When she finished she plopped down onto her couch like a string puppet that had been cut loose. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She makes me give her every page to read now as soon as I have finished with it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“But there is no mercy of any kind in these days,” he finished bitterly, and he sat listening. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Or she herself may discover her topic only after she has finished laying her ideas on paper, and forget to go back and revise the opening to let the reader in on her discovery. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

We work together on one quilt, a pattern and fabric that a member of the group has brought in; as soon as that one is finished, we’ll move to the next. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

When I finished wringing something, I handed it to Chase or Mattie and they carried it to their mama so she could pin it to the line. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

For the last one we ever did, which never finished, he gave me a map of Central Park. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the seventh witness finished, I was just about asleep. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

When we are finished they bring us each a bowl of vanilla ice cream with sprinkles on top. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And goodbye to their teacher, Miss Thorn, who had finished her Last Day of School speech, wishing them luck in the lives they were about to begin. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Susan finished, the four of us managed a modest cheer, but that was about it. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I put aside books and notebooks and nearly all my spare clothes, and tried lots of different combinations, but every time I finished I would turn to find something large and important left over. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t care,” I finished, but Lissa seemed to have lost interest in my parents. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then, ''I think," he said slowly, "that it would be good—to say yes," he finished in a rush. Papa looked at me. "I say yes," 1 told him, grinning. " Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

She had been correcting social studies papers and had just finished reading Noah Gershom's essay on the First Amendment when the thought flew into her head. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like my mother, she used a pressing cloth, and when she was finished, my hair was as straight as a white person’s. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The horse finished the mile sparkling and galloped out an eighth of a mile farther, still burning Pollard’s arms in his eagerness to continue. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting up snoring before I finished rolling half of her head. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

When the service was over and we had finished “Joy to the World,” Joseph handed me the hymnal and I put it in the rack and followed my mother and father out into the aisle. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

When he's done, Gauguin shows him the finished product. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They were tired and miserable; all they wanted now was to get it finished. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear realized with a start that the potter must be finished for the night and would emerge from the shed momentarily. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

By the time they were finished with their impromptu photo shoot, Bits and Rawiya had found them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

After they finished eating, Dad did the dishes and walked us to the car. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

As soon as the repairs to my ship were finished, I headed back to my stronghold. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Just as I’d finished deleting these messages, I received another incoming call. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When he had finished he looked up at the wall above her head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

At the Region 3 Championships that year, I finished fourth all-around and first on vault, which qualified me for JO Nationals in Dallas, Texas. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Everyone clinked their glasses in approval when I finished. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When they had finished with the cattle, there was always the sheep camp. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And you can just call me, even, to come and pick it back up when you’re finished. You keep it for as long as you want.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He finished his wine and set the cup aside, thoughtful. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dr. Legs finished whatever she was saying with the words “...and that’s why we sometimes need the help of a professional.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When she finished, she ran her tongue over her teeth and then made a series of short smacking sounds with her tongue against her palate as though she’d just eaten something sour. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had just passed Hawaii and here came the California coast, visible from Alaska to Mexico, and my bacon cubes not yet finished. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they finished, Cole hollered for Garvey to come from the cabin and take a look at the nearly perfect circle that now completed the totem. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Before the meal was finished and the story ended there were three friends instead of two in the little green-walled chamber. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Judith had the gloves on before the sentence was finished, and stood stretching out her slender arms admiringly. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I thought she looked pretty, but we never finished it. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The best of times were snappy autumn afternoons when we'd finished moving a two-bedroom customer from Manhattan to some faraway neighborhood in Brooklyn or Queens. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Taisin, who had just finished feeding the horses, came around the corner of the wagon. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He told me he wanted to speak to my parents and that he would send them out when he was finished. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Her twin sisters finished reading the whole Qur’an so there’s a party. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When it was finished, it looked up and everything fell into place, and it showed itself for what it was: a smooth, beautiful, aerodynamic air­ship. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before he finished, they were about these errands. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very few high school directors could be more versed in theater, more knowing about what the finished product should look like. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

When they finished, she nodded at them, struck the match, and dropped it. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

"The boy had it forged special for the tourney. Plain work, but good. I do not know if he had finished paying the smith." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was silence as he finished telling the story, but it wasn’t the usual, sleepy silence that filled Professor Binns’s classes. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

After I finished the last page I went back to the section where he explains it and I read it over and over, but I’m still not sure, man. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Celia said it quickly, in a rush, before Dimple had even finished her sentence. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After he had nearly finished his chores, he boldly went over to the old man and set it down. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Quickly she finished dressing, pulled the brush through her hair, and ran to Thomas’s room on the other side of the corridor. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bolles was working on his master’s degree in history, and it seemed unlikely that he would want to leave the university until he finished it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The rest of the meal was finished in silence until the king, wiping the gravy stains from his vest, called for dessert. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I said I was finished with the junkyard, finished for life, and hung up. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When I finished reading the flyer, I folded it back up neatly, put it exactly where I found it, and threw up in the sink. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He finished eating and left the cafeteria without waiting for the bell or asking permission. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Mom finished tidying up the living room, she came into the living room and planted herself in front of Dad, who had retreated to another chair and reopened his paper. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Palmer had just finished supper on Monday when the doorbell rang. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

When I finished my first plate of cold chicken and caviar, I laid out another. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

They were men who had finished their fifty missions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

At which point the engine is finished and the last man sends it soaring away . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you suggesting that I”—she cut herself off, glanced toward the ghosts, and finished in a whisper—“burn up Minya?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The old man finished closing up and double-checked the lock on his booth. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Please have another portion,” said the Mathemagician, filling their bowls once more; and as quickly as they’d finished the first one the second was emptied too. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he finished eating, he shook himself again, trying to get the collar off, and then trotted away. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

By the time I finished restocking the entire canned vegetable section at work I was convinced I would be a vegetable if I smoked. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I just finished the new Percy Jackson book, The Titan’s Curse. Have you heard of it?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Frustrated and sad and finished with the clocks, he finally returned to his room and tried to sleep. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Dante finished reading a poem, then went looking for another. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The fight to defend the Motherland was far from finished. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I had finished my whole side before he was halfway done with his. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I caught some of the words,” she said when the song finished. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

For the record, they finished fourth and eighth respectively. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was only when he finished the second helping that he looked up and saw that Rita hadn’t touched her food. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Right. She wouldn’t want us to get hurt, too,” Calder finished. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Once he finished the Prospector and we struck it rich, he’d start work on our Glass Castle. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I finished high school before you were born,” my mother retorted. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When Maribel was finished, I said, “Now you need to write down words that describe how Yu Li was feeling in the story.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

When the servants finished their work and the silk lay smoothly on the road, an old man came walking down it, leaning on a stick. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Loomis had been telling all this as he lay in David’s bed, having finished eating his lunch. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

As soon as she had finished that first draft, she called her mother to her room. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Captain Beatty, his poker cards in one pink hand, walked with exaggerated slowness to the phone and ripped out the address when the report was finished. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Future Twinkle, your hands shook as you finished reading the e-mail. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She must have left just after I finished. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Below me, spun-sugar creations are being finished off with high crystalline spires. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When I had finished I went upstairs to the minstrels’ gallery to have a look at the pictures. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Well, it is over now, finished and done with. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

After Noah and I finished dinner, we put our dishes in the sink. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

My gaze dropped to the bathroom mirror, but I didn’t much like what I saw there, so I closed my eyes until I finished urinating. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

By the end of our sixth trip to France, the house was finished and I’d learned a total of 1,564 words. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He always looked good when he was finished fixing himself up, but he was a secret slob anyway, if you knew him the way I did. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

For a long time I dreamed about the boat, imagining it finished, its sails up, its eyes wide. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went on like this, loudly inhaling and exhaling, until the pipe was finished. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

When the show finished I’d head home so I could have a shower and get ready for bed. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

It’s very busy upstairs, and Mother has informed me that I’m not to do any studying or reading until all the household chores have been finished. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

When he finished he said: “You know what I would like? Some iced tea. With sugar in it.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Really?” he exclaimed when the captain of waiters had finished his explanation. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It had been in the afternoon near the “dead hour”—when the lessons were finished but there was still some time to go until supper. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I finished the sea salt caramel as soon as you left,” she says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

When I finished, he went to his desk and started making notes in my file. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When I finished, I crumpled them; it was making them that was important. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

A television transmission that has just finished being aired will, in only a few hours, overtake the Voyager spacecraft in the region of Saturn and beyond and speed outward to the stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved to a nearby table as I finished my second verse and led the room in the chorus again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When she was finished, Ms. Udell closed the book, placed it on top of a pile of papers on her desk, and removed her glasses. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I stumble over my feet trying to reach her before she’s already finished the task. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

We finished dinner just as it was getting dark, and my father went outside to lode at our house. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t move a muscle till he had finished. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

When we finished, and listened again, we understood that someone was throwing rocks against the outside of the church, against the walls of the church. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Caesar finished washing up, Sam gave them their papers. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

When we finished rehearsal that night, I could almost imagine myself leaping out into the airy elements and dropping the insubstantial pageant of life behind me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Poirot finished his search by opening the little cupboard above the washbasin and taking a rapid glance at its contents—a sponge, face cream, powder and a small bottle labelled trional. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra said, or began to say, because before she’d finished the question she heard voices outside the door. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But when he finished, everything was in its place. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I would pick a time of day when my mother was alone and tell her one item a day; I’d be finished in less than a year. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba finished his beer in three gulps and ordered another. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Late morning. If Sandra has finished with the cup, you can have some coffee. Would you like some?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I do not know how they went on after that” “It must be dreadful to have a witch for a mother,” said Gareth when he had finished. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she’d finished, her pockets bulging ridiculously, she unscrewed the handle from her bucket and tucked it through her belt. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Riccio had finished and was looking at him apprehensively, but Scipio was quiet, thinking. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Love always, Charlie December 30, 1991 Dear friend, The day after I wrote to you, I finished The Catcher in the Rye. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And often sound does not quite become a word but suffocates or floats away over me half finished; an arch, a pathway, a comet. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

After they finished eating, the Quaker led them out of the house. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But soon the work would all be finished. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Only when the fight was finished did he realize that his second head was weeping. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After she finished cauterizing one nostril she took a break and cooked her hands again. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and finished his drink; he had earlier put the straw aside, sipping from the glass. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When I am finished, though hardly exhausted by the effort, I meet Melissa, who is, with only a couple of weeks on the job, pretty much my equivalent. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last I finished the heron, I looked up to see Mr. Das standing there smiling. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hungry Joe had nightmares because he had finished sixty missions and was waiting again to go home, but he was unwilling to share any when he came to the hospital to visit. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The first band started late on Saturday morning, and when they finished, panic set in with the organizers. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

By the time he finished, nobody in the room was cold any longer. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You’ve finished your missions and you don’t need the flight pay. Why don’t you ask for Chief White Halfoat’s job, if you can stand working for Captain Black?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Once she finished, I filled my bucket and carried it back to our tent. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was another letter that never got finished. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roar of the truck drowned his voice before he finished, and the truck was gone again through the falling snow. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The words were finished and Portia leaned over and struck her head upon the table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Claudia kept looking at the picture of the statue as she finished eating her baked beans. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were covered with dirt and sweat by the time we finished. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Olmsted finished those plans shortly before the Great Fire of 1871. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“You are finished here,” Mr. Das said, breaking the silence. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

They finished the water that Zero had gotten from the spigot by the showers. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He always put it back in the wrong place, too, when he was finished. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

"They vowed to stay until the project is finished," the king said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The doctor let me look at the stitches in a mirror when he was finished, but I mostly paid attention to how horrible the rest of me looked. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, he’s all yours again. I’m finished with him.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Susan said, “Have you finished?” and came in to run her fingers over the shiny surface of the chairs and tables. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once finished, I walk downstairs to where our car is. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she rose to speak at city council meetings, councilman Charles Steel, a hard-line segregationist, turned his swivel chair to present his back to her, rotating around again only after she had finished speaking. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’s just finished some canvases of roses in a vase and is happy with them. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Bigger heard Max rise when the newspaperman had finished. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’d finally finished reading it but couldn’t get himself to give the book away. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

When they were finished, they glided over it as smoothly as if they were rustling across a rock. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He froze for a bare moment, then finished scratching down the rest of the sentence. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s not particularly. I could quote you the examples on the other side. But it is not bad. Have we finished the champagne?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

In late spring, when the page proofs for the second volume had been finished, Stanton and her daughter went to Europe for an extended stay. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When I finished all he said was, “Great, thanks,” and then turned to my parents and asked if I’d “been to see anyone.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

We had just finished writing all our research as questions on the trivia cards. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s got to be a guy you can really trust,” Haldeman cautioned, “because it’s got to be—” Nixon finished the sentence: “Run from the White House without being caught.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She had finished appliquding the M in gold satin, but had not gotten to the G yet. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finished fifteenth, and was awarded a ballpoint pen, perhaps because he was the youngest player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The first bomb took down the outer shield, and the second bomb finished the job. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When we finished, Mr. Jackson and Mrs. Larson looked at each other, then at Principal Rivera, who jotted something down. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“That will do,” said he, when it was finished, thinking aloud—“you have sung quite enough for one evening—now be quiet.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“I’ll trade you Cookie’s homemade marshmallow recipe for a taste of the finished product,” Micah offers with a sly smile. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He seemed to just sit down in the middle of what he had almost finished, and to remain so for three years during which he did not even appear to intend or want anything more. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished, the game’s credit counter jumped from zero up to forty. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t it be good if they finished each other off?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

When I finished crying, I knew I had to do like Fern had done with Miss Patty Cake. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

You sucked the sherbet up through the straw and when it was finished you ate the liquorice. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had finished, and his master had shown the king the stolen cup, some of the lords of the court cried out that the slave should be offered to the Firedrake as a sacrifice. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew before I even finished asking. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

First, she finished clearing Luke for adoption, then she started working on getting me relinquished as well. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And then I think, does she mean “finished,” as in kaput, over and done with, out of commission? The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, we are finished now!” cried Miss Spider, wringing her feet. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It made me feel good to see somebody finally stand up against a man like that,” she finished up. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He dusted the piano and sat down on the piano stool to wait until Elisha had finished mopping one side of the church and he could replace the chairs. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

And when I finished, I looked at him. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as I had finished “Für Elise” and sat down, my appetite had returned. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

By the time he’d finished, he was dripping with sweat from concentrating so hard. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I would have finished the poem if I hadn’t heard Ty call room check. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“We just finished up in his office. I heard you made a speech.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It’s safe to talk again, the Commander has finished the main ritual and they’re doing the rings, lifting the veils. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse, having finished the bandage change, stepped back. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Laying my finished dress and new sandals aside, I put a small writing book that Meng bought for me, two pencils, and a few sheets of looseleaf drawing paper in my shoulder bag. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still others measured powder into capsules and counted the finished pills into bottles. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the fall, Allen’s training would be finished. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

What ages it seemed before Daddy and Mother came upstairs, before they were finally finished in the bathroom and had climbed into bed, before Daddy finally began to snore! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we sit at the table under the trees outside the schoolhouse after the boys are finished with their school day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we had finished with them they were only the shells of men. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He was finished, turned back to his work. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could have finished faster, but I figured caution's best when setting fire to rocket fuel in an enclosed space. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had almost finished when there came another distraction, though, and from Lyra’s point of view, it was the worst possible. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I finished up the last of my thread. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I said nothing, and Leper, having said so much, went on to say more, to speak above the wind and crackings as though his story would never be finished. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Blankenship dropped off Dill with instructions to call when he finished. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I finished all the problems, at least,” Neel said. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he finished, he licked the buttery crumbs from his fingers. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The preacher had finished his soup and had asked that the platter of chicken be passed to him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After they finished first dessert, Felix helped put the finishing touches on dinner. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She tossed him a bit of venison jerky, though, for him to chew on when he finished smoking his kinnikinnick. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She finished the rope ladder and barricaded the base of the lucky-bean trees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I finished the whole plastic row, four neat towers next to the sugar and the milk. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Almost as soon as Abuela had finished leading prayer, the family started talking about the lot situation again. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The pages of a recently finished story seemed to vibrate in her hand with all the life they contained. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Several people are already finished and getting up to leave. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I finished drying the dishes on the rack as they poured their first drinks and started to play. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Finally, in July, a finished panel was trucked up from Tennessee and carefully put in place. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I finished reading Common Sense the night before the ball. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finished shaving and put my face down into the bowl and washed it with cold water. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

When I finally finished, Dad just sat there, staring at the kayak’s wounded hull. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It’s not quite finished, but you can see the shape of the jackal head, with beaded eyes and a thin, sharp snout. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The movie played on and then finished and then ran its credits, went to black screen, clicked off, rewound, started playing automatically again; I kept on gluing. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

When he finished making his sandwich, he put away the things in the refrigerator and stopped crying and wiped his eyes and saw me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“No treats for you, young lady, until your food is finished.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She inspected them when I was finished, and if the braids weren’t tight enough, she would undo them and make me start again. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She had a choice: either she could decide it was her presence that provoked the engineer to leave, or she could assume that the fellow had simply finished his work and moved on. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

"We swear it by ice and fire," they finished together. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until I had almost finished writing the book that it occurred to me that schools might take it upon themselves to establish their own No-Name Day, as the characters in The Misfits do. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Besides, you don’t use stones to build barrows. Even if you did, you wouldn’t use quarried, finished stone like this. This was brought from a long ways off.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The nurses have just finished their last overnight checks, and Max said no other nurses will come in until well after the seven a.m. shift change. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Hassan finished his can of Mountain Dew, crumpled it, and dropped it beneath his feet. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

As she finished the second strand, the crow, who was staring toward the house, suddenly cried out: “I see the cat!” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

When my sister finished her speech, we all clapped and yelled, but nobody clapped or yelled louder than my grandfather. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But, well, he was born here,” she finished. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just for that, you don’t get a gummi bear,” Tiara said and finished off the last one. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He was not well educated at all—he’d never even finished high school in Japan—but anyway, that was what he was accused of. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When she finished, she held up the object and frowned. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

All I wanted was heated-up leftovers and Sports Center with my mom after I finished my homework. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I knew he was standing behind me long before I heard him start counting the finished, shiny shoes in front of me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Antain had just finished the final carved details on the headboard of a cradle—a sky full of bright stars. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Sam is finished making her lunch and has gone to find us a seat. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I realized I had finished the whole thing when he pushed his glass toward me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Anya hadn’t finished her stew, but her appetite evaporated as she thought about her father sitting in a ditch with a sword. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

When he finished, he picked up his bag and shoes and hurried to Mr. Lott’s classroom down the hall. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I just finished a draft essay about my career dream: a fair-trade company that invests in and designs eco-friendly clothes sewn and embroidered by Indian village women. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When they were finished, David still hadn’t come back. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Charles finished off the glass and rattled the ice around for a moment. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They had just finished up, each of them with a loaded pack on his or her back, when Misty groaned. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"Let's get finished. I feel it in my bones we're not going to find anything." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Midnight had passed before the work was finished. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As I finished putting away the canned goods in frozen silence, my own hands caught my eye. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure I would’ve finished without you cheering me on.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It was costing him every bit of determination he had to keep talking, yet he sensed that once he had finished, he would feel better. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He had just finished telling Ron, Hermione, and Ginny what had happened, not that there seemed to have been much need. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The Great Hall rang with applause as the Sorting Hat finished. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When he was finished, Albert walked to the far end of the table, where he pulled a fresh stalk of celery from a ceramic bowl that also held lettuce, cauliflower, carrots, and red peppers. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

By now I had finished eating and was sitting in a corner pretending to be doing homework, although I was listening to all this incredible talk with keen interest. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set it on the kitchen table—a reminder of wishes come true—lit the kerosene lamp and finished writing my Honyocker’s Homily. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When I finished, I wound the cord and placed the vacuum in the storage room. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It finished the beautiful pattern and settled itself at the center with blue-furred legs outspread. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Holly’s help, I finished the apron in about an hour. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

That same night, the Midland Lee Rebels finished the season by routing the Cooper Cougars, and the Midland High Bulldogs did likewise by beating the Abilene High Eagles. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other girls had finished but I hadn’t. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Lizzie rowed Turner back across the New Meadows after her granddaddy finished the chowder. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

They stood on their feet and cheered and clapped when she finished. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was finished, I said, “Ariana says you need help up here?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ll leave the keys with you. Can you bring them downstairs when you’re finished today? I think I need to rest my head at home. A little bit of recharging will do me good.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The laundry plan isn’t even finished and Piper’s already hatching another? Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then word went out to the races of men that Hrothgar’s hall was finished. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finished my story back at his office. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And then, when she had finished, she began her letters, five, six, seven perhaps to be answered, all written in that same curious, slanting hand I knew so well. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was no point in telling her that Olanna had told him they would send him to university when he finished secondary school. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She climbed, hid, built, broke, wrote on the walls, and spoiled dresses when they had only just been finished. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

When I’d finished, Bobby put a couple of quite intelligent questions to me. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

It was early evening, and we’d just finished supper, and over coffee and dessert I asked him about my bill, how much I owed so far. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hate Professor Milton,” Calista told me when I was finished reading all the sticky notes. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

But no matter what they sang, always they finished off with one of Brooklyn’s own folk songs: “Mother Machree,” “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling,” “Let Me Call You Sweetheart,” or “The Band Played On.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaltain took the goblet when she finished, and curtsied to Cain as she accepted his and slunk away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We started in the center and worked our way out, and when we finished, I think the path might have been a quarter-mile long if you could stretch it out straight. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When Ronnie’s finished, the three other hairdressers get all up in my face, and so do some customers. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had almost finished whittling the stave into shape, when he realized with a start that he was singing—singing! Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined them slamming against his net in astonishment at this invisible thing that finished their lives in the last days of an urgent journey. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Guess what? I finished restoring an old Coke machine today. Thing is like seventy years old.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He finished the job, replaced the originals before Ellsberg knew they were missing, and flew with his wife to New York, lugging five bulging bags. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When we had finished, Jennifer led the way to the treasure chest. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She could not say when she had finished the dishes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm finished drying his hands and went outside with the stranger. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The episode was finished, with the snapping of the lock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When we finished, we said morning prayers in the living room, a string of short prayers punctuated by songs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s quite far from completion. I need to send the finished plans to Friedrick so he can start construction on the clock. I suspect it will be much more impressive when built to scale.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"May there be a hundred more," he finished, raising his father's silver goblet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But he waited until everyone finished clapping for me before he started. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

When he finished basic training, he had an unhappy surprise. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

We finished up our paperwork, and at 2:30 P.M. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bull finished his first beer a full second faster than Colonel Causey, stepped quickly aside for Reynolds, who had sucked down three large swallows before his opponent’s hand had touched glass. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the bronze mirror, which he’d just finished wiring up to the Archimedes sphere. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Harry was wondering what a wizard did once he’d finished school. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Oh, man,” Leo said when he had finished the story. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When the men had finished their looting, they picked up Uncle’s gun. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finished my composition in less than an hour. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Harry laid down his quill too, having just finished predicting his own death by decapitation. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Nhamo almost choked on the sweet, fiery substance, but Rosa refused to go until she finished. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So what are you trying to pull? You already made one of these for me. You just said it wasn’t finished.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

When he finished, he grinned and stuck out his hand for me to shake. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

A splendid way to die before he finished growing that mustache, but young knights always think themselves invincible. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Hooper said, ‘It’s only dead. Dead things are finished, they don’t matter.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Still, she finished repeating the Western Union numbers before she continued braiding, the phone lodged between her shoulder and ear. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had hardly finished speaking before he dashed off and I saw the blue flash of his tank top. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

They made her bed together, and just as they finished, Citra said, “In conclave you accused me of lying.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

After we finished our meeting, not deciding anything else except what time we were going to meet the following weekend, the boys went home. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Winter was long that year, the dreariness punctuated only by my weekly counseling sessions and the odd sense of loss, almost bereavement, I felt whenever I finished one TV series and had to find another. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There was a momentary quiet after they finished, wherein everyone wiped their eyes and blew their noses. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had finished high school, but by then she was already going the wrong way. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When everybody had returned to their seats and finished eating their meals, Chiron pounded his hoof again for our attention. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when Moody saw the finished photos, he thought at first that Pearl looked like a delicate fossil, something caught for millennia in the skeleton belly of a prehistoric beast. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the text finished scrolling, he leaned forward again. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he had finished with his handkerchief, he folded it neatly in quarters and replaced it in his pocket. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out, and in a terrible voice Napoleon demanded whether any other animal had anything to confess. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

When I finished dressing the gash in clean gauze, I looked up and was startled to find tears beading in his lashes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She had her first taste of presiding over it the day it was complete and finished. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Everything started became nothing finished, and all her projects and my homework and hobbies just ended up in piles collecting dust. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I finished the shower, I dried off and went into the room to find some clothes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She talks about how her dad has finished Pretty Little Liars and started watching The Vampire Diaries. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The cat hissed, screeched, leaped to the floor and was downstairs before Palmer finished his scream. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

When he’d finished, he washed his hands and face at the barrel near the back door, sat at the table, and waited for Mami to serve him supper. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

So half an hour later, when the rope-ladder had been finished and hung, and the forty-second boot had been laced neatly onto the Centipede’s forty-second foot, they were all ready to go out. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Winter was nearly over and his book far from finished. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ash finished buckling the saddle in place and said, “The woman asked the huntress to chase her down, as a stag, and to kill her. And then, she could finally be free.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jet finished rewiring the fence and started repairing Nali’s second truck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Genie had the absurd thought that the branch with the can sort of looked like it had just finished taking a sip and was asking another branch if it wanted to have a taste. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Harry finished reading but continued to gaze at the picture accompanying the obituary. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The crowd had finished their peaches and the ground was littered with peach pits. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“And we are sitting down to our embroidery. The young ladies are anxious to meet you, and it’s never too soon to start being finished.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He asked her what rooms she had finished, and then he unlocked their doors and went inside. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

After I finished scrubbing and polishing the bike, I climbed on, stretched my legs to reach the pedals, and wobbled a few feet before falling over. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I untied my shoes and placed them next to me—bottoms up, of course—until I finished my math. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I had to strain to hear her as she finished. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bird had recently finished building herself a new nest. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Like two boxers who had just finished a match that ended in a draw, both knowing they’d fought a classic bout. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mars finished writing and threw the scroll at Octavian. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Harry finished reading and looked up at Ron, whose mouth was hanging open. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We were in the library after school, where I flipped through a book I’d pulled from the display shelf while he finished the flyer for our talent show. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I read it a third time before it had to go back—I finished it under the bedclothes with a flashlight after Mum had turned off the light. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

When she finished, she put her scissors and tweezers-things down on a metal tray beside the bed and began scribbling something on my patient chart. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When they have finished trying, the men carry the body in a hammock slung between sticks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That I planned to read Things Fall Apart as soon as I finished reading Ginger Pye. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I know he isn’t finished talking, but I can’t stop myself. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

As I finished the last weave, she turned around. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Lily finished pouring the cream into her coffee. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s pity,” said I, scornfully, as I finished my interrupted breakfast, “that the man did not say what he had done and would do again.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

According to neighbors, when they were finished, the pair calmly walked to their squad car and drove away. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He finished as the grandfather clock ticked to twenty-six minutes, and he handed the paper across his father’s desk. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

When they finished pruning the rose bushes she washed her hands and took the package to her bedroom to open it. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I reached again for the door, but he wasn’t finished. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

So when he said, “I’m finished. I hope you understand,” I said, “I understand,” even though I didn’t understand. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Hugo finished sweeping, he handed the broom back to the old man. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

"You haven't finished yet. How did you manage to get away from her in the end and come and live in this funny little house?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

That is, if his thesis was finished on schedule. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“You must say that, of course. And I will believe you. But if you break your word this time, it will be finished between us. Absolutely finished.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was already 2:32 P.M. when I finished walking the 1,860 stairs down to the lobby, and I was exhausted, and Mr. Black seemed exhausted, too, so we went straight home. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She isn’t finished with her survey of Merryweather’s social scene, but she thinks the International Club and the Select Chorus will be a good place to start. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Having finished chopping his roots, Harry bent low over his book again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Our fingers are stained red and our noses are runny by the time we’re finished. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She reached behind the pantry curtains and began to rearrange the jars of peaches and apricots on the shelves, and he knew she was finished talking to him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

After I’d finished crying, June waited for me to say something else. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Matt finished the tea and ate all the cookies. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she’d just finished confessing to murders Chess knew she didn’t commit. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have the heart to tell any of the new Jews it was all a pack of lies when the roll call was finished and we were sent to our new barracks. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

After a while the people finished their celebration and Janie went on home. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

They finished checking out, and the boy handed Sergio one of the Kit Kats. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

She whispered to Dad and Grandma, and as soon as we finished dinner, she told us to go outside and play. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held one corner of the Dresden plate quilt I’d recently finished. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She had scarcely finished ere the bell announced bedtime! no delay could be admitted; Miss Temple embraced us both, saying, as she drew us to her heart— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Every day, after work was finished, Gillian and I were allowed to wander off on our own. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he’s finished, he compiles statistics and concludes confidently that a flea’s ears are in its back legs. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t die there, but things finished for him there, whereas for me it was like a birthplace. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dad, he’s really not a bad kid,” Roy said when he finished. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we finished our business in the privy each morning, I took her to check our mystery garden. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All finished. You remember the rules? Try to avoid water and sunlight directly on the tattoo for two weeks while it heals. Showers are fine, but no baths or swimming.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When I finished Easy Pieces, I played Für Elise, then a few things from the lesson book, and that was all I had, except hymns. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She could have finished him off then, but the entire ship was waking up. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Without looking at her, and although he hadn’t quite finished his second-time-over shave, he pulled the face towel down from his shoulders and wiped the remaining lather off his face. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Mines Building was finished, as was the Fisheries Building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She finished her meal as a group of Chinese tourists shuffled past the courtyard. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He blocked another shot, hit a jumper from beyond three-point range, drove the lane and finished with this sick tomahawk over two guys. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When they were finished, they put down their pencils and bopped bright yellow hotel bells. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you should wait until the game starts,” I said, but Twig had run off before I’d even finished the sentence. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I finished tying the string on a parcel, and she approached my counter, introduced herself as Mrs. Kurowski, and asked for a dozen cream pastries. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When she finished, she clutched the book to her chest and said, “That General Maldonado is a real scoundrel. I personally can’t get enough of him.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He rushed off to the bathroom while I finished the soft, tender rice, then nodded at the pot on the stove as I stood up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When he had finished telling them what he had seen, Ron looked appalled, but Hermione downright terrified. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Were only offering a four-hundred-dollar advance and then another four hundred dollars when it’s finished... are you.. .listening?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I focused my thoughts on sunny beaches and palm trees as I finished the enchiladas and put them in the oven. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A never-ending line of carts brought the raw material in—thousands of skins, goat, calf, lizard and snake skins—and took them away again tanned, dyed and finished. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We haven’t finished our discussion from Rios. And you’re driving me insane. It’s going to be hard to stop if we keep going. I mean, it’s already hard.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When Garfield finished his work on Friday, he decided to stop by Secretary James Blaine's home a couple of blocks away. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Aureliano Segundo finished by papering the house from the front to the kitchen, including bathrooms and bedrooms, and threw the leftover bills into the courtyard. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

They finished their breakfasts hastily, said good-bye to Fred and George, and walked back through the hall. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They aren't finished—they need to be colored in, and decorated, and turned into something much prettier than what they are. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After we’d finished all our food we put our bowls up and I thanked my pretend family again, I asked them, “Are you going to be coming back for supper?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

They explained what had happened; when they had finished, Lupin looked aghast. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

All she had to do was survive until the craft was finished. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell he’s sitting in his favorite chair in the family room and guess that he recently finished saying his prayers and is reading Quran. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When she was finished, Ivy was out of breath and her stomach was full of lightning bolts again, but she was smiling too. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then he came to the realization that he felt like urinating and he had been putting it off until he had finished fixing the little fish. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Almost an hour later, I finished the letter. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

From the finished tree house, we could see both our houses and the road. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

We’re almost out the door when we realize the cop still isn’t finished. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Heron finished his beer, and stood up. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He quickly finished the butt and was tapping out a fresh one. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they had finished it, they heaved the rinds into an empty field and continued on. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we finished, we walked back toward the locker room, and I saw that the So-Called Gym Teacher had left his clipboard and the slips of paper on the bleacher. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as he finished “unpacking,” Chip hit me roughly on the shoulder, said, “I hope you’re stronger than you look,” and walked out the door, leaving it open behind him. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When she finished singing, her father had tears in his eyes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The feast finished with an entertainment provided by the Hog-warts ghosts. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

By the time we reached the cliff site with the paintings, we had finished our water. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the game was over and dinner was finished, everyone said what they were thankful for. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

My bedtime was nine o’clock or after I finished reading them a bedtime story, scrubbing their tub, and taking my own bath. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was a beautiful skirt and I finished it on the day after the second moon. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the prayer was finished, Cole’s parents and their lawyer immediately began putting on their coats to leave. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I asked when I had finished the dishes. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Her heart galloped in her chest, and she was out of breath like she’d just finished the mile run at school. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When that was finished, he looked at them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finished so spent I could hardly wave to him. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Lord Commander. Are you still intent on this .. .. folly?” finished Jon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When he had finished dialling, he picked up his handkerchief from the desk and put it over the mouthpiece, quite loosely and mounted rather high. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

When she’d finished I said, ‘It sounds terrible. Has it always been like this?’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finished a page and cast it aside, started a next one. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I have only been an Elder-in-Training for five years now, but I am already learning..He paused. “Ever so much,” he finished in a hollow voice. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She resumed cringing in horror once Mr. Quisling finished copying James’s note: Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But he was a good architect; Quentin knew the house, twelve miles from Jefferson, in its grove of cedar and oak, seventy-five years after it was finished. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I had finished, I turned and stormed out of his office. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat on the curb in front of the store, and I finished dinner in four bites. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She seemed to think she needed to have it all finished up in the next week or so. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I finished, Laleh sat pressed up against Dad with his arm around her, well into the first act of “Allegiance.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But when “finished” behavior became my second nature, they learned I was nobody’s pet. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

After you finished that test—believe it or not—you would have walked out of my office and back down the hall more slowly than you walked in. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Boom. We’re all finished. And we still have”—he consulted his watch, a Gucci; she remembered reading once that when they were that expensive, they were timepieces, not watches—“seventeen minutes to go.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The staff has barely finished packing up the Christmas trees when it starts. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When they were finished, they stood and made a toast to the fatherland. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when Alice had finished for the morning and was putting on her coat to leave, Malcolm saw and caught up with her on the porch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“The last girl who tried that—” “Now has a metal arm,” the queen finished. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When I had finished, his face changed into a “serious talk” face. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess so. I never see him. He was older. Once he finished his training, he moved away from our dwelling. He might even have a spouse by now.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“But, like you said, there’s no point in bringing an empty, broken Story Box,” she finished. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

After Papa finished dressing the man’s wound, Papa asked him if we could have a sip of water and pointed toward us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Sunday night, as I tromped down the back hallway—I’d just finished putting up all my pictures again—to the living room, I heard my parents’ voices floating out of the kitchen. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In any case, no one in Marina’s aviation regiments would be doing any fighting until their training was finished. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

After he finished beating me, we sat next to each other on the side of the court and he started to spin the ball on his finger. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Her words were hardly out—and the song had not yet finished—when there was a loud pop and a sudden silence. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

To recoil against such direction is to imply that a monologue or a scene is finished. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

If there were time — if the medic had finished with the ones he was fairly sure he could save — he would come back to the kid to see what he could do. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they finished, clouds rolled in and a gentle rain fell, although the sky had been clear when the ceremony started. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We peeked through the curtains at the audience as the Upper School Chamber Choir finished its last song. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Miss Gage was finished with me and went out and the barber lathered my face and shaved. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The fuel for the camp stove was finished, and so they threw it aside. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Dell has barely finished bringing up the stuff from the garage when Pattie hands him another list and shoves him back out the door. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

As soon as she was finished, she cast aside the embroidery that covered the telephone, dialed, and asked, “Yes, is Mr. Sen there, please? It is Mrs. Sen and it is very important.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The She Elephant finished the kachasu and tossed the bottle to the floor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had just finished saying it when Fernanda felt a delicate wind of light pull the sheets out of her hands and open them up wide. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

After Keav finished with my hair, she put red rouge on Geak’s lips and cheeks as Chou and I slipped on our new dresses and stood in awe of each other’s beauty. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can wait until you’re finished. I have homework to do too.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I tell her all about the day and what happened, and by the time we are finished, she is on the brink of sleeping, so that’s probably around eleven-fifteen. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Now you can get back to your schoolwork,” Madam Maryam said as we finished our cake. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My parents finished their conversation, and it was obvious that one of them was heading up to speak to me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as we had finished, we were rounded up again and quick- marched to a building with bars on all the windows and a strong door that our escorts unlocked and opened. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Merlyn had finished his breakfast, and was puffing at the meerschaum pipe which made his pupil believe that he breathed fire. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began pulling money out of my purse as if the deal was already finished. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After I finished dinner and dried the dishes that Dad washed, I went out to check on her. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

When he finished, he looked at me and said, “Where did you find this?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as Elizebeth finished college, she had to start repaying the loan from her father. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you call me?” said Julian, perplexed and perhaps a little slighted, when Charles finished his story. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But when he finished the quiz and that 90 percent glared tauntingly at him from the score report page? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

When he had finished, he gave Joe a copy, just to check over the personal data, and Joe said: “Right here, in this little box, you got it I’m white. 1 ain’t white, I’m brown.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Before the Maafa, whatever that is, captures us with the bone ships,” I finished. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I had just finished stowing a Japanese food packet in my bag when I heard the sharp sound of an explosion from farther up on the trail. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he finished, he held a mirror up to me, and I gasped in delight. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

No thanks, I say, then stand up to leave, but she gives me a look that tells me she’s not finished with me. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

When he had finished, he felt like a balloon someone had let all the air out of. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But she powered through and finished the job, and was soon beginning work on a fourth lodge. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

After he finished cutting out the pictures, he took them all to the basement and found the bright yellow oil paint left over from a go-cart he had made to run kids down with. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

While he searched for the right words to respond with, she would go on, and often enough, by the time she was finished, she had tired herself out, and there was nothing left to say. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In fact, he dreaded finishing; as long as he hadn’t finished, there was still hope. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was in the kitchen and had almost finished cooking. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the song had only seemed whole to me As I finished removing the broken string I gave it an idle look and all my thoughts fell to a jumble at my feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The story wasn’t finished yet, but she ran it through as well as she could. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Dad finished chewing on his barbecued chicken before giving me a smile that quivered at the edges. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When he finished talking, the applause about shattered the glass in the windows. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Perilee yawned as we finished washing up the coffee cups and sandwich plates. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When she had finished the coffee and calmed down, the bailiff gently pried the shards of foam from her hands and threw them away. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A handful of other men were also interested, and the questions were many and good when Clevinger and the subversive corporal finished and made the mistake of asking if there were any. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

After we finished the book, Ms. G made us do an assignment dealing with other cultures where we had to interview fellow Freedom Writers about their family heritage. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had almost finished shining the shoes before I asked, “Is there something familiar about these shoes?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“War isn’t inevitable. It kills people. It—” “—took your mom,” Mars finished. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When I finished mixing Mom’s drink I put the Amaretto away and carefully carried the drink to her. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, eyed each man in the room, then finished, “Me,” he growled. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gilly had long since finished her breakfast, but she sat at the kitchen table, her head propped on her fists. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

On the last day in English, we finished selections from Travels with Charley and I turned in my Travelogue assignment. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And when I had finished, he nodded and said, “We should probably discuss this over a piping hot plate of Resurrection.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

After I finished cleaning the bathrooms and dust mopping the floors, I took a handful of cookies and went downstairs. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

When he was finished, Constance swept the powder into a small bag and handed him another root. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then I finished buttoning my coat and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that I’ve never lived in a development that was finished. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mia soon settled into a schedule: she arrived in the morning at eight thirty, soon after everyone had gone off to work or school, and would be finished by ten. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Our Olanna has just finished her master’s degree. Master’s degree at London University! It is not easy!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Or I could build the canoe here on the rocks and take the chance that another storm would wash it away before I was finished. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the preacher had finished, and someone signaled the bandmaster and there was solemn music as the pallbearers carried the coffin down the spiraling stairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we were so tired when we finished, Mama didn’t even have to ask us to go to bed. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The laborers hadn’t cleaned up when they finished. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

When they were finished, they settled back against the wall. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, after what felt like forever, I finished. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"There's a rec room on the fourth floor," I say when we're finished. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As soon as he finished his apple pie, Papa grabbed his newspapers, sat down in his favorite chair, and began reading intently. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Even Zillah’s gauzy constructions appear to me to have a confidence and subtlety, an assurance, that my own paintings lack: in this context my pictures are too highly finished, too decorative, too merely pretty. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The song ended and I sat, paralyzed, as the next played, and the next, until the CD finished. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath and finished her thought. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The sun was at its highest and its most furious when they finished; its heat sizzled the back of Nathan’s neck. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When she had finished she gazed for some time at the swimmers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“They need sunlight and water, and their souls need to—need to—” “Be weeded,” finished Chacho. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After cutting and stacking the wood for her, I went back and finished turning her new garden. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finished up, of course, back in my grandmother's house with her arms around me tight and both of us crying the whole night long. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

In effect, he was saying that when someone is finished texting, their minds can still be so absorbed in the task that they do not know what is going on around them. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I am bone tired, but we done finished number eight and that means we still got four more to go. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When the program was finished, and we heard Paul Coates announce we would return “tomorrow” to continue the interview, our attention switched to the telephone. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the test was finished, the driving inspector said, “Thank you. Would you please park the car over there,” gesturing to a space nearby. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was finished, she let her hands linger on the sides of his face. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

That, from Dylan, a small-boned kid who had only recently finished his Cubbies lessons. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

By the time the lawyer got there, it was already finished. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When Styx finished the story, Bobby Gene and I stood slack-jawed. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Not only was this tomb not finished, not even begun, but its owner, Pharaoh’s Master of Storehouses, was still very much alive. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She rested against him and cried until she seemed too weak to cry any longer, and did not look at him once until he extended his handkerchief when she had finished. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe nothing ever happens once and is finished. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished telling Esther the story, she had tears in her eyes and she couldn’t decide whether to rub my head or hug me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When the sling is finished, I carefully load Helene into it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

By one- thirty the cross was almost finished. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost before Min had finished speaking, he was flying down the road with the cart careering crazily before him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Another story,” she said when she finished drinking. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I’m finished, I dust the crumbs from my fingers and blink again to make sure the tears are gone. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ophie finished pulling on her new dress, all black like the rest of the household staff at Daffodil Manor, along with heavy stockings and her shoes, which pinched just a bit. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I finished my cigarette, stubbed it out in the silver guest ashtray. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She gave me extra time for each exam, but I was finished long before the time was up. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The barber had finished the song and started it over again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She just let me talk, and when I had finished, she said to our nurse, ‘You get them into bed, Nanny. I’m going out.’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the machine shop, Mr. Ferro presented us the finished product of our newest design, Auk XIV. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Kaede, who had just finished eating her tasteless biscuit, blurted out, “Do you ever eat?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They had finished eating, but they remained around the fire, talking and laughing. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

So when I was finished talking about Joey, Doc Mom said, “Okay, Ryan Dean, I am not a therapist anymore. Now I’m just a mom.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When she has finished the dishes, she leads Frederick out onto the elevated patio, as is their routine, where he sits with his bib still around his neck, staring into oblivion. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When the high chancellor finished, it was my task to close the casket so Mother could be lowered into her grave. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And when the picture was finished, you didn’t see the dirt or the meanness; you saw the glory of innocence and the poignancy of a baby growing up too soon. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She finished it that evening, just in time to go get Torito from the hospital. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Emma had gotten pregnant with their third child around the time Charles finished Coral Reefs. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dub stood up from his rocking chair, folded his well-worn copy of the New York Times under his arm, then finished off his scotch. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It had something to do with soaking in mud and rubbing with ashes, but her rabbit skins smelled vile when she was finished. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you explain what kind of bad games? I know this is hard for you, but we’re almost finished.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve just finished my own stew and am barely restraining myself from licking the plate. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Like his chores, which his brother would want finished by dinner. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Fair Knightess finished just two lengths behind him, fighting to the last. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I immediately woke up from my dream and began shooting inside the tent, until the thirty rounds in the magazine were finished. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He had just finished a ten- hour shift, eggs over easy and cheeseburgers since 5:00 a.m. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The book was one-half finished, with the opening and closing scenes unwritten. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Lincoln finished his speech, like it or not, that was the proposition and that was what was being tested. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Where are you going, pig’s son? Did I say I was finished?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

We picked crumbs off one another, and after we finished our treat it grew quiet and once again I became restless. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the photographers were finished, Mr. Finkle pulled me aside and asked if we could have a few words in private. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And when he finished each afternoon, Mrs. Cobb leaned back in her chair and smiled, not a scowl anywhere on her face. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

When I finished the cookies she brushed off the table and brought a thick, small book from the bookcase. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few hours later, I finished my walk to the Coddington Rehabilitation Institute. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

When I had finished, he returned to his car and talked into his radio some more. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

But before he had finished speaking, the stone was rolled aside and a fifty-foot giant, more than twice as tall and wide as the BFG, came striding into the cave. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her older boys, even her nineteen-year-old, stayed close to her at home despite the many distractions that emerged as they finished high school. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“But suppose he finishes his boat. Once it’s finished people will say, ‘Why don’t you put it in the water?’ Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Under Thirteens then finished their running and took the field for drills and instruction. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Cady hadn’t so much as finished the thought, however, when the words of the man in the gray suit scampered into her head. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

As they had said, we finished in a couple of days. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I might be finished period. I might not be able to get home.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Working feverishly, I made it, but since the paint required a few minutes to dry I picked up two finished buckets and started lugging them over to the loading platform. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished, he apologized to me, but I suspected that he just wanted me to leave. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Moss was nearly finished with his curry when his mother pointed her chopsticks at him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When the performance is finished, the principal turns to a woman who has not moved throughout the performance and invites her forward. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Lines were long for the few outhouses, and in the winter, by the time I finished, my feet were nearly frozen. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

After we had finished eating, my uncle showed me his carpentry tools and his worktable, which was outside, occupying most of the little yard. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I had him come back in an hour, after I'd finished my work. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The water wall had long stopped singing, and the sky had darkened to an endless black by the time the kids were finished bouncing ideas back and forth. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Some are finished, or haven’t started, and sit on their couches watching football or the parade. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But Iorek hadn’t finished yet, and Will was still weak and dizzy from the blow, and didn’t quite trust his feet, so they stayed where they were. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Last night, after I finished practicing trumpet, I put my sweater in the washing machine. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And by the next summer, Charles had finished his book Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands Visited During the Voyage ofHMS Beagle. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I’m finished, I dry my hands and Auntie wraps a hug around me. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He was nervous and went into way too much technical detail, but he must have been clear enough, because when he was finished, awed whispers rippled through the crowd. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I would write a chapter over the weekend, and when I went home for the week, Gram would read what I had written and write the next chapter, until we finished the whole story together. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Grandma, meanwhile, had finished a beautiful dance fan made of a partridge tail. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It seemed like hours and hours before we had the ground finished. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he finished cuffing me, the cop opened the rear door of his cruiser and pushed my head down while shoving me into the backseat. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When I finished, it was almost sundown, and Ray reached down to lift me out of the hole. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

As Cherrie happily noted in his diary later that night, “Our work as explorers of an unknown river is of course finished!” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

When it’s finished, I hold the jar one last time. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Was this cycle not exhausted and finished for him? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said: “I’m almost finished with The Catcher in the Rye.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Biddy was ’bout finished with her oatmeal and eyeing the fruit like it drop down from Mars. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He left her sitting in the small vestibule while he finished up with the delivery Dedd could hear going on in the adjoining choir room. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything had to be finished that day because I could not violate the Sabbath. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Ooh-wee, this was a good idea, Georgia,” Mrs. Spencer told Stella’s mother as she finished her third piece of pie. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When Cole had finished, Garvey said, “You may never have use of that arm again. Life is made up of consequences, and you’ve sure made some bad choices.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Not because he was finished, but because I stormed out of the house and refused to listen. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

At last Jackson finished, however, and despite his drowsiness, Sticky had managed to lock all the information securely in his head. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

As they left the house behind she may have been telling him about a story she had just finished or a book she was reading. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When the first part was finished, everyone clapped madly, and Miss Spider stood up and shouted, “Bravo! Encore! Give us some more!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I put out my cigarette, even though I wasn’t quite finished, because I felt spooked. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Aureliano had finished classifying the alphabet of the parchments, so that when Melquíades asked him if he had discovered the language in which they had been written he did not hesitate to answer. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She picked up the bundle of typescript in an idle moment while passing through this office on her way to luncheon, asked to take it home to read, and finished it that afternoon. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Since I was just sketching Muzak impressions, I’m less interested in the finished product than she is. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The weapon emitted a second tone, letting me know it had finished scanning my handprints. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be fine,” Icarus said, as his father finished the right wing. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When we were finished, I rolled the cloth into a tight bundle and gave it to him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Two nights later, the guidance console was finished. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He finished bandaging my cheek and tipped my chin up so he could look me in the eye. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Heather’s room is finished and ready for viewing. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

During the pause after Chester had finished “Rock of Ages,” Mr. Smedley came up to the newsstand to buy his monthly copy of Musical America. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had hoped that when I finished high school I would get a job and help her keep the house together. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long, shocked silence when he had finished. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The woman in the yellow head cloth finished filling the second bucket. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished I didn’t toss my hair back. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

By the time I was finished making lunch and got myself dressed, Dad had fixed his thermos of coffee and was ready to go, too. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

"And now our palaver is finished," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Folks that had finished working and had cleaned up and already et waved or started calling to me from their stoops. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

When I finished my address and sat down, it was the last time that Justice de Wet ever looked me in the eye. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The workers are finished. Alter the Gathering and this year’s Song, you’ll be able to start dyeing new threads for the robe.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Joe,” he said, “are you sure you got what these fellows made? Sure you didn’t make a mistake and pick up some of that first-run stuff I finished off myself?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. It took like eight seconds. I actually almost finished it like two weeks ago; I just didn't realize it worked.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

When he finished, Slannen handed the package with the wolf to me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

By two in the morning, the game was finished. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When the man finished, a gasp of astonishment came from the court room and Bigger saw faces turning and looking in his direction. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He worked carefully, prying each nail loose so he’d be able to close the crate tight again when he was finished. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

The animals were hard at work building yet another windmill; when that one was finished, so it was said, the dynamos would be installed. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

As soon as I finished my first bite, I knew I’d nailed the recipe. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Even my father said, “Will the government give you a job when you’re finished with school?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaves and it’s quiet in that empty ward and when I’m finished I don’t know what to do because you’re not supposed to do anything till they tell you. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was as if he hated cleaning up after the kids at D. Franklin Middle so much, he refused to clean up after himself when he finished his workday. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Natalie winced and finished in a hurried mumble, “At least, there’s nothing wrong that she isn’t trying to fix.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When he had finished, he declared that her case was not within his province to cure, since the child was silent because she did not feel like speaking, not because she was unable to. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Janie had finished indoors she sat down in the bam with the potatoes. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I finished Peewee’s letter and gave it to him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The first time I got chased by an alligator, I was scared, I admit that. But I finished the job later.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Just as he finished congratulating himself on his innocent ruse he was bumped hard by one of his opponents and knocked to his knees. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I push my mug of coffee, not even half finished, to the far end of the table. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

If there had been housemaids here, during the morning, they had finished their work by now and gone downstairs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth’s hand was aching by the time she finished. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

What if you could play as often and as long as you pleased and didn’t have to settle up until you were finished playing? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The deep ridge of his forehead was finished with two branched dragon horns, one on each side of his head, and the broad nostrils of his nose flared. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She nodded her head firmly, indicating that she had finished with the topic. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

We still had a half hour before Wayne would be finished with his spraying. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the memories were so raw and so painful that my friends’ inability to find words to say after I’d finished only pushed me deeper into the sadness of what had happened. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He finished hauling the buckets, then went home for lunch. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Miles walked into the gym about five minutes after they’d finished, holding a large white box filled with giant cupcakes. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Some days we finished early, and I helped out around Just Us for Justice. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The public, visible parts of the house have been finished first. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I expect the two of you are amazingly finished by now. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

After I finished my last letter, I went home. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“And I told him I wanted your debts cleared too,” she finished in a rush. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Only when he finished it and put it with the others in the pail did he begin to drink the soup. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She finished off the last cake, licking her fingers with relish, then set the tray outside the door and rang for a maid. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then he placed the pencil on the cash register and finished his water. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So we need your help,” Hazel finished her story. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

By the time the nobleman had made the ascent, the Green Grace had finished eating. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When they had finished, the farmer and his sons went out with a lantern and got the waggon ready. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the finished painting in my head, the girl will finally know this. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"And they keep running off. You remember the meeting? How everyone was going to work hard until the shelters were finished?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The foundations of both were nearly finished and awaited the installation of cornerstones. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I finished school, got my haircutting license, and got a job at Mollie's Manes. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I was glad that I’d at least finished with the scrubbing of my face before she came in. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I’m finished, the man recording it taps out my last sentences on his screen, the glass lighting up with letters where his fingers touch it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Once he had finished this task, he slipped into the skin and bounded out of the house. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

While Sahil was downstairs, I finished picking out the rest of the costumes and a couple more props. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But Wormtail, who had finished conjuring the ropes, did not reply; he was busy checking the tightness of the cords, his fingers trembling uncontrollably, fumbling over the knots. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But I never forgot the look of astonishment and bewilderment on the young woman’s face when I had finished reading and glanced at her. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she finished school, she won admission into a mediocre college of architecture in Delhi. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Dad and Robin finished talking, he pulled Ivy into a hug while Robin and June waited in the hall. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At ten I finished dinner and went to telephone an old friend who lives in New Orleans. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, the dress is finished—what else did we have to do?” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

By then most people had finished their church meetings, and some, still in their Sunday best, were out for a walk. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She finished her last twist in a hurry, then grabbed her phone and rushed out to meet Bitter. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“But we just finished a quest...” she moaned. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My surmise was not finished, could not be; for I caught sight in the mirror of the red mark upon my forehead; and I knew that I was still unclean. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

After she finished her pilot’s certification in 1933, she became an instructor herself—mostly teaching young men. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

S.Q. finished grading the quizzes and stacked the papers on the edge of his desk. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He started arguing with himself like he was two people. The guards had to take him away. On the good side, no one seemed to notice I finished his stew.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Henry smiles breathlessly against his neck, looking extremely pleased with himself, and says, “I’m rather finished with tennis, aren’t you?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Stillness swirled about the little cabin when she finished. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

When Jon did not answer, the old man finished his wine and said, "You're free to go. I'll have no further need of you today. On the morrow you can help me write that letter." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The judge’s secretary took us to a conference room while her boss finished an important telephone call. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Say someone or other finished a manuscript every minute; in five minutes that would be five manuscripts stacked on the Fiction Editor's desk. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

After they are finished, they get into the front seats with the truck driver and we begin to move. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That class had finished several minutes early—Miss Emily had rushed off with a preoccupied frown—and the word had started to go round as soon as the students had come out. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said when we were finished being people we’d go back to being angels. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I finished painting another rock and June started another tree. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"I like to dig holes, too. Can I dig for you, Caveman, after Zero's finished?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He emptied it onto the desk and quickly sorted through it: a few clothes, a woolen sweater I had just finished knitting, toothpaste, soap, a towel, and a jar of Grandma’s fresh beef chili sauce. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never written anything that was finished. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Thank you all so much for coming,” she finished up, still no sign of a breakdown in her voice. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When she had finished the last bite of sandwich, she licked butter from her fingers and looked up. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

After I finished familiarizing myself with the area, I sat down and tried to think about how I was going to get out of the forest. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Glass finished lighting a fresh cigarette before she committed herself. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’d mash the pieces right up next to each other, where they should go, and imagine what the plane would look like with everything finished. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

We just finished reading a story about a kid living in the projects who had to deal with peer pressure and gangs. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Kochu Thomban had finished his ceremonial rounds, and lay tethered to a wooden stake next to a steaming mound of his own dung. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But to get back to the subject of raising children, yesterday a silence fell after Mrs. van D. finished her little speech. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes later Seabiscuit finished in a dead heat for first with a horse named Heelfly, who carried fifteen fewer pounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We finished packing and headed to the bus station on foot. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I had just finished strapping on my blood bag and rapier and dressing myself and was about to step from the tiring-room, when the rear door of the theatre opened and Nick stepped inside. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Seven looked over the blackboard Valley had just finished writing on and committed it to memory—they would find the Nightbeast while it was still in its weak state by luring and following cucos. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

When I finished Mom was looking into her lap, and Mrs. Jarzab was writing furiously on a pad. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if Mr. Griswold never finished his game? What if getting to ‘The Black Cat’ story is all there is right now? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I asked as his second bite finished the sandwich. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Won’t somebody give us a bit of a song, while the sun is high?’ said Merry, when they had finished. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then she gave him work to do, with the promise he wouldn’t eat again until he’d finished. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

When he had finished, he turned out all the lights and left. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had finished, Victor took a step back and looked at his handiwork. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he had finished that, he tore the Blue Horse bands from the stacks of new lined paper and placed them in the folder. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

You look at that and tell me that place ain’t finished.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

We have finished the interior courtyard walls, and now we're working our way around the outside of the building. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He was pretty tired, since he and my father had just finished loading all the stuff into the truck a few minutes earlier. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the heralds had finished telling of each hero's deeds, he rose. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After we had finished burning the old picture, we sat down to a lunch of meat pastries and dumplings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And how he loved letting me lick the batter off the spoon before baking a cake, but not nearly as much as he loved seeing me chomp down on the finished product. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“As soon as you finished playing. Before you’d even got your pipes.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She would have preferred to retreat upstairs to her room, but Leon finished the call with an echoing rattle of the Bakelite and turned to her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Kira, in Thomas’s room, looked down through the window at the squalor of the village and listened to its chaotic din as workers in the various sheds finished their last chores. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I envision the future day when this campaign is finished, and we grown older and commenced men of means—with wives of our own, and children, and farms, perhaps, laid about with barns. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I jumped right up and finished the event, but I knew I had no chance of medaling now. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The only explanation she could think of was that he had just finished a very large meal and was feeling so stuffed and lazy he did not want to take the trouble to get up. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the hour they were almost finished. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

And he finished, in a voice not of defiance, but suffused with realization: “I am no one. I am not a man. I am nothing.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the other judges were finished with me, the young man turned and said, “You know Dr. von Braun’s here today, don’t you?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Remo and I had finished our diorama of a cell the first week back from winter break. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

"Without us to keep him safe, Sam will have no chance," Jon finished. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It was completed, James. I’m positive. The Black Cat clue led somewhere—don’t you see? If Mr. Griswold hadn’t finished his game that would have been a dead end.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“We need a plan of action for this egg drop competition,” Dari said once they’d finished with the lab, and I startled at his voice, at the sound of reality. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She stays there after she’s finished, starts reading the beginning again until he’s done. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“It takes great skill to carve figures like that. Why not make a simple cross? ’Twill be fit to hang over thy cot if ’tis well made and smoothly finished. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The sun was setting as Iorek finished his meal, and the air was cooling down. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

So much to tell, in fact, that Sticky was complaining of a blister on his finger by the time he’d finished the report. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Will felt a great sullen heaviness settle over him; he’d had little strength left before the fight with his father, and now he was nearly finished. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Earlier he’d invited Regina and Bobby to dinner after the conclusion of the game, whenever it was finished, whoever won. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He finished, stood up, and said, “I finally found something that can stop the fox. The fox cannot summit Strawberry Hill.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The radio guy was with him, and by the time Scotty and I had finished our nest, Doyle and the radio guy were playing cards. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your husband hangs the picture up on the wall of his study’ he finished, and this time the needles moved. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She kissed me when she was finished, tossing the rough edges of my cut hair into the fire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Feels extra full circle since I also called Arthur when I finished the very first draft. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

But when they are finished she switches on the lamp by her bed and they examine each other, quietly discovering moles and marks and ribs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She finished her last bite and slid the plate forward. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, after he had finished his supper of watery cabbage soup, Charlie always went into the room of his four grandparents to listen to their stories, and then afterwards to say good night. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

She finished quickly and proceeded to bandage me with a quick efficiency I admired. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Sure,” he said, and his English was colloquial and mouthfilling, “the Mexican Canal is overdue. What the hell? It will get finished just the same, old boy.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to be in eighth grade, as I had finished seventh grade in Rwanda. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I whispered to her when we were finished. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The field was crowded, filled with well-known names, but Mohammed not only finished first, he did so in record time: nine hours and fifty-five minutes. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

For all of them it was a relief to have it finished. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t even finished unpacking, and she was ready to call it quits. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

They had finished their soup now, and the waiters were clearing away the plates. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

While the TV crew finished setting up, the director walked over to have a hushed conversation with Jenny. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

One morning when Sam had finished feeding Frightful and was on his way down, Molly arrived. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Once I’m finished squeezing lemons, I pour the juice into two pitchers that are half full of cold water. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

After Mom and I finished putting away my suitcase of bare necessities, she said to me, “Why don’t you go out and explore, honey?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She crept through the underbrush, finished off her chalk on a nearby tree trunk, and shaped four more spirits into the jagged lines. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He finished buttoning and took a bite of the bagel, set it down on the counter while he poured himself some coffee. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When they had finished their story, Percy swelled indignantly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When I’m finished delivering the telegrams there’s enough time to go to the ancient monastery graveyard where my mother’s relations are buried, the Guilfoyles and the Sheehans, where my mother wants to be buried. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When you wait a few span or month to hear a finished song, the anticipation adds savor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The students, dubbed the “Little Rock Nine,” made it to class that day—and finished out the entire school year. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I get to class, I settle into my seat, breathing hard like I just finished a race. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

When I finished, all I wanted to do was flop down and cry, but Howard said, “What are you sitting here for? Let’s go find him!” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He listens without reaction as she speaks, and when she is finished, he only nods. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I was not finished. You will accompany young Tristan, but I am not fool enough to trust you any further. No, you will need...constraints.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Her hair was almost finished, only a small section, like a rabbit’s tail, was left at the front of her head. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Working nights and weekends, she finished the job in late December. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

To pacify them, we let them try on the finished bangles. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

When it was hanging straight, he stepped back to examine the finished product. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

When they were finished Harry balled the papers neatly and stuffed them into a hollow tree stump. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Kaisa finished the story, the food lay untouched between them, but the apple had been sliced neatly into six wedges, the skin coiled like a ribbon around them. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had he finished it and left it on his computer or something? The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

By the time Ralph finished blowing the conch the platform was crowded. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She ate in a mechanical way, as if eating was a chore, but she finished everything. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry finished his breakfast in the emptying Great Hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Now let me ask you this—has anyone here ever lived right next to the el tracks? 6TH JUROR: Well, I just finished painting an apartment that overlooked an el line. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finished his fussing and surveyed his store, almost like he was scanning the room for what task he could do next. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When I finished reading that passage, I read it again. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And pray that he is the man I think he is, he finished silently, and not the man I fear he has become. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore drank like a child dying of thirst, but when he had finished, he yelled again as though his insides were on fire. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He finished taping the bandage back over my eye. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

After the pastor finally finished talking, the pallbearers lowered the wooden coffin with my gran in it into the huge rectangle in the ground. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Florida had just finished telling Tiller about the Hoppers and Cranbeps and Burgertons, when Tiller made an odd sound, as if he were in pain. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t, so now all I’m thinking about is what I promised myself I’d tell her as soon as we finished singing “All Night Long.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The sun finished the last rays of its lingering good-bye, and the moon rose in awful majesty over the silver tree- tops, before he dared to stand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She finished her lemonade and called to Mama through the screen door. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When we were finished, Aileen wanted to do some more work in the darkroom, a different photo project for another class, so I was on my own. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Instead she finished the root beer in one swallow and set the bottle on its side, then gently pushed it, sending it rolling away from us. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Lupita let out her breath in relief as the women in the back finished their prayers. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

When he is finished, Grant hands the book over to Lee. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you want from me, my son?” he asked when Esteban had finished speaking. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The outside was entirely finished, every detail, but the inside was another story. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Once he’d finished his monologue about his construction projects, he closed with an exuberant “I miss you so much! How arejyow?” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

As the First Craftsman moved away, scowling as usual, to set a finished collar upon the shelf, Ranofer hurried to the low worktable. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Washington wilted and finished three- quarters of a length back. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Ryan brought the finished maze to school and placed it on the table at the back of the room far above Ralph’s head. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

My grandfather wouldn’t leave until he finished printing out something from the Internet. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

When they were finished, Dad combed his hair back and announced that Mom had done a helluva fine shearing job. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And they did as soon as they got home, trooping into the Richardson kitchen, where Mia had just finished dressing a chicken for dinner. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was just about finished when Henry called me from the back of the apartment. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Now that she had said it, she was angry with herself for not having said it the night before, so that they would have had time to be finished with their weeping and their arguments. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The desk was to be the dining table, and once Perry had finished setting it, it looked most inviting, for Mrs. Meier had donated a linen tablecloth, starched napkins, and her best china and silver. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

They rushed to get the new schoolhouse finished so’s there’d be a place big enough for the meeting. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

When she finished, she took his hand again. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the buzzing stopped, and it was finished. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His son, George Jr., who had just finished medical school, sat with Gey through the whole thing and made sure he had a freshly pressed suit each day. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

At first, they appear the same as the ones Mirjam finished dusting. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When the cages were finished, the Angola prisoners were sent back north, and the guards remained. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But maybe Lily knew that us moving in to take care of Gram was more important than where she finished school. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She was a part of the image somehow, and she knew that when it was finished, the bond between her and the colorful, towering figure would literally be sealed by spirit. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Once I finished, everything would be okay again. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I walked back inside the performance space as Mrs. Atanabi finished unwrapping herself from all her wintry layers. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They smelled so bad it was all we could stand to get them out, and that finished us all for that Halloween. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finished his story, and there was silence. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

They have finished with their performances for the evening, and the remaining hours before dawn are theirs to spend as they please. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ray has finished with the mysteries of the tree. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When they were finished, Brad started to cry really hard. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When Cora finished her Saturday washing and had supper, it was almost time for the social. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

When I had finished I laid the dress ready on the bed. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Benedict finished tidying his things and sat in a chair across from Reynie. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It took me a week of long hours to develop all the X-rays and when I finished I had sorted the prisoners' shots in alphabetical order, and I did the same with the guards' stack. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Nap time,” Abby announced to Tater when the photographer was finished. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Releasing the colonel’s foot from the hold, Bull stood up and waited until Virgil finished massaging his foot and also rose. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finished high school, but I hadn’t gone to the graduation exercises. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both thought it was mad stupid and ducked out before it even finished, ditched everybody we were with. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I caught him, clasping my hand over his mouth before he finished the rhyme. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

When they were finished Elisha sat down at the piano and played to himself. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It is still almost untouched—archaelogists have not finished mapping the earthworks and canals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But when he finished the second glass, he didn’t stop Val from filling it up again. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And every green flash that disappeared was a life finished, one man for a fighter, a whole crew for a bomber. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Alaska finished her cigarette and flicked it into the river. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Once she’d finished, she sat down with a pen and a piece of paper. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

“So many bad things happen in that book, and she never found out that it all ends reasonably well—after all, I never finished reading her the whole story. That’s what she wouldn’t like.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When he finished sewing Mama’s sack, she tried it just like Papa. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa left the room before Miss Love finished the word housekeeper. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But first, let me continue my story, because, as you know, I wasn’t finished. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I finished it in three days and then wondered what to do with it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when you’re finished, you just disappear into the dark and sit down, and you’re back to being your own self. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he finished feeding me breakfast, not caring that my oatmeal was getting all over the juice-stained shirt. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Compared to Comer, who finished the game with 138 yards, he hadn’t done anything. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, British customers were giving the laundries in Philadelphia rush orders to deliver clothing “finished or unfinished.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He noticed that the big Columbia Fountain at the western end of the central basin still was not finished, even though it was to be a key feature of the opening ceremony. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When they finished, they gave it back to the receptionist. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had finished: Miss Temple regarded me a few minutes in silence; she then said— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I finished Momma’s window and took a break. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning they drank their fill, and their parents finished off the rest. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

When we finished our pizza, Cade asked me, “How much is five euros in dollars?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

After all the hesitation, all the delay, he finished the book he had been sitting on for more than fifteen years in just thirteen months and ten days. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Dwarf King ceased his blustering at the mention of Arawn, but when Taran had finished, King Eiddileg shook his head. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

We finished the O just as our friends arrived. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he had finished packing, Longridge went into the library to draw the curtains, and seeing the telephone he was reminded of Mrs. Oakes. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drank it slowly, hoping Brother Maceo would appear before I had finished. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped talking, put her head down, finished her lasagna. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Maddie was going off duty by the time the ambulance men had finished hurriedly patching up the German pilot and brought him into the ground floor office of the control tower. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

When I finished going through all the details, Martha fell silent, then sobbed softly. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She had finished her sandwich, to Norman’s disgust, and was just draining the last of her beer when, as she’d hoped, a boy appeared. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Blanca finished putting on her shoes and waved goodbye to him from the doorway. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finished the stew and almost immediately felt his eyes closing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And when he finished, I asked him to play the Copland again, and he smiled and did. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

After dinner we were taken to Block 16, a cluster of fifteen barracks that had just been finished a day or so earlier—although finished was hardly the word for it. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was finished zipping up, I snuck up behind him and put the gun to his spine. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I organized the men into different crews, and after they had finished working in the fields we set to work on restoring the main house. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we’d finished my hearth and home lesson, he took me out to the barn and helped me get Violet and Plug settled. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was sad when the roof was finished. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Frank finished washing the horse and stood him under the tree where his head was in the shade. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes my plate even though I haven’t finished my toast. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s faster than ever I thought,” gasped Dandelion, “but I’ve taken the edge off it. I can’t do any more. I must go to ground. I’m finished.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was hoping when she finished the last one, she’d take a break. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“I only asked a question,” he finished sulkily. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I made Mr. Taft’s card into a squirrel, and when I finished, I wrote “I’m nuts about you” on the heart, though that wasn’t all that true either. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She finished cleaning my side and rinsed her hands in the bowl. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And because I finished my homework early, I figured I might as well investigate my secret question—the question I couldn’t find the words for. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

On the moonrise when the coat was finished and she was trying to slip it on Tornait, she heard in the distance the crackle of feet on the ice. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mulled over his answer as I finished my rugelach. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When she had finished half the food on her plate, my mom looked at my dad and said, “Aren’t you going to tell him?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Jazz finished braiding the last patch of hair I had left. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

When he finished scraping that foot, he picked up the other front foot. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

When they were finished, Jerome took the joint from his sister. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t interrupt me once—Ben was a good friend in the not-interrupting way—but when I finished, he immediately asked me the most pressing question in his mind. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

And now I’m going back to the warren to make sure everyone else is finished with you as well. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kino was finished and was rolling a cigarette when Juana spoke sharply. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finished item three—empty the dishwasher—on the to-do list Dad left for him on the kitchen whiteboard every day, and grabbed his suitcase. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

How, when she finished, she laid it precisely in its place. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

‘Here you come traipsing in after everbody done finished supper. Seem to me like I never will get off from work.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When he was finished, he folded the paper over several times and pressed it into her palm. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

By dusk, he had finished the roof and framed in the single window. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to sit here with me, you know,” I said to him after the pledge finished. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was good work, I knew it even as I wrote it, and when I’d finished I set it aside. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t, so now all I’m thinking about is what I promised myself I’d tell her as soon as we finished singing “Can’t Stop the Feeling!” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Bailey had finished his chores and was already behind the stove with Mark Twain. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They finished looking at the granite panels, lingering reverently at the panel devoted to Crazy Horse. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

When Chacko finished his assignment and couldn’t find another job, he wrote to Mammachi, telling her of his marriage and asking for money. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he could cry out, Jesper lunged forward and rammed the butt of his rifle into the guard’s gut, then finished him with two strikes to the jaw. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And now the thoughts rush in: adjusting the blue prints, prepping the trailer bed, lounging on the finished deck with my friends while sipping lemonade from fancy glasses. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He and Sam Holiday, another of us code talkers, had just finished digging in. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She finished Rhyme Schemer and then paced her room until he poked his head in. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“When you are finished today, I have herbs to be ground into paste for Mrs. Clayton. They go in her tea and will help her milk come in.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When Dad finished he asked me, “You too old for a little Old Spice?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kapasi asked when she had finally finished speaking, and had turned to face him once again. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

My blow could have killed him, or someone could have finished him after I went home. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of February, Cole had finished the last book in the stack and asked Edwin for more. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

At some point later in the morning it’s possible that we shook hands — I just don’t remember—but I do know that by the time I’d finished packing the old man had disappeared. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suspect that when we have recovered from the first easy acceptance of signs of life from elsewhere, and finished nodding at each other, and finished smiling, we will be in for shock. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the students finished their song, the rest of the students cheered and applauded wildly. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m finished for now. Have the nurse fill in his chart,” he said, “and run the blood and urine tests.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chester chirped the second verse of “Onward Christian Soldiers,” and finished with a soaring “Amen.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I finished setting up the tracking app for Braviary,” she says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They had designed all these in the laboratory and finished a single pilot model of each just before the war began. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Give each of these girls a doll and put it on the bill. Sugar"—she turned to her husband, who had finished clapping the small folder closed—"hold your horses." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He finished the song, and the girl rolled back the rock to let him into the cave. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

When she finished the last page, he grabbed the small stack and ran down the hall to McNamara’s office. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She finished with the herbs, scooped them in both hands and dropped them into the stock pot. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

By noon the talks weren't finished, but Father was in no shape to continue his listening campaign. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

As soon as he had finished, he wanted a drink. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I sang this song and the crowd joined in, and when the song was finished, I pointed to the police and said, “There, there are our enemies!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finished loading the garbage bags into the shopping cart and said a quick thank-you to 1 IF and to Christ for the food that would keep them alive that much longer. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

When Bill and the children had finished razor-blading the last bits of paint off the windows and washed the panes, they called Judy down from her upstairs study to come and see. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mom was at the kitchen table in front of her beach painting, which she had finally finished. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We finished our homework at the dining room table, waiting for it to get dark outside. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

When they finally finished, Nero sat up with a euphoric smile. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I also thought that if I could get the wall finished, I could build a fire after dark and cook a hot meal. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Leah, help me move this table outside,” she said when she was finished. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looks like a whitewashed world, like it’s a virtual world only half finished, its surfaces unpainted and without texture. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

With alarming speed, inches of finished cloth rolled up on the beams at the front of the looms. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, I put on the yellow dress I’d just finished and the black heels Dedd had passed on to me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Numbly the Torres children went back to the park, where they finished the night in exhausted slumber. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Farmers had finished harvesting their soybeans, milo, and alfalfa and had planted their winter wheat. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When Emily finished solving the boy’s magic square it looked like this: Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When she finished, she sat down on a rock to rest. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He once told me that he hoped I’d go into the business world with him when I finished college. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was finished with that, I took my book bag upstairs. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“The fuel finished on the road. I will find fuel and go back and get it,” Odenigbo said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When they’d finished their work, they set off marching along the road through fields of corn to the train station, singing as they went. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Artwork isn't finished just because you've colored up to every corner on the page. Artwork is finished when you get to the end of your sentence.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

By the time the report was finished, Old Charley was road- kill. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cal wrapped the bills in tissue and tied it with red ribbon finished in a blob that was faindy recognizable as a bow. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he finished he was still hungry, but the edge was gone and his legs didn’t feel as weak as they had. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have been seeing only parts, she finished, and not looking beyond into the great cycle that binds us all. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted this topic to be finished, so she turned to Tommie. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was von Linden of course—I almost want to say “as usual,” as he often comes in now to chat briefly with me about German literature when he’s finished work. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Why did he go to so much trouble when the finished sibyl is mostly clothed and must be viewed from a considerable distance below? History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he’s finished, he says, “Are you doing well in school?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

At last, when the eulogist finished eulogizing, the preacher finished preaching, and the organist finished playing heavenly hymns, the preacher asked if anyone would like to say a few words. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

When I had finished, I carried the clothes beyond the beach and laid them on the grassy bank to dry in the sun. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The match must have finished hours ago...as had any hope of cornering Malfoy. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone else who plays has their own set in the finished basements of their personal mansions. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Instead, each day after he finished work at the Pentagon, Bull went to the coach of every Little League team in Arlington, Virginia, and asked them if they were short any players. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Put a little into the hole each time Zahotep raises the drill, that the bit may cut deeply. When the sockets are finished, I will set you another task.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what to do other than stand there in total disbelief while he finished, shook off the last drops, and zipped up his fly. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Blackberry, who had finished the fragments of lettuce he had found, was sitting up and looking over the very low side, watching a stone-colored, black-spotted trout swim up into the fall. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had just finished brushing my teeth and was heading back downstairs when a quiet knock sent my heart thudding against my rib cage. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Again, he says, handing you your flash drive with Hardwick’s almost finished persuasive essay on it. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They finished loading the caskets, and the major drove his jeep around the front of the plane and signaled the officer with the new guys. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew, or thought I knew, that I hadn’t finished with it yet. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Laura told me she had finished school, but then she gave up the college idea. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fabyan presented them with endless work that had to be finished up, but he paid them not a penny more than usual. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And then Naomi knew that the trade was finished, and she could not go back. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bitter finished the painting in the dark morning of a day—it was well past midnight when Jam heard the studio door creak open. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

In Baltimore’s Preakness Stakes, Stout stuck to his stirrups but finished second to Derby winner Bold Venture, foiled by the brilliant reinsmanship of Seabiscuit’s onetime jockey, George Woolf. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Thursday, after I’d finished scrapping, I drove forty miles to the nearest Walmart and bought a pair of women’s jeans and two shirts, both blue. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

You could put a stack of records on it, and when one was finished playing, the needle arm automatically swung out and the next record dropped down with a happy slap. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I finished my mug, I pushed it aside. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

By the time they finished climbing the hill and rolling away anger, a bright sun had broken through the clouds. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And when Joseph finished, he went up to the Big Barn, and we could hear Rosie mooing. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

When he had finished, he folded it slowly and looked into the flames. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the two of you picked a spot on the walkway and arranged the six necklaces that you’d finished in a neat line. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Who taught you to sing?” said Miss Lulu when I’d finished eating. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And when she finished the piece, she started again to make it better still. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I finished quickly and was pleased with my work. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“When he opened the door, his face was all red from yelling and being mad, but when I finished playing ‘The Swan,’ his face had turned so white. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“If we’re finished, I’m afraid I must take my leave,” interrupted Dorian from beside her, and her head snapped up at the sound of his voice—and his impertinence in interrupting his father. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When he finished the demonstration, I took back my hand. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had finished writing, Cluny pushed the parchment under his pillow, taking care to leave just a small corner of it jutting out. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They finished all but the last candy—that one was for Naomi—and hopped down from the porch to play marbles on the packed dirt in front of the store. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The clock tower,” he said, his bronze eyes shining with amusement, as the clock finished its war cry. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As soon as they had been finished once, they were begun again. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she finished, she showed the scrap of cloth to Marmalade on her left before passing it to Archer on her other side. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He had finished eating and was sitting looking in my direction. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Doc finished off his dinner and took his plate to the sink. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Matt finished dinner with a handful of peanuts and a chocolate bar. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finished drying a plate, dried another, then a third. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He never had many watches to fix, and when he finished he would fool around the house doing any little job that was needed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Louisiana finished singing, and her grandmother said, “It does my heart good to hear you sing, Louisiana. It makes me believe that all will be well.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Is it just that Jeanine finally finished planning it, and acted, or was there an inciting incident of some kind?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We finished the packing while Uncle supervised us, and by the time we had the last wagonload ready, Hand Clap had come back. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it had finished its fussing, it seethed back down the New Meadows River, sluicing between the mainland and the islands. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“You should let me buy you a new bracelet,” he said one night as they finished dinner at an upscale restaurant in DC. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Armpit finished the first bottle before the car made it onto the highway. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

That finished, the doctor moved to tying the other woman’s feet together. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the storms came so fast and so close that one had hardly finished tapering off before the next came, with winds Turner could hear before he could feel. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The Dauntless guards seem to have finished examining the truck. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When the bell finally rang for the end of English, I raced downstairs and was almost out the door when I realized we couldn’t leave until Ben and Radar finished band practice. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The trader clapped when the guitarist finished, then shouted something in Portuguese. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took more than an hour, and when they’d finished they stood back, revealing what looked like an enormous military-green telescope, with its long barrel set firmly atop a short, broad tripod. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He finished the last of his eggs and sighed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Back in his bedroom he finished dressing hurriedly, whistling tunelessly as he stooped to grease and comb his hair before the mirror inside his wardrobe. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They set to work feverishly on the difficult forms, and when they’d finished, Milo placed them all in the little man’s lap. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we finished, the redness had seeped from the day and night was arranging herself around us. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had an hour to wait before Donovan finished his bar shift. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Anyone looking at that photograph would have had to conclude that the building could not possibly be finished in the four and a half months that remained until Dedication Day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She pushed the bowl of pasta in front of Nathan after he finished his sandwich. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

While I was still guessing, Chairman Jin finished his summary of the steadily improving revolutionary situation. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The strange thing was that they already looked finished...and of course they had to be. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I vaguely felt Ocllo pushing the bowl to my lips, and I finished the rest of the drink. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I suppose...” said Belby, who seemed afraid to take another bite of pheasant until he was sure that Slughorn had finished with him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Once her fingers loosened up it didn’t take long before I tilted back into position and she came at me and finished the second nostril. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Marigold studied the nearly finished goldfish pinata on the kitchen table before her. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He had the Opel washed before Master finished breakfast, and when Master came back from work and was taking a siesta, he dusted the car over again, before Master left for the tennis courts. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’s holding my sketchbook, open to the half- finished portrait of Jason. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the teachers finished tying the ribbons on our tap shoes, class was almost over. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just as soon as I have finished my cigar.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had finished getting dressed for school, and was preparing to head out with Alex. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When Wharton finished, a nurse wheeled Henrietta back into the ward, and Wharton wrote in her chart, “The patient tolerated the procedure well and left the operating room in good condition.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Before Ork has finished, the younger priest drops to his knees and throws his hands up, shaggy lips smiling, wild. fourth priest: Blessed! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Kilvin approved of the finished product, he would sell it and I would receive part of the money as a commission. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Having finished my cream of chicken soup, I munched on squeezed bacon cubes and watched the world go by. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the same way that the first attack finished off one period in our lives, so this appalling climax marked the end of another. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was finished, she thrust them into the fire. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

We finished our Cokes, and I handed back the pencil to the guy behind the counter, and Meryl Lee took my placemat as a souvenir, and we walked to the car, hand in hand. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

That night, Nathan finished tying the bow guard on his wrist. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When she had finished her story, Mr. Ages sat quietly for a minute, considering it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

And when the resin dried a short time later, Roz’s foot was finished. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The boys were silent as they finished getting dressed. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Gimpy has finished working his dough into a ball, he stands back, and so does Charlie. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But for a long time after he’d finished reading, I thought about that army of ants, how they were coming together. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

When the dance was finished, I made my way through the squeeze of the people as unobtrusively as possible. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We finished off the pot, and while I pulled down our medications, Dad put the kettle on for another round. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But mother said it would have to happen after she was finished taking graduate degree courses at the University of Arkansas. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

By midday, my arms and hands and chest were so raw and bruised I couldn’t have gone on, but by then we were finished. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The earth shook with their battle, and when they had finished, all that remained to the prince was a small piece of land at the edge of the sea. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She said that as soon as she finished giving her deposition she would be returning to England. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s been waiting for me for thirty minutes while I finished my shift at the Idle Hour. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I hoped this meant that he was really finished with that Paula person and she was finished writing him letters and calling our house and that he’d turned over a new leaf. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

"That is," Ned finished quietly, watching, "unless you have already promised the honor to another." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She stared at Kaisa, who finished tightening the straps of the saddlebags before looking back at her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time they had finished settling in, they could smell food cooking. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Before he had finished the signs were plastered all over with ‘Very Cheap’ and ‘Come At Once’ and ‘You Give Me Any Watch And I Make It Run.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He began to explain, and then his mother came back, and it would have looked awkward to stop talking, so he finished his account of the alethiometer and what it did. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Ah, such intelligence,” she beamed when I finished stuttering through the Hail Mary in English, “a true man of learning!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally finished looking around her kitchen, I realized I had gone through four more of the cookies. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wondered where you were sneaking off to in the night,” she said after I finished. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When we were finished, she wrote my address in the front cover of her journal in sparkly purple pen. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Colin emphatically pushed the book cover shut when he finished reading. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I waited until they finished “I Could Have Danced All Night” from My Fair Lady, and added my applause to the smattering from the handful of patients and nurses seated about the airy room. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

My mom and I had just finished up a morning meeting with my financial adviser. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“My present wasn’t very good, so I didn’t give it to her,” I said when I finished. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Goodness,” he said, when she had finished talking, drawing back in mock surprise. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Not until I was finished with the letter did I look up to see what he was doing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When she finally finished, she straightened up, turned, and said, “Now, what?” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I got finished early in the honey house, I went to the kitchen and watched May and Rosaleen cook, but really I was there to listen to June play the cello. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had finished them—which he did in a humiliatingly short time—he surveyed the lotus root, wiping it on the mat of crushed grasses and wondering how he was going to cut it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

When I finished, I found him staring at me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No meeting, but just the same there has been a caucus and decisions have been reached even before the event is finished." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She delivered the finished assignment to him just as she completed her work for Dorothy Vaughan, double-checking all numbers, confident that they were correct. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I see Dad through the glass wall, still talking to the secretary, and I sit down on the padded bench outside the door until he’s finished. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He finished his dance with a bit of a flourish, landing on one toe on the center of Luna’s palm. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He finished the salmon quickly, left final instructions with the lone Greek waiter still on duty, and said good night to everyone else. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Long after they had finished drinking an old horse appeared over the brow of the hill and came painfully down. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a legal pad on his lap, and when I finished he told me that he had prepared some questions for our visit. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When he had finished combing his hair he moved into the room, and he moved with a majesty achieved only by royalty and master craftsmen. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through an interpreter, the judge explained that the hearing was about whether he wished to fight the government’s plan to deport him to Mexico as soon as his sentence was finished. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I have finished my three stories, the monster said, as if Conor hadn’t spoken, you will tell me a fourth. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, in not quite a year, he finished first in that group as well. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the bench beside the apprentice lay a coil of wire, finished and ready for its last annealing. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

By the time our dinner was finished, he was clearly in a mood to push ahead. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“You belonged to Magistrate Tiger? ” the cub said when Dragon had finished. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

They finished the regular season with a record of eight wins and a tie and number-six ranking in the state. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve already finished one tape—both sides—so stick with me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

But work as fast as she could, when she and Judith finished their task there was time for only a flying visit. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

They’d finished the macaroni and beans by lunchtime the day before, and with the minimal amount of food in each bag, there was no way they could survive on what he alone would bring home. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

My father paused for a moment and finished his tea. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I had to be content with a peek at Chandra when the women were finished with her. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the girls had finished their dancing, they went through some stretching exercises. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

In May they had finished building the big medical center over on what had once been grazing land, and they left the carcass of the old hospital in the center of town. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

When he was finished, he returned to the table with the necklace wrapped in a dish towel and handed me the bundle. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

By the time I finished reading the new chapter, hot tears were burning down my cheeks. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I finished loading up my plate with some fruit and looked around the dining area. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When settled into our courtroom seats Tuesday morning, we figured to see the jury selection get finished and the trial begin. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

As the Uncle finished his tale, they sat quietly in the main room of the cottage. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

When they were quite certain that the meal was finished the birds rose with one grand, fluttering movement and flew round the Bird Woman’s head, copying in their own language the words she said. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Stan, as soon as he finished signing autographs, introduced me to her. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s almost finished one of the Dead Sea Scrolls and she hates to put it down now that she’s at the good part,” Ben explained. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we finished, we looked at the bus driver for a tense second. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The first year you wanted to look pretty for me, so you wore a nice dress to the fields. By the time we finished, it looked like the sackcloth the yuccas were in!” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when they were finished the hall remained full. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he had departed, his time in the Field of Leaving finished. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a little wooden fish painted dark green on top and light pink on bottom, with red lips and round eyes finished with cute curling eyelashes, all lacquered to a high shine. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“But those studies in there aren’t even close to being finished. I just started them last night.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

We finished Mama’s errands, and we have the whole afternoon to ourselves without our little sisters, even though they begged Mama to come with us. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When I finished, Reb Saunders just sat there and stared at me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We want to play a song that we feel really good about,” Ennio finished. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Atticus sent her to a women’s college in Georgia; when she finished he said it was high time she started shifting for herself and why didn’t she go to New York or somewhere. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t seen you since we finished the house. Still as pretty as ever, mama.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Once he had finished with the clocks on the roof, he climbed down the ladder and the long staircase. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“It was fine, though, Mrs. Caruthers didn’t mind,” she quickly finished. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Grace, who had already finished her homework, came over right away. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The words, the sentences, waver, bang apart, come back together again until at last he's finished. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I figured this out and I’m not quite finished figuring. I thought he always felt—well, kind of crippled—maybe unfinished, because he didn’t have a mother.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But...it means you finished. You made it. Even if you don’t get a medal.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

When it was finally finished, he said softly, “Well, what do we answer? The group was quiet. Finally, Rob said, “How about, ‘Thanks for your long letter?’ Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This beautiful Mission-style chest was started by Devon for his Eagle Scout project—his voice stops for a moment—and then finished and donated to our middle school by his beloved father. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, when he was finished, and everybody was clapping their heads off, old Ernie turned around on his stool and gave this very phony, humble bow. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

By the time I’d finished my beauty work, it seemed a shame just to go to bed but that was obviously all there was to do. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had finished Robinson Crusoe long ago, and Kevin had chosen a couple of other familiar books from the library. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“He will come upstairs when this class is finished.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Still, I finished the project without incident and was just preparing to test the emitters when I heard Kilvin in the hallway, cursing in Siaru. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Have you cut up that rhubarb yet? Look, I’ll be finished before you will.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“If you had turned like this when you first started painting, this whole house could’ve been finished.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She stared in shock as she finished her sentence. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished, she sat back and shook her head. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll talk to Dad about it. Come on, get that finished.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And the very same day, a man loading finished bolts of cloth onto the railroad cars in the Lawrence mill yard had been run over and crushed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

After she had finished, she brought the calabash out and gave it to her husband. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Naomi stopped her when the bottle was half finished and gave the rest to Beto. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Once he’s finished recording all his messages, he’ll have no use for Messengers anymore.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Skinny Delivery Boy, you are talking to a very old woman who doesn’t think much good music has been written since Ludwig van Beethoven finished his Ninth Symphony.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When they finished, he said the new mosque was strong enough to last for centuries. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I still lacked three or four corn rows being finished when sundown came and Jumper decided it was quitting time. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stripped to my waist, I slung the mop, moving steadily like a machine, hearing the Jewish boy press the button on the stop watch as I finished cleaning a room. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked over just when we finished planting. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And almost before she had finished, they had said good-by and left the valley behind them. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The redbeard is finished with the customers—and he's locking the door!” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I tell him I'm leaving as soon as I've finished the sketch. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He kept swatting her away with his free hand as he finished off his meal. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He himself had finished his training just a few weeks before, he would tell me later in the day, and did not have much experience on the galleries. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Tattered Prince finished his wine, turned the cup over, and set it down between them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As they finished eating, people started to drift away in twos and threes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The expedited work was finished by the end of May, and a vast circular building near Strawberry Canyon originally designed to house the world’s biggest cyclotron became the headquarters of an entirely different project. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When Papa had finished, Mama pleaded with him to build a floor. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The people in the green SUV—” I began, and would have finished, had the door not suddenly rolled open behind us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When the top was finished it looked like a bed of closely packed white carnations with a heart of red ones. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had finished wiping his forehead and his hands with a handkerchief and slipped it into his pocket. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

They finished the deal with dignity and Lee Chong threw in a quarter pint of Old Tennis Shoes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished talking, Professor Steinberg eyed me for a moment, then said, “Tell me about your education. Where did you attend school?” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But she still hadn’t finished them when the Navy came knocking on her door in the autumn of 1922. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“He has finished his first year of college and earned A’s in all of his courses.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had just finished helping a student with his math homework one afternoon when her best friend, Ellie McElveen, nudged her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Must lead to where the . . . ya know . . . Grievers live,” he said when finished. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When we’d finished, Dad said he had a gift for me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

June finished cleaning the stitches herself; it was distasteful to her, I could tell by the way she held her mouth, how it drew into a tight buttonhole. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced over at me as I finished my lunch. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“My family will be expecting me. And I’ve finished my pocket money.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eloise finished her drink and replaced the empty glass upright on her chest. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“The Cloak of Invisibility,” he finished, enclosing both line and circle in a triangle, to make the symbol that so intrigued Hermione. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When I finished, I felt her tears on the back of my neck. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Her bowstring was taut, the arrow nocked to it in readiness; she could have pulled and loosed in less than a second, and Mrs. Coulter would have been dead before she finished drawing breath. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad finished wrapping his stump and leaned back on his elbows. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When he had finished weeding, Dewey strolled along the quiet paths. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Jackie and Bertha finished that zipper, there wasn’t a single weed left in that yard and my heart ached so bad I wanted to cry. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Cause just last night I thought I was finished with everthing new. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, after we’d finished swimming, we were hanging out on his front porch. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

When the girls finished their lesson, the petals of the lotus closed over Urvashi and she floated back to the heavens. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I repeat them in my head until the news cycle on the TV has finished and starts all over again. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Polly, you get in the back there,” Mr. Derby ordered when Noah finished. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I called the phone number at the back,” finished Helen. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished that I found a couple pieces of chalk and sharpened those down so that when I stuck the flat end up between my upper lip and gum they hung down like fangs. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two of us both sat for a while in silence after I finished reading the letter aloud. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he finished with both hands, I exhaled with relief. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

When it was finished, History of Woman Suffrage consisted of six enormous volumes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Snape had given them so much homework, Harry thought he was likely to be in the sixth year before he finished it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I exclaimed as I finished reading an editorial on the results of the presidential election. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

After we were finished, Kazi took away the plates and went back into the kitchen. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As she finished, there was a sensation in the courtroom that outweighed the arrival of Mr. Lyte and even his handsome daughter. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Goals and objectives: What will students be able to do when I’ve finished teaching my lesson? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“You know, slow and steady wins the race. We’ll tell you all about it once were finished.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mama, who had come to sit by me on the davenport, put her hand on mine and kept it there while Cudn Agnes finished the story. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I finished copying the subdivision names and returned my notebook to my backpack. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Grandma said we weren’t allowed to get up from the table until we finished our food, so I’d sit there for hours upon hours until I started nodding off, my head drooping into the plate. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Hours later, when I finally finished the last exam, I was logged into a virtual chat room to meet with an indenturement counselor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Lee got up and went to the window, and he finished the story, looking out at the stars that winked and blew in the March wind. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He could never be dead until she herself had finished feeling and thinking. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She finished it in three more bites, savoring each mouthful. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was they came up with, I knowed it waren’t fair that I wouldn’t get to know till tomorrow after I finished my chores at the barn. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

And her reciting nephew had finished out of the money at the talent show, so she was already upset and off her feed with us. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

After I finished the letter to Caitlin, I decided to be even bolder, and write directly to her parents. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They finished their dessert quietly, and watched Wilson clean and refill his pipe. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When one of them got finished making a speech, the other one said something very fast right after it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

When we finished eating Byron asked, “What’s the word on them toilets?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men were nearly finished when Roosevelt happened to glance up and see Paishon set down a box. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I had finished a hole and set the drill aside to cool. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finished sixty-ninth, beating more than one thousand adults, and was hooked. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just don’t send postcards if you don’t want Ruth reading them,” I said as she finished my new and thankfully temporary tattoo, signed her name just below it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

When she had finished, she took the pamphlet by one of its corners, held it like she would hold a dead rat by the tail, and walked into the kitchen. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I read it carefully, referring to the photographs, but when I finished I knew I had not understood a word. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

One hot afternoon, the guards had just finished off a particularly ripe, particularly smelly durian, and more husks littered the pavilion ground than usual. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

When I finished eating there wasn’t much left for me to do but read history as Mom ordered. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The High Priestess had finished her sermon, and the songs of Yulemas were over. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The Queen’s face remained impassive as he spoke, and when he finished she asked, “Is that all?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as Mr. Neely finished explaining safety precautions, we both hurried over to claim the lab table in the far back. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After he finished eating it, he actually sat up for a moment; then he lay back again and said: “I need to find out what made me sick.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They continued to stare at the front, and I continued to stare at them, as the Student Council guy finished and Mr. Donnelly returned to the microphone. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At roughly the same time we finished working at the quarry, one of the warders had the idea of converting our courtyard into a tennis court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he finished, he announced that the trial would be postponed until Wednesday morning because the prosecution and the defense wanted to interview surprise witnesses the prosecution had just subpoenaed. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

But I let out the Bertha Mason shriek, and by the time the first echoes finished bouncing back from the mezzanine, I wasn’t the only one in the Rose Theater who was shrieking. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I still can’t even believe it happened. I mean, I thought it would be a disaster, but…” She never finished the sentence. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This may become a disaster,’” Old Sai finished, setting a small table close to the bed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He shook Saget’s hand firmly and was finished—exiting on top as, we like to think, geniuses invariably do. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

When we had finished we went in to eat. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When that happened, the past would really and truly have finished, he would be wearing black and gold like Hooper, not sky and navy blue, there would be no way out at all. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

When he finished, Pond slumped to the floor. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But the foul creatures hadn’t finished yet; holding their beautiful wings high, they squatted among the devastation and voided their bowels. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Martín and a few of the cooks arrived as my mom and I finished cooking. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they promised him one salary and paid him less when he finished. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had just finished talking to me about my grades, and now this. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I finished the routine the best I could, nailing the tumbling part of my dismount but taking a big step on the landing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The priest finished the station where Veronica wiped the bloodied face of Christ, and he moved to Christ’s second fall. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“David, when you’re finished, get your shoes on. We need to go to the grocery store and buy something for lunch.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally, it faded after I finished shaping a story. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The man with the wispy hair finished his tale about the Lady Delune by wagging his tongue and thrusting his hips. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

After we finished eating I made my way over to where she sat with her back against one of the greystones. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We finished quickly, buried our empty tins, and prepared to go. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She finished folding and grabbed a nearby chair. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We finished in a mad rush, and were waiting outside the door for Nana when she arrived. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

As Lon finished his story, the Second’s hands drifted to her bloodsword, and the scent of metal bloomed in the greenhouse. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t see anybody moving outside, so they must have finished unloading. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

When I finished crying, there wasn’t a sound to be heard except for the gentlest lap of waves on the nearby sandbar. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He finished off the beer he was drinking, snipped the can open with his wire cutters, hammered it flat, and nailed it over the hole. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody strands himself on an island unless he’s finished with the mainland. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

When he’d finished the hand, Inej had suggested they speak in one of the private gaming parlors to spare him the embarrassment of being fired in front of his friends, but Rojakke wasn’t having it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But he made sure he never finished any of his paintings so they would not come to life. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“The painting was done by an Italian artist, who finished it in the thirties,” said Penney. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The transaction finished, the trader got on his bike and cycled away. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Peregrine demurred, pointing out that they hadn’t yet finished their dinners, but the children pleaded with her until she relented. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When Bull had finished throwing up, Ben thought about resuming the chant, but did not. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had finished writing the letter in his head, explaining things to Kiowa’s father, and now he folded his arms and watched his platoon crisscrossing the wide field. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The finished tattoos wouldn’t bear up under any kind of close scrutiny, but hopefully they would do. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ashamed that he had not finished the work properly, resentful that Min had not given him complete instructions. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Did you ever get inside our heads?” he finished. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When she finished, it was late and she was quite tired. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The old woman finished untying her head wrap and let it fall to the ground. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When the prayers were finished, Robin pulled on the faded hood, tucked the leather thong inside it, and followed the friar. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

His deep sapphire armor is finished with steel shoulder plates and leather straps along his arms and waist. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the end they finished the harvest in two days’ less time than it had usually taken Jones and his men. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

"Theo's doing fine. The first novel sold about six copies, but it got great reviews. He's just about finished with his second book." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to call it back, to catch it up—a foolish and hopeless matter, because it was definitely and permanently over and finished. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she had finished mixing her herbs she let the small bowl simmer on the stove, then she took from her black bag a large lump of fresh, black clay. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even before the lodgers had reached the room, she was finished fixing the beds and was slipping out. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I finished a close second to Michael Phelps in the vote to determine who would carry the US flag at the opening ceremony. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When he was finished, he grabbed something odd-shaped on one of the ends and dragged the whole thing along toward the group. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it took an hour, but eventually Toby would sit back like he’d just finished a big meal and sigh long and steady. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She snipped a fish hook, slipped the hook in the hole, twist, twist, twist, then tossed it in the “finished” can. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"Home? When my business here is not yet finished?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to be finished with it all,” she said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore conducted their last few lines with his wand and when they had finished, he was one of those who clapped loudest. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He was tired to the bone, and he climbed off to his bed in the loft as soon as he finished the pudding Jenny had made for him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the blacksmith was finished with Syl’s ma and pa, they was quite the sight. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

By the time I finished cleaning the gas company, I was emotionally exhausted. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It was after midnight when the dinner and speeches were finished. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

As I finished searching the second level a new fear began to rise in me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Finished waiting for May and finished waiting for all his grief to dry up and leave him. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I was finished, we had an extraordinarily strong dam, which, like the beavers’, was much wider at the base than the top. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I finished chapter fourteen last night,” said Seven. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

That was all finished now for her, all gone. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She had finished her breakfast, so I permitted her to give a specimen of her accomplishments. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

After we finished the lunch we walked up to the Café de la Paix and had coffee. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

When the dancing finished, the announcer explained some kind of shooting contest. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sighed explosively and stared into the been Doc had already finished his glass. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finished high school at the top of his class at age fifteen and went on to Indiana University in the early days of the Great Depression. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

All of their goodbyes lay like the coiled ropes on the ground, connected and unconnected, curling silently, finished things. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought Mr. Birkway was finished with the journals for that day, but he made a great show of closing his eyes and pulling something from near the bottom of the stack. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Fact is, after we finished unloading the New London, I didn’t work so often. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This meant that we could move their home to a new place in the garden each time they had finished eating the leaves growing inside. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

When she had finished, Sylvia said goodbye to everyone cleaning up in the kitchen downstairs. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Even with the Interzonal games, the finished tome was only ninety-six pages. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After my mother and I have finished discussing obligatory family news, he will approach me and wonder: When was Christianity introduced to the Asian continent? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were fixed, and he could not lift them till he had finished reading all the spell. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

When she finished I continued to hold out my hand, indicating to her that her blows could never really reach me, my eyes fixed and unblinking upon her face. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Honestly, Angela. If he was forcing you to hang out with us and taking you to his house all the time—” “Then it would definitely mean he didn’t like you,” Ben finished. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“My parents are sending me to Mexico after I’m finished here.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Finally, my plea finished, and my handwriting a passionate scrawl, I fell down on my bed and went to sleep. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There may never be a book finished, but we went to celebrate what we did that day. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so the day was quiet, productive — I finished my paper before eight. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I finished, apparently no longer able to speak in complete sentences. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Whenever I dug another foxhole, cutting down through ferns and rotted vegetation and tree roots and mud, the bottom of it would be filled with water by the time I finished. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In their old house, Ben wouldn't even go down to the basement to put clothes in the wash—and that basement had at least been dry and mostly finished. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He finished chores, homework, read more books than I and played the group games on the side of the hill with the best of them. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stunned pause hadn’t finished playing itself out yet. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I’d learned that it was best to be asleep before Momma finished the story because if she got done and I was still awake she’d always tell me what the story was about. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She finished her toast and got up to pour herself some coffee. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Boy,” he said, “I just finished seven months of ranger training, learning how to kill little people like you. So why don’t you just shut up?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dawn was breaking outside by the time she finally fell asleep, but the nightmares hadn’t finished with her yet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Minli walked silently after the rabbit finished the story, and for a while the only sounds were of the tree’s flying seeds falling into the water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

At seven o'clock, when Haupt's father was finished with work, his mother called him and urged him to hurry over to the Froehlings' home. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

But the moment he finished his task at the printer and turned around... The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished, I folded the top of the bag and lugged it to its spot behind the counter. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“You told me you finished packing,” Mamma said, sitting on a wicker chair Dimple had bought at a flea market years ago. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When I was finished I turned to where Ben sat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh my god,” she says when I’m finished. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

When the selection was finished, one of the brownshirts addressed our group. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I asked him if I could work at the barbershop, Jermaine, who had just finished flipping a pancake, flung on me all of a sudden. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

When she finished the food, her despair was complete. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of escaping, I help with the chores that didn't get finished yesterday. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Kyle had just finished a pretty cool story called “A Scandal in Bohemia,” about a king who was going to get married to a royal heiress with maybe six names. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“I should think you would give it back to him if you have finished with it.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beads slipped and rolled away at my touch, and I couldn’t make the complicated knots and loops that gave your necklaces a finished look. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

In less than an hour, I was done with the job, and the only trouble we had was getting the hogs to leave the tree after I was finished. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

As my avatar finished materializing, I looked down and realized that the floor I’d been standing on earlier was now gone. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When I had nearly finished there was a knock on the door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The boy finished cooking and pushed the cooked bamboo, like thinly sliced pieces of yellow wood, onto a plate. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“And that tall man there,” Hand Clap finished, looking at me, “that’s your father.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Mrs. Ruth is finished filling out her form, we say our goodbyes. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The azaleas were finished now, the petals lay brown and crinkled on the moss. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Jesse had finished all the picking and helped his mother can the beans. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

In my memory of this story’s telling—in our kitchen in Isfahan—the man finished his tale and popped another cream puff into his mouth. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Dad just turned off the TV in the bedroom, which means he’s finished getting dressed, and he’ll be in here in three, two, one... A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

When she was finished, she combed out the inches that were left and stared at her unfamiliar reflection in the jagged pieces of glass. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At six-thirty, Ben finished packing his uniform and was waiting in his room for the summons from his father to leave for the game. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finished quickly and came over to where I was sitting on my favorite spot on the floor. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And when she was finished telling and was tense in the circle of his arms, she waited to see what he would say. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When they finished, they turned to him again. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This section of the house was the last to be “finished,” and it’s almost totally unusable. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Nor did I look towards Wemmick until I had finished all I had to tell, and had been for some time silently meeting Mr. Jaggers’s look. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

When the Weird Sisters finished playing at midnight, everyone gave them a last, loud round of applause and started to wend their way into the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When he was finished, a wooden reindeer stood in the room, big enough for Maniac to ride. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t ready to let him be finished, now that he was finally explaining things. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

No one said anything nor moved until the guard finished relocking the door and his footsteps echoed down the hall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was nine o'clock when we finished breakfast and went out on the porch. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The generals and their aides had finished eating, and were drinking rum and water, and talking over plans. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t anywhere near finished trying to make my family and my country proud. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Nne, we have finished praying. We do not say Mass in the name of grace like your father does,” Aunty Ifeoma said with a chuckle. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I finished the last of my chocolate shake. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the goods are sold or the project is finished, the joint venture ends. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He finished, then slid the paper over to rest in front of Thomas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When Roberto was finished, Mama placed the pot of beans on one of the burners. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Please sit back, Mrs. Crow. I'm almost finished." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I’d corrected my mistake, the lecture was nearly finished. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We visited the planet Goondocks and finished the entire Goonies quest in just one day. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I answered and finished buttoning my shirt. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood still, about six feet away, and she thought she really was finished. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

When he passed through the last hoop it wasn’t finished They spun him around sunwise and he recovered he stood up The rainbows returned him to his home, but it wasn’t over. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Perrington finished with a broad smile that made her instincts tell her to run and run and never look back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He finished the day in a silence as sullen as that of the other apprentice, Nebre, whose stony indifference to men and work alike he was beginning to understand very well indeed. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I s’pose you think I cheated?” he finished, aggravated by her expression. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

‘The toast is finished,’ Mr Tibbs whispered, ‘and chef says there is no more bread.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she finished, she rubbed her eyes, sleep begging to creep in. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ten Snow had finished something very impressive, much admired by the other women, including Grandma, who took it in her hands and blessed it one cold day. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t say it, and instead just finished the story. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And then he added, “I will throw the water on the earth when I am finished and it is not all waste.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He grumbled about the dinner when he had finished it, but then turning to Ged said, “At least it’s not illusion, like so much around here; it sticks to your ribs.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh no Ben, you’ll have to wait with the others. I’ve sweated too long over this song to give away the heart of it before it’s finished.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was to travel on the Beagle—not as a “finished Naturalist,” but as a scientist-in-training “amply qualified for collecting, observing and noting any thing worthy to be noted in Natural History.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I was embarrassed before the sentence was even finished. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But I’d cry for a while and after I was finished crying I’d look out over the black section of town for my boyfriend. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hungry Joe could no longer stand the strain of waiting for shipping orders and crumbled promptly into ruin every time he finished another tour of duty. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The winter was half over before I finished the house, but I slept there every night and felt secure because of the strong fence. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least that was what it would be able to do once Dad finished building it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I did not look into the mirror until I finished dressing and had packed my duffel bags. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My old man died one month later in the hot sun in the middle of a potato field outside Saguache, Colorado,” Joe finished quietly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they finished, Edwin motioned for Cole to follow him up to the mossy bench of ground above the tide fine. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Their huts were not finished and they were forced to work in bitter cold and storm. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most songs my father set to writing were finished in a single season, while this one was stretching toward its second year. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You are an unfinished voman,” he adds in a lower voice, “but here you will be finished.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

When they finished, they rolled onto their backs, shook their legs at the ceiling, and laughed as long as they had fought. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mai waited for Quang-ha to have his counseling session, and when he was finished, they went together to Happy Polish Nails. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Malcolm counted them out and put the first one in the vise while Mr. Taphouse put a second coat of Danish oil on the finished shutters to keep them safe from the weather. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Dicey finished her sandwich and crumpled the wax paper up. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d just finished playing a game of basketball and were leaving the courts when out of the corner of my eye I saw Shea, one of my friends from the neighborhood. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Reed finished wiping down the Executioner and began applying drops of oil to its moving parts, working the action a few times. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The workers had finished loading the big truck. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Harry finished writing about Wendelin the Weird and paused to listen again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He explained that a couple of days before, he had been cleaning the operating room as they finished up with my surgery. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she finished she leaned against the corner post for a moment, scratching her neck and looking at the stars, then smelling the dampness in the fresh laundry. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When he was finished, he stepped back and crossed his arms over his chest. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

By the time Mr. Golden finished lavishing him with praise, even the “nerds” were bullying Petey. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“If you’re going to insult me, you can shove this—” She lifted the cue in the air and made an obscene gesture that finished her sentence. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When it was finished, when the pause had been politely respected as the frontier of the story, Billy Buck stood up and stretched and hitched his trousers. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I finished praying, I would check the drawer. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I can’t possibly work on the boat until this is finished,” she explained to Mother. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was finished, Ivy handed the drawing to a wide-eyed June. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

By midnight I’m finished, and try to keep my eyes open a few more hours to do my homework, and then, finally, I fall into bed, too tired to change into pajamas. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had finished eating and was holding the deck of cards in his hands. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lord Fredrick pushed his chair back in a way that made it clear: The conversation was finished—Penelope’s side of it, anyway. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

That python was such a slow eater that he still hadn’t even finished by the time we left the reptile house. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

At last she was finished and stood back again. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

After Walter Cronkite is finished, one of them goes for a ride in a Ford Mustang, and the other goes upstairs to the bedroom. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Lydia sat confounded and speechless for several minutes after he finished. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“That is curious, certainly,” said M. Bouc when he had finished. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

William Wise had set up a workbench for him and had finished the tool of hardened iron. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Dawn was spreading her rosy fingers in the sky when Sean finished twenty of the smallest, neatest, most careful stitches his big fingers could manage, would ever manage. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

On April 23, President Gerald R. Ford announced the war was finished as far as America was concerned. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Six had finished and were waiting for the teacher’s judgment when the back door opened and the school principal, of whom everyone was terrified, entered the room. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She finished chewing and swallowing and said, “My mother’s people are from Mississippi. My father, St. Louis.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Civille had a salad, followed by risotto with Prince Edward Island mussels and Manila clams, finished with squid ink. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“But you’re not finished. It’s a work in progress,” Muhammad says, not letting go. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When he finished, he didn’t say anything for a while. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I have not the pleasure of understanding you,” said he, when she had finished her speech. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He finished looping tape into a handle on the back of the first poster and handed it to Kaisha. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Remember the way people would look at you blankly and say, "Urn, okaaay," after you finished talking? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

His first proposition and request, that the dance begun at Mr. Cole’s should be finished there—that the same party should be collected, and the same musician engaged, met with the readiest acquiescence. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The host read these words for the audience, and when she finished she turned to the subject of my body, although she did not mention it specifically. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Edwin sat beside the window and waited until he was almost finished sipping a cup of hot chocolate before he turned to Cole. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Two days later it looked like the canoes were nearly finished. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

By supper the next night she had finished cleaning everything but the living-room chandelier. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Well, all the carrot and celery sticks her mother had given her for lunch mocked Cas as Frankie finished pulling himself through the gap and yelled that it was her turn. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I finished my sandwich in two more bites and gulped down the chocolate milk. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She grabs the finished silverware rolls and stands up—without a word—and walks off. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

When it’s finished, I look through the glass on either side and see each of my teammates in their own booths. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The younger class had just finished, and the store was flooded with six-year-olds, prancing for their mothers in red velvet hats and skirts sparkling with sequins of deep scarlet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Once I finished eating I slunk back to my room to put on my work clothes, which were stiff with dirt. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He swept the floor with his jacket and lay down, using the book he had just finished reading as a pillow. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In November he finished the last of his rations. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was finished, he sat down on the bank, with his side to the pool, so that he could watch the trail’s entrance. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She has such a fine color sense—rust and yellow. She’s finished three squares already.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Cole finished eating, he washed dishes and carefully folded the at.oow, which he had used as a tablecloth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“When the house is finished,” he said in a low voice, “I’ll want a wife.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

At last he had the pieces finished and one night he fitted them together. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, sure. Don’t you want to see it finished?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was finished, she sat back and smiled at the beautiful green island. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we finished taking attendance, Miss Watson talked for a while about what we’d be learning this year in mathematics and language arts, and we had our first lessons in those subjects. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When they had finished eating, the hunter stood up and pointed out the window. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

When they were finished, they wrapped my entire right side in bandages. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She adjusts her glasses and asks, “All finished reshelving in the nonfiction section?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when she was delivering herbs, if we’d finished our chores, Mother would drop us at the Carnegie library in the center of town. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Swiftly he worked, finished it, checked it, and looked up. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We read The Merchant of Venice the next Wednesday, too, and finished it on the last Wednesday of October. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Every time, when she finished, May would say, ‘Big Mama, tell it again,’ and off she’d go, repeating the whole thing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lying at the foot of the stairs with her head turned backward,” finished a third bristling with porcupine quills. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed to have finished her daily Bible reading, for the Good Book, still open, was pushed to one side. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

When I was finished, Mrs. DiAngelo fed me lunch—a sandwich, chips, and lemonade—on her patio. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

And when the principal had finished Judy said, “Would you mind if I asked Mrs. Granger a few questions?” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As each kid finished his confession the line shuffled forward. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve just finished putting the glasses away when someone smacks me on the butt. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Rachel finished writing a few words and muttered, “What in the world?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When they finished stuffing the bread bag, Emily held up the concealed book, twisting it to view from all angles. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

His sandwich was finished, and he wiped the remnants of it on his pants. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Minho finished up his meal and put his lunch box away. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Brother Leon entered the office at the moment Brian Cochran finished his final tabulation. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she finished her remarks, she smiled and bowed. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When Chestnut finished, Walter was sure that the State would simply announce that they had made a mistake. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The puzzle remains finished except for that one piece. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Before he had finished his breakfast of corn gruel, Rab arrived. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don't need—” she started to say, but the window closed before she finished. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

There would be at least one of the fairy folk wandering around with empty pockets by the time he’d finished. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore drank, and no sooner had he finished than he yelled, “KILL ME!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“And now that we have finished, we would like to share it with you.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tom finished his hot cakes and stirred his coffee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He finished his meat and wiped up the gravy with a piece of bread. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When I finished buying lunch, Spoon—that was how I thought of him now—was waiting for me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

You can take five minutes on the uselessness of psychiatry when he’s finished. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I’m finished, I only have five pages. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I finished with Alice and gave her, not aspirins, but sleeping pills. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She finished plating the slice of pie before she left the counter. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I waited, knowing that my uncle had not yet finished talking. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I was finished I asked to use the bathroom. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Look at that rough lot out there—they nearly finished me off! What on earth do you make of us and how are you settling down?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fellowship at Harvard finished in the spring. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m beat. I just finished opening four dozen ersters out in the backyard,” Santa said in her rocky baritone. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to Sohrab, many of the buildings were never finished before Alexander the Great sacked Persepolis. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He finished as quickly as he could and was eager to get back to sleep. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I'd have drafts of everything finished by the end of the week, and it was only mid-September. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’d just finished locking the door when I turned around to discover Ocean standing in front of my house. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I just mean it looks like it’s going to be nice. Nice art,” she finished, handing the pad back to me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“So the Dragon Gate transforms fish into dragons, a wish many of us hold deep in our hearts,” the fish finished. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The evening that Shanti and Didu get ready to go to Yankee Stadium, I put on a new salwar I just finished. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

On top of the pole is the finished socket. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He smiles at me when he’s finished and falls into his normal gentle sleep by the door. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She finished plopping the sauce on my noodles and then pulled a few pieces of toast out of the oven. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

When I finished, I downed a second shot. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The first thing that came to my mind when I finished reading the book was the fact that Ms. G was right. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

If her community- college classes were finished early, she would pick me up before her mother got home from the nail salon in Tampa. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain finished the walk, went back alone to sit under a tree. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a peaceful silence after Ba finished the story. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He finished the last swallow of wine, and tossed the empty skin aside. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He wanted to bolt from the club, but realized that it would be wiser to wait until the woman had finished and left the stage. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that they were finished with school, it was easy to be amused by the regulations that they had all lived by as children. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She finished cutting up the first trout and picked up the second. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I finished walking around the room, I saw that Chris was setting up. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She drank the beer as I read, and when I had finished she explained it in every-day terms. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within three months Ole and I had finished a set of experiments on the fate of a bacterial-virus particle when it multiplies inside a bacterium to form several hundred new virus particles. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Neither my mother nor my father had finished secondary school, so university seemed out of the question. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

After he finished his degree in 1914, he stayed at Cornell doing advanced research in the Department of Plant Breeding. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And then, just when I was sure I was finished, a shriek ten times as loud as mine came blaring off the cliff. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not a lot at all. In fact, we’ve finished all those.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was like when you pull apart two pork ribs that weren’t quite finished cooking yet. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe they weren’t as tall as the skyscrapers Gregor knew by name, but they towered high above his head, some at least thirty stories and finished in artful peaks and turrets. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They finished off the first bottle of wine and moved on to the second. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

If acoustically flawed, Peck knew, the building would be a failure no matter how imposing the finished structure proved to be. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Jay asked, eyeing up the bits of Doc’s slice that he hadn’t finished. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In 1951, I finished my trade school courses, and like clockwork, even though I wasn't a US citizen, my US Army draft notice arrived in the mail. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Only one episode remains to be told and then my travels with Charley are finished. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she finished the glass of wine and poured herself another. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

In the morning Ma blew out the lamp before they finished breakfast. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, as soon as we finished sending and were heading down the trail, I carefully took out the Japanese food pack I’d picked up and tossed it into the jungle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

After they finished, the head Keeper, who was called Carlos, gave them a tour of the factory. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn't believe me until I finished the first test in fourteen minutes. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

After he finished testifying, Justice Kennedy shook his hand and expressed the hope that they would meet again under better circumstances. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He laughed. And when he finished laughing he said that he lived in a ‘cash only’ world.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Trevor finished the first half of his sandwich and looked over at me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was a hot day, but there came a chill in the air as I finished my pie. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Jaxim had the haggard look common to most artificers in the middle of large projects, as if he were putting off sleep until it was entirely finished. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We'd finished discussing Bastille Day, and the teacher had moved on to Easter, which was represented in our textbooks by a black-and-white photograph of a chocolate bell lying upon a bed of palm fronds. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“What if Mr. Griswold never finished his game? What if getting to ‘The Black Cat’ story is all there is right now? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The Fitzgibbons finished their planting, and for a week or two all was quiet. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

And Mother picked me up from Father’s house one day after she had finished work and Father said, “Christopher, can I have a talk with you?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“This is what the potion will look like when it’s finished. Soon I’ll show you all the ingredients and techniques you’ll need to finish it.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But it hadn’t finished yet, and she looked back, frowning, until the instrument fell still. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I want this thing to be over with, completely finished, everyone gone, by the time my parents get here.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he finished, his hands were scratched pretty badly, and his arms and back ached. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

After I finished pumping the gas, I went in to hurry her along. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

According to the Warden’s latest plan, when finished the boat would serve as both their home and a source of revenue, through commercial fishing. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

West Indian Archie had finished time in Sing Sing not long before I came to Harlem. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he finished, the three teams had reported back that the restaurants were indeed desegregated. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She finished cooking the rabbit and put the whole thing in the warmer part of the black stove. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened the clue without declaring the book, and it read: Where he finished writing this. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A ship’s captain finished telling a yarn, and the windowpanes rattled with laughter. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We finished the coffee and went over to see him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finished, and his last notes decayed into silence. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Or suppose Jefferson finished a close second and therefore became vice president? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

So after Elizabeth finished high school, her father encouraged her to enjoy her social life and learn “how to keep house and make puddings.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She finished chewing and tried to sound nonchalant. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

When her run is finished and she returns to the RV, now parked at—oh, God—Deadman’s Basin Reservoir, Montana, there is something on her bunk. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Any choosing was already finished and he shook his head. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

At last the talking was finished and the string-along songs about razor blades were over and the fight began. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After she had finished puffing, we picked up what was left of her lunch off the street and made it back to the subway at 125th and Lex. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She finished painting her nails, then stood up. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

They were led by Alice Wilder, director of research for the show, a lively dark-haired woman who had just finished her doctorate in education at Columbia University. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Japanese hadn’t quite finished off all the marines and I figured I’d be a marine too and help defend them. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When he had finished the first hot dog, Ignatius prepared and consumed another, contemplating other kindnesses that might postpone his having to go to work again. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he finished Harvard, his father could come to his graduation. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom Sawyer was the last gift Jackson ever gave me, and I haven’t finished the book just yet. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The next day at dusk, when shooting was finally finished, the three dogs piled into the van for the two-hour drive home to Jenny’s place. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The remedy was, to thrust them forward into the centre of the schoolroom, and oblige them to stand there till the sermon was finished. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

By the time the two of them finished trimming it — their tree-trimming instincts having languished for so many Christmases — hardly a pine needle could be seen under the tinsel and balls and whatnot. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ate the fish and finished the milk and bread. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he had finished speaking, there was no doubt as to which way the vote would go. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

It seemed like an eternity, but at the end, Mary and Levi Sr. shouted in delight: their son had finished first, saving his best time for the heat that mattered most. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

"And Joffrey . . . Joffrey is ..." She finished for him. ". . . crown prince, and heir to the Iron Throne. And I was only twelve when my father promised me to your brother Brandon." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He had nearly finished when the national news began. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Home Sweet Home and The Old Rustic Bridge by the MBL Then, because it had finished its repertoire, it drew a hurried but quavering breath, and began again on Genevieve. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she had finished, she put the small cake on the top shelf of the dish cupboard. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The line in the bathroom was long, everyone getting ready for the weekend, and by the time Rishi was finished with the shower and brushing his teeth, it was seven thirty. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After Allen finished his two years of college, the army quickly reclassified him I-A, available for military service. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I had finished the appendices of The Lord of the Rings, but I still had some econ reading left. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, you young fool, are you finally finished making enough racket to tear down the house?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was finished talking, she walked back into the living room and just stood there. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished school, I’d intended to devote all of my time to the Hunt. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I felt I wanted some possession of his, now that the day was finished. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished telling the story, Doris smiled and said, “What a beautiful memory,” and I smiled and nodded back as if that’s all it was. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter that the water was stale or warm; I finished it off in one gulp. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When she finished she lifted up her chin and half-closed her eyes like a movie star. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Do you know why it’s called Egypt?” asked Shadow, when Sam finished eating. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I finished my dinner that night for the first time in months. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He finished the slice, with his right hand reached into the backseat, uncovered the pizza box, and brought out another slice. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“My dear Old Grasshopper, we are finished! Every one of us is about to perish! I may be blind, you know, but that much I can see quite clearly!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

We finished our homework and watched TV for a while. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Pap& hadn’t finished the new bedroom yet, so Mama put me and Dede in a little cot in the hallway. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is finished with classes, will never in her life take a class again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The door was flung open before he’d finished his last sentence. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I finished his pants, got the two dollars, and gave him one back. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

And guess who had just finished sprinting and didn't get to take a break? Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When he finished reading, he did something so surprising that I almost dropped the Bunsen burner and set the kid across from me on fire. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When I had finished, the magistrate ordered a ten-minute recess to consider the sentence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad has finished dressing Penny, so he brings her into my room. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The judge thought they had finished with the heirs. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mackenzie finished cleaning up the Labrador’s face nearly an hour later. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Tasha finished talking to the preacher, she started coming our way. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

When she had finished with that she dumped the dough on the skillet and smoothed it over with her hand. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

When I was finished he bombarded me with questions. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I had just finished shining the tip of my left shoe and was scooping out a helping of polish for the right shoe when our door opened. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“You really have lost your mind,” the man said, but he was already helping Trina climb out the window before he’d finished the short sentence. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The back walls are covered with finished or nearly finished timepieces. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When I was finished, I sat, and he performed the same office for me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Neither of my parents had finished high school; my mother did wear pants suits, which she purchased at a factory outlet. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We finished eating and got the check, not before Charles had time to finish his third Bloody Mary and order a fourth. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The background was hazy, a sea of dim faces none of whom I knew, and there was the slow drone of the band harping out a waltz that never finished, that went on and on. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I finished off the last of my biscuit. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Beowulf took a big bite and finished his apple, pips, core, and all. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I received a hill history of your grades there. Perfect scores—you’ve already finished most of your courses in half the number of years, yes? They also say you’re quite a troublemaker. Is this true?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Cringing, I close my eyes and picture what the starfish woman will look like when she is finished. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

No one spoke when Papa finished the letter. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

When everyone else had finished and gone to the locker room to change, I still had two laps to go, and Coach Raskin made sure I completed them. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, Grandpa Nate took its picture right after she finished it, so Grandma Sadie can remember how it looked for a little while. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I finished my lunch and I ran around the playground, laughing and screaming, when I felt this tickle on my cheek. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we’d finished eating, Chiron made the customary toast to the gods and formally welcomed the Hunters of Artemis. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I finished in the top thirty-two, but a blizzard hit the same day we were due to fly home, so we were stuck in Colorado for three days. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

As quickly as it had appeared, the bolt vanished—the spray of hot water had not finished landing upon us and already it was gone. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Losing the horse and saddle was hard, but he could buy another in Abbot’s Ford and still have enough money to live comfortably until he finished this foolishness and met up with Skarpi in Treya. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When she finished a hat, Ma set it on a board to dry, shaping it nicely as she did so, and when it dried it stayed in the shape she gave it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using his left hand to hold tight to the foliage above him, he finished unwrapping himself and prepared to move. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

By the time he finished, she was sobbing, her neck and breasts covered with bruises and bite marks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She had finished grading Rhonda’s paper and was concentrating on the nearly empty jar of pickles, trying to fish out the last one. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as we were finished with our chores, Judy moved into David’s old room. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I finished my pickup at the nursery and thought I’d come back to check in.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“So I’d like to know what we can expect in the way of mayhem and ructions,” he finished. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

When they were finished, B. and Boo Boo did a pretty funny imitation of them. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

And when the wind was finished with the snow, it threw itself against our house, wailed under the eaves, and looked for any chink it could push through. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“And that fox escaped with his tail between his legs, with all the hens chasing after him,” the old man finished. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We slowed down as instructed but still finished our dinner way before Mama and Doc. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“My husband,” Mrs. Klugman began, but at that point, having finished shaving, Isidore strode into the living room and shut off the TV set. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I decide to call home after I’m finished painting at the studio. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He opened one of the smaller doors to the weary travelers and there they finished the short night. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z