I let him win twice and left with the fire alarm key in my back pocket. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was like you were trying to set him on fire with your mind.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You just followed a strange fire into the woods at night?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And I think he scared himself firing blindly into the water. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could have found the fire extinguishers and stopped the flames somehow. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“But the jar just stands there. Couldn’t we suspend it above a fire, or dissolve it in a pool of acid or something?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As Schlesinger took off his outer clothing and sat down next to the fire, Nugent explained the situation, and Hannah listened with professional admiration. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The fire was dead, the ship was gone. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“To walk my post in a military manner, keep always alert, and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing. To spread the alarm in case of fire or disorder.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then, some townsfolk had gathered near the scene of their battle, the fire from the cucos’ charred and lifeless bodies creating a smoke signal. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He remembered: he had ordered artillery to fire on the hill, but none was firing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hold their hands close to the fire, then press their palms to their frigid faces. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe she’d just scare him by setting his clothes on fire while he was in them. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made the fires that cooked their meals and heated their baths, and Minya, well, she was responsible for the ghosts, who did most of the work. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There was a ringing clash and a stab of white fire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It is not the smell of caramel blended perfectly with the woody smoke of a warming fire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But to quench the tormenting fire frying him in his clothes, he leaped overboard into the deep river where ere they could recover him he was near drowned. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He had no fear about what the police or National Guard would do when the Klansmen fired the first shots. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The man who had fired at us turned his attention to taking out the SUV behind him, twisting around in the window. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Who was responsible for starting the fire? they wanted to know. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

A neighbor had called the fire brigade, and the sirens were on their way. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I bite my lip and fire at the scarred man. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I look to the fire that still rages, but for the moment is at bay. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They were being constantly ambushed and had been firing a thousand or more rounds a day. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

My daddy is not home much, but when he does come home everything is one wonderful bamboche: fine nights full of guitar and radio, the smell of fry food, the fire swallow of clairin. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Chandrian. Everyone knows that blue fire is one of their signs. Now he was—” “But how’d they find him?” the boy interrupted. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Across the fire, a pair of red eyes regarded him from the shadows. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Ruth met me at the now-empty dessert table, red eyed from all that time by the fire, her hair tousled. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

It had a taller ceiling and a deeper fire pit, it was made with more rock and less wood, and it had a supply of water for emergencies. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Dozens of new fires, starkly lit, against the darkened sky. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He had nothing to cook, but a fire would cheer and warm him as night came on. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Uncle Turu took a step closer to the fire and paused, for he enjoyed the silences of a good telling as much as the words. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But one of my favorite sayings is “Where there’s smoke there’s fire,” and I readily admit I’m a know-it-all. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Grandma pushes her way past Aunt Aggie, puts Eugene on a chair near the fire and makes the porridge. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Only two souvenirs from the fire traveled with Sasha to MIT. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The fire was gone, the other pains dulled by a sleepiness seeping through my body. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

That pile must still be there, for I never got a fire going. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been over a year since I’d really been with someone like that, and a crackling chain of micro-explosions fired through me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

If a fire escape was a haven for Francie back then, why couldn't it serve the same purpose for me in 1973? You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Someone lifted a gun and fired, but the range was too long. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused as cannon fire boomed again from the north. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found my mother sitting in front of a fresh fire, slowly adding twigs to build it up. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

An object sails into the air, lands in the middle of the street, and explodes in a ball of fire. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

There was a triumphant fire in her eyes, as if Id done something shed been waiting for all semester. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

In its right hand was a blade like a stabbing tongue of fire; in its left it held a whip of many thongs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The only illumination in this tent comes from the fire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“But everything depends on the location of the fire pit,” said Kojo. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He lit the funeral pyre in the middle of the amphitheater, and within seconds the row of shrouds was engulfed in fire, sending smoke and sparks up to the stars. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the kitchens of Madoc’s house, I toast cheese over a fire and spread it on bread. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Some officers were not shy about actually firing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the intervals between guard patrols, there was no one close who could fire a weapon at Shin and Park. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

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

Longstreet shook his head to clear the sound, closed his eyes, saw Barksdale go streaming to his death against a flaming fence in the brilliant afternoon, hair blazing out behind him like white fire. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I fly down the fire escape, I see him staring up at me, the expression on his face turning from shock to rage. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When the rain came that day, the other gardeners all ran in the same direction, as if in a fire drill. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When her voice whispered to me, I caught fire again, from my toes to my face, and I burned slow, like damp wood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he erupted into a column of flame, and the fire moved over the water, heading back to the world outside. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mama didn’t have to light the wood fire to cook rice. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in line all day brought on the very thoughts Milton wanted to avoid, of a clarinet imprint, like a ring of fire, on Tessie’s flushed thigh. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Cora pictured the insurrections as great, bloody battles, unfurling beneath a night sky lit by vast fires. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

If he had that bottle of milk now he would make a fire out of a newspaper and hold the bottle over the flame until it was warm. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They pinned him down with automatic fire while the mortar squads set up. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted and saw a small bright-eyed snake, crimson in the fire's glow, with its fangs sunk deep into the back of his leather boot. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew proceeded to jump repeatedly, not even coming close to reaching the fire escape, but he kept jumping nonetheless. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was stiflingly warm, and the fire that was burning under the crowded mantelpiece was giving off a heavy, sickly sort of perfume as it heated a large copper kettle. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She lifted her head as if she watched, through the red flame of the fire, the course of a boat that came through the seas of winter alone, and went on out into empty seas. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The fire flared in the wind and sparks raced away down the sand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They’d passed within fifty feet of the fire and had not even slowed to look. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he ordered his son into a stance and told him to fire off and start blocking. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like someone was pouring liquid fire onto my head. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He could smell lighter fluid and a charcoal fire from one of the houses near downtown. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

They effortlessly open with a few jokes about fires and feathers and overcooking poultry. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was always getting drunk and doing things like setting fires, or stuffing freshmen down chimneys, or throwing beer kegs through plate glass windows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the morning he built a fire and walked out on the beach while the boy slept. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Silence, except for the cracking, snapping fire above us. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I saw a man on fire today,” he said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

For quite some time, we sat by the fire and looked at the treasure some more. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The sword of Aragorn, stiff in his motionless hand, blazed with a sudden fire. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The reflections of buildings appeared to be on fire. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The cold voice was coming from the ancient armchair before the fire, but Frank couldn’t see the speaker. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When in sight of her house she took a shortcut and came upon a pile of old caribou droppings—fuel for her fire! Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this point, her aged father balked at leaving the house, insisting that the fire would change direction before it got to them. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She and one of the maids sat before the fire, sewing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The living room was hot because the fire was underneath the living room, and heat rises. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She washed her clothes, pulled them on still wet and drippy, and ran for the kitchen to dry a bit before the fire. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Alys, do you swear to share your fire with Sigom, and warm him when the night is dark and full of terrors?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I thought, there’s a fire, and I started counting to make sure everybody was out. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petey gave the fire a sharp stab, sending sparks spiraling into the air. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I take the beans from her and pass them along to Tobias, who is staring at the fire. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Our whole fire support group was wiped out. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought of how Darkness bent and moved from shadow to shadow like a fire jumping from tree to tree. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He waited some while, then turned, and got up, and went to the young man who stood trembling and dull-eyed before the fire. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then Roz made a fire and watched as cold creatures began crawling out from the shadows. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Argus got fired. You two have been gone too long. Things are changing.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s dark, even though his face is in shadow, it seems that his eyes glow with red fire like the tip of his smoldering cigarette. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was too heavy to drag near the fire. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“The thing is, I think they’re on an upper floor. Camilla said something about carrying bags upstairs. There might be fire stairs, but I wouldn’t know how to go about finding them.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She stuffed paper and the wood into the range and had a fire going in no time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But three torch fires were placed in the long hall to give them light. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Magdalys took a deep breath, willing herself not to unleash the volcano fire of rage she had bubbling up inside her. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The gun jerks back and up, firing the bullet near the ceiling. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When Haitians wanted to protest or tried to block a street, they often set tires on fire. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

And then the lifesavers atop Lookout Hill fired another rocket into the wet sky, and I whirled in its light to see where the ship had foundered. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

And then, suddenly, all the fires on the hillside form one great wall of fire stretching across the city and— it’s inevitable now—start moving down toward them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

At the last fire, a book of fairy tales, he'd glanced at a single line. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Shots been fired, a man was hit. What does that mean, a misunderstanding?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crouched as close to the fire as they could, eating a supper of dried fruit and hard, round crackers that tasted, ingeniously, of cheese. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Luckily we had a fire extinguisher in the car and soon put the fire out. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The young man had built a small fire and was cooking a piece of sausage he had taken from a package. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

If there’s fire in his eyes, it’s a lust for violence. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When Taisin awoke, evening was falling in lush, soft shadows around them, and Mona was pulling an iron teapot out of the fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“When a man’s alone on these flats, with a light head and a light stomach, perishing of cold and want, he hears nothin’ all night, but guns firing, and voices calling. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I gave up and headed to the last alarm, the sound of the fire engine clanging in the background. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spot where Courtney’s hand cups my waist feels like it’s on fire, and his sinewy forearm against my lower back makes me want to melt into him, as ridiculous as that sounds. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“If we all just skipped everything else this evening and we just watched the fields burn. It’s so weird. It’s hypnotic watching a fire.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

With their recommendation, most of the redecorated locker room stays as we designed it, tweaked only to comply with the fire code and the janitor's needs. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I went out onto the fire escape with a cup of what I thought was instant cocoa until I sipped it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

For a few hours the fires will burn, and then the Germans will swarm like ants back to their positions and fight for another day. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In her homeland she had started many fires, but usually with a burning stick from someone’s cooking fire. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can assure you, it wasn’t anywhere near those guys or that fire.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Places where people who have no home, no money, no hope gather together of an evening to share a fire and maybe some beans and coffee. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was the clumsiest, worst party butler Mrs. Dawson ever had, and to her everlasting credit, she did not fire me right away. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wake up! We need you, girl! Make your fire!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Whenever the wind came through the sky, he and his small family would sit in the stone hut and warm their hands over a wood fire. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still couldn’t open my eyes; my chest was on fire. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Right near our tree was the big fire that had been lighting up the sky. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Am I not even worth an “I’ve got swimmer’s ear” or “My house is on fire”?? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She went back to the fire and put the last log on. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The bullet hits the woman in the stomach and she screams, firing blindly into the night. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“He’s immune to fire. And he knows mechanics.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He struggled out of the jiggeh and set about collecting dead wood for a fire. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He’d seen the fire in her eyes when she talked about developing that app; he knew she’d understand exactly what Pappa and Ma didn’t. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The incessant rain made the fire sputter and send up whiffs of smoke with a sweet burnt smell. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Half reclined on a couch appeared Mr. Rochester, his foot supported by the cushion; he was looking at Adèle and the dog: the fire shone full on his face. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her tongue was on fire, and when she gulped a cup of wine the flames spread down her throat and up her nose. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“A passenger on an Oakland, Calif., public bus received burns to his legs after his kilt was set on fire,” UPI wrote. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He used words like enemy fire and Attack HQ with a casual coldness, as if to make up for his crying. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Wait. If the fire and poison can’t get out of this room, why has the entire tourism office been evacuated?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have a tent, we just lay under the stars, nestled inside the Millers’ fluffy sleeping bags, serenaded by frogs, the fire we’d cooked the dogs on dying out by our feet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The fire ant suddenly became the target of a barrage of government releases, motion pictures, and government-inspired stories portraying it as a despoiler of southern agriculture and a killer of birds, livestock, and man. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The leviathan of fire and iron pushed its way into the shallow harbor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

We weren’t so much convinced we’d have a fire as we were fixated on being ready for one. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The fury in his eyes is familiar, the glitter of them like banked fire, like coals burning hotter than flames ever could. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

By late afternoon the fire dies down and the column of smoke is white, no longer greasy. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The alchemist lighted the fire, and soon a delicious aroma filled the tent. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took nine separate burnings before the fire got down to the straw and cotton ticking of its insides. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hit him so hard that he broke the pistol, jamming the cylinder and making it impossible to fire the weapon again. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alphie the baby is asleep on the floor by the fire. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Technically, Mama resigned from her job here. But she was really fired. It was a pretty big deal. She could have gone to jail.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He sat for a long while with his hands folded in his lap, staring at the fire, and the firelight on his face was soft and warm. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” Chubs said, as the fire pit came into view. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“You mean I got to keep the fire going, mam?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Alec was already firing another burst at the man next to him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But Lord Odysseus whirled suddenly from the fire to face the dark. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the pines die in a fire, the fungi face a crisis. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The quicker the orders were finished, the sooner they’d be fired. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Enemy speedboats had fired two torpedoes, both misses. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I already told everyone about you after that fire alarm thing, but they’re really dying to meet you now,” he continued. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“We’ll do that later. Poke up the fire a bit. Now, do you see this block of charcoal, with the hollow in it? And this funny-looking mold?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Frear had no choice but to follow the movement of the crowd as it struggled to find a path not yet blocked by smoke and fire. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Out on the water, fires burned, oils somehow ignited and blazing despite the torrents. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The fire brigades would arrive and everything would be alright. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Now, of course, Josh Trammell’s fire would no longer be the most famous fire in Shaker Heights. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Alice came and got her, but you wouldn’t leave, and finally she had to go without you. Granddad took off for the mainland. And then we decided about the fire.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

How soon before the fire reached the survivors trapped in this room or before they breathed in too much smoke? Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Would there be any way I could travel parallel to the fire and work my way back there, to a source of water at least? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The talk around the fire was about the new overseer, about the com crop, about the weather, but it ended with the subject of freedom—just as it always did. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can save more lives by dousing fires. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

"A fire, I think ... I feel a chill." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Other voices took up the cry, and now the arrowhead flew, a long scream of steel and silk, pounding hooves and sharp blades kissed by fire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Caught between fire and water, and seeing an Elf-lord revealed in his wrath, they were dismayed, and their horses were stricken with madness. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A few moments later, Christian Jackson of the Fugees shook himself free on the right side, dribbled downfield, and fired a line drive into the top right corner of the net: goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I fight fires, what you think I do?” she snapped. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I took the iron pipe and held it in the fire till it glowed red hot. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

He and Skardebek would never snuggle by the fire on cold, rainy nights. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

There was no fire, and we stopped in a pretty dense area. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think the senator will be able to light a fire under them and get people in here to save us?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He tugs harder—and the whole side, half-molten, rips open, spilling water into the fire. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Brady family doesn't live in a Flushing flat—apartment, I mean—that feels like it's on fire. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It burst into the trees, rolling, rushing, a gale of fire through the trees. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

People laughed, and Lily dropped Luke’s hand like it had caught fire, giving Jimmy a nasty look. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If the truth were to be known, anyone with a pot and a fire would try to make gold, drawing spirit from their veins, or stealing it from others. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They had dared each other to set our town on fire. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

At six o’clock on Monday morning, the fire had been burning over nine hours, and seemed capable of continuing its march north unless more help could be found. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them are funny, like “octopuses” and “fire hydrants” and “wasps.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Giving a last puff to the fire, which was now blazing merrily, he hurried to answer the First Craftsman’s call. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

We did not have to be told; but as Corporal Craigie hissed, we lowered our muzzles—and, his signal given, fired. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Which was a fine idea—only there was no fire. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

His own remote ancestor, King Loren of the Rock, had tried to stand against the fire when he joined with King Mem of the Reach to oppose the Targaryen conquest. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In the seconds it took to really get going, cake flour blew up from the mixing bowl and swirled around the room, recipes flapped off the counter and caught fire on the stovetop. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A guy in work clothes leaned out the shotgun window with an actual shotgun and fired a long-tailed streamer into one of the logs. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Third rank, fire! Drop back, kneel and reload!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

During the Battle of Manhattan, Percy had fought this Titan at the Reservoir—water against fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The fire sang in Bigger’s ears and he saw the red shadows dance on the walls. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

At night, they spread their sleeping gear and kept their fires hidden. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

No longer stunned by Sheed’s betrayal, enraged, screaming, he aimed the lens into the crowd and fired. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

‘Never heard of you,’ he answered, and with that they opened fire. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes landed on the fire alarm on the far wall, and the stringy, gray-haired woman nearby who seemed to be having a similar thought to Marigold’s. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Manny says, furiously pressing buttons on his vibrating controller as the sound of machine-gun fire fills the room in surround sound. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

All of Chicago’s attention would be on the fire at the Cold Storage building. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

One good piece of news is that the Labor Exchange was set on fire in an act of sabotage. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I always got up before they did to get water and live coals from the cookhouse to start Kevin’s fire. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wore a real one and felt like a gunman until I practised firing it. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“The domovoi got Babulya out before the fire spread. He even managed to get out our clothes and all the books.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It bellowed and blew a cloud of blue flame even as it started to run toward the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I thought about a fire but let it go. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another triggered a trip wire, and pots of Greek fire exploded into green flames, engulfing several of the snake women. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Kids were climbing fences and scaling fire escapes of strangers’ houses, just to see what they could see. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

When the fire reached the bottle of Big K soda, Gerald watched, fascinated, as the soda bubbled, then fizzed. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning my small brothers are gone to school, Malachy is out looking for a job, Mam is at the fire drinking tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They dug a hole and lit their fire in it, so that the light of the flames would not be seen. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alkinoos, calm in power, heard him out, then took the great adventurer by the hand and led him from the fire. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana laughed out loud, but Poppy stood up, rubbed his hands together over the fire, and said, “Let’s do something else.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Part of a desk crashed to the ground twenty yards away, on fire, as more and more flaming debris fell from above. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She tossed some more sticks on the fire. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Once again Holmes’s method of segregating tasks and firing workers was proving successful. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When they combed through the ashes of the house it was impossible to pick his body from those he had harbored, as the fire had eliminated the differences in their skin, leveling them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“We put too many logs in the fire pit!” he said without stopping. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“He caught me on the fire escape spying on him.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

"We'll have to have a small fire. This one's too big to keep up." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“And that is the worst kind of combat. You see only flashes of fire coming at you: flamethrowers and trace ammunition.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She turned her eyes on me, her big, flickering eyes with the copper fire inside them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even farther away, the Woods Hole fire boat chugs toward the fire that we set. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

After supper, Pa took them on his knees as he sat before the fire, and told them about his day at Grandpa’s, and the sugar snow. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if to emphasize his thoughts the mosquitos—with die fire gone and protective smoke no longer saving him—came back in thick, nostril-clogging swarms. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under cover of that heavy fire, long blue lines of Union infantry wade the creek and slowly march up the hill. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Lord, lemme go see if Santa’s okay. Poor thing. Maybe she burnt herself on the stove. Santa’s all the time getting herself burnt. She don’t take care around the fire, you know.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay on his stomach facing the fire, with the light drifting over his stubborn face. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cahokia and the Maya, fire and maize: all exemplify the new view of indigenous impacts on the environment. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I could see that he’d made a bunch of little toilet paper parachutes and when he yelled, “Action!” he set one of them on fire and dropped it over the toilet. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way back in, I told a waitress the fire alarm door was broken. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The daily birdsongs were gone, replaced now by the raising of firing levers as the older soldiers readied themselves. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The reason I couldn’t be fired was that my uncles owned every single one of them. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Had his sister-in-law’s home been in the path of the fire? he wondered. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Surely most men are destroyed, but there are others who like pillars of fire guide frightened men through the darkness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sighed and examined her fingernails in the dim light of the fire. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She led me to the fire and I looked at the bright, smooth shapes. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

My nose and throat burn as if I swallowed fire. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The squad might be ordered to set the thatched huts on fire, destroying them. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I see a fire! I see flames, huge flames!” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moving back to the fire, he spun among the dying embers on the ground with a graceful motion, gently kicking the larger coals back together. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When the second bell rings, I run to Miss Saunders’s class like somebody set my shoes on fire. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

But it meant nothing to Brian, except that he wished he had a fire. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Because if you want a fire to cook fish or crab, you can jolly well go up the mountain. That way we'll be certain." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Guttingen came into the room early in the morning to shut the windows and started a fire in the tall porcelain stove. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“The way this room has been designed, the heat from the fire above has turned some of the poison liquid into a gas,” reasoned Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a steeliness in Grace’s smile, like it had been forged in a fire. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She walked toward the stage and stood right in front of him, letting him see the wound, her red and seething insides, the place where her fury pulsed, where her fire lived. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Leo held his fire close to the walls. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The fire in the fireplace should be dying, but it looks as if it’s been sprayed with gas or more logs added. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

With no more chat Eurykleia obeyed and fetched out fire and brimstone. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m scared to shoot till I know you’re out of the line of fire!” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They put the embers back in the fire pit, they pick up the straw from the beds. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Candice didn’t know if he was talking about her being fired or the heart attack that killed her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I look around for smoke and flames, but instead of a fire, I see a grinning fireman descending from the truck carrying a big wrench and an even bigger radio. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ranofer’s mind, fluttering as uselessly as his fingers, focused suddenly upon the fire. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The opening has been boarded up with a piece of plywood, but someone has already kicked it in; in this city, every fire means a shelter. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A similarly enormous wooden table and chairs stood in front of the fire beneath the quantity of cured hams and dead birds hanging from the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Lady Melisandre was seated near the fire, her ruby glimmering against the pale skin of her throat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

How many times would she have to dodge mortar fire in one night? Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I gave her that innocent look and just said, “Boy, you must have been in a sound sleep. The fire whistle was going on for a long time before you woke.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Some blue troops had stopped near the trees above and were kneeling and firing; he saw the rifles aimed at him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Pod, build us a fire, the air is too chilly for my taste. Will you take a cup with me, Lancel? I find that mulled wine helps me sleep." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Three men, who said they had been wounded by the Deputies’ fire, testified that there had been no attack on the officers and that there was no occasion for shooting. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

At dawn on April 28, the Russian tanks approached, and the boys opened fire. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

After the bone-grinding cold of the lands beyond the Wall, the caves were blessedly warm, and when the chill crept out of the rock the singers would light fires to drive it off again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One was the fire ant eradication program in the South; the other was the spraying for the Japanese beetle in the Midwest. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He picked up boulders and piled them next to the catapults for firing. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She slumped against me as Lance spread himself across the table and practically shoved the microphone down her throat, firing off a round of frantic questions. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The conclusion was inescapable: Cockcroft and Walton had fired a proton into lithium, which in its most common form has a nucleus of three protons and four neutrons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

A hundred yards away a dump of Wellington boots, gas masks and capes was fired, and acrid smoke enveloped the line of men pushing forward to the bridge. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

‘We have all been scared,’ said Pippin after a pause, in which Frodo stared at the fire and did not speak. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He elbowed and shoved and broke through and fired and started all over again, pushing his way ever closer to the house. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And he was getting better at playing with fire now, too, as fascinated as a boy with a puppy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The only real problem which the wax children gave was that people had to avoid making fires too close to them, and of course they also had to work only at night. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Even the fire seemed subdued when they took a breath. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As the column of fire reached the beach, Calypso stood and bowed to it formally. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He imagined standing in front of a firing squad or on a wooden box with a noose around his neck. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

With my other hand I find the patch of fire tattooed over his rib cage. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I come awake slowly with my body on fire, consumed in flames. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He shot a furtive look at Harry, then crossed to the fire and turned his back on it, warming his wide behind. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It had been specially tooled for a Kenyan ivory hunter, and had the range and rapid fire capacity of a Kalashnikov. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

They used tools and fire, were good hunters, and apparently took care of their sick and infirm. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fires below awoke in anger, the red light blazed, and all the cavern was filled with a great glare and heat. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Hay stored in a section of the building had caught fire and caused much damage before firemen had arrived and put out the blaze. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The rocket fire had extinguished, though smoking bronze exhaust vents still jutted from the stern. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Bon and Bleoberis were crouching over a bright fire, to which the bitter wind seemed to have given the property of throwing out light without heat Even the fire seemed frozen, like a painted one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He managed to get some breakfast and sleep, but was back at the scene of that fire to supervise the mopping up of embers in the early afternoon. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up feeling like I was still on fire. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The air was swirling with smoke, the back wall a sheet of fire ground to roof. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Charles placed seven eggs on top of the warming oven and built his fire carefully of small pieces of kindling until it burned fiercely. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The gunstock slammed back against my shoulder, and such a long streak of fire spouted from the gun barrel that it blinded me for a second; I couldn’t see a thing. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Gwydion could speak again, the Horned King, bearing a torch, rode to the wicker baskets and thrust the fire into them. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I tried to get up, but my wounded leg still felt like it was on fire. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Seamus got so impatient that he prodded it with his wand and set fire to it — Harry had to put it out with his hat. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Miss Kelsey brought us good news, and it fired me up. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

So she got up, cleared a spot on the floor, and made a fire. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They had been standing over the fire with a spitted pig, a yearling. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing the ferocity of the firing from High Bridge, he assumes that the Union force is much bigger than the group of men who galloped past him earlier. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Captured in March 1777 after a desperate manhunt, Aitken denied his crimes, but later admitted setting the fires to a British agent posing as a friendly American. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though Miss Bell works for a white lady who said I will fire you in a minute if I ever see you on that line! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“What’s wrong with saying good morning to the teachers? They teach you and you should respect them,” An Yi fired back before I could stop her. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire had burned down and looked out but he stirred with a piece of wood and found a bed of coals still glowing hot and red. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire was in the back of a one-story house in a residential neighborhood, in the kitchen. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

They were at the stage the potters called “leather-hard”— dried by the air but not yet glazed or fired. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

A few weeks later, one Sunday morning, I ran in to work expecting to get fired, I was so late. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Wilder sat feeding little sticks into the fire. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She jumped back in alarm, and Tali laughed at her as he eased the iron kettle into the fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Over in the poor white neighborhoods of East Durham, just a mile from where Ann sat, the article about the fire did indeed stir considerable interest. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Toasting bread and cheese, coring apples, placing chestnuts in the fire to roast. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He followed the road the way the wagon had taken his father as far as he dared leave the fire and the children in the cabin, still in hollering distance. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He joined her and made designs in the fire while she warmed herself. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Lysa seated herself near the fire and said, "Come to Mother, my sweet one." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then the man shifts the gun down, to David’s feet, and fires. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

By the third day she was firing them at him, “French?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The training room where I first fired a gun is not far from my hidden hallway. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When we arrived Sapo parked the car right next to a fire hydrant. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

States had largely abandoned execution by electrocution, gas chamber, firing squad, and hanging in favor of lethal injection. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My head’s on fire by the time he puts the pick down and buzzes on the clippers. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Rufus kept her well supplied with candles, but at the moment, the only light in the room came from the window and from a low fire over which two pots simmered. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Babi thought that the one thing the communists had done right—or at least intended to—ironically, was in the field of education, the vocation from which they had fired him. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Green fires burned in braziers along the walls. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“If he was good, believe me, he wouldn’t get fired,” he said of Peralta. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

We sped up our steps and took dives into the bush before the grenade landed, followed by several rounds of machine gun fire. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Ruby and Sparrow were leaning over the garden balustrade, watching the fire in the city below. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The object of the game is to shoot the enemies crawling up out of the tunnel toward you while dodging their fire and avoiding other obstacles. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He stands with his feet apart, holds the gun in both hands, and fires. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” I say, the possibilities firing in my head, though most of them involve Dennis, and now even Jack, the two of them watching the blaze from the periphery. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And your laughter gushes like an open fire hydrant ’cause you could have sworn You heard an F, Instead of T. I see our comedian is back. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The fire spread far into the countryside, and now the rebels are huddled in the blackened ruins as fitting punishment for their incendiary havoc. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Jon lifted the kettle off the fire, filled eight cups, and carried them into the tent. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But “once out upon the street, the magnitude of the fire was suddenly disclosed to me.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody's touched the fire door on his bus since that day. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He holds it in both hands and fires at the knees of the Dauntless man who stands just feet away from him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter was following as much as she could see from the cave mouth, and now she raised her pistol, supporting it with both hands, and took careful aim before firing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mom started firing off anxiety-ridden messages, asking me what was going on. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Somehow it’s been retrieved from the fire, though I notice that it doesn’t at all smell of smoke. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I built a fire in the fireplace and pulled up my favorite rocker. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got fired, didn’t you hear? That’s a painful subject, you shouldn’t have brought it up, good night, next time learn a little manners,” and he closed the hut door. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

In other words, a fire swamp is just a swamp, period; the rest is embroidery. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Spender turned and went to sit at the fire, looking into it. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had dabbed her wounds with Myrish fire, which burned so bad she had had to bite her lip to keep from screaming. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His fur had darkened until he was all black, and his eyes were green fire. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The room was silent except for the crackle of the hearth fire. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

By them lay a stick of charcoal brought down from the fire. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

When you have your father to yourself by the fire in the morning you don’t need Cuchulain or the Angel on the Seventh Step or anything. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We had only cold at our home in the Seam, and a bath meant boiling the rest over the fire. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He survived the fire, but his store did not. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Upstairs in the nursery Mary Poppins was airing the clothes by the fire, and the sunlight poured in at the window, flickering on the white walls, dancing over the cots where the babies were lying. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He left his fire stick on and I went about my own work. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nguyen saw him grab a woman by the hair and throw her to the ground, then fire his pistol in the air. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

In a sullen silence she began preparing the meal, lighting the fire, fetching the water, boiling the rice, the baby astride her hip as before and whimpering unheeded. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where’s the fire, y’all? No one is going to take the plate out from under you. Take your time. Enjoy it.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

My face felt on fire and my legs trembled uncontrollably. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He sank into one of the cracked leather armchairs in front of the fire grate with a sigh. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She had imagined a big fire on Broad Street and painted how she thought it would be. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

If the Wall should ever fall, all the fires will go out. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone was watching me, and my face got so hot with embarrassment my cheeks could’ve started a fire. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Listen to the fire in her voice,” Mrs. Levy said. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flora fully expected that at some point, her mother’s hair would catch on fire. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Between trips he added small pieces to the fire to keep it going and on one of the trips to get wood he nodced an added advantage of the fire. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny cleared her throat and looked up at the other kids who ringed the fire, their faces flickering in the flames, with their foreheads hot and their backs cold against the breezy night. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As far as he was concerned, mine was the slowest, most no-tips time of day, and sometimes he’d stick around most of that hour teaching me things, for he didn’t want to see me fired. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire was rising, and Johnny wasn’t out. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

They were all the colors you could think of, black, white and brown, but the fire made everyone look like they were different shades of orange. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Eighty tins of pure ghee were poured over the elephant to feed the fire. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I yelled to Brian that we had to get out of there, but he was throwing Sand at the fire, saying that we had to put it out or we’d get in trouble. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fire marched up toward them through the ancient town like something searching houses for traitors. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The fire pit still held the glow of the fading logs, but it offered very little heat. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Johnny took off the red mittens Aunt Lorne had knit for him and stretched his hands toward the fire blazing on the hearth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the day the fire started, over 55 miles of pine- block streets and 600 miles of wooden sidewalks bound the 23,000 acres of the city in a highly combustible knot. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Dunmore, rigged and coursed with smoke like some spirit vessel, cast volleys of flame through its entanglements of cloud, and all its gray was incarnadined with fire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“The pedestal is so hot from the fire that you fall backward off of it.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The bigger sticks caught fire, and I smiled. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Several were grimy with soot from the fire, and one man had a large part of his beard singed away. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Doris Whicher didn’t notice; she was in the throes of a hangover, and the smell of liquor was so strong that Malcolm thought she ought to breathe more carefully near the fire. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I call them the fire ants. A group of small beings that can become overwhelming.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

A fire burned at the edge of the street, heaped with books and scads of papers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But her feet felt like they were on fire. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The fire in my mother’s eyes brightens and she reaches out as if some current is tearing us apart. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all silent, looking into the fire, lazy after their several journeys, and Eleanor thought, I am the fourth person in this room; I am one of them; I belong. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Eliza, the second daughter of Mary and Thomas, lacked the prettiness and fire of her three sisters. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And your head feels like it’s on fire and your mouth feels as dry as a saltine. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The fire would heat the rest of the tar, causing it to boil more quickly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My thoughts drift to our mosque back home and how it was shut down for more than six months after someone started a fire that destroyed parts of the interior. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t just gotten fired; I’d gotten fired for starting a fight. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The first one swept his arrow through the torch, lighting the end on fire. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Her hair could be on fire and she’d probably say, “Well, at least we have light to read by.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

When the man stepped back into the frame of the window to draw the bow again he fired. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Dimple breathed out, her body turning to liquid gold under the slow fire of his lips. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Crookshanks was spread out in front of the fire like a large, ginger rug. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Away to the eastward the distant fires flickered, and now it seemed that here and there they crept across the plain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The British had sailed their war ships up the North River and had fired on the town, but now all danger was past. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Katz tried to light a fire, but everything was so wet that it wouldn’t burn. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath that, she felt the heady rush of the woman’s power, as if her veins ran with fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It had been rebuilt after a fire consumed the original hall. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

We could hear the fire and the roof. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up to pile more wood on the fire and he raked the coals back from the dead leaves. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Davos had furs to keep him warm by night, wood to feed his fire, clean clothing, a greasy tallow candle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

People cheered, burst into applause each time flares sizzled and exploded into bouquets of fire. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I still stood by the fire, where the note had burned to fine ash. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Night.—I am writing this in the light from the furnace door of the steam launch: Lord Godalming is firing up. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They lit no fires, for they were uncertain of events; but they set a ring of mounted guards about them, and scouts rode out far ahead, passing like shadows in the folds of the land. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Ophie added another log to the fire, waited to make sure it caught, and then took a deep breath and made her way down the hall. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Live wires flung free, fires breaking out, rubble making a familiar path a maze. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“But don’t you have your own fires to worry about?” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not hear myself screaming, Djo, but my throat was on fire. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jump off the sofa like it’s on fire. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And of course because this saying-what-I-really-feel thing is still new, the moment I part my lips to take a breath, all the feelings come spewing out like water from an uncapped fire hydrant. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Polly rose from her place by the fire, went to the window, shaded her eyes from the light, and stared out into the mist. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because everything is wet and there’s a foot of water underneath us, we cannot make a fire. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They held the hoop and danced around the fire four times. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once he went around the fire and ventured out into the darkness. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Godric’s forebears had been pirate kings until the Starks came down on them with fire and sword. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The air was cool and the fire burned high, stacked with dry wood. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

May 20—I’ve been fired from my job at the bakery. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

While student leaders argued about what to do to diffuse the situation, the police suddenly opened fire. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire has already spread to the trees at an alarming rate. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The fire roared and the flames winked yellow behind the little isinglass windows in the front of the stove. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The one who fell asleep inside his car. What’s going to happen to him? Will he be fired?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were ashes of a fire on the big open hearth. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Flames leaped to the cobwebs and roared down the corridor in a flash fire, roasting spiders by the thousands. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Marshal fired at them, and then jumped out of a window, his arm broken. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In addition, once the fire died down, Stone Age entrepreneurs could walk through the smoking remains and harvest charcoaled animals, nuts and tubers. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know that I killed you. How can you survive that and the fire?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She figured she and Charles would go on for years, having geese by the fire and staying friends. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father builds a fire, even though Mother warns that the top of the chimney is still missing. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Two squires from the stormlands stabbed a man-at-arms to death in a quarrel over who would sit closest to the fire. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I fed the fire and wondered vaguely if Wil and Sim were worried about my sudden disappearance back at the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the dark of the trees he could smell splintered wood and see white upturned faces with wide white dirty flowers and he looked out to see a battery working steadily, firing into the woods. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coins of fire ignited the mullet’s back as two shrimp boats slid past ringing buoys, tethered yachts, and storefronts. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire soared to the ceiling and I trembled with fright. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“After I set ’em on fire, Lillian, none of those things makes any difference.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stories about victims of the Khmer Rouge attack spread like fire. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire in my gut had eased somewhat. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

So I threw myself on the fire and went up like gasoline. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Emo pulled down the collapsed frame of the watchman’s shed and threw the boards on the fire. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

That same night, after everyone else went to bed, I wrote Caitlin using the fire embers for light: I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I got fired from several restaurant jobs when my employers found out I was the one who wouldn’t give up her seat. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

"There is a power in living wood," said Jojen Reed, almost as if he knew what Bran was thinking, "a power strong as fire." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It is this girl’s fire that will keep you safe as you face the last of the malevolent trinity—the wretched chupacabras.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He shook his head again and moved back by the fire pit. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He told Deane that he had a plan to set fire to England’s most important dockyard, at Portsmouth, headquarters of the Royal Navy. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to use your fire escape to climb back into my bedroom,” she whispered back. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Talib had fired three shots at point-blank range at three girls in a school bus—and none of us were killed. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A firefighter at the scene had told Ernest that those responsible for this “should be thrown in the fire and burned.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Among the sounds of ripping flesh and popping sinew, her next words came over her shoulder, cold and final: “If I see it again, I’ll throw it in the fire with the logs.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Servants moved back and forth, feeding logs to the fire and boiling wine. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The fire made a red glow and there were long, quick shadows. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Only Hazel stayed awake to replenish the little fire under the cooking chicken. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing’s cold yellow eyes find us in the elevator and it spits a whirling ball of fire in our direction. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The Wonder bread absorbed the acid like fire extinguisher foam and splattered against the hydra, covering it in a sticky, steaming layer of high-calorie poisonous goo. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We packed up what lay about while the fire still burned. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I just fired him. We discovered that he was sneaking children into the theater. Isn’t that a terrible thing to do?” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He watched unseen from the stairwell as his uncle moved from room to room, extinguishing the candles and the fires. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

If not for the rain, the fires might have consumed all of Meereen by now. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“But we are also servants of fire. Because fire is the most common form of energy, and without energy, our prowess as sympathists is of little use.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I saw you go into that fire on the floating island. I seen you give up rations so the crew could have more. Some folks, knowin’ when they’re gonna kick it, might play it safe. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Back home, we'd gather around the fire to eat, sitting on stones or overturned cans made into stools. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Somehow he could get fire from the hatchet The sparks would make fire. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

One main tool for shaping nature was fire. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the group, with the exception of Slopper, was around the low fire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday, in the midst of the heat and the flames, Stella Mills showed absolute bravery and courage as she ran toward the fire to rescue little Hazel Spencer.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The bomb was an exact copy of the American implosion bomb tested at Trinity, and the rising, twisting, pulsing ball of fire looked just the same. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t know about this fire yet,” Big Time said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Michael wonders if we’ll ever have a fire and hot tea again because he’s freezing in the bed even with the overcoats left over from olden times. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The whole sea ahead of us was alive with fire and drifting smoke. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was once a cook shack, where his grandmother prepared food on an open fire. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The flame sped into the air, rising higher and coming closer and shedding sparks and smoke, and then fell with a great splash of fire near the gun. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

My face felt like it was on fire while I walked back down the stairs. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

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

“He’s cute,” said Eva, stretching her mammoth feet by the fire. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She pulled her lips back from her teeth, which glowed yellow amid her gums in the dim light of the torch fires. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I couldn't walk into that room with the smoky fire from the damp branches I had scavenged at the edge of the woods after the coal had run out, my bands empty of any hope. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“As soon as I turn eighteen, you’re going to be the second person I fire.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The powder burned into the ground like fox fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The bombers opened their bomb bay doors, exerted a miraculous magnetism which shrunk the fires, gathered them into cylindrical steel containers, and lifted the containers into the bellies of the planes. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They augmented their diet with fish caught from the river, and Tally roasted a rabbit on a fire she’d built herself. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They built a fire in the stove and made tea and feasted on vegetables, fried potatoes, and canned meats, eating so much, they feared they would get sick. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He shone bright, as if burned clean by fire. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

That what I need to survive is not Gale’s fire, kindled with rage and hatred. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But immediately we could see the fire beyond the Community Center. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Over the fire sat a three-legged iron pot in which something cooked. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The fire dance kept up till nearly dawn. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

We drive all the way to the edge of town to the old elementary school that caught on fire a few years ago and has since been condemned. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I have no magic beads, no water gourd sight, no rabbit that will jump in the fire when I’m hungry. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went to the fire and spread the neon embers. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Cal lighted the cigarette for him, careful not to set fire to the grizzle around Martin’s mouth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was the roar of an engine and then a billowing cloud of red fire exploded over the grass, blazing it to a crisp. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He got a fire going and walked out to the edge of the woodlot and stood looking over the countryside. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I led him into the billiard room where I stoked the fire while he sat down in one of the leather chairs and began to remove his shoes. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

By its light I saw Mrs. Rhydd hammering on the fire exit. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby jumped on top of the haint’s head and fired sap ball after sap ball into his face, until he wore a mask of sticky dark amber. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“There’s red fire everywhere! I’m not coming out!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They built us a big driftwood fire that night, and told us ghost stories until they figured we had all dozed off. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel the deathly river water drying in the fire’s heat. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He swung to the right, running desperately fast, with the heat beating on his left side and the fire racing forward like a tide. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Seconds ticked by before the pain registered, white-hot pain, a line of fire, blood that burned its way down her face and neck. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m the first one awake to build up the fires,” I explained. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once when his class had visited the fire department, his picture had been in the paper at home. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

His breathing is soft and labored, his brows furrowed, the fire still alight in his gaze. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘No, not many. They stood up—just a handful. The British fired on them. It was dawn.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A single woman with a flint or fire stick could burn down an entire forest in a matter of hours. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She repeated it twice, then stepped back and said to Kaede, “You can light the fire.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was all done by the glancing light of electric torches and we didn’t dare fire at anyone now, for fear of hitting one of ours. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

This time, it wasn’t like knives, but fire, burning across his skin, scalding him from the inside. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I put on my uniform last thing before I leave the house so it doesn’t get dirty as I eat breakfast by the fire pit. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The catcher, the sun juice jar. All of that was destroyed in the fire." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want a smoky fire on this particular evening. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Three thousand, I make them, by the fires.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I need to go out for the evening. And the house can never be left unattended while any fires are burning, and I mean candles as well as the fireplace here in your room.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It cut through the noise of the battle like a fire alarm. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When we got to the village, we sat around the fire until dawn. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It seemed to burn feeling back into him, dispelling the numbness and sense of unreality, firing him with something that was like courage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A month or so after the fire, I was setting down a clean pitcher of water in Lady Seymour’s bedchamber whilst Madam read the newspaper aloud to her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I moved closer to my parent’s fire, stepping softly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Olanna could hear the sound of the planes far off, like gathering thunder, and soon the scattered sharp cracks of antiaircraft fire. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I heard the white tigers prowling on the other side of the fire, but I could not distinguish them from the snow patches. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moch pounded on the ironwood as hard and as fast as he could, the snap-snap- snap of it firing almost like a machine gun in the stern of the boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Not so long as there was food and drink within, willing women and warm fires. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When she had washed and rubbed his feet with golden oil, he turned, dragging his bench again to the fire side for warmth, and hid the scar under his rags. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

More driftwood on top, and I soon had a good fire going. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The bananas were raw, so we boiled them by adding wood to a fire that was in one of the outdoor kitchens. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Eventually the guy caught the girl and they fake-wrestled around a sec, cracking up, and then went back to the circle around the fire and sat down. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The reins, the halters, the blinkers, the degrading nosebags, were thrown on to the rubbish fire which was burning in the yard. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Among the things we could get fired for, Nigro advised, were arriving at the Academy late or drunk—once we were allowed to go out, that is—or, oddly enough, sleeping in class. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they talk too long their gums get sore and the teeth have to come out.Then they sit talking by the fire with their faces collapsed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Gunshots fire at rapid speed in the distance. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The fire was contained to the west side, and they hoped to have it out soon. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

After the fire was blazing, Edwin sat down, too. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Tayo walked over and knelt in front of the ribs roasting over the white coals of the fire. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Real turquoise would have been stronger, able to withstand the fire’s heat. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I swung the kettle over the flames and looked into the fire while the water heated. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man got up early and cooked his breakfast, still on a fire out in front of the house; he was quick and purposeful. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The fire bore down on the crowd at the quay. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“It worked out well, actually. When I was fired I had just started classes here, and they were able to give me some work in the offices. I’m studying to be a cameraman.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The soldiers hold them back, "—by firing squad, to be carried out four days from today, on December twenty-seventh at six p.m.. Ocean Standard Time, in an undisclosed location—" Four days. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Everything we need is here on this paper. Seven bottles: three are poison; two are wine; one will get us safely through the black fire, and one will get us back through the purple.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Lady Seymour fired off a cannonblast of a glare at her, but Madam pretended not to notice, and the master kept his face planted in his newspaper. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that age my love of fire was in full bloom. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Little fingers of fire licked against the dry scored rind of the ancient tree and scorched it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She wrapped both hands around the neck of the fire extinguisher, bracing her body to swing. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They pulled into an empty spot next to a fire hydrant. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mother was sitting in front of the fire, looking worried. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he had not fired at Narciso or at any of the men on the bridge! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes you walk with a limp, like there are little fires blazing between your toes. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The fires pool and strut; they flow up the sides of the ramparts like tides; they splash into alleys, over rooftops, through a carpark. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Joseph had come to associate the smell of pipe tobacco with the house, and it mingled so deeply with the pine and fire and wood that he couldn’t imagine the house smelling any other way. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The wound, the fire . . . he’s done, I need to find someone else, but who! A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She dragged a chair away from the fire and flipped it around. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When I walked into the kitchen, my mother and Kermit were looking at the fire alarm card. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

One such case involved the Rad Lab’s former staff chemist Martin Kamen, who had been fired by Ernest during the war in response to an unproved—and groundless—charge of disloyalty. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She then enlisted my father—the family’s resident artist—to paint a series of orange flames on pieces of very thin rice paper, which, when backlit with a lightbulb, made for a half-convincing fire. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He set Ralph down in front of an opening in a cardboard wall and said, “When Brad fires his cap pistol, go for the peanut butter.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t do to get fired on her first day like the Polish woman Mr. Richard had talked about. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Understandably, they were afraid of another fire breaking out. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was a golden haze around him, as there was around the shelters, the fishing nets, the evening fire: stronger than theirs, though not by much. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He felt the fire in him and he could not be still. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Simeon hops, twists, like the ground is on fire. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

A fire burned brightly in the center of it, even though the day was very warm, and the man was steering her toward it, Amari realized with fear. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A third explanation agrees that hunting and fire agriculture played a significant role in the extinction, but emphasises that we can’t completely ignore the role of climate. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we heard firing while we were on deck, we were to throw ourselves immediately on the floor. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had many dreams in which I saw myself or different people burning in the fires of hell. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I inhale and brace myself, exhale and fire, and the bullet goes right where I meant to put it: in the red circle, in the center of the target. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When his father got up, he chopped some wood and sat by the fire. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water was surging at the foot of it, and when he shoved it open, he found the kitchen already flooded—the fire in the range hissing and steaming, the floor awash. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Afterward, when the firing ended, they would blink and peek up. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire must be hot enough to keep the sap boiling, but not hot enough to make it boil over. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The condition was seen only in areas treated for fire ants. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He sees a flash of fire shot at three policemen. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The rockets stopped, the flares died down, they put out the fires. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next she doused the smoldering troll with the contents of the restaurant’s fire extinguisher, hoping the icy powder wouldn’t revive the sleeping behemoth. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“The school board has fired a whole bunch of teachers! Forty-four people in all. Including you.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire had been so fierce in places that it had eaten trees down to the roots. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

On our journey Estraven had lost all the smooth, compact solidity that marks the Gethenian physique; he was gaunt and scarred, and his face was burned by cold almost as by fire. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She watched him kneel before the twig pile and grab two to rub together for a fire. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

To carry he must speak louder; and this would rouse those striped and inimical creatures from their feasting by the fire. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“The fire bell, like this afternoon. It’s all organized. All the kids’re going to know and none of the grownups. Especially not her.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Odenigbo had insisted on installing it himself, at first, and each time she pressed it, there was a fire spark at the wall connection. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

This is much harder than it looks, and even working as intently as I can, it takes me about an hour to get a fire going. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He ran up to Leo’s room, took off his wet clothes, and laid them out in front of the fire. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was reluctant to fire any more arrows because they were valuable things and would certainly get lost in the undergrowth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire alarm is drowning out my cries, and I’m choking, but I still call for him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her eyes scanned the room, alighting on Tristran and the star huddled by the fire. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The unwritten motto of United States Robot and Mechanical Men Corp. was well-known: “No employee makes the same mistake twice. He is fired the first time.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

On the other side of the fire is Noah, ten feet from the edge, the crowd favorite to end his life. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

We walked around Canal Grove, and my brain fired off more thoughts than I could handle. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The crimson luster of the fire gleamed on the white men’s faces. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Go warn Babulya to get out of the house, in case the fire spreads!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“My tongue is on fire,” she tells everyone at the table. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

"A sword plucked from fire, yes. Men tell me things, it is my pleasant smile. How shall a burnt sword serve Stannis?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It will end the game even if I am trapped in the fire and not dead.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A noise thundered to life on Tally’s left, unmistakable even above the roar of the fire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I watched Azar bend forward and fire off the first illumination flare. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They bobbed past two destroyers, the Dashiell and the Ringgold, both of which were firing in waves at the beach; the noise of it was deafening, louder than anything Ishmael had ever heard. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead she sat calmly by the fire, sewing. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The polished white tiles on the walls and floor reflected the light of Jason’s sword so well that Leo didn’t need to make a fire. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Burr then delayed his shot for “four or five seconds,” waiting for the smoke to clear from around Hamilton and also waiting for Pendleton to begin the count—“One, two, three, fire.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Two fire department ambulances have their lights flashing, and two teams of nurses and doctors are scrambling to get some rolling stretchers through the big center doors. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went on to become the first African American to join Selma’s fire department and rose through the ranks to become Fire Chief. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Baba fires off questions as we walk toward baggage claim to get the rest of the luggage. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

White smoke spiraled into the air and made strange shapes: Harry thought, for one heartstopping moment, that he saw a phoenix fly joyfully into the blue, but next second the fire had vanished. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He sat above the fire on a thick twig perch Deydey had fastened between the mortared stones. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

They didn’t even bother to call the fire department. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All that exercise has given me a powerful thirst,” said a man, tossing his burning branch into the fire. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last night of lying on hard ground, and falling asleep to the murmured incantations of the shaman stirring his powders into the fire. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Another dull roar filled his ears, but this time it wasn’t from a fire. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

That evening, just after supper, the wind rose, and the rain fell down the wide chimney and hissed in the fire. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gotta pay attention, kid. If you were in the field, that could have been fire from the enemy,” Uncle Jet said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

That night the temperatures fell so far below freezing that the biggest fire could not keep away the chill. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had made new fire, which he now kept going using partially rotten wood because the punky wood would smolder for many hours and still come back with fire. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her parents must have been captured, once, held in iron cages above seething fire pits while their enemies gibbered around them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

One thing I didn’t want was to get on the witness stand right here in his office and have him fire lawyer questions at me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire could have come from the village. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy looked at him with an injured expression, as if Dustfinger had taken his hand and thrust it into the fire. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

My mother got up, fetched a plate from the rack, and filled it with stew from the iron pot on the fire. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flashes of musket and shotgun fire burst from the Ocarrion as it rattled off at a moderate pace in the opposite direction from her. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He got a can of peaches from the bag and opened it and sat before the fire and ate the peaches slowly with his spoon while the boy slept. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Few of the lower-middle class and poor families that lost their homes had fire insurance. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, there was really a fire, a fire like the one I had seen one day burn a house down to the ground, leaving only a chimney standing black. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will the water get warmer as the fire runs down to the bank? Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The painted leather burst into sudden flame as she skipped closer to the fire, her breasts bare to the blaze, streams of milk flowing from her red and swollen nipples. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They were accustomed to listening to him tell stories, though that usually happened after dinner, when the sky was dark and he could only see their faces by the flickering light of the fire. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"Wait in the library. There's wood. Start a fire. I won't have die maester catching a chill on account of you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She continued to roll, shooting silk randomly, pulling over braziers of magic fire and ripping tiles out of the floor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Peewee sent a burst of fire into the village. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Return rifle fire splattered bullets in the snow near the warriors. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“He’s not on fire. He’s burning oil,” Maddie said, because she knows these things. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he noticed, not far from the further end of the fire, a small dark figure seated on a stool with his back propped against a pillar. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I will have a fire here, he thought and struck again—I will have fire from the hatchet. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made that outdoors over an open fire, and she’d put pennies in the caldron to keep it from sticking. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The baboons drifted past below, and sniffed as closely as they dared to the fire. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last he was through the Second Gate, beyond which great fires leaped up between the walls. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She’s there by the fire and Dad is there and they’re asking me the same old questions, the dance and the name of the dance. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

There was no sound in the cabin except the crackling of the fire, and there was no feeling inside him except a great loneliness. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

We put the last of the coal on the fire and sit around telling stories which we make up the way Dad did. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We sit around the fire and drink our tea and cry because we have no father, till Mam says, Don’t cry, don’t cry. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

By nine A.M. , an estimated six thousand persons thronged the nearby blocks, behind police barriers, and faces were in every window of the apartment buildings across the street; some stood shivering on fire escapes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He helped Heqet wire the box shut, then turned to stir up the fire. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

When I got up to add wood to the fire, my feet wandered themselves to the pantry, and my hands pulled the loose board there. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scorpions fired into the ranks of the Earthborn. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He fires, but my hands are wrapped around his wrist, so he doesn’t fire straight. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The four of them fired volleys at her. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The plan, as Nelson explained it, is they start a fire in a huge circle around the big hill behind the village. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the trash was carted to the lake and dumped; not only was Chicago swept clean of the fire, but a large landfill was created in the process. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she sent Matthew to search for birthwort root, put out the fire, and opened all the windows. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

American cannon were firing on the Vulture, which quickly weighed anchor and sailed away. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knows he's been one since the day five years earlier when he was fired from Goupil’s. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The men chasing them were undercover police officers—but Antonio didn't know that when he fired. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mam took her pills and sat by the fire with Malachy on her lap. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He went and sat in the chair by the fire. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Petey was sitting cross-legged on a blanket, poking at the fire with a stick. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Smashing mills, destroying warehouses, setting fields on fire, the freedom fighters demolished some one thousand plantations—and that was just in the first two months of their revolution. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I mean, it makes perfect sense to me. It eats wood. Wood bums. Why wouldn’t it breathe fire?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

By rights I am as American as anyone, as graced and flawed and righteous as any of these people chanting for fire in the heart of his house. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not since your dad accidentally set it on fire last Thanksgiving.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I stretch my arms around the corner of the wall and fire twice. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Brian looked around at the shelter, the comfort, the food, the fire, the lake. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

And then the forest fell away, and he was back in the longhall again, back in his broken body, staring at a fire. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

So he called the fire department, and they sent a female firefighter up to get me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Whoever stokes the fire during the night gets an extra pancake in the morning,” he said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Then, a few minutes later: “Torpedoes missed. Another fired at us. Four torpedoes in water.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Dad lights the fire and Mam makes the tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Just because they’ve declared it an unfortunate accident doesn’t mean they’ve fired everyone. And the government isn’t going to lock him up just because he killed a rebel under duress.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They made their way down the corridor, Leo going first with the fire. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She didn’t get a fire under her until Kaori snapped again. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He kicked a cleared place in the snow out where the fire wouldnt set the tree alight and he carried wood from the other trees, breaking off the limbs and shaking away the snow. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Was also developing a splitting headache, anxious about Julie, and wondering why they didn’t just set the dratted plane on fire and get it over with. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The day after the fire, Pocahontas comes again with several men from her tribe. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

All of the fires in the village were cold. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He lights the fire and Mam makes tea and soon we’re in bed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Leo’s right hand blazed, but the wind swirled around him and doused the fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then Aragorn took the green stone and held it up, and there came a green fire from his hand. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Hate is the key. Hate is the driver. Hate is the fire that purifies the soldier. The soldier must hate.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I'm the commander of this ship, and you're an enemy frigate and you've just started firing at me, and now I'm coming back...' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I lifted the kettle from the fire and set it on the ground next to Shandi’s body. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Back on the beach, the girls built a signal fire from sticks, palm leaves, and paper from their morals clause contracts, rescued from their official “Welcome, Miss Teen Dream” folders. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

"Take off your boots and dry your stockings. I'll find some dry wood. If the ground's not wet under the rock, we might be able to get a fire burning." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The flames drew pearly tints out of the white walls, and the windows glowed yellow-gold, suggesting cheerful fires within. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fifty yards from that steep beach, the guns opened fire. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It has to be a mistake. They went through all the trouble of getting you a visa. Why would they do that and then turn around and fire you?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

With slow, deliberate movements of her bone-thin arms, she plucked up sticks from a pile near the door and started a fire to warm us, right inside the hut. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire’s reflection made two flashing yellow eyes on Emo’s glasses. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed with this memory, taking in the scent of rain and grass, feeling the light breeze, until her partner reached the van, his rifle up and ready to fire. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He buried his face in a hankie, by turns lighting it on fire and then dousing the flames with his tears. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

No hemorrhages or fires, but it was a surprising physical pleasure, a brief taste of freedom, to run as best she could in her starched apron to the hospital entrance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He lay on his back before the fire. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the part of myself that I kept the most hidden, and it felt as if he were touching the inside of my head, setting it on fire. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

To the snap and crackle of the fire. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He went to bed then; I told him to leave the bedroom door open, and I put some more wood on the fire, thick logs that would last all night. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

My imagination was fired by the glory of these African warriors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

See, when I play ball, I’m on fire. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

It was warm in the cottage, but Birdie lit a fire, anyway. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The fire had been put out by neighbors almost as quickly as it was started. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He fires a marble with a rubber band. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was another pause in which the fire crackled and the river rushed on. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Yossarian walked back to his tent to wait for Orr to show up any minute and lit a fire to make things warm for him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

At the same time, riding toward her, away from the fire, were three figures on horseback. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In the movies and in detective shows on television, people fire guns all the time. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It didn’t help that before Molly they’d had a boy who tried to set the elementary school on fire. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Hugo silently cried himself to sleep most nights, and he dreamed of broken clocks and fires. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

She buried her cheek in the extra folds of his sweater and watched the paint curl as the fire consumed the blocks. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Sugar cane was now an ingredient in ceremonies involving fire. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

It had a peaked roof, hardwood floors, and a tiny backyard which ended in a sun deck and a fire pit. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At first, they fired to let their fellow tribesmen know when to start the attack, and to scare us so we would drop our food. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The width of the crowd knocked the fire extinguisher from the wall in the stairwell. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Multiple shots had been fired, but the footrace to the house continued. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It was comforting to sit here by the warm fire now. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She wanted Leo with his fire skills, or Jason with his lightning, or Hazel to collapse the tunnel. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But I had fed the fire at least six or seven times when I saw Denna stiffen and come suddenly awake. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The base of its body reattached itself to different shadows and detached from previous ones, like fire moving from kindling to kindling. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He pokes the fire one last time, and sparks rise up the chimney. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Kote sat in front of the fire and ate his meal mechanically, as if he were simply finding a place inside himself to keep the food. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She typed away on a keyboard, red nails tap-tapping in rapid fire. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. You was running fast enough after he fired that shot.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right there in the wood, we kindled a fire and butchered the boar. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Alice Evans was trying to make fire hydrants out of clay, which so far just looked like pathetic lumps. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

A breeze caused the fire to leap again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fires a bolt from his wand across the room. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

They slept through the night in their exhaustion and in the morning the fire was dead and black on the ground. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I have to bite my lip not to scream every foul name I know at the fire starter. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He’d taken a leave from his job as a town fire inspector after he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over his right shoulder a girl stared at me with one round, dark eye, her long hair draped around her face, flickering in tandem with the flames of the large fire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I fired off a rocket flare, but I aimed it poorly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Holy Jehovah destroy the vandals with holy-ghost fire! Holy Jehovah fight for us!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The fire in the mouth-shaped fireplace flickered, and green light filled the shadows of the room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

At the end of basic training, he was assigned his specialty: “Indirect fire crewman.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He obviously had not realized that Burr’s shot had caused an accidental firing of his own weapon. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I can creep along the edge of the room and surprise whatever guard is shooting at us before he gets the chance to fire a bullet into my brain. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Upon close questioning, the earl had confessed that most of his property had recently been consumed by fire. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Literally hundreds of aphids are consumed by a single ladybug to stoke the little fires of energy which she requires to produce even a single batch of eggs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The oakwood fire roared up past an open damper to heat the oven for the bread, which lay white and rising in the pans. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just that amazed him—to be able to carry water to the fire in a pot. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She raise her eyebrows at me and say, “Then it behooves me to inform you that you are fired, Aibileen.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to get fired one of these days.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the homes all the fires had been put out, but some still smoked, and none of them were cold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“No. I mean it’s an actual Dumpster fire.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

But he would feed the red god too, Moqorro’s fire god. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He also learned to use the stems of foxtail grass to spear grasshoppers, longheaded locusts, and dragonflies, which he roasted over a fire in late summer and autumn. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Dicey stared into the fire, trying to piece together something whole from her few vague memories. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The parley room was a comfortable place with a big fire, sideboards laden with silver and porcelain, and a heavy table darkly polished by the years, at which twelve chairs were drawn up. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“They started when I was little—right after I set fire to the draperies. Remember the fire?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The answer is ice, not fire, thanks to the power of zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Margit would play the piano, and he could fall asleep by the fire. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In the Greek myth of Prometheus the gift of fire forever severs humankind from the natural world—the burning torch is the icon of the constructed and artificial. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Now they’re piecing together how the fire spread through the offices full of paper fuel, pinning in Eduardo and the woman. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched as a swarm of fitters and the fire service team closed in to lift the pilot and his life' less crew out of the plane. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Rani plucks the bird and orders me to collect branches for her fire. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Unable to find much dry wood on the ground, Cole broke lower branches directly off the trees and fed the fire. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The thought made Bran feel strange, but he was still thinking it when Meera bolted from the fire, back out into the darkness of the tunnels. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It ballooned in great dark rolls above, and beneath it drew a long trailing skirt of rain, and as they looked the cloud rumbled and flashed fire. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Clancy waved at the few kids in black around the fire pit. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The squad lit up the woods with fire as Sergeant Simpson barked into the radio. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway through the movies we heard the sounds of big guns being fired in the distance. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

With parts of the forest cleared by fire, the herds could roam the East. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

More critical is that it kept fire companies located near De Koven Street in their stations. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mam sits by the fire, shivering, and we know something is wrong when she makes no move for a cigarette. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Those who saw him said that he fired his musket even as an arrow went right through his beard. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Every third or fourth man carried a Claymore antipersonnel mine—3.5 pounds with its firing device. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beastkeepers were also desperately carrying buckets of water and haphazardly throwing the water onto the fire, but it was no use. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Luke was not still for a minute, but moved back and forth across the shadows, filling glasses, stirring the fire, touching the marble cupid; he was bright in the firelight, and restless. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The cabin was dark except for a dying fire in the fireplace, but the woman made her way to her bed without trouble. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When morning came, Mama hardly had the fire going before they all began to pack. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“No, I haven’t....Maybe someday...,” she mused as she set a pot of water to boil on the fire. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Kote was kneeling on the hearth, building up the fire, when someone spoke behind him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There’s no way to tell if the fire is spreading, downward or farther east or west. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“They burn like the fire of ten thousand suns,” Colin said, deadpan. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

At night I read from my fairy book, or we chatted by the kitchen fire. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The idea made the fire that was devouring his heart blaze up even more fiercely and he started off in pursuit. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone must have a radio—the fire brigade, if one remains, or the resistance, or the Americans hurling missiles at the city. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She definitely wasn’t as fired up about all of this as Dimple was. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The fire’s reflection leads along the gun barrel, over the sight and hammer, to the soldier’s ecstatic face. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In the distance she could see the city on fire, the orange-red flames reaching toward the sky. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The king plunged into the fire with his teeth clenched, holding the leather cloak before him to keep off the flames. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His eyes had an angry fire in them and his lips pulled back from his teeth. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then, if they had fuel for fire, the vendors began to skin and pluck and roast them. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

A fire was crackling under an elaborately carved mantelpiece ahead of them, and several Slyth- erins were silhouetted around it in high-backed chairs. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The saint drank a Mg gulp of his white whisky and spat in the fire. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Must have gotten it for Christmas, he thought, as he packed and fired, packed and fired. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The consequences of the sublethal poisoning of the woodcock are now seen in a marked decline in the proportion of young birds to adults, first observed in the season after fire ant treatments began. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

First he set fire to the top floor of his castle. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But I was filled with joy and triumph, and the fires to me were the flames of Troy still burning as Odysseus pushed off for Ithaca. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I popped it in the fire when we first came in. I won’t tell you which farm, so don’t ask.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She looked more likely to breathe fire than Norbert as she. towered over the three of them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I checked in on him. Dead drunk. But I built up his fire and left him some bread,” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rocket lay on the launching field, blowing out pink clouds of fire and oven heat. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite this, Chief Marshal Williams had managed to get a thin circle of engines around the fire. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s enough to bring him to the fire. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But a rousing of the stellar fires in N49 is a simpler hypothesis: we are sure there are such things as supernovae. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the fire catches, I sweep out the snow that has accumulated under the empty windows, using a twig broom my father made me when I was about eight and I played house here. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The military band was playing and the crowd was massed on the far side of the square where the fireworks specialist and his son were trying to send up fire balloons. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The fires were still in places flaming red, guests were pouring out through the doors and Princess Noreena, hatted and faint, was being carried by her servants far from view. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mark hated them for it and had a fleeting moment where he itched to find the Transvice to start firing away. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

For a while the boy’s panic was more interesting than the fire. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire was contained to the west side, and they hoped to have it out soon. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, they built a fire and roasted Dicey’s fish over it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he went back to the fire he knelt and smoothed her hair as she slept and he said if he were God he would have made the world just so and no different. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He had been having some trouble with his stomach; Helen thought he was swallowing air, but it felt more like fire. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or like firing the one person who made me see the slightest glimmer of hope. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Another time I emptied a fire extinguisher into the school piano, because I knew we were going to have a performance at assembly the next day. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Carefully he stoked the fire once more and sat down to wait for both the flames and his feelings to come alive. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I quickly made my way back to the edge of the fire, wrapping myself tightly in my woolen cloak. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I can recall many hours of enjoyable discussion on this topic around the fire of the servants' hall at the end of a day. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sookie and I stood, watching a story about a house fire outside Boston. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It felt better than anything had ever hurt. park Eleanor's hair caught fire at dawn. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

They’d just have to call the fire department whenever Ajit Uncle happened to come outside and find me in their tree. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His somber, pouched, furrowed face was turned again to the fire. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pap waited a second, then fired the next three bullets fast-fast. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

‘Look! Fire, red fire! Are there dragons in this land? Look, there is another!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

A little while later they all stood, dressed and ready, around the fire circle. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Anya opened up her coat to keep from sweating, and Ivan stripped off his and collapsed to his knees in front of the fire. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He stood and walked close to the fire. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

One of them fires at his stomach, and he groans so loud I can almost feel it in my chest. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Charles and Emma had an intimate talk, a “goose,” as they called it, by the fire. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the teacher comes in, kids rush over to my desk and begin firing questions at me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The second archer fired; then the third, and the fourth. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She tried not to think about what it would be like running across the airfield to the radio room an hour from now, under fire. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

In the event of attack, I imagined I’d fire back into the air, wildly shaking a fist of ammunition at them. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I would have written the blue fire off to rumor if you hadn’t been here to confirm it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They say their father ran from the house with his head and hands on fire. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He advanced through the crowd, which parted for him like grass withering before a fire. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then they let the fire go out, and Pa took all the strips and pieces of meat out of the hollow tree. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they kept on firing, some shot directly at the Lost Boys. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Climbing the fire escape to the roof, they found no stranger and no clue of where he might’ve gone. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Ess gasped, her mouth open wide, but when the buds blossomed into petals of fire, she screamed and clapped her hands, and Jinny couldn’t help laughing with her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There was a constant scurry of servants racing up and down the halls, tending the fires, hanging up cloaks, putting away umbrellas, and delivering trays of tea to warm the travelers. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

One of the first to reach the fire was a twenty-year-old reporter for the Chicago Evening Post named Joseph E. Chamberlin. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“So we both lost our moms to fire.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

All I saw was the shadow and the earth on fire. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I breathed a huge sigh of relief and sat down to watch as the draccus circled the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Your headmaster said you set fire to your desk yesterday.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Over my shoulder I watch Matthew lift the gun over his head and fire straight up, at one of the glass panels above him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“My mom died in a fire. I understand being afraid of it. Did, uh...did something like that happen with you?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He came back, with fire in his eyes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a brief, intense flash of heat on my hands and face, but my wet clothing kept me from being burned or catching fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Our bombardment tore up the beaches and the slopes of Suribachi, but there was no answering fire from the shore. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was already loaded in the Japanese gun from which it would be fired; maybe it was in an ammunition roll. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The crudely painted sign on his shack could be seen as a guiding motto for the rest of the fire victims: “All gone but wife, children, and energy.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The dung cakes I made fell apart, so the fire went out. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hildreth’s methods appeared harsh to many people, especially to those who saw their homes blown up while the fire was still blocks away. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Soon as you fire off a clip put a new one in, ” he said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of the oarsmen, for example, was permitted on the ledge to witness the exchange of fire. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

When I get close, I can see fires burning. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The fire marshal says we can’t fill this one up any more. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Still—they had opened for business, had polished the glasses and wound the clocks and stirred the fires, and waited and waited to see who would come. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes had glowed like fire at the banquet, but now they looked less fiery and more like...copper. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

After riding Sunshine, a group of us played at Civil War games, enacting the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, skirmishing with wooden swords and firing log cannons. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Before the fire, Chicago citizens viewed their city with justifiable pride. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I fled down the stairs, the clang of fire bells filled my ears. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We could hear the roof and the fire and Jason. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no one brings food to cook on the fire. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He and Derek made a small fire pit in front of the overhang. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The mob stormed the machines, attacked the attendants, some of whom had guns and started firing into the crowd. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“This,” he said, “is an honorary fire alarm key. May you be ever vigilant!” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like there were words back there that wanted to fly out, like fire. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The sand where he sat was warm to the touch but the night beyond the fire was sharp with the cold. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her hair was like fire, and little points of fire were in her eyes, and I went and Father lifted me into the chair too, and Caddy held me. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You call setting a man’s barn on fire the wrong foot? Leading a mob against Mr. Ebgard the wrong foot?” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Solemn, humorless despite the slightly ironic smile, he suddenly cut deep—yet with the same mildness, the same almost inhuman indifference except for the pale flash of fire in his eyes. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

What would happen to the people who lived there in case of fire? When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

We wash down the food with cold tea because we have no fire to heat it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Our artillery fires on it continually, but still it does not cease. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little figures black against the snow and the fire came tottering or running from it, and witches flew down to help drag them away from the flames. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You were counting on that, eh? It is true I do not like fire. But Leo Valdez's flames are not strong enough to trouble me.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The first time I fire my musket the kick nearly throws me onto the ground. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

When those suckers sting you, it’s like getting stabbed by fire. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As one firefighter later put it, “From the beginning of that fatal fire, everything went wrong!” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The warmth of the fire made him realize how bone-tired he was, but he dared not sleep. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They were shooting skeet outside, and every time a gun was fired his senses were jarred. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And its vengeance is not the fire in the cities but the fire in the sky. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, a few weeks after they burned the body, a bunch of kids were swimming in Turtle Lake when it caught fire.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He takes the nonburning end into his mouth and there he is, best ruddy dog in the universe, ready to carry fire to the enemy. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Granger nodded to a portable battery TV set by the fire. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three eagles still circled overhead, but they made no attempt to land on the ship, probably because Festus the figurehead blew fire whenever they got close. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

This was the last morning he would have to light the fire. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

And they could be carrying the fire too? The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He fired once more, hitting a tin can that ricocheted into the desperately flopping bird. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss fired off a text to Javier: we on for friday. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the mountain folded back on itself and they lost sight of the fire, but soon or late it would always reappear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There are fistfights in the alleys, rumors that Hans has set a car on fire. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

No fire had been lit, and there was no sign of the children. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

One of the factionless started a fire so we could heat up our food. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I turned back toward the lawn, horrified to see my family being chased by wild animals and the wild animals being chased by agents, who were firing their guns. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Those fire departments are mainly volunteers,” says Gat. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Of course they had a right,” General Peckem snapped with cold and calculated severity, resolving right then and there to test the mettle of his new colonel under fire. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We heard the great guns begin to fire; we heard volleys, and yet knew nothing of what this signified. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They laid them north to south, from ice to fire, and piled them high with soft cushions and sleeping silks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Last night, when the rebels reached the quays in their march of invasion, we heard musket- or rifle-shots fired at our fleet, and hoped to acquit ourselves in a contest with these bold scoundrels. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Welcome to Divination,” said Professor Trelawney, who had seated herself in a winged armchair in front of the fire. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I hold fast to the sides of Shorty’s cousin’s kitchen table, crazily contemplating whether the fire of a conk could lead a man to splinter wood with his fingernails. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would waddle up to the front of the cave, look at the fire, and come scampering back to roll and play in the soft leaves. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Only a little tired of myself,” replied Estella, disengaging her arm, and moving to the great chimney-piece, where she stood looking down at the fire. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He could see through the trees a Union battery firing from an orchard on the far side of the road. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Huh? No. I was about to get caught, so I kind of... set off a fire alarm.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Sasha was released from the hospital the next day, twenty-three days after the fire. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It took me several minutes with flint and steel to get the fire going. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘Keep the fire going well, and keep Frodo warm!’ he said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

His face became red as fire and he seemed to grow twice as tall. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind rose then, taking the brown leaves in a whirl from the trees, and smoke wafted from the chimneys of cottages as fires were fed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Still firing energy blasts, he was able to keep the Sixers at bay. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Olly watched the color fade in the glass and remembered the day his dad got fired and how he’d been too afraid to comfort him. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lowering and rising, Cole wandered off away from the fire, then pretended the fire was the goal of his long migration. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The refreshing meal, the brilliant fire, the presence and kindness of her beloved instructress, or, perhaps, more than all these, something in her own unique mind, had roused her powers within her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Or we could look for relics,” cried his commander, who was quite on fire. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite enormous effort, I remain a hideous creature, fired into my current form by the blast from the bombs. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It spread through the University like a fire in a field. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

No matter that it was a relatively warm summer morning: if you had lived in Milagro all your life, you started a fire in your combination stove first thing after checking out the sun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire seemed to pour down Randolph Street, gobbling up building after building. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the popping of rifle fire to the north. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tin soldier started at the word fire. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She started a fire and cooked some vegetables. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Here and there the glow of hearth fires shone through shuttered windows, leaking between wooden slats, but only a few. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Naught to make a fire with, for a start; and naught to cook, not even grass!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But sitting in front of his gas fire doing nothing bored him, and again he took up his equations. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The porter reached into the opening, where he found a torch in the shadows and set fire to it, illuminating a tunnel of dry stone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Sad to say, Yunkai has no faith in your promises. They keep plucking the same string on the harp, about some envoy that your dragons set on fire.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

All through the summer he had stamped them out like sudden fires. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She felt the oven, still warm though the fire had long died out, then placed the cat on a tray inside, leaving the door open. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mayor Smiley raised a pistol to the sky and fired. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The windows facing the street were covered with plywood and only the first floor was renovated so it looked as if the fire that emptied the building hadn’t affected that floor. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He sat there and fed them into the fire, one by one, with satisfaction, and told his children what it all meant. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jerked the car left, just as the man fired off another shot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They were laying down a line of fire. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He should know about fire, being a baker's son and all. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Perhaps this one was sick because normally the animals did not like fire. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The antiaircraft fire was so tough over Japan that many were shot down or so damaged they couldn’t make it back to Guam. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The land sloped to where the one battery was still firing uphill into the smoke. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled at us, lifted his gun, and fired several rounds toward the sky. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The women are supposed to wave palm leaves and chase the flames in toward the middle until all the trapped animals inside get completely nerve-racked and jump out through the fire. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next, he suggested that a firebreak could be created to contain the flames if several houses were blown up, thus depriving the fire of fuel. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had used kerosene to try to get the fire going better, and it had exploded, just like Dad had said it would. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I'm wishing for a fire -eating raw rabbit can give you rabbit fever, a lesson I learned the hard way -when I think of the dead tribute. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When the creature’s skin began to catch fire, she turned away, pressing her hand over her nose to block out the smell. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I am no exquisite marksman, and almost dropped the piece when it fired. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

When I work up the courage to look at her again, she’s staring across the fire with her eyebrows drawn together. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

There was a great fire burning in the kitchen fireplace and the smell of Johnny cake and hot gravy. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment I aimed the gun above his head and fired. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The problem in Sarajevo began when a sniper fired a gun into a crowd at a peace rally. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I looked; I stirred the fire, and I looked again: but she drew her bonnet and her bandage closer about her face, and again beckoned me to depart. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was a woman, calling from the group at the fire. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It caused me to recall something I’d read once: if ever you’re in a crowded theater and there’s a fire, you should stick out your elbows and raise up your feet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

An offering of blood and fire, the queen’s men called it, that the Lord of Light may turn his fiery eye upon us and melt these thrice-cursed snows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When everything is set up, we gather around the fire and eat a dinner of rice and salted pork that Ma cooked earlier in the day. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed to be pushing back against it, daring it to fire. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was deeper than the Bodleian instrument, but the golden case was equally worn with handling, and glowed in the lamplight with as much intensity and fire. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There was a flash of fire and the loud report of the pistol. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel worried that her daughter did not gain, and fussed over the fire concocting nourishing stews which Mercy obediently tried to swallow. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Why must some of us deliberate between brands of toothpaste, while others deliberate between damp dirt and bone dust to quiet the fire of an empty stomach lining? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was an expert at making fires no one could see. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Now we knew who had fed the fires of Birkenau while we waited our turn outside. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, seriously, it even got me feeling a little fired up. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And still feeling frozen inside—or was it fire?—he grabbed his bag and started sprinting toward the road. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, he lifted his gloved hand to his temple, mocking a gun firing. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The buffalo-headed man reached a hand into the fire, stirring the embers and the broken branches into a blaze. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Corporal Craigie posed interrogation: “Who set the fires?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Drums had begun to beat, the fire was blazing fiercely, great long orange tongues consuming the fuel and thrusting upwards and sometimes outwards as if to engulf the watchers. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with the dragon snoring behind her, the fire crackling, and her blanket around her shoulders, her eyes did not close. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning Dad is lighting the fire, making tea, cutting the bread. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You killed her. Just as though you had put that gun to her head and fired.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Food, containers of water, weapons, medicine, garments, fire starters. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They reminded me of the mighty fire that had bitten its keeper at the Gathering. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Carefully stuck my head above the deck hatch and saw Hamilton firing his pistol at cans he tossed into the air. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they called out the fire truck to accidents because they were afraid of fuel catching fire, or sometimes because they needed the crew to help carry someone on the backboard. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I stamp out the remains of my little fire, clear up the scraps of food, and tuck Cinna’s gloves in my belt. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They could be fires of the Protection Units, or of local people forced out of their homes. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the cabin was still dark, I did love to just look into the fire. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And cast it in the same fire where you left your manhood?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He would have to snag them on the run and continue maybe ten more feet to the large rock against which he had been standing when the original shot had been fired. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were Rebels in there, firing back at the Redcoats. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, Breanna’s warning about falling for straight girls is now ringing in your head like a fire alarm, and yes, you’re wishing you listened. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Just inside the little door in the hollow log Pa built a fire of tiny bits of bark and moss, and he laid some of the chips on it very carefully. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

His jaw was on fire, he tasted acid. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We lost the feed just after Katniss’s beautiful speech, and then Haymitch said he thought he heard a gun fire, and I said it was ridiculous, but who knows? There are lunatics everywhere!” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her insides felt like they were on fire. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The town at the edge of the fire line was overrun with escapees. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

All Mark could hear was fire burning as she toppled off Alec. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m your neighbor across the hall. I locked myself out, and I wanted to use the fire escape to get over to my window.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dad has Malachy and the twins out of the bed and sitting on the floor by the dead fire. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Minutes after his crossing, the bridge caught fire again, only this time, the flames could not be put out. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Around them, shells of all different sizes exploded, flaming and colorful tracer bullets whizzed past, and antiaircraft guns fired from the ground and from ships stationed on the sea below. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Taking them, Crazy Horse hugged her for a moment, then jumped on his horse and rode toward the firing. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Sam Hamilton is sinking four wells—if he didn’t get fired too.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So those are fires of the Fourteen Flames we’re seeing, reflected on the clouds?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They’d let the men walking point go past, and then, when they were between the point men and the rest of the platoon, opened fire. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

On my way back to Spanish Harlem, I figured that it wasn’t Fischman that had set that fire in retaliation for Salazar’s death. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Here,” Eleanor said, but the door she chose led onto the narrow passage to the little parlor where last night they had sat before a fire. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a fire raging inside me, and I feel like I could burst into a million tiny embers. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Sure I can stand it. It’s nothing but a sprained ankle. I’m not going to die. Build that fire up a little more.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clocks ticked on, the fires crackled, the translucent candles dripped. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon, I was determined to be fired from this one, too. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The sound of the approaching fire is deafening now. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He built the fire and cooked the eggs. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least as warm if not warmer than she had been sitting near the fire with Isobel. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Aunt Rachel had laid a special fire in the company room and set lighted candles on the table. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When the fire is roaring hot, I rake the burning coals to one side, put the squash on the large sandstone slab at the bottom of the oven, and close the door. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My anger burned inside me like a fire. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gerald wiped his stinging eyes and saw that the stairs were smoky, but not yet on fire. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rooms were heated—in the Korean way—by a coal fire in the kitchen with flues running under the bedroom floor. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

We were looking at our hands, entwined, and he was drawing patterns along my palm, and I could hardly breathe as he left trails of fire along my skin. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The brand on my cheek scorched, as if the fire within me called to the fire in the air. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel looked across the room at Judith, who was setting the table near the fire. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at him now, though, a fire roared up inside me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Agricultural societies are ravaged by famine when drought, fire or earthquake devastates the annual rice or potato crop. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the fire died down, anyway. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She reviewed the ledgers, fired the cheating accountant, and took over the books herself. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fritz seems to have made a good big fire. Look at the smoke coming from the chimney.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I just know we set the fire. I can see the flames.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

There was a long silence, broken only by the crackle of the hearth fire. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He let out a long, cross sigh of red-orange fire. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

His boss fired him right there, with all the oranges around him. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A few weeks ago Tree and Zheegwon had told the story of cannibal people while the fire died down. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t long before he knew that what he was reading was fire, all right. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Betonie was sitting by the fire, watching the mutton ribs cook over a grill he had salvaged from the front end of a wrecked car in the dump below. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They burned plantations and commissaries, tore up tracks to impede the passage of the trains that began to open their path with machine-gun fire, and they cut telegraph and telephone wires. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Jus nods, and that feeling of defeat returns to his chest now that the fire from the liquor is gone. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Sometimes during the day, there were several plumes of smoke rising from houses that had been set on fire by gunmen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He stopped by the ashes of the fire; and then went on. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

No surprise fire drill alarm would sound in time to rescue me from having to look at, let alone talk to, Ellis and the K. Rukia wasn’t so bad, just annoying. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Medic Andrew J. Brown, pistol drawn for protection, crawls through the jungle to treat an injured paratrooper despite sniper fire and a live grenade lying nearby, 1965. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“This is what you brought back to save us? I might as well set myself on fire and save the Lord of Destruction the trouble.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

By the fire, I realized that I had bruises on my arms, back, and foot. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He was firing wildly now, a line of bullets tock- ing into the gun, hot casings popping out the other side. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Smoke curled thinly from one of the near chimneys, and I wondered if the library fire had been lit, according to routine. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He limped toward the fire, and with every right step he took, there was a loud clunk. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Deliberately he threw the lever of the rifle, and then he raised the gun and aimed deliberately and fired. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

On June 17 a small fire occurred in the Cold Storage Building, a castlelike structure at the southwest corner of the grounds built by Hercules Iron Works. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“What a sanguine smell. What a purposeful fire. Breakfast in a tree. Son, I toil from sunup to sundown, and never have I lived so well!” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were not to build a fire—someone might see it. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he let himself rest, he set about collecting wood, and soon came across a circle of charred stones in the grass, where someone else had made a fire long before. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

All the onagers fired at once, and six golden comets billowed into the sky. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He built a fire and propped the boy’s wet clothes up and brought him a can of apple juice. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They were awakened by gunshots fired into the distant sky by the Khmer Rouge, but I was so tired I slept through it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The listener’s imagination was fired by sound alone. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The common room was lit with the glow of the dying fire, still littered with the debris from the party. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Heidi doesn’t say anything, pausing like my head might be on fire. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Hunt's men swept the deck with small-arms fire, creating “a great slaughter.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Stunned only for a moment, he got up, glared at Gerald, saw the growing intensity of the fire, and moved toward the open door. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hicks began shooting bullets into the chest of the recruit, firing in a calm synchronized salvo that had a violent harmony to it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could have burned as easily as we put out the fires. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a bunch of rats fleeing a fire, the rest of the passengers follow them, pushing and shoving and cursing until everyone is out. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

After the first night, they’d slept in all the dry clothes and blankets they could find but on opposite sides of the fire. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The bullets, he said, would probably just rattle against the plates and fall off, but there were gaps between the plates and there was no telling how heavy the firing might be. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mirror neurons fire both when one performs an action and when one sees another person performing that action. They allow us to imitate behavior.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once we stopped to extinguish a pretzel vendor’s cart that had caught on fire. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“His daddy’s dead now. Last time I seen him, he’d jest set fire to a dog.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Hardly any-body could tell you the name of a city councilman, or a county commissioner, or the head of the public works department, or the planning department, or the fire department. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had not emerged since ... though from time to time His Grace was glimpsed upon the tower roof, outlined against the beacon fire that burned there night and day. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My maidenly blushes were not phony—felt my face would catch fire with fear and embarrassment. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

None of the other Yaba warriors dared to speak; only the crackling remnants of the fire filled the silence. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Encanis screamed, because he knew that even demons can die from fire or iron. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Unofficially, she was fired because of a secret letter that no one except her wanted to investigate. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

By the time the fire burned brightly again, sweat beaded his forehead and rolled down his cheeks with his tears. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The heavy paper curled and blackened, the flame ran upward, and only when the fire was about his fingertips did Cal drop the charred chip in the pin tray. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Arguments about going hungry, dying, bombs, fire extinguishers, sleeping bags, identity cards, poison gas, etc., etc. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

This time it was not muffled by the wind but by the body against which it had been fired. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Melisandre’s back was to the Wall, on one side of the deep ditch where her fire burned. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sword rang faintly, and glinted a little in the light of the fire away to his left. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

After they book you in for something serious—murder, attempted murder, setting a person on fire on a bus—they put you in a camera room for the first twenty-four hours. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I threw some wood on the fire, lit a candle from the flames, and carried it to the long dining table covered with maps and countless papers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrapped up the remains of the cooked pig in a piece of sackcloth, and Denna made a few trips with the water bottle and doused the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

With each step forward, tiny finger-sized shards of white crystals embedded in the walls reflected the crystal fire. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She adjusted the ash pan, stoked the fire, and closed the lid. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The fire made the shadows of her fingers into a huddle of people against the trees. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But the memory of the fire on Penikese was warmer than anything, and I had trouble keeping my mind on my work. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

What is clear, is that no alarm was recorded at the central alarm office in the Courthouse at the point when the fire was still containable. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Harris Sinclair, owner of the island, declined any formal investigation of the fire’s origin. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The room underneath the story-tellers was lit by a single candle and by the saffron light of its peat fire. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jaxim saw you leaping through the fire just moments after the reagent spilled. The drench is quick, but not so quick as that.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We were all bouncing and swaying, loose bodies with blood on fire. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She asked me to pour the drinks while she made a fire. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The others were too short-sighted to see it; they were looking at the fire, but not through it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A fire burned in front of her house, and the smell of cooked rabbit filled the air. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They saw my fire on the live camera feed and ratted me out to the police. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s bin long sence you hev told me any of the old lessons Shad used to lam you, Jeth,” his mother remarked one morning, as she sat before the fire watching him pace aimlessly. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The man who tries to stop me is a dead man. Unless he's on fire." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Next to him was a small fire and a crock for boiling water. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the town, supper fires sent up blue smoke, and here and there was the red glare of torchlight and campfire. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I know about fire; I know I need a fire. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain of it was lost in the pain of the fire. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She screams at the top of her lungs, a sound that turns my blood into fire. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

In a little bit, the fire was roaring. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marines sat in the bow of our launch to provide covering fire while we disembarked; which precaution seemed of little utility, for the docks were now empty of all enemies. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Ahead she could see the thatched roofs of the homes of her people, smoky cooking fires, and a chicken or two, scratching in the dirt. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men rushed past them, shouting of fire and murder and sorcery. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Nugent opened the door, hearing their voices, and said, “Dr. Relf, this is valiant. Come in and sit by the fire and let me give you some of George’s brandy.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“That was a jape. A bad one. Go and find a warm fire. I mean to do the same.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I covertly used some sympathy to start the fire while Denna cobbled together a couple cooking skewers out of forked willow branches. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s time you knew the whole story. When I brought you home with me six years ago, after the fire, your mama was tried on child abandonment charges and was sent to jail.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sick, but the pit of my stomach was on fire— how could I tell her that? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roasted over the fire, they have the sharp sweet taste of a parsnip. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But the solvent spread on the linoleum, licking, eating, under the kitchen door, while the voices took it up in chorus: “Fire, fire, fire!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went; following the superintendent’s guidance, we had to thread some intricate passages, and mount a staircase before we reached her apartment; it contained a good fire, and looked cheerful. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The fire burned away my hair, but elsewise it did not touch me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Some of the men in front had stopped to fire. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made a fire, and on the fire he put a number of stones. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

When his hands slipped under her hoodie and shirt to rest against her bare back, her blood caught on fire. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He heard the last shifting of the sticks in the fire as it died and turned to ash. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“All of you. I’ll miss the stories and the fire and the fishing and the prairie and the games we play. I’ll miss everything.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The learned animal thought for a long time, gazing into the fire. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought for a minute and explained that at first I had fired a single shot and then, a few seconds later, the other four. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

When she finished the fire, she put on the record, and kind of danced over to me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It pulled up short of the fire, huffed again, then advanced on the bucket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Early on Wednesday morning, I built a fire in the metal trash barrel in the backyard, fueled by my school papers. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if all rats were bad, who was this strange creature staring at him from across the fire, offering to be their guide? Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A machine gun fires somewhere, a sound like a chain of beads passing through fingers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

According to the L.A. news, the explosion at the Santa Monica beach had been caused when a crazy kidnapper fired a shotgun at a police car. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

A worn footpath brings us into the woods, and soon I smell the smoke from cook fires. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Parked automobiles catch fire, as do curtains and lampshades and sofas and mattresses and most of the twenty thousand volumes in the public library. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Americans fired back, but couldn’t see if they were hitting anything. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My stomach was on fire; I was shaking with the pain, but I wouldn’t let her take me to a hospital. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It blew a wide plume of fire in what I was coming to recognize as either some sort of greeting or a challenge. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Huge orange gouts of fire unfurled their banners in that hellish wind, the logs hissing and cracking, glowing cinders rising on the smoke to float away into the dark like so many newborn fireflies. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In the first encounter, we exchanged fire with a white man of the house, son or servant, possessed of a pistol and fowling-piece. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

We’d have dozed off in front of the television set, angry and impotent, perhaps, but without setting fire to anything. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Like an arc of pure fire, John R. Isidore soared across the late-afternoon sky on his way home from his job. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

When three white law-enforcement officers pulled up to the front of the church and attempted to enter it, shots were fired. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I did exactly what she said and cleaned all my blood off and took my medicine and went to bed, but firing that rifle had me all wound up. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But time is the most unforgiving of fires, and she couldn’t, in the end, save it all. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the gray dawn he built up the fire and found more wood for die day, feeling almost chipper because his ribs were much better now. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each morning Beetle started the fire, blowing on the night’s embers to encourage them to light the new day’s scraps. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stephen Kellner, with his long legs and Teutonic jumping strength, was an excellent fire jumper. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The fire spat fat sparks up at pines lining the quarry, up at the moon. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then, cold, wet, and gasping for breath, they returned to the fire in the Gryffindor common room, where Harry broke in his new chess set by losing spectacularly to Ron. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The doctor said it was an apoplexy brought on by the fire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed that it would be a good idea to visit the kiln when this particular load had finished firing. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes and woke up to the perfect ending of the worst nightmare any person could ever have; ’twas the cap’n standing o’er me with fire in his eyes. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

One of the two principals had fired first; the other had paused for a discreet and noticeable interval, and then he had fired. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Others tended to kettles hanging over cooking fires. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

When it flew above the rooftops, I could see fires here and there around the city. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The first person who rubbed two sticks together to make a fire was conducting an experiment. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

From the street below, the top floor of the Rookery seemed aflame with the shifting light of the jets and the fire in the great hearth. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

If there were a fire in the fireplace, its light would be twinkling on the polished surfaces, glimmering warmly on flesh. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took perhaps thirty seconds for Snape to realize that he was on fire. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“The first time I came to camp, you were sitting by the fire, in the middle of the commons area.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Gibbs walked over to the freshly ignited fire and said, “Why don’t we use the ship chemical fire instead of that wood?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I reach Tobias’s old room, I sit on the bed and look out the window, where factionless and Dauntless are gathered around the fires, laughing and talking. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We began cooking their breakfast, somewhat constrained for space, with so many in so small a chamber, and the fire burning large within the hearth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Somewhere above, guns were still firing, but the interior was strangely silent. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Those bronze cannonballs... those are bad news. I think we used some of them against the giants. They catch fire and blow up.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The days had always been silent, but now, even the nights—when the travelers were accustomed to talking around the fires—had also become quiet. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow we must really start to learn our way around. Luke, will you screen the fire?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He got there just in time to see the fire taking hold of his neighbor’s shed and fence, while the breeze blew a rain fire on his property. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Further ahead a blazing fire burns with little pillows spread out around it. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Soon she had it roasting over the fire. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You need the air,” he told his night fire. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were like his sword, and neither one reflected the light of the fire or the setting sun. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A fire mutt knows only a single sensation: agony. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She’d been like this for over an hour now, and she pulled her blanket tighter around herself, the heat of the roaring fire not adequately reaching her seat by the window. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The Putnam was rolling much too heavily for the cook to make fire in the galley. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

My feet were drawn toward the fire pit, but I forced myself to stop and reconsider. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Feels like my blood is on fire and I’m going to puke or pass out or...I don’t know. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

In the past, they had shaped the landscape mainly with fire; the ax came out only for garden plots of marshelder and little barley. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Had the fire stirred up some other trouble for the Vigilance Committee? Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Loud bangings and scrapings were coming from behind the Dursleys’ boarded-up fireplace, which had a fake coal fire plugged in front of it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Yes, my holding out the berries had been the spark, but I had no way to control the fire. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Seriously, Kvothe. I . . . that was the worst moment of my whole life. There was fire everywhere ” She looked down, blinking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The fumes from the perfumed fire were heavier than ever. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But all she saw was a delicate blossom of fire from the district of the anchor, and fronds of smoke billowing in slow motion. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

What happens is that deep in the Earth there is an explosion that fires, in effect, a cannonball of magma to the surface at supersonic speeds. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The flames were so high I couldn’t see to the other side, let alone guess how thick the wall of fire had become. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At first, when I feel the heat behind my eyes, I think he’s found a way to set me on fire, to punish me for what I’ve done, but no—I’m about to cry. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Finally, we kneeled, huddled together around the fire and passed around the pot, spooning lentils and rice in our mouths, soft and almost salty, big grins spreading over our faces. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There was fire in Daddy’s eyes, but once again Grandma looked at him and he backed down; the three of them cowered like children before a chastising parent. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he got near us, we captured the poor pig, slaughtered it, and then built a fire and ate roast pork underneath the stars. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Can you ensure that you are alone by the fire in Gryffindor Tower at one o’clock in the morning on the 22nd of November? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Brown was so stubborn about his decision that even after the fire he was able to write arrogantly in a letter that “I am still standing the watch that burned Chicago.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

They started firing questions at me, wanting to know what color it was, and what it tasted like. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We lay there like two giggling children while below us the great beast grunted and snuffed around our fire, occasionally sending up gouts of flame. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The ranch hand waited until his quarry had reached the door, then fired a farewell volley: “If you ever run for sheriff again, just forget my vote. ’Cause you ain’t gonna get it.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

How am I gonna explain this to Momma, tell her I set fire to a classroom? The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“What is that gun firing for?” said Boxer. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

There was fire in his big bloodshot eyes as he spoke. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Regardless, common sense finally prevailed, and fire was banned in MidMerica as a method of gleaning. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“She’ll sail into the lobby and detonate. The casing and firing mechanism are plastic alloy and will completely disintegrate. Clean as a whistle.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She reared up, eager to turn and devour the pesky humans that were firing at her. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There was a pile of magazines on the very edge of the shelf, just above the fire. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would go home and feed her, then crawl into my tree room, light a little fire on my hearth, and Frightful and I would begin the winter evening. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to calculate how long it would take him to get out his emergency flare and fire it. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

By the fire, in a three-legged stone bowl, was a lump of fresh masa twice the size of a toaster. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The whole puzzle starts with the fire pit....” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered nights I had spent sitting with my grandmother by the fire. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

And, if it did, Laila’s dreams were suffused with fire and detached limbs and the moaning of the wounded. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Blasting the sun god with fire probably wouldn’t do much good. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A second cannon fires and I'm guessing the girl from District 4 has just died. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He fired again, and that bullet had far better luck; it slammed into Black Betty’s bumper. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He stopped, afraid he might blow the fire out with a single breath. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

An all-engulfing panic took him, there in the halls of the Gods whose very existence had been forgotten—octopus-faced gods and gods who were only mummified hands or falling rocks or forest fires... American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

There had been fire in our direction, then the sound of a sixty. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Union guns firing, men moving among the guns, hunched, a bloody horse running eerily by, three-legged, horrible sight, running toward the road. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They camped almost in the road itself and built a great fire, dragging dead limbs out of the snow and piling them on the flames to hiss and steam. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He rode up the long road between picket fires, and he could hear them singing in the rain, chasing each other in the dark of the trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hestia opened her hand and the fire roared. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Get some soldiers and light a fire down in the ditch. Make it a proper blaze, good and hot.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It’s made of red foil and has a fire truck on it. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As Teddy and I booked past the fire station there was a road off to the left, a dead end that ran into a metal fence. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Ranofer waited until he thrust it into the fire for annealing, and made careful note of the exact dull red it reached before it was pulled out again. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

By the time the fire was out, there were about ten men helping. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If I stood still any longer I might catch fire too. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

After narrowly escaping the flames the night before, Joseph Chamberlin had gone to the North Division to watch the fire there. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, whatever makes you say that, child?” asked Rachel, busily raking up the fire. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And later, for several hours after that, I sat hunched on the fire escape landing outside my bedroom, retching back into the ice cream container. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judging from their corroded shields and the smoking plumes on their helmets, they’d already learned about the basilisks’ poison and fire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I clean the trout and wrap it in May-apple leaves, then dig a hole in the earth and build a fire. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet now the banners that flew from its battlements were golden, not black, and where the three-headed dragon had once breathed fire, now pranced the crowned stag of House Baratheon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He came to the fireplace and knelt to separate the logs and put out her small fire. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then he lit the end of it on fire. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

On his way to work on November 5, Shyam heard on the radio that someone had been set on fire on the bus. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

If it had been legal, I think he would have called in firing squads. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She could have fired the jig, and he could have kept on picking up his packages at the old time, two o’clock. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew Colon from B-block— he had set fire to his cell and destroyed its fixtures once when I was there. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see a glowing fire that heats my flesh. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They sat by the fire and listened to a pickpocket tell a story. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fire was a ruddy, lively companion that snapped back at you, that slept close by with drowsy pink eyes warm through the chilly night. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also trusted him that an aircraft would spot our fire pile. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands were black with the scalding wormblood, and he was scorched about the head with fire, but this was no matter now. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Is this your parents’ fire?” he asked with a terrible delight in his voice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Straight down when you see the sunken ship. Then about one mile east, past the mermaid graveyard, you will start to see fires burning. “You’re giving him directions to the forges?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Somewhere, the sky she couldn’t see erupted with blasts and the long, frantic hammering of machine-gun fire. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The tar-saturated wood burned like a torch, crackling wildly as the fire inched across the structure as if it were stalking another victim. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“A bath is an excellent idea, younger sister, and they need fresh clothes, too. Those rags can be fed to the metal worker’s furnace. I wouldn’t dare use them in a cook fire.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was disdainful of a fire starter like kerosene. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It makes me long for youth and fire. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She kept talking about how much she loves fires and how she wanted to marry a man and live in Vermont someday, which was strange, too, because Mary Elizabeth never talks about things like that. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered if the fire was still burning outside, or if it had gone out by now. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I find it and fire blindly down the hallway. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He made them cease fire, knowing soon we’d be in the open. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hit something and let out ear- piercing screams: “Mama! Mama! I’m on fire!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My entire arm felt as though it was on fire. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Not only did we have a great view, but we were fully exposed to the enemy fire that started the exact instant the two of us got there. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Jaimito’s father is calling on his colonel friend to see how the fire can be put out. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above the rustling fire, Tendai heard a baby—another baby—wailing. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A burning stick settled in the fire; a night bird called. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His skin radiated a reddish copper glow of tan, his brown hair had been a little bleached by the sun, and I noticed that the tan made his eyes shine with a cool blue-green fire. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last they saw of him, he was tied to a stake with a fire being built around him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

A number of professors, accused of being “Communist sympathizers,” were fired. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

His nerve under fire was graceful and infinite. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Did you fire from the police cruiser before it had come to a complete stop?” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

After the evening meal, men would be wandering about some and usually collect by a fire. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind fanned the fire, causing it to flare up, and I saw it carried its thick body close to the ground, legs out to the side, like a lizard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I am watching from the cave, but the fire he built—outside the house, in the yard—has burned down. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We light a little fire with wood we find behind the house, heat water for sweet tea and sit under the stars. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

This time it was Captain Dressier from the fire department telling me what a superb effort I had made. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Someone fired a cannon a stone’s throw from where we stood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tossed me a jar of thick green liquid—Greek fire, one of the most dangerous magical substances in the world. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

At two o’clock in the afternoon, while the earth trembled with the artillery fire from both sides, he took leave of Úrsula with the certainty that he was fighting a losing battle. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He fell back into the fire and lay there while his clothes caught fire. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

We set up our tents in a semicircle, backing onto the woods, midway between their fire and the cliff. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Devil’s Snare, Devil’s Snare. . . what did Professor Sprout say? — it likes the dark and the damp —” “So light a fire!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It was comforting, like a fire when you come in from a walk in the cold. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They came to the village, where several fires now bloomed. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the fire hoses and dogs came on the scene, I became fearful. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ares came toward me, his black leather duster trailing behind him, his sword glinting like fire in the sunrise. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Those closest to the fire jumped back as a spray of sparks rose up like demonic fireflies, but the bucket brigade pressed forward again as soon as the embers settled. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“We set a fire,” I tell him, still standing in the doorway. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Twenty-seven people died and dozens more were injured in the ensuing fire. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She built the cook fire back up with dried dune grass, then added fresh wood in a rough pyramid shape. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Out of curiosity he decided to check out the fire before heading to his sister-in-law’s house for the night. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the Bronx, a fire consumed a straight-A student and her baby brother, asleep in his crib. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the sun dipped below the mountains, it fired a final dart at Archie’s flashing eyebrows. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The antenna made you stick out like a sore thumb, and drew a lot of fire. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no? I’m sure somebody like Abelman could. I can just see that lawyer he’s got. Crippled from chasing ambulances. Mutilated from being caught in fires he’s started for insurance money.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Boy, that’s a keen way of getting out of a fire,” I said. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face darkened, anger bloated her lips and lit fires behind her black brooding eyes. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was still the first thing she looked for whenever she gazed into a fire. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Smoke was choking me and the fire was licking at my face, making me gasp. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jump into the water when the fire finally reaches me, near the abandoned train station. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He walked to the window carrying a bazooka and fired it at the tanks below. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are raked with fire, the attack is repulsed. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jewel thieves, or second-story men as they are sometimes called, are good at climbing up fire escapes and crawling through partially open windows,” added Agent Tillman. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

She could light them with her own fire, make a wish, and blow them out. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the young people of South Africa were fired with the spirit of protest and rebellion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eight kids, sprinting from the fire circle or the outdoor kitchen, emerging from their cabins, racing for the bell and the tall boy ringing it by the water’s edge. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t know. Paul Revere sent for me just after the firing on Lexington Green.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I looked at the fire, I saw a little girl in a brown dress tending the flames. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

As he landed on the ground, a surge of intense rage rushed over me, murderous wrath that felt like a fire had been stoked beneath my skin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He went back to catch up a burning brand from the fire. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Had Millennium Challenge been a real war instead of just an exercise, twenty thousand American servicemen and women would have been killed before their own army had even fired a shot. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I know I'm on course when I come across Rue's third, unlit fire. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He was telling Mr. McAllister about the winter morning when Brother Belie Jones’s wife fired up her stove and shut the oven door, not knowing her cat was asleep in there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Night- riders carrying shotguns had opened fire on a farmhouse near Fresno, narrowly missing two sleeping children. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once in camp I put a log on top of the fire and it was full of ants. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And they felt like fire coursing through her. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh bother, there’s another one—” And a lovely white ball of fire arched gracefully over the top of the Perspex canopy. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Now they wanted to be shouting drunk, firing off guns to show how wonderful they were to have kicked a hole in space and ridden a rocket all the way to Mars. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good brave girl. Now go sit by the fire, get warm. Go.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“What kinds of flowers do you prefer?” he fired off. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He rubbed himself dry and then whispered, “Have you wood? Build up the fire a little, old man. I come to you in need, I mean you no harm.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She slumped down in a chair by the fire. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The more I think, the better it makes sense. Iron and fire. That’s for demons.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They lit a small fire down under the gnarled roots of an old pine, that hung over a shallow pit: it looked as if stone had once been quarried there. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

His clothing took fire, and for an instant the khal was clad in wisps of floating orange silk and tendrils of curling smoke, grey and greasy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It’s just a big open space with a grid of empty streets still surreally furnished with stop signs and fire hydrants. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

At last—and this was the part that Mia felt could not be a coincidence—she had, in desperation, gone to a fire station and left her baby on the doorstep. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Together they cleared a place for a fire, surrounded it with stones, then gathered twigs, leaves and branches to burn, plus four slim branches on which they could thread the fish. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she picked up her stick and walked a bit around the fire to test the arrangement. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

We set the thatched roofs on fire and left, taking the prisoners with us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She sort of leaned at Danny, like he was a log fire. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She learned how to set the tinder in place so that the wood caught fire as quickly as possible; she learned how to breathe gently on the first sparks to coax them into flame. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You look like you want to throw it into a fire.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I will use my fire as fuel to live the life I want to lead. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d make that boy— I set down the water buckets, removed my cloak, and hung it from a peg near the fire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mark time by the flares the tinkerer fires, and the third one has just gone up when to my left one of the roughnecks goes down, screaming as the dead begin to devour him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s that. She’s all mixed up with the dullness, and I can’t remember much except the last picture drawn in fire.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I fire again and duck as bullets hit the floor around me with a ding. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They were cold and stiff and hot and sweaty all at once, and Kaede would have done anything at that moment for a fire and a bath and a soft bed to collapse into. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There’s picking blackberries in the meadows Gram and baking oatmeal raisin cookies Gram and sitting by the fire reading Gram and throwing balls in the river for Boomer Gram. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Smoke swirled like the mahalath, and fire was shooting up behind an edge of shattered rooftops. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But the fire snapped in the parlour, and shadows danced, and the sounds of the past filled the air. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Miyax smiled at him as if she did not understand and put a twisted spruce log on the fire. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rule one: Always test fire a new weapon, no matter how proficient you might think you are. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He stood by the bow a moment, staring down at the curl of white fire. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood a moment looking through the cracks into the humming fire, blindingly red now; then he went into the driveway, through the falling snow to the street. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Down that corridor. It’s a bit cold in there, so I said they might like to come in here by the fire, but they didn’t want to.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

"Ser Jacelynwill see that you have food and fire. You look in dire need of sleep, cousin. I will send for you when we know more." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel stood by the fire sipping the last of the coffee and watching darkly as Thorold opened the case of the projecting lantern and uncapped the lens before checking the oil tank. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Never mind what you do to him. Everyone who reads this story will see him—you can even hear his voice, and see the way he laughs and breathes fire.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

His frantic cries brought Wild out of his tent with a rifle, and Wild immediately dropped to one knee, raised the weapon, and began firing—and cursing furiously at Orde-Lees. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The kids we had seen in the kitchen had set up a table full of what looked like slow cookers and were making runs between the office building and the fire to replenish them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As they got closer, we opened fire, dropping those who stood in front. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I would ask them to just fire me if they didn’t like my work, but just don’t curse me.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Min had done the mixing of the glaze himself, so the mistake could only have been in the firing—the part of the work over which not even Min had complete control. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The men found a thin-walled cabin nearby, stumbled inside, built a fire, and felt lucky to find some food. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes flashed and his face was lit as by a fire within. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In Eleanor's head, he burst open the door by hurling a ball of fire at it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

We’d always keep a small fire smoldering up by the hut and if an airplane came near, he’d take a piece of burning wood from our small fire to ignite the big one. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It smelled like a bouquet of flowers was on fire. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He had won melees before,- the fire sword frightened the mounts of the other riders, and nothing frightened Thoros. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Nauseated by the memory of his final moments, I explained my role in his death and described the fire at the fairgrounds. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The edge of the town was deserted, but as he made his way toward the river, the noise of shouting, of screams, and of the crackle of rifle fire got louder. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The rebel canoes spilled from the creeks and darted across the inlet, muskets firing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

R’hllor spoke to his chosen ones through blessed fire, in a language of ash and cinder and twisting flame that only a god could truly grasp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He yawned and walked out of the ring of light thrown by the fire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I got a fire lit and set a kettle on to boil. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

He poured a solvent on the cadaver’s upper body and set it on fire, then positioned the body on the floor in direct sunlight. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Imagine the din and commotion, the clutter of machinery, that would be needed for a fire department to raise a similar volume of water. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What is there about fire that's so lovely? No matter what age we are, what draws us to it?” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two sat hunched over the fire for a long while, drinking cups of strong swamp tea. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The resulting noise is as regular as machine-gun fire, cutting through the rest of the din. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I am relieved to find out that not all of his writings were destroyed in the fire—some of the pages had already been sent back to England with Captain Newport. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

My mother cooked food in a three-legged iron pot over an open fire in the center of the hut or outside. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One evening, as I lay on my grandmother's lap in front of the fire, she said to me, "I wonder what happened to that little Bruno." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Joseph struck the match, and soon the fire was crackling. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then he put us in charge of starting a fire. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

They had a fire on the beach that evening and steamed mussels so hot and chewy they burned their tongues on the tawny meat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The innkeeper looked to his wife, who said, "Our beds are good, and I shall have the maid make up a fire in the bedroom for you and your companion." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He rose and knelt and blew at the coals and dragged up the burned board ends and got the fire going. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“The answer is no, you didn’t, because no, I wasn’t. Besides, Finnegan was going to find something to fire me for sooner or later. I’m glad it was something worth getting fired over.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The gaslight burned harsh on Frankie’s face, stoking a fire in his tawny eyes and carving his features into cruel angles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Pyp and Toad would be sitting near the fire in the common room, drinking cups of mulled wine before their supper. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In Chicago, city officials did nothing to soften the idea that the fire was caused by the city’s poor. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

And we were stuck on the outskirts of D.C., sharing a homeless person’s fire. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Most of the inside walls are gone, and you can see where the center beam was chewed by the fire. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Amari that the young men always waited until the last possible moment to fire. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were so many men smoking inside the tent that it appeared to be on fire. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

His sneakers are still smoking—the flames had been that close to him—but now the fire has retreated about a dozen feet. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the temple it was suddenly so dark that the reflected candles lit Thoth’s glassy stare with points of fire. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He circled the bounds of the camp, edging closer and closer to the fire bed. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

During this time rockets loaded with atomic bombs can be assembled at all the strategic spots; finally they will all be fired simultaneously, with effects so devastating as to make retaliation impossible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

My vision is too blurry with tears and my hands too useless to fire a gun. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could see the leaping flames of the town’s fires reflected in its huge eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“There’s not enough heat upstairs. You’d better clean those ashes out and make a better fire.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Styx flew up like his seat was on fire. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The place was dark except for a small glowing window, which stood partly open, the panes dancing in bright reds and yellows as though the glass were on fire. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of what light there was, however, came from the fires. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She felt something warm in the center of her chest, like an open meadow in the summer or a crackling fire on a winter afternoon. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Getting colder. Harder to keep the fire going.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

There was a fire in the fireplace, and students were scattered around in armchairs, talking quietly or reading. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

They rattle down the long gravel lanes, past pit cottages and trash barrel fires, past laid-off miners squatting all day on upturned crates, motionless as statues. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

To this I nodded and myself pointed to the three baskets I had placed by the fire, making a gesture of taking them with me to the ship. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably he had fired into the air; they were always doing that. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But we didn’t care. Everybody went to the truck and got their fire extinguishers and put it out.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

His face and neck are red as fire. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

One day Brian and I climbed the hillside to try to find some dry wood while Lori stayed in the house, stoking the fire. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, they had to fire a warning shot. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Within a year there were fires on the ridges and deranged chanting. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Or if we were hungry, we pooled our money and headed to the kan-yenya stand, which was really just a giant vat of boiling grease over a fire, next to the boozing center. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The smell of damp seaweed, richer than the smell of wet wood, rose with the smoke from the fire and lingered over their faces. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too dark to aim, I just fired in what I thought was the right direction. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fire burned on the stone hearth, and nearby was a rocking chair and a cradle. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

These falling from the tree with a sound like rain, all at once there came a sweet fragrance, while the tree, swaying, put forth leaves of rosy fire and white flowers like stars. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Twisted and bent, it smoldered and smoked, though there was no sign of fire. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Out in the street, fire trucks had already pulled up and peace officers were holding back crowds. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They saw the blue light of tracer bullets as the German night fighter fired at the trapped plane—missed—and fired again. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But under heavy Union artillery fire, the men begin to fall back. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sleet began to fall, and the Nazis left us standing in the yard while they went inside to warm themselves by the fire. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Very well then, all fires were one fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The fire alarm has finally stopped, now that there's no more fire. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered up rocks, and together the two of them started pelting the fire. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Light. Log on the fire, there. Some light.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bull Number Two turned to face me, fire sputtering from the gash I’d cut in its side. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She tells me to start the fire in the range, that there’s paper and wood in a box and coal in the coal scuttle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“And once I fall asleep, all we’ll have is that fire to keep us warm. I can see you shaking from here. Are all Fjerdans this prudish?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Parts of the surface are on fire, others emit evil- looking clouds of vapor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“The brush fires have grown up,” he tells me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As the darkness grew, the fire began throwing odd shadows on the tree trunks around him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I see the blaze of fire coming out its end. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

As the android’s hands sank into his throat, Rick fired his regulation issue old-style pistol from its shoulder holster; the .38 magnum slug struck the android in the head and its brain box burst. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The yeti devours anything that strays into its path, though it fears fire and may be repulsed by skilled wizards. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tall, long-haired man was standing beside the fire, his chair and wood abandoned behind but the knife still in his ham fist. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

If I am to be fired, please, let it be for something other than this.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I swear if there's ever another war, they better just take me out and stick me in front of a firing squad. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I heard them, loud and scared, cutting through the sound of the fire. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Once, on the way, he suddenly put the box down, raised the rifle and fired into some bushes by the edge of the road. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

In other parts of the city, directly in the path of the fire, the scenes were very different. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

They burned holes in the air, wrote poems of love, sucked the venom from sores, painted landscapes of gloom, and made metal sing; they dissected fire like newts. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see how it would burn, but the Fates must’ve been helping out The metal melted in the fire and turned to golden smoke, which rose into the sky. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When he saw the cannibal bending over his fire, the boy rushed forward and pushed him into the flames. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I think it ate some of the rocks along with the wood. I know I gathered more than this to line the fire last night.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Despite stern warnings from the United Nations Security Council, North Korea fires a second missile, striking Osaka, Japan. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Review of action makes many reported contacts and torpedoes fired appear doubtful. Freak weather effects on radar and overeager sonarmen may have accounted for many reports.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

My son will not allow any fires tonight, Gaea said from the depths of the warehouse. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He had less than five minutes to get up to the fire. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

My finger squeezes the trigger, but not hard enough to fire. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Inside the sitting room, the only light was a hearth fire that threw our quivering shadows against the wall. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They were met by mortar and machine- gun fire from straight ahead in the battered palm trees. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t mean to jump a fence, climb a fire escape, and watch you have a nervous breakdown. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The man of fire and smoke took two large steps forward and exploded into a vortex of heat and wind. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Even Teenie’s kitchen had a fire that never went out—those hot coals had been carefully tended at night. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cricket was the first to realize what had happened—and what was likely to happen if they didn’t put the fire out. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled over, my back to the fire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Courtesy of the cat, she’d fired a round, so to speak, in the direction of each. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“When a house is on fire, you run out before the roof collapses on your head.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He looked over at Alec, and he could tell by the fire in the man’s eyes that he was ready to take another shot at escape. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The fresh wind across the big lake blew away the smoke of cooking fires and vanquished the mosquitoes that came out in whining droves and had plagued them in town. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The prince lay abed, staring at his ceiling, dreaming without sleeping, remembering, imagining, twisting beneath his linen coverlet, his mind feverish with thoughts of fire and blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In no time I had a roaring fire. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, she and Percy had had to drink fire to stay alive. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then I made a fire against the wall of the house. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before long the smell of fire was everywhere, and outside it looked as if the city were enveloped in a thick fog. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Just an hour ago, the Crepuscule was fired upon from the woods; a bell was sounded, and we were rallied to stand to our arms upon the deck. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Nailer pushed himself upright and forced through the ferns to where the girls crouched around a newly built fire. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

One time, as Sefia dressed a kill and set it on a spit over the fire, she narrowed her eyes at him and said, “You need a name.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When we moved here after the fire, I noticed that some staffers balked when they first reached the bottom of the stairs. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dive sideways to get out of the line of fire, but I don’t move fast enough. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Hephaestus cabin was out of Greek fire. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

There was no question of making a fire. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The Nightbeast’s fur was on fire, its sides dripping blood, but it came at them, ferocious and hungry. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The latter replied; they buckled, but fired; they advanced still in that hail of lead. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He paced up and down in front of the fire. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The man of fire and smoke stalked forward. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Every time I look back, no matter how far we’ve climbed, the fire is no farther away. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The exploding candle, the fire, the aftermath, it all led back to one careless mistake. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The day after the fire, they captured a schoolteacher, name of Nathan Hale, up island near the Dove Tavern. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, across two yards she saw a little girl sitting on a fire escape with a book in her lap and a bag of candy at hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He always reloaded the gun as soon as he had fired it, for, he said, he did not want to meet trouble with an empty gun. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn't known fire could look this way. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nowhere to balance it on the fire. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

One fire penetrates Berberian’s bakery, making quick work of the bread racks and pastry carts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The suction of air through the furnace moaned and the fire was white-hot; there was enough coal to last until he came back. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The others must have fled the moment they heard that Scythe Goddard and his associates had succumbed to fire. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Why couldn’t they see the fire and put it out? Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You did hear me say someone’s job was on the line for that book? A man could be fired if he doesn’t have it.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Dis,” said Ess, tossing a thin arm wide, to gesture at the sky, the fire, the other children walking back to their cabins in the moonlight. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They were sitting on either side of the fire, and he was steaming prodigiously. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I am so happy to see them that for a moment I don’t register that both places are on fire. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was cold and the snap of each twig breaking sounded like tiny hunters firing tiny rifles at tiny imaginary deer. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was a cold fall day with fire in the room and her cheeks flushed. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

At this time and place, she become all on fire with zeal; some new guiding power be in her manifested, for she point to a road and say:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning he lights the fire early so that we can have sausages and bread and tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

On the fire escape, a cold, quiet breeze greets me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I knew all too well how easy it was to feed a bully’s fire. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But first, Ladybird, you’ve come under fire recently for your promotion of a pageant that some see as antiquated. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They fired dozens of cannons at once, unleashing a crushing wave of metal balls. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

In Rome her fire was cared for by six virgin priestesses, called Vestals. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stone ceiling was low and angled, the paint cracked and blackened from the heat of a raging fire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I would probably get fired for doing this. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But instead an image of Tariq’s parents presented itself: Tariq’s mother trapped in the lorry, upside down, screaming for Tariq through the smoke, her arms and chest on fire, the wig melting into her scalp . A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She made Baba Joseph sit close to the fire for protection. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how to make a fire. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robin and Idwar were too young to remember the violence that came raining down on the family’s village in the form of fire and metal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

After eating supper and cleaning up, Cole went out to the fire pit and built a fire. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A former teacher in Newport News’s public schools, he had taken the Newsome Park job after being fired for joining what was one of the most bitter and contentious of all of Virginia’s teacher-pay-equalization lawsuits. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

She threw the paper aside and lit a fire in the little hearth, and then found that she’d forgotten her coffee. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You could get burned. We should wait for the firefighters to put out the fire.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Behind him Juana’s fire leaped into flame and threw spears of light through the chinks of the brush- house wall and threw a wavering square of light out the door. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have decided to introduce the crystal ball a little earlier than I had planned,” said Professor Trelawney, sitting with her back to the fire and gazing around. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Surely the combination of fire, smoke, the stink of caverns, and bandits with decoy sweat would conceal their scent. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Around a million Americans saw combat or were frequently exposed to enemy fire. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

What did she mean by “isn’t the best time”? Was she getting fired? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

People always think that not stammering is about jumping in at deep ends, about baptisms of fire. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Their farewells had been said in the great hall by the fire, and they were only waiting now for Gandalf, who had not yet come out of the house. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was a blinding crimson flare from the corner of the workshop as the fog began to catch fire, sending up strangely angular tongues of violent red flame. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My father hurried to put his coat on over his pajamas to go and help put out the fire, but a loud crack! from the street brought me and my parents to the window again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

After several minutes of snuffing and rolling, the draccus came back to the flat bed of coals that was all that remained of our fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They barricaded her inside her own home and set it on fire. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then Gandalf went out in haste, and already the fire in the sky was burning out, and the smouldering hills were fading, while ash-grey evening crept over the fields. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But the person who had written the book knew no more about fire than Doon. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

An incident later in B-block had called my bluff: I’d discovered a fire in the service area that ran down the center of the block; welders upstairs had unwittingly ignited a length of PVC pipe. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I dozed for a minute, I was awakened by Miss Havisham’s cries, and by her running at me with all that height of fire above her head. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The boss’s wife came back to read and he fired all the remaining readers except Francie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did Hunter stay near Vienna after the fire? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Witches zip by overhead on brooms, cackling madly and firing plumes of black smoke at one another. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Yep, spring's lovely all right. If you like mud. And summer’s even lovelier, long as you don’t mind the fires of Hades.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Madame Sabbar raised the slingshot and fired the next grape so straight that it catched Jimmy, who hadn’t had no chance atall to bend his face down, right twixt his eyes. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Though that was what it seemed like—signs of the ball of furious fire nowhere to be seen, the slanting shadows of morning absent. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then he had been on fire, desperate and furious; now he was shivering and cold. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We got to the crest of the hill and started firing down the other side. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you keep the fire alive, it will keep you alive,” explained Roz as she dropped another log onto the flames. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

If the stuff caught fire, she didn’t even have one of our pitiful little shields. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph stood among the ashes of the signal fire, his hands full of meat, saying nothing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The fire warden made a fire some time in the colder hours of the night. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ran into the crowd of civilians, firing a warning shot. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Contained at last, the fires could be dealt with, with real effect. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He sank into a chair before the fire. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Something about the way her brown eyes spit fire behind those huge glasses...“Yeah. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Every camp saw fewer fires burning, and those that were lit threw off more smoke than heat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Another voice called out, “What about the muck fire?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the main force of the fire began to lessen, Claire peeked out. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She took up a place near the archery targets; Nox joined her a moment later, and started firing his knives at the target. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Before the beginning there was nothing—no earth, no heavens, no stars, no sky: only the mist world, formless and shapeless, and the fire world, always burning. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Roz charged across the ice and found the second lodge completely engulfed by a raging fire. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Set into the mountain, the stone walls and roof had provided no fuel for the fire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The fire had obliterated the heart of the city, its very center of business and culture, then had gone on to wipe out the residences of its wealthiest and most powerful citizens. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

"So long as the fire's warm and the straw reasonably free of fleas, I am a happy man." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mom used to work as a housekeeper at Emanuel Hospital, but she got fired because she was caught stealing supplies. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Your parents,” Mr. Poe said, “have perished in a terrible fire.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

When demonstrators set fire to a coffin as part of their protest, the firemen at the scene doused the flames and then turned their hoses on the crowd. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of it tugged one corner of his mouth into a wry smile as he sank into the deep chair in front of the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ye are to tell the world there isn’t a scrap of food in this house, not a lump of coal to start the fire, not a drop of milk for the baby’s bottle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But at twilight or during the night, other things are visible: oil-well fires in Libya and the Persian Gulf; deepwater illumination by the Japanese squid fishing fleet; the bright lights of large cities. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wooden chairs with pillows on the seats faced the fire, and bookshelves covered the opposite wall. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

When he glanced back, a miniature mushroom cloud erupted from the middle of the bridge, rings of fire washing outward, and a pair of voices—Mars and Ares—screamed, “Noooo!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I could hear the fire and the roof. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya fully expected the sorcerer to control the fire as he had Ivan’s water, or hop over it on steps of air. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was like an eruption, a gout of fire higher than the walls of Asgard itself: terrifying, and unimaginably hot. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

If you think the four of us huddled together under blankets like the pioneers and told stories and sang old western songs in front of a roaring fire, you’re wrong. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

That really fired him up to try to sell a lot in 1907. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She was dozing in the chair by the kitchen fire with a red-checked shawl around her shoulders, still worn down from her illness. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ate the roasted birds, seasoning them with lemon juice, and then another witch brought some blueberries she’d found below the screen, and then the witches gathered around the fire. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too much fire and you had a bad temper. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked, as he stood there, like a barrel on fire. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We plowed the earth with our fingers and eyes and searched sites of old fires, but we found no matches. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He’d almost died, and if he didn’t get a fire started, he still might. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He looks like a painting, she thought, a Saint wrought in gold leaf on the walls of a church, born to wield a sword of fire. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Their faces are illuminated by the fire four stories below us. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The domestication of fire was a sign of things to come. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay watching the boy at the fire. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

My leg slows me down, but I sense my pursuers are not as speedy as they were before the fire, either. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The carbine fired again, this time dinging the artillery unit itself. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Overhead the moon shone through the bars of the fire escape, and it kept pace with us as we walked inside, like some restless animal pacing in its cage. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

At exactly four forty-five, sunset, the warship Michigan fired one of its cannon and continued to fire twenty times more as one thousand men quietly took up positions at each of the exposition’s flags. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The wounded man by the fire raised his eyes. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swings them in loops and circles, leaving glowing trails of white light in their paths, moving so quickly that they look like strings of fire rather than single flames on lengths of chain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Running, my chest on fire, hearing the sound of voices shouting after me, boots pounding on the pavement. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She found a number of large grasshoppers, pulled off the heads to remove the guts, and roasted them on a flat stone over the fire. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nancy was amazed and proud, and her mother, often so timid and distant, had hugged and kissed him, insisting that he wrap up in a quilt and sit close to the parlor fire. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he drifted off to sleep, he could still see the steady fire across the room. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Over the fire hung a kettle so large that both the babies could have bathed in it together. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Black units were always the first ones sent to the front in battle, to draw enemy fire and protect the white soldiers coming up behind them. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I’d say you don’t need to worry. You don’t got a fire. Just a bunch of smoke.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the pot and fire that enchanted Matt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire licked his skin like something living, a darting, burning creature that he had befriended, a creature that caressed him and danced for him and drove the night away. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But Monsieur Giannot’s house, when they reach it, is on fire. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Leo summoned a ball of fire to his hand, and for once Frank was glad to see the flames. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There was a fire escape from my window that connected down to the alley. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Then he picked up the spear and the bow and trotted back around the lake to his shelter, where the fire had burned down to glowing coals. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spectators were asked to help and many responded by chopping up fences and sidewalks, hoping to deprive the fire of fuel. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

McMellon falls backward and starts firing—and a man falling backward in combination with the report of a gun seems like it can mean only one thing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He leaned over the fire and sawed a thin slice of meat from the kid. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"They set fire to the schoolhouse. The sheriff said he's going to hang you!" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Johnny and Neeley went through the next-door cellar into the yard, helped each other over the board fence into their own yard and climbed up on the fire escape. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been warned away from this room and everything in it, so I began to shoot questions at the CSI as if I were firing them from a nail gun. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I can see why it’s cuddled up on our fire.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I gather up a bundle of fallen branches, large enough to be a respectable contribution to a fire, and walk toward the Termite Camp with my head down. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The volunteer fire department was called out by a neighbor, but the pumper truck driver, Edgar Paulsen, lost traction on Indian Knob Hill and had to halt to put on tire chains. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Near the site of where the Boston Massacre had taken place almost 150 years earlier, some of the guardsmen opened fire on the mob, killing three people. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

In the verbal exchanges before the duel, there can be no question that Burr fired first. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The stunner has a pneumatic-powered ‘gun’ that fires a steel bolt about seven inches long and the diameter of a fat pencil. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

For perhaps ten seconds they crouched tike that while the flailing fire sent smoke and sparks and waves of inconstant tight over the top of the mountain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

While Johnny was in the kitchen drinking coffee, a boy came from the school with a note from the principal which said that Johnny was fired because of neglect. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

That classical music stuff makes you drift off worse than NyQuil, then fires you awake soon as the violins get to screaming. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then I stoked the fire in her hearth before returning down the stairs. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain was coming down now like machine-gun fire, and the water from the marsh began to swirl up around our feet. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She puts the plate and the cups on a table by the fire and there they stay. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The most intense storm of howitzer and mortar shells, machine gun, and small arms fire any of us had ever experienced was raining down on us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We eat around the fire, which turns brighter as the shadows grow out from the trees like darker branches. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fire was dying down, burning blood-red, underneath. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Heat and smoke, flames so bright they nearly blinded him, and a lone figure treading into the fire, pulling smoldering books from the shelves. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then Charles and Pomp lit the staircase on fire, and we left the man to burn upon this bier. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

My father picked up a dry brush of yerba de la vivora and striking a match to it he used it as a torch to set fire to the platform. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, the kids rose from the fire circle and called out their good-nights as they filed up to the path and their cabins. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Angelo fired again and so did I. Then they were gone. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

White surveyed the terrain around the building and was able to pick out several other fireproof buildings, each of which had not only resisted the fire, but seemed to have stopped its relentless advance. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

They die in fire and pain, and when they come out of you, they leave your guts burned. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Grandma woke two mornings later and called Deydey to her side to talk, for she was so weak from hunger she could only sit wrapped in her blanket by the fire. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She pulled out three hairs from her head and dropped them on the fire. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I built the fire and was cooking the fish and making pancakes when Dad shot out of bed. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z