I think Coach Reed crossed the floor almost without touching it, and the words “Who do you think you’re talking to” filled the gym. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At once Reynie was filled with an astonishing sense of well-being. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Light filled the cavernous space, and the two spheres dissolved. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Macy’s eyes filled with tears, and she gnawed on her hair. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Ma put her wooden cheese hoop on the board, spread a clean, wet cloth all over the inside of it, and filled it heaping full of the chunks of salted curd. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this murmur that filled the grave, like a thousand wings beating on the air, he recognized a sound that he had always heard. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

A hollow moan filled the air, and then some-thing that sounded like the clanking of chains. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s nothing to worry about,” Mom said, which really made me start to worry, because that’s exactly what she said when I had to get my cavity filled. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

When he had been here before, the street had been filled with traffic. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little store-front church was only half filled when they walked in, but Reverend Price was already behind the lectern, thumbing through his Bible. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The branches of the oak trees and their dangling threads of moss sweep the ground, and the sweet scent of magnolia flowers fill the air. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The upper rows were filled with several dozen ghosts and a few older veterans from the city, all in formal togas. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Each time she looked out at the street and saw the police, her mouth filled with saliva. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the night that always filled Bull Meecham with a deep pride in the Corps. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together we greeted Neil, and for a couple of minutes the three of us just floated there, admiring two shiny silver boxes filled with moon rocks. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they leave, clutching bags filled with things—bright things, soft things, big things—but no matter how full the bags, they always come back for more. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

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

Many crevices and cracks, filled with plants, ran down its face. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They filled the bottom of the steamer pan with water and took along a saucer and spoon. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of the silent sisters in their grey robes filled the queen with sudden terrors. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I drew a line through this too, and filled up the rest of the piece of bark with a drawing of Frightful. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

By sundown we’d filled dozens of Mason jars, which were set out in perfect rows, still warm from the pressure cooker. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Passages that had been filled in years ago suddenly un-filled, changing direction to lead Hazel where she wanted to go. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I ask as I fill our dog bowl with some more water and place it on the ground in front of Ziggy. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It’s filled with a weird, pasty substance that oozes over my gums. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was always a chance that our work would be to dig graves in the woods—and then be shot to fill them. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Go ahead and fill these out,” she said, handing Lexie a clipboard of pink forms. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the universe begins to expand, it won’t be spreading out to fill a larger emptiness. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

A mix of mumbles and sporadic clapping fills the room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Of course the stands were going to be filled, but a few of those seats at every game were the seats we were all playing for. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A girl her age might let her hair grow long, add inches to her height, see her chest fill out, but she could not change the color of her eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It filled him with sadness, coming here to give garri and fish to people who had fed themselves in the North, listening week after week to Master saying the same things. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

So, I climbed in Patrick’s car, which was filled with cigarette smoke. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When they gave me a form to fill out, I wrote in the appropriate places that I was a Muslim, and that I was a conscientious objector. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dill’s demeanor conveyed that he wasn’t enjoying making small talk any more than she was, but he also wasn’t ready to fill the silence with anything else. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

That night I wished on a star that someday my scrawny legs would fill out into that lovely shape and that the hair on them would be as long and straight and black. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was just a man now, no longer filled with light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But back on the ground, he was dogged by nightmares filled with the faces of the men who died. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Saturday nights was the only time we had hot water, in a tin tub filled to the brim with the water Mama heated for my bath. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

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

On October 29, we again entered the Palace of Justice; again the crowds were large and excited; again the security was extremely tight; again the court was filled with dignitaries from many foreign embassies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He'll fill you with self-doubt, fear, and paranoia, and even inspire betrayal. The mind suffers illnesses, too." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The airways filled up with men who had heard about the death of Bull Meecham and they were coming to pay homage to one that had fallen. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blank white screen reminded Hugo of a brand- new piece of paper, and he loved the wonderful whirring sound from the projector that filled the theater. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

She was dead before I remember, but George Hamilton told me about it many years later and his eyes filled with tears and his voice croaked in the telling. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her talk followed us in the halls and filled our ears like our little brother’s tom-tom, which is to say, unbearable. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It rained for almost two hours, and Timothy was quite angry with himself for not making a second catchment because the keg was soon filled and overflowing. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he filled up his cartons, I studied every feature of his face. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had passed my limit of taking in or, like a man who goes on stuffing in food after he is filled, I felt helpless to assimilate what was fed in through my eyes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I filled it with water and began picking up the dying fish from the mud puddles, putting them in the can, and dumping them in the creek. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Hey, Crow, old pal, do me a favor and fill this for me," he said, handing her his flask as they left through the door. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He filled out a check, to me, for fifteen hundred dollars. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Uriah’s clear eyes and steady footsteps fill me with a sense of relief, and my eyes well up with tears all of a sudden. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then, taking plenty of time, he filled in the counterfoil. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I imagine I sit under a blanket of stars with Lita; so many scattered in its darkness, if you squinted the entire sky would fill with glitter. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In a magic square, a grid was filled with a consecutive set of numbers so every row, column, and diagonal added up to the same number. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Every breath took more effort, as if her chest was filled with Styrofoam peanuts. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Billy filled it one-third full of bran and then he added a couple of handfuls of dried hops. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the first weekend after they’d moved into the house; by then the mantel had already filled up considerably, and they had bickered about it in the car on the way down. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

President Gray’s face filled the screen, flanked by two American flags. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Lightning filled the sky like a sudden flash of deadly sunlight. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Directly behind her, the great Lincoln Memorial was filled with shadow in the late-afternoon light. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Richardson ticked off the box for an “informational” copy and filled in Pearl’s name and birth date, along with Mia’s name. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He did not feel either hungry or tired, only filled with wonder. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

By the time of the Crusaders it was long swords and arrows, and at Gettysburg they were blasting each other to bits from cannons filled with lead balls, iron chains, railroad spikes, and door knobs. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Malachy and I fill the twins’ bottles with water and sugar. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Complete silence filled the room, as if the world had been frozen, and every member of the Council stared at Minho. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The lightning once again filled the room, painful and surprising, like the flash of a camera in my face. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It does make sense,” Miss Leefolt say, but then she hush up when I come over to fill up they glasses. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The cavernous room was filled with golden cages, round and square and rectangular, some stacked on top of each other, others standing alone. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The little boys crowed in delight and filled their little pockets with everything they could find. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I can’t help it—I laugh so loud that the sound bounces off the street and fills my own ears. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

So he told her he’d filled the prescription and was taking the drugs. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She pulled a clear plastic crate filled with dozens of candles out from underneath her bed. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Inside Calaca, the smell of coffee filled the air, and a band I recognized from our first practice played over the speakers. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Baby was sitting on Odenigbo’s shoulders, waving her stuffed doll, and the sun was bright through the thin drizzle, and Olanna was filled with a delicious exuberance. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes got all excited and filled with light like they do. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Jenny piloted her specially outfitted dog transport van into a neighborhood filled with cozy brownstone town houses. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He looked down and was completely filled with a desire to let himself go and be submerged in the water. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside it was filled with a grey dust, soft and fine, in the middle of which was a seed, like a small nut with a silver shale. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I am so filled with fear about going to the bathroom alone at night that I force myself to hold it until dawn when I make a mad run into the woods. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a helpless child! and a surge of love filled him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I fill the sink for him so that the mop can soak overnight, how Lydia likes it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her blue eyes fill with a mix between Are you crazy? and something very close to care. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“When I start feeling that way, I’ll just fill up the bathtub.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“First,” Dr. Spires said, “we fill the syringe with insulin.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

As I fill out the questionnaire, I make sure not to let any of the stuff touch my skin. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But another soldier fills us in on the rest. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The wind shifted, and the alley filled with clouds of gritty steam from the doused fires. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Their dislike for me seems to fill up the whole office. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Lenny stands up to announce he’s leaving to go fill out an application for a maintenance late shift at the hospital. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Though there were less than two hours of light remaining, the grandstands were filled with spectators. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I pulled a sample cup out of the stack, filled it with a pump of Orange Blossom Awesome, and offered it to Trent, using my flat palm as a sort of saucer. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Morning,” I grumbled, taking the basket and shuffling outside to fill it with the ripest vegetables and fruit I could find. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m here to fill up on my blessings for the week,” my mother used to say. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

An awful vapor, death itself, filled the air. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

When they reached the subbasement, the elevator door skidded sideways, opening up on a dimly lit hallway where the ceiling was filled with a jumble of hanging pipes and dusty ductwork. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The Net filled in all the blanks in their lives. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the last suggestion, her eyes suddenly filled with tears. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear what he was doing, and what a good idea, to fill his balloon with the gas out of theirs, to escape by the same means that crippled their pursuit! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

I have no image of myself in the hole; only a black square filled with nothing, a square like a door. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It lifted Claire s long curls as she knelt and filled a basket with nettles. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The final afternoon bell has just sounded, and the room is beginning to fill up with students arriving to audition for the fall play. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It’s like that urge to fill an empty space with drawings. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Nathan had told her, some months earlier, in a voice filled with hauteur, that he did not read any fiction published after 1930. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

For one teetering second, while the crashes and booms of the battle filled the air, Harry hesitated. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His corps of generals and provincial governors was filled with ambitious men with access to manpower and vast amounts of cash. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I filled it full of hay so she wouldn’t have to climb the ladder to the loft Papa laid down the law to my sisters about being good and helping Mama while we were gone. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you won the Irish Sweepstakes and bought a house that needed furniture would you fill it with bits and pieces of rubbish? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But when I spotted a bottle, half filled with sour milk, I had to reach for it with my bare hands. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The ground was filled with rocks and roots. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The great surprise was on the wall next to the computer desk: bookcases as tall as me and twice as long, filled with vinyl records. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The cookies and milk have filled me up, and the fleece blanket is warm, and the couch is comfy. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The universe was contained in a nutshell, ensconced comfortably within the sphere of fixed stars; the cosmos was finite in extent, and entirely filled with matter. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He handed Calder a paper bag filled with books. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Henry hoists the fish into the huge cooler filled with ice. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Murphy nursing me with chicken soup filled with carrots and celery and potatoes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her eyebrows rise when I don’t leave, watching as I retreat to a corner to fill them out, chewing on the end of the pen. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He filled the bathtub with hot water, and stripped off his shoe and sock. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking a deep breath, I filled my lungs with as much air as they could hold. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

My hands shake, and as I read, the world narrows to a pinprick of light, all sound fading away until only the roar of my heartbeat fills my ears. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I knew not why, but even these meditations on my strengths filled me with sensations of exhaustion and discomfort. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But none of this was enough to fill my days. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hernando filled in, “He chopped a whole bunch of people up, long time ago.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Um, so did you,” Hazel said, turning up her nose elegantly as if it were not filled with stale fast-food sausage. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I thought I was filled up with fear. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Pauley nodded as though the word filled in every blank answer on the scorecard. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

We stopped at Bramley, and the bus immediately filled with black women in maid uniforms, returning to work after their day off Sunday visiting their children or husbands or relatives in the ghetto. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and waited, waited in the darkness while my being filled with a wild, ecstatic fluttering, waited for him to come to me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jay and I dragged the tub over to the water pump in the back and filled it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I stand here before you filled with deep pride and joy — pride in the ordinary, humble people of this country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to breathe in each memory of her mother until it filled her up and made her fly across a pink-streaked sky, warm with fading light. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Some filled tubes, others inserted rubber stoppers, sealed tubes, or stacked them inside a walk-in incubator where they stayed until being packaged for shipping. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I can wait for water to fill the tank—and it’s already at my knees—and try to calm down as I drown. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She makes us cucumber sandwiches, the edges scalloped to look like flowers, filled with thin slices of salami. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The bag filled rapidly with icy water, and in the wet darkness that stank of rotten cabbages and leaves, Anya and Ivan struggled to find a way out. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He’s already filled an entire wall with constellations. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was filled with some kind of heavy, sandlike stuff which yielded wherever you touched it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The pig-run filled with shouting boys again, Jack came running back, and poked about in the undergrowth. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Their conversation fills the halls as they make plans, make jokes, make friends. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

This idea filled him with fears and worries. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun filled out the form, and when she came back on her way out, he handed it to her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Taking his seat on the smooth bench again, Eumaios ate and drank his fill, then rose to climb the mountain trail back to his swine, leaving the megaron and court behind him crowded with banqueters. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded, letting her words sink in and fill me with purpose. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In the space was a cot and a small shelf made from planks of wood separated with cut logs and filled with books, folded clothes, papers, and some braided and bunched herbs. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The grass smelled like fresh chives, and the sunshine filled me with strength. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

My father is smiling, and the air is filled with the tangy smell of silver, and Judith and Mina have been folded into the Amsterdam underground. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But it was so hard for Ocean to stomach that the world was filled with such awful people. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was tall and broad, and he filled up the doorway for a heartbeat when he entered, his face splitting into a smile to see them. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I spent that weekend in a slushy mix of anxiety about the country’s instability and delight at watching Otto fill out into a handsome young bonobo. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Emily slid her books into her locker, lingering longer than she needed to while slams and stomps and shouts filled the hallway. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When it was all over, when the bloodied corpses had been unceremoniously tossed into the backs of red pickup trucks—sep­arate ones—a few men with shovels hurriedly filled the holes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the safe and sane world I thought I knew is filled with terrifying unknowns. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Above her, the sky was filled with stars. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Only as the bus pulled up did I glance at Miss Kenton and perceive that her eyes had filled with tears. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, it's only important when it fills the veins of a living man. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are no such books in Saybrook. In Boston, perhaps. But the proper use of reading is to improve our sinful nature, and to fill our minds with God’s holy word.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When he retrieved the contraption, it was filled with water from a well beneath the building. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Whips of red lightning crackled through the clouds, thrashing up a bitter wind that filled my lungs with dirt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The record started spinning and Stevie Wonder’s voice filled the room. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I notice that I can fill a water balloon at the drinking fountain in the park almost twice as fast as Erlan. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

They are so different, but their differences, when they are on the same path, complement each other, fill in spaces. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

My gray desk began to fill up with papers and my shelves with books as I learned more and more about all these problems. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pass long, gated driveways, the kind that always fill my family with wonder and awe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was a cool October night filled with the sounds of chirping crickets and the whoosh of passing cars. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

My tongue searched my top row of teeth, scratching against my now sharp and jagged front tooth, while my mouth filled with blood. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Our storehouse is filled to overflowing with the good things the ship has brought: wheat, pork, ale, wine, butter, and beef. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

When the grave was filled, the young soldier tossed the shovel aside and then pointed to the watching boy, making a rising gesture with his hand. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘Keep your eyes open, Mr. Frodo! There’s a bottle full of water. Drink up. We can fill it again when we go on.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

A few hours later, people had begun to fill the Fur- faro home. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He took my glass and filled it, looking at my eyes all the time, but not losing sight of the priest. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Worms filled the inside, diverting Matt with their wiggly bodies. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let the roar of the crowd fill me like rocket fuel, powering me past my teammates. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

It was a giant hardback filled with pictures of stuff famous architects had built from all over the world. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He made a bed for Furball out of empty sacks and filled a bowl with water. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t wait to see Grandma again, because she would fill us with her noise—and she would bring Mom back again. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

From it he removed and handed to my father several small pouches filled with roots, ointments and bottles containing drops of the grey, misty brew—medicines for all his problems. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cubbies were filled with the kinds of shoes I would never voluntarily wear. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The wonderful smell of frying meat fills the air. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Eyewitnesses later filled in what I could not see: parents’ cameras flashing, floodlights making a second day as the gorgeous couples disembark from limos and borrowed convertibles and promenade to the festive courts. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

When he faltered, his parents filled in the blanks. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A new seating plan that would let blacks sit from back to front and whites from front to back until the bus filled up, as was the practice in several other Southern cities. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Pots and pans are strewn about, filled with partially cooked food. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Music fills the air, and the only sounds I recognize—from my limited experience with the Amity—are plucked guitar strings and drums. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It wrapped around me and squeezed my body like a sponge, then tossed me into the choking air—and I fell headlong into a rope net filled with writhing fish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

At times the wailing of children fills him with deepest dread. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A rush of warmth fills me but, even so, my head and my heart battle with each other for the next hour while we walk in silence. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lord, please let me be strong enough to fill in this day and all the school days that follow, I whispered. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barks, yowls, grunts and hyena laughter filled the air. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A path wraps around the edge of the room like a ledge, though the majority of the floor is sunken and filled with large cushions covered in a rainbow of embellished silk. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He filled the thimble bowl with tobacco so fine- cut it looked like hair, then lighted the pipe, took four long puffs, and let the pipe go out. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Desdemona, filled with embarrassment at her sudden nakedness, looks down at the object of the captain’s fascination: a heavy ship’s rope disappears inside her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was drinking from the flask Crow filled and he died choking. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The meadow was small, perfectly round, and filled with wildflowers — violet, yellow, and soft white. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I could fill the coffin with jewelry, like they used to do with famous Egyptians, which I know about.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Each ring of the telephone filled me with dread. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The quarter was as filled with the sound of singing and of laughter as the Big House. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny filled the pockets of his jacket and breeches with limes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the corner table was a candy dish filled with butterscotch hard candies. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I let the air in my cheeks fill and then slowly blow out. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He has to fill out some forms releasing me from the program. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a school on the reservation border filled with the poorest Indians and poorer-than-poorest white lads. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he filled it with smaller boxes until it looked exactly like an enclosed tic-tac-toe board, three rows of three squares, all the same size. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Police cars and ambulances filled the street, their angry red lights pulsating against the brick buildings. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

At least Bigwig’s preparations would keep the others busy and perhaps do something to dispel the silent fear that filled all the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the Player’s Club, sips of cognac and exhalations of smoke had filled that last difficult pause. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The fair occupied over one square mile and filled more than two hundred buildings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He filled a glass at the water cooler to water his beans. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a fat woman whose broad shoulders filled her chair with an easy self-confidence. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

We filled all three sheets of paper, front and back. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then because I was filled with daring on this special day, I added in my sweetest little girl voice, “I’m going to get my pic-ture made.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

After Garrett fills up the bowl, he turns off the water. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The fire flickered and died all at once, leaving the room filled with the acrid smell of hot stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His bed is messy, like always, and all his academic trophies and honor roll certificates fill up the back wall. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The roads were unpaved and dirty, and filled with hungry, undernourished children scampering around half-naked. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right then,” said Aberforth when they had eaten their fill, and Harry and Ron sat slumped dozily in their chairs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Here,” said Mr. Boatwright, handing him a bundle of blankets and canvas bags roughly filled with hay. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was a small apartment, only four rooms, but there was enough stuff in it to fill twenty. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was the single flax seed, and so the last measure was filled. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Noise fills our boat, and none of it is a comfort. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“So long as no one makes any puns about spirits and spirits,” Theodora said, holding out her glass to Luke to be filled. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth filled with salad, he mumbled, “But we know that Martin is dead.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A smell of burning meat filled the room. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She set a tray with a pitcher of OJ, glass cups, and bowls filled with various fruit and crackers on the patio table. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

We also filled up paper bags with sand and put candles in them, and right before it was time for the party to start, I went around and lit all the candles. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She lived in an area just outside of town where many people did not have running water, so whenever she came over, she filled big jugs to take home. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Up came a web page filled with photos of happy dogs romping in open fields. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Even on the day before her wedding, the seamstresses took in her bodice, begging her to eat and fill out her gown. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The adventures of Rainbow and her young mistress, Edith-Anne Pevington, had filled many a happy hour curled up on the window seat of Miss Mortimer’s office. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

All at once, a huge tear that would have filled a bucket rolled down one of the BFG’s cheeks and fell with a splash on the floor. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been filled in and planted over. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Eddie filled my mind, and the loss of his journal stabbed my heart anew. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The field is filled with cows and sheep and bursting with yellow and purple flowers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

They filled up and turned a pale pinkish color. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice a week he would row across the lake and pick a new batch to fill the cart. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The room filled with a warm golden glow, and huge shadows rose against the walls. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Oh, the relief and the rapture that filled her heart. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, a small square filled with feint light appeared, hovering in the darkness of the mountainside. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“He should just fill the bunk car with whoever needs a bunk.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He waits outside in the hall and watches as I crouch down to turn on the water and fill the tub. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Just now as I drew it to fill this ewer the cook told me.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

It surely made more sense to go outside and fill the vase at the fountain. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Y’all come on down and gather round, horseshoe formation — thank you. Some of y’all can fill in here in front where there are gaps.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It’s filled with different-colored inks, reds and blues and blacks, and a couple of sparkly fluorescent colors from a gel pen kit I got back in sixth grade. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

As the bus proceeded on its route and more passengers boarded, whites, seated from the front, filled that section. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The walls were painted a tasteful yellow, antique shelves filled with bolts of doth in every color lined the walls. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I left my pack propped against a big rock at the trailside and went with our water bottles and the filter down to the pond edge and filled up. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I'm in a huge room filled with rows of gurneys and chemicals boiling under metal hoods. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The cushions filled it out, made it more livable, more comfortable. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bees buzzed through honeysuckle and jasmine, which filled the afternoon air with a dizzying mix of perfumes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, a small but intense sound filled the air, something like a puppy growl mixed with a kitten hiss. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Tears were sliding down from behind the half-moon spectacles into the long silver beard, and the pride and the gratitude emanating from him filled Harry with the same balm as phoenix song. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They each had one suitcase, and Mama carried a basket filled with food for the twelve-hour journey. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Thick white smoke from the bleaching palm oil filled the kitchen, and in the stuffy mix of the fumes and heat and flies, I felt faint. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now it’s full night, clear, moonless and filled with stars, which are not eternal as was once thought, which are not where we think they are. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once the grave was finally filled and covered with grass, I joined the mourners back up the hill. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The Paqo filled the golden bowl with the llama’s blood and placed it at the foot of the guardian rock. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I want no assistance from you,” he told Rowan, the emphasis on the word “you” filled with more vitriol than anyone had expressed to Rowan in all his seventeen years. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The bags she filled grew soggy with juice, the tomatoes soft and squashy. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But I was still filled with disappointment about the letter’s not being to Gideon and curiosity about Ned and Jinx and the spy known as the Rattler. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

In her loneliness, she turned to her husband for reassurance, entertainment, for things to fill the vacant places. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those were the days filled with gray light and cold, damp air. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The grandstands at the finish line slowly filled with people fanning themselves with their programs—men in fedoras and Panama hats, women in flat-brimmed hats perched on their heads at jaunty angles. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Even with the window open and the kitchen exhaust fan running, the house will soon be filled with the scent. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It’s eerie, so I fill the void with cupcake facts. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She could see they were filled with vegetables. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

But soon more clouds filled the sky, shading Stanley and his hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She raised the plastic bin filled with clothes. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

That evening, Scythe Curie came and filled her in on all she had missed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The soft echo of voices, medical voices, filled the ward, and was pierced regularly by groans and shouts of pain. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her chin quivers and the possibility of her crying at this exact moment fills me with rage. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

To his surprise there was an elderly dishwashing machine beneath the sink, and he filled it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The intestines may fill up completely with blood. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded, pointing to the notebook page on my lap, which was filled with scene-blocking diagrams, bits of dialogue, and costume ideas. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This track, which later filled with pus, extended from the bullet's entrance. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

But he persisted in calling for it, and eventually Nodayimani filled his pipe, lit it, and then handed it to him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been volunteering here for 6 months. People fill out an adoption form. If I have time, I put it in the computer. But all the paperwork is filed by date in here.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Montel was a middle-aged gentleman whose vain ambition and desire for the past twenty years had been to fill the void which Monsieur Lebrun’s taking off had left in the Lebrun household. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was done, I sat and listened to the wild applause of the crowd, and my eyes filled with tears of pride. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was filled with profanities of various sorts which it was difficult, even in the most desperate of circumstances, to imagine Bunny using in a letter to Julian. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

"Everyone came out," I said, trying to fill it in. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My one fancy short gown was too small, and I hadn’t filled out enough to wear any of Mother’s castoffs. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All other parts provide accompaniment or fill in the chords. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It filled her with fear when he spoke like this. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Bookshelves lined the far wall, filled with role-playing game supplements and back issues of Dragon magazine. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

By the tone of his voice I thought he was going to drop the subject, but he downed his soju and filled both our cups again. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maa Kamala would give him something to eat, and after a bit, as his stomach filled, he would stop snapping at me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The cigarette appeared to have been hand-rolled, and when the boy lit it, with a matte black Zippo lighter, the odor that filled the limo was not tobacco. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He had a vague memory of the rough tongue and the warm flanks and the nipple that filled his mouth with sweet flowing power. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I filled everything out, even wrote my essay, but didn’t send it in. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I filled it with juice, relaxed on the couch, and drank it. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When they came to the final door, Toby had no idea what to expect—a video store filled with VHS tapes? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Hear, hear!” said Harry and Ron loudly as the empty dishes filled magically before their eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But Thomas rolled over and refused to say another word, worried he’d mess up this new sense of being encouraged, eradicate the reassuring calm that filled his heart. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was thinking out his first touch for her—a kiss, one hand to her long, soft hair, the other to her waist—when a thundering roar filled his ears. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had no idea, for instance, that the Qur’an was filled with the same people as the Bible—Moses, Mary, Abraham, Pharaoh, even Jesus. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In my domain, I have a tire swing, a baseball, a tiny plastic pool filled with dirty water, and even an old TV. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

By then the weather was warm enough to fill the tub with water from the tap under the house and bathe in the kitchen. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She picks up the volume filled with names. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The front door opened and a shapeless shadow filled the doorway like some kind of ghost. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Ken and Bob both talked so fast—their conversation filled with references to people I’d never heard of, like Stanley Kubrick and Woody Allen—that it was sometimes hard to follow them. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The thing was giant, filled the whole night horizon, filled the sky, filled the sea. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun, rising against black pines and leafless trees, filled the grove with a baleful light. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I considered the city, I could not believe that it could be filled with people; when I beheld the people, I was amazed that a city could hold them. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

At six in the morning they came out naked from the bedroom, drained the pool, and filled it with champagne. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

As always, the air was filled with the smell of rotting whale carcasses and the sound of elephant seals bellowing and belching on the beach. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The sound of my friends’ wild cheers filled my ears, nearly giving me a heart attack. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

You have to be a child to know how wonderful is a store window filled with dolls and sleds and other toys. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of crunching leaves and labored breathing filled the warm autumn air, and Celaena kept her gaze on the damp and gleaming dark hair of the thief in front of her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, come on,” she said, “make some use of yourself and help me fill this basket with strawberries.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fatima helps me fill in a form all about me: my age, date of birth, full name. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She dragged herself away, limping as fast as she could, and the terrible fury of the man came after her, thrashing and beating with his stick, and the frenzied laughter-like agony filled the air again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

This was filled with a blue flower, a rock plant of some sort, and the overflow hung down the vent and spilled lavishly among the canopy of the forest. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

His mouth was filled with the taste of fresh brownies—his favorite treat from the bakeries in New Rome. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

So here she was, on a day filled with the opulence of summer, about to braid her hair for the journey home. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was like the whistling of a piccolo many times magnified—shrill and shriller till it keened with the terror of a lost soul and filled the room with the piercingness of itself. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

And when I stand to fill up my water bottle and pop a lozenge and check that my audition music hasn’t wrinkled, I break into tears too. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe some of the vine developed fungus and died, and a gardener just filled in the bare spot. Drapeweed is prone to fungus....” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“How small a thought it takes to fill someone’s whole life,” the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“But the way you grow, you’ll fill them out by Friday.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Inside marble stairs wind their way to classrooms filled with dark wood desks nailed down to dark wood floors polished to a high and beautiful shine. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

And then he applauded as fast as he could and a great cascade of papers filled the air. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

All the tables were set now, and already several were filled with people eating. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Now, all of a sudden, the fear that they would pick him out in the blackness filled him with an almost paralyzing terror. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice filled the room with a heartbreaking desperation not unlike the twittering of a nest full of orphaned sparrows. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The ward was filled with children who were sick and unable to walk or perform basic activities, like playing with toys. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Tears would fill my eyes, and even though I was very hungry, the rice would form a lump in my throat as I tried to force it down. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see the painting of a vase filled with sunflowers, some in full bloom and some wilting. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He had just filled a box with zucchini and was carrying it to the edge of the field. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Her muscles had locked up; a high whine of terror filled her head. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that everyone makes a sympathy lamp for their first project,” I said to fill the silence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The little sounds that normally filled the night air had quieted. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She watched the BFG as he bent down and filled his suitcase with empty glass jars. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lily had overheard our parents discussing her once, and she'd filled me in. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The pure gold surface has been designed to resemble the woven horn that we fill at harvest, so there are little ridges and seams to get a decent hold on. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He seemed more enthusiastic, more vital than his imperturbable adversary, who possessed a style that was obviously more professional, but at the same time less emotional for the large crowd that filled the house. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Crick walks back in the room and hands me a slotted metal tray, filled with tiny vials of bright-green liquid the same color of the toxic leaves. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

After we'd harvested those, we scrounged along inside the fence for probably a mile until we'd filled the bucket with the dandelion greens, stems, and flowers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The reader has to fill in the background—to read between the lines, to connect the dots—and if he doesn’t know which background is applicable, he will be mystified. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

There was water in a pitcher in the icebox, so I filled two glasses and brought them outside. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reason for that was Mrs. Coulter’s daemon, the golden monkey, who had filled Pantalaimon with a powerful loathing, and who, Lyra felt, had pried into her secrets, and particularly that of the alethiometer. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The bleachers had already filled with athletes and their parents. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The story of the past was filled with warfare and disasters. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I clenched my teeth against a cry of pain, and my eyes filled with tears. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There they stopped to fill their canteens at an all-night service station. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

As the sun rose high the tide came rushing up the beach and filled the hole with sand. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

His arms are lean and sculpted and his biceps fill the sleeves of his black T-shirt. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

This one looked into a storage room filled with the silver boxes that Alex had seen being delivered by the submarine the night before. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Screams and shattering glass fill the air, and security guards run past us without noticing that we are running away from the dormitories, running toward a place we should not be. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The idea fills me with claustrophobic panic: a school with nothing in it but girls would be like a trap. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she heard the town was apt to fill up with newspaper reporters, her jaw clenched. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the servers scooped a dollop of peanut butter into the bottom-heavy glasses, and another filled them with warm milk from the urn. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Others carry empty boxes that they’ll fill up with kitchen staples from the supply area. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

From the radio, the Biafran national anthem burst out and filled the silence. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was filled with nature notes, drawings of insect anatomy, and other such things. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He filled the cotton with liquid, turned back to her upper lip, made a hideous face, and dabbed at her cuts. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He's walking it past us, and in the moonlight his face is filled with terror, begging me silently to run, run now, leave Mirjam behind if she won't follow me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I dipped a fried noodle into the little white bowl filled with duck sauce. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

That night, my dreams are travels, filled with hisses and whispers. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Dad himself used to tell a story about one time when Mother went off to fill a lecture engagement and left him in charge at home. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

What do I do now to fill up that hole? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sick feeling fills me as I crouch down beside her and turn her over. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

On the day I left, Mama was up early, sitting at the place at the kitchen table where she always sat, the ashtray in front of her already half filled with partially smoked butts. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I bent down to fill in the hole Aretha had made. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The school yard filled with kids on Monday morning. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Leo realized that a much larger figure was looming behind Bythos, with a shadow so wide, it filled the entire cave entrance. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He saves a few pesos for the next day and uses all of his money to buy crackers, the cheapest thing that will fill his stomach. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Dame school ended in mid-August, and a hundred new tasks waited to fill the hours. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, that Miss Sadie sure can weave a story. I bet she could fill in some of the missing pieces.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Only the crackle of the fire fills the room for several moments as the guests look from one to the other, each waiting for someone to respond. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The third battle will be long and filled with bloodshed. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I brought out foot warmers filled with hot coals and heavy blankets to lay over the women for the air was crackling and cold. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found myself crying, laughing, numb with depression, nervous and pacing, ambivalent, angry, and filled with self-loathing. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The large man filled the doorframe, and then some. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

George’s charged laughter filled the air, and soon, Kelly was chuckling too, though she didn’t know why. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

George looked down at her feet and hoped that neither of the boys noticed the flush that filled her cheeks. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

That sand would fill her nostrils, her lungs, her mouth. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the wintertime Pa filled and heaped the washtub with clean snow, and on the cookstove it melted to water. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although no one thinks I can, I remember a time when smoke filled the house. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her nights were long and filled with dark work; she was exhausted by dawn, and drifted off as soon as she let her eyes shut. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I imagined Ade Coker being pulled out of his car, being squashed into another car, perhaps a black station wagon filled with soldiers, their guns hanging out of the windows. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

"I had just filled them when Rex—" "Excuse me," the Warden said again. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

It’s almost evening and the living room is filled with my bridges. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

By later that day, the hives had spread across Deborah’s back, her cheeks were splotchy and red, and long welts filled the spaces beneath each eye. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then I hear a yelp, a loud yelp, then a snarl and a growl, and suddenly the air is filled with yelps, and it’s the worst kind of noise you can think of. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The next season I had enough ripe red ones to fill a pail and make a pie—long as I added sugar!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It took me perhaps twenty minutes to walk down, fill the three bottles, and walk back, so when I returned to the AT it had been about forty minutes since I had seen Katz. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

A big old radio filled a dark corner, and on top of it was a cheap suitcase phonograph. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s another school on the west end of the reservation, filled with poor Indians and poorer white kids. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I ought, but I don’t,” thought Amy, as her eye went from the bright page to May’s discontented face behind the big vases, that could not hide the vacancies her pretty work had once filled. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Carla watched, his big blunt-headed thing grew so that it filled and strained at the lasso it was caught in. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Now the sound of stick on fence carried off into the trees, but it didn’t fill the emptiness. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He filled with gas, the sealed valve trapping it just as one pinches the mouth of a balloon. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I accepted it gratefully, and the boys and I dragged out the hot plate and filled it up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The humble home she lived in sounds so different from Thaya Jaan’s three-story house with its green gates, carport, manicured lawn filled with fruit trees and flowers, and my favorite veranda. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

"I know a story, but I'm fuzzy on the details. Maybe you can help me fill them in." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And there was an even more serious problem, one filled with a bitter irony that exposed the class divide in black America. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was no rubble from the destroyed castle, and no wreckage from the thousands of spaceships and aircraft that had filled the sky a few moments ago. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The ants who had filled their crops to the brim were walking back to the inner fortress, to be replaced by a procession of empty ants who were coming from the same direction. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She quickly filled the glass, and no matter how much or how little I drank, she minded my glass religiously the entire evening. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When that happens, an orbital electron drops down from a higher shell to fill the gap in the K shell. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The place was filled with Americans, some of them tourists but many of them expat regulars. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

His brother must have given him that fancy title when he filled in the receipt. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

For now I just need this one here filled with pretty words. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

They filled every nook and cranny of the cave. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the memories of that place were filled with the sound of Grandfather’s voice and the rumble of his laugh. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the pond was drying up; each day it was harder to fill the gourds. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, like they had sprung a leak, her eyes filled up with big tears that rolled down her cheeks. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My neighbors filled the aisles, sifting through the vegetables and fruit. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And within a week, recalled one of his students, he had filled his office blackboard in LeConte Hall with “a drawing—very bad, an execrable drawing—of a bomb.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

If Pop dropped his hands, his cries would fill up the whole room. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

One by one, Crick hands over to our group one of the trays filled with what he called tonic. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Through carved archways they could see spacious courtyards filled with greenery, and there were great buildings that looked like palaces, for all that the steps were cracked and the doorframes loose from the walls. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She baked vinegar pies and dried-apple pies, and filled a big jar with cookies, and she let Laura and Mary lick the cake spoon. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched women seemingly fill every available space, running, stretching, fencing, warming up for this, the first World Cup of the season. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“It scurries about,” I continue, “eating every last leaf to fill its little round belly, except...” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I become filled with a consuming impatience to be gone. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just a giant pile of bricks and a big dumpster filled with junk near the oak tree that Ivy fell out of when she was six and broke her right arm. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This question always filled her with an ecstasy of hatred. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The room behind him is filled with dark. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The smell of baking bread and sweet spices mixed with the pungent coppery scent of raw animal flesh being chopped by seasoned butchers filled my nostrils. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And just like that we’re rummaging through a box filled with newspaper clippings about Chuck “Da Man” Bell and torn ticket stubs and old flyers and . The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Soon, the kettle was filled and warming quickly on the stove. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The hospital has been filled up from our train, there are a great many bed cases amongst them. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All of a sudden, I’m just filled up with happiness. Should I sing, Granny?” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

By late afternoon he’d filled up on sleep, and we played airplane. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I put the bagged RTG at the bottom of the container and filled it with water. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The party’s just begun. We haven’t even filled the bathtub with anything from the kitchen yet.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Snow-covered fir trees grow straight up out of the floor and huge ice sculptures of dancing penguins and laughing polar bears fill up the spaces between the candlelit tables. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The room was dark, the ceiling filled with shadows from the dinnertime lights of neighboring flats. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just all filled up with feathers and regrets. And fears. I have a lot of fears.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

A maid brought them a silver finger bowl and filled it out of a beautiful spouting golden jug, then drew a polished table to their side. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was on a planet filled with students, all of whom had “much to learn.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Jean refused to discuss the matter, on the assumption that it was a man’s business and that she had no need to fill her sparrow’s brain with problems she could not understand. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Small towns being what they are, he would most likely remain “boy” until his beard filled out or he bloodied someone’s nose over the matter. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We could not see them but their Cerberus tumult filled the black wood and wearied us still more. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It hung around our shoulders and filled the spaces between us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sweet sadness filled the room as man and wife and babe faded like the morning mist, only the music lingering behind to speed her on her way. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She held out a large flowered bowl filled with water. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They go back to eating, and the next ten minutes are filled with awkward silence. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She did not want her head to be filled with large wishes and worries. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Favell leant forward and filled his case with cigarettes from the box on the table. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Longstreet dreamed, storing up energy, knowing the fight was coming and resting deliberately, relaxing the muscles, feeling himself loose upon the earth and filling with strength slowly, as the lungs fill with clean air. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the base of the gun, a basket was filled with more edible ammunition. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Thank you very much,” said the interviewer and turned to a jackhammer operator who had come to the park to fill his water bottle. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But breakfast follows the early-morning diaper change, and the smell of feces fills the hallway and makes me retch. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Ivory Christian, filled with so many tortured feelings about the whole thing, didn’t show any emotion one way or another. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the waters and the wild, With a faery, hand in hand, For the world’s more fill of weeping than you can understand.”’ The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

You can imagine yourself brilliant as your sister, slower moving, quiet and thoughtful as your older brother or filled up with the hiccupping joy and laughter of the baby in the family. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

If every seat is filled and nobody is left standing, then the number of people and seats are equal. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Well, Minya and the ranks of ghosts that now filled the arches of the arcade, crushing Sparrow’s vines beneath their dead feet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Not so long ago, the thought of Robb calling the banners and riding off to war would have filled him with excitement, but now he felt only diead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

All twelve toilets, six back-to- back pairs, were filled up near to overflowing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Who else would make a world like this, so fill of bondage, blood, and pain? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But all that happened, when Hermione fell silent, was that Harry’s brain filled with a sort of blank buzzing, which didn’t seem to allow room for concentration. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I can hear Kennedy coming because her laugh fills the hallway. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“The truth of the matter is I’m having one hell of a time getting enough cars to fill my orders. Why, I’ve got a list of people who want them.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The four of us filled the narrow hallway between the two front rooms. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there are no tortillas, they try to fill their children’s bellies with a glass of water with a teaspoon of sugar mixed in. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

And as they flipped through the wide sheets of newsprint, kids kept finding all the other odds and ends that fill up a big city newspaper. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The air filled with the sick odor of warm living entrails. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go in the kitchen and fill up a glass from the sink. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Frozen shards peppered my coat as screams filled my ears. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then he kept still, while the old nurse filled up her basin glittering in firelight; she poured cold water in, then hot. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jody tore off some pieces and rubbed them on his hands until the air was filled with the sharp wild smell. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Drive X-Ray back to camp. Let him take a double shower, and give him some clean clothes. But first I want you to fill everyone's canteen." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

As his booming guffaws filled the train carriage, Elizebeth turned her head and looked out the window. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, since chiefs required menial servants as well as specialized craftspeople, chiefdoms differed from tribes in having many jobs that could be filled by slaves, typically obtained by capture in raids. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s filled with people saying how beautiful they are, how unique and brave. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Their flesh was firm and sweet and would fill even the hungriest stomach. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The smoke from their cigarettes they inhaled deeply, forcing it to fill their lungs, their hearts, their thighs, and keep at bay the shiveriness, the energy of their youth. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll have to fill out an application, and then you and your parents have to come in for an interview before you can adopt her.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her eyes filled with tears, and I was ashamed. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The rain drummed on the roof and the air was filled with dampness. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I hear his low chanting words, it fills me up. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The moon was down; the night sky was filled with stars. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Mama filled out the money order and figured out how to pay some of the other bills, Ty'ree made grocery lists and school supply lists and added and re-added the cost of everything. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

As they walked home with her packages, Lupita’s eyes filled with tears. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He was filled with a sense of excitement about his new job. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo set to work on the clocks, but no matter how he tried to distract himself, he kept seeing the handkerchief filled with ashes. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Which is still way more than I’m going to make today, she thought, since the whole neighborhood has already filled up on cheap lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

A huge throng of handcuffed black men and women, numbering in the hundreds, filled the narrow street from side to side. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their doors are open but filled by the exposed tail ends of horses. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

After a few verses of Brent singing, the chorus started, and Momma’s voice filled up every inch of the truck. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Side by side, they looked down the hall filled with broken beams and tiles and soot and destruction. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A newspaper that is only filled with cold, hard facts is like an iceberg, crushing anything that gets in its way. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

When he opened his mouth to curse them all, black water filled his lungs, and the dark closed in around him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The streets are covered with litter and filled with cavernous potholes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man’s silhouette filled the doorway, followed by a gust of oily cologne. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama and Tidings and I cut flowers so Mama could fill orders in her shop from all the neighbors who had called to send bouquets. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And the night behind them was filled with the crescendoing sound of pursuit.... The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He finished the water, filled the mug a second time and gulped it down again. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swore loudly, and his mouth sounded filled with marbles. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In my mind’s eye, I see Keav breathing deeply and trying to fill the void in her heart. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they came to our underwater garden every night and filled the booths to watch us. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Some collectors had special wooden cabinets made to display their treasures, while some filled entire rooms. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There are grasslands filled with endless purple flowers whipping by our windows. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

And if no process rubs out or fills in the crater, it may last for billions of years. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like her eyes swell to fill their sockets; that’s how big they get. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I filled two baskets with the things I wished to take. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

O’Brien took the decanter by the neck and filled up the glasses with a dark-red liquid. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Instead I am filled with dread, because I know nothing of the etiquette of play-going and I’m sure I’ll do something wrong. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His climax came on him sudden as a storm, and he filled the girl's mouth with his seed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I shuffled halfway into the filled book: “I’m not sure, but it’s late.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

By late afternoon the elevator was papered with notices and filled with tenants facing sideways and backwards, reading as they rode up and down. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

This one’s cab was filled with something and I suddenly understood the purpose of those two holes behind the goalposts. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

First we get the horse ready, give him a bit of a rub, fill the wooden tub with oats and the bucket with water. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Gachet filled the bowl with tobacco, lit it, and handed it to his friend. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A porcelain vase etched in gold was placed on the bedside table and filled with a spray of fragrant evergreen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hand clapping and rebel yells filled the room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the first day of the Centennial Celebration the town began to fill up with merrymakers and the curious. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Next to the cash register was a large metal bucket filled with ice and soft drinks. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Eventually they fill those huge bottles in the back,” he said, pointing to rows of gallon-sized jugs. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The Candor in the corridor yelp and dive out of the way as we spill into the hallway like a burst pipe, Dauntless water spreading to fill the empty space. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She stops herself in time, but everyone else in the room fills in the blank: idiot! You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to stay and look at something that filled me with such a numbing terror. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a silence but Nel felt no obligation to fill it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Its hard drive was filled with old books, movies, TV show episodes, song files, and nearly every videogame made in the twentieth century. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At the spigot, she filled a bucket with water and brought it back to the beeyard. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“If all us old folks stayed around, we’d soon fill the world up, like mice.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Down there in the darkness was a cistern filled with water so sweet that he could smell it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

And yet it was something to fill the time. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He disposed of other spent material in his kiln or in pits filled with quicklime. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I must have stopped to fill my gas tank, to walk and feed Charley, to eat, to telephone, but I don’t remember any of it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I vacuumed books for epigrams, scraps of information, ideas, themes—anything to fill the hollow within me and make me feel educated. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stacked the filled supers onto the truck like the cat had our tongues, and neither of us said a word till we were back in the honey truck passing the city- limits sign. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plan is for Lee’s men to fill their empty bellies in Farmville, then march over High Bridge. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Its long narrow counter filled one side and long narrow benches ran along the other two sides. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Another! so soon!” she exclaimed, her eyes filled with delight. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought about our waxing appointments at the Golden Fleece and my husky alto—everything, really: the way I never filled out dresses right, the way women’s gloves no longer fit me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mary’s large-screen television was now filled with photos of these suspects. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the air was filled with violins and a bunch of guys moaning in Italian. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

While he obsessively pulls off the stickers from the sides of the former gelato carton, Mai and Dell and I fill up everything else with the fresh dirt. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Before he had met them, Celia had filled Matt’s head with enough stories to make his blood run cold. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soldier on the outside had a large brown paper bag filled with cold canned been They strolled softly in the pearly light. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we passed the food prep area, I saw Clarence holding it over the homemade element they simmered with, a hole in the dirt ground filled with heated rocks from the fire outside. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

"My work is costly, and I make no apologies for that, my lord," he said as he filled two matching silver goblets. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The only familiar sound had been water running through garden hoses when he’d filled his thermos. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

You fill out a survey, a computer analyzes your answers, then it cross-references with the other surveys. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They were all shapes and sizes, mottled with dust and filled with gelatinous-looking things suspended in cloudy fluid. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

As soon as the idea had come into his head, it had filled him with excitement, though he was startled by it, he had never done such a thing before. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The cabinets are only filled with hurricane food: cold Vienna sausage, stale crackers, and gallons of water. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no,” she said as her eyes filled with tears. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

An hour later, and that class would have been filled. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When she joins us, her eyes are filled with tears. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Papa back our cubicle was filled to overflowing. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

A train hissed into the station, filled with people. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Third bell struck, and the room was filled with sudden noise as students stood to leave. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Those bars fill up with a rowdy bunch, especially on the weekend.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

"They've done something really inappropriate today They'll let you in now, but the courtroom is already half filled with people here to support the State. There won't be enough seats for everyone." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

So many of my mom’s books were general shark books, filled with pictures of all different types of sharks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Otto leaned in, not particularly hopeful until he saw the picture within the grid of bow ties and strapless gowns that filled the senior section. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Five citizens lay on the ice, their mouths open, their hands filled with slush. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She gives me a look filled with loathing, like I’m the biggest drag possible on her life. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Cyrus stumped out into the night he was filled with a kind of despairing anger at Charles. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Then all the more need to fill our bottles,’ said Sam. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Within a few weeks daily buses began to arrive from Reykjavik—sometimes two or three a day—filled with the gaping tourists that Bobby had so desperately wanted to avoid. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The pull had led her through winding side streets rank with the stink of waste and rotting food until she’d found refuge in one particularly small alley filled with old crates she could hide behind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The eyes were half open, filled with tears that came constantly. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I rushed through a maze of tables filled with wondrous objects to reach the restroom as fast as I could. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“My grandmother’s jewelry. She had long jet necklaces. The pupils are filled with those beads. They flash in the light, make my friends seem alive.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He sits on the bed, which fills most of the small white room, and listens to the sound of the shower running. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It was much smaller, being half filled by his bed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They filled every inch of the National Mall and the parade route. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They filled the tub with scalding hot water, bathed her and washed her hair and gave her a cloth to wear between her legs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The smell of sweet cherry filled the air. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then I flip on the headlight, and the path ahead of me fills with bugs dodging in the beam. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. Severe’s place was filled by a Mr. Hopkins. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

But here, there isn’t even a slice of happiness big enough to fill up all these empty houses, and broken buildings, and wide roads that lead to nowhere and everywhere. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

By the time Uncle Jimmy returned, Alex had filled all the empty cartons. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The Englishman had several suitcases filled with books. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment earlier Fd noticed that wispy clouds now filled the valleys to the south, obscuring all but the highest peaks. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was an old cabin with its chinks filled with chalk-white clay, with bright new shingles patching its roof. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

An eight-pound toy poodle covered with abscesses, mouth filled with rotten teeth, one ear and his butt packed with pus. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The hallway opened to a large space filled with cubicles, the hum of computers, the rustle of papers, and a few low voices. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The building didn’t look so big when I’d come in to register and take my placement test, but now that it was filled with students, I felt as if I were just a speck. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

That night I found my way to Harlem and walked pavements filled with black life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my left was a darker room, another sitting room, this one filled with foreign furniture: dark green leather sofas, paintings with hunting dogs, armchairs, and mahogany desks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was trying desperately to cultivate a mustache on his upper lip and had filled in the empty areas with what looked like brown shoe polish. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Look at this,” she said, and I saw that it was half filled with a brackish, brown liquid. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

And now I’m filled with nothing but doubt. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The basket was filled and I carried it up to the mesa. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrapped up both me and part of the chair I was in in a tight hug that filled my lungs with Chanel No. 5. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I would walk into the Moorland reading room and fill out three call slips for three different works. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It looked deserted: trees and bushes grew thick in the property behind her house, and long grass and weeds filled the front yard. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The ache of it filled my body from toes to ears. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prisoners slept on bunks filled with loose straw. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The day went by like any other, filled with work, and Kit said nothing, ashamed that in this somber household she should even remember a happy English yuletide. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And Treebeard filled three bowls, and they drank; and they saw his strange eyes looking at them over the rim of his bowl. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He had made a lucky guess, and his waist pouch would soon be filled with rice. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The playground, which up to then had been filled with shrieks and the shouting of children at play, all at once became silent as the grave. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The dread- fill telegrams began to sneak sorrowfully in, and it was everybody’s brother. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The ring beyond was filled with steaming water: a bubbling cauldron, in which there heaved and floated a wreckage of beams and spars, chests and casks and broken gear. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, her questionnaire was filled out as perhaps no questionnaire in this world deserves to be filled out. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

But the smell of warm blood which he remembered so well filled his nostrils and he called out sharply, “What now—has your time come?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Once the remaining empty slots were filled, the Scoreboard began to grow in length, to display rankings beyond tenth place. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Often she poured the water off, and filled the tub again with buckets of water from the spring. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some squirrel had filled the hollow with acorns, seeds, hazelnuts. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The room was small, filled with shelves of bottles and boxes, and I couldn’t smell anything besides whatever it was Dr. Begbie had used to wake me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I am God, and God does not fill out questionnaires. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Granny’s harsh breathing and the hushed voices in the parlor filled the silence. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Their children filled the Hamilton place with riot. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the hosts of Mordor were enheartened, and filled with a new lust and fury they came yelling to the onset. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“And make the coffee very strong and hot and fill the cups with half coffee and half hot milk and we’ll toast 1918 in café au lait.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judging from the ringing in Leo’s ears, the dwarf had detonated the flash-bang grenade, which Leo had filled with a rare vial of Apollo’s music, pure liquid extract. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He filled the seams between the new planks with wool yarn unraveled from a scarf and then caulked them with Marston’s oil paints. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Jack Hodgson had brought along a paraffin tin filled with nitroglycerin; he had created a timing device that used the inside of a ball-point pen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is enough to fill two hundred train cars. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I try to call out, begging them to stop, but the ashes fill my mouth and nose and I can’t make any sound. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The room filled with uplifted hands to dissolve. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her parents had given her a car for graduation, so she was going to fill it with her belongings and drive across the country to her new school. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She pauses like I should fill in this part of her story. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

For the second time today, my eyes suddenly start to fill with tears. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’d read them in dentists’ offices, and sometimes on planes; I’d bought them to take to hotel rooms, a device to fill in empty time while I was waiting for Luke. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled over onto my back, reaching up to tap the raggedy dream catcher I’d bent out of branches and filled with vines for her so that it swung on its string. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The day Dr. Kimball lectured on slavery, he filled the overhead screen with a charcoal sketch of a slave market. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Tea Cake took it and filled his mouth then gagged horribly, disgorged that which was in his mouth and threw the glass upon the floor. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I’ll turn you into butter on a summer day. I’ll turn you into a poet with the soul of a priest. I’ll fill you with lemon custard and push you out a window.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Those middle-class ethnics who scorn assimilation seem to me filled with decadent self-pity, obsessed by the burden of public life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my father just quietly filled out the registration card. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She filled a clean washtub with cold water from the spring, and she dipped the corn out of the kettle into the tub. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he felt relieved and filled the hole up. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nora, one of Alex’s chambrays thrown on over her bikini, floats barefoot in and out, keeping all their glasses filled from a pitcher of sangria brimming with white peaches and blackberries. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Despite their desperate hopes that the money would help them forget you, they soon understood no amount of riches could fill the hole you’d left in their lives. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The pills in my bottle are getting low, though I filled my prescription before we left home. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

On those midwinter nights, the homeless shelters filled up quickly. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A sickly sweet scent filled the air then, stinging Ekon’s nose as he tried not to inhale. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The last time Bailey entered this particular tent, Poppet was with him, and it was filled with a dense white fog. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But another part was filled with trucks coming and going and workers shouting at one another. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Their song filled the forest and drifted over the quiet marsh. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As I filled mine out, I found myself describing a certain someone at our school. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

At the foot of the image, was a thick red glass filled with yellow wax and a wick. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here they washed themselves and drank their fill at the in-falling freshet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was a large square chamber with a high ceiling, filled with dozens of massive stone columns. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He still wore a bow tie, but his neck no longer filled out the collar of his shirt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A sudden rush of excitement filled the bus as everyone scrambled against the windows. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Some thirty-eight thousand people filled Austin’s Memorial Stadium three days after Christmas for that state championship game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover it was filled with a sort of exaltation, a lunatic intensity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I filled up another jar with tap water; then together we walked to the back corner of the room. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The man took from his pocket a folder filled with papers of every color. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only when sudden silence filled the clearing did I realize that I’d been keeping up a steady stream of mindless chatter for several minutes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I have a few scholarship applications for you to fill out. They’re in this folder. Take a look at them. I am going to the bank. I’ll be right back.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It was clearly hand drawn, embroidered by a lush border filled with any number of creatures within the leaves. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And more frames hold relatives at balloon- filled birthdays and First Communions and baptisms—parents and sisters and brothers and nieces and nephews, all arm in arm, fitting together perfectly. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people who saw him return with the two baby leopards were filled with excitement. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The sky above them was filled with the twinkling of a thousand stars. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I offered assistance to one, lifting him from the ground; but he filled himself with heaviness, until all my efforts could not support him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Lets the birdsong fill his corner in the otherwise sleepy house. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There was no need to cook; Muff had filled their refrigerator with casseroles and fried chicken and potato salad and molded fruit gelatin. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

To the east, Gods Eye was a sheet of sun-hammered blue that filled half the world. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure how to order anything else, so I just slide my tray along and let the lunch drones fill it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Laughing contemptuously, the woman sauntered away, her hands filled with dirt-encrusted carrots. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Tessie and I arrived back home, the living room was filled with shouting men. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My first observation: The green receptacles are not always filled with just cut grass and dead flowers. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

All this filled her stomach, but it wasn’t nourishing. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stoked the fire, put coffee on, fed Mr. Whiskers a saucer of tinned milk, and fetched me another pail of water to fill the reservoir. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I fill in details he hasn’t spoken aloud. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“I feel that I have earned your charity,” he said, gesturing to the spiral notebooks he’d filled with plans. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Fifteen thousand delegates, spectators, and news reporters filled Chicago's huge Interstate Industrial Exposition Building. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Just a few more pages to go before you’re all filled up. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The kitchen began to fill up as other servants filed in for their lunch. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In a corner she saw a stuffed llama; on the tables were bottles filled with amber-colored liquids, and on the floor the skins of exotic animals. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The steaming liquid slipped down her throat smoothly and seemed to fill every part of her with a fresh energy. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Dupre stood before them in his new hip boots and filled each bucket with oil. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Icy cold, filled with orange juice, a straw with a frilly white collar. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Jupe looks like she just stumbled into an underground cave filled with enough gold to end world hunger. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Intent and serious, Nokomis filled her red stone pipe with tobacco. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

In the sentence-completion test, children were asked to fill in words that had been left blank. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately the wind lifted both of them and she saw herself sailing off the fill to the right, out and out over the lashing water. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The darkness seemed to fill not just the city around her but the inside of her head as well. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

While Candice and her mother filled out forms for their library cards, Brandon bolted up the stairs to the children’s section, not bothering to wait for them. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dancers filled the stage, delicately moving with the music, filling the room with magic. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shelves were filled with books on various religions. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

From the moment that he raised his head and looked out over their faces again, his tongue was loosed and he was filled with the power of the Holy Ghost. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Even though she never met her grandfather, his presence filled the house. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cheerful din that had filled the city earlier was gone, and the few denizens still outside shop fronts did not wave or cheer as the warriors passed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Seeing Alby go down like that ... a new kind of pain he’d never felt before filled his insides— an ill, disturbed pain; it felt worse than the physical kind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I press a button on my phone and the voice of my brother’s murderer fills my living room. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

As water filled the tub, I stood at the sink and forced myself to confront my reflection. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When did I go from human being to baby machine to fill your space? Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Warm tears filled my eyes as I took in these details. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Halsey flung himself out of the way as shotgun blasts and pistol shots filled the night. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The boy unmasked the gaping void in Franz’s life even as he helped fill it. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shows me how to fill out financial aid and scholarship forms. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I loved the big triplet fill in “Satin Doll.” Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air was filled with a remarkable scent. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment the bacon began to flutter and dance in the pan and the sputter of it filled the morning air with its aroma. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I filled the bucket with potato scraps and mutton fat, and put the pie on top. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first two days after the injury, Shin’s foreman filled in on the factory floor. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Its small sofa, side table filled with pamphlets and flyers, and a few chairs look pretty much the same as always. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Although it did not sound like any sort of hunting call, it was so unnatural that it filled him with fear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so long as the number of drug arrests increases or at least remains high, federal dollars continue to flow in and fill the department’s coffers. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

When he spoke, his voice filled the church like Sunday. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The word ballooned out and filled all the air of the kitchen. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the time people fill them with that blue Windex-y stuff, which is positively toxic—but every once in a while people can’t be bothered with the good stuff, and use water instead. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I stood at a podium in a room filled with people who didn’t relish my speaking to them. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d bent them and twisted them around and through each other to weave a wooden lattice, then hung it high above a deep pit filled with logs, leaves, and kindling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ba hurriedly took out his cloth sack and gathered blankets and filled an empty bottle with water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The entire place was filled with model planes. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Alongside our house ran a trench that filled with sewage when it rained. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The idea of waiting months, just so he can turn me down again, fills me with wild despair. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Frankie returned, holding a bottle tucked in the crook of his arm and a tumbler in either hand, each filled a quarter way with golden liquid. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And two ballpoint pens—the top halves filled with water in which a cut-out collage of a London streetscape was suspended. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the passage of time, Alba filled not only one but all her bedroom walls with an immense fresco. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, the ability to create music filled him with a joy too large to contain. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Look up to see them through the high windows inside a kitchen filled with the light of a watery Nelsonville sun. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

In the light of day, we could see the camp was filled with corpses. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Every night the stars filled the sky like snowflakes falling on black stone and then melted away as the sun mounted. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Everything that I saw—the otter playing in the kelp, the rings of foam around the rocks that guarded the harbor, the gulls flying, the tides moving past the sandspit—filled me with happiness. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pony was learning already to fill his stomach out unnaturally large while the cinching was going on, and then to let it down when the straps were fixed. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew the Dinka could survive because they could catch fish as the swamps filled with water. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world got darker and darker as we walked, like the blackness was leaking out of the crevasse and up through the swirling snow to fill the sky. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She stirs, adds enough water to fill the pitcher to the top, and stirs again. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than once the air has been filled with the van Daans’ admonitions and my saucy replies. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

As Nina raced down the hall after Matthias, the clanging bells of Black Protocol filled her ears. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It rained so hard that the little creeks filled with water, and the river would be full of fallen trees. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remembering my unkept promise, I pried its roots from the earth with desperate fingers and filled my basket, hoping that Elnora would somehow find them there. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He must’ve been taking his own sweet time because the seats were starting to fill up. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

As they gobbled up the last of the sugary treat, they watched the busy streets filled with pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, bicyclists, and every now and then a fancy automobile from the rich part of town. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The fuel tanks had even been sealed shut back in Moscow so that they couldn’t cheat and land somewhere along the way to fill up again. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The words were spoken in a deep voice filled with salt water and brogue. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mom’s bedroom looks out right onto the path, and I know the face that would be staring at me from the window would be filled with utter disappointment. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The car in front of me fills up, and Will turns toward the next one. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“A big pot, and we’re going to fill it with water as hot as you can take, okay? And you’re going to sit in this pot for thirty minutes...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He had not returned to reading his poetry, which filled more than five volumes and lay forgotten at the bottom of his trunk. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

During the drive, he filled me in on many of the events I had missed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad filled out lots of forms while Robin and I sat on hard orange chairs. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Now she seemed to have on the Professor’s mental or moral spectacles also, for the faults of these poor stories glared at her dreadfully and filled her with dismay. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she holds my hand, stroking my arm, while Haymitch fills her in on what happened with Gale. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She ran to the pump and rinsed the bottle until it smelled clean and then filled it with water. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

At the crowded tables that fill the rest of the room, people talk. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Robert Finch was filled up with trouble from his dirty boots to the brim of his scraggly hat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its flesh is red and dense, and the cloying smell of it fills the forests at harvest time. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I sit nibbling my fingers as the university auditorium fills with the audience, which is composed largely of men. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd filled a roped off area of the city. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It was very fine and very old, and big enough to fill Emma’s lap. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I’d been ready for a muscular thug and negotiations filled with thinly veiled threats and bravado. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His lungs burned as a stench like earth and fire filled them, and a metallic clanging assaulted his eardrums in a steady, repetitive rhythm he could appreciate. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The sounds of feet stomping, hands clapping, tambourines shaking, and the sobbing of both men and women filled the room. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

American autobiographical literature is filled with numerous accounts of remarkable men who pulled themselves to the summit by their bootstraps. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They left the filled baskets where they were when they finished with them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

For so many years, Ucho and I had been on the opposite sides of a river filled with horrible currents of misunderstanding. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

My mom places a cloth napkin in my lap and fills my water glass and then Carla’s. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her gentle smile, her luminous eyes, her rose scented perfume filled me with an inner calm, and I felt blessed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

There was even a tank filled with brand-new baby jellies; they looked like tiny, delicate white flowers. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He opened a huge dusty book and drew it to him and dipped a foul pen into an inkwell filled with what looked like coal dust. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

My Notebook progressed nicely, each page filled with many Questions, an occasional Answer, and clumsy illustrations of various plants and animals. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She found five wooden boxes with matching covers in a cabinet and filled all five—she and Akira would need to share. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We've already filled up the farm equipment warehouse and the Chokecherry Municipal Garage. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I looked in upon a small room filled with benches upon which sat some seven men, Bear among them. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He carried a shotgun upside down over his shoulder on a braided leather lanyard and he wore a nylon bandolier filled with shells for the gun. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

And I know her definition of “tired” can fill volumes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The other seven are filled with regular clear panes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I would fill it when I was ready to write. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He filled a jug with whiskey and gave it to Mack. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was filled with facts and feelings, two things that Dell could live without. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It was filled with what looked like graying meat. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

‘Those beasts is always bishing and walloping at one another. Soon it will be getting dusky and they will be galloping off to fill their tummies.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could fill in some of the details now. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Four choices filled all the phone screens: Detroit, Kansas City, Kalamazoo, and Flint. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

My ears are ringing from the smoke, the gin has filled me with lassitude. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We fill our arms and stagger out the door. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milo’s argosies of plenty now filled the air. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A footman opens the door, and I see the whole courtyard, filled with music and voices and merriment. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then he looked at me, all I remember were his eyes, they seemed far away and filled with a terrible power, dispassionate and cold. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her eyes fill with tears and she backs out of the room, shaking her head. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

So four quarter notes would fill up one measure. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The countless years had filled them with pride and rooted wisdom, and with malice. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Water dripped from the ceiling, and the smell of old swamp and rotting vegetation filled the air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then Scott took one of the pitchers from the cooler and filled the cup to the brim with lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Holding them in his lap, he was reminded of the burden throughout the three hours of tanned flesh that filled the screen. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wrinkles smoothed and his hair filled in until he promptly looked like himself again. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I let my mind randomly fill in the details. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I filled my time writing and reading—writing for my own amusement that year except for an essay contest run by Life magazine for “the book I would most like to see in Cinemascope.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

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

He was sorting through a folder filled with maps. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The air was filled with the dripping sounds of mountain runoff and the sloshing sounds of flooded streams. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Captain Newport’s baritone voice fills the ’tween deck. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The quiet time she spent alone there, a modest brick building filled with walnut furniture and fragrant with the must of old books, was the best part of her job. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He remembered the room where they lived, a dark, close-smelling room that seemed half filled by a bed with a white counterpane. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Pierogi filled with potatoes, cheese, and onions, fried in butter. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The house was filled with a suitable silence. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She pulled out an old brown leather bag filled with tiny holes where the closet mice had nibbled at it over the years. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

"That will fill them with fear," the queen said dryly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The air, which had been washed by the three-day drizzle, was filled with flying ants. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

A cacophony of the buzzing fluorescent lights and fingers striking keyboards filled the stale air. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

As the day of Richard’s birthday celebration drew near, she was given a list of tasks each morning that found every moment of her day filled. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

When you draw in the pattern, your viewer’s eye will fill in the rest. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was incredible that every day should be the same, varied only in the work that filled every hour from sunrise to dark. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The front seat was so filled with fabric and country music and Wynn’s singing that I wondered if he’d noticed I hadn’t said a word during our rides for the past few days. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“When you filled out the form, what did you put?” was her first question. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“My entire house is flammable, and it’s filled with fireplaces and candles, and that’s supposed to make me feel better?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The sight of him, struggling in the current like a fly in a spider’s web, filled them both with fear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he was still, barely breathing, filled with another idea. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time I was filled with awe and with a startled wonder at the notion that this girl, this orphan, could become such a queen. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

My collection bags filled with red-rimmed leaves, the ground cover, and even the huge leaf samples hang on a rod in a glass refrigerator. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She said they had to be filled in triplicate. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell of hot breakfast filled the air, and she followed the sounds of cooking to the kitchen. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The queen's light snores and wheezes fill the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Seems sometimes there’s a deep silence all about us out here waitin’ to be filled.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Action slows to a dreamlike glide, frame by frame; the motion of a hand, a sentence spoken, fills an eternity. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was filled with pain and wanted to pass it on to others. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Determined to leave nothing behind, she had bought three large, brown-plaid suitcases, only to find that her clothes would not even fill one. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

My best friend’s narrow face, almost buried under his chestnut curly shag, filled the screen in the video-call app. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Winter meant cold rain and streets filled with thick mud. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

A miracle that banished every unkind thought and filled her with wonder. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Bill had soon filled all of their goblets, they stood and raised them high in a toast. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Before they made it off the dance floor, the room filled with a thundering beat that threatened to blow the rickety old sound system to pieces. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

An instrumental version of “Monster Mash” filled the elevator for an awkward moment until they reached the seventh floor. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Flowers bloomed along the edges of the trail, pink and purple and white, and birdsong filled the air every morning. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then uncertainty and uneasiness filled the cabin again. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meryl Lee filled a fry pan with hot dogs and slid it on a grill over the fire. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Perilee and Karl spun by—he tall and solid, she round of belly and homely of face—and my heart filled up so full, it threatened to spill out my eyes. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She could not imagine anything more satisfying: the very thought filled her with a warm, almost postcoital glow. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The twelve chariots fill the loop of the City Circle. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A strange woman from a bar filled with petty and not-so-petty criminals brought a drunk, underage teenager back to her house, where he spent the night. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Soon Hugo’s father had filled several notebooks with drawings of the automaton. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The sight of it filled Taran with dread, for he knew the strange symbol must be a mark of Arawn’s power. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I stay, staring out the window until darkness fills the room, until the five of them walk off in the direction of The Spot, Brian’s lucky hat on Courtney’s lucky head. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I fill my lungs with air and float on top of the water, then blow out all my breath and sink to the bottom. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a Racal suit, and he had a pump sprayer filled with bleach. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was filled with tanks of jellyfish. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The ashes within me swirled and filled up my throat again. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon an acoustic guitar strum fills the room, followed by a woman's voice. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

For all those years, as I paid her medical bills, as I filled in her 1040s and helped her with her Medicare paperwork and her will. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had filled out physically from what he had been not only when he first rode into Jefferson that Sunday in ’33, but from what he had been when he and Ellen married. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered what that beach must look like now, and I could see it filled with broken vehicles and dead soldiers. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her parents hadn’t realized this was a Halloween-themed concert, and the front benches were filled with zombies, witches, and fairies. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There was such a job on the books, but no one had filled it for years. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Along the river the tormented cry of a lonely goddess filled the valley. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blur of thoughts filled my head like he was suddenly on fast-forward. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Inside the envelope were a stack of cards, a bunch of rubber stamps, an ink pad, and a sheet of three-ring-binder paper filled with a fifth grader’s sloppy handwriting. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Most of it was filled with a monster blister. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

These bright colors may fill our hearts with elation, but to many they are daily taunts. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Seven focused, taking deep calming breaths and trying not to fidget, as a beautiful pearl color filled one amulet, then another. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The room is dark and smoky, with plush purple carpeting patterned with flowers and purple leather banquettes filled with people. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Twig walked over to the far wall and put a hand on her hip as she examined her huge bookshelf, filled entirely with board games. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The shrimp filled up the tanks in a pulsing, squirming mass. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got a Mason jar and filled it with water from the faucet. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

With hands as clumsy as boxing gloves, he fumbled a pot out of the stove and filled it with water. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dragged the bathing tub into the front room and filled it with boiling water. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drank for a long time and filled my basket and then, feeling better, crawled toward the mouth of the cave. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And my mother and father and all of us filled our plates with mashed potatoes and green beans and a pork chop each, and Lucas and Christopher and me, we started to eat. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I turn back to the Chagall, begging it to suck me in, please, just as Dad fills up the doorway. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My feet shift through the garbage on the floor, and I unearth a tin coffeepot and fill it at the sink. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The convoy was the same as it had been that morning; in front, the open jeep filled with soldiers, a machine gun mounted on its hood, with a similar vehicle behind us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hubbub and confusion of the scene was a welcome distraction, and during the next ten minutes buses one, two, and three filled up and pulled away with their noisy loads. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

There was sawdust on the floor, and the air was filled with the aroma of spices, fruits, onions, nuts, and potatoes. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma quickly filled them in, Genie helping with the specifics of what had happened that Grandma wasn’t so sure about. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Now, to fill the room more efficiently, they had to sit next to the last person who had come off the line. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All four taxis filled with family members had been stopped. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The room filled with sharp crackling and popping sounds as the bone-tar spread across the warm stone floor and started to boil. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I could not help wondering what bottomless pit they were trying to fill, or from what bottomless purse. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been hurt—had my hand stepped on, had the wind knocked out of me—and someone had to fill in for me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hungry- eyed faces filled the street corners, waiting for something to happen. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if the old man’s deadly silence was a dangerous dark hole that had to be filled up quickly with lots of words. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo joined the merchant marines at sixteen and on his first trip went to Dakar, where the markets were filled with monstrous fruits grown in soils of uncommon minerals. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a blank, beige kind of conference room, filled with banquet tables, coffee thermoses, fruit baskets, plastic towers of cereal, tiered plate stands, and stainless steel food warmers. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

This time when they fell into silence, Ash did not feel the need to fill it with questions. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It will be filled up to the top—to the balcony!” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The cut wasn’t deep—he’d gotten worse on light crew—but it filled him with fear to see how fast his father was. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She reads how on her first morning, she made a mistake on the chart where you filled in the number of pieces so they’d know you hadn’t stolen anything. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When Gulliver stopped chirping, a strange sound filled the well—a wail mixed with a gasp and a hiccup. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“If she already knows about the letter,” says Agent Fiona, “then it’s only fair we fill her in on the details. It’s nothing she couldn’t learn from Moreau himself.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The scent of fruits filled my nose when Adamu opened our compound gates. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A rush of surprise heats my face, and my heart fills with happiness. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The narrow bed filled up most of the space, and even someone as skinny as Gilly had to kneel on the bed in order to pull out the drawers of the bureau opposite it. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The roads were filled with people, everybody running and begging for rides from passing trucks. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right after recess, I found that the eighth graders had filled the boys’ restroom with smoke so thick you couldn’t even smell the disinfectant. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“There’s no good story that doesn’t touch the truth,” I said, repeating something my father used to say, mostly to fill the silence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The smell of cold and horse and oiled leather filled her nose, and she could see the lacings of each small plate of their armor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Even through the bag on my head, the dust fills my nostrils. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He too had heard them planning new adventures together, and he knew that come spring when his yearning to move west filled him that there would be no one to go with him. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could history be filled with so much horror and so few reasons why? Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I got mugs down from the shelf and filled them, and served them around, including one for Father. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pleasant sort of tension seemed to fill the Hall now. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

You don't stand out so much and your stomach fills up more quickly. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

All this was contained in a cityscape of carved honey stone and gilded domes, the streets radiating out from an ancient amphitheater filled with colorful market stalls. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Spender took half an hour, swimming in one of the pools which was filled with the seasonal rain, waiting for the pursuers to catch up with him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

South of Rivendell they rose ever higher, and bent westwards; and about the feet of the main range there was tumbled an ever wider land of bleak hills, and deep valleys filled with turbulent waters. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her breasts were not the hard little knots of other girls her age; they filled out the tops of her skimpy little dresses. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flick on the radio, desperate for noise to fill my ears. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The solar system will then be filled with an eerie radiance, the ghost of the Sun, outward bound. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She filled the stove with things to burn and then she struck a match. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t think about other injustices. They hear about Malala and assume that’s what all of Pakistan is like. That it’s filled with poor people in villages, and terrorists who are going around shooting them.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I kept on walking, passing paddocks filled with horses, cows, and shaggy-furred cattle that I realized must be buffalos. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Despite my injuries I dropped off to sleep in the afternoon and woke late at night filled with the most wonderful warmth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If you drew a blank card from the deck, that meant you could fill it in, assigning it a point value and an effect, the more random the better. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Boxes filled with fruit and vegetables had torn, and their contents had spilled and broken into slippery messes on the floor. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

We filled the days after the explosion however we could. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He carries smaller volumes with him at all times, transcribing them into larger ones once they are filled. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was easy to make her mad, and she was nearly always cross with Bess and annoyed with the twins—but then she’d fill with regret, moaning in agony over her own sharp tongue. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The men and women all rose when Papa came in, and chants of “Omelora!” filled the air. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

On the tiny front porch was a cooler filled with drinks, both adult and not. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The rest of the hovercraft was filled with bales of plastic sandals piled so high, the boys couldn’t see out the windows. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just checking for hidden shelves. This building could be filled with secrets we haven’t even imagined, you know?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Leon’s breathing filled the line, as if he were some kind of obscene phone caller. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped pumping and got a five-gallon container from the store and filled it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Instantly, the streets became raging rivers filled with wreckage—chunks of wood and metal and glass, overturned motorcars and wagons. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Under the stench of rotting vegetation, I smelled burning ozone as the air filled with ions. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“The Old Man of the Moon! Another story! Our house is bare and our rice hardly fills our bowls, but we have plenty of stories.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Every time he closed his eyes, the monstrous image of Ben leaping at him, the boy’s face set in lunacy, filled his mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As Jinx came upon the grassy opening, he saw Shady lowering himself into the grave that had never been filled after the quarantine. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They sat like that, in perfect silence, until whatever magic had filled the air seemed to dissipate and the dying fire turned to glowing orange embers in the dirt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The smoke filled the room, commingling with the warm scent of the river that spilled into the marsh seventy yards from their window. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he filled his suitcase, Florent wandered slowly around the room. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She handed me her address book, filled mostly with the names of people at Jackie Robinson Intermediate School where we both taught English as a Second Language to Haitian students. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I took a second breath and bent over to fill in the empty bits of the pass: New-York, I wrote in 18th, January in the blank space. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cupboard was lined with magic cups and plates from Camp Half-Blood, which would fill up with whatever food or drink you wanted on command. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She hoped they would find a cure for Masvita on this journey, although it was filled with potential danger for everyone. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eva took a bucket over and Mrs. Jackson told her to come back and fill it up in the morning, because the evening milking had already been done. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

An equivalent loss today would reduce the population of New York City to 56,000, not enough to fill Yankee Stadium. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A black shirt reached for Taylor, who rolled and retrieved the filled foundation tube. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Outside, beyond the shadow of the church on the village square, the sun shone down from a cloudless blue sky, and the air was filled with scents of summer. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Mom?” is all I can get out, but it’s squeaky and filled with longing to pull her through the phone wires to sit with me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I pinch myself on the leg hard enough to draw blood, and my eyes fill with tears. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There were young strawberries growing on the plants around him and their fragrance filled up the night. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun thought it was very lucky to have found another craft so quickly, and he was filled with something like pride, knowing that he had promised help and could now deliver it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Spoons clanked against pots, and the street filled with the steamy smells of garlic, hot oil, and spices. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She had been prompted to start a diary because fictional heroines kept them and filled them with lush sighing thoughts. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I gave them to Holly, her eyes filled, she took my hand, and said, “Hiring you might have been the single smartest thing I’ve done in a long while.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Yes, he had sinned: one morning, alone, in the dirty bathroom, in the square, dirt-gray cupboard room that was filled with the stink of his father. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Taisin’s room was filled with trees; they seemed to grow out of the very floor, with smooth, polished bark the color of rust. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Shrieks filled the air as the charcoal cloud of metal bugs shot up into the air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I filled a bin with two thousand pounds of iron; then, my arms aching, I ran to find Dad. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

From one, filled with boiling water, she fished out three metal plates with a pair of tongs and clanged them onto the table. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Would girls notice me more if the dents at the sides of my head were filled in? Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Maria soon found herself in a household filled with growing things. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She filled it with water, just an inch or so. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mother held out her arms then, and if I ran into them and both our eyes filled with tears, I’m not admitting it, because it sounds too darn corny, and it wasn’t corny at all. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her secret prophylaxis was a white bag, filled and saturated with camphor, which she kept hidden in her bosom. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stand in line to fill out papers. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

For weeks we bought and collected wooden pencils, until we had enough to fill the coffin. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fill a water bottle from the large keg and mix in rehydration salts. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

This was graffiti, scrawled at all angles and in different sizes, the lines overlapping each other, as if the writer had been so filled with fury he couldn't stop himself from attacking the metal. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

We try to fill the dragging minutes in Special Defense. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Word that the bank was near failure caused the street out front to fill with children pleading for their money. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She’d fill a soda can with Mad Dog 20/20 and carry it right into class. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

After a few hours, all the bags were filled, and it was time to climb the cliffs. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Every few weeks. We make a run, say to Boston or New Orleans, fill up the hold, and then back to Hartford.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The dome is split into halves—the walls on the right side show cute furry animals in green meadows filled with flowers of every color. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I fixed my eyes on a purple human liver that looked just like the cow liver Mom always served me because it was “filled with iron.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We walk to the elevator in this silence that I want to fill with words that would erase the awkwardness. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I am filled with hope and a sureness that Therese will revive. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Banging his knee against the golden lard bucket he used for school lunch, he contrived a good bass drum, while his tongue fluttered sharply against his teeth to fill in snare drums and occasional trumpets. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found a shallow pool filled with water lilies: The bulbs would make acceptable food when other things ran out. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They needed the rivers to rise in order to spread the fertile topsoil washed down from the highlands, and to enable their vast irrigation systems to fill with water. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a place so filled with people, spaces seldom stayed empty for long. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I knew he was thinking about her because he had this worried face, staring at his dinner plate as if it were filled with worms instead of spaghetti. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The water was filled with poisonous snakes,” Gramps had said. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

There just seemed to be nothing else to fill up the vast lostness of the moment. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The buzz of the plane seemed to fill the whole sky and came from no one source. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was filled with a restlessness she could not understand. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

His digital wristwatch had lain in the water while he was unconscious and had filled and stopped—and it was supposed to be waterproof. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

So they filled up and overflowed the ten sedans that Janie had hired and added others to the line. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

They’re running down a long hallway filled with water to their ankles, splashing with every step they take. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If someone wanted to live on the moon more or less permanently, that person would probably have to put up a plastic bubble, fill it with air, and stay inside it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pile of rubbish in one corner of the room: cardboard boxes filled with mildewed papers and decaying curtains in a heap beside them. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

As the men left the hut and the night filled with noises of bellowed orders, horses, and stomping boots, Pinmei squeezed her head into her knees, the blackness creeping over her as she trembled. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then, seeing that Winston’s glass was empty, he brought the gin bottle and filled it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The scent of pine and what I imagined the bottom of a lake would smell like filled the room. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

There were two bookshelves filled with binders and books of every shape and size. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His eyes were filled with the white blur moving toward him in the shadows of the room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once he had his fill he bent down and pulled my arm so’s my hand was at his lips. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

For the last couple nights, Nailer had lain in his bunk, his head filled with words and letters, dreaming of spellings that Knot had tricked him with. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

At last it covered her, filled her eyes, her nose, her throat, and she woke gagging and overwhelmed with the smell of smoke. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His dreams used to be filled with the typical stuff: getting naked with this girl or that one. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And all I wanna do is fill up the tub with Raid and drown myself in it. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

That color of blue filled Pong's mind as he put his head down and started walking south. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

As deadly smoke fills the streets, thousands of people try to escape it, but fall “like flies.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Wonder filled me as I realized he was absolutely unafraid. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why on earth would a cheating teacher go to the trouble of erasing a student’s test sheet and then fill in the wrong answer? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Shin’s mother again fell to her knees at the meeting, as forty of her fellow farm workers followed the bowijidoworis lead and berated her for failing to fill her work quota. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Excitement is a drug, and people whose lives are filled with violence are always wondering where the next “fix” is coming from. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without silkworms to tend or mulberry trees to pick, without neighbors to gossip with or goats to milk, my grandmother filled her time with food. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Color fills her cheeks, and I think it again: that Johanna Reyes might still be beautiful. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The stench of smoke still filled my nostrils. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

After about nine meters, I reached a wall of boxes filled with wood wool. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I happily fill special requests for ice cream and grilled cheese sandwiches; I laugh at the Barbara Bush joke when it comes up again, and again. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

While they didn’t have a feast at every meal, there had always been enough food to fill her stomach. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I have to fill the minutes between now and then with as much as I can. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He nodded and left them, and the huntress picked up the silver pitcher and filled their goblets with wine. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something else begins to fill me, though, an energy like the flaming heat of the sun—all 5,600 degrees Celsius of it—and I make a pact with myself. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like many boys who grow up without a father in the home, I searched for ways to fill that hole, sometimes in places I shouldn’t have looked. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Why, it’s almost unbelievable that one bus couldn’t have been filled with the Muslims in New York City! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is often the case that with a great father the sons feel they cannot fill his shoes; the Darwin boys did not try. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air was filled with the aroma of springtime, and if it weren’t for the overwhelming silence, it would’ve been peaceful. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

For my mom's birthday last year, I filled a pencil case with quarters and wrapped it in newspaper. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

You get to know the woman who wants four glasses of something, but doesn’t want to ask four times; so you wait till her glass is two-thirds down arid fill it up again. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

To fill out the composition, the artist includes the toddler peering intently over the ledge at the bubble, which is about the same size as his head. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He filled his thermos from a water fountain, drank it all down, and filled it again. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Grandma Sylvie mostly listened, but sometimes she would add something too, kinda like to fill in for what her daughter, Charity, had missed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small chain of memories that fill in one tiny part of my life. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The place was filled with treasures of every kind. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

We follow winding roads through ancient green groves, woodlands filled with secrets and murmurs and mist. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Thankful, Jonathan filled the cup with milk by dipping it into the bucket, then drew it out and drank it down in two quick swallows. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

A fire burned in front of her house, and the smell of cooked rabbit filled the air. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first-floor lobby opened up to a recreation room filled with some seventy-five boys sitting around waiting for the lunch bell to be sounded. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he disappeared into the house and came out with a bowl filled with ice and dumped it into the pool. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“How will you manage? The pass is blank. It will need to be filled out and also stamped officially for you to board. They will have a complete manifest.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Others sold live chickens, so there were crates piled as tall as a grown man filled with rustling feathers and frantic clucks. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Jon filled his fist with a pillow and let fly, but the bird took to the air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Minutes later the senior food server returns, carrying a large white sack filled with take-out containers. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

But with the further coming of spring the city became filled with the unrest of fear. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Dri’s improvised distiller filled two peanut cans a day, and the sky had to be cloudless. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t fill the bucket too full. I don’t want you to hurt yourself or spill all over. It’s wet enough down here.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I type in a few more commands, and a new ream of code fills my view. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I filled out the application, and in my cover letter I made it extremely clear to them that I was not applying for financial aid—that I was a one-hundred-percent cash-paying student. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“My mama,” she began, then tears filled her eyes and she gave up trying to explain. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smelled the scent of her then, intoxicating, magical; it filled the front of his head and his chest and his mind. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

All I've learned here in nine years from my mother and my teachers is not enough to fill the gaps. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

There’s a shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico filled with ingots and doubloons. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water crept up her face, and she took a huge breath before it filled the bag entirely. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Someone cried: “Oh, bless the Lord!” and tears filled Gabriel’s eyes. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He thought back to the water truck, and wished he'd at least stopped and filled his canteen before running off. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

A tune similar to the one from her living room, preaching “lean on the Lord,” filled the car, this one with a creepy organ backdrop. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I filled the canteen, scoured the bushes for the last berries, and hurried back. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There must be miles of the stuff to fill the large spool. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

That night, filled with hopelessness, he lay awake in his prison cell. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

An old wooden table filled the middle of the room. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Our host took us down to a large gym filled with a bubbling ethnic stew of New York children. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Fury and anguish filled him, unbearable, unanswerable; his mind was stretched to breaking. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Ob needed somebody to fill the empty hole she left, and I reckon I thought if I aged about fifty years, I might could fill it for him. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The croaking sound of frogs broke the silence, and within seconds a swarm of tadpoles followed by a pair of goldfish filled the clearing. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

When I got back, I was hot and out of breath; I had filled the pail nearly full and it was heavy. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But this next part is no lie: When we got back in from recess, Mrs. Bigio and Mrs. Baker were holding two trays filled with fried bananas. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The sounds of eight shouting, swearing men galloping at full speed after a ball filled the air. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then I added oil if I needed it, filled it with gas, and headed off down the street to Arnold’s house. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

I am seven years old and leading him to a cake that is filled with my love for him. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

They were spreading, tips touching opposite sides of the well, taking up all the space that he and Gulliver couldn’t manage to fill. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When it filled up, some brave soul would carry it outside, dig a hole, and empty it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Alyce minded little, for she thought not of her tasks but of Edward’s face and the abundance of bread and cheese up at the manor looking for a hungry boy’s belly to fill. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then my father rushed through the door, dropped the bags filled with food he was carrying, and turned to Mother. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Neither he nor Resa had been given anything to eat since they were put in those nets, so it was doubly satisfying to fill his belly with Basta’s food. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The pond water was piped into what looked like a giant plastic bag—a bag big enough to fill the entire bed of the truck. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Larger and larger the two figures grew, until only their heads and shoulders filled the portrait. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mother filled Toscanini’s cup with another herbal brew. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Salty fluids filled his mouth, and he forced himself to again imagine a baby sparrow with an opened beak. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He is surprised to see how many garbage bags he’s managed to fill up, how many trips up and down the stairs he’s had to make. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ben slips into the chair, taps his keyboard, and a picture magically fills the screen. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

It lit the lofty places in the mountains, the ravines filled with pines, the pointy crags of granite. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I stopped breathing, and the scream of quiet filled my head to bursting. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

One was clutching the Book to his chest, under his crossed arms, as if trying to press it into his ribs, until his lungs filled with letters and his heart became a pulsing paragraph. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

So Sean filled out his applications and lined up his financial aid and packed his bags, and Didi said, “I met an orthodontist on the internet, and I’m moving to Oregon,” and Finn said, “What?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“No, but he has an old-lady secretary who was more than happy to fill me in. She said I would find you right here.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not notice anything particular about her, because his mind was filled with previous pictures winch he had made for himself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Granny rattled her mug on the arm of her chair, and the She Elephant filled it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then I filled the glass up again with more juice and vodka. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The uproar of hoofbeats filled my ears, deafening, like the crash of waves against a steamship’s hull. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

My mouth filled with saliva, and I vomited all over my boots while the boy smiled impassively. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an earsplitting crash, and the air was filled with blinding dust. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

And you don’t notice that words have changed on another part of the page because your mind fills in a picture of things you’re not looking at at that moment. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

James pushed back a curtain concealing a closet filled with a desk and computers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A steady flow of men and women from East Bengal—those who had sensed the early political convulsions before their neighbors—had already started to fill the low-rises and tenements near Sealdah station. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

By morning, I’ve even filled out the entry form for the debate tournament and put it in my backpack. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Judith leads us to a room that looks like a traditional hospital nursery, bassinets filled with sleeping or fussing babies. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

And after we’ve eaten our fill and the dishes are stacked up and the children are sleepy, I have everyone gather in the living room and bring out my last surprise. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He sat brooding and silent on the foot of the bed, leaning now and then to fill his glass from the bottle on the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She fills a tray with needles and takes out the arcana meter from her pocket. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She grabbed a waxed paper cup and filled it with iced tea and a lemon, capped the cup, and brought it back to Petey. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

One evening, so the story goes, the night telescope assistant fell ill and Humason was asked if he might fill in. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air was filled with the smells of winter, and car exhaust, and the familiar sausage-y-maple syrupy wafting from the Burger King across the street. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The evening would be filled with masking, dancing, and feasting. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He’d go right back to fill the gap he’d left in the half circle his mates had formed at the front of the cave. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mam tells him eat his sausage and be quiet his eyes fill with tears and Aunt Nora reaches over to comfort him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“These pails will fill pretty quick,” he said. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

First he filled his pitchers with water from the drinking fountain. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the quiet African night was filled with shouting, then with banging and clattering sounds as though someone was throwing pots and pans. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he said, “It’s only a week,” her eyes filled slowly, as if some internal flood were gradually overwhelming her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Every day there are newspaper pages and television newscasts to be filled, and an expert who can deliver a jarring piece of wisdom is always welcome. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Back then, they never had tools to do anything with Somkit’s stash, but now it seemed like his friend had enough supplies to fill a hardware store. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I wonder if they’ve repainted the kitchen, or filled in that hole in the plasterwork in the corridor upstairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain sent back word that no one was to fall out to fill a canteen; canteen bearers would be appointed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drew more buildings and filled in the windows and doors; she put in streetlamps; she added a greenhouse. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I returned, holding the heavy bag at the bottom so it wouldn’t split, Dad and Brian were arguing over the plastic jack-o’-lantern filled with green plastic army soldiers that Brian wanted to bring. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The teepee filled with the twitters of a bird and distant traffic. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In a last-ditch effort to save Roosevelt’s life, the doctor filled his syringe with quinine and injected it directly into Roosevelt’s abdomen. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“We couldn’t figure out how to fill up our time. Sometimes even now it feels kind of...kind of empty here in the holler.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jack carries the cooler we brought, filled with cut veggies and sandwiches and juice boxes, and starts to transfer everything over to the fridge. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Just for a laugh, I imagine him landing in our tiny front yard, maybe in a personal-size flying saucer, which would probably just fill the center circle of a basketball court. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right after noon that day he filled the water buckets and went back to the little river for more. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Broken pieces filled the sink and were scattered all over the roof. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

June flipped a switch on the lantern and a golden glow filled the room. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As dusk fell outside, the benches at the Eel began to fill with sailors. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

These houses ranged from palaces filled with gold and velvet to the crummiest cribs where the stench would drive a pig away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If there were spaces, I was compelled to fill them, and the books were doing that. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was a nice break from the turmoil of his home, which lately had been filled with more relatives than any human being should be expected to endure. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I toss my stuff to the floor, wash my hands at the kitchen sink, and fill plates for us both, a double-large portion for him. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I wave to show them I mean no harm, but their faces fill with fear and they watch me until I pass. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As the students filled the auditorium, many of the girls wearing sky-blue hijabs smiled when they saw me, and I returned the favor. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Thunder and heavy rain filled the air, punctuated by inhuman shrieks emanating from a recording of a grisly French melodrama being played for a French class on a nearby balcony. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The bedroom fills with people eating, talking, and laughing. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Aunt Queen had hugged him and hummed old hymns to him and filled in the empty spaces in his heart. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See. It’s gotta fill in between those rocks or, when there is flooding, water gonna seep through. Think you can do that?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly, so suddenly that the men gasped, the door behind Mr. Dalton filled with a flowing white presence. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sounds of tractors, bicycle bells, and children playing cricket in the street filled me with a sense of calm. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The fragrance of the dry bush had been sharp and tangy, but as the green branches caught fire the sweet, spermy smell of the evergreen filled the air. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of walking there with him— and then back to school, where Mr. Partridge had promised everyone pizza later—filled her with a new kind of happiness. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I try to let the secondhand music and the distant blazing suns and the far-off happiness fill me, but it is not enough. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My daybook was filled, so I wrote on the wall, “I wanted so much to have a life.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes again, now filled with tears. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Each room we passed was larger than the one before it, and all were filled with brilliant rugs covering marble floors. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It didn’t make me sad to see her at all: it just filled me up with nice feelings inside. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

From seaweed we wove a rough basket which we filled before the sun was overhead. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paint and paint until I fill up almost every available space on the canvas. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Salem Street, where the Newmans lived, like North Square, was filled with soldiers. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her house was even worse, filled with expensive old things you could never touch, like a clock she wouldn’t even let the cleaning lady dust. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

All of them—even Hushpuppy—filled up on the sweet fruit as they crouched as far from the road as they could. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weather had changed and the whole of that green enclosure was filled, like a great green cup, with sunlight. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

We sit on the log bench and he fills my palm with seed, and even though it is only for the briefest moment, a sparrow lands and flies away with a beak full. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

His name swelled and grew and filled the world like the pounding of blood in Shadow’s ears. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

My heart is beating so hard and loud that I can’t hear anything except the drumming of it, which fills my ears. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The voices and laughter of a hundred kids and various CD players echo off the linoleum walls and fill the air with a collage of colors. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Halfway up, Nhamo found a low cave partly filled with a drift of sand. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knelt singing at the river and filled her cup. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the end the things don’t fill her up. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Soon fossils filled nearly the whole of his house in Brighton and consumed much of his income. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Either: the Americas were first settled around 11,000 B.C. and quickly filled up with people. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed no longer perilous or terrible, nor filled with hidden power. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

My chest tightens as I imagine what it would be like to walk into a strange new place, filled with other people’s old toys and extra bedding, and have to call it home. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Last week, the sugar and butter had filled Miss Celia’s whole house with the smell of Christmas even though it was the crying shame of June. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As his father filled out the registration paperwork in the school office, Fadi gazed out the window at the students filing into the adjacent elementary school. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh God, he’s dead,” she sobbed, leaning over the body of the old man who had filled her childhood with stories and protected her clandestine love affair. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last bag is filled with I don’t know what—lumps of black and gray waste. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He refused to travel down to Chamisaville to fill out the government forms for welfare, for food stamps. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She returns and fills the vase with the flowers, putting it on the coffee table. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when Cherie thinks about her old friends, her eyes fill up with tears. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He clicked a knob and zoomed in to higher and higher magnifications until the hazy sea of green turned into a screen filled with hundreds of individual cells, their centers dark and bulging. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The heat from the hearth filled the room and made it hard to breathe. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had laid in a huge store of gunnysacks, hoping to fill them all with the threshed grain. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A strong, rotting odor filled the air as the wagon passed by. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Judith!’ she called in a voice calm and sweet and filled with despair: ‘Judith honey! Time to come to bed.’ Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

If this morning’s view in the kitchen filled him with anger and disappointment, then this view now fills him with something too. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Odors of old stone and Creole cooking and coffee filled the streets. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another sound filled the space around them, more crackling. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He filled his chest with air, opened his mouth wide, and yelled and yelled until his voice gave out. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that I spent a whole day on that form. I thought I filled it out right.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Just as I let the idea fill me, in the glass of one of the bookcases, I see my reflection. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The room was filled with a sharp crackling and hissing as the dark liquid warmed itself against the stone of the firewell and began to boil. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ferula was waiting for them in their new house, which still smelled of paint and fresh cement and was filled with flowers and platters heaped with fruit, just as Esteban had ordered. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all walk outside, and the smell of food fills the air. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

While we fill the buckets, Ann walks to where some wildflowers are growing and picks a small bouquet of yellow, purple, and white. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Lawrence was working full-time on the railroad and living in a house filled with children, Zakariyya was still in jail, and times had gotten tough for Sonny, who was now busy selling drugs. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Rage filled him and his mouth slavered, and shapeless sounds of fury came strangling from his throat. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I knelt in front of the well, grateful, while the others sighed with relief, pulling up the chain with a full bucket on the end, trying to fill a bottle with a very narrow opening. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Beneath the tunic, hanging diagonally across my chest, is a soft leather satchel filled with flatbread, nuts, and fruit sealed in oilskin, along with a canteen of water. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

You scrape out the bread, then you fill it with fried potatoes, a slice of baloney, and some pickled mango relish called achar. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was the thought of these intimacies in particular, which she imagined as painful acts of perversity, that filled her with dread and made her break out in a sweat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I sit down next to him and scratch under his chin until he purrs like a train engine and mango-colored puffs fill the air. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He is on his own journey, one that will be arduous and long, filled with missteps and stumbles. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

All of them made her stomach feel empty, like it was a pit that could never be filled, no matter how many good thoughts she had to replace the bad ones. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The sound lifted up to the skies in a way that filled me with a simple sadness. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The days went by, and Elinor’s shelves filled up with wonderful new books. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Slowly, the fracture has filled with the powder of earth and stone. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Next he fills a small bowl with water and brings it and two rolls of chalky-looking white gauze over to the table. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The date of my birth got even more confusing when my dad accidentally filled out an immigration document incorrectly and suddenly I was born on September 21. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Again there was silence and Bigger’s taut nerves ached to fill it up. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Al fills the doorway, dressed in casual slacks and a polo shirt under a leather jacket. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She kneels by the river, fills both, and tosses one to me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her handwriting was impeccable—small, soft, and elegant numbers filled the pages of her account book. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the hole filled, he would cover it with dirt and dig a new one. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I just keep falling, and something sick and weightless fills my stomach. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Lawrence filled out the rest of his budget with contributions from the John R. and Mary Markle Foundation and the Macy Foundation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I pull my eyes away and draw, each page filled with another picture of our story. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

We are left with a cup of barley and a cup of wheat for each man per day, and this is filled with wriggling mealworms. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The Street of Storytellers was filled with stages and theaters instead of an arms market where the only stories told now are of war and death. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She took the scissors from him and began to cut the clumps of blossom, and she and the three men started to fill the baskets with the flowers. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

So when we were back at her condo, Tillie taught me how to fill a pen, or, as she said, "How to properly fill a pen." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

We dashed back to the flat and placed buckets on the verandah to catch the rainwater and watched them fill rapidly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Wounded in Arles, hovering in that space between life and death, his head was filled with “primitive memories of all of you, of those days.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know why, so Grandma filled me in on Anna’s family story. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Farther down the Northward Vale those warriors got their fill of fighting. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Not that she had suddenly become filled with the milk of human kindness. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Finally, when my heart slows and I can feel oxygen fill my nose, I show him my teeth. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

By then the dispute over the origin of maize had filled almost as much paper—and became as acrimonious—as the batde over Clovis. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There we find a large clay pot filled with hominy and venison stew, fish on the grill and bread baking in the hot ashes on the ground. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Following the music, getting filled by the rhythm. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk amid the jostle, and the darkening sky fills with sad music. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They seemed to sprout overnight, like magic or science or something in between, and they filled nearly every nook and cranny of the greenhouse, bursting with color, growing fierce and bold and brave. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He recalled, then, the sound of Gwyn the Hunter’s horn and the memory of it filled him with grief and fear. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

When flowers were in bloom, the women of Raskova’s regiments—along with the other women soldiers of the USSR—filled their living spaces with fragrant blossoms. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The water was running, and it filled up the glove. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was surfing on her side, surfing, and if the tip of the mast caught the water she’d flip over and down and fill and sink. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We always got there early, before it filled up with college students. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It’s 4:15 p.m. and the streets are starting to fill up again with evening commuters heading for the subways. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

They carried bags filled with books and looked old enough and well-dressed enough to be in college. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The village would be quiet without the eldest twins, but she was confident that Ivan and his brothers would fill that void in no time. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

More men came down then, more than ten, until we filled the whole ground. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

It takes a lot of water to fill that tub. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Then I'll just have to fill in the blanks myself," he says, and moves in to me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A contented silence settled over the table as everyone ate their fill. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gap was filled with recreation: unstructured time in the yard or gym. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it was, he filled the bucket at the well and trudged reluctantly to Hen Wen’s enclosure. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Not a moment could be lost: the very sheets were kindling, I rushed to his basin and ewer; fortunately, one was wide and the other deep, and both were filled with water. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The Navy captured a rebel ship off the coast of New Haven, filled with sheep and beeves.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The sky was unusually clear and filled with stars, and a warm breeze rustled the trees. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Max and I look at each other as people fill the seats on either side of us, locking us in. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The smell of last year’s oak leaves filled the air. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fear he had never known filled him to the point of insanity. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The pieces we found were so small that after an hour we’d filled only half the bucket. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She hands Axel a paper cup filled with water. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Teller’s talk filled him with “the greatest misgivings,” he would recall. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Every time I saw her, I was filled with fury. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The last inch of space was filled, yet people continued to wedge themselves along the walls of the Store. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Master and Madam both filled up on the onion pie and hardly touched the fresh-baked bread. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except that Oz was a magical land filled with bright colors and jeweled cities. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Both raptors shrieked and landed suddenly, their heads cowed; a low, rattling growl filled the air as they glanced back and forth. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A vast, empty desert stretched out before me, all under a night sky filled with wild splashes of color. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The hallway had filled with an assortment of costumed kids now that the first-period bell was about to ring. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Still, that felt very good—it filled her with satisfaction. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“He who throws away his power is filled sometimes with a far greater power,” she said, smiling, as if his fears and scruples were childish ones. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He put the beautifully curved instrument on his shoulder, barely touched the strings, and a long, lovely melody filled the air. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

At the counter the girl filled the two wine-skins for me. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Someone—the princess, Matt thought—cried,“Hip hip hooray!’’Then everyone cheered and Matt cheered too, filled with relief and joy. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bert and his parents packed a few belongings and then climbed into an SS army truck filled with Jewish families. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

A wan sun came onto his face, making the black skin shine like dull metal; the sun left and the quiet room filled with deep shadows. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Thomas,” she suggested, “you and I? We’re the ones who will fill in the blank places. Maybe we can make it different.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She filled her heart with those thoughts, and she felt the cornucopia grow warm. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, however, he succeeded in getting the tub all filled. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

She gives my mom a clipboard with paperwork to fill out, then leans forward a little and says to me, “Hank will have you walking again in no time. He’s really good.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Before the next words came out, Reggie’s eyes had already filled with tears. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You said bad words,” said one, his voice filled with reproach. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s filled with Agents and Junior Agents, with Director Van Helsing and the rest of the grading committee getting the last row to themselves. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She collected prayer cards and missals engraved with gold initials and filled glass jars with holy water, which she later used to baptize Ilda Limon’s chickens. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silence between us swells and fills the room; a fly buzzes angrily against the French doors. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It still looked the way it had when he was alive, except the ocean was rushing in to fill it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Dings, pings, bells, whoops, and techno music filled the air. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The temple was filled with chanting widows in white saris. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The jacket of his brown suit, the one he’d worn to my graduation, hung over him—too much of Baba had melted away to fill it any­more. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In truth, the journey was not romantic but filled with misery. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Behind her was the bookcase, filled with all of Raymie’s father’s books, and behind that was the yellow expanse of the shag carpet, which seemed to go on forever. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Victor sighed with relief and filled his hands with more seed. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just as quickly, she suddenly felt filled with doubt. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

This picture filled my frosty windshield, and if there had been traffic would have made me a dangerous driver. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raise my eyes to his and see that they’re filled with tears. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

A few hours before I leave for work on Monday afternoon, my mom asks me to fill a prescription for her, because she’s scared the pharmacy will be closed when she gets off work. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

His life had become filled with lies, and the more he lied the more he always tried to prove he was right. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Doña Charito filled the doorway a moment with her large body, then she pulled the door to with a great slam. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Families who usually came only for holidays filled the pews with scrubbed and subdued children. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That familiar relentless beat and exotic, yet somehow ominous riff fills the air. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had suddenly arrived—and from the moment he arrived until the moment of his death he had filled her life. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The next day workers opened a double grave and filled this too with cement, then inserted Holmes’s coffin. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

By sundown, when the stores were closing, their pockets were filled with cash and the car was heaped with salable, pawn- able wares. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the Dothraki, water that a horse could not drink was something foul; the heaving grey-green plains of the ocean filled them with superstitious loathing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The halls were filled with kids and teachers. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The room is warm, filled with sun and paint fumes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The high-pitched whine of air through a vacuum fills my ears. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Earth then was full of awesome, nightmarish lizards—the dinosaurs, immensely successful creatures, which filled virtually every ecological niche. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big oak door that opens into a foyer filled with stained-glass windows. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ate my fill of hot biscuits and chicken stew. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next, she twisted the candles into the small brass holders, filled the font with stale holy water, put a small oriental rug in front of the altar, and positioned Michael strategically to the far left. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

To his surprise, Mr. Sir held the canteen under the stream of water and filled it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The No filled the whole air of the house. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bushes between houses seemed filled with pools of darkness, and people hunched against the cold looked dangerous. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

And this filled him for a moment with a holy rage—that she stood, so brazen, in the congregation of the righteous and refused to bow her head. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Screams filled the air as a black SUV made a U-turn near the burned-out car and closed in behind them. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The smell of bus fumes fills the clear air. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You won’t be happy until every bit of her is gone and you’ve filled this room with all the things she wasn’t.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Candles were lit, wine was poured, the perfume of thyme and morels filled the room, and I raised my glass for a toast. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The sky looked as if it was filled with smoke, endless gray smoke that made the sun dull. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He filled his mouth with bread and herring. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

He broke in upon her words to tell her what filled his mind so that nothing else could reach it: the terrible words of the oracle of Apollo. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

One box is filled with photos from school. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In your boredom there are elements of terror: you break down into tears; you are filled with dread; you scream; you deliberately hurt yourself. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It took some creative thinking to fill it out. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Wind filled the room, the air thundering with the monster’s angry bellows. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Some of the Jewish police surreptitiously went to fill a few jugs. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could fill a crate with ten birds in less than a minute. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In AP Chemistry, Ms. Dalton seated us in alphabetical order and handed out lab notebooks, which look like notebooks on the outside but are filled with graph paper and make you want to kill yourself. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The doll’s head was shattered, and the sand that had filled her body spilled onto the floor from a rip across her back. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Help me, Frank, with the song, and I sing along, Oh, to think of it, Oh, to dream of it, fills my heart with tears. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe if you fill this paper with it a few times, you’ll figure it out,” Oberman said, dropping a piece of lined paper and a pencil on Bill’s desk. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Smoke filled the crowded room and the music stopped and the students dancing stopped and the DJ told them to quickly leave the building. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

But he plucked the weeds and filled in the rabbit holes and watered the garden, too, just in case there was something to salvage, something under the surface that couldn’t be seen. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Few come this far, and those who do fill their holds with silk and spice from the Jade Sea, then bend their oars for home.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Actually, he would have filled a lot of plates.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Immediately, the smell of something burning filled the place. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He said the kids who left the team and went to high school—the kids whose spots we filled—were amazing hurdlers. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A month later under cover of night, operatives filled in the entrance to the tunnel beneath his house, per railroad policy. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

An enormous glowing vending machine looms where the bed should be, filled not with candy but rows of razor-sharp tactical knives and armor-piercing pistols. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Your dad will kill you if you fill up on ice cream, Bobby: Yes, Wendy. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The snow blows up under my eyelids and fills my ears. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Newly successful businessmen erected mansions, filled them with imported objets d’art, hung costly crystal chandeliers in every room, and encircled their properties with groves of graceful maple trees and fragrant magnolias. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Relief fills me as she sits down next to me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The sound of clashing weapons and labored breathing filled the air. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I filled my lungs with air, tried to steady myself. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Eyes, eyes! New eyes for old!" shouted a tiny woman in front of a table covered with bottles and jars filled with eyes of every kind and color. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone looked older, more menacing, the boys taller and the girls had filled out. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I filled two glasses with milk while his lasagna was heating, and gulped mine to put out the fire. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually, the slightly frazzled volunteer calmed it down and filled it up with cool, fresh water, and he was able to hit the road again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smells filled his head, alive and intoxicating; the green muddy stink of the hot pools, the perfume of rich rotting earth beneath his paws, die squirrels in the oaks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Dozens like it filled three large mason jars in my bedroom, all of them gifts. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She watches the cauldron fill with water while she waits. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Above me the sky is bile-colored, and the sight of it fills me with anxiety, my body cringing away from it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Their songs were filled with pleasure and warmth and life. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He'd fill Stanley's canteen, then let Stanley take a long drink, then top it off for him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to make out all his details in the night, but my imagination can fill in the gaps just fine. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A tenor as overwhelming as anything Sansa Stark had ever felt filled her suddenly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then he had a turn of his mind and he was filled with a contempt for himself that a small piece of land should seem so important. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The relief to be there, surrounded by friends, away from the hostility and the threats of the bullies and castraters, was so great that we were suddenly filled with exhaustion. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her solitary breakfast did not taste good, and the room seemed lonely and untidy, for Jo had not filled the vases, Beth had not dusted, and Amy’s books lay scattered about. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there, my heart begins to race, and my mind begins to fill with soldiers. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She filled a feeder that hung from a corner rafter before turning to answer him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We fill up our water bottles and climb the little slope to our den. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The liquid began to fill the can in a smooth pour, filling the space between us with a sharp odor. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It’s so beautiful that it fills her with a Nature’s Wonders surge of gratitude. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They were less books than notebooks, filled with rambling transcriptions of his own internal conversations that ricocheted off one another at unpredictable angles. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Yet the word fills the room, like a foul odor. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The “Vikings” kept goblets filled with something called “Viking’s Blood,” a powerful concoction of red wine and cognac. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The paddock was fairly well filled with people and they were walking the horses around in a ring under the trees behind the grand-stand. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I can't imagine what fills your days so that you don't have time to write to an old friend. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Not to mention I still had to look for scholarships and fill out college applications. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Her voice was bloodless and her eyes seemed drawn and unlived in as though the capillaries that fed them were filled with the dust from the Catholic centuries that sustained her. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old men all raised their instruments at once, and the room filled with a shock of horns over the gentle footsteps of conga drums. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Nothing could rouse her, and every breath was such a painful struggle that the slow rasp of it filled the whole house. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Her face filled with sorrow and her voice was shaking when she spoke: “You have to tell me what happened so I can prescribe treatment.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Pa shakes his head while cleaning the pots and pans before we eat so the dishes won’t seem as mountainous when our stomachs are filled, a trick Abuelo taught him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Curved profiles of flying vultures filled the horizon. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I went into the kitchen and filled the percolator with water. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Peewee’s grin just about filled the mess tent. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coffee cans are filled with buttons of every color, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Ann’s luggage—a small footlocker and a shopping bag filled with Lydia’s things—fit easily into the cab’s trunk. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The trip wire activated a stun grenade—a small device filled with a mixture of magnesium powder and mercury fulminate. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When it was apparent that the shadow wasn’t coming back he felt the calf of his leg, where the pain was centered and spreading to fill the whole leg. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The box is filled with Carla’s bangles and her butterfly pin and her chain with a little cross—jewelry that isn’t real gold. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Raised middle fingers fill the spaces between them. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Alfred went to the back to wash his hands while Lou filled out the deposit slip. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Small brightly enameled cups filled with a brown liquid so dark it was almost black. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Genie filled his plate with a second serving of something called scrapple that was sitting in a pan on the stove. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The sides were filled in with white cups and the inside lined with red tissue. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw was filled with envy of his ease, in the face of the physical, the way Fielding knew and spoke and shrugged his shoulders. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Then I use the Sweet’N Low packets to fill it in. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

In the smoky room filled with customers who wear the cloth caps of working men, a barmaid whispers a name. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Stella almost smiled at their discomfort, but her mother filled in smoothly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The new smell of sweat and old smell of cologne filled my nostrils. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Joost threw himself to the ground, covering his head as the rapid hammer of gunfire filled his ears and bits of glass rained down on his hands and back. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then obediently, as if following instructions, we cross to the lake and fill our water containers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

That would explain the presence of half a dozen lawyers inside the room solemnly passing documents back and forth to one another, which they culled from the filled cartons surrounding them. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scent—a mix of chemicals and coconut—filled the air. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Phil fetched the cooler, which they had filled with sodas, juices, various kinds of cheese, several boxes of crackers, and jars of peanut butter and jelly. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Gale fills him in on a lot of stuff about 12; Finnick is the expert on both of Peeta’s Games, as he was a mentor in the first and a tribute in the second. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Shrieks of pain and agony filled the air, and the whole countryside cried in mourning as the walking-dead buried their sleeping-dead. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then they turned a corner, and guards filled the hall, and she saw him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She could fill them up, of course, with both starlight and moonlight, and any other magic that she could find lying around, but something told her it would only be a temporary solution. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I filled a glass from the tap and bolted it, a case of too much, too quickly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We would give our containers to the cattle killers—muscular tribal men who wore heavy boots and plastic aprons—and they would fill them to capacity. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, Aristotle does not really have a concept of space as distinct from the objects which fill it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The rain and wind paused, and an acrid smell like burning wire filled the air. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

People jostled us, the air filled with their shouts of alarm and excitement. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But most of the time her sweet smile and beautiful clothes and perfect skin filled me with rage. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had run out of words, and he was filled with a vast sense of helplessness. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

For most of the four billion years since the origin of life, the dominant organisms were microscopic blue-green algae, which covered and filled the oceans. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But humility was far from my mind, filled as it was with Hamlet’s praises. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was filled with bundles of paper and marked with an address in China. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Simpletons! You can just fill your pockets with plunder and be lightfooted as ever," Jemmy declared. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at me with big eyes, and her mouth opened and closed, searching for more words to fill the silence. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"Do you want to fill the canteens or do you want to dig?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Then, like an electric switch being clicked on, he was aware that the room was filled with pale daylight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He goes, “I leave the rest to you,” and he and Mr. Woodwell sit on the dock and watch me fill the seams with tubes of caulking compound. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s a rolled rug, its hollow filled with what smell like wood shavings: mice. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She took us over to one of the big pots and filled up our tin plates. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She pulled her gaze forward, taking in the crowd that filled the room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You made it seem like the Crystal Ball filled with smoke and cracked.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

One evening, when the moon filled the sky, Ma spoke. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I have too many of these things to fill out, though.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Those eyes, which had been so unreadable before, were now illuminated with the light of the moon, and they were filled with horror and revulsion. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But it'll be enough for you to reach Crosby Gate and you can fill up good and proper there.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

As he approached high school, Craig had been sought after by some of Chicago’s top public school coaches looking to fill gaps in their rosters. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And then it filled up with people and another train came with the same roaring. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They filled the skin with baboon droppings, sewed it up, and propped it against the farmer’s door. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He runs to his apartment and brings a wooden box filled with paints in many different colors and a few small jars of water. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

They were careful about their work, protecting Theresa’s shoes with lunch bags, folding her clothes so as to fill their father’s old black trunk with precision. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The anger was like a fog that had filled his head. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Soon we’re in a lit foyer with hooks along the walls and a metal rack filled with shoes that I notice are Darius’s. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Do have some more,” suggested the Mathemagician, and they continued to eat just as fast as he filled the plates. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sped along the path that edged the old dark woods where the warm, soft smell of rotting wood filled the air. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a pause, and the sound of my labored breath fills my ears, heartbeat keeping time to the seconds ticking by. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Dr. Z did fill in the blanks on the one that Branwell had made, and he wrote on the bottom, “She’s beautiful, Bran, and she can’t wait to meet her brother.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shady filled up the jug and replaced the cork. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Fritz showed them such special blackberry patches that they could fill a quart without taking a single step, and each berry was the size of Mr. Chris’s thumb. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

In an unassuming storeroom filled with dropcloths and pallets and crates, behind a sheet of plywood, the mineralogist reveals a simple combination safe that the assistant director opens rather easily. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But as soon as the fear was gone, I filled up with guilt. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The sigh that escaped her could have filled a balloon. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He thought for a moment it had exploded; a roar of sound filled the huge hall, shaking dust from the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The sun came up, gradually, and I marvelled at how, as it emerged mysteriously from behind the distant shacks and veld, everything suddenly sparkled and filled with warmth and sprang to life. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the bottom of the boat was a wire-and-net contraption that expanded as she filled it with wiggling fish. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A warm feeling fills me that has nothing to do with hot chocolate. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He was skinny as a coyote, with not even two pesos to rub together, but he was filled with a burning desire to survive. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last the truck was filled, and the Aaronses and the Burkes stood around awkwardly, no one knowing how to say good-bye. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

It fills the room, creating landscapes of mountains and valleys and lakes with its wind notes. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped swimming and playing there, but we still had to wade in to fill our cans with water. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The landscape has become gray, filled with low flat cement buildings, old factories, and then tracks and more tracks filled with trains like ours passing by in the opposite direction. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, as though there were not enough evil, O-lan was again with child, and her milk dried up, and the frightened house was filled with the sound of a child continually crying for food. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Inside the dim, narrow shop lined with racks of merchandise, the smell of pelts fills my nose. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When I had had my fill, I stretched out and watched the clouds, as I had so often done in the meadows about Berwick. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I understand some of the words in Spanish, and the rest I can more or less fill in. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whale oil lamps stayed on nearly the whole day in the factory, so water buckets were kept filled on every floor. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The air fills with clouds of white smoke. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even my grandfather, who’d filled my head with stories of tentacle-tongued monsters, had realized images like these would give any kid bad dreams. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Actually, it fills her with fury, the way people can protest and shout and write letters and yet, the is stays an is, and bad, bad stuff can still happen and happen and happen. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A chorus of numbers filled the air as if The Vigil members were calling bids at a weird auction. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they let go of their branches and floated down to the ground, and the forest gradually filled with the sounds of creatures scurrying through dead leaves. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We drank greedily from the pail, not bothering to talk or even look up at the old man, who seemed to be enjoying the scenery while he waited for us to get our fill. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Wearing only his pajama bottoms, he gently flexed his abdominal muscles as he filled the espresso machine with water. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But Shae was still alive, and as the wolves’ howls faded into the distance, her gasps of pain filled the air. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when her children cried with hunger, she scrounged together enough to buy a bit of tortilla dough and mixed it into a big glass of water to fill their bellies. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The kitchen filled up with the odors of fried bacon, eggs frying in bacon grease, toast in the oven, coffee, and grits bubbling in the pot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Time Daddy comes out, the hall has filled and emptied again. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“You mean you just want me to go home when my heart is all filled up with love for you?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, a small wave rolled over her and filled her mouth and nose. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The flat was filled with neighbor women who stood around praying and reminiscing about their own child-bed experiences. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tears fill my eyes as I stare at the drawing, and I brush them away with my arm, knowing that for once, I’m doing the absolute right thing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

There was only one server, but there were two women working behind the counter where people fill orders for takeout. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a foreign land they were married, made a home for themselves, filled it with books and chocolate, and lived happily ever after. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

"Did I ask you when you last filled them?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit’s ribs filled out—he had put on two hundred pounds in the three months since he had joined Smith—and his manners had improved. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time the sack was filled with food. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He said that trains pulled up to stops filled with dead people from both sides of the border. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The reporter asked a glowing Ms. Owens questions, her answers filled with words like bonding, welcoming, trusting. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The flapping of enormous wings echoed across the black water: The dragon had drunk its fill and risen into the air. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

This house fills up and empties out without warning, so I never know when I might have quiet time. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“I guess you can fill her in later,” Reynie said doubtfully, and Sticky shook his head with a look of disapproval. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It read, in bold black ink: Warning: The following pages, whether used as a journal or for ideas, are most assuredly filled with melancholy, cynicism, and woe. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

When a parent is absent, you’re left in the lurch of not knowing, and it’s so easy to fill that space with negative thoughts. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Either way, I fill her in on everything I already searched for on Twitter. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It cracked and snapped and smoked and filled the woods with brightness. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I filled a bowl with Rice Krispies and milk, trying to think over the snap-crackle conversation it was having with itself. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They waited while it slowly filled up with muddy water. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The tribesman who was searching the alchemist’s belongings found a small crystal flask filled with a liquid, and a yellow glass egg that was slightly larger than a chicken’s egg. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside is the first beautiful thing I’ve seen in the District 13 compound: a replication of a meadow, filled with real trees and flowering plants, and alive with hummingbirds. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

August went to the kitchen and came back with a dish towel filled with ice. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had done all the required things—submitted immunization reports, showed proof of residence, filled out forms—and now we were ready for the next step, word that Maribel had been approved to start school. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

His small blue eyes shone with repugnance, a look of such unreasoning contempt for my skin that it filled me with despair. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too dangerous for her to be flying so far with the air filled with smoke and ash. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

When she learned that a rather large teacher kept a desk drawer filled with candy bars and fatty treats, Cara wrote an editorial with the title, “Let’s Chat about Fat.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The gardens soon filled with birds whose legs had been laced together, waiting their turn to be decapitated by the two butchers specially hired for that purpose. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got the foot basin and filled it with warm water from the bathtub faucet. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Once again, the tinkling melody of two bangles filled the hut. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Fulmars, terns, snow petrels, and Cape pigeons filled the sky. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

As he pulled back on the plunger, insulin filled the syringe. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“They run out of kerosene after a while. When that happens, let them cool, fill the fuel chamber and turn them on again.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We helped JimmyTrotter fill his crates with the quart bottles and he and I lugged them to the station wagon. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t close her eyes without seeing her mother’s body split in half, arms askew, and filled with tumors. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Preserved along with it, like stale air in an unopened room, was the well known fear which had surrounded and filled those days, so much of it that I hadn’t even known it was there. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had I been able to find part-time jobs to fill my spare time, I probably wouldn’t have continued playing tennis. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had filled with colleagues and students and meditation teachers and therapists and nurses and a cappella groups. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The net and the solar stills, which I had not entirely deflated, had filled the empty space and prevented the bags from moving too much. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It contained a blanket, a sleeping bag, several old throw pillows, and one unmarked Mason jar filled with some sort of liquid. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The image of the one hemlock tree among millions filled her mind’s eye and then faded. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I fill in the rest of the answers. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mom takes an extra copy of the paperwork she had to fill out, and the first thing she does when we get to Crystal’s apartment is to put it down on the kitchen table. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The display on the screen follows my fingers, flying from the screen onto the wall, where it fills up the entire space, fully magnified. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When Harry and Ron had had their teacups filled, they went back to their table and tried to drink the scalding tea quickly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Bean and fill catalog orders from what I hope will be an ergonomically congenial seat. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"There's a whole storeroom filled with forbidden books. Rows and rows of them." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She sped up to a jog, heading for the green hills filled with wildflowers so tall and thick they waved like new corn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Together they will achieve lives filled with a purpose. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“You can’t be friends? At least be adults,” Barb fires at them, her voice filled with frustration. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The tension that had filled the- Hall ever since Moody’s arrival suddenly broke. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I finally filled the butter chum and set it on the back porch. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she came free, he stepped back down, folding her to his chest, at once gutted and filled with unspeakable tenderness. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As Amelia’s disembodied words of encouragement continued to stream in, the warm sugar-buttery smell of baking cake filled the house. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Dr. Martin fills the cup with ice cold water, one last time. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Full, pursed lips protruded beneath the bushy black moustache and, at their comers, sank into little folds filled with disapproval and potato chip crumbs. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chaos erupted—screams, gunfire, shoving—though I could hardly hear it over the roar of the insects, which seemed to fill not just my ears but every pore of my body. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I slid them under my pillow, but when I turned out the light, fear filled up my hard, narrow bed. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each page was filled with rectangular boxes stacked on top of each other. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was still a couple hours before dawn and the air was cold and calm, filled with the dreams of sleeping men. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He nod and I go get his friend a little funny- looking cup too, fill it up from the sink. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was midafternoon, so most of the lights in the house were off; the room was filled with shadows and the soft glow of natural sunlight. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Like the lenses worn by the other two...It all came back in a jolt, rushing to fill the hole in her memory like a combination lock clicking into place. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The whole kitchen would fill with their smell and color, Marie-Laure’s fingers sticky with them, a kind of rapture. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The roar of the Berg filled the air. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They would need to learn English and how to fill out job applications, and they would have to get used to the expectations of the American workplace. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Flashes of light filled the air as their Transvices heated up, unleashing a wave of destruction. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

That desert was filled with all sorts of amazing treasures. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

While Gregor tried not to wolf his food, which turned out to be delicious, Vikus filled him in on the history of Regalia. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, slowly the night came in to fill the room, swallowing the pillars and both of them, like a dark wine poured to the ceiling. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her parents hadn’t realized this was a Halloween-themed concert, and the front benches were filled with zombies, witches, and fairies. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The edges of Rabiya’s mouth droop, and her eyes start to fill up. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

According to the gossips, Bush Hill was one step away from Hell, filled with dead bodies and criminals who preyed on the weak. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet they knew that all the hills and rocks about the Morannon were filled with hidden foes, and the shadowy defile beyond was bored and tunnelled by teeming broods of evil things. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I had to fill out about a thousand forms.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Thomas did, reciting every word he’d told the Keepers, hating how Teresa’s eyes filled with worry—and terror. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A metallic smell of storm filled the air. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I screamed again and my mouth filled with muddy water. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was twenty minutes before two o’clock in the morning, enough time left to catch plenty of fish—the coffee would keep him awake long enough to fill his hold with salmon. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Shelves filled with lace fans, crystal, cigarette lighters, and perfume bottles. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could fill out the form if she'd back off a bit. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Our team tested the sleep habits of five wild three-toed sloths by placing on their heads, in the early evening after they had fallen asleep, bright red plastic dishes filled with water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

After services whooping kids fill the red-dirt churchyard and fly kites. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I have shed myself, put on someone else’s truth, and filled this space with my voice, acting as Rose from Fences, Camae, the angel in The Mountaintop, and Lady in Blue from For Colored Girls. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The bleachers were filled up with new basketball shoes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lights from the outside world then filled the train car as it rose out of the ground and climbed the elevated track. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Thanks to the political patronage system, still in place despite President Hayes’s efforts to fix it, Garfield was expected to fill thousands of government positions. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The hallway opened to a large space filled with cubicles, the hum of computers, the rustle of papers, and a few low voices. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Something had opened up in me: a huge deep well that wanted to be filled. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The air around us was filled with much worse things. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loo leaped up onto a dune, and then the air filled with shrieking, as the boy began to scream wildly, kicking his legs in front of him, punching the air. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

People filled the street and crowded around Seward’s front door. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kettle was heavy, but he managed to fill it with water from the sink and bring it to the stove. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

My eyes fill up, and I don’t answer. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

We even managed to fill the bucket all the way, but the warders had provoked us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, as we stood in the snow waiting for our ride, we were attacked with snowballs filled with rocks. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We made it to the camp, which was filled with tents as far as I could see. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He removed one of the lids, and dipped in a great ladle, and with it filled three bowls, one very large bowl, and two smaller ones. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The words had barely left his mouth when the noise of cranking gears and scraping metal filled the air, coming through the hatch door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

My parents didn’t own a lot of stuff, but they still managed to fill our minivan. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The kitchen soon filled with the smell of baking bread and with the sweet smells of cinnamon and sugar and cloves. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Soon, a decorated gang was brought to the magistrate's chamber and filled with water. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I filled my glass again and went to stand by the door: deep breaths, I thought, fresh air, that's the ticket...Charles burned his finger, cursed, and slammed the oven shut. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My chest was filled with something like bath foam. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was a silence to be filled, and Art found himself hard-pressed in the face of it to conduct himself in a manner his deputy could learn from. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

James pushed back a curtain concealing a closet filled with a desk and computers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“It was not surprising that some Los Alamos scientists filled the air with horse laughs,” acknowledged York. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

We turn to our food, detached, as images we'd rather not face start to fill the silence. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And Seven was filled with a new sense of confidence. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I filled myself with such hope and continued to cling to a silver lining, which seemed to disappear as rapidly as my desperation to cling to it increased. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dell was surprised to see that, instead of complaining, the hostile teenager actually looked enthused to employ colored pencils to fill in blank spaces. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Left untended, maize fields filled in with weeds, then bushes and trees. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Hooves clopping and heavy huffing fills the room. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The tie-dye T-shirts of my classmates had also disappeared; the touch tank room was now filled with kids in uniforms of khaki and plaid. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

At this last word, the Hall was filled with a silence so absolute that nobody seemed to be breathing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Fidelito looked at Matt with shining eyes as his bowl was filled to the brim. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I shall cut off her head and fill her mouth with garlic, and I shall drive a stake through her body.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The lake water had filled his stomach but left it hungry, and now it demanded food, screamed for food. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

A golden glow filled the room as the afternoon sunlight tried to force its way through the shades. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to fill another man’s shoes, but he’s wearing them tonight. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The barbed wire that encircled us like a wall did not fill us with real fear. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

My vision fills with black and white sparkles and I think I might also be deaf. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Qottab are these little pastries filled with crushed almonds and sugar and cardamom, then deep-fried and coated with powdered sugar. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Nielsen and I bring boxes filled with glass balls and china ornaments and ribbon and strings of sparkling beads up from the storage room in the cellar. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The west end of the tunnel was now filled with dust. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Slopper’s and Minerva’s snoring filled the hallway with familiarity and every now and then I heard a cough or a sneeze that reminded me we were all still together. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t Beyond, but I was filled with gratitude for this moment. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The smell of barely touched leather seemed to fill the room. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The video snapped off and a brilliant blue filled the screen. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I just need you to fill out a questionnaire and then I’ll take you back with the others.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But when they stopped in at the realty offices and filled out applications, they found that the houses suddenly went off the market, or were sold, or doubled in price. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As I filled in the form, Fatty surveyed the board of dangling keys behind the desk. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Dad groaned and Mom glanced at him as she filled her glass with water. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth’s eyes filled with tears as she reached down to stroke Franz’s ears. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Once their quota was filled, they went away again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tears fill my eyes, and I sniff, shaking my head. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He could not be sure of the kind of whale because he didn’t know enough to identify them, but he thought they might be blues, and they literally almost filled the bay. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked past the hole and into the kitchen, which was filled with the scent of our mother’s oils—birch, eucalyptus, ravensara. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They were filled with storage space—living quarters were almost an afterthought. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Rules are rules. Whoever nominated you should’ve filled out the proper waiver if your school year runs long. There’s always next summer—” He finally looks up at me and his eyes go wide. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Even after the slow drag of years, I remember the sense of fear which filled my mouth with hot, dry air, and made my body light. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We filled out a bunch of forms and then had brand-new bank accounts, complete with debit cards that would arrive in seven to ten days. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“We ate our fill for the first time since our arrival,” Poulsson said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ay! What good does an education do them,” my father filled his coffee cup, “they only learn to speak like Indians. Gosh, okay, what kind of words are those?” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole Colosseum was filled with standing, cheering Romans. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

With the banning of the ANC, PAC, and Communist Party, the Black Consciousness Movement helped fill a vacuum among young people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had always been filled with people and suppers and music and toys and coloring books. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“And they’re all filled. We probably have 10 dogs ahead of him.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

In Soweto, religion filled the void left by absent men. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I’m in an endless field filled with red poppies. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Color filled up the page, and when Ivy was done, she sat back against her pillows. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The air was filled with fuzz and lint, so that she kept sneezing and drop-ping the yarn. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ladies of the Refined led their own efforts to fill their community’s needs. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Father emptied a card file for Margot and me and filled it with index cards that are blank on one side. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Fear and spit filled her mouth, and her arms flailed. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If the brick was at the front, it meant the colony had nearly filled the combs and needed another super. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother gave me the money to have my blue serge suit tailored, and I learned to fill out work cards, operate the money changer and punch transfers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I inhale, letting the air fill my lungs the best it can, the discomfort tugging at my chest, but I also feel relief. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

A big, fat, red star completely filled in. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

After pouring the grits into a napkin out of the picnic basket so I could use the bucket, I filled the radiator from the creek and cranked up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The sight of him used to fill me with nervous excitement. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

On one side, Taran noticed, an alcove had been hollowed out; it was filled with roots, lichens, and mushrooms—the food stock, he guessed, of the melancholy inhabitant. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

So I started talking again to fill in the silence. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she leaned forward to fill her calabashes, the first girl felt her head spinning around. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Gradually the night air filled with the buzz of crickets, and Roy smiled to himself, remembering the boxful he’d released there. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alone and apart, Gwydion leaned heavily on the black sword Dyrnwyn, his shaggy head bent, his weathered face filled with sorrow. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

First I fill my bottle with the pool water, treat it, and when enough time has passed, begin to rehydrate my body. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The blankness bothers me, as does the fact that there is not a single person who can fill in that part of my story. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

To fill a typical order, one person grilled the hamburger; another “dressed” and wrapped it; another prepared the milk shake; another made the fries; and another worked the counter. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see anyone, but I noticed that the garbage bag I had filled with brush and trash had been spilled out. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The smell of azaleas and the sleepy smell of sun working with chlorophyll filled the air. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Relief that Stella gets to wake up a few hours from now and have at least five more wonderful years, filled with whatever her to-do list has on it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

This man was like the Paqo, filled with knowledge of choices before they were made. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Crowds of cheering and sweating white supporters and national news reporters filled the campus. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There is a gap in between, where awe has carved a space that words have yet to fill. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But the man’s eyes filled with tears, and he thanked Oshiro for his service. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“An-mei, come! Why are you so slow!” she said, her voice filled with fear. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was filled with the smell of the roasting turkey John had prepared, with a stuffing of sausage, mushrooms, walnuts, apples, and spiced bread crumbs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The closet is already filled with an assortment of clothes, every single one of them a high-end brand. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But now she’s talking to him and I barely hear what she’s saying because the rush of blood has filled my ears. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, all the forms were filled out, and all the paperwork was in order. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The centerpiece was a tall vase filled with exotic flowers of vivid, electric blue. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Their ears were filled with the roar of thousands of tons of rock tumbling and rolling down with them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A hurtful silence would fill the room, and Laila could almost see the wordless hostility radiating from Mariam like waves of heat rising from asphalt. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z