| 单词 | flee |
| 例句 | He recalled only that it was funnier then—everything was funnier—but tfie story had fled his mind. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Others were rushing away, throwing down their weapons as they fled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z South strode Éomer and men fled before his face, and they were caught between the hammer and the anvil. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z First it fell to its knees, and then it collapsed, utterly, as the life fled. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z A surge of people also came from the other direction—from the hallway leading to the kitchen—and they came fast, as if they were fleeing something instead of attacking. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z At any rate, they remembered that at the critical moment of the battle Snowball had turned to flee. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Deer fled from the sounds of the chase, bounding through the snow in fright. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Here and there they came upon roving bands of Orcs; but they fled ere the Riders could take or slay them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The southern gangs, after hearing the news of the Battle of Bywater, fled out of the land and offered little resistance to the Thain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Those who fled and became freedom fighters the government called terrorists; in the churches they were praised as heroes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of the men and women had demons hiding inside them that fled screaming when the hammer touched them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The same fate befell every adult in the party apart from the two who had fled on their horses. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My thoughts have trapped me and made me flee from You! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m a captive, sir. I couldn’t get away even if I had a safe place to flee to. From now on, I’m harmless, you can take my word for that.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Your generous purse and the circumstances of your arrival suggest to me that you are a gentlewoman of means. Do you flee a cruel father or a forced marriage?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There were dozens of people from New Orleans there, looking like they had fled that very day. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Deeply shaken, I fled back to the forest. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z When other German factory owners took their profits and fled Kraków, intent on saving their lives and fortunes, Schindler increased his efforts to save his Jews. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z His heart became a deer’s heart and he who had never known fear before was afraid and fled. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Huge boars fled at the click of a harness. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I nodded and then ran out of the yard, fleeing before I could flood the front of my dress with my tears. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z In the ballroom, dancer after dancer gaped at her as she fled. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But the most part fled eastward as they could; and some cast their weapons down and sued for mercy. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z On the after deck the mast had hit the steersman a slant blow bashing the skull in, knocking him overside, as the brave soul fled the body, like a diver. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the thunderous roars of the wind, Pinmei heard screams and shouts and the chaos of fleeing figures. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z That tolerance became semiofficial policy in 2000, when North Korea promised leniency to those who had fled the country in search of food. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He fled with boatloads of loyalists to the Yucatan Peninsula, promising to return. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I crash into the trees, repeatedly swiping away the blood that's pouring into my eye, fleeing like the wild, wounded creature I am. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z We’d fled there many generations before from the highlands of southern Congo during a time of great war and sickness, and settled where the soil was reddish black and fertile as the days were long. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The cargo the horses carried is a clear sign that these were not fighters but fleeing refugees. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z As the birds reproduced Amaranta Úrsula would release them in pairs, and no sooner did they feel themselves free than they fled the town. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z We flee as sirens blare and whistles blow. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z During the Civil War, the Barnett family fled to free Canada, then resettled in Chicago when the end of slavery made it safe. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Then a Tyrannosaurus rex roared and stomped through the leafy jungle, causing a leaping herd of Velociraptors to screech and flee. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I whirled, screaming “Don’t you bug me!” and whatever it was—friend, foe, imagination—fled. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z As they flee, her husband and the others carry Wendy to the checkpoint. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The army of the Zulu king, Shaka, began a bloody campaign to conquer the land surrounding his kingdom, and this path of terror and destruction caused millions to flee. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Then she thrust the pie into Ivy’s hands, turned away, and fled. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Afraid to hear the rest, I fled into my room and locked the door. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “What did they want to do that for?” he whined miserably, ashamed at having fled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But before she fled, she advised the boy that he had better not try to converse with women who were dressed in black, because they were married women. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Back to her room she fled, back to her pillow. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Gathering her skirts about her she hurried across the green, skirted the square in a wide arc, and fled home to her uncle’s house. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She headed for the farm, following other people who were fleeing, and falling into the same garbage ditch that I did along the way. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Desperate for low-cost housing to replace their demolished units, blacks moved in and the lower-class whites who could afford to leave sold their property at a loss and fled to the suburbs. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z She fled from him and hid herself where no one could see her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When autumn touched the trees he had got as far as Omaha, and without question or reason or thought he hurried west and south, fled through the mountains and arrived with relief in Southern California. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Could the girl have carried it out with her when she fled? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They flee as we flee; and everywhere, order is vanquished. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “I would hope so. He lived, what, three thousand years ago? And even if he were alive, don’t the old stories say he fled from the Labyrinth?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He looked up, following the noise, to see that the Berg had shifted position, pursuing the fleeing crowds. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He tried the other apartments on the floor, but the doors were either flung open or locked; everyone had either fled the fire or was out. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They were a guerrilla force, he said, made up of young Pashtun men whose families had fled to Pakistan during the war against the Soviets. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She was looking out the door as others fled up the street when a woman hurried by with three children behind her. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Many Osage students at Mollie’s school tried to flee, but lawmen chased after them on horseback and bound them with ropes, hauling them back. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He remembered it, lying here in the Massachusetts bed and breathing fast now, now that peace and quiet had fled again. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z He is fortunate that his parents and siblings are with him—many Syrian children are separated from their families as they flee their homes. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Booth’s father abandoned his first wife and two children in England and fled to America with eighteen- year-old Mary Ann Holmes, who became Booth’s mother. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Others fled to other states and cities—that is, to other ghettos. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z But William, fleeing the soldiers, stumbled into Jacob and shoved him forward. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Twig ran into Mom’s office, her hair flying around her face, as if every strand were fleeing in panic. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z With a cry of dismay the fleeing pair saw the blank wall ahead. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Ladies and courtiers drew back as the king fled from the hall with Gertrude at his side. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But the rest had fled and left the place to me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Those from the town turned fleeing for their lives. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Bounding up he slipped around the door, slammed it and fled off through the cloisters. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But they are just people like us, mothers and children, fleeing from conflict. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Then by chance my knee found a tender spot between his legs and he doubled over, cursing me as I fled. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I fled with the body to the woods, heart churning—boiling like a flooded ditch—with glee. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “I fled in a hay wagon, disguised as a milkmaid. They never thought to look for me there, and I crossed the border with papers I forged myself in a woodcutter’s hut.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Shin saw a soccer ball for the first time when he was twenty-three, after fleeing to China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She fled her fishing village in a boat with her husband and son. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I became a deserter four years ago, when I fled from Lithuania. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z A mob of reporters descends on our bodyguards as we flee the arena toward our waiting cars, and suddenly I can’t see anything but a field of flashing lights and microphones. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He was eating a light supper at nine in the evening when the front door cried out in the hall and Mildred ran from the parlour like a native fleeing an eruption of Vesuvius. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He fled the airline terminal and missed the flight. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Even if the eejits knew about the danger, they couldn’t flee unless they were ordered to do so. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of class, I fled before he could turn around and give it back to me. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Without looking back she fled away from the stream to the woods and ran with all the speed her fear gave her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A grey girl on a dying horse, fleeing from her marriage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had, those many months, been collecting offers for children sold cheap, requests for aid in running down families who had fled their masters. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He watched what happened and fled in horror back to the ship. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He darted furtive, guilty glances back as he fled in defeat, afraid the old woman might now start following him, and he welcomed the concealing shelter of the drizzling, drifting, lightless, nearly opaque gloom. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Booth fled into the wings, slashing his dagger at anyone who got in his way. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z That 1 was dragged back to the place from which I had fled; back to a scene of the utmost degradation and horror, was a fact constantly before me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The interior voice nagging me not to be a fool—to save my skin and take off my skis and walk down, camouflaged by the scrub pines bordering the slope—fled like a disconsolate mosquito. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Atzerodt took the only room key with him when he fled, so detectives have to break down the door to investigate. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z People fled for East Baltimore or back to the country, and the population of Turner Station dropped by half before the end of the fifties. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Although every instinct screamed at me to flee, I lifted my hands in the air. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z There were rules for crossing London streets, but she took no notice, and when anyone shouted, she fled. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He hadn’t fled from the police—in fact, he had turned himself in. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “He is fled his master in Virginia” This is cause for rejoicing; but I do not call it so. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Even me. But,” he went on seriously, “your priest told you to flee.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Not daring to flee since my general location has just been broadcast to any killer who cares. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was Cataure, Visitación’s brother, who had left the house fleeing from the insomnia plague and of whom there had never been any news. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z When she looked up from the dead wolf, she saw his pack mates fleeing. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Many had been killed, many had fled the country, many were in detention and many were simply afraid to enter a classroom for fear that the police would take them away. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Into this area, which generally had the greatest concentration of inmates, ran the inmate fleeing the pat-frisk. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered the other kids fleeing to get teachers. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He fled Virginia around 1927 or so, with Jim Crow hot on his tail, so to speak. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z More than 2.5 million Jews fled for their lives to the United States. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z And in the true, not-my-problem spirit of Sing Sing, I fled. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I just cut down the ramp and flee back down the path, without a backward glance. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Many of those who fled were reportedly undergoing guerilla training in neighbouring black states under the aegis of Umkhonto We Sizwe. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Guilt mingled with my despair as I thought of how I had fled into the dark while he faced Claudius’s guard, protecting me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Pilar had fled through the crowds in her crinoline dress, escaping, always escaping. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z With that, Cornelia fled, but Buttercup understood; she knew who “them” was. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The blue of the sky was pale and it occurred to me that maybe everybody had fled the city and its heat. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Two cats ran along the street, fleeing from the general destruction. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z With a suddenness that took them all by surprise, the woman gathered up her skirts, turned, and fled. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “Hagrid’s roosters were killed! The Heir of Slytherin didn’t want one anywhere near the castle once the Chamber was opened! ‘Spiders flee before the Basilisk’! Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z All three had been in the pack Babulya had fled Sarkel with, along with the Torah scroll: two different copies of the Talmud, and a geography book. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z My grandparents had fled their home because of a war. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The gasoline generator that lights up the palace makes such a horrid bellowing, day and night, that all the monkeys have fled the vicinity. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Weapons lay scattered along the road, dropped as the Russians fled, free for the taking. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He must’ve wanted to tell me these things even as he fled like his feet were on fire. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z But Chaol and his men moved so fast that the fleeing Champion didn’t have time to touch the glass door before an arrow went clean through his throat. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z For a brief second I am tempted to flee. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Then like black smoke on the wind it recoiled and fled, formless, down the water towards the bright gate between the cliffs. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Now the light was gone, the guest had fled, and I wondered when it would dare return. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As the train slows, he leaps and flees. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Nhamo fled past more houses, where other dogs set up a clamor. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It took the yacht a long time to guess what Candless was planning and start to flee in earnest. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z That is his coat, and he is fleeing, running from the house and down the sidewalk, and he is carrying a rifle. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z They fled the train at a fuel stop along the way and traveled on foot. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z When the Portuguese regained control of the area, the Dutch fled to the Caribbean, bringing knowledge of how to grow sugar with them. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Part of him wanted only to flee, but he knew that if he did he might never see Bran again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They followed along, trying to keep out of the way of the fleeing people. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Then, instead of fleeing, instead of shouting as she had thought she would, she let herself be saturated with a soft feeling of relaxation. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Spiders flee before the Basilisk, for it is their mortal enemy, and the Basilisk flees only from the crowing of the rooster, which is fatal to it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Everyone knows this is the eve of assault: Those on watch say that they have seen great caravans of refugees fleeing from the invested town with carts piled high and wagons full of effects. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She started to turn and I thought that she was going to flee back through the brush. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I fear, Shun, faith — look ye, I fear he is fled from some tyrant Master, which is Capt. Draper’s Belief. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “No, outside this funnel web are scores of spinners ready to repair a hole and attack with poison fang. If we flee “upward, they will leap on us from above,” whispered Solovet. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Students fled into houses alongside the street; others tripped, fell and were trampled underfoot. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The door was half open—for Sarah’s return, no doubt—and he walked in, making no sound, feeling a confused impulse to flee. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z My instinct has been to flee, not fight. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Wherever he came a madness filled our foes, but fear fell on our boldest, so that horse and man gave way and fled. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Her terror is so great her body flees before her eyes are ready to find the route of escape. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As the soldiers fled, the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho fighters rode in among them. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z But now, with the biting wind and the endless landscape of white, the walkway’s bends and length were more of an annoyance, and the fleeing group kept slipping on its curves. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z And while the great majority behaved properly, fleeing at the sound of Tehlu’s name and keeping their devilry within reasonable bounds, many did not. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They fled deeper into the jungle, scrambling through mud and stumbling over thick cypress roots. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Three or four steps backward, smiling that gentle smile, before he turned and fled in earnest. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Without a word, she turned and fled back to the house. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The Basilisk flees only from the crowing of the rooster, which is fatal to it’!” he read aloud. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The birds, roosting on low branches, were too full and too stupid to flee. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t blame her, but fleeing would ensure that the rebels would take everything.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A visceral urge to flee sweeps through me, so powerful that I slow, stop, pull away from the slaver. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Could it have been a cat, only a cat, from which he had fled as if it were a demon? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It didn’t even occur to the boy to flee. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They picked off individuals who tried to flee. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Had they already fled the Smoke, leaving her there to face this invasion alone? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z They fled in confusion to the ships, and the wall they had built to defend them went down like a sand wall children heap up on the shore and then scatter in their play. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The Ridgefolk surrounding the stage scattered left and right, fleeing back to the safety of their homes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z In the end, gathering his courage, he leaped over Gollum in the dark, and fled away down the passage, pursued by his enemy’s cries of hate and despair: Thief, thief! The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She fled back to the campfires and fell on her knees in front of her astonished relatives. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “White folks are fleeing by the droves,” I remarked. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was before the disastrous May when the Allies fled, retreating to the French beaches, before the siege that was the Battle of Britain, before the thunder and flame-filled nights of the Blitz. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The memory flashed painfully in her head: she had left the arrow behind when she fled the burning forest. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A lean cat stalked the gutter and fled as they approached; turned to watch them, with yellow, malevolent eyes, from the ambush of a garbage can. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She just gathered up the breakfast tray and fled the stuffy, smelly room. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z As they fled, the ghouls paused only to turn and make rude gestures at the beast and possibly also at Bod. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Slowly, uncertainly, dressing-gowned people were creeping down the steps, looking around nervously for some sign of the Death Eaters who had fled into the night. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, the streams of fleeing slaves became rivers of newly freed southern blacks entering Chicago each day. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her lungs throb, but maybe that’s just her heart, urging her to flee. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I fled, and felt somewhat safer in my own room, where there was no moonlight and where the lamp was burning brightly. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Throughout the afternoon, the water fled from the streets, a few inches an hour. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z They were on him, grabbing his arms before he even had a chance to consider fleeing. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I had fled in terror from the old beggar’s body because it had been a reminder of my own mortality. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Many homes in Uvira had been left empty by families fleeing the conflicts that plagued the area. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I waved and fled to the locker room. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It wasn't easy, but eventually the order got relayed up and down the . ranks of centaurs, and they started to pull back, letting the enemy flee. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I never got to be a dancer because a couple months later, we would be fleeing Uvira. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z If the Communists catch us fleeing, it’s a million times worse than staying at home. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Why else should he have fled in the night like a common thief? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The boys went back to the town and found a house whose owners had just fled, leaving everything behind. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Generose, whose fair skin and narrow facial features marked her as a Tutsi, fled the city with her boys. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He grabbed the sack and fled from the Abbey. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Gollum got up on all fours, and backed away for several paces, and then he turned, and as Sam aimed a kick at him he fled away down the path. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Even the greens, her favorite shades of greens, flee the trees and assault her with luminosity. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In desperation, I turned and fled into the woods, stumbling over roots and stones, crying as I hadn’t cried for years. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Billy fled upstairs in his nice white home. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Frankie took to his heels and fled around the corner and hid behind a barrel in the alley. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I made the sign of the cross over my own hammering heart and retreated, then rushed through the village, wanting nothing more than to flee. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I did so, and the tiger hesitated, then fled—something to do with the seasoning, it seemed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A mother was fleeing with one child over her shoulder and another holding her hand, and they zigged around a burning section of grass and came right at us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Then all that was left unslain of their cavalry turned and fled far away. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “No. Unexpectedly, a guard stepped into the hole and discovered the tunnel and everyone fled for the hills,” she said flatly. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Without waiting to see what would happen next, we fled into the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z As he bent down, his courage suddenly fled, leaving his knees as weak as reeds. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I called over my shoulder as I fled around the corner. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z But in later times other customs prevailed; peace and justice fled before the greed for gold and the frenzy for war. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Great shadows sprang up and fled, and for a second they saw a vast roof far above their heads upheld by many mighty pillars hewn of stone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Ripe grain went unharvested; unpicked orchard fruits were left in trees to rot as communities fled from the invaders. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z People were loading up household belongings and fleeing. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I shove in the belt, hoist the bag over my shoulder, and flee. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z An old rat-catcher had seen them flee from the sewer. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Pounding the stone with his feet, he fled as fast as he possibly could. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z A handful still followed him, the rest dead or fled. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He remembered fleeing Constantinople because he had beaten their champion so quickly. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He was replaced as Anderson’s accompanist by Franz Rupp, a Jewish pianist who had fled from Nazi Germany with his family after Adolf Hitler came to power. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The marauding orcs had been waylaid and almost all destroyed; the remnant had fled westward towards the mountains, and were being pursued. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A sunlit sky, a white world, and we two strokes of shadow on it, fleeing. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Less than a month after Roan’s death, Bill and Rita fled their home, leaving behind most of their belongings. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He had learned that there were certain things one shouldn’t ask about, so as not to flee from one’s own Personal Legend. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Together, we fled across the bay towards the lights of the beleaguered city. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Officer Delinko’s role in the capture of the fleeing criminal was conveniently minimized. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We were among those who fled into the countryside. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “We must flee! If he gets loose, he will surely find us and kill us.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z And she couldn’t shake the thought that Sol knew nothing about the outside world Shay had fled to. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Death to the dreadful who turn to flee. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z How they later fled together to Shanghai to try to find my mother’s family house, but there was nothing there. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Still kneeling beside the frog, Matty took a few long breaths, trying to get his strength again so that he could flee. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z With the growing corruption of Adarlan and the king’s campaign to hunt them down and execute them, the faeries and Fae fled, seeking shelter in the wild, untouched places of the world. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z And with brave but trembling lips she fled blindly, masking her feeling to save her child. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman carrying a baby fled, screaming loudly. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I would get beyond the walls and flee. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Get out! until Minya picked herself up from her cower, and, with a terrible look, turned and fled. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His two comrades grappled each other, striving desperately to flee the ground that fell away under their feet. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z His music was causing lines of bugs to leave the strawberry patch in every direction, like refugees fleeing a fire. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Farmer climbed back in the car, and we continued on to the hacienda, once owned by a wealthy family that had fled the country when Castro came to power. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z My parents now lived the lives of perpetual fugitives, fleeing by day and fleeing by night, making sure that they were never caught together under the same roof as husband and wife. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Hour after hour his body suffered; his mind had fled from the tormented flesh. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z When Seaborg was ten, his parents fled the meager opportunities of Ishpeming, relocating to a small community just south of Los Angeles. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl, under the archway that no enemy ever yet had passed, and all fled before his face. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z But instead of fleeing the room, the girl closes the door behind her and goes to the bathroom. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Thick black clouds hung heavily overhead as they fled through the darkness, and Milo, looking back for just a moment, could see the awful shapes coming closer and closer. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Out of the corner of her eye she saw the packhorse tied to Con’s saddle tear free from his lead rope, fleeing into the trees. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Then someone threw a small stone at her, and her childhood fled, flailing its thin arms. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Here we were, like fleeing refugees, trekking in from some ruined zone of war. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The overseer, startled by this sudden obstructing body, planted squarely in the doorway, turned away from the door, picked up a two-pound weight from the counter, and hurled it at the fleeing slave. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It would turn into a gathering place for other Afghans who, like them, had fled the war. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Enrique flees from car to car, more than twenty in all, struggling to keep his footing each time he leaps from a hopper to a fuel tanker, which is lower and has a rounded top. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Had these parents, like her own, also had a sudden need to flee? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z In Newark, hundreds fled, carrying as many possessions as they could. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Instead he’d buckled on a sword, mounted his favorite horse, and fled to the Disputed Lands, never to return. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Hector’s spear gave him a mortal wound and his soul fled from his body down to the house of Hades. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he gave way before us, but only feigned to flee, and soon after came to the Dark Tower and openly declared himself. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In the middle of the night, they fled to the east, hoping to be taken in by the people of the jungle. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z As the forest’s warning became louder, more plangent and strident, William’s buoyant mood shivered, quailed, and fled like a routed army from the field. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Before dawn we were rolling away, fleeing for our lives. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Ridgefolk fled up the circular paths that spiraled around the walls, trying to get inside their homes before fetterlings caught them. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z If people were fleeing war, shouldn’t his village help them? Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She took the hint and fled, leaving him alone in the darkness, sinking deeper into his feather bed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As I fled across the street, I clutched onto my borrowed hat with both hands, knowing that Haskel would murder me if I destroyed it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I turned and walked quickly away from him, startling a rabbit that fled before me like my own leaping heart. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z At Bod’s approach they looked up, startled, then fled into the undergrowth, as if they had been caught conspiring. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z This was the hardest thing he’d done in his life, he decided—much harder than fleeing from a would-be poacher in the middle of the night. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z But the bird, still crying out in confusion, only fled deeper into the woods. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z She fled so fast that she had little idea of where she was going. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We took nothing with us when we thought we would have to flee, so there was much excitement as we packed our baskets. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the next months, tens of thousands of frightened Jews departed for the outlying towns and villages from which many of them had so recently fled. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Terrified, she had turned to flee, had tripped and fallen in the heather. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Clouds covered the sky from horizon to horizon, and warmth fled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “If I tell you to flee, you will obey?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Indeed, the Yanomamo are relative newcomers to their homeland, many of them moving there only in the seventeenth century as they fled European diseases and cruelty further south. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Last came King Robert’s Hammer, the might of the royal fleet ... or at least that portion that had not fled to Dragonstone last year with Stannis. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Two days ago they fled their master, having heard news of Lord Dunmore’s proclamation, and have spent the last two nights in flight across plantations. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Many families broke apart as the young fled to Port-au-Prince to make a living. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z When the animals plunged their muzzles into the water, hunting parties attacked, forcing the startled bison to flee into a dead-end gully. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z As I fled down the stairs, the clang of fire bells filled my ears. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He felt a worrying shudder in his chest, as if his heart wanted to escape, to flee his body. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I do not know what became of the other two who fled. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She fled from him until she stood on a lofty promontory where she could safely watch him, wondering at the half-man, half-fish. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They rode the subway out to Coney Island and found that hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers had beaten them there, fleeing the stifling heat of Manhattan even in the middle of the workweek. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z To everything that she had fled from only a few years ago. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The heat was fiercely intense and blinding, and in his rush to flee, Sullivan slipped on the uneven floorboards and fell with a thud. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z When the herald's voice dismissed the court, she fled the balcony, only to find Joffrey waiting for her at the base of the curving stairs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “She wouldn’t talk about it. Just said she fled through Nemmersdorf and has been on the run.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I turned and fled, his laughter chasing after me like the wind. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Yet Ged was sure of its track as if he followed a beast's track over snow, instead of a wraith fleeing over water. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Even though many of their people were fleeing, the Cherokee Nation kept up their resistance. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z When the squadrons of Indians who had remained in the plain outside the town saw the other Indians fleeing and shouting, most of them too panicked and fled. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Many of the unsavory creatures voluntarily fled before the terrible onslaught. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z American soldiers rarely found able-bodied men in the villages, as they would flee or hide to avoid the possibility they would be interrogated. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z When he finished and had filled his canteen he smiled at them and they fled. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Every rustle of leaves made her want to flee back to Ambuya's arms. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My feet don’t move, but Ethan’s nudge at my elbow overrides a flurry of thoughts to flee. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I was relieved that we didn’t have to flee our home for safety. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She didn’t know where her mother had fled. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Moments later, the few that were brave enough to remain flee with wrathful hisses. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Celia flapped her apron at the girl, who fled without another word. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The car slipped off the muddy road and got stuck, forcing the prisoners to flee on foot. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Every year that same number of Europeans—Irish and Germans mostly, fleeing famine and political unpleasantness—streamed into the harbors of Boston, New York, Philadelphia. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Yes, it was probably Booth who gave the name Booth to Sergeant Cobb at the bridge and fled into Maryland. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z For many miles the red eye seemed to stare at them as they fled, stumbling through a barren stony country. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I run to the nearest open door and close it, my heart hammering like it’s fled down hundreds of flights of stairs. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I heard the young bonobos patter and make high-pitched calls as they fled. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Surely Edmund had seen me flee the king’s chamber on the night my father was killed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Other patrollers carried guns and eagerly cut down any rascal dumb enough to flee, but Ridgeway copied Chandler. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Finally, the monsters turned and fled—about twenty left alive out of two hundred. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z A couple of days later I fled to upstate New York, where I own a small cabin that serves as a writing retreat. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When Hamlet was bom. and I revealed his father’s name, Bishop Garamond believed my claim that I had fled Denmark for my safety and that of my child. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He fled out of the shed in search of his toy. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The animal messengers fled with cries of woe. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Her plan is to jog casually until she’s out of sight and then flee. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z More people fled every day, including the wives of General Washington and Colonel Knox and Brigadier Greene, her that folks said was such a big flirt. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Daphne fled, and she was an excellent runner. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z His countenance instantly assumed an aspect of the deepest gloom, and he replied, “To seek one who fled from me.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z They were victorious; the conquered Thebans fled and their city was leveled to the ground. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A blue button-sized bruise was visible on the other arm, where the boy had yanked out the intravenous tube before fleeing the hospital. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t know who they are. Some come out of necessity. Some may be fleeing some problem,” Rodriguez says. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Some of the villagers fled up the ravines and hid in the forest, and some made ready to fight for their lives, and some did neither but stood about lamenting. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z During a radio interview in Fort Lauderdale, one caller told him, referring to the boats of Haitian refugees fleeing the violence and poverty, “We can’t have Haitians coming into our country.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The whispers were fanciful and improbable: the youth of Soweto had overthrown the military and the soldiers had dropped their guns and fled. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ares, really a bully at heart and unable to bear what he brought upon unnumbered multitudes of men, fled up to Zeus in Olympus and complained bitterly of Athena’s violence. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They and their families had fled violence and chaos and found themselves in a place with a completely different set of values and customs. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Bouncing, rocking, tipping, Amarante rode his mammoth mechanical bronco across the wide and lovely mesa—jackrabbits fled for their lives. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw the coyotes fleeing back into the darkness, and he saw himself opening the trap to set the rabbit free. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And now the stone was gone and she flew across the Dothraki sea, high and higher, the green rippling beneath, and all that lived and breathed fled in terror from the shadow of her wings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Taran hunched his shoulders and fled, while earthenware shattered behind him. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z They figured the natives had fled to avoid a fight. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z But when they became hidden by forest cover, it was time for me to flee. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z It is said that it was then the Nile fled and hid his head, which still is hidden. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The corporal had not had time to get his tunic on, but he recognized the situation—another of His Majesty’s loyal supporters fleeing to Boston with the mob at its heels. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Many others—maybe thousands—drowned while fleeing the country in small, crude boats. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Major Christian Piercy had fled Philadelphia after his son and an apprentice caught the fever, bribing a stagecoach driver to take him and his family to south Jersey. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Her feet twitched again, like they might want to flee, if only they could remember how, if only she were ever going to be able to move again. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “Wait,” I said, but Yakov had already fled into the foliage. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z All around them, too, were signs that the Antarctic winter was fast approaching: there were now twelve hours of darkness, and during the daylight hours petrels and terns fled toward the north. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The school was once a fancy university, but after the dead rose up, most of the students fled. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z As Barack stepped over the threshold and got promptly sucked into the room, I froze for a split second, then pivoted and fled. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was a plot our father helped devise but did not carry through, since by then we had fled to the States. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He growled; drums pounded; chorus girls screamed and fled. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He squeezed his fingers into fists, but the mullet easily jetted free, leaping once before it rejoined the fleeing school. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She would not run any more than the wasp had fled from the spider. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Merry and Pippin climbed the gate, and the hobbits fled. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When she wakes in that strange place, all the comfort flees, and she’s hit with overpowering anxiety. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She brushed past the others and streaked across the flooded parking lot, churning up a wake like a fleeing speedboat. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The two fled back to Twill’s, where the Peacekeeper suits were still waiting. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Often they used a strategy of setting fire to towns as they attacked, killing those who fled their homes and burning alive those who stayed inside. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Had a lifetime's hard-won wisdom fled him along with his health and strength? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Thanks, Mom,” I said, and gave her a kiss and fled. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z There were so many fleeing, tired, homeless people that Ugwu was not surprised the afternoon Olanna came home and said that Akwakuma Primary School would be turned into a refugee camp. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I hung back, very nearly resolved to flee and take my chances with Falconer—had I known where he was—or even on my own in that unknown city. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It screamed and fled into the trees like a wounded comet. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The picture’s caption read: Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson, wanted for questioning in the Long Island disappearance of his mother two weeks ago, is shown here fleeing from the bus where he accosted several elderly female passengers. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z If he jumped off now, Seabiscuit, obedient to equine instinct to flee pain, would probably tear over the track, exacerbating his injury. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Jewish artists and intellectuals of all kinds fled Nazism, and music by Jews, Communists and Blacks was banned in the Third Reich and its occupied territories. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The bus exploded on an east New Jersey roadside shortly after Jackson fled the scene. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Judge William Lewis saw house after house in his neighborhood abandoned, saw the streets empty, saw the hearses constantly passing his home, and fled. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z A day later we discovered it was worse than suicide: my father had just fled. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Anyone still alive would have fled into the bush, and no one knows where they are now.” A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The monster burst into shadows that fled into the corners. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A few dark figures darted along ramshackle storefronts and dilapidated tenements; theatergoers fled down darkened alleys. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Ejected in an outburst of popular anger, Daza fled to Europe, taking most of Bolivia’s treasury with him. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We ran like rabbits fleeing a fox, like deer fleeing a hunter, like mice fleeing an owl, leaping, dodging, practically flying through the underbrush. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z As sugar planters fled from the revolution in Haiti, some moved to Cuba’s Oriente Province, others to North America—to Louisiana. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Before Agent Burger could recruit Morrison, though, he needed to find him: Morrison had fled Osage County after assaulting a local Prohibition officer. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Plans were therefore made to flee as soon as their ship was sighted. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z White people, terrified for their lives, fled from their homes, locked themselves up in public buildings, hid in the woods, and some even left the state. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And so he had fled from Victoria Pappas to come down the street and find Lucille Kafkalis, just as disappointingly, failing to live up to page 22 . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was the first time they had returned to the Balkans since they fled the war in the winter of ’93. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It was all Florida could do not to chase after Dallas and flee. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z This controversial agreement is being challenged by human rights organizations because it may result in people being deported to the country they’ve just fled. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z As they got ready to move again, they kept watching the house into which the woman had fled. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I find his Company delightful, as must your Brother find Anyone who listens to his Sermonizing & Raving without speaking, fleeing, slapping, or feigning Fits. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Between the columns it was as dark as if night had fled there to escape the floodlights. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He slew many of them and the rest fled. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “After an attack, survivors usually flee the nest. I bet they’re gone. All we can do is wait to see if they come back.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Lopez will know to hunt for her. How will you supply her with food? Who will stand for her if he catches her? Better for her to flee.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing. It’s very simple. You can go anywhere. I think you just have to report or something. Why? Are you fleeing the police?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Tata’s parents fled the Nazis and ended up in Argentina in the forties. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Leaves swirled, trees snapped, and night-apes fled with cries of woe. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Only a few hundred people lived in Brooklyn, and most had fled. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z No one had invited me, and no one would miss me if I fled. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “The hour of the owl has fled, my brothers. Now comes the hour of the spear, the sword, the axe. Form up. We’re going home.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z ‘I must flee before Jupiter finds me. Once I leave, I will not be able to help you again.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “They lie. When the British fled Boston, back in the spring, they took escaping slaves with them. They promised them freeeeeeedom.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Men climb up and over the seats, some fleeing toward the exits while others race to the stage. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z With that declaration, Ralph climbed out of Ryan’s pocket, ran down his jeans, and jumped to the floor, dodging waffle stompers and boots as he fled. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z People fled past him, elbowing others out of the way. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z At the end of the hallway, the door through which Rose had fled was locked, and for a moment I stood— undecided. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I crushed the body in my hug, then hurled it in their faces, turned, and fled. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I take a few steps back, turn, and flee quietly to my room. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z If so, its people had taken that knowledge with them when they fled, along with all they owned, down to the candles in the sept. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z All her words seemed to flee from her; she felt awkward. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Will made his way through the middle of it, brandishing the knife, remembering how the Specters had fled from it before. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I gave her the portrait of the yellow-haired man and the letters that I had stuffed in my pocket as we fled. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a valid reason to flee, because if that car explodes, and if the explosion is large enough, it could set off a chain reaction of exploding cars up and down the freeway. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He came to wonder at times if the shadow he had loosed might have grown weak, or fled somehow out of the world, for it came no more into his dreams. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z No wonder he could not flee from the same jungle twice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s how I knew if we were likely to flee soon. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z For fifteen minutes, the three boats fled from the flood of ice, and then just as suddenly as it had appeared, it faded away, and the water grew calm again. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Miss Anderson stops and knocks on a fancy door carved to depict Adam and Eve fleeing the Garden. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He closed up his house and fled across New Jersey to Manhattan Island. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z But the faithful who remained there at their posts were few; most had fled beyond the second gate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Dallas, don’t you go falling for sweet talk and trees and creeks. We’ve got to be ready to flee for the hills and catch that train, you hear?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z He turned and fled up the corridor, Artemis Fowl’s mocking tones carrying down the metal funnel. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Big Ma might have been embarrassed—I wasn’t sure—and fled into the kitchen. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z After running almost two and a half miles, the youngsters rebelled and fled into a private yard beside the road. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z For perhaps half of an hour, we fled thus. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z From there I’d make my exit from the town and flee to safety. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He could see, instant to instant, flashes of the fleeing noble in the next room, and when he reached that place, the Count would have made it into the room beyond. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Refugees fled frantically ahead of the German troops, and when they got stuck at river crossings, the German Air Force swooped down overhead and fired their machine guns into the waiting crowds. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z All that effort to flee, and for what? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “I got used to dropping out of school and fleeing every time a new war broke out.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Frightening prey so that a large number flee into a greater destruction. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z After the other outlaws fled, authorities went to inspect the dead man and saw his gold front teeth. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z What if among the Central Americans there were dangerous criminals fleeing prosecution in their own countries? Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The power of her shield was so great that his dragon-women bodyguards fled in a panic, dropping the golden coffin and leaving him alone. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z As we fled we might encounter more soldiers, not to mention deserts and jungles and the dangers that lurk there. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He marches back to Persia with an army and a wife, and smacks Chobin so hard for wrecking everything that Chobin flees to Fergana, which is like saying he runs away to Mars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The gray tide swirled around the room and fled out across the landing dock and into the sky. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z With a yell and a leap, the gentleman rose from his reclining position, left the barber’s chair, and fled into the street, not even stopping for his coat and hat. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z I was relieved to hear that the printer, lnkstained, had fled the city with his wife and children. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He fled to his jeep and I didn’t hear from him for several hours, then he called and asked me to meet him at the church. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There were riders too, a score or more, but they turned and fled at the first sight of the dragon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Once she came upon a rat chinking from the stream, but it fled when she appeared, scurrying between the stalks to vanish in the high grass. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “We met in an abandoned village. He had fled his village.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z But they might come upon the cave by chance and then I must be ready to flee. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Buddy Ray’s smile would make small children flee to their mamas. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z She began to wonder how many people had seen her flee the ballroom. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Through this mist he glimpsed the shadow, fleeing somewhat to the right of his course. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “After Adiah fled into the jungle, he searched for her,” she said quietly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z A neighbor said she had fled at first light, terrified at the thought of invasion. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The Mountain and his men had horses, but the captives were all afoot, and those too weak to keep up were killed out of hand, along with anyone foolish enough to flee. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In their panic, the healthy fled from the sick, carrying the disease with them to neighboring communities. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Aunt Maggie’s husband, the “uncle” who had fled from Arkansas in the dead of night, had deserted her; and now she was casting about for a living. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It is when you see the eyes that you want to turn and flee. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z No one pursued him when he fled the scene and no one at the Seward house saw or could identify him. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Lyra stepped closer to Will when the man said I’m dead, and Pantalaimon fled to her breast as a mouse. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Words, dimly familiar but twisted all awry, like faces in a funhouse mirror, fled past, leaving no impression on the glassy surface of my brain. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z A moment after that she was through and pulling it quietly shut, and with Pantalaimon a goldfinch again, she ran for the stairs and fled. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Terrified, I deserted the pap ’n vleis and fled to Mother. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Saying that he was still pursued by the “hypocrites,” Mr. Muhammad fled from city to city, never staying long in any. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Fascinated by the centerfold picture, he almost missed Otis Amber, who dashed out of the hospital as though fleeing for his life. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hid in a cave along the river with some others. We waited until the Long Knives left and then came out. Some of our people fled that way,” she said, pointing northeast. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z They wavered, broke, and fled back; and then charged again, broke and charged again; and each time, like the incoming sea, they halted at a higher point. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Four remained, counting her own Black Wind, and one of those belonged to Tris Botley, who had joined her when all her other men were fleeing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Get away from me, Satan!” shouted my mother, continuing to back away from the package as if fleeing a ghost. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The stars that flee, and take away their light all were present in his Eye, and all their light shone presently.* The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The messengers without bow or answer turned and fled. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z They seemed to melt away before her, drawing hoods over their faces and fleeing as fast as they could. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He wants to flee, him and his washerwoman. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As though back onshore, all of France is left to bite its fingernails and flee and stumble and weep and wake to a numb, gray dawn, unable to believe what is happening. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Its plumage was still glossy, as if all the life in it had fled there, into the fine russet breast feathers, the darkly patterned wings, and the long deep-green tail feathers that shimmered like silk. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He looked through the dust and yelled “No!” just as the stairs he’d almost fled down and the area around it collapsed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z A woman screamed as I brushed past her, and folks started fleeing from her as if she were infected with some fatal disease. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Instead of crying out for help, she merely goggled at him as they fled past the spot where he stood. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The long grass of the pasture whipped her legs as she fled from the water. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I fled to the garden; I fled to the stone Bono had marked out for me to worship. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A few fled through the holes in his cheeks; the rest he mashed up and swallowed. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Almost without exception, whether it was fleeing a storm or for a weekend vacation, Kathy and the kids had to go without Zeitoun. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I expect him to attack Hel, but he rolls away and flees into the night, still grinning, Zak close behind. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Because my Fourth Uncle had fled to Hong Kong right before Liberation, her family was on the Neighborhood Party Committee’s list of black families. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In the ensuing civil war, which lasted until 2003, some three hundred thousand died, and countless fled into the mountains or into refugee camps in Tanzania and Mozambique. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The vlei people gazed at them as they passed, but without the She Elephant’s orders, they had no interest in the fleeing children. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I cannot with ease think upon him and his friend John, newly fled, telling the tale of their turkey call. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The sources agree that Mary and Joseph fled the wrath of King Herod, since Herod had heard a prophecy about a newborn Messiah. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The young man, cut and battered, clambered up the step, and saw Will standing above him holding the knife; he stared with a sickly anger and then turned and fled. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Telegram boy fleeing scene with ham and sherry. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They wanted Arya to present herself and swear an oath ... it must mean her sister had fled on the galley, she must be safe at Winterfell by now . A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Pythagoras himself fled for his life, and he might have gotten away had he not run smack into a bean field. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z All the dogs in the neighborhood went wild as Nhamo fled back down the road, skirted around the houses, and disappeared into the forest. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Tens of thousands fled the city, any way they could. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z We quickly realized the footsteps were those of a stream of people from neighboring villages fleeing their homes. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z I worry that everyone will try to flee the same direction and the wall will end up a grand choke point, serving up panicked folks to the dead. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z If we could just have done something so dreadful that they would have fled hell except us. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “My lord jests. You will forgive me if I do not laugh. We Braavosi are descended from those who fled Valyria and the wroth of its dragonlords. We do not jape of dragons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She hadn’t said much since they fled San Juan two days ago. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z One minute Marlena and I were in it up to our eyeballs, and next thing we knew the kids were borrowing the car and fleeing the coop for college. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z With shrieks and gibberings, the gang—too loosely organized to be called a troop—circled, saw their new opponent, and fled in confusion. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The constant criticism grated on her nerves, and as soon as she could escape — on an afternoon when Ana and Clara and Lady Isobel went into the City — she fled the house. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the officers fled toward the two exits in panic and jammed up the doorways like a dense, howling dam of human flesh as they shrank from going farther. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z More than a third of the population had fled. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z All the soldiers were past the narrow ridge now, hurrying after the fleeing warriors. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “Why were you forced to flee your island after your house was bombed? And why did you run into the woods instead of following the coast?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z During his first month at Hanawon, he received documents and photo identification that certified his South Korea citizenship, which the government automatically bestows on all those who flee the North. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “We hit the highway and drove east,” he’d said, in the process of describing what he and Hickock had done after fleeing the murder scene. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Clutching my bundle, I fled down the hall to the cellar, tripping over newspapers and boxes in my haste. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Under the dim glow of the gaslights, people fled in a panic. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Even Clevinger, who should have known better but didn’t, had told him he was crazy the last time they had seen each other, which was just before Yossarian had fled into the hospital. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I fled yesterday because I didn’t want to think anymore. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She dropped the slip of paper on the floor, handed us over, and fled away on her wobbly high heels. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We ran like venadas, frightened deer, fleeing all the way down the hill toward the safety of foreign woods and eerie dirt paths. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She had been forced to flee so often, the thought of going anywhere else was simply terrifying. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Ash recognized the trails they were following; despite the time they had been riding they had not gone far, and it seemed that the stag had fled in circles. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to stay there resting, eating mangoes, the breeze blowing on me, almost like I was on holiday, not fleeing the only home I’ve ever had. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He stood now with his harp, holy and clear, in the wall’s recess, under the window, wondering if he should flee that way to the courtyard altar, sanctuary of Zeus, the Enclosure God. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As the last light fled from the holes in the ceiling, I found more books above other bookshelves. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z A school of fish zipped by my legs, and I stared at them in wonder until I realized that they might be fleeing some larger predator. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But in the spectacular explosion, five police cars had been destroyed and the captor had fled. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He sent shudders of annoyance scampering up ticklish spines, and everybody fled from him—everybody but the soldier in white, who had no choice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I offered to let him take the black. Instead he fled.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She could hear shouts in the distance, and slipping hurriedly into her boots she fled along the roadway. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z If they had half the wits of their pig, they would have fled King’s Landing the night Joff died, before Cersei could assign them some share of blame in her son s death. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Stand and look before you fight or flee. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He had fled the city just before the storm and had been staying in Baton Rouge. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I fled down alleyways as dark and stifling as the gullets of dragons, through sizzling sparks and palls of smoke, under clotheslines fluttering with singed sheets. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Let others flee. We Cooks are made of stronger stuff!” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Great Migration, in which Black folks took any opportunity to flee old Jim Crow and the terror of the Klan, meant that more colored folks were pouring in to the city every day. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Still do our numbers swell with those who flee to join us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She had stayed muddy in strong wine since Lockton fled the city. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Afterward, shaking, I pull my knickers up and flee, the door knocking behind me as I run across the yard and up the three steps to the kitchen. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z "It's a good thing. Look, with everyone fleeing nobody would buy that car. An accident is the only way you can get some money for it." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Just before and then during the Second World War, many of my friends fled into the service, all to be changed there, and rarely for the better, many to be ruined, and many to die. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z But when I turned to playing Scottish music—well, they just fled in horror, making off as fast as their short legs would carry them.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “His son did not know it at the time, but he was able to get away, and later they both fled the magistrate’s land together!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z A startled linnet fled from the whirling blades towards the rose-garden. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z When she whipped her silver mare on her right flank the mare went left, for a horse’s first instinct is to flee from danger. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her throat was dry and tight with fear, and every song she had ever known had fled from her mind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I wanted to flee, but knew not where to go. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Cora tried to engage him, asking after the place he fled, the business of working cane, how he took flight. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z A whisper here, an insinuation there, and they fled like startled birds. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Eight thousand people had been killed in just two weeks in August in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the fighting was raging, and millions had fled their homes in the months before. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Hazel fled down the stairs, her pulse racing. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I scrambled from the bower and seized my cloak as if to flee. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z This has been going on since the late 1860s, when famine struck North Korea and starving farmers fled across the Tumen and the Yalu rivers into northeast China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I twisted around just in time to see Gum Baby leap out the window, fleeing into the night with my pack, green light escaping from the slightly open zipper. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Yet, there she was doing the opposite of shrinking and fleeing. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z There was not, after all, a great difference between the world of the North and that of the South which she had fled; there was only this difference: the North promised more. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The cheers lose their gusto and a pure longing to flee floods Werner. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z By late March and early April, game was growing scarcer as the animals migrated north, fleeing the onset of Antarctic winter. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The town marshal also indicated that during the bureau’s investigation into the Osage murders, in 1925, Burt was so scared that he considered fleeing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Pushing off with his feet as strongly as he could, swing by swing, he fled the hideous thing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z And so it was not so difficult to see why Father Mike decided to flee his marriage, and why he needed money . . . . . . none of which, however, could Milton read in his brother-in- law’s eyes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “A man does not flee from the truth,” she said. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps they’d fled to the air-conditioned comfort of the museum, or maybe Nike had somehow forced them to leave. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Cowardice” brought to mind images of me fleeing a Mexican phone number and a trembling pink sweatshirt, me bailing on my gay friend Fang. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z In these houses lived Jews, Irish, Germans, and some Spanish Civil War refugee families that had fled the new Franco regime before the onset of the Second World War. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Pro-French sympathies were further heightened in July by the sudden influx of 2,100 French refugees, who were fleeing a fierce slave rebellion in Santo Domingo. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Some of the band stopped when they felt the land grow rough underfoot, but others pressed right on, seeking the phantom village, following dim wavering shapes that fled just out of reach before them. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The other Indians fled as Washington and Gist “took this Fellow into Custody, and kept him till about 9 o’Clock at Night, and then let him go.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Living in a city like this was madness, fleeing it was madness, leaving her husband alone in a home in the path of a hurricane was madness. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z For six days Encanis fled, and six great cities he destroyed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Bristle ignored the instinct to flee as well. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “I thought I’d add a little drama to your movie. You know, ‘after one too many cups of tea, the handsome Kareem fled with the bride. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z He heard their footsteps lag farther and farther behind as he fled and then cease altogether. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It’s a lie, but maybe it isn’t, so she flees down the stairs and then realizes she forgot her purse. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Mr. Pignati asked just as I knew Lorraine was getting ready to flee out of the house. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z That is the danger that he sees, and he has fled back to Isengard to double and treble his assault on Rohan. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z There were piles of things spread out along the tracks, as if they had been dropped by a fleeing army. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Now they’ve fled, and the country is going to hold the first free elections in thirty-one years. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Twice during the night, coughing uncontrollably, I had to flee outside for air. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I did not want them to land right away, not until the last of the crowd had fled. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Or had he taken his wives and children and fled the country? A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Spurge repeated, “I am sorry. I am sorry I abused your hospitality. And got you involved in my spying. And forced you to flee with me here.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z They said the attack had been too sudden, too chaotic; that everyone had fled in different directions in total confusion. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He fled to China in 1994, after his father, who supervised regional food distribution, ran afoul of his superiors and committed suicide. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Then he turned and fled headlong from the yard, holding his cheek. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She was drawn inside almost against her will, her curiosity vying against the desire to flee. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As I fled, I saw my father, his arms held wide to block Edmund while he declared in a torrent of words that he was doing the king's bidding. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Thus, he was neither taken prisoner by his enemies, who had fled, nor by his auxiliaries, since he triumphed with troops other than theirs. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The bearded man had fled, as much as the darkness allowed her to see. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Battered by European diseases and slave raiding, many fled to the Orinoco, becoming wandering foragers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Where else can you go? You fled finishing school, and you’ll be in better society here than you would find with me. Including me. Don’t run off again.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z King Ptolemy fled the city and made his way to Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z If I set a million meerkats fleeing in terror, the chaos would be indescribable. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Smaller creatures flee invisibly but audibly through the undergrowth. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z But in the circle of Isengard, trapped and alone, it was not easy to think that the hunters before whom all have fled or fallen would falter in the Shire far away.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z At two- thirty the churchbell rang for recess, and everyone fled the room. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We saw them try to flee, but they had no art in navigation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I say I have to call my father and flee. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I had blacked out from fear, then tried to flee, only to find a gun pointed at my head. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I saw a hammer in her hand, and without wondering if I would be able to take it from her, I fled. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Although we had been told that the Taliban had fled, there was still violence in the valley. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Moss and his friends watched, frozen in place, as two cops clad in all black chased after the fleeing students, one of them with a baton raised in the air. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I remember fleeing upstairs to my room and getting undressed and into bed without so much as opening my diary, much less making an entry. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z After fleeing across the burning bridge, Frear went directly to where his sister-in-law’s house had been, his heart filled with grief. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Two figures leaped up in silhouette when they heard him and fled into the night with taunting laughter before he could get there. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Our other party, fleeing, made an uneven retreat down toward the launch—Clippinger, still by our side, calling across the lawn to them to stand—stand and fire, cowards—but nothing could induce them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And he struggled to flee—out of this darkness, out of this company—into the land of the living, so high, so far away. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z They had insinuated themselves into the colored community there, Sam said, but a slave catcher nosed around and it was time to flee. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Trying to flee Mr. Irvin, she jumped on the Ping-Pong table in the rec room. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z During the sack she had fled to her brother in fear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Licorice Breath lets go of my arm, apparently persuaded that I’m not going to flee. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The tree was really the nymph, Lotis, who fleeing from a pursuer had taken refuge in this form. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘By your leave, lord!’ said Pippin and turned and fled in terror from the deathly house. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I could flee, she thought as a wagon rumbled past her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z On the screen I saw tanks rolling through dusty streets, and fallen buildings, and forests of unfamiliar trees into which East Pakistani refugees had fled, seeking safety over the Indian border. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Unable to bear the tension, Louise fled to the kitchen, out of earshot. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The whites came to this land for a fresh start and to escape the tyranny of their masters, just as the freemen had fled theirs. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Those who came over and talked to him did so as little as they could, mumbled awkward commiserations and fled. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Ignoring Ms. Faraci’s concerned shouts, I fled the classroom for the restroom. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z There were skirmishes; and still we fled upon the ships, and could find no haven. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She had fled to Athens when she left Corinth in her winged car, and she had acquired great influence over Aegeus, which she did not want disturbed by the appearance of a son. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I twisted away from him and fled for the exit. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He kicked his horse and fled, abandoning Lewis Powell. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Most folks had fled, afeard to be caught between two angry armies. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Many Jews fled, but the SS hunted them down with brutal efficiency. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t move nearer, but neither did they flee. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nat, please take care of yourself. If you—if anything—” Suddenly she stood on tiptoe, kissed him, wheeled, and fled into the house. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I had retreated, fled across an ocean and allowed my father to tell my story for me, to define me to everyone I had ever known. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “You don’t know that,” she said to the boy, who had fled to the front of the schoolroom. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The ducks fled when they saw the peregrines. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He ran as fast as he could, but the snake just laughed at those short legs and drew closer and closer to the fleeing boy. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z As I turned to flee, the shaman chuckled. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Then he decided that fleeing to Europe offered him the best chance of survival. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I was fleeing without much money in my pocket and under the alias of my new gender. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The crocodile fled into the lake as she approached. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is one of the Six Kingdoms that rose up after the goblins fled from the forests.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z It was whispered that the king had been murdered as he slept and the false traitor had fled to Norway. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Instead of fleeing, the bear shifted position to face Cole directly. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Tens of thousands had fled the fighting for the supposed safety of King's Landing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z People all around us were fleeing to America: we heard tales of oranges the size of baking potatoes; fields of grain waving under sunny skies; clean, dry timber houses with indoor plumbing and electricity. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I fled down an alley, past dark curtained shops and merchants washing the grime off their windows. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Next, bands of monkeys go fleeing hand over hand through the canopy above, chattering and screaming in terror. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Another cliff-ghast and then a third fell in the stream or on the rocks nearby, stark dead; and then the rest fled, skirling and chittering into the dark toward the north. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your love is based on sensuality, and you must open your eyes to the danger in order to flee it all the more forcefully.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z As he did, more Clock Watchers fled the room. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Kim Yong had fled a prison that was not nearly as well guarded as the one where Shin and Park were planning their escape. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “It’s been getting clearer and clearer for months. I am becoming seriously concerned, I can’t deny it —” “Then flee,” said Snape’s voice curtly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Men of both sides fled before him, but many he overtook and crushed to the ground. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The branch released the magistrate once the vodyanoi had fled, and he collapsed onto the ground in front of Mama with a wet squish. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Having found little loot thus far, a couple friends and I lingered while the rest of the mob fled. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We spent an Hour or so beating more Livestock out of the Brambles, where Pigs & Sheep were fled. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He then told of receiving the kidnap note, and of how shocked he had been when he was informed that Bigger had fled his home, thereby indicating his guilt. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Few people walked on the streets who were not fleeing. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, many family members had fled New Orleans and were now living hundreds of miles away. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The stars too have fled to somewhere else. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z It frightened her, but she had never fled from something because she was afraid. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Julius jumped back, away from those scimitar claws, sweat standing out all over his body, every nerve electric with the urge to flee. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Down the road from the gate they fled. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The mist on this rise had fled away, and he felt that he stood, as he faced the lone tree, beneath the naked eye of Heaven. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z When I came as near to the light as I dared, I raised my head and tensed my legs, ready to flee if necessary. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Many Iranians who fled the country during the revolution were granted political asylum. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I froze, trapped between the urge to flee and the unbearable thought of being alone. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She had started to turn, to flee, when a giant noose snaked through the air, cast by one of the warriors. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Then when he fled again, there was more of us—and we went with him, and you know then. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Abraham said we would have to flee if we wanted to stay alive. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Screams tore through the air as panicked people fled in every direction. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She didn’t realize the rest of the fleeing refugees had gone the other way. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z So he and Buttercup fled along, both of them very much aware that gigantic forces were following them, and, undoubtedly, cutting into their lead. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Now, some fifty-two years later, I was fleeing myself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Thomas went numb as several screams erupted, followed by the pounding of fleeing footsteps. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z With the first blow to the roof, the front door flew open, and the parson and his wife fled in terror. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z With the danger of capture by the Soviets imminent, Schindler knew he had to flee. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Countless times he could have abandoned us, taken his fortune, and fled. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He came upon one that was severely damaged, but still sturdy enough to bear the load of the fleeing mob. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Their wings were twice as tall is she was, and—she glanced back, frightened now, over her shoulder as she fled—they had powerful legs: no wonder they had moved so fast on the water. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He bared his teeth; and then with a hissing breath he spat before the king’s feet, and darting to one side, he fled down the stair. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But she neither heads for the Cornucopia nor tries to flee. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Either they had fled back into the darkness, or they’d fallen into the chasm. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As the waters rose, they fled first upstairs and then into the attic, but to no avail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z In war, his father had told him once, the battle is over in the instant one army breaks and flees. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Horses permitted people possessing them to cover far greater distances than was possible on foot, to attack by surprise, and to flee before a superior defending force could be gathered. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In the swampy streets there were the remains of furniture, animal skeletons covered with red lilies, the last memories of the hordes of newcomers who had fled Macondo as wildly as they had arrived. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Our remote ancestors followed the game, moved with the food supply, and fled from evil weather, from ice and the changing seasons. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Carla turned and fled down the street, her bookbag banging against her leg like a whip she was using to make herself go faster, faster. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Streaked with brine, and swollen, he terrified them, so that they fled, this way and that. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z This was where he had assembled Stark’s people the night Bran and Rickon fled the castle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As well-off citizens closed their businesses and fled the city, they left behind thousands of individuals without any source of income. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z In utter silence the shadow, wavering, turned and fled. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The government harassed civilians until they fled the fertile valleys—land the government began distributing to its cronies. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Refugees, weary souls displaced from their homes, would throng toward the port, desperate to flee the Communists. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Burglars apparently interrupted, forced warehouse door, fled through garden. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He stuffed the pistol into his pocket, turned and fled towards the highway. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they picked themselves up and fled into the darkness, cursing him as they went. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was to find, as the prophets had found, that the whole earth became a prison for him who fled before the Lord. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z As soon as we see the thugs preying on little old ladies and fleeing when the cops show up, we appreciate how an army composed of such men would operate. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z So I fled my house and went to school. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z It was chief of all the horrors of the fen, and even the angry rats turned tail and fled when they saw its grisly head emerging. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z When Nailer peered back out into the storm’s rage, he could see now that everyone was fleeing for heavy shelter. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Both of them, like almost everyone in the small village, had come from another place, had fled something, had escaped from hardship of some kind. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Above the mob, soldiers were trying to figure out who in the fleeing crowd had caught the monster’s eye. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I was about to flee to the kitchen when Harry saw me and beckoned me over. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z All our supplies, our packs, remain down by the lake where we abandoned them when we fled from the mutts. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Being wanted by the cops and trying to flee the country. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z But the two men neither bowed nor fled. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z ‘Loud and clear it sounds in the valleys of the hills,’ he said, ‘and then let all the foes of Gondor flee!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z "I am told the Kingslayer has fled the city. Give me leave to bring him back to justice." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z My presence on the bus so startled several white old ladies who were about to disembark that they fled to the back. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But the pleasure fled when we reached the white part of town. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Sula fled down the steps, and shot through the greenness and the baking sun back to Nel and the dark closed place in the water. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I had not even the instincts of a mother cat I wanted to flee both Elsinore and the unknown fate of motherhood, though such escape seemed impossible, except by my death. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z That hurricane had killed over eight hundred people who were fleeing by rescue train when a twelve-foot surge of water, whipped up by two-hundred-mile-an-hour winds, swamped the passenger cars and took them all away. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The bird took fright and fled with a clatter of wings. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z All those who had stood closest to her husband had gone with her when she fled: Jon's maester, his steward, the captain of his guard, his knights and retainers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Briefly, I considered fleeing, but that was pointless. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z But at some point following the shootout and car chase, the younger brother fled on foot, according to State Police, who said Friday night they didn’t believe he had access to a car. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I had fled one insecurity and had embraced another. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There were great elk in that wood, and spotted tigers, and lemurs with silver fur and huge purple eyes, but all fled before the approach of the khalasai and Dany got no glimpse of them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z After fleeing Kweilin, your mother walked for several days trying to find a main road. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole flock of our family has fled. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The sound vibrated in the air and into Anya’s ears, making them ring as she fled. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z As the enemy marched through the occupied streets, a few desperate Loyalists fired upon them from gables, then slid down roofs on their bellies, and fled. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z This was the terror from which I fled. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom talked about how it felt to flee for her life. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Baba had “sold” the house to Rahim Khan shortly before he and I fled Kabul. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The birds erupted into a feathery whirlwind, cawing and chirping as they fled toward all exits. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Even if they had wanted to flee, escape was now all but impossible. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I made him flee by just pretending I was going to spit! Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We posted Olakunde as a guard with him, saying he should not be safe alone; though in truth fearing that he sought an occasion to flee us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z We could not progress; and so we fled. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z We turned and fled the way we’d come, but we didn’t make it twenty feet before we ran straight into some old friends. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The day dawned, and already the time of youth was fleeing the house which the three giants of my dreams had built on the hill of juniper tree and yucca and mesquite bush. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The wealthiest among the Loyalists had fled already to their ships. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They’d kept their weapons, but stripped off their telltale uniforms, begged or stolen clothes, and joined the tide of refugees fleeing toward Saigon. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Frightened animals were running in every direction, fleeing for their lives through the deep snow. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He rolled over, stood up and, tail between his legs, fled into the twilight. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Small creatures fled and flew before my step. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Sometimes servants were ordered to stay behind to guard the house against thieves; sometimes everyone living under a roof fled. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I had seen that chest on the beach during the battle but did not remember that the hunters had taken it with them when they fled. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing them reminds me of the children of 12 who died fleeing the firebombs. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Soon after they left, two Inka ran to Pizarro, claiming that they had just fled from the invading army. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It wasn’t much consolation, but it was enough to keep her spirit from entirely fleeing her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He poked fun at those who fled the city, at the power of opium to banish pain, and at the cruelty and indifference of those outside the city. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Others fled to the hills or took boats to Miami. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Minya’s will was reasserted, the tethers once more drawn taut, but they all felt, to a one, a gasp of freedom too fleeing to exploit. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Eventually I do flee to the bathroom just so I can regroup. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z The soldiers turned and fled in panic, their discipline shattered. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I backed away and fled to the family room. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z That bonobo mother probably heard Otto’s juvenile cries of distress and came to investigate, fleeing when I arrived. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z For a moment I'm silent, as I remember how the sight of this strange pair, clearly not from District 12, fleeing through the woods immobilized us. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Its effect on the children was dramatic: they turned and fled at once. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "Then we ought to sing and send them fleeing in terror." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He called to me before I could flee. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He had gone to Uganda when he had had to flee Southern Sudan, then he had heard that Yar was at Kakuma, so he came there to be with her. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Feeling persecuted from all sides, the O’Learys eventually sold their property and fled the area. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Farooq turns to him, taking a step back, and I flee down the stairs. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I’m also afraid of stepping on a landmine, which the villagers say Khmer Rouge soldiers plant after an attack, maiming and killing people long after they have fled. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z By that time German officers and soldiers were fleeing, doing their utmost to avoid capture by the rapidly approaching Soviet army. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z And even though he wanted to run—everything inside him screamed to flee—he stepped forward so that he was standing shoulder to shoulder with Frankie. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Flux seemed unconcerned with the fleeing Clock Watchers. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The clog bursts free, and people and animals flee together in a great squealing mass. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The day the rest of the Trujillo family fled the country. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of black students had fled the country to escape arrest. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere east of the Capitol building, Lewis Powell was not having as easy a time as Booth and Herold in fleeing the city. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s no hope of escaping from Endovier. Your father made sure that each of Endovier’s sentries could shoot a squirrel from two hundred paces away. To attempt to flee is suicide.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Where population densities are high, as in regions occupied by states or chiefdoms, the defeated still have nowhere to flee, but the victors now have two options for exploiting them while leaving them alive. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Evacuation orders were posted last night and millions of people in this region of East Prussia will now flee to me for help. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The SS had fled and the resistance had taken charge of the camp. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In the first days after the outbreak of war, many adult males—both Jews and non-Jews—fled east, away from the front. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z After the game, Belén and her giggling friends flee before I can ask them to wait for me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Asta saw it first and uttered a little gasp and fled to his breast as a kitten, and then he saw it too. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Rebellious slaves were chased through the fields, and if they fled into the nearby forests, troops hunted them down. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The hobbits turned and fled deep into the shadows of the wood. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I drag her out, but she's too bleary to stand, so I throw her over my shoulder and flee down the hall. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Children grabbed younger siblings and fled to the safety of their homes, where stone doors slammed shut and sealed themselves in bursts of silver light. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He did not want to tangle with humans and was trying to keep his distance, but the shrinking circle gave him no chance to flee. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She must have been pregnant when we fled the enclosure. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I nodded, and we both began to wade through the waist-high shallows, fleeing the desperate haunted ships behind us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The instant Laurie’s step was heard in the hall, Meg fled into the study, and Mrs. March received the culprit alone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She is just a malnourished, injured girl fleeing the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally I reached the open field beyond and fled into it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z John Carter flees the broken Confederacy for Mars. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Or did the Peacekeepers who caught Gale get a glimpse of me as I fled? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She told him about the ngozi and how she had fled from an imposed marriage. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The face-off lasted for seconds that stretched into eternity, and then, with the scrabbling of claws, the dragon fled to the darkness at the rear of the barn. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “And you hardly tell me anything about yourself, you could have fled an arranged marriage of your own.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z ‘Whether they fled at first in fear, or not, our horses met Shadowfax, their chieftain, and greeted him with joy. Did you know that he was at hand, Gandalf?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z And his thought fled far away and his eyes saw no more. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The elders tried to flee, but they seemed tethered in place. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I am just about to flee the dining hall rather than participate in careful, polite Abnegation conversation when Tobias comes in, looking harassed. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z This reminded C.P. of how, several weeks before, the city councilman had fled across the street rather than shake hands with him in public. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Blackjack whinnied and fled into the wheat fields. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z His father, Harry, his dreams shattered, had fled for the wilds of Canada, unable to cope with what he had seen in his wife’s last moments. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Mayor Clarkson could have cited his powerlessness, could have pleaded concern for his family, and fled the danger, as many other aldermen were doing. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He fled Virginia around 1927 or so, with Jim Crow hot on his tail, so to speak. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In school we were told that East Prussia was one of the most beautiful regions, but it had proven treacherous for those of us fleeing. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He had fled the claustrophobic confines of his family. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I tramped across the veld to visit friends and relatives, but the magic world of my childhood had fled. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of fleeing the farm immediately, they waited for the doctor’s return. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Both were Hungarian-born physicists, both about forty, both Jews who had fled from Europe as Adolf Hitler rose to power. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as they looked he was gone: a flash of silver in the sunset, a wind over the grass, a shadow that fled and passed from sight. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z That I, in fleeing from one cruel master, should be bound to another, was almost too much to endure. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z What actually happened is this: the boy stayed home, had another fight with this father, stabbed him to death with the knife at ten minutes after twelve and fled from the house. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A hundred thousand people on the road, all going north and east, fleeing winds and water. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z My ancestors arrived in the Solo-Khumbu region fleeing from persecution in the lowlands. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She helped those who lived in shadow, fleeing by day and mingling with the bustle of the city, but who had to be hidden by nightfall, always in a different place. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The colt plunged through the rail, somehow got his hooves back under him again, and fled for the barns. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The thief fled on foot but was later spotted entering a yellow car driven by a black man with a beard and a mustache. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Gen. Gage issues passes for those who wish to leave, but many more are fleeing without, as we all predict bombardment and flame. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As the nineteenth century drew to a close, he saw a massive new wave of men flooding into Chicago, fleeing oppression in eastern Europe—from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z For a moment he caught a glimpse of swarthy men in red running down the slope some way off with green-clad warriors leaping after them, hewing them down as they fled. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Had he heard her coming, he would have fled into the fog and disappeared. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In the end no one was left, and the she-goats and the he-goats returned from the hills whence they had fled, and they looked in innocence at the death camp of the people. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Bare minutes after the music started I practically fled the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I felt disproportionately terrible, like I had just been caught fleeing the scene of a murder. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Though I had fled the pressure of the South, my outward conduct had not changed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Dropping small things as I ran, I fled into the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z We'd managed to flee the park, and in all the chaos, no one had pursued us. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z All my anger had fled, imploding back into my chest, slipping down the event horizon of the churning supermassive black hole inside me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Like a black smoke driven by a mounting wind they fled. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Get out! Get out of here!” yelled the man, brandishing his broom so menacingly that the terrier tucked his tail between his legs and fled, soaking and miserable, towards his waiting companions. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He fled with the broken Army to Athens. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z When we fled from Lithuania she rushed me to Insterburg and, through a friend, arranged for me to work in the hospital. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They had to flee immediately, before the Union troops could surround them. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Stunned, he sat there vaguely aware that roaches were fleeing across his hand and over his body. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder at the fate there of Mr. Turner, whether he is fled; and whether Sip of the orchestra was removed with the Army and the Tories. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z How time seemed to blur and slow and even stop, how the past and the future vanished until there was nothing but the instant, how fear fled, and thought fled, and even your body. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A terrible impulse to flee, to abandon Peeta and save myself, shoots through me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He checked himself in time to turn the nod into a bow of respect, then fled, leaving the scene of his failure but not the knowledge of it. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “I heard the commotion, saw the girl fleeing, and observed the destruction myself.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Five times they fled in this way and came out only when the car was out of sight. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z My aunt fled the scene, leaving us alone in the study, where we’d been sorting through a mountain of old financial records. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Everyone fled the building while we discussed the likelihood of an actual bombing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Then, with not another word, she fled back down the wooden stairs. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Groups of fleeing people, carrying their belongings in knotted blankets, waited on the roadsides and begged for rides. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z Thomas was so terrified, he barely registered that everyone else in the room had fled to the hallway—all except Newt, who lay unconscious on the bed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Aunt Seymour is in need of our Sal. All of her Dutch girls fled, and she is without servants.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I think everybody has fled. Look at those busted doors.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Ideas were too similar to reflection, and my reflections were always of the expression on my father’s stretched face the moment before he’d fled from me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Pa says hunger and fear make people turn against one another, so once again we have to flee. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He assented to flight, and we turned and fled in a disorderly rout. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She said she had just thought of something, and fled up the stairs. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z There were wounded and injured people among those who had fled. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z After Pentheus died they fled from Thebes as if trying to flee also from misfortune. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I cringe, clawing my flesh, and flee for home. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z With Nero racing ahead, we fled through the woods, tripping over roots and ducking branches. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z As we rushed the cow, that ponderous beast — uneasy still in spite of its four-legged stance — fled; and we gave up our race for aimless crawling and darting. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She sits and eyes the illustration of a fleeing criminal. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He turned and fled down the stairs, with the chocolate growing sticky in his hand. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Not until he came close to me did I turn and flee. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Because the heat was incredible and the wind was threatening to blow the fire in their direction, everyone on the block was preparing to flee. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z We have for some time heard tales of Lord Dunmore; that he hath fled his palace; that he sitteth enthroned upon a ship-of-war, the ground itself having grown too hot for him to walk upon. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Orion pursued them but they fled before him and he could never seize any of them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They all fled, slamming the door behind them. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z With a wail of fury, she turned and fled. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “Yes, and being powerless to bring him to justice, I had no choice but to flee Elsinore myself.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Another fellow told me our food was so wretched that he had to flee before it made him sick, so I had his foot cut off, roasted it up, and fed it to him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z 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 He tells of another refugee: the baby Jesus, whose family had to flee the land of Israel and go to Egypt after an angel told Joseph they were in danger. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “What if I should frighten people? With my remarkable size. What if they flee in terror?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She heard footsteps, rapid, stumbling, fleeing footsteps—then shots. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I caught sight of a few men walking, but they fled down alleys at the sound of the wagon. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Captains and champions fell or fled before them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Her older sisters had scorned their father by seizing control after he was forced to flee Alexandria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z As I fled toward the double doors, the floor seemed to roll beneath me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He started awake: he saw the light and knew her faithlessness, and without a word he fled from her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Not I. I fled, with every ship I had; I knew fate had some devilment brewing there. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Every atom of air fled from my lungs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The civilians have fled and houses are dark. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I stick to the road out of habit, but it’s a bad choice, because it’s full of the remains of those who tried to flee. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Even after the boy had fled, the stink remained. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I wanted to catch her, and I wanted to watch her flee. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z One by one they opened fire with their rifles at the fleeing soldiers. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Out of fear for their lives, George's family fled town late that night, leaving George behind in jail with no family support. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z "The tavern keeper's sent for a constable—which is why those two fled. You can go to prison for dueling." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The tank fled under the bed in embarrassment. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z But the Star gave the humans unnatural power, and so the lesser creatures fled, disappearing into the deep places to wait out the war. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I flee to where I left Chou and Pithy, and see their figures running toward me, axes over their shoulders, faces full of worry and fear. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They exhausted their resource base, began to die of starvation and thirst, and fled their cities en masse, leaving them as silent warnings of the perils of ecological hubris. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I pushed back my chair, nearly knocking him down as I did so, and fled from that terrible house. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They had flanked us with ease—they fired upon us from the side—and we, enfiladed, fled—hearing cries as men fell behind us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z As though the farmer has fled in the middle of his work. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Clad in armor, he leaned casually on an impressive sword, while behind him foxes, wildcats and vermin fled in terror. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I turned and fled, not sure if the man was going to shoot me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then she thought how, now, she would embrace again the faith she had abandoned, and walk again in the fight from which, with Richard, she had so far fled. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It seemed as if the trees shook with the sound exploding from the Toad and every last creature within a mile fled to safety. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Our village had lost more than half its inhabitants, some by death, others by a desperate fleeing. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z When his light finally retreated did I pick myself up and flee. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z They hollered that the Marines came on apace & that we had best flee. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As the pair drew near he turned and fled. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The dog shrieked for mercy and the other two fled with their tails between their legs. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z She fled from him, but only as far as the next open door. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I led myself to believe that there were other ways of fighting the awesome apartheid machinery besides fleeing the country and joining the ANC as a freedom fighter. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I had fled men who did not like the color of my skin, and now I was among men who did not like the tone of my thoughts. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever he clutched me, and ever I hewed him, till at last he fled into dark tunnels. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I crept away from the Weylin house, moving through the darkness with even less confidence than I had felt when I fled to Alice’s house months before. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t have the stomach to go over and rescue him, and I looked away; but just then a toddler—fleeing his grinning, jug-eared brother—slid into my legs and almost knocked me down. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The boy’s laughter now zigzags up and down like a mouse trying to flee and not knowing which way to turn. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “Let her think it over a bit. And pray. If there’s something she’s put between you, the Lord’ll work it out. You just wait on Him. In the meantime, you flee temptation, you hear?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Instantly he started back to Chios to take vengeance on the king, but he had fled and Orion could not find him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The rider who’d fled had reined in his horse and turned around to look back, shading his eyes to see what was going on. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t hear any more, for I basely turned and fled. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z So what if she was fleeing a lizard? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Alone, abandoned by his premonitions, fleeing the chill that was to accompany him until death, he sought a last refuge in Macondo in the warmth of his oldest memories. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The tears she had shed while fleeing the Forgotten Chapel had been of shock and terror. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z My mother always sits on the edges of things—chairs, ledges, tables—as if she suspects she will have to flee in an instant. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z On the way we meet the fleeing inhabitants trundling their goods and chattels along with them in wheelbarrows, in perambulators, and on their backs. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He would risk anything to escape this man, to flee from the vengefulness radiating from his body. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The winds flee before her and the storm clouds; sweet flowers embroider the earth; the waves of the sea laugh; she moves in radiant light. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Articles claimed that "at least a score” of people needed medical care for hysteria and shock, and that "many were injured in the widespread panic” as they tried to flee. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He plucks a book from the shelf, Geist und Tat, Spirit and Action, by Heinrich Mann, who criticized Germany's growing fascism so loudly that he was forced to flee after Hitler became chancellor. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z If the wrist failed him, then the touch had fled and he would be forced to challenge the tall men who dwelled beneath the basket with swift drives that they would quickly move to intercept. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Aragorn smote to the ground the captain that stood in his path, and the rest fled in terror of his wrath. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The three shrouds raised their arms at the same time; The creature howled, stumbling back toward Sierra, and then it fled down the street and disappeared into the night. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z When the bombings started, villagers fled for the mountains, as the government had hoped. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Knowing at once how he must act, Palmer looked up at the fleeing bird. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Yossarian went to bed early for safety and soon dreamed that he was fleeing almost headlong down an endless wooden staircase, making a loud, staccato clatter with his heels. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And then they’re fleeing in a second rain of meteorites, their arms helmetting their heads, as they run away from us. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z One by one, all of my friends have deserted me and fled to the dark side. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The other girls had fled: the room was empty. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He was quite a distance from where he last remembered having it—and in the opposite direction from where the vandal had fled. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "I am not afraid of his guards. I am as good as any of them. I should never have fled." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She felt herself falling, and hands catching her, and then consciousness fled. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Evidently; that’s why they occasionally kill their employers and flee here. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z It gave the smoke a spicy scent, a pleasant enough smell, yet Eroeh fled sobbing, and Dany Was filled with fear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Amazingly, this scared him—he fled the air battle! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Now he hoped to provide his little brother with something like the safe and secure home they had both known before their mother had died and their grief-stricken father had fled north. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The moment his eyes fell upon Ron, all other concerns fled Harry’s mind, for blood drenched the whole of Ron’s left side and his face stood out, grayish-white, against the leaf-strewn earth. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Summer was the busiest time for the business, with so many people leaving, fleeing the swamp heat, wanting these rooms or that porch painted while they were away. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Afraid that his name might be connected with Booth’s, he fled to Canada. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He belonged to the darkness—the darkness from which he had thought to flee had claimed him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z When the lesson was done, in the foulest of moods, he fled. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Daily she grows more infirm, eating only enough to keep her soul from fleeing in the night. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Ivy asked, noticing how her grandmother’s color seemed to be fading further, like the sun fleeing the evening sky. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z They swarmed afield and fled, chasing the blood that dripped from my head and stained my shift. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Freya’s cats mewed and hissed, and they fled beneath a chest of furs and would not come out. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z All attempts to keep calm fled as I pushed my way quickly through the waiting people. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Most of the white people who had the means to do so fled the city, fearing more riots. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “You are, you are. Now we must flee. Please. We’ll chat later.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Your prey should never know you are coming for it, or only when it is trapped and cannot flee and you see it clear and you have it held. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Thus my thoughts, dazed and confused, injecting pain where there was numbness; and my mind, furtively touching the edges of realisation, then fleeing from it in terror. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Today I packed a suitcase with the stuff I’d need in case we had to flee, but as Mother correctly noted, “Where would you go?” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Catiline’s attempt to reply was shouted down, and he fled the scene—just as Cicero intended. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The temptation to venture into crime was too strong, and I decided to work quickly, taking whatever was in sight, amass a wad of money, and flee. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a largely Jewish neighborhood, and Jewish people don’t flee. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z All her lethargy fled as the sound of giggles and running feet echoed down the hallway and into the parlor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The old woman stood silently for a long moment, then she ran back to her home, grabbed her prepared bag of possessions, and begged her son-in-law to flee with her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I fled the house and was headed for the south marsh before I remembered it was no longer there. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I told him to flee to Canada, but he wouldn’t go.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She smiled and the thing behind her eyes fled with her smile. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I flee from my closed world into one I haven’t met yet. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z One morning several Poles stormed our building to raid the apartment upstairs, where the Jewish family that fled to Warsaw had lived. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z With a roar, the trickle of fleeing theatergoers suddenly became a stampede. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I get the irresistible urge to flee, but as I take a step backward, Daddy comes out of the kitchen. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z A distracted fleeing creature came clambering awkwardly up over the cliffs and crags to where he lay. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The bully shrieked, his tooth broken, and fled. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The phrase Where I told you to run, so we’d both be free is the most troubling because at first you think he’s talking about when he told her to flee, presumably to safety. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But Miguel looked at him as if he were an old lunatic and proceeded to explain to him that he had a mission to fulfill and could not flee. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Pantalaimon fled to Lyra at once, and she scooped him up to her face to kiss and gentle. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Before she could say more, I wished her a hasty good-night and fled the room. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They charged into the fleeing crowd on foot while possemen on horseback chased the marchers all the way back to the black section of town and Brown Chapel. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He blew past a startled Calvin and Deemer, who fled right behind him. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z In that moment, with the gun to my head, people rushed all around us in a fiery blur—shooting, fleeing, screaming. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I felt strangely sad to leave the world of the Negro after having shared it so long—almost as though I were fleeing my share of his pain and heartache. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Clement fled, taking shelter behind the wall of a wrecked hut, but Otto and Mom and I stood ready. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z I fled upstairs as fast as I could. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first week, I thought it was kind of exciting because some of my friends were there; their families had fled the city like us, grabbing rides however they could. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Only Katherine would have a tantrum in the midst of fleeing for her life. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They had what every story should have: action running like a fleeing suspect across the surface shadowed step for step by big risks and big emotions. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Where’re you going all the time?” his mother asked as he fled the place. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I can see Hansa, merchant ships, old fishing boats, trawlers, and even dinghies that have brought fleeing people from the nearby lagoon. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They fled with their father by ship to Argos, where they found sanctuary. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear a nightingale warbling in a wood half a mile off; no moving form is visible, no coming step audible; but that perfume increases: I must flee. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “They must have fled to Haven yesterday or the day before.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z As they talked, Rob mentioned that he and Walt had left their cat when they fled the storm. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Everyone flees before it; everyone yields to its impetus, unable to oppose it in any way. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I lost my little sister in a massacre, fell into the depths of poverty, and fled my homeland. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She was still warm when they found her, although the life had fled her body and only half the peas were shelled. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z After receiving his doctorate at Berkeley, Wilson fled to Princeton, which then was more accommodating to solitary inquiry in the old style. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The pain that had been building in their arms and legs and chests did not abate, but it fled to the backs of their minds, chased there by a sense, almost, of invulnerability. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z All were slain save those who fled to die, or to drown in the red foam of the River. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Mostly young children and women with their pagnes in tatters, they come soundlessly out of the forest, landing here as lightly as weary butterflies after years of fleeing the war. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was acting like we were headed for a lark instead of fleeing an epidemic. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The few people entering the building had to be the last of the PFC workers, fleeing the East once and for all. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She was to meet Rufino in Miami, where the rest of his family had fled. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Pentheus went to pursue the god’s followers among the hills where the maidens had fled when they escaped from prison. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy who’d fled from the hospital must have left the shirt on the antenna of Officer Delinko’s squad car, obviously as some sort of joke. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Celaena only realized she was trembling when she made to step away, to flee as far and as fast as she could. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Then, without describing the daunting task faced by black nurses or praising them for acting fearlessly when everyone else had fled in terror, he attacked them. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Kimberly’s smile fled, and I swear I felt a cold breeze against my neck. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z In the 1600s, choosing religious seclusion was a way to flee an intolerable living situation—such as a painful marriage. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “You want us to give this child up to them she’s a fleeing from, is that right?’ The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Even when I was not fleeing, I was running or at least walking fast. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The sky cleared and the waves seemed to flee with the clouds. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We urged him to flee, Olakunde tying the head back upon his drum. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It looked as if the humans had fled from here. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She fled to a cousin’s house in the country, disgraced, while the minister kept his post and was deemed a generous man for acknowledging his son. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z By Mr. Rochester they were not observed; he was earnestly looking at my face, from which the blood had, I daresay, momentarily fled: for I felt my forehead dewy, and my cheeks and lips cold. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It was then thrown over to the dogs, who apparently hadn’t eaten anything since their owner fled. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Quickly, Milagros introduced us, handed Doña Charito a note, and fled back to one of the three black cars idling in the driveway like great, nervous, snorting horses. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It was as easy as that Even the warrant officer fled. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We needed to flee the scene of the crime, but it felt wrong to start running without acknowledging the obvious. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z By fleeing to a quieter corner of Virginia, he had hoped to protect his family from harm. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z All the atmosphere on the rooftop fled, blown away by Dad’s explosive admission. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z They love being your soldiers when you are not waging war, but when war comes, they either flee or desert. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z ‘We have found many of our folk lying slain as they fled thither,’ said the scout. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z In spite of everything, there was in the life I fled a zest and a joy and a capacity for facing and surviving disaster that are very moving and very rare. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “But don’t worry, Andrew. Your public library will soon be a true public library. Mr. Lemoncello will turn it over to a local board of trustees and flee.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Handcuffing the man who fled was not a straightforward matter, and apparently, as the officers worked to subdue him, in-mates gathered around to complain that the officers were being too rough. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The moment he turns to put out the fire, I flee down the winding corridor. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The other dassies fled with shrieks, but Nhamo barely heard them. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The American Congress, frightened by the marching British, fled Philadelphia and ran to Baltimore. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Outnumbered, the Hitler Youth fled and the priest was unharmed. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The first refugees arrived in Clarkston in the late 1980s and early 1990s from Southeast Asia—mostly Vietnamese and Cambodians fleeing Communist governments. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The woman’s two companions struck the man, who fled from the lounge. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It is not strange that she fled from him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment the orc crouched, and then with a hideous yelp of fear it turned and fled back as it had come. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I fled to the back porch, knelt down by the tall slab table, and begged God to let Grandpa get well. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Bells were ringing far below, and all men fled before the face of Aragorn; but the Grey Company in their haste rode like hunters, until their horses were stumbling with weariness. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Ogilvie said that everyone of fashion has fled to their country estates,” I offered. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Deadly dangerous; while the spirit’s in it, it won’t never stop, and when you let the spirit flee, it’s so monstrous angry it’ll kill the first thing it gets at.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z No one recalls when the gift-giving started, probably in the 1980s, when Central Americans, fleeing war and poverty, began riding the rails north in large numbers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z My father didn’t understand what had made me flee my surgery'. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I fled the forest as fast as possible, trying to get away from the giant magic eye. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “I have memories, of course, of all kinds of escapes. People fleeing from terrible things throughout history. But every situation is individual. There is no memory of one like this.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I think of Haymitch’s sneering at my plans to flee District 12, start my own uprising, even the very notion that District 13 could exist. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I press one earmuffed ear against my shoulder and manage not to flee or drop the flute. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z They spoke of the history of Village, how each of them there had fled poverty and cruelty and been welcomed at this new place that had taken them in. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The pigeon dropped from her mouth and wobbled on its feet, too stunned to flee. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Knights twice his size fled from him, or stood and died. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She realized that the porch was full of sleeping figures, and fled. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z ‘The death from which ye flee will truly overtake you,’ the Koran says. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He had come to say good-bye the night Baba and I had fled Kabul. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I think of how I fled from our conversation on my way to Hollow Hall. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His apprentices ran to him with warnings, urging him to flee, but Painter Chen continued to calmly paint. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z By the Common, the almshouse yard was thick that morning with Tory refugees fled to the city, groping now through the palings of the fence and clamoring for coin. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Do you see His Majesty’s ships in the harbor? I don’t. I might argue that England has fled and the rebel traitors have won.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And I knew then that I must flee. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The ocean that had chased them back and made them flee for the shelter of the ice pack is the worst ocean on the globe. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Forced to flee before they could finish eating their rations, they raced across High Bridge. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The fire beat at her back with hot red wings as she fled the burning bam. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It had tricked him and fled away at once, not daring now to face him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Hattie’s new husband, Smitherman, had fled the country for Mexico, taking with him her car and a chunk of her money. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Because we were working on a project for it together. Then the iron monsters attacked, and we fled our separate ways. I came back here, and Anansi disappeared, but the Story Box was left behind.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He fought the urge to run out there, slip past the moving slabs of rock before they shut, flee the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I was set apart from those nameless ones with whom I had fled down a dark road and whose lack of identity I had shared all night in a dark room. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It had been fifteen years, but it might have been fifteen minutes since his hundred routed foes fled through the frost. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z KLA soldiers had put sometimes violent pressure on fellow Albanians to flee Kacanik for refugee camps in Macedonia, with the aim of provoking sympathy from the international community and—they hoped—a military response. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Everyone but me and Buck fled the scene. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The Gypsies fled back to their wagons or into the woods. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The three hobbits came on, and then the ruffians turned and fled, running away up the Hobbiton Road; but they blew their horns as they ran. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Then as though they had but one terrified mind between them they scrambled away over the rocks and fled. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Customers in the lounge said that the man who fled was wearing bowling shoes.’ A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The frantic, unbearable fear of fleeing it all. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The evil thoughts fled away like shadows from a bonfire. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z By the end of 1919, so many black families had fled that the area’s black population had dropped from eleven hundred to thirty. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Yet he could not simply flee the trap: to do so would be to break his trust with the islanders and to leave them to the imminent dragon, undefended. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I had fled a known terror, and perhaps I could cope with this unknown terror that lay ahead. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaped up, and, alarmed by this sudden rain of missiles, fled toward Boots, leaving a trail of blood. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I held out a lead figurine of Hades—the little Mythomagic statue Nico had abandoned when he fled camp last winter. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She had seen how it fled when it heard a strange noise. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Or I am wise enough to know that there are some perils from which a man must flee. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He says that these “hypocrites” forced him to flee to Chicago. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she fled down the path back the way they had come, to her parents and the world. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The littluns screamed and blundered about, fleeing from the edge of the forest, and one of them broke the ring of biguns in his terror. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Those fleeing from the region stand in line waiting for ship assignment. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The dry road was rutted from the wagons and carriages which had fled before us. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Evacuation orders hadn’t been issued and anyone fleeing East Prussia was branded a deserter. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The hobgoblin king had fled into the night with his queen, leaving his wrought iron crown to clatter to the ground. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Red, realizing he had been duped, started through the crowd, which now was milling about in an agitated state with some people pressing forward toward the action and others fleeing from it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The little boat ran sharp over choppy seas, fleeing the strong wind that leaned on her sail, running blind through the night. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z His words sent chills up my spine and I had the sudden urge to flee, to take my sisters and make a mad dash for it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z But then Burke foolishly shot his pistol at one of the Aborigines, whereupon the whole group fled. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When she withdrew a can of Diet Coke, which my father said was a violation of the Lord’s counsel for health, I again fled to my room. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A Russian television crew showed up to try to interview Fischer, and he fled. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z People flee the northernmost states to more temperate climates. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The young woman who had been weeping fled on hands and knees from the awful sight. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She answered that she had fled from pirates who had meant to sell her as a slave, and that she knew no one in this strange land to go to for help. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They are my mother’s twin daughters from her first marriage, little babies she was forced to abandon on a road as she was fleeing Kweilin for Chungking in 1944. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Amari watched, aghast, as a mother with her baby wrapped on her back tried to flee, but both mother and child were clubbed down into the dirt by one of the Ashanti warriors. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The cloud-shadows were very clear down there; they looked as if they were fleeing something frightful behind them, or hastening to embrace something wonderful ahead. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The hobbits had heard just such a cry far away in the Marish as they fled from Hobbiton, and even there in the woods of the Shire it had frozen their blood. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I must needs flee or I was soon dead.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The fisherfolk had fled before them, but one by one they had been overtaken and boarded. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And she did not seek new people; rather, she fled from them. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The lamplighters had all fled the city or died. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I fled the store, not caring where I went. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Daggers in the dark. I know. You will forgive my doubts, my lady. A grey girl on a dying horse, fleeing from a marriage, that was what you said.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z There are many such vagrants now who have fled the city. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z What if millions of terrified human survivors fled in a stampede, making their way to the sea where ships waited to evacuate them? Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z As one of Philadelphia’s wealthiest citizens, he could have fled the city, as others from his economic class had done. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z She woke the youth,—his name was Lynceus,—told him all, and helped him to flee. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Traffic on roads and streets was not unusual that night, casting doubt on accounts of tens of thousands of people fleeing on foot or in their cars. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z They glanced over at the three demigods and immediately fled. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Through the entrance rushes in a swarm of fleeing rats that try to storm the walls. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z When the British finally evacuated Boston, Thompson fled to England, leaving his wife and small daughter behind. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Too late? Too late?” they queried, over and over, and she fled along the road to the house where she could shut herself away from them. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Arya's only plan was to saddle a horse and flee, away from the castle and the city. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He fled quickly, before they changed their minds. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The neighbor was too terrified to press charges and fled the county. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The Army have removed themselves—one hundred and seventy ships fleeing from the harbor—and the King's power there is no more. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Now and then the caravan would stop and we’d all hold our breath, ready to flee or fight, sure we were about to be discovered. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Somewhere, in the midst of all my fretting and fleeing, I turned eighteen today. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, when the animal struck the smooth ice its legs splayed and it skidded, unable to regain its balance, no longer able to flee. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She fled the apartment on York Avenue, unable to afford it on her own. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He had spent the last four nights at his cousin’s place, not moved to flee by the great risk of capture he faced. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben’s rage had fled and it angered Ben that he had no camel hump of spirit where rage could be stored, preserved, and called upon whenever it was needed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Down on the water, the ship was still there, shifted by the tide, but so tangled in the rocks that it hadn’t fled down the coast. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She’d fled into the dressing room and changed her clothes, hoping the scent wouldn’t linger. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “You want me to loot Meereen and flee? No, I will not do that. Grey Worm, are my ffeedmen ready for battle?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Florence, Red, Ernie, Bones, Horse, and all the rest also tried to flee, but they were captured and put in chains. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When his eyes settled back upon his captors, it was they who fled. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Those of us who are left have fled. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It would not be enough to say the girl was fleeing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Cleopatra fled across the Arabian Desert to Syria and set about raising an army. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Below, a number of Huntsmen had separated from the band, and with great strides held to the track of the fleeing companions. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z The crofters had left behind a good supply of peat when they fled, so the air was hazy with smoke and the rich, earthy smell of burning turf. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sharpshooters fired on those fleeing through the canyon. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z This was the face I had fled to Gross-Rosen to avoid. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z And others, like me, fled into the church. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z I told how I had lost my family the night the northern soldiers came to Duk Payuel, and how I fled across Sudan with Abraham. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But the happiness has fled, leaving an all-too-familiar strain in its place. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The murderer’s lover must have had something to do with the killing, or maybe they were just going to punish her anyway, because his corpse called out for her to flee. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I rushed forward and was almost knocked over by a man fleeing. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Booth had sent liquor and supplies to Mudd’s farm for hiding until the day came for Booth and his kidnap victim to flee the city, but it never did. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The others followed and taking Ariadne with them they fled to the ship and over the sea toward Athens. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And even though he told his lover to flee, he keeps asking if she’s coming to meet him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Those fleeing were chased and cut down, except for one. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The family had fled the first day the riots broke out, and had left three vicious dogs to guard their property behind a high fence. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he stepped forward and spoke loudly to those who hadn’t fled. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She let go of the outer door and fled down the hallway that led into the apartment. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They were taken off onto small snows and brigs, if that they could afford; and others, finding no route of escape upon the water, fled the town by land, praying for mercy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z That’s why we were able to flee from Stalin into the barbed arms of Hitler. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Poor people couldn’t flee to comfortable country homes like their wealthier neighbors, but at least they could escape the most squalid and plague-ridden sections of town. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z At the end of the dream, he was forced to flee the scene with “my clothes torn from my back and my skin lacerated from head to foot.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z They jumped and fled a ways down the path before it must have come to them that the charging monster was only two feet tall. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Everything would flee before it, he would be master, conqueror. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The newspaper had said how the police ambushed the Black Panthers while they were in a car and how the Panthers fled inside a house for shelter. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Back through the forest Ivy fled, and as she ran, a hard rain began to fall. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Whatever happened that night hadn’t been my fault; I had given her no cause to flee from the house. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The men had been put to the sword, all but a handful that Theon had allowed to flee to bring the word to Torrhen's Square. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As soon as I asked, a smile blossomed on Mom’s face, the tension fled. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Given their fear of loud noises, the bonobos had probably fled to the far side as soon as the gunfire started, so I didn’t expect to come across any for a while. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z All the ferries had been withdrawn to the north bank, and the trading galleys had fled or been seized by the Imp to be made over for battie. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The prison guards and Kidnapping Clubbers had seen what happened to their leader and fled. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A whole army was fleeing to the coast, armed with cigarettes to keep the hunger away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z None of them were demons, though demons fled the bodies of some who fell. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The family fled to a vacant lot a block away where they spent the night watching the fire’s terrible march. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Creatures of the forest—squirrels, birds, wild boar—were fleeing with them, and a chorus of squealings, shriekings, alarm calls of every sort rose around them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Genêt had fled Philadelphia and its epidemic for Manhattan in September, but the passions surrounding him and the Neutrality Act seemed to have died along the way. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Reporters had been kept at a distance from the action, but their telephoto lenses had captured almost the entire attack—“the flailing clubs, the stampeding horses, the jeering crowd and the stricken, fleeing blacks.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Amazed, we see fleeing rabbits, a skunk, mice, and raccoons. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Perhaps it will be of no little interest for you to hear that Pro Bono the serving-man you sent me has fled similar. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z "Bran and Rickon have fled," he told the castle folk, watching their eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Shay’s beauty seemed to snuff out everything inside Tally; her fear, surprise, and excitement fled, leaving nothing but amazement. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z When the Ray finally shook out its sails and began to flee before the wind, the captain laughed, delighted. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Many of those who traditionally kept such count—ministers, sextons, and city officials—had either fled the city or been ill themselves. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z This contemporary lithograph lampoons the panicked gentry who fled the city - and thus turned Handel’s new oratorio, Theodora, into a box-office flop. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z For the second time in our relationship, as a kind of closing frame to our first meeting which had ended in my flight out of the classroom, I fled up the stairs. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Whirling around, she fled through the curtains and out through the shop into the sunlit street. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Their strides were evenly matched as they closed the gap between themselves and the fleeing beastkeepers. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z But there, my plan suffered, and 1 recognized that this was why Bono had not himself fled, all regions being hostile, freedom being found nowhere. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then Sauron was vanquished and his spirit fled and was hidden for long years, until his shadow took shape again in Mirkwood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z On April 12, 1945, when the German guards fled from the Red Army as it approached the concentration camp, Nina and her fellow prisoners cut the lock off the gate and let themselves out. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Or perhaps his family had fled with their goats and chickens, like all the people streaming into Umuahia. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Alex imagines he demanded an explanation when Henry literally made them flee the country under the cover of night after putting his tongue in Alex’s mouth in the Kennedy Garden. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Along with the punishment, she’s also doing the thing she most wants to do: flee. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Those people were gunned down, one by one, as they fled into the night. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z At that moment, a new wave of fleeing villagers rushed by. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z He fled to Hungary and then to Israel, supposedly with bags of money—to avoid prosecution and with hope of setting up a government-in-exile. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Anya made it one street with her arms curled into her chest before she desperately regretted fleeing without her coat. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z It's not like John and Mom can just pick up and leave their assigned jobs to flee with me, not without raising an alert. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z When plague appeared, they boarded up houses and fled to the countryside. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They would have probably shot him in the head right there but his partners came for the night shift and the robbers fled. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And so they fled: away from the gym, away from the paths, away from the Institute—into the tangled rock-jungle of sand dunes, ridges, and crags that made up the island’s interior. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The old families, whose grandfathers and fathers worked at the Ford plant, were fleeing the neighborhood as if it was the second coming of the black plague. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When the Coast Guard demanded the right to board, the I’m Alone fled. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A few feet away, another shape, hairier, fled the growing flames. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “She was my best friend. When we fled from Lithuania, my father repeatedly told me not to leave anything or speak to anyone. But I couldn’t leave without saying good-bye to Lina.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “If you leave with that sonofabitch, don’t ever come back!” her father had shouted as they fled. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Temple Number Two became his headquarters until the “hypocrites” pursued him there, forcing him to flee again. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It became clear that lots of people were fleeing the war by walking to Ethiopia. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He fled at once, and the minute it was well, “Up with the bonnets of bonnie Dundee,” she slipped away to return no more till the young gentleman departed in high dudgeon. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z People smiling at me and saying hello in the halls both overwhelms me with joy and makes me want to flee to the bathroom and hide. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Cora figured that a new wave of immigrants would replace the Irish, fleeing a different but no less abject country, the process starting anew. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “She organized some of the girls and younger boys to flee across the swamp,” Ben continues. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z In his first sickening horror he could not move, and the two sisters were able to flee. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, he sensed that if at any moment he should try to flee, the hand would instantly hold him fast. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Here, all is in chaos: The Governor of Maryland is fled Annapolis, brought by the Fowey man-of-war to our camp. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She had to flee, or else she would have started hitting him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "I am past my childbearing years, what beauty I had long fled," she replied with a tired half smile, "yet men come sniffing after me as they never did when I was a maid." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I’ve heard about stories like these, about people who flee their homes in a war with nothing but the clothes and food on their backs. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Far below us I can see creatures fleeing from the eruption, and even from a distance, it’s clear that they’re dinosaurs. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Celaena waited until the sounds of his fleeing footsteps faded, then hurried back to her own rooms. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The question is why people would have fled from drought to lands that would have been even more badly affected. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He took streets that no one fleeing would use. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I had fled without having anywhere to run to. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Rather than fleeing the scene, he decided to stay with his workers in spite of the danger, cooling the plant using seawater. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Many people left by ship. But most couldn’t afford to flee, or had no place to go. And the leaders of Saint-Pierre kept telling people the worst was over.” I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z Arthur Kinzie had just moved back to Chicago on October 6 and was one of those who had fled with his family to the northernmost limits of the city. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Everyone fled to his own sleeping-place.The birds jumped on to their perches, the animals settled down in the straw, and the whole farm was asleep in a moment. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “No one knows where he’s fled,” the priest said. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Madam ran me like a donkey all the next day, then demanded that I stay awake all night to make rolls for breakfast because the bakers in town were rebels, and they had fled. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z One survivor said that ten percent of the city’s population died, while another estimated that ten percent had fled the city in search of food. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z She fled to his breast and he cradled her close and stood to face the children, and Lyra thought for a crazy second that his dæmon had appeared at last. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Its white light quickened swiftly, and the shadows under the dark arch fled. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “I believe you. But it makes no sense. They should be glad you fled. At best, you’re a nuisance. Why are they searching so hard for you?” he wondered out loud. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z We had seen videotape of this at lineup: thirty or forty seconds of inmates massing, running and stabbing, attacking and fleeing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I groan and urge my body to flee. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Hazel fled, and suddenly she was ripped out of the past. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Most of the raiders that were left alive then broke and fled, this way and that, pursued one by one to the death. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It hit him and clanged on the floor, but instead of fleeing, the rat hissed at us, as if we were the intruders. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Not far from Kigoma is a refugee camp where people have fled from the violence in the little neighboring country of Rwanda. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Just in time Bilbo saw his peril, and he fled blindly up the passage away from the water; and once more he was saved by his luck. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Goblin children fleeing griffin-riders through fields, screaming and zigzagging as the elfin knights dipped lower, hurling magic flame from their flying mounts in the black, smoke-smogged skies. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Only file two of them remained of the five rangers who had fled the Skirling Pass, back into the blue-grey wilderness of the Frostfangs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This time it was just Father and me in the airplane, plus Mr. Axelroot, and twenty pounds of dry goods and canned whole prunes the Underdowns couldn’t take with them when they fled the Congo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of cars had been left running, doors still open, as if their drivers and passengers had fled in a hurry. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Four empty villages, no wildlings anywhere, even the game seemingly fled. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I swiveled around and fled across the ice, toward the door at the other side. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z We all flee, in hopes of finding some ground of security. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z His face turned red and he bolted from the table and fled up the stairs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Where population densities are moderate, as in regions occupied by food-producing tribes, no large vacant areas remain to which survivors of a defeated band can flee. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I knew she had to leave, she had to flee from the police and leave us children alone as she had done so many times before. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Only death consistently excites your emotions, whether contemplating it when life is safe and stale, or fleeing it when life is threatened and precious. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z As if in the world there were no places to escape to, only places to flee. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Dorian fled to speak with a group of his guests, actively ignoring Ignatius, as was everyone else in the room. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Viserys had been a boy of eight when they fled King's Landing to escape the advancing armies of the Usurper, but Daenerys had been only a quickening in their mother's womb. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I will not risk fleeing with my children on a rickety boat. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z When the first men had fled, the guard Julie had attacked held her down with his heel dug into the back of her neck—he wasn’t giving her a chance. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Soldiers fled the army until there were only about three thousand men left. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Powell fled down the stairs, out into the street, his eyes searching desperately for David Herold. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew I hadn’t explained my feelings when I had fled from college, but I didn't know how to tell her about the flashbacks and my failing grades. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Some of those who had once been the Bronchos’ biggest supporters, who had gone to school at Odessa High and played in Fly Field, fled to the suburbanlike security of Permian. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But rather than give the testimony that might have spared her life, he fled to Canada after the assassination, where he followed the news of his mother’s trial and execution. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Something told me to flee the house of the naked women, and another thought whispered for me to stay and know the awful truth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew with a shudder how close the family had come to being on the mercy of the town that winter her mother had fled with the babies. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z By the time Shirley and the angry one had gotten to their feet, all the other players had fled the scene. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “So do I. She fled with her father to a village in Pennsylvania. Place called Hatboro. They make hats there. Clever, don’t you think?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Two tiny figures made their way through the center of it: Magister Brangwain Spurge and the goblin archivist Werfel, fleeing from the crashed sphere. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Was she the woman who took the man, or the daughter who fled her womb? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Other times, we had to flee to temporary refugee camps. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z When he walked down the street, villagers fled and quickly shut their doors. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Anxiety flees to rules and order for comfort, and she’s broken a rule today, being here without running here. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Worked so well, he dropped the cutters and ran, his hat flying off as he fled. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z He offered Bunch money to help him flee. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He hadn’t seen any bears—indeed, he had been section hiking the trail for years and had seen a bear only once, briefly, rump end and fleeing, deep in the Maine woods. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z When night falls, once again we make the road our home and sleep, along with the hundreds of thousands of other families fleeing Phnom Penh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Demoniac figures with faces of white and red and green rushed out howling, so that the littluns fled screaming. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She was still far away for Thisbe to escape, but as she fled she dropped her cloak. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Had he been able to speak to us that night, we might still have been able to flee . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He, while his brothers fled to England, was the one who stayed alone with her for twenty years—her living larder. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As though his whole body urges him to flee. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The witch was one who fled, hiding alone in a cave up on the Kapperding Scarp and sealing the cave-mouth with spells. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The tethered dragon let out a roar, and a gush of flame flew over the goblins: The wizards fled, doubled-up, back the way they had come, and inspiration, or madness, came to Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His motives in fleeing Camp 14, he said, were not noble. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “When Stalin occupied Lithuania, my family fled,” I said. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z We fled to Boston once, through the Bay, and all had lain before us, novel and unknown. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z In their fright, the Tlingit fled into the forest and hid. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When thirteen had fallen the rest fled shrieking, leaving the defenders unharmed, except for Sam who had a scratch along the scalp. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Henrietta was a black woman born of slavery and sharecropping who fled north for prosperity, only to have her cells used as tools by white scientists without her consent. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I had fled the lifeboat to save my life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z David and I managed to flee into one of the nearby yards, jumped its fence and ran all the way to school, where teachers told us to go home immediately, for police were raiding schools. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He moved to make a final sprint for it, just as a horde of fleeing residents swarmed in from the other side, frantic and wild, scattering in all directions, heading for every door in sight. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She knew how these desolate homeless men felt, for she herself had come to Africa with a few friends fleeing from her brother who wanted to murder her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped in his ragged pilgrimage only to lift his hat to white men who fled past him. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She hops in her pointy shoes around the pool of vomit and flees the room. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z 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 |
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