of his wet socks in his shoes, the burn of his wounded leg, the ache in his hand—but he also felt more himself than he ever had before. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

That was what had felt natural, and we’d got in like that without thinking about it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt one huge hand come around and grab my hair, yanking me forward, right over his head. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presently, under her gentle stroking, she felt a throaty vibration, then heard a rusty, feeble purring. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the first time he’s kissed anyone, the first time he’s felt a girl’s face and body and breath so close to his own. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom felt Grandma Smith had lacked faith in her artistic talent, and by becoming a teacher now, she was acknowledging that her mother had been right all along. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We met at the Eiffel Tower and I instantly felt like I was meeting a part of my family. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When I was with Adam, I felt picked, chosen, special, and that just made me wonder why me? even more. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt around until her fingers touched Mother’s jar. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed. and pulled me felt so in love Like this, she said, and she grabbed the sides of my face into her. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Though she had no regrets about her choice, she felt something strangely like disappointment when he said, “As you wish.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

With each day, he felt the barriers melting. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When she looked at me with her big brown eyes, the inside of my chest felt like it was made of warm, gooey burnt marshmallows from campfire s’mores. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

And he felt himself move, in the silence. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I felt that what I wanted that scene to say to the reader was more important than its surface reality or plausibility. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As my sympathy for Taske, Weathers, and some of my other teammates mounted, I felt increasingly uncomfortable in my role as a journalist. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

They felt betrayed, and it would take a while for tempers to cool. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remembering how many injuries I had sustained — and inflicted — playing volleyball, I felt faintly nauseated. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hatsue knew she had not fooled anybody, she had not fooled herself, as it turned out, either, she had never felt completely right. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Johnny, Mirren, Gat, and I snuck glasses of wine and felt giddy and silly. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Gabe moved forward and felt the pull of the current against his ankles. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Emma wasn’t embarrassed, but it felt really weird to walk out the school door with Ms. Morales. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I felt the blood tingling in my veins. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Macklin felt he was watching “something colossal, something in nature too big to grasp.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It felt strange to be soaking wet and yet wading through dust. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I felt I was with him in the skies, flying through the air. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And while I kept seeing Paul’s Popeye arms at the back of Rashad’s neck, nobody else seemed to be wondering about why the Galluzzos felt the sudden need for a party. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I not only felt be-trayed, but I felt like the dumbest sort of sap. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The hot, heavy feeling inside him made him do the most awful things, and as soon as he’d done them he felt extraordinarily pleased and glad and thought out some more at once. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

They felt that if there was majority rule, the rights of minorities would be trampled. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt as if I had swallowed several frogs—they were hopping in my stomach. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt someone examining his arms and legs, ripping his clothes away from his body, checking for damage. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It felt good to be warm and dry. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She always felt a little foolish when she was with Daario. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The impossible demands had been removed and I felt a vast relief. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Seven felt like she was a balloon with way too much air in it and that any moment she might burst. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Next to him, a soldier was mumbling prayers in the softest voice, so soft that Ugwu felt he was whispering in his ear. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I felt kind of numb, as though nothing mattered anymore. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lourdes felt a density between her breasts harden to a sharp, round pain. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I’ve felt you giving me curious looks all evening. So I figure there must be something pressing you.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter that we were at odds—I didn’t like how intensely she was making me feel like a disposable rag, to be picked up, used, and thrown away whenever she felt like it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I tried to get up, my arms and legs felt filled with sand. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He felt the chill air on the growing fuzz on his cheeks. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I laid my head on my grandmother’s lap, and I felt like a little kid again, listening to my family talk around me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I felt a bit like my brain had been steamed. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Still, he felt privileged: his New York wages dwarfed the $1,000 a year he might have made in Mexico. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The cards felt crisp and new and had a bunch of illustrations of lady authors on the back. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He felt the loop of the chain tighten about his own. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like it had seeped into her mind, too. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

This was done at the insistence of many child psychologists, who felt that to mix fantasy and reality would be misleading to children. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she passed the car she felt the warmth of its radiator, as intimate as body heat, and heard the click of contracting metal. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was interesting stuff, but it also felt practical. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I felt calm—almost as if I were the older one. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

For Smith, walking into that barn must have been akin to entering a cathedral; telling Fitzsimmons that he could improve on his work must have felt like sacrilege. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up to now I had felt a wholeness about my work and direction such as I'd never known; not even in my mistaken college days. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt natural there, held between his forefinger and his little finger by the slightest of pressure. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The blind man took the bird, felt over it with his fingers, and smiled. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Cas wasn’t sure how she felt about that, or if she wanted to feel anything. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mary didn’t watch much television; she felt she never had time, but she just happened to have it on this evening. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It was a different feeling from my boy crushes—it felt more like an awakening. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was so dark that I wondered, as I had many times before, if this was what blindness felt like—this enveloping void. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I felt perfectly safe, until we started to make our way home after nightfall. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Armpit felt the fabric, which was as soft as Kaira’s flannel shirt. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was such an unforeseen attitude that Amaranta Úrsula felt humiliated by the idea that she had given her husband the pretext that he had wanted in order to abandon her to her fate. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Kaira’s eyes were closed, but her hand felt around under the night table. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I always felt the whole country was celebrating my birthday. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s better that way. I’ve not felt good about this whole situation.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Dimple felt something flutter in her chest as she smiled back. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Exit here and head east on Fillmore . . .” I obsessed on the subject until the bangle on my wrist felt like an iron shackle from some medieval dungeon. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I felt like one of those orphan children. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I felt a relentless desire to ask people to verify whether they were seeing what I was seeing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For a minute she felt good about shaking the spit out of Sucker. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Finally, his arm about her waist felt her body relax into a softness he knew and wanted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the need to do something fitting. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She’d only just left the Night Zoo for the first time since she and her parents had become indentured there, so it felt impossible to imagine something as far away as the Kusonga Plains. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He sat up and felt about for the boy. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Even going to school felt different—not so much this thing I had to do, something I was lucky to get to do. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He felt a slight lessening of nervous tension and swallowed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like breathing air after being suffocated. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We all took off running for the ramp, but then I felt a tingling in my hands, and I stopped to look behind us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Harry scrambled to his feet, so happy he felt as though a large balloon was swelling inside him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He still felt guilty because he had slept through his watch. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now that he had had time to think, he was beginning to doubt the wisdom of this course, or perhaps he felt strongly his responsibility. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt caught in the act, for of course she had brought candles with her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

My mouth felt tight from embarrassment as he drove us to the stadium. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I let out a deep breath and felt my uncle glance over at me. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Throughout the day, except for the strange companionship of the voices, she was alone, but in some inexplicable way she felt sure that with the coming of the night her husband would be with her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stomp out the fire he’s started until it’s dead, feeling as gloomy as I felt giddy before. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I felt an ache in my heart that rose like a lump to my throat as I caught myself searching for a less busy part of the room. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Whenever we found any place that was just the teeniest step above horrid, Leah felt it was too expensive. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Jackson’s class started, his eyelids felt heavy as anvils. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A hand took her arm and fingers felt her face. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I started trying to read the Whitman again, but between it and thinking of Margo, I felt exposed enough for this night. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Violet, with some embarrassment, felt the stone in her left hand and was glad she had not thrown it at Mr. Poe. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He felt Koffi's back pressed hard against his chest, her body shuddering against his as she tried not to make a sound. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I felt a catch in my throat and a sadness that reached clear back to my childhood. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

For himself, Chess only felt dizzy and confused. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

After a minute, nearly asleep, she felt the odd cold little touch of the brush on her toes, and shivered. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even they, he said—a tiny group inside a small church, in what felt like a forgotten neighborhood—could build real political power. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She was alarmed by how feverish his skin felt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I felt far from my home streets of Johannesburg; I was in the Africa of myth and legend for the first time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The energy I felt thrumming in that school had nothing to do with obstacles. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

What he felt was the chilly recklessness that had come to waylay his heart. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was memorizing their appearance, but he felt no interest in them, or appeared to feel none. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In retrospect, I guess I did know how she felt. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When he was through, he felt more lost and undone than when he was captured. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t imagine how they felt when they knew the Gestapo was coming up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

One night, after what felt like a googolplex inventions, I went to Dad’s closet. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She felt almost frozen when she at last reached West Riding, but she did not stop at Quinn House even though her teeth chattered from the cold. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she passed her on the way to the armchair, Mrs. Coulter touched Lyra’s hair briefly, and Lyra felt a current of warmth flow into her, and blushed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I opened the Threat Assessments folder first, and when I saw what was inside, I felt the blood drain from my face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t angry, but I felt a bad pain starting in my stomach. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked absolutely dead, like something in a dead world; and Shasta felt quite terribly tired and noticed that he was getting cold and that his lips were dry. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He was sixteen, tall and muscular, and his blows were as hard as any Jon had ever felt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He had badges that said “Remember the Maine” and felt pennants commemorating “Fighting Bob.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt as big as the sky above us and as firm as the ground beneath. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I lay in the bed and thought about all the things that had happened during the day, and felt sad and depressed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then she gulped a bit more because she felt like she hadn’t breathed enough since the storm hit. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I felt a hand on my shoulder, and heard the Count’s voice saying to me, “Good-morning.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The other part of him felt bad that he felt pleased. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And as a re­sult I perked up and felt much better. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A gentle breeze surrounded me, and I felt its pressure only, not its temperature. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The Wart felt a man on either side of him take his hand, as they stood in a circle, and then he noticed that the stridulation of the grasshoppers had begun again. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think that just means that if people felt that council members weren’t representing them, they could vote them out in the next election. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I felt resentful... abandoned... alone ... sad... scared .. . and furious. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It almost seemed like the Underworld, because I immediately felt claustrophobic and I couldn’t see the sky above—just a close, heavy darkness, as if I were in a cave. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It felt as if a storm was on the way, but the storm never came. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

A moment later, after I returned my gaze to the road, I felt something warm hovering just above my leg and jerked away. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Tears ran down my cheeks, and my eyeballs and eyelids felt heavy. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Now that my stomach was satisfied, I felt a little better. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Rashid didn’t know the girl, he felt the loss of the life that was cut short, one that he would now never have the chance to be a part of. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Certainly the wound was now very ugly, and very red, and must, John felt, with a quickened sympathy towards Roy, who had not cried out, have been very painful. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

A new mood had taken hold of him, and he felt resolute and peaceful. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I felt then that these men—these “fathers”—were the greatest of cowards. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He felt the hands on his back again. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

She loved her little girl because she felt sorry for her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ripped his face off the sticky ropes, and it felt like someone had yanked strips of adhesive tape off his skin. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My ankles went wobbly, and I felt hot and cold all over. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Eras felt—but that was just what Charles and Emma wanted. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath, scattered the powder into the flames, and stepped forward; the fire felt like a warm breeze; he opened his mouth and immediately swallowed a lot of hot ash. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

At one point she reached for a sheet of felt and blew her nose. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. But I felt strange there.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I felt slightly sick; I was in a game of move-countermove, like a chess game, a game I did not want to be in at all. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

For the first time in her life—in her two lives— she felt absolutely unstoppable. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

This was the secret thing Hanako felt about old people: she really didn’t understand them. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I waved to them and they waved in return, some better than others, and I felt a little more relaxed thinking they were nice. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner felt sweat dripping into, in his eyes. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I felt knowledge and the unity of the world circulate in me like my own blood, but I also felt compelled to leave the Buddha and the great knowledge. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt now bitterly the truth of the old king’s words: in such a battle what would you do, Meriadoc? The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Further, he felt that the $3.5 million he had won in his match against Spassky was money garnered illegally by Vasiljevic. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie felt sure Capricorn wanted to strike Fenoglio to the ground, but his fear was too strong, leaving him helpless to act. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I stuck my hand in my pocket again, and this time when I touched the feather, I felt my fingers tingle. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was true that he had never spoken of such personal things to her before but he felt that he could. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t help trusting Albus Dumbledore, and as Harry watched him beaming around at the students, he felt really calm for the first time since the dementor had entered the train compartment. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Her legs felt heavy, as though weights had been tethered to them. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Asta became a moth, and as she settled near another crack in the wall, Malcolm felt a shock as she saw something. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It felt a bit like school, the first time in a while that Jesse had to hide his geek activities. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Desiring control until the end, he was particularly emphatic that none of his “enemies” attend his funeral: those who he felt exploited him or with whom he’d established feuds. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the hard, mechanical isolation of the hospital machine and I didn't like it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sensed by the set of her brother’s shoulders that he felt the same. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

She still felt the presence of her chicks. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She knew it was wrong, she knew it shouldn’t be there, she knew it felt bad, but she didn’t have a name for it. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He felt like he was in a foreign country. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I felt nervous and awkward and self-conscious and uncomfortable. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I felt out of place in my faded blue overalls, old sheepskin coat, and scuffed and worn shoes, but to the wonderful men it made no difference. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like dozens, but was probably only five or six. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He felt her shiver, and when he held her closer, he realized he was shaking too. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stood by the pot of stew, stirring, holding the ladle as tight as the cramps in his stomach felt. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a state with which I felt myself most familiar. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry felt as separate from the crowd as though they were a different species. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The guard led Stanley into the building, where he felt the welcome relief of air-conditioning. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Pinmei felt the stinging feeling of the rice jar return, its numbness spreading over her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Grigori’s knife slashed through the air centimeters from my face, close enough that I felt it whish. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was three days before he got the rain he needed, or in his extreme caution felt he needed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then, somehow, I got my wits about me and I felt about with my hand and I pressed the bell for the conductor. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like someone had opened a crack in the door, allowing a single beam of light to stream through. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Now I knew how Aunt Alice felt in the garage earlier. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She felt it necessary to explain over and over again to those who knew the story by heart that he wasn’t “bom that way.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in the dear close contact with a girl Mack felt that Doc would be lonely. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They inspected Moss, looking him up and down, and he felt self-conscious, as if they were judging his appearance. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He felt as if it was choking him. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I started running again but it felt like my legs were gone. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He had been utterly terrified to find a portrait talking to him, though this had been nothing to how he felt when a self-proclaimed wizard had bounced out of the fireplace and shaken his hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She wondered what the pteranodon had been through, what she felt like, tasting the sky for the first time in so long after only seeing glimpses of it. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She felt tears in her eyes and turned to the window. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He felt that it was sort of irritating to get this kind of advice from Gene— when he’s telling you the obvious, telling you what you already know. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger felt that if he said something directly to Mr. Dalton, he could swing things round again in his favor; but he did not know just how to put it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he felt a sudden jolt of painful energy enter his arm, concentrated in his fingertips. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

In that moment, I felt wrong in just about every way I could possibly feel wrong. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It felt like I was being squeezed from three dimensions into two. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held the crying girl to her chest, amazed at how strong her own arms were, at how light Ess felt in this moment, even heavy with her drenched clothes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

On the podium afterward, feeling the heavy gold disc around my neck, I felt so privileged to be standing with my teammates. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He liked Bernard; he was grateful to him for being the only man of his acquaintance with whom he could talk about the subjects he felt to be important. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he mentioned DD I felt like socking him right in the face. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He felt wonderfully free—and, as best he could determine, no one was looking for him. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Then there were harebells, tiny lanterns, cream white and almost sinful looking, and these were so rare and magical that a child, finding one, felt singled out and special all day long. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The descent was laborious, but once they had reached ground level, Taran felt all the more convinced they would save time. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

An ambulance, lights and sirens blaring, sped past us, going in the opposite direction, toward school, and for an instant, I felt a nervous excitement and thought, It could be someone I know. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

As I watched her play, I felt the urge to climb out the window and join her. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He finally pulled so hard I felt my thumb snap and separate to go with him. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

We wished to defend; we demanded confrontation; we felt all the transports of issueless rage, thinking of the rebels and their cries of self-congratulation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She felt Imogen Sokoloff would have done that, would have savored the slight feeling of sadness and the beauty of the harbor view while holding the skirt of her pretty white dress above her knees. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

By the time he returned with a glass, I felt a little better. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was like he had been standing for so long, ignoring the ache in his knees and ankles, and now, finally able to sit down, felt every pain at once. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

From these items I drew my first political conclusions about Bigger: I felt that Bigger, an American product, a native son of this land, carried within him the potentialities of either Communism or Fascism. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I felt especially fortunate that I was in the classroom that morning. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He slung the bag over his shoulder, expecting outraged yips when the dog felt himself being moved. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dari smiled, but I felt a flash of annoyance at Twig—for still acting silly. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Though the Company was well clad, they seldom felt warm, either moving or at rest. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And as Miss Mallory did so, she felt yet another tug in her chest. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When she looked at you, her eyes seemed to expand, and you felt like she was looking right through you. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She blindly felt with her hands and recognized the thick roots and trunk of a pine tree. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m not doing a video of that one. That one’s just for you. I mean if you want—” But Lydia stood and cut him off with a kiss that felt like a summer storm. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt a pang of guilt over Chuck—felt sorry for him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I regretted saying this the moment it escaped from my lips, of course: I felt like such a fake. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Such a trial, I felt, would only play into the hands of the authorities. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the heat of blood in his face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I suddenly felt very small, as if my skin was tightening and I was actually shrinking. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then I sort of felt sorry for them, sitting in that open jeep in the hot sun. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I would even venture to say that at the time she felt more comfortable milking the cows with Pedro Segundo than keeping me company in the sitting room. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mandela didn’t ask for help, and if he ever felt sorry for himself, he didn’t let on. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I thought about it for a minute and said that more than sorry I felt kind of annoyed. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I doubled up my right fist and was on the point of hitting Rainie in one of his eyes when I felt my grandfather’s hand on my shoulder. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer felt a sudden wash of hatred for her. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like kicking myself for launching so close to the mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

My steps felt as heavy as my heart. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Gregor had no idea if it was night or not but he felt tired and didn’t object. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He shifted his ground uneasily and felt himself slipping in the mud. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a vice he practiced in secret, but at the same time he had felt no compunction about quite openly carrying away objects of greater value which he found unattended. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It felt good to hear them in a setting so familiar. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He felt like the bait in a trap, and it was not a good feeling. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t just because I liked you. It was because I finally felt like I wasn’t alone. For the first time ever, someone was telling me they were the same as me.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He felt Spider crawl underneath his shirt at the base of his neck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As she walked through the rain, Lupita felt her hopes rising. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Then I heard Grandma India padding across the room and felt the weight of her body shift the plane of the mattress as she sat down. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think she felt bad about us working outside in the cold, but we were on a mission. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But one Saturday morning, Liyana felt ready, as if a compass had swung round inside her and held. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Women swarmed over her like weasels, pinching her legs and kicking her in the belly, and someone hit her in the face and she felt her teeth shatter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I tell you, when I left my house that night I never felt more free. Even now, in all the time that I’ve been here, I never felt as free as that night.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

If Emily felt jittery before, she was full-fledged Mountain Dew soda plus five packs of Skittles jittery now. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The students wouldn’t listen to me, and I felt like I didn’t have the tools to make anything better. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Brother Leon looked positively joyous and Goober felt nauseous. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not just people, either. Everything. I thought the more things I could wreck the better I’d feel. But then today... Afterwards, I felt...I think that was the last one.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I rose to get my hat; I wanted to visit some friends and tell them what I felt, to talk. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

John felt a sudden impulse to smile, but his father’s eyes were on him and he fought the impulse back. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It was empty, and for the first time it actually felt that way. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

With every boom of a shotgun he felt her flinch. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He felt angry with himself because, in fact, he had to admit this girl had some moves. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not everyone he met felt the same way. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Rishi felt like his face was going to split in two, he was grinning so hard. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Captain Short felt in control now, on the hunt. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I touched my head, felt for my hat. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Olanna slapped at the crickets; their faintly moist bodies felt slimy against her fingers, and even when they were no longer perched on her, she still slapped her arms and legs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"It felt weird at first," I spoke up. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She felt it against her face and in her hair and on the inside of her mouth, too. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I felt my right leg slip from beneath me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He guessed that this was how Leo felt all the time, except that Leo had a sense of humor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Now, for the first time since she’d started this crazy project, she felt afraid. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Moss felt the baton over his back, but it only grazed him as he twisted away, his hand in his mother’s. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Anyway,” I said, “Ocean is my lab partner in another class. He just felt bad that Mr. Jordan was being a jerk.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The eminent Archbishop Latour, knowing that his death was imminent, felt God was immanent. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first Nate felt himself under the watchful glare of Captain Marsh. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He felt as if he had left a stage behind and many actors. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now each day, out on the Yard, I felt this weight and saw this beauty, not just as a matter of theory but also as demonstrable fact. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I lost my grip on the bag and felt myself slip on the wet earth. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He felt like an exotic beast, a hunter’s prize. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I felt bad lying to an old lady, but I had to. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Fern shouted, “It’s Papa!” and I felt sick all over again. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Moss felt a burst of relief, knowing that his mother supported him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

So when I saw him being brought in that day, I felt grateful to him and wished I was his carer. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in that cramped boat with four other people, I’d never felt so alone. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Claire had always seemed to see the palette of her brain, had been able to sort the colors through a prism so she could understand how Maya felt without Maya having to say a word. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But instead of feeling pain or any kind of remorse, I felt exhilarated. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

We rode home on the long bench seat in the big black car, and by the time we got to the house, sure enough, I felt sleepy. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever Mrs. Tallis exercised authority in the absence of her husband, the children felt obliged to protect her from seeming ineffectual. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Once inside, with the door closed, I felt alarmed at their whispering and scrambling about, but I couldn’t make out exactly what they were saying. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air felt cool on her exposed shoulders. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I fought hard mentally to let my face show the opposite of what I felt. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She felt the urge to yank at his new beard and pull out hair and draw blood. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I felt so many different things right then: elation at my father’s strange expression of tenderness, and despair for his defeat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt her presence, her eyes, three tables to my left. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“Baby, look. You’re grieving, okay? That can amplify your emotions and make you feel things you haven’t felt in a long time. Even if you do have feelings for Khalil, there’s nothing wrong with that.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Their disagreements were so rare that the world felt a little tilted. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Every time Glerk looked at her, he felt a sharp stab in his heart. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

His heart was pounding, and he felt small, very small. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now all the terror he’d felt those past hours came back to him, second by second. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Em’s singing was powerful and sweet and it felt like something she was giving away. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Why, I don’t know. I guess a little heart flutter. Just all of a sudden I felt afraid and my heart got to pounding.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the chapel felt oppressive - thousands of hollow eye sockets staring at Nico. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The next thing Harry felt was considerable pain. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t felt dizzy all day. Might stop in and have Victor look at my eyes.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But when Mrs. Frisby went to see him, she found him sitting up, and his forehead felt not at all feverish. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He felt something die in his heart; he saw no more happiness, no goal. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The needle darted swiftly left and right, and left and left, and Lyra felt her mind dart to the meanings and land on them as lightly as a bird. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The new one felt intrusively unfamiliar, like having somebody else’s hand sewn to the end of his arm. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And she never felt comfortable as the center of a public controversy. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The late-afternoon light streamed through the mist on the Crystal River, and I felt something I had never known before: Home. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I felt that without Rosa life no longer had any meaning. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I have to admit that it felt pretty dang good. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

But she felt a quick tug in her fingers, like a bite on a fishing line, and Jason’s blade flew out of the water and into her hand. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She sat back and closed her eyes and remembered what it had felt like, flying down the block on her skates, doing her Chaplin moves. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

We too knew what it felt like to live amid war. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I actually—and I can’t believe I’m saying this—I actually felt bad for the little villain. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt the heavy truth of it, but pushed back anyway “How do you know?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Together again, Marie and I swam out a ways, and we felt a closeness as we moved in unison and were happy. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

They were out of town and heading down the Atlanta road when Ben felt something warm and wet on the back of his neck. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this godforsaken place, I felt disconnected from the climbers around me— emotionally, spiritually, physically—to a degree I hadn’t experienced on any previous expedition. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking at me so intensely that I felt like disappearing under the sofa. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Halfway through the song, it felt like we were finally in sync. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He quickly learned to set up the barriers, but I’m not sure he felt he could count on them. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She tried so hard to be brave, to be fierce as a wolverine and all, but sometimes she felt like she was just a little girl after all. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I had never done such a thing before, because I knew the words by heart and felt the beat. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Even though I still felt shaky, I leaped to attention. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph felt a wave of relief wash over him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I felt like answering their question with a question. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It’s not like Professor Thomas would need to see them or anything, but I felt better having them. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But she felt from them neither hostility nor much interest, just a sense of expectation as they waited for her decision. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will never know what he felt at his last factory job. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like I had put my life on the line, straight up. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The rage mingled with the general melancholy that had been growing in her steadily since the bombing of Pearl Harbor; it was one of the rare times in Fujiko’s adult life when she felt inconsolable. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“So big deal, it was a dumb photo. Do you think people were upset by that email? The people I heard from felt satisfied.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I felt Zu’s rubber glove on my arm and didn’t need to look at her face to know what kind of expression I would find there. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I understood for the first time how he must have felt in his darkest moods. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And I felt funny, a little skittish about answering it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The floor was hard and cold, and it felt good against my cheek. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She bent from side to side, loosening her spine, stretched her arms above her head and rotated her shoulders, and eventually felt a little less stiff. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They were standing in an imposing marble foyer, and Sierra felt tiny, a crumb in a giant, pristine oven. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She felt so jealous for a minute that she felt it go clear to her toes, which were folded up from the cold floor. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He felt an irresistible need to love her and protect her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It felt as if I had a pit in my throat. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the cigarettes crush between my fingers. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It felt good to feel him next to me then. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

My breath became short; I felt myself go weak. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

More probably it was the ecstasy that always seemed to be shining in Ruth’s face when he bent to kiss her—an ecstasy he felt inappropriate to the occasion. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should have been scared then, and I was, but that wasn’t all I felt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Thursday, I felt a soft hand on my cheek. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

How could you describe a sled without describing a hill and snow; and how could you describe a hill and snow to someone who had never felt height or wind or that feathery, magical cold? The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

My hands felt weak, like I couldn’t make a fist, but I managed to lift the duffel. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Once back here, I too felt very saddened,” he tells them, “and had continued to feel the storm that threatens you also weighing upon me.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I felt around the bottom of the bag and touched some keys on a ring, resting in a pile of dirt, or maybe crushed leaves. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He felt as though he were absorbing it, or it was absorbing him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Jake was still going to the bank in the afternoons, but Alfred couldn't get bothered about it, not when he felt his muscles flex every time he stacked the canned goods or lifted a box. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gunshots echoed in the quiet city, and the morning breeze felt harsh against my face. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I wish I’d been sensible and worn my own things, then I should not have disgusted other people, or felt so uncomfortable and ashamed of myself.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francie felt that Sissy understood how it was with little girls. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt another stab of regret as we backed up past him, so I rolled the window halfway down and threw his polo in his general direction. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It beat still in her breast, but it felt numb. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He in turn felt that his question was unfair, inappropriate, and he struggled to think of a way of putting it right. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In a few short weeks, everything had changed, and she felt transformed. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They'd been best friends since grade school, and the better that she got to know them, the more Eleanor felt like it was an honor that they'd let her into their club. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

According to Axe and Plouffe, who were buzzing in and out of the room, announcing what felt like every sliver of information they received, everything was unfolding as predicted. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I felt somehow relieved to know what that nail was for. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heat grew and grew the closer he got, until it felt like he was standing next to an open oven. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Matthias, with his eyes dry and his head held high, stood up; he felt himself stand taller than he ever had. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Nature is preoccupied with balance, so it did not surprise me that nearly right away I felt the urge to urinate. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out the next drawer and felt a surge of triumph. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

White people felt equal, after all, so why should black people feel any different? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We all felt a little better about things then and I was glad I was the one that went up with Mary so I could tell the others. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the face of the enthusiasm of others, she suddenly felt flaccid and afraid. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She felt safe to draw water for her new garden. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the point of her sharp elbow again. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

"It felt friendly . . . trusting. I may introduce the practice at court when I become king." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

These things bunched at the ankles and sagged at the crotch so you always felt as if your pants might be falling down. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe what had felt like a few hours had actually been an entire day. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He wondered if this was how his brother Aeron felt when the Drowned God spoke to him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Blue Tents clearly felt no pity for those two thieves sitting in their chairs, staring at the floor—voiceless, useless, lifeless—like a pair of mannequins in a Dumpster. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were days that August when I felt as though God had lowered a giant glass lid over the whole steaming Bay. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two days before—when Mariam could think of nothing in the world she wanted more than to walk in this garden with Jalil—felt like another lifetime. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Yes, looking into the mirror, I felt I could pass. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two men who walked out felt their way carefully and scratched their rough and scrubbily-stubbled chins. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The world seemed a good place to him that morning, and he felt ready to stride down the length of the field with a firm step and a joke on his lips. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he knew joy and sorrow felted into one fabric. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was scared and hurting and desperate and it felt good. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt myself at the bridge of a great ship that I could not control because C.L.R. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It’s a hard thing to explain to somebody who hasn’t felt it, but the presence of death and danger has a way of bringing you fully awake. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been taller than her for a long time, but he felt like he was towering over her. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But they felt heavy enough in the air. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after that Tea Cake felt he couldn’t walk anymore. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He made himself focus on that motion instead of on the way he felt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I felt the urge to hold my breath as we plunged into the sea of bodies. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He felt a delight in wood and the touch of it, neither as forester nor as carpenter; it was the delight of the living tree itself. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was sure I didn’t, but it was weird how hot my skin felt. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He felt a great sense of peace within him as he read. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the leg ached horribly, still, and his face felt raw. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

She felt her wetness slipping on his skin. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went out steady for a while and after a few weeks Kitty naturally wanted to know how Mack felt about her. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt himself hoisted to his feet and dusted off. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And when you lost him you must have felt so alone. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I had been born knowing how to hide what I felt. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I drove into a wind quartering in from my starboard bow and felt the buffeting, sometimes staggering blows of the gale I helped to make. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt a need to connect with her faith; she needed all the strength she could find. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Somehow he felt comforted knowing there were other people living here, too. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The house had felt so quiet, and it was odd for both Mama and Papa to choose to hear news reports on the radio instead of watching TV with us. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

That night Hanako felt a little evil because she was thinking about how different she was instead of thinking about her schoolwork. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His eyes rested wistfully on the still oblong white draped form under the sheet on the table and he felt a deeper sympathy for Bessie than at any time when she was alive. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

For having committed myself, I felt that I could never allow myself to show surprise or upset—even when confronted with situations furthest from my experience. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even here, with only six other demigods, Piper felt exposed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I didn't even do nothing to this dude, and he just felt like he could snap on me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But the main reason he avoided these streets was that he felt they held nothing for him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But his mind still felt stuffed with cotton. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I continued to think constantly about all that I had seen in Boston, and about the way I had felt there. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lips felt like a tired butterfly that landed once, then fluttered away. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And of all the things I felt capable of in that moment, facing him was not one. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It all seemed so old and adult, but I was sure this was what a migraine felt like—having so many questions crowded in your brain, and not quite being able to touch the answers. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I felt paler and sicker and exhausted, like I’d pushed something out of me, and now all I wanted to do was sleep. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harry felt the cold tip of the long white finger touch him, and thought his head would burst with the pain. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Hanako suddenly felt calm but alert—she thought fiercely to herself, Please, Papa, don’t tell them anything. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Overcome with the enormous thought of finally reaching their destination, Amari felt herself filling up with emotion. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had felt uneasy after his conversation with Mother, so he had called Dad to see exactly what was being done about Shawn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It felt soft, like a piece of velvet. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

But her hands shook, and her mouth felt suddenly dry. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And what she knew for certain was that the weight of the world no longer felt like it rested entirely on her shoulders. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He knew he ought to feel exhausted: It was nearly three in the morning, but he felt wide-awake — wide-awake, and worried. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The man looked as if he had lived in filth for a lifetime, and Jethro felt a loathing that was new to him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a 2005 poll by The New York Times, fully 81 percent of Americans said they had felt social pressure to buy high-priced goods. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I felt as though someone had stuck a hot poker through my back, into my insides. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt great making that part of the event, “and I didn’t have to speak one time.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It felt like little quakes of anxiety and excitement were vibrating under his skin, and Wylan seated next to him drumming frenetically on his kneecaps wasn’t helping him settle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I felt as if I were moving in slow motion, every step bringing me only slightly closer to Alama. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He felt Quirrell's arm wrenched from his grasp, knew all was lost, and fell into blackness, down ... down ... down ... Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I felt the tears well in my eyes. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Without her strength, he felt as weak as a newborn colt, wobbling dangerously, ready to fall at every step. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I felt his eyes on me, following my steps up the gangway and into the ship. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He felt his resolve give way to anger. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Unexpectedly, she felt guilt, and sadness for it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

When the words were coming out of your mouth—not just Marco’s name, but the whole story—you felt like you were two different people. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Old Mr. Antolini felt his pulse and all, and then he took off his coat and put it over James Castle and carried him all the way over to the infirmary. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The police, circling the party, felt much the same way. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Woodhull being sick, ailing and incapable of self-support, I felt it my duty to myself and to human nature that he should be cared for,” she said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He felt the heat rise in his face and neck. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It felt great on my land, but now I know for sure: Building my house will take work. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She felt faint, and pressed her fingers between her eyes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Gender was the word for what people felt about themselves, how they felt inside. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Even if sometimes it felt a little too warm. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The sheet had a bunch of questions about emotions you had felt over the past two weeks and four checkboxes for each one. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

When the audience applauded, I felt a rush. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

My arms and legs felt like the heavy bags from Dad’s gym, and moving them took more effort than I ever imagined possible. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He had a notion that the prince felt secretly disappointed not to be recognized by any of his subjects. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

As she wept, she felt her mother come and embrace her also. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel sick, though, I just felt strange, and I didn’t know how to explain it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It felt good to rip into my old man. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

There was something boyish about him since she’d said yes on the veranda, something naïvely gleeful that she wished she felt too. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

No longer a prisoner in the attic, she felt better able to enjoy the fine weather. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Hands lifted me bodily from the sidewalk; I felt myself being pitched headlong through the air. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could figure out what that meant, I felt two hands grab me and escort me off the stage. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to crawl into a hole and hide, and I could tell the enemy army felt the same way. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Even with the memory wipe, he felt sure he’d never seen something so truly awful. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As the dismantling proceeded, it still felt like a fantasy to me, but my father's faith in Schindler never wavered. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

And yet, as they headed back to Saigon, she felt some hesitation. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I felt that somehow I had to make it happen myself. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanton later recalled that when it came to running the meeting, she and her friends “felt as helpless and hopeless as if they had been suddenly asked to construct a steam engine.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He had never felt such pain from a shot; it was abnormal and memorable. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The skirt and shirt of her uniform—which were the exact same shade of green as the felt of a casino card table—were travel rumpled and creased. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The wooden desks of the younger children sat closest to it, but the whole room felt toasty. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Kathy felt herself re-enter her body, and suddenly everything clicked into place again. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He felt the beginning of sleep, even among the pain, the quiet dark coming, the soft rolling dreamless rest. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They waited as long as they could before buying because Losher’s smelled kindly of baking bread, and the sun coming in the windows felt good on their old backs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he felt cool fingers of air lifting the wet, fair hair on his forehead. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t gotten very high, maybe ten toadstools or so, when she felt herself losing her grip. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

But here, finally, speaking to those girls, I felt something completely different and pure—an alignment of my old self with this new role. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Lyra felt that that was probably true, but there was nothing she could do about it. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The throne room shook with a tremor so strong, they probably felt it upstairs in Los Angeles. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Thomas said, hoping his expression didn’t give away just how depressed he felt. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Harry felt as though he ought to go, but his curiosity held him in his chair. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Lubin had won a gold medal in Berlin, but when he left, he felt only relief. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The water was so cold it felt like millions of needles were stabbing him. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

He felt defeated as he appraised her on the witness stand. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She wrapped me in her arms so tight I felt cocooned. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He felt that his time of rest and peace was over. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hannah felt her hands moving towards it, as if to the face of a lover. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He felt nauseous and shut his eyes to block out the churning water. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And now I felt something else, Rex, or me, lengthening, expanding. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She felt sure it had something to do with saving the city. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Those were, Mr Charles recalls, strangely unnerving moments during which he too, despite not having participated in the preceding behaviour, felt engulfed with guilt. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

They sat down at the table with Harry, Ron, and Hermione as Ron felt how much damage had been done. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

My life had diverged from my sister’s, and it felt as though there was no common ground between us. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Harry felt very sick; when he put up his hand to push his glasses back on, he felt cold sweat on his face. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

With every turn of the wheel, Dicey felt her stomach loosen and her muscles relax. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke always felt a little embarrassed for them, showing up like that. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I felt his grip began to relax, and saw his eyelids flutter shut again, I finally released the breath I had been holding. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Artemis felt a familiar hand on his shoulder. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I felt their woeful eyes on me and shivered with unease. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Carefully, she cut out letters spelling the Beiderman’s name from the green felt; then she threaded her needle and sewed the letters onto the rectangular red piece. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I felt suddenly shy without his presence to cover my cheek, and my hair fell across my scar as if it had a mind of its own. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The mystical reverence that he felt for her was somehow mixed up with the aspect of the pale, cloudless sky, stretching away behind the chimney pots into interminable distances. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I felt myself get stony cold inside under her gaze. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe this was what a new queen felt like before she launched herself into the air, the drones closing fast. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He would have felt lonely and homesick, had Charlotte not been with him. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I considered leaving the foundation in search of a new coach, but I felt a deep loyalty to the foundation and to my teammates there who had become more like family. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We felt like canned fishes, and it was awkward to sleep and dress in a room with my sisters. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In the first draft I had Bigger going smack to the electric chair; but I felt that two murders were enough for one novel. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Belle whinnied in surprise, then took off with the touch of my heels—she felt left out of the fray and wanted to catch up. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some have suggested that perhaps blacks felt in on the joke, laughing at the over-the-top characters from a sense of “in-group recognition.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Even when Celia was asleep—and she fell asleep easily after long hours cooking at the Big House—the rooms felt full of her warm presence. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Para el lunes,” I said through what felt like a mouthful of marbles. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The children never felt disapproval or judgment from their parents. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not since the day her mother died had Polly felt such agony. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt like she knew him from somewhere. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He felt let down and helpless, packed like a bird’s egg in the cotton of his father’s ambition for him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He felt guilty, because even if he hadn’t set it, in a way the fire was his fault. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The temperature had skyrocketed; Mark was drenched in sweat and was so hot it felt as if his skin might melt. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The president felt as if “he was himself again” when he saw people swimming and walking at the beach, boats sailing on the ocean, and the soldiers pacing the perimeter of the cottage lawn. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I felt like I still knew how, but the words came out all tangled. My mouth and tongue were different.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

As he went on talking and confessing, Siddhartha felt more and more that this was no longer Vasudeva, no longer a man who was listening to him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had not despised my life of the past two years, but I began to realize that it had been a time of hibernation, for I felt stirrings I had almost forgotten. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing there with my family, I felt light, as if I were getting ready to fly. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Here was all the angst I felt before the heroes of February, distilled and quotable. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Her silences were brooding, insular, and yet he felt a connection to her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

All the traffic, all the people, the tall buildings—Dicey felt scared, and exhilarated. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The journey around Indianapolis cost about seven dollars in gas, and I knew it was wasteful, but I felt so much better after circling the city. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Sitting for the first time in hours, she felt her own fatigue gathering behind her eyes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I tried to convince myself that punks don’t feel guilty about giving mean people a taste of their own medicine, but by the time we got home, I felt even crummier about my joke. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

My body felt like its standard self, broken and insufficient in the usual ways, but my brain felt sloppy and exhausted, like the noodle legs of a runner post-marathon. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The pencil felt thick and awkward in his fingers. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Indeed I felt I had been cracked—I had a ferocious headache, I was hungry and exhausted, and for some reason my fingers and toes were stinging. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

At first, I had felt a rush of relief that everything had gone even better than I’d dared hope. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Taisin suddenly felt every inch the farmer’s daughter— clumsy and foolish. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She grinned at me, and I felt my knees go all rubbery. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She heard someone say, “This woman is in shock” and felt someone slip a brandy into her hand. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both remembered meeting as soon as they could after school, at the top of the subway stairs, and the excitement they felt, one waiting on the sidewalk, one sprinting up the steps. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Stanley thought about the long, miserable bus ride and felt a little sorry for the guard and the bus driver. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He felt that sense of love and attachment and warm familiarity envelop him as he pulled it out. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It felt good to move, to have her lungs ache and her chest heave. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When I turned to go, I felt the bulge in my pocket. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Now that he had some point in the darkness to fix his eyes on, he felt less giddy. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He felt just one tiny twinge of regret... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Hazel suspected that if Fiver felt they ought to cross the river, it might be dangerous not to. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the stares of the masters bearing down on me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then she felt the atrocious pain that coursed through her body, filling it completely, and that she would never forget as long as she lived. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I always somehow failed to get onto the page what I thought and felt. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My legs felt heavy and my body was doing what it does when I run, but I wasn't running. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

It felt as though his arm was being deflated. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I described everything to them— the airfield, the airport, the plane, what it felt like to see clouds from the window of the plane. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She felt immediately guilty about having disturbed him, and muttered apologetically that she only wanted to buy some lemons. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She felt the strangest sensation as she grasped the fingers—and not only because they were slightly sticky. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled, in the way that meant she had found that funny, and he felt accomplished to have made her smile. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They’d been drained only a week before Gus died—I watched the amber cancer water dribble out of me through the tube— and yet already they felt full again. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He suddenly felt very conscious of the old and well-worn furniture. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Harry looked into Doge’s earnest, pained face and felt, not reassured, but frustrated. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She felt the soles of her tennis shoes slipping, and eased herself down so that she straddled the peak of the roof. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was this obscure need that had pulled me into the labor movement in the beginning and by exercising it I was but fulfilling what I felt to be the laws of my own growth. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like the vertebrae in my spine were being welded together by a blowtorch. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But the love she once felt had vanished. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I took a long moment to catch my breath, wiped a river of sweat from my brow, and felt profoundly discouraged. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Fish swam over their heads, and Percy felt irrational panic building in his throat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

If Gary Edwards and his friends felt like missing class and going to the lunchroom, they went to the lunchroom. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course I felt bad about it all, especially about Tommy’s animals. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crossing the grass he felt half faint and he had to stop. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I understood and felt closer to him at that moment than ever before or since. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fingers grabbed at something that felt like a nerve; it electrified Nathan’s entire head. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Now, at home with the family where he was accustomed to have Mother at his side, he felt frustrated, and seized every opportunity to go down to the hospital and visit. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was itching to climb, but when she hoisted herself up onto the next rock, she felt it shift slightly under her weight. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After the first ten feet of cutting and bending back the wire, his knees went numb; he felt cold air on his skin and knew that his Levis were worn through at both knees. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sleeves were so bulky that he felt as if he couldn’t move his arms properly. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last night was the first night I haven’t felt lonely in Gram’s house since she died. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma shook her head as if the way Papa felt were just a minor eccentricity. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a jolt of feeling flood through me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

After Anna Mathea converted her parents, the family felt called by God to come to America and meet the prophet Joseph. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It had felt off with Jenna away all summer, like we weren’t quite whole. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The last time I had felt a rush like this was that day in the winter of 1975, just after I had cut the last kite, when I spotted Baba on our rooftop, clapping, beaming. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth quirked up at the corner, and I felt her body relax, glad that I wasn’t judging her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He pulled the stopper from a dark amber bottle of liquid and immediately felt its silvery exhalation in his own nostrils. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The dream continued as the egg was ripped from my grasp, and I felt myself being torn to shreds. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He hoped that poor Spurge felt better soon. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

In comes a heavyset man in a black felt hat and a gray suit. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They felt warm and soft, moist with drool. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Seeing them now, at night, the ruins felt much more real to Tally. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He set each one on a felt coaster on his desk in front of the two chairs. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was five, and what she felt was that she and Dallas had been very bad and they would never be in a real family. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She wrapped her arms around herself and felt the chill of the early morning. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The work was piled over my head and I felt like I couldn’t think straight. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Ash felt as though her own heart were frozen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hours before, he had moved past the islands, felt more than saw them in the darkness, and headed into the open sea. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she curled my fingers around it I felt the cold, reassuring weight of a coin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I felt terrible for it, but secretly I was glad it had been somebody else who was killed, and not me. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had seldom felt more like a boy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The three of them launched into small talk about the crowd and Christmas and the weather and school—and their words felt like tiny droplets of rain, like the drizzle that says, Watch out. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He felt that the Hebrew scriptures history of the world was false, that there was no Tower of Babel, no rainbow as a sign from God after a big flood. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since he was never questioned or stopped at any airport or customs entry point to any country, he felt free to persist with his broadcast vitriol. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the fluffiness of her underpants and pressed down, sliding under the elastic. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Later, I wrote about it to Charlie: As I thanked my neighbors at the end of the day, I felt as if I was at a funeral. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The weight of finality—so heavy that it felt like a physical thing—hung in the air between us. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The air felt like it did before a severe thunderstorm: alive with unimaginable power. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

"I felt you. I felt you fall. Is that what scares you, the falling?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When I straightened on the other side, a breeze whipped my hair and I felt a touch braver than I had just seconds before. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She took off her faded brown dress and put on the new one, and it felt like wearing the weight of spring: soft and warm, with the breath of an evening breeze over her skin. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered why some dogs only felt good when they made others feel bad. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Fencing felt like the one thing in my life that I could actually control. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He felt curiously disassociated from all that he had heard. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joaquin felt like he was watching a tennis match, glancing back and forth between both of them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Conscious of the long days they had traveled, she felt very far from Rook Hill. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee felt a thrill of delight, mixed with alarm. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt explicitly that secret living I’d known throughout my life, but now for the first time it took the form of a bizarre sanction being with Pete and even Wen. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn't far behind, my heart beating so hard it felt like it was rocking side to side. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He would not let Silver and Buckthorn fight alone, but he had felt obliged to leave the worst of it to them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun cut through the cloud, and Stanley felt its rays beating down on him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I felt better after I sat down again. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet there was something between them, a tension, an understanding, he had seen it in her, and felt it in himself, he thought that he was quite sure... I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

We felt so tired and ill that we’d find a spot to lie down and say to ourselves, “This is it, I’m not going to make it. I can’t go on anymore.” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Morally speaking, the vachette arena felt a lot less muddy than the carnival midway. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Every morning you made beautiful bead necklaces and I read you stories. We had hundreds and hundreds of books. Every afternoon we rode horses that could gallop so fast, we felt like we were flying.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I think perhaps she saw the wide twisted mouth and embarrassed eyes of Martin Hopps on her and felt that in some way she was reimbursing him for his stolen life. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The day was cloudless, but he felt as though the sun had gone in. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His face felt like he had been scalded with boiling water. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Fearfully, she felt her way through the unfamiliar rooms in her nightgown and bare feet. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He realized that the touch of the hands felt, suddenly, cold. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a little embarrassed at first when I looked in the mirror; but it was just because I am so used to the men’s blue jeans. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They had only been seeing each other for a year, but it felt like so much longer. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There would be an announcement like that quite soon, he felt certain, and it would be directed mainly at Lily, though her name, of course, would not be mentioned. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Edward felt the whole of his china body flood with warmth. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Even punk music felt more like a mismatched quilt than I had ever considered. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I should have been in a coma, but I barely felt a thing. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I wanted him to know what it felt like to be me.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A strange sense of excitement thrilled him, different from what he had felt when Dallben had presented him with the sword. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I felt as if it was the beginning of the end—no, not the end, but of a bad time, and all my plans of this morning seemed thoughtless and foolish. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Each time I'd felt a rush, and now there was a new reverence to the moment. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

This felt personal, and in some ways the studio was an accomplice, or at the very least, a witness. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He felt the gales then, sucking into the cyclone so that it blew past him from behind, ripping at his clothes and hair like they were shredded flags caught in a storm. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

At first I was afraid I couldn’t breathe, but soon I felt whispers of air seeping under the lid. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he simply allowed himself to feel about Milkman what he had always felt about Macon Dead and the Honore crowd. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Margo left often enough that there weren’t any Find Margo rallies at school or anything, but we all felt her absence. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I felt Kat’s hand in mine, gripping hard. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Council felt I was best suited to this task, as we’ve had dealings before.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I felt I had offended him, so I spoke. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe T felt more like an actual brother, because of our sisters. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Lola,” she whispered, and could not deny the strange elation she felt. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Every step I took felt new, like I was learning to walk all over again. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She thought she’d be jumping up and down with excitement, but instead she felt trepidation. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Harry felt a floating sensation as every thought and worry in his head was wiped gently away, leaving nothing but a vague, untraceable happiness. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But even more than that I felt guilt. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He reaches up slowly, touching his mouth with his fingertips, like he felt it, and we turn to face each other. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Gradually, we felt that she was not afraid for us anymore. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Or maybe my mother felt safer there because of the door that blended in with the wallpaper. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I'm not proud of the fact that I felt the need to be more appreciated. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pages and pages trying to capture how I felt about Ocean’s absence in my life; how much I missed him; how terrible I felt about everything that’d happened. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I felt an outgush of warm air and heard country music from a radio when she opened. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He enjoyed some of the philosophies of Buddhism and Christianity, and he still felt at home, culturally, in Judaism. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must have known, with a kind of certitude that he felt in his gut, that he finally had in his grasp what had eluded him for years. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There was action ahead, and I felt suddenly excited to have been included. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the night before that, beside the window, when I thought he must have felt so caged. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The last twenty strokes, Shorty Hunt wrote his parents the next day, were “the best I ever felt in any boat.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

X suddenly felt sick, and he swung around in his chair and grabbed the wastebasket—just in time. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She felt a rush of love for Papa, and for her whole family, lying there near her, on these hard platforms in a new and strange land. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I certainly felt like talking to her on the phone. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Under his gaze, Ma and Ba suddenly felt like freshly peeled oranges, and their words fell away from them. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

We felt certain we’d stand a better chance if we tried to help kids think differently about food and exercise from an early age. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Thomas suddenly felt dizzy, his eyes flickering between the boys and the bizarre place in which he’d found himself. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He raised a hand and felt it gingerly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Want to know what it felt like?” he asked. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I knew she wasn’t in that shell, and yet, at that moment, I felt like she kissed me back. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

One thing about the people at the Chthonian, they all seemed able to say just what they felt and meant in hard, clear terms. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other times it felt like an anvil, as if the river god Achelous was sending out bad thoughts, trying to punish her for taking his horn. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The man in the white coat bent down and looked closely into Winston’s eyes, felt his pulse, laid an ear against his chest, tapped here and there; then he nodded to O’Brien. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He thumped his own chest and felt the muscle of his heart leap. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was all good work, but she knew Reggie felt it was beneath him. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But I felt as if by handing them over I would be relinquishing something more precious than my math homework, only I didn’t know what that something might be. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But Dasch was nervous and, as the leader, he felt a lot of pressure. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Whenever I felt in danger of losing my authority, I would cross the room and either open or close the door. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But in its stead, I felt like a man who awakens in his own house and finds all the furniture rearranged, so that every familiar nook and cranny looks foreign now. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Still, it felt good to be on the move again. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Coach put his hand onto Luke’s shoulder, and it felt like a boulder. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Perhaps telling Amah’s story was magic as well, for Pinmei felt strengthened. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He felt it pressing down, heavy as a greatcoat. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Part of me felt like something momentous was about to happen. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Seeing her pupils shrink and explode back out to their normal size, it felt as though someone had wrapped a line of barbed wire around my brain and was tightening it with every passing second. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I imagine I must have felt like staying away from hustling for a while, going to some of the clubs at night, and narcotizing with my friends. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded to him as though I felt okay with his an-nouncement. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, from this great distance, she felt closer to everything than she ever had before. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up the word wrath and thought of the anger I felt when I lost my blue notepad, my librito, in a fire in Orosi. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Think how they felt, Captain, seeing familiar faces outside the ship!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could not recall them, but felt she might once she saw it. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I felt so free and at ease with him, I started to breathe again, to enjoy life a little. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

For the first time in her nomadic existence she felt protected and safe. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was not sure how he felt about it... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I felt like I was hungry, but I knew it was the empty feeling in my chest and not my stomach. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He bent a dazed, sleepy, frowning look on Elisha and the others, shivering a little as though he were cold; and then he felt his father’s eyes and looked up at his father. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Normally this was the part when I’d give her a hug, but for some reason, it felt weird. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Standing shoulder to shoulder, we all thought and felt the same,” she said. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The warmth that had flooded through her when Kaisa had touched her twisted; she felt her cheeks flaming. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his arms, it felt like no one else mattered. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was the sort of response Toby excelled at when he felt slighted. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Liyana felt as invisible and happy as she used to feel coasting on her bike. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

This morning, when she got on the bus, it kind of felt like he was waiting for her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Marselen felt they would be better placed at either end of the main battle line, where they could beat back any attempt by the foe to turn their flanks. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the back of his mind, evidently, he had anticipated such a collection; it was not surprise that he felt but more a sort of yearning. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wished I hadn’t, because the whole room started spinning and I felt my stomach twist. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I told him how I felt from the beginning, but I think he hoped I’d change my mind.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Weird. I could’ve sworn I felt water drops. Does this fog just randomly turn to rain?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt his eyes widen, his heart quicken. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When I felt sure they were gone, I emerged from the water. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thirty seconds,” Takumi whispered, and I felt the same spooked nervousness that I had felt that first night with Alaska when she grabbed my hand and whispered run run run run run. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was like she read my mind, and I felt sorry for it because, for a split second, I’d wished she wasn’t there. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I loved evenings when Amma felt strong enough to prepare dinner for us, instead of the other way around. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw had stood by the door and felt himself near to tears, his own stomach had clenched every time he heard the swish of the water. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Ranofer’s face felt as if fires were burning beneath the skin. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

In the dim light it was hard to see her face, but it was easy to know how she felt from her voice. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My throat felt like it had closed up on itself. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He had plenty of food, and he felt enormously good after his battle with the cliff. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the powerful pull of Sacred Sun City on my own being, but it was my sister, unscarred and loved by all, who had been chosen to go there. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He felt rage and resentment, and for a moment he included Kevin in his list of things he hated, because Kevin had food and a home and parents. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The only times all week when I truly felt all right were the times when I was playing the drums. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her stomach felt squeamish and unsteady—the last time she had felt like this was when she ate the fish head stew Allegra’s mom had made. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We had another hour before reaching Port Elizabeth, and I felt I couldn’t hold out that long. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s the way he felt. Do you want to know what I think?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, I felt off balance, as if I was playing tug-of-war and the person I was tugging against let go. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I felt my way naked through darkness, found the chair with my clothes, dressed hurriedly and slipped out, halting only at the door to look back through the dim light from the hall. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally he touched the wall, but everything he felt was smooth. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then we kissed and hugged a while and I felt a little better. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I felt that I should work for Mr. Muhammad’s family as sincerely as I worked for him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pushing up had made her arm throb, and she felt it carefully with her other hand. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then I felt her hand rest heavily on top of mine, and when I looked up I saw that she was smiling. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He did not wake until he felt Uncle’s hand shaking his shoulder. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt irritable; office gossip annoyed him because it always proved better than the truth. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

When the night hit my face, I felt like laughing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sped away from Central High School’s neighborhood and into more familiar streets where we should have felt safe. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey answered with more enthusiasm than she felt. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like he was looking right at me. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt like someone had just rammed their fist in his abdomen. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt the heavy truth of it, but pushed back anyway. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

Inside the front cover, in a note dated June 3, 1974, he wrote, “As a prospective English major, I felt you couldn’t survive without the Sonnets.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Exhausted and wet, he felt like the survivor of a shipwreck himself, a lost boy who’d just washed up on the doorstep of his uncle’s mysterious house. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

How fortunate my parents felt to be on the giving end. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She climbed into the big box and felt around the edges. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He cautioned us when we got too lawyerly and posited careful questions intended to get us to think hard about why we felt the way we felt. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

If I’d ever feared death before in his presence, it was nothing compared to how I felt now. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

If you stared at them long enough, you felt dizzy. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He released the right jib sheet, frantically pulled in the left, felt the sail fill and begin to draw, pulling, pulling the Frog away from shore. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now that the time had come, she felt in her heart that it wouldn’t be so. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I remembered how intensely I felt about my interment. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Lord of the Wild, of course. Just for a moment, in the arrival of the boar, I felt the presence of Pan.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She bit her lip fiercely and felt fresh tears pounding against her eyes. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was something deeper than what I normally felt at school, the slow shift of generational gears. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I felt like lying down and going to sleep, but Roberto and Papá did not let me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

When Lourdes finally danced with her nephew, she felt beholden to the congas, to a powerful longing to dance. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she felt it: a quiet twinge. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Of course it was and she felt foolish for looking. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sculptor watched the athletes contending in the games and he felt that nothing he could imagine would be as beautiful as those strong young bodies. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nowhere to hide, and the next few seconds, with the whole class howling, felt a gazillion times worse than Brandon's stupid jokes about my mom. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But the more time that went by, the better you felt. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Just walking through town, the air felt different. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although insect resistance is a matter of concern in agriculture and forestry, it is in the field of public health that the most serious apprehensions have been felt. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He felt the nearest graves, the bones of forgotten humans buried and scattered. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

No longer set apart for being sinful, I felt that I could breathe again, live again, that I had been released from a prison. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men who were working along the rows felt possessed by a strange fascination, menaced by some invisible danger, and many succumbed to a terrible desire to weep. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It felt like the insides of his mouth and throat were coated with sand. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

My throat felt like I had eaten my blanket. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Not that I have ever felt 100 percent competent in the writing business, where one day’s success augurs nothing at all for the next. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite its dilapidation and squalor, Maxwell Street had always felt secure and familiar to me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She should not have expected a round-faced voluntary eunuch in white robes to be in a position to understand how she felt. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He felt again the coolness on his brow when his father had sprinkled the water blessing on him. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its beak stabbed at him fiercely, and Bran felt a sudden blinding pain in the middle of his forehead, be-tween his eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She felt lighter after that day, like the heavy cloud that had hung over her had finally turned into rain. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He felt his heart sink into his great tail. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

As he watched her drive away, he felt bad about having to lie to her. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Luke took a few deep breaths, but it felt like he was breathing through a wet towel. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

TV, computers, and video games competed for kids’ time, and in some neighborhoods staying indoors felt like a safer choice than going outside to play, as Craig and I had done when we were kids. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was nearly four in the morning, and the deathly stillness of the grounds felt as though they were holding their breath, waiting to see whether he could do what he must. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It felt like I could float all the way to town. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

It felt like a bonfire spitting embers on my head. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like my heart was being wrenched out of my chest. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Not only my decision in respect of our evening meetings, but also that episode in my pantry, if one felt so inclined, could be seen as such a 'turning point'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The voice was raving about some failure of the laboratory and I felt a swift uneasiness. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry raised his wand arm, which felt like lead, and murmured “Aguamenti” too: Together, he and Hagrid poured water on the house until the last flame was extinguished. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I missed my family and my stomach felt bad, knowing I had finally arrived where my life said I belonged. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The Milk Men shun him. Khaleesi, do you see the girl in the felt hat? There, behind the fat priest. She is a—" "—cutpurse," finished Dany. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The brilliant young attorney fumbled through a stack of papers, felt his pockets, and finally found the letter in his briefcase. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt as tense and expectant as I did then. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I felt so angry and powerless that I started crying and couldn’t seem to stop. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I felt I was beating a rainbow to death. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She felt a little guilty about this new revelation. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Percy still had so many questions, his brain felt like it would melt. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He felt desperate to make it clear that if he fell into a coma or died, they were to leave him behind. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

But mostly, right at this moment, she cried for the horrible pain Kiyoshi must have felt the day the bomb fell. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But the only thing Harry felt he was really good at was Quidditch. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Stuart felt himself being hoisted high in the air. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The fabric looked like plain cotton, but she felt as warm as if she had put on a thick fur. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I felt that it was getting very late indeed, but I did not say anything, for I felt under obligation to meet my host’s wishes in every way. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I could sense Shorty’s genuine gladness, and I don’t have to say how lucky I felt to find a friend as hip as he obviously was. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whooshing was getting louder, and I felt afraid for the first time, afraid that we might all get sucked down and drown in the mud. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now I know exactly how Lucy felt when she decided she couldn’t get on that plane to Dollywood. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Though inmates still tested and tried to intimidate me on V, they did so without knowing that after the pressures of working R-and-W, I felt almost impervious to their lesser demands. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt bad about how our first encounter had ended, and I waited for an opportunity to extend some sort of olive branch to the two samurai. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But it felt strangely normal for me to be there. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tell them how you felt about the coup, the president thrown out before the year was over, the rebels up in the mountains, the civil war, the landing of the marines. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although by any rational standard I was still at high altitude— 21,300 feet—this place felt manifestly different from the South Col. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

My fury was gone, I felt it gone, dried up at the source, withered and lifeless. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I should have been afraid, but I only felt frustration. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I lit a match and held it close to Tinkerbell’s face to show her how it felt. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody had ever planted these flowers, I felt sure, nor harvested them either; these were works that the Lord had gone ahead and finished on His own. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam stared at Samuel, but in his mind he saw and felt his brother Charles, black and murderous, and that sight switched to Cathy and the quality of her eyes over the gun barrel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She felt as she had all the years before: a quivering inside, as though a string under her ribs had been plucked, and a rush of joy and sadness mixed together. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I felt dizzy and started to say, “I don’t know what to do.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The boy felt sorry for the Englishman’s camel, loaded down as he was with the cases of books. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Malone felt like a drowning sailor being thrown a life belt. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt twice as strong, three times as tall. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Chup saw them, but he felt not one iota of paternalism. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I felt the collective eyes of the flea market Afghans shift to us. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I counted out three hundred and fifty sheets of corrasable bond from my mother's stock in the hall closet, secreted away under a pile of old felt hats and clothes brushes and woolen scarves. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The disappointment he felt in his daughters sifted down on them like ash, dulling their buttery complexions and choking the lilt out of what should have been girlish voices. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the New Orleans show, I felt all the amusement of the improbable abnormal, but also a kind of horror that it could be so. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like winning at quell, only much better. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I should have felt some relief, some happiness—the iron monsters were gone. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I felt Fay’s arms stroking the muscles on my back, my shoulders, and the tightness inside me built up as it had never before done for a woman. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was hotter than ever and Powell felt a maddening itch in the small of his back. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

When she read, I felt a Cleaving in my Mind—As if my Brain had split—her own head answered, A Canyon opened—where before there had been smooth land. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly felt cold, like the air- conditioning had been cranked up real high. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I felt soft, cool hands pressing against my chest, then nothing at all. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And all the villagers who witnessed this exchange felt a stirring within them as well. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

My stomach had felt like it was a used trash bag, and someone was crunching it up in their fist. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He felt the heat of her stare on his cheek. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Nathan felt his communication stone pressed up against his bare thigh through a hole in the shorts he was wearing. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

My fingers felt numb and inflexible, frozen around the shard as though my skin was just a glove for the dybbuk. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But the game he felt proudest of took place when he had played quarterback for the Mount Vernon Purple and White Tigers in the homecoming game against Sulphur Spring. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was speaking, and she felt the cold glass pressing against her lips. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He had never before felt so self-consciously young, nor experienced such appetite, such impatience for the story to begin. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mtisha never looked in my eyes and just laid out how she felt, how much she loved me and everything. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you will find comfort in the fact that Luke died instantly. He never felt a thing,” his shipmate Jim Daly writes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Kemmerich felt embarrassed, for she was the least composed of all; she simply dissolved into fat and water. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the same about texting and driving bans. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It might have been funny if he hadn’t felt so miserable. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gibbs Elementary felt very similar to the Baptist College, except the students were much younger at Gibbs. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I felt the hair on my neck begin to prickle, my fingers twist the fabric of my uniform shorts. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I could see that she felt helpless, and this made me feel bad too. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The past felt so close, I could reach out and touch it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When we hugged good-bye, I felt her tears on my cheek. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He always felt he was smarter than the other kids in class and that the work just didn’t hold his interest. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Things felt as if they were accelerating, about to spin out of control. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Even with that much on his shoulders he had to fight the rising flood of panic he felt. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Three days later, when she returned complaining once again of pain, a doctor pressed on her abdomen and felt a “stony hard” mass. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” he said to it, “you know something that I don’t?” and immediately felt foolish. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Tony Taylor felt so good when it was all gone that he felt to make a speech. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Moreover, Picasso himself would not have felt the satisfaction of having created something on the basis of his leap of the imagination alone. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I imagined that LOL on her tombstone again and suddenly felt too silly to say anything else. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Now Werfel was the one who felt sick to his stomach....If something had happened to Spurge, he would be held responsible and perhaps executed. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The boy felt the brown paper bag of walnut kernels on the shelf behind the stove. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she felt that she had completed her job by teaching Kira, Jamison pointed out solemnly. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They felt heavy enough together, but I thought again how Father had said about the reducto absurdum of human experience, thinking how the only opportunity I seemed to have for the application of Harvard. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt that he was once again failing a test of faith. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Now, as he left work to meet her at the medical center, he felt like he was the sick one. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

In truth, he said this with so much delicacy, that I felt the subject done with, even though I should be under his father’s roof for years and years to come. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to give him my hand and let him pull me up, but I felt too big. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A whistle started blowing, and soon I felt the coach’s big hands yanking me off him and dragging me away. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think maybe they didn’t mean to be insulting to me,” he says, “but at that time, that’s how it felt to me.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Apparently Voldemort was dwelling endlessly on the unknown youth with the gleeful face, whose name and whereabouts, Harry felt sure, Voldemort knew no better than he did. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She felt herself falling, and hands catching her, and then consciousness fled. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When finally nothing felt very funny, I let my head drop back onto the couch, between my outstretched arms. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Scattered them outside my old building. I still felt mad empty afterward, but they’re home now. I want the Plutos to scatter my ashes elsewhere.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes. There are many hidden lessons waiting to be seen and heard and felt. They want to be understood. I will reveal them to you.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I felt ice cold, as if something dangerous had slipped into the room. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air had no trouble working its way through Hazel’s shirt, and she felt the bite of cold on her bare hands. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I'm not gonna lie, I felt pretty weird thinking about calling my house back in Stockton. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t know what we felt about you until you went away.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Blunt’s eyes, magnified by the thick lenses of his spectacles, lasered into his own, and for a moment, Alex felt himself pinned down, like an insect under a microscope. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Luna felt as though she could have picked her grandmother up and run home with her in her arms. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I felt myself lifting up, up away from my body. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

On that last trip, he had given himself a really big boost to get the most speed possible, and he felt like he was flying. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, Sierra thought, and she felt her small battalion of green projectiles fall into formation around her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Many of the fans, eager to let Riddle know how they felt about the scratching of a week before, attempted to drown out any cheering with lusty howls. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt the knowledge of what she’d seen settle back over her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their sister’s wedding day arrived; and Jane and Elizabeth felt for her probably more than she felt for herself. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I sucked in my breath until my lungs felt like twin dirigibles inside my ribs. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

And he felt grateful to be a part of it. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I looked at the sharp blades of the bayonets and felt my stomach pitch with fear. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Harry felt a sick, swooping in his belly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There weren’t buildings blocking the sky, and the mountains felt like they were just there to let color slip through them and around them. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I felt as if those of us on the stage were floating in another layer of the world, removed from those below. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like a fraud, acting as the ship’s doctor, but I was the closest thing we had to medically trained personnel. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He handed the rest over to Dasch, and felt some relief. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Yet he felt timid about facing either of them. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I heard a dull whump and I felt a wave of hot air rise up against my back. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Harry felt a hot, sick swoop of anger in his stomach. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I felt like I had finally found the missing piece of the puzzle to help me chase my dreams. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She felt miserable for storming out the way she had. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But most of the wrenching guilt I now felt had to do with Mrs. Gilmore, and the knowledge that my actions had gotten her killed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Haiyi felt his drunkenness fade as he stared into the steady black eyes of the Old Man of the Moon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They are mushrooms, the only ones I felt were safe to eat, and even at that, I kept waiting to die the first night I ate them. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly felt as stupid as Dad apparently thought I was. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

All night I felt bugs crawling over my face. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

On my last day in Harare, I bought a special thank-you card for Caitlin that summed up everything I felt about her: I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When she saw the knots at their throats and felt a knot in hers. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then Jinny lowered herself to sitting, to rest, with Ess in her lap, and felt a warm rush of calm all through her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But the minute I'd shut the door behind me and undressed and dragged myself on to the bed, I felt worse than ever. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

And looking around the room, I remember thinking that my reading differences were like dragging a concrete block around every day, and how I felt sorry for myself. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He felt the last of his strength leave him, and his head hit the ground as he fainted. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She felt like Red Riding Hood staring at the wolf in Grandma’s bed. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She felt like she couldn’t get a breath, and she sucked at the air as her arms and legs roiled between burning and numbness. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

And they felt like fire coursing through her. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Before we were halfway across, I felt my dinner coming up. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ray nodded, as though he felt the same way. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I sang with my fingers crossed but still I felt like a traitor. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Voices murmured with admiration and I felt more lost than ever. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the hot blood rush into my face. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt wonderfully cool, but the smell leaked through her filters and made her throat sting. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the whip before he felt it, a whistle in the air, thin and sharp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It felt like being a little kid again, I’m just as tender-headed as I was then, but it felt kind of good too, even if it was the saddest day of my life. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He felt the emptiness to his left like a pressure, a coolness, the coming of winter. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Edward felt a warm rush of pleasure at being recognized, at being known. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I imagined him together with his wife on their farm, and for a moment I felt as lonely as I had on my first night in Vrindavan. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he became aware that he was uncomfortable; next he felt the discomfort dissolve into pleasure. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a kind of joy and hope in the thought that one white man was willing to use his own money to call attention to the injustice we were facing. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t just want that cashmere vest back; I felt guilty for the cashmere vest, that it had been run through the muck and cast off by its owner. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the knots in my stomach untangle. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was a loner, like they were, but I had never before felt loneliness quite like this. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

After that we were led into the main building and given undershirts, gray felt shirts, breeches, leggings, and felt boots. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I felt giddy and almost overcome,” Edna said, lifting her hands instinctively to her head and pushing her straw hat up from her forehead. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I felt like a scientist, gathering little bits of research about myself and trying to analyze it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The same way I felt when people tried to mess with Ghost. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I felt his hand on my back, rubbing it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was there, while she was standing in a shopping arcade surveying jackfruits and persimmons, that she felt something tugging on the free end of her sari. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

And I wanted to be offered help from people because they cared about me, not because they felt some strange social obligation to do so. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I swallowed a laugh when I felt a cold chill of intuition come over me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And even if it hadn’t been a sin I would have felt badly about it, because Father trusted me and I was being dishonorable. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like I was boiling from the inside out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They felt that he was too far beneath them. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had loved the library, and had felt, as a boy, as though it had a kind of sentience, and perhaps loved him back. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She put her hand on his arm and felt him shiver under her fingers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maddie fought the aircraft for a while, straightened the rudder, felt the speed increase as Dympna’s laborious cranking of the undercarriage began to progress and the extra drag fell away. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He was so wide awake he felt someone must have called his name. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head felt as if he had a high fever, and his pulse was very fast. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

And I felt helpless because I was just a child and I couldn’t change anything. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We felt an incident boiling, but none of us wanted the young Negro, who had paid for his ticket, to be forced to vacate his seat. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I really felt that he and I were going to go places, because we had been able to interact up until the night of the incident. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt my fingers moving again, trying to get that smile right. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As it was, every single day— on the way to school, during school, and on the way home— I felt I had to get high. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that night, the booze felt great, as the warmth of the wine in my stomach spread through my body. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I stood up, felt my back, and brought forward a hand filled with bright red. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The chairs began to fill up, and finally, after what felt like several tortured hours, Ethan Hawke walked down the aisle and took a seat in the front at a microphone. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

A boy held me once so hard, I swear, I felt the grip and weight of his arms, but it was a dream. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things were supposed to be easy and fun, but everything felt stressy and sweaty and annoying. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She rested downstairs for a day before she felt strong enough to climb the stairs to her bedroom. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I came out of the creek and immediately felt bone tired. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She felt the rough grating of his tongue on her cheek. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She breathed deeply and felt cool autumn in her throat. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Harry felt as though his insides had turned to ice. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But it felt nice to have the coach call me a champion. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Percy felt a twinge of sadness, like he’d been in that situation. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The Thebans felt that this was wise because of the terrible position of the family, and they accepted Creon, Jocasta’s brother, as the regent. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

As more reports came in, I felt let down and disappointed by the reaction. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyddie was given another loom and then another, and even at the increased speed of each loom, she could tend all four and felt a satisfying disdain for those who could not do the work. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

How, if my parents were dead, could there still be some part of me that felt relief at not being found out? The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

And what words there were felt careful, since there was a whole lot that no one wanted to talk about. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He still had the pale, wasted complexion of a corpse...which meant he looked about as good as Annabeth felt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I felt embarrassed, being told insect morals by my baby sister. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if I had been so irritated with Branwell that day on the bridge because I had felt left out. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby felt stupid asking, considering they had been grinding into each other just moments before. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

After he was done explaining his role as a war correspondent, I felt content. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I felt quite excited over it, and blurted out:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The black night beyond the camp had never felt so heavy; the branches of the trees leaned above them like ghosts. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My memories of him felt just out of reach. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I think my father felt good that he could provide something special for me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

So I approached it found one of the logs, and rolled it over to the entrance to the hut I stood on it and felt along the crossframe that held the roof up. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rashid felt around for it on the floor, trying not to get cut by broken glass. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help it; I felt sorry for him. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But...something felt as if she wasn't a client. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The amount of food the rabbits produced was not very large, but once inside the wood the bird clearly felt safer and was able to hobble about and do some foraging for itself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t just that I wanted to beat her, but also that I felt like I owed it to her, to the group, to myself, to play at her level. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he did, he felt the curved indentations, the places carved here and there with names: Tank. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Matt felt as though he were floating over the scene. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never felt like I have enough information to know how to judge or think about this kid,” she said. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Such a small and unimportant feeling—one he had felt himself often as he headed home to dinner. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Wes didn’t understand why, but he felt a tension in the room. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

No longer did I think of the Aleuts, as I have said, yet without a canoe to go where I wanted, I felt uneasy. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the pleasant rubbing of the stick along his itchy back. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then she felt ashamed that she was too afraid to do the first mission, even though all her siblings wanted her to. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

With the lamp attached, the helmet felt heavy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She felt that all men should enjoy these same rights and privileges. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt his entire future, indeed his entire character, depended upon the next few moments. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hirohito’s mother was holding a pan with tinfoil over it Then I felt rude and stupid. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Work, during this time, felt like a distraction—the thing we had to do before we were allowed to charge back toward each other again. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

One evening he felt the need for a live model and directed his wife to march around the room. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Dimple felt tears rising, pressing hot and furious against her eyelids. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Yet no mosque, church or temple ever felt so sacred to me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Was he writing to me now because he felt guilty? From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And maybe Chess was kind of good at acting himself, because the one-armed hug felt exactly like it did when Chess was really trying to comfort Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Now that it had happened, Matt felt numb. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he felt more easy than he had for days. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That’s how I felt when we first got the deportation notice. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It had been so long since I’d felt the comfort of another’s warmth that I wasn’t sure what to do. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

The golden monkey’s teeth were bared, his eyes glaring, and such a concentrated malevolence blazed from him that Will felt it almost like a spear. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, I felt my fears leave me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like soft kisses from heaven landing on my nose and forehead. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Now, as he felt weighed down by his failure to keep the Rad Lab above the turmoil of the Oppenheimer case, illness began to get the better of him. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The tip of his ring finger had begun to darken too, and when he touched it with the point of his dagger, he felt nothing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Max did not even know\\ Bigger felt that he had been slapped. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

With every minute that ticked by, Barry felt more helpless and terrified. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I almost don’t fit in it anymore, but I felt weird bringing yours. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He scrutinized Meggie so thoroughly she felt quite embarrassed and didn’t know where to look. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He felt elated, something that had certainly never happened before in this dungeon. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I remembered how it felt to scrape it out from where it was packed painfully under my nails. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She hated seeing him this way, shaken and withdrawn; it all felt like her fault. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But all by myself, I felt the need to keep a permanent record of what I observed. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Five layers, and yet I felt it, the nervous warmth of touching—a pale reflection of the fireworks of one mouth on another, but a reflection nonetheless. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It felt like things were starting to calm down and that we had made a new life, yet again. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra saw them flashing overhead and felt a pang of relief that there was still something that darted and glowed with beauty. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Lydia remembered what her dad had told her about Travis and she felt a stab of guilt. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I wonder, he wondered, if any human has ever felt this way before about an android. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She breathed and breathed until she felt calmer. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The ghoul in the attic howled and dropped pipes whenever he felt things were getting too quiet, and small explosions from Fred and George’s bedroom were considered perfectly normal. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

For a moment, despite all the chaos swirling around him, his heart felt full. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Barry hovered across the room, looking as wary as she felt. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then he felt a little guilty for enjoying it. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Magdalys hopped off and teetered back and forth for a few seconds, trying to remember what gravity felt like. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It was an easy shot now and he felt the cartilage sever. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his agony he perceived the word “fire” and felt flames licking at the tom bone and flesh. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the beating and the molesting, Deborah felt closer to Galen than she ever had to Day. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was frantically trying to find Frankie when he felt a hand on his shoulder. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They pulled up in an awkward clump, and while they didn’t actually collide, Gregor felt gratified to see several riders struggling to stay on their bats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt as though I might as well be on an expedition to the moon. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the urgency I felt, I forced myself to relax. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now he felt his fingers fumbling for money. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Even though she was a law-abiding citizen, she felt so strongly that she should be able to sit that she refused to move from her seat and was then arrested. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He felt her relax completely; he kissed her and she drew him to the bed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth worked as her tongue felt around her teeth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t raining, but my skin felt clammy and cold to the touch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It felt as if I was crawling, even through the easy beginning. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When he was gone I felt bad, but then I turned to the car, saw my family, and didn’t think about him again for weeks. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I felt like it was genuine on their part,” she said. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Jonathan felt as if the question was an accusation. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled himself forward some more, but she was too far, too far to reach in time, and he felt so heavy— A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I asked, determined to make her know how I felt. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

So at the same time she felt guilty, and as if she was about to be punished. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I wielded my saber against one opponent after another, I felt the strength in my whole body respond to my demands. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It felt like a pillow, though its smell was strong. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My arms ached, my fingers were numb, and my head felt as if it were filled with hot pitch. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I felt like a perfectly normal person, who was not cohabitating with a demon that forced me to think thoughts I hated thinking, and I was just feeling, like, I’ve been better this week. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Joseph felt a strange combination of joy and terror, but he didn’t say a word. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

To his surprise he felt tired but lighter, and his head seemed clear again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The Kapos were beating us again, but I no longer felt the pain. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like something that was meant to be kept secret, a new seed that might grow to something extraordinary if it wasn’t forced to bloom too soon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was because he felt disconnected from them, living in Spain, but in any case he liked to know where his siblings were, what they were doing. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t worked, and he had dismissed the attempt when he could no longer ignore that it felt like a pathetic falsehood. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Meggie saw from his face that everything in him felt revulsion, but he came closer and took the creature. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But the great hawks, the hounds, heraldry, tournaments—these were for Lancelot For her, unless she felt like a little spinning or embroidery, there was no occupation—except Lancelot. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was still a week before school and Nick already felt like fifth grade was going to be a very long year. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited until I felt her hand close against mine before leading her back down the aisle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

This moment felt like an entire lifetime—these past months had felt like forever—but high school wasn’t the whole world, was it? A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It felt as though she hadn’t spoken in years. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fezzik really felt idiotic then because, after months of forgetting, now that he didn’t need to remember any more, he remembered. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Prosper felt for the flashlight that he always kept next to his mattress and switched it on. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

To begin with, our stove is an iron contraption with a firebox so immense a person could climb right in if they felt like it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew what it felt like to be a stray, not having a home where somebody wanted you. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I felt the jabbing again in my chest. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Each bite weighed on my tongue and felt like a sticky mass of glue as I fought to get it down. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger felt that they had forgotten him already. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His brain felt about ready to burst out through his nose and ears. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He felt Jan’s fingers tighten about his own. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I felt hollow and sick in my stomach and chest from the effort, and I held to the branches and waited. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He blew his nose on a corner of the filthy pillowcase he wore, looking so pathetic that Harry felt his anger ebb away in spite of himself. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Because having my mysterious pen pal felt like having a little bit of Gram back. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The giant oak tree felt ancient, like the Bottle Trees on my grandparents’ farm. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As we drove past the burning blockades, it felt like we were inside an oven. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He felt a tenseness coming over him that was somewhat like the feeling he had just before the water wand pulled down, an awareness of something strange and strained. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked in every direction but saw only darkness; he felt along the walls again, searching for a way out. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And I felt, vaguely, wordlessly, that for a child to be marked off for such a life, to be forced to live in fear was a great injustice. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

And yet he felt guilty, knowing that he was accepting the kid’s admiration under false pretenses, that he wasn’t cool at all, not at all. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt shy, but they didn’t because it was their house. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt some shame, but I wasn’t about to wear it. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt empty, too, and strangely heavy, like the planet was spinning too fast, heating up gravity, pulling me toward the floor. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But after lunch I felt as if I was sitting on a giant spring and it was all I could do to keep it from launching me head first up into the ceiling. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still He felt an enormous sadness that he didn't entirely understand, when he watched Kira with her children. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And I got out of bed at 2:07 a.m. and I felt scared of Mr. Shears so I went downstairs and out of the front door into Chapter Road. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I fell into the sand, and at the same time, felt a sharp pain in the back of my head. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

LeAlan: Is there anyone who you can look at now who you felt was very bleak back then but has changed around? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Courtney felt it proper to spare everyone else her pain. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He felt he would have given all the time remaining to him for just one last look at them; but then, would he ever have the strength to stop looking? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I felt the sight of him being funny after champagne would embarrass me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had felt like running away, but I remembered my father and Narciso standing firm for Ultima. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt it would be a waste of time and money. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed against her and felt the sharp prongs of the rhinestone brooch on her left shoulder against my face. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He thought of telling her about that day in Wentnor when he hid from Molly and felt, for the first time, the possibility of shaping his own destiny. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Cudgeon felt a momentary pang of guilt, which he dispelled with his favorite daydream—a vision of himself sinking into a beige-velour Council seat. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Indeed, they felt it their duty to disabuse me of my weaponized history. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“It was a strange feeling to be there for an hour...there in the middle of the great prairies. I felt as if the stretches on all sides were limitless.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And even though I felt I was betraying Dante, I knew I had to talk him. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He felt gently around the bag and found a Rita-sized lump pressing against the cloth. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I did not want to hear that the others could take care of themselves, nor that she felt she had no other choice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They turned to the angel and saw she had understood, and that she felt as sorrowful as they did. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I had never known what it felt like to be on the receiving end of that song. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd cheered so loudly that Piper felt as if she were crumbling to pieces. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Now suddenly I felt as though she were a stranger. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like Ronnie sucked up all the air when he talked, so fast, so much, and what he said. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe he felt those men looking at his teeth and thinking him a loser. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Gregor felt a blade cut through the ropes on his wrists. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It grew around him as he stood holding the empty ceramic cup; the cupboards of the kitchen creaked and split and he felt the floor beneath his feet give. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Throughout the day, up and down the ward, along the corridors, Briony felt her familiar guilt pursue her with a novel vibrancy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At home I fix dinner and for sure felt like having me a nap. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When she’d been a Christian, she had felt connected, too; but when she left the Church, she felt loose and free and light, in a universe without purpose. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Phil continued reading aloud, “The article goes on to say that the Mosses’ attorney said, ‘Marjorie Moss always got the worst of the worst... We felt that Mrs. Moss probably did the best she could.’ Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He was still finding the words to describe how he felt about them, and he knew that Ana would wait for him to discover the right ones. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She cried until my hand, clasped in hers, felt stiff. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I felt certain he was lying when he denied knowing the tune. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I felt a pang of jealousy seeing them treat Papa in the same way my sisters and I had. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first she was annoyed by his casualness and then she felt comforted by it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“How is the little dear?” asked Laurie, for Beth was his especial pet, and he felt more anxious about her than he liked to show. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day I listened raptly to customers who felt like talking, and it all added to my education. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary felt it, too, except that she didn’t know what that purpose was. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’m dead, she thought, but she couldn’t feel that it was true any more than she’d felt the dreams she shared with Lazlo were false. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Another hornet buzzed into my ear and it felt like someone had poured hot wax right down into my brain. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Jack felt a little better, but he was very weak. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

To Granny, I had accomplished a miracle and some of my sinful qualities evaporated, for she felt that success spelled the reward of righteousness and that failure was the wages of sin. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just to walk without wearing a heavy coat and boots felt like flying. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bus came to a halt and the driver swung open the front door, I felt the butterflies in my stomach and dropped my armful of books. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The drive home was only a mile; it felt like a hundred. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the water felt cold to her, and the little fish prickling at her skin an-noying. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He could feel the same light-headed feeling he felt then, dizzy from rolling down the hill. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like it. The worst part was when the birds just stopped coming. I felt dead. I bet you think I’m exaggerating or being a drama queen or something but that’s how I felt.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He felt a surge of adrenaline and dark dread. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Alvarez felt for the ring hanging behind his head and pulled. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Florida felt uneasy when Dallas asked these questions. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Good morning,” Ash said, and as she knelt on the cold hearth she felt the weight of the medallion in her pocket, banging gently against her thigh. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In detention,, he felt raw, skinned, the outer layers of himself stripped off. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I think people felt like the dead person was more important because a white person had come to the funeral. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In another situation, he might have felt self-conscious, but his anger pushed him forward. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She filled her heart with those thoughts, and she felt the cornucopia grow warm. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And however great his frustration, it could not have held a candle to the dismay that I felt at that moment, knowing that all my work and worry was for naught. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He felt light and heavy at the same time. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She felt, suddenly, as though her entire head were filled with tears and if she didn’t shed some of them it would explode. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kapasi was anxious to be alone with her, to continue their private conversation, yet he felt nervous to walk at her side. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I felt bad for Noah, but eventually I set the list aside. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She felt her cheering was only making the massacre worse. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I felt like I had barely seen Adam and Kim all summer. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was different—or at least I had felt different. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

"I felt like I shouldn't be there," she said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He felt the ripping of his skin all over again and heard once more the breaking of his bones. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I had to get used to the grip—because it was different than the épée—but I loved how light the blade felt in my hand. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I felt the same way I did right after May died, only multiplied by a hundred. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt that it would be safer to go home, while he still knew where he was—but he had a stout heart, and did not want to give in. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a whole, I felt that they were bad, but I would be lucky enough to find the exceptions. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly, I remember this: His brass knuckles flashing in the afternoon light; how cold they felt with the first few blows and how quickly they warmed with my blood. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She honestly felt excluded and left out, unwanted and denied. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she felt, also, a frisson of expectation, an eagerness to discover America. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I passed through the hallway, with its soft white carpet, and felt a stab of anger when I remembered that the last time I’d seen it, I’d been with Tyler. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"And then," Gabe went on, "I became part of Matthew's feelings at that moment. I felt them. I understood them." Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I sat up and said, “I think he’s a genius,” partly because I thought it was true and partly because I just felt like disagreeing with her. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He felt all right about the deputy sheriff and Nick Rael, too. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She felt like she did when we was packing up to go to Ohio,” he said simply, figuring I’d understand. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, I consulted with my friend and mentor, K.D., who felt that as a matter of principle I was correct to resign, and should not capitulate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slipping into bed that night, I felt sick. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like I was executing something in between a karate move and calypso dance. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She imagined her moths drowning in silence, and it felt like the end of the world. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Now there was no wind at all, and the temperature felt downright icy. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Afterward he rested for a minute and felt better. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The mummy dream usually came very late, when the whole world felt dead. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The boat felt easy under them, sleek and lithe. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He sat up and almost immediately felt his eyes darken and Mars revolve twice around under him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt I had to help the child. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that CORE’s presence was revealed, the protesters felt free to make the most of these links, emphasizing the national dimensions of the movement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

We live on the Upper West Side, which is about a half-hour drive from Beecher Prep, but it felt like it took forever to get home. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I had never felt more alone and helpless in the world. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt perfectly awake while everything around me grew almost painfully bright. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In many ways she felt like she was constantly saying “I’m sorry” for something she didn’t do. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Of course, he felt no fear of the two-legs that he could smell everywhere. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I felt like, somehow, we all were winning. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The pain that rips over me—I’ve never felt a pain like that before. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He had felt—what?—something, to be sure, a dread that had cut like that frigid northern wind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Taran felt a surge of answering anger, a flush rising to his cheeks, but he turned away. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

His hot tongue parted my lips, and all I could think about was how he felt inside my mouth, the weight of his hands upon my back, the crisp scent of his cologne. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Harry felt sick; his heart was hammering very fast — “PEEVES!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He wiggled his tail feathers and felt himself veering back and forth. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It felt so good to lie there, but she knew she’d left a trail of blood behind her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I felt the complete length of her then like a warm sliver under my ribs. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She felt his glance go over the scar on her forehead almost as though he had touched it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It felt typical of the dismissive behavior some officers with college degrees had toward enlisted men like him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I'd gotten so cold I almost forgot what it felt like to be warm enough. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I felt my knees get all loose and floppity, like I was gonna fall into a heap right next to the wagon. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The winter was half over before I finished the house, but I slept there every night and felt secure because of the strong fence. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo, even in that fair house, looking out upon a sunlit valley filled with the noise of clear waters, felt a dead darkness in his heart. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Cady felt like she didn’t even know who she was. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

One day I had come to my studies in lower spirits than usual; the ebb was occasioned by a poignantly felt disappointment. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The anger piled behind my eyes in a pounding headache, thumping in a rhythm that felt strangely familiar. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Yes, of course,” Penelope felt her cheeks flush. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I somehow felt the need for a special kind of last fling before I became a businessman. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nat laughed, but he felt the same warm flood of happiness he had felt when Dr. Holyoke called him an astronomer. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt as though he were about to bring the wine back up. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Now he was used to such things, a roadside commonplace, but back then, before the coarsening and general numbness, when it was a novelty and when everything was new, he felt it sharply. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Bobby said that he always felt Nigro was more of a friend than a teacher, but that he was a very good teacher. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She felt helpless, her cheeks hot with shame. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Luke felt like he’d been hit in the stomach again, doubled over and out of breath. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Sierra slammed her hand on the drawing and felt the jolt of spirit flood through her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

But Zeitoun felt again that perhaps this was his calling, that God had waited to put him here and now to test him in this way. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She felt like crying, except that no one else was crying and she didn’t want to cry alone. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But with fourteen of us, the farm felt different. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see what was outside but I felt it pounding on the root cellar door. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He felt a slow deep flow of sympathy. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His chisel-like foreteeth bit steadily and he felt the dry strands rip. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was surprised when I felt his hands pull free from mine. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Inside the cramped bodega, I took my time searching for a snack that would satisfy how I felt. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Being his confidante, she felt essential to him, in some ways closer to him than ever. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

They could talk about anything they wished, including the gradual abolition of slavery itself, though he felt that Congress was unlikely to take any dramatic action “tending to the emancipation of the slaves.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He would enter on another day, when he had read all the books uptown, an achievement that would, he felt, lend him the poise to enter any building in the world. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She felt a surge of relief as she opened it to read her mother’s handwriting, neat and measured, on the yellowed pages. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The yellowed paper felt brittle in my hands. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

At that moment he felt toward Mary and Jan a dumb, cold, and inarticulate hate. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

That’s what it felt like the first time I stood up with two artificial legs on. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Ripred picked up speed as they crossed under the arch, and Gregor felt that any protection the terrain had given them was gone. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She felt as if she were searching for something. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She didn’t even blink, and Ivy felt her face burning. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But she felt a twinge of sympathy for Mia, too, one she hadn’t felt before and had never expected to feel: how excruciating it must have been to think about giving her child away. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She felt herself reddening, and thought wildly, “He must know!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

In the light of what she did I have tried to imagine how she felt. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like maybe it made her look bad, and I didn’t want her to look bad, especially in front of the Menzers. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z